Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 9, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 December 1902 — Page 1
Average Daily Circu» /t JT7Q let ion for /November O9 I -Xhis is three times the circulation cf,., 7'any other Terre Haute newspaper.
VOLUME XVII.
EXPLODING DYNAMITE SPREADS DEATH
FOUR MINERS KILLED AND NINE BADLY INJURED AT WILKESBARRE
FIFTY SIX PIECES WENT OFF
WERE BEING CARRIED BY MINER WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TRIPPED.
PHILIPS' BODY BLOWN TO ATOMS
Mine Officials Say This is the First Accident of the Kind to BJ Known in History of Anthracite
Mining.
WILKESBARRE. Pa.,.Dec. 9.—Bv the explosion of 5U sticks of dynamite in No. 3 colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkeshnrre coal company at South Wilkesbarre this morning, four men were killed and nine badly injured. The dead:
MATTHEWS PHILLIPS, aged 3S. married survived by widow and four small children. .JAMES McGLYNN", aged 31, married.
ARTHUR JONES, 20, single. .. ROF.FRT UMBLlf&Y.
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1:f injured:
Charles Stafford, Evan L. Jones, Clyde Davenport, Evan Richards, George Knaur, John Ru:1hf.on. Neill Sweeney, Jacob Jones and Thomas B. Evans.
The accident occurred at the foot of the sliait where the men were standing about a stove, warming themselves. Matthew Phillips picked up the box of dynamite, placed on his shoulder and started for a distant portion of the mine, lie was followed by his laborer, McGhnn. It is not known exactly how the accident occurred, but it is supposed Phi'lips stumbled and dropped the box and all of the 56 pieces exploded.
Phillip's body Mas literally blown to •pieces and that of McGlinn was lwdly cut up. Officials of the mine say this is the first, accident of the kind that has ever occurred in the history of anthracite coal mining.
The explosion caused considerable damage I hough not sufficient to shut down operations at the c-ollierv.
MRS. A.L.LFN D'VERGED
Senator Fairbanks' Daughter Gets a Decree in the Courts at Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 0.—Mrs, Adelaide F. Allen, daxighter of United States Senator Charles TVT. Fairbanks, was granted a divorce from her husband, Dr. Hrfface Allen, Jr.. today by Judge .McMaster The complaint for a divorce was filed Saturday and quietly placed 011 the calendar of the Superior court. Todav when the case was called the deIfndant, Allen, appeared through an atlornev, but did not defend the action. Mrs Allen complained that,, during the vears of their married life Allen had failed to contribute to her support and :!hd treated her cruelly and neglectfully. ,Little testimony was heard by the judge. :Mrs. Ailer's bells' the principal evidence submitted. The decree grants the restoration of the maider name of the plaintiff. Adelaide P. Fairbanks, and orders the payment of her attorney fees by Allen.
^..-MICHENER'S STATEMEHT
Explains His Letters by Which He Is Feeling Presidential Sentiment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. P.—Colonel Michen er, who, in letters to friends in Indiana, pictured Hanna a bogey man, liable -t gobble up the Hoosicr delegation to the national Republican convention, issued a statement today. He said he had Avritten the letters on his own motion to thirty friends. The answers indicate that Indiana is solid for Fairbanks, if he is a candidate. If Fairbanks should drop out and Hanna should be a candidate, it would be an even fight between Hanna and Roosevelt for control of the delegation.
MURDEREDWf"BRIDE
Texas Man Killed "Her as He Was Jealous of Her—Then Killed Himself.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec.. 9.—Last night near Garden "Valley, Henry Davis shot and killed Mrs. Wynne, a bride of three days. Davis met his victim in the road and opened fire. He then blew out his own brains and fell near the body of the murdered woman. Jealousy is slipposed to be the cause of the crime
I CARNAHAN ?S DEAD
Member of Indiana Le^rs'ature Elected Last Month Succumbs to Illness as Result of Campaign.
WASHINGTON, Ind., Dec. 9.—The Hon. Ukman Carnalian, 58, who was elected the Indiana legislature on the Repubtan ticket last month, died this morning ms home in this city. Carnahan's fa,al illness was due to exposure during a ittc-r political fight prior to his election.
I Seven Sailors Drowned. J-j ANTWJ5RP, Dec. 9.—The steamer Flora as wrecked near here today. Seven of er crew were drowned and nine, includig the captain, 'were saved.
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WORST CONDITIONS TO BE REVEALED
When the hearing was opened this morning the death of Dr. Rice, an independent operator was announced. Justice Gray, in a few brief words, paid a touching tribute to the dead man. James McMeigle, a miner employed by the Markle company, the first witness today, told of the dangers he had undergone.
Once, he said, he complained to the company that the breast where he was working was dangerous and- he was afraid he would be killed. The superintendent told him, he said that unless? he worked the breast no cars would be given liim for another chamber. Rather than risk his life, he went out on a strike. Shortly after he was evicted from his home, said McMeigle.
D. B. Gallagher, now employed at Jeddo in a Markle mine, said that, since the strike he nas been put on contract work in a bad vein and was only able to make from fifty to sixty cents a day. Before the strike he worked the same vein as a company miner at $2,27 with free oil, cotton and powder. Buying oil from the company he had to pay thirtyfive cents a gallon, while in stores in Hazel ton he could purchase the. same for eighteen cents. The company found fault when he bought oil from other than company stores.
COLD WAVC !N EAST
Temperature Lower in New York Than for Twenty S Years at Same Period.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Today is the coldest December Otli in twenty six years. The thermometer was down to 8 above at o'clock this morning. A high wind with a polar breath, made out-door life extremely uncomfortable. The Salvation Army authorities and the charity bureaus report wide-spread distress from the coal famine.
Mercury Is Away Down.
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 9.—Last night the mercury here went down to 25 degrees below zero and at 9 o'clock this morning it was 18 below.
Below Zero in New York. GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y, Dec. 9.—'This morning found the thermometer ranging from 18 to 24 below in this city.
MRS. SANDS' MAID
'fells of Visitfs Which Sir Charles Craddock Made Her Mistress—Society Drops the Trial.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—The divorce suit of Sir Charles Craddock-Hartopp against his wife was resumed this morning with the court room filled with spectators. Long before the doors of the court room were opened a long line was waiting at the entrance to the public galleries. Th3 fashionable element were not so much in evidence as heretofore, but middle-class women fully made UR for the lack of society attendants.
The first witness called today was Emil Dennison, a maid of Mrs. Sands, who is mentioned by Lady Hartopp as corespopdent in her counter-charge. The witness testified regarding visits which Sir Charles had made to her mistre'ss if j?
MINERS ORDERED OUT
Claimed That a West Virginia Company is Filling Places of the Union Men,
CLIFTON, W. Va., Dec. 9.—The United Kins Workers in the county Monday ordered out the miners at the Spillman mine at West Columbia, tfhe union claims that the Spillman company is discharging all union miners and keeping the nonunion men. Nine hundred and ten miners and laborers are affected.
EAGLES INSTITUTE BRANCH HERE TODAY
MINERS INTEND TO SHOW THE IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES MARKCOMMISSION EVERY FEATURE
DISCHARGED FOR REFUSING TO GO INTO WHAT SEEMED A DEATH TRAP.
ED THE OCCASION-MANY VISITORS ATTEND
STORY OF JAMES M'MEIGLE WILL PARADE THIS EVENING
DAY'S CEREMONIES WILL CONCLUDE WITH AN ELABORATE BANQUET AT ARMORY.
SAY PAY IS GROUND FROM THEM ORDER MAKES GREAT STRIDES
Forced to Pay Thirty-five Cents fori Comparative Stranger in'the World ot Oil When the Stores in the I Fraternalism, But it Is Fast TakPlace Sell It for Eighteen
Cents.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 9.—Counsel for the Mine Workers before the anthracite coal strike commission, are determined to put many witnesses oil the stand to testify to the worst condiions in the mines of the various companies and they hope in this way to produce such a preponderance of evidence that, the coal companies will cry enough or the commission declare that sufficient testimony on that line has been adduced. The worst has not been told, say the miners' lawyers. The testimony concerning John Markle's mines will probably be concluded today. There was no one to represent Markle at the hearing yesterday and the witnesses against them were only subjected to a light cross-examination by counsel of other companies.
ing Rank With Fcremost Lodges of That Class.
The ceremony of installing an aerie oi the National Order ot Protective ....Eagles was begun at 2 o'clock this afternoon when the two nundred local members assembled and paraded to the depot where they met the J£agies' special which brought nearly four hundred members and visitors formed in parade and inarched to the hail in the
Swope block where tne installation oi' the new aerie took place with elaborate and impressive exercises. This evening the Eagles will parade the principa. stieets at o'clock and later enjoy a banquet at the Armory.
The prospective Eagles met yesterday evening in the Commercial club rooms and balloted for members and officers. The contest for membership lasted until after midnight, nearly 200 persons being accepted on tho charier membership list.
After the election of members the Eagles voted for officers. The following persons were, chosen:
Worthy Past President—Ferd Frank. Worthy Piesident—YVl W. Kaufman. Worthy Vice President—Hugh Reynolds.
Worthy Chaplain—D. C. Slocum. Worthy Secretary—Herman Dilg. Worthy Conductor George Weiiibreck.
Inside Guard—Harry Davy. Outside Guard—Duff Xsehf. Worthy Physician—Dr. R. H. Leavitt. Worthy Trustees—J. M. Vickroy, Joe Gfroerer and Edward Schomel.
The new lodge starts with a charter membership of 200 persons. It was 1 o'clock when nearly 150 members of the new lodge met at the Swope block and' formed a procession which marched to the Union depot and met the special train carrying a large number of Eagles from other cities throughout Indiana. The parade was headed by the Ringgold band, each member wearing an ,1-lagle badge, after which the lodge inarched in open ranks. The rear was brought up by three carriages, containing the officers of the Terre Haute Aerie.
The procession reached the depot at 2 o'clock but the special train was 4 minutes late and it was after three o'clock before the Terre Haute Eagles escorted their guests down town.,- The Ensrles went at once to the Maecabee hall, where the secret work wi.s begun.
Bg Banquet Tonight
The institution of Terre mute's x\erie of Eagles will close tonight with a grand paretic and banquet. The parade will form at Seventh and Ohio streets at 7 o'clock, marching west on Ohio to Third, north on Third to Wabash avenue and east on Wabash avenue to the Armory.
At the armory a banquet will be served. The program calls for speeches from the prominent local members of the order and many of the visitors. Mayor H. C. Steeg will deliver an address of welcome. The special train which brought the "Eagles from Indianapolis will be held at the Union station until after the banquet.
All city officials have been invited to the banquet. ,*
SIX PERSONS MISSING
Supposed to Have Perished in a Fir® Which Visited Atlanta's Business Section Today.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 9.—Probably half a dozen lives were lost in a fire which started about 4 o'clock this morning and gutted the business section of Atlanta. Tha property loss is estimated at $1,000,000, with insurance of two-fifths of that amount.
The following business houses were almost completely destroyed: Guarantee Clothing company P. H. Snook & Austin Furniture company Williams House Number One Viaduct lunch rooms D. B. Hollis Liquor company, Jacobs Pharmacy company, Alonzo Herndon's barber shop and the Mammack Drug company.
Fire Chief Joyner fully expects to find half a dozen or more dead bodies in the debris when it has cooled sufficiently to permit a thorough search.
Weds Kentucky -Belle.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 9.—Algernon Daingerfield, son of Major F. A. Daingerfield, manager of the Castleton farm here, and Miss Margaret Duncan, daughter of H.' T. Duncan, mayor of Lexington, will be married this evening at the home of the bride. The young people will reside in Washington, IX C., where Daingerfield is secretary of the Bennings race track.
BANK VAULTS WITHSTAND ATTACK
PARTICULARLY DAR NG ROBBERY ATTEMPTED AT IRWiN, PA.
Strong Box Which Held the Money Not Shaken by the Explosion and the Robbers Had to Flee
Without Bocty.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 9.—Meagre details of the robbery of the First National bank at Irwin, Pa., have readied this city. At 3 o'clock this morning several burglars bound the watchman and
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the second story of the bank building, severed all
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open the bank vault. Their
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tlie strong box was unsuccessful, other than to damage the locks. The safe deposit boxes which surrounded the strong box in the vault were ransacked and many negotiable papers, jewelry and the postoflice supply to the value of $1,000 of postage stamps were taken.
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Cleveland Lad Was Truant at School and When Confined He Executed His Threat, to Die.
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CLEVELAND, O., DecT Wheeler, a lad of 12 years, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by hanging himself in his cell at the county jail by means of strips of cloth torn from the sheet of his cot. He had been sentenced to Lancaster reform farm and preferred death to the restraint of his liberty.
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Wheeler had been a wayward youth for some time, having came before Judge Callaghan on several occasions. He was not seemingly a. bad youth, but simply reckless and uncontrollable His chief -offenses were playing truant from school and wandering away from home, although it is said he had committed petty thefts. His teachers in the public school could not control him and he had ben attending the West Side unclassified school for some time past.
When Forest was placed in the county jail he wept copiously and beat the bars of the cell like a caged bird. He begged piteously that he might be let go. He told the boys in the adjoining cells on Sunday that he would never go to Lancaster. They asked him how he would avoid it and he replied that he would kill himself. "I would rather die than go to Lancaster," he said.
"TERSE HAUTE, m, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1902. TEN PAGES. X.AST EDITION— NUMBEB 9.
IMMIGRATION BILL BEFORE CONGRESS
COCKR'ELL OFFERS MEASURE AFFECTING STATUS OF MILITIAMEN
VUVTCHMAN BOUND, GAGGED CHRISTMAS RECESS DECIDED
TELEPHONE OPERATOR WAS SIMILARLY TREAiED AND ALL CONNECTION WAS CUT OFF
TAWNEY'S DOCKAGE BILL IN FAVOR AND WILL BE* ADVANCED.
DEPOSIT BOXES WERE LOOTED MORE NOMINATIONS IN SENATE
Moffatt Named as Consul to West Indies—Receivers of Public Moneys at Several Western Posts
Chosen Today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The house today adopted a concurrent resolutior providing l'or a Christmas recess of congress from Dec. 20 to Jan. 5.
Mr. Tawney, (Rep. Minn.) then called up the London d'oekage bill, the special business before the house. The bill provides that there shall be nothing in the contract between shippers and ship companies whereby the latter can make charge of the dock tax at the port of London. Mr. Tawney said the senate has passed a similar bill and that later in the day he would move that the senate bill be substituted for the house bill in order to expedite its passage.
The president today sent to the senate the following nominations: To be consul at Turks Island, West Indies, Thomas O. Moffatt, New York.
To be receivers of public moneys: E. D. Owens at North Piatt, Neb. Edward F. Garrett at Boise, Idaho Wm. A. Hedgman at Hailev, Idaho.
Mr: Coekrell offered an amendment pro viding for the mustering in and examination of the militiamen before he could be considered to be with the service of the United Lcates. It was agreed to. The bill was then sent to the^calendar. It will be called up for actioil. Thursday.
The immigration bill wa^lien taken up.
HUBBARD'S WIFE QUITS
Fra Elbertus Deserted by the Woman. He Says Differences In Temperament.
BtTFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 9.—Mrs. Elbert Hubbard, wife of Fra Elbertus Hubbard, the Roycrofter of East Aurora, has left her husband. She is temporarily making her home in this city with Hubbard's wealthy sister, Mrs. John D. Larkin. Relatives say that Mrs. Hubbard will sue for a divorce. Fra Elbertus said today "Our differences are purely a matter of temperament. She is fond of society, dress and other amusements. She is' not in sympathy with our work here, and she has always protested against such features as having ex-cOrivlqts around and giving work to unfortunate women. "She leaves East Aurora of her own accord, and I wish her well wherever she goes."
Before her marriage Mrs. Hubbard was Bertha C. Crawford of Bloomington, III. Hubbard met her ..while lecturing in the Illinois town.
Try to Prevent Strikes.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Fred W. Jobe, chairman of the state board of arbitration, has resigned his place as member of that body and will become labor commissioner for an association of local business firms formed to prevent strikes.
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CLEVELAND SITS WITH FEDERATION
EX-PRESIDENT T. INTEREST IT WOL.K
KES ACTIVE THE
APPLAUDED UPON ENTERING
GREETS MARK HANNA ARCHBISHOP I.'ELAND HIS JOKE.
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PROMINENT SPEAKERS HEARD
Voice Great Confidence in the Influence of the Civic Federation and Predict Better Days for Labor in This Country.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Grover Cleveland was added today to the list of notable men present at the annual session of the civic federation.
Mr. Cleveland arived a few minutes before 11 o'clock. He locked hale and hearty as he walked into an ante room and removed his coat. Archbishop Ireland was there and chatted with the I'oTmer president for some minutes. Then Senator Hanna appeared and said: "How are you, Mr. Cleveland'" ."Very good, and how are you?" ^''Pretty busy," said Hanna. "Hearts bowed down with woe," quoth the archbishop, laughing heartily. "Now you two old, enemies get, together/' he continued.^ .v.
Mr. Cleveland was aplauded as "he entered the assembly rooms. He declined a seat on the platform, but put on glasses and took a seat beside the archbishop.
John H. Comans, who under the direction of Carroll D. Wright, has charge of the investigation into the question of the "restriction»of output" in the United States, was the first speaker to-
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Mr. Comans said the question 6f restriction of output must be separated from that of high, wages. He said that unions have a right to. insist on high wages, but the unfair restriction came wnen-the union stipulated just how much work its men may do.
MURDERED BY IGANDS
Russian Prosecutor Who Had Been Active Against Them Chopped to Pieces.
ODESSA, £ec. 9.—Word has just been received here of the murder of State Councillor Gedevanoff by brigands. The state councillor incurred the enmity of a band of brigands operating in Caucass by his energetic work against them. The band accordingly appointed three of their number, named Kolomln, Lubimov and Lehrmikoff, to put the obnoxious officials out of their way. The three men boarded the councillor's train, murdered the conductor and then hacked the councillor to pieces with axes.
Cossacks captured the brigands a f«w days later. Their trial will shortly be held at Triflis.
Glass Plant Burned.
FOSTORIA, O., Dec. The F^ostoria Glass Specialty company's plant was destroyed by fire this morninr. Loss 40,000.
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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy and probably threatening tonight and Wednesday possibly •now southerly'winds.
WAR SHIPS BEAIfcw DOWN ON VENEZUELA
NOW ITALY JOINS ENGLAND AND GERMANY N DEMANDING PAY
ADDS A SHIP TO SQUADROI*
PURPOSE IS TO SEIZE PORTS ANE COLLECT AMOUNT OF THEIR CLAIMS. i-r*
CASTRO SILENT AS TO COURSl
Gives No Evidence of Preparing tt Meet a Demonstration, Nor of At:empting to Offset Trouble by Settling.»'
WASHINGlON, Dec. 9.—A long dis» ^fg utch was received by the state departt'?4Jl .:eiit this morning from Minister Eower^i
Caracas, giving the details of the pre.f$|f .rotation by the representatives of Greai,^T| Britain and Germany of ultimatums t( Sil enezuela and of the subsequent dep«rt ire from the capital for cruiscrs in th« .arbor of the British minister and Gcr .:an charge d'affaires. The dispatch aL aid that the record and business oj oth legations had been turned over to 'he American legation.
A messenger from the German era Sassy in the city called at the state de'
British CaHnet Meets.
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•artment shortly afterward and left ommunication from the British ambas a dor for Secretary Hay containing pro umably a formal notification to this gov^rnment of the action of Great Britait|^g sending an ultimatum to Venevuela nd in preparing to enforce the collection "•f her claims against that country. y&|
At the meeting this morning the Ven? •/uelan situation wa* one of the pritt iftj| cipal matters discussed. ,»I l.taly Also Has Grievance.
ROME, Dec. 9.—Germany and Italy •iave been exchanging views
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respective claims in Venezuela., Ar* result Italy will send a man of war tc Caracas to protect Italitns ihere.
Ports May Be Seized -v WAbHlN GTON, Dec. 9.—Unless Ven® «uela produces some twenty or more mil ions of dollars within a very short tim .he landing parties from the British and ierman warships will seize her customs aouses and proceed to satisfy then claims. The first part of the progran: §f has been carried, out, the delivery of an ultimatum setting a time limit within tvhich the claims must be paid and th« |S departure of the diplomatic represent a fives of both countries to their warship** ''he second act will undoubtedly be of force. Whether or not this preliim. nary step leads to war, depends entirelj upon President Castro. There is no in dication of his attitude in the lettej which he published yesterday in the papers of Caracas. In this respect his state, 'nent is regarded here as enigmatic. Colloquially speaking he is looked upon at doing the "baby act" after years ol feigned or real indifference, relying on the hope of a repetition of the policy ex. nressed bj' President Cleveland in his mei| sage to congress of 1895, regarding tin British-Venezuela controversy. Castro suddenly becomes profuse in his promises to pay, but finds his pledges regarded a? worthless. The dispute in which Cleve. land expressed his interpretation of th« Monroe doctrine so vigorously and which thereby was forced to settlement by arbitration is hardly paralleled' with the present situation. There was then a question of territory involved and th« Cleveland administration believed thai Great Britain's attitude was raetically one of aggrandizement. The distinctively American policy was therefore applicablei Incidentally the administration at "Wash ington was not then as now so much enrapport with the British government, The Spanish war gave occasion for the exhibition by Great Britain of a kindly fpeling for this country, which mky easily account for the change of sentiment. Moreover, by his insolence toward the United States as well as toward the two countries now at issu* with him Castro has entirely alienated the state department. The authorities here have been wishing for more than a year thnt some foreign power would administer to aCst.ro the chastisement which they believed he deserved. Solemn assurances hfve been given several times over hv both Germany and Ttn'y, but. th"v wi'l not seek to acmrire anv territory in* their forceful contention of debts.
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held today at which Venezuela situation was discussed at^/fehTfli
POftTO KCm COMPLAIN
Those Who Are in Hawaii Want the United States Take Them Back .Hcme.
HONOLULU, Dec. 3, via San Francisco, Dec. At a mass meeting of Porto Ricans in Hawaiia held last night, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions calling on the United States government to send them back to Porto Rico.