Scientists Fear New Peril At Martinique Mount Pelée
Exclusive AP report from Fort de France May 22 describes Mount Pelée activity with a new crater, a tall cinder cone, and rising steam. Scientists warn of potential explosive outbursts and increasing violence, as ash and mud eruptions have already devastated Saint Pierre and Usine Guerin.
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Fort de France
Martinique
United States
Potomac
St. Pierre
McLean
Cincinnati
Mount Pelee
Democratic State Convention Adopts Gubernatorial Nominee
The Democratic state convention adjourned after nominating six of fourteen statewide slots for the November election. W. P. Fratanck, mayor of Kansas City, was named for governor. A convention committee will meet Populists at Topeka on June 24 with authority to ratify remaining nominees.
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Wichita
Kan
May
W. P. Fratanck
Kansas City
Topeka
Hayti Warship Landed Exiled Leader at Port au Prince
The Haytian warship Crete A. Pierot arrived in Port au Prince and landed Antenor Firmin, former Haytian minister in Paris and head of the northern army advancing to the city. He received a sympathetic reception and the danger of civil war appears to have vanished.
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Hayti
Crete
A. Pierot
Antenor Firmin
Paris
Earthquake Destroys Quezaltenango Guatemala
Exclusive dispatch reports Quezaltenango wiped out by a brief quake lasting about a quarter of a minute. Major business halted and large coffee losses cited. Earlier word from Guatemala City notes shocks on April 18 19 and 9 damaged towns including Quezaltenango Amatitlanfi Solola Nahuala Santa Clucia and San Juan. about 200 dead, many feared buried.
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Associated Prom
Hamburg
Hamburger Hoersenhalle
Guatemala
Queznitenango
Guatemala City
Quezaltennango
Presbyterian Assembly Debates Sabbath Cards and Church Erection
At the New York session the General Assembly strikes part of a Sabbath report condemning Sunday card parties, rebukes missing commissioners, and approves the church erection report noting 259 new churches and a coming year with no debt. The Twentieth Century fund totals reach 7.65 million with many churches paid off debts.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
R. M. Garothers
Grand Rapids
N. D
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Carothers
Arthur Co. McMillan
Hubbell
Police Department
Devery
Robert N. Wilson
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Christ
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George Dugan
Troy
Presbyterian Church
United States
General Association of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Conference On Marriage and Divorce
Baltimore
Washington
Marcus A. Brownson
William H. Roberts
Twentieth Century Fund
Roberta
President revokes order on wartime duty succession
Washington May 23 The president revoked the August 29 1901 order that made the lieutenant general commanding the army and the adjutant general act as secretary of war in the secretarys absence The revocation leaves the department headless when both secretary and assistant secretary are away Secretary Root issued a special order designating Chief Clerk John C Schofield to sign requisitions and other papers during his temporary absence and similar orders are expected in future.
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Army
Miles
Corbin
Root
John C. Schofield
Treasury
Schofield
AME conference in Harrisburg denounces Texas lynching
The Philadelphia and Baltimore conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Harrisburg will publish a resolution disapproving the killing of Dud Morgan burned at the stake in Texas. The committee on the state of the country will prepare the resolution for submission tomorrow. Bishop Hood led devotions and Rev D S Bentley gave a fraternal address. Rev J W Phillips faced reprimand for failing to report $24.80 to the treasurer, with potential consequences for his appointment.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Dud Morgan
Texas
J. W. Hood
D. 8. Bentley
Scranton
J. W. Phillips
Wilmington
Del
Bishop Clinton
Phillips
Zion
Dubois Sees Philippine Bill Harmful to U S Interest
In a Senate speech Mr Dubois Idaho argues the Philippines mainly benefits a few capitalists through cheap labor and risks US farmers and manufacturers competition. Beveridge Indiana counters that China’s resources offer US trade gains. The House spends the day on private pension bills and adjourns for Rochambeau ceremonies.
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Associated Pres
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Senate
Dubois
Idaho
United States
Philippines
China
Beveridge
Indiana
House
Loud
Cal
Messrs
Sulloway
N. H
Sulzer
Cn, Y
Miers
Ind
Rochambeau
Lebanon Manager Fires Team and Files Charges
Lebanon May 33 manager Hynes discharged every player for refusing to travel to Lancaster for a schedule engagement. Warrants were issued against nine players for larceny as bailee of salts gloves and hats. Players say they were not paid for an exhibition game and were fined seven days pay for insubordination. Hynes will form an entirely new team to complete the schedule.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Ofd Eays
Condition of H. C. McCormick Improves Slightly
Exclusive Wire from The Asolated Prom reports former Attorney General H. C. McCormick is somewhat better than yesterday but remains in critical condition with acute Bright's disease complicated by blood poisoning.
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Williamaport
H. C. McCormick
Bright
Alfred Hamilton Hanged for 1890 Anacortes Murder
Alfred Hamilton alias Fred Hawkin was executed by hanging in Whatcom Washington for the murder of D H Woodbury at Anacortes on September 7 1890. The trap failed to break the neck and the sheriff faced jeers as Hamilton rushed the scaffold and attempted two leaps.
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Whatcom. Wash
Alfred Hamilton
Fred Hawkin
D. H. Woodbury
Anacortes
Ble
Hamblin Named Western Union Head in New York
M W Hamblin, long time manager of the Western Union Telegraph office in the big city, is appointed manager of the company's main office in New York City and will depart for the city within a day or two.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
M. W. Hamblin
Western Union Telegraph Company
Big City
New York City
New York
Governor appoints G Lindsey Lieutenant Colonel in staff
The Associated Press report from Harrisburg on May 28 states Governor Stone today named G Lindsey of Allegheny a member of his staff with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Associated Preas
Harrisburg
Stone
G. Lindsey
Allegheny
Haddock Coal Grants Demands Ahead of Strike
Haddock Coal company directs its superintendent to meet engineers firemen and pump runners demands with effect set for June 2 at the Dodson colliery Ply mouth and Black Diamond Luzerne. Mitchell tracks bituminous coal shipments and denies soft coal movement into anthracite territory while district leaders meet in Wilkes-Barre amid tense labor talks.
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Mitchell
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
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Duffy
Fahy
Hanna
Dodson
Plymouth
Luzerne
Haddock Company
Hazleton
Hagleton
Hazleton Mine Engineers Face Dilemma Over Strike
An Associated Press dispatch from Hazleton reports many veteran mine engineers in the Hazleton region are in a serious dilemma about whether to join a strike, weighing loyalties to their companies against labor pressures.
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Associated Press
Hazleton
Mine Workers Allow Shenandoah Local to Buy Flour for Strikers
The Ninth United Mine Workers district headquarters granted Shenandoah Local 1403 permission to buy five carloads of flour at wholesale for delivery to strikers. Depots will be set up in district towns to supply flour, potatoes, and canned goods, with cooperative stores planned if the strike succeeds.
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Shamokin
United Mine Workers
Shenandosh
Strikers Gain Employment Bureau as Miners Move to Work
The United Mine Workers district executive committee met and formed an employment bureau to match strikers with jobs. A broadcasting circular will request work, with applicants processed by name order. They plan municipal repairs to employ idle miners, noting Scranton projects worth nearly $750,000.
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United Mine Workers
Paull
Ohio
Scranton
T. D. Nichols
Nichols
People's Coal Company
Gibbons Coal Company
Erie Company
Dunmore
Susquehanna
Temperance Meeting Links Liquor to Strikes in Presbyterian Assembly
At Central Presbyterian church delegates of the general assembly heard Rev. Dr. Isaac J. Lansing of Scranton Pa claim strikes have no sober leaders. He insisted liquor traffic fuels labor troubles and that abolishing saloons in coal regions would reduce strikes. He cited 140000 workers on strike.
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New York
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
Isaac J. Lansing
Scranton
Eiven
Deaths of a Day
The Rev Dr J T McKee professor emeritus of Centre College dies at age 72 from a neck carbuncle in Danville Kentucky. In Chicago former Lieutenant Governor Thomas H Dunston of Michigan dies at the Auditorium aged 68.
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Associated Press
Danville
J. T. McKee
Center College
South
Ile
Chicago
Thomas H. Dunaton
Michigan
Elkin Likely Only Gubernatorial Candidate in Huntingdon Primaries
Harrisburg May 23 A B Welsh chairman of Huntingdon county Republican committee says candidate registration closed with Attorney General Elkin the sole gubernatorial option for May 31 primaries. This secures Elkin two delegates to the state convention. Senator Quay had urged registering Judge Pennywacker, but surveyor Perry M. Lytle concluded the Elkin sentiment is strong and a fight would be useless.
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Welsh
Huntingdon County
Republican Committee
Elkin
Quay
Perry M. Lytle
Philadelphia
Pennywacker
Huntingdon
Lytle
Awful Mine Disaster at Fernie in British Columbia
Exclusive wire reports a massive collapse at Crow's Nest Coal mines in Fernie, B C. More than 100 men are dead or trapped with 183 known workers inside and only 24 accounted for as safe. Cause of explosion undetermined and rescue chances slim.
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Associated Proas
Vancouver
British Columbia
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Fernie
B. C
Mine Disaster in British Columbia
A Fernie dispatch reports a 7.20 pm explosion in the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's No 2 shaft and No 3 shaft near Fernie BC. Only about 35 of 200 workers escaped. nine bodies recovered and 160 entombed, with fears of widespread deaths as rescue proceeds amid coal damp and danger of fire.
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Crow’s Nest Pass
Vancouver
B. C
Fernle
Crow's Nest Pass
Fernie
The Jefferies and Fitz Fight In San Francisco
The final terms for James J. Jeffries and Robert Fitzsimmons major bout were agreed in San Francisco on May 23. Under Marquis of Queensberry rules the winner earns six percent of the purse while the loser gets forty percent with Edward M. Craney named referee.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Robert Fitzsimmons
Edeward M. Craney
Shipping Arrivals and Departures at New York Port
Ships arrive from Havre, Plymouth and Gent via Boulogne and Genoa with destinations including New York and Antwerp. Vessels Patric ia and Cal tic depart for New York and Cherbourg respectively while others pass or clear for routes from Hamburg Southampton and Rotterdam.
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la Savoie
Havre
Campania
Liverpool
Brttendam
Rotterdam
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Aller
Genoa
Naples
Plymouth
Patricia
Caltic
Georgia
Cherbourg
Salled
Columbia
Hamburg
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Ryndum
Lisard
Southwark
Antwerp
Town of Clover Destroyed by Fire
Exclusive wire reports Clover, on the Southern railway in Halifax county, nearly wiped out by a blaze today. The fire started in Payne and Gregory’s tobacco factory and caused about 200000 dollars in damage, with partial insurance coverage.
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Associated Item
Richmond
Clover
Southern Railway
Halifax County
Payne & Gregory
Relief for Coal Creek Survivors Introduced in Congress
Representative Gibson of Tennessee introduced a resolution to appropriate $10,000 for the widows, minor children, and dependent parents of the women killed in the Coal Creek mines on May 19, 1902. The measure seeks relief funding for those affected by the disaster and follows an exclusive AP dispatch from Washington.
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Washinton
Gibson
Tenn
Coal Creek
President Nominees Son for Army Lieutenant Post
Exclusive wire from Washington reports the president sent to the senate the nomination of the son of Jancis W. Ralston of Vanla to be a lieutenant in the artillery corps of the army.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Senate
Jancis W. Ralston
Vanla
Artillery Corpa
Army
Peace Near as Boer Leaders Likely Accept British Terms
British cabinet signals war near end with South Africa, Boer leaders to concede. Downing Street cautions public elation while Vereeniging delegates may bolt. Berlin reports surrender terms ready pending British cabinet approval. hostilities may pause at any hour.
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Botan
de Wet
Downing Street
Associated Prosa
London
South Africa
Associated Press
War Office
Pretoria
Botha
The
Stock Exchange
Foreign Office
Colonial
House of Commons
Klersdorp
Transvaal
de la Rey
Kitchener
Lovat
Fouche
Cape Colony
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Consu
Weather data for May 23 in 10031 area
Local weather report for May 23 shows a high of 89 degrees and a low of 66 degrees. Relative humidity around percent, with brief notes on wind and precipitation not clearly readable.
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Gortoors
Weather forecast for weekend in Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania shows showers and thunderstorms Saturday with cooler conditions Sunday, fair skies thereafter and fresh south winds.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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