r--Ttiirrsww n-"" IV "W. I A DELUGE OF ROCK TOP OF MOUNTAIN IN CANADA FALLS ON TOWN AND COAL MINE. ritty-SU Lives are Lost by Strange Dis aster In Craua Nest Coal HM- Hn trance to Coal Mine Hurled Under 100 Feet ol Huge Rocks-Rlthcr Upheaval of Limestone or Earthquake. Frank, N. W. T., A-prll 30. This placo has visited yesterday morning hy the wont disaster that has over been known in any community In Western Canada, posib!y In the entire Domin ion. What was either a land or rock slide of such gigantic magnitude as to bo utterly inconceivable to tlio mind ol any whos eye has not beheld It, or n, slide Induced by a seismic upheaval, killed 60 people, destroyed the plant of the Canadian-American coal and coke company, did a vatt amount of damage to the mine and completely devastated about ten square miles of tho finest and moat pictnrtsquo section of the Crow's Nest pass. Tho catastrophe came at 4:15 yester day morning, when residents ol tho town were awakened by a deafening tu "mult and a shaking of bulldiugs which It seemed would rattle them into com pleto demolition. Of all the town's In habitants, numbering nearly 1.000, not ono professefl to havo reached the out side of his domicile In time to see any part of what took placo, hnt when day dawned It was seen that the whole aide of Turtle mountain had failed away and that the country extending from the eastern edge of the town for two miles down the pass and entirely across the pass, a distance of two miles or more from the mountain, lay burled beneath rock and debria of various kinds for a depth varying from 25 to 100 feet. The coal mines of the Canadian American coal and coke company, or more properly the seam being worked, extends along the aide of Turtle moon tain in a parallel direction. It is a vertical vein and la worked from a tun nel up. It waa immediately over the workings that tbq mountain fell away, burying them to a depth of more than 100 feet. Aa there is no geologi cal expert on the ground, it is Impost! ble to determine the true character of tne force exerted. Many bold to the , belief that it waa an earthquake which caused the mountain to fall away, oth ers believe it to have been a limestone upheaval, while others think it waa simply a slide caused possibly by the lime rock slaking under the Influnco of the thawing weather of spring. Dig Their Way Out. It was at first believed that the death roll was swelled by the total number of men at work in the mine, 17, and tbnt tbe mine bad been mined by the walla squeezing together under the terrific strain, but happily both proved nntrue later in the day, when the men rescued themselves and brought out a report of the condition of tho mine. Had the mine been ruined, it would have meant a loss to the company of about 13,000, 000, out, as it is, tbe mine will be re opened, and it Is thought the actual losa to the company will not exceed , 1250,000, if it amounts to so much. The imprisoned miners eacaped by dig ging their way toHhe surface from the upper working. Borne were injured, but none seriously. Tbe Canadian Pacific railway is a heavy loser by tbe disaster. Two miles of line waa buried from CO to 100 fret deep, and a new Hoe will have to be located and built, Tbe entire Ions re sulting from the disaster, it ia estimat ed, will nraount to f 1,000,000, if not considerably more. Payne Starts Reform. Washington, May 1. -The postmaster general today issued an order in which ho eaya that reports have reached h.m that there are persons dolngduty in the department who are carried on the rolls either of tbe Washingtn city or other postofllcea, who are employed under a specific appropriation for other purposes than department service, in Washington, and that temination of this practice, wherever it exists, ia directed. Aa a result of the ordor, four employes of the Washington postofflce were dropped from tbe rolls toJay. Western Union Stands Pat. Butte, May 1. There Janochango in the strlko situation of tbe Western Union. P. V. Moflitt, of tbe Western Union, eaya that no attempt will he made to reopen the office in this city until he la assured that the office can keop open permanently. The business of the city ia still somewhat crippled, though tho Postal 'ia giving fairly good service. Tho Toetal will complete I another wire to Helena thia week, J NEIW A STIR.UP, Postotftce Officials are Ln In .Methods Too Anxious to Please, Washington, April St). it Is the con censunof opinion among fair men who havo watched the ostollico ilojKirtntent ol lato vears, and who ato familiar with its officials, that thoro is much mora sinoko than tiro in that depart ment Just now, and that the Invrstlgn tlon thai has boen under war for scv eral necks will mako lar less retina. tional disclosures than have been te dieted. Not but what the busluesa metnods of tho department will bo shown to bo lax in many respects, and that remedies will bo recommended, for this no one doubts, but it is reasonably certaiu that very few officials will lose their positions as a result of Ihu charges that have been filed and are be ing run down. Tyner Is, of course, already out, and Assistant Attorney General of the Department Chriatiancy is suspended at his own request pond lng investigations. " The poatottlco la the biggest and most extensive of all the government department, it employs more men, and is mora generally distributed over the country than any other branch of the govt-rnmeont, hence, tho chances for fraud, for wrongdoing, and for evils arising from lax methods aro greater than in any other department. At the same time, with so many employes on the rolls, and so mauy officials with varying grades of authority and re sponsibility. It will be an extremely difficult matter to fasten onto any one man the responsibility for shortcomings that may be found. The service will benefit from the In vsitigiatlon, no doubt, for ita moral in fluence ia good, and ae rvea aaa warning to all employes that the postmaster general Is after wrouguocis, and Is ready to prosecuto all he can find. WORK (UNO RUN DOWN. Ten drceks and One American Killed In a Kansas Smash-Up. Buffalo, Kan., Apiil 29. A north bound Missouri Pacific stock train crashed into tho rear end of work train Just north of this town at 7 o'clock last evening and 11 men were killed and 25 injured, 10 of the latter seriously and four fatally. All were Greeks except one. The causo of the wreck la given as misreading of ordera. The worktrain consisted of fiatcars and a caboose, all filled with laborers. The men on the flatcara escaped by Jumping, but hardly a man In tho ca boose escaped. Tbe work train was backing Into town for tho night and running at a good speed. The heavy freight engine did not lave the track, but plowed tbe work tram off the track, leaving little of it except the car wheels and kindling wood. Doctors of Buffalo, assisted by townspeople, did heroic work among the injured until tbe wrecking train from Neodcsha and a corps of naif a dozen physicians ar rived. The dead and injured were taken to Coffeyvillo, tbe latter to bo temporarily cared for at the hospital there. The scene of the wreck for several hours looked Ilka a battlefield by the dazzling light of the burning debria, with dead men atrewn about on tho ground, where they lay after being taken from the wreck. The foreigners were nearly all mar ried and had large families in the old country. At tbo office of General Superintend ent Gould, in Kansas City, the blame for tile -wreck waa placed on the con ductor and engineer of the construction train. The freight, which waa a regu lar train, waa on time and bad the right of way. OBJECTS TO TWO TrllNdS. Conger Protests Against Russian Demands Affecting Our Interests. Pekln, April 29. Minister Conger has sent a nolo to Prince Clung, tbe grand secretary, protesting against two features of Russia's proposed Mancbur lan agreement, which are considered particularly antagonistic to American interests. The note objects to China promising not to open mora towns to foreign trade, becanoe negotiations aro proceeding in connection with tho American commercial treaty for the opening of Mukden and Taku Hhan. aud it objects to promising that the foreign employes in China shall be only Russians, The United States withholds ex urea- slon regarding tbe other demands, but Is prepared to Insist on her treaty rights if infractions incur. Vazquez Is Downed. Santo Domingo, April 20. As a re sult of tho fighting between govern ment forces and revolutionista here yes terday the government baa abandoned Ban Carlos and Gulda, and these auburbs are now occupied by the reb els, who became possossed of tbe am munition, rifles and cannon left by the government forces. The fighting of yesterday has entirely changed tbe sit' uatlon hero, and it ia hoped that peace will soon bo restored. The hoanitala or ine city are niiea wmi tne wounded. The lossea sustained by the government were haavy. EE3SSHS25S&SKSS9!SB338a CAPTAIN JIM'S .COURTSHIP" tfjjiS By A. E. RICE, Portland. J BSmaSaESSSS8SmSSm33S3S3S8SBS On a Docombor night. In tho ottrly tcvontlon. two won won leisundy walking un Tenth street, above Mor rison, In the city of Portland. A drizzle, or mint, was falling, hut tho temperature being wild una bk they wore, practically, "natives." huv In lived near to sixteen yearn In tin "Wcb-foot-SUte." tho men felt no In convenlnnctt and therefore, paid ml in tention to tho ntolslurw. An thoee msn play an Important part Ih the story, wo shall Introduce them Captnln Jim Smeetn. orglnnlly from Missouri, was about sixty y intra of ngo. and unmarried. Through steadiness and nttentlnn Id duty, ho had risen from deck-hand of n rlvor steamer to bo captain and had accumulated considerable of n for tunc He was n tall man with stooping shoulders and apparently little hme In both kneca, for hU walk had n shuf fling, rickety motion. Thin fnco. very red cheeks, thin, grey, pointed chin whiskers, small brown eyes, o'unhnd owed by bushy eyebrows. Captnln Jim waa "dressed," for ho had ac cented an Invitation to pass tho even lng at his companion" home, lie wore n black soft hat black frock coat and dark trousem, tucked Inside n pair of long legged, leather boot The coot hud oen a few years service nevertheless It had a Prince Albert cut and though a trltlo shady, he be lieved It added dignity to his appear once. Captnln Jim was a silent man. not easily duped; but like many other l- lent men. particularly tho elderly un married ones, silently yearned for an object on whom to confidentially un bosom his pent-up feelings. Such an ono. meeting with a charming temptress, unconsciously forgets his dignity, and blinded by Infatuation to tho most glaring inconsistencies, be come entangled In her net and so well, tho story relate what happened to Captain Jim Rmeets. His companion was also n WlHam otto rlvor steamboat captain Tom Webb, familiarly known nn Captain Tom. Ho was a Buckeye State man. about forty-eight yrara old. Not a bit dignified, yet a little serious at times. He wom a soft hat short pilot coat, grey trousers, tucked Inaldo long leg ged leather booM, which were then quite the thing. Ills hands were thmst deep In the pocketa of his coat. His teeth grip ped a short stemmed black pipe, nt which he was pulllot; away with such vigor thit his hollow checks aecmed drawn together. Captain Tom was not rJch. On the contrary, he appeared to be tnoxt wretchedly hard up. Ever In debt to those who were Impressed with hie bustling activity, and also to thoso who from fear of Injury to their busl uesa, loaned him money. Captain Tom never let a alight pass without punish meet and the refusal of a small loan be considered tho keenest Insult. It wru a reflection on his honor. Ho was naturally an Impulsivo man, very restless, with keen blue eyes, low broad forehead, bushy black hair and lull beard, a pronounced Roman nose, and ready at any time for any daring. Captain Tom had been for one full minute meditating. an astonishingly infrequent mood for him, whether to "bone" his companion for tbo loan of a ten then, or wait for chance to present a moro favorable opportunity during tho night, when tho current of his thoughts was Interrupted by Cap tain Jim observing: "Peer as your house bo expecting company. Tom!" "Shore"' replied Captain Tom, look ing ahead and seeing tho windows lighted up in n story and a half cot tage some threo blocks 'itnot "The party Is thar. Nan's friends sprlsln her. Look sharp, narrcr chan nel here, alnglo board wide. Keep yor course straight for thct ono light nhed." Arriving near tho housn. the two men too- quietly listening to tho banjo and fiddle music that wna dls tlnctly hoard above tbe clatter of feet In tho dining room. At length Captain Jim was moved to remark. "They bo a tcarln' of them fid dles all tow pieces," "It's tho barber and hi' pal a run ning -cm off for tho wlddy. Can't nn' It out any tow quick fer her nuthor." responded Captain Tom. "I sbud think ao!" dryly exclaimed Captnln Jim. Then slyly snulntlng nt his companion, he continued: "A trim craft, bo thct air wlddcr. Why, Jim, tier's ox stanch ez over carried cotton; badly treated though by a run away husband." "Poor thing," "Yep, too bad. Como In." Upon entering tho kitchen, which they found deserted for tho tlmo. Captnln Jim, from mere habit, warmed hln hands over tbo ntovo, whllo Cap tain Tom mndo straight for tho din ing room door, which ho quietly open ed, Just tho least bit, nud peered In at tho dancers. Having satlnlKd himself, ho closed tho door and Joined Captain Jim at tho stove, romarklng: "She's right Bmart tow. Rnrna her bread and supportn threo chlllun, and the wust of It Is they bo all gnls. Tuko a squint," motioning with his thumb to tho door. Captain Jim opened tho door, Just enough to get a good look nt tho dancers, then quietly closed tho door And exclaimed, as ho regained his place at .tho stovo: "Mottier of throo chlllun! You be not older nor twenty-tow, I'll awnr'." "Along' thirty tw. of she's n dn UldtMt gal twelve yearn old. Hut then It's tho way w carries herself. Listen to them feet, eh' Hho'n n Rood na half n dozen ur'imry wlmun." Captnln Jim grinned nt the rumnrk .iiid sedately oxfhilmed, "I nhud tltlril. mo What did her husband die ofT" 'lie's not dead, tnure's ttfo pity lie's down In California." "How b alio ft wldder. then" "Oh, Nan calls her, Tho Whldy. 'causo her husband's boon gone nigh lour yarn: went mlnlh' down thct wriy lomowhnr." Tho Idea of n man leaving such a Nplcndld looking young woman nn tin .to-called "wilder for four xmf beamed to Cuptaln Jim Hmoetn liierod lllll'. The thought of four yearn from hoi repeated Itself with such unconscious vigor that his lips Involuntarily bo trnyrd hU thoughts In to lira loud enough for his companion to hear and exclaim. "Yea. four yarn, nn ho nover wrll onc't nuther." "Reckon n dlvnrco wud ImpYove her future prospects," remarked Captnln Jim. "I on'ne It wud, hut Jim, sho'n out'n durcata. "Thct be a common complnlnt Tom but I'll allow ahn Interests mo power fullr You' think aho'd llko tew git cr OlvorroT" "Yep. don't I know It. of course I do I knowa,what'a what, but then. It'll tflko the'poor thing many n vn" tnw he'n got tew support thorn air thrro little gaU" Tho allrnro that followed was broken first liv Captain Tom atrlUnr tne tenth match on hln nnt I" since they entered the room to light hta nloe secondly hr Cantaln J'" '- emarklng "Toll you confidentially. Tom. I've half a mind tew offer Tl Wldder money tew git thct air dl vorce " "If ver rfo thct Jim. yer kin reckon th wlddy'll nhow her gratitude" Curttnln Tom fhe- prorf-dii to " cupboard, openrd the door and took from tho lowet ahelf a dark decanter saving as he did ao: "An yer kin toot yer horn on tow It tew." Captain Jim broko the enduing si fence with tho thoughtful remark "Pears like a nefn crnft. Tom'" "8nfe!" ejaculated Tom, aa he look oil at Jim In a surnriaod wnv: "nnfe why. Jim. her timbers, air aound ex a mlhty dollar." Captain Jim did not like that remark concomlnr n lady, who wan then Insld tiouaiy grlPDlPc at hli h'r srn- He oved Captain Tom. suspiciously and thoy asej "how he you a know In' of thct Tom?" Tom deliberately 'emoved tho stno "or from the dernntrr. pouro.) nomo liquor Into a tumbler then nlarod tho decanter on ton of tho cunhosrij and turning to Captain Jim winked, then rented- "Why. do ver n'rtoe a Inmo doe could hoe It down like flirt?" nodding toward tbe dining room, then drained tne giaaa. Tho frown on Captain Jim's fare re lazed partly, because he deemed the answer satisfactory and partly be en u so bo scented something pleasant in tho air. Aa tho two men looked at each other, steadily In tho face, Cap tain Jim Inquired, "Dew?" "Yep. I know you don't tctch nuthln strong, so I didn't tompt yor. Have somo. motioning with hla hand In e carolcss way, for Jim to help himself Captain Jim. thereupon, wont to tb' cupboard, remarking, "tho air bo ao lu-ter-mlt'n-tly damp about these parts thct a loctlo warmln In'ards does ono a smart sight of gor sometimes." "Yep!" rcspond&d Tom. as he look od straight at Jlm'a brow, "tho air hereabout does sorter wrinkle one up somo. Dry an' wet, dry nn wot, nn moro wot'll do It." Jim filled hln glans. and with. "well. tho wlddor bo tho word for mo." drank Tom relieved him of the glass, for rim acted an If ho woro choking, but be soon regained hln breath and ex claimed, "goodness. It Htlra n feller's In'nrdn up rlitht powerful. Tho elfin stuff I reckon ?" Then ho took n tmH red onion from lla vest pocket and ata it. Tom replaced tho dornntor In Its place and replied proudly, "you hot ehor llfo. no vov'mcnt tnx on thot. Jim what's thct you nlr cntln?" "Onion." v "What for?" Inqulrod Tom. "Dlslnfootor." ronllod Jin. "Onlo bo a powerful 'jnll-llauor dlslnfoctor. f nlliia carry ono." "You do." "I do." ropllod Jim. Further conversation wnn Intorrmit- od bv tho nppcarnnro of Nan and Tho Wlddy. Nan wnB Contain Toiii'h tall and angular wlfo. "Captain," anld Nnn addressing Jim, "you missed a tront In not Hcclng An nie danco tho fling." "We heard It, didn't ,wo JltnT" ro nllod Tom. "nn' now you an' mo will havo a fling togother, adzing Nan'n nrm, "Why, Tom, how you do nquoozo my arm." Tom moroly winked nt hnr, turned nnd oxclalmod, "I any, Jim." Hiving caught Jlm'a ovo. ho nro cocded to oxocuto ono of his nclontlflo ivuiKB, uy closing uotn oyea ror n couplo of socondn then opening thorn ono at r tlmo to their fullest ulzo. Ho then turned on his pool and with Nan left tbo room. ft foolln' of mu Tom. she's That significant action was not lost upon Captain Jim, nnd Auuto, Tho Wlddy, miiw It also. Kuch full o in bar Hissed. The)' wuro alone. Annlo eyed him clusuly. nnd tindor her Mtundy gnsu Captnln Jim began to find iienous, nnd nt length IooIhhI fool InIi. In that statu tin npoko foolishly, ror bo asked, "he (hot meant fer you T" Annlo answered "I rather think If waa Intended for you." Upon whlah loiunrk Captnln Hut ttgnln cast hln eyen to tho floor, nud looked moro ntupld than over. Jiiu'n nppourHiico wnn ho ludloroiiti that Annlo could not longer wmtrol lmr dtwlro to laugh. Her curious, qumitluitliig, half scornful Ionic had ituftonod to u Hinllii nud that gnvo olnro to a hurst of laughter, so spoil tnnuoiis, so delight fully fitiutnliio and InftN-tioun that Captain Jim at ohm felt himself u mnii again, nnd surprised himself, nn well an Annlo, by abrupt ly declaring. "Annie. I'd go through brlmstnuu an flro for you." It wan Indeed, ft revelation to her mid what Immediately followed wo xhnll nut attempt to describe. Hut, aa Captain Tom, bethought him of tho rttllnn. and stirmlalng tho consequence, if Jim's proximity to Annlo, hnond to warn him. upon opening the door rtinl crossing tho threshold. Tom din. onvorod Annlo seated nt the table, and Jim In tho net of bonding over her, and holding her right hand, presumably to kiss It. hut, by a dexterous movement, surprising In so old a man, Implanted one on her lips Instead. Annlo Instantly sprang to her foot, turned her back to Jim, puckered her mouth, and put on a most woeful face, which prompted Captain Tom to ox Halm with dlsgust' "I knuw'd thot onion would do It, tho blasted old fool " and so saying, ho turn oil and loft tho room. Captain Jim thought otherwise. Ho believed Annlo turned her back on him out of modesty. Ho stood contem plating tho swoontosn of that stolon kiss, nnd unconsciously exclaimed nloud. "Milk o' tho duds bo n nowhar." Annlo haughtily turned, ntampod tier foot, n rurlous habit somo women havo of expressing displeasure, and In dignantly remarking, "you aro rude," left tho room. It had been so Song slnco Cantaln Jim got close to a beautiful woman that tho very thought was ocstaay, and llko smouldering flro, needed but a. touch of breath to burst Into riotous name. It allured him ou to a degreo of admiration, where reason was lost ui the ortex of infatuation. Ho found himself saying: "I be a goto' tew do some court in here, I should thing so, Annlo, mr dear." Ho looked up aud discovered .aIio had gone, "Jest a lectio shy," then ho solilo quized, "by Clod, what a splendid craft. Jest tho critter 1'vo been looking out fer these ten yarn, I m sixty-one. barrln a month or slch, but who'd a think It. She be a grass wldder with three chll lun. all gals tow. big incumbrance, but then thet air be a circumstance In my favor. It's Jlst whal'll give mo n now. crful Influence over her, and by tho great horned whnlo nhe shall bo Mrs. Captain fimoeta, If I have to squander a row hundred a-gottln' her." "Hello, Jim," said Coptaln Tom. who entered agnln and softly closed tho door behind him. "How bo you. Tom?" replied Jim, "Rather mild for Dccombor, ch Jim." said Tom with one or bis pcoullar winks. ."Yaaa, pears a leetlo mild, but I reckon It'll blow up sorter noakln 'foro morning'." Tom worked up another wink and llreeted It full nt Jim. and follnwo-' It up by aoftly Baking, "how nlr The "I reckon hcrn afloat." "Jim. Nan says alio air atlrlln' white." "1 reckon Nan's about rlht Ihnr. Tom. Iter's a splendid craft. I'll allow." "Whore." nald Tom. "I ay Jim." "peaking confidentially, "If you llko. i ii havo Nan pilot Annlo 'long some.' That voluntary offer, mndo by Cap aln Tom, not Jim thinking. After cnstlng n questioning look at Tom ho answered slowly "N-no. I kinder reckon you needn't InteMide, but thank you, all tho sntno. Tom." "All right. Jim. tho host o' feelln'n, vor know." replied unabnahod Tom, "Joat keep her well fixed In 'rocVn.' Ihet'n my advlco" "Don't you ho n worrln' any, Cap tain Jim rockonn ho bo up tow snuff, well I gueas I'll look at tho gala n hop pin'." remarked Jim. "And Jlno our sot In n reel, oh Jim!" Jim shook his bond demurely. nnd ropllod, "alnt a fcclln' in prnetlco tow night, Tom." "I confosa I nln't nuthor, shorn I nln't." replied Tom. "Cot n ntrcnk or tho blues. That crorer I mv Jim. Vln yer lonu mo a ten ror a row dnynl" "No, I can't Jlst now, Tom," answer cd Jim nlowly "Never enrry any change about me, nn yor knows," nnd ho pnssod In among tho dancers, leov lng Tom ulono with bis disappoint, mont. "Tho old mlsnr." Tom angrily mut tered. "Ho'n got londa bf monoy, nnd tnver lout a holpln' hand ylt. All right, Jim. I oplno tho wlddy'll soften ver up somo. I'll put hor on tnw yor loekorn. old man, nn' If nho don't scnU lor your duccata, ao na to mako yer hnr atnn' up atrnlghtor than a picket fonro, I'm no prophot." (To t Cvnllnutd.) Hntno 1'resorlptlon. "These ahoea, doctor," anld the cob bler, after a brlof examination, "ain't worth mending." "Thou, of courae," anld the doctor, turning away, "I don't want anything1 done to them." "Hut I chargo you two ahllllnga Just tho same." "What fori" "Well, air, yon charged me five shil lings the other day for telling mo ther wasn't anything the matter with ma. -Tit-BlU. ,n IS 4' T iSm