The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-20

What is most astonishing Is the atti-
tude OF America. but il must be borne
IN mind that america Is 4 cosmopolitan
+ eouatry. and that there is = large ele-
meRt in II which has chiefly come from
the continent This element has not yet
been thoroughly absorbed into the true
s american community OF assimIlated the
true american ideas. and il viii continue
for long time 70 affect II not 10 dom
inats the Journalism ard literature q
the country America has not
existed as long as old England. she has
not sent her roots down into the world
so deeply. She has net felt the weight
OF responsibility 50 seriously or meas
ureG he rstrength 50 often against ether
powers She is not tired Of the worlds
burden When America IS as old as she
(BItain) IS and as weary OF the perpetual
struggle she VIII cease 70 entertain 50
commonplace failing OF Jealousy.
One OF the most prominent articles in
the paper is about the shipping trust
and J. Pierpont Morgan's name has Al
important place in the article.
The paper contains a letter from ST.
Vincent. which Is unsigned. but which
was written by woman The letter
says in part;
we all feet quite unsettled By the
housekeeping monster. (the volcano) and
none Of US are IL for very much. We
can't be TOO thankful that personally we
have not suffered al all. and n the plan
tations only a few cocoa and coffee
trees have been destroyed BY the dust
and stones. and all the young crops wsrs
Knocked 70 pieces.
The letter concludes with the following
description Of the eruption:
All Wednesday morning there Was AT
appearance Of tremendous rain With con-
slant bursts OF odd-sounding thunder
Between l and ?. m. the roaring
began Such . roar constantly fncrsas-
ing and the mass OF STUFF going up. Up,
up-gray, black. bIuish-spreading wider
and wider at the top And ali through
this mass. can't call Il a cloud. was
foTked lightning. running zig-zsg. -
and down. across. around the edge.
shooting out as II coming at you I
caught up a hat and ran down TO the
telephone station TO inquire what it real
y was. For We knew nothing OF all
tnar h2Q Desn gong on 70 tee~aE4
Miss Mackie answered it was the noun
tain. bur she could not talk as il was
dangerous. So I hurried again They
sent to tell US We could see the flashes
better ct the parsonage. being 50 much
higher. We went up at once and almost
Immediately began the fan Of dust and
stones We had to shut up doors and
windows 10 keep them out 50 We could
not see the end Of this mass Little
did We ina CINE What awful things were
happening during that time in the Carib
country.
Has anyone ever told you what the
noise was ike. OF the nearest idea7 Il
seemed TO ne Ike a huge pot boiling.
with something ike sugar cake making.
went flop. flop. fun. fun. flop. Ike when
the sugar cake is boiling hard, but re-
member. II was loud enough 10 be heard
in St Thomas. There were several Of
these huge pots OF sugar cake boiling at
the same time for the flop. flop never
stopped bat was a continual roar. though
you could distinguish the fiops OF the
stones. lava. etc. boiled Up. II was q
terrific noise. hope you may never hear
II, and 7 trust I never viii again