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b!e Disaster in Illinois Coal Mine. .1 ALL FiRE IS THE CAUSE. a ii the St. Paul Coal ComMbe May Prove One of the st Iragedies in the List of aoj-ors. /, III., Special.?Many ofiitle St. Paul Coal Company ic * ail explosion occurred / ay that four hundred men ad i the mine. Twelve bodies been taken out. Six of these lieroi; not employed in the mine, zave heir lives in a fur tile ??.o sa.e the imprisoned workers, le Kiperintendent James Steele I five hours after the explosion it wat almost in:possihle that of tht miners still imprisoned esrat? death, j e mint! had a day shift of -184 Of these fifty left the mine at Twenty-live or more escaped tlie file broke out. The others jelioved to be dead, e entrance to the mine has been d up in the 1k>i?c of checking the !.*??. Tlie building above the pit H inec was blown up to permit this K die the frantic efforts of the ofMid t'se scores of volunteer a>R; r.'.s in tlte little town of ("berry it sed u.?surt?l at (5 o'clock that onlv K bs ? f tin dead would he taken Rj i the mill'. 1 mil Sunday lnornK> >' jwlieu the overinir wiil he reiiiovK' :nd. re-t mrs endeavor i<> pcneJR* the srr.okt and mis choked shaft |l| ' veins (lie fate of the inmates jiff tot he leaned. ic tin* < ;ai.-i.i-_r the explosion ill may prow one of the greatest jeilies in tin list of mine horrors, an oriuin thnost nival. A pile !?ay allowed to smoulder too loin; . j before lite vorkers iea!i/.eil their Hfr :cr ? lie miie was filled with ke. jrascs mil flames ai l all exi< fvrnism sin lias is rnrelv exhibited l?.v dthials of the mint; residents o'tke town of ('lierrv. | w ? men, wbt were nut side the when tlie fire originated. ? ?.uited five totlie li>! of twelve . JJvii dead. RRIBLE CtEAN CALAMITY. t t ts Aflame aid 100 Go Down?61 i$[f*J Ro3cced Wth Great Peril. )l' anjrnpore. By Caple.?The mail ? ;mer I.a Seym of the Messauories Stime service riuininir between m a and Sinyapne. and on in r way K this port. w;K in collision earlv w inlay morning with the steamer ..da of the B.itish-lndia line, and !; ^nk*wilv.'J. t wo ininntes. Seven Kntfopean pns.nmtrs. ineliidiny Baron ind Iiarones lleiiie/.kv. the captain I.a Seyne.rtve Knropean otlleers 1 8H otiiei-4'oniprisimr native pasirers find tembers of the crew, re drowmt Tlie rescue of 61 person *. practily from lie jaws of shoals of I IKS. TOfRM a limiting llHKlent Ol wreck. I'lie aecidiit occurred at 4 o'clock the niornig in a thick haze. The ssels wen steaming at good speed <1 the La 4eyene was cut almost in 11. The lajority of those in hoard l ere cam;' in their berths and cared down villi the vessel. The foie of the collision brought le Ondn ?> almost a dead stop and er engin t were at onie slowed and, I eats lo ered. The rescue work roved t rilling, for not only were lie resceng parties impeded by the ark, bu schools of sharks were al- I eady at ticking those clitvirinyr to tieces o wreckage in the water. ;iixty-on persons from the ill-fated. yip teamer vetv Anally dragged into the ; J mats aid brought by the Onada to f his port. H'any of thorn had hcen jLoitton b shi rks and several are seJ. Aver el v iniiirei Oie in a Fire. ? ., Special.?Three unall foreigners, are s are seriously in.jnrj vl? ??u i?ou- men and women are I auffe. ng from 1 raises and shock, the of an early morning fire in a P Itdish lodging house on the river jjfront Sunday. When the fire broke Unt at 4 o'clock about thirty persons Hverc alseep in the building. Firemen t_ r^ii<rrl tl:n netimnnU af t !u? and carried the women and children to safety. Death From Football. W ihinpton. Special?Football ha* claimed another victim in Archer Christian, the 18-year-old left-halfback of the University of Virginia team whose injury in the pime withi Ceorjcetown Universi'.v Saturday af-, teinoon was followed by his death at PRESIDENT TflFfAT ROM! Ends Great Tour With a Day of Er joymnt in Richmond?Visit Places of Historic Interest an Outlines Some of His Coming Mes sage to Congress. Richmond, Ya.. Special.?"Durin my sixty days of travel there lia been a moment or two of deliberatioi and during that time I have beei studying what is the duty of a; executive to recommend to an in coming Congress in respect to l'utur legislation and when 1 think of th number of things that Congress ougli to do, I am staggered lest it may no find time to do them." In the final speech of his 13,000 mile, trip through the West and Seat! before an immense audience Wedties day afternoon. President Tal't thu prefaced a preliminary statement o sonic of the recommendations his firs ntinual message to Congress wo ill. contain. He declared himself in favof of tin reclamation of arid lands in the West and of the issuing of bonds for tin purpose and of some government con tied over walcrpowcr sites and eua and phosphate lands, "so that the; may not come into the hands of om comiolling corporation, hut may In retained by the government, with tin power to restrict the prices at whir! coal, or at least at which the powe is sold to prevent the absorption int< one command pf all the power on tIn continent." The anti-trust law. he declared needs enforcing, and the intcrstat commerce law an amendment "ir I ?rtier 10 give tbe interstate com nieree tribunal more power to pre vent the delays which ore now in eidem to appeals to the courts." lie vnmed his favor of a posta savings hank and declared that "w inu.-t improve otir legal procedure s as to make it both in criminal am civil cases more simple, more rnpi ami less expensive, and 1 mean t recommend to t'ongress the appoint meat of .a commission to take u that subject.'' Mr. Tall said he believed the tim had come for the oruaui/ation of Federal health bureau. During the morning lie visited O! St. .John eh tire I?, where I'atrie llenrv made his famous "(Jive M I it... f V!.. - . " "11V l-Millll SIX.'II ami wont from there to St. Paul' church, where JelTeison I ?:i\ iPro: dent ?.i' tin- Confederacy. received li: message from lieneial Leo, savin that the Confederate forces mils evacuate Petersburg ami leave Rick tiioml unprotected. lie also visile the Confederate iintseauu:. lie u.a<i the comment there that ihc pictur of JeiVerson Davis which belonged t the museum did not compare in ex cellcnce with the one in the War i>? partition! at Washington. The mu seam officials said they pro'iaM would apply to the Secretary of Wa for permission to have a copy mail of the painting at Washington. The President *s talk to the netrr delegation v.g.j devoted mostly lo th subject of education, lie saitl h would attend a mi cling of the koan <f trustees at Hampton Institute o: November "20 and felt n very dee interest in the work of that institu tion as well as the Booker Washing ton school at Tuskegee. Ala. The in lluence of those two schools in th importance they were giving to in dust rial and n?rri?iiliiiv?>1 (lie President said, was beginning a last to he felt throtighnut the Sent! The 1'. 'siilent lunched at the J"1 ferson In 1. delivered his piincipi address at the city auditorium. an left at 5:15 j>. nj. fur Washington. A Wnshi tgton <lispateh ?avs tlir after an absence of more than (lire mom lis during which he made a 1M 000 mile trip through the West an South. President Tal't slept Wed no: day ni;Uit in the White House. Boiler Explosion Kills Two. Palatka. Fla., Special.?A hoiler a the plant of the Palatka (las. J.iul and Fuel Company exploded Tuesda afternoon :it (1:110 oVIoek, killing |w negro firemen, almost completely d< molishing the plant and causing tl ritv to he in darkness Tuesday nigh Houses for Macks around were shal en almost off their foundations, an window pauen nearby were broke! Hurricane in Jamaca. Colon, I?y Cable.?Coniniunieatio between this place and the Hull ha cable station, Jamaica, was re-estal lishcd for a short time Monday aftei noon, hut was lost again and thci has been no word from that poii since. i ne sea here is very high an another storm from the north seerr to threaten. It was rejiorted her Wednesday night that Porto Ri< and some of the other West India Islands besides Jamaica had been ei off, which would seem to indicate the perhaps another earthquake had or curred at Jamaica. Awful Crash of Runaway Car. Vancouver, B. C? Special.?Fui teen persons were killed and seven ii jured, two perhaps fatallv Wednei day when a runaway car crashed int a crowded passenger car on the Bri ish Railway Company's intenirha line. The motornian and conduclc of the freight train were among th ft"'1 niswnw* Tore wprbingmen lv hod ftr New Wr; minster. L '1-'."- .. -ha?"*? f^aii ii E SNAPPY AND BRIEf V- m f] Items Gathered and Told While You hold Your Breath. 7 SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS 3 Lively and Crisp as They Are Garnered From the Fields of Action at Home and Abroad. io _ ; " " * 0 It is now estimated that Warriner t pocketed .f2.000.000 of the Hip: Four's 1 earnings that cauie into his hands. Annie Pelley, a young vigorous and l>owerful shop ?rirl was t'ouly reuri dered in Cario, 111., Monday night. From her torn clothing scattered s along an alley it is believed she put f up a game tight for her purity and t her life but odds seemed against her 1 and her voice was stifled with a , heavy cloth gag. The confessed crimL. iual was lynched Thursday. , J. II. Bryant and Randal Barber i' were instantly killed while crossing the S. A. L. Ry., in a wagon near ! Tampa, Fla. k" There is said to be another woman " in the Warriner defalcation though " it is said she will only be a witness e and one knowing where the stealing i went but not getting any of it heri* self. J John R. Hare, of Baltimore. ha9 L> evolved what he believes to be an improved type of dirigible balloon. lie wi 1 inclose all the machinery in l* a cylinder that will he open at the 1 ends thereby protecting it from dam aire by tree tops, ete. He will also provide for saving the iras of an overcharged balloon to be utilized when needed. Scientific men pro1 nounce the plan feasible. e James Thiehcan, head waiter at n Delinonico's, X. V.. died recently ! worth iialf a million dollars, which : he saved out of bis w a ires and tips ? and invested judiciously. Thomas Jefferson Hall killed the ' easlwer, J. II. Fawcett and probably mortally wounded the president, Jno. K. Woodward, Thursday in a reckless a effort to rob the Merchants National j j Bank of Louisville, Ky. He was cap, tured and narrowly escaped violence. Mrs. Jcancttc Stewart, accused by 7*liarlcs L. Warriner of sharing tlie proceeds of his defalcation of iMi-KJ,i 000 l'roni the ltis; Four Ky., says she 0 did not siiare in it at all but that she knows all about the defalcation ~ and will tell it in court. E. M. Davis, head of the Mathison ,| Alkali Works. Bristol. Tenn., was driving his auto at a liiirli speed in ,, the country Wednesdav and on n ,, turn ran into a wagon, the tognne oi which struck him in tlie* face. H? has a narrow chance of life, i- Hamburg Belle, a famous trotter. that sold recently for $.">0,000, died r on the farm of her owner neat e Thotnasville, Ua., on Wednesday, oi pneumonia, o j Paris now has a sensation in the e trial of Mmo. Steinheil for the nuire der of her husband and step-mother, il The judges of l lie court do t lie 11 vehement accusing and she panic* !> their assaults with consummate cleverness. She seems now to he getting the better of public sentiment at - least. e Alexander Miller, for twenty years the private secretary to the late E. i1 11. Harriman, says that great finanit cier was never known to swear and ' was intense and fervent in is religious beliefs. lJ The American Federation of Lahot '' in meeting at Tomato. Canada, committed the organization to sustain President Compels, vice president Mitchelll and <1 : > ivji'H IMUII III c I llicir fiirlit to evade the sentence of " ' imprisonment. '} j Col. G. R. Colton was inaugurated governor of Porto Rica last Saturday. Joe Wells and John Clark, farmers ol' near Mint Springs, Ala., quarreled 1 over some liquor Sunday morning and drew their guns. They fired at , the same instant with perfect aim. Roth are dead. o William W. Robinson, editor of lt, the Roswell Register-Tribune, was 5 tendered the governorship of bis own (. New Mexico Territory but declines I to serve, lie would rather be editor than governor. Four employes nre dead and the lives of many more were endangered in Jersey City, when the engine of the Philadelphia and New York express v Sunday morning jumped the track >- and butted into an engine and tender r- on the other track, v It is said that Mrs. John Jacob it Astor will get her divorce secretly, d not suing for alimony, but her bus1 J - * * * ** is intiin win seme $lU,IMH)fOOO upon her c and she will live abroad, o President Taft asked for a chat n with Ty Cobb at Augusta Monday it and of course was accorded the honor, it It is announced that the North Da5 hot a is the fastest battleship afloat of the Dreadnought type. Alderman Bernard W. Snow has offered an ordinance requiring all r. trains entering Chicago to be moved by electric power, declaring that smoke is so vitiating the air as to be a death scourge among babies. ? The net loss to the Big Four railway through the defalcation of C. n L. Warriner, it is said will be ffiOO,,r 000. He seems to have gotten away e with $643,000 but has made good v $p)0,0i mi'! the surety company niufc? come up wit!. #o0,000. ON THE HON *?J ? Cartoon by C. I " OUTLINE OF PRESIDENT Ti Roosevelt Policies to Be Commended to I Topic?Better Anti-Trust Law, Railroad inn i'lan to Be Recoramended-Co sippi?Commission Gove August a, C.a. ? The keynote of o: President Taft's message to the rom- la Inir coceinn Pn? rrn?-e?? ?? S11 !?/? 1* statement: si "This Administration was elected si on a platform that we proposed to S carry out the policies of Theodore vi Roosevelt, and we propose to keep that promise." si The President reserves to himself si the right to decide what those policies are. He has said in public ad- c( dresses that he. more than any other hi man. perhaps, had been in a position w to know just what Roosevelt did or hi did not believe. w "Mr. Roosevelt's chief policy." he a has said, "was the determination to b make the great corporations of the country obey the law, and those corporations included the railroads and tl the great industrial corporations that vi do a large industrial business and Is that have shown a tendency to mon- I tl opolize that business and suppress ti competition." si Mr. Taft has indicated clearly n enough in his speeches what his rats- p sage will be. c< It will recommend an unusually lr Inn" urofrrnm f'nnufnoo ..nn ? that is likely to revive a good deal o of the hostility shown to the Roosevelt Administration on the score of the railroad rate legislation. That the President has been looking forward to the possibility of fieri- "l. ous opposition within the ranks of his own party is indicated by his re- I? cent speeches. ' Mr. Taft will recommend a court j of five members in order that when jy the Interstate Commerce Commission cj shall decide a rate is unreasonable a reasonable rate may be made at onee, p with no appeal on the part of the railroads except to the Supreme j( t Court. This is to make the Hepburn n rate bill effective. He will point out a that the five judges, having no other ^ business before them, can not only ?. expedite legislation, but naturally will become rate experts. n There will be also a recommenda- ? tlon of a tribunal that will pass on s how many bonds and how many a shares of stock every interstate rail- s road may issue, to prevent the water- q Ing of stock. At one time the Presi- j( dent said: "This is important, be- ,| cause when you water stock you only a do it to deceive people and get them t to r^y more than the stock is worth." t Further. Mr. Taff Kflirt if ic wrnni* because It builds a false foundation s on which to reckon what reasonable j, freight rates are. c To further expedite the work of e making railroads obey the law, the President will recommend a reorgani- r zatlon of the Bureau of Corporations, h the Interstate Commerce Commission g and the Department of Justice that the three may work progressively and fl not be stumbling over one another, t as they are under the present sys- r tern. But the rresident will make it t clear that he is not attacking corpor- o ations that work legitimately. His r own expression on that subject is: II "We could not get along without t corporations. They are a necessary p instrument in the business of the e country. But as we give them privileges, so they must recognize the re- s sponsibility with which they exercise h power, and we must have the means o of compelling them to recognize that responsibility and to keep them with- n In the law." 1 The President will recommend an t amendment Jo the anti-trust law that ii he thinks will make it effective. The e present terms are so broad that in his mind it is not enforcable, as it makes ii no distinction between a reasonable t and an unreasonahlerestraint of trade d ?a difference that is recognized by v the common law. He will recommend t that the law be amended to narrow g and confine It to combinations and n conspiracies to suppress competition t "%nd establish monopolies, and to leave F out the denunciations of ? ? ?. nvu?ui IC I II straints of trade. He will not rccom- . li mend that labor unions be specifically | s Insanity Caused Strange Anto A Deatlis in Chirago. Chicago.?Thebody of Ernst Camp, the chauffeur who drove his automo- e bile with two passengers into the rlv- t er Sunday night, has been recovered, a The bodies of Miss Beatrice Shapiro 9 and Max Cohen are still In the river, g (t has been learned that Camp's par- c ents are insane, and the theory of the v police is that he was also. The tragsdy.has aroused a public demand for ti ).i .".rd'nanr reipr-liiR in^nlul an'T ; ( hysltt>' "iu. tn-,.i of all turn who! i 'arivu autouioM'^s | $ [ESTRETCH. | ? Si. ^ \. Macau ley, in the New York World. IFT'S ANNUAL MESSAGE.- | Congress and Corporations the Chief ^ Rate Court and Anti-Stock Waternservative Regarding Missis- a rnment Tor Alaska. lj. tempted from the operation of the ^ iw, bnt the effect of the amendment, ji e admits, will be to put labor outide the law. Under the present atute it has been decided by the upreme Court that boycotts are a v iolation of the Sherman act. The President's nosition on tho v ib.iect of honesty in business is as a lmmarizsd by himself: 1 "It takes some time for a series of mrts to make a derision which shall ] e plain to the business world. But v e are going on with this anti-trust 1 iw. and if we amend it as I suggest 41 e shall draw the lines closer and eiv- 1 ble men to know what is legitimate ^ usiness and what is not." n Postal savings banks will be urged, j, President Taft will recommend connuance and ettension of the conser- " at ion of national resources and rec- s imation of arid lauds. He will say 1 tat these subiects include also reten- i on of control over the water power \ ites by the Government, so that it t lay regulate rates charged for the owor furnished, and retention of ar.trol of coal, oil and phosphate inds. that the Government may pre- 11 ent the use of those lands by mon- I polies. n fntltj^rvntivn ne *r\ MIccIpcI.*..! 1 On the subject of waterways the I lessage will recommend continuance v nd extension of harbor work, such a3 s le San Pedro Harbor, on the Califor- (" ia coast, but his recommendations >r work on the inland waterways ill be most conservative. The Presi- *' ent saw a lot on his trip down the ' lississippi River, but his conclusions a id not encourage the inland waterays boomers, who went to great exense to show the river to him. Regarding the Mississippi the Pros- , lent will go no further in the next J' lessage than to recommend continu- li nee of the protection of the banks at f lie bends, where the current is con- ] tantly cutting. Outside of that it f| rill be the position of Mr. Taft that o improvement shall be undertaken ^ ntil engineers have approved its fea- ' ibility and have estimated its cost 1 nd, in addition, it has been demon- ( trated that after the millions of the < iovernment have been spent the pro- ? ect will be worth while?that is, that lie commerce will justify the expensed !' nd that the shippers will not desert he river for the railroad the first T1 ime the latter cuts rates. All those li onditions fulfilled, the President will a tate he is in favor of the Government ,j tsuing all the bonds necessary and omnlptlnir tho u-nrir A~ ided, carefully, to begin. The President will not make any ' ecommendation for monetary legis- c ation, leaving that to the next Conress. A commission government for e ilaska will be recommended. It is ? he result of his experience in the \ 'hilippines and. as Secretary of War, ^ he guardian of Cuba. It is the idea , f colonies, but the President is very auch in earnest about it, as he be- s ieves Alaska, with its enormous ex- e ent of territory and small, uncertain r opulation, is not ready for self-gov- t rnment. The President will recommend a hip subsidy in the form of payment c iy the Government for the carrying f mail. Control of corporations will he the tiain issue in the message, and the ( 'resident believes that his adminis- f ration already has made a good start , n the corporation tax passed at the xtra session. 1 Mr. Taft has expressed himself as t a favor of a central bank to handle f he finances of the country, but the letails of the plan have not been < forked out, and no one is more open ( o argument and conviction on the . ubiect than the President. There is ' o likelihood that it will he a part of ? he message to the December session. I 'robably the central hank plan will ? e a part of a later message, Includ- ( ng the general monetary revision > cheme. ill Future lloston Srlioolhouscs to nave sun and Fresh-Air Room*. ^ Tloston.?All new school buildings k rected In this city In the future are s o contain sun and fresh-air rooms, ii ccordlng to a communication to be ^ ent by the School Commission to the Ichoolhouse Commission. A report ontalnlng such a recommendation ' ras adopted at a special meeting. ' A committee of the board also has ^ inder consideration a plan for utlllx- It u; p i f -rp'-on* blitdio** * nd it Is probabl 1 l iiat a ricommen- | (i atlon will l p made on ?t. s. ' : , i- " t WASHlWGT^llT^n la an opinion by Justice Hoboes le Supreme Ceurt of the United lates decided against the conaplainits the case of the 13.000 Choctaw nd Chickasaw Indians who asked >r redress for being excluded from le citizenship rolls of those nations hen they were prepared by Secreiry Hitchock, of the Interior Deartment, on March 4, 1907. Since the German naval strength i the last year has jumped over that f France in tonnage afloat and over he United States in tonnage afloat nd under construction the question s to whether the United States liould increase her building program ill be taken under consideration at nee by the General Board, with 'aptain Andrews, naval adviser to he Secretary of the Navy, partieiating. Capt. William A. Marshall, who as commanded the armored cruiser uirtli Carolina since that vessel was laced in commission two years ago. as been selected by Hear-Admiral V. I'. Hotter, Chief of Navigation, s commandant of the Norfolk Navy "ard. It is expected that the selecion will be approved by Secretary lever and orders issued this week. The production of 7S.8 per cent of full crop of peanuts for 1909 is stimatcd by the Department of Agiculture in a crop report issued ionday. This is a decrease of 4.2 ier cent, from last year's crop. Among the first questions which rill be presented for the consideraion of Congress when it convenes :n 1... -.1 -? ?!.- -* i ki- int i u.ui^c m. nit* unit" t?i liiuiru ration Day, Commissioner Ienry B. F. MacFarland, chairman f the national committee, announced, lacked up by the Governors of 4(5 dates, by strong popular support T the movement and a hatch of dictographs which would give any lenator past the age of 40, a puliionary shiver, Mr. Macfarland will legin the assault with heavy ammui it ion. The committee will also preent statistics showing the di-uih toll rom pneumonia contracted by vislors and the soldiery last inanguraion. The local members feel that heir efforts will meet with success. The recommendation of the joint irmy anil navy hoard that Pearl Tarhor. in the Hawaiian islands, he naile the great naval station in the hieific was approved Thursday by ""resident Taft. In doing this it .as decided that a temporary naval tat ion only would he constructed at Hongapo and that the proposed imirovement of Manila harbor he abandoned. This will leave the proteeion of the Philippine islands to the rmy. British capital practically lias capured the South Amctican commercial ield and American business men will mve to exert the most strenuous cforts to overcome the lead the Kngishmen have acquired in that section if the world. This is the warning ssued by Alfred A. Winslow, United states Consul at Valpariso, Chile. Te reports to the Department of 'ommeree and Labor that tlte amount >f money invested by Britons in loutli American industries has reachd the enormous sum of $3,299,023,00. which is divided among investnents in Government and municipal mnds, railroads, commercial interests nd hanks. The prospects for busiless there are unlimited, but Amerian manufacturers and business men nust seek it earnestly and furnish letter goods than their European ompetitors to capture, it. Engineering problems as presentd in the eonstructioi. of the Union hat ion and the Connecticut avenue iridge here were studied Saturday ty the members of the Appalachian Engineering Association in a day of ightseeing about the city, spent in xamining engineering works and disussing topics of interest with mem-. >ei-s of tlie Forestry Bureau, Geoogicnl Survey and other Government stablishmcnts. Leading officers of the naval militia if various States discussed at a concrence here Saturday a plan of can:inign to induce Congress to extend w i in* unvai iiumia c?i me country lie provisions of t he Dick National luard law. Those attending were: 'apt. Warren F. Purdy, Illinois; 'ommander Joseph M. Mitchet,on, 'ennsylvnnia; ('apt. James P. Parker, vfassachu&ctts; Cap. Edward M. 'eters, New Jersey; Capt. S. W. Itratton, District of Columbia, and 'omuiander Charles C. Marsh, of tho savy Department. Word lias been received here front lenor de la Rarra, Mexican Ambasador to the United States, announcng the death of his wife, Senora e la Rarra, in Paris. She had been it failing health for the last two ears and was not able to accompany ter husband to the United Stataa rhen he arrived here last Feroarv. living been promoted from the poei;<.n r.f -t ^russets to that i Ambassador at W ushingtou.