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I * BURIED ALIVE Three Weeks in a Mine and Finally Rescued j OIVEN UP AS DEAD. Thirteen Miners Came Out of the Earth Like Ghosts, Entombed Men Ate Bark, Hay, Oats and Pieces of Decomposed Horse Flesh. Thirteen men were brought up alive on M&roh 29 from the Oourrlers coal mines, in France in which twen i,y u?vb previous a terrible explosion of gases entombed and destroyed nearly 1,200 miners. Five days later anotLer, who had betn alone in bis underground captivity came out. For twenly days the thirteen endured horrible bufferings, supporting life by gnawing the baric from timber supports, eating bits of food that bad been left by their dead comrades, nay, oat* and the partially decomposed c-rrcass of a horse. From the lack of water they were rKlaced to shock- J Irnr r wtrumltro rf>l ^ 1 ? * ? i> ^ (Auicujiii n j ijc intense c jio ded to their so IT rings. They came to the surface haggard, eyes sunken, terribly exhausted, bare ly able to walk and with hardly enough strength left to describe their experiences, yet with the exception of one in turprlslngly good health. Groy-0 in# in the dark day after day, stumb ling over bodies of their fellow work men, never giving up hope and supporting their courage by the belief that tne mine authorities were working ft r their rescue, they made their way linally to an open shaft in a remote part of pit No. 2 A salvage party was at work in pit 2 when the thirteen men broKe through a distant gallery and stag gered toward them, Tne superstlt ious mineis, believing it impossible that the thirteen could be ilve men, were terribly frightened. Some of them threw down their tools and ran. Others recovering their nerve, went quickly to the he p of the thirteen, Who were weenli u anrl lauirhlm* fr< m , r, -?"r> the j >y of their thcape. FK11CND8 WILD W1TII JOY. The reacuert men were brought to the surface in the elevator. It was d.tlljult for the mine authorities even wHn the assistance of the gendarmes that had been summoned to help in preserving order to restrain the crowd which rushed for the rescued men and attempted to embrace them and force fojd and drink into their mouth. The men's eyes had been so long ac customed to the gloom of the mines that they were blinded temporarily by the glare of the sunlight. They were eager to tilk, and every one of the survivors had his own story to tell of the sufferings they endured. They all declared that they owed their lives to one of their Dartv. a miner named Nemy, who from the hrsl tot k cbaige of the party. Nemy toid the story of the twenty days imprisonment modestly. When the explosion occurred he said, lie sought refuge In No. 3 gallery, beMtv'Ing tnat he would have a fair chance there of escaping the gas-' en. He whs without a light and often stumbled ov?.r corpses as he groped his way to the gallery. Once he remt rubers be scran b ed thrrugh at lessb tifty bodies. F nally he reached the end of the working and hearo voices. lie went in the direction of the voices and came upon a party of his comrades that were sheltered in a remote niche. There weie twenty of them..at the time. Later on sev en wandered c IT, and nothing more was heard from them. thkY find a dead house. Nemy, from mere force of character tock the leadership. He got the tag ty tiua ly to a sort of stable where*isef mults of the mine had been kept. Wnile th? y were making their way to that stable they had nothing to eat save me ary uara mey lore rrom me timber supports m the galleries. When they reaohed the stable they found a quantity of oats, a measure of carrots and portions of food that had been Intended for the lunches of mule men who had perished in the explosion. There were thirteen mouthB to feed and even the resourceful Nemy found it difficult to restrain his famished followers. The decom posing body of a horse was found near tho stable, and it was cut to plecea Some of the men ate it. Others Ot^id nit. ' There were times when some of the party became nearly insane from suffering,but In every case, the men said, Nemy cnlmed them, encouraged them and infused into them something of his own dauntless spirit. Ttey had only a little water at the very first, and the little was soon exhausted. It was the lack of water that so Intensified their sulTerlnge. To relieve their thirst they were compelled to resort to measures which cannot be described. They had plenty of matohes but curiously enough they did not attempt to make a light and endured the darkness a'Y the while. KB8CUKD AT LAST, Nemy said that ha was oonfldent all the time that effort* were being made to rescue them, but they1 were doing all they oould for themselves. Nemy had a general idea where they were and gradually led the party to a gallery, near pit No. 2- They broke through this gallery, aod it was Nemy himself who first appeared to the astonished salvage men in the pit, shouting, "I am bringing twelve with me!" Nemy was taken to the hospital, and his wife came to the bed where he was lying. Rhe was dressed in deep mourning, having giv?n him up for <}ead for two weeks. Nemy looked at her a long time before he spoke. Then he pointed to her black gown. "For whom are you in mourning?" said he. "Not 1, your husband, that is certain." Nemy will it is said be rewarded for his coolness and cmiaage v,itfc the cross of the L?glon of Honor. Five davs after the appearance of Nemy and his tweWe companions a rescue corps was workirg in pit 4 when one was touched on the shoul der by a man, thin and black, as if his skeleton was framed with coal. ' I AM SAVED," It was Augusta Berton, who said faintly: "I am saved, thank God'." Berton was ratsfd to the pit's -ath and hurried to the hospital Ills wis who greeted him as one risevf from the dead, was permitted to be with him for a short time. Berton was in better condition than ; the thirteen other miners rescued March 26. Strange toj^ay he thought he had been in his living tomb only eight days. He thus described his frightful ex perlences, which he had sought to end by killing himself. "I was working with my cousin when an explosion occurred, and we became separated. Alope I groped about in the dark, tryj.:4' to find an outlet. I found a dead horse, bur cculd not eat its tlesh. Then I found some lunc'u bag* which had bslong(d ifr ; j men wno were killed, and 1 liven 'fln the food I found In them and drank frtm toddles. 1 sifferid from the cold and took clothing and shies from the dead. I also found three ! watches ana 24 sous. "At oue time I gave up hope and j tried to commit su clde hy opening a vein, hut it didn't bleed much. I slept ten times and tried to count the days estimating that eight days had passed since the explosion " DESTRUCTION OF SAN JOSE. An Kai'lhquako Disaster That lias linen Overlooked. O l the mornlnof i < F\v clsco eartl quake the city of Sao Jose was practically destroyed in the busi ncss coitere. and more than one-half of tbe homes In the residence section was so damaged or destroyed that re pairing will be beyond question. Fif teen lives were lost and the property loss is more than $8 000,000. Five i thousand persons were rendered home- ! less and destitute, and many rich and 1 prosperous mercantile tirms were re- | duoed to beggary. Toe handsome and massive brick building of the R >man Catholic Church of St. Patricks, costing more than $150 000 situated at Santa Clara and O^n streets, was a ruin. Two bUcas away the San Jose High School a iive story building of brick and stone rected at a cost of $90,000, was a pile of debris. It was along 1st, 21, 31, Maiket, Santa Clara and San Fernandlno streets that the greatest ruin was wrought. Here building after bullding had oome tumbling to the gri uad and three, four and live story structures of brick, stone and Iron, that bad been the pride of San J se, lay ; ; jumbled piles c f debris. Tne greatest 1 irs of life was at the ! State Insane A sylum, situated at Ag , new's three mi es north of San Jose, j where 117 patients, outined in tbe | wards, and nine i fillers and atten dants were crushed to deaMi beneath the falling walls ,walls and tioors?the j entire main bulldlag and both wings having collapsed at the tirst shock. . Late on Wednesday afternoon martial law was declared. Directly ail of the saloons closed, and two hundred spocial policemen and deputy sheriffs were sworn In to a^sl9t the regular police and military in preserving law and order. Killed Herself. At Harlem, Qa., Mrs. Tom II. Dunaway committed suicide late Thursday night by taking str>chnlne. She was at home with the family, and went in the next room, and returned in a few moments and dimly said: "I have taken the dose I've wanted to for some time." I a less than twenty minutes she was dead. She was fifty-five years of age and had been in bad health for two or three years, which is thought to be tbe cause 01 nor rasn act. She had on several occasions threatened to kill herself, but they thought she was joking She is survived by a devoted husband, eight daughters and rhree sons. She will be bnried at the Uaton baptist ohurci cemetery Saturday morning at 10.30. Shot ftillKl A sprc al from Grosbeck, Texas savs: White being oouveyed to jail In tbe custody of two officers, a negro whom it is alleged assaulted tbe daughter of J. A. Etstland, a farmer of Delta, at an early hour this morning, was taken from the cttljers by a posse of oitlzjnsand held until the arrival of tbe girl's father. When Eastland rode up he ordered the crowd u stand back, and emptied both barrel" of his shotgun loaded with buoksho into the negro, killing him Instantly There la no excitement. DARK SECRETS ;k I Of Chinatown Revealed by the Late Earthquake WAS HOME OF CRIME. The Place Was Furrowed With Numbers of Underground Tunnelo, Which had Bern Seen bv Ftw White Men. Many Prisoners Were held or Murdered. Not until the earthquake shook the rickety houses to the earth to be de stroyed by tire did the authorities of Sao Francisco realize what manner of place was the much advertised Chinatown, the mecoa of all tourists in California, the spot In which 25,000 Chinese lived like so m&uy prairie dogs, Says the New York Herald. When the high winds which came after the tire blew the ashes away, the yawning mouths of tunnels w.itch the police had long suspected, were re-! veaied. Entrances to-, these passages was so caieiully hidden teat only the leaders of tne tongs, who used the lamp dung'ous for plac. s of meeting. vji uw jjiuu iiii? ueacn or a vicuna?the same room often aciug as the execution dungeou once the market man w&h taken below tne level of the street?knew. One i f San Francisco's alert detectives, said to be the best-posted man on Chinatown, stood at the corner of BarMett alley and declared: * For years 1 have been try In# to reacn the tuuuels, which 1 knew to exist under this Chinese city. What goes on down there one cm only c in jeclure, but It Is a thousand tlmeb worse than the sms and vices which are pracUc-'d by these Mongolians In the ( streets and gambling houses you cm see from thisoorner. Girls In the bloom of youth are smuggled over the Cana- j clan border, brought here In the night, and ool.lined in dungeons, pifuaps never to look upon the light of the sun again, although they may live for years ." Very few white men have visited the underground passages, certainly none i ~ m 1 < - ?* u> oAii ciauuiHuuM ponce rorce, ror every mau In the department was wat died wtien he entered (J llnatown and the surveillance did not cease while he remained there. Secretary Tain#, a prominent member of the Chinese aristocracy, stationed for political reasons in the Chinese legation at the capital of Peru, was a member in high standing in a society of considerable political Influence in China, with a powerful branch in Sail Francisco, i lie took two white men to the theatre n Chinatown and boastfully declared that the real srcret of Cninatown had never been revealed, lie conducted the men to the rear of the stage, slid a secret door back, and motioned for the men to follow him For one hour, stooping until their backs were strained, the men silently follow* d a guide, to look upon a complete new Cninatown, the tunnel leading past scores of doors to dungeons, against the bars of which some unfortunates pressed their faces, to jump back from the dare of a dickering miner's light which Tsing carried. Under this Chinese city wore hun]J dreds of women and childred. Tneir voices mtuglod in glad refrain or echoed the gleomy murmers of some who were suffering. Huddled In group a K/\n t n n i-w? 1 I -~ ??- - J ? 1 1 * " nuuuu a nuic*Il Ult3| Jli'dlUti I TO XI DrlllS Ul | coal dust winch Cmuse prepare, were j merchants who had returned from their shops on the street level to these j holes in toe wall to plot and Invent. The oder of opium was nauseating. The revulsion of feeling was overpowering. When the street was reached after climbing a (light of stairs to the kitchen of the chop KUiy "joint," the hreath of foul air even in this hole was refreshing. Hundreds of men went to their deattis each year lu Chinatown with out an inkling cf the tragedies being known to the police. It was easy to oury the dead under the tunnels, 100 feet deep in Chinatown. Members oi tongs marked for death left friends behiud, men who refused to complain to the local authorities, but who, Instead sought revenge themselves In l Ha uama ^~- ?-i??- -1 - * ' >,WV Oiauia uouuiau Luauuor lUiib Ul'dltl had been meted out to their fellow members. Fjr years battle waged. Ssores and scores were killed, eveu in the streets until the citizens of San Francisco threatened to organize a vigilance committee and wipe (Jninatown from the face of 'Frlsoo. This had its effect. The war was carried below the streets, where dying men could scream In agony and uot be heard. The slave trattlo has enroaed many Chinese, suave merchants who led simple lives above the street, but who retired to the subterranean passages and their slave marts to put upon the block the newest arrivals from the slave market in Canton. Gambling has always existed there. The gamblers composed the bad element. Tney fought for one another's gold, committed murder to obtain i means with which to enter games of I fantan and other Chinese devious of ohance, and slept away their daylight hours in a bunk somewhere down below the street, steeped in the lumes of opium, a sordid mass of humanity until nature awoke the brain to life. There never will be suoh a China town In San Francisco again. These people will be sect to a district far from the heart of the new city, where thev will be under suoh o'oae surveillance that praottoes of the past will be stopped when they begin. Provls ion will be made to suppress the tongs for all time, if this can be accomplished. No one will ever know how many llvjs were lost in Chinatown. It is a moral certainty that men overcame with opium, the slave women in their dungeons and many a helpless wretch unconscious from morphine were killed when the tremor of the earth toppled the buildings down to be consumed in a short time by the lire. Citizens who have visited the remains of this plague spot were astonished at the catacombs which lay exposed. It is Improbable that any attempt will be made to reach the b >dles of Chinese vlotims. Earth will be thrown into the gaping abyss, burying for all time the victims of the disaster and blotting out forever the sites of these dens of vice and horrible chambers of sin. APL'*K fILLM&JNS SCALP. Said lUilroadH Will Try Co Didoat Htm for Sonato. A letter from Washington to the Columbia Record sayH the tDst gunshot of opposition to Senator Tillman's renominatlon to the senate came Wednesday In a letter from Detroit, In which it Is stated that the railroads are understood to be preparing to de feat, him fnr rpoloi?.Mnn unrt . v>v>. WWI W?1 (?ll v* UU 11/ LV / send Home man to Washing ton that they can manage. While there has been speculation as to whether or not there was any one in South Oirollna who cared to meet the senator on the Htump during the prebcnt summer to ontcst his seat In the senate, and wntle several local men have been suggested from time to time as possessing the necessary requirements, eic , the railroads have been watching him, and keeping track of the tight he has oeen making for oetier rates since the senate bill was tufned over to him to manage. To is has not suited the railroads of the country. These gigantic corporations, looking ahead in the future, see that he is making trouble for them. They have agreed that they cannot stand for this, and he has been notified, througu people In the far West, that he may look fcr defeat if it Is in their power to carry out their plans. He has been asked the point blank question whether he proposes to c jutinue to wage war agaiust the railroads and corporate Interest, and the people who have Inaugurated the movement say that they demand of him a categorical answer 10 many questions that they will shortly put to him. While the roads are playing S?natof Tillman, they are at ihe same time making others d;?nce to the music, one of these belug Representative Charles E. Tnwnsend, of Michigan, author of Kli'.il-'PnvunuonH ruto 1,111 Tim IUUV U1 lit A, lie South Carolina man in ready for any light the roads may make In their efforts to unseat him. JBIG JBUitN AT BAMBARG. Several Buildings Destroyed Before The Fire Stopped. Bamberg was vlHlted early Thursday morning by one of the most destructive tires In its history. The lcs^s and insurances are as follows: The Bamberg Cotton Mill Co., lost one mill which, with its contents, is estimated at $17,000. Tho insurance amounted to $13,100. Mr. G. B B i.mberg lost three buildings. Mr. Bamberg deals in horses, wagoDS and mules, etc , and succeed ed in saving hi*1 live stock. The loss in his case is $15,000, and the lusurinee $13 200. Mr. J. P. Ott suffered the loss of his dwelling, valutd at $1,250. Insurance $050. Mr. George F. i I air lost his dwelling, a cottage and stabl ; a loss of $1,500. Insurance $1 200. Mr. G. A. Green lost a cottage, val u^d at 8700. Mr. li. J. Belk lost a grist mill and wagon works, valued at 15,000. In- j surance 81,500. Mr. J li. Folk lost a small dwelling, valued at 8100. Mr. J. B. Jennings loses property valued at 8150, no insurant. Mr. G. W. Wilson, L. B. Fowler, J. L. Murphy, D. J. Hart/.jg, Mrs. Saunders and several other clti/.irs sustained small losses from hurried moving, eto. Their losses were not covered by insurance. It Is not known how the fire originated. The watchman at the mill first discovered the bla/.j, but there was no meaDS of cheoklng the (Um< s. owing to the fact that the mill tire engine had blown out a cylinder head the day before. This unfortunate occurrence forced the property owners to allow the tire to burn itself out with only slight resistance. Anoitior Snaku. A dlspach from San Francisco says at three o'clock Wednesday afternoon a shock of earthquake was felt. It lasted nearly a minute and caused considerable alarm. A number of walls of burned buildings wnicn were standing were thrown down and frail buildings were considerably snaken up but the damage done was slight. The shock caused the death of Mrs Annie Whitaker, aged 25 years. Mrs. Whlttaker was at work in the kltonen of her home on Shotwell street In the Mission district, when the shock came. The ohlmney which had been left In a tottering condition by the heavy earthquake crashed through the roof on the woman and fracture 1 her aoull. &ERIOUS CHARGE. THE IjKGIHIJATIVK INVKHTIOATINQ t'OUUITTE OHITtOIHKl). It it Atierted That It It a Political Machine to Defeat 8enator Tillman. Mr W. W. Price, the Washington correspondent or the Columbia cord, sendH the following to that paper: "The legislative committee appointed to investigate dispensary affairs Is fast developing Into a mere adjunct of the machine In South Carolina that Is trying to defeat Senator Tillman," was the Important statement made here Wednesday by a prominent man from that state. "It Is too apparent for even the most opaque mind to remain In Ignorance, and there Is much feeling In the state among the senator's friends." Then the South Carolinian, who has been an Intimate friend of Senator Tillman for years, went on to say: "1 suppose the leaders of the outtlt have come to the conclusion that nobody In the state has sense enough to see what all this means. 1 do not know a worse example of apparent intentional desire to Involve Senator Tillman In trouble than has recently been shown. It is getting so open that It begins to look as if the whole Object of the committee was to tind something that would hurt the South Carolina senator. Of course thev can't do this, as thero Is nothing to tind. Why doesn't this committee handle the important and knotty affairs they have In hand?the Illegal puicbases of bupplles for the Institution for the last two yearsV 1 do not believe that a drop of whiskey has beeu legally bought for the dispensary In two years. Yet 1 don't see any profound effort to get busy on tills subj ct. If this committee was appointed to make an impartial Investigation and leave personal and political bias out of It there Is plenty of room for a complete change of p;0 K i niu. "While this new outfit that is trying to oome into p >wer in the state is bitterly hostile to the dispensary its whole game is to Involve Senator Tillman If possible, no matter whether it lias to Vie done by dirty insinuations about piano purchases or any other way. Well, 1 imagine that before the senator and his friends get through with some of these chaps there will be something doing. "The game the people of South Carolina want to watch now is the little one of how we are going to settle up the question of these Illegal payments. This is full of more possibilities than all the trips to Cincinnati and elsewhere to tind whether Senator Tillman returned rebates thirteen years ago. It's funny how earnestly some of these people are digging after matters thirteen years old, yet with what ponderous slowness latter day utliirs are being gone into. Isn't it strange? "The next hglslature, if it represents the voice of the people, as I believe it will, may take a new tack at the investigating business. 1 do not wish to go Into details now, but 1 should not be opposed to a blanket In Vfmt.il/ilMnn t.ttl/On.r lr? nuaiftiKrwrl .. ? n^w..^U| tti j uua/ and everything right on down to the present moment That might bring out some Interesting things." The statement is made that Senator Tillman's friends in South Carolina and out are writing him letters Indicating that there Is getting to be disgust lu many quarters with some of the present metuods and that there Is not the confidence there was some Lime oack. 1 do not know any thing about these matters except what 1 hear. 1 do <oow, though, that people cjmlng up from the state, both friends and opponents of S -nator Tillman, rather agree in the idea the prime object in some directions seems to be to hunt die earth over for matter that may injure Senator Tillman, no mattei what the expense or how it is done. Tne purification of the dispensary, it is d? clared, is simply a secondary af rtir. "Anything to get Tillman lo trouble," was the way another South Carolina man put It. Murderer Wanted. The Columbia State bays: Mr. D, L. Bjtzir of Chester was here Thursday to consult with Gov. II ay ward re lativj to having additional effort m\dt 10 oapture Will Perry, coiton m ll op erative, who shot Lingley Booz t, th( son of Mr. Roczsr, at Wylie's mnl, it Chester, about a year ago. The governor has already olTared a heavy re ward and will try to do all that he car to locate the fugitive. To the $00(1 already otTjred, Mr. Boozer has addec $400 on ins own acoount, but he say* tie Is willing to give all of the $1,00C himself if the murderer can becaptur A A ~ ? A- - cu, ucau ui anvtj. no lilts stillb 'J 11 0 circulars with a description and photograph of Perry. l)e?Uly (^ahoIoiu. Near Savannah on Thursday mom log while the scnooner Jennie Thomai was putting to sea, en route to Balti more, an explosion occurred on board Gasoline was curled as fuel for e Hoisting engine on the sohooner. On< man, a sailor, whose name Is not known, was Instantly killed, and an other so badly Injured that he li dying. The scnooner caught tire fron the explosion and it required a har< tight to extinguish the tl smes. Th schooner is now putting back to th city and will arrive during the after noon. Two tugs are towing her. Th Thomas was lumber laden. She 1 owned largely by Savannah parties. I HARD TO KILL ft V , Dr. Dean on Recent Slaughter II of the Dajas ~~~~~~~~ IN THE PHILIPPINES The Doctor Missed Being at the Scene a Day or Two and Talks interesting* ly of the Fanatical Natives Who He Says Will Never Yield. Dr. F. W. S. Dean, a young Greenvllllan, who has a commission in the army, and who has seen a deal of tlghting In the Palllppiues the past few years, was lc Columbia a few days ago on his way home from the islands. Dr. Dean talked in au interesting way to the representative of The Record oonorning the muchtalked of battle of the crater of Jolo, where some 000 native men aud wo ; men were surrounded by Unole Sidq'h men and shot to death by direction of Roosevelt's pet, General Wood. "1 had just left Jolo at the time of the battle," said Dr. Dean, "but I know something ahjut that so called outrage. Yes; the women were klllod along with the meu. as they should have been killed. Those people wore a band of thieves and robbers, who collected themselves In that crater and sent word to Governor Soott de< fylng him and telling him that if he wanted anything of them that he knew where they were. "It was a case of killing them or having our men killed. These people are Mohammedans ard tight to the death. Tnere Is no conquering them, and the women tight the same as the men. A native will not hesitate when he Is pushed to it to throw himself on a bunch of American soldiers with the certainty of death before him. lie does not hope to get out alive, but he thinks that if he can kill one Christian he will go straight to glory. Those people don't surrender. "The only way to pacify the Islands is to exterminate the malcontents thoroughly. Things will never be straightened out down there unions there Is a decided change in the attitude of^the people of the States. It Is as with the negro In tola country, one section of the country pulling one way and the other the other way. There Is too much politics In this Filipino business. And the strangest thing to me is to see Southern people talcing sides with the natives. Tne Philippines should be sold or taken out of politics in some way. , "Our sentries are shot from ambush whenever there Is an opportunity pre, sen ted to these wild fools. It has been difficult recently to get guns to them here of late, but even now they come in and are bought uppromptly. A rllle is worth 8200 In gold In that section now, but even at that price the natives got hold of them, IVmitM Another t^uooii. i Tne Now York American says when Adele Lt'icile, of the "Social Whirl," at the Casino, was confronted Thursday night with an offer of marriage from a real live Prince, she confessed i afterwards that s le felt decidedly i "flustered." It really mads herdizz/ whea she learned that tills scion i f royalty had actually falleu in love i with ner picture in faraway Stngi, poro. Hut when she heard from L ?w Celt Seug, the emissary sent to ask MImH Rif.fthlp fri 1'Haalifn #\/? U1" ... ...? vvr uvaifS" U" UUUIUD 1119 honorably humble master," that the lovelorn Prlnco wan one Sarong Tebek of Slam, and that he already has a i harem containing sixty wives, the aoi. tress saw her visions of priuoely glory fading. Sue reserved her decision. Killed HIm Brother. A dispatch from Homer says there was a sad tragedy at Gaddys' mill, a , place about six miles east of there, Thursday morning. Two brothers, , about 10 and 12 years of age, beoame j Involved in a quarrel, and the younger securing a shotgun tired on hts brother at close range, tne load tak! Ing effect in his back ranging upward , and coming out just above the collar I bohe. Tne boy died two hours later. k They are sons of Bryant, the man l that killed Prevatt at that place several years ago, and after being placed in the penitentiary under a life sentence committed suicide by opening the jugular veins Lj his neck with a pair of scissors. Hum mi to haatii. j Three children were burned to deatd in the destruction bv tire Sat.. ~ s 4.U- r* ? * uuiity ui|(iib ui iiiio rresoyLenaa Mis* *lon school at Lvwson, Kilelgh oouu* ty, W. Va. Tae sohool accomodated t both boarding and day pupils. The victims were two sisters named Mj Glnniss. j A liurnotl City. 1 A map just publlshedof tte b irned dlstrlot of San Franolsoo shows an area e covering 453 city blocks, III of whtoa are south of Market street and 342 at ' e the north end. It Is estimated that s the buildings destroyed will be In the neighborhood of alzty thousand. i