Show TE T S Of DrAT f Is Upon the West Indies No One Knows What Has Happened I New ew York Nov Is apparent from the reports received today loday b by the cable companies with connections in inthe the West Indies that all the Inc Ino lines throughout the islands Island from Kingston west to on the tho east have hae been Inoperative h by some somo a agency which up to the pros preg ent time lime It has been Impossible to lo determIne I The circumstances an earthquake on the floor of tho ocean I bat to affect the cable lines I out the tho breadth of the Indies such a disturbance would have hae to bo be able for its extent and severity No serIous earthquakes ha have e been reported from an any seismograph stu sta lion I nor have he meagre reports from the tho points In imi the tho Island of Jamaica I where cables indicated all ami I earthquake on that Jamaica I has boom been visited h by a severe storm with a accompanying hoods and aud this Is all that can be learned A meagre from Holland Bay Jamaica reports a heavy hean rain hIgh winds and enormous sea The fhe telegraph lines linea from Holland flay Bar to Kingston and interior points I are still down It Is reported and prevent with KIngston from any of the tho points from where the tho cables cable No o mention wall waa made of army allY Officials of the tho Western Union Tel Telegraph Telegraph company hero said sufficient repairs soon WOUld he 00 made mado to permit the transmission of oC meso sages mes The Tho Ilo Royal al Mall steamer teamer At Atrato Atrato I rato which left Kingston Saturday arrived bore hore today and reported no un unusual usual condItions prevailed when she sho left lert KIngston The Atrato however encountered some hea heavy I weather soon after leaving Jamaica |