The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1902, Page 17

"tt?t'&}?'{‘o"&*&booo#00000'02 Pages 17102 O et s as s s R S DD S o d B44444343444303 30400040 Pages 17 10 28 4444494443829 9%9%%0% %950 LA R 2 X1 4 + : : - - +* - * -+ + e L] PRICE FIVE CENTS. \()Ll'r\l! XCI=NO. 169. -t MONT PEL FURTHER DES TRUCTION ON UNFORTUNATE MARTINIQUE ISLA | F was ORT DE FRANC not great. Martinique, May 17. It is believed that it was an electric flame, traveling with cyclonic force and rapidity. It cuta swath as clean as could have been accomplished by a mechani An iron sugar roller standing in the path of the flame was affected in a most singular manner. One-half was melted, while the other half was scarcely touched by’ the intense heat. ’ EE AGAIN BREAKS INTO ACTIVITY AND THREATENS —Mont Pelee probably gave a demonstration of a force of which the world before knew nothing. The mysterious rush down the volcano’s side is now attributed to electricity. cal agency. Outside of the immediate heat zone the damage ND $— KING REINS OF GOVERNMENT FROM THE MOTHER QUEEN REGENT "ALFONSO XIII TAKES At the Age of Sixteen the Sovereign sumes the Cares As=| of Spain’s Ruler. g King Al- ils majority ~came King in marches, to the ormed be- The royal procession was formed on the laza Ge Armas in rily before 2 p. m. and Droceeded to Chamber of Deputies, where, in the | the Senators and Deputies, King took the oath to uphold the nstitution Jcession was spectacle magnificance. Great groups ack opened the march. - They wed by four buglers and cym- ers from the royal stables, whose ¢ led by grooms on foot; four + on four horses, with orien- ied by hand; two of the g horses, two of the Queen £ horses, ready-saddled, by six other royal horses, cov- velvet cloths of ved, embroidered with gold and silver. the principal out- d a lne of emblazoned d embellighed ornamentation, The men wore brilllant and the trappings of of the most gorgeous de- presence of a of gr armoria Then came riders, who gaint, bist wiih armor 1he horses were scription GORGEOUS EQUIPAGES. I'he first vehicle, bronze-colored, drawn v four black horses, was occupied by v masters-at-arms. After jt came the jled “pris” coach, occupied by the v chamberlaing, and twelve state nariots, belonging to graadees of Spain, | , them were seated palace functionaries { high rank. The next carriage, having sable horses attached to it, pled by the Infanta Isabella and Infanta Eulalie A detachment of horec s oc- guards scparated | ing the history of Solomon. by six chestnut colored horses. The tor- | ! principal | | a purple canopy. the foregoing carriages from a very pret 1y tortoise-shell coach, In which were seated the Prince and Princess of the Asturias, the brother-in-law and sister of the King. The entire body of this vehicle was veneered a dark tortolse-shell color, except for a border of paintings filustrat- | It was drawn | oise-shell carriage was followed by a vy mahogany coach, called the “coach of respect,” which was not occupied. This vehicle was directly preceded by the royal | chariot to meet an emergency or in case of a breakdown. To It were harnessed | | elght chestnut horses, driven by four out- front of the palace | riders. A detachment of the royal bodyguard | rode in front of the massively gilded thar- iot termed the “royal crown,” having gilt allegorical figures standing out in rellef | from the panels and whose roof was sur- mounted by a heavy gllded crown. The gold-plated, molded lamps of this car- riage were especially striking, being inset with imitation jewels. The hammercloth, a wonderful plece of embroidery work, 18 | valued at $18,000. | | BOOMING UF CANNON. The King and the Queen Regent were seated, side by side, in the royal coach, |and were accompanied by the Infanta Maria Teresa. youngest sister of his Majesty. It was drawn by eight fine speckled grays, in dark red harness, hav- | ing heavy ormolu ornamentation. Im- mense white ostrich plumes waved from the heads-of these horses. The officers of the King's military household and three squadrons of the King’s bodyguard closed the parade. i - The procession, which emerged from the courtyard of the palace amid the boomin, of cannon, proceeded at a. walking pace’ through the streets, gay with flags and bunting, and beneath festoons of ever- green, which, at some parts of the route, formed veritable valléys of follage and flowers, to the Chamher of Deputies, be- fore the steps of which had been erected ESCORTED BY BSTATESMEN. A delegation, consisting of twelve Ben- ators and twelve Deputies, recejved their Majesties at the steps, and, preceded by the macebearers, they were conducted |’ throvgh the ante-chambers, filied with LETTERS . BETRAY COMBINE : ' | Positive Proof Found | Against the Beef . Trust. 4 | THE BOY RULER WHO WAS CROWNED. AND AMERICA'S REPRESENTATIVE. . - —t Royal Pomp Attends Taking Oath. - e courtiers and others who were unable to find accommodation in the chamber itself. | The King, Queen Regent and the Prince and Princess of the Asturias ascended a platform especially constructed, facing the semi-circular, gilded hall, around which the benches were fllled to thelr capacity by Senators, Deputies, courtiers and Ministers. The foreign Princes and other special envoys were seated immediately to the right of the platform, which was draped with red. Four gilded armchairs were placed in front of the platform’ beneath a red canopy. The King and Queen Re- gent, who had entered together, took the center seats, and the Prince and Princess of ‘the Asturias seated themselves in the other. On the left of the King stood a table on which was a Bihle, with a gllver crucifix behind it. On the.side of His Majesty was a stool on which was a gold-! en crown, blazing with jewels, and a scep- ter. ? As the royal party entered the hall ev. ery one present rose and remained stapd- ing until the Queen Regent pronounced the words “‘Be seated.” The President of the Chamber, Senator Armijo, who approached the table on which the Bible rested, then sald, amid impressive sllence: “genor, the Cortes convoked by your august mother are assembled to recelve from Your Majesty the oath, which, in VR S U A S L IR LR i Continued on Page Eighteen, { only exists, but that it has .exerted its| | powerful and complicated machinery to | raise prices. ruin competition and enrich | | | | Dear sir: +1 Jargely has been dtie to the utter lack of con- | |that they are in « position through thetr Al- | | ter not to do so. Valuable Evidence to -Be Used by the Prosecutjon. New YoT';r Arbitrator and Managers Flee With Records. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, May 17.—Bound in the \-ol-} umes of the letter books of Armour & Co. | is positive proof that the beef trust not itself, as has been asserted and to a| moral certainty proved. This proof is now | given to the public. Within a few days it will be turned over to the represepta- tives of Attorney General Knox, to be used by the prosecution of the monopoly in the United States Circult Court in Chi- cago. In black and white, with signa- tures of officials of Armour & Co., these letters speak for themselves in accusing | {he men who dictated and the men who | receive them. | Following are fair samples of letters, | bundreds of which are to be put in evi- | dence: Private. Chicago, January 30, 1902. To J. D. Smith, care Armour & Co., Albany, N. T.-— 1 suppese you know In a genersl way that the Albany territory has been about as mean as any in the country on smoked | meats. The situation here all. last summer mas oxtremely bad, and we think the trouble fidence in each other among the different Western intercsts represenied there, so when- ever we have attempted to work together on prices there has always been trouble and ar- rangements have gone to pleces in pretty short order. We are informed now by Placulous buny, Troy and Cohoes houses to make a tigh agreement down there, and we would like you | 1o look the situation over carefully, of course, | talkipg it over with Mr. Van Pelt especially, | and let us know when you think about enter- ing Into a deal of this kind. It would obviously be necessary to have | other Western people in. but Placulous are | jrclined to think thers would be no object | in taking in any of the Aocal people; on the | 1 think that it would lkely be bet- Wa feel ourselves that if an | crangement of this kind could bo consum- | mated it would be of much valuo to Armour | & Co., as it would serve to hold prices to & nable basis, enabHng us to get soma value out of our goods: and, of course, we would | expect nothing else than to be able to obtain | our full share of the business on an cqual | contrary. basir with competitors. | | Let us hear from you on this matter at your | | conventence and at the same time suggest | any one you may have in mind who would be | | a gcod man to act as arbitrator in case the | deal s made. Very truly yours, ‘ ARMOUR & CO. (Joner.) ] To J. C. Roberts, care of Armour & Co., Clin- | ton Market. Boston, Mass.—Dear Sir: Refer- | | Fing to attached letter for your information the | {ollowing parties have agreed not to contract sugar-cured smoked meats ahead at less than 14¢ per pound per month, carrying spot prices to be basis for the current month, with carrying | charge beginning the first of the month follow- ing, and we ask that you have all your Bouses understand that they are not to con- oot L . han %ci Phosphoric, Boston Packing snd Provision Company, Placular, Phidila, Philomath, Placulous, Phosphatic. It is also understood that contracts with public and charitable institutions and others of that clazs are to be excepted. Very truly yours, ARMOUR & CO. (Jones). ARMOUR & CO. 172 Duane atreet, s g New York City. To A. T. Clark—My Dear Clark: 1 have yours of the 1st and the order for 500 pounds of 8, P. rib bellles for Paterson will have at- tention. ‘We will bill these belllos at 934 cents net. Now, this is probably on a higher basis than your market, but on account of our sys- tem it i3 mecessary that we bill all ‘product on the net branch house prices, but as we are anxious to sell bellles and we will be willlag to rebate Paterson in the event of their not being to show the usual profit on basls of this price .and when times comes, it will be In order for them to send direct to the reclamation department at this end thefr or- iginal claim sheet for a sufficient amount to enable their house to show. the: usual percent- ‘age of profit. Very truly. yours, ARMOUR & CO, (E. J. Madden). Following are code words used by Ar- mour.& Co. and names of trust packing houses to which they refer: Placulous,y8wift & Co.; Phosphoric, Nelgon, Morris & Co.; Placular, Libbey, McNelll & Co.: Phidtia, Cudahy Packing Company; Philomath, G, H. Hammond & Co.; Phosphatic, Schwarzschild & Sulz- berger. » | NEW YORK, May 17.—Almost as start: ling as the disclosures of the letters from Chicago: s the news that' Arthur Colby, the arbitrator, and the New York man- agers of every trust house have fled from |the State, With them - have gone theé books and papers which have been or- et dered presented before Supreme Court Judge Chéster in Albany. i The ‘headquarters of every trust house has been moved across the river to Ho- boken and. Jersey City. Arthur Colby has gone away on a long vacation, and his trusted assistants carry on the work of his office behind locked doors, while the records are in another Btate. ';hll s the answer of the trust to the accusations against it, which the leaders denied, sought to belittle and declarea they were willing, able and anxious to disprove. 5 A E LT ST TiHomA s — o e e TEILT Outpouring From Volcano’s Crater Causes Workers to Flee From Ruins. . e From the Special Correspondent of The Call and the New York-Heraid. Copyright, 1902, by the New York Herald Publishing . Company. ORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 17.— ; Mont Pelee has again broken into activity and threatens further destruction to the island of - Martinique. Work among the ruins of St. Pierre and the suburban village of Carbet has ceased, the search- ers and the burial- parties having been forced to escape the out- pouring from the volcano’s cra- ter. Many refugees had returned to their ‘'homes, believing - that Pelee had quieted. They-are now again in full flight and the dis- tress is increased. . T The rural people - who ‘have been patrolling the northern end ‘of the island’ have left their posts. Search was being’ made to-day. by a party from the United States navy tug Potomac for the body of Thomas T: Prend tis, the United States Consul at St. Pierre, ' who,-with .all the members of his family, perished under the ‘sweep of flame that came down from Mont Pelee the morning of May 8. That search has now been abandoned, and . the . Americans have returned to Fort de France. They report that the volcano is in'a most vicious mood, and that before they left St. Pierre ashes and mud- were raining upon the ruins. . It is now believed that the body oi' Consul Prentis -can- not be recovered. Governor L'Huerres. intended making a tour of inspection of the island to-day, but owing to the renewed ' activity: of Mont Pelee the trip. was not a success. On, the French cruiser Suchet the party . proceeded ' to St Pierre, intending to spend. sev- eral hours ' there. It' was seen that Mont' Pelee was-smoking, but the conditions were consid- ered dangerous. . Boats ' were lowered. and all of the officials started for the shore. Before a _ialj;ding'wu made the volcang |- exploded with ‘a* terrific noise. The force of eruption was not in § OPFICIAL ] ALL & BUILDING ' IN = THE DANISH WEST INDIES, AND SCENES ON' ST. VINCENT. Soon to Stop - Dispatching Relief. BUREAU, 1406 G Y & STREET N.”W., WASHING- TON, May 17.—As a result of advices received by the State and Navy departments from its officers In Martinique, the United States will discontinus the “dispatch of relief .to Martinique. .. The ‘President will within a few days issue an announcement -that further contrfbutions are not needed. The House Cdnimittee on Appropriations has decided not to report the Senate res- olution appropriating $300.000 to be used for. the sufferers of the Caribbean cata- clysm. 4 e The first intimation that sufficient quan- tities. of supplies ;were ‘on. hand and en route to the island came. yesterday from Commander McLean, commanding the Cinginnati. Consul Ayme, who is at Fort a8 France, wired the State Department to the 'same ‘effect ‘to-day. Concerning Ayme’s dispatch, the department made this announcement; “Secretary Hay has received a cable- gram from United States Consul Ayme at ‘Fort de France announcing that the re- Lef supplies now afloat are quite sufii- clent for the Martinique sufferers, and suggesting that,'whiie St. Vincent may be in neeq, the subscriptions in the United States should cease at once.” ! Further announcement was authorized that . wue ‘President - had called upon the army and navy officers at Martinique to express.their views upon -the sufficiency of supplies available, and that when thelz réplies are received he will take action. A member of the Cabinet sald to-day that centributions which had been made could be used for the benefit of the poor of the United States. Representative Cannon, chairman of the House IAppropriation: Committee, sald to-day that the resolution appropriating addftional fuhds would now remain un- acted upon unless the President made an- other specific request for more money. @ iniminivinisile e @ the direction of St. Pierre and no ‘damage was done; but the inves- tigators rushed . precivitately back to the Suchet; which imme- diately put out to sea. It was at this time that workers among the ruins’ abandoned their labor and took refuge in flight. . OCEAN BED CHANGES. I After leaving St. Pierre the