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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
ENGINEERS GO TO NORWAY.
Americans to Build II Railway In
Europe with American Material,

i
Europe with American Material.
NEW YORK, April GA party of
engineers who will construct this sum-
mer the first American built railway in
Europe has sailed for Bremen After
its completion it will be used to ship
large quantities of iron from the Nor
wegian iron mines. The engineers are
ex-State Engineer c. W. Adams, his
son, Arthur Adams; c. A. Poole and
Arthur O'Brien.
On reaching Bremen they will meet
Henschel Roberts. ex-deputy state en-
gineer, who has charge of the building
Of the new railroad, and will accompa-
ny him to Mo, on the west coast of
Norway, 300 miles north of Christi
ania. where the mouth Of a rock walled
ford will be made into a great harbor
From the docks there the new railway
will run to the orefields, eighteen miles
away.
The Gillison Ore Milling syndicate
Of London is the backer of the scheme.
A director of the corporation is Thom-
as A. Edison, through whose influence
the engineers mentioned received the
award of the work These engineers
built DR.. w. Seward Webb's Adiron-
dacks railway through the North
woods wilderness in one summer
In the Norwegian enterprise 5000 Ia
borers will be employed this summer.
Most of the materials used in the con-
struction of the road will come from
bi
be of American manufacture. 1t is
estimated that the total cost of the
road and harbor will exceed 81 ,000,O 600.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
Gales In Michigan.

DETROIT, Mich, April %. - The
maximum temperature was reached at
8 o'clock last evening, when 81 de-
grees was reported by the weather bu-
reau. Grand Rapids reports that a Sc
we're windstorm struck that place at 6
o'clock which twisted things badly.
Shade and fruit trees We're damaged.
Reports from other points in the west
ern part of the state show that the
storm was of great severity and much
damage was done.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
coLUMslA's GREAT EVENT.
rromincnt Men of Nation Attend the
InstnIIntIon of rrrnlGrnt RutIcr


Inrtuilation of President Butler.
NEW YORK, April 2l.--The absorb
ing topic in this city is The installation
of DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler as pres
ident of Columbia university and the
notable gathering which graced the
ceremony. The assemblage was the
most brilliant one that New York has
entertained for many years.
The president of the United States
was here and seventy-five college pres
idents, representing all the great Amer
lean universities. Lord Kelvin, Eng
lands most eminent scientist, rubbed
shoulders with Governor Odel and
Mayor Seth Low, President Buffers
predecessor, while generals. senator's,
diplomats, judges, poets. hovelists, mil
lionaires. witnessed the impressive GER
emonies, and the festivities ended with
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
PARDON FOR REEVES
Postal Official Convicted In
Havana Freed by Wood.
WAS A WITNESS FOR THE STATE.
Rnthbonc's Chief Accuscr Had been
Promised Immunity by the Mill
tary Government, II Is ASSERT
ed-Rnthbone out on Hail.


tary Government, II Is ASSERT
ed-Rnthbone ont on Hail.
HAVANA, April Ex-Governor Gen
cral Wood has issued an order pardon
ing w. II. Reeves. who was recently
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
and to pay fine of $35,516 for COM
plicity in the Cuban postal frauds.
Reeves was liberated at once.
General Wood says he pardoned
Reeves because he was witness for
the state. The order pardoning him did
not come as n surprise, for il has been
generally understood ever since Estes
q. Rathbone was first accused of con.
nection with the postal frauds that
Reeves had been promised immunity
by the military government This had
been denied, as well as the fact that
the government had been using Reeves
ms witness for the state.
The matter was referred to by coun-
sci for Rathbone in summing up their
clients case. Rathbone's lawyers de-
clared that this promise of immunity
had influenced Reeves TO make state
ments against Rathbone.
His bail accepted. former Director
of the Posts Il. G. Rathbone has been
released from Jail pending his appeal
from conviction for postal frauds
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
BeIgium strike Ended.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 21.--At a
general council of the Labor party held
here it was resolved that work by the
strikers in all sections should be re-
sumed. The council issued manifesto
to the workingmen to this effect last
evening. The anticipated announce
ment by the crown of the dissolution
of parliament has NOT yet been made.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
HUNDREDS KILLED.
Recent Earthquake Very Severe In
GuatemaIan Cities.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala,
April 23.-Details which are being re-
ceived here of the result of the earth
quake shocks which were general
throughout Guatemala Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday show that Solola, Ma
huala, Amatitlan, Santa Lucia and San
Juan were badly damaged and that
Quezaltenango was partly obliterated
Fire added to the horrors at the last
named place. Two hundred persons
were killed, mostly women, and many
people were injured At the capital
three churches were slightly damaged.
The government is relieving the suf-
ferers
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PORT ELIZABETH, Cape Colony,
April 22.-There is recrudescence of
the plague here. Ten cases have been
reported, five of which have proved fa-
tai
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24

NEW YORK, April 23.-The postal
authorities are exercised over the dis
covery of counterfeit postal cards in
the mails from nearly every part Of
the United States.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
A HOLD-UP IN ARKANSAS.
a Blind switch Between
JOnesviIle and Bonneville.

Memphis, Tenn, May 11.-Word has
reached here from Bonneville, Ark,
that the Frisco passenger train No.
206, which left Memphis at 1925 last
night, was held up between Jones'
boro and Bonneville, Ark, at two
o'clock Saturday morning. There
were four men in the attacking par
ty. After stopping the train they
detached the engine and express car
and pulled to a "blind siding where
they blew open the safe with dynn-
mite. The explosion wrecked the
car, and the men escaped in the dark
ness. A posse, organized at Bonner
vile, and with bloodhounds, is on the
trail of the robbers. The express
messenger says the robbers secured
no booty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
LATER
Mount PeIee Wore Its Warming
"SmOke Cap" for Many Days.

Mount PeIee Wore Its Warming
"smoke Cap" for Many Days.
Fort de France, Island of Marti-
nique, May 12.-Advices received here
yesterday from the vicinity of st.
Pierre (ten miles from here) give fur
Their details of the terrible volcanic
upheavel which resulted in the utter
destruction of that city and the death
of nearly all it's inhabitants.
The crater of Mount Pelee has been
wearing it's 'smoke cap since the
third of May; but there was nothing
until last Monday to indicate that
there was the slightest danger. On
that day a stream of boiling lava
burst through the top of the crater
and plunged into the valley of the
River Blanche, overwhelming the
Guerin sugar works, and killing %
work people and the son of the pro-
prietor.
A commission was appointed by the
governor to investigate the outbreak,
and it returned a ~reassuring report
on Wednesday evening. But about
eight o'clock on Thursday morning a
shower of fire rushed down on st.
Pierre, and the coast from lie Carbet,
which had a population of 5000, to LIE
Precheur, which had a population of
1000, burning up everything in it's
path.
Throughout Thursday the heat in
the vicinity of st. Pierre was so in
tense and the stream of flowing lava
was so unremitting that it was i'm
possible to approach the town during
the early part of the day. AS evening
approached the French cruiser
Suchet, after a heroic battle with the
heat, suffocation and sulphur fumes,
succeeded in making a dash toward
the shore, nearing the land close
enough to enable her to take off &C
survivors of the disaster, all of whom
were horribly burned and mutilated
st. Pierre at that time was an abso-
lutte, smoking waste, concealing &c.,
900 corpses, whose rapid decomposi
ton necessitated, in some cases, in
stantly completing their cremation
which was only partially accom-
plished by the lava.
The inhabitants of Fort de France
were panic stricken, the morning O
the disaster, when the sky suddenl,
blackened until it was as dark a.
midnight. The sea shrank back 81
yards, and hot rain began to fall
while gravel the size of walnut
poured down on the town. This last
ed about fifteen minutes.
The 450 survivors, who were brough
here Saturday from the vicinity of st
Pierre by the French cable repai
ship Pouyer Guertier, came from tn,
town of lie Precheur, where, sur
rounded on all sides by flowing lava
they were nearly roasted to death
and expected momentarily to be en-
quilted.
Tho work Of relief is progressing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT ALSO.
Five Hundred Persons Met Death NJ
ST. vincent Island.

Sis
st. Thomas. d. W. l., May 12.-Ad-
vices received here from the Island
of Dominica. yesterday. say that
boats arriving there report that many
persons were drowned while crossing
to Dominica from the Island OF
Martinique. where some of the out
parishes have been inundated. The
eruption of Mount Pelee (Martinique)
continues. The lava is progressing
northward. The whole northern re-
gion is now a rocky waste, denuded
of vegetation.
Reports from the island of st. Vim
cent say that up to the afternoon OF
Friday last over four hundred deaths
occurred there owing to the volcanic
outbreak in that island. Definite
news, however, is lacking. Many es-
tates were destroyed and steam and
ashes were belched forth from seven
in the morning until $3.50 ut night.
The eruption is now invisible at
Kingston. Huge dust clouds were
! blown eastward.
The thunderous noises, which are
continually increasing. were heard
in neighboring islands 200 miles away
At midday the craters elected enor-
nous columns of steamy vapor, ris-
ing majesticalIy eight miles high and
expanding into wonderful shapes, re-
sembling enormous caulihowers, gi-
gantic wheels and beautiful flower
forms, all streaked up and down and
crosswise with vivid flashes of light
ming. aweing the beholder and i'm
pressing the mind with fear. The
mountain labored to rid itself of a
mass of molten lava which later
flowed over, in six streams, down the
side of the volcano, and the greater
noises following united in one con
t@inuous roar all evening and through
the night to Thursday morning, ac'
companied with black rain, falling
dust and favilla s%corial, attended Will
midnight darkness all Wednesday
creating feelings of fear and anxious
suspense.
1t is impossible to give full de
tails at present.
Great distress prevails at st. Vim
cent, where there are many injured
persons. 1t is believed that about five
hundred persons have lost their lives
at st. Vincent. The majority of the
corpses are still unburied.
The British Royal mail steamer
Solent has gone from Barbados tt
Martinique with supplies and doctors
From the Island of Trinidad, the
British Royal mail steamer Kennett
has gone to Fort de France.
The British second-class cruiser In
defatigable is on her way from Trim
idad to st. Vincent with stores fo1
the relief of the sufferers there.
1t is feared here that Fort d,
France (Martinique) is threatened
Great tension everywhere prevail
throughout the West Indies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
Soldiers from Cuba.

New York, May 12.-The Munsos
line steamer Olinda. which arrived
yesterday afternoon from Cuban
ports. brought as passengers 1919 en-
listed men of the Tenth cavalry,
United States army, who had been
stationed at Holguin, Cuba, for near
~ three years. The men belong to
troops B. d, | and X, and are in com
mand of Capt r. j. Fleming. They
are en- route to Fort Robinson, Neb.
There were also Is women and chill
dren, families of non-commissionel
officers, and ~ discharged soldiers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Mrs. George W. Herget was >illed.
early on the morning of the Ntli. dur-
ing a carousal at her home in Dayton,
Ky. Her husband, William Thorn
ton, Frank Kent, Thomas Shields aud
William Murray, alias Ford .iIttoN,
have been arrested ON the charge of
murder.
Mrs. Hettie Green, w~ealthiest Of
American women, fearing that law
yers and various other persons had
%conspired to kill her, has obtained a
permit to carry a revolver. She is
the first woman to receive such q
permit from the New York police &C.
partment.
In the destruction, by fire, of the
Iowa iron works, at Dubuque, Ia, on
the sth. Frank Ganahl, foreman of
the central chemical engine; John
Fitzpatrick and {. Wise. firemen, were
killed, and Dan McHollan1, employed
at the works, seriously, perhaps IA
tally, injured.
u CNNNu'iNt Soltfiiiitt'S VI 'HN
anthracite mine workers organiza-
ton in Pennsylvania, have proposed
that all questions at issue between
themselves and the anthracite Goa
mine operators be submitted to an
impartial board of arbitration, such
Il board to be selected by the indus
trial branch of the National Civic
federation.
The murder of Paul Leicester Ford
the novelist. in New York, by hi;
brother. Malcolm Webster Ford. who
committed suicide, is explained by
the long existing enmity Between The
brothers since the death of their fl
Their. who disinherited Malcolm CT
account of his penchant for athletic
sports.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

George W. Hoffman, a prominent
business mar of st. Jacobs, I'LL, mys-
~teriously disappeared while N ST.
Louis, on the 18th. and he has not been
seen since. His relatives fear that he
has met with foul play.
The house of representatives,, on
the 9th, passed the omnibus state
hood bill for the admission of Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The senate. on the 9th, confirmed
United States consul general in Lon
don, and the president sent to the
senate the nomination of Eugene F.
Ware, of Kansas, to be commissioner
of pensions.
President Simon Sam of the Hay
tan Republic has resigned his of
fee. The IIaytian congress was
called to assemble, May l., to elect
his successor. President Simon Sam
was elected April /, 1896, for a term
of seven years.
The Chicago Theological seminary,
for the first time in the history of
the Congregational church, has con-
ferred the degree of bachelor of di-
vinity on a woman-Miss Florence A
Fensham, of Constantinople, Turkey
Delegate Marcus A. Smith. of Ari
IONA, was taken seriously ill, will
symptoms of apopleXy, on the foo
of the house of representatives, OF
the 9th, just after making an earnest
argument in behalf of the admission
of his territory as a state.
A chime of ten bells, to be know
as the Mckinley Memorial chime, wa
shipped from Troy, N. Y, on the 9th
to Lincoln, Neb., where it will b
placed in the tower of st. Paul
Methodist Episcopal church.
Fragmentary reports received u
to the morning of the 10th, indicated
that the destruction of st. Pierre
Martinique was caused by a violen
eruption Of Mont Pelee, which envel
oped the city and surrounding terri
tory, including the harbor, with
blanket of molten rock land bcilin
mud. Forty thousand persons are SUI
posed to have persisted.
Nineteen ships were in the harbo
of st. Pierre, Martinique, at the i'm
of the eruption of Mont Pelce, an
all but one were destroyed, includin
four American vessels. The Unite
States consul and family and the GO
ernor of the island are among III
victims.
The remains of Rear-Admiral vii
lam II. Sampson were inferred {
Arlington cemetery, Va, on the Of
after one Of the most impressi,
| naval funerals ever seen in the nj
i. tional capital, participated in /
every department Of the nation,
government, headed by the per 'idcl
and cabinet.
Most Rev. Patrick J. Ryan arc
/ bishop Of Philadelphia, paid a mo
: eloquent tribute to the piety and vi
: tues of the late Archbishop Corrig:
!, at the funeral of the latter in S
: Patrick's cathedral, New York cit
!" on the 9th. Cardinal Gibbons co
Quoted the imposing services.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

here on the most extensive scale pos
sible, but, in anticipation of disturb
ances, the treasury building and the
warehouses are guarded by troops.
The latest report received here
showed that lava continues to pour
down the slopes of the mountain,
slowly engulfing the whole north side
of the island. while fresh
are continually opening.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
IMAGINATION OOIDONE.
Later and Awful Details of the Vol
canic Visitation In the
West Indies.
THE EXPLOSION WAS HEARD 200 MILES.
Martinioue Not Alone. But the Island o
st. Vincent is Being Devastated by the
Volcanic Outbreak in That Island
Martinique Disaster SurDasses Imagin-
alton.

New York, May 1.-THE French
Cable Co.'S officers in this city have
been advised that the repair steamer
Power Queentier has arrived at TT.
DeFrance, having rescued 45O persons
from St. Pierre. She has returned
Immediately to the scene of the dis
aster to search for further survivors.
London, May 10.-Private dis
patches received late Saturday after
noon from Che West Indies say the
eruption at Martinique is decidedly
worse. The French Cable Co. re-
ceived c~ablegrams Saturday morning
announcing that the eruption at Mar
Unique continues, and that ships are
afraid to go near the island.
The latest messages indicate that
the number of deaths will be about
40, 900, several of the smaller islands
near Martinique having also suffered.
BETWEEN EIGHT IN THE MORN
ING AND EIGHT IN THE EVENING
OF THURSDAY, MAY s, ST. PIERRE
WAS A MASS OF FIRE.
There was also a volcanic eruption
at St. Vincent. The island of st.
Thomas is sending help.
A ship which arrived Friday, May
Q, at the island of Dominica, British
West Indies, and which was lying off
St. Pierre when the eruption com
menced, reports that the noise was
terrific.
A HUGE CLOUD OF FIRE APP.
PEARED OVER THE TOWN AMI
NEIGHBORHOOD, GIVING THE IN.
HABITANTS NO CHANCE TO ES.
CAPE.
Lloyds' agent at St. Lucia, B. w. l..
cables that later news fully confirms
the disaster at st. Pierre. He says
he can not ascertain the names of the
vessels which have been lost, but
they include one Italian barque anG
two steamers, one PROBABLY being the
Grappler, the cableship belonging tt
the West India & Panama Telegraph
Co.
Llodys' agent at st. Thomas, d. W
l., cables that ST. PIERRE HAS
BEEN TOTALLY DESTROYED BI
FIRE, AND THAT ALL THE INHAB
ITANTS persisted. ALL THE YES
Sells IN THE HARBOR WERE LOST
Among the death are whole familie.
whose corpses are in several place,
still lying unburied. The dead will
be inferred in trenches.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
pleaded Guilty to Burglary.

New York, May 11.-Allan Fetterly,
II years old, son of a former clergy
man now residing at Pittsburg, Pa,
and Robert Currie, a youthful sailor.
have pleaded guilty to an attempt at
burglary. They were remandcd for
.pnfanpa A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

A corporation with 81 900 capital is
being organized in Joplin for the pur.
pose of purchasing and selling the
entire production of zinc ore i'll south
west Missouri and southeast Kansas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Burglars, on the night of the 4th,
dynamited the bank at Waco, Nebr
destroyed the safe and escaped. The
robbers were pursued with blood
hounds. The plumber is estimated at
"a, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Joseph Hump, a prominent farmer.
our miles from Perryville, was ac-
cidentally shot and dangerously
wounded by his ~five-year-old son.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

A black bass weighing seven pounds
and three onces was caught in Wing
fields lake, north Of Fayette. 1t took
three men t. land it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

A valuable addition has been made
to the collection of the Missouri
State Historical society. 1t is a file
of the Missouri Intelligencer and
Boon's Lick Advertiser from 1919 tc
1921
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
lightning Causes n Bad Fire.

The plant of the Medart Patent
Pulley Co., St. Louis, was struck by
lightning, and fire followed, causing
damage to the extent of $500, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
Double Tragedy in Chicago

Chicago, May 11.-Mrs. Barbara
Gruemmer, 764 Belmont avenue, a
widow, was shot twice and mortally
wounded, Friday night, by Philip
Stahl, who then shot himself and died
instantly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

A snowstorm occurred in southern
Germany, on the 18th, and the r
chards, which were in Eloom, we're
severely damaged. Snow fell to the
depth of one foot. The weather was
unusually cold.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Reports continue TO come from
Santa Fe, n. NJ, that thousands OF
sheep are dying in every part of the
territory on account of the drought,
which has been uubrOken since the
latter part of March.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

The body of Mrs. Patrick Burke, of
Greensboro, Ky, a city Of Pittsburg
victim, was taken out If the river
a few miles above Cairo, ILL.,, on the
18th. making a total of 36 bodies recov-
cred to that date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15
Were Not NRccinated.

Antivaccinationists will be annoyed
to learn that practically all the cases
of smallpox in st. Louis the past
year were of people who had not
been vaccinated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia de-
livered a fine address before a large
audience, at the opera house in Mar
shall, on Cuba in Peace and War"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Street Car Conductor J. c. Irwin,
of St. Louis, found 1862 in his car
and restored it to it's owner, who had
inadvertently left the bundle on a
seat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15

Five Buildings burned,

Easton, Pa, May 1.-THE five build
ings of the G. x. Williams Paint Co.,
this city, were destroyed by fire yes
terday morning. Loss, $1O0, 900; in
a small.