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NEW 1NAUUUIIAT10N' DAY.
Committee Hccoiii mentis tho I.iirI
Thursday in April.
The national committee appointed
to inquire into the most favorable
date for presidential inaugurations
has finally hit upon the last Thurs
day in April. The suggestion
seems wise to the Washington Star,
for the reason "that only thus can
the embarrassment of inauguration
day falling upon Sunday be pre
vented. Under this system, of
course, tlic occasion ot me induc
tion of the president into office can
not be designated by a specific date,
as is now the case with 'the fourth
of March.' It mint become known
as 'Inauguration Day,' on the same
principle on which 'Thanksgiving
Day,' another movable celebration,
is thus designated. In this there
Will be a slight gain in dignifying
the significant occasions of the na
tion's year with titles." The Du-
luth (Minn.) News-Tribune con
siders that the prune reason for
changing the date of inauguration
is not that belter weather may be
secured for the ceremony, but for
the purpose of "extending the
length of the second, or short, ses
sion of congress, which is too brief
for the transaction of the necessary
business of the najiSji, which
presses harder and lTardVr on con
gress." The New York Tribune opposes
the change for the following reason:
"In case inauguration day should
be changed to the last Thursday in
April, the terms of future presi
dents would not be four years or of
equal length, but would necessarily
vary according to the calendar.
Looking back over the last quarter
of a century, we find that the last
Thursday of April was, in 1877,
the 26th; in 1881, the 28th; in
1885, the 30th; 1111889, the 25th;
in 1893, the 27th; in 1897, the
29th, and in 1901, the 25th. If,
therefore, the proposed change had
gone into effect during the latter
part of Grant's administration, thus
prolonging his second term nearly
eJRl't weeks uirder niitfate the
survcu iwu uays more linn. .
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years, and Garfield, had he lived,
two days more; Cleveland five days
less than four years, Harrison two
days more, Cleveland, again, two
days more, and McKinley's first
term would have been four days
short."
VOLCANO DESTROYS CITY.
Tho Lives Lost Are Said to Number
'20,000.
St. Thomas (D. W. I.), May 8,
7 p. m. The British steamer Rod
dam, Captain Freeman, which left
St. Lucia Wednesday for Marti
nique, returned there at 5 o'clock
this afternoon, bringing a report
that the town of St. Pierre, Marti
nique, has been totally destroyed
by volcanic disturbances in the
island. Almost all the inhabitants
of St. Pierre are said to have been
killed. The Roddam reports that
all the shipping in the port has also
been destroyed. The Quebec
Steamship Company's steamer
Roraima is mentioned as lost with
all on board, The Roddam was
almost completely wrecked. -Her
captain was seriously burned and
seventeen of her crew are dead.
New York, May 8. Advices of
increasing seismic and volcanic dis
turbances in .JLhe West Indies have
been received here during the past
three days, but tonight's dispatches
from St. Thomas and other points
speak of vast destruction and ap
palling fatalities.
The British steamer Roddam,
Captain Freeman, which left St.
Lucia on Wednesday for Marti
nique, returned there at 5 o clock
this afternoon, bringing the report
of the St. Pierre catastrophe. The
j Roddam reports that all shipping
in the port has also been destroyed.
mi r 1 -.. . ti t
i lie yueuee sieumer iiunuma is
mentioned' as lost, with all' on
board. Thcsteamcr Roraima, Cap
tain Iluggah, left New York on
April 26th for St. Thomas, where
she arrived; on May 2d. From St.
Thomas she proceeded for St.
Croix, IDemarara, etc.
It was announced from St.
Thomas last Saturday that St.
Pierre had been covered with ashes
to the depth of a quarter of an inch
as the result of the outbreak of
Mont Pclee. The volcano and the
town appeared to be enveloped in a
fog. A second dispatch from St.
Thomas, dated May 6th, said the
flow of lava from Mont Pelce, which
began last Saturday, had com
pletely destroyed the Guerin fac
tories, about two miles from St.
Pierre. It was also reported that
about 150 persons had disappeared
and that a great panic prevailed in
St. Pierre.
Another dispatch from St.
Thomas, dated May 7th, said ad
vices had been received from the
island of St. Vincent, British West
Indies, announcing that for some
time the volcanoes had been active
in the neighborhood of the Soufrierc
crater, which had been smoking
and rumbling. Residents in the
vicinity of the volcano were leav
ing for places of safety. This St.
Thomas dispatch said further that
cable communication with the
island of Martinique was inter
rupted on the morning of May 7th,
and that cable communication
southward from St. Lucia, in the
Windward islands, stopped sud
denly the same afternoon. It was
reported that volcanic craters on
Domicia, British West Indies, were
showing signs of activity.
The town of St. Pierre, the com
mercial capital of the French island
of Martinique, is on the West
Coast. It has only an open road
stead. The town has a population
of about 25,000. The island of
Martinique contains several extinct
volcanoes, the highest point being
Mont Pelec, with an altitude of
4420 feet. St. Pierre was settled
by the French in 1635, and it is the
largest town in the French West
Indies. The place was well built
and occupies a commanding posi
tion on the island. It is the center
of commerce in the district in which
it is situated. There is a railroad
to Fort Royal, or Fort dc France,
the capital. This line was con
structed in 1875.
St. Pierre is well known to all
who have cruised in the West
Indies. The city is the scat of one
of the oldest Catholic institutions
nf lnortiiticr in tho TCou I7-I.1
One of the sights of the place is a
botanical garden of elaborate pro
portions. 1'ucl Oil at Sea a Success.
The Matson Navigation Com
pany's steamer Enterprise, the
pioneer deep - water oil - burning
steamship in the Pacific, has re
turned from Hilo, Hawaii Terri
tory, completing her initial round
trip with the new fuel. She was
outfitted with tanks and oil-burning
furnaces as an experiment. As
many vessels sailing under other
flags, particularly the Black sea
mercantile fleet of Russia, have
successfully used fuel oil for several
years past, no doubt was enter
tained of the success of the Enter
prise. Her tanks carry 750 tons,
or 3000 barrels of crude oil. They
were supposed to have sufficient
capacity to carry her the round
voyage. The estimate was a cor
rect one, for she reached port with
a full cargo of 2500 tons of sugar
and enough crude oil still in her
tanks to carry her a long distance
further. The trip was made on
schedule time each way.
Not only has the fuel bill of the
Enterprise been greatly reduced,
but the voyage was made with a
crew ot tnrce lircmcn instead of
the twelve employed when the ves
sel was a coal burner. Her exper
ience is thus likely to influence the
entire steam fleet sailing to and
from this port. The Oceanic steam
ship Mariposa has had her furnaces
altered for oil burning, and tanks
have taken the place of her coal
bunkers. Other steamships arc
sure to make similar changes,
which will greatly expand the mar-!
ket lor the crude oil product of this
State. S. F. Chronicle.
There arc some simple Jiemcilics
indispensable in any family. Among
these, the experience of years as
sures us, should be recorded Pain
Kim.uk. I?or both internal and
external applications we have found
it of great value; especially can we
recommend it for colds, rheuma
tism, or fresh wounds and bruises,
Christian Kra.. Avoid .substitutes,
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