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OF THE CRATER
United States Government Geo
logist Exploring
Martinique
WENT" THROUGH VOLCANISM
TUrt-f WHI Defined Zone, the
tint at Noiitliern Kxtreml
ty ltlnir Mont
Ih'MtriK'tive.
FORT rB FltANCR. May K.-Prof.
Itohert Mill, 1' tilt -d Rtte government
geologist and h-J of the txpedlllon
sent by the National Geographical So
ciety, has just corn In from a daring
and prolonged investigation of the vol
canic activity In Martinique. Prof.
Hill rhrtprd a mmrncr and carefully
esxmlned the const aw far north m
Port lr Mi'oulift at tlw extremity ml
of the Isliind. making frequent land
ing. AftT lundlnir at Le Preohur,
Ave mlt north of Ht. Pierre, he walk
ed through an area t,t active vulcan-
i
;lfm. to the latter place and made a
minute examination f the virtus
I phenomena disclosed,
i
Prof. Hill In the first and only man
who him ( fixit In the urea of orar
li-rs, rlfMur nnd fumardle and, be
cause nf hi htth post i km a a sclent
let, hi dory Ik valuable. In addition
to his work of Investigation the pro
fessor rescued "In his steamer many
poor people of Le Prechur, who had
ventured bark ,fter deserting their
homes nnd found thmselve In awful
danger.
Tin- ton- of the catastrophe in Mar
tinique form' n bingated oval con-
' tnlnlng hi land about eight square
miles of destrucllpn, ThlH oval la
J partly ovor the aea. T- land part l
t)undi-d by llna mnnlriK from Le
Prechui to the peak of Mount Pelee,
thenve rurvlnic around to Carbet. There
wt'f- thre well marked loneii:
Flrt-A center of Htinlhllation In
lilt h all life. vi'Ketable and animal
' utterly destroyed, the jreat'T
northern part .if 8. Pierre wan In thk
tone; MH-ond. u one of lnelnB. bll
terinx Iftiiu-, which alxo waa fatal to
all life, killing all men and animals,
burning the leave on ihe tret and
nooiehlng 1 ut not utterly destroying
the trees and shrubs; third, the large
(alter, uoti-dt-Ati'uctlvu a.ne of athes
where some VfKetatlon was Injured.
The focus of annihilation waa the new
crater, midway between the nea and
the peak of Mount Pelee, whore now
enlut ft new area of aef-lve vulcanlsm
with hundred: of fumarolea or m In lo
in re volcanoes. The new rratcr I now
vomiting black, hot mud, which Is fall
ing' Into the ea. Koth prater, Ihe o'd
and the new, are active. Mushroom
ahaped si-am expl.wlons constantly as
cend from ihe old cutter, while heavy
aeh-ladn cloud lloat horlimtally
from the new crater. The old one
eject steam, smoke, mud, pumice and
lapllll, but no molten lava.
The nallent topography of the reitlnn
I unnltert'd. The destruction of St.
Pierre wat due t the new crater. The
exploaion had great superficial force,
acting In radical directions, as Is evi
denced by the demounting and carry
ing for yarls th( sti"-"' In the battery
on the hl'.l aoulh of St. Pierre and the
Colonial fetatue o: the Virgin In tiie
ume locality and alio by the condi
tion ft the ruined htiin In St. Pierre.
According to the testimony of some
person,, there wai n; oocontpanylng
flame. Others think the lncandeweni
llndera and tho rorce of their ejec
tion were sufficient to cause the de
struction. This must be investigated.
I am now following the nature of this
hill."
Prof. Hill has Row started on horse
back for the volcano, tito will mudy
the whole effected are and will try
to get to both criUefs. The undertak
ing la very haiardous, as explosions
may occur at any moment, as one did
May W. Pro. Hill knows the risk he
takes, but eays the only way to dis
cover eaxctly what lie happened Is to
go to the mter Itself or m near it as
possible. He a 111 be gone :wi) days.
fort de France Is nearly deserted.
A new sourvn of frUht Is feared that
a tidal wve may come, A wave eight
feet high would certainly destroy Fort
do France and probtlily cause enor
mous loss of llfc.
OIH) BTATK CONVENTION.
Iepubllan Assemble In Mark Hun
na's mate.
CtKVei.ANO, ().. May JT.-Tlie ar
mory was weM flll'd when Hon. P, H.
Durr, of Cincinnati, railed the Repub
lican stale convention to order this aft
ernoon. The leaders, notably Venator
Hanna, Governor Nuali, General Oroa
venor, and vlaklng politicians, were
cheered s they entered. Governor
Nash was announced aa temporary
chairman. He tai tendered an ova
tion en being fntrvKluced. He spoke
t length of the clon of t e sta e
legislature In regard to 'axtlon and
corporations. After the completion of
routine business there were calls for
Senator Hanna gaill he wan compell
ed to respond, btjjf he refused to dis-
cusm the public uctkn in inlvanee of
the address of th 'ic-rmanent chair
man. After thr demonstration In hon
or of Senator Hanna the convention
adjourned until tomorrow.
SOCItIV OF CINCINNATI
i:xri:itTAiN's tih: visitixj
-pit :' iimi:x.
Whs Orii ilzt-d ltjr iivn. Wuali
intoii hi 17H.J mill Liil'uv
?tt" Wan MenilM-r.
NUW' YORK, Miy S".-Members of
the Society of the Cincinnati.' founded
in 1TS3 by Genil Washington, will
entertain the Rochambeau committee
at a dinner this evening at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Count llocha mbeau,
I General Jjafayettj and more than SOO
other French ofbeers of high rank ho
fought lu the AAierican revolution, be-
, came active members of the order, a
.branch of which was subsequently In
stituted In France by decree of King
'LouH XVI.
Count Rochambeau, whose statue ha
just been unveiled " at Washington,
J was the vice-president of the .French
society. The dinner this evening will
be attended by about 125 persons and
will be confined exclusively to mem
bers of the Society of the Cincinnati
and their official guests at follows:
i Members of the French mission and
embassy; President Roosevelt's com.-
i
mission: admiral and commanders of
ships In the North Atlantic squadron
i acting a escort to the French cruiser
Ciaulols; Ambassador Porter and the
j commanding officers of the army and
navy of the United States In New York
and at West Point; major-general om
Jniandirg the national guard of New-
York.
The guests will be seated at one
large oval table.
j iMcnma riser, 'ieiueui 01 uiv new
, York Society of the Cincinnati (ex
. United States minister to Belgium and
Switxerlutnl) and Ginercl Jam. M. Var
num, vice-president ' ,nr Rhode Isl
and Society of the Cincinnati, will act
as ch.virman.
Six toasts, three French and three In
English, will be drunk. The respons
to the anal toast: "The institution of
Jthe order of the Cincinnati," will be an
j accurate historical account of the
: connection of France and the officers
of the army and navy of France with
the society.
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A BUSY DAY
IN CONGRESS
Appropriation for The Dalles
Improvement Was
Reduced.
IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENT
GOOD NEWS FOR OREGON
Tlic Philippine isniaiii! Prohibi
tion I till l' for 1)Im4-ii-sioii
Aloujr With Other
Matters.
WASHINGTON, May Z7,-The con
ference of the two homes of congress
on the river and harbor bill unlay
reached a final decision on that bill.
The exact figures showing the aggre
gate result of their work have not
been determined but It can be stated
that of the 19,500,000 appropriations
added by aenate, only .t500 was retain
ed As the btl will be reported it make
a total appropriation of about 15,000,
000 In direct appropriations for work
authorised.
The appropriation for improvement
at The Dalles was amended to reduce
the amo-int of the continuing contract
from $400,000 to 1314.000, and proviso Is
Inserted at Che end of the paragraph
that before entering on any work; ex
amination shall be made by the board
of engineers with a view of modifying
the project In such way as to diminish
the cost thereof and If the project can
be modified, work Is to be done In ac
cordance with such modification. Oth
erwise it Is to be In accordance with
the project submitted by Captain Har
ris. IN THE SENATE.
Important senate amendments ' in
clude the following:
Tacoma harbor, $100,000, continuing
cotract Instead of $222,000; Columbia
River canal at Celllo Falls, senate 'an
guage retained an appropriation of
$400,000, as originally provided by the
senate; for preliminary examinations
and surveys generally $300,000 instead
of $230,000, as provided by he house.
Most of the amendments made 4y the
senate for large improvements were
disagreed to and will go out of the bill
if the conference report Is accepted.
PHIL.IPP1NK BILL.
Washington! May 2?.-a fruitless
effort wa made just before adjourn
ment of the senate today to secure an
agreement on time for v.ite on the
Philippine bill. Discussion indicated
that some day next week, eventu Riy.
would be agreed upon, but no time was
fixed on alternate Tuesdays, beginning
next week for a vote on the Philippine
bill, Ntcaraguan canal and Cuban re
ciprocity bill and that final adjourn
ment be agreed on for the fourth
Tuesday, but it was too startling to
be taken seriously, although some sen
ators regarded it favorably. For sev
eral hours today Patterson discussed
the Philippine bill, concluding his
speech of yesterday. He urged that
Filipinos be granted independence and
drew an eloquent word picture o' turn
ing over to the Flllpdnos by the United
State of the Island when they had
established the government.
HASP. IS A I.I.
PROHIBITION.
WASHINGTON. May 27. An amend
ment to a bill to prohibit the .ale of
intoxicants at immigrant stations,
which was carried, $3 to 11 Landis,
of Indiana, followed this victory with
an amendment to prohibit the sale of
Intoxicants tn th capltol, and it pre
vailed by still a large majority, 10S to
19.
AMERICAN LEAGUE. '
At Philadelphia Detroit - Philadel
phia game postponed.
At Washington-Cleveland. 1; Wash
ington, 7.
At Baltimore Baltimore, 7; Chica
go. 1.
At Boston Boston, 6; St. Louis, 3.
NATIONAL LEAGUES.
At St. Louie St L uls, 11; Chicago, 2
At Philadelphia Brooklyn-Philadel
phia game postponed.
At Pittsburg ClnclnnatlePfttsiburg
game postponed.
Oregon City Woolen Wills Received
Big Contract.
OKEOON CITY, May 27. -T. W, Clark, general manager of tho
Ban Jon Woolen Mills just returned from a trip to Chicago, has or
der for work from an eastern firm amounting to $150,000. Tliin
ill keep the mills in operation until July 1903.
PELEE STILL BELCHING FIRE
No End of Volcanic Eruption Seems
at Hand
CA8TRIB6. May 27. Flame9 were seon on the Island of Martin,,
que of frequent intervals last night.
THE SYMPATHETIC STRIKE IS AT AN END
Portlanders Are Now More Hopeful m tto
Strike Question.
Again the huru of building iudustry is heard in Portland, after
six days of unwonted quiet. The sympathetic strike of union men
in 13 trades of the Building Trades Council is at an end, while the
original cause of the trouble is still present , The order for the men
to return to work was issued at a meeting of the Building Trade
Couucil last'eveuing, ".,,;, r;. ., .i'.!.",v-.?-;;sV-KH,: f
All the strikers who had gone out in sympathy returned to' work
today expect th plumbers. Approximately 80 of these arellocked
out, as their employers declined Urn morning to take them back,
pending their acceptance of an agreement which will be presented to
them for their signatures.
TRADES DNiON WON
PORTLAND, May 27. Injunction against the Building Trades
Council and the Federated Trades Assembly and their officer was
dissolved today by Judges Sears, George, Cleland and Frazier; ia'
joint session. Injunction against the Amalgamated Woodworkers
Union remains in force.
FIRST MINISTER TO FREE CUBA
Ut. Squires of the United States
Formally Received
HAVANA May 27. Herbert Squires first United States Minister
to Cuba was formally revived by Cuban gov jrnmeat this afternoon. '
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