12 May 1902
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1902
Page
1
The northern portion of Martinique lies in smoking ruin as Mont Pelee erupts lava flows down its slopes. In St Pierre thirty thousand corpses are decomposing amid the devastation.
Reports from Fort de France describe Mont Pelee’s eruption wiping out St Pierre and Le Carbet and Le Precheur with 6,000 dead at St Pierre. Survivors, looting, and relief efforts unfold as lava, ash, and wreckage spread across Martinique threatening Fort de France.
Paris dispatch reports a catastrophic eruption impact on Martinique. The north eastern region is ruined with three large communities destroyed aside from St Pierre. About 6,000 refugees from Le Carbet and Le Preheur are evacuated as supplies reach them.
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Describes violent explosions at the Soufrière crater on St Vincent with lava flows, ash, and dense atmospheric phenomena. Widespread destruction reported in Wallibou and Richmond valleys, mass evacuations, crops and livestock losses, and looming famine. Government aid mobilized as deaths and unburied corpses are feared. London reports Governor Llewellyn unable to reach the island due to fog and danger. ships dispatched with relief supplies.
Reports from the island of St Vincent indicate over two hundred deaths by Friday afternoon with estimates suggesting up to five hundred lives lost. Estates destroyed, steam and ashes emitted from dawn to night, and Kingstown left shrouded as dust clouds drift eastward. Many injured, corpses buried or not yet buried. Times correspondent notes the death toll may rise further with most bodies still unrecovered.
A Dominica dispatch notes a lake water disappear and a ten foot vent emitting steam. In London, reports warn of grave alarm at St Vincent as refugees reach Dominica from Martinique. Six boats from Grand Riviere are missing. overall details show uncertainty about the catastrophe’s extent.
Washington May 18 managers of the Northwestern Railway merger propose to substitute the Burlington as parent company with a Chicago base and new Iowa charter while extending lines west and south. Indiana lawmakers seek a special clause to fund a military post in Indianapolis using arsenal sale proceeds as Congress weighs army and railroad interests amid ongoing battles with Harriman.
The claims bill will be considered this week with time allotted to the naval appropriation bill. Demand for copies of Secretary Root’s reply to the Culberson resolution on the Philippine campaign has overwhelmed supply, prompting 2,000 extra copies at Senator Allison’s request. Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador remains ill, with asthma and other ailments, his age affecting recovery and raising family concern.
May 11 Paris voters respond quickly in municipal district reballoting for deputies. Ministerialist gains include Leygues Brisson and Jules Siegfried. Paschal Groumetta dies of apoplexy. In Lille Lorthieis elected. in Nord department a death occurs near polling. Marseilles sees fusion committee quarters looted with no injuries. several arrests.
In Hazelton Pennsylvania two major coal firms Coxe Bros. & Co and Calvin Pardee Sons & Co lock out miners as of last night. Engineers firemen and pump runners remain at work to keep mines from flooding. United Mine Workers locals meet and delegates are chosen to decide on a permanent strike starting tomorrow with district leaders explaining the situation. The Lehigh Valley Coal Co will employ all who report for work tomorrow. About 75 percent of valley miners are organized and Cranberry breaker may restart with nonunion strip miners amid uncertain outcome. Samuel Nedrey of the American Federation of Labor pledges aid to the miners.
In Wilkes Barre on May 11 clerks at coal offices rushed to process pay rolls after reports the Hazleton strike may end. President Mitchell says the United States exports coal worldwide and that crews in mines will be paid in full but may lose their jobs. The Blue Ridge breaker of Ontario and Western in a Pecksville area settlement burned, attributed to a forest fire, while miners hope to regain positions if the Hazleton convention ends the strike.
After a marathon session from midnight to 4 a.m., Detroit street railway employees agreed to submit their dispute with Detroit United Railway over a wage raise from 21 cents to 3 cents per hour to arbitration. The parties will choose a three member board or appeal to the State Board of Arbitration, with one member chosen by the union and one by the company, and a third selected jointly. The arbitration must occur within ten days.
Lawrence Bressano, a fireman at the Atlantic Hotel, crept into the meat room and fatally slashed chef Michael Tornish with a meat cleaver and knife. He mutilated the body, danced on it, then fought police before being subdued and jailed. Authorities say a dispute over a woman may have sparked the attack. a preliminary trial is set for tomorrow.
Paris May 12. Senor Augusto Severo Brazilian astronaut and a assistant were killed when his airship La Paix exploded during ascent at Vangararsa Aerostatic Park after previous ascents held by a rope at forty meters. La Paix resembled Santos Dumont balloons but with larger gas capacity and three main propellers.
Scranton Pennsylvania reports no coal production in the Scranton end of the anthracite region tomorrow as companies agree at a meeting not to operate despite unsettled strike adherence. Some washeries may run to supply locomotives and hoisting engines while miners weigh the Hazelton convention. unions weigh sentiment against prolonging the strike.
At Beziers France May 11 Barnum and Bailey circus riot drew about 7000 spectators. Crowd unable to enter stoned employees fracturing one skull likely fatal. Troops restored order after tents were cut and rioters driven away. Circus moved to Garcassonne. similar incidents had occurred at Cette and Narbonne.
May dates detail a melee aboard an excursion train near Lake Charles with Solomon Botley of Sulphur La killed and Kitchen of Beaumont severely wounded. Dozens jumped from the cars as fights broke out in the negro coach and again afterward involving Tony Jones Frank John Berwick and Leonard Dyson among others.
Palma arrives in Havana as Cubans celebrate by raising their flag over Morro Castle. The steamer is escorted into the harbor by a large fleet, signaling a day of great rejoicing. The tug Dauntless, famed filibuster, is granted right of line in the long marine procession.
President elect Estrada Palma arrives with party aboard Julia amid cheers from thousands at Morro Castle. Cuban and U S flags fly, bands play, and a series of receptions, speeches, and banquets mark the welcome. Twenty three Cuban women greet him in costumes representing American Republics.
In Cincinnati in May the United States Court hears Mrs Lillie M Walker of Philadelphia seeking a receiver for Oxford College in Oxford Ohio. Defendants include William M Shera Charles H Shera Caleb A Shera George C Wolliver and ex Congressman H L Morey all directors of the institution. The Sheras are Oxford bankers Wolliver runs a grocery and is a bank director. Walker held stock after her husband Dr Faye Walker served as college president. A stock company was organized with Walker as shareholder. The suit seeks accounting and damages against the late college president and Presbyterians allied with Dr Scott Dr Lord and others. About one hundred young ladies attend the college.
Rome reports a landslide at Marola in the Kemilia province killing thirteen people. Rescue teams work amid ruins as officials confirm the toll and investigate the cause. Local residents voice shock at the disaster scene.
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