Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-05-29
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
WEST INDIES DISASTER.

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nent.
Paris stll appears entirely indlf
ferent to the disaster in the west
Indies.
A correspondent cables that Martin
ique relief business is Deirg greatly
overdone.
Governor Moutett of Martinique was
killed In a small launch with party
of scientists.
Looters were shot down by French
troops ut St Pierre while in the act
of robbing the dead.
The bodies of United States Con
sui Prentis and family were found in
the st. Pierre ruins.
Birds and wild animals were strick-
en- with tear and deserted Mount Pelee
days before the explosion.
The total death list for St. Vincent
rs now conBcryatiyely estimated at
1000 by persons on the scene,
Consul Ayme cablcd that st. Pierre
needed no further relief, as supplies
and money on the way were sufficient
Volcanic oruptionB in the West In.
dies are said to have caused the water
at the Austrian hot springs TO run
red.
The steamer Roddams experience
at st, Pierre was told by snip cap
tain at New York The crew had
arms and legs burned off by ashes.
American insurance losses on Mar
Unique are small. st. Vincent risks
were carried by English concerns,
The French held most Martinique
risks.
Mount Pelee Is said to cast yellow
light over ST. Pierre, in which the sea
appears pea green, while vast cloud,
ike great black anvil, hoVcrs above
the valley OF death.
rhe governor of ST. Vincent in a
cable to London reported 900 bodies
buried and nine sugar estates dc
gtroyed. All i've stock on the Wind.
ward islands was killed
Bodies are being burned In a great
funeral pyro at st. Pierre. After OK
animation, physicians think most OF
tho people were killed by n cloud OF
gas that preceded the now OF lava.
Tho French government, through
Ambassador Cambon, formally ex-
pressed Us glalluuU 10 the ,hl,,n
States for the prompt measures taken
10 relieve the suffering in Martinique.
The Carb race, which occupied thol
northern end OF st. Vincent island,
has been practically oXtlnguished. An
old prophecy that the CARDS would be
sacrificed to the fire god is thus full
filed
New crators have appeared in
Mount Peloo. The eruption continues,
but all the surviving residents have
fed from the vicinity. There Is al
constant rain of cindcrs, ashes and
lava.
Instruments in tho government OBJ
servatory at Cheltenham, Md, show
that considerable magnetic dis
turbanco was registered three minutes
after the terrific explosion in st. |
Pierre.
Tho training ship Dixie from New
York reached Fort Dc France with the
Grst relief cargo directly from the
United States. The cargo cost
$50 ,4O395 1t consists of food enough |
for 10000 persons for 3G days
Citizens of Fort de France, Mar |
Unique, were thrown into panic by !
series of explosions ON Mont Pelce. |
A steamer was boarded and prepare
tons were made to lIee A volcanic |
dust shower Is falling upon city and
harbor.
Scientists say that indications point
to further disastrous volcanic crup-
lions on the island of st. Vincent, !
Three luminous spots have been OBJ
served ON the side Of Mount Poiec, !
which are casting iuCandosCont rays, !
and fresh disaster r. feared in Mar
Unique.
Though Mount peleo, according to
the latest reports. continues In erup
ton, It IL claiming few additional vic
Tins, and the scene of greatest vol
Canic danger is now transferred to
Mount Soulrere, st. Vincent, which
is In the midst Of an appalling orup-
ton.
Smoke and flames continually burst
upward to great heights from the
crater of Soufrlere, and among the
mass Is an incessant play of colorod
fire. Dozens of lava streams are
Rowing. Az they reach the sea there
Is tremendous Kissing Ashes from
2 inches to 10 feet deep cover the ISL
and.
Great changes in the surface of the
islands in the Caribbean sea, as we'll
ms In the sea itself. have been made by
the volcanic eruptious in Martinique
and st. Vincent Not only has the
sea sunk to greater depth. but
wide Creyassos are cutting the ial
ands into pieces Part of northern
st. Vincent has dropped into the sea.
There is some abatement In the aw-
full conditions in Martinique, Relief
supplies are now arriving in large
quantities, The United States cruiser
Cincinnati has reached st. Pierre
and Fort de France from Santo DO.
mingo, The collier Sterling, with n