Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 20, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 September 1898 — Page 2

A MINE DISASTER. Explosion of Gas and Firedamp Takes Eight Lives. It Occur* Hear Brovrmseille, P Seventy Men at Work In the Mine at the Time—Three Are \ Killed at Naatleolte, Pa. . Brownsville, P*, Sept. 24.—Seventy men were entombed Friday in the Empire mine of Snowden, Gould & Cos., one-fourth of a mile below town, as the result of an explosion of gas followed by another explosion of fire damp. Os the number entombed all escaped or were taken out by rescuing parties except eight, who were killed outright and three more or less hurt. The dead are: John Haiston, miner, aged 35 (colored), wife and two children; Salem Haiston, miner, his brother, aged 25, single; Bobert Davidson, miner, aged 45 (white), no family; John Bennett, driver, aged 22, single; William Pritchard, miner, aged 50, wife and seven children; Henry Hagar, aged 17; John Cartwright, miner, aged SO, married but no children; James Hall, miner, aged 17, unmarried. The explosion is said to have been caused by the loosening of a large block of coal which opened a pocket of gas. Immediately following the explosion of gas there was a second explosion of fire damp. There were 70 men at work in the mine at the time of the disaster and at first it seemed an impossibility for the 54 men In entries nine and ten, where the explosion occurred, to escape. Four men, Jacobs,

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Davis, Whetzel and Walker, who were near the entrance, managed to craw! out, and the others with the exception •of those caught by falling coal es•caped by traversing a mile and a half •of underground pussuges coming out at the entrance neur Lynn station. This point is four miles from the opening of the mine on the Monongaheia river. * Disaster In a. Nantleoke Mine. ~Nnnticoke, Pa., Sept. 24. —Ily a rush In coal in No. 1 shaft Friday three men were entombed and probubly instantJy killed. They were (ieorge 11. Morgan, uged 34 years; John Shannon, aged 32, and John A. Jones, uged 28. Two other miners, John Woolford and John .lories,-nurroWly escaped wit it their lives. The men Were driving u rock plane in the shaft and had driven It about 35 feet above the adjoining •chamber, which had been worked full and played out. This chamber was about ISO feet from the main gangway, and a stout box had been built around the pillars to prevent a rush of coal. It is supposed that this box gave way. ■tenth of an Inventor. I'uducah, Ky., Sept. 23.—\luj. I. I’. Giruidey, a confederate veteran, aged 70 years, died here Monday night, lie was born in France and spent most of his life at Augusta, (la. lie iuveuted the Girardey fuse to explode shells. For his invention he received $30,000 for a one-tlfth interest during the war. His invention was successfully used in the Franco-l'rcxsian war. During the past few yeara he has resided in Paducah. Kmpreas of China In Control. Washington, Sept. 24.—The Chinese minister, Mr. Wu Ting Fang, Friday received, a cable dispatch from the Chinese foreign ofllcc at Peking giving the text of the edict issued by (he emperor Thursday, in which, owing to the critical condition of Chinese affairs, he calls back to power the empress dowager, and commits to her hands the -direction of the vust ulTairs of the empire. I'll in on n It rood Mare Dead. Versailles, Ky., Sept. 22—Miss Ilusell, the greatest trotting brood mare, aged 33 years, died. She was the property of A. J. Alexanders, owner of W’oodburn stock farm. Miss Husscll was by Pilot, Jr., out of Sallie ltussell, and dam of Maud. S., once queen of the trotting turf. Murder aid Halelde. Few York, Sept. 23. —Jiffies O’Nettl. yardmaster of the Long Island itajlroad company, shoti and killed 41x&. Ella Wilson at her home in Brooklyn and then killed himself. Mrs. Wilson was a widow with several children. O’Neill was single and had been a frequent visitor at her house for some time past. The actual cause of the crime is not yet known. Kimiif for Caveraor. Trenton, N, J., Sept. 23.—The republican state convention nominated Foster 11. Voorheet for governor by acclamation.

WANTS THE FACTS KNOWN. Secretary Alfirer Says There Is Noth, las la His Department te Withhold. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 23.—Secretary Alger, v*ho Wednesday night, was astir early Thursday morning. About nine o’clock the secretary and Surgeon-General Sternberg, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Boynton, left for Chickamauga park, where they spent tbe day in a critical inspection of the hospitals over which there has been so much controversy. Before leaving Chattanooga Secretary Alger said to a reporter: "The press has been disposed to exaggerate the condition of some of the camps, and things have been charged against the war department which were untrue and unwarranted. I want the facts, and all the facts, to come out, and have nothing to withhold from the public. "The great trouble has been that the people have not appreciated the Immense problem of forming an army of 250,000 volunteers without notloo and without the necessary equipment. The Spanish war came upon us almost ltko a bolt from a clear sky, and It found every branch of the war department unprepared for the task of equipping and handling such avast number of untrained men. "For a time there was difficulty In furnishing supplies and equipment for the troops, but that had to be expected. The department had only a limited supply of tents, and It had practically no wagons and ambulances to start with. There were a thousand and one details to look after, and a fairly disposed public will understand the disadvantages under which the war department worked for many weeks. As fast as possible equipment and supplies were sent to the several camps and If there has been, lack of medicines and necessaries of life ■ the fault lies with the commanding officersof the camps. "There may have been some lncomp*-' tent officers, generals and colonels In

charge of some of the camps, and if s.uch Is found to be the ease they will bo held strictly to account for their misdeeds. —“lf there are any commanding officers who nro now incompetent, or who fail to put their cumps in llrsl-claHscondition and keep them that*way, I promise that they shall iMMoplaced by men who are competent, arid who will see that perfect sanitary conditions are established and maintained.” - - ■ ’ TEN PERISH. Wrecking of the Schooner C. U. Funk —Only TvrSeaiieii Kscupe Death. San .Francisco, Sept, Australian papers received here on the steamer Alameda report the wreck of the schooner C. C. Funk, on Flirider’s island on .Inly 81, with ten'of her crew, all of whom shipped on the wellknown coaster either here or in the north. Only two .seamen, Albert Krough and John Petersen, were saved, and bud one body had been recoveredwhen tlie Alameda sailed. It was that of Peter Neilson. Darina Bank llohbery. Sail Francisco, Sept. 23,—Australian papers just received report a during bank robbery at Penhurst, about 201) Utiles from Melbourne. An unknown mun enterea the local branch of the Bank of Victoria and, covering the manager, Mr. Jamieson, with a revolver, bound and gagged him and obtained possession of .the keys of the strong room. lie abstracted about £ 600 in notes and gold and tnnde off; Anion iVtwned'GTeit Thompson has been urrestid on suspicion, the evidence against him being very st rong. Burled with Honors. Washington, Sept. 22. —The remains of .Cupt, Allyn Capron, one of the notable figures of the Santiago campaign, and father of Capt. Allyn lv. t apron, of the rough riders, who fell in the first battle of the war, were buried at Arlington national cemetery Wednesday, with military honors. The funeral was attended by a large num her of prominent tinny officers. . . A Fntnl Accident. , Pittsburgh, .Pa., Sept. 23.—Capt. George J. Adams, aged 33, and Capt. Charles Miller, aged 22,. his assistant, were instantly killed while conducting a fireworks displaynud reproduction of the Manila battle on the Allegheny river in front of the Exposition building Thursday night. Hanged. • Richmond, Ya, Sept. 24.--Joseph Terrell (colored) was hanged in the jail yard at Charlottesvilleal lILAQ.: o’clock Friday morning for the th r <>f his mother-in-law. Malindn dlrown. The crime was committed at Earlysville, Albemarle county, in May, 1898, tuul was a very brutal one. Mini Pay Their Own Way. Washington, Sept. 24.—An order ha* been issued by the war department to different commanding general*, Btating that furioughetj, men nro not entitled to transportation to theif home* at government expense. /

EFFECT WAS AWFUL First Reports of the Recent Hnrrl> esne In the West Indies hot . exaggerated. Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 24. —Mail advices which reached here Friday brought melancholy relief to the suspense regarding the full extent of the hurricane disaster at the islands of St. Vincent, At. Lucia and Barbadoes, showing that the first accounts were not exaggerated. At St. Vincent about 300 lives have been lost, not counting the loss of life suffered through the destruction of shipping. The coast is strewn with the wrecks of vessels, many of which were from Barbadoes. The storm raged from ten o’clock in the morning (Sunday, September 11) until two o’clock in the afternoon, completely wrecking the island. At the capital, Kingston, fully 200 houses were demolished, while the suburbs, Coxhcath and Montebello, were obliterated. Throughout the island the destrue tion was on a wholesale scale, not only the estates and buildings being razed and cultivation being obliterated. Tbe hurricane struck the island of Barbadoes on the night of the 10th, completely wrecking that fiat, exposed island and sweeping away 10,000 houses while damaging thousands more. This left three-quarters of the Inhabitants homeless. Over 100 people were killed so far as known. The city of Bridgetown was partially destroyed and the suburbs of St. Michael and Belleville were entirely demolished. All the EhfppTng'~was wrecked or blown out to sen. The total estimated damage besides the loss from the cane crop

nnd provisions is about $1,500,000 at Barbadoes. FLOODS IN THE ORIENT. Thousands In China and Japan Suffer from Storms of Unusually Severe Character. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. ?3.—Adyices from the orient by the Empress of India state that China and Japan have been visited by thunderstorms —rand disastrous floods, in which many hundreds of people have lost their lives. The region north of Ah Shangmountairjs has been inundated for hundreds of miles by, the Yellow river. Beveral hundred thousand persons have been plunged into the deepest distress and many into absolute peuury, which local authorities are unable to alleviute. Big Telephone Deal. Minneapolis, Minn, Sept. 21;—Negotiations which have been pending some time were closed Tuesday whereby t lie N ort It western Telephone Exchange company, the Western Electric system, the Western Electric Telephone company, the Minnesota Mutual Telephone and Telegraph company, and all of the dependent and allied companies, operating in between 500 nnd 600 towns in southern and western Minnesota, northern lowa nnd Soutli Dakota, will pool issues and operate their lines in direct connec--440n. This deal will possibte tbreach about 8,000 miles from this city by wire. This is suit! to be the first time a Bell company has ever entered into such an extensive arrangement With an Independent system. Duel to the Death. fit. Louis, Sept. 21. —Word was received here Tm*dny of a desperate and fatal duel betwe V Mate Bart Davis nnd the night watchman on board the steamer Mayflower, of the Diamond Jo line, which left here Monday night for Memphis. Both men nre dead. Nyinpathy for LI Hang Chang. -Peking, Sept. 21.—The diplomatic representatives of Russia, France, Belgium, Spain and Holland have called upon l.i Hung Chang to condole with him upon his dismissal from the Chinese foreign office. Much comment has been excited by the action of these ministers. i Cnatvlnr Threatened. —Madrid. Sept. 24 —Senor Emilio Cas tlnr, the republican leader, has reeeivod a letter dated at Loudon threatening that lie will be the next victim of,the auurehists. To Be Sent to Vienna. Paris* Sept, 22, —The Echo de Paris says M. Cambdn, the French ambassador stAVashington, is to be transferred to Vienna. v ■"Thlrty-Sl* Drowned. Paris, Sept. 23.—The French vessel VilTe de Fecamp foundered off Fecamp and her crew of 36 were drowned.

REPRESENT THE FILIPINOS. Emissaries of the Philippi*** Pro* visional Government Arrive —Will Visit McKinley. San Francisco, Sept. 23. —The United States transport China arrived Thursday from Manila via Hong-Kong, Nagasaki and Kobe. She brought with her as passengers several distingushed military and naval men, besides several journalists and two representatives of the provisional government of the Philippines who are en route to Washington to plead with President McKinley for the independence of the, island, after which they will probably proceed to Paris to appear before the peace commission. The Filipinos are named Fillipe Agoncillo and Jose Lopez, the former being Aguinaldo’s chief emissary. In n interview he said the insurgents fully expected to be allowed to govern themselves and even hinted that some sort of agreement had been made with United States Consul Wildman regarding the outcome of the war made by the insurgents against Spain, but what the terms were Agoncillo would not state. He said that he expected definite instructions from Aguinaldo by cable, but diplomatically refused to give the slightest hint of any he might have already received. The Filipinos are very shrewd and spoke English fluently. NO DELAY TO BE GRANTED. Evacuation of Cobs by Spanish Troops Mast Proceed Without Washington, SepL 23.—1 tis stated that the war department has received

no detailed reports or any information from the Cuban military commission regarding the work of the commission at Havana. In reply to the question as to whether there was any disposition to accede to the request of the Spaniards for a postponement, of thel evacuation of Cuba until some time next spring the statement was made-that no delay would be considered; that the evacuation must proceed with expedition and that the troops of the United States were now being put in readiness for the occupation pf Cuba nnd would be sent there. No definite date has been fixed for their departure. SAYS RULER IS DEAD. Unconfirmed Rumor of Demise of the Chinese Emperor —Edict Announces Ills Abdication. Shanghai, Sept. 23.—There is a persistent rumor here that the emperor of China is dead. Details are not obtainable, nor can the report be confirmed. The report from Peking of the emperor’s abdication is thought by many to lie intended to prepare the way for the announcement of the em-peror*i?-dcath. The most sinister reports as to the manner of the emperor’s deatli are in circulation. Advices from Peking say the gates of the inner city arc closed and that it is impossible to learn what lias really taken place in the palace. —” Two Killed. Findlay, 0, Sept. 22.—A fatal freight wreck occurred Wednesday evening at eight o’clock at the junction of the Cincinnati, Hamilton A- Dayton and Detroit & Lima Northern railroads at Leipsic. Train No. 92 on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton disregarded the junction target, and as a result the engine and 14 cars were ditched. Engineer Popp and Brakeman Moriarity were killed. Another Tobacco War. St. Louis, Sept. 23.—. The Republic says: Tobacco manufacturers and dealers in St. Louis regard the ten per cent, cut made bv the Liggett & Myers Tobacco compnny on all its brands as the beginning of another terrific fight to be waged between the Independent factories and the American Tobacco company, commonly referred to as the trust. To Suppress Ansrciiy Romp, Sept. 22. According to~tLe Italle several powers have decided to ■boW-in October tt mnfercnce' ter the' purj>o.se of considering and adopting tneasurea for tire suppression of anarchy. It is proposed to prevent not only the commission of crimes, but alao the propagation of anfrehist doctrines in barracks and workshops. Future Strength of Our Arm?. Washington, Sept. 24.—fct is expected that the United States forces after tbe volunteers designated for the purpose are mustered out will consist of about volunteers and Cl,ooo regular*

COLUMBUS’ REMAINS. Dost of the Explorer Is Exhamed 1* Presence of Ge**. lllanco at Havana. Havana, Sept. 27.-At nine o’clock Monday morning tfce official exhum tion of the remains of Columbus took place, in the presence of Gen. Blanco, Secretary Govin, the civil governor, the bishop, the dean of the cathedral and other authorities. The general public were ordered out of the cathedral at eight o’clock, and no one was allowed inside after that hour. The entrance to the cathedral was guarded by a force of otden publico, which kept back the crowds which assembled in front of the edifice. The ashes were deposited in a zinc case whieh was placed in the sacristy of the cathedral and a permanent guard was established to watch them. Public religious services will be held shortly. [The remains of Columbus had laid In their late resting place since January 19, 1T96. when they were brought from Santo Domingo, that Island having been ceded to France by Spain. Since the date mentioned the remains had laid In an open niche In the wall of the presbytery of the cathedral, a yard and a half above the ground, between a pillar supporting the main arch and the choir. In 1892 there was placed in front of the niche a slab of doubtful artistic taste, representing In relief a bust of the great admiral and bearing this Inscription In Spanish: "May the Remains and Image of the Great Columbus Lie a Thousand Centuries Preserved In This Urn and In the Remembrance of Our Nation." After the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the new world by Columbus, the Spanish cortez Included In the Cuban budget large sums for the purpose of erecting a fitting monument symbolizing the travels of the great discoverer, to be placed in the most conspicuous place In Havana, and the construction of a mausoleum to hold his ashes. This mausoleum, the work of the Spanish sculptor Melida, was brought to Havana and placed upon a hase erected in the center Isle of the cathedral, close to the main door. The monument, the work on which was entrusted to the sculptor Suslllo, has not come, and probably never will come to Havana. It was to have been paid for by an appropriation Included In tbe budget of the Island, but circumstances have overturned the plans made on the occasion of the celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, and it is probable that both the monument and the mausoleum will be placed In a fitting place In Spain, where they will be looked upon as one of the treasures of the Spanish nation.] TRUST COMPANY FAILS Receiver Appointed for New England Loan and Trust Company —Handled Western Mortgages. New York, Sept. 27.—0tt0 T. Bannard, of 30 Broad street, was appointed receiver of the New England Loan and Trust company by Judge Shipman, of the United States circuit court, on a suit brought by the Beal Estate Trust company of Philadelphia, and Sabillion Allen, of St. Albans, Vt. The company was a large lender of money on western mortgages. Des Moines, la., Sept. 27.—An official statement on the failure of the New England Loan & Trust company of this city was made Monday afternoon by *N. T. Guernsey, counsel,, for the company, and special counsel for the receiver, returned from New York. Summarized it is: ! ‘‘The New England Loan &,Trust company Is a corporation organized under the laws of lowa. Its business has been to deal In western securities consisting almost entirely of mortgages negotiated by It and In debentures issued by It and secured by mortgages deposited with trustees, the Farmers’ Loan & Trust company, of New York, and the Real Estate company, of Philadelphia, The company has a-capital stock of $875,000, undivided profits. $109,000, making an aggregate of $984,000. The amount of debentures outstanding is $5,600,000, and there have been negotiated $5,000,000 of real estate mortgages, the debeni tures and mortgages being almost entirely held in the east and abroad. A recent examination into the books showed there had been large losses on account of real estate that the company had been obliged to take over In connection with Its loans which were jnade during the boom times in Kansas City, Omaha,* Sioux Pity, Lincoln and Salt Lake City. The company Is unable to pay the Interest, and principal about to accrue on its debentures and take care of its demand obligations Tho company Is Indebted to New York bankers on demand notes for $135,000, and time notes SIO,OOO. Some debentures will probably be paid in full, principal and interestr* Others will stand some loss, but the loss on the debentures ought not to be large. As matters stand now it is Impossible to say what the extent of the Impairment of the stock will be. So far as the local conditions are concerned there are no creditors in Des Moines. It Is too early to attompt any definite statement of the company’s affairs, or to predict what steps will be taken looking to reorganization or liquidation.” 4 ■ Illinois State Fair. Springfield, IJU SepU_2l—The Hiii nois state fair opened Monday under j the most favorable auspices of any year.. The weather was quite warm and sunshiny. It was Children’s day and 120,000 free tickets had been distributed among the school children and 20,000 to 25,000 attended. The total attendance was over 30,000, being the largest first, day’s attendance known. • Never before in the history of the fair have the exhibits in all departments been so large. Pence Commlsalaon at Pieli,-V Paris, Sept. 27—the peace commission of the .United States arrived here Monday from London and was met at the railroad station by the United States embassy, a number of Americans and many reporters. A considerable crowd outside the depot witnessed the departure of the commissioners for their hotel. The journey from England to this city was uneventtuj. Queen Victoria has always beeF ivguwKi oy electricity, ’but. an experiment is about to be made in her eaeH* m 4he Highland*. When th'e court assembles at Balmoral a few weeks hence the electric lights will a !l be in TQsrtttm tn illuminate the palace George TV. Cable, wh, has just ended ■ w a ' enp,h - V ViRU ,0 where he was very cordially receivedj * IU * is said <0 contemplate the publication of some of it before long. l

CYCLONE IN OHIO. Great Destruetloa la the City of Liam —Buildings Torn to Weces-A Child Blown Away. Lima, 0., Sept. 26.—A storm which passed over Lima Saturday afterhoon at 1:50 o’clock did thousands of dollars’ worth of damage by wrecking buildings. A large number of people were’ injured and one child, the six-year-old son of Sidney Walthey, 374 South Scott street, cannot be found. The storm came up from the west. ■ When Mrs. Walthey saw the storm coming up she called to her son, who was in the yard, but just then the tornado struck, and the child was carried away in the flying debris. Hundreds have searched for him in vain ever since the storm. The wind and rain continued for fully an hour. The storm starting point was aboift three miles east of the city. A number of farmers living in that part of the county were on their road and many of them sought shelter in the big barn of Jacob Boze, which was leveled. George Hadsell, aged 70 years, had his leg broken at the knee and Jacob Boze had shoulder broken. The cyclone struck the northeast part of the city and twisted anew house belonging to William Harris from its'fouhdations and left it in the street. Crossing the Pennsylvania • tracks it demolished two water tanks, unroofed the Quilna brewery, Lima egg case factory and a number of adjacent buildings. It then struck the high school building, wrecking the whole roof, tearing out tbe west end and letting the roof and first apd second floors into the cellar. Fortunately it was Saturday and there were no sessions of the schools or loss of life would have resulted. Several schoolhouses cast of the city were leveled, bus no one was injured. The storm continued southwest, unroofed a portion of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad shops, and buried Harry Casewell under the debris. He was taken out with five ribs broketi. The Hotel French lost part of its roof. The Collin livery barn was unroofed, the West High street school building was unroofed, and 50 houses more or less damaged. The residence of Mrs. D. F. Andrews and John Btirgoyne, south of the high school building, were badly wrecked by debris from the building. In the southern part of the cMy there were a number of houses unroofed. The residence of Torrey Kirk was struck by lightning and Mrs. Kirk stunned. A house occupied by Willis McKibben was picked from its foundation. carried about 20 feet, and Mrs. McKibben badly injured by a stove falling on her. East of the city a house occupied by a family named Kohler was blown down and several members injured, none seriously. The church at Westminster, southeast of this city, was blown down and completely wrecked. It was one of the finest churches in that part of the country. sehoolhonse, west of'the city about three miles, was also blown down. LIMIT IS FIXED. President McKinley Says Spanish Mast Get Ont of Cuba by December 31. / Washington, Sept. 2G. —The instructions sent the American evacuation commissioners at Havana, practically amounting to an ultimatum to Gen. Blanco, insist that the evacuation of the island by the Spaniards begin not later than October 15, and that it be complete by December 751 next. What, the result of this demand will be is not yet known, but it is said that the administration is determined to tolerate no dilatory tactics on the part of the Spanish forces in leaving the island, although disposed to permit reasonable indulgence. It seems that the Spanish side of the commission has raid that they could not begin the evacuation of the island until the Ist of November, and that it could not be completed before the 28th of February next. In view of the alarming state of the Cubans, who are suffering from hunger, and the inability in the present uncertain conditions for obtaining relief, President McKinley sent the instruction* referred to in the foregoing. - Notice has also-been taken’ of the expressed purpose o of the Spanish captain general to remove from the island the remains of Christopher Columbus, with part of the surmounting monument. If a monument is not a permanent fixture, then it is hard to decide what is, and it is possible that attention will be called to the infraction of the terms of the protocol, although this must be done with haste, in order to succeed in its object, as the removal Is said to be fixed for next Tuesday. Infanta Mayla Teresa Floated. Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 26.—The wrecking company engaged under Lieut. Hobson in the work of saving the wrecked Span- | * £ h warships has succeeded in floating the crusier Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser after being got afloat was taken in tow by the Potomac and convoyed by the cruiser Newark, the Scorpion and the Alvarado, proceeded for Guantanamo bay. -- To Honor. La Fayette. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Dispatchet<5 the governors of all the states in the union asking them to make public proclamation setting, aside October 19 as La Fayette day were sent out from 'h* I aris exposition office Saturday. Th* telegrams were alike and were repetitions of a cablegram received from Commissioner-General Peck. Tragedy la a Chicago Suborb. Chicago, Sept. 26—Albert Danish shot and killed Joseph Pfaff in Edison I ark at 10:30 Sunday night. At midnight he committed suicide by shoofi fag himself. si