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Sl? ?l U WEEKLY \j A N <; A r lfi J\' O V 14 1 II 0 'J KS1AHLNT I I > !Mf?9
A TOWN DESTROYED BY
RAIN OF FIRE.
Covered by Ashes of a Volcano.
PiobaWly 4?>,uoo Poo pit' Perish
A Thrilling Aeeouut of the
Scene as Witnessed by the
People on Board a Ship
Five Miles at Sea.
ed hI St. Lucia this morning, reports
having passed St. Pierre last
night. The steamer was covered
with ashes, though she was five
miles distant from thetown, which
was in impenetrable darkness. A
boat was sent in as near as possible
to the shore, but not a living
soul was seen ashore, only flames.
The Quebeck Steamship Company's
steamship Roraima. was
een to explode and disappear.
The commander of t)i? Sncliet reports
that nt 1 o'clock on Thursday
the entire town of St. Pierre
was wrapped in flames. Ho on
denvored to savo about 30 persons
more or leas horned, from
the rebels in the haibor. Ilia
officers went ashore in small boats
seeking for snrvivi rs, hot were
on ihle to penetrate into the town.
They saw heaps of bodies upon
the wharves and it is believed that
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Washington, May 9.?The foK
lowing cablegram has just been
received at the Stato Department:
44Point-a-Pitre, May 9.
4'Secretary of State:
44At 7 o'clock a. in., on the 8th
inst., a storiu of steam, mod and
tire enveloped the city and roudstead
of St. Pierre, destroying
every house in the city and community.
Not moro than 2f) persons
escaped with their lives.
Eighteen vessels were burned and
sunk with all on board, including
four American vessels and a
steamer from Quebec, named
Poralma. The United States
consul and family are repotted
among the victims. A war ves
sel has conic to Guadaloupe for
provisions and will leave at 5 tomorrow.
AYME.
4 Consul.,'
The consul ut Martinique is
Thomas T. Prentis. Ho was born
in Michigan and appointed from
Massachusetts as consul ut Port
Luois, Manritiua, Rouen, France
and Batuvia. He was appointed
consul at Martiuque in 1000. The
vice cousul at Martinquo i* Anusdee
Testaat., who was born uud
appointed from Louisiana in 1800.
The latest availably figures show
that the total population of
the island of Martiuique is 1S5,000
people of whom 25,000 lived
at St. Pierre, and, according to
Mr. Ay me, have nearly all perish,
ed.
St. Thomas, D YV. I., May 0.
0:30 a. m.?The French cruiser
Suchet arrived at Point-a-Pitre,
Island of Guadalupe, Frence West
Indies, from Fort De France, Is*
land of Martinique, this morning
bringing several refugees. She
confirmed the report that tho
towu of St. Pierre, Martinique
was entirely destroyed at 8 o'cloek
on Thursday morning by a volcanic
eruption. It is supposed
that most of tbo inhabitants of St.
Pierre were killed, that the neighboring
parishes were laid waste
and that the residue of the popu>
lation of St. Pierre is without
food or shelter. Tho British royal
mail steamer Eslc. which nt-riv.
J not a single person resident in St i
: L'ierie at tlio moment ot thecatas- |
tiope escaped. The governor of i
the colony and his stall', colonel
a i wife, were in St l'ierre and j
presumably perished. The ex- i
tent of the cntusnophe cannot ho j
imagined.
The captain of the llritish
steamer Koddum was very serious
ly injured and is now m the bos*
pital at St Lucia. All of his officers
and BiimnpAr* ??! <? i ?
w ??v v uvau ui
dying. Nearly ovory member <?f
tlio crew is dead. Supercargo
Campbell and ton of tho crew of
lioddam jumped overboard at. St.
Pierre and were lost.
The British schooner, Ocean
Traveller, of St .Johns, .N. IV, ar.
rived at the island of Dominica,
British West Indies, at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. She reported that
she was obliged to lleo from the
Island of St Vincent during the
afternoon of Wednesday, May 7,
in aonscqueneo of a heavy fall of
sand which was erupting there.
She tried to reach tho Island of St
Lucia, bat adverse currents pre
vented her from so doing. The
1 schooner arrived opposite St Pier
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re miirsaay morning, May 8.
While about n mile away, the volcano
exploded and Hr? from it
swept the whole town of St Pierre,
destreyiug the town and tho
hipping there, including the cablo
repair ship Grappier, of the West
Indian <& Panama Telegraph Company,
of London, which was engaged
in repairing the cablo near
the Guerin factory. The Ocean
Traveler, while on her way to
Dominica, encountered a quantity
of wreckage.
ONI.Y 30 SUItVIVOKS OUT OF X COPULATION
OF 25,000.
Paris, May 0.?The commander
oi the Freuch cruiser Snchet,
has telegraphed to the Minister of
M a inos, M. DoLanessan, from
Fort DeFrance, Island of Martinique,under
date of Thursday, May
8, hi 10 p. m., as follows:
"I have just returned from St.
IP i*i.
x lerre, wmcn nas boon completely
destroyed by an immense mass of
tiro, which fell on tho town at
about S o'clock in the morning.
The entire population (about 25,000,
is supposed to have perished.
I havo brought back the few suryivors,
about 30. All the shipping
in the harbor has been destroyed.
The oruption continues."
40,000 rei'outf.d killed.
St. Thomas, D. \V. I., May 0.
? It is now estimated that 40,000
persons perished as a result of the
rolcanic eruptions in the island of
Martinique.
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An Eyewitness Describes the Disaster
at St. Pierre.
Point-A-Pitre, VI ay 10.?The
first mate of the Roraima t.lms
describes the disastor at St. Pierre:
"Between 0:30 and 7 in tho morning
of Thursday without warning
there came a sort of whirlwind ?f
8tenn, boiling mud and tiro, which
suddenly swept the shipping and
the roadstead. There were swine
IS vcssols anchoring in the harbor
i including the liaraima, tho Ftouch
sailing ship Tumryu, four larger
sailing ships and live others. All
fire vessels immediately canted
i oyer and except tho lloraimnsank
instant ly.
i "Hvery hou-?e allure w is utterly
destroyed and apparent v burned
i tinker ushes and burning lava. An
ot^cer who was sent ashore penJ
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ADVERTISEMENTS. j
It Takes All Our
i
Time ?r&eringn
Goods To Keep
Up Our Stock.WE
HAVE HAD AN
-IMMENSE STOCK!N
ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.
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Our first shipments of M illinery,
Dress Goods, Silks, Ete.,
4 ^ < J n ?
weni our or stores like hot
cakes. NEW) C*003)S arrivin<>
daily. We will have
A SPECIAL DISPLAY
SPECIAL PRICES
the balance of April.
-LISTEN!- '
10 yards of Lawn for t wen ty live
cents.
Thompson Brand Now SI.001
Corsets. Our price 82 cents.
Dotted Silk Tissues, worth 00
cents. Our price 48 cents.
25 dozen Ladies Vests, worth |
10 cents. Our price 5 cents.
We cant mention our Bargains)
unless we rent the whole paper.
COME AM) SEE US.
j-Laaciisler Irani k|
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jtrfiled bul a short distance into
ho city. lie found only :i te?v
walls standing and the streets liter
illy paved with corpses. The
lovernor of the island, who had
in ived only a few In urs before
Hie catastrophe wa? kilted. Both
ICnelish and Aineriean e !ii<n s
with their families, are reported
perished. It isceitaiu that nr
more than forty out of tin,nop
.joold liave eseaped
-ri.? .1 i
aiiu m-grous ;iri' uoeKing in vast
number- into Fori tie '''ranee from
the t urroundingcount i v, denianding
foerl. A telegram frotn d<
France sa>s hot mud and cinderwere
falling all night throughout
the inland and still continue, doing
great damage.
Suicide at Greenwood.
W. T. Witchor of Athens Gu..
Kills Himself With a l'istol at
the Oregon I Iotol (ireenwoo.l.
Special to Greenville News.
Greenwood, S. May b.
Mr. W. 1". Witeher of Athens.
Ga., suicided by shooting himself
twico through the brain in hi
room at the Oregon last nigh
about 7 o'clock. Death cam.
instantly. Several letters wer
found addressed to different pari
ies. Some were sealed and swim
wora open. The latter only gave
details for the disposition of his
body and apology to Mr. Briuson
for having to commit the deed
in his hotel; no cuiisc being as.
signed. He simply said that he
had tried to avert it but *<>u!d m i.
ST.LVI) 8,1Iv I . sroxi;
W.ALS.
Between youi children and tin
tortures of itching ami burning
ec/.cma, scald heads or other skin
diseases.?How why, by using
liucklen's Ainica Salve, earth's
greatest healer. Quickest cure
for r leers, Fever Sores, Sail
Khcuni, Cuts, Burns or Bruises
Infallible for Piles. 2or at Ctawfoi'd
Bros., and J. F. Maekcy iV:
Co's drug stores.
Killed in a Runaway.
Special to The State.
Florence, April P. Mrs. 1). J.
Brock, wife of tins Coast Line
agent at lOftinghani, was thrown
from a buggy this afternoon am
killed. Mrs. Brock was returning
home from Florence driving
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wuat was supposed 1<> he a grnth |
horse which became frighten?*
and dashed away. Mis. Brocl
died *20 minutes after I ho accident
She was within four miles of he
home. Mrs. Brock was a popular
young woman in the Ellinghani
community. M C. B.
Cherry Mountain Freaks.
Cur. of The Observer.
Cherry Mountain, May 7.?
When it comes to freaks and old
folks, Cherry Mountain nlwiw
manages to pass under the string
ahead of ull competitors. .1. C.
Elliott has a chicken horn with one
eye and a crossed hill Big Ton
! Elliott lias a hog with solid hoof
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or as he expresses it, 4>a nm
| huffed hog."
Fvcenl Koine holo ?n> t I'l-nti
people, Cherry Mountain bn>
nothing el.so to olTor.
Corn ('rackoKeep
Your Bowels Strong.
j Constipation or diarrhoea when
i your bowels are out of order. CasI
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablet*
stamped C. C. C. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, 10c.
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McLaurin Fights Again.
Is Forced i>v the Abusive Laneuam*
ami Threatening attitude
of A. A. dates, to Knock
That Citizen Down
Special to (ireenvillo News.
W a^hlllL'ton. Mav 10 SVtnilnv
McLaurin \v;is unavoidably forced
into a personal encounter last evening
with A. A. Gates, tho proprietor
<>f tho Mansion House at
Greenville, S. C. Senator MeLaurin
and Loomis lllalock were together
in tho restaurant of tho
Raleigh hotel. Gates, who was
also in this room with his wife and
daughter, commenced an abusive
attack upon McLaurin and the
President for tho appointment of
Democrats to Federal positions in
South Carolina. In order to
avoid a scene in the presence of
Gates' wife and daughter, Senator
McLaurin left tho large room and
walked to the bullet and cigar
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->ui in I. miles, WHO is said to
have I icon intoxicated, followed
McLaurin into the lobby, continuing
his abuse and assuming; a
threatening altitude. McLaurin
hereupon knocked (ialcs ilnwn,
n 1 then walked out of the hotel
with his companion. The South
Carolina .sen-dor was not struck
or hurt in any way. Gatesshort*
iy after left on the train for the
South.
Todu\ McLaurin appeared none
the worse for his recent encounter
withCiates at the Ualeigh hotel last
night. lie called to see President
lio?serelt about South Carolina
appointments, hut declined to dis
i us." the visit. He explained to
Roosevelt that the listicutf was
caused by Gates' abusive language
of the President for appointing
1 )(!inocrats in South Carolina ?
McLaurin regrets tr e occurrence
but says it was unavoidable.
A Dream About to Be Realized.
Columbia i> i > at Once Become a
i Seaport Town. ? Boat9 lieady
Kven Now.
The State, 1 1 til inst.
With perhaps greater sudden noss
than the eruption of Mont
Pt-lee wiping out so many thous
nn?iri in |iuii|iir ill l 111" ?? I'Ml IllOlCS
came lsist nielli tho announcement
that one of Columbia's fondest
and most cherished dreams, the
reuli/.ntion of which lias boon
awaited for many a long year
with the belief that the city's future
prosperity and standing in
the business world depended upon
it largely, is virtually un fait accompli.
In other words the establishment
of a line ot steamers
on the river between Columbia
and lieargtown, with the consequent
accompaniment of a reduction
of all freight rates of from
Jo to 25 per cent., giving a rate
cheaper than thai now enjoyed by
Augu-da. and practically the rate
that Charleston enjoys is assured
beyoutul perail vent ore and those
it tho head of tho. ontoi-inisA nv.
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>? et to h ivo the lin?> in full p era
ion within thirty or sixty days,
l'ho steamers that are to make
twice a week trips front (olntnbia
to (reor^clmvn connecting with
to (Mvde I'm ocean <joini? steam r
for New York are already at
. ? ctow a v titinir orders to bet,,
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.1 tin ir trips. The> wi'i have r,
1oM:?a?f? of front loo to 12.V ton*
i | ^ (dUt^'V*
i I lianrntn Yonf Howi la W ltn ('?otaretl.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipatiovt tjuri6t(Wf'
' JCi.25o. If C. C. C.t~tl.tfrnsa?st'jrr<UQ<l|i><X?qT