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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
FELEGRAPH1c MARKET LETTER

Minneapolis, May 17.-With no
cables this morning and the continu-
ance of rains through the northwest
quite liberal buying was resumed on
the curb as well as around the open
ing. There has also been considerable
selling by the southwest on a more
promising outlook which may continue
well into next week. Shipments this
week were 5.172,OO0 against 1902, 900
the same week a year ago, and since
July l, 1901, to date have exceeded
those during the same period the year
previous by over 4O,OO0,O00 bushels.
There were SO cars here and Duluth
against III a year ago. We still feel
that the short side is altogether too
popular. and that when there is a let
UP of bearish news, there will be some
scrambling to cover.
Corn was seemingly without friends
although some pretty fair lines were
taken on the scale down. The oppor-
tunity has been presented to cover
short grains easily, by the long side.
We can see nothing further than these
small recessions by short selling and
liquidation Chicago again received
but 40 cars with prospects of much
smaller receipts the coming week.
Oats have held surprisingly firm con-
sidering the selling in them as well
as corn and wheat. There must be a
tremendous short interest to eventually
{ cover. A very slim scalping market
is quite probable, especially as long as
the weather continues sosllnsettled.
Provisions Withstood quite little
selling pressure this morning, but it
was OF very short duration. Some of
the most active operators are absent
which is the cause of the indifference
shown in that pit Packers compared
with week ago have materially in
creased their long line without mater
tally boosting prices. The outside
interests are resting easy
THE COE COMMISSION co.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
Stock Market Affected.

New York May 17.The decision of
the anthracite miners to make their
strike permanent carried prices down
sharply throughout the list when trad
ing commenced. The sales of $500
shares Of Reading caused a drop of
u ss in that stock and the price receded
fraction further. There were losses
of to IL in Delaware and Hudson
Pennsylvania, Reading second pre-
ferred, st. Paul, Union Pacific, Atchi-
son, Canadian Pacific and Cotton Oil
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17

ne said, .but we, who had looked upon
the volcano as harmless, did not be-
slieve that it would do more than spout
fire and steam as it had done on other
occasions. 1t was little before 8
O'Clock on the morning Of May 8 that
the end came.
was in one of the fields of my es
tate when the ground trembled under
my feet, not as it does when the earth
quakes, but as though terrible strug.
gle was going on within the mountain.
AS l stood still, Mont Pelee seemed
to shudder and a moaning sound is
sued from it's crater Then there was
a rending, crashing, grinding noise. It
was deafening and the flash of light
that accompanied it was binding.
1T was like terrible hurricane, and
where a fraction of a second before
there had been a perfect calm, I felt
myself drawn into vortex.
The mysterious force levelled a
FEY OF trees near by, leaving bare a
space OF ground Is yards wide and
more than 100 yards long. Dos ~
Immense Cloud Buries St. Pierre.
"Aboye Mont Pelee's apex, a great
black cloud formed which reached high
in the air. 1t literally fell upon the
city of st. Pierre.
From the cloud came explosions
that sounded as though all of the ma
vies of the world were in combat
Lightning played in and out in broad
forks
"That St. Pierre. was doomed, I
knew, but was prevented from see
ing the destruction by spur of the
hill that shut off the view of the city.
1T is impossible for me to tell how
long stood there. Probably it was
only few seconds. When I recovered
possession of my senses, ran to my
house and collected the family, all OF
whom were panic-stricken. l hurried
them to the sea shore, where we board
ed a small steamship, in which we
made the. trip in safety to Fort dc
France.
| IT know that there was no flame in
| the first wave that was sent down on
st. Pierre It was heavy, gas-like
| fire damp, and it must have asphyxiat
ed the inhabitants before they were
touched by the fire, which quickly fol
| lowed. AS we drew out to sea in the
small steamship, Mont Pelee was in
| the throes of a terrible convulsion
New craters seemed to be opening al
about the summit and lava was flow
ing in broad streams in every direc
ton. My estate was ruined while WE
were still in sight of it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
BY SMALL MAJORITY.
Mine Workers Vote in Favor of Con-
tinuing Strike.

Mine Workers Vote in Favor of Con-
tnuing Strike.
Hazleton, Pa, May 1.-THE anthra-
cite mine workers have decided to con-
tinue the strike of the 145,000 men
against the mine owners and to fight
it out to the bitter end. The vote to
continue the suspension was as fol-
lows: Total vote cast, S11; for strike,
461A; against strike, 349A; majority
for strike, Ill ".
President Mitchell, however, in COM
pliance with the rules of the United
Mine Workers, announced to the pub
lie that the action of the convention
was unanimous.
The step taken, after the miners had
practically considered the matter for
two months, has wiped out the uncer-
tainty of the situation, and it is freely
predicted that the most serious labor
struggle in the history of the country,
if not the world, is about to begin.
This is the view taken by nearly every
miner.
While the leaders are cautious and
will not forecast their actions, it is not
unlikely that the miners fight will be
carried into the bituminous coal re-
gions and into other fields of industry
Mine workers for 18 months have
been looking forward to the strike that
is now upon them.
They have saved their money and
are considered to be in better shape
for a fight than thew were in the great
strike of 1900. That struggle ended
in the mine owners giving the men
a 10 per cent advance after a six
weeks suspension.
The operators are on record as being
unalterably opposed to granting the
men any concessions and they have
personally informed the mine work
Sers' leaders of the fact.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A college building collapsed at LIE.
lerida. Spain, and many pupils were
buried in the ruins. The director and
i've children perished.
Cornelius N. Bliss, national treas.
urer of the West Indies relief fund,
announces that he has received a to.
tai of $54,293 for the relief work.
The Mobile (Ala.) city council has
adopted an ordinance and made an ap,
preparation for the determination OF
the mosquito by kerosene and parafine
oil. s5 OK 3SS sE5 ss.s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
CnIcauo 1ra,iI' a1o. PROVISIONS.

Chicago, May 16.-Wheat May,
745kc; July, 747s @75c; Sept, 72M q
73c; Dec, 74@74Ac. Corn-May
6O7ac; July, 61A @61%c; Sept, 69%c;
May (19O3), 467ac. Oats-May, 43c;
July, 34A@345sc; Sept, 291sc; Dec,
29ss Pork May, $1722K; July,
$17.35; Sept, s17.45. Flax Cash,
Northwestern, $1.77; Southwestern,
$l6O; May, $1.6O; Sept, $1.4s; Oct,
dairies, 18@2Oc. Eggs-15Ac. Poul.
try Turkeys, 10@12c; chickens, 12c.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT.

The crops are ruined, nothing green
can be seen, the streets Of Georgetown
are numbered with heaps Of ashes re-
sembling snowdrifts and ashes rest so
heavily on the roofs that in several
cases they have caused them to fall in
There will soon be 5000 destitute per
sons in need of assistance from the
government, which is already doing
everything possible to relieve the suf-
ferers. There are hundred injured
people in the hospital at Georgetown,
gangs of men are searching for the
dead or rapidly burying them in
trenches and all that can be done un-
der the circumstances is being ac-
compished.
The British cruiser Indefatigable
brought 25 tons of supplies here and
returned to the Island of Trinidad for
more.
The governor Of the Windward isl
ands, Sir Robert Llewellyn, is here,
supervising the work of the authori-
ties.
While the outbreak of the volcano
on the Island of Martinique killed
more people outright, more territory
has been ruined in st. Vincent, hence
there is greater destitution here.
Injured Severely Burned.
The injured persons were horribly
burned by the hot grit which was driv-
en- along with tremendous velocity.
Twenty-siX persons who sought refuge
in a room 10 feet by IL were all killed.
One person was Drained with huge
stone nine miles from the crater.
Rough. coffins are being made to re-
ceive the remains of the victims. The
hospital here is filled with dying peo-
pie. Fifty injured persons are lying
on the floor Of that building, as there
are no beds for their accommo odation,
though cots are being rapidly con-
structed Of boards.
1t is estimated that the sea has en-
croached from 10 feet to two miles
along the coast near Georgetown and
that asection of the north of the isl
and has dropped into the sea. This
is apparently verified by the report OF
the French cable ship Fourier Quer-
tier that soundings now show seven
fathoms, where before the outbreak
there we're thirty-six fathoms Of water.
Lieutenant BENJAMIN B. Mccormick,
commanding the United States steam
er Potomac. now in these waters, has
called on Governor Llewellyn and Of
fered him the sympathy of the United
States and any assistance he is able
to render. The Potomac has also land
ed what she can spare OF her food
stuff S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
{ COLLISION ON THE 500.
Passenger and Freight Collide While
Going Full Speed.

passenger anu fTSt9ne SoIiioS WHiiS
Going Full Speed.
Rhinelander, Wis, May. 17.--Passen-
ger train No. "a on the $500" line col
snded with a through freight near Penn
.bine, demolishing both engines and
injuring four men, one, Engineer Mea-
ger. probably will not recover.
The others injured are the conductor
of the passenger train, the engineer
of the freight and the news agent on
the passenger. a
The trains came together when both
were going at full speed and the COM
pact was SO great that both engines
were badly wrecked, the passenger
engines boiler being torn from Its
trucks and fastenings.
The passenger train. which was a
light one, consisting Of three cars, was
thrown from the rails. The cause Of
the wreck could not be learned.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
Montana Girl Saves a Train.

Miles City. Mon, May II Mary Pc
den. 15 years Of age, has prevented
what might have proven a serious rail
way disaster four miles from this city.
She saw a bridge on fire on the North
7ern Pacific road and, knowing that a
passenger train was almost due, she
rushed to the stable, mounted a horse
and galioped in q race against time to
the station here. She arrived as the big
train came In sight. She notified the
agent who held the train four hours.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
TO REPEAT DISASTER.
Prophet Declares ST. Pierre Will Have
Second Visitation.

Elgin, Ills, May 17.-Dr. William G..
Todd, a somewhat well-known prophet,
says that the disaster at st. Pierre and
eruption of the volcano at Mont Pelee
will be repeated on or about June s..
He associates the recent eruption with
the new moon, which appeared on that
date, and says that the coming Of an
other new moon on June will find the
crust of the earth in the vicinity Of
Mont Pelee in such a shattered condi-
tion that the eruption will be inevita-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
In No immediate Danger.

r. Jung, Lord Pauncefote's physician,
when asked regarding his patients
condition. said: with each attack he
has some new complication. The out
look is not SO bright, but he is dis,
tinctly in no immediate danger
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, May 16.- Cattle Choice
butcher steers, $6.40@6.75; choice
butcher COWS and heifers, $5.25@5.50;
good to choice veals, $4.25@5.25.
Hogs-$6.75@7.10. Sheep Good to-
choice, $5.25@5.75; lambs, $5.50@6.25.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
TOLD BY a SURVIVOR.
Graphic Description Of the Destruction
q of ST. Pierre.

settS 6SoetUVKtUIt
Of ST. Pierre.
&. New York, May M. Albert, own
er and manager Of the LaGarrane es-
tate, which lay about a mile northeast
of the crater Of Mont Pelee, has Just
arrived here with his family on the
steamship Canada from Martinique,
cables the Port Of Spain lTrinidad)
correspo OF The Herald. He tells
2 story Of q marvellous escape from
death.
Mont Pelee had given warning of
the destruction that was to come
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
Fort de France Threatened.

Paris, May ia private telegram
received here, via La Guayra, Venezu-
ella, says Fort de France (Martinique)
is seriously threatened by the volcanic
disturbance
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City, Ia, May 16.--Cattle
Beeves, S600@6.65; cows, bulls and
mixed, $2.50@5.50; stockers and feed
ers, S3.G0@4.50; calves and yearlings,
$2.75@4.40 Hogs-$6.S0@715.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
FIERCE BATTLE

FIyE NEGROES AND FIVE POLICE
MEN KILLED IN "A BATTLE AT
3 ATLANTA TODAY ALTON
! so TAKES OATH.
& Atlanta, Ca, May 17.-Five police
men and five negroes were killed this
morning at Pittsburg, suburb of At
lanta, in a battle, the result of an at
tempt to capture the negroes who had
waylaid and held up policeman.
A company of militia and the entire
police reserve was called out and as
sisted in restoring order. An entire
block of negro houses were burned to
drive out the parties wanted.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
THE MARKETS.

Opening, Range and Close. Of Grain
Prices at Minneapolis, Chicago and
Duluth.
Furnished by Coe Commission Co.. First
National Bank building, who have direct wires
to Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago.
MAy17g 1902
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
OFFER Of Of The KAISER
Kaiser Wilhelm Proposes to Erect
Monument to Frederick the Great
at Washington.
Emperor's Noted Ancestor Frequently
Referred to as Friend. Of Ameri-
can Republic.
German Ruler Informed by the Presi-
dent that Matter Will be Sub
mitted to Congress.

Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, May IL
The German emperor Wednesday, May
IA, telegraphed as follows to the pres
ident of the United States at Washing
ton:
II am still under the deep impress
sion created by the splendid and cor
dial reception of my brother, Prince
Henry, by the citizens of the United
States of America. In the speeches
with which he was greeted the fact
was often mentioned that my ancestor,
friendly attitude toward the young
American republic during the course
of her formation, thereby laying the
cornerstone of the friendly relations
which have always existed between
our two countries. The examples set
me by the great king, intend to fol-
low. wish to commemorate the visit
of Prince Henry by gift to the people.
of America, which | request you to ac-
cept in their name. intend to pre-
| sent a statue in bronze of Frederick
the Great to the United States to be
erected in Washington on place
|
this gift be looked upon as a lasting
sign of the intimate relations which
have been successfully fostered and
developed between our two great ma
| tions"
President RooseveIt's Reply.
President Roosevelt replied Thurs
day, May Is, thanking Emperor Will
lam heartily in the name of the Unit
ed States and saying he would lay the
matter before congress Immediately.
The presidents reply is as follows:
II highly appreciate your grand,
friendly offer. thank you therefor in
the name of the United States. I will
submit it Immediately to congress. It
will no doubt be to the greatest pleas
ure of our people to receive from your
hands statue of the famous ruler and
soldier one of the greatest men of all
times, Frederick the Great; and it is
especially appropriate that the statue
should be erected in the city of Wash
ington, the capital of the republic,
upon the birth of which he looked with
such friendly interest. For this new
proof of your friedly feelings towards
our country I thank you in the name Of
the United States. Your gift will sure
ly be considered here as a new evil
dence of the friendship existing be-
tween the two nations. We hope and
believe that the friendship in the
coming years will become still strong
er. 1t is hopeful sign for the welfare
of all mankind that in the beginning of
this century the American and German
people are working together in a sense
of happy friendship"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
SENT TO THE SENATE.
Nominations for Minister and Consul
General to Cuba.

Washington, May 17.-The presi-
dent has sent to the senate the nomi-
nations of Herbert Goldsmith Squiers
of New York to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to the re-
public OF Cuba and Edward S. Bragg
to be consul general at Havana.
# Carrie Nation Gers Inirry Lays N
Topeka, Kan. May 17.Mrs. Carrie
Nation has been sentenced to 80 days
in prison and to pay a $160 fine by
Judgment Of the district court for
smashing bar fixtures in q saloon In
this city on Feb. 10, 1901.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17

Flax, S1.76; No. 1 hard, 7SB; No. northern,
4 59B No. 2 northern, 1873.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
Congressional Action Unnecessary.

washington, May l7.-PreSldent
Roosevelt has decided upon a site for
the statue of Frederick the Great,
which Emperor William proposes to
present to the people of the United
States. After giving the matter at
tention the president concluded that
no action by congress was necessary,
and that as Frederick was a great
commander it would be most appro-
pirate to place the statue adjacent to
the new war college to be established
in Washington.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-17
MAY II. 1902
CHICAGO.
MINNEAPOLIS
INNEAPOLIS CASH
DULUTH CASH

Flax, 81 .76; Mol hard, 7s; No. northern
76ss-77H; No. 2 northern, 1875.
The colored American., 1902-09-20

dangerous and ineXpedlent that mad9
The black man wholly dependent upon
he success of any ono sDarty for MS
Vell-being as a man and citizen, ana
he logic of events has proven the
yorrectress of our judgment. The
Negro could not then afford, and he
,annot now affolG, to be the serf OF
,ne-half of the American people, and
he sworn enemy of the other hall.
sensible Lewiston of the colored vote
IN economic principles and local issues
) the only key to our future IN the
Iomain of politics. This DIVISION does
,ot mean permanent alliance with de-
nocrats. populis-s and other parties
nor does it mean an abandonment OF
.enuhIicanism. 1t meaIS that the
1lack man must make his ballot an eX-
preston of his own opinions, and not
the registering machine of a boss. II
must he used as an instrument Tor MS
rrotection. 10 reward those who have
zen faithful to his interests. and 10
nupish those who have failed TO keep
+bair DrOmiseS. 1t should be used
conscientiously and feariessly, A bad
renubIican is no better than bad
democrat and they should be placed
in the same box of rejection. The best
men of the parties should have our
cunnort. and we should insist that they
stand or fall upon the record they
D,al,e in the Office to which We elect
| them In local affairs, it is our right
| and duty to stand by the candidates
who will most capably administer thi
duties OF the position he seeks, ana
The colored American., 1902-09-20

black man of the North and the black |
man OF the South are both ION the |
tObOggan." Both are speeding toward
the door marked This way out" The
ColOred American is free to tell the
truth, without fear or favor. 1t is
not the organ of any political party,
and is not controlled or subsidized by
any party managers. For the purpose
of race elevation, one party is as good
as another, if it is true TO the lofty
principles of liberty and equality of
citizenship. The editors of this paper
are republicans, and all of our tenden-
cieS and Ieanings have been toward re
publican policies from our earliest
knowledge of public matters, but we
have always believed that the solid
alignment of the Negro vote with any
one party has been a mistake-a
greviOuS blunder in political tactics.
A vote that is so sure that it is ac-
counted an asset by party, under any
| and all circumstances, cannot main
tain the respect of the party it SloVish-
! ly supports, and will earn the contempt
of the party that it blindly opposes.
| The Negro has been held together on
| sentimental lines purely, and it was
natural that those who led the pro
paganda for freedom should be pre-
ferred when suffrages were asked ID
the several campaigns, although, ia
| many cases, our vote has been given
| unwisely We differ in religion, III
secret societies, in business methods
each reserving the right to hold to oul
individual faiths, but the sentiment
Oh gratitude has preserved almost ar
unbroken front in all matters relating
| tO DoIiticS Me- have denounced as
traitors any Negro who would ospOus'
democracy, and have viewed with sus
piciOn the man who declined to argue
hat a republican badge was necessar.
to admission into Heaven. The Colo:
ed American management believes
fifteen years ago that a policy wa
The colored American., 1902-09-20

rho nolfticaI situation presents little
- is raassuring to the Negro in this
oorprrv. ,,,I AS was said in our last re-
,G" ,,5o~ fhe program of systematic elm
;a,rfoD Of the black man is being car
lied out TO the letter, and 1t is only
question of time when the job VIII
.omnIeted. South Carolina deliver
~ her goods some time ago, as dld
oIso Ionisiana and Mississippi, with
TirpiDfa an apt pupil in the art of dis
s-aTcbisement. The disease was not
% riruIent. however, in its Manifesto
lions until North Carolina took hani
uader the leadership of the most pro
minent ana most powerful republican,
- rne South, and at one fell swooI
tbrn.rIed what was left of the senu
mrnr for political equaIity for all citl
zans When such eminent party mel
as Ex-Congressmen Cheatham an'
OIIara were compelled to Withdraw
The colored American., 1902-09-20
FIELD NOTES.

Cecil Lyon occupies a large area out
side the breastworks of Texas politics.
Col. Pledger wants a contest made
for Congressional districts in Georgia.
Mr.. B. F. Smith, of Kentucky. has
been appointed to a clerkship in the
Pension Office.
The Indianapolis World smiles COM
pIacently when it notes the restlessness
of the colored voters.
The Indianapolis Freeman, once
dved-in-the-wool republican organ. is
out strongly in favor of a division or
the Negro vote, as the best means OF
DoliticaI salvation. The Indiana col
ored men have their opportunity to
settle some old scores It's fall, IL the
managers cannot be good to them.