Devastation at St Pierre After Mont Pelee Eruption
Galling details show port de France steamers carrying a government delegate gendarmes and troops to St Pierre with firewood petroleum and cremation supplies for victims. Refugees numbered over a thousand believed dead amid lava flows. Descriptions speak of ash inundation ruined streets and charred corpses as banks and treasuries are searched for valuables.
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Rubis
Port de France
Martinique
St. Pierre
LeCarbet
Sasa Pilote
Mont Pelee
Bank of
Rue de L'Hospital
Bicyclist Archie McEachern Killed in Atlantic City Crash
Toronto cyclist Archie McEachern, famed champion, was killed in Atlantic City while being paced by a motor tandem. A broken chain caused sudden braking, sending him into the tandem and into a projecting board, tearing the jugular vein and causing death within twenty minutes.
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Archie McEachern
Toronto
Ontario
Atlantic City
McEachern
Terrible naphtha blast at Sheredan yard shocks Pittsburg
A massive Monday explosion and fire at the Sheredan yard of the Panhandle railroad killed many and left about 200 severely burned. Flames leapt 60 feet as cars exploded and naphtha spread to Esplenbourgh, wrecking hotels and buildings and drawing ambulances and physicians from Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Sheredan
Pan-Handle
Corks
Esplenbourgh
Seymour Hotel
Collins House
River Road
Sheeredan
Haitian President Sam resigns after seven-year term ends
President Sam of the Haitian Republic resigns from office as Haitian Congress prepares to elect a successor. Elected April 4, 1596, for seven years, in joint session, he was 61 at the time and hailed from a family with a long Haitian revolutionary legacy.
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Black Repubiie
Nalti Realgna Ofice
Tiresias Simon Sam
Sam
Evans resigns pension chief role as voluntary act
The article states Commissioner Evans left the pension department of his own free will, asserting his departure was not coerced or urged by the president or any adviser. It emphasizes that his resignation was a voluntary, independent decision.
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Evans
Pension Department
Pension Bureau
Crumpacker Detained Halting Visit to Southern Plantations
A Washington report states Judge Crumpacker of Indiana cannot accompany a congressional party to Mr Thompson of Alabama at Tuskegee later this month due to an unresolved court case. Indiana hoped to join this southern trip to view conditions, but the matter could not be continued.
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Indiana
South
Washington
Crumpacker
Representative Thompson
Alabama
Flaming Gas Disaster Claims Many Victims at Sheridan
Pittsburg dispatch reports twenty three dead and about 300 injured after a naphtha explosion and fire near Sheridan. Key scenes show devastated homes, two schools emptied, and mass hospital strain as families mourn and aid funds form for affected students. Train brakes failed, unleashing a fiery wreck with tanks ruptured and flames consuming tracks and yards.
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Pittsburg
Sherdan
Sheridan
Hannuam
Corks Run
McCarthy
Hazleton Report Flags Uncertain Coal Strike Continuation
A Hazleton dispatch notes the ongoing suspension of work in Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields remains clouded with uncertainty about whether the stoppage will continue.
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Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Revolution in Haiti as Nam resigns, Nebele takes power
Severe street fighting in Port au Prince on Monday ends with Nam’s government toppled. Rebels seize the arsenal and establish a provisional government under Bolstone Canal, a former Halt magistrate. Two killed and three wounded in the clash.
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Nam
Nebele
Back Republic
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Revoluonlats
Bolstone Canal
Halt
Flag of Cuba Raised for Palma In Havana Welcome
The flag of Cuba flew over Morro castle as President elect Estrada Palma arrived aboard the Julia. Cheers rang out from thousands on shore while ships in harbor saluted and bells rang. Palma praised Cuba’s people and said their support boded well for the republic. General Wood accompanied him to Gomez’s residence ahead of the May 20 inauguration.
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Palma
Cuba
Morro Castle
Havana
Julia
Estrada Palma
Morro
Senate Chamber
Matanzas
Maine
Dauntless
Esteve
Senor Estrada Palma
Senora Carlo
Wood
Senor Zayas
Republic
Maximo Gomez
Fight on the Meat Trust Fights in Chicago Court
With Attorney General P C Knox approving, District Attorney 8 C Bethea filed in the federal circuit court in Chicago a bill for an injunction to break up a alleged giant conspiracy to control the U S meat trade. He will seek a temporary injunction against packers on May 20 before Judge Grosscup under the Sherman act.
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BIL
Chicago
P. C. Knox
8. C. Bethea
Federal Circuit Court
United States
Bethea
Grosscup
Payne Wife Divorced in Watertown Court
Mrs. Fayne Moore of New York City obtained an absolute divorce from William E. Moore, now serving nineteen years in Sing Sing for attempting to blackmail the late Martin Mahon. She was allowed to resume her maiden name Fayne Strahan, after Judge Julian Bennett's ruling, with Mahon declining to testify against her.
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Moore
Badger
Watertown
Fayne Moore
New York
Julian Bennett
Fayne Strahan
William EB. Moore
Sing Sing
Martin Mahon
Largest wolf killed in Billings county tale of the season
G W Myers captures a seven foot ten inch, 168 pound wolf accused of years of killing livestock. Myers had offered 50 dollars for its capture, and the animal is blamed for killing several cattle and stock losses amounting to thousands. The hide will be kept as a souvenir.
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Billings County
N. D
G. W. Myers
Lupus
Ireland Emigration Declines Amid Population Shift
A scanned Irish emigration note reports a marked population decrease, attributing it to factors like famine effects and economic hardship. The item comments on living standards, food abundance, and health claims, noting misdirection and uncertain remedies for indigestion and age concerns.
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Ireland
Witoa
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial
A woman recounts relief from ovarian and womb inflammation after six years of suffering. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health within three months, ending headaches and nerves improving, and avoiding surgery. A request to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts is included.
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Eckil Stevenson
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Meat Trust
Payne
Bill
Ecriminal
Ty Voning
Dean Mrs. Pryxnam
Newwien
Caada
GA Ala
BUS. College
Macon
Morormomomomoromororomomoro Capudine
Laurippe
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