The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-28

Breezy Mountain State of the West.
Denver, Colo, Feb. 27-In the name
of King Humbert of Italy, DR.. Joseph
Gueno, Italian consul at Denver, Is go
ing to demand cash indemnity from the
Vulcan Fuel company for the imme-
date relatives of sixteen subjects of
King Humbert who lost their lives in
the explosion at the Vulcan mine near
Newcastle week ago yesterday. Con-
sui Cuneo has already collected part OF
the materials on which he proposes TO
base his claim. Through DOminick
Donna, president of the Newcastle Itsl-
ian Benevolent society, he has secured
ians who were killed by the blowing up
Of the Vulcan, as well as all other par
ticulars regarding their identity.
Later on, when the coroner's inquest
into the deaths caused by the catastro-
phe has got well under way, DR.. Ounce
Will probabuy go to Newcastle and per-
sonally watch the proceedings in the in
terest of his dead compatriots' blood re-
latives and the government of Italy.
Up to the present time Dominick Donna
has acted as his agent All the par
ticularS so far obtainable concerning
the Vulcan disaster have already been
forwarded by Consul Cuneo to the Ital-
! ian minister for foreign affairs at Rome.
The Denver consul has right along been
in communication with Baron Fava, It.
allan minister at Washington, in con-
| nectiOn with the question of indemnify
ing the families of the dead Italians,
having telegraphed him regarding the
matter Immediately after news of the
| explosion reached Denver.
AN INVESTIGATION OF HIS OWN.
From information now in his possess
sion DR.. Ounce inclines to the belief that
the management of the Vulcan mine
cannot be held wholly free from blame
for the great loss of life which resulted
from the explosion. He intends to
thoroughly investigate the methods US
ed in working the property, and report
his findings to Baron Fava as speedily
as possible.
Consul Ounce also intends TO claim the
custody of all moneys, papers and other
property left by the Italians who were
killed, where such Italians did not
have immediate relatives residing in
Newcastle or it's neighborhood. Some
days ago he wrote TO DR.. L. G.. Clark,
coroner Of Garfield county. requesting
him to forward relics of value to his Of
flee in Denver. No reply has since been
received by him from Coroner Clark, so
yesterday he wrote more urgently in the
same strain. He has in addition re-
quested Domonick Donna, his New
castle deputy, to see that none of what
the dead Italians left behind became
Lost or mislaid. On the recovered body
Of one Italian the sum of $500 in cash
was found and the arfield county coro-
ner now has il in his safe keeping.
In all likelihood friction will arise De-
tween the consul and the coroner over
the question of which of them shall
temporarily hold the unclaimed proper
ty that belongs to Italians who were
blown to death in the workings of the
Vulcan. One of a consul's duties is to
act as custodian of property, belonging
to his dead countrymen until such time
as rightful heirship to it has been prov
en- The common law of this country
confers the same prerogative on county
coroners.
Litigation may ensue before DR.. Clark
and DIR. Cuneo reach a conclusion re-
garding which of their offices takes pre-
cedence in the matter.