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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

lodged. 1t is thought that when the giant
powder was touched off it ignited some of
the dust, of which every coal mine has
more or less.
Some of the miners are exceedingly bit
ter in their denunciation of the company,
while others hold no one responsible.
One of the rescuing miners said when he
came out of the tunnel:
This explosion is the most disastrous,
so far as loss of life is concerned, that
has ever occurred in America. There will
be 200 dead when we are through work.
I'VE have had some hard experiences
digging through the mine. Several times
members of our party were overcome by
the damp, but we got them out in time.
We found the bodies of the men in every
conceivable shape, but generally they
were lying on their stomachs with their
arms about their faces. The men died
almost instantly when struck by the
damp and did not suffer. They just be-
came unconscious and were asphyxiated.
Their faces were calm and peaceful as
though they had just fallen asleep. The
men in No. l might possibly have escaped
had they started to run as soon as the
explosion in No. 4, which connected with
it, occurred But they put on their coats
and arranged their tools before starting.
They started just in time to me
the damp half way. The bodies
found near the entrance are badly
crushed as they got the full force of the
explosions. Mine No. 1 was damaged COM
paratively little, but No. is badly dam
aged"
Was blown 200 Yards.
John Wilson was blown with his horse
200 yards across the bottom of the canon.
The back of his skull was crushed and
something had been driven into his stom-
ach. He is in a terrible plight.
Three hundred and ninety-eight men en-
tered the mine for work yesterday morn
ing and a great majority of them have
perished. 1t will not be surprising If the
total death figures aggregate 300.
The Mayor of this city has issued
proclamation, appointing committee to
solicit and receive subscriptions for the
helpless mothers, widows and orphans.
A Later Report.
The reports from Scoheld up to II
o'clock tonight say that it is now known
that 1853 are dead from the explosion and
that the estimate of loss will increase
rather than decrease. One estimate is that
there were 800 men in the mine, and on
that basis there must have been at least
800 lives lost.
A special to the Herald from Scofield
says it seems that at least $50 men have
been killed in the mine accident. The ac-
curate figures cannot be given and will
not be known for some days. The mine
managers say it will be impossible to Sc
cure list of names until the dead bodies
have been brought out and identified.
Superintendent Sharp says that there
were 900 men in the mine at the time of
the explosion. OF these it is impossible to
account for more than sixty. In the tur-
moil and confusion those who escaped
cannot be seen.
Tiere is great variance between the fig
ures given by Superintendent Sharp, and
those given by Mine Superintendent Par
melee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
OTIS HAS NOT REPORTED 1T.
Probably Holding Report Until He
Can Give the Names.

Cnn Give the Names.
Washington, May 2.-Gen. Otis has so
far not reported to the war department
the casualties sustained by the American
garrison at Catubig. The officials be-
lieve that he is holding back the news
with the object of supplying the names of
the victims of the siege.
The loss reported in killed is the most
severe suffered by the American forces
since the beginning of the insurrection,
but even so, the officials at the war de-
partment could hot but express their ad-
miratlon for the heroic endurance and
courage displayed by the little garrison.
The department is not informed as to
the composition of this particular garri-
son, having only rough statement from
the commanding general of the disposition
of each regiment among certain Islands,
without particulars of the location of each
company.
The officers at the department who have
seen service in the Philippines are not sur
prised at the fact that an officer with
eight soldiers was able to raise the siege
They say that the Filipinos were probably
dismayed at the extent of the punishment
inflicted upon them by the garrison before
the relieving party came near, and then
they supposed 1t was but the advance
guard of a formidable force and ran off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

Wants United states to Aid i'm Bring
ing War TO a Close.

Washington, May Ex-senator Teller of
Colorado to-day introduced the following
resolutions:
Whereas, from the hour of achieving
our independence as people, the people
of the United States have regarded with
sympathy the struggles of other people to
free themselves from European domina-
tion therefore
Resolved. That we watch with deep
and abiding interest the war between
Great Britain and the South African re-
publlcs and with full determination 10
maintain a proper neutrality between the
contending forces, we cannot withhold our
sympathy from the struggling people of
the republics. and II is our earnest desire
that the government Of the United States
by its friendly Offices, offered to both
powers. may assist In bringing the war to
a speedy conclusion in a manner honora-
BILE to both Great Britain and the South
African republics"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
BOERs DRIVEN FROM HILLS.
English Finally Cleared a Passage
at Houtnek.

Thaba Nchu. May 1, afternoon.-Gen
Hamilton's division was engaged yester-
day and to-day in forcing a passage north
ward. At Houtnek the Boer front held
line of hills commanding the sides of the
nelS.
The Canadians and Gordons attacked
the hill 10 the left and the Shropshires
and Marshalrs horse. supported by a bat
terry also made an attack on the enemy
who finally fed, leaving many wounded .
and the passage was cleared.
The Beers on the mountain are now
shelling the outlying camp, necessitating
removal to n safer place.
The Beers have three guns on the hill
to the eastward c1 this place, outside Of
the range OF the British artillery. The
Boer shelling is not doing any damage.
The enemy retain treir positions and the
British are not attempting TO dislodge
them.
Gen. Hamilton. by reaching Houtney.
after a full days lighting. secured the
Thaba Nchu-B -Bloemfontein road.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
MOTION FOR BAIL ovERRULED.
CuItOn Gives. Sensational Testimony
in GOebeI Case.

in GOebeI Case.
Frankfort. KY, May 2.-W. H. Culton
State Auditor Sweeney's clerk, indicted as
accessory to the Goebel murder, testified
in the hearing of the motion for bail in
his case this afternoon and gave some
sensational testimony.
Culton's testimony followed after the
motions for bail in the case of Powers
Davis, Youtsey. Whitaker and Combs
had been overruled. An order was entered
transferring the prosecution against them
to Georgetown for trial on a change of
venue.
Cuton said
Henry Youtsey told me that Goebel
would be killed. I told him that 1t must
not be done. 1 told Gov. Bradley what
Youtsey said and Bradley said: My God,
this must not be done Youtsey afterward
said there was nothing In it,"
The witness told of another conversa-
tion with Youtsey, who came with Bur-
t n Of Breckenridge county.
"Youtsey said he had the greatest
scheme yet; that Goebel could be shot
from the Secretary cf States office and
nobody would ever know who did it,"
"At meeting in Powers Office l pre-
sided and the question of providing board
ing rlaces for contest Witnesses was dis
cussej. b. b. Burton pulled out hand
full CT cartridges ard said: "A few of
these turned loose IN the proper place
would soon settle this contest"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

SOUTH PLATTE is ON A TEAR.
River at the Highest Point Known
In Six Years.

Fort Morgan, Col, May 2.-The South
Platte is the highest in six years and is
three-quarters of a mile wide. The long
dixie connecting bridges over the two
channels is under water and washed
away to a depth of ten feet in several
places. The Platte and Beaver canal Is
washed out just below the bridge and the
Morgan canal washed out at the head
gnte as is also the Bijou canal.
The railroad bridge al Haddin has gone
out into the river. The bridges al Orch
ard and Snyder are impassable; there Is
no way 10 cross and travel is tied up.
Higher water still is feared.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
MAY NOT BE GRANTED.

Oil Company Seeks to Rc-estabIish
Itself in Texas.
Houston. Tex, May "A special from
Austin, says:
The Water-Pierce OH Company to-day
applied to the Secretary Of State for a
new permit to do business in Texas. The
application was referred to the attorney
general. who will officially pass upon it
tomorrow. In view of the fact that the
Supreme Court of the United States has
perpetuany enJoined the company frsm
engaging in commerce., not Interstate in
this state, because OF It's violation of tho
states antitrust law, Attorney General
Smith will advise that the permit asked
for cannot be granted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

Lima, Peru. May 2.-Dispatches from
Lapaz, capital of Bolivia. announce that
the Chilian Minister to Bolivia has pre-
sented to the Bolivian government a
quasi ultimatum to the effect that Chill
demands a settlement Of pending ques-
tions without the cesslon OF port on the
Pacific coast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
ALGER MADE A BIG DEAL.
lie Bought s2,0OO.OOO Worth of Pine
Lands iu Alabama.

Pensacola. Fla. May 2.-The recent visit
here of Gen. Russell A. Alger and Col.
W. D. Mann, representing a Michigan syn
dicate. to inspect the timber lands and
milling interests Of Martin II. Sullivan,
the millionaire mill owner OF this city. has
resulted in a deal In which 100000 is he
money consideration.
For this sum Mr.. Sullivan transfers 10
Alger and others 10000 acres Of pitch pine
timber lands in the counties OF Conecuh
Monroe. Baldwin and Escambia. in Ala
bama.
The syndicate will erect immense saw
mills and build railroads. Pensacola will
be their chief port OF export.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
InvestIgatIon of nlchardson.

Washington. May 2.-The Senate Com
mitteo on printing to-day began It's inves-
tigation on the charges made against Rep
resentative Richardson OF Tennessee In
connection with the publications OF the
message and papers OF the Presidents OF
the United States The committee heard
Mr.. Richardson's statement, which was
made in private.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
EMPEROR INSECTS TROOPS.
Denied That Germany Wants the
Danish West Indies.

Berlin. May 2.-Emperor William arriv-
cd at Wild Park station at $40 to-day,
mounted a horse there and rode to the
parade ground TO inspect the troops.
The sentiment, said to emanate from
American sources, that Germany has Of
fered Denmark a portion OF schleswig in
exchange for the Danish Antilles is semi
officially denied.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03

Liberty. Mo-, May 2.--Henry Darley a
negro< was lynched In the Court House
yard here just before midnight tonight
by a mob Of masked men. The negro was
charged with having brutaily assaulted
Miss Vera Armstrong, hotel waitress at
Excelsior Springs. The mob came from
Excelsior Springs on horseback
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
-LooIslng for cubnn Arms.

Santiago de Cuba. May 2.-Col. White
side. department commander, left this af-
ternoon on board the United States trans
port Wright to investigate the report that
large quantities OF Cuban arms and am
r~unition are concealed near Puerto Prin-
cipe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
Ipmey cannot Retire.

Washington, May IA naval examining
board has declared Capt. r. Il. Ipmey.
commandant at the Key West navy yard
IN for duty. He therefore cannot retire
and will return to his post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
JUMPED WITH AN UMBRELLA.
FOoIhnrdy EnsIIshman Lenped From
Brooklyn Bridge.

New York, May 2.--Aibert N. Bryan, an
Englishman % years old jumped from
Brooklyn bridge to-day, holding an UNI
breila TO break the fail and biadders to
keep him ahoat He is a prisoner in Hud-
son Street Hospital tonight and his con-
ditlon ss precarious.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
Theory of the Explosion.

Inc theory of Bishop Parmalee is that
some of the Firms recently imported Sc
'retly took giant powder down into the
mine to assist them in their work. They
we're exceedingly anxious TO make good
showing, and make as much money as
POSSIBLE, and It is thought this form of
eApiosive was used In order that great
ooales Of coal could more easily be dis
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
How the Eyesisht Tires.

People speak of their eyes being tired,
meaning that the retina or seeing por-
ton of the eye is fatigued, but such is
not the case, as the retina hardly ever
gets tired. The fatigue is in the inner
and other muscles attached to the eye.
ball, and the muscle of accommodation
which surrounds the lens of the eye.
When a near object is to be looked al
this muscle relaxes and allows the lens
to thicken, increasing it's refractiye
power. The inner and outer muscles
are used in covering the eye on the OBJ
ject to be looked at, the inner one he
ing especially used when d near objecl
Is looked at. 1t is in the three muscles
mentioned that the fatigue is felt, and
relief is secured temporarily by closing
the eyes or gazing at far-distant OBJ
jects.
The usual indication of strain Is q
redness of the rim of the eyelid, be-
tok.ening a congested state of the inner
surface, accompanied by some pain.
Sometimes this WEAKNESS indicates the
need of glasses rightly adapted to the
person, and in other cases the true
remedy is to massage the eye and its
surroundings as far as may be with the
hand wet in cold water.-Philadelphi
Ledger.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
Swiss Chimney sweens.

In Switzerland the chimney sweep is
an official parsonage. He Is the em.
ploye of the commune, receiving a fixed
salary, his actions controlled by the
government, and he himself holding or
by the back straps to the car of state
He is also, as many tourists will have
noticed, one of the few sons Of the Hell.
vetian republic who ON Sundays and
week days sports tall silk hat. This
he wears with dignity, but 1t is gener-
ally brushed the wrong way. On his
official tour he takes it Off blandly, and
informs the householder that he is "em-
powered by the State to inspect his
fiues." In the canton of Grisons re-
Gently the post and title of 'ramoneur
communal was opened to competition.
The salary was f32 year, and the can
didates were numerous. But the
strange thing was that they were most
Iy village schoolmasters from Italy. A
painful sign Of the times in that unrest
full land. Better" says L'Italia del
Popolo, "be chimney sweep in Switz-
erland than a schoolmaster in Italy"
But the Italia del Popolo has recently
been suppressed.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
Boats for Arctic Travel.

Boats described as steel rams are now
in use in ice-locked Russian harbors
and rivers and have proved that they
can force their way through thick ice,
even with Y degrees of frost. The
harbor of VladiyostOk, till of late her.
metically sealed for four or five
months. has since 1893 been kept ac-
cessible through the winter; the Fin
nish port of Hango is now open to COM
merce throughout the year. And last
winter a similar steam ram kept up
connection with the Eral railway
through the ice of the Volga at Sara
toff. 1t is proposed now to keep open
by stronger boats of this kind the COM
munication of st. Petersburg with the
sea and to force winter connection
through the ice from Archangel to the
mouth of the Yenisei. Admiral Maka-
rof, addressing the Russian Geograph-
zeal Society. insists that still more pow
erful boats of this kind might safely
be counted on to cope with polar ice,
such as Nansen had to deal with. and
to cut a passage to the north POLE
Chambers Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
Greatest Docks in the World.


The marine docks at Portsmouth. En-.
gland. are the largest in the world, COW
ering more than 300 acres aud employ
ing some 10000 men. Two of the larg-
est docks are 600 feet long and So
broad. All are what is known as stone
craving docks. They are dug out of q
sufficient depth, length and width to
enable vessels of a certain size to be
admitted. They are constructed of
granite and fitted with heavy gatess
the vessel is foated into the dock and
properly shored up on the keel blocks
the gates are closed-the water then
pumped out. Such docks are below
the level of the dockyard. The walls
are built with stairs like the seats in
an amphitheater, so that workmen may
go up and down, and great cranes lift
ing forty tons are used in handling ma
terials. When a vessel is completed all
that is necessary to launch her is to
open. the gates, fill the dock and she
floats out without risk or trouble. The
advantage of number of docks at
station is the readiness with which q
small vessel may be Pit into a small
dock and a large vessel into a large
one at once, this being done with 50
much economy of time and labor
Providence Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
Gardening in Africa,

The main trouble IN a British West
African diet is lack of fresh green
food. So wrote the late Mary II. Kings
ley, the African explorer, in Climate,
and she proceeded to mention some of
the difficulties in the way of supplying
that deficiency.
Gardening in West Africa is nervous
work. / have worked in gardens there.
and know that even lifting a kale-pot
is not there, as 1t is here, trifiing act
because under the kale-pots you have
there a chance of finding divers things
that, If in spirits on shelf of the Brit
ish Museum reptile gallery, would give
pleasure. but there. close to ones
ankles and not botled and corked
down, are merely exciting and unp.eas-
ant. Still, if the snakes go in the ".her
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05

Edwin Markham has nearly COM
pleted his second volume of poems.
w. B. Yeats is working at his import
ant book on the folklore of Galway. He
Is also engaged on new novel.
William Heinemann has brought out
In London Stephen Cranes two stories,
Georges Mother and Maggie" in
one volume, under the title of ''Bowery
Tales
new novel by Gertrude Hall, the
title of which is to be "April's Sowing"
is announced. The name is said to
have been suggested by the following
lines in Browning's "Pippa Passes:"
You'll love me yet, and l can tarry
Your loves protracted growing;
June reared the bunch of flowers You
carry,
From seeds of April sowing.
historical novel, dealing with the
life of the earlier settlers of the Mo-
hawk Valley just before the revolution,
has been written by Miss Pauline Brad
ford Mackie. author of ''Ye Little Salem
Maid" 1t will be entitled "A Georgian
Actress"
A series of biographies of famous liv-
ing actors and actresses is to be pub
lished soon. The first two biographies
will be ELLEN Terry" by Clement
Scott, and John Drew" by Edward A.
Dithmar. The volumes are to be copi-
ously illustrated with photographs in
character.
Hall Gaines forthcoming story is not
to be called 1.-The Rcman," but "The
Eternal CITY," 1t will be published in
England liz the Lady's Magazine, a new
periodical which c. A. Pearson will
bring out next January. and in this
country in the New Magazine to be pub
lished in the fall by K. H. Russell. 1t
Is said that Mr.. Caine received $500
for the serial rights.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
Where People Live in Trees.

The delta of the Orinoco River in
South America Is for a considerable
part of the year deep in water. Yet
this tract is inhabited by the Warau
tribe, who find it their only mode Of
escape from the terrible bites of the
mosquito. The Waraus, therefore,
make their habitations In the Ita Palm,
which loves moisture and grows abund-
antly in this delta, connecting several
Of the trees together with cross-beams
and laying planks upon them for the
flooring. The natives of the Philippine
Islands and Borneo sleep in trees. The
ape men of India, the Veddas of Cey-
lon, and the Bukones of the Andaman
Islands also live In trees. Some years
ago, DIR. Moffat, the great missionary,
while in South Africa, saw one tree in
which there were no fewer than twenty
colonial huts of Kafffr tribe. A pow
erful chief had deprived them of all
their cattle and weapons. By degrees
the lions became so numerous and dar-
ing that the slight kaffir huts We're an
insufficient protection during the night,
and the half-staryed people perforce
took to the trees.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
WALKS BLINDLY TO DEATH.

One of the Keencst Birds Is Often De.
ceived by His Visual Organs.
After trudging all day long the top Of
the mountain with no success at all, in
asmuch as had shot several times, but
failed to bring down my game, ran
across an old hunter, j. w. Hyde. After
the usual greeting we seated ourselves
On an old log to exchange notes. put
the question:
why are the turkeys always on the
run when I see them?'
The old man spit through his teeth,
changed his position, laid his long,
muzzle-loading rifle ON the ground, put
the fourth portion of plug of tobacco
In his mouth, apd proceeded to tell me
why the turkeys were always on the
run when l saw them.
'.Of all the game have ever hunted,
turkeys display the most wonderful
power of vision. cannot tell just why
this is. | have made a microscopical
examination of the eyes of the hawk,
eagle, fox, weasel and owl, but find no
material difference in the lens and
retina; the ciliary muscles and the iris
are exactly the same; yet none of these
keen-yfsioned creatures can compare
with the turkey in point of seeing.
remember the acuteness of sight dis
played by an old gobbler in the spring
of 1892. had carefully concealed my
self, and no part of my body was visi-
ble but the upper portion of my head.
A puff of wind slightly disturbed the
brim of my hat; lie saw it and immedi-
ately took to flight.
..On another occasion was hunting
in the mountains of Georgia. 1 was ly-
Ing behind leg and was carefully hid
den, but all the upper part of my face.
turkey was slowly coming in re-
sponse to my call, and was carefully
noticing for signs of danger. A mos
quito was stinging me fearfully on the
forehead; raised my finger slowly to
crush it, and as soon as the finger came
within the range of vision, cluck went
the turkey and he was gone.
Now, the most unexplicable thing
in regard to hunting turkeys is that,
with all his acuteness of sight, the sur
est way to get shot is to sit down in
an open place with your back against
tree, in full view, and, strange to say.
he will walk up within ten steps with
out seeing you."-Forest and Stream.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-05
A Randolph Anecdote,

In the Green Bag" the sketch o.
John Randolph includes this illustra
tive anecdote, the Chief Justice alluded
to being, it is presumed, his political
foe, John Marshall, of the United States
Court: In some of Randolph's pecuIi-
arities he seems to have taken pride.
One which he cultivated with care was
an exaggerated precision of pronuncia-
ton. This led him to correct without
hesitation whatever he considered a
blunder in that respect. In one of his
irritable moods at Roanoke he grew
very impatient for his cup of coffee, and
testify asked the woman who was wait
ing on him, "Why don't you make that
eoffeeY II wuz a-makin' it," she re-
piled. you .wuz' maxim it, retorted
the sick man. "Who ever said 'wux'
but you and the Chief Justicey' {