The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-05-22
commanding ihc Tuitrd states stcop,

commanding DC Initrd state. stcomn,
Ini"mN', No" in thcs, wniors hos
cal'c" on Governor I,lcwrl'vr onU Of
tered HIM ihr sympathy at he .nltcG
States and aUN assistance winch il v.a,
IN hlS power 80 render. IN. I',tnruo,
has also landed What >h. can <nart. -!
her food StuM> The government r<-
pressed thanks and added inai there
was no immediate need 0f hc!u. The
lotomac carr .cd o.Ncla! dispatches ~
the island Of t. lucia.
Tho inhabitants (mcanins the white
popu Iatlon as ru!c) naturally are an.
Xlous to know whether the rcposc of
the volcano is permanent or whether
1t is the luli, which usually prcccdcs
a greater paroNySmal activity. Some
people, anticipating that there is danger
OF further volcanic cruptions, are lcav-
ing inc outlying towns for Kingston.
The negroes who have remained ON
lhe estates are half-stH we'd, and the
CariD survivors are leaving the caves
and plllaging abandoned dwelling
houses and shops. a number of ar
rests have been made IN this cOnucc.
ton. Much Importance is attached
locally TO the loss which the colony has
sustained in the niury TO the peasant
property, Il scheme for the dcvclop.
mcnt of which was lately inauyuratcd
by the imp rial government.
Adrlces received from Fort de
France say that lootinL and robbery
are ON the increase at st. Pierre and
elsewhere. Local political quarrcis at
St. llcrrc are interfering with practi-
cal harm DnlouS action. There alc
5000 refugees at Fart dc France and
rloting Is feared there. Business at
st. Pierre has been stopped and money
IS scarce.
AS the colonial hospital was found
inadequate to accommodate the suf-
ferers, large army tents have been
erected for the use of the paticnts who
are being constantly brought from
othcr towns on the island, but even
these annex hospitals are o, cr.crowd-
cd. The local doctors have been rein
forced by doctor who arrived here
from the island Of Grenada, one of the
British windward islands. lie brought
with him number of packages OF
medical supplies. The death rate
among the people in the hospitals is
still very high. On all sides are heard
gra ctul appreciation Of the prompt aid
furnished by the United States, in
sending the Potomac with provisions
and other things for the destitute pco-
pie of st. Vincent.
The report that the volcanic lake
which occupied the top of the noun
tain has disappeared, appears to be
cOnI nIjrmpI y Of low,
sulphurous fumes, now apparently oc-
cupics it's place and several new craters
have been formed. The last time the
volcano showed activity, the cratcrs,
Old and now, and numerous assures in
the mountain sides, DISCHARGED hot
VapOr, deep subtcrrancan murmurinus
were heard, the ground trcmblcd at
times from the center Of the volcano,
huge volumes Of steam arose towards
the sky and a dense, cimarrOn smoke.
ming led with the steam, issued from
the new and active crater, fOl ming an
immense pail over the northern hills.
lowering into the valleys and then
rising and spreading until it cnvclopcd
the Who'll" island III peculiar, gray
mist. Simultaneous action upon the
part OF the volcanoes Of Martinique
and Dominica and elsewhere seems to
denote a volcanic convulsion between
these islands and appears to verify the
| assumption of the volcanic origin of
the mountain chains running parallel
with the S0ufricrc IN the Windward dis
trict.
1t is excessively hot here, and the
northern hills retain their foygy ap-
pearancc. The sulphuric vapors, which
still cXhalc all over the island, arc in
crcasing the sickness and mortality
among the surviving inhabitants and
arc causing suffering among the new
arrivals. The hospital staff arc giving
way to ovcrwo:k and arc with dlllculty
bearing up.
The stencil IN the afflicted districts
is terrible beyond description. Nearly
all the huts left standing arc filled
with dead bodies. In some cases dis
infcctants, and the usual means of dis
posing of the dead arc useless and
cremation has been rcsortcd to. When
it is possible, the bodies arc dragged
with ropes TO the trenches and arc
there hastily covered up, quick lime
being used when available. Many of
the dead bodies were so c0vcIc cd with
dust that they were not discovered
until alkcd on by visitors or by the
relieving officers or their assist lnts.
The scenes witnessed were unpr, &C.
dcntcd in the history of tins colony.