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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-13
A Train Of Naphtha Cars
Exploded.
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FLAMES FIFTY FEET HIGH
Big Crowd Had Gathered When
Another Explosion Came.
SWEPT BY A WALL OF FIRE
With Roar That Gould Be Heard fop
Miles Torrent of Flame Belched
Over the Crowd, and Over
Two Hundred Were Badly
6urned-Scenes Beg
gar Description.
SWEPT BY A WALL OF FIRE
lRy Associated Press.l

PITTSBURG. Pa, May 12--Sheraden
Var. of the Panhandle Railroad. was the
scene this evening of one of the most
disastrous explosions and fires known in
this section for many years. a score OF
lives We're lost, and about 200 personS
We're so badly burned that. according to
the Judgment of physicians in attend-
ance, seventy-tive per cent. of them will
die from the effects of their injuries.
The dead:
HARRY f. SNIITHEY, levernan: res
sided at Dennison. Ohio
BILLY TAYLOR, brakeman, Urichs~
.ille. Ohio.
ELMER HUNTER, conductor.
ALBERT MkEAN, brakeman. Shera<
den
JOHN SWAN. brakeman. Sheraden-
DALLAS BYRD, fireman. Sheraden.
FIFTY FEET OF FLAME.
The cause of the catastrophe was ths
explosion of a train OF naphtha cars, whick
were being switched at the yard. and IL
the switching. the rear car telescoped u
car forward. The leaking naphtha igniteG
from a switch light. causing an explo<
sion. which threw the flames fifty feet
high. Much Of the escaping naphtna rar
through Crok's Run. to Esplen Borough.
a. distance of one and one-half miles. and
caused another explosion. blowing to
House, on River Road. and badly wreck
ing a framei building nearby. in whicH
were conSregated ECO, or more. sports
from Pittsburg and vicinity. betting on
the races. baseball. etc. Few of the &C.
cupants of THIS building escaped injury.
many being badly hurt. Mrs Seymour
and her daughter. OF the Sheraden Hotel.
were seriously, and it is feared. fatally
injured
The frs tear of naphtha exploded a bout
4:40 o'clock. and the spectacle soon at
tracted a large crowd on streets. lining
the hills on both sides of. and parallel to
the railroad. The second car expIodeG
about ; o'clock but it was at 6:15 o'.iocS
when three more cars of the deadly stufs
went up with a roar, that could be heart
for miles. that the work of destructio~
fealy began
MONT PELEE ON SMALL SCALE.
y torrent of flame belched forth on
each side of the track. sweeping back
the terrified spectators like a charge o.
artillery and sending a shower of flame
over their heads. resembling Mont Peles
on a small scale.
The scene that followed begsars de-
scription. The successive explosion had
heated the air to such an extent that be-
! fore the third explosion many were rem
dered unconscious by the extreme heat
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS

FORECAST
Tuesday, fair and warmer: Wednesday,
fair: light to fresh south winds
Highest temperature yeseerday.--....- IS
Lowest temperature yesterday. 81
Mean temperature yeSterday--...--...-6 62
Normal temperature for May-.-...-.- 6I
Departure from normal temperature Us
Precipitation during past a hours.... 60
LOCAL
Graduates of the University College OF
Medicine announced.
r Recommendations as to redrrangtnS the
Council committees.
Death OF Mr. w J. Glenn. one OF the
oldest citizens of Richmond.
Jollitication at Richmond College last
night a very interesting event.
Many Baptists return frcn- the big COIL
venton s,I Asheyile-
Meeting of the Medical Society of Chess
terfield.
All saloons said to have been closed in
Richmond on Sunday.
Interest in the Sixth District contest Is
growing.
Chesterfield County Court met yester-
Prof. Fl. A. White will so to South
Carolina.
Pickett Camp to visit Norfolk.
Hebrew Mesnoria! Association will hold
its annual exercises tomorrow
MIR. Charles B. Cooke. millionaire OF st.
Louis, purchases Mr.. a. Beirne BlairS
house and twenty-five acres OF iand near
Ginter's country home for residence,
Real Estate Trust Company, recently
chartered, to be organized
VIRGINIA
Chesterfield instructs delegates to vota
for proclaimng the Constitution.
Campbell county defers to the requests
of Senator Daniel and refrains from tn
structing how to vote on the Constitution.
Glass called on to run for Congress and
responds happily
Boteuouru votes for proclamation. and
so does Scott.
Louisa also votes TO proclaim. Local
option petitions being numerouSIy signed.
knights Of Columbus organize IN Staun-
ton.
The locomotive engineers in session at
Norfolk. Chief officers entertained az
Roanoke.
Terrific cyclone in Apponattox county
GENERAL
Not a living soul found in city OF st.
Pierre Dead found in heaps in ruined
streets while sharks fed upon corpseS
floating in surrounding seas Worst an
ticipations realized eabled =. 8. Consul
.Aynle who has gone TO scene OF disaster.
President asks Congress for approprta-
ton of half a million for aid of sufferers.
House doubled amount appropriated by
Score of persons killed and hundreds
burned. 75 per cent. of them fatally, by
explosion OF train OF naphttha cars In
Pennsylvania
and adjournS.
War claim still paramount issue ak
Methodist Conference in Dallas
Anthracite collieries completely tied up.
AS COO miners having sone out Strike al
most certain to be made perpetual un1
less concessions are granted.
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THEIR HEADS co OFF.
City CounciImen's Terms Are Cut to
Eighteen Months.


The action of the Final Revision Com
lnlttee In cutting the terms of members
OF city councils and boards OF aldermen
is the subject of much comment in local
political circles. The idea in reducing
the terms OF these officers was to equal
ize matters and arrange for the election
OF both branches at the sd me time The
terms of the Richmond City Counc!lmen
and Aldermen to be chosen next week
will expire within eighteen months in
stead of two years, and their SUCCESSORS
will be elected in November instead of
in May.
One Of the main objects of the con-
vention has all along been to console
date and have fewer elections. and the
result as to councilmen follows almost as
a logical consequence. The scheme car
not. however. be said to be a. popular
one, especially with the members who
have just been through the fire OF a hot
campaign.
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RICHMOND, VA, TUESDAY. MAY l3. 1902.
FETID CLOUDS LOWER OVER CITY
INHABITED ONLY BY DEAD MEN
THE DISASTER COMPLETE.

WASHINGTON May 12secreay Hay has received the fol
lowing cabegram, dated May from Consul Ayne uadaoupe
went to Fort de France Martinique by Instructions from this
government:
The disaster complete The city wiped out Consul Prem
It's and his family are dead Governor says 10000 pershed
hungry He suggests that the Red Cross
goldfish flour beans salt meats and biscuits
as quick as possibly Visits of vessels valuable
important of Consul Aymes cabegram the eter
ecc y him to the Governor as authority for the estimate of the
of life Preceding dispatches including the official messages
French colonial offices Paris reported that there
Governor Moue, well as Colonel Dam the
military commander at St. Pierre had perished
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One Cent Damages.

Especial Dispatch to The Timcs.)
f NORFOLK, VA, May 12.-Henry. Pur-
nell, colored, who sued Mr.. j. w. ESpagat
for $500 damages. was given one cent
ty a Chancery Court jury this evening.
The costs are on Mr.. Spagat.
Furnell was charged by Mr. Spagat
with larceny and was acquitted. The
taa<aaeA ~AAas EailaM1>a
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twenty vessels in the Toadstead at the
time of the disaster. The British steamer
RoGGam had anchored. but Captain Freed
man, although horribly burned managed
10 keep on the bridge of his vessel. EV-
- body on the Roddam's deck was killed
instantly. but with the assistance OF his
tfird engineer and q firemae' who were
wounded. the captain brought his vessel
to St Lucia Many persons tried TO
reach the Roddam. but in vain. The
United States vice-consul at ST. Pierre.
Aueede Testart, reached the deck of the
Roddaln. only to fall back into the sea
dead.
BLAZING RUINS.
Three hours exploration Of the ruins OF
St Pierre resulted in the finding OF no
i,sce of the American consulate. Consul
Jhcmas T. Prentiss. his wife and two
daughters are undoubtedly dead That.
quarter of the city is still a vast mass
of blazing ruins. Nor has any trace been
found of James Japp. the British consul.
Nr. Japp had a, large family at St.
I3sTre.
last Saturday, after ten hours work
a contain ana a detail Of soldiers found
two and a half million francs in the
bank of Martinique. The vaults of the
English bank at St. Pierre were found
to be intact and We're not opened
The coast villages near ST. Pierre were
destroyed simultaneously with that
town The entire island UP to within a
few miles of Fort de France is covered
with mud and ashes. The cattle of the
island are either all dead or dying. The
streams have dried up or are polluted.
Thousands of persons are hocking to
Fort de France. Unless relief is prompt
ly sent famine is imminent. and there
is urgent need for the services of the
Red Cross Society The French cable
&c oN1v
munication with the outside world. The
demands made upon this line are eX-
tremely heavy.
ON ST. VINCENT.
The British Royal mail steamer Solent
brought awful news from the British is
land of ST Vincent. May the Sth and
9Th volcano there the Southfrlere,
broke into violent eruption. Mud ashes.
stone and fire We're hurled into the town
of Kings,own. the capital of the island.
and over the country From the mea-
gre reports ohtainable here, 1t IS known
that 500 deaths had occurred in st. Vim
cent up TO Friday night, and that the vol
cano there was still active at that time
The volcanic detonations were distinctly
heard in Barbados, a hundred miles
away. and the fall of ashes there was
so heavy thai it resulted in intense dark
ness for several hours during the al
ternoon.
Hamilton de Lourey. passenger on
the Royal Mail steamer Esks states that
between IL and l. o'clock on the night OF
Nav S. a huge black mass OF Fapof
hung over the volcano on St. Vincent
and that the mountain was raining ashes
while there ws a continuation OF electric
flashes about the mountain tor. A boat
from the Esk went in toward the shore
with mail, but had to return.
The central and southern parts OF 81.
Pierre are still burning. The country
SIDE IS deserted Every family on the
island is mourning the lossc of relatives
or friends. Busines is at complete
standstill
Mount Pelee s still in eruption. and
even more violent and disastrous erup-
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II.
CONVENTION CLOSES.
The Committee on Nominations made
f; cir report today, naming Rev. j. b.
Hu1scn1 as president Of the Foreign Mis-
sion Board and T. *. Sands its adultor
ard Rev. DR.. ]. A Mundy, of Lynch
tlrg, vice-president of the Home Board
for Virginia. Their report was adopted
The convention came to close to-nlght.
the last subject discussed being one OF
esreciaI interest to Virginia foaptlSts. II
was the coordination OF Baptist schools.
Rev. Dr.. Carroll showed how this work
had been done in Texas. The results
rave been most happy there, thousands
of dollars being given to education, Where
nothing was given before
Dr. ". E. Hatcher was the last speaker,
telling what was needed and hoped Tor IN
educa ton in Virginia.
Asheville has never seen 50 great crowd
before The great Battery Park Hotel has
taken care of four hundred and fifty
guests ard turned many away.
NO SENSATION.
The sensation promised to occur in the
Southern Baptist Convention when the
co,ar1ittec appointed to investigate the
alleged differences between DR.. Diaz. the
IL r.ner Cuban missionary, and the Home
Mission Board. should give their state
ment, failed to matera!lze.
Or DiaZ left this a1IeFtiOOn OlieCtlS
for Havana He expressed himself as
being delighted with the meeting ana
said he would carry away with him only
the most pleasant renem5rances OF the
occasion.
At this mornings session the report OF
the Committee on General Sunday-scnooi
Work was taken up as a special order
and read by5 DR.. J. E. White. OF Atlanta.
The report congratulates the convention
on the work done by Sunday-school
boards. since its establishment in 1901 and
approves the management. The future
Of The board is bright and it is m good
working order
At the afternoon session a telegram
from the General Conference OF the
Methodist Church. in Dallas. was read.
saIlting the conference and wishing II
abundant prosperity.
At to-day's session of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Union the following onlcers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. c.. A. Stokeley; Vice
Presidents, Mrs D. NJ. Malone, Ala
batna: Mrs. James p Eagle, Arkansas;
Miss @E. NJ. Dickinson, District of Colum-
hin. Mrs. w. D. Chipley Florida: Miss
NJ n Wright, Georgia; Miss E. S.
Broadus, louisiana; Mrs. j. H. Eager
Marvland; Mrs. j. c.. Hackett. Misss,
sinni: Mrs. T. L. Burni1am, Missouri
Miss F. e. S. Heck. North Carolina
Miss M. L. Coker. South Carolina; Mrs
~ Wheeler, Tennessee; Mrs. c. c.
SLAUGHTER, Texas; Mrs. A. NJ. Gwath.
mey. Virginia Mrs. NJ. Choate. Indiar
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MEET AT VIRGINIA BEACH.
Virginia Press Association to Convene
Thoro in lima

VT 5Hfte1 : o'1 : ~'s1t'Of' 70 ~OIIVSlIE
There in June.
The Executive Committee OF the vir-
ginia Press Association met yesterday
in The Times building and decided to
hold the annual meeting of the organi-
:: ton at the Princess Anne Hotel, vir-
ginia Beach, on the 9th OF June The
members of the committee present were
Messrs. c. E. Thacker tpresident). OF
Newport News; r. p. Barham, of Peters
burg; J. L. Hart OF Farmv:lle, and ".
s Copeland. of Richmond.
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MOST COMPLETE TIE-UP IN
HISTORY OF ANTHRACITE MINING
Mine Workers to the Number of 145OOO Have Gone Out
and Not One of the 357 Colleries is in
s.s Operation.
and Not One Of the 357 Co1lieries is in
Operation.

with the way the men responded TO the
call for suspension of work. He will
leave for Hazletcn tomorrow afternoon.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Tuesday and wednesday:
Nirsinsa--Fair. warmer Tuesday: We'd
nesdav fair: light TO fresh south winds.
North Caroiiaa--Fair Tuesi,y;; warmer
in central portion; Wednesday fair; light
TO fresh winds.
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.bAPTISTS adjourn
annual COM EERENCE
Dir. Hatcher Last Speaker.
Heard at Convention.
ABLE SERMONS SUNDAY
Virginians Among Those Who
Filled PuIpits of City.
SERVICES WITHOUT LIGHT
Or. Mullens, When Lights Failed, Con-
tinued His Sermon in Dark, and Az
ter Benediction Congregation
Filed Out by Lights from
Matches-S. S. Board.
Foreign Missions.
Virginians Among Those Who
Filled Pu|pits Of City.
SERVICES WITHOUT LIGHT
Special Dispatch to TIE Tines.y

ASHEVILLE. n. c., May 1.-THE YER
dict to-day seems unanimous that the
sermons preached yesterday in the Ashe-
vile pulpits by Baptist divines were all
of high order. 7. number OF those who
preached were Virgnians-Carter Helm
Jones. R. j. Willingha1n and ]. B. Haw-
thorne.
At the Central Methodist Church last
nignt Just as DR.. E. Y. Mullins was con-
cluding his sermon in the twinkling of
an eye all the electric lights went out.
Preacher and congregation behaved with
wonderful GOODNESS. Not pausing a sec
ond the preached went on to the end of
the sermon, and in due form the bene-
diction was pronounced by RevlM L.
Wood, of Staunton. Va. The people
passed out by the light of matches struck
here and there throughout the house.
To-day the Sunday-School Board and
Foreign Missions have been considered.
Rev. Z. c. Taylor. missionary from Ba-
ili3, Brazil, spoke Interestingly. He says
that in the late Spanisn-American war
Brazil was strongly in sympathy with
the United States.
TEARS FLOWED.
= The convention had a fearful time when
DR.. Carter Helm Jones presented Rev. c.
3. Willingham. the son Of Secretary VIII
lngham, who soon goes to Japan. The
young man spoke briefly. but well. and
as the people saw the tears streaming
down the cheeks of his father all hearts
were touched and tho hymn and prayer
which followed. Rev. E. E. Bomar lead
ing, were tender and uplifting.
The convention heard with interest Sec
retary Whitley, of the Baptist Mission
Board of Australia. While Southern Bap-
lists average 10 cents per member per
year to foreign missions Australian Bap-
lists average 10 cents peg member per
month.
The convention. by formal vote. de-
clined to hear Rev. A. j. Diaz, OF Cuba
The Committee on Cooperation re-
ported suggesting the appointment for
one year of committee. composed of
the secretaries of the several State
:5oards, to provide for a statistical sec
retary, who shall collect and supply facts
and figures This report was adopted as
devoid of certain Objectionable features
that were advocated. and that caused a
heated fight last year at New Orleans,
DR.. Hatcher at first withheld his name
from the rel.,rt CT the committee. but
finally after a speech of explanation,
gave his name to it.
News has been received of the death
OF Rev. c. G.. Jones, OF Covlngton. KY,
formerly a Lynchburg pastor. Dr.. Eaton
has left to preach the funeral.
The Seminary alumni had meeting
this afternoon and decided to have ban
quet next year in Savannah Carter
Helm Jones and w. r. l.. Smith were
elected on the Executive Board OF the
alumni
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Bob TayIor's Word Painting.

In Bob Taylor's new lecture "Sen
timent, . there appears the follow.
Ing apostrophe to the rising sun:
II saw the morning with the culver
and FURNISHED bow stand tiptoe on the
horizon and shoot sunbeams at the
vanishing night, and then reach up
and gather the stars and hide them in
her bosom, and bend down and tickle
the slumbering world with straws of
light until it awoke with laughter and
song.
IA thousand bugle calls from the
rosy fire of the east heralded her COM
ing thousand smiling meadows kiss
ed her garments as she passed, and 10, =
900 laughing gardens unfurled their
fowery flags to her. The heart of the
deep forests throbbed a tribute of bird
song, and the bright water rippled a
melody of welcome.
- Youth and love radiant with joy
came hand in hand tripping and dan
cling in her shining train, and wished
that heaven of morning might last for
ever. -
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Dewey and His Men "Dry" At Battle
of Manila.

[Canton, o., Telegram to the Chicago
Chronicle.
Boys in Sunday School class at the
First Presbyterian church, taught by
Mrs. Carrie Herspoos, did not like some
of the doctrine in a temperance lesson
because they said, Dewey and his men
at Manila had taken liquor while in
the fight. Mrs Herspoos wrote Admi-
raj Dewey and received reply, which
says:
Dear Madam: am very glad to
have an opportunity of correcting the
impression which you say prevails
among your Sunday scholars
that the men on my fleet were given
liquor every twenty minutes during the
battle of Manila Bay.
AS a matter of fact, every partici-
pant, from myself down, fought the
battle of Manila Bay on coffee alone.
The United States laws forbid the tax
ing of liquor aboard ship except for
medical uses, and we bad no liquor
that we could have given the men even
had it been desired to do so.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE DEWEY"
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Conscience.

| A good conscience is the testimony
of good life, and the reward of it.
This it is that fortifies the mind against
fortune, when a man has gotten the
mastery of his passions; placed his
treasury and his security within him
self; learned to be content with his
condition; and that death is no evil
in itself, but only the end of man. He
that has dedicated his mind to virtue,
and to the good of society. whereof ne
is member, has contaminated all
that is profitable or necessary for him
to know or do, toward the establish
ment of his peace. Every man has
judge and witness within himself of
all the good and i'll that he does which
inspires us with great thoughts and
administers to us wholesome counsels.
To see man fearless in dangers,
untainted with lusts. happy IN ad-
versity, composed in a tumult, and
laughing at all those things which
are generally either coveted or feared,
Can be nothing else but beam of
divinity that influences the mortal
body. From Senaca, on "A Happy
Life.
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other aids of the past years, but brook,
ed the question whether or not the re-
lation now between layman and pastor
is not greatly changed. He called
the religion of the country the founda-
tion of the church, as the brain of
country born and reared men are the
stamina of all good enterprises. In
finance the layman must assume re-
sponsibility. The PASTORS duties are
pot greatly changed. The suffering,
sorrowing, needy people are still to be
found in out-of the way places, to be
reached only by hard efforts and a
Christlike, humble. sympathetic way.
Pastoral visits made in godly spirit
and for Christ sake result in souls
touched, that sermon after sermon can
not affect. A true preacher is the bus
lest man.
Dinner was served on the grounds by
the ladies, and more sumptuous din
ner this place never served, regardless
of all former praises.
In the afternoon the literature ques-
ton was fully discussed by Revs. Walk
er, Cherry. Chenault and Mr., Bostick,
DR.. Kelley and others.
Rev. A. P. McFerrin will preach to-
night friday.
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and such words Of advice cannot q
wholly UNDECIDED
Afterwara another Just such a din
ner as We had Friday. was served at
noon.
Bro. Bsasley conducted the devotion
al services in the afternoon, after
which Mt. Pleasant was unanimously
selected as the place for the meeting
of the NEXT Conference.
/ In the election for delegates TO annu-
/ al Conference the following laymen
/ We're elected: j. Fl. Dinning. J. s.
Convey. Jasper Anderson, j. NJ. Thur
man.
Rev. Johnson offered a resolution of
thanks to Culleoka people for their
cordial entertainment.
Rev. A. p Walker offered a motion
that the preachers remain in Culleoka
over Sunday; but owing 10 the fact
that preachers hal left appointments
for Sunday and would find il incOnve-
nient to remain longer, the resolution
did not carry. The minutes being
read and approved the Conference was
formally adjourned. but the audience
remained to hear DIR. Hamil conduct
a Bible study with the children. DIR.
Hamll produced a catechism nearly
fifty years old. and gave the story of
how he received it from an old negro
whom Stonewall jackson had given it
in the Sunday School jackson organ |
lied for negroes in 1856, in the town
of Lexington.
The Bible drill was in Acts and after
talking and instructing the children he
called for volunteers to be examined
and the only two to attempt the exam
ination were little Ella and Burk
Wilkes. both of whom answered their
questions almost without the slightest
hesitancy. AS reward DR.. Hamil
gave each pretty little memento
He followed this by short drill on
Both of these drills were
made as suggestions to Sunday school
officers for their pupils. This closed a
most pleasant session of the Conference.