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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
DEAD MINERS
Total Casualties of the Washington Mine
Explosion Now Known.
GOVERNOR ORDERS AN INVESTIGATION
To Examine Into Question of Insult
ficient Ventilation - Miraculous
Rescue of Two Miners Early
sunday Morning.

CARBONADO, Wash. Dec. 10.-Stunned
by the suddenness OF the mine horror the
people here seem too dazed for any express
sion of grief OF a demonstrative nature.
Thirty-two is the number OF dead. As
by miracle two men were rescued at 5
o'clock this morning after suffering an
awful night entombed in the dark, cavern
Gus chamber Of horrors.
Almost mocking the doleful situation, one
of the men, Peter Merp, proudly slapped
himself on the breast as he was emerging
from the mouth of the main tunnel, ejacu-
lating: Peters all right; how's my dogs?"
In painful contrast to him was the other
unfortunate. Michael Knish, a Pole. SO
sickened had he been with the dead air,
laden with its black damp, that he could
hardly find his voice and what utterances
he did give vent to were born of delirium.
Later in the day Knish said:
Il was working on the fourth crosscut
when it came After that l went to sleep and
somebody came and woke me UP and took
me out of there"
That was the telltale measure Of his pc
riod of consciousness. All he knew was that
an explosion had happened and then he
fell asleep until rescued. He had lain in the
cool depths over eighteen hours and had not
the least conception of this length of time.
On the other hand, Merk, the Frenchman,
had been blindly cropping around in the
darkness for the most part of the night on
his hands and knees, seeking for some ave-
nue. Of escape.
Save these two men, the death list re-
mains the same. The injured, in addition to
Knish, number five. They are: Andrew and
Michael j. Kichinko, HungariaHs; Abraham
Kalunki, Finn, and James Conway, the
first man to leave the mine of Foreman
Davis shift. all OF whom are severely
burned, and Caldido Parolini, an Italian,
who has several ribs fractured by falling
timbers.
Governor Rogers will conduct a search
ing examination as to the cause of the ex-
plosion. He telegraphed Mine Inspector
Wells, now at Spokane, to attend the in
quest tomorrow and examine witnesses him
self. The question of inefficient ventilation
Of the mine in accordance with the state
law will be thoroughly gone into 1t has
been found impossible to secure compe-
tent coroner's jury in the mining district
and Coroner Haskell has gone to Tacoma and
will select his jurors there.
The theory of Superintendent Davies is
that a small pocket of gas was opened and
became ignited. The concussion of gas re-
suited in the terrific explosion of dust
which caused all the damage and loss of
life.
The total number of men in the unfor-
tunate shaft was iseventy-six, of whom
forty-four are alive, all Of them having es-
capped or been rescued.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11

A revised death list follows:
Company men:
LEONARD JOHNSON.
HENRY SOLNI.
MATT REHLEA.
VICTOR RUHINAKI formerly given as
John HID, all Firms.
MICHAEL KICHINKO.
JOHN MELLON.
ANDREW GECEY.
JOHN H. JONES.
DAVID THOMAS.
HOWELL MEREDITH, SR.
WATKINS JONES.
EVAN M LEWIS.
DANIEL DAVIS.
LEE S. JONES.
- WILSON.
JOSEPH LEE.
RICHARD DAPE.
BEN SEINLER, JR.
Contract miners:
AUGUST HANAYT
EMIL HANAYT Belgians.
PAUL CURTISS.
ADAM PAVOLL.
JOHN FOLTA.
STEVEN KRAUNOGA.
BEN zEIDLER. SR.
MATT NULAND.
JACOB LANDE.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
Antitrust League.

CHICAGO, Dec. ia meeting of the
Trust league will be held here tomorrow, at
which time the date for the anti-tru con-
ference will be fixed. 1t has already been
decided that the meeting will be held in
Chicago and all arrangements will be COM
pleted at this meeting of the executive
committee
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
sunday closing War AT HumboIdt.

HUMBOLDT Neb., Dec. 1O,-(Speeial)- y
The city council failed to pass the ordinance
requiring all business houses to close on
Sunday and a movement is now on foot to
compel Sunday closing by the state law
There is much opposition, principally on the
part of the confectionery stores.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
RrNnn NOT "a Bnrkis.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 1O.-W ].
Bryan, who passed through Galveston to-
day en- route to Austin, when asked If he
would be a candidate for the vacant sena-
torship seat in Nebraska emphatieally re-
piled: "No, | will not" and positively de-
clined to further discuss Nebraska politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
BARON EMILY LOSES ROTH HIS JOBS.
Ousted from Deputy Lieutenancy of
LIme rick for AnII-Mnr TnIk.

LONDON, Dec. 1O.-The earl of Dunrayen,
lord lieutenant of Limerick, acting under
instructions from Dublin castle, has removed
from the office of deputy lieutenant of the
county Baron Emily, who was recently re-
moved from his position as magistrate by
Lord Ashbourne, lord chancellor OF Ireland,
because of his anti-British comments on the
war in South Afriea.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11

MADRID, Dec. 10.-An official dispatch
from Manila says that 229 Spaniards,
formerly prisoners in the hands of the Fill
pinos have arrived there.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 10.-Governor
IN Ieely '9oa TO me Crtieisms fb
Board of Election Commissioners upon his
action in calling out the state guard.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
Movements of Ocean Vessels, Dec. 10.

At queenstown n-Sailed-Etruria from
Liverpool for New York; UltOnla, from
Liverpool, for Boston.
Al New York-ArrIyed-Mesa from
London.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
CHURCHILL HELD AS coMBATANT.
Correspondent Applies TO General
nnIIer TO GET Him Exchanged.

FRERE CAMP, Natal, Dec. 10.-6 p m.
80 Photographic communication with Lady
smith continues daily. General Sohalk-
burger and Commodore Louis Botha are in
command OF the Boer forces investing
Ladysmith. Their horses are said to be in
poor condition.
heavy report was heard in the direction
OF Colenso today. The sound was followed
by a big cloud OF smoke. The supposition
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER

Forecast for Nebraska
Rain and Possibly Snow; Variable Winds.
Temperature Mt Omaha yCsterdny,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-11

Continued on Fifth Page)
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
SORp SDOila Beer.


"Do you know that 81 100000 worth Of
beer could be utterly spoiled by two
ounces of soap?" said Madison avenue
saloonist to reporter. well, it's fact.
A little pellet Of scap-any kind of SOAP
dropped into cask containing hundreds
Of gallons would knock the life out of it
quicker than you could say Jack Robin
son. The lye and the grease in the soap
simply stops the fermentation Of the
beer, and it loses it's cffervescence Mt
once. Some years ago prominent brew
ing company of this town had 10000 gal
Ions of particularly fine brew stored in
its cellars. One day member of the
firm tapped one of the casks and subse-
quently others and found they had 10000
gallons of fluid that wasn't worth as
much as so much water. Every gallon Of
it was as iifeless as canal aqua pura. A
brewmaster who had short time previ-
Gus lost his position with the firm was
suspected Of the job, in revenge for his
dismissal. but the brewing company had
no proof. and, besides, the man might
have been innocent But there was every
evidence that soap had been used. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
Wetc.ht of n Lion,

Ask any acquaintance how much lion
weighs, and see what he will say. Those
who know the look of the king of beasts
best and how small his 1.-THE body really
is, will probably come furthest from the
truth. About 300 pounds to $50 pounds
is the usual estimate. But this is below
the mark. A full grown lion will tip the
hundred and forty pounds is the record
for an African lion. His bone is solid
and heavy as ivory. The tiger runs the
lion very close. A Bengal tiger, killed
two years ago by an English officer, seal
ed 500 pounds. A tiger of this size has.
however, considerably greater muscular
strength than the biggest lion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
[To Be Continually
MARkEN MODES,
The Mems Fashions Are Queer, but
the Womens Queerer.

The Mems Fashions Are Queer, but
the Women's Queerer.
The great feature of Marken is the
costumes of the people. The Marker
girls when they take service away from
home in the neighboring cities of the
Zuyder Zee still tenaciously cling fast to
their native costume in all its oddity.
The men Of Marker wear full black
wooden knee breeches, with black wooden
stockings, and at home wooden shoes.
Above they have on wide blouse fasten-
ed Mt the neck with pair of gold but
tons, and underneath this red flannel
shirt, which shows ut the waist.
The women Guido them. They wear,
one and all, black bodice, over which is
stomacher, or "tabbetje." in the YER
nacular, of bright figured chntz, often Of
large and pronounced pattern. Their
black wooden skirts are short and full
and show nt the bottom the edge of a red
flannel petticoat. Their stockings are
black, and their shoes, at least out Of
doors, are the wooden klompcn, that the
Dutch name so expressively describes.
The headdress, as everywhere in Hol
land, is the most distinctive Fart of the
whole. 1t consists of high, cylinder
shaped cap Of colored linen. covered in
its turn with II muslin cap, with an edge
and insertion of lace, all most carefully
and deliberately made. From under the
edge of the cap projects, stiff and
straight, a long bang of blond hair, and
from eao,, de over the ears hangs down
a thick cum to the waist. These curls are
the particular feature of Marken. Old
and young wear them, through all the
varying degrees of luxurianca of growth,
from the young girl, who assumes this
whole costume when she arrives at
marriageabe age, through the plentiful
abundance of young womanhood, to the
strnginess and ultimate paucity of age.
The Marker children it is utterly i'm
possible to distinguish as to sex at an
early age, since all wear skirts and tight
fitting caps. The boys, however, have Il
star shaped crown in the latter. which
is apparent when pointed out. When a
boy is 5 years old. he lays aside these
garments for the garb Of his father,
whom he straightway resembles in min
iaturc. The Markcn costume is one of
the brightest and most yariously colored
that can be found anywhere out of more
southern lands, a circumstance that rem
dcrs a Marker clothesline glory to be-
hold.-Keystoup
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
The Dirda Were There,

eve tried to keep the railway carriage
to ourselves from Liverpool to London"
writes young bride quoted by the Troy
Times. "The steamer was so crowded we
really had not had moment to ourselves.
AT Busby, | think ii was the guard open
ed the door and in spite of Frcd's scowls
lifted small girl into our compartment,
making lot of apologies about having
no place else to put her. She was IL real
little towhcaded English girl about 7,
and she sat down on the edge OF the seat
and stared about her.
"'What is the matter, Miss Victoria|
asked Fred, who is the most good natur-
ed man in the world.
81 don't see the BIRDS said the small
girl. plaintively.
"'Birds? What birds? asked Fred.
"'Whcn l came from my other train,
your guard said to my guard, "Shove her
in along wifi the love BIRDS Where are
they?"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
CHAPTER V.
OI.IOWING THE TRAIL


Fercy arrived JUST "a hours a1ter me
-gooo oid fercy' ne hao not tarrieo
one unnecessary minute IN LONDON
knowing that needed hlm' toid MIN
an l hao seen ana aone' ana he WAS
Kind ana encouraging
wen Done ola man! ne sa,d'
you maven let the grass grow unaer
your 1eet. IL may De a gooa ciew' ana
1t may not. Ihese chaps are such fright
tul hars' nut well test 1t at balota. IL
doesn seem qulte hKely story does
lt7 why Rnonld TWO fellows nave
pounced upon your tather ana carried
MN on 70 the post station You see'
You yonrseif put a lou OF the tale lhto
the fellows head by inquirlng whether
any one had driven the count TO balota,
ana ne could easily invent the rest. IL
seems to me that they would nave ROD
bed him, more likely and left MIN.
heaven only knows' sald sagely'
LET'S get ready at once ana drive over
to the post road. we may nit the tran.
fancy 1t rather myself for want or
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
Observation-Disclosures.
81 FRED WHIsHAw.


Copyright, ts9o, by American Pren Asso'
ciation.l
ibid Hpiridon (the second keepeE)
lrive him to the stationH" asked.
spiridon scratched his head and re-
fected. drew bow at venture
"You were drunk when our man
came to interview you, Spiridon, I
said. "Confess II. You don't remem-
Der what you told him."
81 certainly went home with the
count from the moor" he said, "but
when we reached the house he gave me
q ruble and sent me back to the moor,
to the other gentleman and Armin, say
ing they might want me to carry game.
He had no luggage and would walk to
the station. Then Spiridon grinned and
scratched his bsad. II may have been
a little drunk when your man came
down." be added; 'the gentleman had
both tipped me generously"
There was no more to be got out of
Spiridon.
Then went to the station and in
quired of the station master, who said
he knew the count well, whether he
had seen my father on the day in ques-
ton.
ibid he travel home by the afternoon
train on Wednesday the -" I asked.
"wednesday the" repeated the
man refectively, consulting his day
book. "Ah, l thought so-no, he did
not, for that was the afternoon that
the line was blocked. Some rascal had
laid tree across and the engine ran off
the line-the up engins.-and plowed
the metals. I remember your father
coming to the station, but he did not
travel"
"What did he do, them" I asked,
flushing with agitation, for here, l
thought, was the beginning Of clew.
"Well, can't tell you" he said.
"He left the station, and, now come
to think of it, he did not reappear. The
other gentleman took the train next
day, but not the count"
"Not the countr' ! repeated. care
you suref"
"Quite sure' said the man. "He
came on the Tuesday, but-well, he has
not gone back yet, and that's a factl"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
A Proper BSston Boy.

The Boston Transcript says that ths
other day on car from Cambridge "
Boston was boy about II years old, q
very proper little boy, with gloves an
high collar. He was holding forth ~
two little girls on various subjects and
presently said, II never in my life have
seen play that was really ashamed To
have seen but once, and that play was
Secret Service" MI
"Why, what's the matter with thatf's
asked the girls. &g
"Oh, nothing's really the matter with n
its good enough play and all that, but
it isn't educational like Shakespeare and
THE Christian you know!" NJ
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05

y take most horses Tor 81. PsteIsbTU.
We wish 70 know the dats. and are b.
pared to pay Tor information.
The fellow reelected q short W6AS
He glanced furtively at me oncesbr
twice from under his black, bushy eye
browA did not like the look Of the
man.
'It Is against rules to give such In
formation" he said. Tor at least
against my practice. You may be spies
upon the track Of some unfortunate
who is innocent Of offense."
"Ws are no SPIES" said. "and this
Is a 10 ruble note" ..
"Iwill look in my book, be growled.
"Give me the money!
The fellow brought greasy, filthy
account book and turned over page aft
er page. "Here is an entry CT three
barins from Erinofka, he said present
ly. Ny heart beat with excitement.
= eyes; that will be itI' I exclaimed.
"Go on"
"Who engaged three horse carriage
to Riabova," he continued.
"Good" ! cried. jumping up. Percy
was equally excited, though he Only
understood half that was said. "You
have earned your money, my man. Get
US q carriage and hoDseso to the same
place quickly, and you shall be paid
treble fare" ,7na r1
The savage looking rascal beamed and
departed without loss of moment He
was not sorry, thought afterward, to
discontinue the conversation.
II appeared that he had horses in the
stable, after all, for he certainly never
left the yard, and yet, five minutes
later, there stood "troika," or three
horsed vehicle, ready for US. We jumped
in.
"To Riabova quickly !" / cried to the
driver, who was busy listening to his
chiefs instructions Rather complicat-
ed ones, it appeared, for the fellow wore
an expression as of one who is being
taught difficult lesson. =. Il
The postmaster whispered his last
word, and we were of.
II hope they're not Matching any
deviltry between them," said Percy.
II don't Ike that postmaster Johnny
at all Do your"
was bound to admit that did not.
"But we can take care Of ourselves, I
expect" added, and in this PROPOSE
ton Percy laughingly concurred.
"We must try and get in talk with
the fellow at Riabova before this little
rascal on the box has an opportunity to
square him or warn him, be continued.
''Ten to one the postmaster at Balota
has sent him down instructions to lie
as freely as his tongue will turn the
redhot falsehoods ont. We must GER
tainly have the first look in"
But at Riabova things did not turn
out precisely as we had intended, for
our little driver contrived, in spite Of
our intentions, to deliver his message,
whatever it may have been, before we
could obtain word with the postmas-
ter. This he did By throwing his reins
to the moujik who met MS at the yard
gate and running quickly within the
house, leaving us wondering where the
chief man was to be found.
Percy thought the matter very sus-
picious
"These fellows are playing some deep
game with us, he said. II don't like |
it."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
CHAPTER w.
A SLIGHT CLEw FOUND.

Here was a surprise indeed.
Father had come to this place, Of that
there was no doubt whatever. He had
been out on the moors, that was equal
ly certain, and he had presented him
self at the station with the intention Of
returning to town, but had been baked
Of his train and And there was an
end Of the trail so far.
"Please think again." I murmured.
"Are you perfectly certain the count
did not catch some other train later in
the day or perhaps early the next morn
ing2 Did you see each train away2"
II have not missed single train, in
or out, since Easter" said the station
master.
"Could he have gone home any other
way" I asked presently. at is too far
to drive in village cart or to ride on
pony back; my father likes to travel
comfortably. There's no post station
about near here, is there9"
"Not nearer than Balota," said the
station master, land thence he would
have to drive all the way round by
Riabova, over a terrible road. The
count would scarcely have done that"
Ny friend, as chief officer upon the rail-
way. a new institution, and very proud
Of his Office, cherished an obvious scorn
for the old fashioned method Of travel
ing by post road.
"Still," said, eff be was in great
hurry be might have chosen that way
in spite Of the slowness and discomfort
Of the journey"
Perhaps" said the station master
and relapsing into a scornful silence
as protest doubtless against the very
suggestion of any person of light and
leading using the post road under any
circumstances, now that the railway
was laid. He showed no further inclina.
ton to converse I wired Percy at our
home in st. Petersburg that had found
slight clew and begged him to come
up and help me work it as soon as pos
sible after his arrival, after which
set myself to make inquiries among the
peasants in the village, hoping that I
might find one among them who had
seen my father on the fatal Wednesday
and perhaps even driven him to Balota,
to the post station there
/ interviewed half dozen of the vii
layers, each one more crassly stupid
than the last. They did not know the
gentlemen who hired the shooting, even
by sight, they declared. They knew the
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05

CAs staEtliaG Dtory That yaa 3eSt
-. bSfhe 1ruthfua Angler. ~

, ghs 0tartliaGs Dtory That yas 3elA
~ bSsfhe 1ruthfua Angler. ~
! Coison II q star at telling fish stories,
but he Isn't match to the man we met
in q canoe of Twin island. He greeted
us pleasantly as we pulled BY.
"Whst luck7" we asked. a."
"Nuthin much" he answered.
"Ain't very good 6shin," Clipped In
Colson.
"Good?" he grunted, turning 80 that he
could keep alongside us and carry on the
conversation. "Goodf should say 1t
wa'n'tl You ought to hev seen this here
pond when my father was young teller.
Lord bless ye, ye don't know nuthin bout
fshin!
How big fish did you ever ketch?"
"Three pounds" said truthfully.
"Nine pounds" said Colson.
"Nine pounds" repeated the native
scornfully-"nine pounds! Why, I've
hearn my grandfather tell bout their
using nine Founders for bait! Them wuz
the days when fshin WIZ fshin. The lake
wuz so durn full sof fish then that the
farmers never used to buy grain fer the
hens. lister set nets an catch fish fer
'em. Some of my grandfather's hens got
80 they'd catch their own fish. Grand
father says he l'arnt the ducks how, an
they parnt the hens.
"That seems torable strange, know,
but I've hearn grandfather say as how
his father ulster feed out fish to the cows
They Parnt to like it better'n hay, an as
there wasn't much hay raised them days
II wara n UraDt ga vim ONLY trouble WIZ
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05

Mother dried her tears and told me he7
story.
keepers. But what had they, the peas
ants, to do with the sportsmen? There
was nothing to be got out of them, for
they came to shoot, and shot and went
away again, being in a hurry all the
while, and therefore it was useless to
cultivate their acquaintance.
Even the offer Of a "nachaiok, or
tip, though it awakened the interest of
the sleepy rascals, did not seem to
stimulate their memories or even their
inventive talents. The Russian moujik
Is the finest and most accomplished liar
in the world if you give him time, but
you must not hurry him. He is not in
tellectual enough to conjure up plau-
sible tale at moments notice. How
ever, these men declared that they had
seen neither count nor any one else on
the Wednesday, and each one ASKED for
tip on the plea that to cast back ones
memory 20 far was a serious exertion.
One man explained that tip was due
to him for his truthfulness. "You can
see nj an honest man." he said, "for
If had lied and said l drove this BARN
to Balota you would have believed me
and given me twice as much as now
ask.
But short while after had returned
to the lodge, dispirited and bewildered
and uncertain what next to do, little
peasant man came p,ysteriously into
the room in which sat. He bowed and
crossed himself in front Of the ikon in
the corner and then oilily approached
my chair and with finger to lip whis-
pered "Sh-hl" Then he glanced melo-
dramatically over his Shoulder and back
again at me and whispered, MAY
Dpeak to you, barin9"
could scarcely help laughing at the
comical little creature. remembered
him perfectly as one Of those I had in
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-05

The town of Shakerag, Mo-, got its
queer name some years ago through the
fact that the people living there were so
poor in those days that whenever fam
lily began to make preparations to move
its members had so little personal prop
erty that all they had to do was to shake
out few old rags. fold them up and put
them in the wagon before starting. -New
York Tribune