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THE PIONEER PRESS BUREAU OF
CLAIMS


For the Speedy and Economical Settlement
CT All Valid Claims Against the United
States Government.
The enterprise and public spirit of
the St. Paul Pioneer Press has never
been more forcibIy illustrated than
in the establishment of what is known
as the "Pioneer Press Bureau of
Claims" with headquarters in St.
Paul and Washington, ID. c., through
which claims Of all sorts against the
government may be pushed, at a
minimum Ofe&peases and maximum
of expedition and economy. Under
the offer made by the Pioneer Press,
any person living in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, North Dakota or Montana
having legal business of any kind
requiring attention at the seat of
government, CAN avail himself OF
these advantages. In order to render
it possible for the poorest of mankind
to make IN intelligent and Systematic
effort to secure his just dues from
the government, whose network oil
official red tape SO often strangles
deserving cases, the "PiOneer Press
Bureau Of Claims proposes TO make
80 charge Whatever for services
unless successful in whole OF in part
in lis CffOrt, and in such cases the
fees will he more moderate than
have ever obtained for like work III
ihe past.
We are informed thai in this enter.
prise the Pioneer Press has associated
itself with those brilliant and Iro-
gressive types or Western journalism
the SIN Francisco Examiner and the
DnalIa Bee. With the idea oil
making it IL national affair the entire
country is to be divided up between
u limited number of newspapers OF
the highest class. A special effurt
will lie made to successfully prosecute
pension, Indian depreciation, land
patents. mining and postal claims
and with the assurance offered by
line well known business, financial
iInd political standing, not only oil
the Pioneer Press, but its associates
in the new enterprise, 1t is easy to
see that the work will inu"e to the
lr"nctit Of hundreds and thousands OF
persons who otherwise might be the
victims Of the nuuberless sharks
who nuke the legal ways of oul
pation's capital IL terror to everyone
having cause to venture therein.
AL! COMMUNICATIONS or applications
from any one living in Minnesota
Wisconsin North Dakota or Montan;
having a valid claim against thu
United States government should he
addressed 10 the manager Pioneer
Pres Bureau of Claims, Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, sIinr.
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M,NNEsO14 AMC s7LVErS COUNTY.

-
y NOW ,l:ni,tal NV all imnartiol
,,an th,.r Names, n i, one If the
h,.St if uut she very best horticultural
st.,ta tLa u,,;n,, iG,! to this the.
l;rh ,,f}Ynla and cuusyorcn! dry
n;nasDlerp. a.d we have The most
L.,sirolla state fer home seekers in
,be ruin,,
Wh,u we write about LLis great
and g,,rjous state it laiylt not ho a.
miss 10 SAY 4 few wol,.s about Stevens
Corr,v THIS Cnuutv j. in the mairje
,..,,,,r ,f t',a .t,,t. i. IS l,irh. dry and
nnyItn, Land - y rich lcao with
cn,v .,ns.,! Thp,n suo waste Land
!, rho r,m,tl.. o,l wien we consider
+;,a h.,u,iful rnmote md ,he randi
,..,,,,,,I, ~ .,lI l,r,,s ,f cer. ais wp may
y. ,,r1,n.d for considering il. ono Of
.I,. h,s+ r.r.r,i,.s IN t1,p sta,e
Vine wild rrasscs of this region are
n,,st putririn,s and cattle arc fat.
trneu ON Them Without ANY aid, for
,l,n o,,,uru market THE abundant
c,,n,,lv rf w,:nr which cam he fnu,d
nv..rvyyhnra throaoh the couutv is
.nnth,,r most Ipsj,Ahle object. The
h..t a.tin,tcs made ON thjs wears
cr,ns rive an AVERAGE of 90 bushels
nf wheat to tl.a mere. or nearly a
n,i)l,on hrsApls for the county. While
,,a ,,n,u, of |,roa fields of oats that
Will, ,,iold 1CO bushels ~ tbe acre
Il,>- osn,,+ v,t ha corrpcfIy pSti.
mated. bat is the heaviest crop we
have ever had of that article.
stock laising Is second only to
wheat in this county; men of eXpe-
rience have said that they never saw
50 much fine stock OH the Same space
of rrouLd as this county can show.
This is not confined to one branch,
Vet tiae breeds of horses aid cattle
predominant.
Tie county is we'll jntersected with
r..il"ouds, passing as they do through
half the towns of the county; while
the common roads are of the best
quality. There are schools in every
town in the county, with churches
enough to meet the demands of all.
The population of the county is
composed of Americans, Scandi,fa
vians, Irish, Germans and Scotch, i'll
the order named. The society is good
and no question of nationality is ever
raised. We uil live in the greatest
harmony together, and would not
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STATE OF MINNESOTA

STATE OF MINNESOTA, =.
County Of Stevens, Village q Morris, Ss'
To Great Northern z. +. Co, owner of
Right of way, South side of Fifth street
from Atlantic Ave, to Pacific Ave. of said
Village OF Morris. ...
You will rlease take notice that pursuant
to a resolution of the Common Council of
said Village OF Morris. duly passed on the
18th day OF May 1881, ordering u sidewalk on
Ri ght of way South side OF Fifth street, from
Atlantic Avenue to Pacific Avenue aforesaid
i'll said Village of Morris,
You are hereby notified, and required to
build sidewalk OH the Right OF way afore-
said. The said sidewalk to be constructed
under the direction of the Sidewalk Cons
niittce of Village of Morris:: The said side
walk must be built within 81 days from the
date Of the service Of this notice ulon you:
or the same will be built by said Village oil
Morris, and the costs charged up to said lets
as tax.
Dated August 1st, 1901:
Anton WATzKE.
ATTEST: President.
R. +. ELLIOTT, Recorder
WIN. J. MORRIS,
1919 Road Qyerscer, Dist, No, !.
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How APUZZLE Was G0LVEl

When you want certain article, you wan
the best make of that article, don't your
But how to determine which make is best
is what puzzles you, isn't it?
And When the puzzle is solved for you,
by authority which cannot be questioned,
you are pleased, aren't you?
And you would like to hear of one puz-
zle that has been solved for the people of
the whole world, wouldn't your
Well, we will tell you about that very
puzzle, and its solution.
At the Universal Exposition of 1889 at
Paris, France, the best sewing machines of
the world, including those of America, were
in competition. They were passed upon by a
jury composed of the best foreign mechan-
ical experts, two of whom were the leading
sewing machine manufacturers of France
This jury, after exhaustive examination
and tests, adjudged that the Wheeler &
Wilson machines were the best of all, and
awarded that company the highest prize Of
fered, the GRAND PRIZE, giving other
companies only gold, silver and bronze
medals.
The French Government, as a further
recognition of superiority, decorated Mr..
Nathaniel Wheeler, president of the COM
pany, with the Cross of the Legion of
Honor, the most priced honor of France.
That is how the puzzle of the best sewing
machine in the world was fully solved by the
most competent authority in the world in
favor of the No. 8 and No. 10 Wheeler &
Wilson machines.
The No. 0, for family use, and the No. 10,
for manufacturing uses, are the best in the
world to-day.
And now, when you want a sewing ma
chine, if you do not get the best, it will be
your own fault.
Ask your sewing machine dealer for the
No. 8 Wheeler s. Wilson machine, and If he
does not keep them, write to US for descrip-
tive catalogue, prices and terms.
Agents wanted in all unoccupied territory.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CATHOLIC:- REV. GEoRGR GAsKELL. Prizes
Mass every Sunday at 1890 a. m. Sunday
school every Sunday at $3.50 p. m. Vesper
at p. m.
METHODlST:- Rev. S. Ellery, Pas
tor. Services every Sund- at 1880, a. N
and 1880 p. m. Prayer meetil ON Thursdays,
at 1880 .. IN.
CONGREGATIONAL:-Re, HIM. Henri TX,
Pastor; !! Services Ser every Sunday, At 1890 a,
VI oHo 1:oG p m rrayor meeting @! sne
Prayer meeting every Thursday 1T 1880 p. m.
NORWEGIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHEh.
AN REV. p. A. DIETRICHsoN, Pastor. Service
aud meetings at times designated by pastor
CONFERENCE.-THE. O. DAZZLE Pastor
Meetings at 1880 O'Clock every Wednesday
evening.
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1t may be too that the new
reciprocity treaty with Venezuela,
which is said to need only Mr. Harri'
son' 5 approval and his official pro
clamaLiOn to go into effect, has had
something to do with changing his
plans. There are also other things
which neeI attention. For instance,
it is generally conceded that coaliug
station in the West Indies is a neces-
sity for this Government, and accord
irg to Fred Douglass our late
Minister to Haytl, we have no pros
peCt Of getting one from that country
at Mole st. Nicholas. Where shall
we get one! The report that the
German government was trying to
buy the Island OF St. Thomas has
brought to memory the fact that
Denmark, its owner, once as a mark
of friendship offered to sell it to the
United States for a nominal price,
and Secretary Seward, then at the
head Of the State department, agreed
to its purchase, but for some reason
it was never bought. It might be
bought now, if Germany has rot al
ready got ahead of us. There is nc
lack Of important business to occupy
MI. Harrison attention when he
returns.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-27

A young mother in Georgia sold
her twin babies for fifty cents each
to farmers wife who had none of
her Own,
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TOWN OF MOORE. la3-41.
NO.
3 Sw4, Sec 8.
4 Eh NeA Sec 81.
5 Mex Sec 7.
7 VIZ Sec 80.
TOWN OF HODGES. 1o4-4l.
1O2 All of Sec 5.
1914 Ne \ Sec S.
POI Sen Sec 90.
lO3 All of Sec 20.
TOWN OF FRAMNAS, 1854.
2O1 All of Sec SO.
TOWN OF SWAN LAKE, 1854.
3O2 VIZ Sec 81.
TOWN OF MORRIS, 1853.
sos Sex Sec IA.
TOWN OF DARNEN, 12442.
9o3-4-5 Lots, 81 swX, NwX Sex Sec 16.
COG Nw4 Sec 80.
6yS Sea Sec s.
TOWN OF HORTON, le3- AZ.
7C3 Sex Sec IA.
7O4 All of Sec l.
7O5 Mex and SH Sec II.
7O6 All of Sec Is.
7O7 Sw \ and w Sec 81.
700 Mex Sec 10.
TOWN OF sYNNEs, 1888.
SOP Sw X Secs.
TOWN OF SCOTT, 1913.
9O3 EX Mex Sec IS.
93-4 EX Mex & Nw4 NeH& Lot Sec 70.
$685. NJ Nv \ 4 Sw4 Nw& Sec "a.
925 81 Sw4 Sec 50.
926 Sex Sec35.
927 ny Sec II.
TOWN OF PEPPERTON, 1858.
1909 WXSwx & VIZ NwA SECS.
1916 Sex SwX, NeA SwX,S Se&Sec ST.
1907 SIX Mex 4 N4 Sc Sec IL.
zoos Sex Sex Sec 10,
And Sw1 Sec 90.
1909 WXNe Rex NwA See 80.
TOWN OF DONNELLI, 1858.
l116 VIZ Sex sec "a.
TOWN OF ELDORADO, 1o6-44.
1857 Nw4 SIC IS.
1908 Nw4 sec 10,
TOWN or EVEEGLADE. 1871.
1868 Ne4 sec 81.
TOWN OF BAKER, 124-44.
I4O1 NwX sec ID.
TOWN OF STEVENS, 1874.
1915 Nw4 sec 26.
1916 Nv sec4.
VILLAGE OF MORRIS.
1920 Lot 30 Block 2.
1923 Block, near East Side School House
1903 Good House and Lot on East 9Th street.
1894 good Lots on East LIST street, neal
school house.
SWIFT COUNTY.
| 1900 VIZ secl 1872 R 40.
| 1910 N n sec II + l22 40.
| 1871 All of sec % T l22 R 40.
| 1858 All of sec 25 T 1872 r 40.
1918 SIX Nw4, WV SwA sec q l21 R42
100 acres cultivated. Good house.
TRAVERSE COUNTY.
1904 VIZ sec 50 T 124 R Is.
2OO5 Sw u sec ~ T 125 K 40.
| 2OO6 NwX sec II T 1875 At.
| Ifvon don't find what YOU want in the above
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g. A. r. G.. A. J. Overt0n Post No. 90
meets & Friday of each month. at p. III.
N. r. SPURR, Com.
H. T. BEvANs, Adj.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,- Bethel Command
cry No. 10, meets End and 4th Monday of
each month. W. J: MUNRO, 4. c.
AZ THORPE, Rec.
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s. OF V. Albert SchefEer Camp No So, meets
2nd and 4th Thursday OF each month.
H. r. SPURR. Capt. P, DEDRICH, 1st L.
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40. U. w. Morris Lodge No. So. Meets
each Tuesday evening at their hall.
J. A. JOHNSON, NV.
]. D. GILLESPIE, Rec.
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DIVISION NO. l. A. o. Fl. Meet at
Workmens Hall LIST Sunday of every month.
S.A. FLAHSRrY, Pres.
E. P. O'BR1RN, Rec Sec.
THos. CHURCH JR,, Fin. Sec.
P. A. MCCARTHY, Ineurance Sec.
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There is another important matter
under the supervision of the Interior
department that may have had some
thing to do with bringing the
President home ahead of the time
he expected to come. That depart
ment has brought all the pow er at
its disposal to bear upon the cattle
OaroEs who occupy what is known as
the Olnerockee outlet in order to get
them to comply with the law enacted
by the last Congress and remove
therefrOm. but if reports received
here are to be relied upon not one of
them has moved or given the slightest
intimatIOn of any such intention.
The matter will he called to Mr..
Harrison S attention as soon as he
comes back, and it is said that the
department officials Will urge upon
him the necessity of removing the
viOlHtOrs of law by force.
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CIVIC SOCIETIES.

CIV IC NUCIETIES.
Ar &. A M Golden Sheaf Lodge
No 1879, meets lst & 3rd Saturday of each
month. F. A. HANCOCK, W. NJ.
w. W. GRIswoLD, Sec.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-27

State department officials will
neither deny or confirm the report
that new reciprocity proposition
had been recently made by the
Canadian Government.
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Also Select Knights meet at same hall 1st
and 3rd Friday of each month
D GILLEsPlE 6, Com.
III. MILES, Rec.
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MT LEBArION R A CHAPTER No Al
me cts Y 3 " ed oreach month.
DR.. SUTHERl AND, II. P.
II lowe Gao
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We have lots of people in Washing
ton this week, but no politics to
speak Of. The American Association
for the Advancement Of Science,
more than thousand strong, is
holding its annual convention here:
Tuesday and Wednesday the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen
held it's annual regatta on the
Potomac, and Wednesday and Thurs
day the veteran telegraph operators
including the "old time telegraphers'
and the military telegraphers" held
reunion which closed with probably
the most unique meeting ever held in
this or any other country. There
were wires running into the hall
connected with every large telegraph
office in The country, and every word
Of the speeches made 10y Mr.. Wanna
maker and others was instantly tucked
to more than one hundred thousand
listening operators in every section
of the country
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CAPITAL GOSSIP.

Why has Mr.. Harrison cut short
h!s vacation and determined to
return to Washington early in Sep
:embcl? is the political c0Lmdrum
of the week. Secretary Foster, who
brought the news Of the change of
programme, says that it is because of
important business connected with
the Interior department which re
9uired President RarrisOn's personal
attention. That gave speculation a
wide range, and the consequence is
hat every imaginable sort of I'm.
rortaMt business is being put
forward rs the cause of this supposed
t. BE Sudden determination, but the
most generally believed story seems
to DE that the "impOrtant business
connected with the Interior depart
meut is the selection Of some one to
take Secretary Nobie's place, rs
there is the best authority for stating
that Secretary Noble is extremely
anxious TO lay down his present
oncrouS burden as soon as he can do
so without embarrassment to his
chief. Many also believe that a
change is to be made in the head of
the Pension Office, the most important
us far as size and cost are concerned,
Of the bureau under the Interior
department, but both of these places
have been changed so often that
there are naturally many doubters
how.
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The squabOie in the Pennsylvania
republican convention about the re-
solution endorsing Blaine has been
much discussed by few politicians
of both parties who are now III
Washington, and they all agree that
it looks like the Blaine boom is to be
one of the regular features of the
campaign, instead Of a mere flash in
the pan, as some people had been
disposed to regard it, and there seems
also to be disposition on the part OF
all of them to believe that Mr.. Blaine
is bound to be nominated unless he
positively fOrbids the use of his name
and there is a growing imp ession
that he will not do that.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-08-27

A New England republican, now in
Washington, has suggested "a curious
Presidential ticket which he says
would prove strong one if run on a
platform which shall have no other
pIanks except reciprocity and eppo'
Sition to sham civil service reform,
The ticket winch he thinks would
just fit that platform is Blaine, of
Maine, and Gordon, of Georgia.
Truly, that would be combination
of opposites, and handouts would
probably be required to keep it
together.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

10th JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
udges HON C.. L. BRowN. Morris
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-20
STOLE $4,000 AND ELOPeD.
Farmers Hired Man skips With Ills
Sweetheart and Employer Money.

A Farmers Hired Man skips with Ills
Sweetheart and Employers Money.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, Nov. 13.-Kling.
erstown is pretty village in the Blue
Ridge Mountains, not far north Of
this city, and Mary Fletcher was
known for miles around as one OF its
prettiest maidens. For moro than q
year Charles Clifton Ford has been
devoting himself to her. Each was
vivacious and popular. A few morn
ings ago, when the sturdy farmers
and villagers arose, word was passed
around that Mary and Charles We're
missing and SO, 900 OF Farmer John H.
Weits's cash had also disappeared.
Ford has worked for Farmer Weist
for almost ten years. He frequently
made trips through the mountains
collecting money for Weist, who is
wealthy.
Ford had made arrangements for
another trip Of this kind. On Tues
day night he hitched Weist's fast
horse to his best buggy. Before say.
Ing good-by he put his hands in
Weist's safe and transferred $4,000
into his pocket. He drove to the
Fletcher house, secured the object Of
his love, and they drove to Frackville,
where they took the cars. The next
morning Mr.. Weist received word
that il he wanted his horse and buggy
he would find them in Frackville.
Nothing has since been heard OF the
elopers.
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lOMBARD'S PROFlTleSS SCHEME.
New York State Banks Were hppar-
emily His Intended Victims,


BINGHAMToS, N. Y, Nov. ia man.
representing himself as William LON.
bard, cashier Of the Wheatland Call
Bank, was arrested here to-day
charged with attempting to defraud
several New York State banks out OF
sums varying in amount from $500
to $1,000.
His plan, as stated, was to forge
checks on the Wheatland Bank, and
deposit them in banks in this State
$500 in Cattaraugus, $50 in Herlii.
mer, $4,000 in Poland, $4,000 in New
Berlin, and 80, 500 in Attica. Then each
OF these banks was notified by letter
that Lombard had transferred his ac.
count to n specified bank in this city.
Lombard arrived here on Wednesday
night and registered 10 the best hotel
in the city. He presented draft at
the Susquehanna Valley Bank, which
was sent to Cattaraugus and returned
The police were notified, and answers
to kilograms sent in every direction
prove the man 10 be a fraud, it Is SAID
In his satchel was book containing
list OF every bank in the country.
He fought hard against being photo.
graphed, and the police twisted his
wrists with nippers until the blood
came before he would open his eyes.
His right name Is believed to be
Charles NJ. Morton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-20
PAID $1,000 FOR Two BRICKS.
An Ohio Farmer Thought They Were
Gold. but They Turned Out to be clay.

! An Ohio Farmer Thought They Were
Gold, But They Turned Out TO he Clay.
ALLIANCE, o., Nov. l4-One Of the
most novel, curious and extremely
well laid plans for fleeing money
from credulous farmers has Just been
unfolded within a few miles Of this
| city. The victim is Herbert Rose, one
OF the wealthiest farmers in this Sec
tion, and that he should fall into the
trap is the wonder Of the community.
The schemer gave his name as
James Mcintosh, and his home as
Arizona. He gave out that he and an
Indian were interested in a gold mine,
and that he was in this section hunt
ing for his uncle, whose name was
Hubert Rose. He learned that he
lived in Salem, and that he had re-
Gently moved to Ravenna. Going
there, he was informed that he was
dead
Learning that Hubert Rose lived
here, and being almost heartbroken
over the loss OF his uncle, he worked
upon the sympathies Of the unsus-
pecting farmer, who did not tumble
until too late.
Gold bricks were shown him, which
were tested and proved to be genuine.
The schemer offered third interest
in the mine, and, furthermore, he
would dispose Of the two bricks.
which he valued at $50, 600, for s., 900.
Mr.. Rose consented to interest him
self in the mine and also take the
bricks at that figure. A time was set
for the transfer and at night, when
the moon was shining bright, 5000
were given for two bricks, not Of gold,
but OF burned clay covered with
brass.
Mr.. Rose is a very much beat man
and is using every means in his
power to intercept the swindler. Un-
suspecting farmers in Indiana and
elsewhere in this State have been
bitten by the same scheme. Mr.. Rose
feels satisfied that the nuggets were
good gold and still believes that such
was the case, a confederate changing
them for worthless stuff after the test
had been made.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-20
Black Diphtheria Devastating Ohio.

BATAVIA, Ohio, Nov. l4-Black
diphtheria in an unusually virulent
form is epidemic at several points in
Warren and Clermont counties. The
disease first appeared at Hills Station,
in Warren county, and practically the
whole village has the disease, the
deaths averaging ninety-nine per
cent. OF the cases. Business is wholly
suspended and the schools are closed.
From Hills Station the scourge spread
in all directions, and fully 500 cases
now exist. The death list is something
frightful. Physicians are almost ex.
hausted, and funeral professions are
never out OF sight. The epidemic is
attributed to low water consequent
upon the long drought
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-20
THROUGH FLOOD TO SAFETY
Finy Miners hinos, Literally VIM.
nm Inch OF Losing Their Is,.


SCRANTON. Pa, Nov. 13.-Abou, ,
o'clock yesterday afternoon the pro,.
pumps that cast out thousands of ,o,
ions of water from tho Iep,otr,
Creek coal mine broke, and the mino
began to flood. Fifty miners hurriSd
in great alarm TO reach the carriasa
which conveys them to the surfoco
They found that their avenue OF os
cape had been cut of. The only other
way TO reach the surface was TO foco
the raging waters, pass through them
and reach narrow passage way which
led to the shaft OF tho Won Storcb
mine.
With stern faces the miners waded
into the water, which grew dcenor
every step. Soon It reached their
knees, then their hips, and then thor
shoulders, but still they went on. To
turn back meant death; ahead waa
hope Of safety. For a thousand feo,
the men trudged on with the water Nm
to their necks. Soon they were com.
PEELED to throw their heads sideways
With one ear in the sulphur water
and occasionally gulping In the water
as they breathed, they steadily strovs
to reach safety hundreds OF yards
away.
John Jones. Welsh miner, finally
despaired and asked the others to 90
on and leave him to perish, but thew
would not and assisted him along
Suddenly one OF the men found his
shoulders rising above the water. and
five minutes later all were on dry land,