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to sea. Slowly the sky cleared. and
1t was possible for him to see about
him. Men in the red hot lava lay
dying all along his track. He him
self. though he stayed at the wheel,
was unable to lift his burned arms.
Blood from his forehead kept running
into his eyes. obscuring his vision. He
likened his escape to the passage from
hell into heaven. AT last he reached
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FURTHER DETAILS OF
MARTINIQUE HORROR
Captain of the Steamer oddam" DesCrib@t the Terrible Scenes Through Which He Passed
Tale Perhaps Newr Had a Parallel in Stories of the Sea

of the Roddam. which escaped from
st. Pierre May 8. The Waterman was
engaged In gathering mp fragments of
human bodies and putting them away
in the locker. lie discontinued the
work to show us around.
THE Roddam presented an awful
spectacle. She looked as IL she had
beer thrust into soft. clinging mud
and pulled ont again. The mud stuck
to her like cement and was two feet
deep on her decks. Awnings, stan.
chions and boat covers had been
burned or swept away. T~arpaulins.
rails, stays, hatch cover and even
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Men on the Roraima were wiring
ing their hands and rushing about
frantically. Some OF them jumped in
to the sea, where they must have died
instantly, Capt. Freeman said. for the
water was boiling like a caldron. II
OF the Roddam's crew had disappeared.
probably swept overheard. and the rest
went m by one until only six were
left. Every one OF them must have
died a terrible death.
After a time the captain got the
steering gear working. the ship ms
wered her helm and he headed her out
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First of all the ships that passed
through tho shower Of ashes Of Mont
Pelee and reached the American main.
land to tell about 1t. the British Etona,
hound to New York from Montevideo
and st. Lucia. has arrived at New
York. Her captain. John Cantell, and
her passengers brought with them a
thrilling story. not only OF their "
experience in the second eruption Of
MartiniQue's destroyer, but Of the
Roddam and her heroic captain. whom
they visited in the st. Lucia hospital.
The Etona reached st. Lucia on the
evening Of May 10. expecting to coal
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impalpable dust was carried by the
trade winds to the islands OF Barba-
dos and ST. Lucia and turned day into
night. The inhabitants became panic.
stricken with fear and abandoned
their ordinary vocations and devoted
themselves to prayer and fasting.
This was the closing period of a
series of volcanic eruptions which
had lasted two years. and the direc.
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Speed of Engines.

Within a few years the accuracy in
the production of both fiat and round
surfaces has been so increased that
the speed of engines has been multi
piled by three. With thSSaccurate
bearings of the present the tripled
speed gives less trouble from heating
and cutting than did the slow speed
OF former years.
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frightful cataclysm known to the
world up To that time. The whole
confguration OF the island was
changed. The eastern end sank into
the sea. and where it stood there is
now a great depth Of water, The vol,
canic forces remained ~Quiescent until
vas heard again: but it was a false
alarm. and the terrible scenes Of the
early part OF the century were noe re,
peated,
The island Of st. Vincent lies 100
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put on full steam. Some n responded
and the ship began to move, but the
steering gear was damned and would
not work. He kept the engines going
ahead and astern alternately. hoping
to free the paddles. and in so doing
nearly struck the Quebec Line steamer
Roraima, from which clouds OF steam
and fame were rising.
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Secretary Shaw's Exercise.

Mounted on Q "single-footer," Mr..
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, goes
Tor IA ride nearly every afternoon. The
animals gait is so smooth that tbs
rider gets as much exercise as though
he was swinging in a hammock. But
then the secretary on such trips looks
more like a man doing his duty than
out for a pleasure ride.
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ton of the seismic wave was not I'M
like that which devastated Martinique.
The disturbance in 1912 seemed to
pass under the bed of the ocean to
Venezuela. Caracas, the capital of
that country, vas partly destroyed by
an earthquake and 10000 persons per.
ished. With the exception of the
great Lisbon earthquake, the eruption
Of the mighty mountain was the most
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are possessed OF mclodlous song. One
is a sort of mountain oriole, which
has a note OF peculiar sweetness and
wonderful penetration.
AS in most countries where earth.
quakes are feared, the houses are,
as a rule, one story in height. The
more ~pretentious are two stories, and
the public buildings are three, but the
descendants of the Carib Indians re.
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had been saved by his crew, You
can see the marks of it yet about the
masts and our polished woodwork,
and | don't think my passengers are
yet over their fright, No curiosity
would ever take us again near thai
terrible place,
Before leaving st. Lucia" Capt.
Cantell said, I'VE visited the wreck
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gard these as dangerous and cannot
be induced to enter them.
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making noises of the typical excursion
resort. the calling of spielers, the mo-
notonous music Of the merry go-round
the believing OF megaphones. and all
that sort OF thing is entirely lacking.
The First Sight.
One viewing the place from the steam
er's deck beholds a wcll-shaded green
expanse. whereon a hall that is plainly
4 dining hall stands out most promi-
nently. Behind this dining hall is a
shed under which fire is burning and
at which planked shad are cooking, and
as for the rest-the greensward comes
down rather sheer to the water, its
foot protected by rock sea wall whose
upper stones are whitewashed. and its
perspective adorned with tree boxes
made snowy white with lime. and which
contrast pleasingly with the green OF
the foliage and the grass.
Leaving the boat and walking up the
pier and up the steps and onto the place.
the visitor finds what he is assured is
the ancient estate. Just as 1t used to be,
with the exception OF a few structures
built to house such amusements as a
bowling alley and a shooting gallery. He
sees multitude of people walking
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big game at the very first. He started
for the Congressional seat of that vet
eran Of Indiana politics. Major George
W. steele. who has served sixteen years
IN Congress. Landis carried his own
county Of Cass with ease. secured some
votes from others. and made a sizzling
fight in the convention. 1t was dead
locked for long time. and took over
thousand ballots. Major Steele ad-
mittcd that II he was defeated young
Lands would get the nomination. And
so IT turned out. We may now see two
Lands brothers in Congress at the same
time, as there are now two Kitchins.
and once were three Washburns.
The recently published Thirteenth
District" is being much read By Senn-
tors and Congressman these days. 1t is
an Indiana political tale. and the main
thcater OF action In Washington. There
has been a number of good books
treating on this subject Nearly all of
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YOUNG LAWYER CALLED x BLUFF

Judge Jarrott. OF the Seventeenth Ju-
diciai district. before whom Grant
Woodward was tried and convicted OF
jury bribing last week, tells this story
TO the Kansas City Star" OF the first
time he came to Kansas City and tried
n case before the late Judge White. OF
the criminal bench:
u was quito young then" said Judge
Jarrott; lin fact. was what might he
called green country lawyer. who had
never been to the city before. had been
told that Judge White was tartar. so
you can imagine that / was somewhat
nervous when appeared before him
defending cne OF my own country boys
who had come to the city and got into
trouble.
"A panel OF twenty-four Jurors had
been selected and all OF them had quail
fed as being unprecedented. As you know.
after the States attorneys have made
their challenges and turned the list over
to the defendants attorney, reason
able time is allowed the defense to
strike off the names OF men IT does not
care TO have on the jury. Twelve OF the
panel had taken seats In tha jury box.
while the remainder occupied chairs
near by.
Before the list was handed to me
Judge White looked over his glasses
and scowled.
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titles that generally get men accepted at
par in this world. Charles b. Lands is
the well-known member OF Congress
from the Ninth Indiana district. He was
a newspaper man before he came to
Congress. He was for several years
editor OF the "Logansport Journal. "
and was aftcrward editor OF the Del
phi Journal" He was editing the last
mentioned paper when he first succeed
ed in capturing the luscious prize that
all the Landises pursue. He was nom
mated for Congress in 1896 being at the
time in his second term as president OF
the Indiana Republican Editorial Asso-
citation. He was always solid with the
country editors. and has been nominated
and elected 10 Congress three tines. He
is an eloquent speaker and has i promi
nent place in the alleged legislative
body which originates bills for the SEN
ate TO consider and pass. He has had
one or two close races. but expects to be
returned this fall with comparative ease.
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Young man, he said fiorcely. Y don't
want you TO delay this court by taking
two or three hours TO make your chal-
longes BY reasonable time is not
meant all forenoon
"of course. was frightened. but |
acted ON a thought that came to me like
flash
Your honor said. I have no DO
sire to delay the court The twelve men
who happen TO occupy the jury box viii
be satisfactory 10 me. | don't know any
of them and they don't know me-
But. your honor exclaimed the pros
ecutor, y want few moments in which
10 make Challenges.
Can't have It,. said the judge. IL
the defendant il willing to take his
chances the State surely should be equal
ly as willing
The ease was tried and won it.
cleared my man. Judge White came
down from the bench and walked TO
where ! was standing.
" Young man he said. you're Il poker
player, aren't you?'
No. Judge. answered bashfully; I
haven't played any poker since became
man
Nonsense said Judge White. y
man who calls bluff like ] made ut
you a little while ago is bound to be 4
poker player oil the first water "
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NEWS OF * LATER DAY

In the ParkhurSt Cafe, on Mulberry
Street, a group of men are leunging
about The conversation OF the loung-
ing men inside the cafe turned to sky
scrnpers in general says the New York
sun"
Cne man. who wore his whiskers in a
braid and buttoned his trousers down
the side, said he'd seen a building where
the janitors children. who lived on the
top floor. used to stand at the open win
dow at night with scoop nets and play
fully scoop in stars as they 1oated by.
Another fellow, with an etching by
"Zim" on his bald pate. said that the
junitor at his place would leave his
family on the top floor the first OF every
month to go down stairs for his wages
and by the time he got back to his fam
lily again another month had passed and
he would have to start right down
again
The man whose vest buttoned down
the back. and whose shoes closed auto
matte ally when he put them on said
that where he was stopping the tenants
w continually complaining about be-
ing disturbed by cherubim who kept
twanging their harps before the win
dows.
Just as the conversation waxed warm
there was a dreadful napping heard out
doors. with an awful crash right in
front Of the cafe.
The crowd rushed out pcllmeli.
They uttered sharp, scornful express
siOns at what they saw.
II was the Santos -Dumont No. 1851.
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This mansion, the burial plot. and the
outhouses are usually inspected by visit
ors Immediately upon their arrival, and
they then repair to the dining hall and
the shed under which the planked shad
is cooking. and an exhaustive inquiry is
made into the process.
. Under the shed is a row of burning
hickory limbs and logs. and this fire is
ilanked on either side by line of heavy
oaken boards, set on edge. and having
nailed to their faces the bodies of the
fish.
So long have those oaken pianlIs been
in use that not only are they become as
black as ebony. but they are permeated
through and through with juices and
condiments, and seem as If even they
would be savory eating.
To them the FISH. after being cleaned.
are nailed with wire nails. and then they
are set up before the blazing logs. as be-
fore described. And then begins the
practice of the art-an art that has
never been duplicated. elsewhere. nor
achieved. SO the Marshall Hall folk say.
by any other than ancient Glen Johnson.
who has for Just half century. been
the presiding genius OF planked shad.
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| them pick out an Indiana man TO have
| the Washington experiences. Ex-Con-
| gressman VI. w Howard in his fidicu-
lous but much-advertised "f Christ
Came to Congress" indeed had his Wis
itor to Nashirgto come from another
ard better place But generally Indi-
ana is the state they are made to hail
from Gilbert A. Pierce. afterward
United States Senator, while on the
Chicago Inter Ocean" wrote story
called "a Dangerous Woman" which
had an Indiana Congrcssman's expert
ences In Washington for its main sub
ject. Charles T. Murray. for many
years one of the best-known journalists
Of Washington. took a hand in this kind
of writing in his Sub Rosa" and but
recently ~ Maurice Low. Washington
correspondent OF the Boston Globe, ;"
chose the same topic for his story, THE
Supreme Surrender" Although Mr.. Low
did not definitely locate his Senator
hero in Indiana. that Belgium of polit-
ical battles must have been the West
ern state he had In mind.
Murray was himself from Indiana and
had an Indiana hero. Sub Rosa" had
quite an extended sale for several
years. 1t contained many good bits of
description This is the way young
Washington correspondent was 'dished
up in Sub Rosa
While thus engaged he noted the en-
trance OF young man. thick-set. with
a fcshy face. He appeared to be about
twenty-five years OF age: an incipient
mustache struggled for footing. his
dark hair was crisp and thick under a
lightly worn sIouch hat jauntlly cooked
TO the left. He advanced into the midst
OF the crowd with long strides. .nodding
here and there. shaking hands with this
one and that. himself familiarity greeted
with Hello. George How are you
now?'' What's the news The young
man elbowed his way through all these
greetings. slapping the generals and
Judges on the back in his turn. in an
easy, off hand style which excited the
wonder of the timid young constituent.
Several In the crowd fastened them
selves on him as he worked his way
through, plying him with questions on
political topics and good humored rail
lery, all OF which he answered with
ready wit and easy nonchalance. rolling
a fresh cigarette between his thumb and
fingers the while. Then he borrowed
light and blew clouds OF smoke from his
rostrils between sentences. He stood
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Thus Prepared on PIanks That Have
Grown Black With Continued Use and
Look to Be Good to Eat-A Delightful
Place to Visit, With Its Ancient Mansion,
Its Old Trees and Its Quaint Tombs. :: :"

plankeG shad. For. says he, planked-
shad dinners existed before Washington
was ever thought of. and right on the
same spot where they flourish today.
Years and years ago. long before the
foot of white man ever trod the New
World. the red Indian was a planked-
shad votary He. at this season. when
the fish began to run. took them as best
he could; and. having taken them. cook
ed them as he might.
Improved Indians Trick.
Being somewhat short in culinary
equipment. he was reduced to the neces-
sity of splitting the shad upon stick
and setting it up before the fire to cook.
Which aboriginal invention was. in all
essential respects. the invention OF to-
day When. however. the white man
came along and saw the Indians trick.
be Immediately began to practice it and
to improve on it. And so in time the
shad came to be railed upon plank and
dressed with sauces OF the white mans
invention. and in that wise attained its
great fame.
Other places have tried to institute
planked shad. but they have never rival
ed Marshall Hall. 1t seems. however.
to be linked TO the ancient home of the
Maryland Marshall. ard there, and no.
where else. is the feast to be had in its
peculiar perfection.
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Be Cooked in Such a Manner With Such
Glorious Results Glenn Johnson, and
He Knows, Declares Panked Shad Has
Been Famous at Marshall Hall for Over a
Century-Learned From AboriginaIs, = ::

And now the shad is with us once
again, and with him the planked-shad
dinner-that culinary triumph whose
fame is as broad as the fame of the
National Capital itself. and whose like
is to be found nowhere else on earth.
Each year when the shad begins TO
run in the broad Potomac the planked-
shad dinner comes into existence, down
at Marshall Hail, and forthwith that his
toric spot becomes a Mecca
Washington folk repair thither on
Sundays to lounge in the shade of the
ancient mulberries. and to cat the ia
nous dish, and from over all the coun-
try come delegations of one sort and an
other. bound on similar mission.
During the week excursions are run
for the benefit of these strangers, who
either have heard of the feast and are
intent upon trying it. or who have tried
It once and are therefore determined
to try 1t again.
They Think of the Dinner to Come.
Nearly every day in the week the big
white boat of the Marshall Hall Com
pany can be seen swinging down stream,
carrying a cargo of people, who lean
over the rails as the vessel swings
along and watch the interesting banks
of the stream and indulge in contempla-
tion OF the dinner which awaits them.
And on sundays-which day is re-
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quite near. and Harry could overhear
most of what was said. although the
crowd was thick in front Of him and
constantly imperiled his toes. They were
besiesing the newcomer for news.
who are you after. now, George?"
inquired one.
Who do you suppose? Do you take
me for constable or a policeman. gen.
eral?' the young man retorted.
George. have you heard anything
about the cabinet?" asked another in
subdued tone.
why. yes; curing the past few days
think have heard somebody mention
the cabinet can't Just now say who"
Those in the vicinity laughed at this
sally. inasmuch as the whole city was
agog with the subject. and scarcely q
man could be found who hadn't .
'sIate."
There will be no change. gentle-
men" cried the young man. loud enough
for all TO hear, $50 yon may as well re-
turn to your plows." Whereat there
was lull, and then the talk ran faster
uhN bht ldhShN'l iOuNi'l NAidu ever III
the midst of this gentleman seized
him:
Here. George, let me introduce
friend-Governor Egbert. Terri
tory: Mr.. Stanley. OF the Row"
Harry heard the introduction and the
name. but did not understand the Row
part of 1t. He felt an unusual interest
in this young man. not bit Older than
himself. yet towering among these great
men. consulted about cabinets and pub
lie events. treating them as IL they were
familiar equals. Morris naturally came
to the conclusion that George Stanley
was a genius-and so he was. Harry
saw him introduced here and there.
heard his sharp voice and repartee. and
found more interest in him than all tho
rest. Finally one or two noisy young
gentleman and gray-h haired man got
hold of the genius and dragged him OF
to the barroom. where they disappeared
amid fresh Babel OF sounds
Young Morris ventured to inquire who
the young fellow wa, who had Just dis
appeared.
THAT noisy hummer In slouched
hat?"
Yes
30. that's a newspaper fellow. Gin
cinnati or Chicago paper. believe
Seems very popular" observed Har-
ry. glad to find somebody to talk to.
Yes. Clever boy. they say. too
Knows everybody
Pretty nsarly-it's his business, Jos
see"
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Then there is Kenesaw Mountain
Lands. the tall crlE that reared" sud
denly as private secretary Of the late
Secretary of State Walter O Gresham
Kenesaw is man Ct lean and hungry
figure. in no sense resembling the round
and glossy Charles. One is Cassius-
framed and the other is Cauun-l lined
but they are brothers. You can bet on
that and prove 1t by their precoci;y in
politics. kenesaw made an excellent
secretary. and Is now a successful Chi
cago lawyer. with an eye to future and
higher political honOrs. And now we
come to the last and youngest Cwho
dare say leastD Landis. Fred *. He
is wcll-remembcred in Washington. hay-
ing been an office boy and afterward
an assistant in ire Washington bureau
in the Chicago News" when Jerry
Matthews was a. its head. He left
Washington two or three years ago os-
tensihly to practice law, but really to
play politics to a finish. He picked out
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While here he became acquainted with
several newspaper men and they were
afterward recommended By him for the
decorations.
All this wac several years ago. Trim
idad is still a bleak gull-lnhabited rock
in the ocean. James /. disappointed in
his dream Of islet empire, unhappy In
his marriage, and in desperate financial
straits. is dead by his own hand Count
de la Boissiere is gone. know not
where. But there are few newspaper
men who have not forgotten the prince
or his chancellor, and who still possess
their parchments and their decorations.
still. believe would prefer to have
Colonel OLaughlin's. II may not be
quite SO romantic, brt it is the real
thing.
e. a. Bowman. private secretary to
Congressman Burk-one OF the several
Philadelphia Representatives who has
got dollar-is an old newspaper man
OF long and varied experience. iie start
ed in the business at Pittsburg. and
worked West on an Itinerary something
like that OF the old journe-nan printer.
He weEt from rittsburg TO Cleveland,
and thence took n long jump and land
ed in that hill-and- hole metropolis.
Kansas City. lie became city editor Of
the best paper in Kansas City, the
Star" Bowman had as one of his re-
porters al the time X. II. Lindsay, now
the excellent correspondent of the
star" Bowman was subsequently city
editor OF the Denver Times" and salt
Lake Herald" He then careened back
to the East, lsbored in New York and
then r. Philadelphia. finally coming here
VITA Mr. Burk
y. Bit Is a good thing TO be private
secretary to a Congressman who has
money.
There is one thing tho Lands family
does not lack. II is not at all shy on
Nerve The people OF Washington are
quite familiar with the Landises. They
hHCN lidl A8'+ AA's i'lA'lHD'l hthfsdH
Mountain. and cke Fred X. The Lam
discs all were, and some OF them still
are. newspaper men. But the chief oc-
cupatIon of each and all of them has
been the gay game Of politics, and the
dizzy ambition Of most of them has been
to break into Congress. The Landiscs
are pretty good fellows. take the whole
herd They are precocious, and they
have assurance. But they also have en-
ergy and ability. and these are quail