Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-21

had possession of. The American vice consul has no knowledge of 1t, the store is close to sentry post, and the officer of the post professes ignorance of the incident.
 T believe the police surveillance of the city is adequate for the protection of private property. I may remind your excellency that not long ago il was discovered that thieves had lodged in and pillaged the residence of some New York millionaire during his ab. sence in the summer, but this would not have Justified British admiral landing an armed party and assisting the New York police"
 Rear Admiral Davis said that he deeply regretted the governors atti- tude. He was still convinced that the governor was unequal to the task of re- lievlng distress and that this was evi- dent from the fact that the American field hospital had attended many sick and wounded and others were con stantly arriving, having been unable to gain admission to the government hospital.
 The American hospital was estab- lished in Winchester park, the property of the Jesuits, on Thursday, under the American flag and in charge of Fleet Surgeon Ames and Surgeon Norton of the battleship Missouri and aided by sisters of charity. The hospital re- ceiyed more than fifty sufferers, in- cluding persons with fractured bones and skulls, cases of blood poison which had resulted from neglect of wounds, etc.
 Governor Swettenham's attitude to- ward friendly American officers as- sistance is greatly deplored by many of the residents of Kingston, some of them even suggesting that the govern or be petitioned to resign. His action Is construed by some as inspired by re- sentiment of President Roosevelts at titude toward Jamaican negroes on the Panama canal. Others ridicule the governors objection to the landing of American sailors armed or not armed. The insecurity of the city is evidenced by the attempt on Friday night by six negroes to waylay midshipman from the Missouri, who drew his revolver and put his assailants to flight.
 The streets of the burned district still reek with the stench of decaying bodies The burned ruins were illumi- mated only by the baleful glow of the corpse fires lining the roadways.
 Many bodies were recovered through the aid of vultures, which perch in nocks on the ruins beneath which their prey Is buried. As fast as they are un- covered the bodies are thrown on the funeral pyres and slowly consumed. The total known dead is about 450. and 1t is believed there are at least 150 persons who have not been account cd for.
 The filthy condition of the camps on the parade grounds and race course. where thousands of persons are hud- dled under improvised tents roofed over and sheathed with palm leaves, causes grave apprehension of an out break of typhoid fever.
 The work of clearing the streets of | Kingston of debris and recovering the corpses of the victims of the earth quake and conHagration is proceeding rapidly.
 The southwestern portion of Kings ton looks exactly as did St. Pierre after the eruption of Mont Pelee. Fully 1000 persons have been maim- ed for life. their legs or arms having been amputated, and those who sus- tained lesser wounds are counted by the thousands.
 On the whole, the conduct of the pop ulace has been admirable. There have ] been only a few attempts at footing. i, and these have been confined to rum shops and provision stores. The Catholic priests stationed In Kingston escaped unharmed, but thelr i mission buildings have been destroyed. Incident May Hold Up Relief Supplies
 NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-The gather ing locally of supplies for the Kings ton earthquake sufferers by the New York Kingston relief committee will, 1t is expected, he discontinued today for the time being at least, and In view of the refusal on the part of Governor Swettenham of Jamaica to accept aid from American war vessels 1t is quite probable that the supplies now on the , way to Kingston on the steamers Al legheny and Prinz Joachim will never reach that port.
 London Papers Regret Tncideat.
 LONDON, Jan. 21.-This mornings newspapers all regard the incident cul- minating in the withdrawal of the American warships from Kingston as most unfortunate and regrettable. but carefully avoid saying anything calcu- lated to in the slightest jeopartiize the friendly feeling between the United
 States and Great Britain.
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 Ceoktown Laia In Ruins.
 BRISBANE, Queensland. Jan. 21.--A hurricane on Friday night and Satur day laid the greater part of Cooktowr in ruins. Cooktown is one of the most
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