MANY DEAD IN
IOWA MINE.
Twenty-One Lost Creek Work
men Killeb By Dust Explosion.
Disaster Occurs with Large Force of
Miners at Work , Flames Threaten
Destruction of Entire Plant.
Oskaloosa , la. , Jan. 28. Twenty-one
Wiled and * eight others seriously in
jured by an explosion in the Lost
Creek coal mine here. The dead were
all badly burned and mangled , many
of them beyond recognition , except
for their clothing. Those who escap
ed instant death were severely injured
and some who were taken out alive
died soon afterward , or are in a seri
ous condition. The bodies of the dead
men were recovered from the mine.
The injured , all of whom are fright
fully cut , bruised and burned , are un
der the care of surgeons in a tem
porary hospital equipped near the
mine.
GEYSER OF DEBRIS.
The Lost Creek mine is ten miles
southeast of Oskaloosa and three miles
north of Eddyville. The explosion oc
curred at the noon hour and was what
is known as a dust explosion. The
miners had just fired their usual noon
shots , one of which proved to be a
lizzie , the powder flame igniting the
gas and causing the explosion. Smoke
and debris were blown out of the mine
jn a column 200 feet high. A part of
the top works was torn away and the
fans and cages wrecked. This made
the work of rescue very slow , and it
was 3 o'clock before volunteer parties
< iared to venture into the east entry ,
where the explosion occurred.
The men of the rescue party fought
their way into the mine , where a
shocking sight met their gaze. The
dead and injured were terribly burned
And mutilated , some of them almost
beyond recognition. Beyond where the
bodies lay the fire was burning fiercely
.and for a time it was feared that the
workings would be wholly destroyed
jind the bodies incinerated. Finally ,
however , the flames were subdued , but
not until several of the rescue party
had succumbed to the fumes. The bo
dies were then collected and carried
to the top of the shaft. At the time
o fthe explosion there were more than
100 men in the mine , but all except
-those of the east entry escaped with
only slight injury.
SCENES AT THE SHAFT.
It was nearly 6 o'clock when the last
of the dead was taken out and the
scenes of anguish amongthe families
of the victims were most pitiful. Near
ly all the men were married and leave
families in poor circumstances. The
mine is owned by the Lost Creek Fuel
company of this city and has been in
operation about one year. Charles E.
and Fra nkLofland , H. L. Spencer and
Jap Timbrell of Oskalosa , la. , are the
principal stockholders. One hundred
.and twenty-five men were employed
by the mine at the time of the ex
plosion. Forty of these were in the
west entry , and they escaped practi
cally uninjured. Sixty were in the east
entry , where the explosion occurred.
The explosion wrecked the hoisting
< ages so that it was nearly 2 o'clock
before entrance to any part of the
mine could be gained. Willing hands
.among the crowds that gathered put
forth heroic efforts to reach the unfor
tunate men entombed beyond the east
entryAgain and again they were
< 3 riven back by the terrible gas and
many of the rescuers were overcome.
Heartrending appeals of the wives ,
children and mothers of the sixty men
imprisoned nerved the living on to a
duty that seemed beyond the range of
Tiuman endurance. Every possible
means of rescue that ingenuity could
devise was tried , but it was after 3
o'clock before it was possible to get
into the east entry. By 3:30 o'clock
eight bodies had been found , theiir
Identity being generally at first un
known. At 4 o'clock all hope for those
left in the mine had been abandoned.
The fans , which 'were badly damaged
by the explosion , were working again ,
"but as several doors had been blown
shut the gas did not clear readily.
As fast as the rescuers could ven
ture in , they forced their way on , but
only to find dead bodies at every step.
All of the dead had been removed by
-S o'clock and. taken to the company's
store , which was turned into an Im
provised morgue. Some of the corpses
weer identified only by the clothing
worn by the men. The scenes about
T.he shaft and at the company's store
j > eggar description. Physicians sum-
inoned to the scene from Oskaloosa
and Eddyville arrived at 3:30 o'clock
and rendered what assistance was pos
sible. The injured men were looked
after and their wounds dressed.
The total property damage will be
about $10,000.
The postoffice at Grand Junction ,
jColo. , was robbed of the contents of a
registered mail pouch from the east ,
the contents of which is unknown , and
$120 in money and stamps.
Police Raid the Bowery.
New York , Jan. 29. A raid of un-
-usual proportions was made by near-
] y 100 policemen on the Bowery. SC-v-
eral notorious resorts were closed and
thirty-two prisoners were locked up.
The large number of policemen on the
*
-scene prevented any outbreak or diffi
culty in getting the prisoners to the
police station. The raids foreshadow a
the doom of the Bowery , for they
narked the preliminary step in the
-wholesale cleaning up of that some-
famous thoroughfare.
CHICAGO GREETS ADMIRAL SCHLEY ,
Chicago , Jan. 28. Rear Admiral W.
S. Schley thrice declared that he had
no intention of entering politics. His
remarks were calculated to set at rest
for all time the political ambitions
which some of his admirers have en
tertained for him. He said no office ,
however high , would tempt him to
jeopardize the love which the people
of this country hav * > expressed for him.
The day for the admiraJ was a
round of receptions , at each of which
he expressed his gratitude for tokens
of esteem and approbation.
The demonstrations reached their
climax in the banquet given in his
honor by the Hamilton club , in the
banquet hall of the Auditorium. Ap
proximately 650 guests were present.
EVERW WORD IS CHEERED.
Admiral Schley arose amid applause
and said :
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of
the Hamilton Club : What I desire
particularly to say is that I thank you
most sincerely for the welcome that
you have accorded to me. The glac
tribute which I met on arrival at your
depot and in passing through your
streets was such a tribute of confi
dence and esteem that it has touched
my heart sincerely. ( Applause. )
"If in my long career of fortylive
years I have done anything that is
worthy of your approval , then my sat
isfaction is complete. ( Applause. )
"I wanted only to say that I am
simply a sailor and that I have served
you in storm and in calm , in sunshine
ant ! in bad weather , from pole to pole
and from sun to sun. The only motive
of action has always been , 'My coun
try and my people. ' ( Applause. )
"I desire to say , most emphatically.c
that I have no desire to be other than
a sailor. 1 have no aspiration for any
civil office , howeVer high it may be.
( Applause. ) My one ambition has been
to serve you faithfully , loyally , devot
edly ( applause ) , and if I have succeed
ed in doing that the measure of my
ambition is full and my only other
ambition is that I may retain for the
rest of my years that I may be vouch
safed for me your love , your esteem
and your respect. ( Cheers. ) I would
not care to jeopardize that by seeking
or accepting any office where I should
be condemned to follow always , rather
than to remain in the one profession
that I have chosen , where there are
occasionally opportunities to lead. Ap
plause. "
THE CESSION TREATY IS SIGNED ,
Washington , D. C. , Jan. 28. The
treaty of cession of the Danish West
Indies islands from Denmark to the
United States was signed at the state
department by Secretary Hay and
Constantine Brun , the Danish minis-
ter. The treaty will be submitted to
the senate for ratification immediate-
Following the invariable rule in
such cases the state department offi
cials decline to make public any of
the details of the treaty so that it is
not possible to state positively the
price to be paid , though this is be-
lieved to be in the neighborhood to be
in the neighborhod of $5,000,000. J
It is learned also that Denmark has J
abandoned the position it was inclined
to occupy toward the conservation of
the political rights of the inhabitants
of the island and gives the United
States a free hand to deal with them
without pledge of American citizen
ship or of free trade privileges.
It is assumed that the status of thp
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Danish West Indian islands , political
ly and commercially , should the treaty
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be ratified , will be similar to that of
Porto Rico. Having gained these
°
points in the negotiations , the state
department officials believe that the
treaty is certain to receive the appro
val of the United States senate.
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The new treaty is peculiar in that
it will require action not only by thp
senate and the Danish Rigsdag , but f
6y the United States house of repre- |
sentatives as well , since it will be ttec-
essary for the house to supply the ap
propriation to defray the expense of
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purchase.
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ABOUT NEBRASKA IRRIGATION ACT.
Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. 28. Additional
briefs , containing new arguments and
a response to the interrogatories of the
court , were filed in behalf of the Craw
ford company in the case brought by
Leroy Hall in Dawes county. The ac
tion involves the constitutionality of
the Nebraska irrigation act and has
been pending in the supreme court for
several years. Leroy Hall owns a
mill on the White river and is seek
ing to restrain the Crawford Irrigat
ing company from appropriating the
waters of that stream for irrigating
purposes.
In his petition to the court , Leroy
Hall contended that so much of the
act as sought to confer upon the state
board of irrigation the exercise of ju
dicial functions , was unconstitutional ,
alleging that the legislature copied the
act from the irrigation act of the state
of Wyoming , which was adopted in
that state under a constitution which
authorized such legislation , while the
constitution of Nebraska does not au
thorize or permit such legislation in
so far as the adjudication of the rights
tc the use of water are concerned.
o
Each party diverting water from the
White river or its tributaries , or us- .U1
ing it or claiming a right to divert ai
or use it , was made a defendant in
the action. The purpose of the bill Bl
was to quiet the plaintiffs title to the Jc
use of the water which he sought to
take from the river. try
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Cleveland Is After Ducks.
Georgetown , S. C. , Jan. 28. Former
President Grover Cleveland , with a
M
party of friends , among whom are ,
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans , Col-
onel E. C. Benedi'.t ; General Anson G.
ber
McCook , Captain P. B. Lamberton and
Herman May , have arrived here. After
p {
breakfast they boarded the United
for
States ship * launch Water Lily and left ta
for Ford'sPoint , on the Lower Sanco
tee river , the shooting preserves of St
General E. P. Alexander , whose guests also
the party will be while here. te
MR. HILL ON
THE STAND.
Great Northern Magnate Under"
goes Rigid Examination.th
Karriman and Hill Wilt Both Be Ques
tioned by Interstate Officials on
"Associate Management- "
Chicago , Jan. 28. James J. Hillpres
ident of the Northern Securities com
pany and president of the Great
PJN
Northern Railway company , testified
for three and one-quarter hours be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion here. In answer to questions
tending to show the effect of the com
tem
munity of interest plan on railroads ,
the : veteran railroader declared that
competition does not lower rates , but
on the contrary he believed that it ad
01v
vanced them. He declared that in the
northwest < , where the Great Northern
nai
and Northern Pacific have been at
aiP
Peace , where one road has agreed with
the other on rates and maintained the
tla
agreement ; , rates were lower than in
any other part of the country.
In regard to the purchase of the
Burlington by the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern , Mr. Hill de
clared that the purchase was a matter
of necessity and was not due to a
movement in line with the trust idea.
He testified to the formation of the
Northern Securities company , and in
doing so gave a reason far simpler
than has been conjectured.
ORIGIN OF SECURITIES CO.
"There'are some men , some very old
men , interested in the management of
the Great Northern , " said he. "Two
tlO
of ] the men are over 80 and several
over 70 years. They wanted to form a
O1Cl
close corporation into which they could
ClC
confide their interests with the assur
ance that the road would be managed
aiaJ
along the lines which have made it a
aJsi
success. It was to have taken over
siO
one-third of the stock of the road.
The plan seemed to be a good one , and
Tai
and then it was proposed to let all the
ais
stockholders in not alone the few
holders ' of the one-third , but all of
them. The plan met with approval ,
and then it broadened into the idea of
taking in the Northern Pacific also.
The roads had worked in harmony for
twenty years , and the change in the
tvh
holder , of the securities would make no
difference. It can make no difference
and will make no difference. "
HILL TALKS VIGOROUSLY.
Mr. Hill talked vigorously and ear
nestly. < At the close of the session ,
when Chairman Knapp offered to al
low Mr. Hill to leave for New York ,
if the latter felt that the staying in
Chicago would inconvenience him se
riously , Mr. Hill declared that his time
belonged to the commission and that
he desired in every way to aid them
to the extent of his ability. Chairman
Knapp then said that Mr. Hill would
again be called to the stand.
It is the expressed purpose of the
commission to discover , if possible ,
what changes , if any , have been cre
ated between the general public and
the railroads by reason of the "asso
ciate management" of the latter. The
commissioners desire to find out if the
carrying out of the community of in
terests idea has affected the rate sit
uation in a way contrary to law , or , as
IS claimed , if it is likely to effect to
stability and non-discrimination of and
in rates for which the commission has
long battled. Is
Messrs. Hill and Harriman both
reached Chicago during the morning
and Mr. Hill , accompanied by Mr.
_
Grover , his attorney , came at once be
fore the commission.
Darius Miller , first vice president
and traffic manager of the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy , and former traf
fic manager of the Great Northern ,
was the first witness. In answer to
questions by Mr. Day , attorney for
the commission , Mr. Miller stated that
the Burlington was absolutely inde
pendent in its operations and in the be
making of rates. Co
"Have you received instructions from Com
either Mr. Hill or Mr. Harriman in re
P
gard to making rates ? " Mr. Day ask pe
ed. peWi
Wi
ed."I
"I have received none , " the witness b
answered. co
Commissioner Prouty asked the wit-
QT
ness to what extent the Northern Pa-
cific and Great Northern were comrg
rg
petitors , and Mr. Miller put the comth
th
petitive tariff at about 25 per cent. thw
He declared that the Burlington was
not a competitor of the Great North
to
ern. He said the two companies had
made frequent agreements to maintain
rates , but said he knew of no pen
alty ever having been imposed for
violation of agreement. ETC
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Condition on the Isthmus.
Colon , Colombia , Jan. 28. The situ of
ation at both ends of the isthmus is
unchanged. The General Pinzon has
arrived here from Savanilla with 600
troops. By a recent.decree. . . issu 4 at
Barranquilla , department of Bolivar ,
Jose Muto , a prominent Italian of that
place.has been expelled from the coun
for taking an active part in aiding
liberal cause.
Morgan Against Panama.
Washington , D. C. , Jan. 28. Senator
Morgan , chairman of the committee on m.
interoceanic canals , has prepared a re the
port , which he has sent to every mem
of the committee , relative to the
canal situation , since the offer of the eral
Panama company to sell its property
$40,000,000 was made. The report
takes the ground that the Panama
company cannot give the "United
States a good and sufficient title , and
criticises the whole matter as in
tended : to'delay canal legislation.
ARE PLEADING FOR THEIR RIGHTS ,
Washington , D. C. , Jan. 29. When
the foreign affairs co'mmittee of the
2
house resumed its hearing on the sub
ject of the re-enactment of the law
prohibiting the coming into this coun
try of Chinese , it was informed that
if it had not been understood fully by
the people of the Pacific coast in the
las tnational congress that Chinese
laWi
would be excluded by a republican ad
Wim
ministration and by a republican con
gress , California's electoral vote would
have been cast for Mr. Bryan.
This statement was made by E. J.
Livernash , assistant manager of the
San Francisco , Cal. , Examiner. He
appeared before the committee in sup
port of the Kahn bill for the exclusion
of the Chinese , and declared that for
the course of his statement he had a
part in preparing.
in the course of. his argument Mr.
Livernash particularly supported the
section of the proposed act which pro
hibits the coming of Chinese into this
country from the Philippines or other
insular possessions of the country.
He referred to the flood of petition ?
which have been poured upon congress
in favor of a more liberal treatment
of the Chinese , which it appeared in
congress to listen to such petitions
would be simply to assist in the ex
ploitation of the Philippine islands by
Europeans and cause us to lose sight
of the commercial future of the isl
ands as an American possession
Mr. Livernash insisted that the peo
ple of California in this matter were
pleading not for a privilege , but for a
right. The people of the Pacific coast
were particularly interested , because
they loked toward China and toward
the Chinese in the Philippines with
apprehension and suspicion.
BIG COAL FIELDS SOON TO MERGE ,
Indianapolis , Ind. , Jan. 29. John F.
Bays of Sullivan , the purchasing
agent of the giant combine that is
about to take control of the bitum
inous mines of Indiana and Illinois ,
declares that the organization of the
two fields and their merger will be a
success. The answer of the underwri-
ters who are now in New York going
over the options will be returned early
next week.
Mr. Bays will then receive definite
information as to whether the finan
ciers are to continue with the deal.
While Mr. Bays does not know what
the combine will be capitalized at he
says that the options in the two fields
cover 800 mines in Illinois and 200 in
Indiana , and call for a total invest-
ment of $75,000,000. The delay in the
negotiations , according to Mr. Bays ,
has been due to the inability of the
Illinois managers of the combine to
get their options into negotiable con-
dition.
CAPTIVITY WILL SOON BE AT AN END ,
Sofia , Jan. 28. The semi-official or
gan , Bulgaria , announces that the del
egates bearing the ransom of Miss
Stone , the captive American mission
ary , have arrived at Jumaya and that
Miss Stone and her companion , Mme.
Tsilka , will be released within twenty-
four hours after the money is paid.
Vienna , Jan. 28. The Politische Cor-
respondez , a highly reputable paper ,
publishes a dispatch from Constanti
nople declaring that the porte has re
ceived secret reports charging Miss
Stone of connivance with the Mace
donian committee in allowing herself
to remain a prisoner in order to in
crease the ransom for her release de
manded by the brigands , the bulk of
which will go to the committee. The
dispatch further says that Miss Stone
at present living in a Bulgarian
village in the disguise of a peasant.
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THE SHIPPERS FAVOR THE MERGER.b
St. Paul , Minn. , Jan. 29. A petition
has been signed by grain men , lumberij
men and merchants and shippers of
Minneapolis , to be presented to Gov
ernor Van Sant , asking that the fight
against the so-called merger of the
Great Northern , Northern Pacific and
Burlington railroads be discontinued.
The petitioners state that it is their
belief that the proposed arrangement
Cor the control of the systems by
means of the Northern Securities com
panywill be more beneficial to ship
pers that are existing conditions. They
want stability of rates , they say , and
believe that the Northern Securities
company will secure this for them. Not
only . will the shippers of the Twin trP'
Cities be benefited by the stability of P'
rates , but all classes of shippers tl
throughout the northwestern states r
will ; be similarly affected , they say.
Petitions of a similar nature are said
be coming from other parts of the
state.
No Peace Terms Pending.
London , Jan. 29. A. J. Balfour , the
government leader , made a compre
hensive denial in the house of com
mons today of stories of negotiations
peace with South Africa * He de
clared that since the negotiations be
tween Lord Kitchener and General
Botha no proposal having in view the
termination of war had been received
from anyone professing to have au of
thority of the Boer leaders to make
proposals , and that no discussions of
looking to peace were now proceed
ing.
Shnt Down Indefinatly.
Washington , Ind. , Jan. 29. At 5 p.
. last Saturday every department of
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
shops except the roundhouse closed
down indefinitely , by order of Gen a
Superintendent Rawn , who has
been here trying to effect a settle
ment with the striking shopmen. Su
perintendent Rawn said the company
could not afford to operate the shops
while a strike was in progress. The
strikers are opposed to making any
concessions. -
FREE HAND
FOR WAR.
British Government Dictates Pol
icy to Session of Pariianent.
Resuming of Control in Cape Colony
Postponed , Monster Army to Sub-
jucat "Annexed" Republics.
London , Jan. 29. The British gov
ernment is to have a free hand for its
war policy at this session of parlia
ment , just as it had at the last. The
prospect of Sir Henry Campbell-Ban
nerman leading a united opposition on
anti-jingo lines has been shattered by
the developments of the debate on the
war amendment to the address in re
ply to the speech from the throne.
That amendment , halting and self-
contradictory in terms , conciliated the
center section of the liberal party , but
failed to conciliate the moving spir
its of liberal-imperialism or the anti
war wings. So the government is left
master of the parliamentary situation.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman can
do nothing positive without being dec'
serted or attacked by one or the other
of the dissatisfied forces. The opposi-
tion has been drawn already and even
its bark is silenced.
The ministerialists , except the few
who have been in South Africa and
appreciate the situation there , are for
remorselessly grinding the Boers under
the British heel. Colonial Secretary
tlC
Chamberlain's diplomatic pretenses of
magnanimity ' to the Boers were re
!
ceived by his followers in sullen si
lence , while every reference to rigor-
ous measures was cheered with an
enthusiasm proportionate to its rutht
lessness. The practical acquiescence of
'the civilized world in a continuation
of this Avar of conquest and extermi-
*
nation gives the British government
unfettered liberty to pursue it to any
end it chooses , and that opportunity
to be fully availed of.
POSSIBLE LOSS OF COUNTRY.tl
When a man of international reputa-
tion like the Right Hon. James Bryce
predict sthe "probable loss of South
Africa to Britain , " it may be realized
how seriously the carrying out of the
British policy is regarded by respon
sible statesmen. Mr. Bryce was asked
to participate in a movement to raise
money here to endow a chair of his
tory in a South African college. He
wrote in reply : "It seems almost a
mockery in the frightful state of af
fairs in South Africa , with martial
law everywhere , interest in education
laPI
paralyzed , the people unable to move
PIfi <
from place to place , an intensity of
fiPI
passion aroused which threatens bit
terness for generations to come and
the probable loss of Soutli Africa to
[
Britain , to go on the platform with
smooth generalities about history , a
history which has not saved us from ,
repeating the blunders of 1775 , and
the dulcet notes of peace when there
is no peace. "
W. H. Lecky , M. P. , the eminent
historian , whose only indication of his
view on the war has been his explanaal
tion of an approval of an arbitration
petition , replied with thinly veiled
irony to the same petition : "It shows
no small courage to start such a
scheme amid all the present troubles
in South Africa. I sincerely hope it
may find support among the many rich
men in London who have made their
fortunes in South Africa. "
But the scheme is being proceeded
with as a part of the elaborate pre
tense that settled conditions are now
beginning < to prevail in South Africa ,
though it is admitted that even if the
war should end tomorrow the resump
tion of representative government in c
ij
Cape Colony must be postponed indefi
nitely , while British power can only
be preserved in the "annexed" repub-
lies by a permanent garrison of 100w
000 men.
TROUBLE OVER ILLINIOS COAL FIELDS , frai
Carbondale , 111. , Jan. 28. A most se-
rious condition has just been found to
exist in the attempt to place the Illi
nois coal field under control of the
English corporation which now con
trols the interests in Indiana , West
Virginia and Ohio. The Illinois Cen
tral railroad has carried in the past 27
per ' cent of the coal of the state'and
through its allied interests , has car
ried over 50 per cent of the output.
About ten days ago a demand was
made for some agreement that Its car
rying revenue in the future would not
be hampered by the eliminating of
competition. To this only an evasive
agreement was proposed , whereupon
the roads refused to deal longer with
the J. F. Morgan interests and sug
gested that the Harriman people would
be acceptable as negotiators. The pre
sent condition , therefore , means that
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois rail
road , which is controlled by the Mor
gan syndicate , may endeavor to en
large its coal carrying at the expense
other coal roads o fthe state. The
present contest may delay the plans
the combine for several months , un
less the railroad interests of the state
are amply protected In their revenues.
Sad Ending of Long Journey.
Cincinnati , O. , Jan. 28. Governor
William'H. Taft's arrival at Cincin
nati , which is expected to occur early
Monday morning , will be saddened by in
death which occurred here today.
Mrs. Harriet Collins Herron , wife of
Attorney John W. Herron , formerly tc
United States district attorney , and
mother of Mrs. Taft , died suddenly w
today from heart disease. A reception w
which , had been arranged by the bar < jl
association for Governor Taft for Monra
day afternoon baa been abandoned. p <
THE TORRENS SYSTEM FOR IOWA.
Des Molnes , la. , Jan. 28. The most
important bill yet introduced Into the
legislature was puton the calendar
leb
by ; Representative W. V. Hawk of
Jasper county. It provides for the es
tablishment of the Torrens system of
land title registration in Iowa , but is
laoi
optional in its provisions. No owner
oih real estate Is required to register
hlg ) title , but any who so desire may
do < so. It creates no new salaried of
dfi
fices < and imposes no additional ex
fiS fiP fiw < on the taxpayer except su.ch as
will be required to furnish the neces
sary books and blanks. County re
corders are made registrars of titles
and two or more persons in each coun
tj are to be appointed in each as ex
tjai
aminers of titles. These examiners
aiai
are to be paid from the fees for ex
aiai
amination. Application Is to be ma'Ie
for registration to the district court
in such manner as to show the own
inei
er's right and title to the land and all
eicl
claims and charges of other persons
claj
against it. An abstract of title is'also
tc accompany the aplication. Notices
tcai
are given and proceedings had In
aiai
about the same manner as in actions
to quiet title. The court may refer
the case to an'examiner of titles for
investigation , but is not bound by his
report. On the rendering of a decree
of registration , which decree shall de
clare the order and priorities of all
c'cl
charges and claims against theland ,
the registrar will record the title with
all such charges noted in a book called
the "Register of Titles , " and Issue to
the owner an exact duplicate.
After registration all dealings with
the land of whatever character must
be noted on the certificate , which will
at all times show on one page the ex
act condition of the title. For the
purpose of indemnifying any person
who may have been wronged by mak
ing the title indefeasible , the owner
on registration is required to pay one-
tenth of 1 per cent of the value of the
land for the creation of an indemni
fying fund. This fund , until required
to be used for such purpose , is to be
loaned as in case of the school fund.
The title after a time limited is inde
feasible and a purchaser is not re
quired to inquire as to anything fur
ther back than the certificate in the
register. Mr. Hawk will press the bill
vigorously.
SHERIFF HOLDS A TRIAN FOR TAX.
Wellington , Kan. , Jan. 28. C. C.
Shawyer , sheriff of .Sumner county ,
held ( a freight train on the Kansas
holding < , for several hours on a tax
warrant. The train was run onto a
siding at Caldkell and the depots at
eiS Haven , Guelph and Caldwell
Southwestern railroad/ Santa Fe
were attached.
vlc For se\erai years the road had been
delinquent in its taxes , but the sher
ifi , anticipating an injunction suit , has
ifiw
withheld action until now. When the
road learned of the sheriff's intention.
to take action it secured an injunction ,
from the probate judge preventing the.
sheriff from stopping the train which
carries the mail west of Cal dwell.Fail
csUl
ure to make a $5,000 bond prevented
the circuit clerk from issuing the sum
mons on the injunction. Late in the
day the bond was filed and the traia
was released. The road threatens to
arrest the sheriff for stopping a traia
carrying mail.
SECRETARY GAGE IS IN DEMAND.
Washington , D. C. , Jan. 29. A rep
resentative of the Bankers' Trust
company of St. Louis called on Sec
retary Gage and intimated to the sec
retary that the company would like
to make him a proposition to accept a ,
position at the head of the company.
Mr. Gage informed his visitor that
when he turned over his office to his
successor he would locate either in
Chicago or New York , that he could
not entertain a proposition from any-
other source. It is well known among
Secretary Gage's intimate friends that ,
while the New York offer is a very
tempting one , his inclination is very
strongly in favor of accepting an offer
from a leading Chicago trust company
and the probabilities are that after
taking a rest of a couple of months in
Florida ' he will make his permanent
home in Chicago.
STEEL TRUST GOBBLES UP PLANT.
Chicago , 111. , Jan. 28. In the elec
tion of former Judge Elbert H.Gary as
chairman of the board of directors of
the Allis-Chalmers company , the Unit
ed States Steel corporation is suppos
ed by some to have gobbled up that
concern. It has a capital of $25,000,000
and the chairman of the executive is
William.J. Chalmersm.
The old firm of Fraser & Chalmers
and the E. P. Allis company of Mil
waukee joined interests some time
ago , but since Elbert H. Gary , chair
man of the trust , has completed the
organization of the companies and
found time to absorb other concerns ,
his eye has fallen upon the machin
ery companies. Now it is reported
the trust will go farther and build
ships.
It is understood Mr. Chalmers will
continue to direct the business of the
Allis-Chalmers company , while Judge
Gary will govern the finances.
Mine in Good Condition.
Oskaloosa , la. , Jan. 28. An inquest
was held this afternoon over the re
mains of the twenty-one miners killed
the dust explosion at the Lost
Creek coal mine. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was that the men came
their death as a result of an ex-
pjlosion caused 'by a shot fired by a.
miner named Andy Pash. The mine'
was examined by a , state inspector ,
who said the mine was in as good con
dition as any mine 'I * the state. The
miners are being ° &rtrfed at the ex
pense of the LostsCte ir Coal
