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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

eliminates in the vast crater of Morne
Garou, which in 1912 was the scene
of tremendous eruption. Billions OF
tons of rock and earth were hurled
high into the air-part. as molten
lava, flowed down into the sea; part.
shivered into thin dust, was carried
high up into the clouds. For three
days the awful commissions of nature
continued. The dust from the crater
so obscured the rays of the sun and
brought on a darkness so terrifying
that the few survivors believed that
the world had come to an end. The
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-
ton of the seismic wave was not I'M
like that which devastated Martinique.
hC uAoNul OahNt lh lol- "
pass under the bed of the ocean to
Venezuela. Caracas, the capital of
that country, was 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
frightful cataclysm known to the
world up to that time. The whole
configuration 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
1882. and then the warning rumble
was heard again; but it was false
alarm, and the terrible scenes Of the
early part OF the century were not re-
peated.
The island of st. Vincent lies 100
miles west of Barbados and between
st. Lucia and the Grenadines. From
north to south stretches a ridge OF
high, wooded hills, extending to the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29


In a recent letter to DR.. Hartman.
Congressman Botkin says:
my Dear Doctor-It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of your Northumberland and
Manalin. / have been afflicted more or
less for quarter of a century with ca
tarrh of the stomach and constipation.
Aresidence in Washington has increased
these troubles A few bottles of your
medicine have given me almost COM
plete relief, and l am sure that contin-
uation of them will effect permanent
cure. j. ID. Botkin.
Mr.. l.. f. Verdery, a prominent real
estate agent of Augusta, Ca, writes:
al have been great sufferer from
catarrhal dyspepsia. Ifried many ply
sicians, visited good many springs,
but believe Peruna has done more
for me than all of the above puf
together lfeeI Ike q new person. -
l. r. Verdey.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia. Pc
ruua cures these cases like magic.
IL you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
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end of the island has slid into the sea.
leaving wide inlet in place Of the for
mer fourishing estate of Walibou. YES
sells that have endeayored to approach
st. Vincent toward the north say that
II Is impossible to get nearer than
eight miles to the scene of the catas-
trophe and that at that distance the
ocean Is seriously perturbed as from a
submarine volcano, boiling and Kissing
continually. The theory has been al
vanced that the st. Vincent volcano,
La Soufriere. has found an outlet be-
meath the waves.
II Is feared here that scientists are
right when they say that the worst is
not over and that further outbreaks
may occur at any moment involving
those islands which have hitherto es-
capped.
1t has now been ascertained that at
least thirty Americans persisted in the
st. Pierre disaster and twenty-five in
the island of st. Vincent. The bodies
OF the family OF Mr.. Prentis. the Amer
lean consul. have been identified. The
body of Capt. Meggo OF the British
cable-repair ship Grappler was washed
ashore and has been buried. Margaret
Stokes. who was so severely burned
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and leave the same night. In the
harbor news was received of the St.
Pierre disaster, and, lying at anchor,
was all that was left Of the Roddam.
All st. Lucia was in mourning and
the people were so distracted by the
news from the neighboring island that
1t was not until May IL that Capt.
Cantell could obtain coal and pass on
his journey. st. Pierre was passed
at a distance of about four miles and
all on board studied the land with
glasses.
THE weather was clear and we had
a fine view said the captain, but
the old lines of st. Pierre were not
recognizable. Everything was a mass
of blue lava. and the formation of
the land itself seemed to have
changed. When we were about eight
miles off the northern end of the is
land Mont Pelee began to belch
second time. Clouds of smoke and
lava shot into the air and spread over
all the sea, darkening the sun. Our
decks in few minutes were COW
tTeu With IL SuDStdlCe tIldl lOOheu IKE
sand dyed brown, which smelled like
PHOSPHORUS.
Partial darkness came upon us,
and everybody on board the ship was
badly frightened. After the stories
we had heard and the sights we had
seen at st. Lucia we, did not know
but that we ourselves we're to be bur.
led under red-hot lava or engulfed by
another tidal wave, though we were
then ten miles from shore.
"'Crowd on steam whistled to
Chief Engineer Parrish. and he need.
ed no urging. Slowly we drew away
through a suffocatins atmosphere,
foot by foot. yard by yard and at last
the sun began shining. We had
passed outside the hailstorm Of dust
and sand. When I looked at my
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to everybody to stand clear. An in
slant later the air was filed with flame
and falling patches of fire. The ship
was Immediately ablaze from end to
end, and the crew and laborers aboard
began to rush about. frantic with pain.
Capt. Freeman ran into the chart
room. but was driven out again by
flames that came in at the port hole.
Then he rushed to the engine room
telephone and signaled the engineer Ia
put on full steam. Some one responded
and the ship began to move, but thu
steering gear was damned and would
not work. He kept the engines going
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
200 MINERS
LOSE THEIR LIVES
Awful Disaster Takes Place
in a Tennessee Coal
Mine.
ONLY ONE MAN LIVES OF 200
Explosion OF Gas Occurred Soon After
the Workers Entered the Mine-Ons
Man Blown Out of Mine By Force Of
Explosion.

Coal Creek. Tenn. May 20.-The
worst disaster in the history of Ten
nessee mining occurred at 1870 o'clock
yesterday morning when between IT'S
and 225 men and boys met instant
death at the Fraterville coal mine, To-
Gated two miles west Of this town, as
a result of gas explosion.
Out Of a large number of men and
boys who went to work in the morning
developments show that only one Is
alive and he is badly injured and can.
not live.
This man is William Morgan, an
aged Englishman. who was a roadman
in the mine and was blown out of the
entrance by the force of the explosion.
One hundred and seventy-five min
ers were checked in for work in the
morning by the mine BOSS. In addi-
ton to these. there were boys who act
as helpers and drivers and road men
and others to the number of perhaps
fifty.
Fraterville mine is the oldest mine
in the Coal Creek district. having been
located in 1870. 1t is fully three miles
from the mines opening to the point
where the men were at work. They
had not been at work long before the
terrible explosion occurred. There was
fears.l roar and then flames shot
from the entrance and the air shafts.
News OF the disaster spread like wild
fire, but as soon as order could be
brought out of chaos two rescuing
parties were started in the mine, one
at the main entrance and the other
through Thistle mine, which adjoins
and in which no men were at work.
The Thistle party was unable to
make any Roadway, as the gas stifled
the workers. The Fraterville party
went fully two miles under the earth
until heavy. fall of slate was encoun-
-ered. At this the men worked like
demons, hoping against hope that
those behind might be safe.
All day long the rescuers toiled at
the slate obstruction. and not until 5
o'clock did they force an entrance
through 1t.
Up to that hour only five dead bodies
had been recovered and hope was still
high that many within were safe. The
hopes of the living were doomed, how.
ever, for when once the rescuers could
enter and proceed they walked along
one continuous tomb of death. There
was not a sign of life. Every man had
persisted. they believed, although Il
will be some time before all the rooms
can be entered.
Eight dead bodies were first recov.
cred. and these We're sent to Coal
Creek. Twenty-six men were soon
found.
They were not disfgured beyond
identification, and each corpse as it
was borne from the mouth of the gil
gantic tomb was surrounded by eager
crowds of relatives of the men who
were entombed. The mine was not on
fire except in remote portions. and all
bodies will perhaps be rescued.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
WHOLE SEA MUST BE RecHAkTso
Change, In Levels of the Caribbean
Found tn He ExtensIye,

Changes In Levels OF the Caribbean
Found to He Extensive.
As the work OF repairing the cables
broken by the volcanic forces proceeds
II is gradually being recognized that
the whole Caribbean sea must be re-
charted. The French cable repairing
staff, which is hard at work night and
day, reports from time to time the
changes revealed by its soundings Ia
deep water. The bottom of the Carib-
bean has altered to such an extent as
to be unacceptable.
The old charts are everywhere found
useless. The changes in sea levels are
not confined to the immediate center
OF volcanic activity, but extend as far
north as Porto Rico and 1t is even
believed that the seismic wave will be
found to have altered the ocean bed
round Jamaica. Vessels plying be-
tween st. Thomas. Martinique, st,
Lucia and the other islands are finding
It necessary to heave the lead while
many miles out at sea.
Very serious transformations are GO
ing on In the vicinity OF st. Vincent,
where considerable part OF the north
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

| called my Office. locked the door AMI
started to clean up.
1T was slow work, and after about
three hours had passed an old cracker
named Adams came along and began
to pound on the door stuck my head
out of the window and asked him his
business.
Mistah Taylah.' he said. L owe you
81 sub, fob yeah's subscription to yo'
papah.'
"'All right; I'll be right down.
said.
Hop on. suh,' he continued, with
a grin. L have reason to believe. sub,
that the gentlemen that gave you
dose OF tar and feathers this mawnin'
took mattress from my clothesline.
| value that mattress at mo- than 81.
sub, but since you already have the
feathers, am willing TO call II square,
sub
Shortly after that" concluded the
colonel. according to the Philadelphia
Record, Il quit the newspaper bust
ness and started to study law"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

ed States bureau of navigation. tn,
product being III vessels OF l54.07;
tons, against SOS vessels of 1925
tons in the latter half of 1900. These
include 1850 tons of wooden vessel.
and 1928 tons of steam vessels. The
building on the Atlantic and gulf sea
board was s4.347 tons, while the great
lakes built 1855 tons and the Pacific
coast built 1921 tons. The total in
cludes thirty-eight vessels Of owe.
1000 tons each.
Four per cent of sailing vessels anc
SIs per cent of steamships are lest in
year.
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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 flame were rising.
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
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watch found that we had been about
an hour reaching daylight.
Our decks we're covered two inches
with this matter" and the captain ex-
hibited box of volcanic dust. which
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 that
terrible place.
Before leaving st. Lucia" Capt
Cantell said, I'VE visited the wreck
OF the Roddam. which escaped from
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
HOW HE PAID HIS SUBSCRIPTION
Editor Had His Feathers and Adams
Called 1t Square

Called 1t Square
Il used to be in the newspaper bust
ness myself, in sort OF way" said
Col. Moses Taylor OF Atlanta. Ca, as
he pulled big black cigar in the Con-
tinental hotel lobby.
1T was a good many years ago.
though shortly after the war. The
natives OF the little town where was
running the Weekly Guide. didn't al
together appreciate my efforts. prob
ably because | had some Union ideas
that didn't strike them favorably.
About 4 o'clock one morning a
masked mob routed me out and gave
me a dose of tar and feathers. For
tunately there didn't seem TO be so
much tar as feathers. but | was in a
pretty bad mess at that. | made my
way back to the shack that by courtesy
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

that lie like a necklace around the
Caribbean sea. The last British CEN
sus credited it with a population of
$4,000, of whom large majority are
negroes engaged in the cultivation of
sugar cane, which is the principal
crop. Two hundred years ago it was
the home of the Carib Indians, who
were induced by the French to join
in revolution against England. They
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
California Farm Machinery.

In no locality has modern steam
farming machinery been applied with
such effectiveness as upon the grain
ranches in southern California. On
one ranch the engine used to draw the
machinery is of fifty horse power, and
has drive wheels eight feet high. 1t
consumes twelve barrels of oil every
day, and its operation requires the SER
vices Of seven men. In blowing. fifty
five burrows are turned over at one
time. covering breadth of forty feet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

First of all the ships that passed
through the shower of ashes of Mont
Pelee and reached the American main
land to tell about it, the British Etona.
bound to New York from &ontevideo
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 own
experience in the second eruption of
MartiniqGe'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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were crushed and thousands were
transported. Hundreds, rather than
submit. threw themselves into the
sea. A few descendants of these orig
inal owners of the island still exist
on lands granted to them by the Brit.
ish government.
St. Vincent. like all the islands in
the group, is of volcanic origin and
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on board the Roraima, is recovering
and strong hopes are also entertained
of the ultimate recovery of Canadian
lady who was passenger on the same
ship. The Roddam is being repaired
at ST. Lucia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
Jews In India.

According to a census taken there
are 1850 Jews in India. Scarcely one
third OF them are European Jews. The
rest are descendants of those who
claim to have emigrated to India dur
ing the reign OF Solomon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

1t may be observed in passing that
the clothing-store clerk who was elect
ed mayor OF Hartford by vote OF c.
64S against his opponents 6,134 took
the other mans measure in good
shape.-Buffalo Express.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29
PEOPLE ARE TERRORIZED
PANIC REIGNS IN WEST INDIAN
ISLANDS.
Frenzied Inhabitants of Martinique
Rushing to Fort de France-He-
roic Rescues by Lieutenant
McCornick

"CNOIHllCNs
Fort de France, Island of Mar.
Unique, May 22.-Yesterday's eruption
from Mont Pelee was violent in the
extreme. Colossal columns of vol.
canic matter were elected from the
volcano. which rained huge. redhot
boulders, many feet in diameter, on
the ruins of ST. Pierre and the coun.
try near it, from an enormous eleva.
ton and with fearful velocity. The
volcanic clouds advanced until they
reached Fort de France.
The spectacle was appalling and
beyond description. Inc whole popu-
lation of Fort de France was thrown
into a frenzy of panic. during which
soI~-ers, police. men and women, all
terrified, frantic, weeping and praying,
rushed through the streets, while over
head the glowing, fiery clouds rolled
relentlessly and rained down stones,
still hot. amid the swirling ashes.
The steam launch of the United
States cruiser Cincinnati took refugees
to the French cruiser Suchet, and
nearly a hundred persons sought
refuge on the Cincinnati and on the
United States special steamer Po-
tomac.
At 10 o'clock the Potomac went to
investigate matters, and all reports
agree that Lieutenant Benjamin +.
Mccormick. the commander of the
steamer, did great work. He went in
close to st. Pierre and found that city
had been bombarded with stones from
the volcano, and that the ruins left
standing after the first great disaster
had been nearly raZed Millions of
tons OF ashes then covered the ruined
city.
1t is reported the whole population
OF the island is fleeing toward Fort
de France. The CONSERVATION pre-
yailing Is indescribable. Mont Pelee
is still very threatening.
Necessity teaches us to like a good
many things that we once thought we
could never tolerate.
not long ago. Senator Hanna. on
being asked whether. with all his bust.
Des and political success. he did not
sometimes wish for something more,
promptly replied: Yes. have a wish
similar to one expressed by an ancient
Roman. wish that might eat what
| please. and make some Democrat
digest it,"
An ounce OF keep-your-mouth.shu Is
often worth a pound of explanation.
Jimson-"Were you ever in a Kan.
sas cyclone?" Jester-"No, but I've
been through the hew York custom
house examinations"
1t is said that only the steel bull.
lets Of the Austrian Mannlicher rifle
can pierce the bullet-proof coat of
hnely teXtured silk recently invented
by NJ. SZeczepanik. Against the or.
binary bullets. as well as saber cuts
and thrusts. the garment affords per-
feet protection.
II is told of learned professor, who
was better at Greek than golf, that
after a round on the links. In which
he had fooled most of his shots, he
turned TO his caddie for advice in I'm.
proving his play. The reply OF the
ruthless caddy was: Yes see. sir. it's
easy TO teach ladies Latin and Greek,
but 1t needs a head for gown
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

Lucia, the brave man refused all medi-
cal treatment until the others were
cared for. He will live, the doctors
tell me-"
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sea on either side. The Soufriere,
which is now in eruption. is in the
northwest. II towers 5000 feet above
the sea. It's crater is three miles in
circumference and 500 feet deep.
From the summit the view on all sides
was superb
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

shIpbuiiding In America Last Year.
Shipbuilding in the latter half of
1901 was active, according to the Unit.
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BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF ST. VINCENT

Was an Earthly Paradise Before tho
Recent Awful Disaster.
st. Vincent, which has suffered from
the eruption of its own soufriere vol.
picturesque islands in the British
West Indian group. 1t has an area of
13l square miles and has been de-
scribed as one of the flashing jewels
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-29

Borrowers must not be choosers.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-19

cee0ed ncTthwarQ by SIedge. CapTain l Cagni of this expedition reached lati- l tude 86 degrees 33 minutes 49 seconds, | which is twenty three miles beyond l pr. Nansen's farthest point.
 1 Tn March, 1900, Lieutenant Peary left Fort Conger, latitude S1 degrees A minutes north, and, with Henson and ! five Eskimos, crossed Robeson channel, to the west of the Greenland coast. He proceeded north over the sea of ice 1 to Rlackhorn cliffs and from there two natives were sent back. Two more were dismissed at Cape Britannia, S3 degrees A minutes north, which was i Beaumont's farthest point. Lockwood's s farthest north, S3 degrees 24.5 min utes north, was passed as well as Cape 1 Washington, the headland seen by l Lockwood in 1882. Here a cairn was 1 built and copy of the .farthest" rec ord deposited.
 l Peary then pushed on to the northern extremity of Greenland, latitude 83 de
 grees 39 minutes north. It was then 1 the most northerly known land in the world. Thence he advanced over a sea | of ice to S3 degrees 51 minutes, where
 he was effectively stopped by open wa ter. He retraced his steps to the Green land coast, along which he went east ward to longitude 20 degrees west about a degree from Independence
 bay, which had been discovered and
 named by him in 1892 Lieutenant Peary ended his work for this time,r having demonstrated definitely the po- sition of the northern and western
 coasts of Greenland and having made
 m accurate chart of the archipelagn