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The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
LETTER FROM GUATEMALA.
Details of the Disastrous Central
American Earthquakes.

Salt Lake. May 11.-In n letter dated
April 23d, Paul Hennlng. elder and rep
rescntative of the church in Guate-
mala, gives the following details of
the disastrous earthquakes i'll that
| country:
The whole northwestern region"
says Mr.. Henning. ''one of the richest
| in Central America, is in ruins. ON
the evening of the 18th of April, about
$40. the first shock was felt. This
| lasted from thirty to forty seconds and
caused the widest panic. There was
no loss of life in Guatemala City. and
the property damage was less than at
, first feared. though walls were cracked
all over the city, and many old houses
We're tumbled in ruins. Ever since
then the shocks have continued with
more or less violence.
1.-The worst damage was done in the
city of QueZaltenango. the second larS-
est in the country. Here it is estimat-
ed from 5000 to G,00O people were
killed. AT the time of the first shock
violent thunder and rain storm was
raging. The electric lighting plant of
the city had been disabled, and when
the people, panic-stricken by the rum
bling and shaking of the earthquake,
rushed from their houses, it was only to
meet death. Stumbling and falling in
the narrow winding streets, in total
darkness save when the lightning lit
up the stumbling city with an unearth-
ly glare. the people died by thousands
under the falling walls. while other
thousands We're caught like rats only
to die of suffocation or drowning. The
quaking and rain kept up continually
for three days. This made it almost
impossible to do any effective relief
work. and as consequence, now that
the hot weather again prevails. the
stencil from the thousands of bodies
buried in the ruins is unbearable and
fears are entertained of an epidemic.
Hundreds of bodies probably never
will be recovered"
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE
BY A DEADLY RAIN OF FIRE

France. but could not reach the north
ernmost part of the island ON account
OF dense rain of ashes.
| The captain of the Suchet further
reported that the Mont Pelee volcano
still had Il threatening aspect yester-
day evening Subterranean roarings
We're still heard, flashes of flame fire.
quently belched from the volcano and
stones We're thrown ont with immense
force. y dispatch received at the CO.
lonial office here to-day from Fort De
France says there is no doubt that
Governor Mouttet and the command
er of the troops at st. Pierre. Colonel
Dain, are dead.
Other dispatches confirm the reports
that the American and British consuls
and their families perished.
Nj. Bloch, inspector of finance. and
NJ. Labarthe, the colonial minister's
secretary, who have been dispatched
by the government to Martinique,
sailed from Brest to-day on the French
cruiser DAssas, which carries money.
provisions and other stores for the re
lief of the Martinique sufferers.
y French cable official who went TO
st. Pierre reports that the company's
office has burned TO ashes and that
there is no trace of the staff. This
official adds that the cremation of the
bodies of the victims has begun and
that the cable steamer Poyeur Quertier
is proceeding TO repair the northern
cable.
The waves of lava are still reported
to be flowing northward. They have
extended even to lie Carbet.
The candidates for election to the
French Chamber of Deputies who per-
ished at st. Pierre We're NM. Percin
and LIE Clerc.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
Warning Labor Organizations.

Denver May 12.-The News this
morning says:
The fight between the American
Federation of Labor and the Western
Labo + Union has assumed serious
phases all over the western country,
and President Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor now declares
that he will make one more offer of
peace. to be followed by n declaratfoE
of war. If his offer is not accepted. The
war between these two great labor or
ganlZations. with the Western Labor
Union backed by the miners. began six
months ago. when the American Fed
Grafton of Labor representatives OBJ
iectei to the organization of certain
crafts by the Western Labor Union.
Ill feeling has existed between the
East and West in the ranks of labor
for some time The American Fedora
tion of Labor objects to the Western
Labor Union organizing any union
which has an international organiza-
ton. The fight is raging all over the
western states and will come TO a eli
max in Denver this month.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
Anthracite Mines Closed.

Scranton. Pa. May 11.-There will be
no coal mined in the Scranton end of
the anthracite region tomorrow. Even
though the strike order was not
obeyed. there would be no mining, as
the companies have agreed that no at
tempt would be made to operate. The
companies will not admit that the
agreement to refrain from an attempt
at operating is eventually to resolve it,
self into lockout should events at
Hazelton make such thing possible.
The strike has already made itself
seriously felt in other lines of work.
The railroads have laid off four-fifths
of their coal train crews. in all abour
800 men. and the Erie shops at Duns-
more. where mine cars are repaired
will shut down indefinitely tomorrow
throwing 300 men out of work.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
NEWS FROM MARTINIQUE.
Details of the Great Disaster in Paris
Dispatches.

Paris, May 12.-rhe Temps yester-
day, referring to the destruction of
St. Pierre. SAYS:
I'VE believe. from The information
received here from the island of Mar
Unique (meauiug, doubtless. the otfi-
cial dispatches that the disaster sur
passes all that imagination can CON
ceive The whole northeastern portion
of the island is laid waste. Three
large communities, exclusive Of st.
Pierre. have been destroyed. The vic
tins comprise two candidates for TO-
days ballotage for members of the
Chamber of Deputies
A dispatch received here to-day
from Fort De France, Martinique,
says:
''All the hills surrounding lie Carbet
and lie Precheur near ST. Pierre are
covered with refugees to the number
of about 1000. who are being taken
away gradually. In the meanwhile
provisions are being conveyed to them.
OF the thirty persons who We're
originally rescued by the French
cruiser Suchet. the majority were
fearfully burned and nine died while
on their way TO the hospital.
The corpses which are heaped on
the ruins of st. Pierre are not only
completely naked but are ftiehtfully
mutlatcd"
The minister of marine, y. NJ. De
Lanessan. today received cable dis
patch from the commander of the
French cruiser Suchet. dated Fort De
France. Martinique, saying that he
conducted search at St Pierre yes
tcrdny. The captain reports that the
town is now a mere heap of smoking
ruins. under which the victims of the
catastrophe are buried. The Suchei
was able to convey some of the inhnb-
itants of lie Precheur to Fort De
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
Queen wiIheImina Doing Well.

The Hague. May little bulletins
issued at Castle Loo concerning the
condition of Queen Wilhelmina have
been reduced to one day. and ii is eN-
pected that they will soon cease alto
gethcr The marked Improvement in
her majesty's condition continues and
the constant attendance of her physi-
clan is no longer necessary.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
Kept Up War Habits.

Capt. Hiram Pugh, who died at
Bridgeton, New Jersey, II few days
ago. had not slept in bed since he re-
turned from the Civil War. When he
was taken i'll some weeks ago his doc
tor ordered him TO bed but he resist
ed all orders from the doctor and died
with his boots on"
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

People who. are in the habit Of sell
ing their old books 10 the junk men
should keep the fact in mind that an
old volume bearing the date 1867
brought 81, 100 in New York recently.
There was nothing valuable about the
book but its age.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Mr.. Morgan is getting perilously
near that place on the public stage
where Alexander posed while he wept
because he had no more worlds tc
conquer.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Having seen few portraits of King
Leopold we shall not be surprised at
anything the people who see the origi-
nal every day may take notion to
do him.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Carnegie advises young men not to
strive to obtain more than compe-
tence He will not have to plead very
hard with the majority of them to
get their consent.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Paris has prevented j. Pierpont
Morgan from carrying off one pair of
iron doors. but the city ought to be
careful how it treats our covetous mil
lionaire He may yet transfer the
Latin Quarter to the Bowery. New
York, or Clark street, Chicago.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

1t has been brought out in Connec-
ticut divorce suit that the man was
drunk twice day for 364 days in sue
cession. Why he missed on the 365th
is not explained.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
81 Want Everybody to Know How
Completely 1t Cures Indigestion"

This shows the unselfish disposition of Mr..
Hodge, of Orchard Cottage, lppieden, New
ton, who, having been cured by Vogeler's
Compound, wishes every other sufferer to
know of the benefit he has received from
this marvellous remedy. He tells his story
as follows:-
'.Gentlemen-I find vogeler's Compound a remedy
above ali others last year ! was in thorough bad
state OF health and could hardly drag leg after the
other. | had tried dozens OF remedies advertised
indigestion and all its attendant evils but
rapidly going from bad to when had the good
fortune to be recommended lake Vogeler's Com
pound. did so, and am 'thanktul to say it made
new man of me. should Ike other people 70 know
its virtues, and how completely /: knocks under the
worst forms Of indigestion and dyspepsia.
(Signed) GEORGE H. HoDGE.
Vogeler's Compound is the greatest rene
dy of the century for all stomach disorders
and liver and kidney troubles in both men
and women. A free sample bottle will be
sent on application to the proprietors, ST.
Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, Md.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

A man with live body and dead
mind has been found in Chicago. but
nobody is reported missing from the
railway station bureau of information
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Belgian socialists who want the zone
man one vote plan evidently intend
to do the voting for their wives, as we
do in this country.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

If the Prince of Wales comes we
can promise him that the menus will
always be presented in our choicest
French.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Sightless men of Toledo have form
ed trust. This looks like blind
deal.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Novels of Babylonian life are not rare.
but hitherto no writer of fiction has ven
tured beyond the shallow depths of tho
classical legends which formerly We're
taught as "Assyrian history This
argues lack of enterprise or originality
In tbe novelists. as the fund of material
;hat has been gathered since Botta
struck the first pick into the ruins OF
SarGon's palace in 1872 is ample and var
led enough for either history or romance.
A new writer. Josiah NJ, Ward. is to
strike out into deeper water and take
his readers back into the times of Neb-
uchadnezzar and the last days of Nine
veh.. The title of his book, Come with
Me into Babylon is pleasant promise
which challenges attention. one expects
something more than n glimpse into the
lives of the BabYlonians, whose name
has come TO be synonym OF luxury and
wantonness. Those were heroic days re-
ally. when the greatest nations of that
remote antiquity. the Babylonians Medes.
Lydians and Egyptians. met over the
carcass of Assyria and engaged in that
fierce struggle for the mastery of the
world.-Leslie's Magazine for May.
The meat combine is said to expect
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Since a Waukegan judge has decid-
ed that egg money is tae legitimate
perquisite of farmers wife, there
will be n chance for some women to
buy new dresses oftener than once in
i've years.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

The originator of the comic valen-
tine has Just died at the age of ninety
He lived in Philadelphia and was
therefore very slow about facing the
ghosts of his numberless victims.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Kansas City has a bribery scandal
1t seems to be mere matter of discov-
ering the briber in order to put all
American cities on the same footing.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

If a successful airship ever be de-
vised it will be worth far more than
the s25O.O00 Sir Hiram Maxim offers
to pay for it.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Some people are not bothering sc
much about the price of meat sinct
the cost of cigarettes is being reduced
All kinds of living are not dear.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

The prospect of having American
college yells at Oxford seems to dis
woman and proved that though mar
riage may be a lottery there are no
blanks for the man with a will.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

And the greatest victory that Wis
consin Grand Army veteran ever won
was in securing three kisses without
having to pay for them.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

King Edward belongs to twenty
clubs-and probably nothing disagree
able would be done even if he should
not pay his dues.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

The habit of talking back at the
preacher during the delivery of his
sermon is becoming so common as to
make church services unusually attrac-
tive.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
Why Is 1t

That St. Jacobs Oil always affords instan,
relief from pains, after all other remedies
have signally faileds Simply because it i.
peculiar to itself, wholly unlike another rem.
edy. 1t possesses great penetrating power
reaching the very seat of the disease. 1t
acts like magic. 1t conquers pain quickly
and surely. 1t is an outward application,
and is used by millions of people.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

President Loubet's life has been
threatened. The people OF France are
becoming restless again.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Kubelik and Paderewsld no sooner
wind up their season than it is an
rounced that the seventeen-year To-
Gusts are headed this way.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

By the way, Just ask your wife what
the phrase, the differential sugar,
means. OF course you know, yourself.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

William Waldorf Astoria has given
800. 900 to an English university, but
when last heard from he was still
waiting for that title.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

The ordinary wedding is closed with
4 ring on; but that telephone matri-
monial alliance down in Kentucky end
ed with ring off.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt. Jr., is taking
cooking lessons. Now let the hired
girl beware.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

Venezuelan soldiers seem to think
that foot-racing is the greatest of sol
dierly accomplishments.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

During the year 1901 nearly half
million cases of champagne were i'm
ported into the United States. 1t will
be remembered as an extra dry year.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

An Illinois girl wrote her name and
address on an egg and put 1t in a
crate with others to be shipped east.
She is still waiting for matrimonial
proposition to hatch out.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16
California Farm Machinery.

In no locality has modern steam
farming machinery been applied with
such effectiveness as upon the grain
ranches in southern California. On
one ranch the engine used to draw the
machinery is of fifty-horse power. and
has drive wheels eight feet high. II
consumes twelve barrels of oil every
day. and It's operation requires the ser.
vices of seven men. In plowing. fifty.
five furrows are turned over nj one
time, covering breadth of forty feet.
A couple of years ago the Union PA.
citic Railroad Company offered prizes
for the best articles on the subject:
''Can the Farm and Ranch Products of
Colorado Be Doubled. and II So. What
Would Be the Effect Upon the BuSl-
ness of Denver:' The three best arti-
clcs are published in pamphlet form.
For copy and some account of what
we have done in the vicinity of Ro-
meo. in the sunny San Luis valley. in
the way of practical demonstration
of this subject. write to Ieph. Chas
Felt. 102 Boston building, Denver,
Colorado.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

STOVE EEpAIFs I .,o or every a. known a~n mike Of
PULLEN. 1881 Lawrence St. Denver Phone 725.
The Springfield herald., 1902-05-16

The meat combine is said to expect
great profit on stored eggs but it
may be counting its chickens before
they are matched
Evening star., 1902-01-02
The Minor Issues.
How Actresses Keep Healthy.

=
The Paris Gaulois has been, inquiring as
to the method of living Of the great
actresses 1t is known that Adelina Patti
has always been an advocate of very reg
ular life. She drinks only water or milk,
and sleeps eight hours. with an. open win
dow all the year round. Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt does quite the contrary. She lives
in closed rooms, goes to bed at am and
sleeps till .. eats little but fish and eggs
often ten eggs in one day-drinks only
champagne, drives to the theater in a close
carriage, and stays in the theater from
eleven to twelve hours. Her HOLIDAYS at
Belle Isle are an exception, and there she
lives with open windows. exposed to every
breeze that blows. Such a sudden change
in her habits has never harmed the great
actress she asserts. Ten months of her
year are passed in uninterrupted work and
the other two in the open country Yvette
Guilbert believes in baths; bath on rising.
a bath before going to bed, after .brush-
ing the face and whole body each time
with soap. She drinks only water and milk,
and sleeps ten hours. going straight to bed
without eating anything on returning from
the theater. Though her business often
prevents her from going out, her house is
SO situated and built that the air flows
through it constantly She has no curtains
to her bed; she can breathe freely, and
awakes in a good temper. She never
rouges, but complains that, in spite Of thus
sparing her skin. she is not pretty, and
really looks more than seventeen!
Evening star., 1902-01-02

{ i sS + i + I

or the Man on Horseback" and so of
many others These terms are not designa-
tfons of criticism. They are, rather, APP
piled to persons in whom the people take a
keen interest.
In the domestic circle nieknaming or cut
ting down sometimes causes distortions
that are painful, especially to the feminine
mind. dignified mother dislikes to have
the noble name of Robert chopped down to
Bob but she is powerless to prevent it,
SO there are scores who must go through
life labeled Ned, Dick SAM" Tom -
because in childhood their associates were
too lively or too lazy to accept the baptis-
NAL name in it's entirety. What shall be
said of "Cisse," Sally" Polly" Ma
mie," Lizzie" and many more who can
not help themserves?@ As an offset the
young lady whose name has been butchered
by some well-meaning but unpoetic friend
tries to set herself right before society by
spelling Caroline :Carolyne,,' or Alice AL
lys, and writing out all the designations of
the name at the bottom of her letter. But
custom is inexorable. Elizabeth, and
Susannah may have some music In their
sound which 1t would be hard to find in
Lizzie" and "Susie." James is certainly
Evening star., 1902-01-02
1 to 3.

Ladies Heavy Black Satine Tn
derskirts, 81 vaiue-4oc.
Choice eitsof 400 pairs Corsets,
black antf white, little priced at
5oc.-2oc!.on' ~
Best QHalitys5-4 Table Oilcloth,
white andreoioHed-1o1ac. yard.
Pretty Nottingham Lace Cur
tains, neat designs, sell at 75c. pair
-30c. ,T7 Q: 80
Goodyear Raabber Syringe, with
2 hard l7 r7ubybersttubes, soc. value
25c. IL ssss "a a~r .......,..-
.. 100: pairs Mems Fine Shoes,
slightly, 21nisraated. in the holiday
rush, all high grade, sold up to s.
pair-ehQlcen 75c.i;
LADIES' Fine Kid Juliets, sell at
SI.5O-75c. =
- Lot of, Fine Embroideries, 3 and
4 inches wide, sell at JOG. yard-4c.
Ladies Ioc. HoseAI21c.
Finest Black Taffeta Silk Skirts,
fashionably made and trimmed
with ribbon quilting, velvet ribbon
bands. flounces, etc; worth one
half more-for this hour, S7.e8.
Odd lot of Kid-hnished Cam
brics, in black and all colors, for
lining; regular value, SC. yd.-
2zsc. yd.
46-inch-wide All Pure Wool
Black Silk-hnished Henrietta,
close, fine twill, selling at ooc. yd.
(only I dress pattern to customer)
800. yd.
Lot of Embroideries, selling at
1oc. to I5c. yard-7c.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
3 to 3.

Special You can choose from
all the Ladies Costumes, up to the
very finest, no exceptions, and pay
one-half marked price for your Sc
lection.
Finest Black Taffeta Silk
Waists, many elaborate styles, all
very high grade, selling at So and
$S-$3.e8.
Ladies Very Fashionable We
lour Jackets, beautifully beaded
and braided, lined with silk, extra
high grade, $40 has been the price
= -$Io.o8. 80
Ladies Fine Electric Seal
Coats, unusually good quality and
sold at $4o-S25.
Ladies -Broechs Pins, many
styles-sell at 25c.-I5c.
Ladies' Kid. Gloves, all the
wanted eelors, standard quality at
Ladies a2 's,,: sv s9s, 3's Swiss Ribbed
Fleeced el1nderWear-2Sc.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
1 1 to IL.

Ladies Finest Quality Satin
Juliets, sold for SI.5o-5oc.
Ladies Heel and Springfield
Shoes, excellent for wear and good
looking, SI.25 usually-o5c.
Little Gents Shoes, all sizes, sell
at SI-5oc.
Ladies Comfort Shoes, 4 and 5,
some warmly lined, sell at 81. 90
60c.
Ladies Dress Skirts, made of
finest Lymansville cheviot, wide
vale, black and blue, newest
shapes, best S. H. & M. binding
and percaline lining, an elegant
garment, regularly So.o8-S4.oS.
Ladies Stylish Walking Skirts,
in Oxford gray, sell at 81 regu-
larly-S2. 20.
Ladies Skirts, in the new SER
pentine effect, finest black and blue
cheviot, graduated silk stitched
bands, beautifully made, and SELL
ing at SI2 5o-$8.oS.
New Silk Underskirts, in black
and colors, elegantly made with
accordion pleated ruffles and extra
dust ruffle, best taffeta silk, the
quality sold at double the Hour
Sale price-S4.oS.
Special Elegant Taffeta Silk
Waists, in every color, in many
styles, such as applique effects in
embroidery, clusters OF tucks and
all-over tuck effects, white and col
ored silk herringbone stripe in
serting, hemstitching, etc; some
slightly mussed by handling-very
special for this hour, ST .o8.
Stylish Black, Pebble Cheviot
Walking Skirts, silk stitched
flounce-S5. %. a..
Boys Corduroy Pants, limited
lot-Ioc.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
3 to a

Special Lot of the famous R.
81 G. Corsets, the popular Nos. 1917
s.and 3o7, always ST, cream color,
instead Of white-for this hour
SOC.
Black and Colored Satine I'm
derskirts, heavy mercerized ma
terial, sell at $3.50.
Heavy Reversible Armure Tap
estry Portieres, pretty colors, sell
at So pr.-$I.20.
Beautiful Nottingham Lace
Curtains, one and two pairs alike,
some are slightly imperfect, worth
up to So pr.-oSc.
Lot of Notions selling at &C.
&c.
Popular "Ragtime' Music, 25c.
always-7c.
Youths Dongola Heel Shoes,
made in superior manner, $I.25
usually-o5c.
Children Rubbers, sizes up to
oH-IOc.
Linen Doylies in red, blue and
white checks, regular lunch size,
worth sc. (I doz. to customer y
&c. each.
Odd lot of All-wool Striped
Waist Flannels, that were selling
at 4oc.-to close lot, 2oc. yd.
54-inch-wide All Pure Wool
Ladies' Broadcloth, in black and
all leading eolors, worth all of 75c.
yd.-5oc. yd.
E Ladies Very Finest All-silk
Umbrellas, sterling silver, mother
of-pearl and princess effect han
dies, all high grade, sell at $Io-
special, $4.55.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
1 3 to 1.

Mems soc. Underwear, odd sizes
-29c.
Mems $3.50 Cardigan Jackets
SI.e8.
Mems Derby Ribbed Under
wear, odd sizes-42c.
Boys Dongola Lace Shoes,
sizes UP to 51a; low priced at $I.25
-7oc.
Ladies Storm Boots, high cut,
excellent quality, sell at $3-$I. 90.
Ladies New Serpentine Skirts,
in black and blue, beautifully trim
med with flare bottom, $8.o8
usually-$4.e8. s
Choice of any Boys Russian
Blouse Suit, very stylish and SUI
perior grade, selling up to 81 and
$8-$2.98.
S-4 Turkey Red Table Covers,
fringed all around, warranted fast
colors, sold regularly at SOC. e to
a customer )-20c. each.
Your choice of all our $I.oo yd.
Black and Colored Silk-faced Ger
man Nelvets, close, fine nap, sold
everywhere at $I.oo yd.-5oc. yd.