Vesuvius erupts. Naples swamped by refugees flee
Descriptions from Naples on April 9 report lava stationary near Terre del Annunziata, ash showers easing briefly then resuming. About 150,000 refugees in Naples, 10,000 from Bosco Trecase have fled, Torre Annunziata largely deserted, Pompeii under threat as lava flood advances.
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New York
Evening Sun
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Terre del Annunziata
Giorno
Bosco- Trecese
Victor Emanuel
Helen
Torre Annunziata
Sicily
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Make Big Sweep Oust Republican Regime
Davenport democrats swept the municipal election winning all but one ward. Waldo Becker led the ticket advocating saloon regulation with midnight closing. Over 8,000 votes were cast, and Louis Roddewig defeated Fin ger by 2,276. Republicans conceded tighter liquor controls as the campaign issue.
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Davenport
Waldo Becker
Harry Phillips
Louis Roddewig
Finger
William C. Matthes
M. J. Malloy
John B. Ogden
Louis Eckhardt
William H. Harrison
Charles Lindholm
Supreme Court sides with city to lower Chicago tunnel
Washington April 9 The Chicago street railway case ends with the supreme court ruling the city may compel the railway to remove or lower its tunnel under the Chicago river at Van Buren street, deeming the change an exercise of governmental authority in the public welfare. Justices Fuller Brewer White and McKenna dissented. Nearby in Italy lava from Vesuvius forces evacuations for Torre Annunziata and Naples as ash and smoke darken skies along the south coast.
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Washington
Chicago Street Railway
Street Railway Company
Chicago River
van Buren Street
Supreme Court
Fuller, Brewer, White
McKenna
Pittsburg Mines Reopened Amid Anthracite Meeting Delay
Pittsburg reports a broad resumption of mining with less than five percent idle. In Philadelphia and New York, mines in Lackawanna and Wyoming fields see some workers returning, while the arbitration talks are postponed as operators and miners debate terms and possible counter proposals. Separate subcommittee sessions proceed as the dispute lingers with a call for immediate adjournment if a counter is offered.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Lackawanna and
Wyoming
New York
Plan for Shamokin scale committee faces opposition
Two in order that the full Shamokin scale committee may carefully consider the new plan. If the operators offer to arbitrate only the new grievances, the proposition is expected to meet strong opposition from many members of the miners' committee.
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Mitchell
Bishop B W Morris Dies In Portland After 59 Years of Service
Benjamin Wistar Morris bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Oregon diocese died in Portland. He was born in Wellsboro Pennsylvania and served as pastor in Sunbury Mahanoy City and Germantown before his 1860 consecration as missionary bishop of Oregon and Washington. He later led the Oregon diocese and was regarded as a leading bishop in the United States.
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Ore
Benjamin Wistar Morris
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Oregon
Morris
Wellsborough
Pan
Sunbury
Manayunk
Germantown
Washington
United States
How to get to Panama and Jamaica
Special correspondence from Colon Panama discusses travel routes to the Isthmus linking the canal project with Jamaica. It portrays Port Antonio, hotel life, and the Jamaican negro's role in canal work, framing conditions, health concerns, and national pride while previewing Panama Canal implications. Continued on page six.
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Jamaica
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Nebraska
Washington
Florida
New York
New Orleans
Canal
Starbboard Inc
Port Antonio
West Indies
Europe
Dowie Growing Stronger As He Draws Nearer Home
In Chicago Zion City reports the imminent arrest of General Overseer Voliva amid plans to counter any Dowie move. Dowie travels toward Zion City with health improving and spirits rising as tensions mount in the religious community.
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Dowie
Elijah
Zion City
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Dowle
Wwenay Tof
Trouble at Santo Domingo Quieted After Settlement
Washington cables from Monte Christi San Domingo report a satisfactory settlement at Samana Bay by Horacio Vasques. Navy says the trouble is over with forces withdrawn and quiet at other points. Paducah is present.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Southerland
Monte Christi
San Domingo
Samana Bay
Horacio Vasques
Paducah
Liquor men attack bank over temperance fight
In Lynchburg Ohio saloonkeepers attacked a local bank after cashier William Stautner aligned with temperance forces. A $50,000 Cincinnati cash infusion helped the bank weather the run, while Saturday withdrawals reached $20,000 as threats and warnings circulated.
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Ohio
Lynchburg
Cincinnati
William Stautner
Apostles Cowley and Taylor Deposed by Mormon Church
In Salt Lake City on April 9, Matthias F. Cowley and John W. Taylor, two of the Twelve, were deposed by the First Presidency at the church’s annual conference. Officials announced their resignations, but it is widely believed leaders ousted them for taking plural wives since the manifesto. Senator Reed Smoot, also an apostle, is credited with urging the action.
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Voliva
Elijah
Dowie
Zion Armed Guard
Reed Smoot
Salt Lake City
Utah
Matthias F. Cowley
John W. Taylor
Mormon Church
First Presidency
Church
Briggs Free of Gallows Acquitted After Death Sentenced
Chicago April 9 Joseph Briggs, once sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Hans Peterson, was acquitted amid claims of railroaded prosecution by Chicago police. In Monmouth Illinois April 9 James McClurg returned from church to find wife Lucy dead by hanging, believed prem Meditated after family members left for service.
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Peterson
Chicago
Joseph Briggs
Hans Peterson
Briggs
Monmouth
Ill
James McClurg
Lucy
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