Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-10
PROMPT ACTION.
Senate Votes To Appropriate
 Money for Sufferers.
sioo. .ooo FOR MARTINIQUE.

1t Is Thought the Governor of the Island is Among the Dead-GoVerner of Guadeloupe Acts Promptly anu Helps the Sufferers-London Busi- ness Houses Awaiting Word from Their Agents in Martinique, When May Never Come.
 Washington, May 10.-The senate today passed q bill introduced px sen ator Fairbanks appropriating $loo,Ooo for the purchase of supplies for me Island of Martinique sufferers.
 Iondon. May 1O-Thirty deaths are reuorted to have occurred Tt the lsianu of St Vincent. according to a tele5I ain received at the colonial once this morning from Governor LleWellyh, iol- Warded from St Lucia yesterday even ing. The governor adds: "ln1orlna- lion incomplete. Eruption continues. l am endeavoring to get DacK to el Vincent
 Steel. Young & Go of this city. own CTS of the British steamer houuain, which escaped from St Pierre eo Lucia. received this morning the nrsN news from their agents at SI Luc!a as follows: Terrible volcanic ernpLlon at Martinique. Roddam .'eturheo. Ohe anchor and chain slipped. Iarpaciins and running gear burned. Maenimels i intact Captain in nospdh. VIZ mates. chief engineer and eight or crew dead. Ten in hospital Secohu and third engineers aboard. Camp heu supercargo, dead. Communica- ton between here and Barbados inter- rupted.
 Cable communication between Lon- don and the island of Martinique qs chi off. The Direct West India Cable Co received at 1:30 this afternoon cable dispatch from St Lucia, dateu to-day, saying:
 "Sloon just leaving for St Vincent, presumably with the object of ascer- 1aining what has happened on that island. Possibly took Governor LleWei- lyn.'' Communication is still obtainable with the island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies. but the news is congested, owing to the confusion prevailing III the cable system and the numerous or ficial messages filed. The receipt or The first direct cable news from Mar tinioue depends on how long the French company will take in repairing the cable to Fort de France. the capl- 1al of that island, on which they are now working.
 The British admiralty is commun1- eating with the commander-in-cllet or the British naval station and a war vessel will be directed to go to Mar unique.
 It is apparent from the cable dis matches received that the eruption or the volcano on Mont Pelee will not do much damage to. the sugar crop, Whlch is chiefly confined to the southern part of the island, and the gathering of which is now two-thirds over. HOW ever. the wiping out of the rloneyed popula ton of the island, centered at St Pierre. is bound to produce the most serious commercial effect. Not one or the business houses in London has heard a word of its agents in MartiIe iuue. A partner of the principal Eng fish firm dealing with Martinique said to a representative of the Associated Press:
 T suppose all our agents are dead. Not much business is transacted De tween England and Martinique. Al
 
 rect to Bordeaux. which suffers the most. I know Martinique well. The last time I was there, a few years ago. there were only two EnglisInen aId no American resident at St ierre, al- though the town did q good business with America in the way of foodst';ffs A large proportion of the white popu- lation belongs to old French families, hvo preferred St Pierre 10 any other mart of the island. We never for a moment dreamt that Mont Pelee would prove dangerous. Fifty years ago some smoke and steam issued from it's creyices. but no attention was paid to it."
 Paris. May 1O.-A telegram from the governor of the Island of Guadeloupe contains the latest news of the Martl- nioue cataclysm received at the colon ial office.
 After announcing that the French crfliser Suchet had thirty survivors on board. the governor of Guadeloupe says: ssEverything tends to the be- lief that Governor of the Colony, NJ. T.. Alouttet and Colonel Garbault and their wives perished with the popula- ton of St Pierre. I have ordered the prompt despatch of provisions from Pointe-a-Pitre and Bassaterre. The Suchet sails for Martinique this eyen- ing. All of the people and the supplies of Guadeloupe are at your disposal for relief"
 An amending procession of inquirers who have friends and relatives on the stricken island is arriving at the min istry of the colonies. which has tele- graphed to every possible source for information
 A few private telegrams received here renew the hope that some of the inhabitants of St Pierre escaped.
 The bishop of Martinique sent a cable message from Fort De France, forwarded at 5:30 p. m- yesterday an- nouncing the safety of Pastor King of St Pierre. who escaped the disaster and sought refuge at Aforne Rouge. It is hoped that others fled there.
 Cable messages have been received by the southern route All the nortn- <,r.u c0hIac arc infarr11nfpd