The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1902, Page 4

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, KFRIDAY MAY 16, 1902. TRINIDAD FAMILIES FEAR VOLCANO AND FLEE FROM HOMES, WHILE FURTHER DESOLATION IS THREATENED ON ST. VINCENT ISLANDS OF BRITISH WEST INDIES ARE IN PATH OF ERUPTIONS Scientists Predict Further Disasters to the Country Within Shadow of La Soufriere. Great Changes Are Caused, One Estate Disappearing and Being Replaced by Inlet o g | Special Dispatch to The Call. ARSEILLES, M 15.—A resident of Trinid West has received a tele- m from his family stat- that they have been com- their home in d because a volcanic | red imminent. Other | reported to have sought elled to leav lies are also 2ces of safety Vincent, Monday, B have come b of Trinidad p volcanic eruption on St short tim | he damage done to St. Vincent by the now known to be h greater than was at first estimated. The present uneasiness of the inhabitants of the island is increased by the continu- anic eruptions is ous activity of the volcanoes. \ | iday morning, May 9, large ‘stones and | | -~ veleanic dust fell in the neighborhood of | etown for two hours, terrifying the people there. A cloud of hot vapor then passed over that part. PEYSICAL CHANGES. | Two eruptions of less meagnitude than | the first occurred Saturday, May 10, and from then until to-Gay fire and smoke buvé been ascending at intervals from the craters | Owing to the great heat it is still im- | possible to approach La Soufriere volcano | Ge from theé leeward side. { Interesting discoveriés have beerl made | regarding physical changes on St Vincent | resulting from the cruptions. Several fis- sures have been observed on La Soufriere. The estate of Wallbou has disappeared and haz been replaced by an inlet of the sea Richmond, an estate adjoining which was formerly flat, d upon which there were a number of laborers’ cottages, has been completely burned and out of the estate there now arises a large ledge of ground. It is believed that Rabacci cra- ter, in the Windward district of the isl- | and, has also erupted. From a distance La Soufriere, although | less violent. still wears a cap of dark clouds which is {llumined now and then | by flashes of red light. Volcanic dust fell here again yesterday, but fortunately there has been several heavy rain showers which have washed away the dust from | the grass and réstored the verdure of the fields. The condition of the atmosphere is also apparently improving. | INDUSTRIES INJURED. to the destruction of several the sugar and arrow root indus- St. Vincent are seriously injured. | ution prevails among the laboring who are without homes, without es and hungry. Nearly 2000 deaths on island have beén reported. Bodies | been discovered in life-like attitudes, | | Owing a g grewsome spectacles. decomposed bodies in ma o guard against d - be necessary for the | ow- | Ing to the many difficulties in the way of those who have the matter in hand many bodies have not yet been interred. As wide areas of ground which formerly ced foodstuffs have been devastated s to-day an abnormal demand for e are breadstuffs and a consequent scarcity of food supplies The prices of food are advancing. The de: h struction of the livestock of the isiand | also caused a rise in the price of British w: hip has arrived here »m Trinidad r ing provisions for the the sufferers TWO ALMANACS PREDICT COMING | EARTHQUAKES APTAIN GEORGE D. WHITE of Oakland has sent to the Associated Press coples of two almanacs, one hed in St. Louis and the other England, which he claims pre- in a measure the recent seismic nces in southern latitudes. One of acs is called “The Rev. Irl R. C in Lond dicted turba e al Hicks' Almanac,” published in St. Louig ast September. The prediction reads as fcllows On the 7th day of May there will be an eclipse of the sun, the eclipse being almost t But we will again' be debarred from tneseing this wonderful sight. unless we hap- pen 1o be sailing on the Pacific_Ocean, some. where between South America and Australla New Zealand is the only place on the globe, perhaps, where the eclipse will be observed on ferra firma. This. eclipse will, of course, bring the vast, solid body of the moon between the earth and the sun, and the usual accom- paniments of electric storms, selsmic shakes 2nd abnormal tides, will rise to their maximum i sections of our world. The high priests omic and meteorologic science will take al note of these things, but careful of the whole world's happenings will | read see that an excess of such phenomena Aid oc- cur, within a period of five days, taking the | hour of the eclipse—May 7, 8:42 a. m., Green- | wich mean time—as the center of the period. The other almanac was published Sep- | tember 15, 1801, and is called ‘‘Raphael’s Almanac, or the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1%02.” Its prediction.| reads as follows: e of the Sun, E May 7—Uranus w un the ascendant. Th ] n s denotes a fight between capital and labor and an unsettled anxious time for our foreign relations, which will be sirained in more than one quarter. Shocks of earthquake and fearful storms occur in southern latitudes. POORER CLASSES ARE THREATENED BY STARVATION | INGSTON, Island of St. Vincent, K May 14.—An ambulunce corps from the island of Barbadoes has ar- rived here. Starvation threatens the poorer classes of the afflicted district. | Nearly every remaining negro hut in the | Carib country contains decayed bodles, | and the borrible stench is driving people away. Mutilated bodies are tied with ropes and dragged to the trenches, where they are buried. Sometimes bodies are cre- e local t s f The local government s feedin sheltering about 300 refugees. © 00 Subscriptions for the relief of the suf- ferers are being raised in all the Britisn West Indian Islands. - King Edward’s Gift. LONDON, May 15—King Edward has | given £400 to the Mansion House fund for | the relief of sufferers by the volcano on the island of St. Vincent. of Sea. Ea 3 + | | + p) B KEAME Al seceeTamy RELIEF COMMITTEE COMPLETES ITS PLAN All Bus to Make Cash iness Men of the City Will Be Asked Contributions. HE sympathies and generous Impulses of the citizens of this city have been profoundly touched by the appalling ruin which has befallen the people of St. Vincent and Martinique and they are rapidly coming forward with liberal subscriptions for the relief of the survivors of the awful calamity. Although President Roosevelt's appeal in behalf of the stricken people was made only two days ago, already over $2000 has been dispatched to New York from this city for the purchase of supplies, The committee of prominent business men appointed by President Roosevelt met yesterday morning in Mayor Schmitz's office to formulate a plan for the systematic raising of funds. When the meeting was called to order the en- tire committee, consisting of Mayor Schmitz, Andrea Sbarboro, George A. Newhall, A. A, Watkins, Robert J. Tobin and Henry T. Scott, was presept. It was the sense of the meeting that whatever ald was to be extended by this city to the wretched victims of the volcanoes' wrath should be given at once and there- fore the members settled themselves at once to business. Mayor Schmitz was elected president, while Andrea Sbarboro was selected to take charge of the funds, and George B. Keane was made secretary. The commit- | tee then commenced a discussion of the best methods of effectively and expedi- tiously canvassing for funds. On the sug- gestion of A. A, Watkins, it was decided to issue an appeal through the press to the people calling attention to the great suffering which had been visited upon the people of Martinique and St. Vincent and advising the necessity of immediate and liberal subscriptions. The suggestion was unanimously adopted and the secre- tary instructed to at once prepare the petition. The members of the committee were of the opinion that it would not be suffi- cient to merely publish an appeal for as- sistance and then await quietly the ar- rival of funds, but that it would prove much more efficacious if each member would personally visit the merchants and solicit money. In order to insure a com- plete canvass of the business portion of the city, sub-committees will be appoint- ed at a meeting this afternoon at 3:30 o'cleck in the Mayor's office. These sub- ccmmittees will personally wait upon ali the merchants who are thought to be in possession of a sufficient allotment of the world's goods to share a portion with the distressed islanders. The selection of the men who will compose the sub-commit- tees was left in the hands of George A. Newhall, A. A. Watkins and Henry T. Scott. MONEY PROMPTLY SENT. In order to accommodate the péople who may desire to give their money without waiting for the committee to call upon them, it was decided that the banks and the newspapers should be re- quested to recelve subecriptions. The members of the committee will also re- ceive donations of money at thelr places of business. Each day Andrea Sbarboro will telegraph all the money subscribed to Cornelius N. Bliss, chairman of the main committee in New York. The money will be forwarded free of charge. The remes of all the subscribers and the amounts they donate will be made public daily. > barboro read a letter to the Andrea S | ccmmittee from James Neill, in which the actor and manager tendered the | scrvices of himself and company. The senerous offer was accepted and the thanks of the committee extended to i Neill. Andrea Sbarboro was appointed to confer with him for the purpose of ar- ranging a benefit performance to be given, preferably in the afternoon. ' He will also Visit the” other theatrical managers and endeavor to interest them in the cause of the destitute people. It is expected that the plans will be fully completed this afternoon. After yesierday's meeting Mr. Sbarboro stated | that he expected that the people of this city would send at least 320,8)0.6. TO RECEIVE SUPPLIES. Mayor Schmitz, president of the relief committee, received a telegram yesterday afternoon from D. L. Brainard, major of gommissary, United States army. notify- ing him that Brainard had been desig- nated by the Secretary of War to receive all contributions of supplies that the vari- ous cities désired to make, The telegram stated that the supplies were to be for- yarded directly'to Major Brainard at pier No. 15, Brooklyn, 5 and that all d};_l)l"ges must be prepaid. e local committee has as yet no provision for collecting oryhan‘;fig:’ supplies. It s its Intention, as far as the plans have as yet been developed, to | transmit the money to New York and let the committee at that city purchase the necessary supplies, The delay in ship- ping_food and clothing from tzl! city to the East and thence to the islands would involve such a waste of time that the supplies would be of little use when they 0id eventually arrive at their destination. | At the meeting this afternoon the com. ;r‘.'l.:.;;eo;vlll p‘rolbably c??sider the propo- recelving su n i & supplies from the local Treasurer Sbarboro is greatly pleased | with the generous manner in which the people are subscribing. He sent the fol- lowing dispatch to George B. Cortelyou, the President’s secretary, yesterday, tell- irg him of the amount of money which had already been raised: SAN FRANCISCO, wSeorge B. Cortelyou, Sacratary, Wil 502 yashington, D. the President, that San Francisco ll:;x:\fllslseg“l:hA ing generously for the Martinique: reliet fand, The first $2000 was sent to Cornellus N. Biisd New York, to-day, More will follow promptly. A. SBARBORO, Treasurer, LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. The following is a list of the subscrip- tions which have thus far been receives: Raphael Weill & Co $500 Levi Strauss & Co > Murphy, Grant & Co Joseph Brandenstein ...... H. Schussler 5 Mayor Eugene E. Schmita. Itajian-American Ban 8yz & Co... Robert J. Tobin. Willlam Alyord . Gladding, McBean & Co. Tnion Iron Works . Italian-Swiss Colony 5 National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford ....... ’ Springfleld ‘Fire and Company ... George Caglieri . Buckingham & Hecht | Godehy anaSSEEREENE & B2zssseeBiil -2333233383838 3 3338323288833 7 Mol _—_ G P AMNDEEA SBARBORO MAYOR EE.SCHMITZ + TREASVRER. e PReESIDENT 4 MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL RELIEF COMMITTEE -AND THE CITY EXECUTIVE'S SECRETARY, WHO ARE WORKING ENERGETICALLY TO SECURE FUNDS TO AID THE SURVIVORS: OF AT.l., MONEYS ARE FORWARDED TO NEW YORK DAILY BY THE TREASURER OF THE COMMITTEE. - ISLAND DISASTERS. APPEAL Committee at New York. Dated, Mayor’s Office, Sar Francisco, May 15, 1902. E. E. SCHMITZ, Chairman, A. A. WATKINS, HENRY T. SCOTT, GEORGE B. KEANE, Secretary. TO THE PEOPLE TO AID THE AFFLICTED O the People of San Francisco: The President of the United States having appointed the under- signed to act as a committee to solicit and receive aid for the distressed survivors of the dreadful catastrophe which has overwhelmed the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent, and which, accom- panied by an appalling and almost unimaginable loss of life, has rendered desolate the land to which those who have escaped death’s visitation must look for sustenance, we do hereby call upon the hu- mane and charitably inclined and upon all citizens and residents of this favored city, rich and poor, mighty and humble, to contribute at once to the extent of their ability such sums of money as they may be dis- posed to subscribe for the relief of the sufferings and misery entailed by this horrible disaster. To be of any benefit the moneys to be secured must be raised at once. Let every ome give what- ever he may find possible. Our entire nation has been appealed to in this behalf. For convenience and immediate dispatch until further notice subscriptions will be received at the business offices of the Examiner, Call, Chronicle, Bulletin and Post and of the members of the committee. All persons receiving donations for the Iulie_f Fund will please deliver same as soon as possible to the of- fice of the committee’s treasurer, A. Sbarboro, at the Italian-American Bank, 518 Montgomery street. who will daily remit all sums without charge to Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the General Relief A. SBARBORO, ROBERT J. TOBIN, GEORGE A. NEWHALL, Relief Committee. & S Martha J. Scooffer . J. W. Curtis & Son. Zuckerman Brothers H. Meyer C. Dondero and family | i W ash . Aristide” Brand E. Chapman Smith John E. Quinn Cash Charles R. Allen Chisf Justice W. H Beatty. . G. Dermiston Daniel F. K 2S5BSR SRS LB 885wk ana 8| 22332333383338333333383888 § | Requiem Mass at French Church. A solemn requiem mass for the victims ol the Martinique disaster will be cele- brated in the Church of Notre Dame des ‘Victoires, 526 Bush stret, this morning at 10 o’clock. Archbishop Riordan will pre- side and give the absolution at the con- clusion of the service. Bishop Julius Chatson of Osaka, Japan, will also at- tend. Federal, State and municpal of- ficers, as also the members of the con- sular corps, have received invitatlons to be present. o A rellef fund in favor of the stricken survivors of the catastrophe has been started, and donations may be handed in’| at the rectory, 526 Bush street. SHIP BRINGING SURVIVORS OF THE RORAIMA EW YORK, May 15.—A cablegram ‘was received to-day at the offices of the Quebec Steamship Company saying that the steamer Korona, m -::;v.dlvon of the Roraima, left St. ay _and will New York. ysm lhoul\lp::ilevag h‘l‘::ux:; . 19 or 2. Colonel Brainerd, who fs in charge of supplies of the army building, New York received an order from Washington to-day instructing him to receive all public do- nations in the way of supplies for the relief of the sufferers 'n the West In. dies. Edmond Bruwaert, the French Consul General at this port, is extremely pleased at the promptness with which relief has been sent to Martinique. “I have never seen anything or; sanized s«; quickly and so satisfactorjly,” he said “I can say for France that she is deeply grateful. I expeet that M. Cambon ::1)1 to-day make public the cablegrams he has received from M. Delcasse, the Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs, thanking the Amer- icans who have come’ so generously to the | ernor of St. Vincent we believed it would | Mansion Hause West Indian relief fund. -+ AMERICA SETS AN EXAMPLE | British Are Grateful For Our Offer of Aid. Roosevelt Expresses Sympathy of the People. Disaster May Cause St. Vincent to Be Abandoned. , May 1. By direction of the Presi- dent, Secretary Hay May 12 sent the follo cablegram to Emba % dor Choate at Londor “Express to British Gov- ernment the sympathy of the President and the people of this country in the af fliction which has befallen St. Vincen and our desire to share i the work of aid and rescue.” % LONDON, May 15—Two messages ex pressing sympathy regarding the loss of life at St. Vincent have been recetved a the Foreign Office here from the United States Government. One was private and the other official. The former was v ally presented by Mr. Choate, the Un States Embassador, whom Lord La downe_ the Foreign Secretary, thanked for the message. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain _wrote to the Foreign Office to-night desiring Lord Lansdowne very gracefully to acknowledge and accept President Roose- velt's offer of assistance and to inform Mr. Roosevelt that Chamberlain cabled to the Governor of St. Vincent to-day asking for informatiom as to the best mcthod of utilizing tne United States’ of- fer. Until the Governor's answer is re- ceived nothing definite ean be done: The Colonial Office espeecially asks the Associated Press to announce that any relief intended for the inhabitants of the island of St. Vincent can, for the present be safely sent and be wisely distribuied if addressed to the Governor of the Wind- ward Irlands, St. Vincent. DEEP GRATITUDE. The Associated Press is authorized nnounce officially on behalf of both Foreign Office and the Colonial Office t President Roosevelt's offer has cres the d t gratitude here. All the declare that no wrrence of Te- ears has so brought home to them vo Governments. 2 Lord Monkbretton, Mr. Chamberlain’s aid to a representative of the 52 indeed grateful to America. We are r only difficulty is to insure an equit- Ou able distribution of the relief sent all sources. Until we hear from the € have been better to defer organizing a system of distribution, though anything sent to him will doubtiess be well applied Experience from previous disasiers teaches us that unprincipled persons fake advantage of charity and that a man Whe has only had his pig stye burned down will demand a new house. We have heard nothing to-day and find it difficult to com- municate with St. Vincent.” Chamberlain has contributed £30 to t o REALIZE THE HORROR. e horrors of the islands of Martinique A St Vincent are beginning to take the place in the London newspapers usually Secupied by discussions as to the probable outcome of Boer peace conferences at V reeninging, Transvaal. Practically all the dispatcheés describing the scenes at the time of or after the eruptions come from New York and many of the papers con- tent themselves with publishing the most striking phrases of these reports. Thus, the Westminster Gazette says: “Once again, In the cause of charity, our kinsmen across the Atlantic vha:\‘s gained a substantial start and have set e old country an example of swift and Mmagnificent zenerosity from which wa might well efit. v s Capitalists are somewhat slow in sub- scribing to the Mansion House fund. Up %o 4 p. m. only £3000 had been received, of which amount the Bank of England con- tributed £1000 and the Corporation of Leon- . £%'s Cathedral and other churches are arranging for special collections Sun- cay mext in aid of the fund. The Lord Mayor of Liverpool to-day opened a West Indian relief fund. A tele- gram received here to-day announced the safety of Lady Liwellyn, the wife of the Governor of the Windward Islands, and r family, who were staying at St. Vin- cent at the time of the eruption of the volcano there. MAY ABANDON ISLAND. A cable message from Kingston, Ja- maica, to-day confirms the previous dis- patch of the Assoclated Press referring to the possibility, owing to the frequent disasters, that the Government will aban- don St. Vincent and transfer the people now there to other islands. In a statement in the House of Com- mons to-day regarding the measures pro- posed by the Government for the relfef of the sufferers from the volcanic out- breaks in the West Indies, the Govern- ment leader, A. J. Balfour, after a refer- ence to the steps taken, added: “We have taken account of the meost sympathetic manner in which the United States Government has, to use its own language, expressed its desire ‘to share in the work and rescue.” The manner in which this generous offer can best be ac- cepted the Government of the Wixgdward Isies has already been consulted.” Balfour referred to the opening of the relief fund at the Mansion House by the Lord ‘Mayor, Sir Joseph Dimsdale, in be- half of the sufferers of the island of St. Vincent, and said that Canada, Jamaica and the other West Indlan islauds and the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, had_promised to help with money and gocds. 5% OFFERS ASSISTANCE. “1 have no doubt,” he added, “that the other colonies will be equally generous. In addition the Governor of the Windward Islands has been authorized to spend whatever sums are necessary and the Imperial Government is prepared to sup piement the contributions from other sources .0 whatever extent may be neces sary “Ag regards the island of Martinique Lord Lansdowne, the Forelgn Minister May 11, has instructed his Majesty’'s Em- bassador at ris, Sir Edmund Monson to say that it wouid give the Government great pleasure to offer assistance in any manner most convenient to the sufferers from the calamity, and to say that If this country could help by the loan of doctors or the gift of medical comforts and pro visions that we were prepared to act ferthwith. “The French Government replied, ac- cepting with gratitude the offer of his Majesty" vernment. From the nature of the case there must be a distinction between our own colonies and those of ancther power in the expenditure of money. But the Government, as stated, is prepared to give comforts and provisions to_sufferers at Martinique.” John Dillan, Irish Nationalist, who first raised the question in the House Tues- day, and suggested that the authorization aid of the survivors of this dread aster. Oné of those who u“:f»‘e'é:gfft thanked by M. Deicasse is Senator Fair- banks. The cablegram is as follows: On behalf of the people of France t‘rrl‘r:‘s!lg:,!e z{m esxpre'ullnri‘ oxl their extreme o Senator Fa generous Initiative.” ghor Ryl o to the Governor of the Windward Islands to spend money, ought to be extended so as to provide for the rellef of the Mar tinique sufferers, as he considersd 't would be most unfortunate if a distingtion was made, tried to move an adjournment of the House on this point, but the me- tiop was rejected.