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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
The Ragged Commands.

The, Boer commandos that are coming
in are in rags. but their horses and guns
are in good condition--DiSpatch from
South Africa
The ragged commands are coming In
The ragged commands have fought
their fight:
They have borne unstalned tho Tag OF
the veldt
In the battle with worldwide might.
The ragged commands are coming in.
But clothed in glory that shinas un-
dimmed
In the Darkest Continent.
Tonder,s horseman traveI-stained-
Battle grlmed-but unconquered vet
With a producer name than the kings OF
Prince of the brave-De Wet.
And Botha, too. OF colenso,s ford.
Spion kop and hundred fights
He rides with the air of a Roland of old
AT the head of his band OF knights.
There is a spirit unbroken still.
Bold as a lion to meet the fray.
With the eye of a hawk 10 mark the foe
The dauntless De Ia Reyt
0. the ragged commands are coming in
Coming in from the plains and hills.
With their guns. untaken, yet in their
hands
No tnsel OF rank can outshine this
This tattered hor,espun OF manly men
1t brings 70 our uubelieving days
The Spartan time again.
Better than riches. stronger than power
The soul of a man who dares TO stand
Unmoved. unawed by the hosts Of might
For right and native land!
o, the ragged commands are coming tn
Coming In through Honors door.
And in Gods good time they'll be coming
In to their own once more.
John Jerome Rooney. In New York
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
PREACHED GOSPEL
IN DANCE HOUSES
Death Of Bishop Taylor Recalls
Early Days of California.
WHISKY BARRELS AS PULPITS
The Great Missionary Displayed Cour-
age of the NobIest Type, and Never
Turned Aside from His Work
to Seek Told of Treasure.
WHISKY BARRELS AS PULPITS

POMONA, CAL, June 24-The Metho-
dist F,piscopal Church in California is
holding memorial services for William
Taylor. former Bishop of Africa, and the
first missionary of that church IN TINS
State. who died at Palo Alto on Nay loth.
at the age of eighty-one. he returned
in 1895 to the United States from his Ia
bols of q dozen years Tor the Epoullolis
CT the Methodist Church IN Africa, pro
ken In mind and body, and came at once
to the scene of his earliest missionary
efforts. to make his home here
The late Charles Sturgeon, the famous
London preacher, once wrote that the
most wonderful missionary OF the nine
tenth century was William Taylor
..He is said Mr.. Spurgeon, the Paul
of the age, and his experience in estab-
fishing Methodism on the frontier OF
America, Australia and South AFRICA
have no parallel in church history The
stc,,. of this mans career in the wicked
r7,i,,ine camps, in the wild valleys OF the
Sicr,as and amid the wild tempestuous
life in San Francisco during the early
fst,es is as thrilling as 1lctlon.
William Taylor was born in Virginia
IN 1891 He started for California as a
missionary In 1St9, soon after the dlscov-
erv of gold He took a church in sec
tons with him.
Wien he arrived lawlessness was tnorl-
d,aG IN san Francisco The very day he
sar foot in California two men were shot
deaf, in a, saloon in San Francisco. Muir
dsiers went without trial. Disease and
suffering prevailed among the men who
hid landed in California without a dollar.
.ln all my travels over the world I
Mr.. Taylor used to say, never have
seen such human degradation. sucn woful
immortality and recklessness OF human
life as in San Francisco IN loi9.
M Taylor put up the church with his
own hands. Owing to the high price of
a;I'rin5e If food he and his family SUBJ
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06

sisted on the most mea gre fare. Few mis-
solaries have had to overcome such diff
feculties as he.
TOOK COURAGE
It took courage to preach to the swear
ing drunken crowds that spent their time
in gambling and intoxi cation. Many a
time he was threatened with personal
violence.
L remember one night in the winter of
1S5o-51." said Colonel James Hinckley re-
Gently when Pat Donovans saloon and
dance hall on the bay-front of San Fran
cisco, was in full blast. The boat had
just come down from Sacramento with
lot of young miners each loaded with
gold dust and nuggets. and each plan
ming for a grand debauch in Frisco,
while the yellow stuff lasted.
"A murder occurred early in the eve
ming because of rivalry Of two Yankee
ihaps over a. painted dance hall girl.
The body was hauled into an adjoining
room, and the drinking. cursing. gam
bling and dancing were resumed as
nosly as ever
Suddenly the Rev. Mr.. Taylors stall
wart frame appeared in the door OF
the place Cat-calls and yells Of deri-
sion greeted the missionary, and few
men drew their weapons and called to
Mr. Taylor to get out or be shot.
over to the bar. and said:
81 have not come for trouble. l am
here only to do what good | can.
"a dozen men yelled. Get out OF here
and attend to your own business
without replying. the preacher said,
II you will let me sing few songs Tor
YOU and then talk few minutes. / be-
lieve you won't regret 1t
SANG TO THEM.
Now. music and song were dearer to
the hearts Of the lonely. lawless men In
California than anything else. Standing
alongside the bar. with over $50 men and
a score of hardened women about him,
Mr.. TAYLOR sang in a. clear resonant voice
several old-time church hmyns.
'~rhe crowd was quickly won. Go on
was shouted when he stopped.
..Then he sang one or two Scotch songs,
and getting upon the platform where
the fiddler for the dance hall sat. he
spoke for quarter of an hour upon the
misery of the lives the men and women
wee living when there might be so much
satisfaction and oily in morality and hon
orable dealing. He dwelt upon the muir
der there a few hours before, and pleaded
with his motley audience to value human
life.
when the preacher had ceased. a big
strapping Irishman. who had served time
in prisons in Australia and New Zealand,
and had been the terror OF the water
front in San francisco. proposed a coll
lection for the new Methodist Church.
and he himself passed his greasy old
sombrero among the men and UoElen. I
remember seeing a roulette wheeler toss
n little buckskin bag OF gold dust into
the hat.
with an invitation to come to the
church at any time. the preacher with
drew. The next morning he came with
a coffin that he had made with nis own
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
AMONG THE SICK.

AMONG THE SICK
He found his best field of work among
the sick and dying in the tents on the
sand dunes of San Francisco. In the
winter of 1s5o-'51. some 400 men lay in
mortal illness at one time in San Fran
cisco. There was no other clergyman
in the region. Once for nine wee+s.
Mr.. Taylor never undresseG and seldom
slept longer than three hours at a time.
He established the first hospital in
California in a. tent on Powell street,
San Francisco. He collected money
among all classes in the city and pro-
vided nurses and beds for the sick.
at eighteen graves. Scarcely week
~ ssed that he did not attend to the
burial of twenty men.
Besides this he held services regularly
in his little church. and starting with
a membership OF four in November. 1919,
he had go by the spring of 1851.
Mr.. Taylor's missionary labors In the
mining camps 300 and 800 miles away
from San Francisco among the SER
ras are notable examples of tie
power Of this remarkable man
Some OF the time he had a horse for
travelling from camp to camp but with
hay selling at $500 ton and not always
to be had at that price, the preacher
tramped over desolate mountains and
through sunbaked valleys hundreds of
niles
He once walked 125 miles froco Sacra-
mento TO Red Dog. climbed up the noun
tain trail and slept undsr the trees to
preach to what he heard was the widest
camp in California. He was warned not to
set his foot In Missouri Gulch, where the
boast was that the camp was law unto
itself. but he went and remained there
three weeks.
MOUNTED WHIsKEY BARREL
He preached Wherever he found a group
of men. He used to go into saloons and
gam bling houses, and wait about the bar
or gambling tables until there seemed TO
be a hull in business. when he would
ask permission to sing. Following this
he would speak for ten or fifteen min
utes.
Il have spoken many an effective little
Sermon Bishop TAYLOR has said. mount
ed on a whiskey barrel and surrounded
by criminals from all parts OF the world.
1.-The man who could sing almost al
ways had an audience in the gold camps
and when all other attempts at getting
the miners to listen had failed, I would
start a song.
He said prayers for men condemned to
death by lynch law: he walked miles from
one mining camp to another to minister
to the wants of a dying woman In
dance hall AT Rough and Ready Camp
two Mexican rnurderers. condemned to
be hanged within an hour. might be
spared six hours longer in order that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
WHY So Pale and Wan?

Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
Pry thee. why so pale?
viii. when looking well can't move her,
Looking Ill prevail?
Pry thee, why so pale?
why so dull and mute young sinner?
Pr'y thee, why so mute?
Will, when speaking we'll can't win her,
Saving nothing do t?
Pr'y thee, why SO mute?
ou.. quit. for shame! this will not move,
This cannot take her;
If Of herself she Will not love,
Nothing can make her;
The devil take her.
Sir John Sucking. Q600-16t1.) .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06

hands during the night and with the
help of several sailors properly BURIED
the body of the murdered man, at the
same time delivering a short sermon
on the lesson to be learned from the
crime"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06

In to their own once more.
John Jerome Rooney. In New York
Sun. .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06

sisted on the most mea gre fare. Few mis-
soHaries have had to overcome such diff
f,cUltieS as he.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13

Harbor at the time OF the eruption and
was lost with all on board. The Norton
sailed from Harport. N. s., where her
principal owner. G. b. Lockhart, now
lives. Her captain was l.. ID. Norton, and
he, too, was part owner Dispatches
from the West Indies have mentioned an
American barkentine as among the ves-
sells destroyed.
The only vessels which were anywhere
near Martinique within a day or so OF
the eruption and are now about due at
this port are the Frederick Henrik and
the Fluminensc, both of which are liable
to arrive here tomorrow or Wednesday.
OF these the Fluminense was the clos
est to the scene OF the disturbance. She
sailed from Barbados on the 9th of April,
and probably on the 9TH. while Pelce vas
in violent excitement, but still day from
the disastrous explosion, would most IKE
ly have been at no very great distance
from Martinique.
Even at 1850 on the morning OF the Sth,
when the great catastrophe came. the Flu
IMMENSE might well have been within hear
ing distance of the awful uproar. and
near enough. perhaps. to have felt the
tidal wave heaving OF the sea. and to
have been within the radius OF the rain OF
ashes and cinders.
Barbados is only little over 100 miles
from Martinique and the Fluminensea
course would take her in the general d.
rection of that island.
The Henrik left Port au Prince. Haiti.
On the same day the Flumincnsc left Bar
bados.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
THREATENED DISRUPTION
OF THEATRICAL TRUST
Booking of Weber & Fields by E. d.
Stair at Lafayette Theater
Bone of Contention.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The serenity Of
the theatrical trust has at last been
broken. 1t is in the throes of fierce in
ternational war, which threatens TO dis
rupt the big organization. Zimmerman.
of Nixon & Zimmerman, is leading the
opposition. He has always been one of
the stanchest pillars of the trust. Zim-
LANCER. with looking after his personal
interests rather than those of the trust.
He says the firms members have been
using the trust to further their own af
fairs largely, and declares he will with
draw his interests unless there is an i'm
mediate change in direction.
Zimmerman's charges are based on the
fact that ErlangeT allowed E. d. Stair to
book Weber and Fields at the Lafayette
in Washington and other non-trust houses
in the big cities, to the detriment and
loss of the hust managers. He also
charges Stair with failing to keep agree
ments with the trust. Stair has replied
that il Erlanger made a mistake in not
booking the attraction, that is no reason
why he should make the same mistake
Stair says he only has community of in
terests' agreement on attractions like Mrs
Fiske.
A special meeting of trust managers is
TO be called to discuss the strife. Sew
eral managers tonight declared that If the
trust should ever split, now will be the
time.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
FLOODS AND STARVATION ADD GREATLY
TO THE SUFFERING IN MARTINIQUE

the people In the surrounding country
say low rumblIngs can be heard.
These reports are brought from Cedar
county. Nebraska. where tho iittlc noun
tain ia situated, by travellers who say
that the settlers In the nelghborhoo1 are
panic stricken. and are preparing to leave
the county.
The mountain IL. situated on the Mis-.
souri, River. 15O miles above Omaha ana
while not OF great height, is high com
pared to the surrounding country. IL mas
been for years sacred place with the
Indians. and n was near there that tbe
last big sun dance was held In 1873. NO
Indian will 20 to the mountain itseIt as
II has long been known to them as the
hill OF IRE.
Lewis aud Clarke. In their exploring
expeditions In 1907. landed at the place
and reported to the government that they
had discovered n small volcano on the
banks Of the Missouri biologists nave
said that the smoke Is caused by water
sceping through the limestone formation
of the mountain. but the people are fear
fu, OF IN eruption and are preparing TO
move.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
DREAM WARNING
SAVES THREE LIVES
Chambers M. Craig, Wife, and Brother
Left Martinique Before Earth
quake Because of Vision.

Friends in Washington of Chambers NJ.
Craig, an engineer. of Hagerstown. Nd.
now living on West Forty-ffth Street,
New York, have been informed that he
and his wife and brother returned from
Martinique on the last trip OF the steamer
Roraima because of a dream warning.
But for the dream they would have been
in st. Pierre al the time of the great
disaster and would probably have per-
ished
They say that the natives of Martinique
were not friendly: that Mrs. Craig was
hooted at on the street, and that Misses
Prentiss, daughters of the United States
consul were stoned at Morne Rouge.
One night Mrs Craig had dream of
terrible storm. during which the natives
killed her husband and brother. It made
such strong impression on her mina
that she insisted on leaving the island on
the next steamer. They accordingly re-
turned to the United States on the last
trip of the Roraima.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
THE KAISER'S TRIBUTE.
Orders Contribution Made Toward Relief
of Martinique Sufferers.

PARIS, May 12.-Emperor William wired
the following message from weisbaden to
President Loubet:
"Weisbaden, Nav IL.
II am profoundly moved by the terrible
catastrophe that has struck st. Pierre.
Martinique, resulting in loss of life al
most equal to Pompeii. hasten to offer
to France the expression Of my most sin
cere sympathy. May the Almighty solace
the hearts of those who are weeping over
their irreparable losses. The German am
bassador at Paris will remit to you 10000
marks for the afflicted"
President Loubet replied as follows:
II an touched by the sympathetic mes
sage your Majesty sends on Frances af-
Fiction"
NJ De Lancssan. minister of marine. has
received the following message from Com
mander Calve, of the French warship
Suchet:
THE Suchet, aided by the Danish
cruiser Valkyrien and French Cable Com
pany's steamer Pouyer Quertier. has
brought to Fort De France all the popula-
tion of the village of Precheur."
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
BEHElD NO FLAME;
ONLY BURNING CIN0ERS
Victims in St. Pierre Met Death From
Asphyxiation-Helping
the Refugees.

PARIS, May 1.-THE correspondent cf
the Petit Parlsien' at Fort de France
says that the quays near the anchorage
at St. Pierre are covered with heaps OF
merchandise which are still intact. All
the trees in the vicinity of the city were
leyeled with the ground and the few that
escaped burning all lie with their heads
to the south. The stones on which the
lighthouse stood were torn asunder and
thrown for a great distance.
Saw No Flame.
Injured survivors declare that they saw
no flame, only burning cinders. The cen
ter of the town. which is ten miles from
Mount Pelee, has been converted into a
rocky plain. Otherwise the houses are in
tact. All the inhabitants died from as
phyXiation in the exact position in which
tfe cataclysm surprised them.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons per
ishcd in St Pierre. Most of the victims
are buried under cinders TO the depth of
several yards
The steamer Rubis went from Fort de
France to st. Pierre, taking those who
We're appointed by the government to dis
tribute help among the refugees ana
from ST. Pierre who had sought refuge at
Carbet. on the voyage she met tugs
towing lighters filled with refugees.
Difficult to Land.
1t was difficult to land at st. Pierre. the
heat on shore being overpowering. Not
living thing was seen nor could a drop of
water be found. The darkness caused by
the clouds of ashes and the incessant
rumblings of the earth added to the hor-
ror OF the scene.
OF the government offices only the
metal gates remain. The walls of the
buildings have been calcined. Traces can
be seen of the sites that were occupied by
the custom house and numerous large
stores In that vicinity.
Bodies were found lying in all sorts OF
attitudes. All the victims were complete
ly nude, and the features Of many of them
were reposeful.
The vaults of the Bank OF Martinique
were found intact. Securities and specie
to the value of 100000 marks were sent
to Fort de France.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
COLIMA VOLCANO AWAKE.
Mexicans Beginning to Move Away From
the Mountain.

GUADALAJARA. Mexico. May i2.--The
Collma volcano shows strong Indications
OF n great eruption and the inhabitants
living In the valley at It's base are NOV
ing to n safe distance from the peak.
from which smoke and puffs Of fame have
been belchcd forth for several days past.
Mount Coiima has been showing indica-
tlons OF renewed activity for several
weeks. and this threatening condition
caused the work OF constructing the ex-
tension OF the Mexican Central Railroad
to Manzanillo, passing near the base OF
the mountain. to cease temporarily.
Since the catastrophe Of st. Pierre the
people of the Colima district are very
uneasy and 1t will take very little DEM
onstration on the part Of the volcano to
produce a panic.
The route of the Mexican Central ex-
tension will probably be changed in order
to avoid any possible disaster that an
eruption might bring
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
SYMPATHY OF THE CAR.
Message Sent From St. Petersburg tc
President Loubet.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.-The Car
and Empress have telegraphed President
Loubet their sympathy on the Martinique
disaster.
The dispatch says they had with NJ.
Loubct a lively sympathy and feeling of
grief at the catastrophe that France has
suffered.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
FLAGSHIP LIE TAGE SAILS.
French Warship Carries Provisions fo
the Sufferers in Martinique.

NEW ORLEANS. May 12.-Le Tage, the
flagship of the French Atlantic squadron,
Admiral Servan commanding. left here
carly this morning for Martinique. from
which place she sailed two weeks ago.
The vessel carried a large amount of
provisions and $4,000 in cash, contributed
by the citizens of New Orleans. She will
stop in Havana to coal and to take on
her new captain, and will sail thence to
Martiniluc direct
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
SYMPATHY AND MONEY.
England's Sorrow Expressed by Parlia-
ment and King Edward.

LONDON. May 12.-In the House OF
Lords today Lord Ripon, Liberal, for
merly secretary of state for the colonies.
expressed the sympathy of the House
with Franco in the disaster at Marti-
nique.
King Edward has sent G1,e00 to the
Paris committee which is collecting sub
scriptions for the distressed inhabitants
of Martinique.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
INHABITANTS FLEE
FROM ST. VINCENT
Refugees Arriving at St. Thomas Tell
Stories of -Hardships and
Sufferings.

ST. THOMAS. d. W. l.. May 12.-Refu-
gees from st. Vincent are arriving in
large numbers at Dominica. They all re-
late stories of great suiferings and hard
ships. Many empty canoes have been
seen in the channel, drifting toward
Guadeloupe.
The United States tug Potomac passed
Dominica today. The French cable ship
Pouyer Quertier, which is trying to re-
pair the cable. reports that in some places
near Martinique the cable was found 1900
meters below the surface. where former
ly the water was but 300 meters deep.
The Washington times., 1902-05-13
GOING TO MARTINIQUE.
Geological Survey to Have Representative
Make Study.
Special to The Washington Times.

Especial to The Washington Ilmes.)
BOSTON, Mass, May 12.-Dr. Thomas
A. Jaggar. OF the geological department at
Harvard, left tonight for New York to
Join the U. s s. Dixie, which sails for
Martinique at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Dr.
Jaggar is acting under orders from the
United States Geological Survey. with
which he has been connected for some
years.
He will make a special study of the
causes and the action OF the volcanic dis
turbances at Martinique and the neigh
boring islands.
DR.. Jaggar is the inventor of the sys-
tenn of studying volcanic action by
means of wax models, which initiate the
reformation of rocks, geysers, etc, the
layers of wax corresponding to the
various strata of the earth, according to
hardness. The discoveries he made
through these experiments upset a num-
ber of old theories.