Newspaper Page Text
IGaa in Pennsylvania Coal
Pit Exploded
e
Force of the Explosion Filled the Mine
With Muck and Debris Making Res
' cue Work Very Difficult.
FPitisburg, Pa—The last ray of hepe
for the rescue of any one of the 138
or more miners who were cntombed{
bv an exulosion at the Marianna
. mines of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coai.
Cempany was dispelled when the first}
rescuing party reached the workings
and found the dead bodies scattered
abeut the floor of the mine, ‘
Few, if any, of the bodies are mu
titaied, and the men ware andou‘bted-}
ly smothered by the deadly vapors
which followed the exvulosion, All
but twe of the bodies in the mine, it
is swuid, ate those of foreignors, 1
The workings in whizn the caras-!
tropke happened is knot'z as the Ra
<hel and and Agnes mined, i roal
ity a double mine, with uaierground
<conuections, |
IConstruction work was practially,
finithed, and Deputy State Mine In.
spoctor Henry Louttitt a few minates
berore the explosion, had completed
a two days’ inspection, whica had re
vealed no cause for appreacnsion,
Mine Foreman Henry Thompson and
two miners entered the cage, and it
was started towards tne bottom ot
the 500-foot shaft. There was atrem
bling of the ground, yound about the
mouth of the shaft as from an earth
quake, and an instan :ater there was
a terrific report, and the cage was
hurled up the zhaft and through the
roof of the shaft house, the mine fore
man and the iwo mzn still in it. The
bodies of the meu were hurled right
through the top of tie puilding and
far beyond it. Thompson was dead
when picked up, while tha others, al
though mortally injured, were hurried
to a hospital, :
Shattered portions of the woodwork
about the mouth of the shaft were
. blown into Ten-Mile Creek, 2,000 seer
"from the shaft, Portious of at least
two other bodies were bhlown from the
shaft and were found in the field
neatby. The ventilating fans were
put out of “commission by the explos
ion, and for several hours no air could
be forced into the mines. Immediate
- 1y ‘following the explosion a dense vol
ume of smoke issued Ircin the shafts,
Rescue work weas immediately start
ed, but it was impossible to gain
entrance to the mine for a long time.
“The opening up of the shaft was the
-only solution, and for this task there
were volunteers in numbers,
Relief parties en special trains from
“this city carried the chief officers of
‘the company an 2 mining oxperts from
‘the United States laborztor- and test
ing station, recently established here,
who took with them all of the latest
-appliances and devices for rescue
work, -
Several = experienced miners de
+scended the steéps inside the shaft,
-and succeeded in reaching the bot
tem, Here they found Zurther prog
ress barred, because the latter head
ing from the bottom of the shaft into
the mine proper was choked with
muck .and debris
The largest pcisible force was at
once put to work to vpen this passage.
"There was, however, practically no
‘hope fom the first of those entombed
men being taken out alive, but this
«did rot deter the most strenuous ef
forts "'to hurry the opeming' eof the
mine.
The noise of the explosion was an
-ominaus sound to all the people of
‘the little town, and they hurried to
the stene, each seeking a loved one,
and. most of them, learuing that a
loved one was duwn in the workings,
-was in all probability dead or dying.
“The scenes were pitiful, Many of the
women were hysterical, and their
shrieks and crics were heartrending. |
‘Others were silent in their grief, but[
in their drawn faces could be read the
‘awful agony thoy were enduring.
© The cause of the explosion hag not
been determined. Two theories are
-entertained; one is that = pocket of
gas was struck by one of the miners,
«quickly filling the workings and then
igniting from a lamp; the sther theorgs]
is that gas from a well on tne Ful'd)fli
farm, under which tie mine is loca:-i
ed, penetrated the workings. The |
land in the vicinity is said to be .’;‘us-{‘
eous, and it is possible that gas may |
have seeped through the coal stratum |
until it accumulated in sufficient vol
ume to cause the diaster,
Marianna, the scene of the dis-|
aster, is a new mining town in \\'ash-!
ington * county, Pennsylvania, forty|
miles south of this city, It was laid |
out and built up by the Pittsburg-!iul’-i
falo Coal Companv, with a view to
making it a model town in every re-(
spect,
OFFICERS MUST NOT TALK.
No More Discussion of Newport Con
ference Will Be Allowed,
Washington, D, C.—That there shall
be no further public discussion by na
val officers concerning the Newport
conference without permission of the
president, is the purpose of an order
issued by Secretary Metcalf, by direc
tion of the president,
On October 30th the department is
sued an order permitting officers to
discuss the work of this conference,
except so far as it applied to changes
to be made on ships to be authorized
in the future, The president has now
concluded that public discussions of
alleged defects of battleships will not
serve any good purpose,
“NIGHT RIDERS” INDICTED
Nineteen Persnos Held for Murder of
Captain Rankin, |
Unfon City, Tenn.—Nineteen indict
ments charging implication in the
lynching of Captain (wentin Rankin,
who was hanged and shot to death
at Walnut Log a month ago by a
~ band of “night riders,” were returned
by the grand jury, which, immediately |
following the killing of Captain Ran
kin, began an investigation of the
nigi:t’ rider raids in Reel foot Lake!
.district in Tennssee, J
M
APPROFRIATION FOR WATERWAYS
Recommended by United States Chisf of
1 Engineers.
Washington, D, C.—in his first an
nual report, General W, L Marshall,
chief of engineers, TUnited States
Srmy, makes a strong appeal for an
increase in the corps of engineers.'
The present authorized engineer
corps, he states, consists of one hun
dred andg eighty-nine officers, He re
commends an increase of one hundred
and thirty-two officers, sixty to be
employed on military and civil works
of construction, fifty-seven to be em
rloyed in three additional battalions,
?_nd fifteen for regimental organiza
ion,
The chief of engineers submits esti
mates of appropriations for the fiscal
year 1909-10 for fortifications aggre
sating $7,732.233. Included in this
Amount are the following:
Repair and protection of defense of
Pensacola, Fla., $507,100; defenses of
Galveston, Texas, $40,000, -
For river and harbor work the fol
lowing estimates are submitted fox“
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910:
Under continuing contracts, $20,479.-
057; rivers and harbors (general, in
cluding examinations, surveys and
contingencies), $21,464,141,
Estimates for river and harbor
work for the southern states in detail
Georgia—Brunswick, $47,000; Dari
en and Doboy bar, $10,000; Altamaha,
Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, $88,000;
Flint river, $25,000: Savannah harbor,
$400,000; Savannah river, $57,000;
Coosa river, $100,000; Cumberland
sound, $50,000; waterway between
Savannah, Ga., and fernandina, Fla.,
$44,000; Chattahoochee river in Geor
gia and Alabama, $230,000; Coosa riv
er, in east Tennessee, Virginia and
-Georgia, SIOO,OOO.
Alabama—DMobile, $492,000; Black
Warrior, Warrior and Tombighee riv
ers, $1,000,000; Mobile, $200,000; Mo
bile bar, $342,000; Alabama river,
$200,000; Tombighee, Alabama and
Missiseippi, $33,000; Alabama river,
$200,000.
Florida—Biscayne . bay, $27,000;
Withlachoochee river, $50,000; Apa
lachicola bay, $80,000; Carrabelle bar,
$75,000; Hillsboro bay, $10,000; Key
West, $50,000; Tampa bay, $25,000;
Apalachicola river, including lower
Chipcia river, $20,000; Blackivate riv
er, $25,000; Crystal, Manotu, Anclota,
Suwanee and Withacoochee river, $24,-
500; Indian, $9,000; Kissimmiee, $3,-
000; Oklawaha, $6,000; Orange, $5,-
000; St. John’s $647,000; Volusia bar,
'55,000; Choctawhatchee, $10,000; Es
cambia and Conecur, $10,000; Jackson
ville, $215,000; Pensacola, $150,000.
South Carolina—Charleston, $250,-
‘000; Alligator creek, $66,000; Pinijah
‘bay, $15,000;" Great Peedee, $10,000;
Santee, Wateree and Congaree riv
iers, $60,600.
NEW YORK BREAD LINE
Labor Agent Powderly Says the Line
Is Made of Liars,
New York City.—That most of the
unfortunates who stand shivering in
New York’s bread line waiting for dry
bread and a cup cf coffee are liars
and professional hoboes, who would
not work if employment was offered
them, is the opinion of T. V., Powder
ly, a government labor agent, who has
made a study of conditions here at
close range, .
Speaking c¢f his observations, the
government agent said: “Some of the
men are all right, but more of them
would not work if they had the
chance, I tock cne man, for instance,
to a restaurant and bought a meal.
When it was cerved he asked if it
might be taken home to his family.
He was one of those who honestly
wanted to work and could find noth
ing to do. ‘
“The majority teold me tales abhout
‘their lives—tales I knew to be false.
| Some of them pretended to have
been bankers, brokers, or engaged in
other lines of business, Their very
speech betrayed them, Most of them
are ‘bums’ and scalawags.”
STRIKE BREAKERS AT PENSACOLA.
3CO Laborers Take FPlace of Striking
Wharf Hands. .
Pensacola, Fla.—Nearly three hun
| dred negro leborers, in charge of 30
| detectives, arrived Lere, the majority
'of them coming from Louisville, to
take the places of the strikers on the
three export wharves of the Louisville
iand Nashville, where the men went
' cut on a strike a few days ago.
With the arrjval of the new men
work on the wharves was resumed,
but the newcomers are not satisfied,
at least a portion of them are not,
and declare they were not told thar
2 strike was on here, Some of thems.
applied to the mayor and wanted to
be sent out of town, but were in
formed that the city had nothing to
do with the matter, excepting that
they will not bhe allowed to remain
in the city unless tl®y secure some
kind of employment
3,000 People Homeless.
Guthrie, Okla.—As a result of a 48-
hour downpour in the wvalley of the
Cottonwood river and its tributaries,
the Cottonwocd hsas overflowed i(s[
banks, and many homes are upder wa
ter, and 3,000 people are homeless.
The river was one foot higher than
ever before in its history,
Fatal Rear-End Collision. -
Birmingham, Ala.—J, N, Gaston, a
conductor, was killed and three others
injured in a collision on the Southern‘
railway, forty miles west of Birming
ham, The rear engine struck the ca
boose of the forward train and both
engine and caboose rolled down the
high embankment,
-
Suffocated in salt Mine.
Detroit, Mich.—Six men were suf
focated in the village of Oakwood.
They were at work in a shaft belng
sunk for a salt mine, when the can
vas tube, which supplied them with
air, hecame clogged, and the shaft
filled with gas. In some unexplained
manner, this tube either became tan
gled or clegged at 200 feet down from
the surface. With the air supply shut
off, the shaft rapidly filled with gas,
and the men were suffocated,
FLEET'S HOME JOURNEY
Began When Sixteen Battleships
Left Manila., =
VOYAGE OF 42227 MILES
u 1 )
When the Baitleships Reach Home on
February 22 They Will. Have
Coverad that Distance. :
S o e s -
Manila, Philippine Islands.—With
the departure from Manila of the
American battleship fleet under the
command of Rear Admiral Sperry, tie
sixteen vessels that are making such
a remarkable round-the-world voyage
turned their prows definitely for the
home waters. They have been gone
from Hampton Roads nearly a yeaz,
If the record establizshed up to the
present time is maintained, the fleet
will return home without serious ac
cident or mishap of any kind, Its
progress has been watched by for
eign governments with deep interest.
The officers and men of the fleet on
this trip around the world have been
lavishly -entertained at every port
thoy' touched. In Australian waters‘
the Americans were greted by men
of their own race; in Japan and in'
China they saw the splendors of the
Orient, and in -the Mediterranean,
southern Turope will turn out to do
them honer, |
After clearing Manila bay the six
teen Dbattleships headed for Colombo,
Ceylon, where they are due in two
weeks. They will stay there for six
days and then proceed to Suez without
stopping., They are due at the south
ern entrance of the Suez Canal Jan
uary 5, and, after the leaving of Port
Said, at the northern entrance, where:
coal is to be taken on board, the ves
sels will divide into squadrons and
make a series of calls at various Med
iterranean ports. In this manner the
American ships will show at Athens,
Tripoli, Ville Franche, Marseilles, Ge
noa, Leghorn, Malta, Naples and Al
glers. According to the present
‘schedule the entire fleet will leave, Gi
braltar on Tebruary 6 for either
Hampton Roads or New York,
The vessels are due in Hampton
Roads or New York, February 22,
When the fieet reaches the United
States, it will have traversed, since it
left Hampton Roads, 42,227 miles.
WAGRER WON BIG RACE
Driving a Fiat Car Across the Line
a Winner in Record Time,
~ Savannah, Ga.—Covering the dis
tance of 402 miles in 870 minutes and
31 secends, the fastest time ever mada
in a road race in this country, Wag
ner, the French driver, in an Italian
Fiat car, won the grand prize race at
Savannah by the narrow margin of
fifty-five seconds. The race was the
most spectacular ever witnessed in
America, and, despite the rapid run
ning, there was no fatality, although
Erle, driver of a German Benz car,
plunged from the road while making
ninety miles an hour and came out
with nothing more serious than a
broken nose and jaw,
The time of the nine cars that fin
ished, in hours, minutes and mon?
was as follows:
First—Fiat, Wagner , ~ . .6310:8;
‘Second—Benz, Hemary |, . .6: 1527
Third—Fiat, Nazarro , ,', .6:18°47
Fourth—Benz, Hanriot . , .. .6:26:12
Fifth — Clement-Bayard, Haut-
Vasgts. | 8 cuiie e G g
Sixth—Renault, Strang . . . .6:43:7
Seventh — Clement-Bayard, Ri- i
gBl .o Nt e
Eighth—Tltalia, Fonriner |, | 6:46:32
Of the six American cars entered,
the Chadwicl, driven by Willie Haupt,
made the best e»swing: hut the pow
erful 120-horsepc=rzr 10r2ign cars soon
left the smaller Amer.cans far in the}
rear and not a car entered by an
American firm finished the race,
TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND U, §.
Agreement Covers Policy of the Two
Countries in the Pacific.
Washington, D. C.—Despite official
reticence, informaticn from reliable
sources has Dbeen obtained of an
uwgreement of far-reaching importance)
between the United States and Japan
covering the policy of the *wo coun
tries in the Pacific,
The agreerient is hased on the idea
of encouraging and defending free and
peaceful commercial development in
the Pacific. It coniains not only a
mutual guarantee to respect each oth
er’'s territorial possessions there, but
definés the attitude of the two coun
tries toward China Linding cach to de
tend, by every peaceful means, Chi
na's independence and integrity, and
to give equal commercial opportunity
In the Chinese empire to all nations.
But more important still, the azree
ment in the event of complications,
threatening the status quo, binds the
United States and Japan to consult
each other with a view to acting to
gether,
FAVORS REVISION CF TARIFF,
Joseph G. Cannon Places lHimself On
Record To That Efect.
Chicago, Ili.—Joseph @, Cannon,
'speaker of the house of representa
tives, placed himselt en record in fa
vor of a revision of the tariff, in ac
cordance with the promise of the re
publican party platferm, and declared
that so far as his vote was concerned
he would gee to it that the announced
policy of revision would be written in
the national laws as goon as possible,
The words of the speaker came at
the conclusicn of a luncheon given to'
six rear admirals of the United States’
navy by Alexander H, Revell of Chi
cago in the Union League club in that
city.
—————————— ]
- \
FIRES DELAY TRAINS. }
Great Damage Being Done Along the
: Southern Railway, ‘
Selma, Ala—Railroad men on the
Southern railway running on the Ak
ron branch of that system, report that‘i
great damage i{s being done along that
road by forest fires, :
The fires extend from Marion
Junction, 14 miles west of Selma to
Greensboro, and bLeyond, Trains are
compelled to make elow time for fear
that a large tree may be burned and{
fall across the track,
- ENGLAND FEARS GERMANY.
b B s
Lord Roberis Warns His Country of
a Peril By Seca.
- London, England.—Speaking in the
house of lords Field Marshal Lord
Roberts expressed the convietion that
the lack of a.military force suflicient
to make hopeless the attempt of an
dnvasion would, in all probability, be
the cause of the loss of Great Brit
ain’s supremacy at cea. In a studied
speech he pointed out the compara
tive ease with which Germany could
land an army on the shores of Eng
land. England would be forced, he
stid, to submit to most humiliating
remands. He disclaimed all hostility
to ar fear of Germany, but he said
that the defense of the islands re-
Quired immediate attention. There
should be an army so strong in num
bers and efficient in quality that the
most formidable of foreign nsations
weuld hesitate to make a landing in
‘England, He had ascertained, the
speaker continued, that vessels capa
ble of accommodating 200,000 men
always were available in the northern
ports of Germany, and that that num
ber of men could be collected in the
districts of -the nearest port without
any trouble, and that all preliminar
ies, up to the gctual dispatch .of
troops, could be carried out with the
utmost secrecy,
“It would be folly,” declared Lord
Roberts, ‘to shut our eyes to the pos
sibilities, however much peace is de
sired. The startling events in the
near east have brought home to the
most careless observer that nothing
could save that country which is not
prepared to protect itself, If Great
Britain continues to neglect the pre
cautions she will some day find her
self in the hands of the invaders and
forced to submit to the most humiliat
ing conditions. This danger is daily
becoming more threatening, Within
a decade Germany has created the
greatest sea power that ever existed,
except Great Britain.
It was Great Britain's interest, he
continued, to find out in what way
the great increase in Germany’s great
sea power was likely to affect her and
to adopt measures necessary for her
own defense,
Great RBritain’s military weakness
would in all probability be the cause
of the loss of her naval supremacy.
Lord Roberts’ resolution to thees
sect that the defence of the islands
necessitates the immediate attention
of the government to make provision
for a strong and efficient army, was
adopted by a vote of 74 to 32,
- INBUSTRIAL EDUCATION OFFICERS
Named and Convention in Atlanta,
Georgia Adjourns,
Atlanta, Ga.—With the report that
the society now has four hundred ac
tive members scattered throughout
the United States ,the National Socie
ty for the Promotion es Industrial id
ucation closed its second annual con
vention here, Alabama and Georgia
are the southern states in which the
members of the society are most num
erous, The society also has organized
state committees in twenty-eight
states. It was reported at the final
session that a great amount of infor
mation eoncerning industrial. educa
tion has been distributed during tne
MMg officers were elected:
© 'Dr. Alexander C, Humphries of Ho
boken, N. J,, president, Walter ¢. Kerr
of New York city, vice president;
Frederick B. Pratt of Pratt institute,
Breoklyn, treasuicr., The secretary
will be elected by the board of man
agers,
The board of managers elected tc
serve until 1912 follow: Fulton Cut
ting, New York; Leslie W, Miller,
Philadelphia; Miss Jane Adams, Chi
ca; Frank A. Vanders.p, New York;
B J. McNulty, Springfield, IIl.; Wal
ter M. Wood, Chicago; Louis Roullion,
New York; Marcelius H, Dedge, Wor
cester, Mass.
ALMGST STRUCK RCGOSEVELT.
Bicycle Rider Arrested for Nearly
Running Down the President,
Washington, D. C.—Because he
barely avoided running down the
president of the United States with a
bicyele while the latter was walking
to church Gilbert Beyer, a youth, was
arrested on the charge of “not having
a suitable bell on his bicycle,”
Boyer was released upon putting up
$5 collateral, which he forfeited rath
er than stand trial upon the charge,
President TRoosevelt was walking
briskly down E street with two secret
gervice men at his heels and started
to cross IMifteenth street, when he
heard a shout of warning from some
one in front of him. The president
sprang back just in time to miss being
hit by a bicycle ridden by a hoy who
was trying to steer the wheel with
one hand and carry a basket of milk
bottles with the other,
~ When the president shouted at him
to admonish him for his reckless rid
ing, the youth merely grinned and ped
aled swiftly away. )
- [stimated Cotton Crop.
New Orleans, La.~—The Times-Dem.
ocrat's estimatc on the cotton crop of
1908 is 12,£¢0,000 bales:
Alabama ~ , . . . 1,200,000
Arkansas . .., ~ 000,000
Georgia and IMorida, 1,900,000
;. Louisiana , . + . . 500,000
Oklahoma. . . . , 730,000
Mississippl ~.. . . 1,500,000 :
. North Carolina , . , 675,000
+ South Carolina, , , 1,150,000
.+ Tennessee . , . , ~ 400,000
onns . ~ .. . 8,828,000
SOt8) . .. 12,800,000
- These figures relate to the actual
growth, and are exclusive of linters,
repacks and similar additions,
~ Affer 36 Years Regains Sight,
- New York City.—After being blind
for thirty-six years, Misgs Alice [lol
lis sees again, Sight has been restor
ed to her and, although her vision |3
not perfect, she can read with eye
glasses typewritten letters, She cas.
g:ound her way around New York.
Hollis was determined to go to
Go?many and consult a famous spec.
fim on the eye, The doctor perform.
d “several operations on her eyes
with the result described,
. !
DIVORCE CASES IN U, §.
America Shows More Separations
Than any Other Country.
—
ONE MARRIAGE IN TWELVE
Eventually Fail---Desertion Moast Com
mon Cause of Divorce---Many Separa
tions are Caused by Drunkeness.
Washington, D. C.—The divorce rate ‘
appears to be much higher in the
United States than in any of the for
eign countries for which statistics re
lating to the subject have been ob
tained, not less than one marriage in
twelve in this country ultimately ter
minating in divorce. This fact has
been ascertained by the census which
has just completed a compilation of
statistics of marriage and divorce cov
ering the twenty vears from 1887 to
1906, inclusive, Similar statistics for
the previous twenty years were gath
ered some years ago.
The figures show that at the end of
the forty-year period divorces were
increasing about three times as fast
as the population, while in the first
decade of the period they increased
only about two and two-thirds as fast.
In the six years from 1900 to 190 s.
population increased 10 per cent and
divorces 29.3 per cent. The divorce
rate increased per 100,000 of popula
tion from 29 in 1870 to 82 in 1905 :
there being one divorce for every 3,
441 persons in the former years, while
in the latter there was one for every
11.218 persons, b
During the twenty years from 1887
to 1906 the total number of recorded
marriages was 12,832,044, while the
number of divorces granted during
this period was 945,625, For the pre
vious twenty years the number of di
vorces was 328,716, At the beginning
of the forty-years period divorces oec
curred at the rate of 10,000 a year,
while at the end of the period the an
nual number was about 66,000,
A more significant divorce rate is
that which is based, not on total pop
ulation, but on the total married pop
ulation, since it is only mar Tied peo
ple who can become divorced, These
statistics show that in 1870 the di
vorce rate per (100.000 married pop
ulation was 81, while in 1900 it was
200. This shows that divorce is at
present two and a half times as com
mon, compared with the married pop
ulation, as it was forty years ago.
The average duration of marriazo
terminated by divorce is ahout ten
years, 60 per cent of them peing less
than ten years. The number of years
from marriage to separation was as
certained in the cases of 770,929 qi
vorced couples, Of these 98,460, or
12.8 per cent, separated in the first
year of married life, and 14.2 per cent
In the second vear. The surprising
fact that was revealed that 3,1 per
cent of the total number separated
and became divorced after more than
25 vears of married life,
‘Children were reported in 38,9 per
cent of the total number of divorced
cases, children being present in 46.8
per cent of the cases granted to the
wife and in 22 per cent of those grant
ed to the husband
Alimony was demanded in 18 per
cent of the divorces granted to the
wife and granted in 12.7 per cent, The
proportion of husbands who asked for
alimony was 2.8 per cent
HOLSON MAHKES DEMAND,
Congressman Orders Poosevelt to
Keep the Fleet ir 2 Pacific Ocean.
Akron, Ohjo.—Congressman . Rich
mend P. Hobson, who was here has
sent a letter to President Roosevelt
demanding that he rescind his orders
recalling the United States flect from
the Pacific, In his lettir, he scored
President for his irterference in the
Japanese troubles in Caufornia, say
ing:
“Our presidents have invariably re
fused to interf/re in local matters,
even when for.dgu subjects were bo
ing assassinated, but in this case, Mr,
President, jou did interfere where
foreign subjects were not beirg harm
ed, If you were justified then in call
ing on the people of San Francisco to
surrender, you are not justified now
in withdrawing the fleet and again
placing them anqd their ueighbors on
the whole coast in precisely the same
defengoless nosition.”
TARIFF REFORM SURE.
Hundreds of Letters Approve Judge
Taft’s Position,
Hot Springs, Vo.—President-clect
Taft’s announced position in favor of
a thorough tariff revision ¢, being ap
proved in a correspondence which is
developing to the amount of more
than a hundred letters a day,
Mr, Taft’s determination in this re.
spect continues and the trend of re
cently expressed sentiment is most
gatisfactory to him,
CHICAGO’S BUSINESS WITH THE SUUTH
Prediction That It Will Soon Be En.
harnced 50 Per Cent.
Chicago, Ill.—“Chlcago’s busines
with the southern states will he en
hanced 50 per cent in the next two
years, Southern resources are walit-
Ing for development and Chicago cap
ftal will set them in motion, We are
going after the business of the Mis
efsippl valley at once,”
This is the verdict of thirty dele.
gates of the Association of Cominerce,
who, after a two weeks’ tour of south
ern states, returned here, The return
ed visftors declare that chiof among
the regults of the tiip will be a closer
affiliation of the banking interests of
the south with those of Chicago,
TENNESEE'S OFFICIALS VOTE.
Gave Bryan Majority of 13,602 Over
Other Candidates,
Nashviile, Tenn.—According to the
official vote in Tennessee, Willlam J.
Dryan received 135,519 votes for pres
ident, Taft 118,519, Watson 1,115, Debs
1,882, Hisgen 343, and Chafin 268, |
Mr. Dryan's plurality s therefore
17,300, His majority s 13,602, Gov
erncr Patterson's plurality over his
republican opponent is 20,800; his mau.
Jority is 19,458, '
LATENEWS NOTES,
- Generzl. ;
In a rensational coiloquy in the
Englich house of commens Premier
Ascuith declared the British naval
plans, whieh: provide for an increase
of the navy so that it may exceed by
1 per cent the combined strength es
any two nations, to mean “Auy two
powers wherever situated” Badgered
to declare whether this meant inclea
ing the United States, he lepeated the
original answer and declined to state.
The men respongible for . bribery
and corruption in San Francisco and
net their tools will suffer, if Francis
J. Henry has his way. He is so far
recovered from his wounds that he
has outlined the future action of the
distriet attorney, He emphatically
declared his Jife work would be car
ried to completion,
Two arrests of men under surveil
ance is expected to complete the
rounding up of a gang of alleged coun
terfeiters that has been flocding Clai
cago with bogus five dollar bills. Six
young women are already under ar
rest,
Laing Ching Kwai, special Chineze
commissioner of education to Ameri
ca, was robbed of valuable papers,
including his passport, at the Sher
man house in Chicago, The robbery
occurred while the distinguished vis
itor was dining at a Chinese restau
rant near by,
Having a horror of mice since ear
ly childhood, Miss Mary Isabel Mead
of Florence, N, J., died of fright when
a mouse, pursued by the family cat,
darted across the kitehen floor in heg
home. Miss Mead was well known
scelally,
Joseph Orscher, aged 48, a bricklay
er, repairing the masonry of a build
ing in New York City, fell from the
scaffold, sixty feet, to the pavement.
A doctor was summoned, and was ag
tonished to fimd that Orscher’'s only
injury was appareitly a dislocated
shoulder, He is apparently all right.
The week, Decembeor 7-12, is unique
in the history of the country. During
that week will meot in Washington,
the governors of all the stales and
their advisers, as the National Conser
vative commission, to list the Iresourcs
es of the Uniteqd States; the Southern
Commercial congress, to interpret by
the voice of authority, the resources
and possibilities of the south; the
National Rivers and Harbors conzress
to work for a coherent policy in the
development of the great natural lines
of transportation; the National Coun
cil of Commerce, (o consider the ime
portant featuwres of commercial rela
tions at home and abroad; the Com
mission on Country Life, to consider
rural sonditions in every respect,
Wazhington
Honorable Gifford Pinchot, presi
dent of the Naticnal Conservative
commission, and chief forester of the
United States, will address {he South
ern Commercial congress on Monday
night, December 7, on the “Commer
cial Meaning of the Appalachain
Range.” In addition to this gpeech,
there will be an elahorate display of
chart;, diagrams, maps, ete, by .iz
tern and otherwise.
Contracts for about 10,000 tons of
steel armor for the battleships Florida
’and Utah have been awarded by the
secretary of the navy, The Bethlehem,
Carnegie and Midvale companies wera
cach given a contract for about cne
third of tHe armour,
In a quiet and simple manner, trib
ute has been paid at the Chinese le
gaticn to the memory of the deceas
ed emperor and empress dowager of
China, Practically all the members
of the diplomatic corps, Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks, several members of
the supreme court and assistant geo
retaries of the various executive de
partments attended. President Roose
velt gent one of hig military aides,
Colonel Charles 8, Bromwell, who left
the president’s card and those of the
secretary to the president, and of Cap
tain Archibald Butt, another military
aide. Secretary Root was suffering
from an indisposition and sent a mes
cage of sympathy through Hunington
‘\\f'ilson, aselstant secretary of state,
as Aid also Admirzel Dewey through an
aide,
Admiral Sperry cabled (he navy de.
partment that he would allow the
men of the Atlantic fleet ehore leave
at Manila and permit them to partie
ipate in a parade and various festiv
ities arranged in their honor, He says
a few existing cases of cholera in the
Philippine capital are isolated as not
to be a menace to the health of the
fleet,
Major General John P, Weston, necw
in eommand of the Philipyine forces,
bas been assigned to command the de
partment of California, with headquar
ters at San Francisco, vice Brigadier
General Fred A, Smith, who will be
asgigned to other duties, Major. Ge
neral W, P, Duvall will succeed to the
Philippine command,
Ameriean Minister Rockhill, at Pe.
kin, cabled the state department say.
Ing that the Chinese government is
anxious for a postponement of the
meeting of the intoernational oplum
commission at Shengbal, from Janu
ary 1 to February 1. The Chinese are
not yet ready for the meeting, There
will be no objeteion 1o the request on
the part of this government, e
When Secretary Strauss of the de
partment of commerce and lahor was
agled if he coatemplated “a shake
up” among the officials of the immi
gration service at New York, he re.
plied that an improvement cf the ser
vice was in contemplation, “Public
office is not a private franchise, as I
myself will soon learn,” gaid the sec
retary,
President Roosevelt received at the
white houge, from the hands cf Gor
dor Leech, the last boy runner in the
relay run from New York to Wash
ington, the sllver tube containing a
mesgage to the presgident from Rich.
ard C, Morse, of the International
Young Men's Christian association,
Secretary Straus of the department
of commerce and labor has developed
a comprehensive plan for aiding the
unemplowed of the country, This plan
he will announce and explain in his
annual report to be made publie in a
few days,
