ill DEAD; 22JESCUED Frightful Disaster in Cambria Mine at Johnstown. dead bodies to pure air and light. How many they did not know. EXPLOSION CAUSED BY GASES Fourteen Men Were Found Alive in One Chamber. HEROIC RESCUERS PERISHED Accident Wat Caused by Fire Dnmo and Su'vivo's Wl-.o Escaped From the IV.ire Ercurjl.t Horrible Stories cf Crawlir:j Over Dead Bodies of Com rades in Their R.-.ce Fcr Life Bodies cf Dead Were T-vitU-rl Into Various Shapes. Showing They Had Suffered a Slow Death. Julius! 'vn, Pn., July 11. Two hun dred ii : i t: -..- entombed by an explosion l:i :i n !!: whose main shaft (ip- us ;t!iin Hi" limits i.l ihe city, was n.-ws willi tenor the pedestrians ; . is 1 1 ro yi -unlay. At nr.or sail that all In the :U" mine or the Cambria iiiiv were ih ad or in dan- I; in to i ll rn the first i!;' "r..:i:r t,.-! ,-. .er. ii lower ti i ri 1 : Ian.'- t Ml" II. ' !! II. w :.: .! ... It is a Ion. It vas HuP i . ttlint h.:. who i-ai:;' with ti e: niul then . the i i'y. w;.s I i :. V,i-" f;a Illhhe.1 I" hearts ; v . r reports showed that the correct an l that -I"') mine is niie of the .' was The in- country, and yesterday i ;;t wurl; there. , :: :v i It may take Rev-t-il!y il' l' iinine. Im' that ! :ti! shocking list Is certain.; !y h.r.'r after the t-xplo- . .', '.-:i.-:al kiiowleiiue of happened got nhroail. Men I from the mines, t-si ijiini; 1 'i'-i s. to!. I the terrible ih'Ws. 1 : . lu'einl ii'..e v i:.i;iiv all over : in li'iiiilreiis of homes there ;i i i !'. tie si'ii"s. M iLh"rs, : , i .. or.' .' l 'i.e. n en i i w ill, ; Hundreds he point, ami with sobbing ... ii news that did not cuiium ;'-:'iit.-i ml DEATH LIST NUMBERS 111 Thrilling Experience Attended the Efforts of Rescuers. Johnstown. Pa.. July 12. Of the 600 men mp-iosej to have entered the month of the Rollins Mill mine of the Cambria Mr-el Company on Thursday morning 111 are dead, 22 were res cued alive and many others escaped from the mine and reported at the sfflee of the company. Thrilling experi ences attended the efforts of the 40 brave nnd ilarin? fellu who went down Into the bowels of the earth with a very faint hope to spur them that still they might be In time to re store to life some of those who are entombed. Death lurked everywhere ar nind them, but undaunted they surg ed forward, swayed with the noblest of human purposes. Karly yesterday afternoon cheering w.nl (ame from the innermost ivcess- i f the mine that life yet lingered in sum" of the bodies found. The res i uei.; made first for No. 4, left heading, which they had been unable to reach the night before. Falls of roof almost choked up the heading, but through and over the debris the brave men p.ished their way. In the front Patrick Mar-' tin, his brother Peter. Philip White and several others made their way. I Suddenly in an open space they were tartlod by the maniac laimh which' emanated from a blackened form that! rushed at them out of the darkness.; The man grasped firmly a pick handle, and tried in his frenzy to beat down his' rescuers. He was overpowered and dragged back to the main heading to the cars. Thirteen other living men were found in this chamber and physi-' clans were quickly taken to the spot. ! The remains of son 3 of the dead were In a terrible state, showing that there had been slow death in each case, tine of the men had his mouth and nose tied about by a towel. The rest of his face was burned beyond re cognition. The bodies of all were twisteil in horrible shapes, most of the arms being crooked so as to shield the face. The only one who could be iden ti'ied at the pit mouth was Fire Boss Joseph Tonilinson. Nearly all the bodies were identified at the morgue, the foreigners by a Polish priest. II QUITS PLANNING MANODVRES Marquis of Salisbury Presented Res ignation to King Edward. A. J. BALFOUR HIS SUCCESSOR King Appointed Government Leader In House of Commons Immediately After Accepting Lord Salisbury's Resignation. London, July 14. The Marquis of Salisbury has resigned the premier ship of Great Britain, and Right Hon. 11 from in He.irtrcnclinrt C:er.cs at Mine. The s. i s on t .n hil!si.! s were licuriiviio.. g. As soon us the news (if III. liM.:';.'!' l- j ivad it V. Hi conilUUIli- i il"d lie: . house to house where the ui.':.. in. in .o and ihildien i.f the miner:; lic. and in a few moments there v.a'. a crowd of several hundred persons gathered about the mine. This was iiiiciuented with almost every sec ond, as ii' awful news continued to spread. iv..s of the unfortunate vic tims ran about wildly excited; moth ers fainted, and little children "wailed ss the extent of the horror became known to them. At the opening across the river fron the point, the Cambria Iron Compnt' police, with several assistants, s' d ptiard. permitting no one to i-M"- ihe miti". Iron: rhich noxious ga: . , were coming, it was nearly 4 o'clock when all Ivpe of si nding rescue parties from the V.'o:-!r :it o;i' 'ii:ig was abandoned. Two 1 1 : i : who Y id r inped from the mini lib : aid 1 ::.d John Mey ers v.i'in i.aek I ah .t.iic- t see what nssM-ntr" i " ' u ) ' 1 be iei.. r. il. but tie fri. ':'.':' i...; drove them bin k. and they '."lien tiny f.nallv a cor.d,' t:o:i i ,v i ti el Mill Mil " and i S'-r. I Thev fii-nn the , : , . .i.-l rate -ale s'rungie I'larhiil the .1 .I n im - gave t he men as-1 id after working with them 1 ;i l ei tore;! them to normal ! i'iieir iii.rv of the situa-j i' mine ma.).' i! i i"ar that ciid im; j. in. .'I'd from the ie;il:: :. an. I th'-n hasty ' - wer-' made to begin that I " ..' t.." .Mill ( reek entrance. . :'.e news of the frightful 'i.'d the Can. bria oflii i.ils. .:!"! uiishall (1. Moorr :' i.:s assist;. nts. A. (1. Pros it t at tempt to enter the mine. ' i on follov.e.l by .Mine Su- tieorge T. Uoliiiison, but '- st'itipi'd their pro- l-- r.c-cuers Perished. T"iiuui llarrv Kodger.-. hi- rt. William lilanch. and Fire John Whitney. John Ketallick din Thomas were overcome by Mite nssiM: Ho.- - ninl .1 the -.': ' :. and It is feared that they ''fished in an heroic attempt to tosciic the nr !:--. The 1 ii-year-ohl son ol Hnrry ito.i . rs when he heard that his father had h"en overcome with after-d-iu'ii. sta-:i ii tlown the mine to help tcne him if possible, and he had nu .-oouer entered the drift when the leaifly p is almost oeerennie the lad, and he had to he carried back. His lonnie protruded Its whole length from his month, and men had to force his Jaws apart with a stick to prevent lock jaw. The miniug officials of the Cumbria Company .'-fated that the explosion was one of tire damp. The cntastroplie oc-1-uin d in the section of the mines known nrnoni; the miners as "Klon dike." The few survivors who have es taped from the depths of the mine de fcrlbe the conditions to be frightful in their nat'ire. Outside of the "Klon dike" the mines are safe and unin tired. Miners who left the mine by way ol the Mill Creek entrance brought hor liblc stories of crawling over the dead bodies of their comrades. Two young men who were at work in the "Klondike" when the expksion occurred escaped by way of the air .shaft heading up throuph the Kemville Hill from the mine. A fan house, now out of use. stands at the top of this alt shaft. This way the young men, sick and dizzy from the nauseous after damp or black damp, reached safety. They told bow they had walked acrosi MINE VICTIMS FUNERALS Men Who Lost Their Lives in Explo sion Laid to Rest. , Johnstown. Pa., July 14. After a' consultation Inst evening with the four state mine inspectors, summoned here to make a thorough inspection of the rolling mill mine of the Cambria Steel Comi'-e, James K. Roderick, chief ol the sta. iiireaii of mining inspection,' dlctatet' i notice to General Manager C. S. ri .ee, of the Cambria Company 1 granting tormal permission to resume operaC n all sections of the mine excep Klondike this morning. The Klou'V workings will likely be closed for 8c.:ral days until perfect security Is assured through the brattlclng of openings and repairs necessitated by the explosion. It is generally regarded as certain that the full extent of the disaster Is now known. State inspectors say that the condition of all the workings are now free ol gas, ami the almost perfect ventilating apparatus are rushing cur rents of pure air into the uttermost recesses of the subterranean workings. There has not been a single place out side of the old abandoned chambers that have not undergone the scrutiny of experts to pronounce everything in as good condition as could be asked or demanded. Saddest of all the scenes following the mine disaster of Thursday were those unending the funerals Satur day ami yestenlay of the K.4 victims. I'nder the black pall ot smoke that hangs over the city church bells tidied continually, and all lay long the tlead carts rumhlel through tin streets to the Slav, Crea tion. Greek and Itoman Catholic churches, where the scenes of leave taking were most affecting. Nearly all the funerals tool; place in the cem etery where are buried the tlead of the great Johnstown flood. The burial was simplified by the dig ging of long trenches, in place of sep arate graves. In one of these 25 cof fins were lowered. AUTIIIMt J. BALFO0B. England's New Premier. A. J. Pal four, the first lord of the treasury and government leader in the house of commons has been appointed to succeed him. The Marquis of Salisbury tendered his resignation at an audience which he had with King Edward last Friday. Saturday Mr. Balfour visited the king and accepted the premiership. While it was expected in official and political circles that Lord Salisbury's retirement would be coincident with the coronation of King Edward, It was scarcely looked for prior to that event. Consequently about the only surprlso expressed as the news sprend through London concerned the date rather than the fact of the resignation. The real Interest was not so much In reference to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal as It was in the appointment of his suc cessor. As to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal, the main reason is considered by prac tically all the best Informed persons to have been simply a desire for a quiet life on the part of a man advanced In years, whose activities have been un usual, and whose scientific tastes pre dispose him to study and seclusion. That the retiring premier's health has failed to some extent is undeniable; but this Is not more than perhaps it Is to be expected in a man of his years, and the close ot the war in South Af rica and the return of the'cplimanding general there. Is considered to be an appropriate time for his withdrawal. Arranging For Game of War Be tween Army and Navy. UMPIRES'" DIFFICULT TASK HICKS-BEACH RESIGNS HISTORIC TOWER FALLS Chimes of St. Mark's Cathedral, Ven ice, Crashes Down. Venice, July 15. The bell tower of historic St. Mark's Cathedral, 3.'2 feet high, suddenly collapsed yestenlay and fell into the plaza. The ruins are piled up to the height of 100 feet, and the Piazza di San Marco and the adjoining squares are covered with debris and dust. Some damage was done to the Sansovlno Loggetta, or vestibule, on the east side of the Campanile. The tower is now a heap of ruins, i It Im Tint liellnvml thnt fhnt-n wnu onr I - " ..- ' . . . 1 . 1 . L IIIVIV It .J (111 J loss of life. The cathedral proper and the Doges' Palace escaped Injury, but the falling tower struck the Royal Pal ace, damaging a corner. A cordon ol troops was immediately ordered to the plaza, and kept back the huge crowds which struggled to get a sight of the ruins. The accident, which In the eyes of Italy amounts to a ver itable catastrophe, is almost the great est art loss the kingdom has ever sufr fered. Chancellor of Exchequer Leaves Cabi net With Salisbury. London, July 15. Sir Michael Hicks Meat h, chancellor of the exchequer, has resigned from the British inblnet as a result of the retirement of Lord Salisbury as premier and the appoint ment of A: J. Ilalfour, government leader in the house of commons, as his successor. This announcement wa! mnde yesterday, and caused great sur prise to those who hnd predicted that :.u ministerial disturbance would fol low the change of premiers. Rumors are now spreading to the effect that other changes will follow. The resignation of Sir Michael Hlcks peaeh was generally taken to be almost more important than Lord Salisbury's, niul was regarded in some quarters as being directly due to the more Im portant voice which Mr. Chamberlain will have in the new cabinet. The position of Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary, is the chief subject of discussion. Those who seem to know say that he will retain his port folio In much the same conditions as under Salisbury. The basis for this I belief Is that Balfour consulted Cham berlain before accepting his new office It is surmised that some compromise was effected by which the disappointed minister lias been conciliated. The Court Circular announces that King Edward conferred upon Lord Sal isbury at last Friday's audience the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order, set with brilliants. General Wheaton Retired. Washington, July 15. Major General Moyd Wheaton closed his active mili tary career yesterday, having reached the statutory retiring age of 64 vears. He Is at his home in this country, where he recently arrived from the Philippines. The vacancy caused ty his retirement already has been an! I pated by the appointment of Brigadier General Bate, now commanding t- de partment of the Missouri at Omaha. SHOT BY REJECTED SUITOR Charles McCormick Fired Two Bullets Into Llllle Lane. Trenton, N. J., July 14. Charles Mc Cormick, aged 38 years, is locked up at police headquarters, charged with shooting 16-year-old Llllle Lane yester day afternoon at Yardvlllo, N. J., which is about six miles south of Trenton. The girl Is at St. Francis Hospital, with one bullet in her breast and another in her left arm. The physicians at the hospital are hopeful of her recovery. The shooting was the result of the girl's refusal to receive continued at tention from McCormick after her par ents had learned that he was a married man. McCormick represented himself as being divorced. Yesterday afternoon Miss Lane and a girl friend and the lat ltr's brother were at Yardvllle waiting to take a trolley car to Trenton, when McCormick came up. He asked co talk to Miss Lane, but she refused to leave her companions to talk with him. Then he pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired three times. McCormick was overpowered by others who were near by and subsequently brought to Tren ton and locked up. He has not made cny statement It is understood that he had been drinking. High Ranking Officers of Both Branches Will Decide Who Has Been Victorious Plans Include Attempt to Shell New York. .Washington, July 15. Plans are ma terializing for the naval movements which will precede the joint army and naval manoeuvres this autumn. The arrangements have been placed entire ly in the hands of Rear Admiral Hlg glnson, commanding the North Atlan tic station and he Is expected soon to settle matters of general detail such as the limits within which the "enemy's" ships may attack, the selection of a commander for the "eneiny's" force and the selection of the ships which will compose the attacking squadron. An Ititeresiing part of the work in both sets of manoeuvres will be that assigned to the "umpires." Officers will be assigned to each of the ships in the naval manoeuvres, and to both ships and fortifications in the joint exercises, to act as Judges, and It is understood that the final decision in the greater manoeuvres as to whether the army or the navy has been victorious will be rendered by a board of high ranking officers from both branches of the ser vice, probably headed by Admiral Dewey. The task of the Individual Judges will not be an easy one, for the entire scheme of the exercises is to be based on probability. For Instance, a battleship steams up past one of the Slatcn Island forts in the dead of night. A searchlight flashes out into the blackness from the fort, finds her. and the gunners ashore train their big weapons to blow her out of the water. Did the searchlight find her in time to have prevented deadly work if it had been re"al war? Were the guns of the fort trainetl on her with the requisite precision, or can she be considered as having run the gauntlet and as Hying up the bay to shell the metropolis? This Is but n sample of what may be expected in the way of situations open to vigorous dispute from both sides. As soon as General hacArthur takes hold at New York, It Is expected that he will co-operate with Rear Admiral Hlgginson in drawing up a complete and definite plan for the game of war between the army and navy, which be gins the latter part of August. PLAN TO END MINERS' STRIKE Rev. Curran Will Lay Proposition Be fere Railroad Presidents. Wllkeslnrre, Pa., July 15. Rev. J. J. Curran, of this city, who claims to have a plan by which the mlnva' strike can be settled, left town vetaer day afternoon. It is said hl des'ina tlon was Philadelphia. Rumor has it that he will first beek an Interview With President Bear and then go on to New York to see the presidents of the Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson and Erie companies. The local oper ators Fay that no plan Rev. Curran can propose at this late day will be enter tained by the operators, and that If ho went to Philadelphia and New Y'ork In the liopo that he can interest the piesi dents of the big coal companies his mission will be a fruitless one. Conference With Baer. Philadelphia. July 13. President Baer, of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, and Rev. Father Curran, of Wilkcsbarre, had a long conference yestenlay in President Baer's office at the Rending Terminal In reference to the an.. .radio oul minors' strike. The cl ..ytiian from Wllk"sl.arre tried to havi the Reading Coal and Iron Company take the ini tiative and bring about a settlement of the strike. Most of the time of the conference was occupied by the priest In telling Mr. Baer the condition of affairs in the coal region, and it is said that Mr. Baer declined to take any step in effoctingascttleinent of the trouble except what the miners al ready know about. Sword For Major Waller. Norfolk, Va., July 13. The presen tation of a sword to Major L. T. Wal ler, of the Marine Corps, by the citi zens of Norfolk, his native home, in the Academy of Music last night, was marked In Its simplicity. Mayor Rid dick Introduced Hon. Alfred P. Thom as, who made the presentation speech, and Major Waller replied feelingly. Several hundred people were in tho audience, while on the stage were Ad miral Cotton, Captain Thomas, Pay masters Gait, Phillips and Woods, Lieutenants Stickney and Snyder, of the navy; Captain Keeling and Lieu tenants Keville and Toms, of the Nor folk Light Artillery Blues. Fatal Fight With Knives. Philadelphia, July 15. In a fight with knives yesterday afternoon, Mar tin Schrelber, aged 22 years, was killed almost instantly by his antag onist, Edward Duffy, 19 years of age. The men, with several woman, had been drinking at a house at 1226 Wal lace street. A dispute arose between the men over the ability of Schrelber to cook a piece of meat, which result ed In both men seizing knives and fighting until Schrelber dropped to the floor with a wound in his heart. The proprietress of the house and two other female Inmates were also locked up along with Duffy. General Chaffee Relieved. Washington, July 15. General Chaf fee has been relieved of command in the Philippines and ordered to the com mand of the department of the east, by an order issued yesterday by See.-etary Root BARGAINS! BARGAINS! tat Mf f Reductions ar;d Low Prices 19 every We expeeb our .ball Lipe of HOES nice i I j by July 20th, and we will soli those in stoilv n jcw Jiign unuiM noes it iu per cent oil. r, nave auout iu or u pairs ot liargam Klines lett tint we win cioso out at ouc a pair. Now in the time to hnv vour Window Svio... Wo just received a new lot of extra good vaiuo wlii we offer at 25e each. We also have a lot if Hand Rakes, Hay Rones. Pulleys. Forks. Shovels. .f ,11 kinds, Barn Door Track and Rollers, and all kindsof SHELF HARDWARE. Now is the time to buy your SUMMER DRESS GOODS All summer dress coods such as Lawns. India fiJ t f -JIU'I ens, Silk Ginghams, Etc., Etc., will be sold at adt-l count of 20 per cent, of former prices. A nunilinr J Hammocks, Lp Spreads and a few more Ely Nets! at cost. Wo just purchased a nice lot ot I Dress Pants at - $2, $2.25 & $j A few hundred yards of Appleton A Muslin in Kei. nants at 4A cts. per yard. This is a regular Co gnujji Gelnett Bros., Middieimrgii, p. . Porfoot IooOroom Powder It Instantly ready for u, requiring; only the addition of one quart of cohf rhilt , half milk ami hulf cream, or all cream, to ra ike two quarts of as line Ice Cream any confectioner enn make. Klavnra for tee Cream are Raspberry, Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolato and Pllh (nnlmvoreil to be ueil witli fresli runs or in intklnK up fancy cream, ) Perfect Witter Ice l'owdrr require only the addition of one quart of cold wain to make tw oqimrts of Wutcr Ice or Hlieruert. Flavors for Water Ice are Lemon and OraiiKe. Send 20c and we will nnil you a nackairo of any of the ahora flavor, with our booklet, full of valuable receipt for making alt kinds Jof l'lain and K.inn i reams and Ices. i-S-3iu. O. J. WF.KliS A- C O.. HI Hurray 81., New York t'ltr.ll A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Wednesday, July 9. Tho men-nry reached 103 degrees at Metropolis, 111., yesterday. Philip Joseph Kitzalan-Howard, Karl of Arundel ami Surrey, died In London yesterday. The fifth annual eonventlnn ot the Luther League of America opened last vcnliiK at St. l'aul, Minn. In a linht at a church In Janold'a Val ley. V. Va., t'eter Hendricks was killed anil several others fatally Injured. The tishlnj; smack W. Young was wrecked yestenlay ten miles below At lantic City. Tho crew was taken oft. The treasury department has begun active preparations to erect the 1!50 public buildings throughout the coun try authorized by the late congress. Thursday, July 10. Simon Freeman, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., committed suicide by jumping from a brldgo into the Susquehanna river. A mast 170 feet high, for the wireless telegraph station at the Annapolis Naval Academy, was placed In position yesterday. Corporal Samuel Boyd, formerly or derly to Admiral Dewey on the Olym pia at the battle of Manila Bay, was killed by a train at Magruder, Md. J. C. Bentoyer, a ranchman of Car bon county, Montana, was given a pat ent for a flying machine yesterday. He has challenged Santos-Dumont for a race. Friday, July 11. The June receipts of the GO largest postofllces In the United States show an Increase of $572,822, or 14 per cent The Glass Bottle Blowers' Associa tion of the United States and Canada donated $5,000 to the striking anthra cite miners. Edwin Gallagher, of Scranton, Pa., was killed yesterday afternoon by fall ing down an elevator shaft in the Tribune building. Professor Charles W. Eliot, of Har vard College, was elected president of the National Educational Association at their convention at Minneapolis, Minn. Saturday, July 12. The first rain storm since last Oc tober occurred at Albuquerque, N. M., yesterday. A Vienna dispatch says the Sultan is considering the suppression of all American missions in Turkey. Postmaster General Payne left Washington yesterday for his home in Wisconsin to spend the summer. Ex-President Juan Jlmlnez, ot San Domingo, who was recently dJ from that country, arrived I: York yesterday. The Mine Workers Union r.'. bama coal operators ycster.iayi on a scale of 55 cents for rsicfc: uniform pay for laborers. Monday, July 14, One hundred anil fifteen liner ' left Bermuda Saturday for X wj General Thomas J. Morgan & torday at his homo at Yunliffs,!! aged G2 years. While cleaning a target rifle a day, Brent Yates, a business nf Hiawatha. Kan., killed hinwll A mass meeting of Cathoiics -l at Grand Rapids. Mich., Y.i,i 1 1 protest ngainst forcing the frinl of the Philippines. l'".: !s green used too freely o:l tc..i patch nearly caused the d-1 ?'is. Thomas Scott, her two da A and a son, at Mt. Carmel, Pa., tS-' ing eaten some of the tubers. Tuesday, July 15. The national meeting of staid examiners will be held at i Mich., July 29. Many families are rendered I less at Argentine, Kan., by the If the Missouri river. A Paris dlspat'h says that II gamblers committed suicide at I Carlo during the past few day The battleships Kearsarge.i and Massachusetts, which hs'il laid up for repairs at the N'e'l navy yard for some time, pull today. It Is expected that Minister not leave Washington for his In China for some time, as I minister, Liang Cheng Tung. take up his duties until August GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia. Pa.. July " was eeadv: winter sunerfine. 2.10: Pennsylvania roller, cl wis.ob; cuy nuns, extra, Kye flour was quiet, at $3.2s0 hnrrAl WhoAt wna atendv; Punnavlvftnln rail 7QS.e Coi firm; No. 2 yellow,' local, 'im quiet; No. 2 w.-Ue, clipped, lnutai ffpnrlafl ' Qr Via V WAS V No. 1 timothy sold at $16914 large bales, l'.eef was Bteau.'-i hams, I21&i21.Ei). Pork was i II v 91lB !)1 Kll T in nnultrf R 13c. for hens, and at 9ft old roosters; spring chickens,; Twnn i n..ii..., u ot m AJiCDOCU JUUill DU1U tl choice fowls, and at He. n aa.iMnlV.M.MB T).. MSB flAfinV. 4 iwiiri 9. DuiiiT rrao dio "tj ery. 23c. Egge were teady; ly'J Potatoes were steady; Jerwl per Duicet, ,