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MEN IN THE MINES WILL
CREMATED.
BE
Sixty Are Dead Dust Causes
.. A
Disaster Fire Adds to - the
Horror Other News.
Trinidad, Colo,, Oct. 28. The
most terrific explosion in the-histo-4
rv of ccal minins in Colorado oc-1
cur red at mine No.s 3, of the'Rockyijtrial reforms more difficult; Judge
Mountain Fuel & Iron Company,
al Tercio 40 miles due west of Trin
idad, at 1:30 this - afternoon; and
the number of- dead is variously
placed between 20 and ? 60 men,"al-f
though the latter, it is" believed; is
the: most correct estimate. . -The
number reported as having gone
into the miee this morning was I7
miners and four company men.
This afternoon many more miners
are known to have gone 'into the
mine, and the exactfnumber of dead
may never be knowo, as the7 mine
ii burning and in all likelihood the
bodies will be cremated. '
A large number of mine officials
left here as soon as word of the ac
cident" was received. Company
doctors were picked up all ' along
the line, as well as all other- avail
able physicians. ' United ' States
Government Stock Inspector F. J.
Foreman was at" Tercio when the
explosion occurred. He returned
here tonight and gives the follow
ing account of the affair: i ?
-I was standing not more than
300 yards from the mouth of the
tunnel when the explosion ocourr-
ed. - The explosion' was preceded
by a low rumbling sound resemb
ling an earthquake, which 'made
the earth tremble acd 'startled the
whole camp. . '
"I looked toward the mine and
ont of the mouth of the tunnel and
two air shafts came a great volume
oiiisokeacd-4afrtn which -ritJijifeJ
ed for nearly a minute. Out of the
two air shafts, " each of which is
seven feet in diameter, timbers that
were fully two to three feet u !
ameter were shot into the air and
broken into splinters, ' Rocks were
thrown over the camp for a distance
of a quarter of a mile. ' In fact, ' it
rained ' rock, broken timbers and
all kinds of broken debriB for fully
a minute, and , many people were
injured by being struck with these
misii'es. '
. Immediately after the explosion,
which was for all the world ' like
volcanic eruption, there .was the
wildest excitement. Men, women
and children rushed to the mouth
of the tunnel and women whose
husbands were in the mines had to
be brought away by miners fo keep
them from being killed ' by deadly
fumes from the mouth of the tun
nel." ' . ' . '
The shaft in which the accident
occurred works 80 men, and it is
believed that at least 60 men were
in the mine at the time. ' News of
the explosion brought assistance
from the adjacent camps and to
night hundreds of men are trying
to get into the mine.' Daadly fumes
overcome the rescuers frequentlv
but their places are immediately
taken by others ready to risk their
lives. It is not thought - possible
that anyone in the mine can escape
death, 11 they are not all dead al
ready. , .
it is impossible to secure names
of the dead and : injured to night
Nearly all the miners employed are
blavs. lhe mine is a new one, op
ened a year ago, and extended 2000
ft. into the.bill. Ihe.explosion is.aup
posed to have been caueed by dust,
Only one body has been recovered;
that ofT.,Duran, a driver, who
was just entering the tunnel when
tue explosion occurred, lie was
torn and burned almost beyond re
cognition. All mines within a radius
of two miles have been shut down,
and the miners will assist in rescu
ing the bodies of the victims.
Lincoln, Neb.,-r Oct.: 28. "The
Commoner": Every man is re
sponsible for his influence, be it
small or great. ' Every democrat
who votes for Parker votes to defeat
Roosevelt. Every democrat who
does not vote for Parker contributes
toward the election of Roosevelt,
On 'every question upon which
Judge Parker's position is open to
criticism, President Roosevelt's po
sition is worse; where they differ;
as they do on many important
questions, Parker is right and
Roosevelt is wrong. 7" ' v
Roosevelt favors a' high tariff;
Parker favors tariff reform- Roose
velt favors a standing army of 60,
O0O at the minimum Parker favors
a reduction of the army, r;
Roosevelt lias 1 brought the . race
Issue, into politics; Parker would
remove the race issue from politics.
Roosevelt stands for a colonial
policy; Parker favors independence
for the Filipinos, and would make
the promise now. -"
Roosevelt - took into the White
House a spirit of war; Judge Parker
would "substitute for it a spirit of
peace, v :i,t:'rf4 r, v -.
Four years more of : Roosevelt
would make economic add indue-
Parker s election would' clear the
way for economic issues. Let no
democrat by voting against Parker
;or by refusing to vote, , take upon
himself responsibility for four years
more of Rooseveltism.
General Kuroki's Headauarters
in the field, Oct. 28. The ; Japan
ese gave a stirring exhibition, of
abarp and determined fighting yes
terday. They drove the Russians
from a high hill 10 miles east of the
f ailroad in General Kuroki'e front,
which is important strategically as
post of observation, and was the
only point south of the Shakhe riv
it which the Russians held.r A
pout a regiment of' Russiars ' were
ptrenched there with five machine
The Japanese rushed the Russian
trenches, shot many Russians as
they were running down the hillside.-
and . captured two machine
gems. The Japanese had 20 killed
and 80 wounded. The Russians
left 30 dead on the field. There was
band-to-hand ' fighting when the
trenches were taken. The Russians
retired across the river. When the
Japanese , nag was ; raised . over a
tower surmounting the hill the Rus
sian batteries showeied ehrapneLon
it for an hour, but without result.
fToi General Kuroki's headquar-T
ters reports that on Thursday . the
Japanese captured Witaoshan.v after
sharp fighting. . The attack began
at is o'clock in the morning and
ended at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
the Russians retreating. - The Japs
captured two machine guns. The
Russian casualties are estimated at
2oo, and those of the Japanese at
170. The Russians occupied Wai-
taoshan on October 14 with eight
companies and began constructing
defenses. - ;
San" Francisco, Oct.: 30. The
Chronicle today eaysr "Naval of
ficers have succeeded for many
months in keeping secret a peculiar
structural feature of the new battle
ship Ohio, which in the opinions of
themselves, as well as others, is
nothing else than a glaring defect
of a nature so serious that, as one
officer expressed it, amounts to an
invitation to an enemy to do sthe
vessel an enormous damage in ac
tion. 1 : ;
The defect consists in omitting
to put armor around the after end
of the superstructure within which
are mounted ten six.mch rapid-fire
guns. This omission, it : is held,
makes the big war vessel danger
ously vulnerable in a vital part to
hostile shots coming from either
quarter.
"Furthermore shells entering this
place might do great damage to
the engine room, the hatch of which
is well aft inside the casemate and
a shell bursting inside the casemate
armor would probably send frag
ments into the engine room. 1
"The fault does not lie either
with the builders or the naval con
structors detailed to supervise the
work. The Ohio was built strictly
according to the plans and specifi
cations which were made in the na
vy department in Washington un
der the direction and . scrutiny of
the board of constructien.
The Chronicle further Bays:
"The Ohio is not the only one of
the new battle ships with this fault.
Her two sister ships, the Maine and
the Missouri, as well as the Wis
consin, Alabama and Illinois have
this omission. ' ;
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PORT ARTHUR ON FIRE.
JAPANESE SHELLS SET THE
RUSSIAN ' MAGAZINE '
" - - ON - FIRE.
Contained the Garrison's Supply of
Smokeless Powder Stoessel
v. . Wires' Czar Fort Arthur
' Will Be His Grave
: : Japanese Captures
More .iTorts. 1 ' -
Chefoo, Oct 30. The third een-
eral attack on Port Arthur began
October 24, according to onimpeach
able authority. ' October' 26 Jap
anese shells set fire to the only
smokeless powder magazine in Port
Arthur. Portions' of the town
caught fire, the conflagration con
tinuing the whole day. ""
October 26 also the Japanese cap-
lured the Ruesiah trenches on the
slope of Rihlung Mountain, also, a
fortified position protecting ' that
fortress. .The . Japanese' consider
the pi ogress of the siege to" be high
ly satisfactory.' V ''J
Mukden, Oct. 30.-! The Japanese-!
attach on tne.isudqhist Temple Hill
October led tq a sharp fight., 'The
Japanese; artillery ' played ,on. the
position from early fn the morning,
rendering the trenches untenable,
shells and . shrapnel sweeping eve
rything and demolishing' all ': the
shelters. ; 'The machine guns with
the battalion, defending ' the hill
were smashed, but the defenders
carried off the remains of the guns
when they were forced to retire. ' -The
Japanese infantry attack un
der cover of the bombardment was
made in close order. -There was a
desperate hand-to-hand fight in the
trenches, followed by a counter at
tack with bayonets. The Japan
ese finally gained the hill, but were
unable to hold it in the face of the
.T66.?1476. een. a ?uPbl
number of
skirmishes along the whole front,
but no development of any serious
importance has yet appeared,
though the armies are in the closest
touch, and a generalengagement
may be precipitated at any time.
At one point the trenches are only
400 yards apart. They are separat
ed by a small stream, which is the
only water supply in the neighbor
hood. By mutual consent there is
no firing on the water carriers, who
visit the stream with buckets. ' '
- Several positions have already
changed hands many times. It is
related that in one village, which
has been taken and retaken by the
same men on both sides, Captain
folkanon, on being driven out one
day, left a note in the hut where he
had passed the night, sajing he
would like to know tbe name of the
Japanese officer who was in the hab
it of occupying the hut in his ah
sence. - -
A little later Captain Polkanoff
retook the village, and going
through his old quarters found the
following note in perfect Russian:
"I am Captain Yamata. , I will
be greatly pleased to make Captain
PolkanofPs acquaintance." '
loday was unusually quiet along
the whole front. The Russians are
in the habit of harassing ths Jap
anese in the trenches at ' night.
Last night Russian scouts through
a hand grenade . . into a Japanese
trench near Sinchinpu, causing
great , confusion; The Russian
scouts also discovered that : the
Japanese are moving many batter
ies to the front, though as yet, all
have been carefully masked. , '
Tokio, Oct. 30. A repoit from
the Mancburian army headquarters
received today, records a BuccesBful
night attack against the Russian
outposts at Wumingtsun and two
unsuccessful counter attacks made
by the Russians. The report is as
follows:
"On the night of October 28 a
small force of tbe enemy attacked
Waltao Mountain, but were imme
diately repulsed. "October 29 at 3
o'clock in the morning a detach
ment of infantry was dispatched
from the center army against Wu
mingtsun. The enemy was sur
prised and tbe houses occupied
by the enemy were set on fire. Wu
mingtsun is located midway be
tween the outposts of both armies
Using the place as a base the ene
my made frequent night attacks
against oar outposts. ; -
"On the night of October ZS a
force of the enemy of unknown
strength attacked an eminence
near Santaokangtzu bat was immej
diately repnlsed." v
Tokio, Oct, 28. It is reported
that the Japanese opened a desper
ate attack on the ' eastern ; forts of
the Keek wan group, north of Port
Arthur, during the morning of Oo,
tober26, and silenced too Russian
batteries. A ' shell ' exploded the
Russian magazine. - , ',; '
Simultaneously the Japanese at
tacked the forts on Rihlung Moun-i
tain and Sunghohowian Mountain,
silenced the Russian batteries, and
stormed and occupied the forts in
front of these mountains.; , ., - - ' t
the niffbt nf Oclnhitr 2fi tbim
Nas a conflagration in Old Port Ar
tbur and 00 October 27 a shell bit
the Russian battle ship Ssbastopol
and two Russian steamers were
sunk.' -' - -.' ... ' .:s. . , . ,
- Shanghai,' Oat.v 28. A private
letter from Port Arthur dated Oct.
21, received here today, Bav: -,
i "General Stoessel wheel tue Rus
sian Emperor and court recently:
'I now bid you all good-bye , forev
er.; Jrort Arthur is my grave.
("General Steeeseli has installed,
thet garrison of the beleaguered for
tress with the spirit that to court a
glorious death is preferable to ca
pitulation. 1 f'r; .-.!, ; , ,
; ''The Japanese shells are inflict
ing great damage , ,to , the Russian
fleet in! tbe harbor, and to the forti
fications. t The,arsenal with its con
tents .of; ammunition and email
arms, has been destroyed and prep
arations are being made for the last
deadly struggle at plose quarters.
lhe water supply, having been cut
off,, wells are being sunk. Provi
sions are scarce. Only tinned meats
being left, the soldiers hold caly
feasts on horses killed by the shells.
General Ssimonon, it , is , said,
would surrender, but is overruled
by General Stoessel. .
Certain troops included in the '
garrison have to be- watched closely
at present for fear of desertion or
treachery.-.' .' y-i , . .
rue-new Baa naval Hospital are
crowded and hygienic conditiona
are becoming desperate. The bom
bardment at times is so incessant
that it is impossible - to bury the
dead to any depth. : Over one-half
of the original garrison is dead.
wounded or sick.
; " The high angle at which their
artillery fire is directed by the Jap
anese has practically destroyed the
new town. When the fleet attempt
ed to break through the blockade
some time ago, the garrison was to
have made a desperate sortie and
inflict as much damage as possible,
and it necessary, capitulate. ' The
failure of the fleet to escape frus
trated the plan. -:
"The besiegers are pressing clos
er daily, and it is hard to say how
long we can hold out. When the
end comes there will be a desperate
fight and surprise. Thousands of
the enemy will perish, as every
thing is mined."
.This letter was entrusted to a na
tive boatman, who ran the blockade
and mailed it at Chefoo. The re
cipient is a prominent Continental
business man of this oity with a
branch house at Port Arthur.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 28. G.
Wakimoto, who is in charge of
hundreds of Japanese employed as
section men and in other capacities
on the Union Pacific railroad, has
been notified by the Japanese con
sul that all members of the first
and second army reserves are ord
ered to return home at once for ac
tive service. 7 MfT Wakimoto, says
that over 50 members of the two re
serves are located in Colorado, over
600 in Utah, and about 5oo on the
railroads in Wyoming.
To Hunters.
All personstare hereby warned
not to trespass on our lands, sit
uated 8 miles south of Corvallis,
either by hunting or otherwise.
T. W. B. Smith. ,
J. G. Smith. '.
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