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SUMMARY OF THE LATEST .NEWS.

Miss Kmtna vtljrshninr pns

young woman who »ome nsonl was inoculated by a Brooklyn phyi

to demohi

with tuberculosis germs to hi* consumption-cure theory.

Police Superintendent Ames. Ot Minneapolis, who was indicted in connection with the current municipal corruption exposure, is reported to have gone

abroad.

The fourteenth annual r Wholesale Saddlery V n at Geveland O. , Peter 'Filron v a raili killed in a collision

N. J.

Two persons lost their lives by the ipsizing of a yatht on Lake Erie. 4 *-a—-* "'estem grocer* has

:iation be-

;an at Geveland O. .

Peter ‘FiUomn railtoad engineer, w

- ' mr -Branchpc

TIE CORN CORNER 60ES TO PIECES Nrgftt •( Maaipalators Figured at About

S1.500.9M.

WAS A B1Q SLUMP IN JULY CORN. Profit Nat Near at Mack as They Eapected To Make, aa Ike Faroers by Ftaadtag tfee Market Farced aa Akrapt Had ta tke Corner- Tkt Skarts Settle tad tke CUgae Mey Have Sam Mlllloas at Baakela aa Ha ad.

Chicago (Special).—The John Gates corner in July com came t

abrupt end Tuesday when it became known that shorts to the extent of mil-

lions of bushels had effected settlements with Harris. Gates

and that the deal was at an end \n far

as the steel magnate was concerned.

TW July price responded to the «t- ll ec ior of" cittonu"Suiutahanr tlemen: by a quick drop of 15 3-4 cents. York Jnd Mir prised that of from 81 cents to 65 1-4 cents. Later it dfc ] ir j n g jhju he wanted to

recovered a fraction and closed at 65 1-a cents, substantially the price ol the

cash article. '

Just how many bushels were subject to" private settlement will probably never be known, nor is there much chance that the identity of all those .who contributed liberally to the fortunes of Mr. Gates and the friends associated with him in the deal will ever be

positively known.

To form an estimate of the apparent profit bv the deal would necessitate a knowledge of the average price at which the property was bought. This catv never be known unless, some time later. . Mr. Gates chooses to divulge it. It .is estimated by close observers of the ction that Mr. Gates' profit will

:ce£d Si.500.000. This

ling died from, it 1-akc Hopto-

the 1 mths

ago

rsicun

lemohstratc

0 . 1 ' | capsizing of a ySbkt on private | ^ combination of Wes & Co.. | been formed in CWcagi

Chicago. i I P»n of the Boers e filled by fire damp fieId to the end ^ ^

1 wo men were

near Marietta. Ohio.

Mr. Harry T. Walters called on Col- ‘ of Customs Stranahan, in New and surprised that official by declaring that he wanted to pay full duty on the Massarante collection, which amounts to about $90,000. Garfield Poter. leader of a band of outlaw* in Wise county. Va.. was killed by a bullet from his own pistol, which dropped from his b<lt. causing the dis-

charge.

A cloudburst at Thatcher. Ind., washed away nine buildings and caused a loss of $25,000. Residents of the town barely had time to escape with their

lives.

The United States training ship Mohican arrived at Dutch Harbor, having encountered head winds and been driven out of her course on her way to.

Honolulu.

P. W. Lefiler, of Chicago, invented scheme -to substitute electro-m;

BITTER FEEUNS IN SOUTH AFRICA II Is Dmibtfgl WbrtLcr Trooble is Finally

Settled.

MANY’ DIFFICULTIES, FOR BRITISH. Majority •( tke Been Skew as DtspesJtJoa ts Abandoa Tbelr NatleMtlly-Som at Thaw Advecala Opealoy el Dalck Sckeels t ( Keep It Alive—Tka Transvaal aad Fit*

Suit Celera Still Freely Were.

Pretoria (By Cable).—The settlement of the annexed territories is not being accomplished without considerabU friction. This is especially noticeable in the bitter hatred and pesecution on

in the

and pesecuti s who stayed

» the end of the arar again

Boer* who served as British scouts. It is said that some of these tiationai

scouts have been shot or beaten.

So intense is the feeling that many ol the burghers who fought consistently to the end distinguish themselves from ■' who surrendered during the wat

The Trans

itch who did not take an

active part in the war. Many of the burghers declare they were induced to agree to surrender by the false representations of their leaders, who painted

the terms too rosily.

Discordant elements are numerous, and any attempt to place the burghers who surrendered during the war in‘authority over thole who fought throughwill conceivably result in a renewal

-it.'. —:—oj t he

of hostilities. The majority o Boers have apparently in no way doned their nationality, and *01 them preach the advisability of

I*© SSE&aH.

! lacking those who doubt if the doc

n0 i , i S^oco. ' rhi * * m ® unt j fir X' troU^^s'S^tSTprMulsi'on! Xm'L^di X'°

at one time promised I n j^ [

a s!

, ,v,nt nil'll t , -

Chaff,, «d,red / baffJ.on J

of infantry to the Island of Mindanao.

~ . 1 aiuiuKs iwsc received

The corner ** —* * 1 -

many more m ' farmers whose 1

--’trucks of nearly every railr03 Chicago are held responsib..

‘ comparatively disappointing ending

thccomcT. The striking freight handlers and th -rtj,, 5oh.an.al Iron, . riil d cooi^oie. io Chiaso hav, oo,

•v,7£;. c ¥s.“r > w ,1 h^'h r , , s!

fo,aa,U,.,,on’~,h 3 _.Th,^i;™S/^_ ^

was really the South African

aituation^unUl 'ti J^ricAf "july* got 'up ! Vardem who eloped from 1 Crowninshield. and ^the^ United^ States in the Tos, and when n finally reached AS^i^s'rf'i'whom’S | n^’he^^ir^h^faSr

' lr * s atTested on the charge of , sland j n g j nt0 t ( K harbor leading the

meed of ] ,he P or, chr — 1 ' rt -

to Mrs struck an obstruct who was the] Punched in her

Sewing Machine; compartments filled with water: the

Company. ; crew were piped to collision quarters •- • '- • ! and the watertight doors were closed.

not lacking those who >1 unient signed May 31 final settlement of the

trouble.

Mishaps Baltlesblp llllaols

Christiana Norway (By Cable).— erms, and many of the I The Unitecf States battleship Illinois, s refused to haul, goods ^ fljgjhip of Rear Admiral Artnt S.

I Crowniz

90 cents the Chicago ’ aged with cash corn.

For a while :hp Harris-Gati

arket cleaned

ests kept the market cleaned up. tar ti cs a .

rai. Worn? ' PP j5 lf '" E 1 pISSTlim vK"

if the Singe

port, sett thk deal.

c™,

KINO ON BOARD YACHT.

At a meeting of soft coal operators in N'ew York.it was decided to hold their

: the threatened

tptly, hut The ship

a hole was Two small

UVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

L*M by IMI DroBfkL

It is now practicable to determine the effect of the drouth of >901 upon the cx-

por: trade of 1903.

Preliminary figures on the export* of breadstuff* and provisions jtm completed show abont 97 per cent of the total exports, and a reasonably accurate measurement of the exportation of articles affected by the drouth of la

can now be made. The exports of quantities an

and cornmral. oats and oatmi flour and other breadttuffa. als tie. ft

he Baadlls Moeatcd H petrel la Ike Raviaes tl

last year he table* show the and value of corn

_nd oatmeal, wheat

' and other breadstuff*, also live catfresh beef and other beef products, well as other provisioni. ahe most marked reduction i* in corn, the exportation of which at the principal port* amounts to 26,000.000 bu»hel* in the fiscal year ended June v>, >902. against 176.000.000 at the nmf* ports the preceding year, the value for 1902 being $16,000,000. against $82,000,000 the preceding year, a reduction of $66,000,000. The complete figure* probably will show the total exports at about 27.000.000 bushels against 181,000.000 in

the preceding year.

Exportations of cornnseal have also fallep lrom .$2,000,000 in 1901 to $1.000.000 in 1902. making-the toial reduction in corn export* in round term*, as shown by the preliminary figures. $67.000.000. Compared whh the fiscal year 1900. the reduction is still greater; the corn exports of the fiscal year 1900 were the largest in the history of American export trade, amounting to 313.t23.412 bushels, while for the year just ended, the complete figures will amount^10

about 27,000,000 bushels.

Oil iTWl teTwarahlpa. / [

Oil may be adopted for coal fuel for I ! hf ™ away their naval vessels as a result of successful j jewelry among the experiment* made at the Washington i bers searched them. Navy Y’ard. \' ! tourists among the Rear Admiral George W. Melville, j while it is not know

MASKED ROBBERS HELD UP TRAIN Engiae«r Ordered to Stop at Muzzle of

a Revolver.

BANDITS DYNAMITED TWO SAFES.

Horses sod Dlstp1 the! Lead lata Her-

The Sheriff al Sallda aad Sber IKsat Adjolalaf Caaafles aad a Dozen

Posses Are la Parsalf.

Sar P

Salida. Col. (Special).—A report was deceived here shortly before noon

effect that the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge passenger .train, which

left here during the night, was held and robbed by several men 1 gents west of Marshall Pas*. The robbery occurred at 8.50 o'clock

at Chester, Col.. 250 mile* west of Dcna

ver. The engineer was compellei point of a revolver to stop the t masked men, who had climbed o

any

T

Two safes >wn open if the Rio

iny that the rol ly plunder from

compelled t line up along

The passengi

alight from the cars and line up alongside the'tracks in the canyon, and they

re relieved of all their

passengers itches and

aluables. Many of the

ks lx Thci

i’. watches before the

Rear Admiral George W. Melville, i "fjile it is not know Engineer-in*Chiel of the Navy, believe* j robbers secured, it is that in time a large number of the j losses were heavy,

smaller ships will be using it. and even- ; The train was the westbound narrow tuaUjrcoal will pass out of general use gauge passenger. The cars, as usual at in ‘.he nary. Besides generating a | this season, were all filled. There were quicker fie and giving greater heat, it ; four robbers. The scene of the robbery is said it permits vessels to mainuin a is in a wild, mountainous country at the —' J — ' ’' shall Pass on the west slop*

uderably the cost of fuel. ’I The bandit* mounted horses and disfar but little headway has been j appeared in the ravines that lead into le by the merchant marine with its >i ar .o, a ll p**. The sheriff at Salida and but the few s-essels experimenting ! , h , riffs of ad j oining cc> .. n ,: M and a

le het 'chant

vessels experimenting J jj, er j

with it have found that oil is superior to j < j 07r] co*l in_ many respects, including less 1 tight in proponion to the number of j lies the ship steams. A special board 1

11 go to the r ’ " '

ipect a tank

idjoining eo'intici are in pursuit.

«l MILES IN m MINUTES.

miles the ship steams. A special board

* n L?° ,0 . th _V DeUwarc , Brt ? k .u*‘»A nd I Recart Madeb) tke Twentieth Century

Breakwater an

t_ a tank steamer from the Beaumont. Texas, oil fields, which use* oil. It is onv of teie first ships to be fitted jstiv^ on tflRafAtlantic. The success of this fu^/will mean much to traffic

ismouth (By Cable).—Tho iroyal -

ig Ei

'arrived here shortly bef<

Port!

train from London, with Kinj

aboard.

.o'clock p. in. The 1 of the pier, which

p t£

train to the royal yacht

j»

present' stock pending th frouble with the miners. V. M. Crews, of Buckinf

Held Officers at Bay.

j i^r. tc:

P , ' . Zimmerman, his brother-in-law. | was,arrested on suspicion of murdering toward T h t strike of the boilermakers on the ; John Anderson, a journeyman, in his ,1, teta, fflCMcw ,nd Sonff..,i m , R«n,«'l|, hop . who ff;,dj, n ,^i, omwh „ i ,b,tram ran to the end >y*tem was settled by compromise | |icvcd to be strjehnine poisoning.

“ t '“" 1 T >i.. i

nova! of His Majesty from the religious mama gave away nearly all ^ Dvalstedt ' 5 arre .. « a , i stuvd by the royal yacht Victoria and , h '» l»ndt for chantv. declared im , CoroneI Vn ana j yfif ^ (h ; L* safely accomplished by blue- >an 5 in rFT ,c f W ' tak ; dead man's stomach having shown that* jackets, and the King's couch was plac- , ,0 t “* “*‘ ota > ^ ie ; . he had swallowed a large

was safelv accomplished by blue- ' in Chicago^ and will be taken bac

yal salute at

all (he vessels dressed ship and manned yards or decks: The royal yacht steam-

irds or deeksr The royal . U off almost immediately for

and an ideal condition for a qujet cruise

Aatkorities Hihtloj Cholera.

Manila' (By Cable).—The epidemic of • cholera is in fall sway-in Pan

Jt- is now ragit

rovince. and

A bolt

t warrant Dvalstedt

took to the wood* and yas pursued by pokse. He resisted arrest, holding the osse at bay with two revolvers.

It of lightning shaved David Ful-

• victim sus- ! Mast N«< Scad Stakes la Hawaii

i Washington. July 14.—Among 1 published orders of the Division of

»,il] prevolh, i Ph'ffpn",- ’• whkh ronuta. . their apparent deter- Meffram showing that the protests of

ler's head in Richmond, the taining no other injuries.

Partita.

The bitter feeling still

E the Boers

Icter- ' •'iegram snowing

their nationality, I the people of Hi

ation of many of them [ Donation of snakei

'anagsinan. that they were induced to surrender by ' Jri’tn the Philippines ing jn 18 towns in that ' false^eepmwitations of Oieir leaders. ; The calegram follows: iZ. ZiZ&t SO °’ b . Afr "*j Ck.»„ Mw «•

among the Boers, their a mination to keep up the and. the declaration of r

province, and the number of deaths is , inm me irouoie in ooum .nmea "T. * ^7 beab.lr *mhormes havejimited the kinds the Gersnan Navy Department^tams ' J" d m H a writ ‘ nakc * ,0 ,he xfoRBIN'**

luean eat. The

f food they_can eat. The strictest q«—

ids 'hr « ir- . m a

t issu*

rrman and American artillery, and

___ i animals and sr

ison of '5»'tar>v* nd H * w,ii -

tillery. and l\

natives-to travel unless provided with ! Fhe merchants in .South Africa a/e: Hazleton, Pa. (Special). — Unknown passports. Trade all through the prov- atji low ^ the A^i- , pcrson , a t t o'clock a. m. raided the

j man at Upper Lehij(h. and after Rating

and his wife out of bed al-

burn the house. During le stove upset and all the destroyed. Neighbors

Consol to Make Peace. Englaz.—

Panama (By Cable)—M^ Gudgcr, ‘ Tbe -American Gu'na Development I Hussraan at

c™™i. W.; W,«, ,bf j £S, ',? h 3«!

to interview the sr.jurgent chiefs and _ tr steamer on the Luge River Russia. ’ led away by the marauders and is still

ascertam the probability of a compro- t0 sink . and # WC re drowned. true 01 the present uprising. He was Tremendous explosions have occurn • also instructed to obtain information for at lhc Waimxnger geyser ai Rototn

the American Government in regard to Zealand

Panama canal matters. . . * Mr. A. J. Balfour., the hew Briti.

. premier, made an address to his follow- , ers. m which he announced the resig1! c:. -

Mors KlBrt la Hter.

Johnstown. Pa. I Special).—A blast of . nation

MUpa: ol IIk Cawpoalte.

Venice. Italy (By Cable).—The c

(detached bell tower) of

„hi,h be ,nbo«,«<l lb, ' Urk ,‘ Ch “ rtb - *

from the cabinet of Sir Michael j at 10.40 m. aad fell Beach, the chancellor of the ex- i B rc a. t ’J 110 P** 1 ** The cam-

1 high, colfell with u

drtail *

N©

s

are

4 is about seven CrCtk enUanee eff,

* Full 1 kord Sal' slrar y

MM ,^5"*“ UbOT ' km "' 1 “

no Doges are of Ihe royal

I injuring

re not obtainable at thjf time. , J^T * ' r ! quite s^e. but"

n a beach a Palace was damaged.

tketbook containing $7560 which an j . American had . dropped in the'water 1 To Reward Loyal Mem.

m vidtat of Soootroko. [' OTD » Coring the recent regattas, j Shamokin. Pa. (Special).-The PhilParis (By Cable).—fhe anniversary r“.'gST** rn0nf ' T WM r *'! adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron of the fall of the Bastile was snacked.by Rear Admiral Crowninohield's flag- | Company announced that a 10 per cent intense heal. At the grand military re- | 'hip. the battleship Illinois, owing to a 1 increase in wages would be paid in this view at Longrhamp three Generals the j faulty steering gear Iran aground while , region to employe* who had remained at Governor of Paris. 13 officers, joo' sol- ! emering the harbor at Christiana. Nor- ; work sinoe the strike suited. The diers aqd 300 spectators suffered from i w»»- and will have to be docked for re- ■ strikers aay this inertaoe is iti

j pa*T*- - ’ ' i p bait to li

Limited oa the Lake Store.

Chicago (Special).—Reeling off 4#!

, _ miles in 460 minutes, the "Twentieth

_ . where.The price Tf ToTl ' Century Limited." on the I^ke Shore is' double that asked on the Allan- j and Michigan Southern Road smashed tic Coast. | records for fast running on that system Buffalo Exposltloa Clalma and verified assertions made by the ofliT . .. , "I ciala that a 16-hour schedule could, if -J/3 1r ? a, " ry Department has per- neces ^ nu^ned between Chiected a plan to pay the c|aims against rago and x , w y orV The !rain 5 «"i menC *r m ,>0! ,0n ^ 0rnpan -', miles west of Buffalo, 'was two hours B “? ,k> »“«. o' * h ' Appropriation of twenty-eight minute, behind it. $5«>.ooo made in the General Deficiency ^ then was that jhe tngi . n.-.jb, , r , ,b, w ,op~. i ,n°b,

E-fira, b-HF”:

sarrants are to be delivered through , ’ 3 «nd receipted for by John G. Milburn. j -r-v ' :

, 133.miles, was cpverei

d°' E '

he"presTdem d ou'h^Ex^iiriom’i^h"* j

ng a bond will be

iurn is anxiouf that every cent of the 1 shall go to the creditors of the

icago^ from

be Geological Survey, feas gone West! :o make a preliminary investigation of |

[Altem.

hydrographer , has got *”

limited by ordinances. Slowdown! } were also necessary for the 14 grade . railroad crossings in Chicago. Despite ! these delays the 101 miles were covered n i j in in minutes, and the tram, which was , I due in the city at 9-45 a. m.. arrived at I . the Grand Central Passenger Station

passed by the last ! makes it necessary j rrmine the location 1 extensive reservoirs, leering panics already

COFFIN NINE FEET LONG.

Lewis Wilkins. A Western Giaat. Dies- ia «

f Hospital la Chiceza

Chicago (Special).- -One of the giants irth has just died in the Pres-

♦500.000 ! ixpon'.ic

Next Step far Ifrifi

F. H. Newell, chief hyt

be Geological S

:o make a preliminai be irrigation problen

The irrigation Is •ession of Congrei

or a survey to determit jf the proposed exi

ind several engineering panics already lave been sent out to do preliminary A-ork. Mr. Newell will have general rapenision of the task. It is intended

bat the preliminary' work shall be

borough, and QD-thnrSccouht h i

zxpected that' the constructioi Jf the proposed reservoirs — 3 iertaken lor a year or two.

;11 expects to devote the entirratunmer 1 . - . . to work in the field. ] A . P 1 '" 1

Oleomarxsriae Tests.

. ri WilloiDS' great heigtu

ter"m ^'iMnnargerinc!°'Deuri[bd*’direct I the . ho ^j!jI r *c an,bu ‘ anct lw ?/' c d him lions are given for making tests to dis- I at t * ,c s, a* ,on - Fhr m*" cover coloring matter principally used i *'•* .*° U ' 1 'h 11 he could not lie on the in coloring eleomargenne. The circu- I regular stretcher, but was fore-- 1 *| gj

of the earth has just died in the ; byterian Hospiul in-the person of Lewis. ■ Wilkins, who was for several months

,ic !n ^ tr,y 1 afflicted with a tumor on the brain. He vdl be tut- was eigbt f«., two inches tall. When

wide as the ordinary coffin was con-

structed for the body.

in coloring cleomargerine. Tbe circu-| regular^stretchen but^was' forced to ^it

suits bv both tests alxive describe^ h 1 ’off’ U P heurath him.

may be safely concluded that it is free 1 A special bed had to-be constructed from artificial coloration. If it re- for him at the hospital. A ring that —onds to\(fither test, or if there is J ' »—•» —™ — - ^ , - : -

to the results obuine '

doubt as to the results obtained, the sample should be forwarded to this cf-

fice for analysis.''

Depository .1 Foklk Mncjs. In accordance with a provision of the Philippine-Civil Govenwnenr.Art the

— — . ^ A ring Wilkins had worn on a finger of his left hand it so large that a' silver balL dollar can be easily parsed through it

Ealire Family D

to deposit United Su

r

lure them back to work.

Wart Frotator Hart rt raanahstea. Oyster Bay., N Y. (Special).-The

“ 7:J —■ bt s in'

invited Gei. Leonard

Havana 1 Special!-The saoitary con-1 tradcd in .j^p p,

dh-ou m Havana ts fast becoming ohal ' American stocks, buying chieffy Atcbi-

Til**, L-li- 1^.5 ,k, IS'. ,, 1 «. cto™,

-id* zn the Treasurv-i.. „ - -. - Suies or to give any ether specific security for the safe keeping of public money "until the further direction of ihe Secretary ol War.”

Postmasters Grsatrt Leave.

The Postmaster-General has issued an order granting 10 days' leave of absence to all postmasters in firwt-class offices in order to permit them to attend the cwtaontion of postmaster* to be held in Milwaukee August 26 to Au-

'. inclusive.

.gust 29, i

Bridgeton. N. J. (Special).—The persons who lost their lives oy the capsizing of a launch at Jones Inlet. U. L.

were A. B. Laznb Mr. I-amb was a

built T'

family

J-vofe 1

ship carpenter and was

lain ess. at Dividing Creek. He the launch in which he and his

Capital Nows ia (

Sen and boys are at _ cinity of Roek Creek for a ring President Roooevelt loot several > *^he government has changed method-o! their pfoerdure m tW e

lost their live*.

Tkrtt People Presses.

Topeka, Kan. (Special).—1 sa« river at this place is yet s inji. One of thr piers of t

railway bridge has given way and traffic over* the line has been abandoned. Three people were drowned near Silver Lake, their carriage- bow washed from a bridge. The. Santa Fe has,rest yet succeeded in fully repairing fhe damage

to the road at iiakeview.

Two Mao Lilies la RaJtrort Wreck. Peoria. 111. (Special).—Two men kifi-

1 1 cd. one fatally injured and te-rcra] jnore 1 1 or less seriously injured is the story of , j a wreck on the Toledo, Peoria and ; Western Railway. All the injured be- —. j longed to the construetjow crew except of Ma- Lepage and Meyers, who are traveling ‘salesmen. An extra engine and ca-

, boose were coming slowly towards Petite com I oria. having recenred word to took o« d hi* por- - for the construction train;.when the two

the vi-

WOE IN JOHNSTOWN.

Stocklai Coteolly la Canbrls Compaer.

■SmSw?

Jphnstown, Pa. (Special).—Jolir.s- 1 o«n ha* again been \ isiicd by an ap '•ailing disaster, only less frightful than (he awful flpod of May 31. 1889. Hundreds of homes are made cf^olate by a mine explosion which took

in the Cat

“j 1 ™!:

explosion which took place nbria Steel Onnpany Rolling

under Westmont Hill,

been k

Jusi how many have been killed it may lake several day* to determine, hut that •t is a long list is certain. It may reach »o. or even rise considerably above that

sumber.

It was nearly an hour after the cx piorion before any general knowledge of • hat had happened got abroad. Men * b '. ) came from the mines, escaping with

: new*, and all over the

2"

• hat

who (

their lives, told the trrri soon it spread like uildfii

city.

scenes,

and rrlati Hundred*

res'of home* there were pathetic Mnther*. wives, daughters, sons

frantic with grief

were frantic with gi

•hed to the t>omt and with

.ited news from the

nng hearts awaited newi mine that held their loved o . At the opening across the river from the Point the Cambria Iron Company police stood guard, permitting no one to. mter the mine, from which noxious ga'e* were pouring. It was nearly 4 p. m. when all hope of sending rescue panics from the Westopening was abandoned. Two men who had escaped from the mine—Richard Bennett and John Meyers —went back two mile* to see what assistance could lie rendered, but the firedump drove them back, and they fell prostrate when finally, after a desperate struggle. they readied the outside. Doctor* worked on the two men half an hour before they- were restored to consciousness. Their story of the situation in the mine made it clear that the rescue could not proceed from the Westmont opening. Then hasty preparations were made to begin that sad mission at the Mill Creek entrance. Soon after the news of the explosion reaebed the Cambria officials Mining taJM c. jfc-ir .n attempt to enter the mine. 1 hey were mllowed by Mine Sutwrintendcnt Geo T. Robinson, but the deadly gases stopped their progress end they were compelled to return to the surface. Mine Foreman Harry Rodgers, his assistant. ,Wm. Blanch, and Fire Bosses John Whitney. John Retaliick. and John Thomas were overcome by the gases, ind it is feared they perished in a heroic effort to rescue the miners. A son of Harry Rodgers then tried to reach his lather, hut he was quickly overcome by he deadly gas and was carried out unWilliam Stibich spent several hours tt the Mill Creek opening. He said that He believed as many as 450 men were Mill in the mine. In his opinion, from til he could glean, not more than 150 nen of the 600 had come out of the colOfficials of the Cambria Company say bat the explosion was caused bv fire

U S?'

The catastrophe occurred in the secection on the company's books is the ‘sixth welt of the south main headUg.’’ It n about a mile and a half rom the main entrance of the Rolling

Jutside of the "Klondike" section tl.o niners are safe and uninjured. Within be fatal limits of the section havoc was (rough! by the terrific explosion. 1 Solid walls of masonry three feet hrough were tom down as though terriers of paper. The roofs of the nine were demolished and not a door

•emains standing.

Johnstown. Pa. (Special).—In spite if conflicting reports as to the number if dead in the mine disaster, a careful rod complete compilation shows that •oS is the extent of the list of bodies

mtside the mine.

To this number future explorations of l ” — —'3— —— add a few. but

t cannot he many. Almost all the employe* who could lave been in the mine at the time of be explosion are accounted for. Few nquiries for missing have been presented tbe authorities or to the mine ■ftiricls,\nd this, better :i.an anything ;l*e. demonstrates' the impossibility 5f bodies still .remaining in the The mine officials say there is no use ttlempting to estimate the number of lead. They say they simply don't <now. They express the belief, howtver. that all. or almost all. are out of

he mine.

Swltara Rail real's AMIttoa.

Knoxville, Tcnn. (Special)—It is rep»ned that -the Southern Railway will "•gore the Ohio River and Charleston Railroad and will extend i( from Himtlale. N. C, to Marion. N. C.lto connect »ith the main line between-Asheville ind Salisbury- in order to have a coal •oad nearer it* Washington and Carr,jna branch end without the long haul •rom the Jellico district through Koox-

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ODES AND ENDS OF THE NEWA

still alive, and one

lent a raving maniac from his suf-

ings. were taken < own mine. The

led by

Fc-urti

>f them

erin|

niners

1 out of the Johnsdead. burned and

by the explosion number over

sentenced to ; ind a fine of $:

Rhodes Gay. a member of the Mis•oiiri Legislature, was shot and killed n a kiroet due! in Mexico, a Missouri

wa. was bound over to the grand jury i^be charge ^ murdering her husPoiice Captain John Fitchette, of dinnrapoli*. was convicted ol traffiekng in positions on the police force. A large iorce of revolutionists under Icncral Pcnalnxa is reported to be *t>.roarhing Puerto Cabdlo. Venezuela fhe United State* Government will ■end the gunboat Marietta to La Goa-