Vesuvian Eruption Wrecks Naples As Cities Deserted
Mount Vesuvio erupts with lava and ash spreading over southern Italy. Naples and towns like Capris and Sorrento fall into darkness as emergency services struggle. Observatories, prisons, and railways suffer damage while residents flee amid fright and chaotic evacuation efforts.
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Tore Dei Grece
Vesuvius Eruption Casts Wide Destructive Lava Waves
A Washington Post dispatch reports Mount Vesuvius erupting with lava streams 200 feet wide and 40 feet deep advancing through towns around the summit. Correspondents describe flames, ash, and earthquakes driving residents toward the sea, with villages like Boscotre case and Portse fleeing as cottages and vineyards burn and collapse under the fiery onslaught.
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Mount Vesuvius eruption prompts papal distress and naval aid
Pope Pius IX expressed grave distress over the Vesuvius disaster as sea front evacuees move to higher ground. Naples receives orders for fleet assistance to ferry refugees while officials converge on the city. An American engineer is noted among observers at the volcano.
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Atria del Cavallo Crater
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Mattence
CLUM IN PANAMA VISITS JAMAICA ON THE WAY
Washington Post correspondent visits Jamaica and Colon to study canal labor. He describes Jamaica’s scene and labor patterns, the deposit required for leaving the island, and the move of 10,000 plus workers toward the Panama Canal project amid sanitary concerns and migration toward Panama.
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Proctor Surrenders as Embezzlement Case Opened in Boston
Boston officials issued a warrant for Proctor, private secretary to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, on embezzlement charges involving 223 dollars from E roctor Bestgen. Proctor surrendered at police headquarters, posted $500 bail, and was released after a grand jury report. He faces arraignment tomorrow as authorities pursue the case amid campaign finance questions.
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Hibert & Proctor
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Eroctor
Delmeng
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Quincy
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State Committee
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Washington
Traniel A. Lane
Jeremah Jo McCarthy
Marroe
Dowie Seeks Chicago Return Amid Zion City Turmoil
By San Antonio reports thousands of Dowieites back General Overseer Voliva as leader denounce John Alexander Dowie as spendthrift and traitor in a Shiloh Tabernacle meeting. Mrs Dowie applauds Voliva while Dowie departs for Chicago with Zion City tensions and preparations for his homecoming underway.
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Australia
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Baranene
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Zion Guards
Shiloh
San Antonio
Tex
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Che Tigin
C Hall
Focal Zionist Church
Dowe
Dow
Ana Reas
Dante
Zion City followers rally behind Dome amid church turmoil
Reports from Chicago and St Louis depict a large gathering of John Alexander Dome followers supporting him against charges by Overseer Vollva. The Zionist Church in London confirms Dome's deposition as of April, amid calls defending his sacred trust.
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Vollva
Havoc by South Sea Storm hits Pacific islands
The steamer Mariposa arrived in San Francisco with details of a February storm that devastated the Society and other South Sea islands. Estimates report 150 lives lost and 1,500,000 dollars in damage. The Roxburgh bound cutter ran ashore near Tokarva in the Paumolec group, with ten crew lost. other losses include the French schooners Pahktienne and Touture and a missing Morurera.
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Society
South Sea Islands
Roxburgh
J. Leslie
Tokarva
Iskands
Dexter
Touture
Morurera
Tikehou
Nearly Embalmed Alive Wisconsin Woman Rouses at Funeral
Mrs WR Sherwood of Mabel Minnesota aged twenty five lay in a bier in Crogose Wisconsin for burial after pneumonia. Doctors pronounced death early and friends laid her out. At two in the morning monitors heard a cry as she rose, remained conscious though unable to move or speak. She received treatment and is expected to recover.
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Five Reicu ed at Sea Two Days in Open Boat
Five survivors and a corpse from the coasting schooner W. H. and W. L. Tuck reached Yarmouth Nova Scotia aboard the American trawler Spray after being adrift two days in a long boat with no food or water. The crew, once ashore, reported heavy northeast squalls near Cape Sable that capsized the schooner, killing steward Charles Wilstead.
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Plac
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Aieat
Mystic
Fortune on Freak Wager by Chicago Professor
Chicago professor Adolph Gluck staked 25 000 on a one year vow not to utter a falsehood and to eat only raw foods, agreeing to thirty six hours weekly without pleasure. Neighbor Rudolph Jones backed the wager, handing over deeds for property as stake, with Gluck’s aim to prove veracity and restraint against satiety.
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Adolph Gluck
University of Lemberg
Galxta
Rodolph ‘Jones
Gluck
Count Sacky Rearrested On New Embezzlement Complaint
Special to The Washington Post reports New York misdated items alleging Anbert Sacky, famed cattle import contractor to Egypt, embezzled $2000 from Miss Clare E. Page after pawned Gobelin tapestries. Page testified meeting Sacky at the Waldorf Astoria, claiming he promised cattle contracts for 200,000 head. Magistrate Wahle remanded Sacky for a Tuesday hearing.
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Joss Page
Wahle
Vail
Murder by Drunken Husband Shocks Baltimore Family
Special to the Washington Post reports John Kennedy beat his wife Magge in their home at 1586 Fudgely Street. Coroner Jones ordered a postmortem as the body showed massive bruising and choking marks. The couple’s young son told police of his father’s drunken violence and his failed attempt to intervene.
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Meridian College Professor Prevents Lynching Incident
Prof J W Beeson of Meridian College calms a mob of at least 100 after a negro shot a street car conductor over fare for a 12 year old boy. Beeson secreted the suspect and persuaded the crowd to disperse and surrender him to the police Monday. The conductor is expected to recover.
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Mab
Mendion
J. W. Beeson
Meridian College
Bransecomb Farmer
Storms Hit Two Towns Across Dewey Station Area
A severe wind storm swept across Dewey Station injuring 11 people, overturning a house, and causing major damage to trees and roofs. In Fayette Missouri a tornado damaged many homes, barns, and outbuildings with widespread unroofing. Reports say the storm was general across the area.
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Celebration ends in riot in Athens after independence parade
Demonstrators marking Greece's independence anniversary clashed over elections in Athens with a revolver fusillade killing two and wounding seventeen as troops cleared the streets. Riots were also reported in several towns amid political dissensions.
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Greece
Coal chisel today employes pressure on settlement
Workers press for settlement of long standing grievances as coal industry talks continue today. Officials say talks focus on wages hours and job security while union leaders demand binding agreements and timely resolutions.
Cost of Hard Coal Strike Sparks Arbitration Debate
The Washington Post reports a surge of activity as operators and miners move toward arbitration. Miners push for a board of arbitration to settle old grievances plus new issues from the anthracite strike award. Operators reportedly favor arbitration with a modified form and may reject a straight arbitration proposal. Reports from Scranton and Wilkes-Barre note uncertainty about stationing a strike and preparations by union leaders. Frustrations mount as executives and union officials discuss potential settlements and ongoing labor tensions.
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Board of Conciliation For Arbitration
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Scranton
Lackawanna Company
D. A. Hurshharger
Switchmen’s Union of North America
H Wilkesbarre
L. Robbins
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