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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
NOTICE

Madame M. L. LaGrande is now
ready for her fall and winter sea-
sonS's work. she will offer her work
at low rates during the coming season,
she will also teach the latest tailor
patterns system of cutting satisfact-
Dry, she has on hand al the latest
albums of Paris to select from, for
COATS capes evening and tailor made
gowns. All orders promptly attended
to. Invitation extends to all.
Corner Elm and Court Sts.,
lsotf Montpelier, v
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06

"For three days and nights suffered agony
untold IRON an tack of cholera morbus
brought on by eating cucumbers," says N. +.
Lowther, clerk If the dis rict court, Center
Vile, |. wa. 81 tn ought should SURELY die.
and tried dozen different medicines but all
to no purpose. sent for hottie OF Cham
bfraih's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem.
edy add three doses relved me entirely
This remedy Is for sale by e. A. Drown 4
Co., Druggists. DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
NOTICE,

The tax bill for 1899 has been
placed in my hands for collection. |
shall be at my Office. No. , Bolster
Block on the 9Th and 9th days of Oct.
from l to e p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m. to
receive payment Of said taxes. After
that date shall proceed with further
costs.
& w. III. BUCHANAN, Collector
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
TO LEASE OR RENT.

One half of the second floor of the
old town hall building which has been
occupied by Company L as a club
room. 1t will be suitable for small
society hall, or light work room or
offices. Apply to James Mckay, James
Scott or Samuel j. Kingston. City
property committee. / W.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
Banker Rou,s a Robber,

j. II. Garrison. Cashier of the bank Thorn.
Vile, Ohio, had been robbed of health by a
serious lung trouble until he tried DR.. King,
New Discovery for Consumption. Tbel he
wrote: sit is the best medicine ever used
for severe col or bad case of lung trouble
alwa avs keep bottle on hand" Dou't suffer
with Coughs, Colds, or any Thro It, chest OF
Lung trouble when you can be Gu Cd SO easily
Only SOC and $l.00. Trial Lottles free al
farior Dpg Store. DIV
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
Stepped Into Live Goals,

"When child burned my foot fright
fully" writes W. II Eads, of Jont svilc
Va, (which caused horrible ley sores for 81
years, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve who'll,
cured me after everything tl.e failed" Il.
talIible for Burns. Scalds. Cuts, Sores, Brute
and Piles. Sold by rarlor Drug Store zoe
l.W
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
NOTICE

l hereby give notice that l will pay
no bills contracted by my wife, Lucy
M. Townsend, after this date.
(Signed), II. c. TOWNSEND,
Sept. q, 1900. *140-46 Barre, vt
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06

milk White Flag March is some
thing you want, get copy 25 cents
ut Averill Music COS. If
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
NOT |(;E

The consumers of the city water
are notified not to let the consumers
Of the spring water have water with
out first nothing the city water Sup
erintendent.
c. S. cURRIER, supt.
Barre, VT, Sept, Is, 1900.
1907
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06
Your Liver

win be reused to its natural duties
and your blliousness, headache aud
constipation be cured if you take
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-06

The friends in this city of Wade
Reyes, a former Goddard boy but now
a prominent Boston attorney will be
interested to learn Of his marriage
last Monday to Miss Emma Mayer, of
Philadelphia. The ceremony was per-
formed at Brookline, Mass, by the
Rev. w. r Shipman, of Tufts Col
lege.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03

been sprinkled.. In this it seems to me
there is negligence. It is known that
dust viii cause trouble of this kind if
there is a great fame. Now, there have
been in this mine men handling giant
powder who did not know anything
about it or practically nothing. 1 have
seen instances of gross carelessness ON
the part of the men. The managers of
the company must have known Of this
and they should have made provision
against an explosion of this kind.
These careless ara ignorant Firms were
likely to drop a box of giant at any
time Now, on the morning of the
explosion, knew that party of Firms
took in box of giant powder and they
were men working where this explo-
sion must have occurred. OF course it
will never be known whether or not
they caused the explosion, for no one
has lived to tell the tale. The company
should have kept this dust down by
sprinkIing it,
CHARLES E. DOWNING.
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PEN CANNOT DESCRIBE
SCENES OF MISERY

Especial to The Herald from staff cor
respondent1
Scofield, Utah, May "A black night
this for the Inflated little camp nesting
IN the hills of eastern Utah. Every min
ute during the long day the list of vic
tins has been swelled, and the horror
of it all is driving men and women
frantic.
They wander aimleesly, desDairsng
men, distracted and anguish stricken
women, fiocking near the houses so re-
Gently converted into overflled
morgues. On the inside, where none
are admitted except for one purpose
that Of identifying the dead-lies the
mute testimony of a tragedy such as
the world seldom knows, lifeless bodies
out in CHASTITY tiers.
There are two houses, the church and
the school, in which these forms repose.
some of them black. others mangled I'M
til recognition is impossible, and it is
the Borrowing wife and the aged mother
who must wind in and out afroDg the
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dead bodies searching for faces of dear
ones. Though it rends their very heart
strings. anything rather than the aw-
full suspense they are enduring is well
come.
It is doubtful whether more horrifying
scenes were ever witnessed than those
that are becoming so pitifully common
here in this one little town of less than
1000 souls. It is beyond imagination's
power to describe the situation. With
frightful regularity the piteous walls
and maddening shrieks of a woman
coming from some little cabin on the
hillside and ringing through the canyon
are heard hundreds of yards away. 1t
means only that some one from the
party of reseuers has impaired the
news of a fatality in that family. Per-
hapa it is a husband. or a son, or both.
for there are many such instances, as
a glance at the ever growing list twill
show
It is with difficulty that these frantic
wives and mothers are restrained from
rushing into the tunnel mouths dared
by the rescueTs. II is not unusual to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03

It is possible that the inquest
will be held today Justice Of
the Peace Hurst. from another
precinct, will sit in the case. the
local justice. Lewis Jones, being dis
qualified by the fact that two of his
family are among the dead.
The result OF the inquest is, Of course,
Of the gravest Importance to the COM
pany. Should it be adverse to them
it is probable that many damage suits
would be planted by relatives of the
dead men, and at best an enormous
amount might have to be expended in
compromising with them
Major W. H. Bird of Salt Lake City,
attorney for the coal company. was
among those who arrived today He
is taking an active interest in the sit
uation
Williams Statement.
Although worn almost beyond the
powers of human endurance by the
events of the last two days. Assistant
Superintendent Williams wac prevailed
upon to make a short statement to-
night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
BRYAN STIRS UP ENTHUSIASM
GREATEST POLITICAL BANQUET
EVER GIVEN IN DETROIT.
Over 1000 Plates Laid at a Dollar
Dinner-Demoeracy's leader tn,
Star.

Detroit, Mich, May 2-The old
Larned street Auditorium, the scene OF
many a notable political feast. shell
tered tonight a banquet which far
eci1Dsed, in point Of numbers present.
any similar event hitherto held i'm
Michigan, and none certainly ever. sur
passed tOnights occasion in resnect to
party enthusiasm The 200 plates laid
in preparation for the fourth annual
banquet, or Dollar Dinner" of the
Mohawk Democratic club, were quite
inadequate to the number Of men and
women who held dinner tickets Con-
sequently some of the tables in the
rear of the Auditorium were served a
second time. The galleries were also
filled with spectators.
As d matter % course, the bright.
particular star OF the evening was De-
mOcracy's distinguished leader, the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan. His
name as often as it fell from the Inns
of the other speakers. al of whom pre-
ceded him, brought tremendous salvos
of applause. But the other speakers
did not lack the inspiration of close at
tention and frequent demonstrations Of
approval
The Minority" was the toast as
signed the first speaker, James Ham
iltOn Lewis Of washington. In the
course Of his speech he said:
1T was the DemOcracy-the minority
which forced every act for which the
changing. sUpine Republican majority
now asks reward from the country. II
was the minority-the Democracy
which originated every good result
which came from the Republican adj
mnistratiOn"
Congressman William Sulser Of New
York responded to Imperative Is
sues"
Democracy" was the topic spoken
to by Colonel Bryan. and the greeting
he received seemed almost bOundless in
enthusiasm. His address was devoted
wholly to the discussion of the three
questiOns-TaOney, trusts, and imperi
alism.
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GENEROUS PROVO.
Over $1,000 Raised for the Sufferers
at Scofeld.


Provo, May "A dark shadow over
casts Provo today. Five of her sons are
known victims of the awful mfhe disas-
ter at Scofeld yesterday. As soon as
word reached here yesterday afternoon
of the explosion at the coal mines, rela-
lives of Provo boys working there
FASTENED to catch the first train for
Scofield. and large crowds began to
gather around the Western Union Tele-
graph Office to listen to the announce
ments from the scene as they came over
the wire. CONSERVATION and sorrow
marked the faces of all as they heard
that the GetherUm boys, Langstaff and
his son and d. D. Evans of Provo were
among the dead. The crowd has lin
gered on the streets from yesterday
afternoon until now, eager to catch
something new pertaining to the catas-
trODhe
Early this morning Mayor Taylor
called the people to the court room to
pass upon some means of relief for
those in distress. The room was packed
with earnest men, and when the mayor
called for volunteers to go to Seofield,
nearly every man arose and offered as
sistance. Something near 100 men were
sent to Scof1eld from here this after
noon, to take a hand in the work of res
cue now in progress.
A committee, consisting of Jesse
knight, Reed SmOOt, w. N. Dusen-
berry, Marshal Newell and Sheriff
StOrrs were chosen to go to Scofield and
act in behalf of Provo in doing what
ever is required to be done at the scene
Of the accident.
A relief committee, consisting of c.
e. Loose, S. S. Jones, T. N Taylor, l.
J. w. Farrer, William Roy
ance, r. A. Barney, j. r. Twelves. ].
W Knight and r. r. Irvine, was ap-
pointed to raise means for the relief of
Provo families who have lost their
owed ones through the accident, and
before one hardly had time to think the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
TRAINS TO SC0FIELD
FILLED WITH WOMEN

Especial TO The Herald from a staff cor
reSpondent)
Scoield, Utah, May 2.-Rio Grande
Western passenger No. 6. leaving Salt
Lake at 1890 this morning. carried
scores of mourners Nearly every man,
woman and child aboard had some
near relative or friend in the catas-
trCssH<AIe, some known to be dead, others
not heard from, With what anxiety
they endured the tedious journey can
be imagined. No topic was discussed
besides the tragedy. As the train
glided out Of Salt Lake the passen-
gers had some dim hope that the news
paper accounts had been exaggerated,
but at every station more discouraging
news was received, and when finally
the train pulled into Scofeld and vague
rumors that the dead would number
$50 were corroborated, it cast pail
over everybody.
The committee of Provo citizens
boarded the train a that place, and a
delegation from other parts of Utah
county and TiHtic got on at Springville.
AT every station the number of pas
senSers increased, and there are crowds
Of strangers in Scofield tonight 1t is
impossible to get a bed or a meal ex-
cept through the hospitality of the be-
reaved people.
A body Of representative men Of Pro-
vO conferred with Superintendent
Sharp and other officers of the com
pany upon arriving here, and the ser
vices Of 100 volunteers for any work
that may be needed was rendered. Su-
peTintendent Sharp extended his ap-
probation Of the offer, but was happy
to say that no outside aid was in i'm
mediate demand The committee re-
turned to Provo on a special which
has been operated between Cotton and
Winter Quarters all day through the
courtesy Of the railroad company.
H. N WHITNEY,
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LEBI AROUSED.
Committee Appointed to Raise Funds
for Afflicted
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald)
Lehi. May 2.-Much interest is man.
ifest in the great disaster of ScofeId
among the citizens of Lehi. The may
or this afternoon issued the following
proclamation:
Whereas, The disaster of yesterday.
May 1, 1900, in the Winter Quarters
coal mine at Seofeld, Utah, resulted in
great loss OF life among the miners
thereby leaving numerous families and
relatives Of the deceased in a helpless
and destitute condition; now. there
fore,
I, Mosiah Evans, mayor of Lehi
CITY do hereby appoint the following
citizens Of Lehi for the committee to
solicit and receive contributions for
the purpose of aiding and relieving the
bereaved mothers, widows and orphans
IN this great calamity: Thomas r. Cut
Ter. Abel J. Evans, James Kirkham.
John WOOdhouse, Ole EllingsOn, d. ].
Thurman, John Roberts, jr., joseph
=
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
BULLETINS FROM THE SCENE.
Narrowing Details Told in Brief
Dispatches.
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The HeraIG.)
Seofeld, May John Kirton. who
was brought out of No. alive yester-
day, died this morning.
superintendent Sharp, who was very
sick from the effects of the fire-damp,
said there is no possibility now Of res
cuing any miners alive. All are claimed
by after-damp.
The air fans in the mine have been
destroyed, SO the escape of the after
damp ie delayed. and work Of bring
!-g out bodies is very slow.
Pleasant Valley Coal Inspector For
roster, Who was among the first rescu-
ers, was overcome by after-damp. and
was carried out of the mine. He is
very sick. but will recover.
A dance in honor of Dewey day was
to have been given Monday evening.
and another dance tonight. but they
are forgotten in the gloom.
The school house at the mine is filed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
CENTERS IN
CORONER'S INQUEST

Especial 10 The Herald from staff cor
respOndent)
Scofield. May 2-IntereSt now CEN
tiers in the coroner's inquest. Things
are in such shape that it was impos-
sible to hold it today, in spite of the
intention Of the authorities to do so.
County Attorney Hoffman is here from
Price and was in consultation with the
company officers during the day. but a
postponement of the inquest was i'm
perative on account of the chaotic con
dition of affairs.
3 The burning question is as to the
'cOmpany's responsibility. VIII the
jury blame the company Under what
evidence there is at hand? 1t is nota-
bic that the employees of the Inflated
mine have the highest respect for their
employers There has never been any
friction between them and Suoerin-
tendent Sharp has the, reputation of
being very. .eopsderate of the welfare
of his men. These facts will have an
important bearing on the case, it is
thought, for as the matter stands
great majority Of the. people here are
lothsto blame the company. The men
who work underground know that the
mine was not in a dangerous condition.
At least they thought it was not.
State Mine Inspector Thomas is said
to take the same view of the cause of
the disaster as do a majority of the
men, namely, that an explosion of
giant powder caused flame large
enoughto ignite the coal dust. A ter
rife explosion followed, killing several.
and the after-damp of this explosion
made victims Of the army of miners.
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with dead bodies, and they are being
removed down to the Mormon mseting
house in freight cars.
Rescue parties are woring from tun-
mel No. 1 on raise 5. They must make
circuit of two miles through the tun-
mel to reach the raise where many men
are covered with debris.
The extent of damage inside the mine
cannot be learned until after the damp
has escaped, SO that the point where
the explosion occurred may he reached
One Of the mcst touching scenes that
was ever witnessed occurred here this
morning. When the body of William
Clark was brought out, his sister Liz
zie. lovely girl of 10. tainted away,
and now lies in a very precarious con-
dition.
The coal company has appointed a
committee to arrange for a funeral
train to carry the dead to Ogden. salo
Lake. CoalviIle and surrounding towns.
and all the friends viii be allowed to
accompany the remains.
a special from Cotton has just arrived
with friends and a relief party from
Castle Cate.
On account of the gas. No 4 has been
abandoned as a means of rescue. and
the bodies are arriving at the mouth
Of No by the carload. Forty are now
loaded in the mines, and viii be hur-
rico to the entrance as swiftly as pos
sfble
Castle Gate lodge No. "a has sent
delegates to assist the local lodge OF
odd Fellows.
The Ferrish level has Just been clear.
ed of dead, and ali are burned and I'M
recognizable. The resouing party are
now heading for the Smith raise, where
there are about forty piled up ready to
be dressed.
The relief party has just gone in
again, after a rest OF about three hours.
and the rescuing of the bodies has be-
gun. The meeting house and school
house have been utilized as a dead
house. and ISL prepared for burial I'm.
dertaker Taylor is in charge, and the
bodies are being distributed TO their
different homes.
A special left this morning for Spring.
vile, bearing the remains Of Bernard
DougaH..
The estimate of dead is now raised to
$50
The relief is being organized with
shifts, and the one now in have fifty
bodies ready to bring out.
The arriving trains are bringing reIa4
tives from all points.
Andrew Hood has recovered. suf-
fciently TO head a relief party going
in at II o'clock
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see women rush wildly out into the
street while some cold form is being
borne to the repository on a litter and
raise the rough blanket that covers his
features. She may find a stranger. or
scribe the scenes Of desolation and
misery.
No men are seen on the street in SEQ
field. They have all gone to the can
yon, and when any of the party of res
euers drop out from sheer exhaustion,
their places are quickly and willingly
filed.
H. n. WHITNEY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
HEIR TO A FORTUNE.
Machinist of London Is to Receive
100000.

London, Ont, May 2.-Francis T.
Brooks. a machinist of this city. has
just fallen heir to fortune of s.. 600 900.
When the gold fever of 1916 prevailed.
Charles and Joseph Petit, uncles Of
Mr. Brooks, left their home in the pro-
vince Of Quebec and started for Cali
fornia, where they built the railroad
between San Francisco and San Diego.
Mr.. Brooks identity has been estab-
Hahed by the lawyers in charge Of thS
estate, and he will leave for California
May 20. to take possession OF the es-
tate, which consists OF the California
Central railroad stock, car shops at
San Jose a block of buildings in San
Francisco, some valuable mining stock
and two residences, one in Oakland
and the other in San Jose.
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'That an explosion of gas or dust
should occur in that mine" said he,
lis a hard thing to believe. 1t never
was considered dangerous. 1t was cold
and so wet in places that the men
could not work. The explosion was a
most extraordinary thing under the
circumstances, and we viii have TO
study to ascertain the cause. It is
terrible to think of. 1 cannot imagine
what caused it,"
H. n. WHITNEY,
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in extraordinary session for the term
OF twenty-four hours. for the purpose
of appropriating such sum as he may
in his proclamation suggest, for the
benefit OF the widows and orphans of
those unfortunates killed at Scofield.
1 propose that no member draw any
per diem for such service, and that no
mileage be allowed, save from interior
points to railway stations.
I believe the state should act in this
grave emergency.
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE.
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a. Q. U. w Rene6t

The members Of the A. o. [. w. in
SAT- Lake propose to give a benefit en-
fertainment Tor the SeOfieid sufferers
at an early date. To this end a com
inlttee consisting of S w Darke c. I.
CatfaH and Henry Barnes was an
pointed by Eagle Gate lodge to confer
Win The other lodges and secure some
concerted action. The Workmen pro-
pose to raise a handsome sum of none,
Tor the widows and orphans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
Bill Is Completed

Washington, May 2-The sundry civil
appropriation bill the most important of
the general supply bills and the last one
mittee on appropriations today and report
eG by Chairman Cannon TO the house Il
carries s6l.5S5.715. being $S.465.992 less than
the estimates and S9.lQ9 l46 more than the
appropriations for the current fiscal YEAR
In addition to the amounts carried by tbs
bill. contracts are authorized amounting
to Sl43L500, including S3,2l5,000 for public
huiIdingS
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matter over, c. Z. Loose had subscrib-
ed $1,000 to the fund: Jesse knight,
$1,000; Reed SmoCt. $500. and Lafayette
HOfbrOOk. $780, besides numerous con-
tributiOns in smaller amounts. Mayor
Taylor says the fund will reach $1,000
before many days have passed.
The bishops Of the four different
wards were called upon to take charge
of the remains of the Provo boys upon
their arrival from ScOfeld which is ex-
pected to be this evening, or early in
the morning.
The old gentleman, Getherum, bowed
with age, is almost inconsolable over
the death Of his two sons, already re-
ported among the killed, and a third
one not vet found
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03

The Hunter family of eight members,
all killed. were formerly residents of
this county, dwelling in West Weber
and KaneSVille
David ThOrburn, grand recorder of
the A. o. u. w, was an interested
watcher today of the bulletins from
the ScOfield mine horror. Mr.. Thor
burn has the name Of every A. O. L.
w. member of this jurisdiction in his
office. Among the names of the dead
in the afternoon dispatches appeared
not one member Of the order in this
jurisdiction.
If every one of the dead were mem
bers of the order the financial effect
on the Utah lodge would be slight. A
relief call would be issued and all the
other lodges Of the order would pay a
portion.
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INCREASING HORROR
OF SCOFIELD DISASTER
CONTINUED From Page u

there could have been no dust in the
air to explode.
In all these tunnels and entries the
floor is perfectly dry" said an old
miner, who has worked in the mine
off and on for eight years. "1f this
explosion was caused by dust there
would have been no explosion if there
had been water on the floor or if it had