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I" GISTAVE I REIGNS ;
IBS OSCAR DEAD
I New Monarch Accepts Homage
of State Officials.
DEATH OF PEOPLE'S FRIEND
Sweden Bowed in Grief by Loss of
Democratic Ruler Who Was
Proud of Family's Low Origin?
Oscar Was a Hero and Scholar.
Stockholm. ? Oscar II., King of
Sweden, died in the royal apartment
of the palace, where, surrounded by
i the members of his family, including
Queen Sophia and the Crown Prince,
Oscar Gustave, and high Ministers of
State, the end had been awaited. Outside
the palace great crowds stood
with bowed heads and tearful eyes
long after the announcement came of
~ ^ ttta] 1 iavg 1 oaxtor
I LUC UCatU Wi tucii ntil iwivu wv?v4
n eign.
The whole country is bowed with
I grief, for King Oscar was something
[ more than a ruler of his people, and
[ had endeared himself to them as an
a intimate and personal friend. When
i- the flag on the palace was dipped to
L half-stafT there was a moan of anL
guish from the assembled multitude,
r and many of them cried: "6ur dear
old King is dead."
|e The death certificate was worded
as follows:
?. "Wo declare upon oath that His
il Majesty King Oscar II. expired peacea
fully at 9.10 o'clock in the castle at
|Q Stockholm at the age of seventyI
eight years, nine months and sevenL
teen days, as the result of calcification
of the cerebral and cardiac blood
vessels.
;t "BERG,
a "EDGREN,
i- "PLENSBURG."
i- The succession to the throne of
a Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustave
_ 'Adolphe, Duke of Vermland, the oldt
est son of the late King. At a meetL
ing of the Council of State the new
" King took the oath of allegiance uns
der the title of Gustave V., and
f adopted the motto, "With the Peot
tV>A PofliArlQn/?' " Tho nrin/>Qo
I- pic wz tuc x- av.uvi muu. a uu yi iuuvm
r took the oath of allegiance and the
3 new monarch accepted the homage of
f the State officials.
The King received degrees from so
many universities in Europe that he
might fairly be called, so far as degrees
indicate, the most learned man
in Europe. He was an author, a
5 translator, a learned man in political
a economy and the science of- government,
a musician, a historian and a
playwright. All the great masterpieces
of literature,, historical, philo1
sophical and religious, he translated,
i into Swedish. One. of his novels, the
1 one which has become the most widely
known of hia works of fiction, deals
with the rise of his own tamily of
Beinadotte and the accession to the
I. throne of Sweden or his grandfather.
With all his accfpmplishments as a
scholar King Oscar was a brave man
and wore upon his breast on State occasions
a medal bestowed on him
the French Government when he was
a young man.
"NIGHT RIDERS" IN KENTUCKY.
Damage Done at Hopkinsville by MeD
Engaged in Tobacco War.
Hopkinsville, Ky.*?-Descending suddenly
on this city of 10,000 inhabitants,
a body of 500 night riders,
armed to the teeth and many of them
wearing masks, took complete possession
at 2 o'clock a. m. The members
of the Police and Fire Departments
were corralled and kept in
I their houses under guards, the telephone
exchanges were captured and
the young women operators ordered
out, and the telegraph operators were
prevented from sending any messages
to the outside world.
Then began the work for which
the mob was organized. It dynamited
and burned to the ground the
warehouses of W.; H. Tandy & Co..
and Tandy, Fairleigh, Dridge & Co.,
both of which are supposed to belong
to the Tobacco Trust.
Several residences also were
burned, and for a time it looked as if
the whole city might be swept by
the flames. The property loss is estimated
at ?200,00 0, with about $60,000
insurance. The Tandy building
is owned by John C. Latham, a New
York banker.
SHOT THREE IN STATE HOUSE.
Lunatic Went to Kill Massachusetts'
Governor But Turned on Labor Men.
I Boston, Mass.?Governor Guild
narrowly escaped death at the hands
of John A. Steele, a lunatic, recently
paroled, who visited the State House
for the sole purpose, it is believed,
of killing him. Finding the Governor
engaged in the executive chamber.
Steele turned on three prominent labor
leaders who were in the anteroom
waiting to se6 the Governor
and fired three shots at them, fatally
wounding Edward Cohen, of Lynn;
seriously wounding Dennis D. Driscoll,
of Boston, and injuring with the
muzzle of his revolver Arthur M.
Huddell, of Boston*
> Crawls in Cypress Log to Die.
. The body of Oscar Taylor, a promgaH
fnent young mank of Hawkinsville,
jggfl Ga., was fouud in a hallow cypress
9rh log in the swamp' near the city by
gmH searchers. Taylor disappeared from
ORH home and had crakvled into the log,
made a pillow of h|is Coat and fired a
9hH bullet into his heai-t.
Full Time in Pennsy Shops.
Mail The Altoona vjorkshops of the
BB38I Pennsylvania Railroad Company, it is
raH announced, will be: operated ou full
time this winter.
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Grain iteceilpis Large.
With the easing in the money pitugfaBM
ation has comt a mqre iberal m? ??etMSgl
ing of the country's products and
grain receipts at interior markets are
HHB larger.BBSS
About Noted People.
NKgljg J. J. Hill says men should sleep a
long time and awake with both eyes
open.
Brffir King George of G reece is the poorest
of all European Kings. His lnjj>ft9
come is about $700 a day.
Frederick Massoin, former secreIPSflM
tary of Prince Napoleon, issued a
ftgfl statement that no Relics of Napoleon
The German CrownPj-ince continBBkB
ues his work at t.\r-~"*^ry of the
flBmfl Interior, and will a\ ^jirse of
lectures on Governr
the University of Be^ *
: GOVERNOR mm AHEAR!
Manhattan's Borough Preslden
j Charged With Neglecting Duties
Hughes Makes It Clear That No A<
cusation of Personal Gain Was
Brought Against Accused.
Albany, N. Y.?Governor Hughe
nas removed John F. Ahearn froi
the office of President of the Boroug
of Manhattan, and Dtates his reason
therefor in an opinion of 5000 words
Charges of misconduct on the par
of President Ahearn were publishe
in the newspapers in the fall of 190(
and Mr. Ahearn requested an invest:
gation by the Commissioners of A<
counts, which was later ordered b
Mayor McClellan. The report of th
Commissioners was made to th
Mayor lin July, 1907. Thi,s sev.er.el
arraigned. Mr. Ahearn's administra
tion.
This report and the evidence take
before the Commissioners were foz
warded to tne tjovernor, anu inert
after formal charges against Mi
Ahearn* with a petition for his re
moval, were presented to the Got
ernor by George McAneny and Henr
C. Wright, individually and as officer
of the City Club of New York. Th
hearing, which the Governor person
ally conducted, consumed six weeks
and nearly a month has since elapse^
while the Governor has looked i
over and formulated the opinion jus
announced.
The Governor's jurisdiction in re
moving a city official was questione
at the beginning of the hearings b
Mr. Ahearn's counsel.
1 This was done so that the matte
might be taken on appeal from th
Governor's decision into the courts
This procedure will probably follow
as Ahearn's counsel intimated tha
such a course would be pursued.
The matter of choosing a successo
to Mr. Ahearn is vested in the Boari
of Aldermen.
The condition of disrepair and neg
lect which President Ahearn per
mltted to obtain in the streets o
Manhattan Borough, especially thos.
paved with asphalt, is the principa
ground on which Governor Hughe
bases his removal of Presiden
Ahearn, but he alludes also to "grav
abuses in the administration of th
Bureau of Public Buildings am
bfficesi" one of the departments un
der Ahearn's jurisdiction.
The Governor takes pain3 io cal
attention to the fact that persona
corruption was not alleged or provei
igainst the Borough President?"tha
is," he says, "it is not shown, and 1
i Is not claimed, that he has convertei
! public money or property to his ow:
; use, or has personal:/ profited in a:
unlawful manner by ii.-;s official 90a
duct."
FINANCING TEXAS' COTTON.
Galveston Bankers Said so Hav? Ar
ranged to Take Care of Crop.
Fort Worth, Texas.?At a confer
ence between Malcolm Graham, r-?p
resenting Galveston barring houses
and President D. J. Noll!, of th
Farmers' Union, arrangements wer
made to finance the ?r.;t.ire cottoi
crop of Texas on liber?' terms. Un
der the new arrangement tie farme
may ship his cotton to Galveston am
receive an advance payment in Ne^
York exchange at once. If he want
the cotton held subject to his orde
the bankers will advance him $20 i
bale; if left to be sold at their discre
tion he will receive $30 a i'aie, am
if to be shipped to foreign market
he will receive an advance of $35 i
bale.
This arrangement is onl:- a detai
of the fight for fifteen cent cottoi
being carried on by the Farmers
Union. It is believed that the .an
nouncement of this arrangement wil
start a movement of the cotton croj
ail over Texas.
OFFICIALS ASKED TO QUIT.
Wholesale Resignations on Ashevill
Division of Southern Railway.
Asheville, N. C. ? Superintenden
Ramseur, Roadmaster Ramsey, Gen
eral Trainmaster Fortune, Chief Dls
patcher Johnson and others ofs th
highest officials of the Southern Rail
way or tne Asnevine uivision navi
been asked for.their resignations a
the result of a row among official
for which no cause is given othe
than "factional differences." The:
have one week to comply.
Superintendent Ramseur woul<
give out no statement for publicatioi
other than to say he was discharged
None of the other officials would tall
about the affair. General Superin
tendent George A. Loyall arrive*
from Knoxville and held a conferena
with General Agent Hayes.
KILLED HER GRANDCHILDREN
Shocking Crime of Mrs. Emery Hnnt
ley at Somerville, Mass.
Somerville, Mass. ? Announcinj
that she had killed her two grand
children, Mrs. Emery Huntley wallce<
into a police station and gave hersel
U1J..
The bodies of the children, Ray
mond Shomo, six years old, and Car
oline Huntley, four years old, wen
found at Mrs. Huntley's home.
The children had been stnpeflec
by illuminating gas and then placet
in a bathtub and drowned. The:
were on a visit to their grandmother
They were brother and sister, wh<
on the death of their parents a fev
years ago were adopted by others.
American Sent to Prison.
Charles P. Baird, of Philadelphia
whose motor car ran over and kille<
a boy at Neuilly, France, on Octobs
10, was sentenced to a month':} im
prisonment and a fine of $10. Hi
must also pay $2000 damages.
Famine in Turkey.
Famine prevails in Turkey, accord
j ing to a cable dispatch received ii
New York Cit/ by the Christian Her
aid from Secretary Peet, representa
tive in Turkey of the American Boar*
of Foreign Missions.
Feminine Notes.
Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Rns?el
Sage are often seen shopping in Nev
York City.
Mrs. Mary K. L.'chael, of Hamilton
Ohio, is an expert plasterer and pa
perhanger.
Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe, poetess
died in Portland, Me. She was eighty
seven years old.
The girl ushers at the Mnnhaitai
Opera House, New York City, art
studying to be singers.
i Mme. Zola is grieving for the los1
of souvenirs of the late Emile Zola, o
which she has been robbed.
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? BRIDGE GOES DOWN
Flood at Mifflinville, Pa,, Causes
> Fatal Accident.
FORTY THROWN INTO THE RIVER
(S '
n Partly Completed Steel Structure
li Collapses, Throwing Victims
s Into the Raging Susquehanna?
i. Names of the Lost and Injured.
* Bloom-iburg, Pa. ? High water
caused the collapse of a new bridge
' In course of erection over the west
. branch of the Susquehanna River at
y Mifflinville, eight miles north of here,
e and resulted in the death of seven
e men and the injury of nearly a score
^ of others, two perhaps fatally. Forty
men were at work on the traveler on
n :he middle span of the structure when
it collapsed. They were all thrown
1 into the swollen river.
>- The collapse of the bridge was
r. caused by the rapid rise in the river,
y The wa^er rose during the day at the
s rate of a foot an hour and debris
e carried down the stream by the floods
l- struck the false work of the bridge
), and caused its collapse.
i The accident occurred at nightfall
t when the men were preparing to
it abandon their work. As a result the
work of reaming t.hnnfi whn wp
.. thrown into the water and caught in
j the mass of twisted iron and steel was
y greatly retarded. The second span
of the bridge was being erected, and
r It was this section that fell with the
e big traveler.
The bodies of four of those killed
r( were found floating on the surface of
t the water entangled in the bent and
twisted girders and ironwork. Many
r of the men were caught in the rapid
i water and carried a mile or more
down the river before they were res:ued.
William Nesbit was caught in
L the ironwork and held a prisoner fo:*
f an hour with his mouth and chin
e above water before being rescued.
,1 The bridge was being built by the
s State, to replace one carried away in
t a. freshet in 1903. Superintendent
e Lawton, in charge of the construce
tion, and who was on the bridge when
i It fell, says that he h&s not been able
. to ascertain the cause of the collapse.
The. dead are: A. W. Fahs, Selins
1 Grove; , Charles Creitzer, Selins
1 Grove; Adam Nuss, Selins Grove;
i Adam Tritt, Beaver Valley; Irvin Upt
degraff, Georgetown; Millard Bow*
man Ml'fflinvlllfi! flenrerp. R H'aiiT.
i I The most seriously injured are:
a William Boyer, New York, back broa
ken, probably fatal; Ray Sherwood,
_ Afo8hoppen, skull punctured',\ probacy
fatal; Percival Reighterback, leg
rjken; Howard Reighterback, leg
:/ic:ured; William Meyer, leg bro
ten; Luther Eckerd, shoulder disloca.ed;
Cecil Sharer, shoulder dislocated;
Newton Dalton, general contusions;
Harry C. Goodling, right
. arm broken; John Seesholtz, general
. :ontus?ms; John Fisher, arm broken;
i( Willian Weiking, general cuts, and
e Jacob Johnson, fractured leg.
a CHICAGO GETS CONVENTION.
r Has 31 Votes to 18 For Kansas City
' and 4 For Denver.
>/
0 Washington, D C.?The Republi]
cau National Convention will meet in
a | Chicago on June 16, 1908. This de.
| cisiou was reached here at the final
1 i tneeiing of the Republican National
q Conrrnittee. The vote stood Chicago,
a 31; Kansas City, 18; Denver 4, after
whJ-ra it was made unanimous.
1 Is. was a hard fought battle, and
a ar.li igh the result had been gener;
alii expected the losing delegations
. reli) jed to give up hope and many
1 impassioned speeches were the result,
p The utmost good humor prevailed
among the contending factions.
EfTorts are being made to give political
significance to the decision of
the committee in favor of Chicago,
but there is little or no such significance
involved. Taft men voted for
Chicago, anti-Taft men voted for
t Kansas City and third term men were
. to be found among the advocates of
J. both cities.
e But there is ever:' reason to be.
lieve that even had" not the political
e phase of the question been devels
oped the decision tfould have been
9 the same. An appreciation of the hoi.-i
fl.-Mu: A AIU A/lvnnfnffAO
f tei iaciUlltJS ctuu tmuttiit aumuMgw
y of Chicago would doubtless have
proved decisive of itself once Chlj
cago made an effort to capture the
3 convention.
1 |
{ 1 HIBBARD MAYOR OF BOSTON.
I City Gives Him 2000 Plurality Over
e a Democrat and an Independent.
Boston.?In the closest and hardest
fought election contest Boston, has
known for many years the city went
Republican by about 2000 .votes.
Postmaster George A. Hibbard, Re.publican,
defeated Mayor John F.
, Fitzgerald, Democrat, who was a can
didate for re-election. The revised
j returns show the following vote cast
f for the Mayoralty candidates: John
A. Coulthurst, Independence League,
15,871; Fitzgerald, 36,054; Hibbard,
38,UbV.
* The city voted to license the sale
" of liquor by a large majority, though
j somewhat smaller than in previous
j years, owing to a hard campaign on
the part of the clergy and others in
an endeavor to keep the saloons out
' of the suburbs.
Worcester, Lynn and Woburn were
won by the temperance voters.
GOLDPIELD PROMOTER KILLED.
i
r Editor Who Advocated His Being Run
Out of Town Shot Him.
e
Goldfleld. Nev.?Francis L. Burton
was shot and killed at Mina by J.
Boltman Buck, editor and proprietor
of the Western Nevada Miner. Buck
printed in his paper an article as1
sorting that Burton had been run out
of the town of Rawhide by a com"
mittee, and counselling the same
1 treatment by the citizens of Mina
Burton took Buck to task and in the
quarrel ensuing the former was
killed.
1
Lieutenant Cordier in Peru.
First Lieutenant Constant Cordier,
' cf the Fourth Infantry, the American
Military Attache, went to Lima, Peru,
to witness the maneuvres of the Pe*
ruvian Army as the guest of the Min
ister of War.
1 Goebel Murder Predicted.
Judge D. D. Field testified at the
Powers trial at Georgetown, Ivy.,
* that Governor Goebel's murder was
' openly discussed before it took ulace
I Late News
BY WIRE
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?vaonmuiu:i,
President Roosevelt's order directing
more severe physical tests for
army officers was made public.
Secretary Cortelyou accepted bids
for $25,000,000 Panama Canal bonds
at an average price of 103.
A project for a National Council of
Commerce was launched at a conference
held in the office of Secretary
Straus.
There will be no financial legislation
before the holiday recess of Congress.
Secretary Cortelyou in his annual
report to Congress asked for the
speedy passage of a remedial currency
law. .
Postmaster-General Meyer's annual
report advocates establishment of
postal savings banks and extension of
the parcels post.
Rear-Admiral Henry Lyon, who
commanded the Dolphin during the
3panish war, haa retired from the
aavy on account of age.
The President asked the AttorneyGeneral
and Secretary o? the Inter-rrJ
(YAr?rt?elTr AV/smr
latlon of the land laws which Secret
Service Agent Walker was investigating
while murdered in Colorado.
Paymaster Henry I. McCrea, U. S.
N., resigned to join the chorus of a
musical comedy.
The President -sent to the Senate
the nomination of John B. Vreeland,
Distript of New Jersey, to be United
States Attorney.
: OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
J. K. Taylor, the United States architect
who has been planning public
buildings for San Juan, Porto
Rico, arrived from that city on'the
steamer Caracas.
J. Lor Wallach, of Honolulu, Hawaii,
who has been granted leave to
attempt the treatment of twelve lepers
from Molokai, announces that he
will soon make public the secrets of
his leprosy cure. .
United States Marshal Hubbard
left San Juan,? P. R.. for Washington
to explain to the Administration the
dispute between the Insular-Government
and the Federal Court over the
method of disbursing insular funds.
The Japanese cruisers which were
Bent to the Jamestown exposition arrived
in Manila Bay on their way
home. ,
The Cuban sugar crop this year
will probably be one-flfth less than it
was last year owing to the drought.
DOMESTIC.
,The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, at Washington, D. C., ad-'
journed after adopting resolutions
favoring a broad and liberal policy
in the improvement of inland waterways.
. New wireless stations at Fairbanks
I and Circle City, Alaska, are in servI
ice, and the Signal Corps hopes to
extend the system to Bering Strait inside
of ^,year.
John A. Steele, paroled from the
Danvers (Mass.) ifisane asylum,
went to the State House in Boston to
shoot Governor Guild, but finding the
door, to his office closed wounded
three labor leaders, one fatally.
John B. Hill, of Atlanta, is the
first negro in the country to receive
a Carnegie hero medal. A check of
$500 was sent as a regard for risking
his life in qaving several people
in danger from a runaway team.
fohn Maginnis, former Mayor of
i Butte, Mon., has sent to Boston
| Chapter, JCnights of Columbus, an
1 offer of $25,000 as a gift toward the
I fund that is to be devoted to the
purchase or a building.
With $2,127,000 in Filipino pesos
aboard, the army transport Thomas
sailed for Manila, carrying also eleven
troops of cavalry and 100 cabin passengers.
Crazed by cocaine Wash Mussay, a
negro, ran amuck at Augusta, Ark.,
shooting seven white peoples-one" fatally?two
being women, before being
riddled by a posse.
Charged with systematic robbery
of ? 10,000 worth of diamonds, Louis
W. Harris, city salesman of Rudolph.
Noel & Co., Maiden Lane, New York
City, has been arrested.
mi r? s i t* a a j
me xvuniamc loon iduu itiiu me
I Cymric 900, foreigners, mostly ItalI
ians, out of Boston, on the annual
i holiday return home. i
The President Lincoln left with
3800 Italians, taking out the largest, 1
number, of passengers ever carried
to Europe on a single vessel.
The National Bank of Commerce,
of Kansas City, Mo., failed after a i
six weeks' run, paying out $19,000,000.
FOREIGN.
The Anfious tribesmen won a decisive
victory over the troops of Mulai
Hafig in Morocco.
According to the terms of the
Congo treaty King Leopold loses
control of the crown domain.
A roKe warn ronn leofl
1CU muuonuu /ltauo nvig iv/|;uidwu j
by the French army in Algeria, losing j i
1200 killed, while the French lost |
only eight men.
The French forces in Algeria made J
the first move to punish the Benis 1
Nassen tribesmen.
The French army dirigible balloon 1
Patrie traveled a distance of 275 kil- *
ometres at an average speed of forty '
kilometres. ]
Premier Franco, of Portugal, announced
his determination not to ,
compromise with the opposition. 3
Japan's complaints against China's ]
plans may result in an indefinite j
postponement of the Manchurian i
loan.
The Crown Prince of Korea and
suite, accompanied by Prince Ito, the
Japanese Resident General,embarked
at Che-Mul-Po for Japan to complete ^
his education.
Baron Takahira was formally ap- j
pointed Japanese Ambassador to the ,
United States. <
Juhlin, who resigned the office of
Minister of the Interior of Sweden on i
account of dissensions in the Cabinet,
has been appointed Postmaster-Gen- ]
eral.
The French conscription law will
be made applicable to Algeria, thus ]
adding anocher contingent of 100,000 j
men to the army of France. 1
Major-General Sir Henry Edward, <
Colvile, who was recalled from the
Boer War after the disastrous battle 1
at Lindley, was killed in an automobile
accident in Surrey, England.
General Luis Saenz Pena, cx-President
of the Argentine Republic, i
1892-5. died in Bueno3 Ayrcs at the 1
age of seventy-seven. j
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IN MINE DISASTER '
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Fire in West Virginia Colliery Delays
Work of Rescue.
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SAD SCENES AT PITS MOUTH
^
Revised Figures by Superintendent
Show That 'About Four Hundred
Were Caught?Over a Hundred
Bodies Found. ' <
r
Monongah, W. Va. ? While it is
Impossible to determine the exact
dumber of lives lost by the explosion
tn Mines Nos. 6 and 8 of the Fair- * ,
aiount Coal Company, the worst fears ire
likely to be confirmed. One estimate,
Bald to be based on the best
information now obtainable, places
the number of lives probably lost at
J64. The least grievous figures in- , ;
iicate the death of over 400.
At dark on the day following the
tragedy only fifty-three bodies had
ieen recovered from Mines 6 and 8.
Fifty-six hours had elapsed since the
^plosion,, and the bodies were in
?uch condition as to necessi'ite immediate
burial.
It is now believed that the number
of dead will not be over 400. .It
transpired- that many miners who
were believed to have been entombed
Slid not go to work on the day of the
iccldent.
The fire broke out again in Mine 8
md the rescuers were ordered to the
rarface. The fire is still burning.
Members of the rescuing party say
that over,-100. bodies have been losated
int?he two mines. . V y
Clarence Hall, a Government mine
expert, arrived, and he and Chief
filine Inspector Paul .spent the remainder
of the day at the mines.
Hall will make a thorough investigation.
In a statement President Watson,
at thq Coal Company, said: "There
have been numerous reports that the
families of the dead men are desti^ tute.
These reports are wrong. , The
Fairmonth Coal Company is taking
:are of all these families. In addition
the ladies of Monongah, Fairmont
And other places have organized re- i
lief measures and are rendering effective
assistance."
The condition of the bodies thus
far recovered is horrible. Many are
dismembered, some are fearfully
irushed, and the rest are blackened
jind burned beyond recognition. The
body of J. M. McGraw, pit boss, and
bne of the best known mining men In f
tVest Virginia, was discovered in Mine 1 . '}
No. 8. It was headless and otherWise
disfigured, identification being
made by the clothing and shoes he
wore. ,
Five carloads of coffins were de*
Jivered here and unloaded in preparation
to receive the bodies of the dead.
At the mines six undertakers are
working with a number of assistants '
fmd the temporary morgue in the partially
completed bank building at
ivionongah is rapidly filling.
A score or more of men of the rescuing
parties are in a critical condition
from inhaling black damp. Sev?
eral of theip are expected to die. One
of these men, John Qabbert, was carried
from the mine almost a raving
maniac.; His lungs were filled with
black damp, which produced a condition
similar to one Insane, and the
services of four men were necessary
to hold him while doctors attended
blm.
The accident, the greatest in the
kIn^nwTT ' A n r*ce > l%oa
UlOWUi J l/l awci IV?OU uiiuiug) - uwc
dazed the people of jthis vicinity. The
streets of both this town and Fairmont
are crowded with people, while
thousands line the hills in the yicinity
of the mines. Every barroom in.
Fairmont and Monongah is closed.
So far the company's police have been
able to preserve order about the
mines, although it has been a difficult
problem to handle the large crowds
of men, women and children. ,
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TAFT'S MOTHER IS DEAD.
Passed Away at Millbury, Mass., in
Her Jtfgimeui xear.
Millbury, Mass.?Mrs. Louisa M.
Taft, mother of William H. Taft, Secretary
of War, died here aged eighty,
after a prolonged illness, of stomach
trouble complications. For the past
week she had been unconscious. She
passed away at the old Torrey man- ^
Bion, where she lived in childhood.
Mrs. Taft's disease had not assumed
fatal aspects until a week or
so ago, when messages to her son
caused him to hasten his departure
from Europe.
Mrs. Taft, who was Miss Louisa M.
Torrey, of Millbury, was married to
the Secretary's father in 1?54, she
being his second wife. To her were
born William H., Horace D. and Fannie
Louise Taft.
YOUNG COUPLE MURDERED.
Former Fricpd of Wife Suspected of
Clubbing Thepi to Death.
Muscatine, Iowa.?Mr. and Mrs.
William Van Winkle, of Fairport,
six miles from here, were clubbed
to death some time during the night.'
The bodies were discovered next
morning by Glen Brewer, who called
Willi UO 'CAycutauuu Ui nuiftiuo
Van Winkle. The sheriff was notified.
A posse spent the-day scouring
che woods in the vicinity cJ che Mississippi
River, but no tn ee of the
murderer was found.
Suspicion is directed toward Harris
Jones, who was in love with Mrs.
Van Winkle before her marriage five
months ago, and who remarked at
Vluscatine while slightly intoxicated
;hat he expected to go to the Van
iVinkle home.
Cleveland Wants 1908 Convention.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who haa
leclared in favor of W. J. Bryan as
:he Democratic candidate for Presilent,
has raised a fund of $100,000
n order to induce the National Committee
to hold the convention at
Cleveland.
ITALY FIGHTS EMIGRATION.
Movement to the U. S. Checked by
the Government.
Rome, Italy. ? The Emigration
Bureau is dissuading emigration to
:he United States and consequently
;his movement is practically at a
standstill.
An increase of destitution is feared
:hroughout Italy next year.
Japan Will Stop Emigration.
It is stated in Tokio that Japan will
innounce its decision to limit all em^ration
to America pending t^e adjustment
of existing uifferp
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