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OOVin THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWIR.COLUMBIA
VOLUME LVIV. NO. 147
ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 4. 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIFTY MINERS
Entombed by Gas Explo
sion In Mine.
NOT WORKED SUNDAY
And Urge Amount of Gai Ac
cumulated in the Lower
Workings.
SHOCK FELT TWELVE MILES
Work of Rescuing th Min.r I Mad
Difficult by th Feulnatt of th Air
and Only Fit.n Bodiaa Hava Bn
So Far Rooverd All Oaad.
Iteiiton. 111., April J.-Hom SO mln
er were entoinia-d today In Joaeph
!-uer'a mine at S5elrtr by a terrific
explosion of gas and probably JO ora4
burled men are dead. Thua far J
bodies have been found. The explosion
wna du to the fai t that Lei t her mlnea
wore not worked on Sunday, thua al
lowing the gas to accumulate In tha
lower working.
When between 35 and 43 miners had
descended Into the mine today to re
aume work a terrific aiploelon blew the
tlmbera aboul the mouth of th mine
high Into the air. One of the steel
ragea waa blown to the euiface from
the bottom of trio S00-foot shaft Th
shock of the explosion waa felt at lien
ton. 11 mllea distant. One miner waa
killed and 40 aevereiy Injured at the
mouth of the ahafl In which the ex
plosion occurred. The work of rescue
begun at once by mtnera. who were
arriving at the (line when the rtploa-
lon took place, but the main ahaft waa
so badly wrecked that rescue work
has to be carried on through air ahafta
Thle hindered the work of aiding the
entombed men to such un extent when
darkness fell tonight only three bodies
and one Injured man had been brought
to the surface. These bodies were
found 40 feet from the bottom of the
air shaft The work of rescue Is made
very difficult and dangerous by the
foulness of the air m the mine. Only
two bodies found show murks of the
explosion, death In al) other cases be
ing evidently the result of osphyxfa-
tlon.
There was much excitement among
the miners when the accident became
known, because there hud been a strike
of long duration and many conflicts
occurred between the atrlkera nnd non
union miners. An all day Investigation
tenda to show the catastrophe wna due
to accidental explosion of accumulated
giia.
Joseph Lelther Is expected to reach
Zelgler tonight, although at first re
port he was enroute to Europe. Rea
cue work will continue alt night.
Tonight St cofTlns accompanied by
on undertaker arrived at Kclgler.
The number of the dead Is eatlmat
ed at 34 and wounded 8 It transpires
that there were two explosions clos.
together. The first explosion took
place In the air ahaft nnd waa fol
lowed 'by a much greater explosion In
the main shaft. The explosion wrecked
the shafts, blowing out aklds on which
the cages were hoisted. Of the 34
men thought to be dead, only T5 have
been taken out at 10 o'clock tonight.
Besides these bodies three were re
moved alive, but with fntnl Injuries.
Superintendent Hurd aald tonight
that the shaft was a wreck and the
main entrance so disabled as to take
a weeTc to repair It. In the effort to
recover the entombed men, five res
cuers were overcome after the damp.
AH aeurchera for the men below had
'to be let down by ropes.
Daolarad Draw.
Philadelphia, April 3. Young Cor-
bett and Toting Krr.e of this .city
sparred a six-round content tonight.
Corbett u fat and fought wildly.
Erne, wtill actlva, appeared timid.
Under th law no derision waa glvan,
but apactatora appeared to be of tne
opinion that It waa a draw.
DONT WANT MUCH.
Oovarnor Pabody and Oanaral
Ball
Sued for 9100,000.
Denver, April I. Chaa. II. Moyer,
president of tha federation of minora,
today'aued ex-Governor Peabody, Gen
aral Hell and General Wolla for dam
agee on account of alleged hardahlpa,
humiliation and disgrace.
Moyer allegea that ha was confined
In a military prlaon at Tellurite with
out any legal process and that hla
health haa been linpntred. He wants
1100,000 damages from each of the da
fendar.ta.
GAMBLING IN FRISCO.
Grand Jury Clot Up All of tha Pool
Room.
Hun Francisco, April. 1. The grand
Jury started a wsr on the pool rooms
toduy. Nine arrewts were made at
Zlck Abratn's resort and nearly all
the big pool rooms have suspended
business.
The. Inforamtlon of tho grand jury's
Intentions reached the pool rooms In
some manner, otherwise wholesalt ar
rest' would have been made. Fore
man Andrews of the grand Jury la
greatly disappointed over the) small
number of arrests.
Indicted for Embexzlement.
Washington, April' 3. The federal
grand Jury today reported an Indict
ment against Andrew A. Llpacomb, a
prominent attorney of thle city, for
connection In an alleged embeaalement
of $lt,000 from tho Washington en.
dowment association.
SANTA FE IN WRECK
Heavy Train Collides With a Train
of Workmen.
TWO WORKMEN ARE KILLED
The Engine of tho Work Train Waa
Completely D. mo I i shed and tha
Front on th Freight Engine Was
Smashed in and Fireman Injured.
Rayton, N. M., April 3. -A wreck haa
occurred on the Santa Fe road one mile
from thla place. A heavy freight col
lided with a train loaded with work
nieiit, causing the lnstnnt death of two
workmen Manuel Llba and Jose Con-
tras and severely Injuring four th
era. Th engine of the work train
waa completely demolished and the
front end ,of the freight engine was
amnshed In. Both Llba and. Contras
were mangled beyond Identification
Llba'a head waa severed from his body
and thrown a distance of 40 feet.
Contras' head was smashed. David
Martinez and Romelo Cure I a, work
men, were so severely Injured that
they may die. Virgil Snilthon, fireman
of the freight, had his hand cut oft and
O. C. Williams, engineer of the work
train, was badly bruised.
TROUBLE IN WARSAW.
Well Informed Men Predict Another
Strik Imminent.
Warsaw, April 8. Increased unrest
In labor circle Is noticeable today and
well Informed men are of the opinion
that another general strike Is Immi
nent. A large manufacturer In a
neighboring town, refused a big con
tract last week because after confer
tng with the leaders among his work
men, he was convinced that all of his
employes will walk out within a month
In aplte of the manufacturers assur
ance that the employes will profit
equally with himself by remaining to
complete the contract
COMMISSION
Panama Canal Commission
Named.
ALL ARE NEW MEN
Secretary Taft Announces the Per
sonelle of New Commission
Appointed.
SEVEN COMMISSIONERS NAMED
President RooMv.lt Appointed tha New
Commission and Authorized 8cr
tary Taft to Announce tho Appoint'
mnt Upon Hi Departure 8outh.
Washington, April 3. President
Roosevelt haa carried out hla plana for
tha reorganization of the Isthmian
canal commission as to the personal
and business methods generally on tha
lines of the legislation suggested by
congreaw at the lost Mission which
foiled In the crush of buslneaa In th
eloelng houra. Today, within a half
hour after the president's departure
from Washington, Secretary Taft, dl
rectly In charge of the canal matters,
made public the personnel of the now
commlsslon and the division of duties
among them.
Only one member of the old com
mission waa reappointed Benjamin M.
Harrod. Otherwise the commission Is
new from top to bottom, for there Is
a top and a bottom and considerable
difference between the functions and
pay of the commissioners. Finding
that he was legally obliged to appoint
seven commissioners the president did
so, but carried out his plana by mak
ing three of them practically the full
commission. The other four, although
bearing the title of commissioner, not
only receive much lower compensation,
but are assigned to much smaller du
ties and flelda of activity.
The president also carried out his
scheme of dividing up the work of
the canal building among the commis
sioners, so aa to be nominally acting
as a body on state occasions, each
Individual member would operate In
a special field. The head of the com'
mission la a trained railway,, man,
chosen for his administrative abilities
In the financial and purchasing field.
The new governor of the tone Is a law
yer who has also had much to do with
state affairs. The engineer commis
sioner, already known for his ability
In execution of practical work of canal
cutting.
The other membera of the commis
sion are simply placed on It to com
ply with the provisions of the Jaw as
to' the number of the commission, but
are men of high ability as hydraulic
engineers.
Secretary Taft told them today that
they were expected to show results
and that, he said, was the key note for
the president's action.
COAL STRIKE.
Big Ona Threatened in Pennsylvania
Mining Fields.
Altoona, Pa., April 3. It begins to
look like a atrlke of the coal miners
of the Central Pennsylvania field. The
joint acale committee of minors and
operators met here this morning ana
resumed consideration of the wage
question. They adjourned thla after
noon, deadlocked. ,
One operator said: "It looks aa It
thla may bo a tie-up of the field. We
can't get together, and the outcome la
In doubt."
A miner aald: "So far, we have
been unable to agree, but there's hope."
The coal tax bill In the legislature
la practically killed, ao far aa It re-
fers to bituminous coal and both aides
go ahead with the scale making with
out fear.
NEW OIL FIELD8.
New Oil Diecoverite Hava Been Made
in Texas."
Houston, Tex, April 3. Another oil
field within two mllea of the present
Humble district Is now on the eve of
being developed, and It Is aald to
promise to equal, If not surpass, the
Humble field. A party of men of means
recently purchased and leased 150
acre on the San Jacinto river, where
experts and geologist pronounce the
Indications of the presence of gas and
oil as good as any field yet discovered
in Texts,
The Kuth Oil Company haa been or
ganized, and the promoters have al
ready commenced tne erection or a
derrick, contracted for the boring of
a well and the machinery la now being
placed on the ground.
DON'T WANT OPIUM.
Petitions to the President from th
Philippine,
New York. April 3. The executive
committee of the Filipino Progressive
Association has asked President Roose
velt to urge the Philippines Commis
sion to carry out the recommendations
of the committee which reported upon
the best means to suppress the use
of any traffic in opium in the Philip
pines. The committee recommend
system of government monopoly with
absolute prohibition of the opium busl
neaa aa soon aa possible.
8t.am.r Mandalay Waterlogad.
Eureka, April 3. The steamer
Mandalay, which was reported disabled
oft Crescent City, waa towed Into thla
port today by the tug Ranger. She waa
waterloged and part of the deckload
of lumber waa loat
One of the Most Spirited Cam
paigns Closed.
THE RESULT IS IN DOUBT
Republioana Claim That Harlan Will
B Elected by 20,000 and tha Demo
orata Ara ' Equally Sanguine That
Dunna Will Be Eelected by 50,000.
Chicago, April 3. One of the most
spirited contests of recent years
wound up In Chicago today. The
municipal ow tiers Kip of sljec rail
waya haa been the Issue. John M.
Harlan, son of Justice Harlan of the
United Statea aupreme court, la the
republican candidate for mayor and
Judge Edward F. Dunne of the cir
cuit court la the democratic candidate.
Both candldatea stand pledged, for
municipal ownership, but by different
methods. The democratic candidate
stands for the Immediate purchase or
condemnation of all the tangible prop
erty and unexpired franchises of the
railway companies. The republican
advocates the reference of the ques
tion to the people by referendum vote.
The republican managers claim the
election of Harlan by 20..000 plurality.
The defriocrats seem confident that
Dunne will have anywhere from 30,000
to 60,000 plurality. It la not thought
likely that thee socialists will poll over
10,000 votes.
Mor. Trouble.
Warsaw, April 6. Attacks on police
men are becoming more frequent Two
offlcera were wounded tonight, one be
ing shot and another stabbed. The
assailants escaped.
Russian 8quadron. '
Jlbutll, French Somallland, April 3.
The Russian aecond Pacific squadron,
commanded by Admiral Nebogatoff
from Sues, March 26, anchored oft thla
port today.
GtilCAOO
ELECTION
A CLOSE CALL
Professor White of Cornel
University.
SILK HAT WAS CUT
Ex-Ambassador to Germany Has a
Narrow Escape on Pull
man Car.
NO CAUSE FOR ACCIDENT
Train Running at a High Rata of Spaed
From New York Passes a Freight
and Door of th Latter Strikea Win
dow in th. Pullman Car.
New York. April 8. Andrew D.
White, former professor of Cornell uni
versity and ew-ambagsador to Ger
many, haa had a narrow escape from
death while returning to this city from
New Haven. He was severely cut by
glass from a broken window and only
escaped by the narrowest margin from
losing the top of his head. The silk
hat which he wore waa cut across aa
If by a knife scarcely more than one
eighth of an Inch from the top of hla
head.
Mr. White had a seat In a Pullman,
two cara back from the engine. Near
him sat a woman and a child. The
train was running at a high rate of
speed near New York when it passed
a freight train going In the opposite
direction. Suddenly there was a crash
and a shower of glass and bits of wood
fell on Mr. White, who had been read
Ing.
His handa and arma were severely
cut, while a piece of plate glass had
cut his silk hat almoat In two. The
former diplomat was daxed by the sud
denness of he flash and Is still suffer
Ing from the shock. The woman pas
aenger, sitting nearby, was slightly
hurt and when the train reached New
York she was Bent home In a cab.
Examination of the car showed that
aomethlng had hit the double window
opposite where Mr. White was seatefl,
Glass from the side apparently had
been hurled across the car with such
force that the window beside the for
mer diplomat was demolished. The
train waa stopped but no caua for
the accident could be found nor was
there evidence that anything had been
UVrpwn at the train. Trainmen
reached the conclusion that a car doo
of the passing freight train caused the
trouble.
FORGED BY CHEMISTRY.
Man Arrested for Raising Poatoffic
Money Orders.
New York, April 3. Poatoffice in
spectors yesterday arrested Louis Oug-
genheimer on a technical charge of
forgery and he waa held in 33500 ball
The officers say that by his operations
In raising money ordera Gugenhelmei
secured at least $40,000 and possibly
$80,000.
Guggenhelmer is said to possess a
chemical secret that makes a real art
of his work In raising postofflce money
orders. His method haa been to pur
chase orders for small amounts, raise
them to large sums, and cash them
with merchants, buying goods and re
ceiving hla change In money.
TENNESSEE DERBY.
Capt.
S, 8. Brown's Agile Won tha
Rao and $10,000.
Nashville, Tenn., Xprll 3. Cap
tain S. S. Brown's bay colt Agile,
by Sir Dixon, dam Alpena, ridden by
Jack Martin, romped home an easy
winner In the Tennessee derby at one
and one eighth mile course today, de
feating John Smulskl, Ellison candi
date and Jack Lory, representing tho
stables of John W. Carr, by flva
lengths. Rama Horn anj Whlpporill,
entry of Captain W. S. Williams, was)
withdrawn. Agile was the favortt in
betting. Todays derby was probably
th richest atake ever offered In toe
south, tha gross value being $10,535, of
which $8300 goes to the winner.
MERGER OF BANKS.
Walla Fargo and Nevada National to
Ba Consolidated.
San Francisco, April $. A merger of
the Nevada National bank and tha
Wells Fargo bank was ratified at
meeting of the stockholder of the Ne
vada National bank today, having been
previously approved by the etockhold
era of the Weila Fargo Company bank.
The title of the new bank will be the
Wells Fargo-Nevada National bank of
San Franclaco.
It will have a working capital of
$900,300. The officer are to be: Pres
ident. Isaac W. Hellman; vice presi
dents, L M. Hellman, Jr.. and John F.
Bigelow; cashier, F. L. Lipman. The
amalgamated bank begins business
probably about April 15 in the prem
ises occupied by Wells Fargo Sc. Co,
corner of Market and Sansome streets.
GRAND CHANCELLOR KILLED.
Frank J. Ball of Knights of Pythias
Killed at Dallas.
Dallas, Tex-, April 3. Frank J. Bell,
a prominent attorney of thla city and
grand chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias, was shot and killed by R. R.
Parker, chief deputy district clerk to
day. The shooting occurred at th
district clerk's office in the court house
and was the result of a previoua quar
rel over fees. Parker waa arrested
and taken Into custody.
John tT. Coleman Gambler, Ar
rested at Centralia.
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Coleman Admita That Ha Killed Edna
Hoffman Bees use th Woman Re
fused to Respond to Hi Affections,
and Saya H Will Never Ba Hanged.
t
Portland, April 3. John T. Coleman.
a gambler, who murdered Edna Hoff
man, a notorious woman of this city,
was today arrested at Centralia, Wash.,
while attempting to escape from tha
Portland Northern Pacific train. Cole
man waa taken to the county jail at
Chehalls, where he attempted to kill
himself by cutting his throat with a
razor, concealed In his shoe.
Later the Portland officers went to
Chehalls and on finding good chances
for the man's recovery, brought him
to Portland. Coleman since his first
attempt at suicide, twice tried to tear
the bandages from his throat, and for
that reason it waa deemed best to bind
him hand and Toot to a cot when he
was placed in the Jail here. Coleman
admits that he killed the) Hoffman
woman because she failed to respond
to hl4 affections and! say he will
mae away with himself before he
will be hanged for the crime.
BOUND FOR VLADIVOSTOK.
Second Pacific Squadron Will Have
Fjght With Japanese.
St. ePtersburg, April 3. A letter
from Admiral Rejestvensky to Jils wife
Indicates the departure of the second
Pacific squadron from Madagascar
waters is final and it la now on the
way to Vladivoatok.
The admiral wrote that the sailing
of the squadron had been fixed for
March 19. Tha , admiralty admitted
their knowledge of this determination, .
It is understood that a rendevoua will
be made with NebogatofTa division.
HER
CAUGHT