Pelee eruptions menace ships and destroy Mont Pelee area
May 20 reports from Martinique describe heavy detonations at Mount Pelee with new craters opening and a volcanic plume. The Potomac and Indefatigable narrowly avoided danger while recovering remains. a severe inundation at Basse Pointe swept away twenty houses with fifty damaged, and access to St Pierre remained blocked by ash and steam.
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Basse Pointe
St. Pierre
Fort de France
Martinique
Potomac
Benjamin B. McCormick
McCormick
Pelee Crater
U. S
Thomas T. Prentis
Mount Pelee
St. Thomas
St. Peirre
May Snow Storms Hit Colorado Towns In May
Snow and rain swept across Colorado towns as a cold wave moved through May. Central City reported six inches of snow on the level, Wortman eight inches, Cripple Creek region saw a blizzard, and Telluride endured a hard gale followed by snow. Breckenridge logged ten inches of May snow with a warm, cloudy day expected.
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Denver
Colo
Central City
Telluride
Wortman
Cripple Creek
Breckinridge
Boer conference votes for peace terms at Vreeninging
A private telegram from London reports the Boer conference at Vreeninging has voted for peace on the best terms the delegation can secure. A commission will travel to Pretoria to confer with Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner, the British high commissioners.
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Lord Kitchener
Milner
London
Vreeninging
Pretoria
Lord Milner
Omnibus Claims Bill Passes House and Cuba Resolution Adopts
The House approved the conference report on the Omnibus Claims bill and sent the measure onward. A unanimous resolution applauded Cuba’s emergence among nations. Stewart of Nevada urged compiling all Indian treaties and laws, Senate debated the Philippine government bill with Bacon of Georgia opposing.
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Now — Stewart
Washington
House
Illinois
House of Representatives
Stewart
Nevada
Senate
Philipppine
Bacon
Georgia
British Minister to Cuba Appointed for Havana
London reports the appointment of Lionel BK G Cardoen as British minister to Havana. Cardoen has served as counsel general of Great Britain in Cuba since 1808.
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London
Lionel BK
G. Cardoen
Havana
Carden
Great Britain
Cuba
Big Six clash opens in Chicago court for meat price case
In Chicago U.S. District Attorney Bethea moved for a temporary restraining order against the packers known as the Big Six. In Kansas City Judge John W. Henry granted a temporary injunction at the request of the Attorney General, restraining Nelson Morris & Co. from fixing meat prices or collaborating with the beef trust.
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United States
Bethea
Beef Trust
Knox
S. H. Bethea
Chicago
Packers
Big Six
U. S
Kansas City, Mo
John W. Henry
Circuit Court
Crow
Nelson, Morris & Company
Coal Famine Deepens As UMWA Leader Arrives
Wilkesbarre, May 20. President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrives and sets up headquarters at the Hotel Hart. He says the miners’ side has not changed, hints cities may still face coal supply disruptions, and notes a Wednesday meeting of three executive boards to settle disputes. Two carloads of foreigners depart Hazleton for New York en route home or to seek bituminous work.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Hart
Hazleton
New York
Waterspout Destroys House Near Covington Kentucky
A waterspout at Lewisburg near Covington Kentucky swept away a house with all its occupants and sent others adrift. Reports say two men were recovered alive while lives are believed lost.
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Cincinnati
Lewisburg
Covington
General Palma Assumes Cuba Presidency as Wood Transfers Authority
May 20 Havana marks Cuba’s declaration of republic with Palma signing as president. General Wood lowers the American flag at the palace and raises the Cuban flag as Gomez assists, while American troops depart. Whitside in Santiago hands over command and sails with the cavalry.
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Havana
Republic of Cuba
Wood
United States
Gomez
Senor Palma
Whitside
Santiago
Loubet and the Czar Meet at Cronstadt Harbor
In Cronstadt Russia on May 20 the French squadron escorting the armored cruiser Montcalm with President Loubet aboard entered the harbor. The imperial yacht Alexandra carrying the Czar arrived almost simultaneously. After Loubet reviewed the Russian fleet, he boarded Alexandra where cordial greetings with the Czar were exchanged.
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Cronstadt
Russia
Fraterville Mine Disaster Toll Tops One Hundred Eighty Seven
Coal Creek Tennessee May 20 34 bodies lie in the old supply store ready for burial as recovery continues from yesterday's Fraterville coal mine explosion. Officials say 187 dead identified or believed buried, with many still in the mine.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Fraterville
Palma appoints Quesada Cuban minister to Washington
President Palma announced Gonzalo Quesada will be Cuban minister to Washington, praising his Cuba work and Washington diplomacy. He added Quesada should be persona grata in the United States. Dr Octavio de Zayas appears likely to become consul general at New York.
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Havana
Palma
Gonzalo Quesada
Washington
Senor Quesada
Cuba
States
Octavio de Zayas
New York
Farewells from St Pierre Victims Amid Volcano Fire
Letters from St Pierre victims describe dawn fires ash covered streets and a dusty calm before disaster. A May 3 note notes crowds fleeing toward the city while fires and falling ash threaten residents and the volcano Mount Pelee looms.
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Paris
Martiniaque
St. Pierre
Mamma
Edith
Robert
Ten of the Mountains
Mount Pelee
Goliad Tornado Leaves Town in Ruin
A Sunday tornado devastated Goliad Texas killing ninety two people and injuring one hundred three. The storm leveled about one hundred fifty houses, leaving the historic city swept clean from end to end.
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Golaid
Tex
Back to Quebec case remanded for custody with detectives
Gaynor and Greene were remanded to the Sheriff of Quebec and two detectives after a hearing before Judge Andrews. They have arrived at Chateau Frontenac for custody surveillance.
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Quebec
Gaynor and Greene
Andrews
Chateau Frontenac
Senate rejects Yost nomination for land office post
Washington dispatch reports the senate, in executive session after discussion yesterday, rejected the nomination of John F. Yost of Rathdrum Idaho to the register of the land office at Coeur d Alene Idaho. Both Senators Heitfeldt and Dubois opposed confirmation.
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Washington
Boise Statesman
Senate
John F. Yost
Rathdram
Idaho
Register of the Land Office
Uoour d'Alene
Heitfeldt and Dubois
Academy of Idaho Trustees Set for Faculty and Curriculum
The Idaho Academy board will elect three instructors and adopt a course of study for the new institution. Principal Faris and Miss Permeal French are on hand to aid the process as the building nears completion and classes open around October 1. About 100 applications, including PhDs from Yale, Columbia, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins, are under consideration. President McLean arrived to join the discussions.
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The
Academy of Idaho
J. M. Bennett
Alex. Hanrahan
J. S. Bonham
Theo
Swanson
J. A. Stucks
Whitwell
J. W. Faris
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Chicago
McLean
Blizzard in Wyoming Threatens Sheep Losses in Utah County
Evanston Wyoming reports a weekend storm dropping 10 to 14 inches of wet snow, with lamb and sheep deaths in the thousands. A prominent sheepman estimates Utah County losses at about 200 thousand head, valued at over a million dollars. The blizzard conditions worry about further losses if the snow continues another day.
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Evanston
Wyo
Utah County
Four Men Die in Construction Train Wreck Near Bradmore
A construction train wreck on the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf line east of Bradmore, I T, results in four dead and seventeen seriously injured. The deceased are named as Chas A Black of Tishomingo T L, James Dolan of Fort Smith Ark, J R Gaines of unknown residence, and Jim Hopegood of Tishomingo L.
Bishop William Taylor Dies in Palo Alto at 81
Bishop William Taylor of the Methodist church died at his son Reverend Ross Taylor’s home in Palo Alto after a long illness with paralysis listed as the immediate cause. He had just turned eighty one and completed sixty years of service. retired in 1804 and lived with his son since 1898.
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Palo Alto
Cal
William Taylor
Methodist Church
Ross Taylor
Taylor
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Colorado
Peage
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Island Republic
General Wood and Staff
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the Czar
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Goliad
the Academy
Bishop Taylor
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