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New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
SAW PELEE ~ RUPTTON.
CREW OF LORD ANTRIM NEARLY BLINDED
DAY BEFORE ST. PIERRES
DESTRUCTION.

Perth Amboy y. j., May l6,-The steamship
Lord Antrim. Captain w. H. Welch. arrived
here this afternoon with lead bullion for the
American Smelling and Refining Company.
from Antofogasta, Chilli The Lord Antrim Is
the first vessel TO reach this latitude since the
eruption which destroyed the city of ST Pierre.
Martinique, The day before the city was blotted
out the Lord Antrim left st. Lucia. twenty five
miles distant, and two hours later passed so
close to St Pierre that the officers of the steamer
could read the time the town clock with
the aid of their glasses. They were not more
than two miles of shore.
At that time Mont Pelee was vomiting
ashes and flames. and the deck was covered
with ashes from its crater The crew of the
steamer was almost blinded by the intense glare
and heat together with the dust.
Captain Welch said that II evident that
something of a very unusual nature was i'm
pending, and he was surprised to learn on arriv-
ing here that many vessels in the harbor of
ST Pierre destroyed.
The next morning the Lord Antrim was more
than one hundred and fifty miles from Marti-
nique. and they felt none of the force OF the
eruption, although they could see the haze which
hung over the island all that day. The Lord
Antrim is British steamer and carries 1000
tons Of bullion
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
MORE SUPPLIES GO TO-DAY
ERAL PASSENGERS-OTHER
LOCAL NEWS

The Chamber Of Commerce will send by the
steamer Fonta5elle to Fort de France to-day
LOO barrels Of supplies for the relief Of the
Martinique sufferers. A number OF people will
sail the steamer also, Among them T.
Chatenay the young man whose family lived In
81. Pierre; Professor Heilprin, who gees to make
an investigation of the phenomena attending the
destruction of the city,. W. r. Corwine, of the
Merchants Association, who will represent the
Chamber OF Commerce in the distribution Of
supplies; W. A. Bates. of Boston; Mr. Baude-
let, of the French Cable Company; Louis Barde,
Raoui savon. F. r. Robertson and D. Elfridge
Mead. Il Is believed that the steamer Madiana
has arrived at Fort de France with supplies.
although no word has been received from her
captain
A ahle dispatch was received from another 81.
Pierre correspondent Of Middleton Co, Of No.
es Broad-st,. yesterday The sender was 7.
Belionnia, and he surprised the firm by order
ing goods. The dispatch dated Fort de
France, May IA. II is believed that he and Mr..
Meyer whose safety was learned Thursday,
left st, Pierre with their families when the first
eruption took place
Consul General de Bruwaert yesterday morn
ing received a cable dispatch from NJ. Delcasse,
the French Minister OF Foreign Affairs acknowl-
edging the information which NJ. Bruwaert
cabled yesterday as 10 the supplies sent from
New-York TO Martinique. and saying: Please
express in behalf of the French Government to
the subscribers 10 the funds and to the shippers
OF goods that you inform me TO have been
shipped 10 Martinique the heartfelt gratitude Of
tine government"
NJ de Bruwaert also received a dispatch from
the Rcuen Chamber of Commerce asking for
information TO the best way 10 send supplies
to Martinique. He replied by saying that New
York was the quickest route. The French cable
to Martinique from the North has not yet been
repaired.
The United States cruiser Buffalo steam up
and bunkers full TO over1owing with coal, lies
at her berth n the navy yard ready for orders
to proceed 10 Martinique with cargo of pro-
visions for the stricken islanders. An hour
after word comes from Washington the Buffalo
can be on her way TO Pier No. 10 Brooklyn.
where Colonel Branard, L. S. A, is gathering
the relief supplies. The Buffalo was 10 have
sailed for Manila on May 81, and had aboard a
cargo II building materials All of that had 10
bc taken out and put in storage. The officers
of the cruiser say that they could load her in
about thirty-siX hours, and that the trip 10
Martinique should rot take more than i've days.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
Weak !?

Then you want strength.
Good food. an active liver, and
pure blood will bring it. You
naturally think of eggs and
milk, Ayers Pills and Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Ask your doctor
if he can come any nearer to
the truth. Do as he says, at
any rate
For % years have never missed taking
Ayers Sarsspsrila every spring. II cleanses my
blood, makes me feel strong, and does me good
n every way
John p. Hodnette, Brooklyn. N. 7.
:" ." afsss1s's J.. c. AVER co. Lowell. Mass
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
STATEMENT BY DIR. WEBB.
WHAT he SAYS AS TO RUTLAND STOCK
PURCHASED MORE THAN FORTY
THOUSAND SHARES.

DR.. W. Seward Webb, president OF the Rut-
land Railroad Company. last night gave out
the following statement
In view Of the allegation made i'm the newspa pers
Thursday morning I'm connection with the pending
suit against Mr.. Meyer about the value OF Rutland
stock. intimating that attempt has been de
10 put IL off on the public. / feel that il is my
duty 20 the stockholders of the Rutland Railroad
20 make the following statement;
II is well known by those intimate at all with
she roads affairs that last fall, when the road
issued 5000 shares OF stock 90. which was
ISSUED to pay off it's ioaing debt OF 81 100 ol which
has been done. leaving a large still in the
treasury for improvements. underwrote the whole
amount and only succeeded in securing 900 shares
the balance being taken up by stockholders.
Having lived many years the properly and
knowing all about SITS possibilities ! went into the
open market and bought some forty odd thousand
shares. paving for the greater part OF IL from i0
~ III I bought two large blocks from two private
estates az il3lz and IL, saying the time tina t
as per cent stock IL was not worth much. but
that wished il for control and was willing 10 pay
that price The road has to-day s.. 200 e0 in the
treasury applicable 10 the work are doing and
iit earnings are increasing heavily each month.
sSzosI 81 -
have ny stock and shall keep it, as belis-e
absolutely IN the future Of the property.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
DISTRIBUTING RELIEF.
PORTS ON THE SITUATION IN
MARTINIQUE.

Washington, May 16.-Secretary Moody has
received the following cable dispatch from Com
mander T G. Mclean, Of the Cincinnati:
st. Lucia May Is
Six thousand refugees have come into Fort de
France. Three thousand have come into King
ston. Northern portions Martinique and ST Yin
ing for food and water. Very great difficulty n. .
lieving and saving many people scattered
over large areas. Number OF people to be fed
and cared for said TO be reduced by mortality
Have coaled here. Return 10 Fort de France
(and) St Pierre to-day. VIII endesvor to re-
ates ar ST. Pierre. If remains of officials are
found will bury with military honors
Later the department received a dispatch an
nouncing the arrival of the Cincinnati at Fort
de France to-day. A dispatch also was received
announcing that the collier Sterling which took
a quantity Of stores from San Juan, Porto Rico.
arrived at Fort de France to-day
The Secretary of State. having instructed Am
hassador Choate at London to acquaint the Brit
States to aid in rescuing and caring for the sur
vlvors of the volcanic outburst in St. Vincent
received the following dispatch from the anabas-
sador to-day.
Am informed that the Governor of the Wind
ward Islands viii gladly receive and distribute
any gifts sent to St Vincent in his care The
British Government has communicated to the
Governor your generous tender of aid of which
n expresses grateful appreciation. on receipt
OF the Governors reply as TO what are the most
pressing needs of the people Of the island the
government hopes 10 be able TO avail itself of
your offer.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
q. 3. H H4RTEY'S CHILD N PERIL
GIRL KNOCKED DOWN BY RUNAWAY
HORSES, BUT NOT HURT

While walking along Central Park West yester-
day Dorothy Harvey, eight years old, the daughter
OF q b. NJ. Harvev. Editor OF "Harpers Maya
zine, VINO lives In the Dakota Apartments an No
l west Seventy-second- st. had a narrow escspe
from being trampled 10 death by runaway team,
attached TO heavy wagon belonging to the Naph-
ina Kenovating Steam Company With her nurse
Bessie Aden, the child walking toSard Sixty
si~h-St', "hen the horses came dashing through
Central Park West at top speed
Nheh te" yards below Sixty-sixth.st the
tSe sSsewais loose from their harness and ran on
my ue"alh "A cry of horror went up as the
animals dashed straight for the child and her
f tb NY turned around learn the occasion
VI tle ~ .eHienC The sprang into a n area
her But IL 9e,ng so tried drag the child with
hv - y, - was too late for Dorothy was struck
py one OF the animals and thrown 10 the sldewalk
foieuhateiS' sne rolled toward the curb and es-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
INTERCOLLEGIATE STRONG HEN.
HARVARD LEADS WITH Tf.5es1 POINTS. AND
TYING. OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
Is HIGH MAN

Ofieial figures in the competition 10 determine
the intercollegiate fifty strong men were for the
FIRST time announced yesterday by DR.. Watson I.
Savage. director Of the Columbia gymnasium His
report says that Harvard has won the champion
ship, with total ct 7i,5s6,1 points. Columbia is
second with 7e6iST: Minnesota third With IS Sis
and Amherst fourth. with 6S,S07i
These figures, especially in the cases of Harvard
and Minnesota, show great Improvement and are
a great surprise TO the Columbia men who ex-
years BY wirni1s the championship again. A
a total Of 2.36a,s, r. c. Hall, of Harvard with
2,2ss.8 points, is second. and III. A. Varnum OF Am
herst. third. with 1889 points. Three more Har-
ward men interviews before Nelson W. Willard with
81 points, takes seventh place for Columbia
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
CHANGES ~ BOHEuT4N spRIyGs.

vienna May 1.-THE hot springs at replitz,
hohehlla' aellVered water OF reddish brown color
yesterday The water was perrneated with iron and
ochre. Biologists attribute this phenomenon TO the
snaKng OF the subterranean sources OF the springs
tons in the West Indies VIII ~ n,re,Iiar phenomennn
Was reSofqed at Teplitz on November 155, shortly
after the Lisbon earthouake
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
RUTLAND SELLS DOWN.

Rutland preferred. following the publication Of
fhs quarterly report, showing an increase in the
osfct Of $3.50 sold down 10 a on the Stock Ex-
change yesterday, decline OF IA points from
Thursdays closing price. The close was 81 q
loss OF points Much OF the selling was of
stock which had been carried in loans OF 81. Law
renee and Adirondack 100 shares sold az 80.
a. net decline Of \ per cent No statement ves
issued yesterday by the Meyer interests.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
OFFER TO EXCHANGE SrOC6.

notice has been issued to the stockholders OF
the General Carriage Company Of New-Jersey Civ
them an opportunity to exchange their stock for
that of the Manhattan Transit Company, newly
organized in this State. The latter company Is to
issue 100000 nifty year per cent gold mortgage
psny in Forty-seventh-st. and Second-aye Stock IL
70 be exchanged share for share. with an exchange
fee OF y a share. The shares of the Manhattan
stock issued on an authorized capital OF slOOo. 600
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
PILLAGE At ST. PIERRE.

Fort de France. Island Of Martinique. May
16.--The French cruiser Suchet sails from here
tomorrow with the principal local authorities
who will be landed at 81. Pierre, proceed to
the northern part OF the island, in the direction
of Basse Pointe, and thoroughly investigate
the situation. IT is feared that pillege is ram
pant there. Fifty robbers. arrested at ST Pierre
have been sentenced 10 five years imprison-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
SUFFERING IN ST. VINCENT.
HUNDRED PEOPLE REPORTED
DEAD AND FIVE THOUSAND DESTITUTE.

Washington, May 16-Late this afternoon the
Navy Department received unsigned cable
dispatch dated at st. Lucia to-day. and ap-
parently from Lieutenant Mccormick. OF the
Potomac. II read as follows:
Island St Vincent devastated north of line
GEORGETOWN east Chateau Bear west. Suf-
ferers, country people. Dead. LOO; destitute
5000. Immediate relief supplied by local govern =
ment. Destitution will continue several months
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
THE ST. LAWRENCE CLUB.

An interesting account of the formation
aud prospects of the 50. Lawrence Club, I'm
this city. composed of men who have come
from 81. Lawrence County. y. Y. This article
will be illustrated With pictures OF many of
the members. aud by views typical st.
Lawrence scenery and the Thousand Islands.
In to-mOrrow's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

will he Interested In story Of the career
of the Rev. Or. William Miller Paxton, for
ter ysnrs president of the faculty of the
prtnceson Theological Seminary. with sncc-
dotes of hfs experiences with the students
and q picture of the entire faculty of the
seminary. in tc-morrow's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

The Carroll men likely also 70 have the
support of Frank j. Goodwin. Of the IXth
Cookers fiat refusal 10 come back to New
York and protect his friends has taken the
fight out of many OF them. who would like TO do
battle with Carroll. but dare not Feeling that
Croker will not return. they will cast in their
fortunes with the big side, knowing that the
practical results will be even more fruitful nd
gratifying under Carroll than under Croker.
Carroll put in a hard days work yesterday
and last night and the net result was landing
Patrick II. Keahon, the boss truckman. leader OF
the With District. Keahon is particularly
handy asset, for the reason that his Assem-
big district is in the ney XIth Congress Dis
resent Mr.. Belmont has been stanch friend
OF Lewis Nixon Croker arbitrarily nomina ted
him for Congress in the district he now repre-
sents, and Mr. Belmont is anxious to stay in
Congress. With KeahOn and Barney" Martin
on his side. Carroll will boss the XIth Congress
District, and if Mr.. Belmont returns to Con-
Gress II will be because he does the right
thing by Mr. Carroll.
The election OF ex-Mayor Van WICK as grand
sachem of Tammany Monday night is looked
upon as virtually an accomplished fact already
Richard CrOkerS Endorsement Of him. in all the
circumstances, is regarded a first blood" vic
tory FOR Carroll and his friends and will give
the Carroll men additional prestige if there is
any struggle over the Chairmanship Of The
finance committee on Thursday morning next
Many Of the district leaders are against the
continuance If Andrew Freedman on the finance
committee. There is loud demand for the re-
moval Of Mr.. Freedman. He and Carroll had
not spoken for two years until week
ago. when Freedman, discovering the drift of
affairs in the organization, became friendly
toward Carroll
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
FRENCH Masterpieces,

page of half tone reproductions Of ma :
terpieces now on exhibition In Paris = the
annuni salon of the Society Of French Arts
In to-morrcw's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
RI RHER

The rubber industry of NBugstuck. Conn,
with description of the processes employed
and photographs of the interior of the mills.
in to-morrpv's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
THE FREE REPUBLIC OF CuHA.

pnEr of pictures illustrating men and
places which will he prominent st the forth
coming installation of Palma the first
President of Cubn, which takes place next
week. in morrow's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
Mr.. cHoArE TO AMERICAN oARsugy

Washington Nav is.-Ambassador Choate has sd-
vised the State Department that the Lord Chief
Justice of Ireland desires II known that any Ameri,
can crew visiting Ireland for the purpose Of com
peting in the International rowing contest. to be
held in Cork in Juy will be boarded free of charge
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
A "sLAr" FROM A SENIOR

IL :" s'S" .hht n junior is elected TO N secret
s"c'c,s' ms ceremony takes place mt Yale
on what is called ..rn, n,x" pictures OF
thts pee"iinr ceremony and of some of the
Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

The total of the fund of the Chamber of Com
merce Is s. 42s %. than $3.50 being added
yesterday. The Alliance Francaise has received
S5S5 S5.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
NOW HAS $4,000 FOR RELIEF.
THE FUND FOR THE VEST INDIAN SUFFER-
Frs MATERIALLY INCREASED
YESTERDAY

Nearly $50, c0o had been placed in the hands OF
Cornelius y. Bliss. OF the national relief
committee. up 20 yesterday afternoon for the relief
Of the survivors of the volcanic eruptons the
islands OF Martinique and St. Vincent. This
amount made up as follows
Previously acknowledge 1872 IS
committee - II 77a %
Received through Chamber Commerce........
Additional through Chamber "
Merrharts' Association $40
Total ........-....... s4S 24s 45
In addition, checks were received up TO 2;i5 p. m.
that aggregated nearly s5co0 but these suhscrip-
tons will be credited 20 to-day's list Mr.. Bliss
also received p letter from John u Archbold Of
the Standard OIL Company. informing him that the
company had sent $500 worth OF supplies direct
Fort Dc France from ITS depots at San Juan, Porto
Rico
Some OF the subscriptions which have been made
20 the various funds are follows.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
A GIFT FROM BRITISH QUEEN.

London, May 1G.-Queen Alexandra has sent
800 (S2,5OD TO the Mansion House West Indian
relief fund.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
WOMEN ASK PERMIT FOR MEETING.

WOMEN ASK PERMIT FUR MEhIIN'T'
Three women called the Mayors office yester-
day to try 10 get permission to hold mass meet
ing tonight in jefferson Square 10 protest against
she price Of meats.
The delegation consisted Of Mrs. Pauline Finkel,
Of Nc 45l Grand-st.; Mrs Clara Kern Of No. 1919
Madison-st. and Mrs. Caroline Schurgberg OF No.
2o4 East Broadway. They were unable to see the
Mavor he at the meeting OF the Board OF
Fsffuste Secretary Reynolds told the women te
&c 10 roliee Headquarters for the permit. They
sad they wanted the Mayor instruct the Police
commissioner that they should not he mOlested
while holding the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17

Washington, May 16.-secretary Moody has
received the following cable dispatch from Com
mander T. c. Mclean Of the Cincinnati:
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-19

This was done and the plot put in
mind the roots very much; but toward
fall the sprouts became very trouble
aor1c. The corn did not amount to
much, but nevertheless we resolved to
try the same method on another piece
OF ground the next spring; 50 we hired
five acres 'haeked Off We cleared
this land of all trash. broke it up
thoroughly with root cutter ploW,
planted it to corn, and cultivated it
promptly. | never saw sprouts grow
like those. hired help and tried to
keep them down, but in spite OF us
the field was thicl<ly set with them
when the corn was harvested. The
ground was sown to wheat and seeded
down to timothy At harvest time the
bushes were so thick in the wheat that
it was impossible to save nearly all
the crop.
After a year the shrubs had grown
so much that we decided to grub the
land and plant it to corn. | set to
work Grubbing out all the smaller
stubs and many of the larger ones, but
it was hard job and cost me nearly
as much as if | had had it grubbed iii
the first place. The land was farmed
to corn ard wheat again and seeded
down to clover. | now felt rather Sc
cure, but those sprouts were determin-
ed to grow in spite of me, and soon
became SO bad that | decided to grub
the land again and do it thoroughly.
SO | set to work, but soon realized
that | had an elephant on hand. Still
| stuck to it, taking everything out
that | could get out with any reason
able amount of labor, and some of the
excavations were large enough to bury
4 calf.-Edward E. Higgins, in The
Epitomist.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-19
ECONOMY IN FARM HELP.

The farmer who hires help to per-
form work that he or his boys have
ample time to do, is not economical
unless the hired help can do so much
more or SO much better work than the
employer, that to work with him would
be but hindrance to him for the old
saying is that "the slowest horse sets
the pace for the team" and we have
seen two men doing less than one
could have done alone. because the
hired man did not feel 1t right to
work faster than the "boss." But
there is another system of false econ
omy that Is much more frequently
seen, which Is the failure to employ
help when 1t Is needed. Sometimes
this is unavoidable because in farm
Ing section help cannot always be OBJ
tanned at days notice, but the far
mer should foresee these things and
provide for them. There are times
when one days work of two men will
accomplish as much as four days work
for during the last three days
the weeds may be destroying
the crop or the crop may be losing
in value. Not to employ help at such
time is to lose more than the wages.
1t Is better to call out fire company
to save the building than to lose it by
one man working alone. 1t is better
for the farmer to employ some one
to help him few days than to over
work so that he must spend a week or
month on the sick bed. To make
the story short, it is better to have a
little more help than is needed to do
the work than little less than enough
to do it well. In cotton mills they
used to have what was called a spare
hand" who did not work half the
time some days, but who was compe-
tent to fill the place of any man sick
or absent in any department. He
might not be called upon to work more
than a few hours in the week, bu his
wages were as high as any other of
the help, and higher than many. The
farmer should be the spare hand
himself when possible.-American Cul-
tivator.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-19
CLEARING LAND,

One of the hardest problems that
often confronts a farmer is clearing
the soil of the dense growth of trees
and underbrush that cover the greater
portion of all the older states. Thus
far it seems to be a problem that can
be met and solved only by hard
manual labor assisted by persistent
steadfastness of purpose. 1t seems to
take the greater part of an active life
time to clear two hundred acre farm,
and arrange it with a comfortable
home.
When we have land to clear we
should do it thoroughly. The first
cost of a well done job may be slight
ly more than one that is poorly done,
but the one that is done right will
prove to be the cheapest in the long
run. Several years ago we wanted to
clear two acres of ground, and not
having the means to hire it grubbed,
and being somewhat crowded with
work, we decided upon the recommen-
dauon of neighbors, to hack" it Off.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-19
Strange Diseases.

Lombardy is the one place where
pellagra is always prevalent-that
mysterious modern ailment due to
eating damaged maize, which since
1898, when it was first noticed, is COM
puted to have been responsible for the
death of more than 100000 peasants.
Mandalay ringworm, again is known
and dreaded throughout Burma; but
even the most ignorant Burmese is
aware that it cannot be contracted out
side the ancient capital. Similarity,
"Rock" fever is confined to Gibraltar;
although it is probable that the all
ment known as Maltese fever, which
can be contracted only in Malta, and
there only in the spring and autumn,
is closely allied to it. Aleppo evil,
too. is Unknown in any of the other
cities or Asia Minor; just as the Delhi
boil. so dreaded to our soldiery, is con-
fined to Delhi-Chambers Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1902-07-19
LlFE'S MIRROR.

There are loyal hearts, there arc
spirits brave,
There are souls that are pure and
true;
Then give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back to you.
Give love. and love to your life will
flow,
A strength in your utmost need;
Have faith, and a score of hearts will
show
Their faith in your word and decd
Give truth. and your gift will be paid
in kind,
And honor will honor meet;
And a smile that is sweet will surely
find
A smile that is just as sweet
For life is the mirror Of king and
slave,
Tis just what we are and do:
Then give to the world the best you
have,
And the best will come back to you.
Madeline S. Bridges.