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TWO Hl'XDRED KILLED IN COAL MINE FIRE Entombed in Flaming* Eccles, West Virginia, Men Are Relieved to lie Dead. Eccles, W. Ya., April 2S.?All hope for the rescue of the 203 miners entombed by an explosion t >day in mines No. > and 0 of the New River Collieries company here was abondoned late lonight. Rescuers were unable to force their way into th .> burning shafts. General Manager Bayles of the New River Collieries company announced at midnight that the 190 miners entombed in mine No. o are dead. Mr. Mayles said the disas.er "was due to a dust explosion. Eleven bodies have been recovered from mill"1 Xo. (!, a connecting operation, and six men are missing. Fifty-nine men, all seriously burned, were rescued from this operation. Rescue work la:e tonight was at a standstill because of the lire and gases. Renewed efforts to open a way into the mine Xo. 5 will be made in the morning me aeptn 01 tne two mam snaits is GOO feet and the mines are connected under ground. There are two other shafts into the mines, but the explosion totally wrecked three of tne four. The lone en:rance leads into mine No. f> and. by means of it the rescues were made. No. 5 mine apparently is completely shut off from the surface and rescuers hold little hope of reaching the large number of mei} in time to save them. Traveled Into Other >Iine. The explosion occurred in mine Xo. i. .The two shafts of this mine were demolished. It is believed the explosion traveled through this mine into Xo. 6. One shaft of ;he larter mine was wrecked but the odier remaining intact and was the salvation of at least 59 of the workmen. This little mining community of 1, oOO persons was shaken by t:ie muitled rumbling of the explosion. At first there was no smoke but men of ilie tipples knew that far under ground the toll of death was being taken. Superintendent Thomas Donaldson of mine No. 3, another operation of the company, and o:her company officials were ac the scene of the disaster within a short time. Superintendent Donaldson and an expert rescue crew -were lowered down the shaft of Xo. t> mine. F^r a time the crowd of frightened women and children at the tipples waited in suspense, but soon the signal came to hoist away and the cage appeared. It bore two men badly hur:, a few of the rescue party and two bodies. Bring Back Men. Other trips were made as rapidly as possible and each time blackened and burned miners were brought to the surface until 59 living and four dead had been brought up. The injured were assis:ed to nearby houses, where physicians waited to care for them. The rescued men expressed doubt that any of the 13 miners still in No. ? shaft would be taken out alive. Some of the men said portions of Xo. 5 was badly wrecked, and they believed, the entrance connecting Xo. t> mine witn .\o. > naa Deen aesiroyea. Of :he bodies recovered two are of Americans, one of a foreigner and the f'uirth of a negro. A large portion of the miners employed here arc Americans. A United States government rescue car reached the mines trom Bluehelds, W. Va., at 5 o'clock and ano her will arrive here from Pittsburg, Pa., at noon tomorrow. The New Riwr Collieries' company is connectcd with the Guggenhiem interests. The rescue par ies worked throughout the evening. Their combined efforts were directed to mine No. 5, where the 100 men are entombed. Notwithstanding the feverish haste of the rescuers they made litile progress from shaft No. 6 in o shaft No. 5 because of the intense heat and gases. Many women were induced to seek their home tonigh|t am'd there was little excitement at the mines. Work Well in Hand. Although the rescuers were making slow progress and had expressed little hope of getting the entombed men in No. o mine out a live, they had he work'\vell in hand. At 10 o'cclock they had installed new fans, making the task oi boring into mine No. 5 less difficult. The Xew River Collieries company tonight ordered two carloads of coffins. The present mine disaster is the first of considerable extent in West Virginia in several years. It is probably second only in fatalities to the Monongahela explosion in December. 1907, when 336 miners lost their lives. tMPT >?' ' 3HL / \mKrn ? - Li -" ?'? t * u _ r>? ? ? M -! UOpyrignt, isia, uy mc r<slj- hi, -f <5 1 j //KMiiAMiitPM inn (irnnuin'! "SUNSHINfc" AIVU ornnvu TERNATIONAL EXPOSITIO , THE large group at the right of the groups In the Court Pacific International Expos left is "Sunshine," by A. Jf statue, "Rain." i Gov. Henry D. Hetfield, accompanied by Earl Henry, chief inspector f ! :he S.ate's department of mines; Dr. 1 J. H. McCullough, chief medical examiner under the State workmen's compensation ac;, and W. L. Thomas, chief assistant to Henry, were expect| ed here at midnight. The gjvernor, a - - * - * ? (physician nimsen, ana ui. .u^uilough will take charge of affairs on their arrival. FEDERAL REGUGLARS TO GUARDCOLORADO President Orders Troops to Scene of Recent Coal Strike Disorder. I Washington, April 28.?Presiden: 1 Wilson today ex;ended*the protecting arm of the federal government to the . State of Colorado, where, bee. .e of riots and pitcherd battles between j strike breakers and striking miners, ! Gov. Amnions had found the State ; militia unable to cope with the situaI tion and asked for help. The Col; orado delegation in congress, mine owners and miners themselves joined in the request. ' It was one of the rare occurrences in American history when a State ! found itself impotent to assert its au; thority, bu : the president, in a tele! gram to Ue Colorado governor, exj pressly stipulated that the federal troops would confine themselves to ' maintaining order only "until the 1 S ate can reassert its authority and : resume the enforcement thereof." Th? president issued a proclamai tion ordering all persons engaged in ' domestic violence to disperse and j "retire peacfeably to their abodes'' before April 30. Secretary Garrison : after a conference with ihe president, ordered three troops of the ! Fifth cavalry from For; Leavenworth ' and two troops of the Twelfth cavarly from Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., to j Trinidad and CanonCit y, respectively. .The proclamation read: | "By the President of ;he United States of America?A Proclamation: ' "Whereas, it is provided by the conI sti'.ution of the United States that ;he 1 United States shall protect every ! S ate in this Union on application ot | the legislature cr of the executive j (when the legislature can not be con! vened) against domestic violence; | "And whereas, the governor of the j State of Colorado has represented that : domestic voilence exists in said State | which the authorities of said S ate i were unable to suppress and has repI res-ented that it is impossible to conI vene the legislature of this State in I time to meet the present emergency; \ and AVhereas. the laws of the United States require that in all cases of in' surrection in any State or of obstruction to the laws thereof, whenever in | the judgment of the president it.be' comes necessary to use the military I r'orcos to suppress such insurrection ! or obstruction of the laws, he shall ! forthwith, by proclamation, command i such insurgents to disperse and rej tire peacefully ro their respective ! abodes within a limted time; "Xow, therefore, I, Wood row' Wil; son, president of the United States, do hereby admonish ail good citizens ! of the United States and all persons ! within the territory and jurisdiction I of the United States agains* aiding, f icific International Exposition Co. AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC IN- | ?? ? ? i imin AA 1A1P iN, SAN I-HAIMUI5UU, 1310. Is "Spring," by Furlo Picclrrilli. one of the Four Seasons at the Panamasltion. San Francisco, 1915. At the legers, who has created a companion I countenancing, abetting or taking ; part in such unlawful proceedings; I j and 1 do hereby warn all persons en- I - - ' < ??:j J ^ :| gaged in, or connected wiin, saiu uu- ; mestic violence and obstruction of the laws', to disperse and retire peaceably j to their respective abodes on or before 1 the 30th day of April, instant. "In testimony whereof, I have (hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be j affixed. I "Done at this city of Washington, j ; this 28th day of April, i:i the year of j J Our Lord 1914 and of the indepen-1 ! deuce o: :he United States of Amer- j ica the 13Sth. (Signed) "Wocdrow Wilson." j "By the President: i j "William J. Bryan, Secretry of j State/' ANNUAL RETURN'S. Executors, guardians or administrators shall, whixd an estate remains in their care or custody, at any time bet fore the first day 01 July cf each year, 1 r^ndpr rn the Judse of Probate of the | county from which they obtained let- j ! ters testamentary or letters of admin-' I I istration a just and true account, upon oath, -of the receipts and expenditures ' of such estate the preceding calendar | year, which when examined and ap; proved, shall be deposited with the i inventory and appraisement, or other j papers belonging to such estate, in the - j office of said Judge of Probate, there 1 :o be kept for the inspection of suca I 1 persons as may oe iiueresiea in uie I estate. .2 any executor, guardian or administrator should neglect to render j such annual account he shall not be ; entitled to any commissions ior his ( 'rouble in the management of the said * ^tate. and shall moreover be liable to , be sued for damages by any person or persons interested in such estate.? j Section 3648-3765. 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QQI igicide for Cleaning UG STORE S E IS : i : * # lings in :eraen's . tractive | t when I 4 . . nvuiced # ? i [ONEY tore A things , 1 ; * JI?HI I f NOTICE OF ELECTION IN ST LUKES f SCHOOL DISTRICT SO U j Whereas, one-th.rd of the resident {electors and a like proportion of the j resident freeholders of the age of j 21 years, of St. Lukes school district j Xo. 13, oi tie county of Newberry, State of South Carolina, Lave Died a petition with the Coun:y Board of * ; Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting ? that an election be held in said school t district on the question of levying a H special annual tax of four mills to be i collected on the property located in I he said sc"'iot?l district. I I Now, tiieref(?-e, the undersigned, composing the County Board Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby order the lioard of Trustees o? the St. Lukes Sch,x>i District No. IS tcj hold an election on the question of Ic-'yins a four nr.ll tax to be collected on th'- property located in the said school district, which said election shall be I?eld at St. Lukes school house, in the saiJ school district No. 13 on Saturday, May 9, 1914, at which said ?lection the rc1!? shall be opened a: 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the Board of Trustees of ^ said school district shall act as managers of said election. Only such > Sectors as reside in said school dis- Ml triet nnd scturn rea1 andi personal^ property for taxation, and who exhibit their rax receipts and registration c^r7 ^ tificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. Elec- , tors favorinz the lew of such tax shall cast a ballot containing the -word "yes" written or primed thereon, and each elector opposed to such levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" written or printed thereon. Given under our hands and seal on April 13, 1914. G. D. BroTvn, Jr., Mt S. J. Derrick, J. S. Wheeler, j I : _ _ I NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. | Notice is hereby given that I will make final settlement, as administra- A j tor, on the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth. J Kinard, deceased, in the probate court A for Newberry county at 11 o'clock the forenoon, May 18th, 1914, and immediately thereafter apply for letters dismissory as such administrator. All persons having claims against said estate will present them duly attested on or before that date. Mrs. Mattie C. Hentz, Administratrix. . iv