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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
DEATH TO SEVERAL
IN A BLAZING MINE
Firemen Met by a Terrific
Explosion.
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
And Twenty-Five People Rescued
Badly Burned.
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED D
THE NINE KNOWN AS BAbY YET BURNING
Several Persons Are Unaccounted For, and IL Is
Feared That They Are In the Mine.
Two Killed in Effort TO
Rescue.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated GTeSS.)
Bluefield, w. Va, Nov. 14.-Five dead
bodies have been taken from the Baby
Mine at Pocahontas, Va, several other
persons are unaccounted for and twen-
ty-five persons have been rescued more
or less severely burned.
AT 3 O'Clock this morning it was dis
covered that the Baby Mine of the Po-
cohontas Collier Company, at Pocohont-
as, Va, was on fire. An alarm was sent
in and the fire company responded
promptly.
In a very short time after the fire
fighters had reached the mouth of the
mines and were attempting to eXtin-
guish the flames, some of the firemen
and other having rushed inside of the
mines to ascertain the extent of the
trouble and to assist miners entombed
therein, terrific explosion occurred and
many miners and their friends were
more or less injured.
1T is supposed that the mines caught
fire from a defective electric light wire.
Five bodies have been recovered UP to
6 p. m, and it is uncertain how many
more are dead, though it is known that
there are several, perhaps eight or ten
men, still in the mines unless they sue
ceeded in making their escape through
the Tug River entrance.
Twenty five persons have been res
cued, all more or less burnt, some Sc
riously and perhaps several fatally. The
injured were carried to their homes in
wagons and all the physicians in POGO
hontas have been busy all day attending
them.
One or two other explosions have fol-
lowed that of the early morning and
others are hourly expected. The mine
is still burning and clouds of smoke are
constantly issuing from it's mouth The
fan has now been stopped and as soon as
possible to do so, the mine will be re-
entered in the hope of eXtinguishing the
fire.
In 1884 Pocohontas experienced like
occurrence in which over a hundred
lives were lost
The dead so far recovered, are:
LOUIS WOOLWINE.
JOHN BARNARD.
WILL MONTGOMERY.
M. d. KOONTZ.
A Hunarian named URICO.
Woolwne, Montgomery and Koontz
were killed while attempting to rescue
and bring out a dead body. At this
time it is impossible to secure the
names of the injured. AS yet it is inn
possible to estimate the amount of dam
age to mines
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
THE LIFE BOAT LOST
Eleven of Its Crew go to the
Bottom.
The Norwegian Bark Eratic Wrecked and
Eight Of the on Board Drowned. The
Gale Continues.
(By the Asgociated Press.l

London, Nov. 1.-THE loss of life
boat and eleven of its crew near Var
mouth heads the list of today's wrecks
by, the continued gale. The life-boat was
on itsrway to the rescue of distressed
vessel when it was struck by a great
wave and capsized. The crew were i'm
prisoned and cnly three of them succeeded
in making their escape.
Innumerable minor casualties continue
TO be reported on all the coast of the
United States marking the storm as the
most disastrous that has occurred IN
many years Snow is falling in many parts
of the country
The Norwegian bark Erratic, of Chris
tiansand, has been wrecked in the vicn-
itv of Saltburn and eight members of her
crew drowned
An incomplete list of the persons who
have lost their lives by drowning during
the storm, already aggregates over 100
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
CORONER H0LDs THE BODY.
Won't Release it Till He Has Sworn Testimony
That it is Not Rathbun's
(By the Associated Press.

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 14-The
corpse set here as that of Newell c.
Rathbun continues to repose in a vault
at Oakland Cemetery. subject to orders
of Coroner j. M. Young The latter
states that he will surrender the body
only upon sworn testimony before the
coroner's jury here that the prisoner at
Jeffersonville is Newell c. Rathbun.
The coroner makes this statement:
Wednesday / received a telegram
from Coroner Coots( of JeffersonvilIe.
Ind, requesting that L return the body
held there for further investigation. /
took the matter under advisement and
conferred with rny attorneys, also with
the mayer of the city and decided not
to release the body. The authorities
were notified and at the request of the
mayor took chare of the body
Coroner Young said after the news
came that Deputy Sheriff Chichester
and Emil Gloeckler had identified the
prisoner at Jeffersonville, Ind, as NJ G.
Rathbun:
If Chichester and Gloeckler come be-
fore the jury and make affidavit that
the man in prison at Jeffersonville is
Newell G. Rathbun, Twill surrender the
body that l now have in custody. All
want is positive evidence of Rathbun's
Identification"
The coroner stated that he had some
sworn evidence that the body held here
is the body of Rathbun, and until it was
disputed he could not release the re-
mains.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
SUIT AGAINST THE SOUTHWESTERN.
(By the Associated Press.)

Macon, Ga, Nov. 14.-The suit OF Rob-
ert M. Farrar against the Southwestern
Railroad Company was taken up today
in the Superior court before on. DUPONT
Guerry, judge probate, the effort now
being to place the 100000 of rental
money in the hands of receiver.
The United States Circuit court re-
Gently decided against the complainant
Farrar ct al. but did so without preju-
dice to any reports they might have in
other courts.
Complainants now charge that the
southwestern Company squandered the
money in extravagant attorneys fees
and immense bankers commission, and
that such claims, If valid, should have
been paid by the company and not out
of funds belonging to the complaining
stockholders.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
A Mysterious Disappearance
(By the Associated Press. !

1iptonville, Tenn, Nov. 14.-Ned Davis
and a woman living with him on a
shanty boat have mysteriously disap-
peared, and it is believed they have been
murdered.
The boat was found short distance
below town on the Mississippi River.
Blood clots were found all over the floor
and on .he bow of the boat where the
bodies are supposed to have been thrown
into the river Davis was miserly fish
erman and is reputed to have saved a
considerable sum of money which he kent
secreted on the boat
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
a Silver Service For the Illinois.
(By the Associated Press. }

Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE committee of
ten Chicagoans, who are to present the
battleship Illinois with silver service
at Old Point Comfort, Saturday, left here
at 10:30 a. M, today over the Baltimore
and Ohio for Washington. At the Capt.
tai the committee will meet Secretary
of the Navy Long Secretary of the
Treasury Gage, Admiral Terry, Senator
Cullom and others who are to attend the
presentation. Governor Yates cannot be
present and Senator Cullom has been Sc
lected to speak in his stead. The silver
service consists of ten pieces and cost
$40 900. the money having been raised in
the State by popular subscription.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15

marked attentin, as were the Confederate
veterans who attended. many of them in
uniform. The Wilmington Light Infantry
was out in full dress uniform. Choice
refreshments were served and there was
dancing The occasion was notable for
the magniffcently gowned women. There
must have been 500 ladies in attendance
aud their toilettes were magnificent.
Yesterday Mr.. F. W. Foster, who is a
Federal veteran but who has resided in
Wilmington many years and is one of our
successful manufacturers, presented the
Daughters with a gavel made from timber
from the historic mansion of Cornelius
Harnett, the Cape Fears Revolutionary
patriot, who resided at Hilton, in the
northern part of the city. The gavel
is made of red cedar from the posts of
the piazza, and the handle is of walnut
taken from Harnetts sideboard. The
gavel was used in the days proceedings.
The ladies highly appreciate the souvenir
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
Southern Surgeons Elect Office S.
(By the Associated Press.O

Richmond, Va, Nov. 1.-THE Southern
Surgical and genealogical Association
elected officers today as follows:
President Dr. w. e. B. Davis, of Bir-
mingham, Ala; first vice president. DR..
J. Wesley Bovee, of Washington. d. c.:
second vice president. DIR. John w. Long.
of Salisbury, N. c.; secretary, DR.. w. d.
Haggard, of Nashville. Tenn; treasurer.
DR.. f. w. McRae, of Atlanta Ga.
The next meeting will be held in Gin
cinnati. DR.. T. A. Reamy was appointed
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments. Many interesting papers were
read.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
schley Court Holds Two Sessions.
(By the Associated Press, +,

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1.-THE
schley Court of Inquiry began today to
hold sessions twice daily, instead of one
session in the morning. that has been
held since the court met in the Mclean
building. The afternoon session will be
from to 4 o'clock. This decision was
made in the interests OF more rapid
progress in the work before the court.
for it is the universal desire to have the
findings presented at the earliest possi-
bic date
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
Burglar Shot in the Act.
CBy the Associated Press. J

Carlisle. Pa, Nov 14.--At Hunters
Run last night. Chas. Tate. colored,
burglar, was shot ano instantly killed
while breaking into the house OF James
A. Miller. by the latter's son, Chas. A..
Miller who warned the burglar and then
shot. The coroner's Jury today rendered
verdict of iustifiable homicide. Tate
"as North Carolina negro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15

manship more devoted to the building up
of cur country than the achievement of
party success. Great national or business
questions involving the glory of our re-
public and the prosperity of our people
should not be dwarfed into mere party
questions
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
THE VIRGINIA BAFTIsTs.
The General Association Convenes in Grace
Street Church, Richmond.
(Bv the Associated Press

nual session of the Baptist General AS
sociation of Virginia began here this
evening at the Grace Street Baptist
church. The attendance at the opening
was unusually large, over three hundred
delegates have already arrived
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
Sale Of Coal Lands
(By the Associated Press.)

Roanoke, Va. Nov. 1.-THE president
and board of directors of the Indian
Creek Coal and Coke Company met in
this city today to transfer its property
to the Burney White Coal Company, of
Pennsylvania The sale of this large
tract of land involves the transfer of
1000 acres of very fine coal land in
Tazewell county. Virginia. The price
was not given out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
FOUND DEAD, HIS NECK BROKEN
(Ey the Associated pressl

Rome, Ga, Nov. Thames oGings
was found dead in his buggy today a
few miles south of Cave Springs. his
neck being broken. His death is a mys
terry and it is thought he was murdered
and robbed by highwaymen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15
Brokers Make an Assignment.
(By the Associated Press. !

New York, Nov 14.-Willam d. Low
cry C Company. consolidated exchange
brokers, have made a general assign
ment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-15

At the reception at the Orton, given
by the Cape Fear Chapter last night,
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson was the center
OF attraction. She received and never
was she more Loyalty greeted by South
ern womanhood and manhood.
Governor Aycock was the recipient of
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
A Cbfldsa Rath.

A tepid bath for child should have
temperature from IS to 90 degrees +.
and hot bath 90 SO degrees F., which,
as said before, is the normal tenn
perature Of the inside OF the body.
This will cause relaxation in case OF
CONFUSION or sweating In case Of fe-
yer. The water should be gradually
heated until the hand OF the mother
finds 1t noticeably warm, care being
had always to remember the extreme
delicacy and sensitiveness OF a child's
skin.
In case OF debility and for scrofulous
children and those threatened with
ricketts, salt water bath every morn
Ing, either hot or cold, according to
season, is very valuable. To prepare
this bath use four ounces of sea salt to
four gallons of water. Let the child
play In the water a little while, then
rub the body briskly with a Turkish
towel till the skin Is In a glow.
To make good mustard bath use
two ounces OF powdered mustard to
four gallons of water. This is excel
lent as a footbath and relieves conges-
ton of the head and is often useful In
the first stages OF a cold on the chest.
In cases OF extreme exhaustion and
threatened collapse child can be i'm
mersed up to its neck, and the bath
will act as stimulant. but whenever
one is using hot bath for any reason
the head should always be sponged
with cold water.-Pilgrim.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
Something to Remember.

When cough or cold is long ne
elected consumption invariably fol-
lows Remember Mexican Syrup
only costs Is cents bottle and We,
has proven in many Thousand cases
IN absolute and safe cure for coughs,
colds or consumption. Take Il in
ime and be cured q0ickly. Children
like 1T because it taste SO good. Insist
on your druggist keeping it for sale
Read tie seemingly miraculous cures
1t has effected, printed on the wrap.
per around the bottle.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
Excursion Rates.

From the increase in travel to
Buffalo, the Low Rate Twenty
-daylimited tickets via the Nor
folk & Western Railway to the
Pan-Amer can Exposition is ap.
precitated by the travelling public
These tickets are on sale via Col,
umbus, Cleveland and La ewood
or Hsgerstown and Har sburg
In addition to the Exposition
which must be seen 10 be appreci
tsed, Niagara Falls is only thirr,
Minutes ride from Buffalo.
Information as to rates etc
cheerfuly furnished by sAgents o
the N. s. w. Railway, or
w. B. BEvILL,
Gent. Passr. Agen g
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
SPIRIT SLATE WRITING.

AoW the Mysterious Sentences Are
Prepared In Advance.
Spirituaiistic slate writing. IL cleveriy
done. always makes n marked impress
sion on q mRgician's audience because
1t utterly bafties their efforts to detect
the trick. They see q small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means
OF cords or ribbons 1t has an open
front and Is empty. The magician
turns 1t around SO that every part OF
it may be seen and taps 1t inside aud
out with his wand to show that it ia
hollow.
On a stand near by he has q small
easel, a common school slate, a bottle
OF india ink with q quill pen In Il and
q few sheets OF ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passss around
among the audience for examination.
Then he hxes sheet OF the paper to
the slate by means OF waters, places
the slate on the easel and the easel In
the cabinet. together with the bottle Of
INK. the latter having the pen still In it.
Having allowed the audience to see
the articles thus arranged in the cabi-
net, he throws q large silk handker-
chief over It. Mysterious sounds are
Immediately heard, and the cabinet
shakes as II some living thing had en-
tered 1t. When the sounds and the
shaking cease, he removes the hand
kerchief, showing an inscription writ
ten in bold black letters on the paper
and the pen not In the ink bottle, but
lying on the bottom OF the cabinet. He
then removes the paper from the slate
and passes It around for examination,
when the writing Is immediately recog-
nized as having been done with India
ink.
The explanation Of the trick is SIM
pie. The writing was done. In advance
Dy the performer, the fluid used being
q solution OF sulphuric acid of the pur-
est quality. To make the solution SO
drops or the concentrated acid are add
ed to one ounce OF filtered water. Writ
ing dome with this solution Is invisible
until exposed to heat. When 80 ex.
posed, 1t comes out perfectly black.
locking exactly like dried India ink.
The heat IL applied by means Of an
electric current running over wire with
which the slate Is wound. The cords
by which the cabinet Is suspended con-
ceal copper wires, which conduct the
current to the slate. Black silk threads
suitably attached enable the performer
TO make the sounds In the cabinet, to
cause the cabinet to shake and to jerk
the pen out or the ink bottle.
Several sheets OF paper are prepared
In advance. each with q different In
scription, the performer telling one In
scription from another by secretly
marked pin pricks.--New York Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27

II you want something specially inter
csting about Crimson Glover. send Tor
Aeaflet just issued by T.. w. Wood & sons
Richmond, Va. IL gives with other in
teresting Information, letters from sue
giving best methods Of preparation and
seedlng-best use aud value-about sow
Ing In corn and cotton at the last working
great value as soil impFover--alsc
SPOUT It's use Tor pssturaee. green fesd or
by ]. w. Wood & Sons are doing spisudid
work Ia the practical information uiving
as TO the best crops to grow and the best
way to grow them.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27

So many coffee houses sprang into
existence during the reign of Charles
II. that he, entertaining a belief that
many political intrigues had their be-
ginning In those places. issued an
edict ordering them to be closed. In
this proclamation the following words
occurred: THE retailing OF coffee or
tea might be an innocent trade, but IL
was said to nourish sedition, spread
lies and scandsllze great men; it might
also be common nuisance"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
EDITOR sToREY's NOTION.
ThseEy On which Ks RszsiftsA q
Ffns aAG naassA q sAiary.

Thssry On which Ks BsDaffts& q
Ffns aA6 RAISED . SALARY.
81 was slashing copy on old Storcy's
Chicago Times many years ago." said
one or tho guests at = reunion dinner.
I'VE had n correspondent In an Illinois
town who simply would not schedule
hts matter. but az he generally sent
good stun we let him run on, slashing
iHs stun to suit the exiEencies OF the
night. Besides. his ntuR always sug-
sested good headlines. and that was
one OF storey's hobbies.
ION one occasion the correspondent
sent up about 100 words which went
into 100. with nothing over. ON the 100
words / constructed a headline which
was right I'D to the mark. The next
day was instructed 20 tell the man
who made out the checks for the coun-
try correspondents to knock - or the
correspondents pay.
when he received his check. he
wrote 70 MT. Storey saying that under
ordinary circumstances he wouldn't
kick about the deduction, but In this
particular instance he DID because the
fool headline over the item made by q
fool telegraph editor had Infatuated thu
man whose name was mentioned In the
dispatch and brought on q light be-
tween him and the correspondent, the
result OF which was that the CORE
spondent was fned % In the police
court
Mr.. Storey was q very just man
when you got at him the right way.
He instructed the cashier 20 send tho
correspondent the amount OF the fms
and raised my salary because the head
iins i wrote had caused a row. That
was his way OF encouraging n head
line writer"-New York Sun.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
CONNECTIONS FROM osaasS.


wheat ssa Malt usee In tn.l pseau-
fsst~re % Candy.
A manufacturing plant In New der
cey, Formerly used ss a MANILA paper
nin, Ia now operated by a corporation
Engaged in-the unique industry OF lax
Ing connections from wheat and malt,
about the last materials In the world
one would expect to ind In candy.
In the earlier stages Of the process
the grain In famed, ground and mixed
In proper proportions. Then II in cook
ed to n mash, from which a thin strip
IL sQueezed by hydraulic presses and
conducted 20 . great iron evaporation.
Thence the strip Is carried In pipes to
vacuum pan. Here Il Is vigorously
stirred and further evaporated. Tho
thickered strip IL drawn on into huge.
shallow tin pans. where It Is cooled
and hardened. Plain or favored with
peppermint the mass 70 a rich golden
brown In color. Combined with choco-
late IL In dark as the familiar caramel
In the candy shops.
When batch OF goods "a needed for
the market, the stock IN the pans n
broken Into pieces and put into boiler
surrounded by q steam Jacket. 10 10
reduced by heat TO the consistency OF
taffy at an old fashioned candy ruii.
Skilled workmsn shape the mass into
long strips that lie like golden snakes
on a board table.
They ara 6ed 20 q cutting machine, q
noisy little monster with an Unsuitable
appetite for sweets. You could almost
cover the machine with q hat. yet q
turns out malt cpsamIets nearly az fast
a. Maxim gun hurts a storm OF bull
lets. The boys who carry the cream
lets from the machine 60 the tables
whore they are wrapped have little
time for Observation-Disclosures Her.
| aid.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
A Shooting colo

"Lately br'e. ailioad l.bo .r.'
writes DR.. A. Kellet'. Of w,liford
Ark. ellis foot Was terribly ma<hed
but Bucklen's Arnica salve quickl,
cured him." Its simply wonderful
for burns, boils. piles and all ski,
eruptions. Its Che worlds champion
healer Cure qua. ante.d. 25c. Sold
bp Jno. f. jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-27
4 PHfa6ie Sight.

What is more pitiable to see than
a punv, delicate little child absolute.
ly dying from nrglect. There are
many little ones whose cheeks would
yr"w rosy, whose eyes would grow
bright. whose flesh would grow p ump
and pretty .if only the worms that are
gnawing at their vitaIs were removed,
which is easily effected with Mother q
Worm Syrup, Also cure for tape
worm in grown people. Try Csc
bottle.