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The Guftey well at Sour Lake, Tel., fs running wild. It has an ipimense pressure of gas, and is throwing oil, mud and water high over the derrick. The roar can be heard for a distance of two miles. Mrs. Sallie Dubose was struck by lightning at Kirbyville, Tex., and in­ stantly killed. Hubbard T. Smith of Washington, D. C., has been appointed deputy vice consul general at Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Smith is at present a consular clerk. Richard Jones, a farmer near Bel­ mont, Ark., was killed and two of his children fatally injured in a runaway. The plant and stock of the Shain Packing Company burned at McKln- ney, Tex. The loss is |85,000; insur­ ance, $40,000. Oscar Reinke, aged 20, a Detroit machinist, shot himself after a mis­ understanding with Pauline Clarke, •ged 17, and expired in bis sweet­ heart's arms. The family of Martin Kress, near Bellefontaine, O., ate tainted Roche- fort cheese, and as a result two chil­ dren are dead and the parents are not expected to recover. A decree enforcing all the provisions Of the meat law in April, 1903, has been officially published in Berlin. A party of eastern capitalists visited Michigan City and made the announce­ ment that $1,000,000 would be imme­ diately expended in the building of A sanitarium, which is to rival every Institution of its kind in the West. It will be located near wells which have medical properties, and it will be boomed as a resort for Indiana and Illinois people. It is said on good authority that sub­ ject to the approval of King Edward's physicians the coronation will take place Aug. 9. The pope has created John Spencer Turner of New York a marquis in rec­ ognition of his pious generosity. Andrew Carnegie has donated £12,- S00 for the completion of the Lambeth Library system at London. The German steamer Roland of the North German Lloyd Line has arrived at Hamilton, Bermuda, to take on board the German prisoners of war who were sent from London there with the detachments of captured Boers. The Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg Is dead. The line is now extinct. The duchess was born in 1811. The cable steamer Colonia sailed from London for Vancouver to lay the British Pacific cable from British Co­ lumbia to Fanning Island. Another steamer will sail to lay the section |$rom Fanning Island to the Fiji Is­ lands. Cholera is spreading among the Chi­ nese in Peking, but it is impossible to estimate the number of victims. J. V. Clymer is-4ead in Hutchinson, Kan., aged 65 years. He was the first city attorney of Hutchinson and was a member of the Kansas State Legls- ture in the '70s. He served through the civil war as captain of an Indiana regiment. Lord Cheylesmore (William Merl- ton Eaton), died In London. He was born in 1843. Lord Cheylesmore Is succeeded by his brother, Major Gen­ eral, the Hon. Herbert Eaton, whose wife was Miss Elizabeth French, daughter of the late F. O. French of New York. Robert K. Burns, a lineman from Chicago, was killed by an electric shock while running a wire at San Francisco. St. Louis and eastern capitalists have organized to build a bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis and a new depot in the heart of the city. Prof. A. Gridley, acting president of the Kansas Wesleyan university, has accepted the vice presidency of the state normal school at Alva, Okla. Charles Klotz, lineman for the Fort Dodge (la.) Light and Power com­ pany, was electrocuted while at work on a pole 20 feet above the ground. Casper Hann, the 12-year-old son of Marlon Hann, of Marion county, Mo., was kicked by a mule on the Helton farm and died of the injuries received. Gabriel Clark, a negro, aged 70 years, was killed by the cars near Pine Bluff. Ark. B. A. Kolar, for twenty years agent for the Iowa Central railway at Ackley, committed suicide at that place by cutting his throat. William A. Mahan and Charles R. Blaker, well known farmers of Sweet Springs, W. Va., committed suicide by shooting at the same hour. A further purchase of 16,000 tons of splegleisen has been made by Americans in the Siegen district of Germany. *" The parliament of Cape Colony has been summoned to meet Aug. 20. The Indian crop outlook is now more hopeful. Rain has begun to fall In the province of Gujerat and good rains have fallen In most of the other parts of India. • dog got into a flock of fine sheep belonging to Finley H. Creary, of Hia­ watha, Kan., and killed seventeen and maimed twenty others. The sheep were valuable, and the damage done by the dog is estimated at nearly $500. At Cookson, I. T., Sam Anderson at* tacked Marion Ballew with a knife. Ballew knocked And»»aon in the head with a six-shooter, inflicting a wound from the effects of which Anderson died. Richard Jones, a farmer, was in­ stantly killed ten miles east of Van Buren, Ark., by a runaway team. Jones was returning from the burial erf his father. Two of his children who were in the wagon with him were badly hurt. At South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Charles B. Green, prominent in social circles, fell dead in the kitchen of her home while preparing a luncheon for a pic­ nic. The Shain packing house at McKin- ney, Tex., burned. Approximate loss, $100,000; insurance on building, $21,- 000; stock, $50,000. Ferdinand Holderly, a prominent farmer of near Carlock, 111. was fa­ tally Injured. He slipped from a load of hay and fell upon a pitchfork han­ dle. Andrew Hayder, a prominent full- blood member of the Cherokee nation­ al council, died at. his home in the Delaware district. He was a Baptist minister. Roy Bumbeck, of Kansas City, was killed while hunting near Paola, Kan. His gun was accidentally discharged. The Australian dancer, Saharet, while en route from St. Petersburg for New York to begin a long engagement In the United States was attacked by peritonitis and Is now dangerously ill at the Westminster hotel In Berlin. The German steamship Altai, which went ashore outside Kingston, Jamai­ ca, while on a voyage from Port Li- mon for New York, has been floated and Is being surveyed. The Altai is believed to be undamaged. The marriage of Prince Mirko of Montenegro to Mile. Natalie Constan- tinovitch, cousin of the king of Servia, was celebrated at Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro. B. F. WofTord, known as "the water­ melon king," living at Rudel, Ark., was accidentally killed at Monnett, Mo. United States Consul Heinan at Odessa, Russia, cables to the Secre­ tary of State that plague has broken out at that port. General Gillespie, chief of engineers, has gone to Detroit, Duluth, St. Paul and Rock Island for the purpose of in­ specting the government works in progress near those points. Police Chief Graul of Paterson, N. J., has been acquitted of the charges- made against him by Mayor Hinchliffe, who suspended him for alleged neglect of duty during the recent riots of striking silk mill workers. He was reinstated by the board of aldermen with full pay • for the time of Us suspension. It is announced that $160,000 of the $200,000 debt standing against the University of Denver had been sub­ scribed by Denver men and that the remaining $40,000 would be pledged by Sept. 1. Dr. H. T. Batts of Norfolk, Va., was shot and killed by John James Gray, a wealthy negro who suddenly became insane and whom he was called to at­ tend. Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian W. Tucker and Mrs. W. H. Pearson were serious­ ly injured and five others were badly shocked and bruised In a runaway ac­ cident in St. Louis. George A. Clark, who was arrested in Chicago charged with forgery in Bath county, Kentucky, escaped from officers near Owingsville, Ky., by Jumping from a fast moving train. Governor Yates commuted the sen­ tence of John and Thomas Hickman, convicted of the murder of Robert Knox, whom they killed in a fight at a picnic at Alto Pass, 111., and who were sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. Dr. John N. Tilden, M. A., died in Peekskill, N. Y., aged 60. He was a brother of Charles Tilden of Duluth. J. Fox, sheriff of Jackson county, 111., died at Murphysboro of apoplexy. He was a prominent Democratic politi­ cian, and cousin of ex-Lieutenant Gov­ ernor J. B. Hill. The Baltimore contractors have signed the agreement submitted by the 700 striking pantsmakers and the remaining contractors are expected to yield. George Harris, colored, of Tusca­ loosa, Ala., shot and killed Emma Ramsey, also colored, during a quar­ rel. Dr. Robert McCandless, one of the best known physicians in Oklahoma and a resident of Perry, died suddenly at Howe, L T. Lawrence Wright and Oscar Fer^ ris, young colored men, fought with knives at Waco, Tex. Wright is dead and Ferris Is in jail. Herbert Hill, aged 21, of Roxbury, Mass., shot and killed his married sis­ ter and fatally wounded his mother. He is supposed to be demented. Charles Roberts, an Englishman, was badly beaten at Boston for dese­ crating an American flag and later fined $10 in the District court. RESCUERS SAVE OIIEHJ SCORE Brave Men Enter the Johns­ town Mine and Succor the Living. VOLUNTEERS DO G00D\W0RK 1 Face Fire and Noxious Gas In Tfo/dlr Endeavors tb Aid Workmen Impris­ oned in the "Klondike" Shaft--Are Attacked by a Frenzied Man. Fighting fires that are raging in parts of the wrecked rolling mill mine, battling with deadly gases and facing danger at every step, a volun­ teer band of forty men has been work­ ing to rescue the few survivors of the explosion which killed scores of miners in the "Klondike" shaft of the great mine. Twenty-two lives were saved by the heroism of the rescuers. Of these, fourteen men--burned, crazed by gas, or unconscious from suffering--were found in a little room off the main shaft and were brought to the sur­ face and taken to the temporary morgue in the armory. Seventy-one of the bodies were identified. Of them forty-seven were married men. The most conservative estimate places the number of men killed In the explosion at 150 and some say the rescuers will find 200 bodies. Rescue the Living. Thrilling experiences attended the efforts of the forty men who went down into the mine with a faint hope that they might still be in time to restore life to some of those who were entombed. Bodies were located at every turn, but no effort was made to bring them out until every human energy was put forth toward seeing that no living remained. That done, the dead were put In cars and brought up. Eighty-seven bodies were recovered from the mine. Occasionally word would come to the surface that another heap of re­ mains had been discovered. There remain dangerous headings in the "Klondike" section of the mine yet to be explored. Tries to Kill Friends. Word came from the innermost re­ cesses of the mine that life yet lin­ gered In some of the bodies found. The rescuers made first for the No. 4 heading, which they have been unable to reach before. Falls of roof almost choked up the heading, but through and over the debris the rescuers pushed their way In. In the front young Patrick Martin, his brother Peter, Philip White, and several cousins of the Martins made their way. They were startled by a laugh from a blackened form that rushed at them out of the darkness. The man grasped a pick handle and tried in his frenzy to beat down his rescuers. He was overpowered and dragged back to the cars. Thirteen other liv­ ing men were found in this chamber and physicians were quickly taken to the spot A train of mine cars came to the pit mouth. Eight men were lifted over the sides of the cars and carried to the ambulances. The train of coal cars with the phy­ sicians re-entered the mine. In an­ other half hour they came out again with six living but almost dead min­ ers. One man in his paroxysms had locked his jaws so that force had to be employed to pry them open for the insertion of fluids. Fire In the Mine. Thirty-nine bodies were lying with­ in reach in the main heading. These were brought out. The bodies were piled high up in the coal cars and covered with canvas. One of the volunteer rescuers stat­ ed that flre was raging in the mine that would take some time to quell. Most of those who were brought out alive had saved themselves by crawl­ ing into a chamber and turning a valve on the compressed air pipe which runs along the entry. In No. 4 heading the rescuing party found eight men in a serious condi­ tion. The physicians in the rescuing party administered oxygen and other restoratives, but for a time the men were too weak to risk bringing them to the surface. Gov. Stone has directed James B. Roderick, chief of the state bureau of mines, to Investigate the cause of the disaster. J. S. Walker, a wealthy farmer, who resided eight miles southwest of Mc- Pherson, Kas., hanged himself. The colored Masons of Arkansas have let a contract for a four-story temple to be built at Pine Bluff and to oost $30,000. Fire at Philadelphia caused $200,000 loss, the woolen and cotton yarn firms of James El Mitchell ft Co., William d'Olier ft Co. and Buckingham ft Paul­ son being the heaviest sufferers. The Beta Theta PI fraternity Is holding Its annual convention at Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapolis. Frank Burkenhaver, a shoemaker of Minneapolis, looking for work, was found drowned near Hudson, Wis. E. A. Kolar, for twenty years agent for the Iowa Central railroad at Ack­ ley, 111., committed suicide by cut­ ting his throat. No motive la known. Fast mall No. 1 on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad made a record fast run from Wash* ington, Ind., to East St Louis, a dis­ tance of 165 miles, in 188 minutes, in­ cluding six stops, which averaged five minutes each, making the actual running time 158 minutes. McKinley Memorial. La Porte, Ind., special; Bishop C. C. McCabe, acting president of the hoard of trustees of the Methodist-American university at Washington, has se­ lected Rev. Madison Swadener of Grant county to raise funds to com plete and equip the McKinley mem orlal building at the university. About $260,000 has to be raised and the work will take about five years. MITCHELL TALKS FOR THE MINERS r* Declares Railways' Refusal to Arbitrate Is Repugnant to Americans. NOT WORRIED ABOUT MONEY Should the Convention Deem It Inad­ visable to Inaugurate a General 8trike He Believes Ample Funds Will Be Forthcoming. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: Presi­ dent Mitchell in an interview said that no person could with any degree of certainty predict the outcome of the national convention which will con­ vene at Indianapolis next Thursday. He said: "I feel certain that in the event of it being inadvisable to inaugurate a national strike that provisions will be made to contribute ample funds to carry the strike to certain victory. The declaration of the railroad presidents that there is nothing to arbitrate and their persistent refusal to treat con­ siderately with us for a solution of the trouble is repugnant to the American people's sense of right, and this action is culminating in many offers of sym­ pathy and assistance from the general public." Sends Letter to Mitchell. J. Ridgeway Right of this city, the leader of the Citizens' Alliance, which was recently organized in this vicinity, sent an open letter to President Mitch­ ell, in which he calls the latter's at­ tention to alleged intimidations, boy­ cotting and other annoyances prac­ ticed on all persons who are working the mines. He pays a tribute to or­ ganized labor generally for the good it has done, and reminds Mr. Mitchell that every man has a right to work or remain idle as he sees fit. In concluding his communication, Leader Wright says: "We therefore appeal to you to declare: (1) The highways are free to all who desire to work, notwlthstandtog a strike is in progress. ) (2) Boycotts against any business oi; professional man on the ground of services rendered to a nonunion worker are condemned by the union. (3) That hanging in effigy, the dig­ ging of mock graves and every other form of violence, threat and libel are condemned by the union. Would Punish Strikers. (4) Strikers who participate in any of the offenses thus itemized will be held responsible to the union for all disturbances, unlawful boycotts, in which either they uiemselves or their wives and children participate. "Referring to your speech to Nanti- coke, we call your attention to the er­ ror on which it is based. The Citi­ zens' allianee is not an adjunct to or organized in sympathy with unorgan­ ized labor, but over and abpve it and above all organized capital, we intend to uphold organized society. We are not the proper subjects of criticism because we saw no need for an alli­ ance among citizens to repress boy­ cotts which you say occurred, but were limited to operators and miners in their struggle with one another. Condemns Boycott. But when the boycott raises its head against the private right of neu­ trals and when lawlessness destroys property, threatens arson and murder, and takes the form of actual rioting, it is the right and the duty of neutrals and citizens generally to organize In self-defense and for the maintenance of public order, and we are justified in inviting cooperation from both sides in the existing ranks." For the first time In five weeks the pumps at the Stanton mine of the Le­ high and Wilkesbarre Coal company were put in operation and the work of pumping the water out of the mine begun. Poisoned by Mulberries. Elgin, 111., dispatch: Mrs. Frank Hess is in a critical condition from poisoning as the result of eating mul berries. She had been visiting friends and ate some berries. Shortly after she was taken violently ilL Double Tracks on Grand Trunk. La Porte, Ind., dispatch: The Chi­ cago and Grand Trunk Railroad Com­ pany is acquiring the right of way through the tier of northern Indiana counties for the double tracking the road into Chicago. of 8ucceeds Judge Williams. Put-In-Bay, Ohio, dispatch: Gov, Nash has decided to appoint Judge W. B. Crew of McConnellsville to the place on the supreme bench made vacant by the death of Chief Justice Williams. Castellans Loses 8eat Paris cablegram: The chamber deputies by a vote of 307 to 224 invali­ dated the election of Count Jean De Custellane, a brother of Count Bonl De Castellane, at 8t. Flour, department CantaL of of RULES AGAINST F. C. ANDREW3 Detroit Judge Refuses to Quash In­ dictment and Orders New Jury. Judge Murphy in the recorder's court at Detroit, Mich., denied the mo­ tion made by Frank C. Andrews' attor­ ney to quash Information against him on the ground that it was faulty. The judge also overruled the demurrer filed by the defense against the dis­ charge of the whole jury panel. He refused, moreover, to be more specific in his reasons for discharging the jurors. Andrews' attorneys say this latter point will be carried to the United States supreme court as a violation of the constitution. Judge Murphy ordered the jury committee to meet and draw talismen to fill the places of the discharged jurors. Telegraphers Get More Pay. Denver, Col., special: The Denver ft Rio Grande railroad has agreed to an advance in wages of its telegraph operators from $2.50 to $10 per month, according to position. The grievance committee and the road officials have disposed of many matters amicably. 8hoots Wife; Kills Himself. Rising Sun, Ind., special: George Bradford met his wife, who had sep­ arated from him, on the street. He fired three shots at her and then shot himself in the head, dying In­ stantly. Mrs. Bradford may recover. Millionaire Drops Dead. Missoula, Mont., special: E. L. Bon­ ner, millionaire lumberman, merchant and banker, fell from his automobile, expiring instantly. He was a pioneer of Montana and member of the Re­ publican national committee. New Bank at Griggsvllle. Springfield, 111., dispatch: A permit was Issued by the auditor to F. H. Farrand, B. E. Williamson, Perry Harshman and William Harvey to organize the Illinois Valley bank at Griggsvllle, capital, $25,000. BIG FALLING OFF IN CBRNEXPORTS Effect of Drought of 1901 Upon the Foreign Trade of 1902. DECREASE IN BEEF AND COTTON Live Cattle Shipments for the Year Were 319,000 Head, Compared with 401,000 for the Previous Twelve­ month. It is now practicable to determine the effect of the drought of 1901 upon the export trade of 1902. The most marked reduction, of course, is on corn, which was most largely affected by the drought of 1901. The ex­ portation of corn at the principal ports shown by the preliminary re­ port of the bureau of statistics amounts to 26,000,000 bushels in the fiscal year ended on June 30, 1902, against 176,000,000 at the same ports in the ^preceding year, the value for 1902 being $16,000,000, against $82,- 000,000 in the preceding year, a re­ duction of $66,000,000. Export Figures. 'The complete figures will probably show total exports at about 27,000,000 bushels, against 181,000,000 in the pre­ ceding year. Exportations of corn meal have also fallen from $2,000,000 in 1901 to $1,000,000 in 1902, making the total reduction in corn exports in round terms, as shown by the prelim­ inary figures, $67,000,000. Compared with the fiscal year 1900 the reduction is still greater. The corn exports of the fiscal year 1900 were the largest in the history of the export trade, having amounted to 213,123,312 bush­ els, while for the year just ended the complete figures will amount to about 27,000,000 bushels. Oats Fall Off. But the effect of the drought upon the export trade did not stop with corn, though In this item it is most largely apparent. The reduction in the quantity of corn available for live stock naturally Increased the con­ sumption of oats, and as a result the exportation of oats fell off from 37,- 000,000 bushels In the fiscal year 1901 to 10,000,000 bushels in 1902, and the value from about $12,000,000 In 1901 to $4,000,000 In 1902. In oatmeal, ex­ portations fell from 90,000,000 pounds In 1901 to 59,000,000 pounds In 1902, while the value fell from $2,250,000 in 1901 to a little over $1,500,000 in 1902. Thus the reduction in value of the ex­ ports of breadstuffs clearly traceable to the drought was: Corn and- corn- meal, $67,000,000; oats and oatmeal, $8,000,000; total, $75,000,000. Other Reductions. Two other marked reductions In the exportation of products of agriculture are beef, including live cattle, and cotton. The exportation of live cattle has fallen from 401,000 in 1901 to 319,- 000 in 1902; the exportation of fresh beef from 350,000,000 pounds in 1901 to 300,000,000 pounds in 1902, and the total value of beef and cattle products has fallen from $80,000,000 In 1901 to $69,000,000 in 1902, a loss of $11,000,- 000. In cotton the reduction is wholly due to the reduced price, the quantity exported for the year being 160,000,- 000 pounds greater than in the pre­ ceding year, while the value was $23,- 000,000 less than the preceding year. GOVERNMENT REPORT ON CROPS Condition of Winter Wheat and Corn as Shown July 1. Washington dispatch: The govern­ ment report shows regarding wheat: Condition of winter wheat July 1 77 Condition last month 76.1 Condition last year 88.1 Suggested winter wheat yleld,bu.865,000,00C Outlook last month . f 350,000,000 Outlook last year 412,000,00(1 Suggested spring wheat yield ..276,000,00(1 Outlook last month 275,000,000 Outlook last year 248,000,000 Total estimated yield 641,000,000 Estimated on June 1 625,000,000 Estimated last year 682,000,001 The government report showed this about the growing corn crop: Corn condition July 1 87.1 Corn condition last year 81.1 Corn acreage *4,869,001 Suggested yield, bu 2,666,000,001 Increase over last year, bu...... 676,000,001 ^ FIRE 8WEEP8 BEAR CREEK, WI8. Sunstroke Kills Soldiers. Paris cablegram: During the ma­ neuvers of the 108th Infantry at Ber- gerac 820 of the men were overcome by sunstroke. The maneuvers were stopped. Three of the men are dead. Village Virtually Destroyed, Causing Loss Estimated at $100,000. The village of Bear Creek, Wis., was destroyed by fire. A dozen stores, the postofflce, Chicago and Northwestern depot and a lumber mill were burned. The fire began at 4 o'clock In the morning in a millinery store. The loss may reach $100,000. The residents fought the fire with buckets. Is Mayor of Duluth. St Paul, Minn., dispatch: Mayor Hugo, the Republican candidate, re­ mains the mayor of Duluth. The su­ preme court so decided. One vote for Truelson was thrown out, thus giving Hugo a majority of four. Mexican Will Be Extradited. Washington special: The state de­ partment has Issued a warrant for the surrender to the Mexican authori­ ties of Hilarlo Lujan, who is wanted In Mexico on a charge of robbery and |i now under commitment at El Paso. Mobile-Liverpool 8teamers. Mobile, Ala., dispatch: Elder, Dep- ster & Co., who operate a line of steamers out of New Orleans and Gal­ veston to foreign ports, will establish on September 1 a line of vessels be­ tween Mobile and Liverpool. Delay In Opening of College. Decatur, 111., dispatch: Announce­ ment Ib made that the opening of the new James Mllliken university, Bet tor Sept. 1, must be postponed one year because of inability to get the buildings done. Gen. Morgan Is III. New Tork special: Gen. T. J. Mor­ gan, corresponding secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission so­ ciety and ex-commissioner of Indian iSaln, is reported to be critically 11L EIRE DAMP KILLS MINEJVQRKERS Explosion Causes Fearful Loss of Life Among Johns­ town Workmen, HUNDREDS OF MEN ARE DEAD PASSENGERS GROPE IN DARK 8lx Hundred Were at Work and Fewer Than 200 are Known to Have Es­ caped, Though Heroic Attempts at Rescue Were Made. An explosion of flre damp in the Rolling Mill coal mine of the Cam­ bria ^Steel Company, under West Mont hill at Johnstown, Pa., brought death and injury to great numbers of the 600 mftiers at work. Conservative estimates place the number of dead at 175, the mine officers admit that over 100 men are entombed in the mines, while some miners declare at least 400 persons are still buried. Hundreds of men, miners, members of the company, and others have been working desperately to reach the en­ tombed men. Driven back by poisonous gases, the rescuers, many of whom were over­ come, fought their way back through the workings, carrying canvas shields to close side passages so the big fans could remove the gases. Four un­ conscious men, still alive, were brought to the surface. In hundreds of homes there were pathetic scenes. Permit None to Enter. •t the opening across the river from the "Point" the Cambric Iron Company police stood guard, permit­ ting no one to enter the mine, from which gases were coming. Mine Foreman Harry Rogers, his as­ sistant, William Blanch, and Fire Bosses John Whitney, John Ratalll and John Thomas were overcome by the gases, and it is believed they per­ ished in a heroic attempt to rescue the miners. The 15-year-old son of Harry Rog­ ers, when he heard his father had been overcome with fire damp, started down toward the "Klondike" to help rescue him if possible, and he had no sooner entered the drift when the gas overcome the lad and he had to be carried back. Boy Rescuer Overcome. Young Rogers, who is employed in the mine, was among those who es­ caped through the Mill creek shaft. Two men who had escaped unhurt from the mine, Richard Bennett and John Meyers, went back to see what assistance could be rendered, but the damp drove them back, and they fell prostrate when they finally, after a desperate struggle, reached the out­ side. Their story of the situation in the main made it clear that rescue work could not proceed from the Westmont opening, and then hasty preparations were made to begin the task at the Mill creek entrance of the mine, five miles away. The few survivors describe the con­ dition as frightful. Outside of the Klondike the mines are safe and un­ injured. Within the fatal limits of the mine the havoc wrought by the explosion is such as beggars descrip­ tion. Solid walls of masonry three feet through were torn down as If barriers of paper. The roofs of the mine were demolished and not a door remains standing. Miners who left the mine by way of the Mill creek entrance brought stories of crawling over the dead bodies of their com­ rades. These Men Are Heroes. The stories of the men who escaped are wonderful. Tom Foster, an as­ sistant foreman in the Klondike, was among the first to emerge from the Mill creek shaft. Shortly after, Powell Griffith, a fire boss, came up. Foster was in his office when the ex­ plosion occurred. His first thought was for the safety of the men^nder his charge. With the help of Roberts an effort was made to replace a few of the shattered doors. All the while the flre damp was closing around them. Through galleries into head­ ings, warning and helping, the two men went Roberts fell, but Foster staggered on. He met Powell Griffith, a flre boss. Forward they went, dragging a comrade into a possible place of safe­ ty here, giving a word of warning there, until human endurance could stand the strain no longer. Exhausted, they staggered Into a heading where the flre damp had not entered. There they rested for a moment and then plunged forward, until finally they wandered into a water level and through it reached a place of safety. Fourteen Men Injured. St. Louis dispatch: Fourteen men working on the new plant of the Armour Packing company in East St. Louis were injured by a bolt of lightning that struck the building dur­ ing a heavy rain and thunder storm. Kills His 8ister. Sioux City, Iowa, dispatch: Hazen Matthews, aged 6, played circus with his sister Ruby, aged 4. In one of his stunts he jumped upon her stom­ ach. This caused ruptures and hemor­ rhages, from which she died. t Berkley Chief of Pythlana. ' Springfield, 111., dispatch: At an election held by the Illinois division uniformed rank Knights of Pythias Gen. James H. Barkley of Springfield was unanimously elected commander of the division. Indicted Boy Drowns Himself. Webster City, la., dispatch: Silas Johnson, 17 years, drowned himself In Mud lake. He was under Indictment for having placed obstructions on the Northwestern tracks north of Jewell last March. Adjutant General's Clerk. Rockford, 111., dispatch: Gov. Yates has appointed Richings J. Shand, lieu­ tenant colonel of the Third regimen^ I. N. G., to be chief clerk in the ad­ jutant general's office. filC SHIPS CRUSH , DURING DENSE FOE -- -- -- -- , , v y j i . . Liners Come Together In Narragansett Bay, Off Port Judith. Inflow of Water Extinguishes Electrlo Lights, and Life Preservers Were Passed by Men with Candles--Sail" or Crushed in Bunk. Newport, R. I., dispatch: Stern first, with head low in the water and with a great hole in her bow and a dead man in her hold, the Fall River line steamer Priscilla was dragged to her berth here by the steamer Puritan. The dead man was John Muniz, a Portuguese deck hand, who was crushed while asleep. The Priscilla bad been in collision with the Merchants' and Miners' Transportation company's steamer Powhattan in Narragansett Bay off Point Judith, and for six hours had waited for help. The Priscilla was struck fair by the Powhattan and her bow nearly cut off. The stem of the latter penetrated fully twenty feet into the hull. The washroom on the main deck and the sleeping quarters and steering engine compartment below were wrecked and the steel plates of the bow were torn away well below the water line. Lights Put Out. The forward bulkhead was broken through, thus placing two compart ments out of condition and rapidly sending the steamer down by the head, so that her stern came out and the rudder was rendered useless. The inflow of water very soon extinguished |he electric lights, the dynamo room being In the vicinity of the damaged part of the ship. The passengers, most of whom were in bed, were turned out of their rooms in darkness, and their nervousness and excitement was intensified as they found men passing out life preservers by candle light. There was no panic, although no help was near, and the steamer was apparently In great need. Towed to Port. It was the sister ship of the Priscil- la, the Puritan, which came to the rescue. She was on her way from New York when, she heard the sig­ nals of distress. Putting a line on board, she took the Priscilla in tow, stern foremost, for Newport. The vessels arrived here witnout further mishap and the passengers were land* ed safely. Promptly upon the arrival of the steamer a careful Inspection of her damage was made. It was then found that John Muniz had been caught In his bunk by the wreckage. He was dead and his body was securely wedged in between iron rods %nd beams in such a way as to render mechanical appliances necessary to release It. The officers of the Priscilla ' state that the Powhattan had not been Bounding her whistles and that when she did at a late moment she gave the wrong signal, and then the crash came. LATE8T MARKET QUOTATIONS Wheat New York--Spot No. 2 red, 80Kc. Chicago--No. 2 red, 76%c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 71%c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 78c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 79 %c. Minneapolis--Cash, 78}4@78%c. Toledo--Cash, 77%c. Kansas City -- September, 67% ® 67%c. Corn. New York--No. 2, 71*4c. Chicago--No. 2, 8614c. St. Louis--Cash, 62%c. Milwaukee--September, 60c. Peoria--No. 8, 60 %c. Kansas City -- September 50%O 1 50%c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 56c. Chicago--No. 2, 50c. St. Louis--No. 2 cash, 54c. Milwaukee--No. 2 white, 51)&052c. Peoria--No. 3 white, 51c. Kaunas City--No. 2 white, 48®49c. Cattle. Chicago--$4.60@8.70. St Louis--$2.65@8.35. Kansas City--$2.90@8.25. Omaha--$1.7 5 @8.25. St Joseph--$1.50@8.60. Sheep and Lambs. Chicago--$3 @7. St Louis--$3@6.80. Kansas City--$3.25@4.4S. Omaha--$1.75@6.50. St Joseph--$1.50@8.50. Hogs. Chicago--$5.90@8.20, St Louis--$7.25@8.20. Kansas City--$7.70@8.10. Omaha--$6.50@8 00 St. Joseph--$4.75® 8.00. Started Fire with Oil. Mountain View, Ok., special: Mrs. H. Yates of Ontario, Canada, was burned to death here while lighting the kitchen flre with kerosene. Her father-in-law was burned severely in trying to save her. To Use Tobacco Waste. . Trenton, N. Jv special: The Nico­ tine Manufacturing company, capital $600,000, to manufacture nicotine and fertilizer material from tobacco waste, has been incorporated here. Injured at a Circus. Uhrichsville, O., special: The tents ^ of W. H. Harris' show, filled with about 500 people, blew down during a storm. Twenty-five people were in­ jured, but no fatalities are known to hare occurred. Germany Wants to Buy. Lisbon cable: A report is in cir­ culation here that Germany has of­ fered to purchase from Portugal a porliun of the dependency of Macao, in China, for $5,000,000. Z.-.: mailto:4.60@8.70 mailto:2.65@8.35 mailto:2.90@8.25 mailto:1.50@8.60 mailto:3@6.80 mailto:1.75@6.50 mailto:1.50@8.50 mailto:5.90@8.20 mailto:7.25@8.20 mailto:7.70@8.10