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The Lamar register., 1902-01-22
Urging Statehood Before Congress.

At special meeting of the House
committee on territories Friday
hearing was given to Il committee of
prominent non-partisan citizens of New
Mexico appointed by the governor of
that territory to appear in behalf of
statehood. B. S. Rodney. territorial
delegate. made the opening argument.
He said that New Mexico had been
asking admission TO the Union for
many years. and several times had Sc
cured favorable action by one or the
other house. The territory had n pres
ent population of 100000, as shown by
the annual report by the governor and
the registration of GO,O0o voters, and
had great mineral. agricultural, stock
raising and other sources. Asked il
President Roosevelt favored admission,
he said the delegation had three let
tes from him stating that he would do
all he could to secure statehood for
New Mexico.
Major w. II. II. Llewellyn. terrific
rial district attorney. dealt with the le
gal side of the question.
Colonel A. W. Harris, n large mine
owner, spoke of the great difficulty of
getting foreign capital to invest in
mines in n territory.
S. Lunn. large stock owner. spoke
in behalf of the stock interests, and as
representative of the native citizens.
his ancestors having located at Los
Lunas about 200 years ago.
C. II. Gildersleeve argued that state
hood would cause rapid development
of the territory's irrigation. railroad
and other enterprises and thus add to
its population and resources. w. 5.
Pope and l. NJ. Bond also made ad-
dresses.
Work in grading on the Cimarron &
Taos railroad is to commence early in
the spring at Maxwell City. The road
is to be completed to Elizabethtown in
the fall and to the Taos valley in the
following year. This road will open
many mines in the Elizabethtown, Red
River. Cimarron and Baldy districts
which are now idle on account of poor
transportation facilities.
Christian Oleson has received a con-
tract to haul lumber from the sawmill
to the Denver mine. near Elizabeth
town. for the new mill. The cyanide
machinery for the mill has been pur-
chased and will be on the ground by
the time mill is ready for it. As soon
as the mill is completed work will be
resumed on the Denver mine. The
vein on this property is twenty feet
wide and runs well in gold. The shaft
is an incline. There is no dead work.
as the lead is large and well defined
between two solid walls.
Mrs. Emily Harwood. wife of DIR.
Thomas Harwood, superintendent of
missions for the NJ E. Spanish Church.
died very suddenly on the 18th. For
more than thirty years the lady and her
husband have been engaged in mission
work in the territory. The Harwood
Girls Home of Albuquerque. the most
important institution of the kind in the
West, is named for her.
There are 1880 miles of railroad in
New Mexico subject to taxation. All
railroad lines not five years old are ex-
empt. The average assessment per mile
in New Mexico is S5.642. This is high
er than the average railroad assess
ment in the United States. which is
S5,025 per mile. The valuation for tax
alton purposes placed upon railroads is
less in Missouri, Wyoming, Texas and
Nebraska than it is in New Mexico.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

The prophets of evil who have been
indulging so freely in mournful pre-
dictions in recent years that the coal
mines and the forests of the world
will be exhausted in n few centuries
more or less should take heart OF
grace. Cassandra died long ago.
When there is no more coal to be
mined. and when no more wood can
be spared for fires. may not crude oil
supply the scarcity of both? With
oil for the furnaces. behind the dyna-
mos and for other uses. will there be
any lack of fuel for gas. for electricity
and the sources of motive power?
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

NJ. Constans. the French minister
to Turkey. is said to be quite angry
with the sultan again. They have
quit playing in each others back
yard.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

II the story is true that n certain
congressman had no sooner been elec.
ted than he heard from relatives in
Europe who wanted jobs, the matter
should be referred to the committee on
foreign relations.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Owing to the high price of paper the
men who devour books are the most
extravagant livers in the country.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has
diverted the feminine mind from the
popular subject of cook books by con-
cocting recipe for growing old
gracefully.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

New York. dog has $3.50 worth OF
dental work in its mouth. and every
dog catcher in the city has his wire
lasso ready for instant action.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Uncle Sam employs 1000 pedagogueI
to teach the young Filipino idea how
not to shoot
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

The Chicago Judge who has decided
that S25 is enough to marry on can't
have any daughters of his own.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

In after years some Washington na-
tives will be able to say with pride
that they were pummeled by son
of President Roosevelt.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Ther is still room for the fool-killer
to get busy with the fellow who yells
fire in n crowded hall every time he
hears an unusual noise.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Nature seems to have decided upon
Wyoming as the site of its principal
ice factory this year.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Complaints are made of an made
quate supply of seats at the White
House. Lots of the politicians are
compelled to go away back and take
n camp stool.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

The case of the defaulting Los An
geles bank cashier is said to be ''un-
usual" and to this extent at least it
is peculiar.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

The whole country will be glad to
Join in the celebration of Edward
Everett Hale's eightieth birthday.
April 3.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

The announcement OF the death OF a
button collector serves to remind us OF
the rapid multiplication of occupations
in these days OF diversified effort.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Mr.. Marconi has gone into the pre-
dieting business. This is bad. He
should keep on inventlng.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Secretary Roots report has COM
pletely silenced the 1s-inch Gathmann
gun.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Paris, Mo-, ran out of whisky and
water the other day. The water wasn't
missed.
The Lamar register., 1902-01-22

Bradstreet's annual trade review is
= fine New Years card for Uncle Sam.
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luctantly voted to allow the men to stay in
the mines. The central bituminous field OF
Pennsylvania has been another scene of
discord, especially in the last year, and
things there are not satisfactory. AS these
two bituminous coal districts may be
classed competitive fields with the an
thracite region, and in view of the fact that
conditions in both are not satisfactory a
general closing down of the mines in these
bituminous fields may follow strike In the
anthracite field.
The interests of these three fields are so
closely allied, both from the operators side
and from the miners, that the unanimous
dissatisfaction expressed in all three is
forming a cloud over this vast coal region
that threatens to break if the anthracite
miners strike. There are about 1870 men,
bers of the United Mine Workers Union in
the anthracite district alone, and it is ex-
pected that 10000 men will strike. In West
Virginia there are about $1,000 miners. and
the organization controls about 10000 of
these. The central field of PENNSYLVANIA is
closely organized and general suspension
of work would bring the army Of strikers
up to more than 100000
THE SITUATION ACUTE.
1ne SITUATION IN central PENNSYLVANIA.
the anthracite region and West Virginia
has been acute for months. Numerous small
strikes have taken place in central Penn
sylvania in the last few months and the
district has been wrought up TO a fighting
point, and is unsettled. Secretary Wilson
last week returned from the central field
of Pennsylvania, where he went To visit
his family and incidentally look after the
interests of the organization in that dis
trict He has said nothing about this visit.
but it is known that the settlements made
there have not been very satisfactory to the
miners.
AS to West Virginia the grievances of
the miners are many and old. Last year
the United Mine Workers had a small army
Of organizers in that State trying TO or
ganize the miners. The union has been
spurred on in this movement by the opera
tors of Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and the BIZ
luminous field of Pennsylvania in their
Joint conventions. Their cry has been "Or-
ganize West Virginia" and some have in
the last two three conventions. threat
ened To withdraw from the interstate
agreement unless West Virginia was or
ganized. They contend that West Vir-
ginia is becoming a sharp competitor on
the market and unless the miners are Or
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the streets literally paved with corpses.
The Governor of the island, who had ar
rived only a few hours before the catas-
trophe, was killed. Both the English and
American consuls, with their families, were
reported to have perished. 1t is certain
that no more than forty out of the above
$4,000 could have escaped"
The cruiser Suchet was here yesterday
buying provisions for the survivors in the
outlying districts. She sailed for Fort De
France last night with a large quantity of
stores, which were Immediately put under
military guard. Negroes are flocking in
large numbers into Fort De France from
the surrounding country, demanding food.
A telegram from Fort De France says
that hot mud and cinders have been fall
ing all night throughout the island and still
continue doing great damage, and that
when the final reports are received it will
be found that many people have been killed
or injured in other parts of Martinique
The Quebec line steamship Korona ar
rived at the Island of Dominica yester-
day. bringing a number of survivors from
her sister ship. the Roraima. The captain
of the Korona says the eruption at st.
Pierre was apparently from a new crater.
and that accompanying the eruption there
seemed to be a tidal wave which over
whelmed the shipping.
A message from the Island Of st. Vincent
says: THE Souffriere has been in a state Of
eruption for nine consecutive mornings
On Thursday morning the day broke with
heavy thunder and lightning which soon
changed into a continuous, tremendous
roar. Large columns of smoke rose over the
mountain. becoming denser and denser
and a scoriae-like hail. changing later to
fine dust, fell upon all the adjacent estates,
destroying a vast amount of property At
Chateau Belair the ashes we're two feet
deep in the streets. In Kingstown they were
fully an inch deep. and many large stones
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-11
WRECKED BY BANDITS.
Frisco Train DeraiIed and Express
Safe and Car Dynamited.

JONESBORO, Ark. May 1O.-The west
bound fast mail train on the st. Louis q
San Francisco Railway was held up late
last night at Marsh siding. five miles west.
by four masked men. Information wired TO
express company officials states that the
robbers secured nothing. The robbers flag
ged the train, but as ii did not slow up
quick enough TO let them on they threw
the switch under the rear of the chair car.
throwing it and a Pullman across the
tracks The fireman was compelled 10 cut
off the engine. mail, baggage and express
cars, which were pulled down the track
some distance.
Messenger Newton was ordered To open
the express car. He replied he would If
the robbers would not shoot him. The
leader of the gang wanted TO shoot the
messenger, but the others prevailed upon
him not TO do so. The safe was com
pletely wrecked by dynamite, as was also
the side OF the express car. After fruitless
attempts 10 secure any booty the robbers
cut off the engine and ran further west.
They deserted the engine. which ran wild
TO Bono. The conductor followed the en-
gine and woke up the Bono operator. In
formation OF the hold-up was wired 20
headquarters and the conductor returned
with the engine. With the exception Of
the chair car. which was brought here by
the wrecker the train proceeded west \
posse headed by the sherim has gone after
the robbers. who had "a good start.
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fell in the parish Of Georgetown. The earth
shook violently and at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon midnight darkness spread over
the country. Thirty people are known to be
killed and the damage to property in the
Windward district was very heavy. The
storm roared about Souffriere all night
without cessation, but on the following
morning it became intermittent and fainter.
report from Barbados says that on the
7th the sky was heavily overcast, the heat
was excessive and there was a distant
sound Of thunder. Later. early in the after
noon, dense darkness set in and a great
quantity OF vivid dust fell and continued
falling until late hour. No damage is re-
ported
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SHOT BY TWO ROBBERS
JEWELER AND COLORED BOY, WHO
RAN TO HIS ASSISTANCE.
Dead of Desperate Men, Who Held a
Crowd at Bay-Arkansas Bandits
Partly Wreck Train.

CHICAGO, May 10.-Two robbers made
desperate attempt TO rob the jewelry store
of A Kaemffer, 146 West Madison street
at noon to-day. Mr.. Kaemffer was shot and
probably fatally wounded and colored
boy who ran to his assistance was shot in
the leg. Kaemffer was alone in the store
when the two robbers entered. He resisted
and both pulled their pistols. One of them
shot him and he fell to the floor. The col
ored boy, Eugene Wood, ran from an ad-
joining barber shop to the jewelers. aid but
fell with bullet in his leg. The two rob-
bers having, il is said, obtained no booty.
rushed to the street and held small crowd
at bay with their revolvers while they made
their escape. Two BARRIERS who had fol-
lowed the colored boy were threatened
with death when they moved towards the
desperadoes. Later the police arrested one
kid Murray on suspicion.
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STORY OF A SURVIVOR.
st. Pierre and the Harbor Covered
with Boiling Mud and Fire.


with Boiling Mud and Fire.
POINTE-A-PITRE. Guadeloupe, May 10.
The first mate Of the steamship Roraima
thus describes the disaster at st. Pierre:
Between $50 and o'clock in the morn
ing on Thursday, without warning, there
came a sort of whirlwind Of steam, boil
ing mud and fire. which suddenly swept
the city and roadstead. There were some
eighteen vessels anchored in the harbor.
including the Roraima. the French sailing
ship Tamaya, four larger sailing ships and
others. All five vessels Immediately canted
over and began to burn. The Tamaya was
a bark from Nantes. Captain Maurice, and
was on her way to Pointe-a-Pitre. All the
boats except the Roraima sank instantly
and at the same moment. Every house
ashore was utterly destroyed and appar-
entity buried under the ashes and burning
lava An officer who was sent ashore pen
etrated but a short distance into the city
He found only a few walls standing and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-11
The Situation Is Acute and May Re-
suit in Over Two Hundred Thou
sand Men Quitting Work.
JOHN MITCHELLS ATTITUDE
ANTHRACITE MINERS THINK HE Is
OPPOSED TO A STRIKE.
Operators Doing Nothing to Discour'
age the Stopping of WOrk-Anti-
Strike Sentiment Growing.

The temporary suspension Of work or
dered throughout the anthracite coal region
of Pennsylvania by President Mitchell, of
the United Mine Workers, may lead to a
stupendous strike-one of greater magni-
tude than is now threatened-should the or
der be ratified by the convention Wednes-
day. For years the United Mine Workers
have been struggling to organize West Vir-
ginia, and the grievances complained of
there are many. At the meeting of the ex-
ecutive board held in this city last April
the question of a strike in West Virginia
was seriously debated and the members re-
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SOUNDED LIKE ARTILLERY.
RumbIings of the Mont PeIee Volcano
Heard Long Distance.

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe. May TO-
The morning of May Guadeloupe learned
that the Mont Pelee volcano. in Martinique.
had been in a state of eruption since Sat-
urday. May 3. throwing out ashes. The
same day violent thunderstorms began
here. Tuesday a very heavy storm oc-
CURED and loud detonations were heard.
At noon came a rumor that lava was fiow-
ing from Mont PeIee and that 300 lives
had been lost at st. Pierre. All that day
were heard loud noises, like the discharge
of heavy artillery far off. 1t is now known
that these noises were from the Martinique
volcano. In the afternoon the cable con-
nections with Martinique all disappeared.
A very heavy thunderstorm then broke
over Guadeloupe and lasted for a consid-
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earth. A whirlwind of fire Immediately fol-
Pierre was in flames, and the ships in the
harbor were dismasted and burned. The
hour. 1 arrived at St. Pierre at o'clock
in the afternoon, saving a few persons from
the ship. 1 saw no living creature in St.
Pierre. TO which it was impossible to pene-
trate. There were numerous corpses near
the n1lav"
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The P1issino family escaped to ST. Tura in
small steamer. Thirty-five persons, most
ly women and children, arrived at Castries
last Tuesday and furnished the above
details. The men remained at Martinique.
The same afternoon, later, telegraphic COM
munication was interrupted with both the
islands of Martinique and st. Vincent
GRAY WITH ASHES.
During the afternoon of the Sth the Brit
ish steamer Roddam, which had left st.
Lucia at midnight on the 7th for Mar
Unique, crawled slowly into the Castries
harbor. unrecognizable, gray with ashes,
her rigging dismantled and sheets and
awnings hanging about, torn and charred.
Captain Whatter reported that, having just
cast anchor off st. Pierre at a. m, in
derstorm during the night, he was talk
ing to the ships agent, Joseph Plissono,
who was in boat alongside, when he saw
a tremendous cloud of smoke and glowing
cinders rushing with terrific rapidity over
the town and port completely in an in
slant, enveloping the former in sheet
of flame and raining fire on board. The
agent had just time to climb on board.
when his boat disappeared. Several of the
to death.
ESCAPE OF THE RODDAM.
By superhuman efforts. having steam UP.
the cable was slipped and the steamer
backed away from the shore and, nine
hours later. managed to reach Castries
Ten of the Roddams men were lying dead,
contorted and burned out of human sem
blance, among the black cinders which COW
cred the ships deck to a depth of six
died. Two OF the survivors of the crew
were loud in their praise OF the heroic con-
duct OF the captain steering their vessel
with his own hands, which were badly
burned by the rain of fire which kept fall
ing on the ship for miles after she got
under way. Beyond burns all over his body
the captain is safe. as is also the ships
agent. though he is badly scorched.
Mr.. Plissono is believed here to be the
sole survivor of the 10000 inhabitants of
the town and all the shipping in the port
have been utterly destroyed. the West
Indian and Panama Telegraph Company's
repairing steamer going first, then the
Quebec liner Roraima, Captain Muggah,
of the latter, waving his hand in farewell
to the Roddam as his vessel sank with
terrific explosion.
The work of clearing away the debris in
the city of st. Pierre will be commenced as
soon as it is possible to enter the smoking
city. Until some semblance of order has
been restored and the ruins have been
partially cleared away it has been agreed
by the municipal and other authorities to
burn all corpses found in the streets The
authorities Of Fort de France are sending
all procurable necessaries for the sufferers.
with medical aid for the injured, the food
supplies of st. Pierre being all destroyed.
Unique from Guadeloupe. The earthquakes
have ceased, but the volcanic eruptions con-
tinue.
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MONT PELEE STILL ACTIVE.
Volcano Emitting Ashes and the Fire
at 81. Pierre burning

PARIS. May 10.-The minister of marine.
NJ. Delannessan, has received the following
from the commander OF the cruiser Suchet
at Fort de France, Martinique. under date
OF May 10, p. m: Arrived at Fort de
France with provisions. passing close TO
ST. Pierre. Fire continues: volcano stin
emitting ashes with less density"
In a previous dispatch the commander of
the Suchet said: 4 have obtained the fol-
lowing information OF the events on
Thursday About o'clock the volcano
threw I'D a considerable mass Of smoke and
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IN THE ANTHRACITE REGION.
President MitchelI's Attitude-Opera-
tors Not Averse to n Strike.

tors Not Averse to Strike.
SCRANTON, Pa. May N.-There is a
strong sentiment among the miners in this
district that President Mitchell is opposed
to strike and that, no matter how the
operators may view it, the Mine Workers
Union can afford TO refuse to engage in the
conflict which, the men say. the operators
are inviting. Most of the miners here
abouts had a half-holiday on account of
the semi-monthly pay day. The miners
congregated in groups at the hotels and
patch corners tonight and discussed
the question of making the strike order
permanent On the Saturday preceding
the Monday on which the 1900 strike order
took effect the mine bosses worked like
Trojans among their personal friends in
the ranks of the miners to urge them
against obeying the strike order. To-day
the bosses religiously held alOof from their
men. There is absolutely no effort on the
part of the operators, as far as is apparent
here, TO discourage a strike. The miners
realize this and are disposed TO accept IL as
an evidence that the operators are courtins
a conflict. This, coupled with the fact that
the rank and file are firmly convinced that
National President Mitchell is against
strike, will have strong influence towards
an anti-striSe vote at the meetings to be
held Monday afternoon.
President Mitchell and committeeman of
the three districts held a meeting this
morning but nothing made public as
to what were their deliberations. The COM
mitteemen left for their homes this after
noon President Mitchell is still here at
tending to his correspondence. He will
leave for Hazleton Tuesday afternoon.
There Is no question but that the order TO
temporarily suspend work Monday will
be obeyed i'm the Scranton district None
of the companies expect any of the men
except the engineers, firemen and pump
runners to report for work Monday morn
ing The railroads have laid off nearly all
their coal crews and will make efforts to
run the washers to supply culm coal Tor
locomotives
Wednesdays convention, at which the
question of making the strike permanent
will be considered, will be composed of over
1.0O0 delegates. The firemen Will support
the miners If they are asked TO.
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CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S JOURNAL
Part One-Ten Pages.

Page
1-Particulars of the Disaster in Mar
Unique; Suit Filed Against the Beef
Packers; bituminOus Miners May AS
sist Anthracite Strikers.
2-Destructive Fire and other Indiana
News
3-An Editors Misstatements Corrected by
Mr.. FOulke.
4-Army Appropriation Bill Passed by the
Senate.
5-Racing News.
6-Baseball and Athletics.
7-Golf and Fighting.
S-Object of Judge Taft's Mission to Rome;
More Water Cure Testimony; Senate
Votes 500. 600 to Aid Martinique Suffer-
ers, and the Government Sends Cruiser
TO st. Pierre.
9Peach Blooms and Snow.
10-Governor Sanford b. Dole Explains
Conditions in the Hawaiian Islands:
Dedication News; Hotel Lobby Clean
ings.
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Rcturn of Amhnnsndor Tover.

NEW YORK. May 10.-Charlemagne
Tower United States ambassador 10 Rus
sia. was a passenger on the steamer St
Paul. which arrived to-day from Southamp-
ton.