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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

slightest danger. On that day a stream
of boiling lava burst through the top
of the crater and plunged into the
valley of the River Blanche, over
whelming the Guerin sugar works and
killing % work people and the son of
the proprietor.
A commission was appointed by the
governor to investigate the outbreak,
and it returned a reassuring report on
Wednesday evening. But about 8
o'clock on Thursday morning a shower
Of fire rushed down on st. Pierre and
the coast from lie Carbet, which had
a population of 6000, to lie Prechsur,
which had a population of 1000, burn
ing up everything in it's path.
Throughout Thursday the heat in
the vicinity of st. Pierre was so in
tense and the stream of flowing lava
was so unremitting that it was i'm
possible to approach the town during
the early part of the day. AS evening
approached the French cruiser Suchet.
after a heroic battle with the heat suf
location and sulphur fumes, succeeded
in making a dash toward the shore,
nearing the land close enough to en-
able her to take off 80 survivors of the
disaster, all of whom were terribly
burned and mutilated. st. Pierre at
that time was an absolute, smoking
waste, concealing 10000 corpses,
whose rapid decomposition necessi-
tated in some cases instantly complet-
i'm hnfr of ion n tfah ,1rr
partly accomplished by the lava.
The inhabitants of Fort de France
were panicstricken the morning of the
disaster, when the sky suddenly black
ened until it was as dark as midnight
The sea went back 80 yards and hot
rain began to fall, while gravel the
size of walnuts poured down into the
town. This lasted about Is minutes.
The $50 survivors who were brought
here yesterday from the vicinity of
st. Pierre by the French cable repair
ship Pouyer Quertier came from the
town of lie Prechsur, where, surround
ed on all sides by flowing lava, they
were nearly roasted to death and ex-
pected momentarily to be engulfed.
The work of relief is progressing
here on the most extensive scale pos
sible, but in anticipation of disturb
ances the treasury building and the
warehouses are guarded by troops.
The latest reports received here
show that the lava continues to pour
down the slopes of the mountain
slowly engulfng the whole north side
of the island, while fresh crevasses
are continually opening.
Search Parties There.
New York, May Unsuccessful at
tempts have been made to reach ST.
Pierre, says a London dispatch to the
Tribune. Cabling from st. Lucia, the
correspondent of the Mail says the
town is heap of ruins and dead bod
les are lying all around. Few will
ever be recognized, so great is the mu-
tiatiOn and distortion.
Search parties have found 5000
charred corpses on the site of the ca
asphyXiated at first. Not a soul was
found alive in the whole town.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
wheat Report.

Portland.-Quiet, but steady; Walla
Walla. 66c; bluestem, &c
Tacoma Unchanged; blue stem,
6615c; club. 65hc.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

The wealth of the world depends on
the value of man and not on his DOS
sessions.
No man is so apt to fall as he who
is overanxious to rise
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
Disturbances in GuadeIoupe.

Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, May IL
On the morning of May ) Guadeloupe
learned that the Mont Pelee volcano in
Martinique had been in a state of eruption
since Saturday, May 3, throwing out
ashes. The same day violent thunder
detonations were heard. AT noon came
a rumor that lava was flowing from
Mont Pelee and that 300 lives had Leen
lost at st. Pierre. All that day were
heard loud noises like the discharge of
heavy artillery far Off 1t is not known
that these noises were from the Marti-
nique volcano. In the afternoon the cable
connections with Martinique all disappear
ed. A very heavy Thunderstorm then
broke over Guadeloupe and lasted for a
considerable time, and rumors were cur
rent that the Soufriere volcano in Quad
elOupe was more active. The earth was
trembling and volcanic rumblings were
heard. News of the disaster in Marti-
nique reached here by the French war
vessel Suchet Friday morning. Nearly
every one here has relatives in Martinique
and intense sorrow prevails.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
Deck Covered With Ashes.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, May IL.
The Italian steamer Pedemonte, which
arrived this morning from La Guayara,
reports that while passing near the island
of st. Vincent Thursday night her deck
was covered to a depth of two inches with
ashes and her passengers were nearly suf-
located with the smell of sulphur.
During Thursday all along the coast.
especially in the gulf of Para, subterran-
can noises were heard. The Indians were
terrOriZed
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
ST. VINCENT IS DANGEROUS
HOT VOLCANO IS IN ACTION
Northern Third Is in Flames and Is
Cut on From Assistance by Con
tinuOus Stream ~ Lava--Ash es
Are Falling in Heavy Showers $50
Miles Away-LOss of Life.

Castries, st. Lucia, British West Indies,
May 1.-THE volcano of the island OF
st. Vincent has burst out in sympathetic
eruption. A steamer which returned from
there last night reports that the northern
third of the island was in flames ana cut
off from assistance by a continuous stream
of burning lava, ashes falling in heavy
showers as far as $50 miles away.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

Kingston, the capital OF ST. Vincent, is
safe, but the people here are very anxious
as to the fate of the rest of that island.
Dominica and st. Lucia have very act
i've geysers, but they show no departure
from normal conditions. Foodstuffs of all
kinds are urgently wanted.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
At Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio, May IA heavy
snowstorm set in here. Only once before
since the local weather bureau office was
established in this city, 80 years ago, has
snow fallen so late in the season.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
In Wisconsin.

Planfeld. Wis, May 1.-THE worst
May snowstorm in many years visited this
city, equalling winter storm. Five inches
Of snow fell and much damage was done
to crops and fruit.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

"A message from the island of st. Vim
cent says:
The Soufriere has been in state Of
eruption for nine consecutive mornings
On Thursday morning the day broke
heavy, with thunder and lightning, which
soon changed into a continuous tremen-
dous roar. Vast columns of smoke rose
over the mountain, becoming densar and
denser and scoria like, changing later to
dust, fell upon all the adjacent estates,
destroying vast amount of property
At Chateau Belair the ashes were two feet
deep, and many large stones fell in the
parks of Georgetown. The earth shook
violently and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
midnight darkness spread over the
country. Thirty people are known to
have been killed, and the damage to prop
erty in the windward district was very
heavy"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

Stolen thunder seldom brings down
showers of blessings.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
Roads Clicked with Dead.

1t is estimated that 10000 persons pei
ished at st. Pierre. All the roads lead
ing out of the city are choked with dead
bodies, according to the reports reaching
here.
second relief expedition was sent out
and brought back some of the inhalbi-
tants of Corbet They were crazed with
terror and dying from hunger. The eX-
petition succeeded in reaching st. Pierre
which is reported to be entirely destroy
ed. The houses seem to have disappeared
as though they had been swallowed up in
a great pit. Immense iron columns were
found twisted and bent over in the di-
rection of the sea.
( 1t is believed that M. Mouttet the gov
ernor of Martinique, is among those who
have persisted. His wife went to st. Pierre
on the evening of the disaster.
Kingston Island of st. Vincent 3.
w. l.. May 12-After numerous earth
quakes during the preceding fortnight.
accompanied by subterranean noises
in the direction of Soufriere volcano,
on the northwest part of the island, a
hChA ABiOSlbu llOlh AlAS NActNtA "
CURED Monday last. and the water in
the crater assembled in a stupendous
cloud of steam and exploded heavily.
The noises grew louder continually
until Wednesday morning. when the
crater three miles in circumference,
and the new crater formed by the last
eruption belched smoke and stone,
forcing the residents of Wallibou and
Richmond valley. beneath the volcano,
to fee to Chateau Belair for refuge.
The thunderous noises. which were
continually increasing. were heard in
neighboring islands 200 miles away.
At midday the craters elected enor-
nous clouds of steamy vapor, rising
majestically eight miles high, and ex-
banding into wonderful shapes, resem-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16

Paris May 1.-THE minister of ma
rine, NJ. Delassen, has received the
following from Fort de France. Mar
Unique, under date of May 10. I p. m.
Arrived at Fort de France with pro
visions, passing close to St Pierre.
Fire continues, volcano still emitting
ashes, with less density.
"SUCHET."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
PALMA'S MESSAGE.
Gratitude to the United States
The Work To he Done.

President Palma's message to the
cuban senate opens by giving thanks
10 the Almighty for Ills assistance In
carrying out the work of Cuban indie
pendence and asks divine aid in the
establishment Of firm and stable gov
eminent. The powerful republic of
the north recognizes. through its Illus
trlous president the republic of Cuba.
The promise formally made has been
carried out. In this moment wnen we
leei our right as an independent nation
1t is impossible To suppress our graft
tude TO the United States. To recog-
hlze this debt of gratitude to the great
nation is an act which eXalts us and
which makes us worthy of the con
sideration and respect of the other ma
tions of the world
1T is necessary now to decide all
the laws laid down i'm the constitu-
ton. We are capable Of fulfilling all
the obligations and compromises which
have been contracted. and we should
prepare the budget with the greatest
care"
President Palma recommends the
encouragement of the agricultural in
dustries of the island the raising OF
cattle, the establishment of agricul-
tural stations TO improve the culture
of sugar cane and tobacco and the in
PRODUCTION of varied agricultural in
dustries.
IF security of life and property in
Cuba is 10 be firmly guaranteed the
rurai guard must be reorganized and
Increased. as the present tranquility in
the lSlauu Is due to the people theia-
selves and their desire to maintain the
prestige Of their country
I'VE recognize that during the
American Intervention the sanitary
conditions OF the island were greatly
improved. but il Is necessary to con
tinue this work and make these inn
proved conditions permanent
1T is very satisfactory TO us says
the president. that the republic Of
Cuba has been officially recognized by
the United States. Great Britain
France Mexico. Guatemala. Near
aqua, Santo Domingo, Ecuador ana
Paraguay, and we hope that other
counties will also recognize our re-
public We must cultivate cordial re-
lations with all nations and make
treaties of amnesty and commerce
favorable 10 cuba. We must also take
especial care that the relations be
tween Cuba and the United States he
most friendly. In order that .Lcre be
no difficulty I'm arranging the political
and commercial questions which az
feet both countries"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
south Africa.

News that the war i'm South Africa
had ended and that the terms of peace
had been signed reached London sun.
day afternoon in the form of brief
telegram, dated Pretoria. May 81, 11:15
p. IN. and signed by Lord Kitchener 1t
reads as follows:
"A document containing terms of
surrender was signed here this even
Ing ut half-past 10 O'clock by all the
Boer representatives as well as by
Lord Miner the British high commits
sioner In South Africa. and myself"
The declaration of peace after two
years and eight months of war, which
has eliminated the Boer republic from
the list of nations and has cost Great
Britain enormous sums of money and
thousands of lives, set London wild
with JOY. Church bells were rung and
the streets filled with shouting and re-
joicing people.
The rejoicing i'm Canada was Of the
most Widespread character. and re-
ports from all the English colonies are
of the same tenor. Monday afternoon,
the government leader in the house of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
The McGarry Trial.

In spite of the fact that 1t was hoped
that the McGarry trial before the court
in Allegan would be finished and ready
for argument last week, the defense
Is not half through. Not one of its
witnesses has been excused, and an
other week will certainly elapse be-
fore the testimony will be all in. Miss
Tessie Duncan. McGarry's stenogra-
pher, was on the stand during the
morning session Saturday. Prosecut-
or Ward produced her notebooks, call
ing attention To many erasures and
changes which had been made in the
original drafts Of the documents, which
have been introduced i'm evidence in
typewriter form. These related
chiefly to the al interim disposal of the
100000 certificate which is alleged to
he the Salisbury Doodle fund. The in
PRODUCTION OF McGarry's books was
also feature. The prosecution
showed that there had been number
of erasures made and one account. that
Of the Atlantic Lumber Co., of which
he was president. had been entirely
scratched out of the ledger.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Hi.sing In The senate.

Kissing in the senate Is SO unusual
that when II occurred in the course Oh
the Philippine debate Saturday IL ere
ated sensation. Mr.. Spooner. or WIS
ronsin. was speaking and referred IN
cldentally, to the story that thousand
Filipinos had been put to death py
American troops In trenches whlcn
they were compelled TO dig Mr.. Lodge.
Of Massachusetts. said the story had
been denied by the father OF the sol
der who had started it, and that the
war department had cabled TO Gen.
Chaffee TO ascertain the facts.
Mr.. Carmack, of Tennessee, inter
rupted TO say that no doubt the soldier
would deny the story, as all soldiers IN
the Philippines had been required 10
do. His remark was greeted with
Kisses from the galleries, the demon
stration OF disapprobation calling out
sharp rapping of the gavel from the
chair
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Democratic simplicity.

United States Ambassador Joseph III.
Choate will go to the coronation i'm the
plain carriage in which he daily drives
about London. Whitelaw Reid, United
States special envoy. will occupy the
royal carriage provided for him by the
king Even the latter vehicle will he
plain in comparison with those in
which the ambassadors will drive TO
Westminster Abbey. to say nothing of
the semi-rcgal vehicles which members
Of the nobility will draw out from
long-stabled scclusion for the great
event
One Of the curious features OF the
coronation will be that. while all the
Irish members Of parliament and their
wives have been invited. none will at
tend. \ meeting of the Irish parlia-
mentary party will shortly be held. at
which this decision will be announced
and the reasons therefor will he de-
elarCd.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
THE NEWS OF MICHIGAN.
The show Goes.

Bentley's show. which has been in
quarantine ut Climax for over week,
was allowed 10 leave Saturday. a re-
markable thing about the case is the
fact that Mr. Bentley. the father of
The afflicted child. claims the eruption
on her face has been noticeable for
several weeks. He says IL has made
It's appearance regularly each spring
TOR several years. The child seemed
perfectly well, but. as DR. Geo. T.. Ran
ney, of Lansing. inspector of conta-
slous diseases, pronounced it smallpox,
The show company had to submit.
owing to the quarantine Decoration
Day exercises and also the commence
ment exercises of the school were dis
pensed with.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
"Tbe White Illness.

Papers from Colorado Springs, Col.
have been received in Battle Creek,
giving long accounts of the expert
ences of Rolla Gushing Dwinell. for.
merly of that city, whose death In the
Philippines on the eve If his marriage
10 belle of the Choctaw Nation was
told in the daily papers Thursday.
The young man died of what Is
known as the white illness" The ma
ture of the disease Is not explained,
but it is believed to be some typically
tropical disease perhaps leprosy.
Young Dwinel, or Day, as he was
known in the army, and as he Is called
in President Rooseyelts personal ac-
count of the Cuban campaign. would
have been 20 years of age had he lived
to May % Roosevelt says of him on
page 151 of his book of the war:
Lieut.. Day, after handling his troop
with equal gallantTy and efficiency
was shot on the summit of san Juan
hill. He was hit i'm the arm and forced
TO go to the rear, but he would not re
turn to the states and rejolned us long
before his arm was healed" Dwinell
enlisted In the Rough Riders from Vim
ita, Indian Territory.
After the Spanish war he enlisted in
the regulars, joining the Twenty-fourth
Infantry. He had been three years in
the Philippines, most of the time ms Il
member of Gen. Funston's staff
where he served as brigade commits
sary. He was at one time the treas
urer OF the province of NueVa Ecija,
stationed in the city of San Ysidro.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
KInen Gir,.In Coffee.

Frank Kipen. who few weeks ago
was brought back from Minnesota,
where he elopcd with the notorious
Mrs. Lizzie Coffee and claimed he was
mesmerized 10y the woman. was mar
ried in Alegan Tuesday by Justice
Hicks. choosing as his llfe partner
Anna Schneider, Of Salem. Kipe1 wa-
discharged here with Mrs. Coffee on a
charge of adultery. The Coffee woman
and husband were Immediately ar
rested by United States marshal for
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses They are replning In Kalama-
ZOO Jail.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA

commons announce the terms or
peace TO be as follow:
The burghcr fore lay down their
arms and hand ovt all their rifles,
guns and ammuniti, of war In their
possession, or underheir control.
All prisoners are Abe brought back
ms soon as possible South Africa,
without loss Of liber or property.
No action tn be ten against pris.
oners. except when ley are guilty OF
breaches of the ruleOf war.
Dutch Is To I've tauit in the schools,
If desired by the pants, and used in
the courts, if necess'y.
Rifles are allowed n protection.
Military occupatic is to be with
drawn as soon as Dssible, and self
government subStitud.
There is to be no lN on the Trans
Vaal TO pay the cost ( the war.
The sum Of E3,0C 900 sterling is to
he provided for Rocking the Boer
farms.
Rebels are liable o trial. according
to the law of the c,ony to which they
belong The rank nd file will be dis
franchlsed for life. The death penalty
will not be lnilicte,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
A Matter of s2a5.a01.

The comptroller of the treasury has
reopened the case of the claim of the
state of Michigan for interest paid by
it prior To August %. 1866. and dis
count suffered on account of war loan
bonds issued by the state for the pur-
pose of raising funds for arming and
equipping Of troops in the war of the
rebellion. The comptroller reverses
the action of the second comptroller of
May Il, 1SSS, disalowing the claim,
and finds that the state Is entitled UNI
der It's claim to $3.50, 1897. The account
will he restated and certified to con
gress for an appropriation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
PcIec Awnin ActINe.

Mont Pelee is again in eruption.
Huge, inky-black clouds are rolling
over Fort de France in great masses,
i'm which there are peculiar lightning
flashes. The Inhabitants are tlocking
into the great squares of the town. II
the demonstration increases IA panic
is imminent
Monday night was intensely dark
and the stars only family visible.
Fort dc France is I'm no danger from
the volcano. but there is considerable
apprehension of panic in the night
time should the grayish-ycllow cloud
reach here and ashes and stones begin
"a fall.
There are TO noises from the volcano
az present.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
O.trIch, Not AIarchIs.

The recent sensational but Unbound
ed report that King George of Greece
had been attacked by an anarchist
had its birth in an incident far more
amusing than serious. The king Wis
tied the zoo at Athens, when an OBJ
streperous ostrich made for him, COW
ering his majesty with dust and en-
barassment. His dignity alone suf-
fered The report reached the world
by way of Vienna, where the ostrich
was transformed into a wild-eyed an
archist.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Seals Are Rapidly Decreasing.

The increased value OF sealskins in
1900 induces the lessees of the Pribi-
lof islands, the breeding grounds of
the seal herds, to kill $4,000 two-year-
old seals. whereas the rule has been
not to kill any seal which has not
reached the age of at least three years.
If this killing of two-year-olds is al
lowed to continue it is certain that
the seal herd will soon be extermi-
mated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
STATE NEWS CONDENSED.

Beginning June Lansing factories
will he run on central standard time.
4. ID. Harper, of Buchanan. grand
high priest of the |. O. o. t., died
Wednesday.
Indian John, n historic chara cter i'm
the lumber camps of the An Sable val.
ley for the last twenty years. fell dead
in the street in Lewiston Sunday.
Clyde, 13ycar-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William LeavinS. of Saginaw.
was drowned Saturday In the Saginaw
river while bathing.
Three rural mail routes have been
ordered established at Brant. Saginaw
county, and additional routes at Elsie
Clinton county. Service TO begin
July l.
The will of the late Thomas \.
DunStan shows that the former lien.
tenant governor was worth about
100000. The entire estate is left to
the widow
j. A. West has sold his interest IN
the Partridge house at Mt. Clemens to
G. \. Coots. Mr.. West goes TO the La
COON park. Sandwich. Ont. where he
will manage the hotel. summer the
alter. etc.
Mrs. Eva Corwin, of Battle Creek,
was perhaps fatally burned Wedncs.
day evening. She sent n child after
kerosene and the child got gasoline
Mrs. Corwin put some on a wood iire
and It exploded
The following changes in the salar-
les of presidential postmasters i'm Mich.
igan in effect July /, are announced:
Watevliet, from 81 100 TO 81 200:
Coleman. $1,000 TO $1100: advanced
to presidential, Montague. $1,000.
The record was broken again last
month in the Bay City internal rev.
enue collectors office, the amount of
receipts there having been S263. 100 %.
For the last week of the month the
sales Of revenue stamps averaged over
$4,000 per day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Saw Lincoln Assassinated.

Judge Manning of Armourdale, Mo-,
was newsboy in Philadelphia during
the Civil War. He recently told a
reporter he was in Fox's American
theater in Walnut street when the as
sassination of President Lincoln was
announced from the stage and can well
remember the effect upon the audi
ence
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-06-05
Wanted To he Shot.

Edwin Meredith was taken to Flint
Thursday night. He was arrested i'm
Saginaw on n charge of forgery. He
secured the money on check alleged
to be drawn by Jennings & Wood for
500. Meredith confessed to the for
gerry and asked Chief Kahn to shoot
him. The chief declined. Meredith
said 1t seemed rs though he was born
to get into trouble. He served n term
in the reform school when he was
boy. He has been spared considerable
on account of his family. hut the POI
lice have given him uD as incorrigible.