Sixty Men are Buried in a Colliery's Depths. AN EXPLOSION OF GAS. Wrecked and Sot Fire to tlie ]\line Shaft. AN ALMOST HOPELESS TASK Ilispcrale I:florin are Iteliiu Made to Iteacli the 1 iiiprlnoiied .Men. but (lie < liance* are Lurgel)' Against An) uf Tliem Hciiiu Found A lit e. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 10. —A special 10 the Post-lntelligcncer from Vic toria, 15. ('., says: What is feared will prove to be one of the most hor rible mine accidents in the history not only of the province but of the Dominion occurred Friday at the I'nion mines, owned by the Welling Colliery Co., of which Jaincs Duns muir, the premier of the province, is the principal shareholder. The tele graphic advices received so far give 110 complete story of the accident, but newspaper correspondents are •hurrying by steamer and tug' boats to the scene and the full facts will soon be obtained. As near as can be gathered the explosion took place at about It o'clock Friday morning in Xo. 6 shaft. This shaft is situated in the village of Cumberland. There were •io men in it when the explosion took place and not one of them escaped. The explosion ignited the mine, wrecking the shaft from midway down to the bottom and filling it with a solid mass of rocks, earth and timbers. The first explosion was followed by several more, while a dense volume of smoke pouring from the vent holes indicated 111 yt fire as well as gas was doing destructive work below. As soon as possible after the acci dent the men of the morning shift in .\o. 5 shaft organized a rescue party. \o. 5 is situated about a mile from Xo. 0, hut the two workings are con nected by a tunnel, and through this channel an attempt was made to help the unfortunate fellows in the wrecked shaft. They had not cut their way many yards through the debris when they encountered fire, which rendered the place untenable and obliged tbe party to desist. The message came back by tele phone to the surface conveying the heart-breaking news to the relatives of the imprisoned lyen. whose urging was not necessary to induce the re lief party to return to their appar ently hopeless task. Overcome at last by g\is and smoke they reluctant ly withdrew from Xo. 5 and com menced work on a long cut from Xo. 4. the only other means of reaching the men. Work oj this was prose en ted with the greatest vigor until an abatement of the fire in Xo. 5 en abled them to once more return there. Many of the men are married and have large families. Immediately upon receipt of the news at the head office of the Duns miiir Co. a special train was sent to Xanaimo. Premier Dunsmuir has not returned from Ottawa, but his personal representative, A. J. Lind sey; his son, Robert Dunsmuir; Mr. Little, the superintendent of the mine, and Inspector of Mines Mor gan, left on this special. At Xanai mo, which was reached last evening, the steamer Joan awaited them, and on her they will proceed 00 miles by water to Union bay, the remaining six miles by land to Cumberland to be made 011 the Dunsmuir colliery railway. Kven should the rescuing party reach the interior of the wrecked workings soon, there is little hope for any of the men locked up in the shaft. John Bryner, ex-member of parliament, brother-in-law of the pre mier and ex-manager of a portion of the Dunsmuir mining business, said last nig-ht that scarcely any hope could be held out for the men. The only way in which any of thern could escape would be by reaching some remote portion of the workings to which the fatal gases and smoke could not penetrate. The gas in a coal mine, he said, did its work ill a few minutes. Hence the hopeless ness of the task of saving men who had been in it for hours. A second explosion occurred in Xo. 5 shaft at Union colliery last night, but all tbe men had left the work- ! ings. This explosion prevents any further attempts being made to res cue tbe entombed miners through Xo. 5 shaft. A 'lYri'ible Weapon. Berlin, Feb. 16. Tn the rcichstag yesterday one of the military com missioners said the tests with the machine gums firing 300 shots per minute were satisfactory and that, the whole army would be fitted out with them during the present year. Will be Sunk at Sea. Lorenzo Marques?, Feb. ir>.- The ammunition, guns and shells surren dered by the Boers to the Portuguese at Komatipoort will be sunk at sea. Schwab to .Manage tlie Combine. Xew York, Feb. Ifi. —The World says: Charles M. Sclnwab, president of the Carnegie St-eel Co., was finally selected yesterday as the head of the big steel combination. "Mr. Schwab enjoys the confidence of every one with whom he has dealt," said one of Andrew Carnegie's close friends and business associates last night. "lie is the only man in the country quali fied by ability, training and tempera ment to manage the new empire of industry. He has the confidence of Morgan and RovKefeller, the love of Carnegie and the good will of the £O,OOO employes of the Carnegie Co." DESPERATE THIEVES. They Attempt to Hum Tlirff < lilanso Hotels—Prompt Work by Kiuplove* Pre vented llneli Itnnuij!! l . Chicago, Feb. 15.—Fires were nrt simultaneously on four floors in the Palmer liouse last evening and 35 minutes later fires were discovered on two floors of tilie Great Northern hotel. Two men, supposed to be 'hotel thieves, were seen to run from the Palmer house. During the ex citement SSOO worth of jewelry was stolen from one of the rooms of the Great Northern. Another hotel fire of suspicious origin, had been discovered only "4 hours before. The three fires con vince the police that an organized gang of incendiaries Is operating 1 in Chicago. (lt»od descriptions have been secured of the two men who were seen running from tihe Palmer house and :i number of detectives are at work on the ease. The three tires were: Palmer House—Four fires set sim ultaneously in baskets of linen on dif ferent floors. Fires extinguished by guests and employes. Two suspects seen, but allowed to escape. Dam age nominal. Great Northern Tlotel—Simultane ous fires discovered on the H. and .7. floors. Odor of kerosene on H. floor. .7. S. Friest, of New York, reported SSOO worth of jewelry had been stolen from his room. Damage of SI,OOO by fire and small panic among the guests. Hotel Grace—Fire of suspicion's origin discovered in linen closet. TXamagv nominal. The most dangerous fire in the Palmer h'ouse was on the fifth floor. It was extinguished at personal risk by John MeWilliams, jr.. a senior at Princeton university and the 20-year old son of John MeWilliams, a bank er of Odell, 111. The police agree fliat tbe fires were incendiary and last night every im portant down town hotel was guard ed by a detail of officers in plain clothes watching for tbe men sus pected of having started the fires. A telephone message was received at the Palmer bouse while the fire at the Great Northern was in progress: "How is your blaze coining on?" was asked. "The (ireat Northern is burning finely." "Who are you?" asked Head Clerk Grant, but the inquirer laughed and hung up the receiver. LAW KNOCKS OUT PUGILISTS. Jefl'rle* and ft tih llti a re TCn joined from ln ln Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Feb. 15. —There will be no contest between Jeffries and Ruh lin or any one else in the Saengerfest hall in this e.ty to-night and no other date has been fixed for the contest. Neither will there be any mobiliza tion of troops in this city to keep Jef fries and Kulilin from meeting. The permanent injunction issued Thurs day by Judge tin I lister against the proposed championship contest has caused the indefinite postponement of the arrangements of the state and county authorities, as well as the promoters of the contest. Judge Hollisrter sustained the state on all points at issue. He not only held that courts of equity have juris diction against a public nuisance, but also that prize fights are public nuis ances and that the proposed contest between Jeffries and Riihlin was to be a prize fig-lit for the championship of the world and not a boxing match for points. The decision was severe in language as well as decisive in its holding. It held the proposed event to be a public nuisance, a moral wrong, a crime before the law and such a menace to society as should be ' restrained even in courts of equity. A TIN CAN TRUST. A Chicago Report Says that 108 Fac tories urn be t'nder One Chicago, Feb. 15. —The Record says: The newest thing in consolidation is the tin can combine which is now being formed with a capital stock of $10,000,000. The promoter is W. 11. Moore, who has managed many sim ilar enterprises. it is alleged an agreement has been signed with the understanding that after April 1 the American Tin Can Co. will control tihe output of every factory in *he country. At present there are 108 tin can factories in this country. There are 05 small factories which will be closed. This will throw near ly 4,000 people out of employment and means a loss of nearly $3,000 a day to the discharged employes. The reasons given for the formation of the big corporation is that for some time the prices of the product of the tin can factories have been going down, until now it is claimed there is scarcely any profit and, considering fre .pient bad accounts Which cannot be collected, the position has become sr <li that tbe large owners of this k jrl of property must organize to p ptect themselves. Country Hankers Or;anir.e, Chicago, Feb. 15. —Over 30 bankers from Michigan, Indiana and Wiscon sin met here Thursday and took the preliminary steps toward forming an association of country bankers. The aggregate capital represented is be tween $50,000,000 and $75,000,000. The primary object, it is said, is to enable bankers in the smaller towns, by a co-operative system, to control enter prises, or furnish the loans for them in their home towns. The system will be similar to the one operated by the Canadian branch banks. ChlneHC tiiiddlK Far from Settled. London, Feb, 15.—The Tien-Tsin correspondent of tihe Standard says: "The situation in I'ekio is again be coming complicated, and the pros pects of a settlement more remote til si n ever. Count Von Wa Idersee is said to have sent an ultimatum to the Chinese court." Hartli Trembled. Nashville, Tetin., Feb. 15.-—Quite a severe earthquake shock was felt last night at Union City, Tenn. Houses rocked and windlows and crockery rattled. The wave was from west to east and lasted several seconds. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1901. 9100 Reward fIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in nil its stages, and that is Catarrh. Ball's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Ball's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its cura tive powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any cage that it fails to cure. Send for list oi' testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney fl- Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Bali's Family l'ills are the best. NOll Hemic. "What nonsense!" exclaimed Mr. Meek ton as he tossed aside the heart-to-heart talks page. "What utter nonsense!" "To what are you referring?" inquired his wife. "To the assertion that a woman need not expect a man to pay her as much attention after they are married as he paid her be fore. 1 am absolutely sure, Henrietta, that I mind quicker now than 1 ever did." — Washington Star. A Decision Reversed. Mr. Dennis Median, at one time in the gun business at 90 Maiden Lane, New York, wrote: "Your Lotion hascured me of Chron ic Eczema, with which I have been af flicted three years, and which, after being in different hospitals eleven weeks, the physicians pronounced incurable. Your Lotion quickly relieved me of the terrible itching, and in five weeks I was aB well as ever." This is one of many instances in which Palmer's Lotion has effected a com plete cure after the case had been abandoned by the physicians treating it. If your drug pint does not have it, write to Solon Palmer, 374 Pearl Street, Xew York, for samples of Palmer's Lotion and Lotion Soap. Milken Matter* Even. "Yes, weiare receiving and answering mes sages from Mars every day," said the Emi nent Scientist. "But, if you cannot understand the mes«- sages, how can you answer them?" asked the Obtruse Person. "Huh!" replied the Eminent Scientist, "they can't understand the answers, either."—Baltimore American. CoaidilnK Lend* to Consumption, Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at once. Co to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50 cents. Go at once: delays are dangerous. Our Fickle Climate.—"l got my cutter down yesterday." "Did you? Ride?" "Nop. Dusted it aad put it back."—Cleve land Plain Dealer. Lots of men fizz'e out because they think they are such srrcat ''business" men. —Wash- ington (la.) Democrat. New Boarder—"Can I get my meals on time?" Landlady "Xo. yn»i will have to pay in advance."—Harlem Life. # The manner in which you are being "worked," probably excites the contempt of your acquaintances.—Atchison Globe. Most of the hard iuck in this world is due to getting a streak of good luck and then sitting down to wait for more.—Town Top ics. Wealth doesn't bring genuine happiness except, of course, when it fa'.is to a man whose wife simply won't be snubbed.—De troit Journal. It is to the credit of bahirs tlrnt they won't show off in the presence of company, ;ind lamentable that the same cannot be said of grown people.—Atchison Globe. Football Note.—Bill Kikhard "Wot's &e matter with the referee? Has he lorst 'is 'ead?" Jem Crushem—"Oh, no! Only an ear, a few teeth and some hair."—Glas gow Evening Times. You can (tool some of the people all of the time; and by being real busy for three months before election you can kiss the babies of enough more to' make up a good working majority.-—Puck. Mr. Newpop—"You haven't seen our baby yet. He s only three months old, but I tell you he's bright." Jack Kaeheller—"That so? •, e_ T e , r T?' t "P on bishind legsiand beg?" —Philadelphia Press. It was during the natural history hour. 'Give me," asked the teacher, "an example of the alleged deceitful character of the cat." "In restaurant it is> sometimes said to pass itself on for a rabbit," answered the head boy.—Philadelphia Times. 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The sleeper leaving Cincinnati at 11:15 a. m. is attached at Nashville, running via Birmingham and Montgomery, Plant System to Jacksonville, and Florida East Coast to St. Augustine, arriving at the latter city at 7:30 tlienext evening. Mr. C. L. Stone, General Passen ger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R. K., Louisville, Ky., will answer all inquiries con cerning this train and furnish printed mat ter concerning it. Good Credential*. "Yes, it is terrible," moaned the Weep ing Mother. "It is terrible to think of our little son in the hands of the kidnapers." "But," said the Sympathizing Friend, "think of the social presitige it gives you."— Baltimore American. A Remedy for the Grippe, Physicians recommend KEMP'S BAL SAM for patients afflicted with the grippe, as it is especially adapted for the throat and lungs. Don't wait for the first symptoms, but get a bottle to-day and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neg ./'Aw*!'e grippe brings on pneumonia. KI'.MI'S BALSAM prevents this by keep ing the cough loose and the lungs free from inflammation. All druggists, 25c and 50c. Avoidlntc the Hush. Politician—Tell me the best way to get out of politics. Friend Turn prohibitionist. "Oh, that's too sudden: I want to get out gradually."—The Smart Set. Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln, An address by Joseph Choate, Ambas sador to Great Britain, on the career and character of Abraham Lincoln—his early life—his early struggles with the world— his character as developed in the later years of his life and his administration, which placed his name so high on the world's roll of honor and fame, has been published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and may be had by sending six (6) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. Not a Mil run in. "Mr. Perkins, 1 father dislike to take your last daughter away from you." "Oh, that's all right; she is the last one, but. I don't intend to let her go 0110 cent cheaper than the others. What salary do you get!"— Detroit Free Press. There IN a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been placed in all the gro cery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stom ach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over } as much. Children may drink it with ireat benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per pack tge. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Those Great Inventions. Admiring Friend—What makes you think your discovery was so great a success? Professoi —Why, as soon as«l announced the idea every savant in Europe remembered that he had known of it since he cut his first teeth! —Chicago Daily News. Throw physic to the dogs—if you don't want the dogs—but if you want good diges tion chew Becman's Pepsin Gum. A conceited man cannot possiblv give ; anybody else any credit for having any sense. ! •—Washington (la.) Democrat. CONGRESSMAN HOWARD. Of National Reputation are the Men Who Recommend Peruna to Fellow Sufferers. A Remarkable Case Reported From the State of New York. CONGRESSMAN HOWARD OF ALABAMA. House of Representatives, I Washington, Feb. 4, 1899. ( The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen—" I have taken Peruna now for two weeks, and find lam very ; much relieved. 1 feel that my cure will be permanent. I have also taken it for la grippe, and I take pleasure e:i recommending Peruna as an excelleut ! remedy to all fellow sufferers." — j M. W. Howard. Congressman Howard's home ad ! dress is Fort Payne, Ala. MOST people think that catarrh is a disease confined to the head and now. Nothing is farther from the truth. Jt ] may be that the nose and throat is the oft enest affected by catarrh, but if this is so it is 60 only because these parts are more ex posed to the vicissitudes of the climate than the other parts of the body. Every organ, every duct, every cavity of the human body is liable to catarrh. A mul titude of ailments depend on catarrh. This is true winter and summer. Catarrh causes many cases of chronic disease, where the victim lias not the slightest suspicion that catarrh has anything to do with it. The following letter which gives the ex perience of Mr. A. C. Lockhart is a case Ln point: Mr. A. C. Lockhart, West Henrietta, X. Y., Box 58, in a letter written to Dr. Hurt man says the following of Peruna: "About fifteen years ago I commenced to be ailing, and consulted a physician. He pronounced my trouble a species of dys pepsia, and advised me, after he had treat ed me about six months, to get a leave of ab- No Smoke Hoaaa. Smoke meat with fHk KRAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. Made from hickory wood. Givea delicioaa flavor. ■ ■ Cbeapßr.cleaner than old way. Send for cir- ML. cular. E. krunner Si Bra., .Hilton, Pa* sence from my business and go into tlie conn try. i did so and got temporary relief. 1 went back to work again, but was taken, with very distressing pain&in my stomach. "I seldom had a passage of the bowela naturally. I consulted another physician with, no better results. The disease kept growing on me, until I had exhausted the ability of sixteen of Rochester's best phy sicians. The last physician advised ine to give up my work and go south, after he had treated me for one year. "I was given a thorough examination wiU* the X-ray. They nould not even determine what my trouble was. Some of your testi monials in the Rochester papers seemed to me worthy of consideration, and I made up my mind to try a bottle of Peruna. Before the bottle was half gone] noticed a change for the better. lam row on the fifth bottle, and have not an ache or pain anywhere. My ( bowels move regularly every day, and I have taken on eighteen pounds of ffesh. I have recommended Peruna to a great many, and they recommend it very highly. I have told ■ several people that if thev would take a bot tle of Peruna, and could then candidly say ; that it had not benefited them, I would pay for the medicine." —A. ('. Lockhart. Mr. W. P. Peterson, of Morris, 111., says: "I was nearly dead with catarrhal dys pepsia and am "now a well man, better, in fact, than I have been for twenty years o* more. "Since I got cured by your Peruna I have been consulted by a great many people." If you do not derive prompt and satisfac tory results from the use of I'eruna, write i at once to Dr. Hartm-an, giving a full state i ment of your case, and he will lie pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ifartman, President of Th» Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. nDODQV NEW D'SroVEUT? give* ■ O ■ quk'k relief and cured worofc Caseti. Book of testimonials nnd lO day*' treittrupnft Free Dr. U. U. GREEN'S SONS, iiox D. Atlanta, Ua. A. N. K.-C IHS2 tVIIEN WRITIXU TO AOVEUTISEJU plenae atute that you saw the Advertlw ment In this paper. 7
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