New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-23


boatload of medicine, which was sent
ashore in charge OF Surgeon Melon
aid. The cruiser Yank1on is expect
ed to arrive here soon
Many of the Americans who were in
Kingston at the time of the disaster
| have been taken aboard the Warship.=
They intended to take passage for the
United States on board the Hamburg
American steamer Prinz Eitel Fried
rich, but that vessel ran ashore near
the wreck of the steamer Prinzessen
Louise last night. The Plumb Point
lighthouse was smashed by the earth
quake and vessels arriving at night.
have no lights to steer by. The
| steamer Prinz WaldeInar is also
hard ashore The Wreckers Premier
| has gone to the aid efsthe stranded.
! vessel. Several slight shocks Of
! earthquake were felt last night
Bury 400 Dead; cremating Bodies.
| Four hundred and twenty dead were
| buried up to last night. The remain
ing bodies are being cremated. The
death list it is now believed will be
about 700.
| The work Of clearing the streets of
debris is being pushed. Dynamite is
being used to blow down some of the
ruins The people. here. greatly APP
preciate the action Of the American
government in sending warships. and
supplies. The water. supply has. been
improved, but food is very scarce and
the prices therefore are exorbitant
A. remarkable incident of the earth
quake has just come to light An
English clerk in store was buried
under falling walls following the
earthquake of Monday and over this,
for many hours, great fires swept.
/ Wednesday the clerk was dug out
! alive. His injuries are not severe,
! Five hundred persons are still under
! treatment in the hospital. No Ameri-
cans lost their lives in the disaster.
1 Some of the Buildings Gone.
Among the buildings utterly de-
stroyed are the Supreme court, Colon
ial bank, Nova Scotia bank, the Mer-
chants exchange, the City council of
flee, the Parish church, ST. Georges
church. the Roman Catholic cathedral,
the Savings bank, all the shipping Of
fees and wharves, the Myrtle Bank
hotel, the Constant Springs hotel, the
jamaica Club, the Masonic Temple,
Training college, Hope college, the
railway terminus, customs building
cable company Offices, all the news
| paper offices except that of the Daily
Telegraph, which is severely damaged
but escaped the fire: the Salvation
Army Temple and the Offices of the
Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and
Congregational churches and schools
In brief. not sound building re
mains in the entire area Of Kingston
and less than dozen houses can be
occupied The entire business section
is wiped out. The loss cannot fal
short of s5,0O0,OO0 and probably viii
total double that amount.
Panama to Send Relief.
Panama, Jan. 21.-A movement is
on foot in Panama and Colon to or
ganize relief committees for the ia
maican sufferers The steamer Ad
vance, which sails for New York to
day, will go by way Of Kingston ant
Will carry number Of people whe
have interests and relatives in Kings
ton. Tents and supplies will b.
shipped on the steamer
American Guns Awe Convicts.
New York, Jan. pa Kingston
| / t1h To oil.
states that the battleship Missouri
lying off the penitentiary, overawe'
1.-THE unruly conv1cts by firing tw
rounds of blank cartridges and land
ing an armed party. The help wa
thankfully received by the govern
ment
The Herald's correspondent report
that the inmates of the insane asylum
are at large but he says that in tn
present state of mind nearly all Kings
. ton is crazed. Many persons wer
, rendered insane by the shock of tn
disaster the most notable being Gel
aid Loder, former member of the Bri
ish parliament.
A dispatch to the Sun from Hollan
Bay says great suffering exists anon
the poor of Jamaica. A delegation {
, so sufferers appealed to the governe
for the systematic distribution of r
+ lief. The spokesman said many wei
+ dying of neglect. He charged tn;
! those with money had been. supple
. with food and medicine.
E Port Royal Sunk Eight Feet.
: Port Royal has again sunk and ge
! sers are springing UP in the street
The land has now subsidized eight fee
: Half Size of Valparaiso Quake.
9 Victoria, B. c., Jan. I'll The: rece,
Q earthquake which occurred and cause
n so much damage at KINGSTON. Jamaic
was recorded by the seismograph
. the Victoria meteorological burea
J The record was about half the size
that made by the Valparaiso quake.
New Shah of Persia Crowned.
: Teheran,. jan 21.-Mohammed !
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