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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
souFR1ERE STILL ACTIVE.
No One Able to Approach Within
Eight Miles of New Crater.

Kingston, Island of St. Vincent. B. w.
l., Tuesday May 13.-No person has yet
been able to approach within eight miles
of the new crater of the Soufriere vol
cano But. judging from what can be
seen from considerable distance, the
old lake at the summit of the mountain
has disappeared. The numerous assures
of the mountain sides continue to throw
out vapor and the subterranean murmur-
ings and tremblings indicate continued
unrest. During the afternoon of Monday
a dense volume of steam and smoke
rose from the volcano and the whole
island was covered by peculiar mist.
The inhalation of noxious vapors here
is increasing the spread Of sickness. An
ambulance corps from the island OF Bar
bados has arrived here. Starvation
threatens the poorer classes OF the af-
ficted district. Nearly every remaining
negro hut in the Garth country contains
decayed bodies and the horrible stencil
is driving people away. Mutilated
bodies are tied with ropes and dragged
to the trenches where they are buried.
Some times bodies are cremated. The
local government is feeding and sheltering
about 5000 refugees. Subscriptions for
the relief of the sufferers are being raised
in all the British West Indies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
CURRY SEES ALFONSO
RoosEvELT's LETTER TO SPAN
IsH KING PRESENTED.
Envoy from RE United States Re
ceives an Extremely Cordial
Greeting from the Royal
Family of Spain.

Madrid, May 15.-The United States spe-
cial envoy to the coronation of King
Alfonso, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, presented
this morning President Roosevelt's letter
to his Majesty. as follows:
Great and Good Friend:-In the name
of and in behalf of the government and
the people of the United States, desire
to present their sincere Fluctuations on
the occasion of your Majesty's major
ity and to assure you of their friend
ship and good wishes for the welfare of
your Majesty and your Majesty's people.
/ trust your life will be long and happy
and that your reign will live in the af-
fections of youc people and bless them
with peace prosperity and happiness and
1 pray God to have you in his safe and
holy keeping,
Your good friend. Roosevelt"
The Marquis of Villalobar. a former
Secretary of the Spanish Legation at
Washington, and an old friend OF DR..
Curry, who has been appointed to attend
the United States envoy while IN Madrid,
called for the doctor at Ills a. m. and
drove with him to the palace in royal
landau where the envoy was ACCORDED
court yard. DR.. Curry and Mr. .Simpktns,
the Secretary of the Madrid Embassy of
the United States, were ushered into the
royal reception hall Immediately after
the papal nuncio and before all the Other
ENJOYS The Queen Regent gave DR.. Cur
ry an extremely cordial welcome. The
United States envoy said:
THE President of the United States
gladly avails himself of this method Of
showing the friendly regard which he
has for the government and people OF
Spain. He is confident that this mission
will strengthen the cordial relations now
happily subsisting between the two coun-
tries"
DR.. Curry added. addressing the Queen
Regent:
Il hope 1t will not be considered i'm
proper to say that. by your personal and
official conduct, your Majesty has pound
the intelligent and good of all other
peoples with strong bonds OF admiration
and regard"
The Queen Regent listened to the adj
dress with an expression of keen pleas
ure. and then in a charming way she
recalled DR. Curry's previous stay, az
Minister of the United States at Madrid.
DR.. Curry handed President Roosevelts
letter to the King, who smiled and said
in English: II am glad to see YOU You
were here when l was born.
The United States envoy was then pre-
scented to the Princess of the Austrias
(Princess Charles of Bourbon Sicily,
the eldest sister of the King, who said
she remembered DR.. Curry. The Queen
Regent inquired after Mrs. Curry. who
will be received by their Majesties to-
morrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
DEAD BEING BURNED.
Funeral Pyres Light the Streets of
Desolated St. Pierre.

New York. May 15.-In the destroyed
city of st. Pierre the work among the
ruins is being continued in an unsatis-
factory manner. says a Fort De France
dispatch to The Herald.
The dead are being burned, the pyres
being fed with petroleum and tar. Great
fires are kept going, which at night light
up the entire island. and which. being
seen at st. Lucia. led to the belief that
Fort De France had burned
Although thousands have been burned,
many still remain to be cremated.
Searches while walking through the
ashes often step upon what appears to be
a charred pillar of stone only to learn
as 1t yields gruesomely under foot that
1t Ia the trunk OF another unfortunate.
Some of the walls of the houses that
still stand crumble and fall at the touch
Some idea of the terrible heat that pour
ed down from Mont Pelee may be had
when it is known that the iron rollers
of the Prinolle sugar mills melted as
though they had been put through a
furnace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
THE IRON MARKET.
Review of Conditions by The Iron
Age.

s- age.
New York, May 15-Our monthly blast
furnace statistics, says The Iron Age,
today brings out one very interesting
fact. 1t Is that for the first line in the
history of the industry, we have reached
the enormous output of over 1900 900
gross tons in a month. If nothing hap
pens to disturb the regular running of
the furnaces and If the old stacks now
getting ready and the new ones building
get into line. as expected, we may reach
a production of IS, 900, 600 tons this year in
spite of the fact that we did not attain
that rate during the first quarter.
The stocks in the hands of furnaces
which are sellers in the open market
have declined to 635S3 tons for coke and
anthracite iron 2,276 tons for charcoal
iron, or hardly two days supply for the
former.
The scarcity of raw material, inter-
mediate products and finished iron and
steel continues. and there are reports of
foundries and mills closing down on that
account. Yet for distant delivery there
is no disposition on the part of buyers
to contract at anywhere near present
prices for prompt iron.
In the South is presented a curious
spectacle in a disagreement among the
associated makers of pig iron. Some of
them have decided to abandon the posi-
tion Of trying to keep the market steady
by quoting SIP for further deliveries when
iron is selling at SIS. SIG or more for No.
2 at Birmingham for prompt delivery.
There have been few noteworthy trans
actions in pig iron. The latest transac-
lions were at SO for earlier delivery and
at 1850 for the last months of the year.
continue.
The price for billets Is $50 to 5000. ex-
ship. Quite a good deal of structural
work is still coming up. The anthracite
coal strike may cause some blowing out
of furnaces in the Lehigh and Schuylkill
An interesting transaction in
the rail trade Is the sale of 10000 tons
of 100-pound rails for the subway in this
city at almost entirely for 1903 delivery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
GREENE AND GAYNOR IN HANDS
OF SERCET SERVICE OFFICERS

F. Gaynor and Captain w. d. Greene.
the two contractors indicted In Georgia
In connection with the Savannah frauds
The extradition Of wealthy Americans in
Quebec had in the past been attended
with a 81 eat deal of difiiculty and 10 Mr..
Erwin, following out a plan Of action
devised to secure possession Of the two
men, laid his information in the Montreal
courts. The pursuit Of the tug Spray by
the Quebec authorities IL probably due
to a misunderstanding Of the situation,
owing to the quick arrest there. The pro-
vincial police at Quebec evidently think
Gaynor and Greene were kidnapped by
American officers.
Donald McMaster, counsel for the
United States Government. who planned
and directed the arrest. returned from
Quebec this evening. "A legal arrest was
made in a legal way" he said. "Gaynor
and Greene are wanted here to answer
to charge laid before an extradition
commissioner. The people in Quebec who
are raising SO much fuss must misunder-
stand the whole thing. There has been
no kidnapping
The Spray passed Sorel at u:45. She Il
due here about $3.50 a. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
THE HOUSE.

Washington. May 15.-The House today
was plunged into an exciting debate on
the Philippines affair. The naval bill
received only scant attention after the
allegations of Philippines outrages were
presented. A speech by Mr.. Vandiver
(Mo.) reciting instances of alleged out
RACES brought on the discussion. Mr..
Hill Comm replied.
In the course of his remarks. Mr.. Hill
said: 81 came into the hall while the
gentleman from Missouri (Mr Vandiver)
was portraying the outrages that had
been perpetrated by the American soldiers
upon the Filipinos, and / regretted very
much to hear it."
Frightful Torture Practiced.
Mr.. Hill detailed visit he paid to Gen
eral Smiths headquarters in the Philip
pines. and added: II found the depart
ment of General Jacob II. Smith in peace
and quietness. and yet while that condi-
ton existed this incident actually occur
red: company of Tagalogs. F1lipinos,
the Filipino army. if you choose to call
1t, descended on village of peaceable
Filipinos who chose to carry on their
regular pursuits in peace and quiet and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
TO INVESTIGATE THE NEGRO.
House Committee Orders Favorable
Report on Bill.

Washington, May 15.-The House Com
mittee on Labor today ordered favor
able report on the bill providing for a
commission to inquire into the industrial
condition of the colored people of the
United States
The commission is to be appointed by
the President and is to consist of fiye
members who are to receive $500 per
annum each. The commission is to
make a comprehensive investigation of
the people of the negro race in the
United States, their educational prog
ress and the best means of promoting
harmony between the races In the United
states: said committe to investigate and
report their views concerning the adj
justment of trouble affecting the har-
monious relation of The races.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16

destroyed that village, numbering men.
women and children: and II the gentleman
from Missouri CAdr. vandiver) desires a
speciment OF barbarity. I want to tell
you what they did to loyal Fiiipfnos and
Americans. They took men out and tied
them to ant hills six or eight or ten feet
high and six feet In diameter, filled with
ants that are absolutely ravenous and
eat up everything that they come In con-
tact with They tied these men to ant
hills and allowed them to be eaten to
death by ants. They buried them in the
ground UP TO their necks and allowed
them to be pecked to death by the birds
and eaten by the ants. They took loyal
Filipinos and loyal Americans and cut
them open In the abdomen. taking out q
portion of the bowels and mailing 1t to q
tree and driving them around the tree
with boios while they disemboweled them
selves, and yet you gentleman stand here
and condemn American soldiers for
standing by the men who are loyal to the
American nag and who are suffering such
outrages as these"
Mr.. Vandiver-For the very same kind
Of barbarities which you are now charg-
Ing against the Filipinos.
Mr.. HiIl-Talk about water cure. Fight
your political battles decentiy. Do not
attempt to do 1t by slandering American
soldiers In tho performance Of their duty.
Applause on the Republican side).
Discussion Becomes General.
The Philippines discussion became gen.
eral.
Mr.. Hepburn Ua.) referred to Mr.. VAN
divers service In the Confederacy. and
declared that after thirty-five years Mr..
vandiver could not forget the old days
and the old methods.
He should remember said Mr.. Hep
burn. that the army he attacks Is our
army, that these boys are our boys. That
they have been reared in American homes
and he should not in the House join the
libeIlers and slanderers In traducing our
American soldiers"
The Missouri member, he said. had
seized on every exaggerated story In or
der to attack the American soldiers.
And this Is DONE asserted Mr.. Hep
burn bitterly. Ito secure a miserable. an.
execrable. political advantage"
Mr.. Williams CMass.) asked If Mr.. Hep
burn defended the order to make Samar
a bowling wilderness"
Il believe that Is lie." responded Mr..
Hepburn. 1T believe no American officer
ever made such an order; believe it to
be Islander. pure and simple"
Mr.. Wheeler Ky.) made short and
caustic rejoinder to Mr.. Hepburn. While
agreeing with the iowa member that the
Philippines question should not be turned
to party advantage, he said he wanted to
know why 1t was that men must close
their mouths against cruelty and bar
barity. If there were unworthy members
Of society or of the army, why should
they not be exposed in their unworthi-
ness?
After the Philippine debate had contin-
ued two hours, Mr.. Meyer Ga.) brought
the discussion back to the naval bill.
At o'clock the general debate closed
and the bill was read for amendment.
At 5 o'clock the House adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
La SOUFRIERE
STILL ACTIVE
Scientists Predict Another
Eruption.
PHYSICAL CHANGES MADE
Estate Replaced by an Inlet
From the Sea.
Nearly Two Thousand Deaths Have
Been Reported on st. Vincent.
Hundreds Of Bodies Have
Not Been Inferred.
PHYSICAL CHANGES MADE

Kingston. Island Of st. Vincent. B. w.
L. Monday. May -2.-scientists who have
come here from the British Island Of
Trinidad, predict another volcanic erup-
ton on st. Vincent within a short time.
The damage done to St. Vincent by the
volcanic eruption Is now known to be
considerably greater than was at first
estimated. The present uneasiness Of
the inhabitants Of the islands is increased
by the continuous agitation Of the
volcanic craters. Friday morning.
May Q, large stones and volcanic
dust fell in the neighborhood of
Georgetown for two hours, terrifying the
people there. A cloud of hot vapor then
passed over that port Two eruptions
Of less magnitude than the first occurred
Saturday. May 10. and from then until
today IRE and smoke have been ascend
ing at intervals from the craters.
Interesting discoveries have been made
regarding physical changes on st. Vim
cent resulting from the eruptions. Several
assures have been observed on LaSou-
friere. The estate OF Walibou has dis
appeared and has been replaced by an
inlet Of the sea. Richmond, an estate
adjacant to Walibou, which was formerly
nat and upon which there were several
laborer's cottages. has been completely
burned, and out of the estate there now
arises large ridge Of ground.
1t Is believed that the Rabacci crater
in the windward district OF the island
has also erupted. From . distance La
soufriere, although less violent. still
wears a cap Of dark clouds which IL
lighted every now and then by flashes OF
red light. Volcanic dust fell here again
yesterday, but fortunately there have
been also several heavy rain showers
which have washed away the dust from
the grass and restored the yerdure of the
fields The condition Of the atmosphere
u also apparently. impreyinE.
owing to the destruction OF several
estates, the sugar and arrowreot indus-
tries of st. Vincent are seriously In
jured. Destitution prevails among the
laboring classes, who are without homes.
without clothes and hungry. Nearly 1000
deaths on this island have been reported
Bodies have been discovered In houses in
life-like attitudes, presenting gruesome
spectacles. There are decomposed bodies
in many houses and in order to guard
against disease, 1t probably will be
necessary for the authoritieS TO burn these
dwellings. Hundreds Of bodies have not
yet been inferred.
AS wide areas of ground which former
Iy produced food stuffs have been de-
vastated, there Is today an abnormal
demand for breadstuffs and a consequent
scarcity of food supplies. The prices on
food are advancing The destruction OF
the live stock of the island has also
caused rise In the price of meat A
British warship has arrived here from
Trinidad, bringing provisions for the re-
fIef of the sufferers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
SHOT HER BETRAYER.
Miss Ella King Kills Pat Valentine
Because He Would Not Marry Her

Houston. Tex. May 16.-Pat Valentine,
aged %. was shot 10 death today BY
Miss Ella King Valentine Is alleged by
the girl to have refused to carry out
promise of marriage.
She further alleges that she was eom-
PEELED to leave home. was without work
and could get no satisfaction from VAL
entine, whereupon she shot and Killed
him. The first bullet went through his
heart. Another bullet went wild aud
wounded j. A. Power bystander. Tho
freely about the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
Effort to Settle Strike.

Augusta. Ga, May 16.-An effort is be-
ing made to terminate the cotton mill
strike. now in it's sixth week. A petition
among the King mill operatives
asking that the mill be started again has
already been sisgned by seevral hundred
non-union employees. The union men,
bers are supported by the commissary
at the rate of IS cents per week for each
member of the family, and they express
their determination to remain out as long
as the commissary supplies their wants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16

English onlcer Accused Of Robbing
Sacred Vessels in Ruined Church.
Fort de France, Martinique, May Is, via
Psris.--St- Pierre ID infested with pill!
layers. who are forcing safes. The au-
thorities are taking severe measures.
FIFTY of the shouls have already been
arrested and imprisoned In Fort Dc
France. where the population wanted to
lynch them. The Government has detail
ed troops to guard the ruins with orders
to shoot down all pillagers.
There were 6e3 bodies inferred today,
making q total Of LOO buried thus far.
smoke.
An English ofiicer. accused of robbing
the sacred vessels In the ruins Of q
church. has been taken to st. Lucia on
board the United States cruiser Cincin-
natl and win be placed under arrest there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
ERw1N's PLAN OF BATTLE.
Greene and Gaynor Were Merely
Arrested and Not Kidnapped.

Montreal. May 15-A special to The Ga
zette from Three Rivers says:
THE tug Spray, with Chief Carpenter.
his aides and Colonel Gaynor and Cap
tain Greene. prisoners. nassed Three Riv-
ers at 7:15 o'clock this evening under full
head of steam. Two Quebec policemen
'and two detectives in the ferryboat GIa-
cial attempted to stop the Spray. but be-
fore the ferry reached the middle of the
river the Spray was a hundred yards in
the lead and gaining rapidly. The chase
was kept up for two miles when the ferry
and officers returned to the city"
Marion Erwin OF Macon, Ga, District
Attorney for the Southern District of
Georgia. swore out warrants before Judge
DA-A><A~ calling for the arrest of John
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
The Hartford at New Orleans.

New Orleans, May 15.-The United
States training ship Hartford. Comman-
der w II. Reeder. arrived here today
with six hundred apprentices aboard. The
ship will remain several weeks This Is
her first visit here since Admiral Far
ragut, using her as his flagship. passed
the forts and forced the surrender of
New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
Virginia Carolina CO. Mx
Control Alabama Business
How Own MILLS It 1GontCsnexys
opelika, Mobile and Dothazv
Rspressnting Capacity q
10000 Tons and wnl
build Others. +

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dollars which was contaminated Ire
r,s,,t - Il ~ r,c,s,,,r ~, .S~.,sss
y -. .--, :, q :. -. q 800 D
y neAaiyai So"pAny came INTO po ~
sion OF hve OF the largest fertiiizer pl4u(1s
In Alabama. The company throuSh ~
renresentatives. z, n r<orsen s,.,re,1 e
Z. !. 800. l.s Il (
eenoeh' y - .hui A " ' anu
Exum sales agent Tor this division pq1r-
chased the properties OF the lfontxomefx
rr4rtsI,xa, r.ov,v.nv ~ nkcnt scr,.,x, * =
.,.rA .,,.A :. 49, ..z ~.
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somery' the openka Chemical Company
Of Opelika, the Mobile Phosphate and
Chemical Companv Of Mobile ana thS
p..,a. <.,....--,. !. ,,..x 81 ' rs.
4A' - Soln ~ - a1 N NJ
Inc pant OF the latter company =
process of construction and will be pushed
rauidlv TO completion. The totsl -.
49,. s-s.s,--- ~s--... % ~. z { Al
''.so papaeiss = .s'e A 49, In a.
quired yesterday BY the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company Is 10000 tons year.
This With tba topna~e canaritv II ~
$500 |, d. ~.
'patiy - sao'As ''vl0'Ase - -
VIII make the total output % the COM
pany's factories 10000 tons per year. Last
wear the totaI fertiIixer ,,sed in Aiabauna
49, y
"ss As'o0V 'ohs
Messrs boroen ana Exum nave neen ~
Montgomery several days ana have spent
,nnch ~ that t,n,. II, sarssr.,,,,. xvst,. /
~ z psI-s, ard rt,s,- pss~~~ go
nr,,,as 40 No, .s-s,,,,.~,, 1,.~t,,-.- &c.,
$500 go ~ 1850. rr~.s,,s-s~ go.
s ~. ..,. ~ .s'-.- y S.-s-r- ~ 49,
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.noica'eu ~ yesser9ay = nns9ltsseE
sne purcnase u .ne aonts olneEy pihnts.t
A. - unoerstooo tnat tne transfer q tne
properly from the Messrs Fei1er g sc
Virs1nia-Caroiinh Cnemieai company VAL
make no change IN the present manaeev
ment. ~ Is said tnaz q. H. Tahefs the
old manager VIII be retained by the DIE
company.
The Montgomery property OF the Vir-
Chemical Company VIII be
greatly improved. Plans for the enlarge
ment of the plants have already been
prepared Messrs Borden and Exum
were Joined here by Dr. p. C. Hoffman
and C. q. Heguenbourg who will remain
here looking after the enlargement OF
the local plants and the increasing Of
their Ecanscitv Or. Hoffmans Is
cra duatel ~ a famous German University
ma ~ ona ~ tba most nrominent acid
a~,,arss 4, tha ITr,ted stafes. de viii.
,.,,th H. us.,,enho,,rg eive his personal
1890, - tra i,,,,rovenent of fha
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
North Carolinians will Dine.

New York. May 15.-The annual dinner
of the North Carolina Society is to be
held at Delmonico's on next Tuesday
evening. There are $50 members of the
society. The chief guests at the dinner
will he General Matt w. Ransom. who
for twenty-four years represented the
State in the United States Senate, United
States Senators Prltchard, Turner.
Simmons and Senator German of Mary
land
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
Mexico WIN Eetablish Legation.

Mexico City. May 1.-THE Mexican Gov
errment will establish a legation at
Havana, accrediting a minister. The
FIRST MINISTER will probably be the present
consul general of this country at the
Cuban capital. Congress has been asked
to make necessary appropriation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
Messages of svmpathv.

London. May 15S-Two messages express
ing sympathy regarding the loss of life
at st. Vincent have been received at the
Foreign Office HERO from the United
States Government. One was private and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
8 500 Dead on 81. VINCENT.

New York. May 16-The Associated
Press has received the following response
from Sir Robert Baxter Llewellyn. Gov
ernor of the Windward Islands. at st.
Lucia. in reply to a dispatch sent Mon
day, May IL. asking the Governor Of the
Islands what were. the present needs Of
the sufferers on St. Vincent:
4ts est. Lucia, May r.
ITO Melville g. Stone. The Associated
Press, New York:
There have been 1880 deaths on St.
Vincent. Three thousand there are in
need of relief The distress must last for
some months. Crackers, salt fish, flour.
cornmeal and foodstuffs generally are
wanted at st. Vincent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16

The Mexican Central Will Avoid the
Colfma Volcano.

Coltma Volcano.
Mexico City. May l5-It il reported that
the Mexican Central Railroad will defect
its line under construction from point
on its Guadalajara division to Man
zanillo so 10 to avoid proximity to the
volcano Of Colima. which has been more
or less active ever since the earthquake
at Chiipancingo II Is regarded as risky
to build the railway within q short dis
lance of the mountain.
There IL much alarm at present among
residents OF Colima. owing to the activity
OF the volcano which Is smoking. There
have been many slight earthquakes ex-
perienced, terrifying the people engaged
in farming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16

Havana. May 1.-THE French cruiser
Tage. which was here for the Inaugural
ton of the new Cuban Republic. received
orders to proceed Immediately to Mar
Unique and left here for that island to-
night.