Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
ORDER IS SLOWLY BEING RESTORED
Four Hundred and Twenty ROdies Buried
Up to Friday Night.
AMERICAN CONSULATE IS WRECKED
Inmates of Insane Asylum Are at
Large, but Not More UnsOund
In Mind Than Many
Others.

penltentlary, oNeTHWed the unruly COHNlCtS
by firing two ROUNDS of blank ca trdges
and landing an armed party. The help was
thankfully received by the government.
The Herald's correspondent reports that
the inmates of the insane asylum are at
large, but he says that in the present state
of mind nearly all Kingston is crazed.
Many persons were rendered insane by
the shock OF the disaster, the most notable
being Gerald Lowder, well known in Lon
don.
A dispatch to the Sun from Holland Bay,
Jamaica, says great suffering exists among
the poor of Jamaica. A delegation Of hfty
sufferers appealed to the governor for the
systematic distribution of relief. The
spokesman said many were dying of
neglect. He charged that those with money
had been supplied with food and medicine.
Port Royal has again sunk and geysers
are springing up in the streets. The land
has now subsided eight feet.
The American consulate was wrecked.
The acting consul tried yesterday to get
cable dispatch to the State department
asking for help.
One has to travel all night in a small
boat and on horseback to reach Holland
Bay, from which cable messages are sent.
order Being Restored.
sign that order is being restored at
Kingston is the fact that yesterday the
Western Union Telegraph companys one
intact cable from Jamaica was monopo-
lized largely by the island government. The
officials are beginning to make extra calls
upon the service in ordering supplies and
transacting Official business.
The Western Union is many hours behind
in handling general business to and from
Jamaica, but messages which 1t received
last night led it to believe that one of its
incapacitated cables to Holland Bay will be
In working order some time today. 1t was
said at the companys Offices that It's Office
at Kingston may be re-established today.
Most of the dispatches from Kingston
thus far have been sent from the sub
station, five miles out.
The Commercial Cable company received
word yesterday that one OF It's cable YES
sells has reached Jamaica and is now trying
to find the break in the company's line. =
WRrships Bring Supplies.
KINGSTON, Jan. 1S.-rhe United States
warships Indiana and Missouri arrived this
morning from Guantanamo, bringing large
quantities of medicines and food. The tor
pedo destroyer Whipple arrived during the
night with boat load of medicines, which
was sent ashore In charge Of Surgeon Nc
Donnell The cruiser Yankee is expected
to arrive here soon. Many Of the Ameri-
cans 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 Ham
burg-American steamer, Prinz Eitel Fred
erich, but that vessel ran ashore near the
wreck Of the steamer Prinzessin Luise last
night. The Plum Point lighthouse was
smashed by the earthquake and vessels ar
riving at night have no lights to steer by
The steamer Prinz Wsldmar is also hard
ashore. The steamer Premier has gone to
the aid OF the stranded vessel
Several slight shocks of earthquake were
felt last night.
over Four Hundred buried.
Four hundred and twenty dead were
buried up to last night. The remaining
bodies are being cremated. The death list
II is believed now will be about 700
The work OF clearing the streets of debris
Is being pushed. Dynamite 10 being used
to blow down some of the ruins.
The people here greatly appreciate the
action of the American government In
sending warships and supplies.
The water supply has been improved but
food Is very scarce and prices exorbitant.
A remarkable incident of the earthquake
has just come to light. An English clerk
In store was buried under falling walls.
and for many hours great fires swept over
him. Wednesday the clerk was dug out
alive. His injuries are not severe.
Five hundred persons are still under
treatment in the hospitals. No Americans
lost their lives In the disaster.
Report from Admiral.
WASHINGTON. Jan. le.-The Navy de-
partment this morning received the follow
ing dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans
lated United States ship Maine, Guanta-
lamo Cuba. January IS;
Whipple arrived from Kingston TODAY
With advices from Davis confirming prac-
ical destruction Of the city. Business sec
ion destroyed. Fire followed earthquake
Government residences In suburbs de-
ltroyed. Steamship wharves intact Shin
'ing unharmed. Other foreign residences
'eemed TO have escaped. American coneui
lbsent Vice consul representing Blue
ackets guarding consulate possessions ana
guarding archives, Indiana landed fifty
Reported mutiny at penitentiary Containing
100 prisoners Governor considers whole
situation we'll in hand: 40 dead accounted
oT, srnaI. sun many many ,6 bodies " ruins Many
'rinz Friedrich Heinrich on the 18th, Am
ending full extract OF Davis report over
cuban telegraph.
- uispaNCu reaching the cldte department
ria Holland Bay, Jamaica, from United
Itates Consul Snyder at Port Antonio says:
No casualties Port Antonio: all Amert-
ans safe; some property damaged here:
'eople terrifed; business suspended.
DecOrdOva is Alive.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1s.-Edgar de cordova. |
he Jamaican grain importer and planta- |
ion owner. who was reported to have been /
Jilled by the earthquake at Kingston. fs |
afe. This information was conveyed In a
'ablegram from him last night to his |
'rother. Ercsl de COrdova OF this city
weather Delays Messages.
WASHINGTON. Jan. ls.-Up TO 4 o'clock I
his morning the atmospheric conditions /
lad not cleared up sufficiently 10 permit
he operator at the navy yard wireless
tation to catch the message from Admiral
5vans. stray word OF letter was all
hat could be deciphered. Il is possible
lcontinusd on second PSEel