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FORTY THOUS
Details of Volcanic
of Martinique Fe*
Avalanche of Fire Swooped Down
Upon the Doomed City of
St. Pierre.
ONLY TWENTY SOILS ESCAPED
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Ships and Crews in Harbor Were All
Lost?Brief Description of Locality
cf World's Latest
Horror.
It is now estimated that 40,000 persons
perished as a result of the volcanic
eruption in the island of Martinique.
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Whelmed City Fire-Swept.
A cable dispatch from St. Thomas, j
D. W. I., under date of May 9, 9:30
a. m., says: The French cruiser Su- p
chet arrived at Point a-Pitre, island of :
Guadalupe, French West Indies, from j
Fort. de France, island of Martinique, )
this morning, bringing several refu- ;
gees. ?he confirmed the report that j
the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, !
was entirely destroyed at S o'clock on
Thursday morning by a volcanic erup- '
tion. It is supposed that most of the
inhabitants of St. Pierre were killed, i
that the neighboring parishes were
laid waste and that the residue of the .;
population of St. Pierre is without;
food or shelter.
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The British royal mail steamer Esk, ;
which arrived at St. Lucia Friday j
morning, reports having passed St. i'
Pierre Thursday night. The steamer
was covered with ashes, though she
was five miles distant from the town,
which was in impenetrable darkness.
A boat was sent in as near as possi-!
ble to the shore, but not a aving soul
was seen ashore, only flames.
The Quebec Steamship Company's
steamer Poraima, was seen to explode :
. and disappear.
, The commander of the Suchet reports
that at 1 o'clock on Thursday j
the entire town of St. Pierre was wrap- !
ped in flames. He endeavored to save
about thirty persons, more or less
burned from the vessels in the harbor.
His oflicers went ashore in small
. boats seeking for survivors, but were
unable to penetrate the town. They
saw heaps of bodies upon the wharves
and it is believed that not a single ,
person resident in St Pierre at the
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The governor of the colony and staff ,
colonel and wife were in St. Pierre, j <
and probably perished. The extent of '
the catastrophe cannot be imagined. 1
The captain of the British steamer '
Roddam was very seriously injured,
and is now in the hospital at St. Lucia, j'
All of his officers and engineers are ;
dwead or dying. Nearly ever member :
of the crew is dead. j i
The News In Paris. {1
The commander of the French cruis- 1
er Suchet has telegraphed to the min- !:
ister of marine, M. De Lannessan, from 1
Fort de France, island of Martinique, j
under date of Thursday, May 8, at 10 1
p. ni., as follows: i
"Have iust returned from St. Pierre, 1
which has been compltely destroyed::
by an immense mass of fire, which j
fell on the town at about 8 in the <
morning. The entire population (about <
' 25,000 souls) is supposed to have per- . i
ished. I have brought back the few ; j
survivors, about thirty. All the ship- ! ]
ping in the harbor has been destroyed ;
by fire. The eruption continues." j I
The colonial minister, M. Decrais, ,
received at 6 o'c'ock Friday evening ;
two cable messages from the secre- i
tary general of the government of Mar- ]
tinique. J. E. G. L. Huerre, sent respectively
at 5 p. m. and 10:30 p. m. ]
Thursday. The earlier cable reported :
that the wires were broken between
Fort de France and St. Pierre, but it :
was added, in view of the reports that j
the eruption of Mont Pclee had wiped ?
out the town of St. Pierre, all the boats (
avalable at Fort de France were di?- 1
patched to the assistance of the inhab- ;
itants of that place. j ]
By a Ra: vf Fire. : i
The second dispatch confirmed the ;
reports of the destruction of St. Pierre 1
and its environs and shipping by a rain
of fire, and said it was supposed that i
the whole population had been annihi- !
latcd, with the exception of a few injured
persons rescued by the cruiser j
Suchet.
Scene of World's Latest Calamity. j
The scene of the world's .atest vol- ;
canlc horror, the island of Martinique. (
COTTON BUYERS ORGANIZE.
Southeastern Association Meets in At- .
lanta and Elects Officers.
A meeting of the Southeastern Coi- '
ton Buyers Association, which is composed
cf the leading buyers in the
states of Georgia, Alabama. North and
South Carolina, was held in Atlanta
Thursday.
A constitution was adopted and of- j
ficers elected for the ensuing year.
McLAURIN STILL PUGILISTIC.
Por Offensive Conduct Senator Knocks i
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Man Down in Washington Hotel. {
There was an exciting scene in the
. lobby of a hotel in Washington Friday !
night, in which Senator McLaurin, ol 1
South Carolina, figured. The senator j
was sitting in the dining room with a :
gentlemen, when he became the object j
of some offensive attention from a man j
whose name the senator refuses to dis- j
close. The man followed Senator Mc- j
Laurin from the room and was promptly
knocked down.
AND VICTIMS.
: Horror on Island
irfully Appalling'.
has been described by a writer as being
perhaps the most interesting island
of the most attractive archipelago of
all this world." Martinique is about
thirty miles due south across the Caribbean
waters from Dominica. Columbus
made its discovery on his last voyage,
in 1502. its extreme length is
about forty-five miles from northwest
to southeast, and the main part of it
is in the shape of an oval with rough
edges, it# greatest width being fifteen
miles.
o?>c.o r\f tho iclanf? nParlv
me nuuic cute* vji v. , ,
400 square miles, is mountainous. The
loftiest height is Mont Peiee, whose
monstrous crater, long dormant, vomited
its flood of molten lava and ashes
upon the city of St. Pierre, which lay
upon its gentler slopes, and sought in
recent years to climb higher toward
the crater. Mont Pelee, on the north- j
west shore of the island, is 4,450 feet j
above the sea level, and near the foot
of its western slopes lies the bay along
^'hich St. Pierre was built.
The adventureous Norman captain,
Esnambuc, came down from St. Christopher
in 1635 and founded St. Pierre
at the very foot of the frowning peak
of Pelee.
The population of Martinique is reckoned
at about 175,000, of whom 10,000
are whites, 15,000 of Asiatic origin and
150,000 black. The oldest, most populous
and flourishing city of Martinique
was the now wasted city of St. Pierre.
It was also the chief seat of the island's
trade. There was a lower and
ippcr town and from the bay it seemed
to rise in terraces of yellow houses
with red roofs embowered in gardens
and groves. The streets within the
city were mostly narrow, steep and
well paved.
Like Guadeloupe, Martinique is a department
of France, with one senator
and two deputies to represent it. it is
divided into the two arrondissements
of St. Pierre and Fort de France, and
into twenty-five communes. A governor
and council are appointed by the
home government, and there is a general
council of thirty-six elected members.
BURIAL OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON
With Impressive Pomp, But Simple
Funeral Rites, Body of Admiral
Is Entombed at Arlington.
With a pomp and circumstance exceeding
that of any naval funeral in
this country in recent years at least
the remains of the late Wiliiam Thomas
Sampson, rear admiral in the United
States navy, were laid at rest Fri
day in Arlington cemetery at Washington.
The military and naval features of
the ceremonies were brilliant and impressive.
The funeral escort was composed
of the light battery of United
States artillery, commanded by Captain
Foot? and drawn from Fort Myer;
the naval cadets from Annapolis, 247
strong, and a battalion of blue jackets
from the north Atlantic squadron.
The funeral services were held in
the Church of the Covenant. A prominent
figure in the pews directly in
the rear of the diplomatic body was
Lieutenant General Miles. A notable
figure was General Longstreet, of the
confederate army. The funerai was
exceedingly simple, but deeply impressive.
There were no signs of mourning
about the church, but magnificent
floral emblems, gifts of the president
and others,. banked the space across
the rear cf the chancel.
The president arrived at the church
almost simultaneously with the head
Df the funeral escort. Advancing slowly
to the words of a psalm, the funeral
party turned into the main aisle. Behind
the clergyman and headed by the
admiral of the navy. George Dewey,
were Sampson's war captains and
many other notable naval chiefs.
As the casket, which was closely covered
with the blue field of the American
flag, was gently lowered upon the
bier from the shoulders of the blue
jackets, the male quartet sang "Lead,
Kindly Light." Meanwhile the mourners,
the family of the deceased, save
Mrs. Sampson, who was too ill to attend,
were seated. Then followed the
funeral ritua! of the Presbyterian
church.
The burial ceremonies at Arlington
were simple, being confined to a prayer
Cor the dead, the reading of a psalm,
music and sounding of "taps" by a bugler
stationed at the head of the open
grave. The president and his cabinet
did not go to Arlington.
STATE MUST BORROW MONEY.
Not Enough Funds in Georgia Treas
ury to Pay the Teachers.
If the teachers of Georgia are paid
for the fourth month's work this year
the state will have to borrow $200,000.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury which was made known last
Thursday by Governor Cand'er shows
only $170,000 on hand that can be applied
to the payment of the teachers,
and the state is due them $350,000.
THREE NEW STATES ADMITTED.
House Passes Bill Taking in Oklahoma.
New Mexico and Arizona.
The so-called leaders of the house
were given another turndown Friday
by the passage of the omnibus bill,
admitting to statehood the territories
of Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona.
The opposition to the bill collapsed |
at the last minute and uie bill was
passed without division as it came
from the committee, except for a few
verbal amendments. _ ,
CUBAN FLAG IS RUN UP.
President-Elect Pnlma Makes a "Hurrah"
Entry Into the City of Havana?Old
Glory Not Displaced.
At twenty-three minutes of 8 o'clock
Sunday morning a large Chbah flag
was hoisted over Morro castle at Havana.
This was the signal that the
steamer Julia, with President-elect Es!
trada Palma and his party on board,
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j had been sighted, and cheers went up
from the thousands on the opposite j
j shore, who had waited patiently the i
; Julia's arrival since daybreak. The
| crowd cheered for the new president
( and for the flag which was hoisted
: over the famous 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
flagstaff beside the Cuban flag over
j the castle did not lessen their enthu|
siasm. j ^
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was the same one which was first
raised over the senate chamber. It
was sent to the castle Saturday and
fastened to the halyards of the flagstaff
used to signal the nationality of ^
incoming vessels. When the smoke of J
the Julia was seen in the direction of j
Matanzas, the flag was hauled up. As
it rose, the bands stationed along the
water front played the Cuban national
hymn, steamers saluted and church
bells were rung.
Two hours later, after the last of
the great fleet of vessels that had gone
out to escort the Juiia to the harbor ,
had returned past Morro castle, this
flag was lowered and raised over the
senate chamber.
There was continuous saluting as ,
the Julia sailed between the rows of
tugs and barges, and there were
cheers from the crowded wharves. The
several war ships in the harbor were
decorated. The Stars and Stripes float- ,
ed over the wreck of the Maine, and
under the flag the Cuban commission, ,
in charge of the festivities, had caused ,
a white and black pennant to be ,
placed.
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ibusterer, was given the right of the L
line in the marine procession. I
When he arrived at the wharf the
president-elect was welcomed by Vice
President Esteve in a brief speech.
A pretty feature of the reception in
Havana was Senor Estrada Palma's
welcome by twenty-three young Cuban
women, dressed in costumes representing
the American republics. Senora
Durio, who represented Cuba, de- ,
livered an address and read a poem.
From the wharf the president-elect
was escorted to the palace by mem- (
bers of the rural guard. Governor ,
General Wood, his staff and the secretaries,
received Senor Estrada Palma
at the palace. From here the presi- ,
dent-elect proceeded to the municipal
council building. Speeches were made ,
by the mayor of Havana and Senor ,
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trada Palma in behalf of the people of
all classes and all political beliefs. (
Replying, Senor Estrada Palma
said that his reception was a gratifying
experience, and judging from what
he had seen since his arrival in Cuba, j
the people were unanimous in support
of the incoming government. This, he ,
said, boded well for the republic. j
General Wood accompanied Senor
Estrada Palma to the residence of General
Maximo Gomez, where the president
will reside until his inauguration
May 20. 1
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WAR ON BEEF TRUST BEGUN. 1
Bill for Injunction Is Filed In Federal i
Court at Chicago. i
With the full approval of Attorney i
General P. C. Knox, District Attorney <
S. C. Bethea Saturday evening filed
with the clerk of the federal circuit i
court in Chicago 2. bill for an injunc- <
tion designed to destroy the alleged <
giant conspiracy to illegally control 1
the meotrade of tne unuea ouues. <
At the same time District Attorney 1
Bethea served notice that on May 20 1
he will appear before Federal Judge i
Grosscup and ask for a temporary in- J
junction against the packers and their <
representatives under the Sherman national
anti-trust law. 1
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RELIEF BILL IN CONGRESS. ,
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Senate Passes Measure, but the Same ]
Meets Objection In House.
The senate Saturday passed a bill,
introduced by Senator Fairbanks, appropriating
$100,000 for the purchase (
of supplies for the relief of the suffer- ;
ers by the disaster in the island of <
Martinique. 1
The Fairbanks bill was immediately I
presented to the house. Mr. Under- ]
wood (Alabama) objected and express- '
ed the opinion that there was no occasion
for a "legislative spasm." Imme- i
diate action was postponed.
ST. VINCENT BEING DESTROYED.
Another Island of the Lesser Antilles 1
Suffers From Volcanic Eruption.
The Soufriere volcano, on the island
of St. Vincent, has been in full eruption
for a week. Several plantations
have been destroyed. Earthquakes and
| lond reports accompanied the eruption
| and stones and ashes fell at Kingston.
Many persons were wounded and the
the bodies of 500 dead are unburied.
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VOLCANO CONTINUES ACTIVE.
Hot Mud and Cinders Rain Upon Destroyed
City Without Cessation.
A telegram of Sunday from Fort de
France says that hot mud and cinders
have continued to fall throughout the
island of Martinique and doing great
damage, and that when the final re- J
ports are received it will be found J
that many people have been killed or j
injured in other parts o? Martinique. ?
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\ STATE NEWS ITEMS. }
Initial Polltioal Picnic.
The first big general political picnic
fcf the year Is scheduled for Wares
Shoals; iii Lanrehs county. Among the
speakers will be Senator Joseph W.
Bailey, of Texas.. The South Carolina
politicians will be very largely represented,
as all the candidates for tho
United States senate and for governor,
as well as some of the incumbents,
have been invitee to deliver addresses.
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New Mills For Spartanburg.
Within the next twelve months Spartanburg
will have greatly increased
her cotton mill industries.
The stockholders of the Tucapan
mill have decided upon the erection of
a 30,000-spindle plant near the present
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The cotton mill will be electrically
driven by power generated at Perry's
mill, five miles f:om the location of the
proposed factory.
The new Spartan mills will soon add
5,000 spindles to their present equipment.
Again the directors of the D. E.
Converse Company will extend the
present facilities of their plant at Glendale
by 17,000 spindles and an adequate
number of looms.
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Exposition Awards.
Awards in fine arts department of
the Charleston exposition were announced
a few days ago. A radical departure
was made In barring from consideration
all previous prize winners.
The gold medals given were:
Sculpture?Charles Grafley's "Symbol
of Life;" Charles S. ftichaus' "Athlete
with Stigil."
Oil Paintings?J. Carroll Beckwifh's
"Mr. Isaacsone!" W. M. Chare's "Idle
Hours;" R. Swain Glfford's "Headwater
of West Point River;" Winslow Homer's
"Cannon Rock;" Henry Mosler's
"Last Momer;t3;" J. Francis Murhpy's
"A Grey Day;" Henry W. Ranger's
"Church at Berthier;" H. O. Walker's
"Enchanted Wood;" Horatio Walker's
"The Harrowers;" R. W. Nonnoh's
"November."
No gold medals were awarded in
miniature or water colors.
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Exoneraton For Dominiclc?
The legislative committee charged
with tile duty or investigating tne conduct
of Representative Fred H. DomInick,
of Newberry, has concluded its
labors and its report will be filed in a
day or two with the governor. It is an
open secret, however, that they acquit
Mr. Dominick of wrongdoing.
The charge against Mr. Dominick
*'as that while a bill was going through
the free conference stage another was
substituted of an entirely different
character, and that he obtained the
signatures of the members of the committee
to this bill when they were under
the impression that they were signing
the report to an entirely different
measure. There was no question about
:he bill being substituted, but the committee
considered that evidence was
lacking to prove that Mr. Dominick deceived
the other members of the comm
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Orphans to See the Fair.
As a result of correspondence between
some charitable citizens
throughout the state and officials of
the railroad lines running from the
several orphanage institutions in this
state to Charleston, arrangements have
been perfected whereby the children
of these institutions will be given an
opportunity to visit the exposition.
It has not yet been determined what
day will be assigned the orphans. The
children of the Epworth orphanage in
Columbia will probably be the first to
take the trip. The entire body of children
will be taken down over the
Southern railway and returned over
the Atlantic Coast line. The same
scheme will be employed in the movement
of the children from the other
orphanages in the state.
The little ones will have every comfort
en route that would be enjoyed by
those who pay the regular rates. The
railroads have acted generously and
deserve the thanks of all those who
have the interest of the little ones at
heart.
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Clemson Students Win.
The board of trustees of Clemson
college Investigated the trouble existing
between the faculty and students
of that institution at a meeting held
the past week. Of the thirteen members
comprising the board, eight were
present, including Sena.tor Tillman,
who is also a member.
The result of their deliberations was
a complete victory for the students of
the college. Cadet Thornwell, whose
suspension caused the walk-out, was
reinstated and the boys who left the
institution were allowed to jeturn.
The charges preferred against President
Hartzog by a committee of students
were withdrawn. In justice to
President Hartzog it should be state'd
that he placed his resignation in the
hands of the board several days previously.
so that the trustees might not
feel embarrassed in making the most
rigid examination.
Senator Tillman, one of the trustees,
took a prominent part in the investigation
and was much wrought up over
the affair, saying that "the board was
trying to save the college, to prevent
disintegration by mob laws through
the students making its rules and dictating
terms to the faculty and trustees."
The fact that President Hartzog had
tendered his resignation was not made
public immediately upon the board's
adjournment, and it will not be acted
upon until the meeting of the board in
.Tune. It was not intimated who will
be his successor.
It is more than probable that at the
June meeting, the resignation of several
other members of the faculty wiil
be submitted.
After full investigation into the matter
of the suspension of Cadet Thornwell,
it was found: First, the offense
committed was not serious enough to
warrant the penalty imposed upon the
student.
Second, the faculty was never in full
possession of the facts in the case," as
was clearly shown at the Investigation,
and further, the trial of the student
was not conducted with the seriousness
and thoroughness that should obtain
when the good name of a student
was involved. For these reasons Cadet
Thornwell was ordered reinstated.
The members of the sophomore class
who left the institution through sympathy
with their felow classmate will
be allowed to re-enter the college upon
individual application, made in a due
and respectful manner. The class
was censored by the trustees for not
appealing to them from the faculty's
action instead of pre-emptorily taking
the matter into their own hands.
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A Charleston dispatch says: Because
Jerome H. Riley, a noted negro
political economist and social philisopher,
of New-York, declared himself
a staunch advocate of the doctrines
and principles of the democratic party,
he was denied the support of the prominent
negro ministers and republican
politicians, when he came to this city
several days ago with the intention of
delivering a series of lectures in the
various colored churches in and around
Charleston.
Riley's experience affords one of the
most unique phases of southern political
life that has presented itself this
side of the Mason and Dixon line since
the close of the civil war. The New
Yorker declares that he is being persecuted
by the members of his own
race, and that it is due chiefly to such
men as those who have denied him the
use of the buildings and halls that the
southern negro is no better off than he
is today.
Riley is one of the widest known negroes
in the United States. He graduated
from the Chicago Medical college
in the early seventies, having been the
first representative of the colored race
to matriculate at that institution. Later
he was the enrolling clerk in the first
democratic legislature of Arkansas after
the reconstruction period. At presenut
he is president of the Colored National
Anti Imperialistic League, an organization
that is growing in power
and influence every day. Riley has
written a number of books pertaining
to racial philosophy and political sit*
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Carolina Bankers Meet.
The convention of the South Carolina
Bankers' Association, which was
held in Charleston the past week, was
largely attended. Many representative
men from this state and others were
present. It was one of the most enjoyable
and successful in the history of
the association.
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Women's Clubs to Meet.
The local club women of Spartanburg
have been busily engaged for the
past month making preparations for
the entertainment for the South Carolina
Federation of Women's Clubs, to
be held in that city May 20-23. About
100 delegates will be in attendance
upon the meeting, and another week of
festival entertainment is looked forward
to.
manPV STOPS PROSECUTION.
Cases Against All Go-ncerned In Trolley
Cur Racket are "Dismissed.
A Washington dispatch says: Senator
Money, of Mississippi, Las notified
the commissioners of the District of .
Columbia that he will not press the
charges he made against Truck Foreman
Hooper, of the fire department,
who assisted Conductor Shaner'during
a street car altercation about ten days
ago. The cases against Senator Money,
Shaner and Hooper were nolle
prossed in the police court Tuesday,
but Hooper was ordered to be tried by
the fire department authorities. This
trial will not take place
HAITIEN REBELS VICTORIOUS.
Black Republic in State of Chaos and
Without a Head.
Severe - fighting took place in the
streets of Port au Prince, Haiti, Monday,
resulting in a. triumph for the
opponents of the government. The
troops at the arsenal surrendered without
resistance and the government
passed into the hands of the revol tionists.
Only two men were killed
and three wounded.
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A provisional guverniueiii. nas uccu
established under the presidency of
Boisrono Canal, a former chief magistrate
of Haiti.
CONGRESS GRANTS RELIEF.
Following President's Appeal, Sum of
$2CO,COO Goes to Valcano Sufferers.
The house Monday passed by an
overwhelming vote a bill granting
$200,000 for the relief of the sufferers
in the great calamity in the West Indies.
The bill was a substitute to the
relief measure passed by the senate,
which carried $100,000. the increase
having followed the receipt of a message
from the president setting forth
the magnitude of the calamity and urging
an appropriation of $500,000.
PEACE CERTAIN TO RESULT.
Advices From South Africa Indicate
Early Cessation of War.
A dispatch received at Lisbon, Portugal
from Delagoa Bay, Portuguese
East Africa, says that peace in South
Africa is certain to result from the
conference of the Boers to be held at
Vereninging. Transvaal, May 15r
It is said, the dispatch continues,
that peace will be officially proclaimed
May 20.
CONGRESS VOTES AIO
President Makes Special Appeal
For Sufferers on Martinique.
SUM OF $200,009 APPROPRIATED
War Department in Charge of Relief
Measures?Consul Ayme Send#
Cable Message to Secretary
Hay.
The president Monday, sent the following
message to congress:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
One of the' greatest calamnities in
history has fallen upon our neighboring
island of Martinique. The consul
of the United States at Guadelupe
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has telegrapnea irom run uc *?
under date of yesterday, that the disaster
is complete; that the city of St.
Pierre has ceased to exist, and that
the American consul and his family
have perished. He is informed that
thirty thousand people have lost their
lives and that fifty thousand are homeless
and hungry; that there is urgent
need of all kinds of provisions and
that the visit of vessels for the work
of supply and rescue is imperatively
required.
The government of France, while
expressing their thanks for the marks
of sympathy which have reached them
from America, informs us that Fort
Dc France and the entire island of
Martinique are still threatened. They
therefore request that for the purpose
of rescuing the people who are in such
deadly peril and threatened with starvation,
the government of the United
States may send as soon as possible
the means of transporting them from
the stricken island. The island of St.
Vincent, and perhaps others in that region,
are also seriously menaced by
the calamnity which has taken so appalling
a form at Martinique.
I have directed the departments of
the treasury, of war, and of the navy
to take such measures for the relief
of these stricken people as lies within
the executive discretion, and I earnestly
commend this case of unexampled
disaster to the- generous consideration
of the congress. For this purpose
I recommend that an appropriation
of five hundred thousand dollars
be made, to be Immediately available.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
WmiKe Washington. Mav 12.
1902. '
Immediately on receipt of the message
the house passed, by an overwhelming
vote a bill appropriating
$200,000 to the sufferers.
Secretary Hay was requested by
President Roosevelt to acquaint Secretary
Root and Secretary Moody with
the president's wishes and they were
charged to carry out the details of the
arrangements. The treasury department
also was instructed to co-operate.
The war department was placed in
charge of the supply work and the
navy department was asked for a ship.
Secretary Moody immediately . telegraphed
orders to Captain Berry, the
commander of the Dixie, now at New
York, to take on the army supplies
and sail at the earliest possible moment
for Martinique.
Consul Ayme Cables.
Monday Secretary Hay, at Washington,
received the following cablegram
dated May 11, from United States Consul
Ayme at Gaudelupe, who went to
Port De France, Martinique, by instruction
of from the government:
"The disaster is complete. The city
is wiped out. Consul Pretic and his
family are dead. Governor says thirty
thousand have perished, fifty thousand
are homeless and hungry. He
suggests that the Red Cross be asked
to send cod fish, flour, beans, rice, salt
meats and biscuit as quickly as possible.
Visits of war* vessels valuable."
The war department Monday morning
was Informed of the departure of
the cruiser Cincinnati from the city
of San Domingo for Martinique.
AIR SHIP BLOWS UP.
Daring Aeronaut and His Assistant
Meet Tragic Fate in Paris.
Severo, the aeronaut, and one of his
assistants, were killed by the explosion
of Severo's air ship in making a
trial trip a*. Paris, France, Monday
morning. When the ship was high in
the air the spectators were horrified
by a bright flash of light, followed by a
loud explosion. The balloon fell rapidly,
landing on the roof of a house.
The aeronaut fell into the street and
was dashed to pieces. The engineer,
who accompanied him, was burned to
death.
CHAFFEE AS A PEACEMAKEP.
Hoad of Army in Philippines Visits
Island of Mindanao.
General Chaffee sailed from Manila
Wednesday on the transport Ingals for
th Lanao district, of the island of Mindanao.
General Davis telegraphed
that he thought Chaffee's presence
would have a favorable effect on the
x. ominent Moros, and General Chaffee
immediately replied by going to Mindanao.
STUDENTS GAIN THEIR POINT.
Trouble at Clemson College Settled
at a Meeting of Trustees.
A Charleston, S. C., dispatch says:
The trouble at Clemson college, the
farmer boys' institution founded mainly
by Senator Tillman and which has
been successfully conducted and
crowded with students ever since its
establishment, has been settled. The
boys have gained their point.
The suspended student is reinstated
and striking members of the sophomore
class allowed to return.
iiUKfcb Hit ii> nAfiflA i-LAian
Horror at Pittsburg, Pa., in Which
Over Twenty People Lose Lifo
and Two Hundred are Injured.
A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says:
Th? Sheredan yard of the Pan-Handle
railroad was the scene Monday evening
of one of the most disastrous explosions
and fires known in that section
for many years. A score of lives
were lost and about 200 persons were
so badly burned that, according to the
judgment of physicians in attendance,
75 per cent of them will die from the
effects of their injuries.
The property loss will amount to at
least $000,000.
While a train of naphtha cars was
being switched the rear car telescoped
a car forward. The leaking naphtha
ignited from a swicth ilght, causing
an explosion which threw the flames
50 feet high. Much of the escaping
naphtha ran through corks run to
EsDienbourgh, a distance of 1 1-2 miles
and caused another explosion, blowing
to atoms the Seymour hotel and the
Collins house, on River road, and badly
wrecking a frame building near bj\
in which were congregated 200 or more
men from Pittsburg and vicinity, betting
on the races and baseball. Few
of the occupants of this building escaped
injury, many being badly hurt.
The first car of naphtha exploded
about 4:40 o'clock and the spectacle
soon attracted a large crowd on the
streets, lining the hills on both sides
of the4parallel to the railroad. The
second car exploded about 5 o'clock,
but it was 6:15 o'clock when three
more cars of the deadly stuff went up
with a roar that could be heard for
miles before the work of destruction
really began.
A torrent of flames belched forth, on
each side of the track, sweeping back
the terrified spectators like a charge of
artillery and sending a shower of flame
over their heads.
The successive explosions had heated
the air to such an extent that before
the third explosion many were
rendered unconscious by the extreme
heat and gaseous fumes, and were being
carried away when the torrent of
flame swept Over the exoited crowd.
There was an awful hush for a moment,
then followed a scene of frenzy.
Men and women, their clothing ablaze,
their faces scorched and blistered, and
their hair burned off their heads, ran
hither and thither, only intent on escaping
from the furnace of fire. Some
gave vent to frenzied appeals to kill
them and put them out of their misery,
and little children with their hair and.
clothing afire, cried piteously as they
were swept along the tide of burning
humanity.
All the Pittsburg ambulances were
immeditely dispatched to the scene
with a corps of physicians. Many of
those not seriously burned were removed
to their homes in Sheredan,
while others were sent to the various
Pittsburg hospitals and the dead removed
to undertaking establishments
in Sheredan and vicinity and to the
Pittsburg morgue.
PRESIDENT SAM,i? OUT.
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Chief of Black Republic of Hayti Resigns
His Office.
General Tiresias Simon Sam, presi- [
dent of the Haitian republic, has resigned
his office. The Haitian, congress
will elect his successor.
President Sam was elected April
1, 1896, for seven years, by the two
chambers of the Haitian congress, In
joint session. He was 61 years old
when elected, and belongs to a family
distinguished in Haitian revolutionary
history.
NO COERCION WAS USED.
Ex-Commissioner Evans Says He Was
Not Forced Out of Office.
In view of the published statements
to the contrary, it can be said on authority
that cannot be questioned that
Commissioner Evans* desire to sever
his connection with the pension bureau
was not prompted by any suggestion
or promise of the president or any
one speaking for him. His resignation
as commissioner was a voluntary act
and entirely independent of any outside
consideration ,
FOR SOUTHERN TEACHERS.
Seven Special Scholarships are Established
in Columbia University.
By the generosity of George Foster
Peabody, Everett McKay and J. Crosby
Brown, seven special scholarships
have been established in Teachers' college,
Columbia university, for the assistance
of southern teachers.
No distinction of race or sex will be
considered in making the awards. Any
teacher in the southern states may beoome
a candidate by filing proper credentials
with the secretary of the
Teachers' college. ^
GRANT GETS GRAND BOUNCE.
Marshal of Western District of Texas
Received Fees Illegally.
Tho president Tuesday summarily
dismissed John Grant, United States
marshall for the western district of
Texas. On April 1 last the attorney
general charged Grant with receiving a
fee of $2,000 for services in securing
for a Beaumont, Texas, national bank
a designation as a United States gov
ernment depository.
POSSE SLAYS FIVE MEN.
Fatal Termination of Attempt to Arrest
Lawbreakers in Kentucky.
Five men have been killed in Floyd
t
county, Ky., by Constable Reedy and a
posse, as the result of the killing of
Sol Osborne and Bud Little two weeks
ago. James Tompkins and Walter
Jones are said to have been two of the
men killed, but the names of the others
are not known. According to reports,
the men engaged in a desperate fight
with the posse and were shot to death.
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MJJJVEJMtt MBA3M
Bailey Questions Sight of President
to Appoint Representatives.
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OPPOSES SHOWING KING CONOR
Action Is Contrary to Policy of the ^
American People?No Part of Expenses
Should be Paid by
Congress, Says Texan.
A Washington special says: A lively
debate occurred in the senate Saturday
upon an amendment to the army
appropriation bill offered by Mr. Bally
of Texas, providing that no part of the ^
appropriation made by the measure
should be used In defraying the expenses
of the special embassy to the
coronation of King Edward VII of England.
After considerable discussioo
the amendment was withdrawn and
the bill passed. ., ^J|
Subsequently Mr. Bailey offered a |
resolution which will be considered _
later, covering the point of his amend- * :
ment. Mr. Bailey's resolution follows:
"That it is contrary to the policy of
the United States to accredit to any
foreign government any embassador,
minister of other diplomatic officer or
agent to especially represent the ^
United States at the coronation of any . .
hereditary prince or potentate."
"That no power exists in the president
of the United States to appoint ! >6|
any embassador or agent and accredit ;
him as the representative of - the
United States to any government except
by and with-the advice dbd consent
of the senate, as prescribed in
section 2, article 1, of the constitution
of the United States."
"If," said Mr. Bailey, in discussing*
his amendment, "we are to send a, ,
special embassy to the coronation of .
this monarch in lireat tfriiain, we must
hereafter send an embassy to the coro^T
ation of every monarch or else
an effront to the nation concerned.
"It it be true that we have senBBH
embassadors to the coronation of Shft|p.
ropean rulers, I ask If special embasj
sies have ever been sent to the inanguration
of the president of "the United .-ri;
States? Are they entitled at our hands ..-i|3
to what they do not give to us?'
"What I protest against," said tho
Texas senator, "is this: That the great- ?
est republic in the world shall perform
for a monarchy what monarchies do^gfll
! not perform for us." He
said that, of course, if represen- |||
tatives of this government were to bo V|||
sent to a cornatlon they ought not >;?f
to pay their own expenses,
j It was pointed out by Mr. Lodge that
{ the power of the president to send ^j|l|
I a special agent was established thorv^|3 ,
oughly by practice. It was clear that ^
he had such authority. ^
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, protested .
against the sending of a special em- -/
bassy to the coronation of any king
or potentate, not approving of having ?jf|g
a representative of the United
cool his heels in theu^rriders-ofanj f
monarchy. '"Re thought it entirely vgS
unnecessary to appoint an extraordl- }
nary embassador in this instance when
the United States already had an ambassado'r
accredited to Great Britain.:
Mr. Hoar said he sympathized with
the statement that the United States
should not pay a tribute to any nation / 2|i
which that nation did not pay to as.
Mr. Bailey explained that he was op- :>"l|
posed to the assumption by the pres- - *
ident that he had authority to appoint ' ^
ambassadors to any country without
the consent of the senate.
CASH CAPITAL IS PROVIDED.
PHm? Obstacle In Way of Yam Mill
Combine is Removed.
A New York dispatch says: The
$60,000,000 combination of the Soutfcf
ern yarn mills is now rapidly neaflV
completion. Saturday it was givez^H^
that the working cash capital had been ;
:
I provided, thus taking away all impedi*
ments to active formation.
FAYNE "SHAKES" WILLIAM. .
Woman of Badger Fame Gets Divorce ^
From Convict Husband. '
At Watertown, S. D., Saturday Mrs.
Fayne Moore, of New York city, was ^
granted an absolute divorce by Judge
Julian Bennett and given the right :
to resume her maiden name, Fayne
Strahan. v
Fayne Moore's husband, William E.
Moore, is serving a nineteen-year senj
tence in Sing Sing for attempting to|S8fl
badger the 'ate Martin Mahon. Mrs. p
Moore was accused of complicity in the >
.badger game, but Mahon refused to
appear against her.
FIR8T TRAIN OVER NEW LINE.
From Arlington, Gju, to Taltahaesee^ >|
Fit., Pattcngert Arc Hauled.
The first train carrying passengers '"r\
" w?u. ..<) Ale.
021 the new ixeorgia, nunua auu ?.*? ,
bama railway went through from Ar? ? *
llngton, Ga., to Tallahassee, FUu,
Thursday. The largest stockholders p
of the road, together with the general
superintendent and the chief of con- -' ?
stroction, went down to dflVe the last ^
spike. About ten miles out from Ts^ ;^|B
lahassee they were met by a large' ^
crowd of prominent officials and busi- -3
ness men of the Florida capital clty> '
and amid many hurrahs the train made III
its entree.
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