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Illinois Mine Disaster Ranks
Willi Worst In History.
GOAL SHAFT IS AGAIN SEALED.
Fires Breakout With Renewed En-rp)
and Must Be Extinguished Befor
Veins Are Opened and Explored
Helmcted Volunteers Make Fcur Dc
scents, but Find No Life Vlctimi
Believed to Havo Slowly Suffocated
Chorry. 11!., Nov. 16. Tho thru
hundred or moro minors who were on
tombed in tho St. I'uul mine by laul
Saturday's disaster aro dead. Sonic
of tho bodies llo burled bonenth thou
bands of tons of earth which have
caved in upon thorn, and It la doubtful
If many of tho bodies can oor bo re
covered.
This was tho opinion oxpicBsed
when attempts at roacuo work, carried
ou night find dny, was temporarily
abandoned. Fires In the initio, which
broko out with renewed onirg during
the day, mndo further descents of res
cuors linpoifdulc. Tho hoal nud
smoke became so delist mat it wan
uerossnry ngnin to soul tip tho mouth
of tho hoisting shaft of tho mine mid
tho men down thero, whatever tholi
condition, aro locked In ns affectively
as if In n dungeon.
Whether the bodies will be takn
out this afternoon or not for severe!
days will dopond on the rorKm cl
tho Jnlernnl lire. It Is ikh.t that
chemicals producing cnrhotile r.rld gi.
will bo forced through pipes to th
bottom of tho mine. These will linvc
a tendency to choko out the flames.
It was learned that 300 cuflliiH have
boon ordered, half of them to arrive
today and half tomorrow. Meantime
tho several scores of nurses who have
been rushed here look forward to no
prospect of heroic work In reviving
tho men. It is confidently believed
thero will be no one brought out ol
tho mlno who will bo wjthln tho power
of tho nurses reviving powers.
Rescuers Descend Fourth Time.
Rescuers descended four times.
Then tho rumor circulated quickly
through tho crowds that the men be
low ground had been reached and the
reason thoy wcro not brought p Im
mediately wnB that thoy woro ex
hausted by lack of food and smoke.
"Thoy aro alive; they're nllvo,'
crlod hopeful mothors and relatives.
But tho facts were far different. The
rcfiquors did on ono occasion go down
300 feet to tho bottom or tho hoisting
shaft. Then groping their way with
electric lamps nnd kept nllvo by oxy
gon stored In tholr helmots, thoy pone
tratod ICO foot Into the bottom gnllory.
But none of tho minors, olther dead
or nllve, was found,
Nothing was heard in rcsponso nnd
It was conjectured tho mluorH hnd
crawled' for saroty Into tho Inner re
cesses, but Into these pnrts tho res
cuors woro unable to go without reas
conding. Bofore they could roascond
tho flro had broken out.
One Thousand Orphans.
Gradually tho crowd about the
mouth of tho sliaft bejan to thin as
hopo Boomed to wane.
The spectacle about tho mouth of
tho wrecked mine was pathet,lc. As a
result of tho disaster thoro aro in this
town or only n few thousand people at
least 1,000 orphans nnd 200 widows,
Sonio families of one widow nmt na
many as seven or eight children will
bo dependent upon chnrlty.
President Earllng of tho Chlcngo,
Milwaukoo and St. Paul railroad,
caused a house to house canvass of the
minors to be made. This showed 256
manors to be missing, but boiuo of the
fainllios wero not at home and it is
believed that when a complete list la
obtained tho number of entombed min
ers will exceed 300 Tho lack of air Is
believed to havo n""! the deaths
Story of Ten Heroes.
In tho annals or tho world's heroic
deeds few achievements nto recorded
moro glorious than those accomplished
by the ton rescuers at the St. Paul
mlno before they themselves died.
They saved 185 miners before their
fato overtook thorn. Six times thoy
wero lowered Into tho burning mine,
'.eavjng tho cage, thoy penetrated In
to the body of tho initio, lifted up the
miners as they found them, and sent
them tp tho top.
The man at tho wheel of the hoist
engine started the cage up on its sev
enth trip. It had been below several
minutes, but no signal had been sent.
Tho enginemau, however, dared wult
no longer. The car came up fast, but
faster came a burst of flame. The
cage and the name came together to
tho levol of the ground. Hut no one
stopped from the cage Nino of the
ten heroos already wore dead. The
tenth, Tom Flood, still breathing, waa
dragged from tho heap, lie was able
to articulate a little.
"The flame caught us" he gasped.
Then he, too, was dead.
Engineer's Obedience Brings Death.
Implicit obedience by Engineer John
Cowley to orders of his superior may
have caused the death of tho rescuing
party. At the coroner's Inquest, Cowley
testified that ho declined to aco-do to
tho demand of persons standing at the
top of his shaft that he at onco lift
the cng containing tin leaouers. The
reason he decline!, ho stated, was be
taube he had been told by the third
vh u boss. Alexander Nocberg, to move
the cage only in answer to the regulai
bell code
LONDON TEST Of MONORAIL
Hugo Car Runs Freel About Curvei
of All Sons.
London, Nov. 13. The new mono
rail railway, which works on tho prln
clplo of n gyrosiopo and which wnt
first shown here In model form cjght
een months ago before tho Hoyal sa
clety by Its Inventor, Louis Bronnan
C. 11., received Ifs first public demon
etrailon on a full scale In the war of
flee grounds near Chatham
The guests witnessed a spectacle ni
marvelous and as n'volntionarj fron
the standpoint of transportation as
that whlrh aeioplanes have furnished
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MONOHAII. (iMMmOI'K CAH.
In tho last two years. Thoy saw a
car forty foot long, ton foot wide and
thjitoen feet high, weighing twenty
two tons, mounted on n slnglo rail,
running freely nbout curves of all
Eorts and carrying forty passengers
with safety as comploto and vlbra
tion far loss than tho ordlnnry pas
soiigei car. Tho vohlclo runs in a clr
clo an eighth of a tnilo In clrcumroi
onco nt a speed of twenty five miles
an hour, without tho slightest tend
ency to lenvo the roll.
TEN DAYS OF BAD WEATHER
Washington Bureau Predicts Rain and
8now Throughout Country.
Washington, Nov. 1G Haln, snow
and dlsngreonblo weather throughout
the country generally and frost In the
gulf and south Atlantic stntos during
tho next week or ten days is tho pro
diction of the weather bureau.
Two disturbances aro approaching
tho west. These will bo attended b
rain In the southern and snow In the
northorn districts. Tho first disturb
nnco will advance from tho Rocky
mountains to the Atlantic const, start
lng today in tho west nnd reaching the
Atlantic statcB about Friday, The
second storm w.lll start on its cross
country run froin tho Pnclflc coast to
morrow and Is duo to reach the Atlan
tic seaboard nbout Monday next.
TAFT AT CHURCH JUBILEE
President Addresses Catholic Socie
ties of Washington.
Washington, Nov. 1G. President
Tnft stood on tho steps of St. Aloysius
church with Cnrdlnnl Gibbous and
Archbishop Falcoulo, the papal dele
gate, In a roviow of tho Men's Catholic
societies of Washington, an Incident
of tho golden Jubilee of tho parish.
1'iccod.tng the roviow, tho president
delivered a brief address, having been
introduced by Father Eugono Do U
McUonnoll, tho rector, who referred to
tho fact that fifty years ago Piosldcnt
Uuchnnan had assisted In tho dedtca
tlou services of the church.
Brandenburg Is Found Guilty.
St. Louis, Nov. 15. Broughton
Brandenburg, charged with enticing
Jnmos Shopnrd Cnbanno, Jr., away
from hlo homo In this city, was founa
guilty In tho criminal com t nnd was
sentencod to pay n line of $500. It $
said that ho will nppeal the case.
Mrs. Roosevelt Starts Home.
Naples, Nov. 15. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt nnd her daughter, Miss
Ethel, boarded tho Meanier IConl'4 Al
bert for New York. Mrs. Roosevelt
said she hnd tecelved no direct com
munication from Colonel Roosevelt or
her son, Kermlt.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Cltfcago, Nov. 13. With a piepon
deranco of bearish reports, headed by
unprecedented world's shipments ag
grogatlng 2,000,100 bushels over the
world's shipment record, tho wheat pit
here today torced prices up and kept
the market strong. December touched
$1.07!'i1.07T., abovo "Satin day's close,
and today's close was KH.C higher.
Final figures todny wefe close to the
high point. Corn showed a mild ad
vance, as did oats, whllo provisions,
after a strong Btart. faded away. Close:
Wheat Doc., $1.071.,.; May. fl.03-";.
Corn Dec , i!0.c; May, ClV.c.
Oats-Dec, 3'JU.c; May, 42',j,o.
Pork Jan.. 2I.G2Vj; May, $20.50.
lird Jan., $12 1'i; May, $11.50.
Ribs Jan., $10.G5; May, $10.52H-.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 haid
wheat, $1.0af?110. No. 2 com, G4c;
No. 3 oats. 3J,c.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha. Nov. 15. Cattle Re
colpts, 8,400; aitlve, steady to strong;
native steers, $4 BOffS.OO, cows ana
heifers, $3 2503.25; western steers
$5.50 0.25; BtocUers nnd feeders
$5.25; calves, $3.5067.00; bulls uud
stags, $2.754.65. Hogs Receipts, 1,
800; 5frl0c higher; heavy, $7.95J?
8.00; mixed, $7 950'7.97W: light, $7.85
7.97m pigs. $G.507.50; bulk ol
sales, $7.95!7.97U.. Sheep Receipts,
16,000; steady; yearlings. $7.00gv7.75;
wetheis, $4.40?r5.t0, ewos, $4 55
4.S5; lambs, $G707.50.
Chicago Live Stock.
Cbjcago. Nov 15. Cattlo nccoipts
30,000; 1015c lower; fow steers Bold
abovo $8.00 and the bulk went at
$5.7507.00; cos and heifers, $3.25
4 00; hulls. $S.O!$4.iO; Blockers nnd
leedere, $3.00f 5 lo. Hogs Receipts,
28,000; 5o htghur; bulk of Mies, $S.0fl
PSJ5. Stifi-p IlQfleJntfl, 27.000; tlrm:
good -.beep -11 at 1 75HH.2S, and the
bct lambs brougl I $7.257 5Q.
SIX SENT TO JAIL!
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Supreme Court Sentences Clt-i
Izens of Chattanooga,
SHERIFF IN FOR NINETY DAYS
Othero Receive Sentence of Two
Months for Contempt of Court
Failed to Protect Negro Whose Exe
cution High Court Had Ordered
Stayed First Case of Its Kind in
History of the Country.
Washington, Nov. 1C For tho first
tlmo In American history six men are
in prison for contempt of tho supreme
court or the United States. For th
first tjmo, too, tho federal govornment
has placed men behind tho bnrs as an
outcome of the lynching of a negro.
At tho United States jail In this
city Captain Joseph F. 8hlpp, former
sheriff at Chattanooga, Tenn ; Jere
mlnh Gibson, his Jailer, and Luther
Wllllums, Nick Nolnn, Henry Padgett
nnd William Mnjea of the same ejty
hegnn to servo terms of imprisonment
Imposed a fow hours bofore by the su
premo court of tho United States.
Shtpp and Gibson hud been founa
guilty of falling to protect from a mob
Ed Johnson, whoso legal execution foi
rape hnd been stayed by the supreme
court until it could review tho cnae
The others had been found guilty ol
participation Jn the lynching of a fed
ernl prisoner. Shlpp, Wlllinms and
Nolan wero given sentences of ninety
dnys' imprisonment, while Gibson
Padgott and Mayes received sixty days
TRAGEDY ON DAKOTA FARM
Tramp Kills Husband and Wife and l
Himself Slain.
Vermilion, S. D., Nov. 16. As the
result of a tragedy at the farm home
of Albert Nelson, In Riverside town
shjp, Clny county, twenty-five, miles
from Vermilion, a mnn and woman are
dead and another will die.. The dead
aro Mrs. Albert Nelson nnd a hired
man. Albert Nelson, husband of the
woman, Is dying.
Tho tragedy occurred at 1 a. m. Ac
cording to Nelson, the hired mnn came
to the farm Saturday night. lie in
tended to husk corn this week. Nel
son and his wife woro aroused by
bomeouo in tholr bedroom. Before
thoy had time to move, tho hired man
began slashing at them wjth a razor.
Ho succeeded In killing Mrs. Nelson,
but before Nelson went down he suc
ceeded In landing a fatal blow on the
tramp laborer. It Is supposed the
tramp's motlvo was robbery.
HASKELL MUST STAND TRIAL
Court Overrules Demurrer in Case
Against Oklahoma Governor.
Chickasha, Okla., Nov. 16. Federal
Judge John A. Marshall of Utah over
ruled tho demurrer filed by Governor
Charles N. Haskell nnd five other
piomineut OklnhomntiB to Indictments
char&lng them with fraudulently so
curing fiom tho government title to a t
largo number of town lots In Musko
gco, Okla. '
Tho defendants were ordered to np -pear
for trial noxt Saturday morning j
at Chickasha. The five co-defendants
of Governor Haskell are C. W. Turner, '
A. Z. English, W. It. Eaton, W. T.
Hutchlns nnd F. B. Severs.
GOMPERS REFUSED STAY
Mandate Will Be Handed Down Satur
day by Washington Court.
Washington, Nov. 1G. The court ol
appeals of the District of Columola t
denied an application made by counsel
lor Samuol Gompors, John M,.trheli
and Frank Morrison of the Amerlcnn
Federation of Labor, sentenced to jail '
for contempt, for a stay in tho issu
ance of the inundate to tho Biipremo
court of tho District of Columbia until
Jan. 2, 1910. Unless notice of an ap
peal Is given bofore noxt Friday night
the mandate will be handed down Sat-,
unlay.
J. G. CARLISLE IS VERY ILL
Former Secretary of Treasury In
Critical Condition.
New York, Nov. 1G. Thero was a
change for the worse in the condition
of former Secrolnry of the Treasury '
John G. Carlisle, who Is under treat
ment for serious Intestinal disorders '
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ni a i. vjuct'ui a iiukiuuii. i iiu uueuu
lug physician said that his condition
"hnd assumed a more horlous aspect."
He declined to make any further stato
meut. STEEL TRUST WORST FOE
Federation of Labor Calls It Their
Strongest Opponent.
Toronto, Nov. 1G. The American
Federation of Labor adopted a resolu
tion declaring the United States Steel
corporation to be the most formidable
and aggressive enemy with which the
organized labor movement has to con
tend. Brown Made President.
New York, Nov. 1G. Everett C.
Brown of Chicago was elected presi
dent of the Amateur Athletic union
at the annual meeting in New York,
succeeding James E Sullivan, who
bad held the office for throe yearb.
Mr. Sullivan was choben secretary
troasuror. Mail Steamer Founders.
Singapore, Nov. 15. Moro than 100
lives wore lost by the foundering of
Uip taall steamor La Seyne Eftor a col
listen off here.
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I. W. Herman, Prop.
Miss Rose C. Herman
Cashier and ISookkeeper
Jos. Skala, Meat Cutter
Jake !!. Heiinan Stock Buyer
Louis Skala ( Sausagemakers
John Herman and Butchers
Wm. C. Heimau Delivery Hoy
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