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Show WARNED OF THE END St. Pierre People Had Evidences Evid-ences of Destruction. AMPLE WARNING WAS GIVEN Letters Written in the Ill-fated City Five Days Before It Was Destroyed and Received in Paris Yesterday Disclose Tills Fact They Are Mes-sages Mes-sages Prom tho Dead One Says, "I am Waiting the Event xran-qullly; xran-qullly; What Has Tomorrow In Store for MeP" Tarls, May 10 Martinique malls forwarded for-warded Just prior to the recent disaster arrived here esterda The most In teresting letter Is from a joung lady who was among the victims. It was dated May 3id. After describing the nspect of St. Picric before dawn, the town being lit up with names from tho volcano, everMhlng covered with ashes, and the reople greatly excited vet not panic stricken, she said "My calmness astonishes me. I am awaiting the event tinnoullly. My only suffering Is from the dust which penetrntes everywhete, even through closed windows nnd doors. We are all .nlm M,mm. Id not tl hit finvlntlH. "Edith alone Is frightened. If denth nwalts us thero will be a numerous company to leave the world. Will It bo by lire or asphyxiation? It will bo what God wills. You will have our last thoughts. Tell biother Hobcrt that wo are still alive. This will, perhaps, be no longer true when this letter teaches SOU." Tho Edith mentioned was a lady visitor visi-tor who via among tho rescued. This and oth-r letters encln3ed samples of the ashes which fell over tho doomed town. The ashes ruo u bluish gray. Impalpable Im-palpable powder, resembling newly ground noui nnd slightly smelling of sulphut. HAD AMPLE WAItNlNO. Anothr letter, written during tho afternoon of May 3rd, s.ijs. "The population of the nelghuornoo.i or tno top of tho mountain ,s flocking to the city. Business Is tuspended, tho Inhabitants In-habitants are pnnle stricken, nnd the llrcmen ate sprinkling the Btrects and roofs, tb settle the ashes, which pre nil-Ing nil-Ing the air." These and other letters seem to Indicate that evidences of tho Impending disaster wero numerous nvo das bcfoie It occurred. WINTER SCENE WITHOUT COLD. Still another letter savs1 "St. Plerio presents nn nspect unknown to tho natives. It Is a city sprinkled with gray snow, n winter scene without cold. Tho Inhabitants nf tho nelghborhool nio abindonlng their houses, villa and cot-tnges cot-tnges and are (locking to tho city. It Is n cuiious pell iw.il of women, chlldien nnd baiefnnt peasants, birr black fellows loided with household goods The air I nppiesslve, our nose hum. Vre we going to bo nsphyxlnted? What hns to. morrow In store for ua-n now of lava, rnln of stones or n cataclysm from the sea7 Who enn tell? Will glvo you my1 last thought If 1 must die' EXClJllSION ABANDONED. A St Pierre paper of May 3rd announces an-nounces Hint an excursion arranged for tho next day to Mont Peleo hint been postponed, as the cratel was Inncces. Ible, adding that notice would be Issued when tho excursion would take pi ice Although Whltmondty I a public holiday, the ministry of the colonic was open ns usual, nnd all the olllclala wore nt their pots. EMERGENCY IS OVER. Tho advices received from Mnitlnlnuo this morning Indicate that tho loeal authorities are no longer anxious recording re-cording food nnd othei supplies, which uio now leaching Fort De Trance In EUlllclent quantities to meet nil demands until the arrival of supplies which ate now on their wny to the Island nnd those pieparlng to sail. The (.ovein-ment (.ovein-ment believes thit tho emeigenty 1 m"' REPORT DISCREDITED. The ronespondent of tho Associated 1'iess learns that the ministry nf tho colonies totally cllscrdltrd the report of the destruction "f St Marie. Maitl-nliue, Maitl-nliue, by tire, which ban reached here, us today's dispatches do not mention the Uct, which they certainly would Pave done ir the town bal bten burned. SERVICE FOR THE DEAD. The congregation completely niled tho fashionable church of, St Augustine this morning on the occasion of the tolemn rc-rvlco organized by tho IjtaKuo of French women In mtmory of the victims vic-tims of the Martinique disaster. JJI.hop Carman, assisted by the clergy of the parish, celebrated the mass nnd pronounced pro-nounced the absolution This w as the 0 t i emorlal service for the dead of Martinique held In Paris. Another will be held In the Caslllc.a of the Sacred Heart tomorrow, nt which lllshop Cor-nrui Cor-nrui will ngnlu nniciite SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE. The olllclals sly the reports of the French embassies nnd legations nt the various capitals show that the sm-pilh sm-pilh with Prance abroad Is Increasing. The latest subscription Is that of the former Queen Regent nf Spain, who hns given 1000 francs to the fund which now amounts to over ".',0 000 frnncs M L'Hueire, the Governor nf Martinique, has sent tho following telegram to M. Decrnls, the Cotonlal Minister, dated l'ort De Trance, May ISth, SUPPLIES TOR NEEDY. "I have Informed the population that supplies by tho United States naval vcs. sel Dixie and the steamers Tontabella nnd Mndlana will arrive here todav. The cargoes of theso vessels will be exempted ex-empted from all duties nnd other chnrges. This la done on all food supplies sup-plies reaching us 'Commander Mentz nnd Capt. Crabb of the Quartermasters' department have Just arrived here on the United State collier Merllng, with the food presented by the Government of Porto Rico." |