Prosperity reports and world notes from GLOBE GLEANINGS
France reports prosperity. Southern Pacific will bridge Salt Lake City. The Russian government hears peasant complaints. Columbia Missouri to get a $50 000 government building. Judge Barrera dies in Monterey Mexico. About 200 priests meet at Dubuque. Frank Askew dies in Kansas City. The pope plans a consistory later this month. Emperor Francis Joseph names Prince Henry honorary admiral. The National Bank of Commerce forms in Chicago with 2 million capital. Fire at Hagers Steel in Madison Iowa causes 350000 loss. Episcopal bishop Olmstead consecrated in Denver. Several railway strikes end and workers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Commerce
Chicago
Frank Boylen
Kansas City
Laclede Hotel
Paola
Kan
Train riot on Lake Charles excursion ends in death and injuries
Beaumont Texas May 12 A race riot on the return trip of the Lake Charles excursion left one man dead and many wounded as whites and negroes clashed over a car. A negro named Sol Bottley was killed at Westlake and others were shot near Sulphur Mine. Train conductors detached cars at Echo and Orange officers regained control. Police report widespread panic with people jumping from the train and multiple injuries likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Big Lake Charles
Sol Bottley
Westlake
Jim Stewart
Sulphur Mine
Tony Jones
Frank Kitchen
John Berwick
Leonard Dyson
Orange
Charles Beck
Claud Teller
Teller
Creeery Jones
Laura Gaines
J. C. Friiot
Tunis
Jim Love
Frilot
Ruin and Rescue Amid Martinique Volcano Aftermath
Paris reports that Saint Pierre lies in ruins after Mont Pelee eruption as Suchet conveys survivors to Port de France. Governors and officials are confirmed dead. consuls and families perished. D Assas carries funds and relief supplies. Pouver Quertier works to repair northern cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. de Lanassan
Fort de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
le Precheur
Port de France
Souchez
Mont Pelee
Colonial Office
Mouttet
Dain
M. Bloch
M. Labarthe
Brest
D’assas
Pouver Quertier
Fiendish murder at Atlantic hotel in Bridgeport
Fireman Lawrence Bressane crept into the meat room and killed chef Michael Tornish with a meat cleaver then mutilated the body. He danced over the corpse until police arrived and subdued him after a struggle. Authorities suspect a jealousy dispute over a woman sparked the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Lawrence Bressane
Atlantic
Michael Tornish
Bressane
Police Headquarres
Kidnapper Clara Taylor Arrested in Italy
Ambassador Von Meyer in Rome cabled that Consul Pearson reports Clara Taylor has been arrested for abducting her niece Margaret Taylor and is jailed at San Remo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Washington
von Meyer
Rome
State Department
Pearson
Clara Taylor
Margaret Taylor
San Remo
W R Hendrix Wounds Hip in White Rock Accident
Greenville Texas May 12 W R Hendrix of White Rock accidentally shot himself in the hip Friday and is confined with a severe wound No details of how the accident happened were learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Texas
W. R. Hendrix
White Rock
No Coal Mined Tomorrow in Scranton End of Anthracite
Scranton Pa May 12 No coal will be mined in the Scranton end of the anthracite region tomorrow after a meeting of general managers and superintendents. They expect the agreement to drift into a lockout if Hazelton events permit. Railroads have laid off about 800 coal train workers and Erie shops at Dunsmore will shut indefinitely tomorrow affecting 300 jobs. Local union meetings will orient delegates to the Hazleton convention amid mixed sentiment about continuing the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Hazelton
Erie
Dunsmore
Hazleton
Death of Belton Man After Family Dispute
John H. Connell died from a knife wound inflicted in a dispute with his son. The veteran Confederate soldier leaves a wife, three sons, two daughters and many relatives. Funeral services were held at North Belton cemetery with Dr. H. A. Bouslard presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Texas
John H. Connell
Connell
North Belton
H. A. Bouslard
Tax Revenues Reported for 1901 in Tom Green County
San Angelo Texas May 12 The tax collector reports 1901 collections with $20 868 50 for the State $30 473 05 for the county Tom Green and a total of $61 841 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Texas
Tom Greens
40 000 People Burned By Martinique Eruption
A multi-event dispatch details the Martinique catastrophe with St Pierre destroyed after Mount Pelee eruption. Refugees reach Guadeloupe aboard the Suchet while Ocean Traveler reports the blaze and harbor losses. The scene depicts mass casualties and widespread devastation around St Pierre. A separate note covers a miners strike voting plan in Pennsylvania and a pardon denial in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Martinique
Suchet
Pointe-a-Piertre
Guadaloupe
French West Indies
St. Pierre
War claim progress noted by Methodist church group
Dallas May 10 The war claim by the Methodist Episcopal Church South against the Federal government for wartime property damage is under review by a committee. James M. Robertson of Meridian Texas was elected chairman for the session and the panel plans written records, with no near report date. The matter was steered away from debate by routing it to a publishing interests committee. Bishop Candler read a letter to Senator Clay of Georgia, a vote to read it failing amid parliamentary motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James M. Robertson
Meridian
Candler
Senator Clay
Georgia
Rabbis Confer in New Orleans Elects Officers
The seventeenth annual American rabbis convention in New Orleans closed with officer elections and reports from three committees. A preamble on Orthodox Reform harmony triggered debate and was sent back for revision before the report’s adoption. A union service at Temple Sinai plus Dr. Henry Cohen’s praised sermon capped the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Voorsanger
Leucht
Messing
Deutsch
Cohen
Galveston
Temple Sinai
Henry Cohen
Waxahachie Cotton Mills Expands Output In 12 Months
Waxahachie Texas May 10 Large shipments of cotton goods from the Waxahachie mill continue as it marks a year of operation. The plant runs day and night and has sold all cloth to be produced before mid August. A carload of brown sheeting was sent to Ontario Canada and another to Northern markets. The mill has profitably operated since it started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Texas
Union
Ontario
Canada
Mortimer Ruggles Dies in New York at 58
Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles of Virginia, who aided John Wilkes Booth’s escape, died in New York City from dropsy at age 58 after thirty years in the city. He had been sentenced to death but released under a general amnesty order and swore allegiance to the U S Constitution before moving north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Ruggles
New York
Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles
Virginia
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ruggles
Booth
United States
Gustave Toudouse Dies Noted Southern Naturalist
Gustave Toudouse, a prominent Southern naturalist, died at his Losoya home aged 84. Born in Nogent France on April 24 1819, he came to the United States over fifty years ago and settled in San Antonio County. At the 1885 New Orleans Exposition he exhibited a museum with Prof Attwater attracting national attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Toudouse
San Antonio
Texas
South
Losoya
Nogent
France
United States
Attwater
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the Shiner Gazette
Shiner
Globe Gleanings
Southern Pacific Railway
Salt Lake, Utah
Columbia, Mo
Barrera
Monterey, Mex
Dubuque, Sa
Frank Askew
Flickinger Wheel Company of
Gallion, O
Mounds
W. E. Hicks
Jacob Neely
Martinsville, Ind
Elvina Schmith
St. Louis
Northern Pacific Railway
Brainard, Minn
Susan Sanders Travis
California
San Francisco
Hagers Steel Company
Madison
Charles S. Olmstead
Colorado
St. John’s Cathedral
Denver
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
Prince Henry of
Prussia
William Ligon
Ira Gwinger
Evansville
Ind
Gwinger
Lawman Hill
Tokepa
Barklow
Marine City
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
James O’brien
Cork
Ireland
Stockholm
Sweden
Bruto Hermann
Lincoln, Neb
Jesse Hammond
A. B. Walgton
Des Moines
Chamber of Deputies
Moore & Evans
Theywest
Princess Radzewill
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
House of Correction
Illinois Steel Works
Joliet
Geo. Holland
Vosburg
Stranghan
Echo
Marshal Stewart
Sheriff Landry
John Connell
Volcano Horror
Roddam
Hell
Danish West Indies
Mount Pelee
Ocean
St. John
N. B
Dominica
St. Vincent
Lufriere
Pelee
Ocean Traveler
Grappler
West India and Panama Company
Guerin
St. Lucia
United Mine Workers
Davis
Boston
Little Rock
Ark
Davie
Lucien Armstrong
Pine Bluff
Armstrong
Pegro
The
Rabbis’ Convention
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