St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 10, 1902

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THE ONLY ST. LOUIS NEWSPAPER WITH [HE ASSOCIATED: PRESS 2 aay it SPATCHES. If you es COACHMAN (J | through P.-D. Wants. | a , 14 Esko dhieandl 100, All Druggists. 7.' VOL. fre 262. ST. LOUIS, ayrven EVENING, } MAY 10, 1902. WUOGE PITIED. 1450 PERSONS SAVED ROM V P RESSED aT French Vessel Arrives at Fort de France Wy : Revoked Sentence After]; | 97s ) # With Survivors of the St. Pierre Ordreing Staarecke to Jail ? oh Sn ge . ' ae, Catastrophe. _- =" i EEO _e———"_ {|LOSS OF LIFE ESTIMATED AT 30,000 $$ | Captain of French Ship Says Rain of Rocks Continued 15 Minutes and- Was Fol- lowed by a Whirlwind of Flame, Enveloping St. Pierre. ae lll ll le — HE HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE eee JURIST DEPLORED LACK OF POWER TO PUNISH CREDITORS. Defendant, When Sentenced, Swayed and Showed Signs of His Weak Physical Condition and Judge Adams Was Moved. Oe a ee ee ee a ree ee cet mt hie Paid ae mint ne Dit hes a ener NEW YORK, May 10.—The French Cable Co.’s officers in this city were _ m ST AAS. EB WROTE ¢ advised today that the repair steamer P ouyer Queentier had arrived at Fort De France, having rescued 450 persons from St. Pierre. She returned immre- BEFORE TAKING POISON ¢ t 2 : a * | . St. Louis, May 1, 192. © A RY BARK THAT tae Bo a are % diately to the scene of the disaster to to esate for further survivors, pp Riser eyo Bd S. District At- , . | . aS “3 ; Ce . e : Stn yh Set 3] caURRD woox womans a> || MMMM || NOT A LIVING THING WAS TO BE SEEN FROM THE HARBOR) mm f ae e com ago a court tomorrow at 10 a. m. then I @ nd naval station and a war epee will . be crevices, but no attention pray to be excused, because I in- @ : ‘ P tend to appear before the highest i LONDON, May 10.—Lloyd’s agent at St. Lucia, B. W. L., cables that later directed to an’ tot Mautiniaes ng ie & news fully confirms the disaster at St. Pierre. He says he cannot ascertain the It al pe = dag: G yee s cable dispatches a wu ) receiv a é eruption o volcan il lamage . T. PELEE STILL SPOU Judge in the universe. an ‘ion hi may find me at non 7 names of the vessels which have been Iést, but tMey include one Italian bark and on Mount Pelee will not. do much pruce street. Iam a very sorry an aid : to Ge summer crop, which Is ch con- N, May 10.—A cab pm a very dak teem Gnd L belles hoel- © bast two steamers, one probably being the Grappler, the cablesliip belonging to the fined atte 5 rs wart ot baa j Mes | Pi snppcges ay es le. tere cally an tally is- | West India and Panama Telegraph Co. d the gathering of which is now two- soage Martiniq ; d mentally. Ruin and dis- @ ' ' rag thirds over. However, the wiping out of |#4ying the volcanic How Bigamist McCallum The total loss of life is estimated at 30,000. the moneyed population of the island cen- ae and that ships are afraid to : : tered at St. Pierre is bound to soheds the e island. gZrace is before me and probably @*pricon awaits me. I cannot stand © : . ae | Lloyd's agent at St. Thomas, D. W. L., cables that St. Pierre has been totally aig ur . SP oe. , , most serious commereant effect. Not one pe ee re re oo L ed His Victim. s destroyed by fire, and that all the inhabitants perished. All the vessels in the har- | of the business houses ii n London has heard| CALLED LEGISLATIVE SPA: a word of its agents in Martinique. & *will forgive me when I commit sul- @ cide in taking poison & .” WIFE NO. 2, ANNA M. E B. LAWTON. ( bor were lost. p.shetaek a ee aos > pela WASHINGTON, May 10.—The senaté & These include the Grappler. The steamer Roraima, belonging to the Quebec dealing with Martin que said t passed a bill troduced © Then there is another reason: I @ . ee COPE) ee ae oi 4 ~4; and my daughter have absolutely @ CUPID FAILED; NEPTUNE WON. | °~ Steamship Co., took fire in port, and became a total loss. All on board the Ro- sina Geokohone | our agents are, deed Eng: ppli no means of subsistence left. If I @ raima perished. land and Martinique. yp 6 ote ferers 7 aa die the bond will be released and she @ wis di ian Nes es ‘ ‘ oe Menge 4 me to _ shinhie iL . a en ‘presented are gets back her diamonds and some of en e vorce petition whic as jus HI | ND I AME FR I + ’ N j suffe the mos ow Martinique we ~ Ap been filed by Mrs. Eudora C. McCallum Ww RLWI OF F OM VO 0 S MOUTH The last time Is he A Ru athig ‘and no shortly “before r, ue opinion that t American residents at St. Pierrs, though no oce n for a “legisla her mosey, and She will anyhow be @ a . ry protected against distress and mis- @ | ®"4 ave passed through the courts, two ay ; P : ; ory, As we live now, in the rear of @| Women will have received all: te reparation PARIS, May 10.—The minister of marine has received the following dispatch, | that town did a food business with Amer- sald the reports might | bee ’ i -2-P% ica In the way of foodstuffs. thought some official report undated, from Pointe-a-Pitre, Island of Guadeloupe, from the commander of the partion of the white popul fo befdre action was taken, It w on SAID TO BE THE FINEST HOUSE OF AMUSEMENT IN THE INDIES... $O9996009946609008 ao a building amidst colored people, it @ which the law can give them for the wreck- is simply hell. I am a burden to @ Se of ee oe RE , French cruiser Suchet: .. | the old French families. w i harm, te vee ppelt "* her and have no right to depend ¢@ pee ; “6 “ Ne Sake who. bone. the "7 . “I have obtained the following information of the events of yesterday: : pin Ly } eaiedt tama that’ Mount | necess ity for taneeeenes ~ s upon her. There is a 6-months-old @|Mame of Daniel W. McCallum until she) norp TO FOLLOW KRATZ IE HE ‘ ) | Pelee would te dangerous. Fifty! years ) wood wood obdeet learned that it was rightfully held by anoth- ‘ About 8 o’clock the volcano threw up a considerable mass of smoke and earth. —— - baby she has to support, so I believe @ ; | it is the proper thing to quit this @/¢" was given redress. for her wrongs last SEEKS NEW REFUGE. A whirlwind of fire immediately followed. world. @ | January, when a Jefferson County jury sent “Instantly t ; , ay. ‘ | to the penitentiary for sik years the man ntly he whole town of St. Pierre was in flames and the ships in the harbor was dismasted and burned. “The shower of rocks lasted a quarter of an If I have failed against the law, @ doy Rept aaeed then I beg to be allowed to say I did @| ¥W2° eceived her. | it unintentionally. I had not the @ There is another figutfe—an inanimate one FOLK STILL IN WASHINGTON hour. A ho pres omy ores to the ekiee ead conn tho otafs the hush vet. Te fe Sesame: oie e scien: 00 f jamedints megan vest of advice, and I feel positive @ | the tragedy which has linked the two “I arrived at St. Pierre at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, saving a few persons ‘a that I am in legal matters of this @ | *°™* of widely difering ages in a com- With Chief Kiely Al fe) f from the ships. ot ee __ | ight, and all the medics! country totally ignorant. OG Raby + a a a Hr ae rg wine eS taped COT aE EME SI SS ‘ Te Shi wet ee eee perms Ae imadieated stecy I am 54 years old, but so extremely @/ ished, which rusts in a ard rear the city There Is No Definite News of the trate. There w . “tb pang Whyte Mes T impossible idl etc aets b4- eagle never bir thc aie mene uss Host Diseteh nervous that I hardly can write my ¢@ “pees oe, Rune’ dd ‘thie’ bent mont se Fuigitive’s Actions. were numerous corpses near the quay.” The Rome: ot sees within the sun the ares of FS uaseaue Or Bie name. I have no more prospects in © docink ore this life. I cannot longer concen- © of “her | - se. of yr aly me ye That tt With Circuit Attorney Folk in Washing- GOVERNOR OF THE. COLONY ABONG THE Lost | ene we ve it a nd (rate my mind, Three years. ago.t ton seeking to have the state department PARIS, May 10.—-A telegram from the mb te ead the u re all beboldeth he who shemay Whs in the best. of-circiimetances,.. wie pf. J008) teat extend the treaty with Mexico so that it tains the latest ncwe eT : are > rots th the Kuntay” Past eet be - : then my wife ieft me with two-thirds ¢} | promised wor] elit ‘carry: will include bribery and be the cause of re- | @nnouncing that the French cruiser Siscnde had % iareiverd on : board, the | governor | | of my fortune and a lover on hand. @ | with her hustiend, ay from poverty. turning Charles Kratz, the fugitive boodler, | of Guadeloupe says: | a The remnants, some $7000, and rhe ¢@ ay Ws “vounger woman the boat was to St. Louis for trial, and with Chief of “Everything tends to the belief that the governor of the colony, M. L. Mouttet, “A ‘Codching Party Given by Mrs. Ralph show where these various places of . is money of my daughter I lost the last a glorious honeymoon around the world. | Police Kiely in Loutsville attending the} and Col. Gerbault and their wives perished with the population of St. Pierre. I have | Ofthwein” is the subject of a pretty page| sition are and what dh there offered fe -” : two ,years. Everything is gone; it @ cater a ee tee oe ae convention of chiefs of police, there is nojordered the prompt dispatch of provisions from Pointe-a-Pitre and Basseterre. The in colors in: tomorrow's Sunday Post-Dis- | entertainment. BP Taek nis a." ~ dee one to speak authoritatively in the Kratz | Suchet sails for Martinique this evening. All of the people and the supplies of Guad- | patch. The ladies in the picture are Mrs.| Eugene de Grave, a Belgian, is suing the ng French government for damages and vin die re is time that I go. Very respectfully ©) our when he pléaded with her 1o be his yours, lL. J. STAARECKE. & | wife. case. The promise that the journey would be Chief Desmond is still eee SNe eee Se ee Orthwein, Miss Irma Espenhain, Mrs. Will commenced as soon as the boat was fin- in Guadalajara. An unending procession of inquirers who have friends and relatives on the stricken Halliday, Miss Strauss, Miss Maguire, Miss/| cation after a term of wnprisonment _ ee e206 06000 09900090049 @/ ined ied her te consent to a secret run.| Pefore leaving for Washington Mr. Folk | Island is arriving at the ministry of the colonies, which has telegraphed to every pos- | Nulson, Mrs, Max Orthwein, Mrs. Wiggs, | Devil's Island, made famous by the Dr ke Judge Adams, in the United States Dis- | ®W&Y marriage and to keep her secret for stated that Chief Desmond had been in- | sible source for information. Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Dan Donovan, Mrs. Ed/fus case. The experiences of this ai ame trict Court Saturday noon, severely scored | “While t} py structed to remain at Guadalajara until A few private telegrams received here renew the hope that some of the inhabitants | Grayson, Mrs. Duncan Crawford. Miss Ma-| terrible beyond telling, are told by . ; While the older woman, McCallum’s| orgered to return, and to follow Kratz if he |of St. Pierre escaped. ; - the main witnesses for the prosecution as |rightul wife. passed her days in a bare bel Makuire and Bie: ‘Medel Moater, aad ta tomorrow's S should conclude to go to some new refuge. hoa Bishop of Martinique sent a cable message from Ft. De France, forwarded New Jersey will appropriate money to ex- | An ‘Hawtrated thr iday Post An illustrated story | Boas, fichus and scarfs, an if sea sentence souls room at 208 North Twelfth street, the ’ he pass sentence on Louis Joseph man @id court to the girl of 18, whom / Mr. Folk said that Desmond's instructions £:30 p. m. ‘yesterday, announcing the safety of Pastor King of St. Pierre, who es- terminate mosquitoes. by John Bernhard Smith, entomologist to | page in colors in tomorrow's Sunday F re Anarene attempted suicide to escape he had iret, met. w he a she applied tO | were to keep himself familiar with Kratz's paseo the disaster and sought refuge at Morne Rouge. It is hoped that others fled "Phe ahisdaal and aenitd condition of the to. an advertisement. oy ppp gest anges ge gobo eee. a = ~ alaee paenS. the state of New Jersey, in tomorrow's | Dispatch. It shows ibs 9 ‘women . ne ge ote . | The idea of becoming the secretary of a him to any country where e fug Cable nem have been received by the southern route. All the northern cables Sunday Post-Dispaich wearing thie 00 ants for her pets. An illustrated story by fF aa gris sedertuy bhi sent to | girl, and she declined the emplo ment pe SUNDAY CLEAR AND QUITE WARM VOLCANO ON ST, VINCENT ISLAND IS ACTIVE : her in tomorrow's Sunday Post-Dispatch. MASKED ROBBERS: STOP. TF & ote & & > . & & oe “e ov Spare, BRO. df her. But the man pureued hi ew re e t s new Montgomery County jail, revoked this order » acquaintance. He .was not encouraged, She tells many remarkable things discov- and liberated him on his* promise to lead a| nor wes he repelled. The girl was sim- 3 LONDON, May 10.—The following cablerram was received this morning at the aot) wee ply indifferent. A “Low” Is Coming From the Rockies, | colonial office from Gov. Sir Frederick Mitch er en ee Thro On Siding 4 , chell Hodgson of Barbadoes: The Sunday Post-Dispatch offered prizes Passenger wn to better iife, and on his own recognizance to appear in court Nov. 1 Fhe nen acter & ~ ay oy coq tance. T t “The Soufriere voleano on St. Vincent, B. W. I ted violent! terd Lo ee , ‘ ae cCallum proposed marriage to Anna Mae rature &@ ° » dD. . 4, erupted violently yesterday. u 4 Staurecke Fr.cay confessed to having / Relle wy ah gage Hote wae prompt and, =e sae stag t 1h reports resembling artillery fire were heard at Barbadoes at 3 o'clock in the afternoon> a PO og 4 Bt. ye yo - . to ONS» OE thority on cattle-raising. Her sister, who conduct as reprehensible as that of the pris- yo -' r mte s 7 “wt ,oneres + ag sag y change there is in NEW YORK, May 10.—The agent here of the Quebec Steamship Co. has received a ted in St. Louis assists her on | the engine, cnail wey ay. methods which they — aw tune won ‘Where Cupid had tailed, and a ° : temperature will be /a telegram from the company’s agent at Dominica saying that the survivors of the ao ‘6 nue am mustrated story for to-|these cars were ui and gxprene mile - down, dent Gidaala ches ce make tne spirit ol , ‘ves. to her sulto for the warmer. steamship Roraima, which was destroyed in the Martinique disaster, are on board the er: See scenes x & Speers 7 halere Another of the/|steamship Korona. The following are reported as saved: ” Chaaee of this day are unlike the clowns to io it et ne bbe not sh a a vk ah Special to the Post-Dispatch. the great bankruptcy system of the United the girls’ parents suspected what had hap- ' echt bb o2 th “Ste Lace. Hannes! tees ir as ’ yer, Leady and three sailors. The first officer and assistant purser the illu ted story on the clowns of other money and not ‘ad equitable division amon Gem oresitors a the same, couces me to wish pened seas alee wean Etsy hothe. 4664 wake,- is coming /are in the hospital at Fort De F | . - days in tomorrow's Post-Dispatch. that they mi be placed in a position gome time ~ od the process of fie court ge ace A pag = he oes back, for from the Rockies. at aie ao Gould work justice (0 both sides Meee hettth ctatee Nestected “wite om re te making °/QWNERS OF RODDAM HEAR HOW SHE ESCAPED |remarkavic ot whittiers. An ihustrated Staarecke and his daughter Christine have | Three weeks the bride kept her secret. i stops for meals, and if not headed off by a pr ge: plier, mers PA 8 = lived at the Spruce street address for two) pens Pag ony she told. her parents tha‘ ‘friendly “high’’ may get it its work in St. LONDON. May 10.—Thirty deaths are reported to have occurred at the Island of prise barons neg ign Aigioersé tens ac Gy negtose PORSION Of the nome ts — she was Mrs. McCallum. Thé clandestine : Louls about next Monday. St. Vineet, according to a telegram received at the cvlonial office this morning from jack knife is mightier than theeword. Up to November, 1901, Staarecke conducted /passsewe wee foopiven and A Satatis pub. Out in ae Rockies oy hgh — eg bears | Gov. Llewellyn, forwarded from St. Lucia yesterday evening. The governor adds: A puzzling photograph of the shroud of ag A ages ton, Fredericktown and at 2708 Locust street. This was on Oat. | *’* all under cover. sey S- “Information incomplete. Eruption continues. I am endeavoring to get back to | Christ is being exhibited in Paris, and ruptcy proceedings which followed the fall- oon days later.a collection of anonymou St. Vincent.” » | thousands are flocking to see it. The re ure he became involved with the Federal letters came to the Lawton tonlly.”. & THE FOUR MEAT INSPECTORS Steel, Young & Co. of this city, owners of the British steamer Roddam, which bears upon it the image of the Savior's ry hy convicted for violating the stated that McCallum had a wife livin escaped from 8t. Pierre to St. Lucia, received this morning the first information from face, though not discernible save by pho- bankruptcy law and sentence was yo street Loutc and gave her address on Twe eth their agents at St. Lucia, as follows: tography. It puzziles scientists. An ii- passed upon him today. At aoa McCallum dented everythin Health Commissioner Starkloff stated to “Terrible volcanic eruption at Martinique. Roddam returned. One anchor and | iustrated story tomorrow. Staarecke declared that he woulil ras to | Then he said that he had never besh ar the Post-Dispatch Baturdey that he ip |chain slipped. Tarpaulins and runningsgear burned. Machinery intact. Captain in Did you know beets are supplying the tional meat i, | hospital. Two mates, chief engineer and eight of crew dead. Ten in hospital. Second | world with more sugar than sugar cane? John G. Lumelius, a St. Louisan, who is die than stand trial. Judge Adams was to) ried. Ad have judged his case 1a fat not appoint the four a lee wie th | pride’s father was not satisfied. and _— % arranged for at an inte and third engineers aboard. Campbell, supercargo, dead. Communication between here and Barbadoes interrupted.”’ ’ the superintendent of a sugar beet refinery conscious | in Michigan, has an illustrated story On| yrs. Mf. A. Gilson, @ stranger in the. A Friday night Staarecke remained awake | tht Roe oe area oe Ze Y ; “ reet was visited. avor Wells Friday until next wee and gg ES mye ceed oer ant © |. The first Mrs McCallum was found in! “f will anprove the appointments as soon | ’ ney, y 1? ger. ——. unfurn: shed roo he The }as the proper men are somes ane eed | : Sree were three Saas ee 7? younger woman tremblingly told the pur-/|the Post-Dispatch. ‘T am anxious to do AMERICANS MAY PhuFER AID. the conolences of France. this subject in tomorrow's Sunday Post- | wnij, standing on the platform of « oe . Oe ae contemp On of the visit. anything in my power to stop the sale of WASHINGTON, May 10.—Capt. McLain rais informed the cabinet meeting | Dispatch. hound Masten: arena ‘car at ) One wankns was addreased to Ju EI. hen came the supreme sacrifice of love. | diseased meat in Si. Loul s." aD lof the be 4 x, . ' ? get ee - My nee F eg h Ps, oT re. & ame : ey * x = a * ae Sts Tn ; ‘ , air War ; *. hh +. ? > 4 ers Bie 4 i ? alien < -