The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, January 31, 1907, Image 2
AN EXPLOSION Twelve Miners Are Killed In West Virginia. A HUNDRED BARELY ESCAPE Disaster at the Mine of the Pennsyl- vania Company at Lorentz, W. Va,, Caused by an Explosion of Firedamp —Five of the Dead Are Americans and Seven Italians. Weston, W. Americans and known to be dead as the result of explosion of the sylvania Company mine at Lorentz, | W. Va., near Buckhannon, W. Vi which occurred about 5. Saturday evening. | Immediately following the { sion the mine caved in y | caused the entombment miners, estimated at bodies of 12 dead men recovered, and is ne this time whether any death. The bodies of several Ita also been recovered, hn known only by numbers, tity is not pos until The explosion occurred day leaving Only a the surf port, th fir mine elevat the top, carryi almost 80 men tom of the shaft was a panic ame the mine. There but which could back into the drift. tion, was slowly most suffocated, ly together shaft Sever ! the elevat lown commodation me the fore mine from ht board th work of loaded With the ele unti: al the 8} al Va seven { Special) ive Italians are an Penn- fire damp in { {0 of all the | 1040. The | have been | known at met yi others it as their ible later ust a 1 1 as the mine ached J the 1 1 rifi¢c re- force YAS ew men vith i ace wi e ha a ts ey how ever, into face ty and ha The five ians who about 100 of parently, come with 18 bodies were not MILLWORKERS CREMATED. Lost in a Fire in New Hampshire. Five Lives Dover, most disastr Satudray, probably and dollar gq of a proj mi: body will Several while des« The fire long after tives had work. Fr el sparks cotton and throughout soon became mMmyges of mi obliged ¢ Others to the Ther by firemen on the a window, climbed pole fast to reach The fina ered by Q fourt Ficld Worth 875.000.0000, feng ~1 CARED tors of filed ventory ment, count eriy the no present For make value tory. place the total value of the propert described the $75. 000,000. of th of the ost stocks and Matement cash this reas an of the tate from but counsel for the executors inventory at Of y iniy Burning Hudson, N {ot A Courthouse, { Special) .-—The Courthotise (0 lumbia 1ocatod here, was burned bly $200,000 Th was story in aldition contained th rape, of appellate the Supreme Court The loss 1a proba “ iild erected in gtructiure 1300, wa marble counts of white fo all the office of the A Double Suicide, Detroit, Mich. Thompson, aged 50 years, and his wife were found dead in thelr lodgings, on Champlain Street, an empty strychnine bottle and two glasses close by. The couple came from England three years ago, and Mre, Thompson is said to have con- tracted the lquor habit since her arrival in thig country. Despondency over the woman's (inability to reform is thought to have impelled them to (Special) «Thomas a loborer, with commit suicide. Ee be bodin th. Jp ol ip Asis slaclh a A Bo a HAART . 5 Domestio.. » : rgudie Font “fu the “United? Bates Circuit Court. at New. York, hedrd arguments on. the demurrer inter posed by the Delaware, backawanna and Western Railway Company to the indictment returned against it =i leging violationg of the Elkins act, in the granting of rebates American Sugar Company The smalier metal dealers of New England d Middle States organized and have called on &« tary Bonaparte to bring suit vent the formation of a combinat of the copper mining companies The next annual convention National Educational As be held in Los Angeles, week in July Mrs. Isabella Beecher Henry Ward Beeches 4 at Hartford, Ct It is believed Mr testify that Stanford yf her her TUrors to the an {to Of Hooker, of Harry K White photographs husband TI 30 10x fod played one « public to anger additional A test v Carolina of that Ot Senate hody Law, National held it against Whole: annual meet The sociation Boston. Harry trial Shoe Kendal Wedne of the the the architect, Paul, Rallway arilv, pending oan wort tate Fifteen d Yor 3 Mo New City, the Prof« Pe fe rab with or, of rence g-American Si decided 10 per compa a tablishi a service b York.an upon divident cent of tween Now razil igned He the Cabinet has re of the Aberals and Radicals over associations id t io i dissension i law of It is made Russian res Students at berg, Austria, tween hat ship ar olutionists nt n rom in the university made a Jemonsts wanted the Polish One hundred wet “a arrangeme ms { to 1age us The British government messages {1 but their made public tin Birrell, Education, retars Hryce am A f1grige THER Board of pre will be Ireland, the new $1 Ceoed flames ted at San J battleship Connecticut while entering the Inland The Moroccan War cofitrating men and Zinah for a supreme ture Ralsuli President Diaz, of Mexico, partied pated in the ceremonies inaugurat- ing the operation of the Tehuantepec Rallroad The eraption of Mauna Loa, a voi- eano in Hawalla, furnished a beautl- ful spectacle and in volved no danger. uan that ran on a harbor at it the reo] wa ronan Culebre Minister in munitions effort cap- Con. at to CHADS RETGN® IN THE WRECKED ITY sweitenham Is Reported To Have Rasigned. HE UNEQUAL TO THE TASK 1S Relief the Work Ruins or Clearing Reports That American tati ely Denied. A CUBAN'S CURE FOR LEPROSY. Pr. Dugue’s Favorable With Mangrove { 3} A I periment Tree, Insane Asylum named } Woman Will Start Schaetzenfest, hit gion Preside: ial) press a butt e day in May d 4 { Spe fon iO i : om at Charleston, occasion will be the opening i festival und The eed to write read at » festival i shooting nal Schuentzent has also jr to be Automatic Divorce Decress, tantinople (By Cable) “gh name not ascer between 8 the Black a storm. going ship's entire crew A tain- meguldak and #, has f~und Sixty workmen, Eregll, and the wore drowned Po, i vi gr oe who to were Trouble With Cuban Official, Havana (By Cable) Trouble threatened at Santiago de lag Vegas, Havana Provinee, the re- fusal of the mavoer of that town to turn over his authority to the actual mayor. Governor Nunez, of Havana, conferred with Governor Magoon on the subject. The govern- ment does not apprehend any serious trouble, though the Mayor of Santi ago de las Vegas has asked for as- glstance. in owing to noting Some Interesting Happenings briefly Told. To Stop Land Frauds. President Roosevelt has determin ad to put an end, gibly, to frauds in the uisition of public lands by individuals and corporations. He has ted th hereafter patent be Issued to Jand unt round thori po dire hall an hay iat Io public examinat of tl On if # en au t Congress And The Departments Pension 13 hing i - #2100n Agencis washington Al Chief gi become chief Canal Before lonaparte making the The President White House of the that aison leth- inouncement was made ww onld of Engineer Stevens engineer Commission he House commitiee defended his manne armor plate awards a di nonm the a t Mr of nner at the gave in Supreme of Court are co-operating Postoffice Department county roads committee has decided the Brownsvilie investiga- on February 4 Theodore P. Shonts, Isthmian Canal his resignation Roosevelt, to take effect dent's pleasure, but not later than March 4 of this year. He goes to New York to take charge of the Bel mont-Ryan traction interests in New York. Charles D. Walcott, director of the Geological Survey, was elected sec retary of the Smithsonian Institute by the board of regents at their an- nual meeting, Brigadier General W. United States Army. been appointed deputy the Soldiers’ Home in Washington. Chairman Wadsworth, of the Agricultural Committee, reported to the House the Agricultural Appropria- tion Bill, carrying an appropriation of $8,125,799. This i= an increase of a million dollars. Free seeds are eliminated. - Various the improve The begin atates the Senate to chairman of Commission, to Pregident 1f the Presi- f f { P. Rogers, retired, has governor of PRESIDENTS 6000 WORDS ARE APPRECIATED Swettenham's Career As Governor About Ended. THOUSANDS PEOPLE STILL HOMELESS Prominent Prelate at Kingston, Cables Thanks for Prompt Visit of the Amer- ican Warships Under Rear Admiral Davis--Additional Men to Those Need- ed to Guard Consulate Only Landed. Earnest Gov- yvund bim ents and y ih City i ame afternoon, the 1d re- lowing let- SENATE VOTES FOR NORE PAY Representatives. Ww" # The accepted the hington (Special) wy d Wednesday the Ts 14 vv § of Hepross nie the of and ial an ally, and those tion of House rease alarie 40713 i mbers territon dels ‘resident AN INDIAN SLAY EL Picks One-two-thred Them Order, Arizona Cowboy off in JOvernor land nial Secret January kind rendered of this colon; to be, mir, Your obedient (Signed) J. A. BSWETTE have | ment | honot HAM. no Trinidad, al Davis imetances Gover Men Landed At action of Adm under the circa precedent 1 he i landing i not without | numerous cases 10 Iusil ian incident Rear Adi | Meade, U. 8: N., landed Port | of Spain, Trinidad, on March 4, 1895, to suppress a fire, and the of the island of Trinidad his gratitude men rOvernor People Perish. {By Cable) 1.500 The Hague Kast Indian islands south of an Dutch Atchin, anounced practically engulfed Island Simalu. According to the Iatest formation received here Simalu almost disappeared It is sald that probably 1,600 persons lost their lives. Violent earth shocks continue to be felt daily. The civil governor of Atchin bas gone to the scene of the catastrophe, 0 January of in the : ios & tdend of HNAge of He TRIToa month than it was eve,” sald the h rust compar the nt. interest 10 be paid on a number of institutions tha deposits of the jars COMPA I think, how. that this increase will result larger deposits for the compan jes that will pay 3% per cent. bat they will come from savings in other directions.” 10 nt thi | Philadelphia, 11 per of deposi bs reduce trust f one 12 } 40 ‘ iNnCrease £0 wil