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CITY IS IN RUINS
ST PIERRE AND 40000 INHABI
TANTS DESTROYED
TWENTY RESIDENTS SURVIVE
Appalling Disaster Said to Be With
out a Parallel Except Pompeii
Eighteen Vessels Devoured by
Flames and All on Board Perish
ST THOMAS D W I May 10
It is now estimated that 40000 per
sons perished as a result of the vol
canic eruption in the island of Mar
tinique
SAN JUAN P R May tO The ca
ble officials here have received ad
vices from the island of Dominica that
a schooner which has arrived there
from the island of Martinique reports
that over 40000 people are supposed
to have perished during the volcanic
disturbance in Martinique The ca
ble repair steamer Grappler belonging
to the West Indian and Panama Tele
graph comfpany of London was lost
with all hands during the eruption of
Mount Peele at St Pierre Martinique
Grappler was one of the first ships to
disappear
WASHINGTON May 10 A cable
gram has been received at the state
department as follows
May 9 To Sec
retary of State Washington At 10
oclock a m on the 8th inst a storm
of steam mud and fire enveloped the
city and community Not more than
twenty persons escaped with their
lives Eighteen vessels were burned
and sunk with all on board including
four American vessels and a steamer
from Quebec named Roraime The
United States consul and family are
reported among the victims A war
vessel has come to Guadeloupe for
provisions and will leave at 5 tomor
row AYME Consul
The consul at Martinique is Thomas
T Prentice He was born in Michigan
and was appointed from Massachu
setts as consul at Seychelles Island in
1871 and later served as consul at
Port Louis Mauritius Rouen France
and Batavia He was appointed con
sul at Martinique in 1900
The vice consul at Martinique -is
Amaree Testart who was appointed
from Louisiana in 1898
The latest available figures show
the total population of the island of
Martinique is 185000 people of whom
25000 lived in St Pierre
PARIS May 10 The commander of
the French cruiser Suchet recently
telegraphed to the minister of ma
rino from Fort de France Island of
Martinique under date of Thursday
May S at 10 p m as fellows
Have jusc returned from St
Pierre which has been completely de
stroyed by an immense mass of fire
which fell en the town at about 8
in the morning The entire popula
tion about 25000 souls is supposed
to have perished I have brought
back the few survivors about thirty
All the shipping of the harbor has
been destroyed by fire The eruption
continues
It is feared that M L Mouttell the
governor of Martinique has perished
He telegraphed May 7 that be was
proceeding to St Pierre Senator
Knight is also supposed to have been
at St Pierre
BILL FOR STATES PASSES
Measures Admitting Oklahoma
zona and New Mexico Successful
WASHINGTON May 10 The op
position in the house to the bill for
the admission of Oklahoma Arizona
and Nov Mexico collapsed at the last
minute yesterda3r and the bill was
passed without division as it came
from the committee except for a few
verbal amendments The real test
came on an amendment offered by
Mr Overstreet of Indiana to join New
Mexico and Arizona and admit them
as the state of Montezuma It was
beaten 28 to 100 and all opposition
then ceased
Rebels Bombard a Town
HONG KONG May 10 Advices re
ceived from Wu Chou say the rebels
bombarded for three
liours April 27 using modern field
guns From 300 to 400 of the inhabi
tants were killed
James H McMillan Dead
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo May
10 James H McMillan of Detroit
son of United States Ssenator James
McMillan of Michigan died in this
city tonight of consumption
Discuss Rathbone Case
WASHINGTON May 10 At the
cabinet meeting yesterday the appeal
which is being made by Senator Han
na in behalf of a new trial for Estes
G Rathbone waa discuss-
Wiihelmira Improving
THE HAGUE May 10 Queen Wil
li shaina had a quiet night with no
rise in temperature She is taking
sufacicnt nourishment and her con
dition is satisfactory
COPELAND CASE GOES TO JURY
Specialists Testify to the Belief that
Accused Was insane
CHEYENNE Wyo May 9 The
case of Ned Hartley Copeland for
merly of Omaha who killed A C
Rogers of St Joseph on a train near
Wamsutter last summer was given
to the jury late tonight after lengthy
arguments by the prosecution and
defense Early in the trial the de
fense admitted everything set up by
the prosecution and the case practic
ally developed upon the question of
the sanitv of the accused Eminent
physicians from Denver Rawlins
Rock Springs and the superintendent
of the state Insane asylum testified
that they believed Copeland was in
sane at the time the deed was com
mitted Dr McGhee of Rawlins who
was on the train with Copeland when
the shooting occurred said he
thought Copeland was drunk This
evidence seemed to have little weight
with the jury and the belief is gen
eral that Copeland will be found in
sane and committed to the state asy
lum
MESSAGE FROM POPE LEO
Expressions of Sorrow from Vatican
on Corrigans Death
NEW YORK May 9 The Rev
Dr Ferranti Italian secretary to
Archbishop Corrigan tonight made
public a cablegram which was receiv
ed at the archiepiscopal residence
from Cardinal Rampolla pontifical
secretary of state at Rome express
ing the sorrow of Pope Leo at the
demise of Mgr Corrigan The ca
blegram was addressed to the Rev
Dr Ferarnti and is as follows
The holy father with great sor
row learns of the death of the grand
archbishop whom he hoped to see
in Rome very soon His holiness
who appreciates very highly the es
pecial merits of the dead prelate ex
pressed his sympathy from the depth
of his heart for the metropolitan
church of New York and he prays
God to give to the soul of the great
archbishop the repose of the just and
the premium of eternal glory
Signed RAMPOLLA
Pontifical Secretary of State
GRAVE TROUBLE IN HAYTI
Revolution in that Island Is
Now
Said to Be in Progress
SAN DOMINGO Santo Domingo
May 9 The United States minister
William F Powell owing to the sit
uation of affairs here has suspended
all intercourse withj the revolutionary
government and is preparing to leave
San Domingo for Hayti to which
country he is also accredited His
departure is due to the grave differ
ences existing in Hayti where a rev
olution is said to be in progress
The change of government here has
put a stop to the steps taken by Mr
Powell to arrange a settlement of the
claims of the Dominican Improve
ment company of New York against
Santo Domingo These claims were
being favorably considered by the
government which has just been
overthrown and were in a fair condi
tion for settlement
The Dominican congress has been
dissolved and a provisional govern
ment has been formed
Gone for Twenty Five Years
NEW ULM Minn May 9 Mrs
Odie Ella Wood returned here today
after having been adjudged dead and
her estate administered more than a
year ago Mrs Wood and her hus
band left New Ulm for California
twenty five years ago and have since
resided there Her relatives gave
her up for dead and when in August
1899 her father Thomas E Chute
was killed his estate was divided be
tween three of his children known to
oe living and Mrs Wooda share also
went to them Mrs Wood it is said
has fully established her identity
and the judgment of the court prob
ably will be set aside and ner claim
allowed
Senator Moneys Worry Ends
WASHINGTON D C May 8 The
cases of alleged assault against Sen
ator Money of Mississippi Orpha H
Shaner a street car conductor and
Joseph E Hooper a truck foreman
in the fire department all growing
out of a street car altercation about
ten days ago were nolle prossed and
formally abandoned in the police court
yesterday The only issue which the
court permitted to be argued was as
to the right of the assistant district
attorney to nolle pros a case without
the consent of the court which Judge
Kimball finaly sustained
Tramp Killed in a Wreck
DES MOINES la May 9 A
wreck occurred on the Chicago
Northwestern at Ames at 1 oclock
yesterday A tramp was killed and
Mail Clerk Griffin of Des Moines was
seriously injured Mail Clerk Graves
of Chicago was buried under mail
sacks and badly bruised and Mail
Clerk Alexander Turk of Chicago had
his arm and hand injured Train
No 10 was just approaching the town
limits when the accident occurred
PHILIPPINES BILL
DISCUSSION IN SENATE TAKES
SENSATIONAL TURN
TILLMAN DEFENDS SLAVERY
He Reverts to Civil War Issues in an
Excited Debate McComas Joins in
Defense of the National Adminis
tration
WASHINGTON May 8 Discussion
or the Philippine bill in the senate
took a sensational turn yesterday
Mr McComas of Maryland referring
to tho alleged cruelties of American
soldiers in the Philippines which he
deeply deplored told of some of the
cruelties which had occurred on both
sides during the civil war Neither
side he said was to be held respon
sible for those regrettable occurrences
as neither side approved them In
this connection he suggested that sen
ators from South Carolina and Mis
sissippi where there is less popular
liberty than in any other states were
shouting the loudest for constitutional
liberty in the Philippines
This drew a sensational reply from
Mr Tillman who declared that it
was no longer possible to sneer away
the responsibilities for the infamies
committed by the Americans in the
Philippines He said that if it had
been in the south that if the reins
of government were to be given to the
negroes the civil war would have been
prolonged indefinitely He insisted
that in order to maintain their self
respect the white people of the south
had been obliged to subdue the negro
by whatever means using the shot
gun as one of the means
He frankly described how the ne
groes had been defeated at the polls
admitting that the whites had gotten
just such majorities as were neces
Bary When we get ready to put a
niggers face in the sand he shouted
we put his body there too He
declared the people of the south
never would submit to negro domina
tion and he hoped republican senators
would turn from their game of devil
try in the Philippines and assist the
south to rid itself of threat of negro
domination
While Mr Tillman was speaking
many of the democratic senators left
the chamber his audience on the
floor being largely on the republican
side
Mr Burton of Kansas vigorously ar
raigned Mr Tillman for his utter
ances He asserted that the senator
who could defend slavery and govern
ment by the shotgun could not be ex
pected to carry good government to
the Philippines He was astonished
that a senator should in one breath
make an appeal for unsullied govern
ment in the Philippines and in the
next boast of crimes almost unpar
alleled in history
Mr Burton followed with a warm
defense of the governments policy in
the Philippines and became involved
in a heated colloquy with Mr Rawlins
of Utah because he had denounced
some of Mr Rawlins statements as
false He paid a brilliant tribute to
General as one of the great heroes
of the army
After declaring that the war with
Spain had been forced upon the
United States by the democrats and
that the Philippines had come to this
country through the war Mr Mc
Comas asserted that in the debates on
the Philippine question the democrats
ignored all history and ignored the
treaty which they helped to ratify He
said they proposed to undo the glori
ous work of the last four years to de
nounce our treaty to disgrace the army
and navy to throw away the sover
eignty over the islands to defy the
verdict of the people to reverse the
supreme court and to scuttle amid
the flouts and jeers of all the na
tions of the world
Colonel Sharpe to Manila
WASHINGTON May 8 Colonel
Henry Sharpe assistant commissary
general has been relieved from duty
in this city and ordered to Manila
where he will be come chief commis
sary of that division relieving Colo
nel Charles A Woodruff
Senor Valdez Banished
MANILA May 8 Senor Valdez
editor of Miau as a result of the sec
ond libel suit brought against him by
Neito Legardo the Filipino member
of the United States commission has
been sentenced to six months ban
ishment
Funeral of Potter Palmer
CHICAGO May 8 Hundreds of
Chicagoans of high and low degree at
tended the funeral of Potter Palmer
here yesterday Services were held
at the palatial Palmer residence on
Lake Shore drive when many of the
friends of the dead millionaire and
Chicago pioneer viewed the remains
at the house Rev James S Stone
rector of St James Episcopal church
conducted the services The burial
was at Graceland cemetery
WAR OPERATIONS CONTINUED
Peace Negotiations Do Not Interfere
With Military Movements
LONDON May 7 Lord Kitchen
ers weekly report dated from Preto
ria yesterday shows that the peace
movement is not allowed to Interfere
with military operations except so far
as to permit of unrestrained meetings
between the leaders and their various
commandoes
The weeks Boer casualties were
ten men killed and 122 made prison
ers General Bruce Hamiltons col
umns captured eighty seven men on
the Hellbron Orange River Colony
line
Colonel Enbrander has resumed op
erations in the northern part of the
Transvaal against Commandan Byers
whose forces have been considerably
reduced and General Ian Hamilton
has cleared a large district of Klerks
dorp southwestern Transvaal
PURCHASES OF CUBAN SUGAR
Buyer for the Trust Continues
His
Testimony
WASHINGTON May 7 Henry C
Mott raw sugar buyer for the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company contin
ued his testimony before the senate
committee on relations with Cuba to
day He said the trust purchase of
Cuban sugar from October 1 1901 to
January 1 1902 was 45100 tons
There was no way of showing from
the books of the trust what Americans
own sugar plantations in Cuba
Mr Mott said that owing to the
cost of storing sugar and deteriora
tion of stored sugars the refiners kept
very little on hand and made an ef
fort to keep only a sufficient supply
to meet the demands amounting to
35000 tons per week The committee
adjourned until tomorrow
QUEEN IS VERY LOW AGAIN
Her Physicians Hold a Consultation
but Issue No Bulletin
THE HAGUE May 7 Advices re
ceived here from Castle Loo dated 1
oclock this morning declare that
Queen Wilhelminas condition again
excites grave anxiety Another con
sultation of the queens doctors was
held at 11 oclock last night The re
sult of this consultation is not known
Extreme secrecy is maintained as to
the contents of the telegrams dis
patched from Loo palace
This and other measures are be
lieved to indicate that the condition
of her majesty is much graver than
appears from the official bulletins It
is said the queen is so weak that
she has been unable to take any nour
ishment since last Saturday
CANKER WORMS DESTROY FRUI
Missouri Crop Badly Wrecked by Ver
min on the Trees
ST JOSEPH Mo May 7 Never
in the history of fruit growing in this
state has such havoc to fruit trees
resulted by pests or drouth or ele
ments of weather as can be summed
up in the present ravages of the can
ker worm Whole orchards of apple
peach and cherry trees are entirely
stripped of foliage and consequently
so thoroughly injured as to be able
to produce no fruit this year if in
fact the trees are at all able to sur
vive the summer One apple orchard
in the southern part of the county
which for years has netted the owner
an average of 10000 for each crop
will produce nothing this year
Cuban Congress Convenes
HAVANA May 7 The Cuban sen
ate and house of representati 7es re
assembled at noon today in tie pal
ace
Governor General Wood made an
address wishing the legislators suc
cess in the work they were about to
enter upon He informed them that
no legislative power would be vested
in congress until after the formal
transfer of the government Their
work now was to pass upon credentials
and to inform the military government
officially who had been selected pres
ident and vice president and senators
and members of the house of repre
sentatives
The senators met in the Palacio
Zgundo and the representatives in the
Commandacia General de la Marina
building
President Does Not Object
WASHINGTON May 7 The pub
lished statement that the president
had made objections to the declara
tions of the French government to be
stow the decoration of the legion of
honor upon Admiral Dewey and Gen
eral Miles is authoritatively denied
at the White House
Peace Plans Progressing
PRETORIA May 7 The peace sit
uation is developing encouragingly
According to reliable information
which has reached here several of
the nearer commandoes have received
the burgher delegates in amicable
spirit It is said that Commandant
Byers has announced his willingness
to abide by decision reached by the
Transvaal government Considerable
opposition to the peace movement is
developing among irreconcilables
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was a light supply of
cattle but still It was the heaviest of the
week There was a good demand for
beef steers showing quality and the
market on such kinds could safely be
ouoted stronger When it came to those
that were not quite finished however
it was a different proposition and trade
on such kinds was rather slow and the
prices did not look much moro than
steady The cow market was active and
strong all around The better the qual
ity tho better tho demand but still even
the medium and common kinds sold
without much trouble at steady to strong
prices The trade Is very uneven owing
to the rapid fluctuations that have taken
place within the last few days so that
some sales look a good deal higher than
others It is a good deal of a catch-as-catch-can
market Bulls veal calves and
stags of good quality all commanded
steady to strong prices There were only
a few stockers and feeders on sale and
anything desirable sold at just about
steady prices
HOGS There were not nearly as many
hogs on sale as there were yesterday
and as other markets were reported a
little stronger trading at this point
started out on a basis of about a 5c ad
vance and closed about 10c higher than
yesterdays general market The mar
ket was active so that the bulk of the
offerings was disposed of In good sea
son The advance was general on all
classes though of course the light
weight stuff and common grades were
neglected and hard to sell the same as
usual The bulk of the good weight hogs
sold from 705 to 5720 and the medium
weights went mostly from SG93 to 703
SHEEP There was a light run of
sheep and Iambs and as packers all
seemed to want a few the market held
just about steady With the exception
of a few loads the quality was nothing
extra but still buyers bought up about
everything offered at just about yester
days prices It was evident though
that they were a great deal moro anxi
ous for the better grades than they were
for those lacking in quality
KANSAS CITY
CATTLS Market steady to 10c higher
Choice export and dressed beef steers
J875ii725 fair Xo good J3eO gC75 stock
ers and feeders 3003555 western fed
steers J3002605 Texas and Indian
steers f375tiG05 Texas cows 5275 510
native cows J223S5C0 native heifers
3501686 canners 150275 bulls 3C0p
515 calves 250iG4O
HOGS Market steady to 5c higher
top 7C0 bulk of sales 7005725 heavy
720i730 packers 700725 light GG3
707Vb yorkers C95707Hi pigs 550
GS0
SHEEP AND IAMBS Best steady
others slow and native lambs 340
715 western lambs 3755720 native
wethers 34OC00 western wethers
4501iG15 fed ewes 4805355 Texa3
clipped sheep 150555 stockers and
flipped yearlings 3755605 Texas
leeders 2905475
MORTONS DEATH GREAT LOSS
Tribute is Paid by Former President
Grover Cleveland
PRINCETON N J May 10
Speaking of the number of promi
nent men who have died within the
last few days former President Cleve
land said to the Associated Press
Mr J Sterling Morton who was
at one time a member of my cabinet
was the only one I knew personally
so I do not wish to make any com
ment further than to say that the
country has sustained a great loss
The death of the author Mr Ford
was a very sad event
Mr Cleveland was asked today for
his opinion of the effect on the coun
try of the recent effort of the beef
combine
It looks said Mr Cleveland as
though the packers had overshot the
market I see by the newspapers that
tho markets are full and that the
farmers produce is not being used as
freely as formerly and the stock rais
ers are content to sell their cattle at
reasonable prices I judge the situa
tion is beginning to assume normal
proportions
Iowa Conductor Injured
IOWA FALLS la May 10 Chas
Knoll a former Burlington Cedar
Rapids Northern conductor of this
city narrowly escaped being killed
in the railroad yards at Kansas City
Kan He had gone to the depot to
take the train for this city and in
crossing the tracks was struck by a
switch engine but luckily escaped
with a broken arm and severe inju
ries on the side and back
May Get Free Delivery
IOWA FALLS la May 10 The
announcement is made that this city
is entitled to the free delivery serv
ice and that the year ending March
31 showed the receipts of the post
office here had passed the 10000
mark
Cholera in Manila
MANILA May 10 The cholera
statistics to date are as follows Ma
nila 8G7 cases and 70G deaths the
provinces 2542 cases arid 1085
deaths
Ware and Evans Meet
WASHINGTON May 10 Eugene
F Ware who is to succeed H Clay
Evans as commissioner of pensions
was at the White House and met the
retiring commissioner in the presi
dents room The three had a pleas
ant conversation together and it was
announced that Mr Ware would take
charge of the office as soon as he is
confirmed His nomination will go to
the senate today Evans will leave
for London in the near future
Dinn This Year T
A well known New York betting
man who keeps track of every bet of
consequence said the other day that
at least 52000000 has been wagered
on the election In that city Most or
this has been bet on the general re
sult but more bets upon results in
states have been made than usual or
this fully 1000000 has been put up
In Wall street alone There is less
Bryan money in sight at present than
at any time during the last four
months
THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING
- - Defiance
can oe ouuuneu uuij j
Starch besides getting A oz moro lor
same money no cooking required
Foreign Cow Dairy
A notice board has Just been erected
on shore near to the naval anchorage
at Woosung China with tho following
information We open at Woosung
on the south of the Telegraph Com
pany for sale the Foreign Milk tho
taste are sweet the Milk are pure the
Price are just We have not put any
water in it If examine out wont pay
single cash If you want to buy it
you will know the Foreign Cow Chop
No 1 Milk Yi Pingshan Dairy
Clear whito clothes are a sign that tho
housekoeper uses Red Cross Ball Bluo
Largo 2 oz package 5 cents
A bird In the hand Is permissible
if you have no knife and fork
Plsos Cure cannot be too highly spoken of tut
a cough euro J W OBrien 3 Third Ave
N Minneapolis Minn Jan 6 1000
The Greatest Organ
The man who is putting new pipes
in the organ of the Mormon Taber
nacle at Salt Lake City Utah was
told that many old Salt Lakers wero
weeping over the fact that the organ
was being remodeled and replied
They will weep that they did weep
when once thev hear the new instru
ment He claims that It will be the
greatest instrument in America when
the present work is completed
All Sufferers From Rheumatism
ihould try MATT J JOHNSONS C082
Guarantee goes with It Try It
If a man is a wit he says things
if he is a humorist he writes them
Mrs WinslowH Soothing Syrup
For children teething poftens the cunw reduces tn
UainmiUloQ allays pain cured wind colle 23c a buttlu
When a woman argues the very best
she can do is to convince herself
Concentrated Common Sense Using
Hamlins Wizard Oil It drives away all
pain instantly
The mornings seem to be getting
up earlier of late
S20 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
to men with rig to introduce our Poultry goods
fatndstp JavelleMfgCoDeptDParsonKaa
Sweetening ones coffee is the first
stirring event of the day
If you dont get the biggest and best
its your own fault Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in quality
or quantity
The example of today will rank as
a precedent tomorrow
DEFIANCE STARCH
should be In everv household none so
good besides 4 oz more Tor 10 cents thaa
any other brand of cold water starch
History in Stage Pictures
The beautiful nlav of Nathnn
Hale rendered with the skill and per
fection of detail which characterize
its presentation here offers an op
portunity such as is rarely afforded in
stage pictures for bringing to the at
tention of school children as well a3
to ordinary theater goers salient
events of Revolutionary history The
story of the patriot spy is calculated
to inspire the youthful listener with
pride and love of country entertain
ing him absorbingly meanwhile
New Yorks Heavy taxpayers
Frederick W Vanderbilt beads the
list of New
Yorks wealthy men as
sessed for personal proDrty His as
sessment is a round 2000000 which
at the prevailing rate of 0231 on the
dollar would make his next tax bill
46200 Those assessed for 1000000
are William K Vandprbilt Alice G
Vanderbilt John D Rockefeller and
Andrew Carnegie Still these figures
are not particularly illuminating as
showing how much the persons thus
taxed are worth
Some parents use their children to
hang old clothes on
Interesting if True But it Isnt
A recent statement by an English
admiral that a spirit made in Switzer
land from the European mountain
ash or rowan berry has the power to
destroy the memory and that jelly
made from the same fruit has a sim
ilar effect suggests an origin for the
old superstitition that the rowan treo
has the power to scare evil spirits
But liquors and preserves were long
ago made from the red rowan berry
and in some parts of the world the
fruit is dried and ground into flour
for bread
No Chinee for Him
Now that we are engaged said the
fair young thing I will tell you that
I do not fear mice
That is nice said the prospective
groom
And continued the fiancee I can
drive nails without hitting mv thumb
and I know how to
use a paper cut
ter without ruining a book and I can
add a row of figures without making
a separate sum for each consecutive
figure and I can build a fire and
can tell when a picture is hung straight
6 it
on the wall
Here the man drew himself
up with
much dignity and sorrow and
ZunJ Cannofc marry ou alas
Why gasped the girl
What prospect is there for
my ever
being able to demonstrate
the supe
riority of man over woman if I marry
a woman who
possesses
such traits of
character as you
Few persons are as easily fooled bv
others as they are by themselves
The man who loves his
wifes ro
lations is as blessed
as he is scarce
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