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Barnwell vol. xv. BARNWELL, K. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15, li)02. NO. 36. A GREAT DISASTER. Forty Thousand People Perished In a Fiery Deluge ON THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE. Volcano BurntN a Mountain Astin- tler. DostroyiiiK All Lin* o Land ami Sea. The World Was Shocked. '1'he French cruiser Suchct arrived at hiinte-al’itre. Island of t hrndalupc. French West Indies, from Fort de France, Island'of Marlinii|uc, Friday morniiiK'. bringintf several refugees. She ronrtrnjed the report that Ihe a storm of steam, mud and fire en veloped the city and roadstead of St. Pierre, destroying every house hi the city and community. Not more than 20 persons escaped with their lives. Eighteen vessels were burned and sunk witli all on board, including four American vessels and a §tearner from Quebec named Poratma. The United Stales constrl and family are reported among the victims. A war vessel has come to Guadaloupe for provisions and will leave at five o'clock tomorrow. *.j “Ayme, Consul. A dispatch from Itointe-a-Pftrp Island of Guadaloupe, French West Indies', dated Thursday, says: “The Mont Pelee (St. Pierre) crater elected yesterday morning molten rocks and ashes during three minutes completely destroyed St. Pierre, and the districts within a four mile radius. All inhabitants were burned. About eight passengers from the Roraima of the Quebec Steamship company's line were saved by. the French erfliser SHOCKING TRAGEDY. •^r Paul Leicester Ford, the Novelist, Murdered by His Brother. WHO SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF. town of st. Pierre, Martini.iue, was! Suc,,e, • The inhabitants of the soutb- dmlrnrcdf nt- n rtlimh „ ern district of the Island, who were owuxeiv or7 SI. Pierre for provisions I'liur>flay morning by a v**l*‘anic em|»- i menaced by famine.^ tion. li is siip(M)se<) i hat m of t , • A dispa tel) from Jamaica sa>> inhabitant * of St I’eYre wen kilici, ‘ !1 ' ' irs, totinskUoU oi a disaster j a ypj| r at Martinh|ueV w^ Uie breaking of he cables on Tuesday. The French Plata. The l''aiiiily a Very Rich One ami ihe Murder Was Caused by *' ’ a family Trouble About Money Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, was shot and killed Thursday by his brother, Malcom Webster Ford, writer and athlete, who immediately scuta bullet into his breast, dying instant ly. The shooting occurred at 10.20 a. in., in the handsome new mansion portunities had been such and ids de mand so excessive that his brother’ had been forced to refuse further aid." Paul Leicester Ford was .‘IT years old, a novelist of much note, “Janice Meredith" being Ids most popular novel. He was married about a year ago to Miss Grace Kidder, daughter of Edward H. Kidder of Brooklyn. He. was a son ofGOTdOTV Lester Ford of Brooklyn, who died 11 years ago, and left an estate of some $2,000,000 divided between his children, with the exception of Malcolm W., who was disinherited by the will. Mr. Fdrd was a member of the Players, Reform and Groller clubs, the Century association and Sons of the Revolution. Malcolm W. Ford was liorn In Brooklyn Feb. T, 18(12. lie was edu cated at tin* Brooklyn Polytechnic in stitute. He took up athletics wlule at school and for a number of years won championships in this country A SPICY DEBATE. He said that the newspaper from whl’ h Mr. Dolllver read was owned largely by Luke. K. Wright, a mem- i In r of the Philippine commission. Ifc Senators Carmack and Dollivcr Com-. || ia ^ \j r Doili ver in bis speech justified murder In the Philippines arid defended the order of Gen Smith. “Boor old Smith," he-continued, the scoundrel—the murderer—the butcher, l am glad Li say that the senator Tirpir Iowa tsthe only man I thus far that lias risen in his place to on the defend that bloody old scoundrel. “I do not call the senator from Iowa pliment Each Other AND THEN LAUGH ABOUT IT. The Two Senators MUed I'hlllppine Hill, Which In Now IleinK DiNCUHsed In Ihe Senate. o order,” said M r. Carmack. “If he had liecn any other senator on that ' side I would have done so. I did not. j call him to order, because 1 knew that to require him to speak the language , . • . ... , ..oi decency and courtesy in deflate Discussion of the Philippine bill in ( Amjlt , liavc UH . tl t . 4lI1( j omri htm to tire stuiale. while it scarcely altated in t absolute silence bitterness, took on an amusing phase life." Timrsday. In a breezy speech Mr. A call to oudkil and Canada and in the iiundred yard of I((Wa niade such a g^d run, two twenty yard hurdles, run- 1 TRUTH OF HISTORY. Senator Vest, of Missouri, Speaks for the Confederacy. HE DENIES A FAMILIAR 8T0RT About the Hampton Hoads Confer* enre. Which Wan Quoted by Senator B. It. Tillman ^ of this State. In the United States Senate on Thursday Senator N est called atten- for the rest of his tion to the statement of Senator Till- | man made Wer.newlay, which he said lie was compelled to take notice of in ‘J call the senator from Tennessee ! ^ t, “ X ? 1 '' U>U ‘ e Hvlng and the dead. nTn.’. »Z.H V 7n , ;rnmnVn. hT^lVlandyetsucha sarcastic ar. tonrder.'Mi.gested Mr. Hoarof Massa- Hut statement; which had been mng broad and running high jumps.] * ........ ...... . ^ , found in the piiblh-press and uptn the He was the all around amateur champ- ralgnmcntdf Mr.Uarinack of!enuewwe •*" d 1 d T* pe * f * wln lecture platform ft ti e chair on niv point of orderJbB New Yt*rk. anil had uc tluiC ITto ia igh laid waste and t nnng iat lb piirivhcs vt, ic nmad'ic of the pupulati >4i <4 St. Pi<‘rre is wit bool 1 was l>r>>ken Wednesday. C*l>le com- (brotiicrx. Mm. 1‘aul !>*ic.-ster Ford. 1 was r—l of * >!ieU«*r. UUCM i**li with all jiic nortiiem is- 1 Miss EU/uls tb R. Hall, the 11.1 ivrllst 1 * 1 The 1 irtlKb Koval Mi 1% nti»ii ill vtxx<afat.-w ■•«#*'•*» ■ ^ if* *11 si III 1 1 a. a A ipcd. Thean rvivoraof Hie secretary, and Hie aervantn. The Th >Bk, wl. lirUl%ll fttru *dBta k«-: irrnr s1 pt, <n-r K>#1d.im •ImcrilM t Ik* ’irHinp*- no - . 1 list wassRHug til'd*'« i in one |t fu a# brinjr ;<*>nier of his HI.rif v. ■' lafipe. Aif far* f si,t. 111* v*|k , ff*|m*r* % it;*' |9i%%« *1J hKll.’ fttfvar BfiltiT Iption. Tlie I ttidr appitinusi mom at the * .»- t f I *. St_IVrr t* iTnrrhtiat kfii The Met ! B—Wnm * n 9*11 fr kill d*l| % ft*%‘ JIV Is m is.- oq the sccTicd tfior. mrt van <r 9941 li mU 1 si ^ fl** , l|**4l l«|! ra. Tin* IP inima was < %up9i«ni in* %9«I4 tHifcftlv riiiTJ it rs-t tas * va •# * , 11 i •ft* HA* i f|«# «|^%f ftfai f fitaffl 1 tta- !unim lltcrarv task Miss Hi ! *9 AM 41 t ta 1 f # # llli* Am 4 rmm |K f- ? t»«*t 4i«k in amittirr rr«mrrn( tf w- fwmwfff • * # <o> ••vtl. 1 rfilrti %99# in in . b|u|mi WrfT |rmt Wl Vtl stt lltvrtit V 1 Irrt M r Mm ! wa« tkSftfKlM-IM lb J4 !#i»9! 914# iHKFS • # PWwi lcac*eucf* F.4,t was in. is r,. at it., fr«i' (4 the i f 11 Ml li i f * *4* Iftgf 91991 Tt#* %J •4% trrfl w4hwt c U <14# mtf Barnes 1 MAJOR OARDVtl fi'CRARCYS " t 1*9 (f*"ft IRnkPEf t —■ 1—1 “ — V| tk>«e W Ford railed, as * * ImM <MFl99r jfftKi <9*f ti* ftdf vlftft « *99^, ■ ■■ # t9Af <91^ ftlMMi "•* ' ^ R *%> iBKa 1 • It #* ftfttftaarffNP* - •WW#il ■■ f • •wt tawalaltr b < •*na* twa ##***• • ft* 1 ^ •kmmk mirfr • ull^lid • l»dtadi Mb* JM99 kiflM* >Imb% which I*aul la*icester Fortl I tad built | for half a dozen years, lie was so i tliat senators and ucvupanl.> of the at 'IT East TTtii stret't. In llic city of passionately fond of athletics that ho thronged galleries were contulscrl wltii nnii'rf rnrtis Mtldto have neglected everything!, , . ... .. upna *°ri ... laughter, -widle s«-emtng>v elv to devote tun* to rtinning and . . , (jumping. He married a daughter of the time of the shooting there | Craves, a wall |»apt*r manufae- the two j ttiTPr. but they were divorced, die meinlM-r of the Law vers' Club. platfc —•* c-oo ^ .. >«ars. was that at tnc Historic con- 7TZ. ^ ;*?£; f.”™* 1.1 Unffiptoh Hn.«. In IKH V- r***" lhxo". >*■">• m. •oaloeatlts iakett Ills seat.. i.. . . , . . ' , At were In the hi hesid' 1 aide uate. ael i v< temper was anatsed by I good feeling was siroKii for the last three at the historic con- V- Wi.rr!* A MUMiiderKiaudina. .th igh. W. Ya.. Registi at G T^mir Iv rtn-t llirri parti* tpants In Mr. Twin ter i mark - -who cordtally six**1 laughed over Hte encMintei Mr Iturtonof KtMWdl speech whPdi lie began Tin retcm»i_aj» tuniaum »*f a*t eltr, to the tattle'of Wot to the Mountain Meadow n 'to the mAMocrr u4 I ni<*i t’.,rt Vi!"*.w avid ismti’iwl th. d iy. wa •It tie- 1 LllC r* .*f rut- ido Qot.'^tfitcrpfncd Mr. Isdiiver. O’gaX.l Lli- .Atqrua^i- i,f suflicietlt |ru> •itaitec t** civ ativ attention to “That m'ITW It." saidAfr riminrir. rTr It c wa n i it' III At- mnr Mr 1 Ojff. IMr Mr YU I*YptfU'tlT if *41 Mi lluMtf m ih * -#* 14 *■ atfMi* ••t«a«r 11 il**! 4km' If 9 I M Mltr % §, r #• »• r#i« ward, stcretary of state; Alexander ll. Stevcu». vice president of the 0*n- fniemte Mates. U. M. T. 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SB# Mr Yi (Mas M ias <■ id III Tra •f li lit it \t d a< Fruit tt ■st I DETAILS OF THE DISASTER I. I* t •i>i or Tavalua <hi sevdfllW ml natives Udouging d 1‘aldtilao. This dur-1 imer and fall of UHil. liandt treatment of na- .! d n bn to tl Ing tiw sui Charge ’ IV. N Spcciticatlon 1 -That men tielong ing to a detachment of soldiers sta- Honed at Candelaria looted a store in iu I I Dr. Baruch said that the tuecn 10:20 a. Hi., mid 2: luiAMtl w,> rapidly that no n lioiise realizisi it. Much of was occupied in trying to to tin' father of Mrs. 1‘aul Ford. Edward II. Kidder of Brooklyn, who was tlte first person to arrive af- p. m.. In tin- ic tine telcpliolie Leicester •JTijO in-Miro)••<1 ihe City sn«l All of ilM IllltSlOtMlllM. A disjtatcit from »*aris says the ( „ w ... commait'kr of the French entiser that town ahnitthc month of No vein-j Hie pitjsician. Snchet teU.“g»fiplied to the minister of her, 1001. ” r ‘ * v ' d, / er rv*fused to make any marine, vm Thursday night at-ten j Specification 2—That a detachment ( 8 ^** cnK>n ^ n ri ‘gard to Hie shooting o'clock, from Fort In* France. Island! of Martinique* as follows: ' I lid ■vasion he saw a latch of l-*> na- . taken out and hangeft tweause would not give i*ertain inform i- rcg.irding Hie insurgent* which .were supposed Ui pauses*, lie that the orders given by Hie a vtl or< wb li.id Hie "devllb ipur they press nity i P' ‘gr it tlx • refoi ■wutmtiary ’ Th* go* - f«»ll**umg rrsfc.rsruveut' P*i f<g pardon “llav I ral frvwn Um isacth ami * tany npmulatos by tlw , UMW'iiusrtts fig what «-d U 1 call the pa»,r <>p- ' it tile MHitli and desir- ; diall have an atppaiftu-1 a certain portiam of the to jus: “Ik SpoaHV i Hu “tbat si officer* were a»ften very distasteful U> Hie enlisted men in carrying out the** cruelties, and tbat there was much dissatisfaction. or think, asked Mr. :h a ptirasc. 'deviliidi, impudence' is proper under Die rule* >f Hie senate?" No. 1 do m t,' slid Mr. Carmack., was sddwaad. “Mr *r *rr Instructed UiouosKt*# I sillor that dawa But lawdv* prodrncr aif (hr ( •^)frdrrste Amrrlca.'Then.'' aa# Mr. “tbr interview may as wuli now, for 1 must My la• you frankly and hameully, that will be accepted from tbr governs at Rlchmaind except abauiute and conditional surrender." Mr. Veat then aald Hut thla ter- “Have just returned from St. Pierre, which has been completely destroyed by immense mass of li re which fell on the town at about S o'clock in the morning. The entire popillation of 25,000 souls Is supposed to have per ished. I have brought hack the few survivors about .'1C. All tlic shipping in the harbor has liecn destroyed by lire. The eruption continues." The French Colonial Minister re ceived at (i o'clock, Friday evening two messages from the secretary general nf lho government of Martiniuuc, .1. Specification 2—That a detachment w ’ "r , , of troops took away from a peaceful cxve P x . a brief memorandum which Ihe Jacks, citizen uf iKdoresa ponv. This about w:ls kiven lhe p< ( i ice In {hls „ ( .u/cn of>n the month ofSoptomlK'L 1D0I. was said that the cause of the shoot- fire which At a E. <}. Leliurrc, sent respectively at 5 p. m. and 10..T0 p. in. Thursday. The earlier cable rejsirted that the wires were broken between Fort dc France and St. Pierre but it was added in So pi Specification 3—That Hie house of a native of Candelaria forcibly taken for a smallpox hospital and afterward burned by order of the surgeon at Sariaya: that the said native was not remunerated. This in ( andplaria in July. 1901. Specification 4 That First Lieut. George <leG. Catlin did strike with Ids first natives of Lucena for failing to take oil their hats to him and did forcibly with threats compel a native to deal cards for.him. This aboui Scptemticr, 1901. Specification 5 That First Lieut. George deG. Catlin at Calanauan did keep in the guard liouse for three days a native without food or water. Burned a \\ lude Vear. llic Jacksonville Times Union and Saturday says; While tlMf, a common .murderer, irted on May 5, 1901, and “Smith has not," s;iid Mr. (.'armack. ing could lie only surmised. Informa- 1 devastated the city was under control burned people at the stake. He had tion from other sources makes it ap- witldn seven hours, yet it has liecn j done nothing hut butcher a whole pear that Malcolm Ford called to get burning for the past :Di5 days. J. II people in cold blood. - He has dislmn- moncy from his brother, and meeting Kooker, William Maker and a Times with a refusal shot him. Dr. Rarucli j Union and CJtizen reporter went to said that the murder was a result of j the ruins of the Old Mohawk block, temporary mental aberration on the and with a shovel dug oil the. top of part of Malcolm Ford, due to nervous the pile of broken brick find mortar, exhaustion. i Three or four inches from the top the It is said that there was enmity bo- f place Vvas warm and smoke was seen to imskkkknt ^i hcokks. 'come from the hole dug. Digging Mr _ Carmack replied tliat McKin- stili deeper each shovelful became hot-j j e j.i s purprij^e was that of “berievo*. ter as if was taken out. Digging a i en t assimilation:" the purpose of the lit tie deeper, red coals were tour id. , publican -party now is malcviilent negro (x>pul:ttion of our Slate. Tliere- fore. I, JeiTervm DavU. governor of the stale (4 Arkansas'by virtu re uf! .*"*l* J *r7’.*r*"'' "T** m*.-**>*"- ^T** • i .i, ,, .. , _ , . i min*led the interview and a* the Ooo- ttie constitution and authority vested in me by the constitution and the J laws of Arkansas do grant unto An- |->ho , d 'and 1 w ithdraw the expression. '"^ k! r ‘‘ w a negn, a fu I ami | - --- ; Mr. Carmack said that Mr. Lodge « >ar, ; ,n ,, t r ' ^>'> d t.<»,) that he tie- 1,ad .not suggested any reason why come withm the next JO days a citizen Gen. Smith shofild not !*• hanged as'' J MoMachusett*. federate commissioner* retired, Preai- j dent Lincoln, addressing Stephens, A KeKrettaliL* ••Accldeift.” ored the whole American army.” , Mr. Foraker inquired if Mr. Car mack thought it was tlie purpose of I’rcsidcnt McKinley inlakingover the i’hilippine islands to provide a theatre of scouhdrelism. view of Hie reports that the eruption 'fhis almut Septemlier, 1901. of Mont I’elee had wiped out the town Specification 0—That First Lieut, of St. f'icrre. all Hu* iWmts available George deG. Catlin did strike natives at Fort de France were dispatched to i | n {|, e f,, r f a inng to remove their thq. assistance of tlie inhabitant* of hats. -This while hr? wa* in command tliat place. The second dispatch a t tliat p<*t. confirmed Hie report* of thedcstruc-; . Specification 7- Tliat a party of sol- •l^on of St. llerre and it* envinms aaftf. shipping by a rain of tire and aald it was supisMcd that tlie whoir population had been annihilated with llir esc* pt>e4i (4 a f*w injuriNl pmssa irM urtl ti) tbr cruiwf Sothrl. tween the two brothers, and const qiicnt bitterness, and that it was of 11 ycars's standing: that never since the death of their father have they been on intimate or brotherly terms. This alleged enmity on the pat# of Malcolm is said to have been brought about by the fact that tlie father of the isiys disinherited Malcolm, and and as soon as me nrceze laimeu ,L i di^imiiatJon."’ (Laugter.) as Hie breeze fanned it it blazed. The fire department was notified and a stream of water was i turned on. _Mr. .Ibilliver read an edi I a Memphis newspaper upou Mr. ( } ‘ r ', .., imr ,, iriv mack’s recent speech on the Fhilip- ‘ ■ Ilorritilc \cci«l<!iit. | pine question in which that paper took Four men were killed, two fatally sharp issue with the Tennessee sena- Mr. Ik.Hi- that tliis action on the father's part was Ix-cause lie .did not wish Malcolm injured and two other terribly burned t^r ^ (•, his conclusions. The War Department Wedneday evening received the following (’able- gran from Manila: Adjutant General, Wasldngton. Gen. George W. Davis reports Saturday afternoon, May J, prisoners that had liecn disarmed sitting on open hill top and surrounded by strong guard, at a concentrated signal sprang to t heir feet and rushed down the iiiII. Several endeavored to sieze Titles from guard, and one suoee&led while soldiers was drinking from canteen. Direction of the flight such as to bring them to the rear of tlie company so . , . i tliat firing upon tlie Morns would en- ' <l ' 'danger our men. Guards and one ipened fire without orders killing 35. Nine were recaptured and the others escaped. Regret this ac- Stephen*. you are making a great mistake. Your government Isa failure and when the crash come*, a* It soon must come, there will be cha<#i and disaster which we cannot now foresee which must come to your people.” “This account of that interview," continued Mr. Vest, “substantially and almost word for word as I have given it came to me from Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hunter.” TIIK TKL'TII 0K HISTORY. M r. Vest said that he considered it his duty to make this statement in order that the men who were said to have refused this offer at the hands of 1‘resident Lincoln, should not be made to sin in their graves, adding, “for if they had refused what was said to have been tendered to them by the president they would have been acces sories to the murder of every man who fell from that time in defense of the- Confederate cause, and they should have given the lie to the intentions which they professed when they risk ed everything,'everything that is held hiihsclf to an athletic ca-1 \,y being caught in a torrent of molten V er's comments upon the editorial as metal recently in Hie Pennsylvania r.-ad it vo-re highly amusing and Steelworks at Steelton. l*a. Ail of tmth senah rs on the tloOT and pe<*ple Hie. men' were / TW s . gurira— !*#»*■ B*4- i>bl>W r »* *■** jaM al Iba stale AxpaftMeak a KM*. Me) *. iw*i * » «B UBr MB BB* dier* attacked witli pisUil* tlir«N- na tive* working on the nods near Lu- ixna. Tills atsNit Novenilwr, tiail. '>proticati*«n s That certain * Jdi- et* trtMgltNt l*»a tns^iuf • avalrt *ta tb/Bed la Tayatos 1‘ubrin did v total** gt* wt*B*a *4 that town by f**ve Tlais m maxy. twi ■fbr Bsta* •X* • tor** fwwB SMasfMkiwU nwA# Is* •talnd IwfAwBBl mi my e«»* • WsX* < da# •auBtb of Ja|w*ary ■•# leit to devote re r. Police Capt. Mrown said Thursday night tliat Malcolm W. Ford hud for sometime Ihnu causing much uneasi- nens to.thc family through evidences of an uidat'UMTd mind and declare* that, in hi* opinhai. lie ajiacte*! his brother during a perkd of*t>-mporary Insanity, thro taking In*own life ."The caun* uf MakvAan Fofd'* art.** mid tJtaf. lirown. -Van ta e&^laioeii by lofrfeoar l u# wane tiWW {W*t Bis bBanaSal adaiz* Bov* Wv-n yrmnlag Bmb and ta txas ief*at#Ni > BJLoff a*** ■wndsnd snafcrfaai anuMaan* fmaa Bm ll la wwu» wd iBbi Ms mb wer\* at work in Hie when Lriana. The me ti in the gailfirn: s ta 1 uglied heartily Al hi* Have % >>u l.snds? nit imliirH ll n*a>si Ik' alius ftofMI Mltor ( »r Tlie State. To the e irpn med in lift* li iitsavnl ■ >1 It 1 1 H T TU.LU oiTT ALKKU. This dkpartr nr nt is in rece tpt (4 a ie«l int> .# In r eplv Mr \ 0 a r 11114' k said h e ItAtl numbe r (4 irs|U I f; im in regarri iii TArmn ♦ A p 1 »* • i%t* ) kin a >4 ‘V fltfvif ig jaw t#4tC Wi th thr in the-: Slate sui lA t4r for set Ik •tm. An ikjftil •laGir Vaih gue slijgger fr^mi urgent request n umrw from p ftfih99 111 f ll Id He said that w tirrr lj iii Iah* >an |j ui» IVdosi. . who want (aarifp- Tl m was n*’ 1 19ii tty hi s gesture a <9rfr 4 iutatK AH l IwBwamt * dli >ft L . IklBB i fax a • Bi* a nr U!Ur99t to gtta Uy gl«rw |i • lt»a* wBo •ill cur* », . . L(9f 1 werwed uiol t UB* T#w tgrtafrr 1 with a nr ft paxuws iU«*rrt- s B* odgBB •twgnng ta I hnaf) SMBgB tani aa o*tl Ba%e m MrBmnik# ta0 eident as it was desired to release the prisoners, except a’ few of the leaders <lear amongst men In defense of the add encourage; the return of others to Confederate cause.’’ peaceful labor*. I'liaffee. ) • a solemn denial. While the deep silence Mill reigned in the chamber a* hr spoke and with every eye directed toward* him, Mr. Vent otiociudeta as follow*: “It may hr but a very short time till 1 j>An the ii colleague* I had to (.eifeiUrale senate, and 1 did But 1 thu slatemrot L« go into I ibis osmlry wiLbout my l time tarts aad my *drma itsrt* la m> shadow af tenth ta i •eftasB wtaeB r amtas «f IB* If tar Mg kmi <m i*akr**< ••ladMB MBbr Lssaf AgrWt C.. Mai I, imps.