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v- V % ? ? DEAD IN MINE 9 Rescnrers Find Corpses ot the Forty-One Men at Bottom of Pit. NEARLY ALL NEGROES Another Coo] Mine Disaster Shocks the Country and Makes Many Widows and Orphans.?Men Were Kntombed by an Kxphwkm Which Occurred on I>ast Wednesday. A dispatch from nirmlngham, Ala., says little hope was expressed Thursday morning that any of tho 35 or 40 members entombed in the Mlilga mine of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company as the result of an erplosion about nine o'clock Wed% r.esiay night will be rescued alive. When it was learned that it was impossible to gain entrance to the mine through the shaft because the cages were sprung in the passage, the entrance was sealed to prevent. If possible, the spread of fire. Not one of the 41 nvn imprisoned in the mine is alive. This was the word brought to the surface on Thursday morning to the waiting and weeping families oT the victims, when, unconscious from the deadly passes of the shaft, Superintendent Johns of the mine and a man named Bonds, an unknown, who risked n'.s life for those aliealy perished, were drawn to fresn ?,r. The condition of the rescuers told the story long before the men had been revived. The watchers knew that If Vhe rescuers, helmeled and protected, had so narrowly escaped death, there was no hop? for the workers, who without a second's warning had been entombed by an 1 explosion of gas. W'hen Johns and Bonds, after heroic treatment, finally regained conBciousness, they confirmed the gravest anticipations of the people who ' for hours had waited at the mouth of the shaft, to hear a word of their loved ones. "Bead?all dead," was the statement of the superintendent as his brain began to clear from the effects <of the poisonous gases. Before they had lost consciousness f ho roci'liorc hn/1 **?? r?/l t hrt gallery. Even that near the shaft they saw things that made them know that only a miracle could save Lhe nvn entombed. The scones around the entrance to the mine in tht early morning 1 hou-s beggared description. In addition to the families of the entombed men, hundreds from the surrounding mining districts swelled the crowds until it was with great difficulty that the work of resuce could he carried <111. Under the direction of officials of the Hlrmingham coumpany and ex- 1 pert from other mines, an attempt 1 was first made to enter shaft No. 1, but this was soon found impractica- : ble and it was sought to drive a way through shaft No. 2, whic-h is ahout 300 feet from the first opening. After penetrating a short distance it was found that this shaft was also < wrecked by the force of the explos- 1 ion in No. 1. Not.hing could be heard ' Crom the entombed men. ' When the first crew of rescuers I reached the bottom of the shaft on 1 Thursday Morning the corps's of I two miners were found. The res- 1 cuers upon returning to the surface expressed t.he opinion that all of tin Imprisoned men were dead. * * ] CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS. Over Twenty-Two Thousand Hurt l?y Railroads. A large increase in tho number of casualties of American railroads is shown by the report for the quarter ending Decernl>er 31, 1009, as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year. A bulletin issued Thursday by tho interstate commerce commission shows an increase in t.he number of persons killed of 301 and in the number of injured of 5,645, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1908. The total number of persons 1 killed was 1,099 and the total nuin- t ber injured 22,491. ? < . t Hinting in China. < lawlessness of naMves, w.iK.h be- t Kan at Chang-Sha. C.'ni a, is 'oporteJ i s,*lA,.d<nf;. Advice? Mate t'n it riots t have occurred at Ning-Slatg, tne site t of a Protestant mission, thirty miles t west of Chang Sha. The mission school at Yi-Yang was burned The foreigners escaped Ool?l Wuvo in West. , Temperature, ranging from 27 to i 38 degrees above zero, accompanied J by intermittent flurries of snow were I reported from 'Missouri, Kansas and I "Nebraska Tuesday. Co'der weather i Js predicted. A Fool's Joke. Chester, Pa., Atwood Young, a Flxilh ward youth, was burned about the fare and eyes by powder from a Joker's "loaded" cbgarette, and it ts feared he will lose the sight of both eyes. HINTS AT SCHEME ro SAVE BALLINGER OX WICK- I ERSHAM'S PART. Charged That He Had Dated I)ocu- 1 ment Much Kurller Than It \Vi?h Written to Deceive. After attacking certain statements in Attorney General VV'lckersham's i summary of the Glavis case during i xaminauon or a witness before the Balllnger-Pinchot Investi- 1 gation Friday, Attorney Brandies 1 counsel for L. R. Glavis. throw out a 1 broad suggestion that tJhe document had been dated two months earlier than it had been prepared in order to make It appear that President 1 Taffs letter of vindication to Secrotary Rallinger had been based on , the alleged facts indicated. At the White House and the do- | partment of justice it was stated tint neither the president nor the attir- ^ ney 'general would common on Mr. , Brandeis' intimation. Comjiarativo.v li* ; ? prrai?s-. \v .s j made with Mi ein ,n >' ''riday. i"o- ( spite the apparently grow. i.? imps- , tienee of the committee ar.d the gen- , oral desire of the mnmbrs to brim* J the hearing to a close. E. C. Finny, assistant to the , secretary of the int rior, was und?r , cross-examination during almost the entire day. He admitted under qnes- j tinning by Mr. Brandies that some of j Wickersham's statement were inac- , curate, but insisted they were unltn- t portant. f It was near the end of Finney's ( examination t.hat Mr. Brandies got x off his surprise. Mr. Wickersham in t his summary, says the suegestlon f t.hat it was unlawful for Mr. Ballln- , ger to have any professional relations ? with the Cunningham claimants lie- ^ cause of his previous incumbency of the office of commissioner of tlie j land office, was based on section 190 j of the revised statutes and he cites s laws to show that Mr. Ballinger had not violated that law. c ? , TWKNTY HLOC7K8 KUllN. f -? 1 Large I'art of liouisinim v *ty Swept ' s Away by Fire. ( Fanned by a hl?.h wind, a (ire v which broke out at Lake Charles, f La., shortly aft r four o'clock Sat- t urday afternoon, swept twenty'or 1 more blocks of the city, destroying ' several hundred huil.lings and re- j salting in a property loss estimated v al)out .000.000. Two itliiousand j persons have been rendered honr loss. It was almost eight o'clock Saturday night when the Ore, which followed ii northeasterly direction from * the business section finally reached the outskirts of the city, burning itself out. While it was reported that several lives had been lost during the excitement attending upon dynamiting the buildings, an investigation Sunday indicated that there were no casualties. Hundreds of frame cottages were burned to the ground and while several thousand persons were thus rentLred homeless, there appears to be no suffering. That portion of the oity which escaped the ravages of the lire threw open its doors to the needy and in some instances as many as five and six families are being cared Per in one home. FOFNI) DFAD IN WOODS. iiMHij- oi ( iiknowii Man Discovered. v The decomposed body of a white t man about 3 5 years old was found in Piedmont park at (Iroensboro, N. C , 11 >y two boys Sunday afternoon. Oth- ^ t than cards bearing the names of i Richmond cafe and a Richmond 1: -lothing holism there is no clue to his S dentification. r The l>o;ly had apparently been ly- t ivg where found for a month or rix > .veoks. Coroner Wood held an in- li ,'estigaticn, out found nothing indl- n rating foul play. The body was found d two hundred yards from the car ino hidden by undergrowth and rees. He wore good clothes was abotit ^ Ive feet eight inches in .height, and weighed al>out 145 pounds. The tenures wore too distorted to secure a 'acial description. The no ty was removed to a local undertaking es- i: ablishment and will he held pending ^ 'urther efforts to identify. s Circus liife Was Short. The body of Mary Jenkins, a young Sirl who joined a circus while it was cn route through Florida recently, and who was found asphyxiated in her room at Washington Sunday, will l>e sent back to relatives In Florida. In accordance with instructions received by the police. The show with which the girT was traveling arrived Saturday night. Next morning the girl was dead. * s Eleven Killed. ^ A boiler exploded in a match fac- I tory at Swegeden, near Budapest, r killing ten girls and a man. Eigh 1 teen girls were dangerously injured. 1 ' ' vi\ * A DARING ESCAPE ?TVE OONHCTS SEIZE ENGINE 0 ANI) GET AWAY. Hiey Ijcft tho I^rison Yards at a Hi;;h Kate of S|hh'(1 and Was Sooti IjOHt. Five life convicts, heavily armed, made a daring escape from the Fedsral prison, near Leavenworth, Kan., Thursday morninsr it ic ni-oii-i that others escaped and prison officials are chocking up the 900 prisoners to learn just how many got i way. As soon as the escape of the five | men became known, the signal w'uls- i tie at the priBon was sounded as a ( wirninr to farmers In the surrounding country to be on the lookout. , TJils whistle can be heard for miles c and its use caused consternation. At the same time heavily armed guards ( were thrown around the prison to ^ prevent any further attempt at es- ( ?npe. f The first report indicated that the t live men who got away had forcibly j aken posesslon of a switch engine t that .had been run into the prison far.Is. They had instantly pulled out ( it high spcod. Once clear of the . orison yards, the convicts deserted .he engine aud made u dash for the j tvoods. The break for liberty was cleverly , llannod and its execution most darng. Two of the convicts were at j, vork in the carp liter shops, the ithers in the tailor shop. A switch ngine, had been backed into the ^ irison yard. At the sound- of the j vhistle the men dashed into the en losure and made towards the ontine. Levelling dummy guns at the c ngiweer. they climbed into the cab Hid compelled him to reverse his eni v tine. 0 'The engine with the convicts on ^ Kiard mslied through the west gate nto the open country and soon was ; ipoedlug towards the woods. When l few minutes later the escape lie- ' anie known, the signal whistle at he orison hollowed a warning to ' armors for miles about to be on the ookout. When the engine had gone 1 lalf a mile, the five men jumped iml made for the woods. Clark ami lideon Boperatcd from the others aud f vere raptured. ^ Every available guard started afer the other throe men. A half nlie further on the trio was sur- ' ounded in the woods. No shots had ^ teen fired at 11 o'clock, when the :u;irus hegan to clos in. It was beieved the convicts' only weapons vere i^tins made of wood and painted n the carpenter shop. KXHIIITS OF HOXOIt. * l> rand Lodge Held Meeting in Col- f; umbin This Week. c A great deal of interest was man- 1 tested in the election of officers to ' erve the order during the next two ears, the election resulting as fol- p ows: J. Alwyn Ball, Charleston, ?u- F ireme past grand dictator; Janus (). "? .add, Sumnierville, grand dictator; s ). A. Spivey, Conway, grand vice die- h ntor; M. W. Gulp, Union, grand as- w istant dictator; L. N. Zealy, Col- w imbia, grand reporter; N. W. Trump, e Columbia, grand treasurer; J. J. tl /ernon, NVellford; L: I). Harrel", e iheraw; Sol Blank, Charleston, n ;rand trustees. C. P. Quattlebauui. n if Conway, wns el+cted the repre- d entative to the supreme lodge for a c< erm of four years and R. . A. OH- 1? ihant of Union as alternate. The following standing committees ? rere appointed: N I.nwn anil ?iin?ir?lolnii ? " "odd, W. \j. Glaze, J. VV. Moore. ' '< Finance?J. I>. Kelly, It. A. Oil- si ihant, P. K. McCully. h Credentials?J. J. Vernon, L. I). ' Iarrell, Sol Blank. si The ofTio s-elected were Installed si iy Past Supreme Dictator John C. ' 1 iheppard. After the passage of a w esolution extending the thanks of h he grand lodge to Palmetto lodge fi ?*o. a. 1 O. O. F., for t.he use of the h mil. the convention adjourned to h< neet in Union on the third Wednesay in April, 1912. KI1.LS AN INTKl'DKIt. v in Intoxicated Man Tries to Fntei Another's Home. ir L. C. Manning, a well known bus tl ness man of Philema. Leo county, ,, * "If la., was shot and killed, at Walker'? N tation Wednesday night, by John 1? Vilklnson. Manning spent t.he day l t Albany and it is explained, had a .eon drinkinfi. lie took the wrong s rain and went to Walker's station a nstead of Philema. He attempted |> o get into several houses an finally a ried to force an entrance into Wil- ii dnson's home, when Wilkinson, shot o dm with a rifle. o Fight Voters Shot. At Port De France, Martinique, lerious disorders have occurred at q leveral points as the result of the p oceltement attending the elections, p Jurlng the disturbance on Thursday p tight eight voters were shot. Bus- a noss houses in the Interior have t\ teen closed. ]j SICK HIS DOGS In Attorney General Wickersham For Helping the Bears Ont. RE ENTRAPS ALDRICH t'lintor Smith Makes llim Admit That the Tariff I>a\v is tlie Cause of tlie High Prices and lHscusscs the Action of the Government in the Cotton Cases. Senator Smith Wednesday turned oose his dogs of war oh the attorler general for prosecuting the coton men. Brown, Harne, Scales and jthers, 3ays Zach McGhee, in his A'ashington letter to the Columbia State. The immediate question up was vhether or not the senate should rote $65,000 for further investiga- ; ion of the high prices of the neceslartee o?? life. Senator Smith said nat he had been in favor of this nvestlgation at first, but that now he tiling had taken such a peculiar urn that he believed no cood could >e accomplished. This brought him nto immediate conflict with Senator Vtdrtch rind there was an interesting I ittlo tilt. .'Ho I understand," asked Mr. AlIrich, "that the senator was in favor . mis investigation at tlrst hut that low the attorney general is Investigating the wrong trust?" That seemed to put Mr. Smith in0 a hole, for while the contention las been for lower prices, h re was 1 South Carolina senator coming out n favor of higher prices. Hut Mr Smith in turn put Mr. Aldrich into : hole. Mr. Aldrich sr.'.d t.hat he ranted an investigation to see wheth r the tariff was the cause of the ligli cost of living. "Does not the &enator believe that he tariff is the cause of the high 'rices?" asked Mr. Smith. "I believe that the tariff causes irosperity," replied Mr. Aldrich. "Rut you also have said that prosK-rit.v causes high prices, have you lot?" said Mr. Smith. .Mr. Aldrich admitted that. "Prosperity causes high prices, and he tariff causes prosperity," said Ir. Smith. Unfortunately the gravel fell just ere. the time being up. Rut Mr ildrich was made to admit as no tepublican had before adniitt d that he tariff is the cause of high prices. Senator Smith in his speech deIared that the department of justice ad allowed the beef trust, the steel rust, the ones who had cornered he wheat of the country putting up he price of bread to go on without roseeution, but that now when the armors of the South by a natural lonopoly and by a shortage of the rop were getting a high price for heir cotton, the department of jus ice was singling out this staple as subject for prosecution. "I venture the assertion," he do-, lared, "that brown, llayne, Scales. mien, ana in * otliers do not hold ,000 bales of cotton. But cotton peculators in New York have sold undreds of thousands of hales rhich they have never had, and now hen they try to buy them at a lowr price than the figure at which h't?y sold, the farmers of the South ither have not the ootton or will ot-sell at the figures offered. These len supposed that the South would o as she has always done, put their otton on the market at whatever rice they could pet for it." Several times in his speech. CVTr mith referred to the elections in :ew York and Massachusetts and pmind-ed the Republicans that the erdict was going against them. lie lid it was on account cf just such ehavior as that of which the atirney general was now .'uiltv. in ngling out the South for attack inead of enforcing the law against te other combines. lie admitted, ith considerable -emphasis, that he ad tried to organize the Southern irmers into a combination. "Peraps you .had b tter investigate be." j e declared. i .w?,w.ii<i> nr/ii 111 nil.l > I >. i'ltli Four Different Kinds ??f Deadly Poisons. The trial of Mrs Pearl Armstrong, idicted in Floyd county, Ind., on le oharse of killing her liusban I, eorge Armstrong, at their home in ew Albany, in December last year, ogan Tuesday morning. Nearly art witnesses have been summoned, t.hird of them for the defense. The I tate will attempt to prove that Mrs. | rmstrong poisoned her husband y administering calomel, carbolic cid, rough-on-rats and strychnine 1 broken doses, with the collection f his life insurance of $1,000 as ne of the motives. Kills Man Over Wife. At Lancaster, Pa., following a uarrel Edward J. Dolan shot and rohably fatally wounded Harry F. linden, a furniture dealer, and Then >olan committed sulci be. Dolar.d ccused Hinden of having been too riendly with Mrs. Dolan, wao died ist December. Charlotte, N. C., F mous May by drrlariiiK herself free and ii tlius arousing the other twelve adelphia Declaration followed J a whole of the depressing elTe is becoming more uud more f Lee's Headach gia Re enabling every American by its t from tlie yoke of all kinds of he also giving to the Burduco Lh Tlie use of which so arouses a t once throw otT tho yoke of hill sour stomach, dyspc|>sin, loss troubles and thus enabling one the depressing and dangerous c Price 25c each. Mfg. by llurwe w Will Dye . Ladles' or Men's Garments Cleaned i Cleaned a nf C. C. Laundry at OOLDMR 1/ FAMILY OF S1IC1DKS. Like llis Father and Hrother-in-Isiw C Knds llis Life. 1 The second suicide within n month and the third in the family, within eight months at tlie home of Mrs. ' Charles Wells, his sister, at Petersbun?. Va., was that of Nat. P. Inge, agod 21 years, who died early Friday morning. Young Inge swallowed carbolic acid late Thursday night t and died after three hours of agony. r?.i \? ? 1 - -- " * w. .?? > u * nuriL's wens, a Drotllor-in-law of Friday's victim, drank | with fatal effect carbolic acid, wliiie i despondent over unemployment. On I October 21st last Albert I). Inge, the ! father of Nat Inge, suicided by | drowning at Danville. V'a. No rea- | son is known for his self-destruo- tlon. | Why suffer with distressing, nerve-racking Neuralgia^ when Noah's Liniment will relieve you. Quiets the nerves and scatters the congestion. One trial will convince you. 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