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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-21

when it would have begun but for the
message. Nea
ton of the adjournment resolution and
the House will proceed to business as
if no adjournment resolution had been,
adopted 1'leIspeaker walI appoint his
committees and it appears most prob
able that if the Senate fails to reconsid-
er the adjournment resolution and send
it to the House that body will decline
TO accept thesSenate amendments, and
thus leave the whole Question suspend
ed in the air between the two bodies
for the time being.
This is the general result, of con-
Ference among some Of the leading Re-
publican Senators held With Speaker
Reed tonight. 1t was at first thought
that it would bc preferable to have the
resolution so amended and returned
TO The House forl its taction, bat the
second thought was opposed to this
plan Of action for the double reason
that ii was considered desirable as a
party. move to ppt the Democratic
Senaforf ION record with regard "a The
Pres ilehf's Recommendations and also
because it was considered best not to
depend entirely upon the House. There
is some doubt as to how the silver Re-
publicans may act on the question of
but if they cooperate
with their anti-silyer colleagues. il is
believed such a motion will carry.
The disposition amonga the leading.
Democrats is tonight. opposed to re-
ha 4 II
think it doubtful whether they will
adhere to their opposition tomorrow.
When the adjournment resolution was
amended and passed to-day, Senator
Chandler then@ moved to recohslderand
his motion was laid on the table. The
Democrats generally contend that this
action finally disposed of it, but the
Republicans hold that a motion 10 n'e7
consider the vote. by which the mo-
ton was laid on the table. would at
least be i'm order. Ii the Republicans
fail toEcarry their point, they viii let
the resolution 70 to the House in con
fidenee that that body Will refuse TO
accept the Senate amendments and
that the ad iournment movement will
thus be checked.
The House conference took place at
Speaker Reeds hotel and was particl-
pated in by Messrs. Dingley. Cannon,
and other leaders.
The crucial question which Was I'M
der consideration four hours was
whether the House should listen to the
Presidents appeal and remain in ses-
sion to devote it's energies to financial
legislation 1t was finally decided that
the House would continue its sittines.
TO further this plan Speaker Reed
was said, will annonnce the eomnltf-
tees tomorrow Iisorder that they NAV
organize and tlfatfthe Ways and Means.
if necessary, pass upon. Whatever
schemes may be offered for the relief
of the treasury.
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THE STREET CAR STRIKE.
Everything Quiet and the Situation
Practically Unchanged.

pHILADELPHTA. Pa, Dec 20 The
trolley strike situation is practically
unchanged and everything is quiet. 4
few more cars are running, but very
few. All the cars running to-day were
guarded by policemen and carried very
few passengers. The entire police
force, augmented by hundreds of extra
men, was on duty. The strike leaders
have telegraphed to Eugene Y. Debs,
President of the American Railway
Union, and John Mcbride, President
of the American Federation of Labor,
requesting them to come to this city
Immediately.
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THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON. Dec 20.-The ses-
sion of the House to-day was purely u
perfunctory affair. The Speaker was
ready to announce the committees and
House was ready to adjourn for the
holiday recess, but the fact that the
Senate had not yet acted on the bill
for the appointment of the Venezuelan
commission forced the House after
waiting an hour and half for the
Senate TO act, to adjourn until to-mor-
row. The only business transacted
was the passage of bin for changing
the terms of United States courts in
Iowa and the presentation of a notice
of contest against Representative
Jones of Virginia, ON the ground of
fraud
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cred, half buried in the coal.
That left several bodies, five or six,
yet to be found.
Reports differ slightly as to the mum
ber of men in the mine at the time
the explosion occurred, and no man
knows just how many are yet to be
found.
'Is there supposed to be "A single
man alive in the mine?" l asked
Foreman Nutall.
NO" he said with a sad shake of his
head, nothing alive, neither man nor
beast has been found in that mine
since early last night"
THE PLAN OF THE MINE.
'.WHl You kindly draw for me a
rough sketch of the plan of the mine,
kind of outline map?" | asked Su-
perintendent Cant.
He drew the map of the mine Gas it
was when the accident occurred) that
appears above.
Though a simple outline, it gives a
very clear idea of the situation.
The star at the junction of the gang
way and slope No. l, shows where, (ac-
cerdng to the best information up to
this time) the explosion originated.
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE?
"Will you give the News and Obser-
YER statement of how this sad acci-
dent occurred?" / asked Superinten-
dent Cant. &Es
"A thorough and critical seXamina-
tion must he made before the cause
can be positively determined" he an
swered.. q
'The fire-doss and the mine foreman
both made their usual rounds that
morning before the miners went to
work. And they reported everything
perfectly safe and in good working
order. 1T was at 7:45 that the mine.
foreman and fire-boss reported every
thing satisfactory and secure.
Twenty minutes later the explosion
occurred.
There are so many things bearing
on the matter that one cannot tell eX-
actly what caused the accident, until
the whole matter has been thoroughly
examined.
''All the air shafts and apparatus
have been kept in perfect order. The
company has spent a great deal of
money in order to make the mine safe
and secure. This has always been one
of the best ventilated mines in the
country"
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THE DEAD RECOVERED
FORTY THREE LIFELESS BODIES
TAKEN OUT OF CUMNotK
Tfa MINES. ff&Ru
FOUR OTHERS ARE MISSING
And Two bf the Injured Men
viii Very Probably
Die
COMPLETE LIST Or THE DEAD

The Coroner Will Hold no Inques,
over the NBodies--This is the Third
Accident of the Same Kind In These
Mines, Total of 63 Men Having
Been Killed by Similar Explosions
Heartrendins Scenes as the MangIed
Corpses Were Brought From the
Mine--Plans OF the Cumuock and
Old Egypt Mines. f
paMNOCK, Chatham County, IN. c..
Dec 20.-(Special. .)-This morning,
just after the dawn, twenty five stark,
blackened bodies were drawn up from
the depths Of the deep, dark mine that
was their tomb Blackened with a
deep coating of sooty coal-dust, some
times defaced with cruel mutilation,
even faces and limbs burned and char
red by the coal-gas that brought death
in its flame.
Side by side in the engine-room they
We're laid, covered with strips of white
cloth, native and foreigner, black and
white, in democracy. of death For
the coal had blown its ebon dust so
deep that in many cases the difference
between the whites and blacks. could
not be told.
IT was a CHASTITY show And when
the people sought for their loved ones
in the still array-how pitiful it was!
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FITZSIMMONS-AGAHER FIGHT.

NEW YORK, Dee. 2O.-Joe Vcndig
to-day deposited with r. X. Fox a
check for 81 900. which he had received
from Dan Stuart as a guarantee that
Bob Fitzsimmons would meet Peter
Maher at El Paso, Texas, February IA.
Quinn, manager for Maher, sends word
that he will arrive in the city next
Thursday morning with $1,000 to post
for Maher, -,.....
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How the sad-eyed ones whom death
had robbed looked into each face and
soughtthe features of their own.
And when all that was left of him
was found, they laid him on a pathetic
little wbite-cloth stretcher and bore
him home for burial
The horror Of it all had awed the
crowd that came with sympathy and
help. The tragedy fell like pail over
Cumnock and the country round about
for few they Were who had not KIN OF
friend in the mine.
TIE HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPES.
The men who crawled out of the
black horror and were lifted to the
light, tell thrilling tales of narrow es-
cape.
Ambrose Mills track foreman of the
mines, was laying track at the time
the accident occurred. He heard the
noise Of the explosion and rushed to-
ward the shaft. All the lights went
ont, aud he could not see his hand be-
fore HIM He fell on his knees and
crawled out to the foot of the shaft,
feeling his way with his hands on the
track irons. Before he reached the
shaft he fell over PROSTATE form, and
a man said, For the Lords sake, don't
leave me here to die, sboys!" Ut was
Jack johnson. German Heartt also
stumbled over johnson on his way to
the shaft. Johnson was badly burned
by the coalrgas, but escaped.
One of the men, j. f. Budd. in Slope
No. 2, where two men were killed, said
he heard the first CONCLUSION, the jar
ring sound that went all through the
mines, and knew at once that an cXplo-
sion had occurred. lie and his partner
CROPPED toward the shaft, feeling their
way along the walls When they
reached the gangway they ran against
many others, all struggling in the in
tense darkness to reach the shaft that
meant life to them. They were almost
stified by the gas, and before they
reached air the deadly 'after-damp"
that follows these explosions began to
settle on them, and with its oppressive
influence almost threw them into a
stupor.
There are others who will bear for
life the marks of their escape "by the
skin of their teeth" Some of them
have blackened faces, where the deadly
coal-gas burned them, and some wear
charred fingers and scorched limbs.
! But they are alive, and they thank
the Lord for that. 4rsEaa
Sixty-six persons were at work in
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THE SEABoRD WITHDRAWS.
Notice Served on the Southern States
Freight A AssOciatIOn.

MONROE, n. c., Dec. 90 (Special.)
The sixty days notice required for
withdrawal from the Southern States
Freight Association was served upon
that organization to-day by the Sea-
board Air Line in letter to Commits
sioner Haines stating plainly the rea-
sons for withdrawing.
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the iifshas when the explosion. came,
and of fhfSe twenty-four escaped

1iic HffdNs Nileh the .eAptOSions came,
and of fhfSe twenty-four escaped.
WtbERE THEY WERE KILLED.
Id' Slope No. /, where the largest
nunfbefS of men were at work, not one
li'es-to fell how the e5death cafne. 8
In Slope No. 2, two miners were
killed.
la Slope No 3, farthest removed from
the spot where the explosion is sup
posed to have originated, nearly all the
men We're rescued.
tBHE WORK OF RESCUE.
The work of rescue did not begin
at the first opportunity. The crowd
that gathered at the mine seemed to
be almost paralyzed by fear.
Superintendent Cant pleaded, and
Mine Foreman Nutall told them they
were towards.
At last little band had the courage
to go down into the mine, rescue the
living and dig out the podies Of the
dead. Mr.. j. +. Nutalf led the party
the first man to go into the mine.
The party was composed of: &. F..
Cant, superintendent; +. III. Davis,
foreman; Fred. Nutall. in charge of
party Gall three from PennsyIvania) ;
James Russell, Archie Hart, Burg Hart,
Lonnie Tyson, Zim Wood and Giles
Woodland, all volunteers; and the fol-
lowing native North Carolina miners:
Barney Lynch, Dons White, Gorrie
Fields. n &. Rush Harry Rodgers and
TomShanltle.
They had fresh air pumped into the
mine, and then began their search.
twenty-five men were rescued from
slopes No. and No. 3.
When they entered slope No. I, the
bodies of the dead were found lying
on every hand.
Of them all, not a man was alive.
The bodies were carried to the foot
of the shaft as they were discovered.
None were brought to the surface
until this morning.
Besides the twenty-five bodies lying
in the engine room when ! was there
this morning, eight bodies lay at the
bottom of the shaft. And / was told
that two others had just been discov-
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COMPLETE CHANGE OF PLANS.
Congress Wiii Begin at Once the Real
.nse Work OF the Session.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 20.-The Presi-
dents anti-recess message to-day took
both Houses of Congress by surprise.
1t produced a number of conferences
tonight, the result of which will prob
ably be complete change of plans for
a holiday recess and the inauguration
of the real work of the session two or
three weeks in advance of the time
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II WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
A Day That Will be Notable In Com
gressiOnal History.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 The United
States Senate, by unanimous vote and
without the formality of a roll call,
to-day passed the bill already adopted
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Will DESTROY ZEiTOIlN.

BERLIN, Dee. 20.-A despatch from
Constantinople says the Porte has or
dered Mustapha Remzi Pasha to at
tack to-day with 10000 troops and two
batteries the city of Zeitoun and to
lombard and destroy it and TO massa
ere the u 900 Armenians in the city.
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TURKISH SOLDIERS mURpresD.
The Asmenians ia Zei'oun Massacre
Their Capfives.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 20.-via
Sofia Bulgaria, l0~-Ar official despatch
from Zeitoun says that the Armenians
there, on Sunday last, massacred all
the Turkish soldiers imprisoned in the
town. This probably refers to the four
hundred Turkish troops who We're cap
tured by the Zeitounlis when the up
rising first occurred, although it has
been announced that all the soldiers,
except nine, who were dead, had been
Aln., oil
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APPEAL TO CONGRESS,
THE PRESIDENT ASKS 1T NOT
TO ADJOURN FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
WITHOUT GOING SOMETHING
To Prevent the Sacrifice of the
People Interest and the
Public Funds.
ANOTHER SPECIAL MESSAGE

Mr.. Cleveland Says That There Mnst
be Complete Change of Our Finan-
cial Scheme..All His Efforts to Pro.
rect the Gold Reserve Have Failed
and the Continued Withdrawals Is
Bring Us race to Face With the
Necessity of Further Issue of Bonds
..Amesican Credit Must be Main
tanned Before All the World.
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CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-04
THE MEN THEMSELVES.

When men are brought prominently he
fore the public in the columns of the daily
press a very natural inquiry is prompted
as to their record and antece1ants. In
the case in hand the writer gladly well
comes the opportunity to answer this in
quiry.
DIR. w. II. Copeland. though s,tll by no
means an old man. has gained for himself
n reputation in his speciality. the treat
r1ent of throat and lung troubles. such IS
II is the good fortune of but few even
among the most successful physicians to
enjoy.
Matriculating at Bellevue Hospital
Medical college, his abilities were thus ear
" recognized in that famous Institution
OF learning He was elected president of
his class and held that office until he grad
uated.
After finishing his course al Bellevue
with honor and after an extended hos
initial practice and experience, Or. Cope
land devoted himself entirely to the lines
of practice mentioned here Or. A. l..
Provost his associate. is A gentleman
bearing credentials equally as notable as
his own. and has advanced steadily with
him. and the practice in the specialties 10
which they devote themselves reaches in
round numbers u. 900 cases annually
II will be seen. therefore. that they're
establishing themselves in Seattle. " hich
they have done because of the location
and easy accessibility TO patients from
the North. South and East. is by no means
an unimportant event.
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BERlNG SEA PATROL FLrrr.


Port Townsend. oct a-snecta1- From,
private advices received here per steamer
Topeka, Il IS learned that the revenue
feet has left Sitka- When the Topcka legt
SitiSR on the 9Th, tho Grant. Perry. COR
win, Woleott and Rush were i'm port. The
1fnsh was coal3ng and expected 10 san tha
following day direct for san Franclse0.
Tho bear bad nor Vet come in.
Capt. G. l. Hooper 81 the Rush. who
VAS In command % the feet had resolved
orders dispensing tire fleet 20. thelr various
stations, and officers 81 the revenue ser
Vice stationed here anticipate several
changes In the assignments ~ the vessels
The NolCott, of course viii raynair on
the Alaskan station. and IL is thought like
~ that the Perry VIII replace che Grant on
Puget Sound. the latter COINS 10 san
Diego. The Corwin wlI probably 80 TO As
toTta, where she was stationed about Ssv-
c0 years ago. orders have Been received
here 60 pay or the officers ard crews or
the Grant. Cerwtu and Perry frsf,e,ffat.f,
upon their arrival AZ this port ,isbur~lns-
about ss00oa
u 81 understood thar can't fy,a~a~ v,.,,
he appointed superintendent ~ ,-aisxfrlsr-
ton OF the new revenue cutter for which
an appropriation WAS granted nv .hp las.
coagress. Rlds for the contract wsIl De of,-
ened and the award made some tiznc sur
ing this month
Capt Nunger's term 81 three wears on
TIE Corwfa expires next month. ard ~
expects 20 - sent to some Eastern station.
There IL considerable speculation as tn hfs
nrcbs bic successor should cart Ffoaner
- appointed supe~tnt endent 81 canstvsie-
ttcr 4 vacancy v~5it also Re created IN the
command Of ire Rush
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Tho seizure of the Sealers.

San Francisco. Oct. 3.-The sealing
schooner T. Fpplnger. Can't. White. has ar
rived from ReriDs sea with very few seals
on board. Capt White Is indignant at what
he declares was the discrimination Of the
revenue cutters in favor OF the English
seaicrs. The Victoria men. he says. were
permitted 70 carry firearms into the sea.
and they used them TO such an extent that
the Americans could not get near a seal
TO spear him. 'Ail the Americans received
Instructions said the captain. Ito seal or
land all firearms. / was obliged 10 give up
even my revolver. No such orders were
given 10 tho British captains. and they
went away with their arms and ammuni-
ton aboard their vessels. The result was
that when we got into Boring sea on every
ping OF rifles from all directions. Boat af-
ter boat from the Epplnger came back
empty. and the complaint of nv men all
the time was that the shooting scared the
seals away. The Britishers and their In
dams used firearms while the American
government compelled It's citizens TO go
back 10 the weapons of a century ago,
which were Of no use whatever. American
citizens pay taxes 20 the government. and
tho British reap the benefit Of them. Final
" the revenue cutters awolse 10 a sense Of
the Beatrice and the F. T.. Marvin. and.
finding skins on board showing shot marks.
the vessels were seized and sent 20 Vie
toria. We found the seals so Wild that we
decided to come home
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Port Townseud,s Police Troub,es.

Port Townsend, Oct. 3-SpeciaI.-The
special committee of the city council APP
pointed for the purpose OF investigating
the charges preferred against Chief OF Po-
lice Claus Stammer by Police Magistrate
Jones. reported at the last meeting Of the
council in favor OF the Impeachment of
Stammer. City Attorney Carroll has been
instructed to prepare formal charges for
impeachment and the matter viii be tried
before the whole council next Tuesday
evening. The charges against Stammer
are failure on various occasions to exc
cute process issued out OF the police mag
istrate's court. and that he has frequent
" released prisoners without hearing and
without the knowledge or consent of the
magistrate. There has. for some time.
been considerable friction between the two
chief eonseryators of the city's peace.
chiefly. II Is said. on account of political
antagonism. the magistrate being a Dem
ocrat and the chief a Republican. The
special committee OF investigation was al
so composed entirely of Democrats. AS
nearly as can be ascertained the coun-
cilmen are at present about evenly d.
vided in their opinions of the matter. but
Stammer's friends say that he Will have
no trouble in clearing himself of the
charges. and may make some interesting
counter accusations.
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EVERETT'S NEW MOVE
County Commissioners Canvass
Last November's Vote.
DECLARING snoHoMIsH BEATEN
Port Gardner and South snohonisn
Segregated Dispersal OF the Ber-
ing sea Patrol Fleet.

Everett. Oct 3--SDeclaf.-Tnterest II re-
vlsed here and throughout the county ea
the county seat question BY the recount o.
tho votes made at Snohon14sA yesterday ~
the county commissioners. II VIII se re-
ruen4bered that In the decision OF the SUI
prenae court, rendered shortly before the
adjournment for the summer vacanon' <
was held that there had been 10 canvass
Of the vote b. the county commissioners.
who were the proper canvsssing BOARD 70
eoJnf the vote on the question OF TIE re-
spovaI Of the county seat. The supreme
sourt also decided that the added votes N
South Enohomish precinct saoplc net
be counted. a few weeks ago an
order was given By the supreme
court directing the return 10 Ene
county clerk Of snohomish county OF
the votes IN Port Gardner and South sno-
horalzh precincts, and when the board.
consisting Of Commissioners FriaTs, Moran
and Kriescfel. met yesterday they had tue
votes Of all the precincts before them. ana
the canvass was carefully made. Port
Gardner gave s. votes for removal and
aaainst. South Snohomlsh gave for re-
rr1oygI and e against. Total vote in favor
of the removal OF the county seat from
stohomggh 10 Everett, 2ss5i votes: against
removal, as votes total vote cast upon
county seat proposition, 4.so6 votes; three
fsfth. necessary 10 removal. 2.s4s.s: major
ity over the necessary taTee-hfths, ~.
,-;. xfnfa Ia, Aatafl Vas as follows.
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Ballard Athletic Club Formed.

The Ballard Athletic Club was organized
Wednesday night with every appearance
favorable for making 1t permanent and
prosperous institution in Ballard. The club
begins its career and history with an en-
rolled membership of twenty, with the fol-
lowing well-known representative citizens
as officers: President. Mayor NJ. Dow;
vice president. William J. Pugh: treasurer
E A Ogilvie: financial and recording sec
rotary. Richard Peabody; trustees. George
Startup, J. VI. Donoghue and j. Sullivan;
auditors, T. Tiedemann. Warren Lucas;
door keeper A. Dow. The entrance fee
was made g. and the quarterly dues so
cents. II is the intention of the club 10
secure n building which viii be fitted for
a gymnasium with reception rooms and
othef conveniences. Suitable ground for
a race track for bicycles, foot ball and
other games will be procured as soon as
rnnssihle.