All THOUGHT DEAD
IN MINE DISASTER
"(S
150 Men Entombed Two Miles
From Mouth of Mine by
I Explosion.
K non-Ill, Tenn. For the aerond
timg In 10 yean l at mill disaster
lias made Ills Knoxvllle colliery dis
trict echo with the nobs and walla of
women and children relatives of the
men wlumit II were snuffed out lu
Ilimli at they worked,
s One hundred nnd fifty mnjicr
haps more, pi-rhap a few losa tire
entombed In the cross inmiutaltt mine
near Ilrlcevlllo.
Tli ponnlhlllty that any la alive la
su alight l hut It waa practically ad
milled that not ou of th nun will
escuna.
Tha men had entered to begin the
day's work when a terrific rauloaion
wiecked the wtirkltma. Whether the
xpUwln came from coal dust or
bltmt ng powder la a myatcry. WKhln
the lt three week the mini had
been Inspected by a federal Inspector
and an Inspector for an Insurance
company which insured tho Uvea uf
the miners, and -pronounced safe.
Aside from the Kim, the entombed
men am walled In by thousand of
ton of slate mid coal which were
scattered loone frtim tho walla by the
form ! the explosion.
The explosion la believed to have
occurred two mile from the opening
mid about Kim feet below the surface
All of the mtn who were In the mine
were working wllhln a few hundred
feet of the hole and It la possible they
were killed at the first blast.
Already a largo relief fund haa been
started and an appeal made for food
and clothing for the famUle of the
tnen In the mine. With- winter up
them, ninny are without enough
money to lat for more than a few
day and It la feared famine will add
to the horror of the situation. 8ev
ral thousand dollara haa been sub
acrlhed In Knnivllle alone.
Seven dead men discovered sitting
In a train In fro Kntry No. 24,
two miles from the mouth of the
'ros Mountain mine brought tha llat
of known dead from the explosion ot
Saturday morning up to IS.
GIRL WANTS $25,000
Moneyed Clt lena. Principals In Tar
Party, Would Pay.
Lincoln Center, Kuna. Mlaa Mary
Chamberlain, the victim of the Shady
Itend "tar party." will not receive
Iraa than 125,000 damages, and It la
probable that the citirts have heard
the last of the affair.
K. (1. Clark, Jay Htiwater and
Watson Hrrnntnn. who pleaded g lilty,
and John Schmidt, who waa convict
ed, are worth In the aggregate mote
than f 100 000, Clark alone beliiit rated
In excess of $.".0,000. Their plena of
guilty and the conviction of Sehmld
leave them exposed for an fcthm fur
damages. It It tnld that upon the
ndvleo of their attorney! they will
pay rather than go to trial.
Thirty Convlctt Are Paroled In Day
San Francisco, The California
Slate Hoard of Prlaon Directors, at
tta latt meeting, granted the largest
number of parolee ever allowed by
the prison dlrectort of this atate,
Chancet were given to 30 prlaonert
to begin life over again. Among the
number paroled were three women
one of whom had aervod 20 yeara
for the murder of her hustland.
WILLI A VI M MORGAN
if
Notice.
The person that wante the papera anil
letter! In my ponaeetlon can have them
by applying personally. No more
tin
Copyright by CUnwlml.
William Morgan Shutter, the Ameri
can trtaaurer-gtntral of Pertla, whole
removal wti demanded by Rutila.
Brief News of the Week.
Retnrna frcm all the ltd counties of
(leorgla how that tlovornor J. M
Hi own awept the mnte In the iK'ino-
rallc primary for g vernor.
O-'orgla. North Carolina and South
('nullum have gnlned thut far tlilx
year more cotton than ever before
waa grown within the!r borden.
PUpatrhet from Smyrna announce
that Turkey, In rcprlaiil for the Itnl'an
attack In Morocco, haa expelled all
Italian from Smyrna and conlla -nted
heir property.
The fnmeua Shalter aottlemriit
founded 10? yean ago In Mercer
unty, Ky., will toon bo a thing of
the putt. Fifteen brother and alt-
tern, all three tcore and ten, are nil
that remain.
Though the Chinese rebellion It In
no tense or the word over, the .Man
chut, aftiir ruling .China t'nee ItitO
have been awept from power, nnd no
matter which tide It crowned victor,
heucefoith tbe Chinese will rule their
own country.
tigging goet.
U-H-H
Ot PUINDIITKI.
Masquerade Ball
AT
Lamonta Hall, Lamonta
ON
Friday, December 22.
Supper at HoteL Good Muiic
1M
n Benjamin
Franklin's
time
V lc'rbs for mcdicinegood
roiu lasntonca nomcmauc
f Tnctir nf root! herK.
V1.4U J i..o i
a anu DJi hi.i cuihc were naic
I ) aAdhicarty then just as those
arc nowwho use JJL.loo
riEHERUSthcold
5al rcmc
in NATIV
K&tiWiierJ
For Sale.
Kereral gooil atnvee and a quantity of
livloplate blackttoarcl, Appl' to Hoard
of Pirecton, Prineville. 12-7
Report of the Condition
or THK DAIM-AW HANKINd k TKt;T CO,
at Ull(llW.Oraa the male ot Union, at
tht eUm of buatnaaa IkMxmiutr 6th, Urn.
Loam mil diacounta.. II2.HH2 17
Uverdrafla.aecured and uniecured J Ml 1IJ
llihklug Iioiim l HOObO
Furniture and Ittturet 1 .5 It 87
Due fruni buntt not reoerve btnki 20 22
Due from tpprnved reterve liankt 44 tit
C'beckt and other caali Iteint.,., 5HI 21
Cali on hand lfi',7 10
ToUl W.W72
Mahllillet.
Capltcil .lock paid In 10,'M.O 00
Undivided prolttc, lMeipeiiaea
and Uiea paid 2W
Deintnd certllleatet of ilioit e.t'M US
Time certlllcttet of deposit 2.00J.OO
Total ROD? 02
Hlate of Dreyon, County of Crook, at:
I, Wm. I). J'.tn- I'retldentof the above
nameil bank, ilo aoleinnly twear thtt the
above ttatemei,i true to the bent of my
knowledge end u lief. Wm U. I!ar
I'renident.
Hubacrilied tod awurn to before me thin
12th day of December, ttltl. A. F.Kamaey
Notary Public.
Correct-A ttett: KatNK llitit,
A. V. KamkaT.
lllrectort.
Sacrifice Sale
OF MILLINERY
Hats at Your Own Price
Must Have Room for Spring Goods.
Nothing Reserved.
Mrs. Estes
Millinery Parlors. Prineville, Or.
1A
tltt IT FOR
The blood
Kidney trouble
Liver diaordcr
Rheumatism
Constipation
Indigcttion
Catarrh
Malaria
ZOOuncoatcd tablets 1.00
Moncv back if net sat ill led
. ...
Raymond Calivan, Print v'Jle, Or
News of Noted Persons.
Kdouaid de Rcezke, tho famout
baao. and brother Jean are near
death from heart trouble.
Sir Wilfrid I.atiner will toon tuc-
ced l,ord ruramcona in i.oiuon u
the Canadian high commtKaloner.
prealdent Kmerltut Chnrlie V.
K'lot, of Harvard, wat operated on for
appenillcltit at Kandy, Ceylon. The
dlapatch tald the operation was appar
ently successful.
Thomat A. Edlton, who recentiy
aittrtled the wo'ld by taylng that he
would make It possible to build a con
cretc house for $1000, declared that In
the near future he would put on the
market concrete furniture.
Kev. Frank VV. SaniHord, leader of
the Holy Ohoat and ft Society, waa
found guilty of canting the death of
alx pertont on board the yacht Coro
net, on which mcmbera of the aocluty
made a dlaaatroua cruise.
Ilear-Admlral Richard Walnwrlght,
who waa executive officer! of the bat
tlethlp Maine when It wai blown up
In Havana harbor, and who later won
fame In fie Spanish-American war,
will retire from active aervlce Decem
ber 17, on account ot age.
Mk A A A A A . A
J" RECEPTION "
1
Smith & AHingham, Props.
Champ Smith1! old tUml.
Imported and Domestic
Cigars
Famous Whiskies
Do Your Xmas Shopping
EARLY
Thus not only avoiding the rush, but you will be able to make your choice of gifts before
they are all picked over and the best taken.
A choice line to select from will be found at
rTHH TT Tl
Jl lie lLeaoer
MRS. I. MICHEL, Prop.
Lowest prices at all times on all goods. Do your Xmas
Shopping EARLY. .
Old Crow: Hermitage: Red I
Top Rye: Yellow Stone; r
Canadian Club; Cream
Rye; James E. Pepper,
Moore's Malt
Porter, Ale and Olympia
Draft Beer on Tap.
Imported' Wines
Liquors.
4
and
to
COMMISSION FUNDS SHOR
Work of Valuing Publlo Utilities Mutt
Be Left Unflnlthed.
Olympia. Wath. According
Chairman J. C. Lawrence, of the pub
lic aervlce commission, It will be nee
canary for the commission to abandon
tta work of fixing the valuation
publlo utllltei some time next Spring
on account of a lack of funds.
Tho commission now hm lesi than
$10 000 on hand to cover all contin
gent expense! between now and the
next session of the legislature, and
In order to make ends met t must dis
charge Us engineering force, engaged
In computing the phyilcal valuation
-of public utilities.
Dynamite Complrator Confeaiea.
Indianapolis. Ind. With the hand of
tne United State! government closing
In on the reputed "Inner circle" of the
McNamara dynamiting conspiracy, In
terest here centered In the semi-official
Information that one of the al
iened "higher-ups" had mnde over
tures to the federal officials relative to
s full statement of the activities ot
John J, and James B. McNamara.
John D. Decides He Will Not Testify.
Now York. John D. Rockefeller
nnd Rev. Frederick T. Gates' formally
declined the Invitation of Chairman
Stanley of the congressional Btool In
Vnntlgutlcn committee to make a stute
mnnt concern. ng the testimony re
cently given by Lconldna unci Alfred
Vlerrltt.
Cosiack! Advance Towards Teheran.
Tehoran. The Russian army Is mov
ing upon Teheran to demand the Im
mediate dismissal of Morgan Shuster,
the American treasurer-general, Four
hundred and fifty Cossacks are now
stationed at Kashln, 90 miles north,
while close brhlnd them are almost
2000 lnfitnjrymen who will accompany
them to the capital.
Dog's Hair In Counterfeit Bills,
Chicago. Tho lino, silky hairs of a
c nie dog wero used In cottnterfeltng
the threaded pnper of government hills
by Albeit Leon, who with Rudolph
gwanaon and Fred Mnrncek, nors ar
rested several weeks ago.
Slaht It Valued at $800.
Olympia. Charles W. Strlna, ot
Olympia, who probably will lose his
sight by being struck In the right eye
by a piece of stone while working for
a contract company, called on the
state Industrial Insurance commission
and offered to scttlo for $100. Tho
commission refused to accept the com
promise and voted to pay him $250
on account and will pay him $550
more In case his sight Is totally destroyed,
Many a Man
Owes His Success
to an Investment
on the Inattillinent plan, lie
emiBe It has nerved no an anchor
and kept liliu In a straight Hue
and away from the many "Get
Rich Quick" HcltemoH which are
hi) plentiful today and which no
ofU'ii mean riches only for the
smooth tonmieil promoter
thereof. Rv Investing IN YOUR
HOME TOWN yon are deiiliitir
with values and people with
whom yon are acquainted--people
who are Interested lu
your welfare because your suc
cess moans the success of others
about you, and tho more sue-1
eesslttl citizens a town ct n
boast of the better place It will
be. Lots In NOBLES ADDITION
cun be had by maklnu; a veiy
small payment dowu and tl o
balance on terms to suit the
purchaser, monthly, bi-monthly
quarterly, half-yearly oramiunl
payments. These lots are the
best Investment In city property
today. The only district with
bulltllng; restrictions and with
street Improvements anil side
walks already In. Muko your
selection now. A few dollars
will hold the lots for you until
you can make further pay
ments. You are entitled to the
best. Why not; iret It? Come
In nnd let me show you NOBLES
ADDITION, the center of build
ing activity lu l'rlnevlllo.
A. R. BOWMAN
UtltDlCII KINCAIO e.l
ClDtHI) j
A Bird
Worth
Bush.
in the hand is
Two m the
You can't keep waiting if you are going to secure
an overcoat of really clever style. You must re
member this: An overcoat on your back right now,
is worth two that you might expect to own later. It
is the early purchaser who invariably secures the
smartest style and most fascinating fabric When
you purchase early you have a score of shades, colors and patterns to select from
you have many different models to choose from you have everything necessary to
the securing of garments which will prove an excellent purchase. Come while the
season's young.
Our excellent assemblage of BRANDEGEE, KINCAID & CO. MODELS
will delight you. Visit our overcoat department while possibilities for a wide choice
are greatest
Clifton & Cornett
AT THE OLD BRICK STORE.
Lots for Sale.
A bargain, tour lots, for Bale, one or
all, In most desirable building section.
Inquire before puruhusiug elsewhere, at
this office. 10-ID-
Calves Wanted,
Calves or yearlings watitoJ
this office.
polvat
ll-30-2tp
The Home' Bakery Bread
Is now on sale at A. 0
white and (.Iraliatn.
Ellefenn's, both
loant
$50,000 for Farm Loans,
ton Jones, Metolius, Oregon,
See Itren-11-23
tf
PIONEER SADDLER
Manufacturer of and dealer In
Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.