TWENTY-THREE
MINERS PERISH
Terrific Explosion Near Dayton, Tenn.
—Ten Bodies Recovered.
WAS LIKE A VOLCANIC OUTBURST.
It Is Supposed That Ope of the Fuses Was
Defective and Resulted in What is Known as
i
From the Blast Igoited the Gac, Which in
Chattanooga, e.n
explosion of gas im the Nelson mine of
the Dayton Coal and
Dayton, Tenn, at 445 P. M,, ignited the
terrific explosion,
known to have |
een killed.
ine
It
The men who work in the m were
required to use safety lamps is the
rule of the company f l
place their fuses read
blasts just before gq
Fi Qi
the miners are
blasts
Fhe miners quit work
It takes them about 45 1
of the mine.
The two firemen who are
have caused the explosion
Hunter and John Harney. They
blasts at 445 o'clock, before
miners could get It 1s
ti one of the fuses was defective and
resulted in what is known as a “blown
blast.” The flame shot out from the blast
and ignited the gas, which in turn ignited
the accumulation of dry coal dust
The explosion that to v
rible in its intensity. I
the mouth of the mine and wrecked
shed at the entrance. Three
killed while standing outside
two seriously and one f
The mine has been the
previ explosions
four men were ed and
injured by an ex
in 18935, an explos
curred. in which
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Girls Get Out of Burning Building.
street,
were occ
Saddlery
floors by
pany,
destrove
MOsStiy
fire
gotten ly
the girls who
w hie
Believes Wilcox
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a¥,
Will Hang.
abeth City
on me
heard
August
Church Moved Bodily.
WwW Va \
the oil
storm
derricks
wires
Lauckport
from its fous
away, with th
was a panic, |
eral houses
burg were
tions and hal
roofed.
in
were
Tried to Wreck Traie.
Mo
Busch, aged 16 years, and George Young,
aged f respectable parents of
this city, made an unsuccessful attempt
to wreck an eastbound Chicago, Rock ls-
land and Pacific passenger train about
five miles east of here. The track at this
point is on a high embankment, and a
derailment could scarcely have occurred
without the of many i loth
boys were arrested and have confessed
Their motive appears to have been re-
venge for having been put off a freight
train. Dime novels are believed to have
played a part
Trenton, { Special.) « George
20, SONS o
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A Tunnel Five Miles Long,
Auburn, Cal. (Special. )—A of
Southern Pacific surveyors and engineers
has just completed a survey for a new
tunnel through the Sierras, which will
be one of the longest in the world. Ac
Corps
will be five miles and Boo feet in length.
It will eliminate nearly 1.000 feet of
grade and. will reduce the length of
snowsheds 28 miles. The proposed work
will cost millions of dollars
consume years in construction.
Farmbouse Barned by Lightning.
Crown Point, Ind, (Special).—A bolt
of lightning during a snowstorm struck
the farmhouse of Christopher Larson,
near this city, and set fire to the struc
ture. The bodies of Mrs. Larson and
her 10-year-old daughter were found in
the ruins, burned to a crisp.
Bank Treasurer Ends Life.
{ohn Wycoff, treasurer of the
two hours later. A meeting of the di-
rectors of the bank was called imme.
diately after the shooting and the treas-
urer's accounts were gone over,
public that the funds
were intact,
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.
Mrs. Addie M. Francis was married by
contract min the Tombs in New York to
Albert T. Patrick, who has bee con
victed of the murder of millionaire Rice
A jury was impancled in Hudson, N
Y., for the trial of the three Van Worm
ser brothers for the murder of Peter A.
Hallenback, a farmer, of Greenport.
A number of hold and murderous
assaults were reported in Richmond, Va.,
and a crusade HeRro
gambling joints
Roy C. Tompkins,
dicted in Winchester,
"no
'}
wis begun
agaist
Buffalo, was in
on the charge
of
\
vd,
of paying for peaches with a worthless |
F. S of 1
Hobac k, i
Howard
The 1 Frust
wrecked Cit
non
the
Lompany, as re
r Saving
to per
$5018
Bank of Detroit, asked the cour
tit of
aia
JNK
the stockholder
being less than
Liabilities over $3,000.
threatened strike
in Souther E
Als
aany
big
nN
ded
lemar
el
report
fled
OPPOSING
Adventists in a churcl
Charles Woodward,
ay
whose
issued by
day, was
I'he
and other
any
T0Mes
I Jr.
people
1d
LL
were « SOK
latest cordon drawn b
throug
British lines excepting 179 1, includ
ing Command H. Kruger [here
were exciting ces between the British
and the former recovering
two guns captured by the Boers in Feb
ruary. Prayers
peace were offered
the churches England and Pre
tora
Dr. Leyds, the European agent of
loers, denied that he was to an
interview with Lord Rosebery and other
British Liberal leaders in Paris
Colonel Rus<ian
charged with revealing military
to Germany. has been imprisoned
he Turkish government has ordered
the mobilizing of 00,000 troops, it is be
lieved for use in Macedonia.
Turkish troops attacked a Bulgarian
post and one Rigo an was killed and
several wounded
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
took their final departure from Marl
borough House. They will eruise during
the Easter holidays on the royal yacht,
but all escaped in the
gaps
i
the Boers
in
the
have
Grimm, a officer,
secrets
up their residence at Buckingham Pal-
| ace
Kimberly, the “Diamond City,” is in
[ mourning, the stores are closed. flags
mines. The state funeral of Cecil Rhodes
will take place April 2 at Cape Town.
ernment, including Acting President
| Schalburger, were at Kroonstad, Cape
i Colony, the early part of the week in
communication with Steyn.
! Financial
The Lackawanna bas declared
ular quarterly dividend of 134
Payable April 21,
{ The principal movements of curren
| ey this week indicate that the New York
| bunks have lost $1,314,500,
| The American Sugar Refining
the reg-
per cent,
Com-
gars, Nos. 13 and 14, § points,
It is estimated that the world's sup-
ply of gold has been reduced by $20.
000,000 during the last two and a half
years owing to the closing of the South
ROOFS FALL ON |
CONGREGATIONS
Many Persons Injured in Accident Caused
By Wind and Lightning.
A PREACHER BURIED IN THE DEBRIS. |
The Storm In and About Pittsburg Was So |
Terrific That the Tall Spires and Chim. |
neys Were Unable to Withstand the Great |
Force—In One Church Forty People Were |
Injured.
of the!
this |
Pittsburg, Pa., (Specia ~{ Jc
betore noon,
did 10
property an niu ersons
damage
wn,
telegraph
1.1 i
oe
A WOMAN FOR CONGRESS
Platform is the Rule and Pro.
hibition.
Golden
Boys Skinned a Horse.
Ky ecial I
whipped until they
Harri
with a
pard fe
ordered to do
ide
Was
new cowh The bovs
ir the horse
Whale Siaks a Vessel
Mass
received
KE bark
that had been sunk at
whale, Capt. Thomas H. Jen
bles from Pernambuco, Brazil, that three
of the four boats had arrived at that
place. The missing boat contained sine
men. The captain's wife and all the offi- |
cers were among those who reached |
land. The Kathleen was valued at $12 |
She was built in 1844. Her gross |
tonnage was 20%
(Sg
here
Bedford,
has
of
she
New
heen
the
Word
rents whalin
ag
Refuses Caraegie's Offer. i
Richmond, Va., (Special).-~The City |
Council has virtually declined to receive
Andrew Carnegie
a public Jibroe. It would be necessary |
to set aside $.c.000 yearly for the main- |
The offer was
accepted at first. A board of trustees
was elected, but those chosen were not
satisfactory, and the finance committee
has declined to provide the sum needed
to buy a site. ,
Clarke Wins Arkansas Fight.
Little Rock, Ark., (Special). Returns
from the Democratic primaries held Sat-
urday show that ex-Gov. James H.
Clarke has been indorsed for United
States Senator, and that Governor Davis
has carried 65 out of the 75 counties of
the States. At the headquarters of Sen.
stor Jones a telegram’ was received an-
nouncing that Washington county, which
was § sed to be for Jones, had
for Clarke by nearly 800 majority. Clarke
rently will have a majority of 12 on
joint ballot in the Legislature,
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Sundry Appropriations.
The Bundry Civil Appropriation bill,
the most important of the Government
supply measures, was completed by the
House Committee on Appropriations.
It appropriates $40,316,305, being $12,
less than the regular and sup-
plemental estimates and $12,570,512 less
than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
Among the contract items provided in
the present appropriations are
for public buildings, $1.830,046: Yellow
stone Park, $500000; Louisiana Pur
mg and exhibits,
office and twelfth census, $1,400,
seacoast battery sites, $1,537,
050; ri and harbors, continuing con
tracts, $5882 757
Some of the
Atla
Chics
$20.000 :
3
000 ; ety
ver
are
items as
penitentiary,
other main
((;a.)
mauga and
Chinese
follow
£100,000 *
yo ol
I irTK
«200,000 {
act
efending
I'reaty Claims Commissi
Leavenworth (Kan) Penite
000; enlarg f militar
y
i
i
S100.000
™
ihe
20.000
$118,000:
ODS
b
Department Will Not Act.
11
. bors :
irtment
pa nent
Ww
111 the po
ons of the
Is now pending in Con
rtary Shaw has been request
sident to examine the
him as the
allegations As Secretary
New York, no action will be
him in the direction of carrying
until his
into
0 report o to
resident's instructions
New Design for the Flag.
Representative Shafroth, of Colorado,
introduced a bill prescribing the size of
arrangement of the stars
The field shall be square and one-third
The stars
of the 13 original States are to be in a
admitted States in the form of a star,
with the stars of the last two admitted
States ( Wyoming and Utah) temporar-
ily one to each side of the interior star,
Capital News in General
ter, delivered a protocol to Secretary
ernment will interpose no obstacle to the
proposed building of the Panama Canal.
an Perry, of the lowa, satisfied
Secretary Long that there is no founda
tion for the story that he has been guilty
of indiscretion.
Henry White, secretary of the em-
vacancy to occur in the Italian embassy,
The Senate Committee on the Philip-
vines directed a favorable report on the
Philippine government hill,
Chairman Payne, of the House Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, reported the
Cuban reciprocity bill.
The friends of Estes GG. Rathbone are
making an effort to have him pardoned.
Secretary Shaw appointed Robert B.
Armstrong to be his private secretary.
President Roosevelt sent to Congress
the correspondence relating to the re.
quest of General Miles to be sent to the
Philippines and the refusal 10 comply
wigs) his request, : :
engagement was announced o
Miss Alice Hay to James W. Wads.
worth, Jr. of at, New York.
President Roosevelt vetoed the bill to
release Emanuel Klauser, who had been
found guilty of desertion by court-mar-
SLAUGHTER IN
CHINESE RIOTS
Hundred of People Killed in the Chi
Li Province,
MISSIONARY WARNED TO KEEP OUT.
The Attempts of Local Officials to Collect
Indemaoiiies for the Catholic Missionary
Claims, as Arranged Between the Officials
and the Priests, Cause the Trouble -
Mowed Down by Trassse
Pekin y {
| say
able)
1,000 pe ple
I, oF
id
that
| riots at
! ;
1 prefecture
his, perhag
Of ite
VERDICT FOR TICKET SCALPERS.
Chicago Judge Decides That Tickets Passing
Through Their Hagds Are Good.
However
GOVERNMENT SOUNDS GERMANY.
Latter's Attitude on Chinese
Duestion.
Wishes to Know
surplus
recently re
about $51.
£ 2.000 00x
ported d
O00 O00
Yoyng Woman's Body ia Mill Pond.
NN. C
has from
a
N. C ng of
young woman in a mull pond
fortunate girl Sarah
&
daughter of a and
missing for three weeks
blows on the head were discovered and
{ there was a large bruise on the breast
There was no water in the lungs
Charlotte { Special) News
Wilkes county,
the body of
reached here
of the find a
Ihe un-
Benge, the
she had been
Evidences of
was
farmer
Youthinl Brothers Drowned.
Middleboro, Ky
and William Warren, aged 12
i KE
Thomas
and 1%
{ years, respectively, were drowned in the
| flood which swept down the Powell Val
| ley. Their father’s house was wrecked
{but he escaped with their mother In
swimming. The loss in that section i
estimated at over $5,000
James R Garfield Accepts Position.
Washington, D. C., (Special) Jame:
R. Garfield, a son of the late Presiden
Garfield, has accepted the position o
civil service commissioner tendered hin
about ten days ago by President Roose
velt. He takes the place vacated by Mr
William A. Rodenberg.
{ Special |
—— a
$350,000 Fire in Guitbrie.
Guthrie, Okla. (Special )—Guthrie wa
vigited by a $350,000 fire, and as a result
the State Capital printing slant, the Ho
tel Capitol, the St. James’ Hotel, the
Cammack livery barn and the Richey
eral merchandise store are in ruins
verything in the State Capital newspa-
per plant was destroyed, ingluding two
presses, machines of every kind, linotype
machines, electric and steam heating sys-
tem, libraries and a large stock of sup-
plies. The loss of the various buildingy
18 $350,000,
—
co.
BULGARIA'S SLAP AT AMERICA.
Mr. Dickisson as Diplomatic
Agent
Washington, D. C. (Special.)—As
result of his activitiesiin the Stone case,
Mr. Dickinson his
diplomatic entative
When he
dressed some very
Turns Down
one
has lost position as
Bulgaria.
1 | A
last fall he ad
trong representations
for
he has
information comes
persona non grata
3 yatic
repre to
in Sofia
was
Minister Foreign
be en
10
not
now
agent ca )
gainst the will
accredited,
It
£1110M
HATFIELDS IN A BATTLE
fwo of Them snd Two Officers Killed
Revival of Feud
Shot Former Wife snd Himself
1
3
he char sh
onsiderable excitement among the pri
flames
mers until the
the
Was
« separated from
ferers’ cells only 1}
were extinguished
convict fire
insignificant
y
Oss
the
3
Well-Knowa Diplomat Dead.
Hanover,
Berneburg,
Prussia, {By Cable) —
Prince better known ac
ount Munester-Ledenburg.
xvas, during the
rerman Ambassador
Britam and Russia,
sorn in London
von whi
Career,
France. Great
dead. He was
on December 3. 1Ran
course of his
to
is
Long Fevers Use of Water Bottle
Denver, (Special). 3
etter forwarded to him asking for his
opinion in the matter, cx Secretary of
the Navy John D. Long says that per-
sonally he favors the christening of the
new cruiser Denver with water instead
of wine.
~Responding to
Postmaster Kills « Mas.
Washington, D. C., (Special). Post
master General Payne has received this
telegram from Postmaster John R
Guyer, at Clayton, N. M.: WAS at.
tacked in the postoffice, and, in defense
of myself and my office, shot and killed
a man,
SABA
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS
Governor Montague, of Virginia
commuted the death sentence of William
0. Boyle, convicted of the murder of
Alma Hamilton, his mistress, to life im-
prisonment.
The discharge of 15 union miners at
the Fairmount Company's mine at Mt.
Clare, W. Va, is causing serious trouble
and a number of men are under arrest.
During the trial by court-martial of
Major Wa
ler, a native scout testified to
3 a
Wailer expedition to murder the Major.
the native leaders of the