OMINOUS OF DISASTER HEAVY DETONATIONS HEARD
Reports from Four Points describe signs of catastrophe as the feared volcano Mont Pelee nears eruption. Dust and thick mist blanket Roseau and Port-au-Prince while observers note loud detonations and ash fall from Dominica to Martinique. Reports from Guadeloupe, St Lucia, and Barbe Terre detail darkness, electrical flashes, and panicked populations as authorities monitor Mont Pelee activity and cable communications are disrupted.
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St. John
Antique
Th. W
Basse Terre
St. Kitta
Martinique
Mount Pelee
Haveocat
Castries
St. Lucia
SM. Thomas
DWL
Mont Pelee
Dominican
Dominica
Paris
Ministry of the Colonies
Tort de France
Martinque
New York
La Follette Signals Conditional Support For Spooner
Chicago dispatch reports Governor Robert La Follette in a sequence of letters to George B. Van Norman stating Spooner is acceptable if he endorses the Republican platform from the recent convention. The letters reveal the governor’s stance on Spooner’s re election bid for the U S Senate and demand clear campaign adherence. Also notes Alfred D. Jones Nebraska’s first settler and former Omaha postmaster dies at 87 after a fall.
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Chicago
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Grand Il Pacific
Spooner
United States Senate
George B. van Norman
Omaha
Neb
Alfred D. Jones
Nebraska
Cornell Bluffs
Neely Sails After Amnesty Release to Seek Missing Stakes
Havana reports that C. F. P. W. Neely, an American freed under the general amnesty, has departed for New York. He intends to contest the $6 found on him at arrest for postal frauds and confiscated, amid mounting tensions between Washington and Havana.
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Havana
W. Neely
New York
Washington
Baseball Scores From Chicago Two Days of Play
Chicago Sept 1 Scores from Saturday and yesterday list League games in Cincinnati St Louis 2 Cincinnati 18 Boston 8 Boston 4 Philadelphia 3 New York 2 Pittsburg 3 American games in Detroit Boston 11 Detroit 1 St Louis 2 Baltimore 8 Cleveland unclear with partial lines.
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Toledo
Todianapoelia
Loulevile
Columbus
Louisville
St. Pauloritain
Ronday
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Kanene City
Kevans City
St. Panlik
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Paul
Western
St. Joseph
Milwaukee &, & Joseph
Kanata City
Peoria
Des Moines
Omaha
Orantw
Milwakee
Denver
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelpia
New York
Philadelphia
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Shoots Himself
Indianapolis report: Calvin Totten bricklayer killed his wife at 216 East Obie Street and then shot himself, dying two hours later. Mrs Totten, from Franklin, had separated from him and lived with their 13 year old daughter Minnie at 427 East Market Street, with witness Mrs Garr. In Salem an unrelated farmer, John Davis, was shot dead by Seam Pavey after repeated quarrels. Pavey surrendered but gave no details.
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Indianapolis
Calvin Totten
East Obie Street
Salem
Ind
John Davis
Pavey
Davie
Davis
Parry Etried
Davia
Tife House
Chinese attacked in Baker City prompt Oregon justice request
Washington reports that the Chinese government asked the U S State Department to ensure justice in Oregon after a mob attacked about fifty Chinese workers in Baker City on August 8 Three were shot and the others driven from town with orders not to return The Chinese legation said local authorities have shown no effort to prosecute the offenders and requested action from Washington
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Washington
State Department
State of
Oregon
Baker City
Legation
Brazil block coal price up ten cents in September
Brazil Ind Sept 1 The block coal operators have advanced the price of Brazil block coal by ten cents effective today. Mines are at full capacity and unable to fill orders due to a shortage of cars.
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Brazil
Ind
Printers and employers reach arbitration compromise
Springfield reports a wage dispute between printers and employers ended by arbitration. The agreement raises wages for some workers while lowering overtime composition pay. Des Moines notes Governor Cummins and staff will attend the Des Moines cruiser launch at Fore River on Sept. 17 with Miss Elsie Macomber as sponsor. Beloit College president Eaton returns from Europe in improved health after over a year.
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Springfield
Des Moines
A. I. Cummins
Fore River Shipyards
Quincy
Mass
United States
Elsie Macomber
BE. D. Eaton
Beloit Colbas
Aetia
Beloit
Wis
Europe
Train wreck in Minnesota death toll mounts after tornado derailment
On September 1 1902 a Chicago and Northwestern train derailed and burned after a tornado struck near Meridan Minnesota. Three killed and over twenty injured including state senator T N Kenvold and several others with broken limbs burns and internal injuries.
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Waseca
Minn
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Meridan
Delmar Peterson
Anna J. Bickford
Albert Len
Eva Richardson
New Ulm
A. C. McConnell
Breckings
T. N. Kenvold
Albert Lea
Congress
Pdith Shackle
Winona
Margaret Jones
Worthington
R. J. Wilde
Milwaukee
Chris
Gregg
Marion
Miss B. ©. Hilmer
B. F. Wendt
Badger
Wis
Fines Paid. Henderson-Ames Directors Face Judicial Scrutiny
Lansing report notes 7200 in fines paid to the county clerk to enrich the library fund. Perjury and aiding offenses charges loom for Bl rk Sutton and Elbert Roos, with Roos disbarred over the deal. State claims pending against Generals White and Marsh and Kalamazoo partners. Henderson-Ames directors arraigned for conspiracy to defraud in military clothing frauds. bail set at 10000 with two sureties.
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Lansing
Mich
Henderson-Ames
Bl RK. Sutton
Elbert & Roos
Roos
Generala White and Marsh
FB. & Roos
Kalamazoo
Henderson-Ames Company
After Gobin's Scalp Quaker City Union Takes Action
Philadelphia reports the Central Labor union denounces General Gobin for orders to shoot strikers in the coal fields. They demand his indictment and Gov. Stone revoke his command, plus suspicions of a broken promise to miners. Rumors of settlement talks and a possible compulsory arbitration law surface as Panther Creek quiets under military patrols.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union of Philadelphia
Rteadier
J. P. Gobin
Felda
Pennsylvania
Stone
Gobin
Mob kills arrestee in Als town lynching case
In Sparta Als Sept 1 a mob seized Ardee Wilson a Black man jailed for assaulting a white woman. They hanged him from a telegraph pole but he escaped, then the mob pursued and shot him dead two blocks from the jail.
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Sparta
Als
Ardee Wilson
About & P.m
Would-Be Assassin Blown Up by Bomb At Selzthal
Vienna September 1 Max von Gutmann a leading coal mine magnate narrowly escaped death at Selzthal Styria Saturday as Hugo Scholtz a Moravian engineer hurled a bomb loaded with bullets it exploded as von Gutmann entered his carriage en route to his estate Scholtz was blown to pieces the forester with von Gutmann was seriously injured and the magnate himself suffered slight wounds
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Vienna
Max von Gutmann
Selzthal
Styria
Hugo Scholtz
von Gutmann
Scholtz
Baby Kellar A Vagrant
Baby 11 months old in Keokuk is found guilty of vagrancy. sentence suspended for good behavior and the infant discharged. Mother retains custody amid a legal dispute over removing the child from unworthy parents. Elmer Park of Associated Charities to appeal after acquittal.
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Keokuk
Kellar
Elmer Park
The
Associated Charities
Chicago Labor Day Parade Sets Record In Labor Strike Feature
Chicago on Labor Day witnessed the largest demonstration of its kind with over 120000 union members and more than 30000 marchers in eight divisions. The parade featured money wagons for miners’ strike contributions, flags catching coins, and a first time closure of stock yards plants. New unions appeared including janitors laundry workers freight handlers glove workers and messenger boys.
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Chicago
Hine
Jackson Boulevard
Western Avenue
Carpenters’ Union
Warlike Oklahoma cattlemen clash with farmers in Guthrie
Sept 1 Guthrie Oklahoma Territory reports ongoing conflict between cattlemen and farmers across Roger Mills Day and Dewey counties with crop destruction stock killings and ambushes. Crowding of cattle from Texan panhandle adds strain and homesteaders fear loss of claims amid disputed priority. Also note Labor Day pay raise for International Traction trainmen and the arrest of D. Hi. Gall on horse stealing charges in Lima Ohio.
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Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma
Roger Mills
Day
Dewey
Texan Panhandle
Buffalo
Mitten
International Traction Company
Libot authorities tied to wed ban case and politics
The Libot authorities were involved in a wed ban case with Call formerly prominent in local polities.
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Call
Socialists Nominate State Tickets in Wisconsin Convention
Social Democratic party adopts platform pledging allegiance to international socialism and national ownership of railroads telegraphs telephones express companies and ships. Ticket fields include Mathew Diddinger as governor and Oscar Ywery as railroad commissioner among Milwaukee leaders. Socialist Labor party also names its slate. Jacksonian club opens Democratic campaign with William J. Bryan as lead speaker at a Minneapolis picnic amid showers.
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Milwaukee
Social Democratic Party
National Socialist Party
Indianapolis
United States
Hia Fe
Senate
Mathew Diddinger
Howe
Charles Ily
Sheboygan
Tward Zugler
Treasor
J. J. Amman
Kiel
Richard Elmer
Mil
West Superior
Traul T Yer
Thenranee
Otto Maury
Pall Read
Otto Koudson
James A. Eekland
Weet
Omaha
Social Democratic nominees chosen in Wisconsin districts
Milwaukee September 1. L W. Bistort ue and Dr H H Berger named as nominees in the Fourth and Fifth Wisconsin district congressional conventions of the Social Democratic party.
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Rocaliata
Congres
Milwaukee
W. Bistortue
HH. G. Berger
Wisconsin
Social Democratic Party
Census iron and steel output and state leaders
The census bulletin lists capital in iron and steel plants at 600,550,484 with 660 active establishments and outputs of 804,004,018. Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois lead in capital and production, with specific state totals cited. Also notes Mississippi? No, mentions Carlyle carnival queen vote results and 26,000 ballots, Chamberlain Banking, and Colorado Springs game collapse due to umpire issues.
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Washington
Sept. L
Berein
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hiinets
Illinois
Carlyle
Tis
Lena Schlafly
Lena Schiafly
Maude Glassford
Kate Schrader
Qarlyle
Lena Redeker
Posey
the Federation of Labor
Glassford
Schalafly
Global News Flows From 1920s Fragments
Twenty three persons were seriously injured by a collision between two passenger trains at Glasgow. A smallpox patient visited the Cleveland public library and the building is closed. Creditors seized Mrs Grace Snell Cottin’s summer home near Antioch. Two stranded chorus girls of the Manhattan Beach Opera company served on a Denver jury and will use their fees to go home. Patric Pean severed ties with Clan na Gael over hostility to United Irish League. At the autumn parade of the German Guard corps on Tempelhof field Emperor Wilhelm saluted United States officers. Heavy rains have drenched most of the northwest for two weeks and grain is rolling in the fields. An edict abolishing kin stations across China. An English clergyman proposes the church run a theater of its own. The officers of the US battleship Illinois hosted a reception in Chatham for British naval officers. A copper combination with total allied capital of 97 600 000 is said to be formed. Learg, home of ex Governor J Proctor Knott near Lebanon Kentucky, destroyed by the new coast defense monitor Wyoming on her first trial.
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Glasgow
Cleveland Public Library
Grace Snell Cottin
Antioch
Manhattan Beach Opera Company
Denver
Utrick Pean
Clan-na-Gael Society
United Irish League
German Guard Corps
Tempelhof Field
Emperor Wilhelm
United States
J. Proctor Knott
Lebanon
Coast Defense
Wyoming
Philippines Future Ties With United States Discussed
Taft at Manila banquet outlines US role in Philippines. US to retain islands for education toward self government, with option of choosing associated status under Britain or Canada. Wright voices reliance on US markets and warns against politicizing the issue. Philippine dysentery largely eradicated by strict sanitation and water boiling efforts.
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Manila
le Cleverner Taft
Chaimber of Commerce of
Philippines
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Taft
Philippine
Roosevelt Monroe line reference alarms editors
European and Viitieh editors express concern over the presidents recent Monroe line reference while Chicago schools face water shutoff amid typhoid scare. Rumor in New York places John A. Drake owner of Futurity winner at $250000 race winnings.
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Viitieh
Roosevelt
Monroe
Chicago
New York
John A. Drake
Sights of Old Panama and its legend of Morgan
A nostalgic English style tour of old Panama portrays the esplanade view from the battery overlooking the prison, Moorish towers, La Boca near Rio Grande, and Mt Ancon. The piece contrasts lush color scenes with the once grand city’s 800 churches, gold and silver services, and the Morgan buccaneer raid that shattered Spanish chivalry.
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Esplanade
Mount Ancon
la Boca
Rio Grande
Andes
San Anastasius
Old
Panama
Puerto Bello
Spain
Morgan
A Soft Answer From London Tit Bits
A quip counsels staying calm in disputes with an angry person, especially a woman. It notes that a soft answer is best, as anger grows with provocation. This London Tit Bits remark emphasizes restraint and measured speech in tense moments.
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Laddie
London
Counterbalanced by a butchers short weight remark
A humorous exchange remarks on short weight for money and a long wait, featuring Mr. Brown-Darling and Mrs. Brown, as illustrated in Bits.
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Mr. Brown
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