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THEIR SUFFERING TERRIBLE The arrival here of the first (1 There are a hundred injured people in the hospital at Georgetown. gangs of men are searching for the dead or rapidly burying them in trenches, and all that can be done under the circumstances is being accomplished. The sulphuric vapors, which still ex- hale all over the island, are increas- ing the sickness and mortality among the survivors, and are causing suiâ€" tcring among' the new arrivals. The hospital staff are giving way from Overwork. An ambulance. corps from the garrison of Barbadoes and fur- ther medical assistance will arrive here shortly. The stench in the afflicted districts is terrible beyond description. Nearly all the huts left standing are filled with dead bodies. In some cases disinfectants and the usual means of disposing of the dead m‘eyuseless. and cremation has been resorted to. When it is possible. the bodies are dragged with ropes to the trenches and are there hastily cov- ered up, quick lime being used when available. Many of the dead bodies were so covered with dust that they Were not. discovered until _walked up- on by visitors or by the relieving officers or their assistants. The negroos who have remained on the estates are half starved and the Carib_ survivors are leaving their caves and pillaging abandoned dwelling houses and shops. A num- ber of arrests have been made in this connection. As the Colonial Hospital here was found inadequate to accommodate the sufferers, large army tents have been ereeted for the use of the patients who are being constantly brought here from other towns on the island, but even these annex hospitals are overâ€"crowded. The local doctors have been reinforced by a. doctor who arrived here from the Island of Grenada. one of the British Windâ€" ward Islands. He brought with him a number of packages of medi- cal supplies, which were extremely useful. WEDE TERRITORY Rough coflins are being made to receive the remains of the victims. The hospital here is filled with dy- ing people. Fifty injured persons are lying on the floor of that hiildâ€" ing, as there are no beds for their accommodation, though cots are ho.â€" ing,r rapidly constructed of boards. This and similar work has been in progress since immediately after the disaster. But two days elapsed be- fore there were any burials. as the negroes refuste to dig the necessary trenches, although they were oflered three times their usual wages by the local authorities. The nurses emâ€" ployed are incompetent, but they are willing to learn, and are: Work- ing hard. The negroes are indiffer- ent to all that is happening, and as to What has occurred. They expect to receive Government rations. but there have been instances where they have refused to bury the” own relaâ€" tives. lug from a thin layer at Kingston to two feet or more at. Georgetown. The crops are ruined; nothing green can be seen. The streets of Georgetown are cumbeer with snow-driIt-like heaps of ashes, and ashes rest so heavily on the roofs that in several cases they have caused them to fall. in. There will soon be five thou- sand destitute persons in need of as« sistance from the Government, which is already doing everything possible to relieve the sufferers. The British cruiser Indefatigable brought twentyâ€"five tons of supplies here and returned to the Island of Trinidad for more. The Governor of the Windward Islands, Sir Robt. Llwewlyn, is here supervising the Work 01’ the authorities. ST. VINCENT SUFFERS MOST. While the outbreak of the volcano on the Island of Martinique killed more people outright, more territory has been ruined in St. Vincent, hence there is greater destitution here. The injured persons were horribly burned by the hot grit, which was driven along with tremendous Velâ€" ocity. Twenty-six persons who sought refuge in a room ten feet by twelve were all killed. One person was brainod by a. huge stone nine miles from the crater. A des etch from Kingstown. Island of St. lncent, says: A correspond- ent or the Associated Press has just returned here from a. visit, on horse- back, to the devastated district of back, to the devastated district. of fifty miles, and penetrated to with- in five miles of the Soufriere crater. The ash-covered area. of St. Vincent exceeds that of St. Martinique. which the correspondent has also explored. The entire northern part of the i3< land is covered with ashes to an av- erage depth of eighteen inches, varyâ€" St. Vincent in Worse Plight Than the island of Martinique. SULPIIURIC VAPORS DEVASTATED Steady Increasa in Number Im- prisoned Since 1845. A London despatch says :â€"The Prison Commissioners of Scotland, in their report, for the year 1901, again call attention to the serious increase of crime in Scotland. The increase has been steady since 1845. In 1900, there were imprisoned 60,- 503 persons, and in 1901, 66.7 9. The heavy figures, it is said, are due to the increased number of perâ€" sons convicted of minor offences. Serious crimes, however. have also greatly increased. NEW CRATERS FORMED. The report that the volcanic lake which occupied the top of the moun- tain has disappeared appears to be confirmed. A sea, of lava, emitting sulphurous fumes, now apparently occupies its place, and several new craters have been formed. The. last time the volcano showed activity, Tuesday last, the craters, old and new, and. numerous fissures in the mountain sides discharged hot vaâ€" por, deep subterranean murmurings were heard; the ground trembled, at times from the centre of the vol- cano, huge volumes of steam rose like gigantic pine trees towards the sky, and a dense, Cimmerian smoke, mingling with the steam, issued from the new and active crater. forming an immense pall over the northern hills, lowering into the valleys and then rising and spreading until it enveloped the whole island in a. pe- culiar grey mist. " Simultaneous action upon the part of the volcanoes of Martinique and Dominica and elsewhere seems to de- note. a volcanic connection between these islands and appears to verify the assumption of the volcanic oriâ€" gin of the mountain chains running parallel with the Soufriere in the Windward districts. As this despatch is sent it is exâ€" cessively hot here, and the northern hills retain their foggy appearance. Since midnight Tuesday the subâ€" terranean detonations here have ceased and the Soufriere Wednesday relapsed apparently into perfect. re- pose. no smoke rising from the craâ€" ter and the fissures emitting no va- por. The stunted vegetation that formerly adorned the (slopes of the mountain has disappeared, having eiven place to greyâ€"colored lava, which greets the eye on every side. The atmosphere is dry, but some- what agitated. Rain would be welâ€" come, as there is a. great deal of dust in the air, which is very disâ€" agreeable and irritating to throats and eyes, and is causing the merâ€" chants to put, all their goods under cover. The inhabitants, naturally meaning the white population, as a rule, are anxious to know whether the repose of the volcano is permanâ€" ent, or Whether it is the lull which usually precedes greater paroxysmal activity. Some people, anticipating that there is danger of further volâ€" canic eruptions, are leaving the out- lying towns for this city. Lieut. Benjamin B. McCormick, commanding the United States steamer Potomac, now in these waâ€" ters, has called on Governor Llewelyn and offered him the assistance of the United States and any assistance which it was in his power to render. The Potgnmc has landed What she can spare of her foodstufls. The Governor expressed his thanks and added that there was no immediate need of help. The United States steamer carried official despatches to the Island of St. Lucia. tachment of the ambulance corpsr Which brought sufferers from George- town, caused quite a, sensation. This batch consisted of a hundred per- sons whose charred bodies exhaled fetid odors and whose loathsome faces made even the hospital at- tendants shudder. All these burned persons were suffering fearfully from thirst and uttering, when strong en- ough to do so, agonizing cries for water. It is doubtful whether one of the whole party will recover. The death rate among the people in the hospitals is still very high. in spite of the best medical (Alerts on their behalf. NOW UNDER THE OCEAN. It is estimated that the sea has encroached from ten feet to two miles along the coast, nem- Georgch town, and that a section of the north of the island has dropped into the sea. This is apparently verified by the report of the French cable ship Pouyerâ€"Querticr, that soundings now Show seven fathoms where, beâ€" fore the outbreak, there were thirtyâ€" six fathoms of Water. CRIME IN SCOTLAND. SOUFRIERE RESTINC Capt. McLean and Commander Gil- more, of the cruiser Cincinnati, and Consul Ayme, with a. guide, searchâ€" ed for the body of Mr. Prentis, the American Consul, and also “for the bodies of the members of his family. The guide located the American Conâ€" sul in a. mass of stones. He pene- trated the ruins and found much silverware marked "M." A skeleton was found, in the courtyard, but, there was no evidence to identify it. Several tons of stones must be. m,» moved before any positive identifica- tion can be made. The mark “M” on the silxerwzu‘e probably repre- sents the name of Consul Prentis' wife. The investigation of {he ruins and the search for tlte bgdies will be sents the wife. The and the so continued. Doctors went ashore and examined the situation closely. They ordered that the bodies should be burned and that the people should leave the place. About fifty persons were brought to Fort de France A chemâ€" ist who was aboard the Suchot analyzed the sand or ashes that Mont Pelma omitted and found them to be a composition of sulphur and saltpetre. The people generally are highly exâ€" cited over the looting, and are anxious that the criminals shall be tried by the higher courts and more sermre sentences imposed. On Thursday Presiding Judge Des- fontaines sentenced fortyâ€"four men and four women to various terms of imprisonment, and on Friday twenty seven men and seven women were also convicted of looting. The men were sent to prison for five years and the women for three. The peoâ€" ple attacked and tried to lynch the looters while they were being taken to jail. The gendarmes drew revolâ€" vers and the people fled, cursing the looters as they went. There were no casualties. A Fort de France, Martinique desâ€" patch says :â€"â€"Acting Governor L’Huerre is taking precautions to prevent wholesale looting at . St. Pierre during the relief work. The French troops and the revenue offi- cers have been ordered to Watch out for this business. The officers shot many of the looters whom they found robbing the dead. The shootâ€" ing of these people has been hushed up, as the French law does not justiâ€" fy any such action. of those who lost their lives have now remained unburied so long that decomposition has set in, and the odor is so overpowering that many of the searching parties have been compelled to abandon their work. In other cases those engaged in buryâ€" ing the dead refused to handle the bodies. Consequently, ropes are tied to them. and they are either dragged to trenches and there interred or are placed on impromptu funeral pyres and burned as speedily as possible. The Legislative Council of Jamaica has appropriated £1,000 for the benefit of.the suflerers. Despatches by mail from St. George, Grenada, stated that the Royal mail steamer va has taken medical assistance to St. Vincent. A line drawn from Chateau Bolaire to Georgetown Would divide the Is- land of St. Vincent in halves. There is probably no human being living alive north of it. It is conservatively estimated that two thousand have been sacrificed since the first eruption on May 7. This includes all of the Carib Islands, which means the practical extinction of the race that was found by Coâ€" lumbus four centuries ago. An old Indian prophecy that the Caribs would be sacrificed to the fire god which they worshipped has thus been fulfilled. Of the Cnribs only a few individuals remain on the Isâ€" lands of St. Lucia and Dominica. Fissures Continue to Throw Hot Vapor. A St. Thomas, D. W. I., despatch says: Advices from St. Vincent show that it is impossible to gel, nearer than eight miles to the new crater that has appeared in the vol- cano on the Island of St. Vincent. The old Crater was filled by a beautiâ€" ful lake, but this has disappeared, having either sunk into the bowels of the mountain or been blown in the shape of steam and scalding Water over the surrounding country. The fissures that have appeared on the sides of the volcano continue to throw out hot vapor. Subterranean noises are heard miles from the mountain, and the tremblings of the earth indicate the possibility of fur- ther discharges. On Monday afternoon great vol- umes of steam and smoke were thrown out. The whole island is covered with a. peculiar mist, and the atmosphere is charged with noxious vapors, which have the efiect of inâ€" creasing the sickness among the peo- Pie. An ambulance and medical as- sistance have arrived from Barba- does. The poorer classes from the afl’iicted districts are now threatened with starvation, though the Government is feeding 3,000 of them and giving them shelter. Among the many vic- tims of the disaster are almost all of the Carib Colony, who lived on the devastated part of the island. MANY OF THE BODIES Many of Them Have Been Shot at St. Pierre. ROBBERS OF THE DEAD. CRATER 0N ST. ViNCENT. $14 to $14.50 Northern, 76:31:; No.2 Northern, 74%; May, ’7ch; July, 761}c; Sept., 740; Manitoba, No. 1 Northernfl‘léc; May, 76-3c; July, 765.0; Sept... 74c ; Manitoba, No. 1 Northern, cash and May, 755C; No. 2 Northern, 73c. Oatsâ€"Sept. 300. Corn, 62c. Minneapolis, May 20â€"Close, wheat â€"â€"May, 76c; July, 75%0; September, Northern Bullalo, Mu Wheatâ€"Spring, wmter, I\‘o. Strong ; N0_ (10, 67*: C. 02 No. 2 mixed, Barley, 68 to Ryeâ€"No. 1, St. Louis, LIuy 20.â€"Closcdâ€"Wheat â€"Cash, 810; May, 79c; July, 73ic ; September, 7320. Dressed hogs are unchanged. }I0g products continue in good demand, with prices firm. We quote :â€"Bacon, long clear, 10-.5c, in ton and case lots Mess pork, $21 to $21.56; do., short cut, $22.50 to $23. Lardâ€"The market is steady, with good demand. We quote :â€"Tierces. 11 to lliC; tubs, 1150; pails, 11%0, compound, 9 to 9%c. Smoked Moutsâ€"Hamsâ€"la‘ to 13éc: breakfast bacon, 14a} to 15¢; rolls, 11-50; backs, 14%} to 150, and shoul- ders, 1]. Eggsâ€"The market is steady, with a. good demand at, 13 to 13% per dozen for new laid, and at 11c for chips. Cheeseâ€"The market, is firm, with sales of old at 12250, and new at 11$ to 120. Dried applesâ€"The market is quiet at. unchanged prices. Small lots quoted at, 5&0, and jobbing lots at 5 to 5.10 per 11). Evaporated, 10e}c. Hopsâ€"Trade quiet, with prices steady at. 13c; yearlings, at. 7 to 86. Honeyâ€"The market is dull at 94» to 100 for strained; comb, $1.15 to Poultryâ€"Receipts small. We quote: â€"Fresh killed turkeys, 13 to 140 per Tb; ghickens, 75c to $1. Ducks, 95c Toronto, Diary 20.â€"Wheatâ€"The market is unchanged. No. 2 white and red winter quoted at 78c middle freight. No. 2 spring at ’75 to 766. east. Manitoba No. 1 hard held at 880, Toronto and west; No. 1 North- ern at 84k), and No. 2 Northern at 82&c, Toronto and wast. Grinding in transit prices 25c higher. At, Go- derich and Owen Sound No, 1 hard quoted at 84 to 84.56. Buckwheatâ€"N0: 2 nominal at (31 to 62c east. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. Ontario patent, $2.90 to $2.92, middle freight, in buyers' sacks. Straight. rollers, in wood, quoted at $3.20 to $3.30. Manitoba. flours are higher ; patents, $4.20 to $4.25 delivered on track Toronto, bugs included, and strong bakers', $3.90 to $3.95. Barleyâ€"Trade’ quiet ; No. 2 quoted at 53c middle freight, and No. 3 at 50 to 510. Oatmealâ€"Car lots, in bbls., $4.85 on track, and in sacks at $4.70. Broken lots. 250 extra. Millfeedvâ€"Brau is steady at $16.50 outside. Shorts, $19 outside. At Toronto bran is $18.50, and shorts $20.50. Manitoba. bran, $20 in sacks, and shorts, $22 in sacks, To< ronto. Oatsâ€"No. 2 middle freight Beansâ€"The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. They are jobbing at $1.15 to $1.30, and hand-picked quoted at $1.35 to $1.40. Strawâ€"The market is quiet ; car lots on track quoted at $5.50 to $6, the latter for No. 1. to $1. Potatoesâ€"The market is unchang- ed. Car lots are quoted at 75 to 78¢ per bag. and small lots at; 85 to 900. Butterâ€"The ofi‘erings continue large and the demand fair for choice qualities. Choice grades in fair de- mand. We quote :â€"Choice 1â€"H) rolls, 16 to 17¢}c; choice large rolls, 15 to 160; second grades, 11 to 13 ; creamery, prints, 20 to 210; solids, 18 to 19c. $2.25 per dozen. , Maple syrupâ€"Market quiet, with prices unchanged. Pure new make, imperial gallons, 90c to $1; old, as to quality, 70 to 800. Sugar, 9 to 9;c per 11). Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. quoted at $1.35 to $1.40. Hay. baledâ€"The market is steady with fair demand; timothy, $10.50 on track for No. 1. THE MARKETS UNITED STATES MARKETS , on track, 1 Northern, 10, May 20,â€"Flourâ€"Firm. â€"Spl‘ing‘, quiet, upot. 80£c ; I\'o. 2 red, 69236. Cornâ€" ‘ ; N0. 2 yellow, 69c ,' No.3 inc. Oatsâ€"Quiet, but firm; white, 49910; No. 3 do, 49c ; mixed, 47c ; No. 3 do, 46:}8. , 68 to 72.1.c asked, to arrive. ’0. 1, 63 to GBic in store. THE DAIRY MARKET COUNTRY PRODUCE HOG- PRODUCTS DREADSTUFFS $2.10. Branâ€"In bulk No. 1 hard, 79ic white sold at, 43“ Flour An Ottawa. dcspatch says :â€"Canâ€"- ada’s agglegatc trade for the ten months ending April 30th amounted to $333,522,149, an increase of S27,- 4.-Al6,2:ZU met the same period of Just. your. The imports for the ten months, cxclushe of coin and bulâ€" lion, totalled $157,779,329, a better- ment 01 $14,886,909. For the month of April only the increase was $3,- mth 01 $14,836,909. For the month of April only the increase was 53,- 116,321. For the ten months the exports of domestic products only, excluding coin and bullion, aggregat- ed $158,190,071, or $13669,168 ahead of the first ten months of the preceding year. For the month of April the exports reached a, total ol $13,643, 198, a gain of $4,593,565. The chief increase is in wheat, 11“ exports of which are $2,833,000 hob Trade Increased Over Twenty- seven Millions in Ten Months. Later it was reported that five policemen were dead. The names of the men killed are: City Policeman Tom Grant, City Policeman Ed. Crabtree, County Policeman Bob Osâ€" borne, and Bailiff Battey.‘ Fatally injured, Owen Heard. The officers burned the house in which the negro who was doing the shooting was barricaded, but the desperado es- caped to one adjoining. Call Omcer Spradlin was shot through the arm by the negro as he darted out of the burning house. Every policeman in Atlanta, armed with :1 Winchester, is on the scene. The excitement is in- tense and there are many threats of lynching. An Atlanta despateh says: Three policemen and five negroes were kill- ed on Saturday morning in Pittsâ€" burg, a. suburb of Atlanta, in a bat- tle as a result of the attempt to capture the negroes who had way- laid and held up a. policeman. The State militia have been ordered out with artillery to attack the houses Where the negroes have gathered and entrenched themselves. The entire police reserve in the city is on duty. Policy and Negroés Have a. Pitch- ' ed Battle. Toronto, May 20.â€"At the Western cattle yards to-day the receipts amounted to 76 cars, including 1.- 870 cattle, 243 sheep and lambs, 800 hogs, 220 calves, and a few milch cows. Owing consider-ably to the heavy run cattle dragged somewhat- toâ€"day, and prices for anything but the best cattle were a. little ofl‘, and some of the stufi was left over. The export trade was light in demand. and prices eased on” a bit before noon, but choice stuff fetched from 5% to 6} per pound. The best but- cher cattle sold at from 5 to 54¢ per 11), but mcondm'y and inferior grades were easier, and the enquiry was dull. An Ottawa despatch says :â€"In view of the probable en‘ect of thq new steamship combine on Canada's trade and transâ€"Atlantic transporta- tion, it is said that the Government is considering an arrangement, for the operation of a fast trans-Atlan- tis steamship line, in connection with a. transcontinental railway. It is stated that negotiations have been opened with the C.P.R. lodking to the establishment of a fast At- lantic steamship and freight service. The idea is that there should be a weekly passenger service between Canada. and Great Britain equal to the best that sails from New York. In order to maintain a good freight ser vice a dozen freight steamers would be required, and the total cost of the undertaking would be $20,000,000. The Government al- ready has the power to subsidize a line to the extent of $750,000 a. year, but a passenger and freight service, it is said, would involve a. million yearly. The C.P.R. is reâ€" ported to be willing if the project." goes through to allow the fast steamship line to be controlled by trustees nominated by the Govern- ment. The matter is now engaging the consideration of Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier and his colleagues, and further developments are expected when they proceed to London in June, It is thought that the project will then be discussed with the C.P.R. direc- tors and representatives of the Brit- ish Gomrnment with a. view to a handsome subsidy. Hogs Choice hogs, per cwt,‘ Light hogs, per cwt Heavy hogs, per cwt. Sows, per Stags, per cwt ......... Shippers, per cwt do, light ......... Butcher, choice ..... Butcher. ordinm good...... 4.00 Stockers. per cwt... ...... 3.00 Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt ..... 3.75 Yearlings, per cwt ........ '4.00 Spring lambs, each. 2.00 Bucks, per cwtz . . . . . . 3.25 Government Has Opened Negotia- tions With the C.P.R. Cows, each... Calvves, each CANADA'S GOLDEN DAY S. $158,190,071, 2:1(1 of the first :ceding year. F< til the exports I 3,643, 198, a. g: e chief increase )oz'ts of which a than last S‘czlr‘ RACE WAR IN GEORGIA. FAST OCEAN SERVICE. LIVE STO CK MARKETS. Milkers and Calves ordinary to Cattle 25.00 50.00 . 2.00 10.00 4.50 2.00 6.75 7.00 6.75 7.00 3.50 4.00 0.00 50