DIE OF BLACK DAMP
No Hops for Men Entombed in
Mine at Brlcevllle, Tenn.
TWENTY-ONE BODIES FOUND.
Tbeee Who Escaped Fury of Exple
Ion Were Speedily Suffocated Hun
rd and Eighty-four Children Made
Orphans by Dlaaator.
Brlcevllle, Tr-nn . Pec. 12 With
twenty one bodies recovered and Iden
tJfled. imiciip parties renewed their ef
forts to force the Big Cross Mountain
Bine here to give up Ita dead. Having
forced their way three niilea Into the
mountain und hrattlced moat of the
rose enti le -, nu niliera of the rescue
erew expert to atunthle upon corpaes
trewn about (he chambers at any
Sour.
Discovery of the next body came
When a dead miner waa found In a ait
tine posture In one of the Interior
ehnmbera. He waa Andrew Johnson.
Indications were that he had been a
Victim of blacl.d.imp. It Is believed
now rhat anv men who might have ea
raped the ttrf of the explosion sped
Oy were miffocnted by nases.
A local Red Cross camp began work
for the relief of the suffering. It Is
etlmated the explosion raHaWtd fifty
ix widows and made 184 children or
phans. That there are 100 or more dead
Wen remnlnlng in the mine there la no
doubt. All hope of rescuing any of the
score who wftlt to their toll Saturday
morning has been abandoned.
Theories as to Causa.
There are three theories as to the
eanse of the explosion. One Is that In
ome manner powder or dust exploded,
the second is thai an electric wire
fame In contact with explosives, and
the third Is that the explosion was
Caused bv poor tamping of a drill.
Of all the men who went Into the
mine, three only escaped. They were
John lMTg, Samuel Fanner and Bert
Haimnker. They were In one of the
lateral shafts. Warned by the noise,
they scaped before being overtaken
by flames.
t These men observed bad "signs" as
they en!"!od the mine. They baliavt
the exact locntlnn of the bjat Is at
feast two miles ib the Interior and
100 feet from ihe mountain crest.
JJrlceville, at a mining town, has had
stormy b.iqlry. If was the scene in
thgia'-1- )wj of rioiioi vsii.Mi tntaari
rebelled against working with tjOBfteti
leased by the elate. Troops were Rent
there to quell the trouble.
WALTER GREW.
Counsel For National
Eractort, Who Started
Hunt For Dynamiters.
Pkoto by American Hresa Asauclatlon.
jfeWS NOT ONLY SUFFERERS
WMhestts ftVcal Russian Methods to
rlgn Affalrt Committee.
Washington, Dec. It. Those who
appeared before the hous" coininitti o
on forelBn affairs, urging abrogation
Of the 1S32 treaty between the Cnited
States and Russia. leclared that the
czar's alleged discriminations agninst
cltlz ns had not been confined to .lews
lone, but had boon BS ended to In
clude Catholic luiestf,. Protestant
tnlnlMr and American missionaries.
Louis Marshall of New York, conn
Cl for the .lews who appeared, cited
the (a' of Btebop Hoban of Scran
ten. . who, he said, was denied a
two duy- sojourn In Russia, although
armed with a passport from the state
department. He said Oscar Hammer
teln. tile Aineiiiftli itnpresai was
ot allowed to enter Russia to engage
talent
Jacob Schlff, the New York banker,
towed a letter received from Klibu
Root, when the latter was secretary
Of state, n;vine no satisfaction could
be obtained from Russia. Os ar
(Straus, former ambassador to Turkey,
nd a member of the Roosevelt cab
inet, denied having any personal
know dge that American interests
were hjSnom Ing the stat" department
1b its treatment of the question.
RODGERS COMPLETES TRIP
Aviator Ends Crosscountry Flight at
Leng Beach. Cat
Lon Reach, Cat.. Dec. 12. Aviator
CalbraRh I' Rodvjers completed the
last ten f his cross continental Wight
nd landed on the shore or the Pacific
The final lap of bis trip was twelve
miles Rodgers started at Compton,
where he fell Nov U. A crowd ttl
mated at 611.OUO persons saw ihe tini-ti
Of th? great trip an I. as the wheels
Of Rodgers' machine touch! il.es.and
the ewthnsiastlc throng rushed in on
the aviator and the ini ; of the rush
pushed bis nta hini ntd the waves.
Rodgers declared bis actual flying
time from the Atlantic was tip, , davs.
ten hi u. s and fourteen minutes
RUSSIA MAKES REPLY
Their Removal Sanctioned by Imperial
Edict at Peking.
The semi official St. Petersburg Ros
sla, in an editorial on Representative
Sitlser'a proposal to abrogate the Rus
sian treaty, says:
"The news is no surprise, as a sim
ilar motion was made in 197. The
prohibition of foreign .lews, irrespec
live of nationality, from entering Rus
3la, as well ns Russian Jews who emi
grated without permission, was estab
llBhed by law on March 23 and Aug.
11, 1824. The Rusao American trenty,
eight years later, contains no pro
vision with respect to a modification
of the existing law in favor of Amer
ican Jews American Jews err In sup
poulns 'hat Russia has Introduced
new rest rit I ions with regard to them
"On the. contrary, Russian legisla
tion of 1 R.T nf granted admission to
certain selected categories. The sov
ereign right not to admit undesirables
cannot be disputed r,m1 is exercised
Very strictly by the United state
'The views bf a section of. congress
are not the vieWS of the entire popula
t:on. May th - irit" born Americans
persiiatle thei,- new ( .mlng fellow Hti
lenj thnt the interests of the Jewish
i It mont, which is 4 per cent of the
peputatlOBt :1!( no- identical with the
Interests of the entire United States,
and that a bad peace with Russia is
prof arable to n good quarrel even In
the customs sphere."
BORROWERS BRIBE BANKERS
Comptroller of Currency Makes Seri
ous Charge in Annual Report.
Business ol the country, us reflet ted
in banking operations, was quite satis
factory during the year ending Oct.
31 last, according to the annual report
of Lawrence o. Hurray! comptroller
of the cum ncy, submitted to congress.
The comptroller makes the startling
declaration that "the dishonest prac
tice by officers of latiolial banks of
receUint; personal ompeut-ation lor
loans made b the bank is a growing
evil and has already reached such
proportions nu to call for criminal
legislation on the subject.
"In this manner," he adds, "either
the hank is defrauded of lawful inter
est which it would otherwise receive,
or usurious interest is exacted of a
borrower by a corrupt officer. A secret
reward to th? officers is sometimes a
deliberate bribe for obtaining a loan
on insufficient security."
Cbe Iong and the Short of It
By ROBERT DONNELL
f
Copyright. 1911. by American PreM Association
HER'N HIS'N
sV W, ' is
CHIS is the long and the
short of it
(Isn't it really shocking?):
Santa Claus knows HE wears
short hose,
While SHE wears a full
length stocking. , 7 .,
So when the day approaches
Y'hich one? in yr is
coming
The sly old saint (it would make
r you faint!)
Puts over this mental sum
ming: , , ,
"She MUST have presents in
plenty;
He CAN have very few,
For every one knows he wears
a hose
That's scarcely as high as hei
shoe."
firecrackers at Christmas
By ROBERTUS LOVE
affritiil a .l.AAiliiii 1
THE MARKETS
!'
11 Closing prices:
Wfce; May, ;".. tfi 97c.
i.r.c: May. MC
!;'. ; May, 48Vi94tC.
Ill B0 ; May. $15.72'... 5.
$K9U; May, $8.12K..
-U Prices No. 2 bard
wheat, !t"cfc $1 til ; No torn, old.
r.9c; No 2 white oats, tSifMSc.
Chicago, Dec
Wheal -Dec .
Corn Dev.
Oats Dee.,
Pork---Ian.,
I. aid- .lai).
Chicago C
Girl an Important Witness.
Chicago. Dec 12 Miss Son Haley,
private secretary and oonfldante of
John I M Namara for inoi. than two
years. Is in Chicago under surveillance
of government offit iajs of tht depart
tnent of justice and will go to In
eJlana!o!!s this week to testify bofora
the federal s,'aud I i r-. it was made
known hi e
Bher ffe Slayer Killed by Posce.
White Rock. S. D, Dec 1.' - After a
running iuitt!- n thuty miles with a
company of si ne iniiitta and a posse
of armed citizens, .John Weldemelr.
Who shot and killed Sheriff Mot dy of
Wahjieton. was surrounded three miles
couth west oi here unj 1 after be
U wounded thiee .;i 'iut uui-Uv-ra.
Chicaco tive Stock.
Chicago, Dec. 11. Cattle Receipts,
IMfll steady: boeves, $4 7nfi948;
Melll steers. $4.40ti7.25; stinkers
tnd ' eeilt rs. $3.A0A5..S0; cows and
heifers $2 ii .:. . calves, $5 5nj
8.25. Hogs - He eipts. I4.HOII; strong;
light. S.55eT6.2'l; rough. $$.8fiM; IS :
I'eavy. $5 4 pits, $4 Utii5 .'0:
bulk, $; tttiti Sheep Receipta,
4ljM0; weal.: natives. $2t'.54.1$;
westerns, 12 731t i. yearJIiiKS, $4.25
i 5.n; lambs. $1 7-ili fi.W.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha. D c. 1 1.' -Cattle -rRe-
clpts 7,i'.ii ; steady: beef steers, $5. uu
478.1U; tows FIBd heifers. $34"ft" ":
Mockers ae.i feedt rs. $::.5iuf ".rtn;
bolla, $S.0di$liv; calves, $.1 25 7.2a
IfOffC Kat ips. 6.4"U; 5c lower: best
he.ntis landed at $.10 and good
bntchera sold uronnd $ti.M; light, $-,.r, i
K S I BhMp Ret eipts. 11. ."ea:
wot hM, 3i:n:;.gn; ewes,
$1 :"'3.iu: htiuba, :! 7if ti.ufl.
WIIKN I was I boy and that
was some time ugo. klud und
conslderute reader I never
popped firecrackers on the
Fourth of July. 1 popped them on
Christmiis day. That was because 1
was a boy iu a soutberu state ouly u
few years ufter the close of the civil
war. Still you don't uuderstaud J
Well, let me do u little explaining.
1 .shall not venture to speuk for
other comouinltlca in the suuth. but in
my aetghborhood most of the people
still were somewhat bitter against
I'uclo Sam for inning come down
there with armies for a four years'
tight. The folks iu and around uiy
serene and qBQltoril little village,
lying on the cedar clad hillsides of
southeast Missouri, bad known much
of the wur from actual ob-crvai ion
and experience. Armies. Federal and
Confederate, bad marched nnd. counter
maivhed thrtmgli the village. A re
markable battle, that of Pilot Kttob.
was fought less ikM twenty miles
away. Missouri, 1ft it be reunuibered.
was loyal to the l aion. but In the
southern part part tenia! 'y the seutl
uit tit was mostly iu favor of the "lost
cause."
We small boys did not know tbwt tb?
reason for the tirecra. kerlotis Fourth
and the tiret rackery Christ mas lay iu
the prejuiliees eueudercil l.y the war.
All we knew r curctl to kuuw va
that when Christinas came around it
meant u few lun. nes of Qrecrackers
an ! n lot tif fuii popping i h.-m out in
the snow, for In thsc days we always
lind.H w hite Cliristiiias.
Alter the lapse or thirty years 1 can
IV ill Willi vivid distinetness a cer
tain Cliiisiiuns in my town which lo
gan with hi til uuticipation of full and
came very near ending in a tragedy.
Our family doctor had three boys who
were favorite chums of my brother
ami myself Somehow we always
managed tb get together on Christmas
day and hi the firecracker which
Santa Chius brought or which we
bough I with the paier (jitf.rter of a
dollar allowed each of us oat Of the
fum.ly excheiicr for that pttryPM A
quarter lauight tlirei- bunchac of the
little red r)ret.rai kers There were
live lios. ami you can compute the
Mutter f buii.i'es we bad.
We all got np early ei this Christmas
auoriiiiig. look the candies an. I oranges
mad otlter things from our stockings.
Inspected the fU, S. MeU" wugon left
at the fireside, pulled the trigger of
the new toy pistol-and then went
down to old man Bean's store and
spent our quarters to best advantage.
Brother und I went over to the
doctor's house and joined his boys in
the front yard. The snow was about
ankle deep, crinkly under the foot, and
the air was crisp and clear. The eldest
of the doctor's lioys b.nl been presented
with a uew derby hat for Christmas
the first derby that ever came to Iron
dale. There I just had to let the name
of the town slip OOt
Clalule that was what we called the
biggest boy was Intensely proud of
that new hat He wore it at breakfast
that mornlug, his brothers said. When
wo all gathered iu the yard to ptp the
crackers his derby was on the back
of his head. We pooled our property
by putting the fifteen bunches of tire
crackers in a heap on the snow. Near
at hand lay a piece of punk, burning
slowly.
Just to see If we had a hatful of tire
crackers Cluiule put his prized derby
over the heap. Some of the trackers
stuck out at one side. The littlest boy
dead tunny years opw picked off one
of the crackers, touched it to the punk,
and when it spluttered tire be dn.p .sl
it. The cracker weut under one side of
the bat. That was the point where the
frolle liecan le n tragedy
Aii of us we; diseasing the prob
lem of liritii; a whole bunch of cruek
ers at ern e w lieu nuddi nly there was
u ripping ex plod! ti w thick drew our at
tention to Clainle's derby. The but was
Considerably divided against Itself.
One jiowdeiy piece of It struck me ou
the nose. The rim, a ragged ruin, dew
over the fem e into the street. The rest
of it disappeared ut various places in
the snow.
To paraphrase the Hue from the
loein of tlio boy who stood ou the
burning tie. k. "The hut oh. w here was
it?"
Clnlnie's grief was twofold. He hail
i lost his new hat. and all the firecruck
ers had p.iio up In one big BXpktJtM
AH d tt wen- disconsolate But the
dear oal doctor -1 think he bj liviug yet
und i-trjr old now i(Kk pity on us and
: gave MCtl of us a dime w herewith to
' imn base n bum b apiece.
i'ow ii there nowndays they p flre
. crackers on the Fourth, but 1 dare say
j that some of the lioys of this gcneiu-
l tlou still tiud u bum h of the little red
(nippers in their stockings on Christ
mas morning
" jT- "n. . SjS
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r . i.i-A.
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Cleaning Done by Magic
That is how a busy and clever housewife described the use of
the wonderful vacuum cleaner. Long ago the patent carpet
sweeper displaced the broom. Now comes the vacuum clean
er, chasing out the carpet sweeper. This wonderful new con
trivance simply absorbs the dust. You pass it rapidy over
the walls or floor and where there was once dust you find a
beautiful clean trail. It is magical in its action.
The price is right
n nr. N easy
tJOV.UU PAYMENTS
Come in let ns show you this wonderful machine
in operation or, phone No. 13.) and we will put One
in your home on FttEE trial.
GEORGE D. DARLING
115-117 W. Third St.
Alliance, Nebr.
f
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your confidence and make
it an active ally in your
work.
A conservative use of
long distance telephone
set vice is not expensive.
It will pay big returns on
the investment.
Thf liiisiness uiiin who
has learned the telephone's
usefulness a c comp'.ishes
much more than his com
petitor who has not.
Use of the Bell Telephone gives an expansive
range to personal communication, because each
telephone is the center of a nation-wide system
of the most efficient telephone transmission in
the world.
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