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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
NEWS OF THE DAY
Interesting Items from Various Parts OF the
World-Resume Of the Less Important
happenings OF the Past Week In Con.
denssd Form.

Senator Roach, of North Dakota, is
critically ill at New York.
Thirteen persons were killed in land
slide at Marcia. province of Emilia
Italy, Saturday.
Generals SNYDER and William Amman,
recently appointed brigadier-generals,
have been placed on the retired list,
after 40 years service. Both officers are
now in the Philippines.
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia,
has inherited the Castle OF Rheinstein,
at Bingen- on the Rhine, from Prince
George Hohenzollern, cousin of EN-
peror William, who died May 4.
The Prussian minister of the interior
has instructed the local officials through
out the kingdom to report on the prev
alence of Christian Science and prayer
healing methods and propaganda, etc.s l
The president sent to the senate the
nomination of Alexander o. Brodie, to
be governor of Arizona.
The directors of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey have declared a
dividend of $40 share. In March last
a dividend of $40 was paid.
Secretary Moody has decided to send
the cruiser Brooklyn to Havana to fetch
Gen. Leonard Wood and his staff home
on May 20, after the government is
turned over to the new Cuban republic.
The ship is sent as mark OF respect to
the new nation. 8
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WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Dan Cowie, we'll known Seattle
young man, was drowned in Lake Wash
ington Sunday evening.
The University Place Christian church,
of Brooklyn, was formally dedicated
Sunday night, with appropriate services.
The funeral of Mrs. Abigail J. Smith,
pioneer of this state, took place Sunday
afternoon at Seattle. Mrs. Smith came
to the territory of Washington in the
early Cos from Maine.
Work has begun ON the construction
of the new domitory for Whitman
college. Excavation for the foundation
is being rushed, in order that the build
ing may be well along by June l. An
endowment of $50 900 is promised by DR..
d. X. Pearsons, of Chicago, if the build
ing is finished to the second story by
that time.
West Seattle has given street rail-
way franchise.
May.13, the great council of the Inn
proved Order of Red Men will convene
at Walla Walla for three days session.
Instructions have been received by
gineer's office at Seattle. authorizing him
to lease the military reservation at the
northerly end of Lopez island. Propo-
sails will be asked and the government
property rented to the highest bidder. 3
The Seattle CITY Jail is said to be in I'M
sanitary condition and there is talk OF
building a new one.
Hiram Gragg, of Garfield, owns COW
that in three years has raised six calves,
having produced twins three successive
times. These calves are now worth 5000.
Seventy-five threshing machines will
have been manufactured in Walla Walla
in IL months, when harvest opens the
coming fall. The Gilbert Hunt Com
pany, of Walla Walla, is working large
plant to it's full capacity trying to supply
to demand for Washington-made ma
chimes. and as result IS separators will
be sold the present season against 55
last year. 3
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In consequence of this fact, many bust.
ness men were in the city of St. Pierre,
instead of at their country places.

instead of at their country places.
St. Thomas, d. W. l., May 11.-As
fuller reports of the Martinique disaster
arrive, the catastrophe grows in horror.
1t now appears that the immediate cause
of the terrific explosion that blew off the
top of Mount Peles crater and over.
whelmed the town of St. Pierre in fiery
ruin was the presence of large lake in
the heart of the old crater. The intense
and sudden rise of temperature converted
the mass of water into steam, with the
result that the whole top of this noun.
tain was blown away. 1t is now esti-
mated that the loss of life in Martinique
is 10000.
A schooner from the island of st. Vim.
cent, which reached Dominica yesterday,
gives graphic report of the scene. The
schooner left St. Vincent hurriedly on
Wednesday because of the threatening
state of matters there. A heavy fall Of
sand from the volcano on that island GOV.
cred the vessels decks an inch deep
Steaming to within mile of st. Pierre
the crew of the st. Vincent vessel wit.
messed on Thursday morning at O'Clock
terrific explosion from Mount Pelee
The explosion seemed to lift the cap OF
the mountain completely off. At the
same time the land heaved and swelled
and a terrific CONFUSION took place at
sea. The waters rose in huge, threat.
ening mass, as though they would enguli
every living thing on the ocean. Then
mass OF fire descended on the doomed
city and q pail of smoke covered the cat
astrophe from sight.
The eruption still continues. Cable
communication is broken, and it is feared
the relief sent to the survivors may not
be able to reach them.
New York, May 10.-One of the
greatest and ghastliest of modern catas-
trophies occurred on the morning of
Thursday, May 8, when the city of st.
Pierre, the capital of the French colony
of Martinique, and the largest city in
the French West Indies, was over
whelmed by an eruption of the volcano
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
EMBALMED BEEF ONLY.
Chicago Packers Giving Out Meat Stored for
Nearly q Year.

Chicago, May l0.-Embalmed beef of
the kind that created the great stir dur
ing the Spanish-American war, is being
placed on the market in great quantities
according to local meat dealers. who say
they have been informed they must ac-
cept this meat or 60 without meat of any
kind.
Most of the meat offered today has
been in storage since last August. The
trust is driven to this action through the
immense quantities OF beef they have
been placing in storage during the past
few weeks. Unless il can dispose of the
older product first, it will sustain i'm
mense loss.
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rather than burn and were lost in the
harbor at St. Pierre.
VeritabIe Sea of Fire

vCSitaOtS SCA VI US
The French cruiser Suchet was off the
burning city four hours after the great
eruption and managed to pick up 80 men
from the blazing shipping in the harbor.
The officers of the cruiser dared death
by going ashore in small boats, though
the fiery fragments were still being
vomited by the crater and We're dropping
in the sea all around them, but they
we're unable to see living person on
the shore. They could not make their
way into the town itself, but along the
docks they saw heaps of dead. They
brought the few that had gathered in
the harbor to Point-a-Pitre, Island of
Guadalupe, and there the officers
expressed as their opinion that there
was not man, woman or child left alive
in st. Pierre
The villages along the shore to the
north of st. Pierre, as we'll as the
hamlets that were on the slopes of the
volcano, must also have been destroyed.
iOio Va IAoAOO OoCoPCo, tuOuSu IL 10
only IL miles from st. Pierre. The
Suchet reports that all boats available
at the fort have gone to st. Pierre to do
anything that can be done. There is
even possibility that the destruction is
not confined to Martinique. st. Vincent,
Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad are
cut off from communication by the
breaking of the cables. It is known
that the volcano on st. Vincent is in
fierce operation, for one ship has come
in that was driven from the harbor by
the falling lava and sand of the volcano,
and the governor of the Windward
islands reports that La Soufriera was in
violent eruption as he sailed past it on
his way to Santa Lucia.
The volcano of Pelee has been in
eruption since May 8, and the inhabi-
tants of st. Pierre, or at least many of
them, went TO what they thought was a
safe distance, but the outburst of Thurs
day morning was so violent that this
place of refuge was buried in the fiery
storm as completely as the city itself,
the destruction of which seemed to be
as complete as was that of Pompeii and
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Evidence Against Beef Trust.

Washington, May 12.-Owing to the
numerous communications received by
the attorney general from all over the
country, volunteering evidence of the
illegal practices of the alleged beef trust,
and because of the limited force of the
department here and in Chicago, the
district attorneys throughout the coun-
try have been directed to examine into
testimony offered and forward the same
to the department.
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Herculaneum by Vesuvius.


From tales of the crew of the R,;e.,
steamer that was sailing a mile off !.
Pierre when the worst eruption occnr,s ~
the whole top of the mountain W.
blown off at single blast. This acco1. :
for the statement cabled from the m.s
who were brought in by the Fren.l
cruiser that the destruction of St. p;o.s
was the work of three minutes.
The jagged crest of Pelee vanished :.
great cloud of flame, and came dow.
in powder and boulders and molten ,or.
on the country around. The shock :.
the explosion rocked the sea, and in .
moment the whole coast seemed to br,..
into flame.
Pelee towers $500 feet high and Il.
summit is hardly four miles from ths
coast. 1t is the Hottest peak in thu,
part of the world, and dominates N.
whole land and seascape. The people or
st. Pierre lived in its very shadow, and
when the disrupted summit and tho
after volleys of fire came, they fell fnll
upon it.
Among the supposed victims are tho
United States consul and his family.
There is no certainty that the worst Of
the stupendous disaster has yet occurred
The terrible volcano is still belchino
forth ashes and lava, and Mount Souf.
riers, on st. Vincent, is in active erun
ton.
The British royal steamer Esk, which
arrived at st. Lucia yesterday, passed st.
Pierre late Thursday night. She went
by five miles at sea. but her decks were
covered with ashes that fell 80 thickly
as to make a fog in the atmosphere.
A boat sent as near inshore as those in
it dared 60 found black pail of SMOKE
hot with flames, overhanging the whole
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
BLOW UP CURlEW BRIDGE.
Two Spans Demolished to Save Remainder Of
Structure.

Grand Forks, B. c., May 9.-That the
whole structure not be swept away by
water, two spans of the Kettle Valley
railway bridge, one mile below Curlew,
were blown up with dynamite. The
Kettle river is raging flood and has
overlooked its banks.
Logs and debris jammed in the false
work of the bridge until it's total loss
appeared inevitable. The demolished
spans and refuse of tho explosion will
temporarily obstruct traffic. Wrecking
crews will clear it away as soon az
possible. II is hoped to make traffic
again possible within few days. The
spans will be replaced ultir ately with q
Howe truss.
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First Spike Is Driven.

Anthony, Kan, May 9.-The first
spike of the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient Railway in the United States,
was driven here May Sth. The roadbed
is graded from here to point 100 miles
southwest. Officers of the road here
estimate that in Is months or two years
the road will be completed to the coast.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
Heavy Snow Fall in Two States.

st. Paul, May l0.-Dispatches from
Northern Minnesota report a heavy
snowfall yesterday afternoon. Garden
stuff is said to be injured to some extent.
West Superior, Wis, May l0.-Snow
ia falling here and threatens to turn into
a blizzrrd before morning.
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Frost Asks for Pardon.

Washington, May &C. A. S. Frost,
who is serving years imprisonment in
Alameda county jail, California, for con-
tempt of court, has filed an application
for pardon by the president, and the
papers in the case are now being review
ed by the department of justice. Mr..
Frost was convicted in connection with
the Nome cases.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
Three Firemen Killed.

Dubuque, Ia, May 9.-Three firemen
were crushed to death in fire at the
Iowa Iron Works. The dead are: Frank
Gsnahle, aged 81, captain of the chem
zeal company John Fitzpatrick, aged 3S,
truckman, and Charles Wise, aged ,25,
truckman. Financial loss, $l5, 900.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
New Road Completed,

Ardmore, 1. T., May 9.-Completion
of the observation-disclosures extension of
the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road,
is made. This road is 116 miles long
and opens railroad connection with
Memphis and direct line to the East.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-15
FORTY THOUSAND LIVES LOST
Town of St. Pierre, Island of Martinique, Has Been
Completely Destroyed.

P Apparently Blew Off, and Great Mass
Surrounding Land and Sea-Accong to
Reports Bly, Of St Pierre and the Shipping
in theH Seemed to BurSIn Fames-The Was
Assoc at andM
in Harbo Are Believed
To Have enLos.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03
III Memory Of Arnett Smith.

Death has again entered the home
of one of our neighborS and has taken
from their fond embrace one OF its
brightest and most beloved jewels in
the person of Arnett Smith, whose
death occurred on December "A. Flu
neral services were conducted by Rev.
Holden at tile Broad Run church on
December %, where large congrega-
tion had met to pay Il last tribute OF
respect to Arnett. Every where could
you see depicted upon the countenances
of those who had assembled grief, sad
ness and sympathy for Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew Smith and family TO think
that one SO young in life with such
bright pr aspects in the future and for
which lie was 50 earnestly seeking TO
obtain the goal, should be called into
eternity SO soon, SO suddenly, but
such Is life. Therefore, be it
Resolved. 1st. That we members
fothe Broad Run Sunday School have
lost one one of our most faithful and
earnest pupils and that we greatly de-
plore his death and loss to our Sunday
School.
Resolved, I'd. That while his seat
is vacant and we can no longer behold
the brightness of his face in his Sun
day School class and at the young peo-
pies prayer meeting, we rejoice TO
know that he is in the hands of just
God who will deal with him justly.
Resolved, Sd. That We extend our
sympathies TO the bereaved family in
the loss of their son and brother.
w. w. W1MER, Sec'y.
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/; great deal is being said pro and con about
the Sampson Schley controversy and the findings
OF the court but we have yet TO tud cut the obJect
Of so much agitation. ard elieve the matter would
better be dropped in the interests of all concerned
The advantage OF having court OF inquiry has
never been apparent, and as stated on prior occa
sion by the Telegram. it ended without accomp
fishing anything or settling the question. scniey
has his friends Sampson has his. Courts OF IN
quiry will make no change in their opinions. why
then: attempt TO keep in constant ridicuie our
navy? There is no reasonfo it. that we can tnlnk
of except an Effort by the democratic party 70
make politics out of the affair, but even that az
tempt is a mserable failure. The court salo
Schley was no coward and that is about all ne
asked for, when he requested court f lnqulry
Thousands of people. who think they know al
about the battle of Santiago. give him the creolt
and regard him the hero. Thousands of others
who claim to know just as much aboutit. say irwas
SIMPSONS battle. The majority of the court does
notsay Schley should have all the credit, ana tneie
was perfect confidence in the ability and integrity
of the court, until after the findings were announe'
ed. There has been nothing since 10 convince one
that the court was not Just whatit was believed to
be, and haying gone. into the whole affair ana
studied the situation carefully their findings
popular or unpopular, should have closed the Incl
dent forever
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Miss Hattie Becker, secretary of the
Goethe Club, of IaciLe, Wis, writes:
"a short time ago got my feet wet.
and u cold settled on my lungs which
nothing seemed to remove. Our family
physician tried extracts, powders and
pills, but kept getting worse until my
brother advised me to try Peruna and
purchased bottle for me.
"It acted like charm and in week
was like my old self once more; in fact
felt stronger and had better appetite
than have ever had before. Peruna
will have welcome place in our medi-
cine chest, ns the whole family believes
in it."-Hattie Becker.
Peruna is an Internal remedy "a
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= - ~ IL II
surprised In the great chaHes. ~ sse
when they come 70 sisi. me. 10 ,,s n.ss'
made your -Peruna our househola rem
edy."-Mrs' Maryo0ok.
Congressman q. Henry foWefs *
Vermont, writes from Mor7IsyilIe, vt
"Peruna have used In my family
with success. lean recommend n ~
an excellent family remedy, and yery
good for coughs, colds and catarrhal
affections. "---H. Henry Powers.
Hon. John n. Gear. United states.
senator from Iowa. writes:
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Wy 49, sor c.tsrrh Iohn n Ger.
senator Gears home address Il Bur
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mao ca .saan, aau go :, ~. M. NV
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and yellow discharge from the nose; but
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03
Thc Pri,le Oh Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that for scratches, bruises, cuts
and wounds. corns, sore feet and still
Joints. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best in the world. Same for burns.
scalds, hois, ulcers, skin eiuptions and
piles. 1t cures or no pay, Only 50c.
at George c. stones drug store. ) I'm.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Gives advice and answers, without
charge, inquiries about investments.
Studies underlying causes of market
movements. Determines facts gov
erening value of secureties. Criticises,
analyses and reviews railroad and in
dustrial reports. Has complete tables
OF earniag s OF properties. Quotes act
i've and inactive stocks and bonds.
Records the last sale OF bonds and the
yield on investment at the price.
One who daily consults The Wall
street Journal is better qualified to
invest money safely and prohtably and
to advise about investments than one
who does not do so.
Published daily by Dow, Jones Y
Co., "A Broad st. n. Y. The Oldest
news agency OF Wall st. IS a year, 81
month. a-tf
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

Miss Blanche Myers CITY, No. society belle that
Duing seasons have caught severe
cold when suddenly after evening party and os un
o,.aof caarr lasting would be the result
a winter my Peruna as one or
his club friends had of caarrh by using H.
He onocured me bottle pleased find that one
hottie cured colds so long as can
procure Peruna "---MLSS BLANCHE MYERS.
Puna surety and proptness
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Railroad Man Hurt.

Hat Hofford an employe of the b.
s. o., was struck by No. So Christmas
night at Wolf Summit and badly in
jured. His left arm was cut half off
and he received injuries about the
hips. He had been drinking. His
home is at Greenwood, to which place
he was taken.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

scientific remedy for catarrh. 1t cures
catarrh wherever located. Its cures last
Peruna gives strength by stopping
waste.
BY saving the mucus it enriehes the
blood.
BY cleansing the mucous membranes
it preserves the vital forces.
A constant drain of mucus from the
system is known AZ systemic catarrh
This may occur from any organ OF the
body.
Peruna stops this waste by curing
the catarrhal condition of the mucous
membrane, no matter which organ may
be affected. Peruna cures catarrh wher'
ever located.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03
MAN Y THOUSANDS CURED OF CATARRI..


Mrs. Mary Cook, Pittsford, n: y sltSl
says:
81 was not very well for six Year,
paid many doctor bills, but never int-
proved very much. Two years ago r
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

was attacked with
Ia grippe, " hich
left me " 18th.
. severe liver
trouble. . I gave up
hope Of ever 70.
covering. Peruna
cured me. feel
young again, and
am gaining in flesh,
as 1 was very
e aciated My
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

rion TO dress up aud it reached exchange table
last week looking like sixteen year old maiden
with her SWEETEST costume. 1t has undergone a
decided Improvement and we congratulate it over
its decision. to ax.up. IL is just about as nobly
now as any paper that comes out of Fairmont
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

: The Morgaatown Daily Post has passed its third
milestone. 1t grows better and brighter and is Q
paper the people OF Aonongalia county are proud
Of. Nay its future be as successful asits past.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

He who saga Z fellowman is honest and Honor
able and then before he can geta breath accuses
HIM of all the the Devils catalogue self.
convicted hlr, and the truth is not in him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-03

I. Clarksburg's prosperity and advancement
during the year just closed were 'ne
greatest in the cty's history. All lines OF bust
ness were far more active and stable. Enterprises
of various kinds came and remain with us. There
were practically no failures in business and no
losses except those caused by fire. Several factor
les of various kinds were built and began perma-
nent operations. Others were gotten under con-
struction during the year and are being rapidly
finished. Quite an amount of paving was done and
many repairs made to the streets. The streetrall-
way big thing Within itself, was practically con-
structed within the year, and, in fact many other
things were done for the cty's advancement. A
careful review Of the years activity would beaulte
creditable in comparison with what much larger
and older cities have DONE and gives every business
man of Clarksburg great faith in the future great
ness of the place. The years work is an insPira-
ration to greater effort individual and collectlVei
Besides, the brilliancy of the prospects for the
year upon us raises our hopes and strengthens our
intentions and there appears virtually no shadow
to darken our path of prosperity and PEACE The
signs of the times urge on to greater and better
deeds aud we believe will guide us to a greater
goal in 1902. Truly, can we conslgn 1901 to the
grave, with The splendid enterprises and good
works it brought as fitting monuments OF period
Of time worthy of remembrance, and there is no
better way to cherish the years memory than to
make greater and better record this year.