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" My hair came out by the handfa!,,
and the gray hairs began to
creep in. I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor,
and it trapped the hair from coming
oat and restored the color."?
Mrs. M. D. Gray, Wo. Salem, Maaa.
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HJSatHh. Illggt
K tow dnoitt cannot Kippljr yoa,
Had u om dollar and wa will expnste
aabottK BtnnaadilTCtktMM
AMratlou of a Hasbaad.
Humor does not abound In the rigor
oat atmosphere of the Twopenny Tut*
between 7 and 8 p. m. Therefore the
passengers Jammed up near a fat Irate
woman one evening last week greatly
t enjoyed the following: "Thomas."?
thla very loudly while Jogging a mild
little husband as they both swayed,
clutching the leather loops overhead?
"*et a seat for me, I tell yer."
Goncllatory whispers came from the
mild man. who glanced timidly at the
passengers his wife was pushing
against.
Then: "Nonsense, yer could find
me a seat easy enough, if yer wanted
*? ?
More agonized whispers from the
husband and more loud demands from
the wife. There was great local relief
when an irreproachably dressed young
man politely gave up his seat. As
the woman dropped heavily Into It she
beamed on him with: "Any one can
ee you're not my 'usband, sir."?Manchester
Guardian.
Tfeo Freakish Hippodrome.
Among recent attractions at the
London Hippodrome has been a one*
legged cyclist. Forthcoming performers
who guarantee to give the audience
a turn include the following stars:
St Leger. the armless ping-pong
champion, who will play three matches
simultaneously blindfolded.
. Oalmady. the legleaa jockey. In his
^paralleled equestrian set. when he
will bestride fourteen bare-backed
Baauto remounts abreast.
Looney, the Idiot Impersonator, who
win glre imitations of all the leading
actor-managers.
Ululo. the deaf baritone, who win
sing (In a different key from the aceompsnlst)
at 3 and 8.?London Punch.
TlM UtMt Cr*M.
Our filing" enthusiasm converts
rerr fad Into a erase. To erase about
a thing Is to overdo It To overdo It Is
ft of It. Therefore It Is DOSSlble
that dlnf-dong, ping-pong, table-tennis,
whiff-whaff, paddle-pill, or whatever
jor care to call It, may not last forever.?New
York Press.
Electricity Is to be used in lighting
the ancient Egyptian temples of Luxor
ar4 Karnak.
THE SURGEON'S KNIFE
In. Eekis Stevenson of Salt
like City Tells How Operations
For Ovarian Tronbles
lar Bo Avoided.
"Drab Mas. Petxham: ?I suffered
with inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years,epdur*ng aches
sad pains which none can dream of but
those who have had the same expoi&m
B HOBHBKVj I
MBS. KCKI8 STXVEMSON.
Hence. H nndreds of dollar* went to the
doctor and the druggist. I was simply
* walking medicine chest and a physical
wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote' me that she had been cured of
womb trouble by using Lydia E.
Pimkham's Vegetable Compound,
and advised me to try it. I
than discontinued all other med icines
and gate your Vegetable Compound a
thorough triaL Within four weeks
Marly all pain had left me; I rarely
hsd headaches, tnfl my nerves were m
a moch better condition, and I wai
red in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation."?Mrs.
loo Stevexso.x, 250 So. State St,
Salt Lake City, Utah.?$8000 forfait tf
toe* MkmW It not f **!* .
Bememler every woman Is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Ftaddisiu if there is anything
About her symptoms she does not
fader stand. Mrs. Plnkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
Colorado Beats eWorld
IN SUCAR BEETS.
SbMIUfoa Dollarsi hava jaat baan invMUtl tn anrv
four UUSoc mora will btlDrni <1 tb
gar. lb* bast |uataJ sum u* mo of the w or i.i ai*
NTintf Uauj?a?? arrvairu for nifirbmti. Colorado
mi Ant if htm at Cmratfo Uat tnonih for
unl hlrhnat ixMcwnUif* of
o*ar. bel tur Jvcr twlin aa lunch aa aoiua ritatea. W#
%r?- offi-rinr a faar ?harra of ntork f'T ?!? In Th?
Colorado Vltr. C?>. Tin- itnt and uulr auirar
took owtd u? the public. TlwcuaMB|b?Mga>
ot th* BKMt ciLKlerti ai.J co;u; Wt? rrflntn* planta in
S> Wt*M, aitaatad in a diatnet wbara t&? h%rb?
Mmt> paid far Kurartn too Country. I-ixaicaiitaVMaliar*
.ul?orH>MTlT. Hundred ud Kitty ThooStuvreivtM
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ADVERTISING
THE VOLCANIC
CATASTROPHE
St. Pierre, Isbod of Vartioiqne,
Wiped Oat bj -a
Wbirlviod of Fire.
MONT PELEE EXPLODED
Stream of Lava Poured Down Upon
the City, Snuffing Out the Lives
of Its Inhabitants Within
Three Minutes.
SHIPPING IN PORT DESTROYED
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lm? Parttot PI ad Kom A11t? at St I
Flerte?The Drad Li* About la Heaps '
?Some Feces Cain, Bat Other* Shewed '
the Horror With Which Th?y Met
Their Fate I nneral Pjtm Ballt la
the Streets For the Cremation of the
Bodies?The French Governor, the
Americaa and British Consals Am one
the Deod?Loes of Life estimated at
404>00?Tidal Ware En ml fed Shipping
London. ? The correspondent of the
Times at St. Thomas. D. W. I., states
that the town of St. Pierre, In the
French Island of Martinique, has been
totally destroyed by a volcano. All the
inhabitants of the town, says the <rorespondent,
hare lost their lives, and all
the shipping In the harbor has been destroyed.
Paris, France. ? Fresh dispatches
from the commander of the French
warship Suchet indicate that the Martinique
horror was even worse than at
first reported.
Not alone was St. Pierre laid waste.
out tne country ror mites arounu ten
under tbe devastation of the bursting
mountain. This swells the total of tbe
lost from 25,000 to 40,000.
Tbe disaster occurred at 8 o'clock
on Thursday morning. Mont La Pelee
exploded. Tbe great volcano lying
above the arc of the beautiful town,
nettling among the palms and orange
trees was suddenly rent by tbe pent
gases within and beneath It, and came
thundering down upon tbo town, a '
mass of fire and molten rock, or lava. '
and the unmelted material above It 1
There was no time to escape?scarce- 1
ly time for prayer. Persons In the '
streets were swallowed up In flame? 1
Incinerated In a moment 1
toc ore reacnea toe town am ana
set it ablaze. Tbe worst borror first
Then came tbe avalanche. It was not
needed. Tbe survivors of tbe calamity
who saw it from the sea say It was like
a g^mpse of hell.
The sheets of fire were scattered for
miles around. Tbey fell like a deluge
upon the crescent shaped shore. They
wallowed up groves and bouses. Tbey
caught the beautiful hanging gardens
in their embrace and withered tbem
within a few moments. Then came the
torrent of lava and mercifully covered
up the spectacle of ruin..
The town was destroyed In five minutes.
It was quick work. There was
no long, dragging borror. Tbe deaths
of the inhabitants were mercifully
short In coming, horrible though were
their last moments.
During the eruption, which lasted. ]
three minutes after the explosion, the I <
entire inland was In the throes of vio- <
lent seismic disturbances. Natives <
everywhere were frightened, expecting <
to be killed, though accustomed to
earthquake disturbances. The effects <
of the earthquake on the water would |
have been startling In ordinary clrcum- i
stances.
Fort de France. Martinique.?A land- i
lng has at last been mode in the city i
of St Pierre, and the work of explor- i
lng the ruins of the annihilated town (
baa begun.
Enough has been revealed to indicate
that the very worst anticipations as to j
the result of the eruption of Mont Pe- i
lee are realized. i
Those who have come back here from
St Pierre report that the- streets and
all the neighborhood around what a
few days ago was the largest and most
prosperous city In Martinique are now
covered with heaps upon heaps of
dead bodies In all direction.
All the dead thin far seen were
stark naked, their clothing apparently
having burned from their bodies like so
much tinder, while they themselves
were burned to death. In the vast majority
of instances fire seems to have
been the sole cause of death. Great
numbers of the bodies have been burst
asunder by the terrific heat and lie disembowelled.
In many instances the faces of the
victims are quite calm, as though they
were stricken down instantly where
they stood without a moment's warning
or with hardly time to appreciate
the deadly peril they were in. Others
have stamped on their faces an expression
of Indescribable terror.
The entire city and the neighborhood
all about it reek with a horrible odor
of burned flesh.
Almost the tirst thing done wan to
make preparations for the cremation
To Look lata Shipping Truit.
It is said that the British Government
hna instructed the law officers of
the crown to examine the agreements
and documents connected with the
shipping combine. Owing to the deep
inft??V4f ?Yfir?<1 lir till j matloli
X ?v..? U * II UIU illi ( IUU
Government will give a duy for the
debate of the subject in Parliament.
Heavy Snow la Northern franco.
Heavy snow has falb-n at Abbeville
and Amiens, and frost has been reported
from many places in Northeastern
France.
ThtH Firemen Crushed to Death.
Three tiremen were crushed to de^h
and auother man was badly injured
iu a tire at the Iowa Iron Works. L>uInir
n Th? ttioti trtira
UUVJUV, IV U 41. A IIC UiVU " VIC 1'IIIJ lll^
on the tire near a wall, when the latter
fell and burled tbeni. The financial
loss is $15.000.
Mot to R*1m th? 1UU of latorMt.
At the ninth annual convention of the
Savings Bank Association of New
York State, at Syracuse, it was decided
not to raise the rate of interest from
3% to 4 per cent Charles A. Schieren,
of Brooklyn, was elected President
of the (Wad. Fatigue parties of soldiers
built enormous pyres of wood and
branches of trees, upon which they
heaped the dead bodies by score* and
burned them as rapidly as possible.
To facilitate the combustion and to
destroy as far as possible the awful
odor of burning flesh which came from
them, the impromptu crematories were
heavily soaked with coal tar and petrolecm.
The total number of dead Is now estimated
at fully 40,000.
As mncb help as possible has been
sent to the surviving people In the vicinity
of the city.
The 450 persons brought here by the
cable ship Pouyer-Quentler were from
the neighborhood of the village of Precheur.
They were entirely without
shelter when found, bnt none of them
was burned or wounded.
Among the families of 8t. Pierre
which have entirely disappeared Is that
of the Governor of Martinique, including
Mme. Mouttet. his wife; Lieutenant-Colonel
Gerbault and his wife.
Every ship in the harbor at the time
of the disaster, with the single exception
of the English steamer Roddam.
was burned and most of those on board
lost.
null AWTVb WOBK.
B?w th? Volcmao Destroyed the Bwati*
ful C&pitBl of Xertlnlqae.
Castries, St Lucia. B. W. I.-Mont
Pelee, a volcanic mountain. some ten
miles north of St. Pierre, the commercial
capital of Martinique, is tbe mountain
which made a faint show of eruption
fifty years ago. On May 3 last it
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GARJBBBAt* ^
'*?aL
,i^Y a<"5!
WINDWARD ISLANDS. SHOWING
Kgan to throw ont dense clouds of
imoke. At midnight the same day
lames, accompanied with rumbling
lolses. lighted the sky over an Immense
area, causing widespread terror.
May 4 hot ashes covered the
nrhole city quarter of St. Pierre an
Inch thick, and made Mont Pelee inrisible.
At ooon May 5 a stream or burning
ava mulled 4400 feet down the mounttin
side, fallowing the dry bed of a
torrent.and reaching the sea, fire miles
Trom the mountain, in three minutes.
In its rush the fiery flood swept from
Its path plantations, buildings, factories,
cattle and human beings over a
breadth of about half a mile. At the
rear of the mouth of the Riviere
Blanche stood the large Guerin sugar
factory, one of the finest in the Island.
It is now completely entombed in lava.
Th^tall chimney alone is visible. One
liundred and fifty persons are estimated
to have perished there, including
the owner's son.
As the lava rushed into the sea the
latter receded 300 feet all along the
(rest coast, returning with great
strength. A big wave covered the
irhole sea front of St. Pierre, but
doing little damage ashore or afloat.
Terrible detonations, beard hundreds
sf miles northward, followed at short,
Irregular Intervals, and continued at
light. In the Intense darkness the elec
trie light failed, but the town was 111
up by lurid flashes of ,flame from the
mountain. The terror-stricken Inhabitants
rushed for the hills in their night
clothes, screaming, shouting and wail*
ing?mad with terror.
Thirty-five persons, mostly women
and children, arrived here in the forenoon
of the Otb, and furnished the
above details. The men retnalned at
Martinique. The same afternoon
later telegraphic communication was
Interrupted with both the Islands of
Martinique and St. Vincent. During
the afternoon of the 8th the British
steamer Roddam, which had left St.
Lucia at midnight on the Ttb for Martinique,
crawled slowly into the Castries
Harbor, unrecognizable, gray
with ashes, her rigging dismantled,
and sails and awnings, banging about,
torn and charred.
Captain Whatter reported that having
Just cast anchor off St. Pierre at
8 a. m. in fine weather, succeeding an
awful thunderstorm during the nigbt,
-Kln'a nrrunt
III? was IU1&1UI? IU luc D*??|/ a U0VM?|
Joseph Plissono, who was Id n l)oat
alongside, when be saw a tremendous
cloud of smoke and cinders rushing
with terrlfflc rapidity over the town
and port, completely, in an instant,
enveloping the former In a sheet of
flame and raining Are on board. The
agent had Just time to climb on board
when his boat disappeared. Several
of the crew of the Itoddam were
quickly scorched to death. By superhuman
efforts, having steam up, the I
Snow In Now England.
At Enosburg Fulls, Vt., snow fell for
ton hours on May I), and caused considerable
dniuage to uewly pluuted
cro?*. IJuriug the high westerly gale
on the same date snow fell for several
hours and the live mountain peaks in
the vicinity of Littleton. X. H.. were
covered with snow ut sundown.
Eleven Soldier* Dead In W *eck.
A train bound from Pretoria to Petersburg.
Northern Transvaal, was derailed
nt a curve and <iu officer and
ten men were killed.
The National Game.
Ilartford has relc i. ed Outfielder nobIn
son aud Pitchers Miran and Urob.-in.
r>?1.... ik. nml I'ittk.
VWV1VJ , iuc m. uitauvipMm
burg oust-off, lit playiug a star game
for Boston.
Donovan will doubtless bo the mainstay
of Brooklyn's pitching staff again
this season.
Up to date the St. Louis team lias
made more errors than any two teams
in tbe National League.
| Gfoerer is tbe name of Louisrille's
right fielder. "Go-for-'er" Is the way
the name la oronounced.
cable was slipped, and the steamer
backed away from the shore, and, nine
hours later, managed to reach Castries.
Ten of tbe Roddaiu's men were lying
dead, contorted and burued out of
human semblance, among the black
cinders which covered tbe ship's deck
to a depth of six inches. Two more of
the crew have since died.
The survivors of the Roddam's crew
were loud In their praises of tbe heroic
conduct of their captain In steering
his vessel out of danger with bis own
hands, which were badly burned by the
rain of fire which kept falling on the
ship for miles after she got under way.
Beyond burns all over his body, the
captain Is safe, ns Is also the ship's
agent, though be is badly scorched.
The town and all tbe shipping In port
were utterly destroyed, the West Indian
and Panama Telegraph Com?an?l?lnif
atnnmor flrilnnlpT fiTO
" I""' ?(> -"V?? rr DIng
first, then tbe Quebec liner Roraima,
Captain Muggah, of tbe latter,
waring bis band In farewell to tbe
Rod dam as bis ressel sank wltb a terrific
explosion.
Tbe British royal mail steamer Esk.
which called off Martinique at 10 p. m.
reports standing offshore fire miles,
sounding her whistle and sending up
rockets. 8he received no answer. The
whole seafront was blaxlng for miles.
The Esk sent a boat ashore, but It
could not land on account of the terrific
heat, which was accompanied by
loud explosions. Not a living soul appeared
ashore after the boat bad
waited for two hours. Fire and ashes
fall all ??of (ho ntpnmpr
In the afternoon a French coasting
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fli JflRftiy i BAB
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SifiweA
LOCATION OF MARTINIQUE.
steamer arrived here from Fort de
France, seeking assistance, as all the
country was burned up, the stock was
dying, all the plantations were charred,
the country people were flocking into
the towns and famine was (eared.
The steamer was loaded with food of
all sorts, and was sent back to Martinique.
Antrloii ComqI PerUhed.
Paris, France.?The Cabinet has authorised
the Minister of Finance to expend
all moneys necessary for the sufferers
and an officer has sailed from
Brest with $100,000.
The Minister of Marine. M. de Lanessan,
has received a cable message
from the commander of the Suchet,
saying be has conducted a search at
St Pierre. He reports that the town is
now a mere heap of smoking ruins.
The Suchet rescued some of the inhabitants
of the town La Precheur,
which, with the town Le Carbet, was
HARBOR OF 8T. PIERRE. SHO
destroyed at the time of tbe St Pierre
disaster.
A dispatch from Fort de France
confirms the reports that Governor
Mouttet and the British and American
Consuls and their families perished.
America Sand* Relief.
Washington, D.C.?The United States
Government has been quick to act for
the relief of the stricken island of Martinique.
Tbe United States cruiser
Cincinnati, which Had just amreu ui
Sun Domingo City, Santo Domingo,
was ordered to proceed to Martinique
at once.
Prompt action was taken also by the
Senate, which passed a bill appropriating
$100,U()0 for the aid of the sufferers.
The bill's passage was delayed,
however, by objections in the House.
The sea-going tug Potomac has left
San Juan, Porto Illco, for the ill-fated
island.
Placed on the Retired Uat,
Generals Simon Snyder and William
Auman, recently appointed BrigadierGenerals,
have been placed on the retired
list of the United States Army
I after forty years' Service. Both officer*
| are now lu the Philippine*.
Falling Off of Export*.
The four principal articles of domestic
export?bread stuffs, provisions, cotton
and petroieura?which for the
Uiunth of April aggregated $54,335,L!UUI
I show a decline of as com|
pared with the same mouth last year.
Smallpox Victim Haujr* lltuuelf.
Ilarvey Kill raid, a Miff err r from
smallpox, commuted suicide at Souili
Bethlehem, l'a.. by banging himself
Ills home wax quarau;iiicd. lie, lib
wife aud iwu children. bciug couliuetl
to the bouso. lie did not have the db
ease iu a severe form.
Mrs. 80M QeU Two Years.
Mrs. Soffel, tbe warden's wife, whe
made it possible for tbe Biddies tc
escape from tbe Allegheny <Jouuty Jal
at Pittsburg, l'a.. was stjuteuced to u
term of two yearn iu the Western I'eul
teutiary.
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ERUPTION ON ST. VINCENT
Great Devastation Spread by the Voloano
La Soufriere
Kingston, tbe Capital, Bombarded by
FalllBi Stones? Appalling Xatnral
Phenomena? Hundreds Dead.
i
Castries, St. Lucia, B. W. I,?The vol
cano of tbe Islnud of St. Vinceut, La i
Soufriere. has burst out in sympathetic
eruptioo. A steamer which returned
from there reported that the northern
end of the island was in flames, and
cut off from assistance by a continuous
stream of burning lava. ash-:>x falling
In heavy showers as far 150 miles
away. i
It was feared that there had been i
great loss of life. Tbe lava from the
volcano bad destroyed peveral districts.
Great physical change* had taken
place in the neighborhood of La Soufriere.
|
As a result of the disaster on the islnil
KncinAflo wna cvionanHaH
4*till Ult l/Uoiuvoo *??n nun|?vHiivui
Among those dead were whole faml*
Ilea, wbose corpses were In reveral
places lying onhuried. Tbe dead will
be Interred in trenches.
Kingston, the capital of the island,
was covered with ashes and was being
bombarded with stones from tbe volcanic
craters.
St. Thomas. D. W. I.?It T\as believed
that 500 people have lost their lives iQ
St. Vincent.
The noise from the St. Vincent volcano
was beard is islands 200 miles
f away. Columns of vapor from the cra'
ters rose eight mlk>s high. It is known
that asbes have been carried 2T?0 miles.
In many places In St. Vincent a food
and water famine was threatened.
The British Government ordered two
cruisers to proceed to the island with
supplies for the sufferers.
London.?The correspondent of the
Dallv Mail at Barhadoes telecranbed
that nil the plantations on th*> British
Island of St. Vincent have been destroyed.
The island Is two feet deep
In ashes. Dust fell at Barbadoes for
six hours.
BolllBff Uke Disappear*.
St. Thomas. D. W. I.?A dispatch received
here from th? Island of Dominica
(B. W. I.) says that a man who has
Jnst returned from the boiling lake
district of that Island, went within 100
yards of the lake nud found that the
water had disappeared. From a rent
ten feet in diameter in the centre was
arising a column of steam to a height
of thirty feet before spreading into the
atmosphere. That district, otherwise.
1' was apparently nnchanged. but the sulphur
gases were very strong.
An Ernptlon K?tr Culuks.
a-~ rMn?i?nn r>o 1 _ Th? AlnaL-.t
Commercial Company has received
from Its agents at Unalaska. Aleutian
Island*, a letter dated April 10. giving
information of volcanic disturbances in
that section. The letter says:
"Unalaska has been shaken up by
earthquakes lately, and on several occasions
the ground was covered with
floe ashes from some volcano. Reports
reach us from Unlmak to the effect
that with every westerly wind their
village is covered with some kind of
ashes, indicating that some western
volcano is in action."
Volcule Disaster* of History.
Pompeii and Herculaneum. destroyed
by eruption of Mount Vesuvius; A.
D. 79.
Catania. Sicily. 15.000 persons killed
by earthquake: 1137.
Syria. 20.000 killed by earthquake.
Jl.%8.
Clllcla, 20,000 killed by earthquake;
1268.
Palermo, earthquakes. GOOO lost: 1720.
Canton. China. 100.000 lost by earthquake:
November 30. 1731.
Kucban, North Persia, 40,000 lost.
r/' 4^Hn
WINO VOLCANO IN DISTANCE.
earthquake: 1755.
Lisbon, dry mined by earthquake.
25.000 killed; November. 1755.
Aleppo, destroyed by earthquake,
thousands killed; 1822.
Canton, earthquake. 0000 lost; May
27. 1830.
Calabria, earthquake. 10,000 lout;
1857.
Island of Krakatoa. volcanic eruption.
30.380 lives lost; May 27. 1883.
Isle of Ischia. earthquake. 20U0 lost;
1883.
Eruption of Mauna Loa. Hawaii. 70
killed; 1880.
Bnndalsan, volcanic eruption. 1000
killed; July. 188X.
Island of Hondo, Japan, earthquake,
10.?)00 killed; Octolnr. 1801.
Venezuela, earthquake, 3000 killed;
April 24. IStM.
Charleston. S. C.. earthquake. 41
lives lost; August 30. 1S8?.
i ... ?-i 1... nf \ifa
| UnUlUUlUltl, I'ill lllijuiii\rt luro vk i??v
i not yet ascertained: April. llMKi.
Ite volt In Cost* Klra.
The military element In the neighborhood
of San .lost*, the capital of CoHta
Rita. is in insurrection. refusing to rec.
, oxnize tin* authority of Asuncion Es liiivel.
the newly inaugurated President.
S??*ro'? Aimlilp Kxplo<le?.
The airship belonging to Senor Au
gusto Seven*. tin* Hraziiian aeronaut,
i made an uscensiou at Paris. France.
, Tii:' airship exploded. ami the two
. aeronauts who were ou Iward were
killed.
Labor World.
Eleetrieal workers at Duluth. Mi:;u.
( have been granted an ad vane;* iu
wages.
Advices from Mexico state that scj r.
city of labor Ia retarding railroad coastruction.
The waces of South Wales miuere.
regulated ou the sliding scale, are to
be reduced ten per cent.
, The wages of miners and tankmen
. have been reduced two and a half per
I cent. at Newcastle. Eusjlaud.
i Montreal (Cuu.) stonemasons threat.
op to strike unless granted thirty ceutc
an hour and a nlne-Ujiur day.
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KILLED III OIL EXPIOSIBN'
Spectators of a Fire Near Pittsburg
Are Overwhelmed.
CAUSED BY A RAILROAD WRECK
Iwbm of Horror, TTIwn lUar Dlod, mad
SaAriai, Maddened Man Trod Dowa
tbo WmUHoum Wrtclwd by ou
Mala IplUnr4b??t of Flamo DoKtndtd
oa Haadroda of ObUoImti.
Pittsburg, Pa.?Four distinct explolions
bare wrought ruin in the Char*
tiers Valley. It was estimated twenty*
fire persons were dead and between
100 and ISO were burned, many of
whom would die. The first explosion
occurred in the Sherlden yards of the
Pan Handle Railroad, about lire miles
from the Union Station In this city.
Switchmen were shifting a train of
cars, to which were attached two cars
?f refined oil and one of naphtha.
The Pan Handle tuuiroaa company
bas thirty-six tracks through Sheriden
ind has succeeded in keeping communication
open. The property loss will
imount to at least $600,000.
As the cars were pushed along the
track the oil cars came together with
1 crash, smashing the couplings and
breaking a switch light The oil tank
eras jarred, and oil flowed down on the
light It Ignited and made a trail to
(he tank. A flame shot Into the air,
and before the trainmen knew what
bad happened an explosion occurred,
and in a flash the burning oil spurted
Into the air.
This occurred about 4.45 p. m. An
alarm was sent to Sherldenville and
ilcKee's Bocks, and the local fire department
responded. No water could
be had, and the beat was so intense
ao one could get near enough to couple
an enrine to the other two cars and
haul them away.
About 5.15 the second car of refined
>11 exploded, and by this time fully
1000 persons had gathered on the hillsides.
The Pan Handle tracks lie in
i volley flanked by steep bills on each
ilde. No one thought of any danger.
The heat from the burning cars generated
gas In the naphtha tank near
by. It bad a gas dome. Shortly after
J o'clock the naphtha tank exploded.
The dome shot Into the air and fell on
the hillside amid the jam of spectators.
The tank split in twain, and the naphtha,
like fiery serpents, shot into all
ilrectlons, spraying the thousands of
people, among whom were laborers,
women, children, and railroaders.
Immediately there was a rush for
isfety. Hundreds who were sprayed
by burning oil tore their clothes off
their bodies. Women and children
creamed and men swore and ran
hither and thither like wild men. People
set lire to each other. Some crawled
into the dirt, others ran and fanned the
dames with the wind. Dozens of
naked men beat their bodies among the
bashes seeking to relieve the pain,
srhile others saad exhausted, never to
rise again.
The beat from the burning fluid
irblch had spread over the valley separated
the parties occupying each hilltide.
A similar scene was being enicted
on both hillsides, while down the
ralley none came out alive.
The burning oil trickled into a small
litch known as Cork's Run. It floated
past the village of Espleu and into the
Ohio Blver. At the edge of Esplen and
the Pittsburg city limits a group of
bouses are situated along the hillside
ind on the leveL A natural gas main
occupies a ditch. There was a leak In
the gas main.
Ac the burning oil reached It, the
gas main exploded, wrecking all the
bouses in the group and killing several
people, maiming about twenty more.
One building contained a large poolroom,
where were congregated a dozen
men, and all were killed or injured.
Thus, at two distinct places, more
than two miles apart, lives were lost
ind help was needed. By this time the
railroad company had organized relief
rrews among their Pittsburg yard men.
Every physician In the city was telephoned
to lend his aid. Special trains
trere made up to take the doctors down
In groups. Ambulances were put
aboard flatcars and rushed down. Ev.
try hospital was ordered to get ready
for an overflow, and rescue work was
loon under way on a large scale.
FRANCHISE TAX LAW VALID,
It Is D?cUki1 Constitutional by Jodie*
Robert Karl.
Albany. N. Y.?One step In the legal
Jght against the Ford franchise tax
ivas ended when Robert Earl, former
Chief Judge of the New York Court of
Appsala, acting as referee under appointment
by Justice D. Cady Herrick.
Bled an opinion in the Third Judicial
Department upholding in every point
the constitutionality of the law.
Should this opinion be confirmed by
the appellate courts it will add $4,000.*
D00 a year to the treasury of New
Vork City and about $12,000,000 in
back taxes, with seven per cent, intersat.
As corporation values Increase
cvlth the growth of the municipality
the aggregate of the tax also will be
swelled, and It is estimated by experts
ihat In five years, should the law be
upheld, the annual payments in the
freater city wlU be $0,000,000.
Judge Earl's opinion will be fought
til the way to the United States Supreme
Court by the corporations. The
legal procedure will take about three
rears, and in the meantime the big
traction companies, the consolidated
;as and the electric light corporations
will refuse to pay the tax as assessed
under the franchise law.
Liberty For AUac?-Lorr?ln?.
Emperor William of Germany bat
decided to abolish the dictatorship
paragraph in the Imperial Constitution
as an expression of confidence In the
loj-alty of the people of Alsace-Lorraine.
student Killed by Pitched Rail.
Walter L. Myles. aged eighteen
fears, a junior in the Slate Normal
School, sou of Myles Myles, of Kd*
tvardville, Pa., tiled at West Chester.
Pa., from being hit with a pitched bail
behind the left ear,
OIlippraTei the (iatluuann <iun.
The War Department, at Washington,
has received the final report of
the Joiut board of Army aud Navy
officers reconvened recently for the
purpose of considering objections filed
by the (Jutbiuaun guu i>eople to their
loriner report a^amsi me auopuou 01
tbc gun. The board, in its tuost recent
report, adheres to it* former report.
Drowned In Father's Presence.
In view of bis father, who eould not
I rescue him, nine-year-old Clarence Ben.
con vai drowned at Falconer. N. Y.
1
ASKS THE PUBLIC FOR AID
President Appeals to the Nation For
Frompt Contributions.
b* Ruim Relief Committees, With 0
Centre I Dlsttlbstlag Agency For the
Country it Nov Terh City.
i
Washington, D. C. ? The following
has been issued from the White House:
"The President has appointed a com*
mlttee to receive funds ror ioe mwi
of the sufferers from the recent catas*
trophes In Martinique and St. Vincent.
The gentlemen appointed from each
city are asked to collect and receive the
funds from their localities and neighborhood*
as expeditiously as possible
and forward them to the Hon. Cornelias
N. Bliss. Treasurer of the New.
York Committee, which committee win
act as central distributing point for the
country. The President directs all tlw
postmasters throughout the country,
and requests the presidents of all tb?
national banks, to act as agents for th*
collection of contributions and to forward
the same at once to Mr. Bliss at
New York City. The postmasters an
also directed fo report to the Postmas
ter-General, within ten days, any fund*
collected on this account.
"The President appeals to the public
to contribute generously for tbe relief
of tbose upon whom this appalling calamity
has fallen, nnd asks that tbe
contributions ho sent in as speedily aa
possible. The gentlemen designated
on tbe several committees are requested
to act at once. The following are
th<* committee*:
"New York City?Tb? Hon. Cornelius
N. Bliss. Treasurer: If orris K. Jesup,
John Claflin. Jacob H. Scbiff and Willlam
R. Corwine.
"Boston?Augustus Hemenway. Dr.
Henry 8. Pritchett and Henry Lee
Higginson.
"Philadelphia?Charles Emory Smith.
Provost Charles C. Harrison, Joseph ']
G. Darlington. Clement A. Grlacom and
John H. Convoi*?.
"Baltimore?James A. Gary. *
"Washington?Charles C. Glorer.
"Pittsburg?A. J. Logan and H. G.
Frlck.
"Buffalo?.John G. Mlllburn and Carl*
ton 8prague.
"Cleveland?Myron T. Herrick and
Samuel Mather.
"Clnolnnnii ? Jacob G. Scbmidlapp
and Brlggs S. Cunningham.
"Chicago - J. J. Mitchell Marrla
Hughltt Marshall Field and GraeoMf
Stewart.
"Milwaukee?F. G. Blgelow, Charle#
F. Pflster and Fred Pabat.
"Minneapolis?1Thomas Lowrey aad
J. J. 8hevltn.
"St Paul?Kennfeth Clark and Tbeo?
dore 8churraeler>
"Detroit?Don M. Dickinson.
"St Louis?Charles Parsons, Adol?
phus Buscb and Robert 8. Bookings.
"Kanaas City ? W. B. Clark aad
Ptiirlaa Pnmnhnll
"Omaha?John C. Wharton and Vie*
tor B. Caldwell. <
"Denver?D. H. Moffatt
"San Francisco ? Major Scbmlta,
George A. Newhnll. A. Shardoro, Rob*
ert J. Tobln. Henry T. Scott and A. JL,
Watklns.
"New Orleans?The Hon. Paul Cap*
dovtelle, I. L. Lyons and 8. T. Walma*
ley." ^
1M/-0) FACE FASCINE. ^
Prorlalona Are Vrcr.Btly Httdtd oa tkm
StrleKtn I aland of Martinique.
Fort de France. Martinique.?TIm
United States Government tug Potomac
has brought a ton of supplier
to Martinique, consisting. In part, of
codfish and flour.
A .famine here Is imminent Tte
northern section of the Island Is depopulated.
Provisions are needed here for 100,
* ----- A J
UUU people immediately, a mhinubu w
lime la also needed at 8t. Pierre for
sanitary purposes. The stench there
from the dead bodies Is overpowering.
Mont Pelee wan still beftching smoke
and fire.
Words fail to describe the present
situation at 8t. Pierre. A small detachment
of French troops Is making
efforts to Inter the dead, although the
Government seems to be strikingly,
unconcerned as to what is done in thin
direction.
The looting of the dead has begun
already. Five colored and one white
man were turned over to the commander
of the French cfulaer Suehet
for punishment. ^
Senate Vote* S300.000 Mora.
Washington. D. C.?In the Senate Mr.
Culiom, from the Committee on For?
elgn Relations, reported a joint resolu
tloo appropriating souu.uw. lnciuuiugM
the $200,000 already appropriated, ta
be expended under tbe direction of tbeH
President in such manner as will mostH
promptly and efflclently relieve th?H
stricken people of tbe French WestH
Indies and St. Vincent. Tbe resolutloaH
was adopted without comment B
PREACHER A MURDERER. I
Th? Iter. John Pol??t Confaaac* That Hcjfl
Killed m Companion. 9
Springfield. 111.?Tbe Rev. Jobn Po?fl
leec. tbe Baptist missionary wbo wa^H
arrested bere for tbe murder of hli^f
traveling companion, Charles Isaks?on.H
has made u confession to bis fatber-ln<fl|
law, Jobn Walker, of Jerseyville. wbo^B
came to Springfleld to make arrange^M
meurs for bis defense. ||a
Poleet says he killed Isaksson la ?H>
moment of frenzy. The impulse tc^H
murder and rob bis companion cam^H
........ i.i?, .n.i.unlv l>.. h'ivj nn<l nrlth^l
U(iuu uilu nu<?u?.MV, Mv ?v
out warning ho picked up a car coupBI
ler and beat out the man's bralus. Hfl
says be is ready to die for tbe crime.
Poleet bad charge of a Baptist mla^Hj
Hion at McCluskey, 111. REV
Coincidence la m Storm. Bfl
Areola. II!.. wax visited by a cloud^H
burst aud hurricane. which did gn*a^M
damage to many buildings ami grou^H
ing crop*. Forty-four year* ago to tb^Hj
day the town was visited by a cyclon^H
and was utterly blotted from the maj^H
An Indian Ueaervatlon Opened. SfiC
President IJoo.-evelt has issued
proclamation opening to settlement th^HE
Fort Hall Indian reservation in IdauJHE
The o|ienlng Involves nearly loO.OU^H
acres. ceded to tin- Government by tt^H
Shusboues and Bannock Indians. 9u
Tela* Charters Korfelted. MM
The charters of 7S- domestic corpoi^^H
tioti.s aud tbe permits to do busiuess
Texas of eighty-eight foreign corpor^E|
I ion < has been declared forfeited
tbe Secretary of State for failure
pay their franchise tax to the Hta^Hs
'Jt this number about -KM) are oil coi^^l
Agricultural Appropriation Bill
Tlie Agricultural Appropriation
lias been passed by the ljulted Stat^BB
Senate. Tbe amount appropriatedI
It bo bill as It passed the House wHB
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