The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1902. STREAMS OF LAVA NOW STRETCH FROM MONT PELEE TO THE SEA i | | PORT CASTRIES T LuczA /—— SSASEIN SEEKS LIFE OF PRINGE Attempts to Kill the Rus- | sian Governor of ! Kharkoff. | | ST. PETERSBURG, May 25.—A report | as reached here of an attempt to assas- ate Prince Obolensky, governor of | Kharkoff, who was commended by the the rioting among , governor assassination was at-| tly on account of his who & flogging of political prisoners, many m were educated, and, according tom, were, therefore, exempt from g justifies these punishments on at he was ordered to inflict Ve Plehwe, the minister of have been | other Polish | | r | s prisone: Bielostook and arrested fo ¢ disturbanc | active, | of the crater to the sea. { | 2nd now lie under vast sheets of lava. Th jout of Mont Pelee's danger cone. Crater Is Enlarged to Two Miles in Width. From the Special Correspondent of The Cal! and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1902, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. POINTE-A-PITRE. Guadeloupe, May 2.—The steamer Lifjeld, which arrived this morning with | more fuitives from Martinique, re- ports that Mont Pelee is still very The whole top of the volcano ap- pears to have opened for a distance of fully two miles, forming one vast crater, from which ashes and lava are pouring forth in enormous quantities. The lava| | is running in great streams from the top All the walls of buildings left standing in St. Plerre after the first eruption have been leveled by the succeeding outbursts sea around the northern part of the is ’Wmu"‘ fu‘%wmxm Im 'I THE TraE ST 7 =7 4 &~ ir~reErion oF ST PrrrRge CATHEDRAT. — ATRE or PrERRE and is black with finely powdered pumice stone and the trunks of burned trees which have been carried out to sea from the mountain. SCENES IN THE DESTROYED MARTINIQUE CITY AND ON ST. LUCIA. Affairs in Fort de France are reported | quieter, but the inhabitants continue to | fiee from the island on every available | essel. Most of them go to neighboring islands, but many of the citizens of Fort de France have sought sheiter in Trinity, 2 town in the southern part of Martinique, This town has become so greatly overcrowded | that there is no shelter left and large | numbers of the refugees sleep out of] friendship of the American people, which - doors, on the sidewalks or under trees. | has been manifested by the swiftness < K Frovisions are being sent to Trinity from | with which great quantities of supplies « the troops be st { g rt de France. d the lfberation of | nted. | in the Caucas f prisoners who t DECLARES HE IS HELD PRISONER IN HOSPITAL Former Judge of Hartford, Conn., | Asks to Be Freed From a Chi- | cago Institution. HICAGO, May 25.—Fred Sage, | rick - to be a prominent business m former Judge of Hartford, | « sent word from the Chicago s 11t is held a pris- been allow rd men who vis e hospitai | were appealed Sage who d em to notify his s in Hart- ed that he was call about efght way home, he was n hospital a yium at Elgin. last week, | e to this city. | ¥ to his home for eived it by wire an train for Hart- he was again ar- FIVE HUNDRED TEAMSTERS QUIT WORK AT CHICAGO | andred union | very of | strike at | increase in to-morrow | or at raliroad stat shipment out | of the city. The strikers claim that they | have recelved assurances of support from | the other labor or, nizations whose mem- bers are employed at the stockyards and d | that any attempt by the packers to fiil | their places with non-union _teamsters will result in a general tie-up of the pack- iog houses. The strikers assert that committees from them have been denied conferences | the managers of the different packing | ses DOAN’S EIDNEY PILLS. ! PEOPLE WEKNOW. I'iey Are San Francisco People, and | What They Say Is of Local Interest. Vhen an incident like the following oc- right here at home it is bound ‘o | rry weight with our readers. So many | range occurrences go the rounds of the -ss; are published as facts, people be- ne skeptical. On one subject skepti- is rapidly disappea. s is due he actual experience tizens, | nd their public utterauc regarding | m. The doubter must doubt no more | » the face of such cvidence as this. The sublic statement of a reputable citizen | {iving right here at home, one whom you | n see every . leaves no ground for | e skeptic to stand on. | David Voss, baker, of 503 Sixth st., says: “For six or seven months pain in the | small of my back just over the kidneys | plainly told me there was_something | wrong with those organs. Naturally a | man in this condition is on the outiook | for something to radically dl!sose of the | trouble or at least check it, and one even- ing while reading my paper I came across an advertisement which stated that | Doan’s Kidney Pills could be depended | upon. Next day I went to the No Per- centage Drug Btore, 949 Market street, for box. It performed its work quickly and faithfully. After a course of the treat- ment the backache ceased and up to date here has not been & symptom of a re- i currence.” all dealers; price 50c a box. F::;rerfin?\fm Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole sgents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take Bo other. — | cargo will be discharged to-morrow. have been forwarded and the character of_the delegates in charge of them. The officials in Fort de France have | on of the French govern-| Fort de France looks deserted. Nearly ment to leaye the city, but their request | 200 persons have gone to the islands of has been refused. The troops on the isl- | Guadeloupe, Dominica . Lucia, and | and are uneasy and frightened. | as many more are tr to get away. “Lhe simple object of a cape from the island. ng The body of the American Consul at St. 11 mi Pierre, Thomas Prentis, which was re- govered from the rulns, was carried to| The scientists are divided In opinion as Fort de France, where it was buried with | to whether or not new and mote vielent imposing ceremonte: | outbursts are to be witnessed. A ma- Jjority of them think volcanic energy will be displayed for a long time, but that no further loss of life will oc r, as there are no large places left to be destroyed, and fort de France, they say, Is absolutely afe from any possible outburst of Mont elee. Admiral Servan to-day called upon United States Consul A e to express to him his high appreciation of what the United States has done for the victims of the disaster. nds is to es- FLEE FROM FORT DE FB.ANCE.! Frightened Islanders Believe the | City Is Doomed. | FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Martin- | ique, May 25, 6 p. m.—The United States cruiser Cincinnati arrived here from st. Lucia yvesterday. The steamer Lucken. | bach arrived this morning and left at once for Porto Rico. The steamer Fon- tabelle reached here at 9 a. m. with 1.0 tons of supplies from the Chamber of Commerce of New York and other cit P Among her passengers are W. H.| Corwine, who was specially named by CHATEAU BELAIR’S DANGER. Soufriere Rains Ashes and Stones Upon the Settlement. KINGSTOWN, Island of St. Vincent, Saturday, May 24.—Another eruption on the night of Sunday, May 18, caused a greater fall of ashes and stones and more consternation at Chateau Belair, Island President Roosevelt as secretary of the variou bodies in the United States con- for the relief of the sufferers; r Angelo Heilprin and other sci. Mr. Corwine and Captain Scott, brother Chief Officer Scott of the Roraima, were presented to Governor L'Huerre and AR sult the ¥rench delcgates to-day. The steam- | Of St Vincent, than s rERa s Tt er Topaze has been placed at the disposal | STuption LB i oIy sIter the ap- of Mr. Corwine to visit St. Vincent. Her | PeTance of a cloud on May 18, which was | belched from the mountain, Egyptian darkness enveloped the village of Chateau Belair. The inhabitants rent the air with shrieks and groped against the banks of the road leading to Cumberland in thelr efforts to flee from the threatened danger, but the exodus from Chateau Belair con: tinued all night. Detonations and smoke and lava from the volcano continued the next day, May 19 and the people still tried to 'leave of Captain Scott visited the survivors of the steamship Roraima at the hospitals to-day. Professor Robert T. Hill, the em- inent geologist, with his party, has char- tered a steamer and is carefully studying the volcano from the sea. Ggorge Ken- nan, with a land party, is ex#mining the northern part of the island. Mont Pelee was fairly quiet vesterday, ithough there was a big eruption of ashes which covered the extreme north towns. A heavy he e rih | rainfall occurred ofiDe island, The new._crater 18 active | SRS, & jDeavys rat 15th, *the. first fn | Mr aCorWine has investigated the | the aistrice in two months, and the method employved in the distribution of streets, huts and shops were flooded. Supplies and has infgrmed Governor | ®Z3°%; 0Vt Snd 8 eruption diminished L’Huerre that he considers it excellent. after the 19th, some thirty of the inhabi- It Is expected official notification will be | fants returned to Chateau Belalr, but Assu‘-‘!d d‘ha! sufficlent supplies have been they are still apprehensive, 4 received. < Most of the refugees who have come | pig Saomind® OREINE for rain. The heat and dryness here are unprecedented. There is no hope for the resuscitation of the Carib country for years to come. The canal that supplied water to that country into Fort de France have deserted the town for points further south, as terror still possesses all souls and Fort de France is belleved to bg doomed. All for domestic or manufacturin ur- business is suspended as the amount of es has dried st supplies received has killed sales. o at i R 1& and s desolated. The vernment {is treat- ing for the purchase of an estate upon which to settle the refugees, and carpen- ters are engaged in erecting huts, on safe RUNAWAY TE (LS A WO MARYSVILLE, May 2.— from Wheatland that Mrs, he French delegates, Admiral Servan and the citizens are unanimous in ex- pressions of gratitude for the genuine @ i) 60ES 7O CHURCH T0 ML b A [ ATLANTA, Ga., May 2%.—Five hundred men divided Into a half dozen posses are It is reported Blanche Hard- to-night searching the country adjacent | Ing, a prominent woman of. this county to Atlanta for Millard Lee, the 2)-year- | and one of the helrs of the Lofton es- old son of a well-to-do farmer, who to- tate, was found dead in the road a num- ber of miles from town late to-night. It is supposed that she was the victim of A runaway accident. Mrs. Harding was in Marysville yesterday evening, — when she left for Wheatland driving a_spirit- cd team. That was the last time she was scen alive, according to all reports, and the details of the aceident cannot - tained to-night. bosob day shot and killed Miss Lila Suttle, aged 1';‘ at Wesley Chapel, nine miles from this city. Just as the minister had finished the benediction and half of the worshipers had left the church, Lee, who was sitting behind Miss Suttle, leaned forward and fired at her. The first bullet entered her buck, but no vital part was reached, and Lee fired again, the second bullet killing : Mrs. Harding was the wife of Sherman the girl. While the church-goers stood astounded Lee backed out of the door and | B fartn, tad Liadson of the late . and had for many years pri | to the death of Lofton R fairs. The Lofton estate gled conditien, and Mrs. Harding was the principal in many-lawsuits before the Yuba Superfor Court. started for the woods. On the way he met a man named Childress, to whom he con- fessed the murder, and asked Childress to take the revolver and kill him. Chil- dress paid no attention to the young man. Lee went next to his father's house, where he repeated the story of the trag- edy, and, securing $100, started away. Dr. John Suttle, father of the murdered girl, heads one of the posses while his son directs another. Miss Buttle had refused attentions because, it is said, she considered herself above him socially. managed his af- is now in a tan- Trouble in Spanish Cabinet. MADRID, May 2.—The Cabinet will meet to-morrow. Owing to difficulties arising from the question of the religious orders, Senor Canalejas, the Minister of Agriculture, will resign. It {s expected that other members of the Ministry, well as Senor Moret, the president of the fian;nal, Wwill also tender their resigna- ons. e———1 St. Louis has but six fast morning mail trains, while Chicago has fourteen. For two days heavy rains have fallsn. Chateau Belair for Kingstown and other | | [ | locations, to ve the c Kingstown, 2. THeve th The cloud that issued fro; on Sunday night was visible to the in- habitants ‘of the neighboring island of St. Lucia and Inspired them with awe. Vivid flashes of lightning were seen on the morning of the 19th, ompanied by siight volcanic rumblings. The number of new craters in the dis- turbed district cannot be ascertained, as ascent of the mountain is impossible, but there are apparently four active craters there. Rumbling sounds are heard; vapor is still issuing from different portions of the mountain and the lava is flowing. Mount Enham shows no distinct signs of activity The ited States steamer Dixie arrived here vesterday with 990,000 rations and clothing, medicine and supplies. The interruption of the cable between here and the island of St. Lucla has caused delay in the transmission of mes- sages. gestion in et ROBBERS OVERRUN ISLAND. Set Fire to Buildings on the Planta- tions of Martinique. From the Special Correépondent of The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1002, by the New York, Herald Publ shing Company. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 25. — The Compagne Generale Transatlantique line steamship Versailles has arrived here with 219 refugees, principally mechanics, seamstresses and servants, who fled from Martinique partly in fear of Mont Pelee and partly because of the rabble which is pillaging that stricken island. The ref- ugees say that the plunderers are tak- ing everything of value upon which they can lay their hands and are setting fire to bulldin€s on forms and plantations. In conversation with some of the ref- ugees I was toid that the second erup- tion of Mont Pelee was less destructive than was supposed. Boiling mud and red hot stones rained over the Basse Pointe district, which was completely desiroy- ed. The houses were half buried in mud. There was no loss of life because the in- habitants escaped after the first erup- tion. The district of Carbet also was de- stroyed. The refugees say that several persons who_were searching among the ruins of S.._Plerre were killed by electricity and suffocation. the crater. _— Regarding relief work, some of the igees declared that the distress was | much exaggerated, and that more prov sions were being landed than the resi- dents knew what 10 do with. It was as- certained that laborers refused to work, | because so much money and food had | come to the island that they did not! need to work any longer. | VOLCANO IN WISCONSIN. Thuader Mountain Is Reported to Be Belching Smoke. | MILWAUKEE, May 2.—Reports reach- ed Milwaukee to-night from Eagle River, Wis., Florence, Wis., and Iron Mountain, Michigan, of the startling behavior of Thunder Mountain, the highest point of land in Northern Wisconsin, which is ported to be belching out smoke at an alarming rate. It is known that at Green Bay, sixty miles away, a hot boulder fell on-a street corner and was still red hot| when morning came. The light of the mountain, it is said, can be seen for miles The reports come from localities seve tv miles apart. According to the advices, homesteaders are hurrying to the settle- ments in alarm. The strange actions of the mountain have caused panic in two surrounding counties. | Thunder Mountain is more of a plateau than a hill and in the center of the moun- tain is a great peat bog and swamp. The mountain has been seldom visited, for it is an almost solid mass of rock. with vegetation at the top and with only a cedar swamp surrounding it. The State geological authorities have declared it to be of volcanic origin. According to to-night's reports more than 100 settlers have reached Eagle Riv- | er. Flery red sunsets and a succession | of severe thunderstorms near the moun- | tain have added to the general conster- | nation. —_— RELIEF SHIP’'S CREW DESERTS. Seamen of the Dauntless Refuse to Approach Martinique. From the Speclal Correspondent of The Call | and the New York Herald. Copyright, | 1902, by the New York Herald Publishing | Company. ST. KITTS, B. W. I, May 25. Dauntless, | ~The sloop which, under command of Cap- 3 Use of the Torch by Robber Bands Adds to the Terror of Survivors| on the Stricken Island of Martinique. | ted Natives Quit Work When Relief i Arrives. , ain Lake, carried supplies provided by the | government of this island for the suffer- | €rs in Martinique, returned here to-da: The crew of the Dauntless became frigh ened in the voyage, refused to go on and y : deserted the sloop at Dominica, This de- | aved the relief expedition, but the | Dzuntless obtained another crew _at Dcminica and finally went on to her des- tination. 1 On the passage southward, Captain | Lake says, Mont Pelee was seen blazing | grandly at intervals of about a quarter of an ‘hour. Its eruptions were accom- panled by awful sounds resembling deep thurder. Pebbles and volcanic debris raised constantly upon the deck of the Dauntless. Captain Lake reports that there was a great scare in Fort de France because of stone and ashes from Mont Pelee falling | upon the capital amid deep darkness. The | scare had abated, however, when the Dauntless left and calmness had been re- stored. The negroes, according to the | Captain, were generally indifferent, the ¥Lites showing more distress and worri- | ment.. | When the Dauntless passed St. Plerr on the voyage northward the city was burning flercely, but the volcano was quiet. | The steamer Fontabell, carrying a large | quantity of supplies and a relief party | left here to-day direct for Martinique, | The island has been swept by a fearful | thunderstorm. —_— Survivors Reach France. | ST. NAZIERE, France May 2.— The | French line steamship France arrived here to-day. .She is the first steamship t> reach France from Martinique since the catastrpphe. The France was boarded | { here by many relatives and friends of the survivors who were on board, and/ there were many touching scenes. The | narratives of the survivors, however, | added nothing to what is already known. Homes for the Refugees. | KINGSTOWN, Island of St. Vincent, | Saturday, May 24.—The Quebec Line steamship Madiana arrived here to-day. Passengers report that the Government | of the British island of Trinidad is pre- paring to settle refugees from Martinique on crown lands on moderate terms. Queer Phenomena in Portugal. LISBON, May 2.—Curious phenomena | have been observed at Pedroso, near Oporto, which are supposed to be connect- | ed with the volcanic eruptions in the West | Indies. Fissures in the earth there emit- ! fire and smoke and simultaneously | there came a tornado. ’ Governor’s Estimate of Dead. PARIS, May 2.—In his official report to the French government on the entire Mar- tinique disaster, Governor I'Huerre of Martinique estimates the dead there at 30,000. | of the largest flouring mills. e HURLS STONES AT ROYAL TRAIN Criminal Makes Attack Upon King and Queen of Italy. NAPLES, May 2%.—King Victor Eman- uel and Queen Helena arrived here this evening on their way to Palermo to open the agricultural exhibition. During the stoppage of the royal train at the arsenal here, two stones were threwn at the train by a man named Vincenze Guer- rerio, who was immediately arrested. Guerrerio had previously been convie of theft. The assault resulted in a greas demonstration of loyaity toward the King and Queen by the assembled crowd. —_— ——— SYNDICATE PURCHASES KANSAS WHEAT ELEVATORS New Plan Is Started in Hope of Eliminating Middlemen and Speculators. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 2. — Walter Vrooman of the Western Co-operative movement has closed contracts for the purchase of six of the largest wheat ele- vators in the Kansas wheat belt and two The price paid is sald to have been $750,000. Vroo- man, who has left for New York to | complete the financial end of the plan, says the present purchase is but the be- ginning of a movement to center farmers of Kansas in a branch of the Vrooman Co-operative Company. The farmers are to be taken into the scheme upon the payment of §100 each, for which they are to receive the market value of their Wwheat sold to the company, and, in ad- dition, will receive ome-haif of the prof- it derived, the other half going to Co- operative stors through which the wheat and flour will be handled. “The plan,” said Vrooman, “is to elim- inate wheat speculators and the middle- men. The farmers are in earnest sym- pathy with the movement. It is the only way to head off the talked-of flour trust that is forming in New York." It is intended to ship to Great Britain to be sold among the co-operative members there, the surpl.s product be- | Ing disposed of in Kansas and Missouri. SR King Edward Approves the Choice. LONDON, May %.—King Edward has approved the conferring of the most niobie Order of the Garter upon the Duke of Marlborough in sueccession to the late Earl of Kimberley, who died April 8. The death of the Earl of Kimberley made a | vacancy in the list of knight companions of the most noble Order of the Garter, which is only conferred upon sovereigns and twenty-five members of the high no- bility of the United Kingdom. The IBaldwin Fewelry Co. have opened their Sutter Street Branch where they will be pleased to show the public new and exclusive designs in high-class Jewels and Silverware, having purchased the entire stock of the San Francisco Diamond House. N 225 JSutter Jireet, Beiween Kearny and Grant Ave.