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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

Deadly Dump Makes Rescue Work Very
Perilous-No Hope of Any Being Alive
Fire Causes . Panic at . Ball In Portugal
and More Than Forty Lose Their Iivcs-
Teurible Dynamite Disaster In the Trans
vnal-Many Persons Killed.
NEWCASTLE, Colo, Feb. ap.-Work for
the recovery Of the corpses in the Vulcan
mine was temporarily stopped about noon
yesterday for the purpose of flooding the
slope and chambers Of the mine with air,
and Of driving out il possible the gases
and menacing dangers that remained
after the explosion. All night shifts of
men were kept employed putting up an
air fan in place OF the two destroyed.
simultaneously crews Of from five to ten
men were sent into the death-trap by the
way Of the main slope entrance and the
air passage to work their way, If posi-
bic, to where the bodies of the dead men
the most imminent peril owing to tn 0
black damp with which the mine was
filled.
Three Of the Dead Recovered.
Fully twenty men were carried into the
outer air overcome by the gases The
work being thus impeded progress was
slow and the results discouragingly small.
At noon yesterday go feet Of the main
slope had been penetrated and three
bodies brought out. The first body found
was that of Abel Dore, a boy. The second
was that of Joe Dore, brother to Abel,
and the third was that of Frank
Comikitchky, n carpenter. AS the work
goes on it becomes certain that the mine
has not caught fire. John French is the
only man alive who can tell anything
about the conditions existing in the mine
just prior to the explosion. He was EN-
ployed in the main air passage Tuesday
morning nending some of the timbering
and owes his life TO the fact that the gases
in the passages became SO bad at II
o'clock that his eyes gave out and he was
compelled to quit work and seek the out.
| side air.
One Explanation Of the Disaster.
DENVER, Feb. CIV. H. Medaris, a
young miner who arrived in Denver from
Newcastle, was an eyewitness of the ter
rible explosion at the Vulcan mine. He
was expecting to go to work in the mine
| AoE OHc VI Vic Doys, OuV no Vic iaSo
moment his plans were changed. Mcdaris
says the explosion was caused in the same
manner as the one ut the same mine eight
or nine years ago. Gas, combined with
coal dust, forms an excellent medium fol
an explosion, especially when there is q
blowout shot behind it. In this case,
he says. a shot was probably not well
tampcd, the tampcr blew out and the
flames set off the gas and dust.
| workmen Violated the Rules
| Great precautions were taken in the mins
to avoid an explosion. The men We're al
required to carry safety lamps and were
not allowed to have any tobacco OIL
matches. The Italians, however. wert
careless, Mcdaris says, and violated tn,
regulations imposed upon them for theil
own protection, whenever they got ,
chance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

all diseases peculiar to the scx-doing what
physicians cannot: because they contain iu-
gradients practically unknown to the profcs-
sion- The doctor who discovered the treat
inent, gave his life to the study of female dis
eases. His plan will appeal to your common
sense. Wild Olive is applied to the seat of the
disease. Myrtle Tonic is an internal remedy
to buid up the health. The price 81. each.
Ladies' can have a harmless. effective home
treatment at little expense. Samples and a
valuable treatise, free
VICTOR MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
South Bend, Ind.
Mrs. M. ]. SARGENT, Agent,
ila Thirtv-seventh 81 /. Tvelfsh ave. Rock Islsnd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

BIcA00, ROCK BLAND . PACIFIC
nailvay-Tickete cen be purchased or bag
gaee checked 1t r &P Twentieth street depCe
or b = p cepne corner EiftA svenue I'd
n kty-arst street yfank Il. Pilnmef. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
TURKISH Bath l0on!

Baths Of all kinds, including
Turkish. plain. shampoo, cleo
trio, electro-thermal, ETC.. may
be obtained ut the 8snitarium
Bath Rooms, on the Arst door Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Ladies-From . o. m. 20
II m. On week days For Gen.
tlemen-From p. m. TO 10 pm.
on week days On Sundays the
rooms will Be open iron I .. m.
TO IL .. N. for Gentlemen only.
Electric and Electro-thermsI
baths may b obtained 1t a,
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected with bat,
ROOMS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
What is

Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
Narcotic substance. II Is harmless substitute
for rarcyoric, Drops. Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil
is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions Mothers. CastOria destroys Worms and alaJs
fcvcrisness. CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Darrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
tcctling troubles, constipation and hatulcncy.
Castora assmilatcs tho food regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is the Chdrcns Panacca-the Mothers Friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
Castoria.

"Cassoris Ia an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers havo repeatedly told mo Of in
good effect upon their children"
DK. q. G. OsGoop,
Lowell Mass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
Castoria.

"Casioria il so well adapted 70 cliildrsn that
recommend IL as superior TO any prescription
known to me-"
IT. A. ARcnEn, M. D.,
III So. Oxford 81, brooklyn, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

"Castoria Is the best remedy FOR children Of
which am acquainted. l horc the day is not
far distant when mothers viii consider th.. real
interest of tncir children, and tIse Castoria in
stead Of Oh. varousqgacls nostrums which arc
destroying their loved once, by forcing opium
morphine, soothing yyrup and other hrrtfui
agents down their throat thereby sending
thom 10 premature graves"
DE. J. T. KiscHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20
BUT GREAT TOMB
Is the Fatal Vulcan Coal Mine
at Newcastle, Colo.
THREE OF THE DEAD RECOVERED.

Deadly Dump Makes Rescue Work Very
Perilous-No Hope Of Any Being Alive
Fire Causes = Panic at . Ball In Portugal
and More Than Forty Lose Their Livcs-
Tenrible Dynamite Disaster In the Trans-
vnal-Many Persons Killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

Tho Company, Murray Street, City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-20

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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
Why This FaVOritiSm.

"Silver can be proftably produced
in this country at 60 cents All ounce.
1t is now selling here for a fraction
over 50 cents.
The mine owners ask, and the
Chicago convention is ready to argee,
that the government shall make their
product worth $1.29 for coinage pur-
poses.
Why this favoritism? If the govern
ment-which means the taxpayers
is to double the value of silver bullion,
why may it not logically be asked to
double the value of wheat, corn, cotton
and potatoes by making an unlimited"
market for them at a fictitious price.
The silver product of this country is
relatively of minor Importance. Its
real value in 1895 was about $32 900,
600. The copper product was work
$3S 100000. pig-iron $105, 10000 and
soft coal $115,O00,O0O. Why should
these products be sold at commercial
rates and silver be doubled in money
value by act of congress?
The silver craze is, at bottom, the
most unjust paternalism ever attempt
ed in this country.-New York World
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
A Few Hard Questions.

Complying with the request of a cor
respondent for Jew short and point
cd questions to ask the l6 to l adyO-
cate, the Philadelphia Press furnishes
the following:
Ask him why gold does not circulate
in silver standard countries.
Ask him why the United States has
a larger per capita of silver in circula-
ton than any silver standard country
in the world.
Ask him why the United States has
more silver in circulation than any
silver standard country in the world
except China and japan.
Ask him why the silver standard pre-
walls only in poor or semi-civilized
countries.
Ask him why if the ratio between
gold and silver can be fixed by law,
that ratio has constantly fuctuated
since men began to keep written re-
cords of business transactions, never
being the same from one year to an
other and hardly from one day to the
next, in spite of prolonged and earnest
effort. of single governments to
maintain double standard of value
based on gold and silver.
Ask him why there has been dif-
ference between the value of gold and
silver, weight by weight, since mankind
began to use of both as money.
Ask him why if the law can regulate
the ratio between gold and silver, it
does not set it at l to thus making the
J two metals equal in value, weight tor
J weight.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
Democratic Deficits.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The compara-
tive statement of the receipts and ex-
penditures of the government for the
month of September shows the total
receipts to have been $24 ,5S4 ,244; ex-
penditures, SIG, 6,579, 9,535, leaving a de-
ficit for the month of 81 ,995,29l. The
deficit for three months of the fiscal
year is $25, ,194,12S, as compared with
a deficit of So, 1887 ,658 for the cores
ponding three months last year. The
receipts last Month show loss COM
pared with September of last year OF
nearly $3,3OO,OO0 for customs, and
about $780, 900 from internal revenue.
Tom WATSON, the populist tail OF
the national fusion kite, has a little
mystery of his own, which he intends
springing on the unsuspecting public
It is his resignation. The public VIII
not be shocked, because few besides
the populists knew he was candidate
for vice president. Toms bowling was
lof no avail.
How is this? Farmers of Eastern
Washington received 81 cents pc
bushel for their wheat in 1894, 80 cent
in 1895 and 35 cents in 1896, whil'
silver has gone down all the time
How do you make this agree with tn
assertion that the price of silver fxe
the price of all products?-Washing
| tonian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

servative democrats who might have
swallowed the free coinage doctrine.
but who cannot stand the smash-up,
down with everything, which is being
preached by Bryan, These men do
not believe it to be criminal for men to
be thrifty and accumulate property,
nor that it is wrong for the Govern
ment to protect this property if need
be. Some of Bryan's remarks read
like quotations from the speeches of
the men who started the French revol-
ution, and no sane man wants to see
"Reign of Terror" in this country.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
They Call This Coercion

The Northwestern Lumber Comp
any, one of the largest lumber manu-
featuring companies in the country,
has decided to close its large saw mill
at Stanley, Wis. The company has
mills at Eau Claire and Poter's Mills,
Wis, but these latter mills have been
closed some time. The announcement
of the closing of the mill at Stanley is
simultaneous with the issuance of the
following circular letter, which was
sent to the employees:
"To Employes-The closing down
Of its last mill at Stanley makes a con-
dition which has never before existed
in the experience of this company,
that is, plenty of logs in the boom and
all of its mills shut down in the middle
of the saving season. We regret this
condition as much as you possibly can
but it brings us face to face with a
truth which we should all remember.
We are dependent upon you and you
are dependent upon us and neither
can be prosperous except through the
prosperity of the other. An apprecia-
tion of this truth will bring us side by
side in advocating good laws and wise
political action.
"You know as we'll as we can tell
you that the reason we are forced to
shut down our mills in the middle of
a saving season is because our yards
are piled full of lumber and we cannot
sell it. To many of you the causes for
this dullness of trade are not so plain.
To us the prime causes seem to be
two, the first and most important being
the attempt of the allied democratic
and populist parties to force their
ideas of currency upon the country.
This currency question is so deep and
intricate that few of us who are busy
have time to give it sufficient study to
understand it. OF this we can be sure
however, that no law will put money
in our pockets unless we work for it
or part with something else of value
to secure it, and having obtained the
right by these means to demand 1t, the
best is none too good for either you
or u.s."
We all know what the other cause
is-tbe tariff law of 1894, which put
practically all lumber on the free list.
Since this was done our manufactures
have been thrown into direct competi-
| ton with those of Canada, who operate
under entirely different conditions
from our own mills. They have al
| ways had advantages which made
protection to our home mills a neces-
sity. Their stumpage costs less than
it does this side of the border and their
cheaply paid labor gives them great
advantage.-Sidney Independent.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

The following extract is taken from
a letter to l. w. Woods, from his sor
Warren, at Lincoln, Neb. and is worth
printing:
Well, politics is quite warm out this
way. There are good many populists
in Neb. and wherever populism
fiourishes, capital withdraws and con-
sequently hard times result. You ask
whether Bryan will carry Lincoln.
can answer this question beyond the
possibility of a doubt. Bryan will
NOT carry Lincoln, nor will he carry
his own ward; but the state may
go for him, but 1 am rather doubtful
of that. Only the western section of
the state is strongly for him, Omaha,
Lincoln and the larger towns in the
eastern part of the state will all 20
Republican. I should not like to see
Neb. 60 Democratic for it will mean
less investment of capital and a con-
tinuation of hard times for longer
period.
| think McKinley's election is now
practically assured, Iowa, Illionois and
Indiana, which the Democrats have
had hopes of carrying, are safe and
those combined with the vote of the
eastern states makes the Republican
victory sure. Pennsylvania will roll up
the largest Republican majority in
her history. In Tidioute all the lead
ing Democrats have bolted the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Just after election here, the silver
idea seemed to carry many Republicans
off their feet, but on a closer study of
the situation have come around all
right. Here not more Republicans
have bolted than Democrats who will
refuse to support the Chicago ticket.
| You mustn't let old Mason Co. 90
this year. Times are hard but "a victory
for silver would bring the greatest
distress that this country ever exper-
fenced.
When we get Mckinley tariff and
the factories in the east moving, there
will be market created for the
western products, and with the increas-
ed demand will come Increased prices
If the people of the west could only
realize that the cause of the depression
of the country is the depression of all
manufacturing industries in the east
they would then vote for tariff and
prosperity. Times are hard in the
east and have been so for the past
four years, and people haven't enough
to any more than buy the merest
necessities of life and thousands not
even that.
Confidence is the need of the hour
and when these fallacious ideas that
have been going the rounds are once
exploded capitol will unloosen itsell
and things move as of yore. Why, in
Pittsburg when was east, everybody
who could get hold of gold was with.
drawing it from circulation and stor.
ing it in the safety deposit vaults.
w. w. WOODS.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

WANTED-SEVERAL FAITHFUL MEN OR
u Women to travel for responsible establish
ea house in Washington. Salary $3.50. payable
Sls weekly and expenses. Position permanent.
reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en-
'eiope. The National, Star Building. Chicago.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

"LABoR cannot wait. The capital
of the workingman is in his strong
right arm. If he does not use it today
lust that much of his capital has gone
forever. The capitalist can wait on
his dividends, but the workingman
cannot wait on his dinner. And there
is nothing so well calculated to injure
labor in the United States as q depre-
ciated currency."-William Mckinley
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

HEDAR CAMP No $50.
y WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Masonic
Hall, Shelton. Visiting neighbors cordially In
ylted to camp with US, DR.. w. n. Beach,
Al J. Munson, Clerk. Consul.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
If your children are subject to crou

If YOUR children are subject to Group
watch the first symptom of the disease
-boarseness. If Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
child becomes hoarse it will prevent
the attack. Even after the croupy
Cough has appeard the attack can
always be prevented by giving this
remedy. 1t is also invaluable for colds
and whooping cough. For sale BY
Frank Tuell.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
Reward! Reward!

Wilbur's Puget Sound Cough Cure
positively cures la grippe, coughs,
colds, hoarseness, woooping cough,
lung and throat trouble, and consump-
ton. Can be taken by the most deli
cate female or child. Every bottle
guaranteed to cure. Price 30 cents.
Sold by Druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
Society Cards.

OF. BARNABAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH
y REV. r. J. MOONEY. PASTOR.
Services held in Masonic Hall each alternate
lBndav at IL A. N and 7:30 p. N.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09
Nothing Unsound About This.

The Tribune has for several weeks
been printing conspicuously in its
columns part OF the platform
adopted by the republicans of Mason
70. last spring. The vital part of the
hnance plank of that conventions
platform reads as follows. owe are
IN favor of the governments buying
and coming all the silver bullion
offered, AT THE MARKET VALUE, AND RE-
TANNING THE sEIGNoRAGE, and until gold
and silver are at par, WE ARE IN FAVOR
OF IMPOSING DUTY ON IMPORTED SILL
YER EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE BULLION AND COINAGE VALUE"
The Tribune makes the following
comment or the present policy OF the
Republican party, and the past as
outlined in the above; "The same
party that has Topped thus in few
months is accusing the democratic of
Hopping. Consistency, thou art
jewel, and thy name is mud"
1 want to call attention to two
things: 1st, every dollar coined under
a law based upon the plank quoted
would be worth dollar, for if said
dollar contained but So cts worth of
silver, according to the market value,
the difference, 4cts, would remain in
the treasury vaults of the U. S. to in
sure the governments ability to pay
face value. In this case the govern
ment, which is the people, would pay
for silver its full market value if there
was any profit the people would reap
the benefit. If free silver carries the
day then the mine owner would reap
any advantage there might be. One
of two things would happen, either
our silver dollars would become de-
based and worth no more than so
much bullion, or they would be main
tanned at their face value, (Which is an
impossibility,) and the mine owner
would make forty seven cts on every
dollars worth of bullion sold.
The financial policy of the Republi-
can party in the past and at present is
in favor of sound money. But some
of our former republican leaders hav-
ing Topped are trying to make it
appear that they are all right, but the
PARTY has changed. They are even
going so far as to misquote Blaine and
make him to favor free and unlimited
coinage of silver at is to l. In the
very speech from which they quote to
prove this Blaine uses these words,
speaking in the Senate of the U. S.
Feb. 7th, 1878. "At current rates of
silver, the free coinage of dollar con-
tanning 4121 grains, worth in gold
about 92cts, gives an illegitimate profit
to the owner of the bullion, enabling
him to take 80 cts worth of it to the
mint and get it stamped as coin AND
FORCE HIS NEIGHBOR TO TAKE 1T FOR A
FULL DOLLAR. This is an undue, an
unfair advantage which the Gov. has
no right to give the owners of silver
bullion, AND WHICH DEFRAUDS THE
MAN WHO is FORCED TO TAKE THE
DOLLAR.
Shades of the departed dead! If
Blaine held it fraud to rob man OF s
cts. of each dollar what would he not
say when the free silverites propose to
rob him of Al cts. on the dollar:
Can the Tribune see no difference
between the plank he quotes from the
Republican County platform and "free
and unlimited coinage of the SILVER OF
the world at 16 to l." Or does he re-
gard winning votes as better business
than telling the simple truth.
EpANU RTNNc
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-09

DACIFIC LODGE, NO. 66,
I X. OPP.
Meets the first and third Fri1ay evenings OF
ofeach month at the Masonic Hall. Visltin
Knights cordially invited to attend.
Thos .HcLarty, F. d. SHELTON,
L. of r. &S. Z.
The morning times., 1896-04-08
HEART DISEASE.
SOME FACTS REGARDING THE RAPID
INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES.
Do Not BE. Alarmed, But Look for
the Cause.

Heart troubles atleast among Americans,
are certainly increasing and while this may
be largely due to the worry and excitement
OF American business life, it is more often
the result of weak stomachs, OF poor di-
gestion.
Real. organic heart disease IS incura BILE;
but not one case in hundred of heart
trouble is organic.
The close relation between heart trouble
and poor digestion is because both organs
are controlled by branches of the same great
nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneumo-
gastric.
In another way also. the heart, IL affected
by that form of poor digestion, which causes
gas and fermentation from half digested
food; there Is a feeling of oppression and
heaYincSs in the chest caused by pressure
or the distcnded stomach on the heart and
lungs. interfering with their action; hence
arises palpiiation and short breath.
Poor digestion also pcisons the blood,
makes IL Thin and watery, which irritatcs
and weakens the heart
The most sensible treatment for heart
troubles H. 10 improve the digestion and TO
insure the prompt assimilation OF food
This can best be done by the regular use,
after meals, of some safe, pleasant and
effective digestive preparation, like Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. which may be found at
most drug stores, and which contain vaIua-
bile. harmless digestive elements, In u pleas
ant, convenient form.
1t is safe 10 say that the regular, persis
tent use OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at
meal tine viii cure any form of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stonla ch
Full size packages OF the Tablets sold by
most druggists at 90 cents or by mail from
Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich.