Morning Oregonian., May 12, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, MAY 12 1902.
TALKING OF OREGON
State Expected to Go De
cisively Republican.
PRESS COMMENT IN THE EAST
Representative Gioivcnor Says Scut-
tie Policy Would Ruin 3Inny of
tne'Intcreats of Pacific Const
Work of Congrres.
WASHINGTON, May 11. The Interest In
the Oregon campaign la Increasing. A
number of Republican papers are talking
about It. The New York Press, In an edi
torial, states the imperative necessity for
carrying the state, asserting that it would
be little else than a crime on the part of
factions to defeat the ticket on an. im
portant occasion like the preeent, when
Republican principles are at stake.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, who
was long an intimate friend of President
McKlnley, and one of the earnest Republi
cans of the House, said today:
"The contest in Oregon for the election
of state officers, the Legislature and two
Congressmen is a .matter of very great Im
portance to the party In the United States,
Oregon voting In June sounds a sort of
keynote, and it will be looked upon as of
great importance. If we can carry our
state ticket and elect a Republican Legis
lature and two Congressmen, there will
be no one event of the year which ulll
be more significant of success than that.
Our friends In Oregon are true to the
interests of the party, and I have no doubt
will acquit themselves honorably In the
contest. Faction may dominate a con
vention, but the men of Oregon are too
true to party duty to permit faction to
work defeat at the polls. The defeat of
our ticket In Oregon in the coming elec
tion would mean at once the undoing of
the protective tariff system, or at least
an assault upon it by a Democratic House
of Representatives to such an extent as
would disturb business, encourage the
Democratic party, agitate faction and pro
duce general demoralization. The effort
of the Democratic party in Congress to
day is to denounce, abuse and traduce
the soldiers of the American Army, and
they are seeking to pave the way to the
'scuttle policy In the Philippines and the
abandonment of our Pacific possessions.
This would be substantial ruin to many
of the interests of the Pacific Slope. For
these reasons and because of my faith in
the Intelligence of the people of that auc
tion, I have no fears of the result."
PHILIPPINES BILL THIS WEEK.
Programme lor Work In the Senate
Speeches Provided For.
WASHINGTON, May 1L Senator Raw
lins, senior Democratic member of the
Senate committee on the Philippines, to
day expressed the opinion that a vote
could be reached on the Philippine gov
ernment bill toward the end of the pres
ent week. Other members of the com
mittee think the date of the vote may be
postponed until some time next week, but
none of them place the vote later than
the 24th lnst, two weeks hence. They say
that whenever the debate is exhausted
they will agree to vote, but that they ob
ject to naming a day for a vote until they
are quite certain that there Is nothing
more to say pertinent to the subject.
The consideration of the bill this week
will be Interspersed with the consideration
of appropriation bills, Monday being set
apart for the fortifications bill and Tues
day for the agricultural bill. Neither of
these measures wll consume a great deal
of time, and on each day It is expected
there will be time left for the considera
tion of the Philippines bill. Senator For
aker has given notice of a speech on the
Philippines subject on Monday, and Sena
tor Stewart will speak Tuesday, both In
support of the pending bill. Senator
Spooner also probably will be heard on
the bill during the week. Among the op
ponents of the bill etill to be heard are
Senatons Clay and Money. It is probable
that considerable debate will grow out of
the speeches of Senators Foraker and
Spooner.
Senator Lodge has given notice that on
Tuesday he will move to meet at 11 o'clock
each day to facilitate consideration of the
Philippines bill
BunincKS in the House.
WASHDMGTON, May 1L Tomorrow Is
District of Columbia day In the House.
Special orders have been made for the
consideration of several Trills to follow
the disposition of District business. They
Include the bill to authorize the Issue of
passports to residents of our insular pos
sessions, the Adams bill for the reorgan
ization of the Consular service, and a day
for the consideration of war claims. T"he
conference report on the omnibus bill will
also be considered this week. Such time
as remains will be devoted to the naval
appropriation bill.
Killed by SaTrmlll Shaft.
BOISE, Idaho. May 1L Stephen Sanse,
employed iat -the Schelosko sawmill, IS
miles from this city, was fatally injured
last evening and died today. A irouser
leg caught in a shaft and was twisted
up quickly, the limb heing torn off below
the knee. Deceased came here recently
from Boulder, Colo.
BIG FIRE AT TRUCKEE.
Mills and Lumber Destroyed Town
Saved.
TRUCKEE, Cat, May 1L Six acres in
the central portion of Truckee was &
raging mass of flames for seven or eight
hours this morning. The extensive box
factory and planing mill of the Truckee
Lumber Company, around which the town
was originally built, was totally destroyed.
With it went the office, with everything
it contained, and a number of warehouses
and drying-houses filled with "boxes, sea
soned lumber, glass, windows, doors and
building material. One million feet of
lumber piled on both sides of the Tlver
was also destroyed. The fire probably
originated from a defective electric wire,
but the exact cause will never be known.
The powdered dust arising from the wood
working machinery, which coated the in
terior of the old building, exploded with
the first contact of flames. The- entire
building was blazing before the alarm
could be given.
A train of cars, partly loaded with
boxes, standing In front of the building
and the ofllce, situated 100 feet; distant,
were almost instantly on fire, together
with scores of towering lumber piles. It
was the closely piled lumber and the com
pact bundles of box material -whlrJi mucp
the fire to 'last so many hours; Indeed, a
number of the larger piles of lumber
have blazed fiercely all day, and are light
ing the town tonight. There was -not a
breath of wind, and although many houses
were scorched on the main street, and
oeveral caught fire, no losses occurred
except to the lumber company. More than
1,000,000 feet of lumber was saved, al
though many of the piles destroyed were
but a few feet distant.
The flames rose vertically to a height of
200 feet, and were seen at Clark's Sta
tion, Nevada, 90 miles distant. A dozen
times the town pecmed doomed, but there
was an abundance of water, and the men
fought as only those can who fight for
their homrs The loss "is $200,000. Insur
ance was $20,000. Tomorrow morning the
company will commence rebuilding.
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For Jen-lulu Younjr Men.
CHICAGO, May 11. The Independent
Order of B'nai B'rlth today decided to es
tablish in Chicago an organization similar
to the Y. M. C. A. The convention was
attended by 75 delegates, representing 2500
members in the cities of the Middle West.
The wealthy Jews of Chicago will be ex
pected to interest themselves in the enter
prie. J. L. SterltskI, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., was elected president, and will
have the matter in charge.
PALMA REACHES HAVANA
Receives a Royal "Welcome From the
People.
HAVANA, May 1L At 7:30 o'clock this
morning a large Cuban flag was hoisted
over Morro Castle, a signal that the
steamer Julia, with President-elect Palma
and his party on board, had been sighted.
Cheers went up from the thousands who
had waited the Julia's arrival since day
breakcheers for the new President and
the flag which was hoisted over the fa
mous fortress for the first time. It was a
moment of exultation for the Cubans, and
the fact that the Stars and Stripes floated
from its customary pole over the castle
dfd not lessen their enthusiasm.
A great fleet of vessels that had gone
out to escort the Julia In returned two
hours later. As the Julia entered the
harbor bands stationed along the water
front played the Cuban National hymn,
steamers saluted continually, there were
cheers from the crowded wharves and
church bells were rung. The procession
entered between rows of decorated tugs
and barges. The several warships in the
harbor also were decorated. Near by the
Stars and Stripes floated over the wreck
of the Maine, and under this flag streamed
a black and white pennant, placed there
by the Cuban committee in charge of the
festivities.
At the wharf the President-elect was
welcomed by Vice-President Esteve and
Senor Jolce. each delivering a brief ad
dress. A feature here was 23 young C
ban women dressed In costumes repre
santing the American Republics. Later
the President-elect was escorted by mem
bers of the rural guard to the palace,
whe're he was received by Governor-General
Wood, his staff and three secretaries.
From here the President-elect proceeded
to the Municipal Council building, where
speeches were made by the Mayor of Ha
vana, and Senor Zayas. The latter wel
comed Senor Palma in behalf of the peo
ple of all classes and all political beliefs.
Replying, Senor Palma said that his re
ception was a. gratifying experience, and,
judging from what he had seen gince his
arrival In Cuba, the people were unani
mous in support of the Incoming govern
ment. This, he said, bodes well for the
republic. General Wood accompanied
Senor Palma to the residence of General
Maximo Gdmez, where he will reside until
his inauguration, May 20.
Later a breakfast was given by the
Municipal Council In honor of the President-elect,
and In the evening a dinner
was tendered him, General Wood and Gen
eral Gomez and other prominent Cubans
being present at the latter function.
Mrs. Estrada Palma will be welcomed
officially when she arrives from New York
tomorrow.
TWO AERONAUTS KILLED.
Airship Exploded While on a Trial
Accent.
PARIS, May 12. The airship belonging
to Senor Auguste Sevroa, the Brazilian
aeronaut, made an ascension this morn
ing. The airship exploded and the two
aeronauts who were on board were killed.
Senor Sevros' airship, called La Paix,
had made two ascensions at the Vaugar
arza Aerostatic Park since May 5. Upon
both occasions La Paix was held by a
rope at the height of 40 meters. In this
position the airship maneuvered for a
short time successfully. La Paix was not
unlike Santos-Dumont's airship In ap
pearance, but It differed irom it in many
details. The gas capacity of La Paix was
nearly four times greater than that of
Santos-Dumont's balloons. It had three
main propellers and two smaller ones,
used for steering and in ascending and
descending. The two petroleum motors of
La Paix were of 24 and 16 horsepower, re
spectively. After the ascension of May 4, Senor
Sevros said he would not make another
trial until there was perfectly fair weather
and that he would then attempt to extend
his flight Upon this occasion Senor Sev
ros' two assistants went up in the air
ship. Senor Auguste Sevros has occupied
himself with the problem of alr-flylng
for more than 20 years. In 1SS1 he carried
out some interesting steerage kite ex
periments in Brazil. In 1BS4 he constructed
a large steerablo balloon, but the results
with this were not satisfactory.
-Senor. Sevro9 was at one time Deputy
and President of the Budget committee in
the Parliament at Rio de Janeiro. He was
born about 40 years ago.
Senor Sevros arrived in Paris with, a
fiying-raachlne last November. Ho then
announced his lptention to sail across and
around Paris. His last balloon is de
scribed as carrying a car shaped like a
long parallelogram, drawn up directly be
neath the balloon. The balloon is rigid,
the cover cannot crumple or cave in, and
It does not tip or careen, like that of
Santos-Dumont
Sevros, the aeronaut and one of his
assistants were killed by the explosion.
THE SICK AND THE DEAD.
Lieutenant-Governor of Wisconsin.
WATERTOWN, Wis., May lL-Jesse
Stone, Lieutenant-Governor of Wisconsin,
died here tonight, after a lingering Ill
ness, from cancer of the stomach. He
underwent an operation In a Chicago hos
pital recently.
Jesse Stone was a capitalist, banker
and manufacturer, and was born in Eng
land in 1S36. He was twice elected to the
office of Lieutenant-Governor on the Re
publican ticket; served three terms in the
State Assembly, was delegate to the Na
tional Republican conventions in 1SS8 and
18S2, and was a former member of the
Republican state central committee.
Well-Known Railroad Contractor.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 11. Henry Kll
patrlck, a wealthy and prominent ranch
man of Glllead, Neb., and the oldest
brother of the firm, of Kilpatrick Bros. &
Collins, railway contractors, and sole
owners of the Cambria and Newcastle,
WyoM coal mines, died at his home near
Glllead, Neb., today of tuberculosis of the
bowels'. He was 53 years of age.
- Died' of Ptomaine Poisoning:.
DULUTH. Minn., May 1L Henry E.
Harris, aged 35, author of the "King of
Andorra," died here today of ptomaine
poisoning. He Is a son of the late A.
Harris, a distinguished Virginia Confed
erate officer. Mr. Harris left a widow ana
daughter. He was engaged on another
novel with scenes laid in Spain. The re
mains will be cremated.
Queen Steadily Improving-.
THE HAGUE, May 11. The bulletins
issued at Castle Loo concerning the con
dition of Queen Wllhelmlna have been
reduced to one a day, and it is expected
that they will soon cease altogether. The
marked improvement In Her Majesty's
condition continues, and the constant at
tendance of her physicians is no longer
necessary.
Brlfinu AmbnBundor Quite 111.
WASHINGTON, May 11. Lord Paunce
fote, the British Ambassador, continues
quite -III here, and his condition is giving
the family some concern. He suffers from
asthma and stomach and other troubles,
and owing to his advanced age. his sys
tem falls to respond as readily to the
treatment as was hoped would be the
case.
Famous Turfman Dead.
LONDON, May 11. The death is an
nounced of Captain James Octavius Mitch
ell, .the famous turfman.
MOUNTAIN SPLIT OPEN
(Continued from First Pag,)
but I was told "by a stevedore of St, Kltts
that he jumped overboard and got on a
raft that had been hurriedly put together,
and that he died there.
All this time trie sea was rolling like
the heaviest kind of ground swell; Pelce
was roaring, and the air was full of
strange shocks. When I looked at St.
Pierre the sight was terrifying. The town
was gone. and In Its place wa sa long
stretch of gray, smoking, flaming dust.
All about us .the ships were sunk or
aflame, and between them and the shore
dead bodies' floated singly or in groups.
Some hours after, I don't know how long,
but I have been since told that It was 3
o'clock in the afternoon, the French
steamer Suchet steamed In and rescued 17
of us more dead than alive. We Were car
ried to Fort de France and put In the hos
pital. .
(Signed.) ELLERY SCOTT,
First Officer of the Roralma.
DROWXED CROSSING STRAIT.
The Fiery Terror Pnrined People
Acros the Water.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., May 1L Ad
vices received here from the Island of
Dominica today saj- boats arriving there
report that many persons were drowned
while crossing to Dominica from the
Island of Iartinlque, where some of the
out parishes have been Inundated.
The eruption of Mcnt Pelee, Martinique,
continues. The lava is progressing north
ward. The whole northern section s now
a rocky waste denuded of vegetation.
Reports from the Island of St. Vincent
say that up to the afternoon of last Fri
day more than 200 deaths liad occurred
owing to the volcanic outbreak in that
direction. Definite news, however. Is pack
ing. Many estates were destroyed, and steam
and ashes were being belched forthfrom
7 o'clock In the morning until 9:30 at night.
The eruption is now visible at Kingston.
Huge dust clouds were blown eastward.
Great distress ' prevails at St. Vincent,
where there are many Injured people. It
Is believed that about BOO persons have
lost their Uvea In St Vincent. The ma
jority of the corpses are still unburled.
The British Royal Mall steamer Solent
has gone from Barbadoes to Martinique,
carrying supplies and physicians.
From the Island of Trinidad the British
Royal Mall steamer Kennet has gone to
Fort de France. The British eecond-claes
cruiser Indefatigable is on her way from
Trinidad to St. Vincent with stores for the .
relief of the sufferers there. It la reported
here tha tFort de France, Martinique, Is
now threatened. Great apprehension pre
vails everywhere throughout the West
Indies.
BEYOND IMAGINATION".
Northeastern Part of Island Laid
Waste Volcano Still Roaring.
PARIS, May 11. The Temps today, re
ferring to the destruction of St. Pierre,
says: -
"We believe, from the Information re
ceived here from the Island of Martinique
(meaning, doubtless, the official dis
patches), that the disaster surpasses all
that imagination can- conceive. The whole
northeastern portion" of the island Is laid
waste. Three large communities; exclu
sive of St Pierre, have been destroyed.
The victims comprise two candidates for
today's ballotage for members of the
Chamber of Deputies."
A dispatch received here today from
Fort-de-France, Martinique, says:
"All the hills surrounding Le Carbet and
Le Precbsur (near St Pierre), are covered
with refugees to the number of about
5000, who are being taken away gradually.
In the meanwhile provisions are being
conveyed to them.
"Of the 30 persons who were originally
rescued by the French cruiser Suchet, the
majority were fearfully burned, and nine
died while on their way to the hospital.
"Tho corpses which are heaped on the
ruins of St Pierre are not only complete-1
ly naked, but are frightfully mutilated.
"The Minister of. Marine, M. De Lanes
seng, today received a cable dispatch
from the commander of the French cruis
er Suchet, dated Fort-de-France. Marti
nique, saying that he conducted a search
at St Pierre yesterday. The Captain re
ports that the town Is now a mere heap
of smoking ruins, under which the vic
tims of the catastrophe are burled. The
Suchet was able to convey some of the
Inhabitants of Le Prechsur to Fort-de-France,
but could not reach the nortlf
easternmost part of the Island on account
of the dense rain of ashes.
Volcano Still Threatening.
The Captain of the Suchet further report
ed that the Mont Pelee volcano still had a
threatening aspect yesterday evening.
Subterranean roarings were still heard,
flashes of flame frequently belched from
the volcano, and stones were thrown out
with immense force. A dispatch received
at the Colonial Ofllce here today from
Fort-de-France says there Is no doubt that
Governor Mouttet and the commander of
the troops at St Pierre, Colonel Dalne,
are dead."
Other dispatches confirm the reports that
the American and British Consuls and
their families perished.
M. Bloch, Inspector of Finance, and M.
Laborthe; the Colonial Minister's Secre
tary, who have been dispatched by the
government to Martinique, sailed from
Brest today on the French cruiser d'As
sas, which carries money, provisions and
other stores for the relief of the Marti
nique sufferers.
A French cablw official who went to St
Pierre reports that the company's office
has been burned, and that there Is no
trace of the staff. This official adds that
the cremation of the bodies of the victims
has begun, and that tho cable steamer
Poyeur Quertler Is proceeding to repair
the northern cable. The waves of lava
are still reported to be flowing northward.
They have extended to Le Carbet
Members recently elected to the French
Chamber of Deputies who perished at St.
Pierre were M. Percin and M. Le Clere.
The Colonial Minister has -organized a
relief distribution committee, consisting
of himself and M. De Crais, former Colo
nial Minister, the Colonial members of
the Chamber of Deputies, the Colonial
Senators and a number of commercial
men. The first meeting of this commit
tee will occur Tuesday. The British Am
bassador, Sir Edmund J. Monson, called
at the Elysee Palace this afternoon and
communicated to President Loubet per
sonally the sympathy of King Edward.
HOW ERUPTION BEGAN.
Duplication of Vesuvius Action
When Pompeii Was Destroyed.
KINGSTON, Island of St Vincent, b7
W. I., Saturday, May 10, via Castrle's
Island of St Lucia, B. W. I., May 11.
After numerous earthquakes during the
preceding fortnight accompanied by sub
terranean noises in the direction of
Souferle volcano on the northwest part
of the island, a loud explosion from the
crater occurred Monday last, and the
water In tho crater lake ascended In a
stupendous cloud of steam and -exploded
heavily. The noises grew
louder continually until Wednesday
morning, when the old crater, three
miles In circumference, and the new
crater formed by the last eruption,
belched smoke and stones, forcing tho
residents of Walllbou and Richmond
valley, beneath the volcano, to flee to
the Chateau Belalr for refuge. The
thunderous noteCS which were continually
increasing were heard in neighboring
islands 200 miles away.
At midday the craters ejected enormous
clouds of steamy vapor rising majestically
eight miles high and expanding Into
wonderful shapes, resembling enormous
cauliflowers, gigantic wheels and beau
tiful flower formations streaked up, down
and crosswise with vivid flashes of light
ning, awing the beholder. The mountain
labored to rid itself of a mass of molten
lava, which later flowed over in six
streams down the side of the volcano
and the greater noises following United
in one continuous roar all evening,
through the night to Thursday morning,
accompanied with black rain, falling dust
and favlllous scoria and attended with
midnight darkness. On the morning of
Friday there was a fresh eruption and
ejections of flery matter, more dust cov
eting, tho Island, in some places two feet
deep.
The crater Is still active as this dispatch
Is sent, and great loss of life Is believed
to have occurred.
The lava has destroyed several districts
with their livestock. People are fleeing
to this town, streams are dried up and
In many places a food and water famine
Is threatened. The government Is feed
ing numbers of sufferers from, the out
break. Great physical changes have
taken place In the neighborhood of the
Soufrlore.
Several districts have not yet been
heard from, and the scene of the erup
tion Is unapproachable. Every hour
brings sadder news. The nurses and doc
tors are overworked. It Is Impossible
to give full details at present As a re
sult of the disaster on this Island all
business has been suspended for three
days. The public mind is still unsettled,
fearing further disaster.
Among the deaths are whole families
whose corpses are In several places, still
lying unburied. The dead will be in
terred In trenches.
THOUGHT IT HARMLESS.
So Reported Commission to the Gov
ernorThen Destruction.
FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Martin
ique, May 11. Advices received today
from the vicinity of St Pierre (10 miles
from here) contain details of the volcanic
upheaval which resulted In the utter de
struction of that town and the death of
nearly all Its Inhabitants. The crater of
Mount Pelee has been wearing Its "smoke
cap" since the 3d of May, but there was
nothing until last Monday to Indicate that
there was the slightest danger. On that
day a stream of boiling lava burst
through the top of the crater and plunged
Into the valley of the River Blanche, over
whelming the Guerln ougar works and
killing 23 men and the son of the propri
etor. A commission was appointed by the
Governor to investigate the outbreak, and
it returned a reassuring report on Wed-,
nesday evening. But about 8 o'clock on
Thursday morning a shower of Are rushed
down on St Pierre and the coast from
Le Carbet, which had a population of 6000.
to Le Prechsur, which had a population
og 4000, burning up everything In Its path.
Throughout Thursday the heat In the
vicinity of St Pierre waa fierce, and the
stream of lava was so unremitting that It
was Impossible to approach the town dur
ing the early part of the day. As evening
approached the French cruiser Suchet,
after a heroic battle with the heat suffo
cation and sulphur fumes, succeeded in
making a dash toward the shore, ncarlng
the land close enough to enable her to
take off 30 survivors of the disaster, all of
whom were terribly burned and mutilated.
St Pierre at that time was an absolute
smoking waste, concealing 30,000 corpses,
whose rapid decomposition necessitated in
some cases completing their cremation,
Which was only partially accomplished by
the lava. ,
The Inhabitants of Fort de France were
panic stricken the morning of the disaster
when the sky suddenly blackened until It
was as dark" as midnight The sea shrank
back 30 yards and hot rain began to fall,
while graver" the size of walnuts poured
down on the town. This lasted 15 minutes.
The 450 survivors who were brought here
yesterday from the vicinity of St Pierre
by the French cable repair ship Pouyer
Quertler, came from the town, of Le
Prechsur, where, surrounded on all sides
by flowing lava, they were nearly roasted
to death and expected momentarily to be
engulfed.
The work of relief is progressing here
on the most extensive scale possible, but
In anticipation of disturbances the treas
ury Dulldlng and the warehouses are
guarded by troops.
Tho latest report received here showed
that the lava continues to pour down the
Blopes of the mountain, slowly engulfing
the whole north side of the Island, while
fresh crevasses are continually opening.
STILL LOOKS" DANGEROUS.
Fears for Adjoining: Islands of Dom
inica and St. Lucia.
LONDON, May 1L Sir Robert Llew
ellyn, tho Governor of the Windward Isl
ands, has cabled to the Colonial Office
from St Lucia, as follows:
"In continuation of my last telegram
ray intention was to go to St Vincent In
a small coasting steamer, but I was
strongly advised not to attempt the trip,
as the steamer narrowly escaped being
wreckedyesterday, and as the weather was
looking very bad In that direction. The
Island is invisible, owing to a dense black
fog, cinders and sand. I am vry anxious
ly awaiting the arrival of a warship."
The Colonial Office announced today that
In addition to the British cruiser Inde
fatigable, ordered to St Vincent from
Trinidad, the British third-class cruiser
Pallas has been ordered to St. Vincent
from Jamaica with supplies for the suf
ferers on the former Island.
The latest reports received here say that
the state of affairs at St Vincent cre
ates grave alarm, especially as dispatches
from tho Island of Dominica forwarded
Sunday, reported that the Soufrire vol
cano, In St. Vincent was still in active
eruption. Four small boats loaded with
refugees from Grand Riviere, Martinique,
have arrived at Dominica, In a pitiable
condition. They report that six other
boats left that village at the same time.
It Is not known what became of them.
The very slight discrepancies In the
accounts of the volcanic outbreaks In the
West Indies which have reached London
leave only a shadow of hope that the later
derails will greatly minimize the extent
of the catastrophe, and the fear Is be
ginning to seize thl British papers that
even worse news may come.
The Standard in an editorial this morn
ing says::
'It is now only too clear that the area
affected Is larger than known at first If
Dominica and St. Lucia have not suf
fered greatly there is reason to fear that
their turn may come, nor Is It by any
means certain that corresponding convul
sions have not occurred or may not soon
follow on the mainland of Central and
South America. In the presence of such
forces man is helpless, and we can only
prepare to relieve the survivors as speed
ily as possible.
"The United States has set us an honor
able example."
NO NEWS FROM CONSULS.
Government Vcsseln Ordered for Re
lief of Stricken People.
WASHINGTON, May 1L Nothing came
to the State Department today from the
Consular representatives In the West In
dies touching the disaster at St Pierre.
Consul Ayme, at Guadeloupe, reported,
however, that he expected to leave for
Martinique tonight and he will report
promptly what he learns to the Depart
ment The Navy Department was alfco
without any communication today from
the cruiser Cincinnati, whose commander
was directed to proceed from Santo Do
mingo to Martinique tp render such aid
as was possible. Nor has anything been
heard from the Potomac, which was at
San Juan, and whose commander was giv
en authority to go to the stricken Islands.
During the day Secretary Moody was
Informed that the Dixie, now at New
York, would be ready 'for sea by Thurs-
day morning. This report was in answer
to orders that she be prepared for sea as
soon as practicable, and In tho event that
this Government undertakes to render as
sistance to the Islanders she will be util
ized to carry supplies to the people.
President Roosevelt has sent a dispatch
to President Loubet of France, express
ing the regret of this Nation over the
catastrophe.
Gettlns; the Dixie Ready.
NEW YORK, May 11. Rear-Admiral
Barker, commandant of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, said today that he had re
ceived orders to get the converted cruiser
Dixie ready for sea at the earliest pos
sible moment, but that no orders for sail
ing had been received, and he had not been
Informed officially that she was going to
St Pierre. It will not be possible to get
the Dixie ready before Tuesday; perhaps
not until Wednesday. The vessel, which
returned last Friday from a 10-months
cruise with a crew of apprentices and
landsmen, la lu command of Captain Ber
ry. HEARD THE RUMBLINGS.
Whole Chain of Islands LIUely to Go
Oft Any Time.
NEW YORK, May 11. Captain Murchi
son, of the British steamer Grenada,
which arrived today from Trinidad and
Grenada, says that while at Grenada re
ports from Martinique were at hand stat
ing that Mount Pelee was in active erup
tion on Saturday, May 3.
The Grenada passed the Island of Mar
tinique on the morning of May 5, after
hearing of the rumblings on that Island
and St. Vincent, and some of the officers
of the, boat were on tha, lookout Tor erup
tions of fire, as they passed the long chain
of Islands. News of the rumblings on St
Vincent tand .Martinique reached the cap
tain while the Grenada was at Grenada,
and Island directly south of St Vincent,
and he spoke of ltlo the second officer of
the ship, James McGrath. The latter said
that the-newtf or the de3tructlon',on Mar
tinique first reached the Grenada while
off Sandy Hook. He was not greatly sur
prised. "The people of Grenada seemed to think
a .great deal about the noises while we
were there," said McGrath, "and In the
talR I heard, I judge they were frightened.
We put out from. Grenada pn the 4th and
passed Martinique about 8 o'clock the
next morning.' Our course carried us
about 50 miles from the Island, and as
the morning was dear we could see the
mountains In the distance. The whole
chain, of Islands down there are Ukely to
go off at any time, I tell you It is a bad
place, and I wonder anybody lives there."
McGrath further said that a ship of the
Trinidad' line, plying between the same
ports as the Grenada, would arrive in New
York a week from Wednesday, and In all
probability would have plenty of news of
the disaster.
GRATEFUL TO AMERICANS.
Help From United States Congress
Touches the French.
PARIS, May 12. The Gaulols, referring
to the vote of 5100,000 by the United States
Congress for the aid of Martinique suf
ferers and the sending of an American
cruiser to the Island, says:
"Of all friendly manifestations, the most
brilliant and the most touching are cer
tainly those of the United States. The
great people beyond the ocean have again
proved that feelings of humanity and
generosity are among the noble qualities
upon which they pride themselves. This
fine example of humane solidarity touches
us profoundly, and we are happy to note It
In these unforgctable circumstances."
Frenchmen Comparatively Stolid.
Even now, when fuller details of the
Martinique disaster are arriving, the
Parisians show few outward signs of In
terest In the affair. From the appear
ance of the streets, on which the people
are thronging, the cafes and other places
of public resort, It would not be supposed
that half of one of France's most flour
ishing colonies had been wiped out of ex
istence. A small crowd gathers dally at the Min
istry of the Colonies, waiting for bulle
tins, which are posted as the West Indian
dispatches arrive. This crowd is com
posed of natives of Martinique, a number
of whom are attending the government
schools here, reporters In quest of news
and women with relatives at St Pierre.
The only signs of public mourning are the
half-masted flags over the government
buildings. The people present their usual
holiday appearance.
The Temps, In an editorial this morning,
remarks that so many matters of public
Interest have occurred this week, railroad
accidents, the disaster at Martinique, a
huge swindling case, and the elections,
that they neutralize each other, while had
they come singly, each one would have
monopolized the public.
Dead of the Roralma.
NEW YORK, May 11. In the office of
the British Consul in this city la a list of
the men of the crew of the Roralma, as
taken from the ship's articles. Some of
the boat's crew were shipped at Barbadoes
on the vessel's last run out so that the
changes may be made eventually; but as
It stands, the men believed to have died
are:
James Adams, waiter, Brooklyn; Andre
Andriano, fireman; Juna Aguam, trimmer,
Manhattan: Micelle Aralello, Emanuel
Beluardo, Brooklyn; Francisco Benet, fire
man; Edwin Bowman, assistant cook; Eu
gene S. Brown, purser; Juan Calo, fire
man; Franclsoc Donaldo, seaman, Brook
lyn; D. Francisco, Brooklyn; Andres Buo,
Giovanni Galero, Brooklyn; Pelee Garme
trimmer; M. G. Galego, fireman; Alefl Gu
lanne, M. Mabeal, waiter, Hoboken; W.
Houston, M. Jullen, Brooklyn; Gust Lan
don, quartermaster, Manhattan; George T.
Muggah, James M. Tear, chief engineer,
Newark; John Morris, fourth engineer
Brooklyn; Emanuel Nordlgo, able seaman
Brooklyn: Rafael Perez, fireman; Antonio
Salareo, fireman; Guiseppl Salonlco, Arello
Salverterre, M. Sanchez, fireman; W. Sou
chey, chief steward, Brooklyn; Santo Vln
degren, Brooklyn; Charles Wilhelmi,
waiter, Manhattan.
Going: to See the Sight.
NEW YORK. May U. The steam
yacht Aquilo, belonging to William P.
Keno, of New York, is now on her way
with her owner and a large party of guests
bound for Martinique and St Vincent to
witness the volcanic eruptions, having left
this port on Saturday afternoon. The in
dications are that she will "be followed by
a number of larger steam yachts belong
ing to this port
At the New York Club today several
of the guests discussed the feasibility of
making a trip at once. Of the big sea
going yachts now out of commission, it
was believed work would be commenced
on more than one tomorrow, to get' them
in readiness for the trip. Everybody who
discussed the subject expressed a desire to
make the trip to witness one of the; most
extraordinary spectacles of modem times.
Even should the eruptions have ceased by
the time -they reach there, the sights will
well repay anybody for the trip.
Lieutenant Harding: and Wife.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 11. J. T.
Harding, a local attorney, fears that his-
brother. Lieutenant L. S. Harding, U. S.
N., who has been in charge of the work
of fortifying the Island of Colubra, about
100 miles from St. Pierre, and his wife
have been lost In the recent volcano.
"My brother has been In the habit of
writing me weekly," said Mr. Harding to
day. "I have not heard from him for some
time, and fear he may have been in Mar
tinique." Lieutenant Harding sailed fom New
York a few months ago on the Alabama
in a fleet that was sent to Colubra to
erect fortifications. Later the fleet re
turned to the United States, leaving Hard
ing in conimand. Mrs. Harding sailed
from New York on the Ponce a" month
ago to join her husband.
THE MOVE FOR PEACE
COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS BE
TWEEN BRITISH AND BOERS.
London Time Is Not Hopeful That
Peace Will Be the Outcome
of These Acts.
LONDON, May 12. The Times this
morning relates the course of the peace
negotiations as follows:
"On the receipt of the Dutch corre
spondence Intimating that Great Britain
was ready to listen to proposals from the
Boers In the field, Acting President of the
Transvaal Schalkburger came to the
British lines and asked permission to con
sult with Mr. Steyn, ex-President of the
Orange Free State. This led to the Boer
delegates going to Pretoria. Their first
proposal to Lord Kitchener and Lord Mll
ner, the British High Commissioner in
South Africa, was that the republics
should merely concede all the demands
made by Great Britain regarding the
franchise, etc., before the war. The Brit
ish Government, In reply, referred them to
the Middieburg conference, as the maxi
mum of possible concessions and refused
permission to the Boers to consult their
friends in Europe. Eventually, while re
fusing an armistice. Lord Kitchener un
dertook not to molest the burghers while
they were actually holding meetings with
the commandoes to authorize the leaders
to negotiate on the basis of the surrender
of Independence, but they were told It
was useless to return to Pretoria without
being armed with full powers to negotiate.
Schalkburger assented to this, but Mr.
Steyn's acqulesence seemed doubtful.
"Mall advices received from. Pretoria,"
continues the Times, "declares that Lords
Kitchener and Mllner promised generous
compensation for burned farms, prom-'
lsed no difficulty with regard to the ques
tion of amnesty for rebels, which did not
present Insuperable obstacles."
The Times In an editorial on the sub
ject, Is not hopeful that peace will be the
outcome of such negotiations, and fears
that the result of the election of a mem
ber of Parliament for Buray, Lancashire,
will influence the Boers to further resist
ance. (In the election for Buray, announced
from London yesterday, George Toulman,
Liberal, secured a majority of 414 votes.
At the .last election In Buray In 1900, the
Conservative majority In the district was
419.)
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
Favorable to the Government Two
Successful Candidates Dead.
PARIS, May 11. The Parisians In those
municipal districts where reballotlng was
held today for the elections of members
to the Chamber of Deputies crowded early
to the polls. They voted quickly and
then proceeded to enjoy themselves In
their customary Sunday manner1.
The voting was unusually heavy, and
there was much animation, especially In
the Twelfth District, where the National
ists concentrated their forces In an effort
to defeat the re-election by reballot of M.
Mlllerand, the Minister of Commerce. M.
Mlllerand, however, secured a small ma
jority. Throughout the evening the boulevards
and the streets In the vicinity of the
newspaper offices were 'so crowded that
traffic was suspended. The excitement
continued until a late hour, but the crowd
was good-natured and orderly. But one
disturbance occurred, that at a voting
place n the Rue la Cordaire, after the
polls were closed. M Thlbeaud, a de
feated Nationalist candidate, was injured.
The only serious election disturbance
reported occurred at Marsailles, where the
quarters of the Fusion Committee were
mobbed. Windows were smashed and pis
tols were discharged. Nobody was Injured
and some arrests were made.
M. Paschal Grousset, Ministerialist, a re
tiring deputy, who was re-elected in Paris,
died of apoplexy this evening. M. Lor
thlcs, Liberal. Republican, who was elected
at Lille, died shortly before the polls
closed.
The reports indicate that the reballot
has been favorable to the government as
half the Ministerialists. Including M. Ley
gues, the Minister of Public Instruction;
M. Brlsson and Jules Siegfried, ex-Minister
of Commerce, were elected. Paris
has elected 19 Ministerialists and 9 antl
Ministerlallsts, the latter gaining three
seats in the Chamber.
The deputies elected M. Clovls Huges,
the poet Socialist; while M. Vivian! and
Allemane, Socialists, are defeated. AH
the antl-Mlnlsteriallsts In Algeria were
defeated.
The result of 16S reballots out of a total
of 174 shows that 123 Ministerialists and 40
anti-Mlnlsterlallsta have been elected.
The Ministerialists gain nine seats in the
Chamber as a result of the reballotlng.
The government majority is materially
strengthened.
The Dreyfus champion, Joseph Relnacn,
Republican, whose reappearance In polit
ical life was one of the features of the
elections, was dsfeated In his district of
the Department of Basses-Alpes.
Another Castle for Henry.
BERLIN. May 11. Admiral Prlnc.e Hen
ry of Prussia has inherited the castle of
Rhelnsteln, at BIngen-on-the-Rhlne, from
Prince George of Hohenzollern, a cousin
of Emperor William, who died May 4.
Killed by Landslide.
ROME, May 11. Thirteen persons were
killed In a landslide at Marola, Province
of Emilia, today.
Cable Communication.
NEW YORK, May 11. The Commercial
Cable Company has sent out the following
notice:
"We are advised that the cable between
Martinique and Paramrlbo Is now working
and communication" re-established with
Martinique via Madeira, Teneriffe and
Nornha."
The Western Union Telegraph Company
cable office here received the following
notice:
"The cable is O. K. to Guadeloupe. Ca
ble to St Vincent Interrupted. Messages
go by first opportunity to Dominica or
St. Lucia."
Drowned In Lake Washington.
SEATTLE, May 12. Don Cowle, a well
known young man, of this city, was
drowned In Lake Washington last even
ing, whether as the result of accident or
intent to commit suicide, la not yet known.
No motive for suicide existed so far as
known, but William Bolqnd, who was in
charge of the launch conveying the party
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Horrible Crime Committed In a. Con
necticut Hotel.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 11 Law
rence Bressano, a fireman in the Atlantic
Hotel, crept Into the meatroom this morn
ing and split the skull of Michael Tornlsh.
the chef, with a meat cleaver. He then
took a large butcher knife and slashed
the body, cutting off the nose and ears,
gouging out the eyes and cutting strip
after strip of the flesh oft the victim's
face. When the upper part of the body
was unrecognizable, Bressano Jumped
on It and danced from the head to the
feet. Upon the arrival of the police, who
weTe attracted by the frenzied yells o
the murderer, Bressano turned his atten
tion to his would-be captors. He was not
subdued until knocked senseless. Bres
sano at police headquarters acknowledged
the murder, and said he felt; better for
having committed It. It Is believed that
trouble over a woman led him to kill
Tornlsh.
Bet, Cramped and Drowned. t
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day that he could swim the Nishnobotna
River twice without his clothes on. Ho
made the attempt, was seized with cramps
In midstream, and drowned before a boat
could reach him.
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Roosevelt, Harvard 'SO, has presented the
library of. the Harvard Union with a full
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