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MARtImO.UE. ISLAND SQdfURGED.
Bt. Pierre Wth All Its Inhabitants Del.
gcd With Fire Loss of Life May be
40,000.
The disaster in tha Spanish
West Indies in which St. Pierre
Uh of the worst lu the
world's history. The hlghe .l .i.
timate is now 40,000 people
do-
stroyed.
Consul Ayme drspatch'ed thq
Secretary of State from Poitit-a-itre
on the 9th as follows: .
jAt 7 o'clock a. m., an the 8th
int;, a st6rm of steam, mud and,
fire enveloped the city and road
stead of St. Pierre, destroying
ev
very house in the city and com-,
munity. Not more than L'O per-:
sons escaped with -their lives, j
Eighteen vessels were burned
and sunk with all on board, in. ' gino, then he and his brake.man lt died about .two weeks ago.
eluding four American vessels and'flagman jumped. The crash j Neighborhood ta since its
and a steamer from Quebec cam0 a momonl later, derailing ( burial resulted in Freeman's ar
aiamei Rosaima. The IL itel , a number of the cars and thus rest last night, and the coroner's
States consul and family are re
ported among the victims.''
The scene was terrible. The ,
atmosphere, was darkened except
by the flames which fell tn the ;
shipping in the .harbor and
caught them on fire. The Ro- i
saima, a vessel from Quebec, was
seen to explode and of course all
on board rerihed
Boats that ventured as near as
'
possible , to shore could see no
living people.
The commander of a French
vessel in a dispatch to Paris says:
"I have just returned from St.
Pierre, which has been com
pletely destroyed by an immense
mass of fire which fell on the
town at about 8 o'clock in the
morning. The entire population
(about 25,000), is supposed to
have'perished. I haye brought
back the few survivors .about
30. All the shipping in tho har
bor has been destroyed. The
eruption continues."
t A St. Thomas dispatch of 9th
says:
"It is now estimated that 40,
000 persons perished a result
of the. volcanic eruption in the
island of Martinique."
Mattress Factory for Salisbury.
Salisbury will soon have a
mattress factory. Mr. F L Rob
bins was ejected president and
treasurer of the company. They
wiH erect a nicg btick building
near the Jestler cotton mi?!.
The company has a paid up cap
ital stock of $10,000.
Smallpox at McAdden? ville
The Charlotte News Has re
ceived the intelligencthat small
pox is rampant at McAdensvi rte.
There are 12 cases, beside $5
cases called chicken pox.
death has occurred froc
disease.
One
the
THE SOUTHERN HAS ANOTHER
WRECK.
One Man Killed wt Collisions-iccl-dont
ar Lynchburg, Ta.
A Lyr.chburg dispatch of the
8th says one man was killed and
several cars were wrecked in a
collision on the Southern Rail
way here this morning Some
wr?
shifted at Wiimers, four miles
south of here, and 15 of them
were left standing on a heavy
down-grade. The air brakes and
hand brakes were bolh set, but
the air pipes leaked and before
this could.be remedied the heavy
train started down grade toward
the city. .By the time it lurned
inty Jefferson street it was mak-
um uui.
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lhe track toward the runaway.
The engineer reversed the en-
stopping the traiu.
The reversed
engine
then
started up the track with a .Kent, county physician, revealed
caboose in front and ran into an ! unmistakable evidences of vio
engirie attached to a freight j i011C0. Freeman is ono of a f am
train. The caboose caught fire ny which has figured in almost
and was burned up, and this every county court for twenty
onded the chapter of accidents. 'years, himself having served a
Injuries sustained by Flagman1 term in the penitentiary for
wwen r leius. in nis jump irom
rhe engine before the first
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; collision, proved, iatai in a rew
hours. None of the others was
seriously hurt,
Senator Simmons.
It is gratifying to the many
friends of Senator Simmons in
this State to see the stand he has
taken in the United States Sen
ate. His speech upon the Philip
pine question is considered by
the newspapers of ths State as a
masterpiece. It clearly shows
,
lined to make a great name in';
is
the United States . Senate, and
the people of the State may well
feel proud that he was elected to
this exalted positionf He is a
statesman and a lea'derof men.
Statesville Mascot.
Mr. A. Buford, of Henderson, Succeeds
Mr. Irring Proctor.
Mr A Buford, of Henderson,
N. C, arrived in the city yester
day and today took charge as
the Southern freight agentliere,
succeeding Mr. Irving Proctor,
who recently resigned. Mr. Bu
ford has been in the r'ailroa'U
service fifteen years and is both
an efficient agent auda popular
gentleman personally. It will be
' a source of gratification to Mr.
Proctors many friends here to
Isnow that he will remain in
Salisbury. He will conduct a
commission business in the
rooms now occupied by the West
ern Grain Company. Salisbury
Sun of 9tb1
IF
SAD DEATH OF TWO STUDENTS.
Isrowu University, J Charlottitville,
Va , Burn aultyvo Vounj?lMeuIer-
inn in t lie Flames.
oung Mr. P Agnew McNeale,
of Vashington, D. C, and J C
Knox, jr of Richmond, losWmg in the Hustle for Business.
neir lives in ?. lire that burned
Brown's University sghool at
Charlottesville, Va., on the 7th
inst- The young men were pop
ular and are deeply mourned.
A Father Kills Ills Child.
Lenoir, May 9. Reddick Free
man, who lives at Hudson, sx
miles south of Lenoir, was
placed in jail here last night on
a bill of indictment charging him
with the murder of his 15- months
old Child. The only direct testi
mony was that of his wife, who
states that in a fit of rago some
weeks ago he handled the infant
most cruelly, as a result of which
investigation today. The au
topsy, by the coroner and Dr,
arson.
Sad and Singular Suicide.
A voung man named Burrus
committed suicide yesterday near
Rockford in a peculiar way. An
uncle of the deceased who con
ducts the hotel at Rocktord, in
formed a gentleman who came in
on the Wilkesboro train last
evening that tho nephew, had
been in bad health for some time.
This produced despondency
causing the young man to end
his lite. After taking a large
dose of morphine, he went out
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between two saplings, which
had crown close together. He.
was. dead when found. The
family believe the T "'morphine
alone would have killed him, had
he not adopted this strange plan
of hanging himsftlf. The de
ceased leaves a wife and two
small children. He was indus
trious and his death is mourned
by many friends. Winston Sen
tinel. Hugs Flay Itavoc.
We are informed that bugs are
eating nearlyevery green thing
that dares to make its apyear
ance in the Mt. Holly section.
Potato bugs are not the only
kind. Among them Ls one smal
ler than the pfcttito bug red and
green speckled. Anjiher is
green and black speckled. To-
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all kinds of garden vegetables
are eaten un. Gastonia News,
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POVDERS?
Drag btorg.
Dr W H. Wakefield,
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limits his practice to diseases of
Bye, Ear Nose and Throat.
The doctor will be in Mt.
Pleasant at Mrs. Welsh'o Hotel
on Wednesday, May ' 8th, for
one day only.
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