Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
State Historical
Stoiety
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1907.
NUMBER 17
LATEST BY, TELEGRAPH
SUMMARY OP TUB NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
CUT OF 25 PER CENT
XKW I'XOL.WI) COTTON MILLS
TO HKIHCK Ol'TPl'T.
'More tlinnt HO Per t. of Mill of New
KiikIhikI Iloproscntcd In Agreement
nnd Will Operate Four Bays a Week
During .luniiiiry mid I'ebruray.
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The ArkXvrlRht club, jvhlch repre
sents the cotton mill Interests of New
England, at a mooting In Boston on
Thursday, formally voted to curtail'
production 25 per cent between now
and March 1, In order to relieve con
ditions In the cloth markets of New
York, Chicago, Boston and other larfjo
cities. It was stated several days hko
that a committee previously appoint
ed by the club to. canvass the situa
tion among the mills had found suf
ficient sentiment to Insure the success
of the curtailment plan, nnd that a
restrlctloln of production was regard
ed aa a certainly. The cotton mills
of New England employ about 1S3.
00 persons under the normal condi
tions, and ltls expected that at least
1T0,000 will be. affected in a short
time.
The curtailment agreement boennio
operative Thursday, although numer
ous mills have been shut down sine.!
Tuesday night.
More than SO per cent of the spin
dles In New England are represented
in the agreement. The majority of
the mills will run four days a wee
during January and February, clos
ing Thursday nights, thus including
Saturday, a workday. In the shutdown.
Mills which have contracts calling for
delivery during the winter are at lib
erty to reduce their production 25 per
cent, partially beforo March 1 and
the remainder after that date.
HANKS IN FINK CONDITION.
Kxccllcnt Uo-snis llcceivcd from Now
York Institutions.
Reports from twenty-nine Ftate
banks in New York, pursuant to the
call of the state bank, superintendent
for a statement of their condition Dec.
19, have been received thus far. Near
ly all reflect on the readjustment of
loans and deposits made necessary by
the recent Inanclul stringency, but the
shrinkage In cash reserves is smaller
than might have been expected. It
Is a noteworthy fact that only one
bank shows it had clearing house cer
tificates outstanding Dec. 19. In gen
eral, the statement shows the state
i banks hold ample reserves, and several
i of them have larger sums on hand
than the law requires.
GOTHAM'S CBIMIJ WAVE.
All K coords Broken Poring the I'ast
Year.
Notwithstanding that there are six
criminal court in operation In New
York City, they cannot keep pace with
the crime wave which has swept over
the city during the lust year. The
criminal calendar today carries 1,271
cases, whllu a year ago there was on
the calendar hut 641 cases. There aro
323 prisoners In the Tombs awaiting
trial. A year ago there were but 191
prisoners. Today's Ilgures break all
records In New York. DIslrlcfAttor
ney Jerome says tho Increase Is due
to tho natural Increase in population
In New York City.
rou Mii;ni:u ov wife.
lr. Anifsluiry Pleads Not Guilty When
Arraigned in Court.
"Not guilty" was the pica entered by
Or. Walter ltaleigh Amesbury, ut Hyde
Park, when formally charged In court
with tho murder of his wife,, Anna
Itees Amesbury, a teacher of music In
ltoanoke college, Salem, Vu.
Amesbury had been estranged from
his wife for some time. Wednesday ho
called upon her and begged her to live
with him again. I'pon her refusal ti
do so, he shot and killed her. Two
grown sons of the couple grappled with
the father, ovorpowcrfTl him, bounj
and held him for the police.
- x Victim of Strange Injury.
, James Conklln, a prominent busl
licss man of Middletown, Conn., Is In
a serious condition as a result of a pe
collar and unexplained injury. Conk
lin, who has been in ill health, waa
found unconscious with one ear filled
with lead, which apparently had been
poured into the organ while In a
iiioulten slate.
Moo City l ive Stock Market.
Thursduy's quotations on the Sioux
City live ttock market follow: Top
' beeves S. 00; top hogs, $4. HO.
Dewey 70 Ycurs Old.
Admiral George Dewey was 70
years old Thursday. He Is In splendid
health and robust in physique. Nu
merous officers of the navy and army
and other friends called on him at his
office and home and tendered their
congratulations.
KyriM'UMMft Hunker Dies.
William II. II. Warner, a banker and
prominent business man of Syracuse,
H. Y., died Thursday, aged 7 years.
HOW IN NAVY OIT'ICE.
Hrownson's 1cnviny Due to llrciuii.
with l'lxcv.
That a serious breach exists between
the bureau of navigation and the bu
reau of medicine In tho navy,' Involv
ing the question of the responsibility
of the latter bureau, was made appnr- '
ent Wednesday nlpht In a statement
Issued by Surgeon General Presley M. .
Rixey, of the navy, in which he touch. !
s upon the circumstances leading up
to the probable selection by the presi- !
dent of a medical officer to command
tho hospital ship Relief over the pro
test of Rear Admiral W. IT. Brownson,
chief of the bureau of navigation, who
Tuesday sent his resignation to th'j
president. While disclaiming expet
knowledge as to the cause of Admiral
Brownson's resignation, the surgeo.i
general's statement leaves little room
for doubt that the controversy he re
views was a potent factor.
Surgeon General Rixey maintains
that hospital ships, as a rule, nlway.
ave been commanded by. medical of
cers with a sailing master and civil
ian crew for purposes of navigation.
This particular vessel, he says, for
merly belonged to the army and nl
ways was commanded by a medlcnl
officer when used as a hospital ship.
In attempting to 'unify thu medical
service of the army and the navy he
says that a Joint army and navy honrJ
of medheil officers, which was conven
ed by executive order more than a year
ago, recommended that hospital ships
should be commanded by medical of-
should be commanded by medical ofll-
approved by both the secretary of war
and the secretary of the navy In gener
al orders. Since the civil war. he says,
all hospital ships and medical trans
ports VDf the army' have been placed
under the surgeon general of the army.
He says further that Japanese naval
hospital ships were commanded by
medical officers after having tried line
officers. These ships, he says, are sim
ply floating hospitals, properly under
the control of the medical department,
and should be conducted In peace ex
actly as In time of wftr.
MAKES HISTORICAL FIND.
Papers Captured from Lieut. Pike In
1806 I'nciirthod In Mexico.
What Is considered a very Important
historical discovery has resulted from
the efforts of Dr. Herbert 12. Helton,
the American historian, who Is In
Mexico engaged Jn research work un
der the auspices of the Carnegie insti
tute, of Washington. -The discovery
consists in the unearthing In Mexico
City of eighteen out of twenty-one
documents taken from the person of
Lieut. Zebulon N. Pike, of the United
States army, by Spanish snldiues in
1806, when he was captured Vhilo
making his farnous trip up the Arkan
sas and Missouri rivers, visiting tho
Osage and Comancho Indians, at the
Instance of Gen. James Wilkinson,
then governor of Louisiana. The
whereabouts of the other three docu
ments cannot be leurned. So impor
tant is the discovery considered in the
United States that Secretary Root has
just wired Dr. Helton his congratula
tions. MARINES IN RIOT.
Norfolk Police) Iluvo Lively Struggle)
with Navy Yard Men.
Boisterous celebration of Christmas
by marines In the navy yard and train
ing stations at Norfolk, Va.. necessi
tated the calling out of the entire po
lice force Wednesday nighth. Tho ma
rines who were celebrating the holiday
in squads from fifteen to thirty had
frequent collisions with negroes, who
stood their ground at times, and rough
and tumble fights 'occurred. The wide
area the marines covered handicapped
the reserves.
Recently the recruits at the training
school have had tilts with the negro
servants, and tonight's demonstration
Is attributed to this fai t.
Battle with Knives in Street.
Two men, both unconscious and
each suffering from a number of knife
wounds, were found within a few feet
of each other Wednesday-" at Grand
avenue and Desplalnes street, Chicago.
The men had evidently slashed each
other until both fell, weak from loss
of blood. '
Fatal Eight ut Dunce.
It was learned In New Franklin,
Mo., that during a fight at a Christ
mas eve dance In the western part of
th county George Beard vwaa killed
and four persons were seriously
-wounded. No arrests have been re
ported. Kills Wlfo and Himself.
William Vanbush slashed his wte'a
throat with a razor und then jcut- hU
own throat at their home in Sharon,
Pa., Wednesday. The dead bodies
were found by a son-in-law. It Is said
that Vanbush was jealous of a youns
man roomer.
Doctor Kills Ills Wife.
Dr. Walter R. Amesbury, of Milford,
Mass., shot and killed his wife Anna,
a teacher of music In Roanoke college,
Danville, Va., a. the family were about
sit down to their Christmas dinner
at the home of Mrs. Jennie Reese.
Huid on Moonshiners.
In ft raid on moonshiners in Elliott
county, Ky., Saturday three big Illicit
distilleries, fifteen fermenters and
1,000 gallons of beer were destroyed.
The operators escaped.
A Trlple.Trugody.
Albert Filley, a farmer, seven miles
southeast of Cameron, Mo., killed hi
wife and daughter and brother by
shooting them Saturday morning. Fil
ley U supposed to be Insane.
I'F.HSIST IX APPEALS.
Goldflold Mine Own is Hope to Kccr
Troops.
Despite the positive statement which
enmo from Washington Monday to the.
effect that the federal troops would
be removed turn Gold field on Dec. SO
the mine owners will not give up and
will nppeu! again to the president.
They w ill pi i sent. they my, some frit
ters that have not een laid beforo
him. one cf which fetng what they,
regard as positive evidence of at least
one deportation by tho Western Fed
eration of Miners In which attempt
four rifles were used. While the mine
owners were preparing to sentl further
evidence to the president Sheriff In
galls nnd Capt. Cox. the personul rep
resentative of Gov. Sparks In Goldfield,
were conferring on plans for the pres
ervation of law and order after the
troops depart. Sheriff Ingalls said
that he is seekh' t least fifty new
men to constitute a force of deputies
who will patrol the camp night and
day. armed with guns.
The rumor has been current here
that n company of rangers Is con
templated, and ns this could not bo
done without action by the legislature
the statement of Capt. Cox Is taken to
mean that If siclrH plan Is decided
upon the legislature Will be convened.
It has been definitely decKled that
Dec. 30 each individual mine owner
or .each company operating a lease or
n mine shall take care of his own
property, independent of the associa
tion. Tills will necessitate the putting
on of many more guards.
PAPER TAKIi r TO STAY.
Cannon Sees No Relief nl the Present
Session.
The American publishers are not to
get any tariff legislation nt tills ses
sion of eongrcss Speaker Cannon lias
let It he known th.il tin rninml think
of letting the question come up In tho
house of removing the duty on white
paper without 41-cuiins; unanimous
consent on the part of the senate that
none of the other schedules are to bo
touched. Without such consent, the
speaker argues that the senate would
take tho house bill, confined strictly to
the paper question, and bring about
general revision, and that light on the
eve of a presidential campaign. Such
revision, (he speaker holds, would ba
politically unwise, as the Republican
party once learned in connection wi.Ii
the McKinlcy law.
Revision alwu.ys upsets business and
completely paralyses, tor the time be
ing the Import trade. With money
already scarce, revision might do a
great deal of Injiiiy.; And so I h a
speaker says the paper tariff must
stand until after tin? presidential elec
tion, when it Is pTobiible general re
vision will be undertaken, provided
the Republican parly remains In con-j
trol of the government.
Inasmuch us the speaker is the boss
of this situation, what be says would
seem to settle the matter definitely, sn"
far as this session Is concerned.
DIES AT THE AGE OF 117.
Idaho Man Able lo Walk About Cntil
II I'eiv Days Ago.
Thomas Tiemey 117 years of ago,
native of Belfast Ireland, died recently
at tho home of William Caldwell, near
Ouldesae, Idaho, where lie has lived
since 18G2. He was hoIo to walk about
until a few days ago. Caldwell, who
took care or the old man more than
forty-live years, established the first
stage line in tho Panhandlu of Idaho I
half a century ago. and owned Craif
mountain, contulnlng 1,000 acres of
timber lan4i, recently taken over oy
it Philadelphia timber concern. Little
Is known of Tlerney s early history,
but It Is doelaied Unit he was one of
tho first to cross Die continent In the
rush to the California yold fields ill
the I. iller 4)s.
"BLACK IIAXir I'Ol'N'Dl'P.
Seventeen Italian Conspirator?
Pilt.sburg Sent to nrl.lioiise.
The seventeen Italians arrested
In
at
Pittsburg, Pn , und alleged to be mom
hers of the Black Hand society were,
given hearings Thursday beforo Magis
trate Brudytnid sentenced to the work
house for thtiiy In ninety days or fined
amounts ranging from $IU to 100
each.
The m'rn were surprised in a so
called Italian club In an alley liii
ment. A secret tunnel leaild from tho
room to an exit on Webster uveuue,
but the police bad learned of 'this und
had It guarded.
From the men ariested a number of
vicious .weapons were secured, includ
ing many firearms and stilettos, po
lice officers are confident the club was
the meeting place of I.:bu k Hand out.
laws.
Scientists o Aid J'oor.
A Christian Science Institution to
cost nt least $1,000,000 and to be de
voted especially to helping- Itio pour Is
the latest project of the Chrl: tian Sci
ence movement. The first news o! the
subject came through the columns u
the Christian Science Sentiml.
Paper Mill Itninc .l.
The paper mill of the Falls Manu
facturing company nt Oconto Fulls,
Wis., burned with a loss of $100,000.
Henry Hertwig. an englnir, wan
burned to death.
I
To 1'ccogniio House of Piers.
Premier Franco Is planning lo re
organize the Portuguese house of
pee 1 8 and transfer the judicial powers
now exercised by the hous-e to the
courts.
ri'MPiiKKY ;i:ts sentence.
Cno of Ham Pnk Mmdcmn l:i Sent l"p
fcr Life.
Charlon Pumphrey. who was con
victed of murder In tho first degree
for the kllllnf: of Ilr.m Pak. a China
man, last July In Omaha, was sen
tenced to life term In the peniten
tiary by J indite Troup. Sentence
passed Immediately after Judge Troup
had overruled a motion for a new
trial nnd a mrtlon for arrest of judg
ment presented by Pumphrcy's attor
ney. John O. Yeiser.
"This Is the most regrettnble Inci
dent during my term ns Judge." 'said
Judge Troup as he pronounced the
sentence. "It is almost Incomprehensi
ble that three youths, none of them
out of his teens, should have deliber
ately planned and plotted tho murder
of a lvnman being for the purpose of
the few paltry dolhys they mlftht se
cure; Yet I am satlstled from the evi
dence that all three of you youns men
dkl just this."
The life sentence was fixed by th"
jury when H returned the verdict of
guilty and the Imposing of the ren
tence by the court was on!y formal.
After the overruling of the motion
for a new trial Mr. Yeiser presented
the motion in arrest of Judgment. One
of the points he raised was tho unique
one that a person could not In a lerjal
sense have the intention of murdering
a man and robbing him at the same
time, because after a man Is dead It Is
Impossible to rob him, as his property
descends immediately upon his death
to his heirs. He contended ftie Infor
mation was faulty because It alleged
both Intents. He also attacked the secr
Hon of the statute under which Pum-
phrey was convicted, asserting the
act establishing the criminal code In
1873 carried a title too narrow to per
mlt of amendments made to the sec
tion. County Attorney English pro
nounced both points "ridiculous" and
did not reply to them.
Bernard Held, one of the proprietors
of an electric theater In South Omaha,
pleaded guilty to a charge preferred
against him on the statements of some
little girls employed at tho theater and
was sentenced to ninety days in the
county Jail. His bredcr. John Held,
who was charged with tho sanle of
fense, pleaded not guilty.
Sl'ICIDE AT OMAHA.
J. V. Carpenter, Prominent RiikIiicsV
Mun, Ends LITe by Shooting.
J. Frank Carpenter, secretary of the
Carpenter Paper Company, one of the
largest paper houses In the west, conv:
mltted suicide at his home by shoot
ing. Mr. Carpenter was 4 7 years old.
While the members of his family were
at dinner he went to his room unno
ticed. A pistol shot took his wife to
the room, where she found Mr. Car
penter lying on the bed with a 'bullet
wound In his heud. He died as she
reached the room. Nervous prostra
tion, which resulted In a complete
breakdown, la given as tho cause of
the suicide.
The affairs of his company were
never In better condition. It has
branches houses in Kansas City, Des
Moines, Denver and Portland, anil
general agencies In many other west
ern cities.
SF.COXP DEGREE EOH WALLAGE.
Hull County July rintW Him Guilty of
y Murder Cliargc.
The Jury in the Walliige case nt
Grand Island Tuesday agreed upon n
verdict. The counsel, the defendant
and all Interested parties were -Immediately
summoned.
The verdict handed In by Foreman
Peters was murder In the second de
gree. Either this or ucqulttal had
generally been expected and the ver
dict met with a general approval.
It Is learned that there was a wide
divergence on the first ballot, being
for murder In the first degree to uc
qulttal. The jury labored diligently
all night and many ballots were taken.
Wallage appears to havo hoped for
acquittal. His attorneys have Indi
cated that they will appeal on two in
structions of the court in the main,
though these Instructions as a whole
were generally regarded In favor of
the defendunt.
VICTIM OF ASSAl'LT DEAD.
Coronor'H Jury Will Seek to Find. Out
Who Is Responsible) for ClimeV
Mrs. Frank Smith, of Milford, who
was recently assaulted, died at .11
o'clock Saturday night. She was un
able to make further disclosures. Cor
oner Wertman, with Drs. Ioughrblge,
Muir and a physician possibly from
Kawerda, made a post-mortem exami
nation which VIII bo followed by the
assembling of a coroner's Jury. SuMi
clent evidence has not been obtained
to warrant an arrest up to this date.
Oil Is Condemned.
The Marshall Oil eomporiy, which
loma time igo opened up for buiilne-.-in
Lincoln, curne under the ban of tin
oil Inspector and one cur was con
demned because it tete.l o:i'y Hfl pi r
cent. Oil Inspector Allen ordered the
company not to unload the o; In the
state or to use It or to dispose "f It.
DoiiiiliiH County 1'oy Interest.
State Treasurer Brian received fr .ni
Douglas county $ J 0 , 4 2 5 ns interest i!
on 97.1,000 of Dousla-i comity hoed;
owned by the state. This is the noni
annuiil Interest Hint In duo Jan. 1, but
waa puld Saturday.
Santa Tlirown frt:ii S.it:!i.
After having dono 'h':i Chi !.-ti".a.-trading,
Peter Oman, ono of Ecnrncy
county's well-to-do f;.ru sr .: v d
for home laden Willi, bundles, when
his team become uirrr.anugca'jle and
threw three children out of the sleigh.
UiMiN's r;;iEMs stand riRM.
Tlmr ton Ccu:ity IH-oplo Doubt Storj
of Discovery of Tongue.
The alleged dlscoveiy of a tintue
of thn OHnn child Is regarded at Ven
der as a most prepotierous conclusion.
Nelvh'jors and friends of Olsen have
ricvcd I ) prttect him and his family
fvor wViat mary here regard ns an
entirely unwari anted assault on his
character.
SherlT Buim-iin left Bancroft Tues
day for Fremont after making a gener
al .'".trvry of the territory where the
Olson child mi lost and completing
plan:' f ir a second search. This time
cards will be sent to the owners of
f:irms in the district where the child
r.ilnht have wandered asking each
man to make a thorough seurch of his
own land wlt'i a view of discovering
the body of the child. It Is thought
If this Is done, the search can hardly
be fruitless ai evety man knows his
own land woM and would be able to
mnko a careful search In a short time.
Some of the farmers are objecting to
this In addition to what they have al
ready done, but it Is likely the response
will be general.
As at Pender, citizens of Bancroft
have faith In Mr. Olson and there has
been a disposition to criticize Sheriff
l uuman and Sheriff Young for taking
Mr. Olson to Fremont for what the
people claim was a mere sweating pro
cess. However, th-y feel satisfied that
nothing has been left undone that will
aid In finding the girl.
Sheriff iPauman. before leaving,
said he was confident the mystery
would be solved in a week's time.
AXTELL RISES FROM ASHES.
Town Nearly Destroyed Rebuilt with
Hotter ItulhllnKS.
In the middle of August of this
year two llren wiped out fully three
fourths of the business part of Axtell.
There wero left about six business
buildings. Today, four months later,'
eleven fine store buildings of brick and
modern fire-proof material have been
constructed In the place of the ruins
cf tho old. One forty-four front build.
Ing Is In process of construction. One
elevator of sheet Iron has been rebuilt.
The lumber yard has been rebuilt of
fire-proof material and the town pre
sents a beautiful appearance. Axtell
has. always prided itself on the pro
grcsslvoness of her people. Located
midway between two county seats,
Holdrcge and Minden. only ten and
twelve miles away, it has strong com
petition, but has profited thereby. It
never has had a saloon within Its juris
diction and none can even gt signer
enough to apply even if a board favor
able thereto could be induced to grant
the license. Within three miles stands
a country church which no doubt Is
the largest country church In the state
of Nebraska, the church property hav
ing cost about $25,000.
Holiday trade was reported as very
good by ull the merchants, although
most of them did not have their stores
In condition to prepare for their
trade.
SHOOTS TOWN MARSHAL.
Olllctiil nt I'rlillng Seriously Wounded
by Albert I 'lit man.
Albert Felttnan, proprietor of 'a
feed store at L'ehllng, Wednesday
evening shot and seriously wounded
Town Marshal James Mautuck while
resisting urrest. Hi feeling existed be
tween the twojnen as the result of the
shooting by tm marshal of a dog be
longing to Feltmtin. Meeting In front
of Feltm.'in's stJie Wednesday even
Ing they quarreled, and Feltman fired
three times at the marshal when the
latter attempted to arrest him. Felt
man fled to his home und burrlcaded
himself against a crowd of citizens
who attempted to arrest him. Later
ho telephoned Sheriff Bauman at Fre
mont, fxpresslng willingness to sur
render to thut officer. Accordingly
the sherllT came over ami placed Felt
man under arrest. It wus at first
thought that the marshal was fatally
wounded, but uftcr an examination of
the wounds It was said he would re
cover. BROKEN HAIL DITCHES CARS.
Mbxi::il Pacific Frcicjit ' Train Is
Wrecked Ni-ar Auburn.
A bud wreck .occurreu on the Mis
souri Pacific railway near Howe, the
first station south of Auburn. A spe
cial frtl.i;'it which left Auburn short
y before the time tho northbound
; asm nrer train wus due to urrlve, was
running ut u hl;,h rate of speed In
order t- get iji the sidetrack at Howe
and there) y not to delay the passen
ger. . When nearlng Howe a defective
rill bro!:o pfter the engine had passed
over It. Twelve cms, eleven of which
were loaded with company coal, plied
up In the ditch. Fortunately the en
nl:ie Irii pv ed over Hiid the waycar
remained on the track, consequently
no oiio wnn hurt. The pnssenger pull
ed i .to Il iv.e and wus unable to get
flirnui;'! and was forced to back down
lo Fall i "! and use tlu; Burlington
Marl: to Ne'.iraska t'lty.
':(! ;i Xi; i h tor E.llue.ton.
I l.ilii.'t' n win taken to Lln-
M Fill' i C!iy to rei ve bis six-:i-
i-i nt'M.ci' for tho murder of
Wll:;en.
'lyd.
coin
leeil-J .
(''.irii'.-nv Shot.
V'lii'e Fran': i'!i -In I inul hln broth.
T .'"li ll i). of i'lallM'ii nth, wero out
'i.ioiii - r'tl.'i'H i -cititly the former's
!i,i u .;s .'.(: I tent :lly dl-.iinrged and
.ie i oiileof. bid ;o.l hi one of Adolph's
' n-.! '.;:-.i - u ;a :'t:l wound.
l-'i-.'iii- l,,;,":n Kir.'.lnir.
The H,-. in. i p'l -ru ' is devastating
iri : y Iierdi of ho;;) l.i York county.
AlreuCy r.iruy faruier.i have loi;t n cur
ly evciy hog and tlmso who have not
iy' by h d'Ti rro selling off und suy
ill y ..Hi n -i u'.ii.'i.cnco uguln.
200 ARE ENTOMBED IN
PENNSYLVANIA MINE
Terrible Explosion Imprisons All
the Men Working in Coal Shaft
" Near Conncllsville.
FIRE ATDS TO AWFUL IIOEEOIU
Darr Workings, Owned by Pittsbirg
Coal Company, the Scene of Lat
est Slaughter of Miners.
Two hundred miners wero entombed
In the Darr mines of the Pittsburg
Coal Company at Jacobs Creek, on the
Voughloglieiiy River, eighteen miles
west or ConneUsville, Pa. Of the vic
tims fully 100 are Americana, the oth
ers being principally Hungarians.
A terrific explosion shook the vicin
ity of the mine Thursday morning and
announced to all the surrounding coun
try that a great disaster hud occurred
under the HUi'face. Smoke soon begun
to Issue in heavy columns from the
mine, which is of the slope variety.
The mouth of the mine was wrecked,
nnd this, together with the Are which
wus discovered raging Inside, prevent
ed uny attempt to rescue the Imprison
ed men. There wns nothing to Indi
cate whether It was gfts or coal dust
that exploded.
Within n few minutes nfter the ex
plosion the month of the pit was sur
rounded by the relatives and friends of
the entombed men. Smoke and names
issuing from the slope made it Impos
sible to enter nnd the wives and chil
dren were fruutlc.
The scene of the explosion Is on tho
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad side
of the Youghlogheny Hirer. Jacobs
Creek, on the inalu Hue of the Bultl
moro & Ohio Railroad, is across the
river. It is forty miles enst of Pitts
burg und eighteen miles west of Con
ncllsville. '
The olliclnls of the Pittsburg Coal
Company stated that the mine was hue
of the largest nnd wns equipped with
the most modern appliances for mining.
The Pittsburg Coal Company mines are
on both sides of the Youguloghcny
Hirer. The fuel mined in this fluid is
used for coking purposes. The terri
tory is n part of the original Conuells
villc coke field nnd the mines are said
to contain considerable gas.
THIRD HORROR IN A FORTNIGHT
Monouarah.W. Va., and Yolnnde Dia
na I cr Coat Lives of Ilgadreda. '
The Conncllsville mine horror is the
third to shock the nation within the
lust fortnight An explosion in mines
Nos. C and 8 of the Consolidation Coal
Company nt Mouonguh, W. Va., wreck
ed the Interior of the mine and caused
n loss of life nt first estimated at 500,
but since found to have been less thnn
400. Not nil the bodies of men trapped
in subterranean passages have been re
moved evan yet. At last accounts 336
hud been found.
This disaster brought desolation to
the whole city of Monongnu and the
surrounding region and destitution and
even disease have resulted. The State
authorities nnd others have tuken
measures to investigate the causes rig
idly and to seek greater safety for the
workers.
The other serious accident occurred
in the Volnnde coal mine, near Bir
mingham, Aln. The latest reports from
the scene of this horror, published yes
terday, show Ufty-nine bodies found
and twenty-two men listed as still
missing.
XV. H. Hoggs, an American, was slain
by Mexican laborers who demanded tbelr
wuges.
Two bombs were found beneath the box
of King Carlos of I'ortugal in the Royal
Theater of Lisbon.
Brig-amis tortured Marquis Cito of Na
ples and forced his wife to write a check
for I'Kl.OOU for bis ransom.
In the effort to gain the mastery of
the Pacific, Jupan forced every foreign
shipping line out of the China trade.
Thousands of native troops who attack
ed the French forces on the Algerian
frontier were driven buck iuto Morocco.
A steamer went ou the rocks of the
Nova Scotia shore in a bliuding storm,
hut the IJ00 persons aboard were taken
off.
Oscar Krlisloeh was forced by German
authorities to pny duty of $1!0 on the
J nines (ionluii Beuuett Cup he won in
(lie Iml loon race.
Tin' death sentence of I'rof. Karl Ilau,
convicted of murder in Cermuuy, was
commuted to life imprisonment.
Knipri'Ks Alexandra of Russia became
so ill thut special consultation of court
Vh.YsiciuiiH was deemed necessary.
Nicholas Tschuikuvitky, kuown as the
founder of the first revolutionary -circle
at St. Petersburg, and Mine. Bretdikov
sksya, one of the first aristocratic con
verts to the terrorist program, beta of
whom have msuy friends in America,
have beo arretd aud thrown into the
Fortress of SS. Peter and Paul at tht
HushIuu capital.
CHICAGO.
An InvirovlQK OIle appears in bnsinem
i-iivm-o, tin iiiMiKu til-nun recovery in at?
tivity is not looked for before a return
to normal bunking conditions is' effected.
Reasonable weather brought a henvier
movement in the leading retail lines, aud
the iThsorptiou of necessaries and Christ
mas goods advanced to gratifying propor
tions, dealings generally reilecting a bet
ter disposition among buyer.
Wholesale branches mainly enter lipoa
the usual quiet attending the close of (h
year, but there was a fair aggregate of
demands for immediate delivery and mit
ihiactory moil onleis were received for
spring merchandise. Mercantile collee
tions show more promptness at western
points, although extensions are not infre
quently linked, particularly where tht) .
shortage of currency yet remains severe.
Hrfuults in this district again includ
none of special signiliciince, and the nnrn
Ixr this month thus far is less than a
year ago. Bequests for accotniiiodntion
hi January increases and current settle
ments at the hanks involve some renew
als, but the financial exhibit required of
Isirrowers discloses little disturbing week
lies among manufacturers and distrib
uters, and this creates a more confident
keeling ns a basis for future financing.
Money remains quoted nt 7 per ecnt
minimum on local loans required for for
warding of foodstuffs, but higher rates
are made for commercial paper bought by
outside hanks. Augmentation of gold re
serves ami note circulation strengthens
the Valuation and permits an expanding
shipment of currency to tho interior.
There is no decline in outputs of rails,
wire and footwear, and there is better
inquiry for pig Iron, although some con
sumers hold for lower cost.
l'nlhircs roported in the Chicago die
tiict number against 18 Inst week and
2. a yenr ngo. Those with liabilities over
$.".(K0 number .", against 7 lust week and ,
H ill 11KH1. Bun's Ueview of Trade. J
NEW YORK. '
Holiday buying has had the center ot
the stage, and retail business has felt very
perceptibly the influence of the spirit of
the season. While much more marked
thnn some time ngo, however, the volume
of retail buying as a whole is not up to
expectations, nud is certainly well below,
a year ago ut this date. Sentiment as to
the outlook for trade next year is very,
mixed. .
Conditions in financial circles are still
slowly hilt quite surely approaching nor
lunl. From the country at large there "
is reported a continued easing up of the ;
situation ns rugurd cash payments, and
several cities nre practically on a cajtt
basis. .- j
vV very favorable fenture in the present
period of repression is the tendency to
ward enlargement of our export trade.
This is most notable in the grain trade.
Business failures for the week ending
Dec. 10 number 'J! 18, against Inst
wtek, 227 hi the like week of liXXS, '235
In lllOo, IM!) in 1!K)4 and 243 in LW)3.
Cnundiun failures for the week nnmbor
40, as tigniust 51) Inst week and 2U in
this week n yenr ago. Bradstreet's Com
merclal Heport. ,
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$1.00 to $tU0; hogs, prime heavy, f l.00
to JM-r5; sheep, fair to choice, f.'lOO
to $1.25; wheat, No. 2, IkSc to fl.OOj .
corn. No. 2. ."Ne to ."i'.lc: oats, standard.
41k: to 50c ; rye. No. 2, TJc to 82c ; boy.
timothy, !fll.tM to ?ls.tio; prairie, J'JW
to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 240
to 2!e; eggs, fresh, 22c to 27c; potatoes,
ner bushel, 4 He to 50c.
Indianapolis Cattle,, shipping, J.5.UO
.I .tit ''."i : ImiFM. irood to choice heftW-
4.0O,to $4.!M; sheep, common to prime.
!j;;.00 to $4.;; wiietit, o. 2, u;c to iuc;
coru, No. 2 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2
white, 4!c to 52c.
St. Louis Cattle $4.50 to $0.00; hogs,
$4.00 to $l.tiO; sheep. $3.00 to $5.00 1
wheat. No. 2, $1.01 to $L; corn. No. 2,
53c to 55c; oats. No. 2, 4Sc to 50c; r$
No. 2, 75c to 7'.c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $5.10f
hogs, $4.00 to $..: sheep, $3.00 to
$1.50; wheat, No. 2, !Ke to $1.01; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 47c to 4Hc ; rye, No. 2, TDc to 81c ''
Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $5.50; hos;
$4.00 to $1.40; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75
wheat, No. 2, $1.0O to $1.02; corn, No. 3
yellow, t!0c to Ulc; oats. No. 3 white,
53c to 54c ; rye. No. 2, 80c to 82c.
.Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.08 to $1.10; corn. No. 3, KJc to 00c
outs, Ktniidiiril, 51c to 52c; rye. No. 1,
SOc to 81c; hurley. No. 2, IKJo to U7cJ
pork, mess, $12.52.
Buffalo Cuttle, choice shipping steers,
$1.00 to $5.!MI; hogs, fair tOt choice, $3.5t
to $l.ot; sheep, common to' good mix-d,
$4.0O.to $5.50; lambs, fuir to choice,
$5.00 to $7.25.
New York Cuttle, $ 1.00 to $5.50;
hogs, $3.50 to $5.00; sheep, $3.0O to
$.i.OO; wheat, No. 2 red. $1.05 to $1.(HJ;
corn, No. 2. " to (57c; outs, natural
white, 57c to 5!c; butter, creswery, 25o
ti 2!c; eggs, western. 27c to 31c.
Toledo Wheat, Nu 2 mixed, t!c tt
$1.01: corn, No. 2 mixed, 5!)o to 01 C
outs. No. 2 liiifted, 5;lc to 51c; rye, Xo,
2, 7!V to Mt ; clover seed, prime, $!'.70
TZLEQEAPHIC BBEVITIES
Thomas . Larson hut beeu ehv-led
president of (he Hay Stato (ius Comiwujr
of I'elawure.
The chief of staff of (he aruiy has rec
ommeudeil the ciinst ruction of oHio-nr
quarters at the urmy wur college in
Wukhingtou at an eiiense of $100,000.
It is reported (lint leiurl-& Coniviil of
the Meiroiiolitan opera house in New
York bus' had trouble with the bircctors)
of the company aud will retire at the end)
of the prew.'.t seus-n.