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MANY KILLED IN A MINE.
Gas Causes a Disaster in a Sh aft at
Carbonate, Wash.
Thi rty.two Out Of the seventy-six Men In
the Mine Arc Dead-Two Remark
able Rescues.

CARBoSADo, Wash. (SpeclaD.-The great
est mining accident In the history of coal
mining Of this State occurred when an e1-
ploslon took place in Shaft No. 7, OF the
Carbon Hill coal mines, forty miles east OF
Tacoma. Thirty-two miners lost their
lives. The total number OF men In the un-
fortunate shaft was seventy-six, OF whom
forty-four are alive, having escaped or
been rescued.
The Victims were among the best class OF
miners employed in this State. Most OF
the men were married and lived with their
families in snug cottages at Carbonado,
which stands on O hill 900 feet above the
entrance to the niue workings.
The cause Of the disaster Is unknown.
but II Is supposed the miners working be-
tween the 800 and 600 foot levels broke In
to the old mine workings, which were
filled with gas. The explosion followed as
tact with the first miners lamp. The
theory Of Superintendent Davies is that q
small pocket OF gas was opened, beca me
ignited, and caused the terrific explosion
of dust which resulted in all the damage
and loss OF life. ..-,.
The explosion occurred Just rs the men
were preparing to leave the shaft at noon.
Several hours elapsed before efforts could
be made to enter the mine. The surviving
relatives at once focked around the shaft,
creating a terrible scene with their loud
lamentations.
Two men were rescued at S O'Clock the
uext morning, after being entombed In the
mine all night. They are Peter Merp,
Frenchman, and Michael Knish, O Pole.
After Knish had recovered from the effects
OF the suffocating black damp, he said:
II was working on the fourth cross cut
when the explosion came. After thut !
went to sleep, and somebody came and
woke me up and took me out OF there"
That was the total measure OF his period
of consciousness. He had lain In the cool
depth over eighteen hours, aud had not
the least conception OF the passage Of
time.
On the other hand. Merp, tho French
man, had been blindly cropping around In
the darkness for the most part OF the
night on his hands and knees, seeking for
some avenue OF escape.
Governor Rogers wilt conduct search
ing examination as to the cause OF the ex-
plosion. He telegraphed State Mine In
spector Owens at. Spokane to attend
the inquest and examine witnesses. The
mine In contravention OF State law will be
madc the subject OF thorough inquiry.
The mines are owned by tho Carbon Hill
Coal Company. They gave work to four
hundred men. and had an output OF three
hundred thousand tons annually. They
are situated forty miles from Tacoma on
the Cascade Division OF the Northern Pa.
cifc. The mines are in deep ravtne
through which the Carbon River flows. It
Is glacial river. The mines are supplied
with every appliance for safety. They are
largely tunnelled, and the tunnels are sc
big that LOGON olives run into them.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
washin1ton Items,

An effort is to be made in Congress to
pass bill requiring publication OF the
pension roll.
Attorney General Griggs rules that the
abolishment OF free delivery through re-
ductlon Of gross receipts Is compulsory.
Secretary Long has had prepared the
draft OF bill abollshing the Bureaus OF
Construction and Repair, Equipment and
Steam Engineering, and assigning their
functions to single new bureau to be
called the Bureau OF Ships.
At session OF the Cabinet form OF
government for Porto Rico was discussed.
It is believed that the President and the
Secretaries favor the form used In Louisiana
in 1903.
United States Consul Ruffin, at Asuncion,
Paraguay, has informed the State Depart.
ment that the Paraguan Government so.
licted bids for printing SIS, 900 900 in paper
N oney.
The terms OF the reciprocity treaties ne.
gotiated last summer between the United
States and France and the United States
and Great Britain have been made public.
John Wanamaker, before the Industrial
Commission, declared that der artment
stores are beneficial to society.
Congress will not extend the powers OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission at
this session.
The Senate confirmed the nomination OF
Elihu Root to be Secretary OF War.
A bill was introduced In the Senate by
Mir. Penrose (Penn.) to pension Mrs. Grid.
ley, wife :ot the late Captain Gridley, OF the
Olympia, at 500 per month.
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the detachment pursuing Agulnaldo, have
Just reached Manila by messenger. Cen
eral Young was at Condor on November
20, having three troops OF the Third Cav
airy, Cunningham's scouts aud Major
March's battalion of the Thirty-third In
fantry. The nominal strength Of his COM
mand had been reduced one-thlrd by sick.
ness. The horses were worn out and
handicapped by lack Of shoes. The In
fantry, after a march OF a hundred miles
from San Jaointo, were shoeless, and all
were living on the country. The troops
had no ammunition except what they car
ried In their belts.
General Young, having then BEEN with
out Communication With General Lawton
for tsn days, and not knowing the dis
position OF the other troops, or whether
support was being sent forward, resolved
to keep moving.
Having received Information that the
insurgent General Tlno, with thousand
men, was somewhere to the north,
and that Agulnaldo, with General
Pillar, five women and four hundred
soldiers of the faithful Bulacan
battalion, was In the mountains to the
east, General Young decided to divide his
force. He proceeded himself toward Vigan,
hoping to attack General Tino with his
handful Of men. and to prevent him from
joining Aguinaldo. March and Cunning
ham started over the mountains toward
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MoLrEso, Cape Colony (By Cable. Cen.
eral Gatacre's movement may be termed Q.
Reconnaissance In force. It's object was to
ascertain the strength OF the position OF
the Beers, who wore strongly intrenched
along the Stormberg Range. He left Put
ter's Kraal shortly after noon, with fight
Ing force slightly over 1000 men.
Leaving Molteno at 0 O'Clock in the
evening, he made memorable night march
toward Stormberg over tho rocks and
veidt. There was no sound except o steady
tramp, and there were no Distinguishing
lights, the bright moon having gone down
about 11.30 O'Clock.
The column arrived safe within q couple
of miles OF its destination, the only In
cidents of the march being an occasional
sudden call OF "Haltl,' under the belief
that the Beers were near. .S,sg b
Suddenly terrific FIRE opened simultn.
neously on the British front and right flank.
The Royal Irish Rifles, which formed the
advance, sought shelter behind a neighbor-
Ing kopje, and were speedily Joined by the
remainder of the column. It was soon
found, however, that this position also was
covered by Boer guns, which were more
powerful than had been supposed. The
about half q mile away, two batteries in
the meantime engaging the Beers and COW
, erIng the troops in their withdrawal.
The action now became general at long
range, and detachment Of mounted iE.
iantry moved northward with q View OF
getting on the enemy's right flank. Sud-
denly O strong commando was seen NOV
Ing from the north, and the Royal Irish
Rifles and the Northumberland Regiment
were sent ou. to meet It.
It was soon discovered, however, that
the Beers had machine guns we'll placed.
and the British were compelled to facea
terrible fire.
Finding 1t impossible to hold tho POSI-
tton In the face OF IN enemy apparently
superior In position numbers and artillery,
the British retired on Molteno, the Boers
following up the retirement closely and
bringing two big guns to bear on tho 70.
retiring column.
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OoinN

Domestic.
Wild blowing forty miles an hour dritted
snow In Wisconsin 80 deeply Us to block
railroads. ,.. ..
Chief-JustIce John A. Peters, OF the
Maine Supreme Court, sent his resignation
to Governor Powers to take effect on
JHnuary1. He was appointed Chief-Justice
In September, 1883. r:.'
Julia Brennan and Kate Brady we're
found guilty at Baltimore, Md, Of the muir
der OF Joseph Burns, twenty-one months
old child, by placing him on red hot
stove and each sentenced to ten years I'M
prisonment.
John Matthews, assistant draw tender
at the Albany street bridge, New Bruins
wick, N. j., was stricken with paralysis as
he was assisting to put up the iron lever
key with which the draw Is opened. He
fell aud the lever, weighing over 300
pounds, landed on his skull, crushing it.
Two bloodhounds have been purchased
by Canton, Ohio, to assist the police In
running down criminals.
Frederick s. Slater, OF Newark, n. j.,
was shot and fatally hurt In Madison
Square Garden, New York City by Walter
Rosser. They had quarreled over bet on
the bicy Gle race.
George Bussell, son Of Commodore Ed.
ward Bussell, was found dead in his room
at Red Bank, n. j., by his father. He bad
been asphyxlatsd by Illuminating gas. He
was twenty-five years old.
Robbers opened the safe in the office
the Pacific Express Company at Cheyenne,
Wyo., and secured sum variously estt-
mated at from $40, 900 to S25, 900. There is
no clue to the thieves.
Naval Cadet W. P. Giles, formerly Of the
United States battleship Oregon, died at
Fort Worth, Texas. He contracted con-
sumption on the famous trip OF the Ore
gon around Cape Horn to take part In the
battle OF Santiago. He was native OF Hill
County, Texas.
A duel was fought at Greenvllle, Miss.
which resulted in the instant death OF ].
O. Connerly, a lawyer OF Lake Village,
Ark, and Alfred B. Duncan, who lived
near Sunnyside, Ark. The tragedy Is said
to have been the result OF business mis-
understanding.
General Joubert, the commander OF the
Boer forces investing Ladysmith, who Is
indisposed, arrived at Volksrust. During
his absence Commandant Schalkburger Is
In supreme command. Volksrust Is 119
miles north OF Ladysmith.
Ireland Is excited by the Lord Lieuten.
ants decree removing Conner O'Kelley
from the Mayo Maglstracy. In public
speeches Magistrate O'Kelley had ex.
pressed sympathy with the Beers.
The Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain
has announced that he has been empow.
cred to remove existing obstacles to unre.
strlcted trade between his country and
England, Germany and America.
A bill has been introduced into the Cham.
bers OF Deputies at Paris, to foster French
influence In South America.
The Toulon squadron, now at Smyrna.
has been ordered to return to France
The Northern Squadron has been ordered
to provision for three months and be In
readiness for eventualltles.
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COMMANDER E. p. WOOD DEAD.
He Was In Charge of tho Petrol During
tho Battle OF Manila Bay.

He Was In Charge of tho Petrol During
tho Battle OF Manila Bay.
WASHINGTON, D. c. Especially. - Com
mander Edward Parker Wood, U. 8. n,
died OF typhoid fever at his home In this
city. He had been seriously III for only
week. he was in charge OF the Fifth
Lighthouse District, with his onlce IN
Baltimore, but had been in the habit OF
coming over to his home In this city In the
evenings.
1t was while commander OF the Petrol
that he earned his highest praise OK Ad-
miral Dewey and his brother officers. The
Petrol is tho tlniest OF gunboats, and with
out protection beyond steel deck. Be.
cause OF her light draft, Commander Wood
saw his opportunity to run the Petrol close
in shore OF the entrance to the har6or, OF
Cavlte, during the battle OF Manila Bay.
The Spanish ships that remained ahoat
had sought shelter under the guns OF the
forts at Cavlte and Dewey's ships could not
get at them. The little Pettel, however.
steamed boldly into the harbor entrance,
sunk the remaining Spanish boats. and
then paid her respects to the Spanish forts
In such fashion as to silence them. -.
He was detached from the .Asiatic station
December 81, 1898, and returhed..wlth his
health broken. Admiral Dewey vas very
much affected by the news Of his death.
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FATAL FIRE IN GLOUCESTER.
Two Killed and Many Buildings Do
stroyod In tho Sporting Section.

Two Killed and Many Buildings De-
stroyod In tho Sporting Section.
GLOUCESTER. N. J. Special. 1.-TWO hotels.
and several other buildings were destroyed
by fire here a few days ago. Two person 8
were burned to death and their bodies were
found at daylight In the ruins OF the build
Ing where they bad been asleep.
The fire was the most destructive this
city has ever seen. It occurred in the
sporting section, not far from the ferry to
Philadelphia, and burned over an area OF
half block. destroying the Green Tree
Hotel, the Clifton House, the handbali
court building attached to the Green Tree
Hotel, the stables belonging to the sama
hotel, dwelling house occupied by John
Nicholson, and Hargreave's stables.
E. David Young, az old man, and his vile,
Elizabeth, lived In room over Har-
greave's stables. They were caught in the
fire and burned to death.
The fire threatened for time to sweep
through the whole section Of the city, as
most OF the buildings about 1t are Of wood.
The flremen kept the fire from spreading
further than 1t did only by the hardest
kind OF work. The loss Is estimated at
S20. 600.
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SUBIG BAY TOWNS SEIZED
Navy Cooperating With General
Grants Forces in the Philippines.
YOUNG'S PURSUIT OF AGUlNALD DO.

The Hardships Endured by the Troops
on tho Trail OF the Filipino General
Hospitality OF the Igorrotes-Insur-
gents Drive American Prisoners With
Bayonet-New Naval Station.
MANILA By le).-The advance guard
OF General Grants command, under Major
Spence, has arrived at Olangapo, subig
Bay, which place was occupied with little
resistance, the enemy fleeing. Major
Spence had an arduous march over the
mountain trails from Dinalupihan.
The following day the Baltimore and
Oregon and chartered transport arrived
at Olangapo from Manila. The navy was
disappointed to find the army In possession
Of tho place, which they had hoped to cap
ture. A detachme Mt OF marines, under
CAPTAIN Myers, occu pied the navy yard,
and will hold and occ upy 1t as a naval sta
tlon. The yard consists OF seven new large
buildings.
Major Spence's command was transport
ed from Olangapo to Subig, five miles dis.
tant. The enemy was seen deserting Su-
bio as the troops landed, and the place
was occupied without resistance. The
Americans killed one OF the enemy.
coast and will effect juncture with the
Twenty.ffrh Infantry. Colonel Andrew
s, Burt, who was reported eight miles from
Iba a few days ngo. General Grant Is not
earrlsoning the towns he occupies. Nc
casualties are reported In his command.
Dispatches dated Conception, December
q. from a newspaper correspondent with
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SANK RoBBER SHOT DEAD
watchman in Deep River Conn, !,
Kills One Of Four Men. 81
they Were Tryinx to Get Into the ssSilssE
Bank and the watchman Fired
His "Riot GunO

DEEP RIVER, Conn. gpecisD .AnJ at.
tempt was made a few days ago 20 rob thsi
Deep River Savings Bank One or ths rob-s
bers was killed. Four men wefsS seen AZ
l.15 O'Clock by the .watchman, Harry D..
Tyler, coming down Main street. As they
reached the bank one Of them came up the;
steps and peersd through window
Another OF the four went to side
window near the door opening into the d.
other two went; to the window opposite and
began pry!ng It up. Looking through the
inner blinds, Tyler saw one man with both
hands on lever under the casing and on6s
standing back OF him. Holding n revolver
In one hsnd, Tyler took aim With his riot;
gun and fred.
: The shell contained nine balls. Dodgs
ing back against Q wall, Tyler waited ten.
minutes, but could hear no sound. Aps
proaehing the window, he saw anan lying
on his back with hole In his head the
charge having hit him IN the eye. 4ftS
alarm was given over the Telephone but
It was nearly an hour before help came
: and then. Tyler erepk out OF the door and
across the street on his hands and kneess
fearing that the eonfedsrstes nigh be III (
hiding. No traces of them have bser5
found, although the police wers nokifedh'
all through this region to be on the looks
out. a.t5 q ~
The dead man was apparently about thir.a
ty years old with black hair, inclined to-
curl little, black moustache, oe niedfufks,
weight, about fve feet four ihctlea sin@
height and was we'll dressed In q darksuits
Ills revolver was found under him loaded
and loose cartridges were In his peekatys
On him we're found SIX twist steel drills
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Cervantes after Aguinaldo, who was re-
ported to have been there on November 20.
This column marched for thirteen hours
without food.
The Americans found that the insur-'
gents had impressed the Igorrotes, COM
pelllng them to dig trenches and to con-
struct pitfalls along the trails. One stream
had to be forded twelve times In the course
OF mile. These inoffensive, stupid crea-
lures, usually pictured as bloodthirsty
sayages, oheerfully turned to undo their
own work and actually went foragIhg for
the Americans.
The Ilocos region Is the richest the Amer
leans have entered In the northern caE-
paign. The people are prosperous, intel
iigent and more than hall civilized. They
have excellent houses and carry on -four
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Minor nIention,

Taxes were paid in Berlin in 1898 on 49,
95S dogs. =. zs
America has two leper hospitals
Orleans and San Francisco. Gaii
Germany now has q postage stamp Oh
the value OF two piennigs, or half cent. y
twill cost 1000, 900 to perpetuate the
Dewey Arch aud colonnade that now
stand In Madison Square, New YORK City. :
A deficit of s49, 900, 900 IN revenue below.
expenditure Is estimated for Eusslau Gov.
eminent finances for the present hscal
year. s.
The product OF the potato farms In De-
troit. Mich, in 1899 was 10,430 bushels,
produced at a cost OF about eight cents per
bushel. ~, f
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCH.
and resd)

instructed to throw open the ports of the
Philippines to commerce rs rapidly as he
can garrison them with troops no longer
needed for active field operations.
It Is the belief OF the authorities In
Washington that 90, 600 len can be spared
for garrison duty within few weeks.
leaving 20, 900 effective for such campaigns
as may be necessary In parts OF Luzon and
the other islands where show OF resist
ance, chiefly OF bandit character, may
contioue until few lawless bands are ex-
terminated, md with this number, which
constitutes one-half OF the total strength
Of the Eighth Corps, nearly all the ports
OF the group may have shipping restric.
fJono ohnltahad
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BRITISH MEET DEFEAT.
General Gatacre Sustains a Serious
Reverse at Stormberg.
HE MARCHED INTO A B0ER TRAP.

General Gatacre Says: "T Was Misled BY
tho Guides"-Trled Night Attack
and Found tho Enemy Waiting For
Him-Brltish Forced to Retreat Thir.
teen Miles, Under Fire AL the Way.
LONDON Qby Cable).-The War ONCE has
received tho following dispatch from Gen.
oral Forester Walker, at Cape Town:
"Gatacre reports: Deeply regret to In.
form you that met with serious reverse
N the attack on stormberg. I.was mIsled
As to tho snemy's position by the guides
and found impracticable ground"
tits hardly too much to regard General
Gatacrs's repulse near stormbers as the
most serious defeat British arms have yet
sustained In the whole campaign. The
official advices received with the report OF
the disaster show that two men were
killed, nine officers and, seventeen men
were wounded, and nine. officers and 59s
men arc missing. ~:
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GENERAL DEL Pillar KILLED.
Seventy FIlipinos Fall With Him In .
Fight With Major March.

Seventy FIlipinos Fall With Him in .
Fight With Major March.
MANILA (By Cable).-General Gregorio
del Pillar, commanding Aguinaldo's body.
guard, has been killed by Major Peyton G.
March's battalion OF the Thirty.third In.
fantry in fight eighteen miles northwest
OF Cervantes.
According to reports which General
Young obtained from escaped Spanish
prisoners at Vigan several days ago, Major
March left tho coast, where he was pursu.
ing AguInaldo. and encountered General
Del Pillar on fortified trail. They fought
for four hours, during which seventy Fill.
.pinos were killed or,wounded. The Amer.
loan lost was one man killed and si1
Horlded. z.a
Del Pillar was zone Of the leaders OF. the
present and Of the eanti-Spanish revolution:
He was a mere youth. and was reported
to have been graduated from European
university. Professor Schurman met him
as a member OF the first Peace Commission,
and rated him as remarkably clever.
General Grants expedition has visited
Orani and several Western towns, meet:
ing small bands. He killed several OF the
rebels and captured considerable quan.
tity OF munitions OF wa1.
The records of the Treasury OF the SO.
called Filipino Government, together with
q quantity Of paper money and another
Nordenfeldt, have been found at Manga.
tarem.
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Extra Session OF Michigan LeEi.lature.
Governor Pingree. OF Michigan, has sent
ont a call for an extra session OF the Leg.
{qiature
Boer-Brltish War Notes.

Count Deville Leblois, a colonel IN the
Rrench army. has Joined the Transvaal
forces as an authorl7ed military attache.
There is one case Of horse, sickness at
Frere Camp, Natal. Every enort VIII De
made to prevent the spread OF tae disease.
The Orange Free State has plociaimed
miles north Of Queenstown, Cape Colony.
Comfortable wood and iron houses have
been erected at Waterfall, lew miles rom
Pretoria, for the rank and hle OF the bri'isn
prisoners.
Coolies to the number OF 2S4, whom Gen
eral White refused to receive at Ladysmnn
arrivedsat Frere Camp, Natal, IN q starving
condition. "-
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News Of the Toilers.

An intern atlonal congress Of miners Is to
be held In Milwaukee, Wis, next year.
There are in France 29O,SO5 industrial
establishments employing fewer than four
teen persons.
The United Labor League OF Western
Psnnsylvania has commenced preparations
to celebrate Labor Day, 1900.
Railway employees are agltatinR the es.
tablishment OF cooperative stores. The
flrst start is to be made In Ohio on January
/, 1900.
Six hundred ore shovellers went on
strike at Conneaut, Ohio, for increased
wages and the removal OF improved ma
chinery.
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Our Adopted Islands.

The Lepanto province, Philippine Isl.
ands, has been cleared Of insurgents. The
navy co-operated with the army on the
west coast.
A circular has been sent to all the judges
and flscals In Cuba ordering them to an.
nounce that in the future any attempt at
lynching or murder by an individual or
crowd, will be severely punished.
Over 5000 Spanish prisoners have been
released in the Philippines In the past
month. All important and threatened
centres OF population in the far north OF
Luzon have been occupied by American
troops.
Moran, a sailor on board tine Indiana,
who has heen in Jail at Havana. Cuba, for
q year, was placed on trial and acquitted,
the judges deciding that there was no case
against him.
Funds are still needed for the assistance
OF those who we're rendered homeless by
the floods in Porto Rico last summer.
Near Baliuag, P. l., force Of 100 insur.
gents attacked a wagon train, escorted by
thirty men Of the Sixteenth Infantry. A
sharp engagement followed. The Fllipinos
lost eighteen In killed and nine In captured.
President McKinley's message to Con.
gress has been received by Cubans Of all
classes with much satisfaction.
There has been mutiny OF native police
In one Of the towns ofthe island OF Negros,
P.I. An American officer was killed.