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ThaONLY LNMd Wlra tor
FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE
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TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
PASO, TEXAS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1907.
WORST SOFT COAL
MINING DISASTER
Many of the 400 Entombed Min-
ers Shall Escape Death In
West Virginia.
EXPLOSION AT 10 O’CLOCK
Occurred and at Uiat hour even the
latest of the .stnigsliug force is cus-
tomarily at work, according to mine
officials Boyon-l these figures the
company officials do not attempt to
give estimates. The general opinion
in tae town is that the number of
dead and imprisoned will reach 500.
FtnerH *sav It U ImniKtihl? that!A a‘w !**rsou3 i^Heve 'his number
nperi.S id) ll IS imptbSlOie inai wlll „ot>wk.(1. clatniinK that more
than half of the total force worked
during the day, while on the other
hand some think the number will
be smaller.
The most conservative estimate
places the number of victims at 300
or more.
380 Coffins Ordered
Fairmont. W. Va., Dec. 0.—At 10
o'clock the list of employes of mines
Nos. ti and 8 at Monongah had been
checked off. showing that 380 were
in the two mines when the explosion
occurred. Nine of these have been
brought to the surface dead aud five
e wiped through air shafts. The lat-
te five are in the miners' hospital
here, with serious injuries and in a
precarious condition.
It is reported here that the mine
owners have ordered 380 coffins
shipped to Mononagh as soon as pos-
sible.
Clarence W. Wlatson of Baltimore,
president of the mining company, was
at "Parkersburg. \V. Va., when the ex-
plosion occurred, and chartered a spe-
cial train to brtug him to the scene.
RESOLUTIONS FOR
RIYERSdiARBORS
Congress Representing Thirty-Se\en
States and Territories Embodies
Its Views In a Set of Resolu-
tions Urging Assistance.
$50,000,000 EACH YEAR
Rescued Injured Men Can Give Lit-
tle Encouragement as to the
Fate of their Unfortunate Com-
rades Still In Mine.
Above Sum Asked for Annually Un-
til the Improvements to Mater-
ways Have Been Made—Bond
Issue If Necessary.
DETAILS DISASTER-WORK RESCUE
WATERWAYS MUST SOLVE FUTURE
Monongah. \\ . Va.. Dec. fi.—That not
less than 400 miners were killed by
an explosion of black damp In mines
Nos. 6 and S of the Consolidated Coal
company at this place today is now
conceded by those who take the most
hopeful and most conservative view
of the disaster.
Of these victims six dead bodies
have been taken from mine No. 6 at
midnight, and 05 others were piled up
in the entry awaiting facilities for
bringing them to the surface.
From mine No. 8 at the same hour
fourteen bodies had been removed and
a number of others are ready to be
brought out as soon as arrangements
cau be completed. Five rescuing
parties, with ten men to each party,
are working like Trojans i» different
parts of the two mines to the end
that every nook and corner of the
workings may be reached In the short-
est time There is a large force of
experienced miners for this work, and
they are working in relays with sliurt,
turns on account of the accumulation
of gas which prevents the men from
remaining long in the mine.
President Oscar Murray and other
officials of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road were in New Martinsburg, W.
Va., 85 miles from here, on an inspec-
tion trip When they heard of the dis-
aster. They immediately ordered their
special train run to Monongah. arriving
there tonight. President Murray uikjii
Ills arrival conferred with the officers
of the mining company and offered,
on behalf of himself and the company,
any assistance that it was possible to
render.
Clarence W. Watson ot Baltimore,
president of the Consolidated Coal
company, was at Frostbuvg. Md. (not
at Parkersburg as first reported i, and
immediately chartered a special train
to bring hint here After conferring
with the mines superintendent he said
there was no doubt that +00 lives had
been lost
Monongah, W. Va.. Dec ti.—'Three
charred bo lies lying in tae improvis-
ed morgue, four badly injured men
ami -I',.; men imprisoned by tons of
coal, rock and mine lebris in the
depths of the hills surrounding tills
mining town, with the chances all
against a si.igle one of them being
alive, is the most accurate summary
obtainable tonight of the results of
a mine explosion today which in all
probability was attended by greater
loss of life than any in the history
of the bituminous coat mining indus-
try of America.
The explosion occurred shortly after
lo o'clock today, after the full force
of 500 men had gone to work in the
two mine- affected. These min - are
numbers f, and 8 of til,- Consolidated
Coal company, located on opposite
sides of the west fork o, the river,
at this place, hut merged in their
underground workings by a heading
and on the surface by a great steel
tipple am! bridge.
The finding of the three bodies and
the four dying men is the only re-
ward for strenuous and uninterrupt-
ed work on the part of the large
rescuing forces that immediately set
to work at every iiossihle point.
The three living men. while unable
to give any detailed report of the
disaster, state that immediately back
of them when they liegan their fran-
tic struggle for liberty there was a
large number of men engaged in a
similar struggle, while still further
back in the workings there was a
larger number of whom they know
nothing.
It is the opinion of the mine offi-
cials aud others familiar with mining
that these seven men had not pene-
trated tilt mine as far as had the
majority of the day shift when the
explosion occurred and that they bead-
ed for and reached the main entrance
before the heavy cave in that now
blockades the entrance more than a
few hundred feet beyond the main
opening of mine No. t;.
As to the miners referred to by the
rescued men as having been alive
when last seen, it is believed that
they were caught back of a heavy_
rave-lu and could not have survived’
wore than u few minutes in the deadly
gases with which the entn filled as
soon its the ventilating system wa.
Interrupted. There is more hope for j
those in more remote sections of the '
mine, as they may have reached
workings where fresh ait -Is supplied
by other openings, But at best only
the most slender hope is entertained
for the survival of any one of tin-
men in the mine until the debris can
be cleared away and communications
with t.h** outside re-established. The
mines regularly employ l „,*i men, | wa. and
working in two shifts. .W« during the] helpless at those points (or ,„tt sf
dav and during the night and]each entrant-.- .hot- > -am.it.g vol-
he ItCst information obtainable at j un;,* of jvrixonoits ga.-,-- wnich no hu-
this time that the entire da;, force , man lH-ing can fact* tor move Umii a
had gone to wotk this morning and j p.*- mjn„tf-s a time
that all were caught, ft was shortly]..............,......... .........
a fie; lo i clock » lion tb xpiosion i (Continued ;m Third I-ago I
Investigate the Cause.
Wheeling, IV. Va.. Dec. fi.—Governor
Dawson of West Virginia who is in
Washington attending the Rivers and
Harbors congress, left for Charles-
town tonight and announced that he
would at once institute a rigid investi-
gation into the cause of the disaster.
Cause of Disaster.
There is much speculation as to
the cause of the explosion, but the
most generally accepted theory Is that
it resulted trom black damp, scientifi-
cally known as methane. It is believ-
ed that a miner attempted to set off
a blast, which set off' and ignited an
accumulation of this deadly gas and
that, this in turn ignited the coal dust,
a highly inflammable substance found
in greater or less quantities In all
West. Virginia mines. However, all
explanation of the cause up to this
time are necessarily speculative. Only
a thorough investigation after the
mine .is re-opened will disclose the
cause, if it is ever ascertained.
The explosion affected both mines,
and so far as now known appears to
have done about as much damage la
one ns in the other. It has tud been
established in which mine It origin-
ated, Evidencing the terrific force
of the concussion, props in the entry
of No. fi mine, supporting the loot,
were not only shattered and torn
from their positions, but. were blown
out of the entry and to the opposite
side of the river. Other evidence of
the awful for e is shown in every sec-
tion of the mines that has been reach-
ed by the rescuers. Huge (inutilities
of coal and lock have been lessened
and hurled into every opening and ail
of t be underground structure is
wrecked beyond semblance of ns
original shape.
The entry of No. ti mine, dob feet
from the mouth, is piled high with
wreckage (if two strings of cars and
t.\vo ('lecliic motors. Some of the res
cue is have climbed over this and
found dead hodjes beyond, but have
made no attempt to remove they to
the surface, partly because it would
be almost impossible to carry the
bodies over the debris, hut more par-
ticularly because they do not want to
lose anv time in reaching other sec-
tions of the mine where it is possible
men still Hying may he entombed. The
cars are being righted as fas; as possi-
ble and '"removed from the entry, to-
gether with all other obstruction;.
All of the headings leading on* of
the mine entrance are being cut off if,
canvas and barricaded as -fast as tbev
are reached bv the relief workers, si
that the innermost workings ot the
mine may !>«• given the benefit of the
ventilating . ■ stem to sustain any 'ha;
may lie yet. living and to make pos.-i-
!>!• an early exploration of these'
workings
The American miners of the t>wn
have been traced in charge of the re-
lief work, but the Italian and other
foreigners, are working under them
most faithfully. It is impossible tor
a man to remain long in the depths of
the mine, and the rescue forces ate
divided to work in relays. Many dif-
ferent relief parties have aready be-
come exhausted and been sent to the
stit face..
The Owners.
The mines are owned and operated
by the Consolidated Coal company of
Baltimore. The general offices are
located in Baltimore and th<- opera-
tive offices in Fairmont. W. Va. The
company is said to be one of the
largest operating in the bituminous
coal industry of America. It is cap-
italized at $20.000,000, and has in
operation TOO producing plants, flay,
enee W Watson of Baltimore, is pres-
ident
Monangah is a mining town in Ma-
rion count . We Virginia, about six
miles southwest of Fairmont H lias
a population of about fi/ton most of
whom arc foreigners.
Mines C and 8 are located on oppo-
site sides i the Wes: Fork river
number 0 on the ea t side and num-
ber 8 on the west side, the houses nf
the miners occupying bold sides ot the
liver. "'i si, sMRiiit-Kjs, a:i'j
Along the hills fa- back from tlie j approptiatioin, annual)>
main opening of mine No 8 there are
a number of opening into the mine,
and to these hundreds of relatives and
friend* of the entombed men f-i-itl-
eally rushed In the vain hope that
there their loved ones might find es-
cape through these chatim b that.
Washington. D (.'.. Dec. fi I.
Hamilton Moore of Philadelphia, chair-
man of the committee on resolutions,
presented the platform of the associa-
tion as tb.e unanimous sentiment of
36 states, and he said that the com-
mittee requested the approval of the
report in the hope that it would re-
ceive special consideration of the cun
press. The reportipf the committee
follows:
After a year's consideration of the
aims and purposes of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress as ex-
pressed In resolutions adopted by that
body in lht/6. the American people
have given them emphatic endorse-
ment by sending to this convention,
assembled at the national capital De-
cember 5 and 6, 1907. nearly f'.non dele-
gates front 37 states and territories,
representing the commercial and
manufacturing, producing and consum-
ing interests of the country, and these
delegates are tmaiiitnoush' of the be-
lief:
First—That profitable a nr success- .
ful commerce is absolutely dependent
upon economical transportation of,
commodities, and that the importance
of transportation will increase with j
the growth of population and the de-
velopment ot' the nation'3 resources.
Second—Thu', the railroads of the
Fnitod States are now unable to bun
die the business offered them and
IliUCh loss results from the congested
condition'd! traffic ; that according to
high raiiro’ad: authority the business
has Increased over 1 "f> per cent with-
in 10 years, while the facilities for
handling it by rati- have been increased
only about 3,, percent; ami as the rail
roads cannot' be expected in the near
future to increase their facilities suf-
ficiently to relieve the situation, oth-
er means of transportation should be
provided at once.
Third—That transportation of heavy
commodities by water on all rivers
and inland waterway a is much cheap-
er and usually quicker .than by rilil;
that no country in the world lias been
so blessed by nature with water
courses as our own, and that if prop-
erly improved and connected by ca-
nals, they will furnish a convenient
means of shipping enormous volumes
of freight, thereby relieving the con-
gestion on the railroads and I'tiniish-
Cheap and safe transportation for
the benefit of producer aud con-
sumer.
Fourth—That the time has come
when the policy of the federal govern-
ment toward waterways, over which
it rightly has supreme control, should
be more liberal, persistent and con-
tinuous than heretofore; that as a
result. Of intermittent action merito-
rious works of importance begun many
.rears ago are still far from comple-
tion; that-. appropriations for rivers,
waterways and harbors have been
made at ’Intervals of three years In-
stead pf annually; that tor the past
10 years they have averaged only
about $32.000.0n0 a year, or h-t-s than
,'i per cent of the average annual ex-
penditures ; of the-" government, arid
that enough money should be appro-
priated each year for at, least tin; next
lo years properly to improve the va
treatment of the subject in hie recent
message to Congress
Fifth-—That we ask congress to
view the river waterways ami harbors
appropriations, no: us the appropria-
tion of money for the current ex-
penses of government, but as an in-
vestment in permanent improvements,
bound to pay increasing dividends
from year to year View ing these ap-
propriations in this light, congress is
fully warranted in authorizing an an-
nual expenditure beginning at the
present session of not less than one
tenth of the amount of money requir-
ed for all the various rivers, water-
ways, and harbor improvements al-
ready planned ami approved bv the
engineers in charge or hereafter plan-
ned and approved, in order that the
work may he carried to speedy com-
pletion, such appropriations to he not
less than $50,000,ei"i annually, and
congress is further warranted in-
authorizing the expenditure of tile
money as needed and !n providing for
the same, if in excess of funds avail
able by a bond Issue similar in char-
acter to that fin- the building of the
Panama canal, whereby part of the
cost of these vast improvements will
be spread over a succession of years
and borne bv all who share the.'bene-
fit*."
The report was adopted without
discussion. The. committee on numlna
tlons presented to the congress a
report recommending the election of
the following officers and member*
of trie hoard of directors of (he con-
gress :
President, Joseph K Ransdell.
Louisiana
Secretory-treasurer. ,1 T. Ellison,
Cincinnati.
Directors Pacific coast district N.
G. Blalock, Walla Walla, Washing-
ton; A. H Devers. Portland. Oregon; \
(I corgi (•
EXCITEMENT OVER
COMINGOF TROOPS
.Miner;; Hate So Far Committed No
Uniohard Acts—Bill Hot Heads
Are Threatening What
May Do.
THE SHERIFF'S ATTITUDE
Injails Disappeared and Troops
Distasteful lo his Men—Asserted
He Is Too Friendly With the
Union Men.
HAYWOOD IS BLAMED BV (IWNLRS
Gull!lit*111, Nev . Dim* ti There is in-
tense lift! suppressed excitement In
Goldfield tonight over the expected ar-
rival ot the t'nited Stales troops in
the gold camp tomorrow morning It
is the one topic of conversation.
Minors' union hall was tilled all dav
and tonight the Kitiewalks and street..
A letter from Secretary Cortelyon
was read ex prettying regret That he
(Continued on Dag**. 2.)
in front are being thronged. There
Pardee, Oakland. Call for* i has been no demons! ration worthy ot
niri; also 11 rectors I root other sections Intention, though some excitement he
oi the l uited States (been created l»\ hot heads,” who tally
juf what they will do-when the troops
come.
Tin* report that troops would be
ordered to the ramp evidently was re-
garded hv tlir mineis a a bluff.''
intended to intimidate them, and they
have cone* to a (valuation of tin*
real situation only within the last few
hours 'I‘hey seem disconcerted atul
nonplussed, ay events happened and
swept along loo last, for them. They
are certainly unprepared for the pres
» ui turn of affairs
President MeKRimui ol tie local
miners' union, a brother in law ol Will
tarn D Haywood, is In charge of the
mineis' campaign Vincent St John
has been in the hospital for several
j weeks as a result of'a gunshot w ound
{received in a due! between hitnscll and
anotlo r labor, leader
lawyers both sides satisfied L,“t (MBre'cimfitg"::; nr;;,
and the sheriff disappeared thin after-
noon and hit whereabouts arc tin
Boise, Idaho. Dec. 6The Jury 'kl,0WH H its conjectured hi* action
which will try the ease of (bKTrge
THE PETTIBONE JURY
COMPLETED FRIDAY
But Three Farmers In the Box-
One Student—Liveryman—Pros-
pector — Carpenter—Placer
Miner—Printer—Butcher.
j lias an important hearing on tin* pres
* eid situation, Ih-lore he left Hie slier
Peltihoiif* tor complicity in I he murder Iff */iid lm knew oi no trouble In Gold
of former Governor Frank Sfouuea held and that the call for tmops was
berg was completed and sworn in this DP* bead I he sheriff ?
... .... ... \tureen have alwass been compared bv
afternoon I lie pin is as follows: i, u . , ,
itni Mine Owners association as being
.1 11 Frazier. 25 years old. student. more than friendly to-tin* miners lie
F I. I'vans, jx years old. farmer. ‘is one of tin- owners of one of the
A A I illulHun. -!• years old, iin*r* largem saloons and gambling homes
/•Ji:int | in Goldfield. Inig'lv patronized by
VV A Palmer, lb y ears old; livery*, miners,
man I Dpsl spring during lhe strike loin
William Stahl. fib years old. pros- dreds. of striking miners wen* sworn
peelor
New ton (Mi per, off-years old. car-
penter
Joseph Singer. l\ years old, placer
miner
A. (’ Hoot ’>'1 years obi, printer.
Charles W’ilmot IT. years old, fanner.
Arthur Fst**>, !!S yearn old, farmer.
C JL Snmad, years old. lively.
man
.1 H. Garieciu, Pi years old, butcher.
Doth (’lapence Harrow of tip? defon.-vo I held
and James 11 Hawley for the proMceti- D is *
t loti (iVltfre/e. l(l unit .-fdixtl, ,1, tl-lll, lU,. tip* I’ fkll1l
in as deputies and armed It was
because ot the mistrust of flic sheriff
that the mine upeiainis appealed Lo
tin* governor direct I nder Sheriff
Hot tonight nearly all tin* county offi
ceis signed a |n"oteHt agabiMt troops
coining to Goldlieid and sent ii to t|i>•
governor
It in umb is• ood i»y the ndne opera
tors that tin* coming ol tin* troops
on ana a i»cruianc|if garrison at Gold
I'm' d i hi plan has i»e»*n mi
] GoldtieUl. He was taken U> the min
f ers' union hall to clear his record, but
I In- found no one identify him He
was permitted to go with a warning,
1 but later bo was assaulted.
Dynamiters made an effort yester-
day to wreck an electric power lint*
which furnished tin* light and power
to Goldfield A patrolman today dis-
covered tun Micks iff giant powder
scattered around three jades near the
place where the line crosses tin* rail
road track, rwo .miles from the city.
Holes were bored in two of the poles
and caps had been exploded, hut the
powder, being frozen, failed to ig-
nite
Tf oops on Way.
San Francisco, t’alif. Doc i; Five
companies cm sin* Twenty-second in
farury. stationed at Fort McDowell
in this city, amt four companies of
tin* same regimen* at Monterey were
despatched to Goldfield. Nov , today
bv tl rig. (bn Frederick Fttnston,
commanding tin depart mem of Cali
torn la. in compliance with orders re-
ceived from the war department late
last night.
The troops were ordered to the big
mining camp in Nevada by Fresiilent
Roosevelt in rcT-pnnse to an apj>eal
from Gov John sparks of Nevada,
who apprehends serious trouble as
a result of the . ';ik. of the miners
and an attempt to open the mines
with non-union labor \s Nevada has
no stat«* troops, Governor Sparks
called lor federal troops
About 150 men and it officers, un
der command ot Co) \|fn*d Reynolds,
lelt the Oakland Mole on a special
train of tour Pit limans and two bag
gage cars, shortly before noon today
Tin* Mon fore > contingent, con si.** t
tug of about ldn men under (’aj)tain
Curtis, left that cii> at T o’clock thi -
moming.
rite Son Francisco iioojrs w$»re de-
’ayi'd about I w:o hours near Davisvllle
, L»> 'lie wreck oi a freight train Gold
Held will he reached bv tin* troops
early tomorrow
It is said the Monterey troops- did
not leav<* s.o ramento until T o'clbek
tonight (iw lug to a storm in the
Sicnas wih* - communications wiih
Gobllicli i nn*agre 1» is reported
t hat good order jirevails
Blames Haywood, m Anticipation.
Loft Angeles, (‘alii* Dec t» \i i
Moiiueit ", pie*- idem ol the Do . An
geles Mining exeh.aiigi- lin'd one of
the big operators of (bddtiebl. in an
Interview ’today, laid flu* whole hhine*
of I In* sit tiaf i ni in Goldfield <>ii Will
lam I) Haywood Mi Moimeji** is
11 no' i *d as I id lo w •:
'All the j»re:,eii\ i I’ouide at Gold
field is due lo Mu- activity of W'illimit
i) Haywood eerdary frca*'.ur»*i of
tin* \\ csti'i u Federal ion of M iners It
is due gpb*Iy to fii.s influence that tbo
miner# infuse,! to accept checks on
tin Goldfield banks in part payment
ot theii wage# soiur* time ago, and at
a meeting of file miner.-, lie urged them
to nff list* these ohcek > I am at is fled
(hat 7.» pei cent oi the nuffn.bers of
(he union Were not in sympathy with
lilltl Ml tfiis (Move lull they seenud to
b<i ’ o .thoroughly iiinler control ot a
lew leader:; that they have been afraid
to take any action Many of these
ine'n are anxious to relnin to work
and. in niy opinion thciewill either iw
a ‘flit in tile union in (bddlield oi the
ojien sitoj) i fib* w ill pn vall In all of
tin* large mines there
"■The Ml lie t) wire l a iSocnit Kill i;
d' teitniiied iInn fi will no longer ah
mb to the arbitrary dictatibn of a |V\v
union agilHloi-K ‘
Governor En Route.
f at miii »‘by Nee. Dee ibive.n
or Sparks deparfod for Reno tills at
teinoon in a blinding -now torin. lb
i making ihr* iournev In an anionto
bib atul will meet <’ol. Allied Rev
md-Is. who is commanding flu* federal
W HITE HOUSE THIRD
TERM STATEMENT
ime.s ii ii.iv+iey mi (ne prosecn- •* *;■ i*"* ■ 11 * |n*mi e.- "•-» u mii i
•\pressed satisfaction with the der eonsid i at ion for several inOntlm ioi»p '"’'iml lot (ondnebl I In* gov
I m i
jury selected The del'emu* used hut and Dial a nUtnlMT of appllcatioic.
s(?ven peremptory chHllenges and .thft I -have heen made I > v tin* mine owners
state nine each side being allowed by j ihrogulmuf tin* state for ..m h action
law 'ten challenges, Six days were i by tin war department Hut little of
consumed in impanelling tin* jury and * be details .could he gathered hut it
eighty tab*:-ui'c'n were* examined. In i' nti.dei tood the post would'!/»
the Haywood trial it
than three weeks tr» obtain a jury, j be a regularly established military
TJb rm*n having been called Tbo ] pmR t h« statement in rriad* that tie
opening nta lumrlil for the at Ate v.'illjf"' f will have to he ••rlalib-lied in a
he made Monda; morning by j h j few months and that troop a Are being
Hawley, and tin* faking of evidence i hurried to Goldfield ahead •>} time to
will begin Monday afternoon Harry j Prevent tin* posHfbh* out .break of v jo
Orchard will probably rake tin* Kbaud b*nee in the event of tin .attempt on
operator to rcojieti
Tuexda
At tin- alteinoon wesidon »ln* fir-1
four nu ll « xarnim <1 wen* excused be
cause they had formed opinion:- a to
the guilt or innocence of tin* defend-
r I OH a rivers, waterways and harbors j;,nb .1 l( Gaisechl, a butcher, was
on plans which have been and shall (accepted lo- both tin* state and the de* Uspar.k todne igm d In vanous conn*
‘•is** At form* v harrow then asked:-, officer.- and member- <ff the late
■i n m received a di patch ft out Gen
cial Fim.-don jeijueting that sonic
representative accompany the t> oops
to Goldfield, and a tin* governor lias
taken ifie maiiei in )n - fiands In* will
.proceed - to Goldfield bi.m -.elt Later
required more 1 branch ot tin* Presidio and that if will ' n,f nne or more parti» front
lii.. peiMiajHl . I;»ft'
t Uited State':- A -* is til fit: Marshal
Mac|, : i •? ti !'t i e d ?,, t h is city thi evi*n
1 nk fiom Goldfield H»* says (hat »*v
eiviliiug i- (j 11 i e { i J $ * • r«* ami | he re ha.
been dm publj* demon tratiom
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED.
James M. Hervey, New Attorney Gen-
Well Known in Territory.
F(i 'Well N' M . Dei <: ,lalm 1.
Merve’. has i e< eived t he uevx, t hat
Gove rnor l‘um ha appoint'd him «t
fornev general oj New Mexico o> -me-
e«'e,i A R Fall i esigfn d
fin* jJiuf of tin
t)t(*ir mines
County Officers Protest
Goldfield, N e V Dee fi '1 lie follow -
ing proit" t \va kenr o> fbncriinr
he surveyed and approved by th*
government engineers and authorized ' P'rmb ■*■don to tm flier ffueatton Newton i). :i: latere in thi: e.oiiid
by flic congress of thi* Fni ted Stater. Ikuipej'.one ot the jurorH. lb' asked' V,V pr-t'-a again,f tfe ending of
Therefore, be i‘ o solv^d !>v the Na* F arj>ei if In* had said Lo Hoim- fri$*nd , nidi* i - to (Johificld. K->meralda couu-
tionai Rivers and Harbors f’origress: tail* i' iiemg nbpoetiaed that In* would j t ■ Xioada There i? no •); ('irhaiee
“First*—That we earnestly urgej1^’*' il‘,! 1 ettibone w‘ a: hanged ( ar ;.o I j ;»f. f !n-i e he$.*n an-
the adoption by the federal govern- b^r answered tbm w-fiRe playing card; j
rneni of a wide, liberal and comp re f,,H' r ^ b*‘ bad is ' Ii I Man Injured Saturday,
he naive waterway* prdii*. that wI'.L. JJdbmt'bied .is a juror, and lie replied ; < ,;,Jdlb id. N.-$ h» < *; H< ; : n pal
provide for the proper improvement; \i,y; f, ,i;u k'eirig to limg Hie |fon- M;)| of ip.jford o? is a.it !
within lire nt-xt Iri yearn of tin- ilv.-rs ; tt. ,ol« r"," « ar|,.-t- wi d th,: tern , - ............ .............
arid waterways and harbpra of our !**•• • ' d l,k'' ,""1 ll! ‘J*"1 d, mi ......• tin (j,
m,..nre.- .1........... ,.(■ Whi-nh. t'lnn aecnu-d ',-rior-/ Ik, row I .......
Heiyev !
fin* terGloi
|ifosp«?i on-
dn.tij'U ' ;t‘i
cia! dis.tliei
lm - * n j
raeijee.
»wp hiOugliouf
>« d a largi and
n'il recent!*, all
t)i« Fifth Jmit-
ben sprung a surpri
by aiWH>ii;.<*iug thai the jui - was saGs-1, 4, ,, 14 , .
fa,-lor. to ,;„l 1h. -. voald i 1,11
country, the iraprovi-mcu, of which ,
is JuatiDed hv iiri-w-m an,I' nroaiM-ctlve , K'
, ,, ' l,v a«,nAii-
benefits to C'^mirn'm*'
“Second-^That wRliout presuming
to prescribe the engineering or the
financial details of Mils great under-
taking, this eongresh strong!v urges
upon 1 he congress o’ the rtilled Sraiex
the itrt porta nee ol the Inynedia'c adop-
tion of a compG (iensiv$* plan o; wa-
terway improvement, of the carrying
on of the work by an adequate num-
ber of ciigineeiH, and of such liberal
as will insure
the early completion nf such project A
as may be undertaken
"Third—That we cordially endorse }
the action of post dent Hoo*evejt in j
appointing a -pecra) :n.lanrj wa -Tways i Guihne Oi. .? Ie $ n *1 !»$*
i -o!bhif»*d Min**.' eonipanv ” ifh hi face
a rehuit of, treatment
rixereis.- tl«-,r r-malnlnK .............. lo S'" iT'l
Th,- state - '.,-'1—(i -Michael Hull,-- a ml IK 1' }'!' n‘Ki‘ 111 l'"' .........■'
The stat*- • < n * d .Michael Halle* and
Joseph Singer, tin* first talckinan *, , , ’
, t i , • kno< k*'d oilf ;jl»d « '-‘•rat lib:- woken
c(tll<*d to lake hi place, was nccept«al
r... . ,, • I«*-jfin'd efimm tim-f In- w.*:- mroKiiizef
Singer is 4A> years old and ha * bwn jj(
a plac'd miner and prospector for ’t ' G ,
past three •- eaj - He han l.»c«*n a farm
,.... . . . i i; * i; * * j i nto euct»id • !»- * n,,t}» wearing
«•!• most fit in file. After his accept i , ,
. , .. j a far ;u*d rei-re ,eni mg (ill, •• a .$
a nee bv G-e de:.-iiS4' AHoito'.v H-e* , ... . . ,
. ;depuf ahi riff lb* w.r b*d through a
4 'dark and loro I > di drict, up priced I; on
hi w;i lo jail, when he wan mm upon
and hi: Isom brok$-u Uppei teeffi
of dfi$- j.ah>ofis ol rite town and
to the Hide wall;, W’hfie fie W a H
Dakeii into *'Uhtod - bv
KING OSCAR WEAKER.
This lb However, thr 0»My Un favor*
able Feature
(Stockholm Sweden, Dei i; \ bnl*
let in .■•'!<*'! rlii , evening i hi * * ph> si-
rdar-. iti a'p-ndapr’e rj>on King <) *' -i:
shoved t'ha.t lio e-,: ept!al change in
the i non a.o*! i '•on.iiJion had .taken
piac- Muring flu- da. f-.x•.'**■ p*‘ fhaf hi .
t r* If .. .i ,11 v a.- den etisjiii; H ti
temp» - *. i !•!' >;d and hi . pulse
ku* and i ,u i i •. troug. !eii .irregnlaj.
SEMI NFS AMI RICAG COMMUTED
S'at.e W ari J Utiafiee
ley said the
flu* jury va sworn in <"‘/ntrt then ad-
journed until Monday morning
Jim Grow Bit) Passed.
Jim
Communion, being confident that fin j Grow ' bill ;*h
report will no. * a uni'i* of aeeo.af ■ lernooij
b. ihuirs and v,an bdd j oi fiend He!
| was found t wo or ihree hours hff«*r J
, ard in an uneon *ejob* < or«di* ion and 1
: taken to f in* hoKpitaf and it wo'* -
* Rickardson. Mason and Haile Get
stead of Death. Twenty Years’
In-
Imprisonment.
thup .' j i
they migrit !><■ more readily ivachwl j v-aluabri- infre maikwi to th> An.-, ri
anti r*l«afu>d. 80 far a.- known. tio« • | c*n peoptf \V«- fmlhcr rt-'-oniTi;.- ; 1
c-v%r not a sinxto man • vajK-i thi- ' >!•»< cniix:- -- , nact auch law a will
J !»“$ U l <-e i • f
bill will beenim
aitej- be;Mg igne,
the wouid-Me reficaeiv air 1 make Un- inland waterwa'..*' f*ornnu
sion p,-i'n,arn.m. arnl wl!i prnvl !<• .' The Virginia Ready,
with it,-f-,-rear, a<t;hortt.v ff>r ilk in j N'oUolk \ ,< . Ini ,; Tin, bat re-
»,.'atiKation^ ami re ,immc;i;!ation - : Hhiji V . :;i!iia ,tniv<wl In Ham;,ion
Fourth—That ti;iK confronts <:«,r } Una(iH ihir: aftr-tTioon-. 'trie* of Urn
(ilaliy thank* Broai lent Roo*<n-c;i for | liiq war doa- r'-acii ,i,,- rnmioxvo-i-i
the (tufipori he- ha., yiv*;, to ji» pur- j frofn which (I,,- Iona crnlw to tin,
Oure- t.v hi, cij,-,. ' ntut . ■ fit, ] i';n Jti, w;ii In nit,-,!
-i Urn thi, a'f- ;,.nij l,„ tnfoti l„-
-.- of .,. a,-.,-h. ., ha. - ,■ t,rm;11 >.
oim nxmm-M Thu j B*Uoi<l! wai mi-,act
fl - H»“ in CO ,)a> , to I
by in- aoretuor Dintim; the
-valued c<*n f
Vim
Ha;
D*-r •- 'l ii** rhiee
i r a i i ■- RiehaMh-on. Mi.'son and
who w e, i- KV'jifenei d tn ie ,ho!
tor t he muddle of i w p of her
e.mng of
In,'- friend > I !
oil* of • ow'n ! A nie.j ir .ms Nfitchell mid Dev« i
Dr ,c -a lii p,$-'-| *v }iO->e ifi,.iiriUlcc tlt>". afJenipGd
not * vecuted toda>
11 do -ig/iert by G
j ford had i>ecn am med tjaviug j m.fflcc-. we:*
se t on SDnttoii - |; -"iK-mli ; . An tffficuil
r.! ri
m (Ripple Greek during, th*
there lb* had worked 'here at the
time, bur in the office of the company
am! w;ih pot eligible ■ > join the min
< •' finicti He wait aUn areffhed ot I and fh< \ w'ei'e at
i.t .* too frji i»<ll, with c* ('' in J fa( onfim ne -
i. rn-ir (d e> I au j in chief justice of
5In -’.i‘e «ff (iRlaiahijH. etmirnuting
tin* ".enrcuc's to *ju >»*ars' inijirisoB-
inoni. vvaa read to tin* men at noon
!ii(*»> placed in soli•
Although Recent Interviews Have
Been Printed With Callers Upon
the President on the Subject
None Has Come Direcllj
WOl'LD SAY IT HIMSELF
M ere the Presidem Desirous of Re-
nevtin; His Declaration He Mould
Not Make It Through a
Casual Caller,
Ml LATE STATEMENT FROM HIM
Wa.'thing(on, D G . Dec fi. Although
several interviews’ have been publish-
ed with recent White House callers
to ihe effort ihat the president lu»**
ilet*!ar«*d anew that In* would decline
•i i'M <tei nominal ion, ,t is declared* tluP
)u* has made un such announoeinen'.
It Is pointed out ’hat should he con
-rupinte sack a idatemeni lie would
not embody it fit a casual conversa
lion with a talk*! to In* repeated uv
withheld * Un ealUn* should elect,
but would make it llrect, an 1 this
lie has not done
ARREST INTERFERS DIPLOMACY
Consul Arrc.sted in California Ex-
plains He Mu*t Hurry on to
WaBhmgton, D. C.
Kau Franelsro, ('al . Dec fi Fnited
Kiuii s (’oiisul to Aim*'. Ghina. H»*nr\
I. Pad lock, wfio stands '.charged with
entbe//lemeiTl In a complaint sworn
tn by Mrs Jam* Pduke, lid not appear
when his ttumc was culled in Polh •
liidgi Gaba ills court toda\ a a he
■ ad piivioit h a i ranged with Judge
Gaiiinass ith*i fui’ijiHhlng bonds >(*e
ida- alturmwm t«* have his hearing
roniinued until tin* loth of January
II** satisfied the court that Import
am business called him to Washing
ton imnn diatoK that In* had jourmn
rd from Ghina oil that particular mis-
sion, and lluit an\ delay in his jom-
tie' might Merloiikiy lnferf(*re wiHi
affairs of fitilte.
IMJLIRV INTO INSURANCE AFFAIRS
PinUdelphia Director* of Provident
Savings Life Assurance Society
Brfore New York's Attorney,
New N tii k, Dei*, fi - The district a -
tome\ ■ iffiei* today took cognizance
ol til* omeVvhat lotnplicated affairs
ol pH' Provident Savings I^lte As.sur-
ance Soi'ii tv
H It and (.) F. Thomas, ami social
/lireriojs, ail lion I Philadelphia, w**r«*
* ailed and examined today
Assistant PtHhict Attr>rne\ Kresel
who eon•lnefed tin* examination, said
that b»* hail inquired into tin* allega-
tion that tile Thomases, without <h*
livei ti*', more- oi the mock than was
required to qualify tip* eight Dhila-
delpliiaii.- elected (o the hoard, tis-
eoqnte I ire* notes given them In pai
tial payment fm the dock and havo
itice i*uJo>»*d the proceedH; while the
Philadelphia s’>ndie,tti* has lje<*n un*
abb* in sfcui’e 'I,-* balance of. the
stock due fi op to iecov»*r It.S UOtC.S.
Mr Ki'sel learned that allot the
Philadelphia capita I i: ,r s had taken
hold oi »'<■ sorb a . a ronslderabb*
urn of lie* sorivt niuny*' had b<*en
trftfihfetre.i from N» w York Ivanks to
a bank in Piiilaflelrffiia and another
in I los t op
LUMi MILITARY CAREER CLOSED
Major Mc-ry Wh tfie F>rst White
Chdd Bora iff San Francisco—
Died at Presidio.
Sui Fi.'inej '*> ffi C Major Wil-
li "i; !, NI<■ i > I S A , di**d ‘su !a
tod/i ii; 'In and?; general hospital ,i‘
Ik,' J'ioxblio w lii mi* he has been ill
w ith Pi ight’s disease
Mnjoi ,M*-;i y was the firs' white
l.ibi ftn ri Kan FranclRco', hfs fath>
•i ying fie''ii thi* last alcalde and
I,*- dir-’ uni t • of-S'an Francisco H*
•iilerI'd tb. ,,: r.i. during the Civil wa „
* ;?• ni td.age, as drumme* boy
in i ffiursy:vania Infantjy regiment
and >'*u b: i re!fed cajvtain at tar
<!■!• of war He then was grudu-
r* l -»sii U’» Point and later sen
d ii,* the Phl.npp.’nos. For the la
.- O \ ‘ .1 ie bad been MUtioue i n't
Sv;idd'
MRS ULOODGOOD S SUICIDE
Probably Due to Nervous Breakdown
Acceding to Friends.
Nt \ <>Vi.. Dec fi —The body of
Clara Pl« »dgo d. lie actress who com
mi'ti*'i suicide in RaiUiffoi(> yesterda ,
wa 'brought to this city tonight.
Fuu*-;,il -services will be held at iioon
tojup iow1 at Si Gemgf- ProfeHTart
Kpi>eopal. church I’iie interment will
be made privately
'Hie causes which b*d U> tin suicide
ol Mr.* Mb*uigood an* apparemly still
m sfi*ry t«» tier friends here. Many
theories .-have.'been advinvced, but
none s«em (n have much basis in fget.
That 'be was the victim of a nervous
collapse is lield most probable.
Spiritualist Indicted
Ndw York. Dec. fi.—Mrs .May Pep-
per Van lerbi . the spiritualist leader,
was again indicted today tor shuh!
larceny She pleaded not guilty ami
w,r« el« as**d mi $1 afk) ball.
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