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V 4k ' zelaya IS BEATEN Machine Guns Work Havoc Among Government Forces. MARCH ON CAPITAL EXPECTED Estrada , Wins a Complete Victory U. S. Regular Captain in Com mand On Firing Line. Rluofiolds, Nicaragua, Dec. 23. Tho revolutionists under General Estrada liavo complotoly routed tho Zelayan forces near Kama. Estrada has cap tured Bocreo, Vasqucz' strongest posi tion, and has boon victorious all along the lino, which strotches for eight miles. Yestorday tho forward movement be gan, detachments being sent out under Genorals Uis Mena, Fornos Diaz, Al fredo Diaz, Chamorro and Matutty. It was General Mcnas' task to out flank Gonzales, who directed tho do fonso of the great body of tho govern ment troops. Thcso woro in largo numbers and well entrenched, but Es trada's followers woro armed with the latest cquipmont and machino guns woro brought into play to clear tho trenches. Casualties on the government sido were high, the greatest execution being done at Eecreo, which tho revo lutionists finally took by assault. Among thoso in tho revolutionary army woro Captain Godfrey Fowler, formerly of tho Thirty-third infantry, V. S. A., who was in command on the firing line. Tatumbia was captured this after noon by General Mena after a bloody fight. Tatumbia was ono of the strong est positions of tho government forces, but tho revolutionists were in greater numbers and had effective artillery. General Zollodon arrived this morn ing from Monkoy Point with 300 men and ono Hotchkiss. Ho left this after noon for Rania. Tho steamer XJtstein arrived this afternoon with four Max ims and 1,000 rifles. Tho fighting still continues at tho upper end of the Zelayan trenches, but it is only a matter of time before-tho revolutionists will take the remaining strongholds. Several hundred prisoners are said to have been captured by Gen eral Estrada. Word has reached here that Zelaya has determined to retain the position of commander-in-chief of the army. CHRISTMAS GIFT COST 5750,000. George D. Wfdener Presents Wife With Pearl Collection. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23. Probably the most splendid and costly Christmas gift that any woman in the world will receive this year will be a rope of mag nificent pearls, costing $750,000, which George D. Widener will present to his wife, who was Miss Eleanor Elkins, daughter of tho late William Elkins, traction magnate. It is said to bo the most costly string of pearls in tho world, and at a recent sale in Now York brought the highest price received for pearl necklaces. It is said Widener intended the rope of gems, some of which are nearly as largo as pigeon eggs, and sufficient for a king's ransom, as a surprise for his wife, but tho news of his intended gift lias leaked out. It is probable that soicety will soon have an opportunity to admire at first hand what is said to be the finest col lection of pearls, gem for gem, that any woman has been privileged to wear. Lad Kidnaped, Is Belief. Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 23. E. J. Card, of this city, told a story to the police today which it is believed throws light upon tho disappearance of Carlos Wright, 10 years old, from bis homo hero a week ago, under circumstances indicating kidnaping. Card says that on the night of Wright's disappearance a wagon containing three men drove . rapidly, past his-house. There was a fourth figure in the vehicle, lying pros trate and' struggling, Several times this porson -was struck by the men. This was near, a cemetery in which Wright's clothing was found. Eich Women Help Girls. New York, Dec. 23. Exclusivo Fifth avenue received a demonstration of woman's determination this afternoon . when 15 automobiles furnished by prom inent society women, but containing two score poorly-dressed working wo men," passed up the , thoroughfare in ' iho double interest . ' of , the striking shirtwaist operators and woman suf- . frago. Tbp cars woro furnished by Miss, Anno Morgan, Mrs..O. H. P. Bel mcjntj . Mrs. Samuel TJntennyer and other' prominent women who have iden tified themsolvos with the strikers. Monitions Sent to Nicaragua. Now Orleans, Dec. 23. For use by the revolutionists in Nicaragua 300,000 rounds of ammunition were shipped from Now Orleans late today on the steamer John Wilson. Indicating no effort at concealmont, the shipment was shown in tho manifest of the vessel's cargo. Tho Wilson cleared direct for Rluofiolds. Consul-General Sussman, representing tho Estrada government at Now OrloanB, declared tonight that the shipment of the ammunition was an evidence of Estrada's good faith. Nicaragua Is in Default. New York, Dec. 23. The second pay- nont of $50,000 from the Nicaraguan ovornmont, on tho claim of $600,000 uo tfurfleorgo D. Emory company, Las .' TtAin noifl in n nnrTinrn with thfl ' i Will V UlUUU to If HDU4U(jhVU I V f .nthf ago. It was due last Saturday, n m iinl olrnad n Wo alt i vi rrt a fanr thn Nw York bankers, ihroucrre m Nicaragua arrangod for payment, ived no funds for that purpose. Tee obment made by the Zelayan goverfn- will, iiowovor, 00 binding on its fspr. AIRSHIP APPBAES AT NIGHT. Mysterious Craft, Carrying Powerful Soafchligh't; 1st Soon. r 24.-Flyi Worcostc ng at 30 to 40 niilcs &n out, , a .tfiystori- oub airship tonight appeared over Worcester, hovcrod ovor tho city a few minutes, disappeared for about .two hours, and then returned to cut four clrclos about tho city, using a search light of trqmcndous power. Thousands of persons thronged tho streets to wntch tho mysterious visitor. The airship remained over tho city for 15 minutes, nil tho time at a height that most obsorvors sot at about 2000 feet, too great to enable ovon its pre cise shapo to bo seen. The glaring rays of its great searchlight, however, were sharply dofinod. Tho dark mass of the ship could bo scon dimly. At the timo of tho airsnip visit, wni lace E. Tillinghast, a Worcester man, who recently asserted ho had invented a marvelous aeroplano, in which ho said ho had journeyed to Now York and re turned ay way or iioston, was absent from his home and could not bo found. The visitor from tho clouds was first sighted over Marlborough at 5:20 o 'clock. Tho 16 miles betweon this city and Marlborough were covered in 30 minutes. Two hours later an eager shout from tho waiting crowds announced its ro turn. Slowly its light swept tho heav ens. It circled four times above the city and then disappeared, finully head ing first to the south and then to the east. Marlboro Sights Airship. Marlboro, Mass., Dec. 24. An air ship was sighted over Marlboro earlj tonight, going northwest at 60 or moro miles an hour. Persons in all sections of the city reported having seen it. Its goncral courso, thoy say, was in tho direction o Ulinton. SIGHTS ABANDONED WRECK. Japanese Steamer Reports Disaster Off Cape Flattery. Seattle, Dec. 24. Another probable marino disaster off the coast of Wash ington was recorded today, whon tho Japnncso steamer Kaga Maru reported to the wireless station at Capo Beal that the American schooner Susie M. Plummcr was in distress and had been abandoned 100 miles west and. south of Cape Flattery. No news regarding the extent of the schooner's trouble or tho fato of the crew was contained in the brief mcs sago from the Japanese vessel, which is on her way to the Orient. The United States Jifesaving tug Snohomish left her station at Neah Bay at 4 o'clock this afternoon to go to the aid of the schooner's crew. The Susie Mr Plummor, a vessel of 920 tons, gross, sailed from Everett, Wash., December 5, with a cargo of lumber for San Pedro, Cal, She is owned by W. G. Tibbits, of San Fran cisco, and was built in 1890 at Thomas ton, Me. She was commanded by Cap tain Hansen and carried a small crew. EXPORTS DROP ONE MILLION. French Tariff Seriously Affects Ameri can Oil Products. Washington, Dec. 24. Alarmed by a drop from $1,000,000 to $26,363 in .min eral oil exports to France in a. month, American oil exporters have begun a movement to induce congress to renew with thq French government the reci procity treaty that expired on Octobor 31. Exporters also hope for the re newal of the treaty with Spain, a large importer of American oil, which will expire on August 31, 1910. Exports to Canada under the opera tion of the new tariff law have not been compiled by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, but indications are that' they will show relatively as great a falling off in oil exports as those to France. Notwithstanding the abrogation of tho reciprocity treaty with France, to ports to tho bureau for November, the first month --under, tho new order of things, show larger totals in both im ports and exports than in the corre sponding month of last year. Raw cot ton, which is imported into France freo of duty, and hence is not affecte'd by tne taritt cnanges, is largely responsible for tho increaso in oxports, while art works 0 years old. and ever, admitted freo under the new law, and diamonds and hidcB wore responsible ' for tho in creased imports. The falling off in imports of cham-' pagno- from France, duo to tho .in' creased tariff, was most roarkqd, declin ing from .$584674 in November, 1908, to $58',"002 in November, 1909. . f : " ' - Miners 'Drive Ont Switchmen. Butted Mont., Dec. 24.-A committee representing the 'Butte miners' union today droveJ switchmen who hart, re turned to work in' Butte yards of the. Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads froni their work and told them that if they returned 2600 miners would wait upon tbem tomorrow and seo that thoy stopped work whilo their brother switchmen (woro on strike, -Every switchman on the two roads quit, and tonight switching operations in Dutto are completely tied up. All the Boston & Montanl mines and the Colusa mine closed today, lngllsh Steamer Missing. London, Dec, 24. Gales in Grnt Britaii have done much damage to shipping. The railway company's steanyor Rostrovor, which left Greonoro, a hnudland of Ireland, at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, and which was duo at Holyhead, Wales,' 75 miles across 8t. George's channel, at 5 o'clock Wednes day morninghnd not been reported, mid jod a crew of 24 and 3 ow pas GnTerB 1 it' is feared sno has foundered. nno T ' Zelaya 's Loss Is Immenso. Panama, Dec 24. A wireless dUpiteh from Bluofiolds, addressed to General Chamorro 'a father hero, reports 600 raon killed and 1800 prisoners an J 1,000, 000 cartridges captured by tho pre j visional government forces at llama. rfhfirrftit ptiti? iTrno rir . liiTPnrcnftH OREGON RICH IN GOOD OIL. Reported Big Strike Hat Boon Mado in Malheur County. Valo Every day's boring in the Valo oil fields increases the certainty that, Oregon Ib destined to become one of the greatest oil producing states in the country, say prospector and oil ex perts who have witnessed tho results of tho well-Binking now in progress by half a dozen different companies in Northern Malheur county. The Malehur Oil & Gas company, nf ter sinking a well 1700 feet and get ting well into a chocolate formation, which is regarded as a sure forerunner of oil, capped the well and refuse ab solutely to allow visitors to approach it. This action is believed by others operating in the district to have been prompted by the fast that oil was act ually struck in tho Malheur well and that tho company prosecuting the de velopment work has some reason for not allowing it to become known that oil has actually been found in commer cial quantities. The Baker-Malheur company is down 900 feet and has let a contract for sinking its well 1,100 feet deeper, having taken this action after oil expeits from Fennslyvania and California had expressed the be lief that oil would be struck at a depth of 1800 to 2000 foot. Tho Columbia Oil & Gas company, which ib largely owned in Spokane, is down 1200 feet with a 12 inch drill and is passing through the same form ation that was found in the cel ebrated Kern river district in South ern California. It was from this well that the samplo of oil was procured by the special government representative of the geological survey whose report on the discovery resulted in a recom mendation being made by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger that the whole district be withdrawn from entry and reserved as a source of fuel supply for the future use of the United States navy. The well being sunk by the East ern Oregon Oil company is down 800 feet and has passed through two stratas of oil sand. The drill in this well recently encountered hot salt wa ter, which is regarded aa a sure indica tion of oil in commercial quantities. The Mammoth Oil & Gas company is another of the companies Binking a well in the district. This company is owned by men who have operated in other oil fields, and they express the greatest confidence in the district. One of the best drilling rigs in the dis trict has just been set up by tbe Vale Oil & Gas company, which ib prepared to expend $25,000 in developing its, claim. D. M. Hunt, who has had 25 1 years' experience in the oil fields of West Virginia, Ohio and California, and who is now superintending tbe de- ' velopment work of one of the largest concerns, operating in the Vale oil 1 fields, sayB: "The Vale district i'b the most promising that I have ever seen, and I ' shall be greatly surprised if it does not , turn out to be one of the greatest oil producing sections of the United 1 States." , Buys Apple Land. Pleasant Ridge Dr. J. A. Pettit, S. C. Pier and Stanhope Pier have re cently purchased a 400 acre tract of apple land at Pleasant Ridge, Wasco county, 12 miles south of The Dalles. The land is to be planted in the best varieties of apples and sold in 10 acre tracts. An abundance of water mav be had for irrigation purposes, which it is proposed to bring to the tract. Tbe country around Pleasant Ridge is very similar to the Hood River dis trict, the soil and -climate being much the same, and it is believed by scien-, tific apple growers that tbe famous Hood River apple will grow to perfec-1 tion there. Best Peach Land In Oregon, . Portland W. . H. Lang Co., have apld theliff farm, located on the Wil lamette river 18 miles above Portland and two miles from "Canby. It haB one haf ttiile' of riverfront, boat land ing on the place and is one of 'the best located farms on the Willamette River, is nearly all improved, has fairly good buildings, and. is well stocked. The consideration was 818,750. It contains 160 acres, . part of which is the best peach land jn Oregon. The. peaches off 450 trees adjoining this land this season sold for $1,500. Water Fight Promised. Salom Judge William Galloway, in the equity division of the circuit court for Marion county, has granted an or dor allowing Stato Senator Hart, of Baker county, to fiio a writ of roviow demanding that the stato board of water coutrol bo required to remand its ordor relating to tho proposed irrigation pro ject of Thief valley. Senator Hart rep resents tho Cookingham and Finklcn jjurg interests, who are attempting to gain rights in the valley. Local Men Invest In Apple Land. WinBton Dr. Byron E, Milller and Henry Foz, a retired capitalist from Dulutb, Minn., have closed a deal with T. R. Sheridan, president of the First National bank of Roseburg, for the purchase of a portion of the Sheridan and Agee holdings of apple lands, lo cated near Winston, This is one of the choicest tracts of fruit lands in Southern Oregon. Tho purchasers In tend planting about 250 acres of tho tract to commercial apples during the coming year. SURVEYORS FINISH WORK Now Ready to E'stabllih a Permanent Survey to Klamath Falls Klamath Falls Southern Pacific surveyors who havo boon establishing tho permanent survey betweon Klam ath Falls and Natron have completed tho work and havo departed for Rod' ding, Cal., whore they are to take up the permanent BUrvey of 'the road from Redding to Alturas andtbencoto this city. Large forces aro employed on the road to the north of Klamath Falls. Winter quarters havo been es tabllshed. About three miles north of Klamath Falls a small temporary city has been established. In this vicinity it is necessary to make several deep cuts and largo fills. It will require Boveral months to complete thaso diffi cult undertakings. Construction camps are strunir out for a distance of moro than 20 miles. New Partner In Weston Mill. Weston E. S. Isaac, of Walla Walla, ono of tho northwests moat successful flouring mill men, has pur chased an interest in tbe Weston (lour ing mill. Tho mill has been running with power from a large gas engine but under tho now management it is probable that the long contemplated planjof using the waters of Pine creek during a portion of tho year for pow er will be put into execution. Several thousand bushels of wheat still rnmain in the hands of farmers in this section, who are holding out for tho expected" 81 a bushel." Never theless, close to 8.000 bushels were bought by Frank Price tho past week, the agent hero for tho Kerr-Gifford company, paying 95 cents per bushel. Potition for Train. Salem A petition signed by several hundred people residing along tho lino if tho Corvallis & Eastern railroad, bo twean Albany and "Hoover, wns for warded to .the railroad commission by K. L. Payne, asking for a train for the passengor traffic alone. The potition sets forth thnt patrons of the road an compelled to uso a logging train, and that it takes five hours to go from Hoover to Albany, a distance of 58 miles. A.-Y.-P Prize Certificates Received Salem Certificate for grand prizes awarded to the stato of Oregon for its general educational display, for its bops, wool and complete display of woods at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex position have been received by Govern or Benson. A certificate of honorable mention for the flax display from this state was also received. Hood River Will Pavo Streets. Hood River It has been decided that Hood River will have paved streets before another winter. It is estimated that it will cost between $50,000 and $60,000 to do the project ed street work. Oil Near Dufur Dufur J. E. Porter, who has been drilling a well at Three Mile, struck a small flow of oil at a depth of 1G7 feet. Operation has been stopped and a com pany ib being formed to raise money to sink a deep well. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, $1211.22; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08; Valley, $1.05. Barley Feed' and brewing, $3031 per ton. Corn Whole, $36; cracked, $36 per Millstuffe Brap, 826 per ton; mid dlings, $33; Bhorts, $28.5029 60; rol led barley, $31. Oato No.l white, $32.50033.50. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $18(0,20 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 21.50; alfalfa, $16(5)16.50; clover, $1516; cheat, $1516; grain hoy, $1616.. Butter- City creamery extras, 39c; fancy outside' creamery, 3c3Gc per lb.; store,, 2224c. " Butter fat prices average lfc per Ib. under regular butter prices. Poultry Hens, 1414c; Springs, .14HJfc;s0O3terp;9lOc; duckB, 18 19c; geese 14c; turkeys, live, 22$r"; dressed. 26(fr28c. Egg4 Fresh Oregon erftras,42K per dozen; kast.ern, 3U(i7)35c per .dozen. Freei Fruits Applds, $13 box; peats, $J$r.'6"0 per box; cranberries, $9 per-barrel. ' Potatoes Carload buying prices: Oregon, 60tfjp8pc per sack ; sweet pota toes', 2.t per pound.,: " Vegetables Artichokes, 76c per dozen; cabbnge, per pound; .'cel ery, $2.75g3 25percrate; garlic, Jflc per pound; horseradish, $1.50 per box; pumpkins, lljc; sprouts, 8c per pound; squaBh, lIc; tomatoes, 75c $1. Sack Vegetables Turnips,,. i$l per sack; carrotB, $1; beets,$1.50: parsnips $1.50. Onions Oregon, $1.60 per sack. Cattle Beat steers, $4,504,76; fair, to good, $44.26; medium and feeders, $3,603.75; common to me dium, $2.503.75j bulls $22.60; stags $2.603.60; calves, light, $5.25 5.60; heavy, $44.76. Hogs Best, $8.508.76; nodium, $7.508; stockers, $6,506.75. Sheep BeBt wethera, $5.006.75; fair to good, $4.254.75; best ewes, $4.605.0P. Hops 1909 crop, 1822c; J908 crop, normal; 1907 crop, 12c; 1906 crop, 8c. Hides Dry hides, 1819c per pound; dry kip, 1718c per pound; dry calfskin, 1921c per pound; salt ed bides, lOKOUc; salted calfskin, 161 6c per pound; green, Iciest, COPENHAGEN TURNS DOWH OOOK investigating Oommlttoo Can Find No , Proof of His OlalmR. , Cononhngon, Doo. 22Tho cqmrajtFoo which has boon InvostigaUngUhoTOata ,of Dr. Frodorlck A. Cdok''todfty:bnl dally roportod to tho consistory of tho Unlvorslty of Coponhagon that Dr. Cook's rocords and observations woro wholly Insufficient to warrant a vor diet that ho discovered tho North Polo. Tho consistory of tho unlvorslty ndoptod tho report or tno cotnmuioo, thoroby flatly rejecting Dr. Cook's claims and throwing out his rocords and observations. , Cook's data'accordlnff to tho report is no moro convincing than was tho nowspapor account. Dr. Cook's nrlvnto socrotary, Lons dnlo, who rcprosonteil tho osploror horo, Is bittorly disappointed at mo voruict. Ho is making an olTort to induco tho consistory to withhold final judgment until tho whom or vr. look's uatn can bo presented. Lonsdalo told tho commlttoo that missing data, which aro part of Dr. Cook's original documonts, woro sont horo from America by a routo dlffor ont from that by which tho records nlroady oxnmlnod woro brought. Ho said this additional data would arrive in n few days. Tho oousistory rofusos to pay any attention to Lonsdalo 's nppoal and tho findings nnnouncou today aro unnl bo far as tho consistory is concerned, Tho discrediting of Dr. Cook was a sovoro blow to tho Danish scientists, who had stood firmly by him and glvon him support undor the charges nindo by Commander Peary. Tho great rocop tion glvon Dr. Cook upon his arrival horo nnd the honors that woro paid him by high and low, including tho king, nro rocallod with somowhat opon ly lisplnyed chagrin. It is known that tho Danish oxports wero porsonnlly Inclinod to favor Dr. Cook, most of thorn nlready having como out in stntomcnts tending to sub stantiate his claims. A niombor of tho committeo today said: "It took tho committee but n fow minutos to seo that Dr. Cook's obser vations and so-called rocords woro worthless. "Wo could havo roportod immedi ately, but It took sovoral days to re cover from tho surprise. "Tho so-callod notebooks on which Dr. Cook relied in a great measure for vindication had only accounts of his observations, rather than tho observa tions themselves. Thoso notebooks woro thrown nsido without a moment's con sideration. "I cannot understand how a man of Cook's reputed scientific attainments could have attempted to bolster up bii claims with such flimsy ovidonco." ZELAYA 'S RULE ENDS. Madriz Assumes Presidency of Nicara guan Ropubllc. Managua, Nicaragua, Doc. 22. Joso Madriz today assumed tho presidency of Nicaragua, succooding former Pres ident Zelaya, who rcsignod. Madriz 's rocont throats to break with Zelaya, coupled with his subse quent announcement that his presi dential candidacy was supported by tho Mexican government, which bad sent Sonor Crool to Washington to in. tcrcode in his behalf, is construed by his supporters to mean that ho will bo president in fact as well as In namo, and that ho intends to givo tho coun try a new deal. Amorlcans horo, however, aro not in clined to nccopt this opinion. Thoy bo liovo tho new president is protending to want poaco, in order to p roc hi do tho possibility of intervention on the part of tho United States. Madriz has promised tho revolution ists immunity if they will surrender. Ho has intimated that bo will placo Provisional President Estrada In a high ofllco. Bluofiolds, Nicaragua, Dec. 22. Re ports from Rama today say Estrada's army is advancing atrnlnst nnnnml Vn. fltlCZ. hist Otltsido Rnmn. ntwl Hmf n oamo is expected immediately. This " -"v M.ofc uvuidi . v uwyu on iiiv pure of tho revolutionists against tho elec tion Of Mndriz an mircnnBrir nf V.nlnv as prosidenL Tho formal protest against iuu uii.-cwun oi .iiaunz win oo oasou upon tho faqt, that (ho Atlantic, coast departments woro not rnnrorntA1 tn tho congress that oloctod Madriz. unaor Estrada, in tho ImpoiidIugbat- tlo. will ho flnnnrnl T.nU niii.. fn.'. foon, Mntuty, Pncho and Chamorro. It Js reported today that tho gunboat Blanca has sailod up tlio Mlco rly'cW I. W. W. Loaders Dony Surrender. , Spokano, Wash., Deo. 22. Aa a final resort' in an attempt to .thoroughly atop activities .of, tho Indu8tr!al:WorkorV of tho Worldits ball was- closed by mu uuiiiju yuaieruuv. wno miki it- wm "disorderly nliieo." Ahmif. inn mom. bors wont outsiiln nf thn Uv llmll. whoro About -a dozen of tho industrialists vol- lintnnvn.l T fhI.l. il. !." J'-.t v v ($ juoiuu .vo cuv ami spoak on tho stroots, In violation ;0f thd ordinance, 'Tho I. W. W. worker! ropudiato tho report circulated Satur day night that thoy had surronderod und given up tho light. London Says "I Told You So." London, Dec. 22. This city bus all along doubtod tho claims of Dr. Cook. Tho nowspapprs horo arc issuing - ex tras tolling of tho failuro of tho ex plorer to substantiate his claim to hav ing reached tho Polo, About two wooks ago a local nowspapor published what ll purported to bo a story of tho Jnsufll cloncy of tho Cook observations and within tho past two davs all Eneldnd ihnd grown moro and moro skeptical. Tongs Battle In Chicago. Chicago. Doc. 21. Troublo botwoon tho wnrrine tones of Chinatown broke out anew yesterday, and as a result of a rovolvor battlo In which 80 or moro shots were fired, Sing Moy is at St. Luko's hospital with a bullet wound in his right log, and 10 other Mongolians aro in colls at the Harrison-street sta tion. EIGHT JIN MINE Men Lwps.Ignlle Gas and Ex plosion Follows, RESCUERS ARE FORCED UGfir Prompt Action of Management Aids. Hundreds to Ecap4-l?Flro Pre vent Recovery of Bodies. St. LoUis. Mo.. Hnn 9K ui.l. w ere killed n,) m' ' V Ul l,lu 'cngo & Cnrter v llo Coal .company ut Horrln, 111., nto Thursday. Open lamps carried by X inlno englncor nnd his assistants cauo'l the disaster, according to a long-di . tiw.ee tele,. horn, mcssago from tho mi! olfico to tho Associated Press. The tl woro three men and a boy in this patty! All lost thir lives, 1 J Prompt action by tho management, resulted in the safe exit of th0 huu Within five minutes after tho first r port or the explosion, miners in the im modmio vicinity of tho accldont woro started toward the surface and on the return trips of the cages rescuers wore lowered to entries No. 7 and No s west, whore tho catastrophe took place' Among tho dead woros W. T. PJerco, mlno cngincor. Lugouo Rarrott, assistant engineer. 1 homuH Williams, nsslstant manager. IhomiiH (Julnnoy, superintendent or. tho mlno. and Robert JfWon, manager, headed the first relay of rescuers. spite tho blnck ilnnm that flowed into tho i-liambors adjoining those in which Pierce and his party woro killed, these, mil n plunged into the workings. Three bodies blocked" their path Hasty examination showed that the men wore alive, and thoy woro rushed to the surface. One was A. .T, Huston brother of the manager. The othorn' Charles Klom and Albert Sholtou, and Huston were revived, and nil aro x poctod to recover from the effects of the gas. The rescuers next found tho bodict. of Snyder, dreeco and Romeo, miners None of thcso men had been burned, the condition of the corpses testifying to the force of the concussions. The body of Harbor, a miner, wns badly burned, tho features being scorched almost beyond' recognition. Efforts of tho rescuers to penetrate more deeply into tho workings were re pulsed by Increasing afterdamp. The ventilating apparatus of tho mino had not been damaged, but It could not copo successfully with the gases, nnd Chim ney and Huston and their holpori". were forced to retreat, leaving tho bodies of Pioreo nnd his companions. Tho fire also began to gain headway, and It i not expected tho bodies can be rocov ercd boforo tomorrow. News of the explosion soon spread through Herring; and women and chil dren rushed at omco to tho shaft-home. Rut as tho cages emptied load after load of rescued miners sqbs of angnih gave way to cries of joy. Thcso in turn wero soon hushed to murmurs of sympathy as the bodies of the dead were brought to the rurface. SICY LIGHTS SEEN AOAIN. Many Towns Boport Searchlight Borne by Airship. Roston, Dec. 25. Following tho re port from Worcester Thursday night of tho discovery above that city a strange moving light, apparently tho search light of a dirigible aircraft, Inst night brought stories of tho observance of similar lights from villages east of Worcester, and ovon from Roston Com mon. Peoplo in Marlboro, South Fremlingtou, Natick, Ashland, Oraf ton, North Grafton, Upton, Hopednlo and Northboro turned out In throng last night and sow n mysterious light in tho sky. Many declared that It Jiad tho ;ii pearauqo of av strong light nnd, whil they could discover no framowork be hind it, such ,ns an acroplnuo would havo, thoy w'orii. positivo that tho light could not bo that of n balloon bocauso it nloved as Jf, under control and ap parently' ugalnst tho wind. Wallace IS. TilliiiL'hnst. a Worcester htnyi who recently asserted that he had invented n machine in which ho hail gmio from Worcostor to New York and return and who, it wns thought, might have been tho -navfgator of tho sup posed aircraft,-, remained .noneoiriniltlal todiiy; - k fOneer In1. Liner's Cargo, NdAvyorkj"Doc.2J. Christmas chfr from Eurdpefdr thousands in Amera ivim'" 1irm!Vrlit " W Mm liner Toutooj" Which nTrlvQd '.witlf 4,100 sacks i, bf Christmas mail. Mrs. Jfusson Dnpr mado her customary Christmns oiroriag to. Central-Park employes, This yfsr her. gift .'amounted, to $1,025", consisting of 385 $0 gold-pieces, ono Ior,ev,uk" man ami 'woman in tho park paid le than $3 a day. Rluojuckets from the tflnuMna nf Hill AtlfintlC flOCt already in port for tho Christmas hpi days oviirflowod hp city yostorday sua lust night, l" Lottery Agents Caught. ciiiiuifrn. tw.. 25. Two men allcgod to bo forolgn lottory ngonts havo WSn ' . i . V. V i ..... mlmv AtO arrostou py postal innpeciuj. v -o i.,n,inni,nr nml Herman Ko;rt" pel. Lottory tickets, lists of dfwig and udvortjsing mnttor oxplolting tB lotteries woro seized. Advortlsing mj tor of tho "Will tery" found In tho ttoudonborgfcon said that tho total amount of money K bo distributed would be JOyluW marks, nearly l,000,00O. Bowdoin to Rejoice for rear Rrunswlek. Mo Doc 25. nus, (Jommonuerx-puv, t- the North Polo, will bo colrtwted close of the WtS was announced at chapel uy " Ilydi