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,. SIXTEEN PAGES PART ONE N ft 1 ffifti VOLUME 16 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1902 NUMBER 142 dm fctoii ttftmii 1ST Disaster in1 Martinique Grows Greater. The Latest Estimate is 40,000 Dead. Seventeen Vessels in the Harbor Went Down Instantly. CONGRESS TAKES ACTION. Pointe A'Pire, Gaudeloupe, May 10. The first mate of the Roraima thus lescrli.es the disaster at St. Pierre: "Between 6:30 and 7 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, without warn ing, came a sort of a whirlwind of steam, boiling mud and fire, which sud denly swept the city and Roadstead. Some eighteen vessels were anchored in the harbor. All except the Roraima sank instantly and at the same mo ment. "Every house ashore was utterly de stroyed and apparently burned under the ashes and burning lava. "An officer who was sent ashore pen etrated but a short distance into the city. He found only a few walls stand ing and the streets literally paved with corpses. The governor of th-j island, , who arrived only a few hours before the catastrophe, was killed. "Both the English and American con suls, with their families, are reported to have perished. It is certain no more than forty out of 25,000 could have es caped." A telegram from Fort De France says that hot mud and cinders have been falling all night throughout the island and still continue, doing great damage, and when final reports are re ceived it will be found many people were killed or injured in other parts of Martinique. - 7 he Uuebec line steam' ship. Korona. arrived at the island of Dominica yesterday. The captain says the eruption at St. Pierre is appar ently from a new crater and accom panying the eruption there seemed to be a tidal wave which overwhelmed all shipping. A message from the island of St. Vincent says:. "The Soufrlere has been in a state of eruption nine consecutive . morn lngs." France Sends Money. Paris, May 10. At a meeting of the French cabinet this morning the mln- Ister of finance was authorized to ex pend all the money necessary to suc cor the sufferers by the Martinique dis aster. An official of the colonial office sailed for Martinique this morning with half a million francs in cash. The cabinet further decided to order the half masting of flags on all public buildings for three days and the mln ister of colonies was instructed to tele graph the government of Martinique the condolence of France. Recovered Four Hundred. New York, May 10. The French Cable company's offices in this city were advised today that their repair steamer Pouyer Queentier has arrived at Fort De France, having rescued 450 persons from St. Pierre. It will return immediately to the scene of the disas ter in search of further survivors. Whirlwind of Fire. Paris, May 10. The minister of ma rine has received the following un dated tilspatcn from Poine A'Pire Island of Guadeloupe, from the com mauder of the French cruiser Suchet "1 obtained the following informa tion of events yesterday: About o'clock the volcano threw up a consld rable mass of smoke and earth. A whirlwind of fire immediately fol lowed. Instantly the whole town of St. Pierre was in flames and ships in tae harbor were dismasted and burned The shower of rocks lasted a quarter of an hour. 1 arrived At St. Pierre at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and saved a few persons from the ships. I saw no living creature in St. Pierre, to which it wa impossible to penetrate. There were numerous corpses near the quay. A British Account. Ixmdon, May 1. The following ca blegram was received this morning at the colonial office from Gov. Si? Mitch ell Hodgson, of Barbadoes: "Soufrlere volcano on St. Vincent, B. W. I., erupted violently yesterday. Loud reports, resembling artillery fire were heard at Barbadoes at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At 5 o'clock came darkness and thunder, accompanied by a strong downpour of dust, which con tinued until night. Barbadoes was cov ered several inches deep with dust this morning. Have telegraphed the gov ernor of the Windward islands offering all assistance." another cablegram from Administra tor Bell, Island of Dominica, is as fol lows: "A terrible eruption has occurred at the volcano at Martinique. Great dis tress prevails there. I am sending provisions immediately. All safe at Dominica." Can Not Approach. London. May 10. The cable com pany received a message from Mar Unique today paying the volcanic erup tion there continues and ships are afraid to approach the island. Forty Thousand Dead. London, May 10. Private dispatches received late this afternoon from the West Indies say the eruption at Mar tinique is decidedly worse. The latest messages indicate the number of deaths to be about 40,000. Several smaller islands near Martinique have also suffered. Between 8 in the morn ing and 8 in the evening, on Thursday, May 8, St. Pierre was a mass of fire. .i Eruptions Continue. Fort De France. Martinique, May 10. 1:43 p. m. The earthquakes have ceased but volcanic eruptions still con tinue. Congress Takes Action. Washington, May is. The senate passed a bill introduced by Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, appropriating $200,000 for the purchase of supplies for the relief of sufferers by the dis aster in the Island of Martinique. TTIe bill for the relief of citizens of the French West Indies was presented to the house shortly before 1 o'clock. Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, expressed the opinion there was no occasion for a "legislative spasm." He said the re- oorts miEht be exaggerated ana thought some official report should be had before legislative action he taken, It would do no harm to wait until Mon day. Retort Wat Spared. Paris. Mav 10. A cable dispatch says Moine-Rouge. a beautiful resort situated between St. Pierre and the crater of Mont. Pelee, was spared. AFTER THE ARMY. Don't Want to Pay Expensee to the coronation. Wo-.hinirtnr Mav 10. The resolu tion offered yesterday byMr. Patter son, or uoioraco, caning upon me in toratnio rnmmpm" commission for in fnrmotlnn na In Rfttntv aiillllanccs in use on various named railroads, was adopted. Consideration was then begun or tne irmv nrnrnnriatifin bill. Dill inn the reading of Ihe bill Mr. Bailey, demo- crat, or Texas, orterea an amenamem nrnv Llltiir that nn nart or the anitro. nrlattnna made in this bill shall be re garded as the payment of expenses of a special embassy auenaing me coro nation or any hereditary King or po tentate. He finally withdraw the nt and offered a reslution de daring it to be the sense of the senate that ihe president had no power to numa nttiimHsnrinra without the con sent of the senate. The resolution went over. The senate then passed the army appropriation lull. TEMPORARY STRIKE. Miners Will Decide Its Permanency in Mass Convention. CREATED CONSTERNATION. Shamokln. Pa.. May 10. When the bulletins were posted here announcing the action of the Scranton convention ordering cessation of work until the miners could decide for themselves whether or not to strike, local mem bers of the union with few exceptions said they would remain away from the mines. They are satisfied President Mitchell did all in his power to obtain concessions for them. From the pres ent indications every colliery and washery here will be tietl up next week. Against a Strike. Pnttavlllp. Pa.. May 10. The news Ihe miners will susoend work Monday was received with consternation. Jt was the sentiment, after President Mitchell's failure at arbitration, a atrlUa w.i inevitable, and it is feared it will 1 a lnn?er one than that of two years ago. District No. 9 fought hard against a strike but the sentiment of the two upper districts was stronger. rHprt the rlav. The Readins Coal & Iron company is preparing to swear in several hundred extra policemen 10 guard their colliery properties. All Will Obey. Scranton, Pa., May 10. After issu ing the order for a temporary cessa tion of work in all collieries and the call for a miners' convention at Hazel ton on Wednesday next, the twenty- eight members of the executive com mittee made all possible haste to get back to their homes. They will at onco assume charge of the election of delegates to the convention. While there is certain to he a difference of opinion as to the advisability of strik ing at once or postponing such action untu conditions are more favorable for winning, whatever action taken by the convention will be announced as unan imous. This is required by the rules of the organization. The general opin ion is the convention will be in session several days before a final decision is reached. Nobody here doubts the miners to a man will obey the order for a tempor ary strike, and not a car load of coal will be mined Monday. Telegrams from various parts of the region show many miners have already laid down their tools and are now idle, awaiting the flr.al outcome of the Hazi-lton con vention. Alex Jordan, formerly bartender at the Metropolitan, has quit mixing iiHnka nil has cone to ranchine on a tmall piece of land Just north of the city. V - i .... lit: THE ALVARADO HOTEL THE ALVARADO. It is Said to be the Finest Hotel in the Southwest. LIST OF EMPLOYES. This morning the first meal was served in The Alvarado and from now on the hotel will be prepared to handle all business. It has been informally opened for several days. It was built at a cost of $125,000 and is the finest hotel in the southwest. Architecturally it is modeled after the old Spanish missions. The main building is 330 feet long. 190 feet wide, with open court and peristyle. An ar cade 200 feet long connects the hotel with the new Santa Fe passenger de pot, an edifice which Is In perfect har mony with the artistic lines of the Al varado. The central building is three stories high, with wings and annexes of two stories, and wide verandas. The walls are plastered with a cement of a drab color, in pleasing contrast to the red tlleu roof. . General Manager B. Vlzettl has been tireless in his efforts to Ijave the hotel ready on time. , The hotel opens with the following force of employes: Manager L. Fred Klooz, formerly of Louisville, Ky. Cashier K. B. Mudge, formerly of the Casteneda, Las Vegas. Day Clerk H. C. Edgerly, formerly of Denver, Colo. Night Clerk A. E. Walker, formerly of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Bell Boys Henry Connelly, Thomas Hogan, Claire Roberts, Prosper Sala- zar and Louis Hughes. Porter Charles Wilson, formerly of The Midland, Kansas City. Houseman Emil Branger. Housekeeper Mrs. Bedford, former ly of Kansas City. Chambermaids Augusta Howe. Eva Hellan, May Wormnext and Kitty Mil ler. Scrub Girl Krystina Krazystofy. Head Waitress Elizabeth Cronin, formerly of the Coronado. Waitresses Josephine Lewis, Edith Pruden, May Carmen, Minnie Hatch, Delia Feeney, Margaret Holden, Belle Cloyd, Katherlne Conner, Madge Reed, Kate Ryder and Kate Arnot, all form erly of The Coronado. Pastry Girls Eunice Queller and Rose Beatty. Chef Sylvian Hahn, formerly ot The Casteneda. Second Cook Herman Frossard. Butcher P. Flossl. Vegetable Cook Jone Tesak. Pan Washer W. J. Baumhoff. Baker Charles Renner. Assistant Baker Fred Berzner. Chief of Lunch Counter Marie Hag gerty, formerly of The Castenada. Lunch Counter Waitresses Katie Howe, Jeannette Dugan, Ora Thomas, Verna Thomas and Anna McKinney Store Keener Ed Page. Bar Keepers Harry Barrett and Joseph Lewis. Bar Porter Oliver Lawson. Manager Laundry Geo. D. Sweet land. Head Laundress Delia Holmes. Laundresses Beatrice Montoya, Mrs. E. L. Whithead and Mary Ortiz. Washer Basil Branger. Checker R. W. Strake. Misses Mabel and Jennie Gaston, of Keytesvllle, Mo., arrived last night on N. 1 to visit their aunt, Mrs E. J. Gib son, on West Gold avenue. The young ladies expect to remain two or three months. s V r;.;'- i jr. '4 SANTA FE'S HANDSOME DEPOT AT ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. J OPENED TODAY, MAY 10TH. FIRST EVENTS. The First Dinner in the Main Dining Room. MEETINGS AND GUESTS. The first dinner served In the main dining room was on Monday evening last, when a distinguished party was entertained. The following notice ap peared fti The Citizen of Tuesday: "The splendid new dining room of the Alvarado hotel was last evening christened by a distinguished party headed by President E. P. Ripley of the Santa re. The dinner was served under the direction of General Man ager Vlxzetti. who had asked Mr. Rip ley to be present while the latter was in California. Mrs. Ford ilarvey and Miss Harvey put up the curtains, laid Navajo blankets and In many ways beauuned tne rooms. "The entire hotel, from cellar to tower, was brilliantly lighted and the building presented a beautiful appear ance. "Dinner was served at 7 o'clock and the big round table was unusually at tractive with Its new cut glass, new silver and handsome floral decora tions. Those seated around the table wew P -Ocent and Mrs. E. P. Ripley, General Manager and Mrs. A. G. Wells, General Superintendent Shephard, Mrs. Ford Harvey, MIsb Harvey. Miss Ripley and her guests, Miss Payson and M'ss Honors; Division Superin tendent I. L. Hibbard, V. V. Vizzettl, of the Harvey system, and Charles F, Whittlesey, architect of the hotel. "After dinner was served a tour of the hotel ' was made and th guests were delighted. "At 10 o clock a special arrived and on it were General Manager H. U. Mudge. General Superintendent J. E, Hurley, Division Superintendent and Mrs. Nixon, of the Gulf, Colorado & Southern, General Passenger Agent Black, and Division Superintendent F, C. Fox. All are guests at the hotel. The First Meeting. The first formal meeting held in the new building was on Tuesday last, when the summer schedule was dis cussed. The following account appear ed in The Citizen of Tuesday evening: "An important meeting of railroad officials was held at the Alvarado hotel this morning and afternoon, and the subject of summer passenger train schedule was thoroughly and practical ly discussed. "A Citizen representative called at the hotel this afternoon, and, on meet lng Messrs. Hurley and Byrne In con versation with Levi A. Hughes, of Santa Fe, and George S. Arnot, of this city, asked the railroad officials if they had anything for publication. " 'Oh, nothing special,' remarked Mr. Byrne, 'we have been in discussion almost all day on the- subject of a uni form time card for summer, and have concluded to make the No. 1 passenger tram, going west, a fast mail train. It now arrives here at 10:10 p. m. and on the new time card, which will soon go into effect, it will get here about 7:1 j p. m. No. 7, now arriving at 10:40 p. in., will get here aliout lorty-flve ininwti'S earlier than usual. "The arrangements, as announced, will send the south lound mail train considerably earlier to El Paso than no'. it waa also learned that the trains goiim north will be alout as now, ex cel, t the limited, which, after June 1, will run as a semi-weekly instead of dally. The following gentlemen were In i:4 '- - j-v -rV'"."-vtMl f. . rA-fe".' the conference this morning and after noon: "The three general managers H. U. Mudge, of Topeka: A. O. Wells, of Lou Angeles, and W. C. Nixon, of GalveV ton: the two general passenger and ticket agents, W. J. Black, of Topeka. and J. J. Byrne, of I.09 Angeles; the two general superintendents, J. E. Hur ley, of La Junta, and F. J. Sheppard. of Los Angeles, and the three division superintendents, F. C. Fox. of Las Vegas; J. F. McNally. of San Marclal, ami I. L. Hibbard. of Winslow. "Messrs. Wells and Byrne are accom panied by their wlv?s. and they, with the other western officials, expect to return west tonight. 'Messrs. Mudge illack and others will no doubt go north tonight." The Guests. The name of President Ripley of the Santa Fe is the first on the register. The guesta entertained up to date have been : E. P. Ripley, wife, Francis PayBon Ripley. Fred C. Ripley, of Chicago: A. G. Wells and wife. Los Angeles, Cal.; Miss A. M. Payson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bernle W. Sherman. Riverside, 111.; F. J. Shepard. Los Angeles; I. L. Hibbard Winslow; R. S. Goodrich, Winslow; H. U. Mudge, Topeka; W. J. Black. To peka; J. E. Hurley, La Junta; F. L. Sturges, Topeka; Mr. Sanders, wife and boy, Topeka; J. T. Barraclough and wife. Oakland. Cal.; Mrs. W. R. Chester and Miss F. H. Chester, Brook- line, Mass.; John J. Byrne and wife, .og Angeles; Miss Sinclair, Racine, Wis.; W. C. Hilton, Topeka, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Tyson, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. W. G. Hill, Mrs. J. L. Wolf. Elk hart. Ind.; Gordon Tweed, Lowell, Mass.; Helen Ford, Cleveland, Ohio; H. Barcalon, New York; R. H. Grtte, lxnilsvllle. Ky.; W. J. McGuire, Chi cago; H. Barcalon. New York; W. C. Lyle, Denver; J. H. Tettemer, St. Louis; M. S. Stern. Chicago; F. C. Toney. Chicago; M. V. T. Landie, Day ton, Ohio; George B. Buffum, St. Ix)uls; William Foster, Boston; Miss Morris. Glrard. Ohio; W. J. McGuire, Chicago; Charles B. Williams, Denver; A. M. Placher. Omaha; L. E. Perkins, Denver; F. T. Woodard, Trinidad, Colo.; L. McMahon, Chicago; P. S. Stlner, Chicago; C. E. Mills, Morenci, Ariz.; D. M. Fitzgerald and wife, Chi- cago. . Two Yeart In Priton. . Pittsburg, May 10. Mrt. Catherine Soffel, who released .the Biddle broth era from t!to Alleghany cvry JU. in January, was sentenced today to two years' imprisonment in the peniten tiary. W. C. Leonard, who is extensively Interested in Albuquerque real estate, left this morning for Cerrlllos. where he also has real estate interests. OFFICIAL MATTERS. Notaries Public Appointed Mineral Survey Ordered. SURVEYS APPROVED. Governor Otero appointed George W. Kohn, of Rountree, Guadalupe county, and Herman Goodman, of Springer, Colfax county, notaries public. Mineral Survey Ordered. Surveyor General Morgan O. Llew ellyn ordered the survey of the Mary Richmond group of lode mining claims, comprising the Mary Richmond and the Mary C. lodes In the Las Animas mining district. Sierra county. The contract was awarded to George R. Brown, of Silver City, deputy United States mineral surveyor. Township Survey! Approved. Surveyor General Morgan O. Llew ellyn filed In the federal land office in Santa Fe the plats of fractional town ships 16 north, ranges 4, 5 and 6 west, and of township 13 north, range 1 west, the survey of which has been ap proved by the general land olnce. The survevs were made by Deputy United States Surveyor John H. Walker, of Santa Fe. MISS WALTON'S PARTY. Her Friends Were Delightfully Enter tained Last Evening. . Miss Jeanette w niton, assisted by Miss Nell Flour noy, gave a delightful party last night in Grant hall. The room was quaintly decorated with ev ergreen and huge Japanese umbrellas. The music for the dancing was fur nished by Professor Di Mauro and Miss Halithorn, and refreshments were served. One of the delightful features was a numU-r of songs given by Miss Ada Campfleld. The guests were: Misses Adela Hubbell, Nell Flour- noy, Estelle Lewlnson, Mabel Hunt, Mabel Fitch. Edith Stevens, Alma Rouenwald, Jetty Rosenwald, Julia Lee, Lou Lee, Sadie Jaffa, Irene Saint, Louise Saint, Iirunella Mandell, Marie Benjamin, Irma Tacher, Bessie Thom as, Lucy Hazeldine, Grace Hawks, Ada Campfleld. Barbara Hubbell, Euphernia Nelson, Elizabeth Wllley. Bottle Wil ley, Carrie Titus: Messrs. H. S. Pick ard, R. L. Frost. T. N. Wilkei son, Louis Huning. Louis Brooks. E. J. Alger, Harry Myers, Ben Jaffa. Sydney Rosen wald, Seymour Lewinson, Fred New man. W. R. Thomas, Roy McDonald, Melville Summers, Charles Whita. Harry Welller, Leon Hertzog, A." Falier, Fred Otero. Walter Jaffa, Rufu uoourlch. Ralph Hunt, Her!ert Ray nolOs, Roll KuIuib. There will be a free concert at the I Orchestrion hall tonight. TRAIN JjELD UP Men Threw a Switch to Stop it. The Rock Island and Gulf Lines. New President Elected forthe School of Mines. hEW TEXAS ROAD. . St. IjOuIs, Mo., May 10. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Jonesboro, Ark., says: The west bound fast mail train on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway was held up last night at Marsh Sid ing, five miles west, by four masked men. They flagged the train which did not slow up quick enough. They threw the engine, baggage, express car and smoker on a tiding by turning the switch under the rear of the first car. The Pullman was thrown across the track. -The fireman was ordered to run the forward cars up the track, where the safe in the express car waa blown up with dynamite. After fruit less attempts to secure booty the rob bers ran the engine west and jumped ' off while going and escaped. The con ductor caught the engine later and re turned to the train which started west. A posse Is now on the trail of the rob bers, who had a good start. WILL EXTEND LINES. Rock Island Will Build to the Gulf Coast. Fort Worth. Texas, May 10. S. B. Hovey. first vice president and super intendent of the Rock Island railroad in Texas, confirmed the statement the Rok Island intends to build to the gulf coast. This it the first official con firmation of the Rock Island's inten tion to extend its lines in this state. KEYES ELECTED. Was Chosen President of the 8chool of Mines. Santa Fe, N. M May 10. The board of regents of the New Mexico School of Mines, elected Charles R. Keyea, of Des Moines, Iowa, president to succeed F. A. Jones. Keyes Is ex-state geolo gist of Missouri and Iowa. He taught In the University of Missouri and trav eled extensively in Europe and Africa. A New Road. Austin, Texas, May 10. The charter of the San Antonio & Crowther rail road has been filed at the headquar ters at San Antonio. The road will be sixty miles In length, running from San Antonio to the town of Crowther. affording an outlet for the rewly de veloped oil fields in the locality sur rounding the terminus of the road. Boston capital is behind the move. UNIVERSITY NOTES. Prof. Hodgin enjoyed bis visit to the Las Vegas normal school and returned with renewed vigor In l work. President Tight left for Santa Fe yesterday morning to attend a meet ing of the territorial board of educa tion. He Intends to return tonight. The cast for the normal play meet tonight at M'ss Hunt's for a rehearsal. The play is progressing very nicely and a fine production may be expected for commencement week. The graduates for the senior class of 1902 are Nellie Brewer. Minnie Craig, Bruno Dieckniann, Oliver Van Wagnen. Linus Shields, Mabel Hunt. Ralph Halloran, Thomas Keener, Jr.. Nora Werner, Raymond Nellson, Lou Hughes, Edna Manwarin and Irma Tas cher, Commencement week Is from June 8 to 14. The exercises will all be held at Colombo hall, except the alum ni banquet. Class day will be held Tuesday evening and commencement Wednesday. Judge Baker has been se cured by tne faculty for the commence nient address. Special Rate to Belen. The Santa he will run a special car to Beleo tomorrow for the benefit of the bowlers and those wishing to see the tournament, providing twenty-five or more people wish to go. The fare will be $l.t;o round trip. The train will leave Albuquerque at 8 a.m., and will leave Belen on return about 6 o'clock in the evening. The Belen team is a strong one and the Albuquerque team Is composed of some good bowlers, and this is lively to be the fastest bowling game that has ever occurred in New Mexico. The Belen people are loyal en tertainers and those going will not re gret the trip. Badly Burned. I.ouls Stuckel, in o. town, last night poured some carbide dust in a pail of water to see it boll. That he might see it better be .used a lighted candle. In the explosion that followed his face and hands were badly burned. Handsome Charm. S. Vann Son will give a gold mounted Elk tooth watca charm to tae winner of the free for all burro race tomorrow. The charm may be worth (50 and Is the finest specimen of ita kind ever seen here. t