Pelee Active Again as St Vincent Devastation Grows
Reports from Fort de France and Kingstown describe Mont Pelee erupting with bright flashes and ash showers. In St Vincent the death toll rises to about 1,700 with 1,800 buried and widespread destitution as ash covers Georgetown and crops fail.
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Martinique
Mont Pelee
Lorrain
Marigot
Sainte Marie
la Trinite
Washington
Navy Department
St. Lucia
McCormick
Potomac
Island St. Vincent
Georgetown
Chateau Belair
Cincinnatic
Sterling
Fort de Planes
S. Vincent
Kingstown
St. Vincent
Associated Press
First Description of Ont Pelee Event Reaches Port of Spain
Albert of a Martinique estate near Mont Pelee describes the dawn eruption that devastated St Pierre and killed 26000, detailing ground tremors, a shuddering mountain, a roaring crater, a blinding flash and a hurricane like blast.
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St. Pierre
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Albert
Ont Pelee
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Dog Skull Made a Cure for Fractured Skull Patient
John Olberg of Kenton Munising, a man with a badly fractured skull, left the college hospital after a bone from a dog's head was implanted to close the brain exposure. The operation halted convulsions and the wound has healed. Letters from interested readers keep arriving, with varying opinions on similar procedures.
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Saginaw
Mich
John Oberg
Kenton
Munising
The
College Hospital
Olberg
Osberg
Philadelphia
Ir. Meyer
Found His Daughter Dead in Wabash River Near Lafayette
Carrie M. Stengelsmaier, missing since May 4 from Purdue University area, was found dead in the Wabash River six miles below Lafayette. Her father, Stone, located the body in a submerged tree after finding a note suggesting suicide. he suspects foul play due to handwriting differences on the note.
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Lafayette
Ind
Carrie M. Stengelsmaier
Stone
Purdue University
Wabash River
President Stone
Stengelmaier
Gooseishrod
No clear single headline from fragmented scores and notices
Yesterday's sports scores show mixed results across cities with hockey like pairings and baseball style tallies. The report mentions Carrie Nation's fine and jail sentence in Topeka along with other international notes from Vienna and Hayti and a college building collapse in Le Lerida Spain.
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Haiti
le Lerida
Spain
Jacob Stooner
Massachusetts
Havana
Thief flees with church alms box loot in Evanston
At St Marys Church Evanston a man entered during services and pried open the alma box containing pennies and nickels. Two girls saw the thief flee and police chased him for ten blocks before capturing 50 year old James Porter who denies guilt. In Bloomington McLean counties oldest settler Isaac Lash, born 1820, died age 122 after a life of thrifty land investments and early Indian days.
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Chicago
May Whee
St. Mary's
Lake Street
Oak Avenue
Evanston
Pather Smith
James Porter
Porter
Bloomington
Isaac Lash
McLean County
Licking County
Indiana Grand Army Endorses War Policy Critics
The Indiana department of the Grand Army of the Republic adopts a resolution backing the conduct of U S troops in the Philippines. It condemns American critics and copperhead rhetoric, stating Union veterans approve the war with Spain and the Philippine insurrection and scorn dissenters.
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United States
Philippine Islands
Union
Spain
Canal treaties ready for Senate review from Colombia Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Secretary Hay announces three treaties with Colombia Nicaragua and Costa Rica are completed to secure rights for US canal construction and will be sent to the Senate. Negotiations reached final obstacles as ministers met at the State Department, clearing the way for ratification discussions.
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Washington
Hay
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Panama
Nicaragua Canal
Senate
State Department
Mulct Law Rule Reduces State Liquor Prohibition Limits
The Iowa Supreme Court rules the mulet law banning liquor sales to bootleggers by non resident dealer agents conflicts with interstate commerce and is unconstitutional In state v Pat Humphy Jefferson County the defendant an Illinois liquor house agent soliciting orders in Fairfield had orders shipped directly to purchasers and won reversal Also reports baseball scores and a shooting incident in Wrymore Neb including Rev S P Bendercoke firing at Dr W H Johnson and arrest details
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Supreme Court
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Pat Humphy
Jefferson County
Illinois
Pairfield
Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cinccinnati
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
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Columbus
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City
Toledo
Minneapolis
Western
Colorado Springs
St. Joseph
Omaha
Peoria
Denver
Preacher
Wrymore
Neb
S&. P. Benbercoke
The
Christian Church
W. H. Johnson
Cuban inauguration trip fuels Senate members departure
United States Senators Money and Mason along with Jones of Arkansas and ex Senator Thurston and Representative de Armond left for Havana to attend the inauguration of President elect Betrada Palma, amid tensions and a tariff dispute.
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Nana Ration
Washington
Money
Mason, Jones
Arkanswa
Thurston
le Armond
Havana
Bretrada Palma
Dowie’s Daughter Dies in Seaside Tragedy
The article reports the death of Rather Allen known as the daughter of Rev John Alenander Dowie nicknamed the Zlontte. She passed away in an apparent seaside morning incident in Chicano.
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Rather Allen
Rev
John Alenander Dowie
Zlontte
Seotiontal
Perjury trial in Chicago linked to Witew of a legislator
Mrs. Crittle Thomas of 2008 Indiana Avenue has been placed on trial before Judge Naker for perjury. She allegedly fled a schedule of property in 1900 reporting $1,897 in personal property and admitted $15,000 in court. Her husband, the late John W. B. Thomas, once represented the district in the state legislature. Her stepdaughter, Mrs. Hester Thomas Morrison, seeks to break the will and probate court action follows.
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Chicago
Crittle BO
Thomas
Indiana Avenue
Naker
Board of Assessors
Cook County
Mra Thomas
John W. B. Thomas
Colored, Who For Three Stertna
Traving
Mra
Hester Thomas Morrison
Springfield
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Livestock and Grains
Receipts and bids across hogs cattle and sheep mixed with grain futures. Hog prices ranged from 6.75 to 7.52 for various weights. cattle and veal showed varied quotes. sheep and lambs were active with higher lamb values. Grain notes include No 2 red wheat and corn July futures with modest moves, oats and rye prices steady to firm at Milwaukee and St Louis.
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Buffalo
East Bufalo Y
Commission Berpants
East Huffalo
N. Y
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Madrid Provincials Celebrate King Alfonso Investiture
A vivid Madrid dispatch describes May 17 celebrations for King Alfonso including decorated streets, festival stands, and a grand banquet with Dr. Curry. Duke of Connaught awards the Order of the Garter to the young king in a throne room ceremony as thousands attend public fetes and bullfights, with large charity distributions to the poor.
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Curry
Duke of Connaught
Alfonso
Bin
Garter
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Order of the Seraphim
England
Order of the Garter
Spain
George
Puerta del Sol
Noor
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