Betielome, Pa., Saas 25, 1907.
rn of Jamaica Objects to U. 8.
Sailors in Kirgston.
AWAY
Official Declares There Is No Necessity
For American Aid, As He Is Able
to Preserve Order and Care For the
Wounded—Streets -Reek With the
Stench of Decaying Dead, and Gov-
ernor Says Their Burial Is Merely
One of Convenience.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 21. — Rear
Admiral Davis’ mission of mercy to
stricken Kingston came to an abrupt
and painful conclusion in consequence
of Governor Swettenham's objection to
the presence of American sailors en-
gaged in the work of clearing the
streets, guarding property and succor-
ing the wounded and sick, culminating
in a letter to the admiral peremptorily
requesting him to re-embark all parties
which had been landed.
Admiral Davis was greatly shocked
and pained and paid a formal visit to
Governor Swettenham, informing him
that the United States battleships Mis-
souri and Indiana and the gunboat
Yankton would sail at once.
The friction between the governor
and the admiral began with the ar-
rival of the American war vessels,
when the governor objected to the
firing of a salute in his honor, on the
ground that the citizens might mistake
the firing for a new earthquake. He
also deciared there was no necessity
for American aid—that his govern-
ment was fully able to preserve order,
tend the wounded and succor the
homeless.
Rear Admiral Davis, however, land:
ed parties of bluejackeis, who pa-
U. 8. WARSHIPS SAIL
trolled the streets, cleared the debris,
razed ruins, attended many of the!
wounded and won the highest praise |
from citizens and military officers for |
excellent work.
On the afternoon of the salute inci:
dent Rear Admiral Davis wrote Gov: |
ernor Swettenham, apologizing for the |
salute and offering to render any as
sistance possible to the stricken peo |
ple.
Asked to Re-Embark Marines.
Governor Swettenham responded
Friday as follows:
“Dear Admiral—Thanks very much
for your ietter, your kind call and all
the assistance given or offered us.
‘While I most heartily appreciate the
very generous offers of assistance, 1
feel it my duty to ask you to re-embark
the working party and all parties
which your kindness prompted you to
land.
“If in consideration of the American
vice consul's assidious attentions to his
family at his country house the Ameri
can consulate needs guarding in your
opinion, although he was present and
it was not guarded an hour ago, I have
no objection to your detailing a force
for the sole purpose of guarding; but
the party must have no firearms and
nothing more offensive than clubs or
staves for this function.
“I find your working party was help
ing Mr. Crosswell clean his store.
Crosswell was delighted that the work
was done without cost. If your excel
lency should remain long enough, I am
sure almost all the private owners
would be glad of the services of the
navy to save expense.
“It is no longer a question of hu-
manity; all the dead died days ago,
and the work of having them buried is
merely one of convenience.
“I pelieve the police surveillance of
the city is adequate for the protection
of private property. I may remind your
.excellency that not long ago it was
discovered that thieves had lodged in
and pillaged the residence of some
New York millionaire during his ab-
sence in the summer; but this would
not have justified a British admiral
landing an armed party and assisting
the New York police.
“I have the honor to be, with pro-
found gratitude and the highest re-
spect, your obedient servant.
“ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM,
“Governor.”
Rear Admiral Davis told the Asso-
clated Press that he deeply regretted
the governor's attitude. He was still
convinced that the governor was un-
equal to the task of relieving distress,
that this was evident from the fact
that the American field hospital had
tended many sick and wounded. and
others were constantly arriving, hav-
ing been unable to gain admission to
the government ‘hospital.
JAMAICANS ARE ARE INDIGNANT
Bitterly Denounce Swettenham and De-
mand His Recall.
Kingston, Jamaica. Jan. 22.—The in-
dignation of the residents of Jamaica,
both official and private citizens, at
the action of Governor Swettenham in
demanding the withdrawal by Admiral
Davis of the relief forces, is spreading
and intensifying. The governor's re-
sponse to Admiral Davis is bitterly de-
nounced, and it is generally declared
that the only possible reparation is
for the government to apologize and
recall Governor Swettenham. Jamal-
cans say that the indignation, which
doubtless is felt in the United States
and England, is fully shared by the
residents of the island. They contrast
the apathy of the home government,
which has not tendered any relief, and
the loyal generosity of (the United
States, which instantly rushed war-
ships, surgeons, medicines and food to
the stricken city.
The conditions in Kingston are im-
proving slowly. All passes to the
burned sections, where there is nothing
i
to loot, were revoked, and this step
has caused much inconvenience to
Americans and others who desire to
reach ships in the harbor.
Many bodies are still being recov-
ered and cremated, and it is believed
the fatalities will reach a total of
700.
Saturday night the streets of the
burned district still reeked with the
stench of decaying bodies. The burn-
ed ruins were illuminated only by the
baleful glow of the corpse-fires lining
the roadways. Many bodies were re-
covered through the aid of vultures,
which perched in flocks on the ruins
beneath which their prey is buried.
As fast as they are uncovered the
bodies are thrown on the funeral
pyres and slowly consumed.
Fully 1000 persons have been maim-
ed for life, their legs or arms having
been aumpuated, and those who sus-
tained lesser wounds are counted by
the thousands.
May Recall Swettenham.
London, Jan. 22.—The colonial office
is still without explanation from Sir
Alexander Swettenham, the governor
of Jamaica. of the situation which led
to the withdrawal of Rear Admiral
Davis’ warships from Kingston on Sat-
urday. The silence, although irritat-
ing to the government, is construed as
a good sign that this much regretted
affair is capable of amicable adjust
ment and will not lead to any disturb-
ance of the friendly relations between
the United States and Great Britain.
Furthermore, War Secretary Hal
dane, on behalf of the war office, has
taken a quite unusual course and one
indicative of the exceptional import-
ance of the occasion, by addressing a
dispatch to Secretary Root which in-
directly implies censure of the gov-
ernor of Jamaica. It will thus be seen
that practically all the ministers are
adopting a highly appreciative atti-
tude toward the United States, and it
cannot he doubted that the incident
will be settled, probably by the recall
of Governor Swettenham, or at least
disavowal of his action and apology to
Rear Admiral Davis.
While the foreign office naturally is
reinetant,
fair, officials of the foreign office do
| not hegitate in agreeing that under no
conceivable ecirenmstances should such
a letter as Governor Swettenham’s to
Rear Admiral Davis have been writ.
| ten, and they declare that even the
stress of recent events is no excuse
for such language on the part of a gov.
ernment official to an officer of a
friendly nation engaged in a work of
humanity
MATTER WILL BE DROPPED
U. S. Won't Hold England Responsible
For Humiliation at Jamaica.
Washington, Jan. 22. — Dispatches
exchanged between the British secre-
tary of war and the state department,
made public here, wholly ignoring the
letters which passed between Admiral
Davis and Governor Swettenham at
Kingston, have had the effect of re-
lieving the tensity of feeling which
had existed since it became known
that Admiral Davis returned Sunday
to Guantanamo from Kingston with
his ships which had gone to aid the
stricken people of Jamaica. The mes-
sage from Londen is interpreted here
as meaning that the British govern-
ment and people disavow the action
of the governor of Jamaica in request-
ing Admiral Davis to embark his men.
At the state department it was stat-
ed that, so far as this government is
concerned, the matter will be allowed
to drop, the department's position be-
ing that the action of one man in a
distant colony, at a time of great dis-
tress and mental anguish, should not
be the means of raising an unpleasant
issue with a great and friendly na-
tion.
Officials of the National Red Cross
society in this city do not believe that
the Jamaican authorities will refuse
to accept the supplies which have been
sent by this society to that island for
the relief of the earthquake sufferers
on account of the correspondence be-
tween the government of Jamaica and
Admiral Davis. At least no such in-
timation has thus far been given the
society. In case the Red Cross sup-
plies are declined. however, it is more
than probable that they will be di-
verted to the famine-stricken people
of China.
KINGSTON ASKS AMERICAN AID
Mavor of Stricken City Appeals to
Mayor of New York For Help.
New York, Jan. 22-—The mayor of
Kingston, Jamaica, in his official ca-
pacity, appealed to the generosity of
the American people on behalf of the
earthquake sufferers. In a cablegram
directed to Mayor George B. McClellan
of this city, Mayor Tait, of Kingston,
asked for money and building mater
fals, which he added were urgently
needed.
The cablegram received was as fol.
lows:
“Kingsion, Jamaica, Jan. 21.
“Mayor, New York—On behalf of
stricken people 1 appeal through you
to generosity of American people for
help. Every house destroyed. Money,
lumber and building materials most
urgently needed.
“TAIT, Mayor."
Acting upon the suggestion of Mayor
Tait, Mayor McClellan announced
through the press that he would be
glad to receive contributions. which
would be forwarded to the proper au-
thorities at Kingston.
Two Killed By Fall of Slate,
Irwin, Pa., Jan. 19.—Gefa Nagy and
Stephen Urey, both single, were killed
in the Yough shaft south of town by
a fali of slate. The men had failed to
put up props. Only a small amount of
the slate fell. Nagy was struck on the
back of the head, while a piece weigh-
ing only a few pounds broke Urey's
neck.
in the absence of fuller in- |
formation, to pass judgment on the af- |
A WEEK'’S NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, January 16.
The 18th annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
opened at Indianapolis, Ind.
One trainman was killed and two
fatally injured in a collision of freight
trains on the Nickel Plate road near
Buffalo, N. Y.
W. J. Bryan was thrown into a snow
bank, but escaped injury, when the
horse drawing his sleight ran away at
Pullman, Wash.
Fireman C. A. Carlson, driver of a
hose wagon at Des Moines, received
injuries from which he died in a col-
lision with a streel car.
Thursday, January 17.
Edward F. Brassen was arrested in
Jersey City, N. J., charged with the
murder of his wife in Jackson, Mich.
Mrs. Selina Abraham, the first
Jewess born west of the Allegheny
mountains, died at Cincinnati, aged
84 years.
The annual reunion of the Blue and
the Gray was held at Fort Fisher,
N. C., and was attended by 300 sur-
vivors on both sides.
A ton of dynamite exploded in a
stone quarry near Monroe, Mich., kill-
ing one man, fatally injuring another,
and the concussion was felt for 15
miles.
Friday, January 18.
Elmer Demster, a negro, was hanged
at Washington, Pa., for killing Mrs.
James Pearce and her three children.
In a quarrel over a legacy of several
thousand dollars Alec Balanec at Bar-
ton, 0., killed his wife, daughter and
himself.
General Quincy 0. Gilmore, com-
mander of the Second Brigade, Na-
tiona! Guard of New Jersey, resigned
on account of ili health.
Nine persons, seven children and
two policemen, bitten by a mad dog at
Norfolk, Va. have been taken to Rich-
mond for the Pasteur treatment.
John D. Rockefeller has been re-
elected superintendent of the Sunday
school of the Euclid avenue chureh in
Cleveland, in which capacity he has
served for 25 years.
Saturday, January 19.
James Ward, a negro, was hanged at
Richmond, Va., for the murder of Car
rie Meeckins, also colored.
The United States senate passed a
resolution instructing the secretary of |
commerce and labor to investigate the |
“lumber trust.”
Frederick Seegman, 15 months old, |
fell from a chair into a bucket of boil
ing water at his home in Pufladelvhis}
and was fatally scalded.
A fire caused by the explosion of a!
lamp occurred in the Virginia Milloney f
Institute at Lexingten, Va., but was ex:
tinguished with small loss.
The Countess of Yarmouth, sister of |
Harry K. Thaw, arrived in New York
from England to attend his trial for
the murder of Stanford White.
Monday, January 21.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick is about to
go on the lecture stage and will tour |
the country.
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General Robert E. Lee's 100th birth. |
dav was celebrated generally through- |
out the south Saturday
The battalion of the 25th infantry |
(colored). now at Fore Reno, Okla.
will =ail for the Philippines on March
15.
Twenty-five deaths have occurred at
Konowa 1 T. from a strange disease
somewhat resembling spinal menin
gitis.
Eight prominent society women
were seriously poisoned by drinking
pineapple punch at a dance at Nor-
folk. Va.
Tuesday, January 22.
William C. Ashwell, a prominent
New York stock broker, was struck by
a street car and killed.
P. H. Fitzerald, a wealthy lawyer,
of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty of using
the mails to defraud, and was fined
$1000.
The Merchants’ and Farmers’ bank,
at Fairmont, Minn, haf suspended
payment. Liabilities, $77,974; assets,
$87,906.
Emperor William has conferred the
Red Eagle order of the first class on
Baron Speck von Shentberg, the Ger-
man ambassador at Washington.
Rev. Dr. W. H. McClauflin, of Min-
neapolis, has been elected general
superintendent of the Universalist
Church, the highest position in the de-
nomination.
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