Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-28

WIN cOfpSeS or nel cltlZenS. Some
crude effort had been made to dis
pose of the grewsome relics saved
from the original cataclysn but the
work had been done all too Ineffective
ly
Burning Of Bodies.
Fagots of drift wood. piled around
and above heaps of the slain, had
been fired by negroes hired for that
purpose. but the work of cremation
was only partly accomplished From
a sanitary point of view it is forum
ate for Martinique that the vast ma
jority of those who died when her chic
city was annihilated are buried SO
deep ae to need no better sepulcher.
Within the walls of the cathedral
the ruin is complete, though one OF
the earliest rescnine parties on the
ground succeeded in saving the can
delabra, the chalicc and othe" hol'
vessels. The chalico was rescued by
Captain du Barry, a British army Of
ficer. in command of . detachment OF
artillery at Barbados. Captain dU
Barry is himself a Roman Catholic,
and immediately indicated his intcn-
ton Of transferring the halice to tie
church authorities but the natives
have been much incensed by the sus-
picion that he intends to keep it as
loot
One of the chief centers Of Ameri-
can interest Was naturally tho ruins
of the charming little villa in which
Thomas T. Prentis, his wife and two
daughters. made their home. He was
the American consul at ST Pierre.
premonition Of disaster, he had
come to entertain a repugnance for
his duty. In this feeling his wife and
daughter shared MI Prentis and his
friend Mr Ayme stationed in Quad.
eloupe had actually discussed serious
~ possible change CT billets. as Nj
Avne thought better of St. Pierre than
cid his friend in tho consular ser
vice
Several days ago. attended by 4
house occupied by The dead caa&u.
In tho ruins Cf the structure between
what WAS formerly NJ. Prcatis con-
su!atic Office and the apartment used
as his family dining-room. were uI1-
! covered what arc believed TO h" tic
lemains of the consul and his wife.
Mr.. Aynae carefully neted II" loGa-
ton and then consulted with the cap
tain Of the L. S. S. Cincinnati. Two
metallic caskets We're brought by tflt,
cruiser to receive the bodies.
Gay Days Preceoe Disaster
To say that st. Pierre was the
most picturesque of western cities is
to say too much: to say that it is q
pretty place is to say to little.
Where all is now aching and deso';s-
| ton & chaos of ruined walls. hlacken-
ed stnmps Of trees and sic|tenlng
stenlh II. there basked in the summer
: sunshine little city spiashed throueh-
out with vivid coicr---red tiled roof"
! cutting sharp lines on walls of creamy
white. yellow and orange and blvd $
eye blue mingled with the green ol
tropic ve,duIe. Built on > lonC undn
| la;cn which sloned TO the sea, where
it clustered in a riot OF color near the
shore. lis suburban spots could ~
be picked out here and there alon2
the hanking spurs and foothills which
roll from Pelee's base. that great vol
| NIL c
ed in veil of clouds.
Scene e. Splerdor.
Owe, the doomed city the mrnins
OF May ! broke n miracle splendor
sSies. bright and blue and foliage wash
to a fresher green by a hard ral
which had swept over the leland tht
preceding night. But it was the las
fair de- that st. Pierre was to know
IT'S light hearted folk had hardly awak
ened to that iocund morn before the
great slumbering Pelee gave signs o
it's self-a Weakening from it's half-cent
ury of sleep.
The market place. the first sectitl
Of the city to show life when a West
Indian town awakes. was filling wit!
vendors and purchasers, when the frs
murmur of the sleeping giant wa:
heard-a deep-toned. Jared grow
which Instantly blanched the faces o
all who heard. for those bred in the
shadow Of the volcano had long sine
learned to dread its wrath. a ID grow
/Non$iaund an Daoo