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b N EXPLOSION fifteen Known to Be Dead and Many Others Injured EXPLCSION IN WEST VIRGINIA Disaster Caused by Gas in Shaft at Cea:-y Enrolls 15 Unknown Dead. F:o 25 to 85 Missing and Believ ed to be Dead, and 25 Injured Only Main Heading as Yet Explor cd by Rescurers. FaiVt. W. Va.. Slwe.. - Fifteon know:: to bw di:id. 25 injured !A1 1:wn 25 to ~5 mii-: a id be lieved t- be dead, is the result (f ain ex plo..>n ) of -as ill Iw . b Ja ft of tic 4e-tlny Coal (omp:y at (entury. a t-ai miiI in situaei 50 mniit th of Fairrnyii;. w! the Bel nli.to, and luekhan::i brancth of ti- BaltirUore & Ohio Iaiu1a'i. The explosiwn took .le :n 4.:"t) o'clock Th uri'duiv afternoon I. bl I 4wing to the vh-p2i" vires betilni ''it o eom iss'in by the high wind f of the day aalis are hack~jin a: ni tOhe naes of ;4 victims. six of whom are knowin 1t bt t)reitgners, hal not been se eured at a late honr. 1i:oi the explo fin lbee an.11 r ea-iier. ihe loss of !D- would have ben ampelin. As it as, here were bit few of the 250 *n roaining in the shaft. the main edIv 0* the miners hiav ini wo/k eilm day. The giaIt fan which nd air fir the shaft was par liv .reeked v the 1'-.re of the ex lui-Lon, but was repahel inLneiate Iv.: within anl hor. a ftr the acci Si04n t Sunerintendent J1 anes W\ard had ai reli gang in tie miine. he irest tr:p ;:: brought 11, we!!--live dead :oi live badly burind. They were n ithe main heatin'. near the bottom of the sha ft. The living ecnid i~i e no details f the* explosit)n :~~that thev wore 4)11 their war . surfaice wlin the explosion Ik piace behind thcier. A. secindt --\edulion immledialtelywntdn :ni explored tie imai: tdiiwin. Four more bodies wvere tomii and 21) inijur Sm:: were imakiili their way to wa lir te b1ttm to' th shanft atd w.Vtere broutghlit to tie surface by the Ftourteen sub-heai::nn. :t mihdnlitl vc. eeyt unexplored. :ni s-ipt. Ward. who was still in tle n1ine. sent word .nt that owing to the plrvelenc of ls was u1ndeci'id at thai timie whheefr rnt to puish. tim, work i!)n -zhths hin s for a hour a O s. Th ''n':in lloever.t wa5 ji.Wi edily av te oran, am:: . nIhe flen wOat~)till'Vpuhedon thrugoutth \v'r hirtied fr;~ Pil .lieIe a ruc ~en o an the doehitm immedhatelyog. 1>g cir f t.,le~t wion.~ime itt hse buildi::m. wirebl waty mt ormted nied to a temprarM y spi::d terih Ayerl wCh ateoog a nchr.f Wa** hingft1n.Lii~1m tpeia.-The Deptrt men of Julie illrie! take ia o tootiteet ~tt of the lyahig.inhhttnog. T n.. if the negritamit Jhsee. in~ wose ranethe1 Suree dg Courtlef the Unied ml nop~ea will act e at aatayo hi eieant.Stphaebntkn bthe Deatet okn t nm Vesigin Gethe16 n S air- Wa tl(ction wil tb eesitru c eneredka aihorowjtih ivetigoattn ot the lcing 1n inrsteat obtind d 4jtsemto wr rut. i, aicedings e the ed- t eal voatuteer arll bll beun waamit th ipa a hent ir los o al decisint tn the mae of teclaim Vfeae nivrinia Prfsor Dead. ratm.e. aidin Sthl.overnme_ lea vouteeayi the war.vo with pin. Thes Comptrolle allweto was pfyer 37 hear S)'~tat of L61.366 Venerble EUversity Pr.ofesso ad.a .pl ro the td ta. y and Vir loved educato rs ofi te South. Hie ~erv dt as coliontel under Gienieral .Tu hal Earlyr in t he Conederate army .I 'Y m to 'K5 ad wa reg~arded a ott. of the most citvalrous Southern ieaders. lHe i' viV'd by a widow and inrhret sot. Ilatermen~lt will be a: ,.g2on. Va.. Saturday. Tclagraphic Briefs. Tie 3tu tual Life I usutrante ( en a y of Newv. Yo rk has sue~d 14)ormer 1r '"idenit Richartd A. Mc~atrdy to re c-.4. .:4j0.:tj.6 and a subpeon~a v. .l- servedI (n hmin prio r to his dec pre for Europee. lC vard Puilnan. a watchman at '.in, wa's killedl by ban~k burtiartll wh::*'tn he surpriled drillintg a hoie in Vi-rinia's Commissioners. S tt appitmtent by (iOvernor n-v vmoti th'e foliowing co'nmmi s fro (' m he Stat ofVrni t;e 7 LIVES CRUSHED OUT Representatives of Three Geerations in the Neidig Family Killed by an Express Train. MI s zTin'eleitin ii!i % ll' ren11"rlions -e famlili'. were kcilledi on tile Pia-i rlphia anrd l~.ading~ railroadl: at h r n one Mihs-.,t fiiS lh'r'nc' Neidig, a:nitd :6. so of Mrs. (l renice Nerii, aged :11. and h i tre childrenl. Mary. ageud four yen r ; Blanhe, aged six. 1 and Gil bert, All of t etims were insltantly ki!h-i with the exception ot Blanch-. Xli, lied laiter at a hosnital. Therel were to have beeni a familyr reun1io 1 t the 11om f (G. W. .Neidig at Auust aville, a small village Iar here. and the Latter had driven !o he home of his sons to 'on Vey the' party to Augus4taville. A t Ilia-s crossing the Pennisylvanit railroatd and tIhv Philadelphlia :md Rc-adii railroad run parallel :i short d4wance! aiparlt. A curve renders one rad i:visale fromt lh ther aml to tbis fact the(.aceidentl was due". Thec wa'4on, conta-inling the eve person's. had crossed thr PenIsylvan iv railroad t racks 11and itai just reach ce! the HWain: tr('whna x press trainl, notbon roml 'hamu oikini. dasheilnto tl he vehicle. The occupaits of tihe wa-ron were thrown Sdragged myll feet by tle locouo tiVe and their IoClieS weie terribly Millions of Tons Ready for Strike. Nw\ York, Special. -Annonce miientz was- m1ad' by tle anth rici'e Miine operators that thev lav( oi iaid within a rdiols ot' less thaii 100 mle!'s of New York e'ily a supply o imore than 9.0o0,000 t11)1 I oo((d ma!rketable -rades of aithiracite coal. Tlis. is in aIdditioni tI' the supplies held by t ie dealeis anl larger (coi sumers. In aicumiulating \this st etorc of ecoal an army v of ni have Iween sta1llY emplovetifl r 1,1. mollitls. ;t:rage acties Ilave Iwen iilereased ve ry larely. in some caseos bv the !easing of! farmis aloni the rntc of riilroads. Manv of these spots are :'olatedj but they are witfhll easy. tvltranspolt atnion distaice fri' oN New Georgia Peach Crop Hard Hit. Atlan ta.( . Specia.--Reluirts re ee-ived' from Imny of thet pevach growv in-: sections of the 't:0Itt iindicate an aver los 1 (,f 50 per ve'.t. fiom ihe (ol(! of Monday and Tuesday liighlts. (Commrissioner of Agricultuare Hudson stted that he bhelievedl th e iiamage~1 will reach 440 per. cent (it the( lowest elh1mate. lilt a1 week or~ ten dIays will be requiired to (leterlinei wit Ii anil neeuracy the inju'ry thIa has been thle croip wouilld miean pr.bable loss otf two uiilhioii dtOhild 'to h Gerh.Ia Fire at Fayetteville, N. C. Fevyetteville, N. 4 .. Special.-F'ire atmdih.1na nih strin inI theC reard ofj theI T'~.imrnon dryi g~ods store,' dlestrmoved hlalf i uthe norith-'rn block on iayv st ret. west and nonhl west Ma rka' sq uare anid lhe wiim le of lie Highsumith litek lii the Hli.ih smiith hl .p it il. The loss5 w ill reach .250.000 . Boy Drowned at Fredricksburg. lFredricksburg. Special - Ernest Tooms, aged four years. son oif (Ches tre Toomns, while playingr with ather hors on thle baniks of the Rappahanl nOck river fell into the water and was drowned. The body was recovered. Fanatics of Samar Fight with Troops \Ilanilla. By C'able.-A telegram re eived by 1the government from the imd oft Samlar says that an eingage st abularv and a foce of fanat ical Pulajaiies. Gov. G;eo. B. (Curmy is re ported to be miissing. Details of the affairi are lacking. Col. 0. H. Dockery Dead. .Baitijmore. Special.-( ol. Oliver H. Docry, ex-CongreiusSman1 h. former consu general to Brazil. and one of the most prominenilt Republicans in! the South, died herme late Wednesday to Jolhs Hopikinls Hospital a fewVi day~ aigo. by jiis son. Marishal Docik ery, of Haleijh. ail son-in-law. Mr. Frank 0. Lanodis, of (Charlot te. for an operation which, it was noped. would relieve huitt a ciompli ation of (dis enes5 fromt wich~l hei had been a great sufferer fori 1wo years. Boy Killed By Boiler Explosion at Anderson, S. C. Augusta. Ga.. Special.-A special eeiv'ed from Anderson. S. C.. says that Thursday afternoon about a o'clock an engine on the saw mill oi L. A. Bolt, about five miles from there. exploided. killing Mr. Bolt 's 12-ear old son. Roy. and fataally injuring a negro. The lad's body was hurled a hundred feet and hor ribiy mlang'led. Snow Slide Kills Six Men. Granite. C'ol.. Special.-An enor mous snow slide came down in the Wintield and Clear Creek mining dis trit. killing it is reported. at least haltf a doz7enl men. Among the dead is Harry Wineborn. tile pioneer pros rectori and ining man of hiatti'( \ony A rlie.f party was r1m5 her' hyv James lBall anid has gonte to HIGH COURT ANGRY Serious Trouble is in Store For Tennessee Lynchers MAY BE SEVERELY PUNISHED Supreme Court Justices and the De partment of Justice Considering the Chattanooga Lynching. Waintn. Specia.-Sone 4,f the members of the Supiie ( ourt of the .14ted States are coisidering the ad visabiht of' an attempt it, seecre he punishmn1ijt of the members if the mob whihi Monday night took from the jail in Chattainooga, Teni.. Johin: sonl. the negro rapist. vhose lel ex eeiition was5 stayetl by an11 irier is sue0d by. teil Supreme Court. The De partmeit ot Justice alo is cosi erin. netion ill the matter. TI! Sipreme (siUrt is 1141 11()% win sevs5lion and will not be fSr a firt nig-hit vet. but it is poi bb, sih tlant a conference may be cilled t an early (1ate to ('i ider what cus should be pulsedl. So far11 therC ha bwen no effort -,:i tie part o" ii:- meni:hern: to teach1 a.omnu1rhoig but. two.( mrodes of proceed(in- ha1%ve been. w:gted: one contemphttiit the lakite.ir of the maiter ii hand by the sipreei esu4rt an11d the other (if tu/ai&;: tle matier over to tihle Ex(et tive bralich of tile overnment. In tle firs;tt event the otleeirs Ie .ponsible for the etstody ot the pris uner would probably he called upon to answe1 to tile court an1.1 inl ease the matter were turned over to the Exective branchl there woild be an effort to secure ite arrest anid pmia ishiment of mneimbeis of tie l)ob. Chattanooga Saloons Closed. Chattanooga. Special.-The ite -roes empij1loyed in several 'arge fae tories !tilt work presiiably oil ae count (f tihe lynchin 4f Ed1 J-ili son by a miob Minday iilit. .lii son 'w-as 1 prij1soneriI under Federal conBtrol. notification to t hat eftect hav iitg been given aid tli members of the moh are amenable i') indictmenc(1t by a United States grand jury aiid a trizal in a Federal court. .Act on by the Federal authorities is looked for. Ihe police commission. fearing a race riot. Monday orderedi all sa boins iln the city to close at once1. ol reimain clo sed unt ii furthe 1 o''rders. Denounces Lynching as "Downright Murder.'' Kmiixvillie. Special .-Honi m. Johni I?. Penland. U'nited States Attorney for as .1d!wn righit .miutrder.' Hie cont denmned tihe shieritt sever.ely and stated that lie was now tivestigating~ the le'gal aspect of the ease. It he he (comes conlvinlced t hat Joh~lnson was a Federal priiisonler lie state~d that he would call (on At torney1 Gene'ral Moo dIv for1 instruct ion1s atnd would prose eute thle (ihlenders to the fullest ex tent osf the law. $140,000,000 for Pensions. W~ashingtomn. Special.-In less than 20 niinuites time the Senate Tuesday voted away $140,000.000 of the publie funds. Tile sumn i carried by the penlsion appro)priationl bill which. be ing a brief document. was made the subject ofi very little discussion. English Spinners Leave for America. Mamehlester. 1-n. By CaleI.-A delezg;tin of Manlcheister cottonl ex pets sailed from tiverpmo'i Ttuesday fr Boston on the steamer Saxonia to) join American spinners in inivesti eating the proelss of balinz, mariket ig andi tranisport int (4f raW co4t toni. whiiich,. it is cia ilmd. is contductedi iln an unsatisfactory manner. Mrs. Roosevelt Going to Cuba. Washiirngton. Spe'cial-31r'. ILoose vel t :lermmpied~lii4 by b'c 544ns. Ar liss L-thill, 11nd4 possibly by heri son,. Kermih. whom is at school at ;iroton. ter p:art of4 the weeck fo lorHiida. At someit con:veniit 1prst there. pomsibly Fernadint m a. t hey wcill gos absardi 1hle naval yaich t Mayfloswer andls mlake a ernise5( to t he W\est 11ad1ies. They wvill visit (.uba an ld Poritoi licio. stomppinu at both Havana andl San 'Juan. It iw expeccted that the party will be absetnt tenl days osr two weeks. Ninieteen Perish in a Storm. perisonls perishesd in a territh14ie t rher which swept t he coa:st of1 \Xera ('ruz Two) sf the storm victims were pleas utre-sekers from11 thIiis cityV. B. Stritt presden sf thle American Club. and1 Franciscso Benia. a member ot a promr innt family here. The oither 17 w~ere~ shrmen. It is b)elieved that there has been' futrt her loss of life. News Notes. Mise Helen Miller' Gould and Mr. I h1rle~S~ Steeil'. tile lait 141r (of J. P. Ms r an& 1 'n.. gave' $50.100. re(speCtively,. to\the n.ivll.ersi 11f. Virin.\ s(1.~i iNs4'1'l !gave risein a4 rumor114i that Pe! ~ .hrmsbr hais itiapSprpiated $1.00" DOINGS IN CONGRESS. What is Beig Dcne Day by Day By the National House and Senate. Statehood Bill Revived. T saihood bli ill wasttak.'o the e ker' i: bh* - in i l l M se (,(I a ph - in ii lu dl s of con eres m111i Ii l n-<p- InI l. of tie Sene for ai in i a((ill Iie sagelies.- imm no411 aiicoiniplishied wihoilIitlally words r:1t ioles. ot was ievielopeAd Lt once hwa-lver, that1 then- Wert. votes- enI Ough1 to) earry out thv programlinec of- ih h laders. Then follow 0ed iniuItes of liery speecI.hes. some ofi whiih provokedl thiie aiusenifot i the lar'e vattieae4 of mleubers and the( crowded r.alleries. Then ,am rin- final vote on the dlloplion of the rlde. which h7i members approved and 15ti opposed . 31essris. -anilton of: MIicigan: PBrick, of. Indliaia. and Mon. orf Tennesse. xere apin the The features of the dnba.te wier Is)ta. dull ring whice h lId o' his approval of the President. particular lv becaust e nhet ht givenl hi.,<mgter ;I marriagev to a1 memiber oif thet( Hioset of lprliesentivs and not to a degenra e prince or a repre sltative of '"ilit hloils-t' of detll tionl at the other endii (-f thel vapito!.'' j.ionled thle special r-ale. andl Mr. Wil Iiims. thle mlinority leader, suggtestedI il:ai lifyn-blicans would nieed the spe :-:i praycr o,!flthe chiapAlum after he hail made their record 'ioi statehood. Several other short speeches ullowed Would Ruin New England. The railroad rate bill occupied prav 1 ally all of the time of the Senate. The-re were two speeches. one by Mr. Lodge and the other by Mr. "pooner. Ir. Lnodge spoke in advocae; of his am endminenitt looking,- to tle enlarge I mciit '1 the inter-state comlllerc Ie-(ImmI1iin anld inl doing- so replied I shlalply to some receit. uttierances by Conmiiissioler Prouty. Refcrrin'i g to an11 intview by the comisioer 3r. Lod.-e. spoke first o' ani r-tte-lnce of E ene D,)- na:Id then said that it was not ca:Ipable (if doint so i much arm :s 1\fr. P'rout v '1 ta temen'it. Hie outlined N-sw England's a:tnite to Ward tle :-ate bill an .a>d that with I the mlile' systIm established all the ma(nfct urer in the New England States woild -e destroyed. M1r. LodO e il entered upon a 'plea in support of the various proNvisions of his ameIdment, first takiii,... up the distributionl of the comma1 sionlers throug3)iithout the coun1try otn tie basis of the judicial circuits. when he was interrupted by 31r. T10ihan. who, ob ~eted to this method of1 selection be. ease of the import ance of the coin mission. and i. Faruiaker' agreed with himl, saying~ that loctationi should not ie consideired ~in fillinig the commis sioni. "If.'' lie saidi. "we arec gomii to have a r'ate-mnaking~ commiussioni. I shall iinsist upon1 the( conilltiing of the numbiler to thr'ee aiid that all be r'es dets of1 Washiingon antd free from prejudice.' ' As going tio shou- how ocationi might infhm:nee action by comissionlers, lie cited a ease im which Mr. Clenments, a membller of the coiiissioni had writ tenl an opinionl favorable to Rome. Ga.. his own cityv. as compared with Atlanta. in the ma~ximum rate case. $1,480,000 to Jamestown. The House Committee on industrial arts and expositionis decided to re comend a total a ppropriation of $1480,000 for the Jamestown Expo sition. Of this sum $2S5,000 is a direct appropriation. The exposition sought a direct appropriation to $1, 000,000. For the construction of a pier at the exposition grounds $400,000 was approved, and other items were agreed uion as follows: Government buildings, $230,000; government exhibits, $200,000; ren dezvous for army and naval officers, $S000; rendezvous for enlisted men. $100000; transpor'tationi for soldiers and arms. $100.000; for an exhibit of nego development, $100.000. The proposed appropriation of $40, 000 sought for building a pier at Jamestown Island and improving the islands was referred to a sub-commit tee, which will' investigate what rights the government will have on the island, which is owned chiefly by private patrties. In ('ase thle gov eriment can improve the island on satisa'tory terms. this appropriation d Ioutess will be agreed upon01. Pass Fortification Bill. r. Spoone'r concluded hiis speech n the Senate on the railr'oad rate bill aad t he tort ificatIions approipriation bill was takeii up andi passed. The bill nrries; and apapropriation of $125.000 for the crer'iin of a powder uafactrv andi Mr. D)aniel spoke at lengt h ini support ot the provision. He declaredl that the niation was en irelv at thle merey'(' of a "powder r~st '' anid li-rgedN that the amiendnmenit sh~uldl be adophted as a sat'eguard't. As pssedl the hill cairries aii appr'opria iot of $5.27S.99:;. Mr. Tillman also spoke on thle rate ll. suggzesting that thle inter'Etate cmmerhlce't '011 comm ii shiould have an tho'ity to enjoin the railiroads firomn in'easitg their rates, lie said the suggestioni had ben made by a "corn field lawyer'' in Oklahoma. Third Recent Jail Delivery. Dawsotn. Ga.. Special.-For thle hird time in lie past few monathis, aw~son hail a jii del ivery Thturs ia iight. F'letchier M\urphy. imranik ('lark andi Ebier Brtowtn. nlegroes get ttin their freedomi. (lirk, au onle-arm ed nr.io. was chargedZ~u withI assault :n it ttenpt toi murder Wi . Hi. ( ohh1. TDawson mler'chantt. ai few weeks :u. ShieritY Oxford has offered $25 rewrd achfor the capllture of the TO THE LABOR MEN President Roosevelt Gives z Respectful Hearing VIEWS ON ALLEGED GRIVANCES Committee Composed of 100 Merabers of American Federation of Labor's Executive Council and Representa tives of Nearly All Important La bor Organizations Present Memorial and Receive Detailed Response Decent Treatment for Exempt Chi nese No Ground For Scare-De mand for 8-Hour Day on Panama Canal Absurd. W\ashingtlin. Sitieial. Pn-Pidtett RooSevelt reeil :ta ar.e 1 b!y , 11he represeitativi's of Il*r;anizIe labor at the White Ilouse and talki t I t.he:n abolit Iheir tlrgeiti rellUst for ille en actinellt til labor lili:tslirtt nw )j peii ilig before ('olig-ess. Samulel Golpers. presilt'lt. illii Frantk Morrison. seerelarv. of tho Anerivan Federatio Ilof 1.albrt. heil edI the deleratitin. which- contsiste, of aboti :1 lilli-Iel weiill)rs f Ithex eetitt- ,onll ,f the Akmerialn Fe erati(m! oif La.bor andii oiicials of pla tieoliy all the importnt labir\n Seretarv Miolrisoll retl to ihe PresidteIt a mIlellorial of thet! exectilive coutillil of lie Aalerieall Fdera iton, ur-in11 a'*tiol'! oil the 1:ari'.ut demands for leislaion being Iiade by tilt - ganized labor interests of tIle coilitIy. T1he nillorial dwel t partiieilarly 4il the eigit-lion r law ind its enlree lf:i11iI of goverlmtIel wor k. inl Ilg the l'anamna ('anal: and the iuini.ra tion laws. espeeially the ('hinese ex elusionl laws. President Roose(-lt re plied inl :n extended atddre-s. ThI1e presilelt Said: ANTI-I N. 'N( 'T ION i ILLA STlTNG I.:NOUI(;l. . lr. ;ornpers: -It* ytur 1)I body ob. ject s to the passagt of the proposvil allti-iljinttioi i 1ill, I 1:.ve Ino l i li - tiotlt t1iat Vtll c al stop it. fir tilte is not a capital ist eenleel'led whvo. sinllipy as cpitalst, is nlot agaillst it. Ithough I be-liteve tat ai goodt ly wnniber of: capitlist al ' a e-eLr.1I'ler 'wil" are concerned primarily - as citizenis favor it. The lav: was worked alii sibstani tially whiljt ed iIto its prtltst1I shape at a 11umb,1wr 4)f eotnt'eriiens bet v-ei rlpr(eeiliv11 . es 4)f the railroad orl:n: izationl. Ili the De-partol-i o J tire. :1114 of the P11 rea . f ('.ralrl tiol. wiI i lle. It gae as far as I rDer'sonally thinlk it -;inld go.f in Ilimit li, . lit I it lt t ithertt I Veen adiVatnced whlich make mie thlink it shtonl :o urther. I dot not4 believe it has alny chaine of* passilig beause baitses oft ( tllress against- thle at tiltne hI' tile a:llltiillistratittti inl golii so tar as wve have gonie: andt if yol titlk It is noit tar enotugl:. why. Vytt will have no earthly diflicutlty in kill ing the bill. Ptersonally, [ think the protptse(l law a most adtilrable one,1 andl I very sincerely wish it wyotthl be HAS ECNJOINED:I ONLY ('APIT.AL 'As fotr thle right of intjunct ion, it i absoltutely necessary to have this power lodgred in the courts. though of courtse any abuse of the power is stgongly to he reprobated. During the four and a Ihal f years that 1 have been President. I do n1t remember an in stanee where the government has invoked the right ot injunct ion againlst a combination of laborers. We have invoked it certainily a score of times against combinations of cap-l) ital: 1 think possibly oftener. Thus. though we have secured~t the issutance of inljuntctions1 ini a number of eas~es against capitalhistic 'omb~linat ions. it has happened itat we have never tred to secure an itnjunictiotn against a cotnnisop of labor. But tunder Staind me. gentlemen: if I ever t hought it necessary, if ever~ 1 though tt a cominbiation of laborers were dloing wr-ong. I wotuld apply for an ill jutte tion against thema just as quaick as againlst so) manyv capitalists.'' Referringz to its legislative referen ees. the Presitdent said thI wo uhIl not receive thle pet it ion! bitt ftor its aft'eet - (-it icismn of his si-.nting ie Panama~ catnal apIpropriationl bill cotainting- thei prvisiona tor nonul-applea.t ion itf t he iaaht-hout~r law. thet Prtesidetut said thint if their statemiet meat that 1no iip ptrt.iity was giveni tar a lhearUig be tort- him. that staitement is not tin ae cordlance withi the facts. ie saivs there was nii regniest lto hint for at learlag. Ele aliinonai eethis emi~diat ii belitet in thle eight-htour liw "fv ourt tn owni peoplle ini onrv owii .ottiry.' bit tat all tightI-lintr Iaw xxor t ie antta ma c aal "is: an a1bsnrdityx." as thbe condiitioins of labtor are so different. The Prtesidient saidl that "w eare' driv ent tot extrtemnet ies im the effort tto wt any kind otf laboat a ll' ini Pananm anad that thIe government is workuin chit. Iy with Itnegrot labr fromt!) thbe \est Inidies. aind be jcommpetltetitnti teiloi habit ital tlrtppit. n it rtunt *ir -You hamttpir Ie"h said. "in the effort ti gtet fotr you whla t I tink~ viti lttghlt to have inl cecettiton withI te eightt-hou ll awx when1' youi mtki a rentest t hat is11 idefenisible. anil to ~rantI such! would meani intdetin ite d1e lay and itnjury tio the woruk ii the --.s toi the violat ions of tile e-iht Ior law. rh~. 3Morrison. cotulil yii give mer ni spetilications-15? At yVour earl ies:in ovtieiee iaielyIt-ht of xi hlat itts of: the eight-hoiur Jaw. \letre I have~ 1,('wer. I wil see that the latw is obeyed. .\ll I ask i- that1 you: aire liig the tra!'e. Iwltk iithe til. iandt it t hey pro ve to be sust a ined by t he fac-ts. I shall se~e that timt En\V 1 ellftreecl. DARING BANK ROBBtRY One of the Most Daring Jobs on Record Performed by Twenty Rus sian Cracksmen--The Credit Mu tual, One of the Largest Banks in Moscow. Plundcrcd at Dusk. Moscw. y C:ble--The Credit 111 ua . III 4d lit' li~ s ai, ~ M oow. w;a: myt eri sav robbed by am !sed ..n at dunsk Tues.day niht the rbb)ers seuring s4:2.5(100. It wias anl extreruely daring job. The acts .1 r1elady developed ii.S! the question that the robbiery was committed by or under the tirection of some one at present or previously employed in I te isiititttil-n. The bank is situated in I!inka street. in the heart of the A Negro Arested For Horse Steal ing. Creenville. Specia!.--The arrest of a nlotoriouS negro namied Will Gam meli will possibly put an end to the numerous horse stealinus that have oInIed iii Greenville reenlitly. In three weeks ei.ht hlorses and muiles have been stolen in the business cen tre of the city. The arrest was made by a plain clothes man, and it is said that (ammell has coifessed to being responsible for al ight t hefts. lIe has alo. implicated John C arte anid two other ne-roes. Carter has also been arrested. All the negroes entioned are kmov by the potre 's a bad lot. Heavy Loss to Texas Fruit Growers. Houston. Tex.. Special.-The cold wave which prevailed over Texas on Tuesday night was one of the most Severe Oer known at this time of the vear. Freezing temperatures e'tend eld far down the coast. and consid erable damage v.as done to vegeta bles and strawberries. In east and northeast Texas. the orehardists made efforts to save their peach crop. but to little avail, and from reports now it hand. it is estimated that the crop is damaged at least 50 per cent., in rouid figires. euialling a million dol lars. The weather continues cold and antlier liea.'.vy frost is feared. Track Boss Killed. Knoxville, Tenn.. Special.-Reuben Bird. aged 26. wititie. employed as a track boss on the Louisville & Nash rille Railroad work fifteen miles from this eitv, was shot and fatally wound .d h 'negroes ot is working gang who refused to go to work. Two bul ts entered his body, in the right de' and the other in the abdomen Bird wais hurried to a hospital in this ity. where he died within 15 minutes after he hand enter9(d. Several suts pets were arrested by memblers of .hriti' pIosse, butt no)ne proved to be :he right parties. Killed His Divorced Wife. MIemphis. Tenn.. Special.-Leon (rft, a night watchmnan. shot and moria Il wounded his divorced wife. irs. Lena (Croft. late M1onday night ni the residence of his brother-in-hi" . I.. Nurray and then committed uicide. Cr-oft had called to see his itt le dlaughter. Mrs. Croft (1ied at he city hospital Tuesday. Clubbed Seven to Death. FEristol. Tenn.. Special.-Informa tion received here from Marion. N. 2.. is to the effeet that in a Iight be twe'n a foreman and Italian hiaborers >n the- South & Western Rtailroad, he foreman, in defending himself, lubed seven of the men to death vith a crowbar. News Items. The legal 'ontest for thle fortune of Mrs. Margaret Todd. whio was found lead along ihe Reading~ Railroad tracks in Philadelphia. began in New York. Wiltresses in Lthe complaint against ertain railroads for rate discrimina tion told about the methods employed y the Standard Oil C'ompanmy to kill ompetition. Mirs. Geomrgie 0. CarPr. of Lourtoun otuty, Virg~iiai. Sued(' lher husband, William Carr. a promuinent WXashingr onin. for divorce allie.ing infidelity. The Virgrinia Legislature met and dourned after doing little business. overnor Swanson auppoint ed ai n1ium e of ofileiais. Louis De Lange. a writer of plays, was found dead1 in his room in New York with his throat '.ut. anid it is belevedj he was murdered. The hunt of the Wicklifik bandl of >t laws continnes, anid later reports huow that only one deputy wvas killed mutrigt last Sunday. Judge Altoni B. Parker delivered an address at Jackson. Miss., to the Leg slature on . Democr2 cy.'' A Chicago pape. says JIohn Alexan tier Dowie and Mrs. Dowvie have part Friends of Senator Depew. who is in selusion somewhere itn Newv York State. say lbe is wvasting away. The latest figures give total um ber of victims of the French mine disaster as -1.212. It is said thuat the oflieers of a ~uards regiment at St. Petersburg re ignedl in a body rather than go to the Baltic provncees to take part ~in "pacification'' there. Another railroad strike is threaten Five persouns were killed in a con ie between two religions sects neat .odz. Russiar. Poland. Countess de ( astellane has formally requested permission to chanige her application for a separation to one for ist divor.e from her husband. UNUSUALLY SEVER Entire Country feels the force of Equinoctial Weather RAIN, WIND, SNOW AND COL All of the United States Last of the Mississippi in Grasp of a Stcrm, With Heavy Rains in the South and Snows in the North, and Un seasonably Low Temperatures in Both Sections. Washington. Special.-Thc whole of the country east of the Mississippi river. according to reports to the Weatner Bu reau. is experiencing ef fects of the prevailing storm, with temperatures below the average for this time of the year. There have been heavy rains in the South and snow in the North. The storm began Sunday night in the South and ex tended into New England. New York. and the lower Lake region and the upper Ohio valley, where the rain turned into snow. The rivers in the States of Mississippi. Alabama, Geor gia and the Carolinas are bank-full and stages above the danger line are expected to-morrow in a majority of the big waterways. The storm is expected to pass down the St. Lawrence valley during the next 24 hours. Montgomery. Ala., Special.-Owing to incessant rairs, the Coosa, Talla poo.sa and Alabama rivers are on a rise, and tile predictions ,re that the waters will go over thle danger line at Wetumpka. Montgomery and Selma. Owing to warnings. it is believed that comparatively small damages will re suit. Railroad traffic has been disarrang ed by washouts. and at Oxmoor, on the Louisville & Nashville Railroads, 100 feet of trestle are reported wash ed away. At Bletsher Monday morn ing a freight engine of the Mobile & Ohio was overturned because of the weakening of.the roadbed by water. State Commissioner of Azriculture R. R. Poole said Monday that crops in Alabama are at least two weeks behind as a result of the heavy rains. Meridian. Miss.. Special.-During the past 24 hours Meridian and vicin ity has experienced the heaviest rain fall in many years, the total for the period beinl 5.78 inches, at Shubuta it reached 5.50 inches and at Enter prise 7.54 inches. Sowashee Creek bounding the city on the south, is a raging torrent and spread half a mile beyond its banks. Stock and cattle are reported as drowned in several places, and fences and outhouses are washed away. No lives are reported lost as yet. Partial Tie-up in New York. ew York, Special.-Six inches of snw fell here Monday and for a time interfered seriously with the ser vice on all surface roads. The sub way Monday night was taxed more severely than at any time since the tunnel was opened. The snow storm of last Thursday had left most of the down town streets in bad condition and the added fall made heavy truck ing an impossibility. Only a few of the more important thoroughfares had been cleared when Monday's storm set in. Monday night it was raining hard, with fair and colder weather predicted. Suit Against Observer. Charlotte, Special.-The suit of Dr. A. J. McKelway for $50,000 damages for libel was called in the superior court here Monday. The case was made tip by counsel and given to the jury. The defendant was adjudged guilty and fined one penny and each party to pay his own costs. Formorsa Earthquake Deadly. London. By Cable-The Daily Tele praph 's Tokio correspondent. tele graphing concerning the earthquake Saturday morning in the vicinity of Kagi. I'sland of Formosa, says the railway lines were twisted. telegraph poles thrown down and houses des troyed. The correspohdent says that The Nichi Shimbun states that theC causualties exceed 100 and that The Jiji Shimpo places them as high as 800. An oficeial dispatch, lie adds, reports 60 deaths and many more persons injured and 200 houses des tryed. Sociaist Meetings Pass Off Quietly. Berlin. By Cable.-One hundred and four Socialist meetings which were held in Berlin and its suburbs -Th outbreaks of 1S4S-40, and to protest aainst the thiree-class suffrage sys temn of Prussia, passed off with com plete quiet. The meetings were ad dressed by Herr Bebel. leader of the Socialists in the Reichstag, Herr B~ernstin and other memibers of the Reicstag, and several women Social Strychnine Found in Dead Womna's Stomach. Fitzgerald. Specia!.-The State chemist, who made a chemical anay sis of the stomach of Mrs. Reason Handley. states that lie found strych nine, and this is supposed to have caused her death. Reason Handley is held in the Irwinsville jail on the charge of murder of his wife and will be tried at the coming term of court. Alabama Fruit Crop as Yet Unin jured. Mont gomecry. Ala.. Speiak-Spe cciai to The Adevrtiser from towns in the northern part of the State say that so far no material damage hias been dlone the fruit crop, although at sone points the thermomneter regis tered as low as 30o degriees. It is feared, however, that injury will be done as the predictions were for cold r wether.