01/29/1905
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"I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come before you and to lay the corner-stone of this building."
"The disaster is complete; that the city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist; and that the American consul and his family have perished."
"I have directed the departments of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy to take such measures for the relief of these stricken people as lies within the Executive discretion."
"The Government of France [...] inform us that Fort de France and the entire island of Martinique are still threatened."