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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-05-21
COAL MINE HORROR.
About Two Hundred Men and
Boys EntOmbed and Probably
Every Life Lest.

CNOIy LILO hfObt.
Coal Greek, Tenn, May TO-
The worst disaster in the history
of Tennessee mining occurred at
7.3O o'clock this morning, when
between IT'S and 225 men and
boys met instant death at the
Fraterville coal mine, two miles
west of this town as a result of a
gas explosion.
Out of the large number OF
men and boys who went to work
this morning developments at 10
o'clock tonight show that only
one is alive and he is so badly
injured that he cannot live. This
man was VIM. Morgan, an aged
Englishman, who was a road man
in the mine and was blown out
of the entrance by force of the
explosion. One hundred and
seventy-tive miners were checked
in for work this morning by the
mine boss. In addition to these
were boys who acted as helpers
and drivers, roadmen and others
to the humber of perhaps fifty.
Fraterville mine is the oldest
mine in The Coal Creak district
having been opened in 1876. 1t
is fully three miles from the
mines opening to the point where
the men were at work. They had
not been at work long before the
terrible explosion occurred. There
was a fearful roar and then flames
shot from the enterance of the
air shasts News of the disaster
spread like wildfire, but as soon
as possible two rescuing parties
were started in, one at the main
entrance, the other through This
tie mine which adjoins and in
which no men we're at work. The
Thistle party were unable to
make any headway, as, the gas
sti6ed the workers. The Frater-
vile party went fully two miles
under the earth, until, a heavy
fall of slate was encountered. At
this barrier men worked like
demons, hoping against hope
that those beyond might be safe.
The scene at the mouth of the
mine while the workers were
within were beyond description.
Business was suspended in Coal
Creek at all its mines as soon as
the news of the disaster became
known, and men women and
children gathered around the
Farterville entrance. Women
whose husbands and sons were
within grief. All day long the
rescuers toiled at the slate OBJ
struction and not until 5 O'Clock
this evening did they force an
entrance through it. Up to that
hour only five dead bodies had
been recovered and hope was still
high that many within were safe.
The hopes of the living were
doomed, however, for when once
the rescuers could enter and pro-
ceed they walked through a con-
tinuous tomb of death. There
was not a sign of life. Every
man had perished, they believed, ,
although it will be tomorrow
morning before all the rooms can
be entered.
Eight dead bodies were first
recovered and these were sent
to Coal Creek. Twenty six
more were soon found. They
were not disfgured beyond
Identification and each corpse ,
as it was borne from the mouth
of the gigantic tomb, was sur
rounded by eager crowds of
relatives of the men who were
entombed.'
The mine was not on fire ex.
cept in remote portions and all
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13

Sharkey, Rubin, Armstrong and the
other American bruisers take part.
The college fights will take place in
the very ring that is stained with the
blood of the professional lighters the
same admission prices will be charged;
the same rules will obtain as are in
force when professional pugi1ists meet
The scheme for an international test of
have originated with King Edward himself
The story as told is that in a conversation
fighters over the British men of the ring
was discussed his ma iestv expressed the
opinion that, however superior the profess
siOnal fighters of America might be. he
thought the. college men of England who
no more get into the professional class
there than our college men do here, pro-
duced better boxers than the Yankee col
this theory that Messrs. Lee and Garvin=
who, representing the National Sporting
gagged Sharkey. Rubin, Bob Armstrong.
Tommy West, Ed Martin and the 9TH
ers among the college men to visit Eng
land and show their skill against the pick
ed men of Oxford and Cambridge.
The opposition of the colleges was so IN
tense and potent that at first the English
agents got only refusals whenever. they
broaehed the propositions They finally ap-
pealed to ". c. Dole. boxing tea cher at
Yale, and were by him put into commune
cation with Fred Wencke. who is sup
posed to be the best middle weight that
uses the gloves at Yale.
Gates had two rivals from Yale, two
from Pennsylvania and one from Columbia
for the lightweight's place
Prof DeBaum viii keep them working
all the way across the Atlantic and viii
put the finishing touches on them at
Brighton They have all been at work
for some weeks and expect to be in per-
feet shape when they face their rivals be-
fore the National Sporting club, the mem
bers of which have been educated to the
fine points Of boxingfby hundreds Of pro-
fessiOnal matches.
When asked what he thought of his
teams chances. Prof. DeBaum said:
It's pretty hard to make predictions in
the lighting game, particularly when yo1
don't know what you're going up against.
but I feel pretty sure that my three men
will give any three college men good
run for their money.
Gates. the lightweight is remarkably
quick for an amateur and very hard to
hit. He is game to the core and won
stop fighting till he's put cut. So on the
whole. I feel rather sanguine that wen
land the prizes
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THE NINTH'S RETURN.
Major Waller Discusses His Exper-
fence in the PhiIippinas.

San Francisco. June 13.-Mai. i. w r.
Waller, y. 3. marine corps. by far the
on the transport Warren. which brought
the pattle-scarred remnant Of the hghting
phatic views in the matter Of war in the
you can't stop the revolution in the
measures. said Maj Waller IN an inter-
view. You would hate to see your wound
ed ana dead mutlated. can not describe
the fearful conditions in which we found
some OF the bodies OF men under my COM
received both verbal and written orders
from Gen. Jacob Smith to Kill all insur-
fused to surrender. It was the only thing
that could be done and I never questioned
Gen Smiths orders. with one exception
This exception I refuse to state 4 fair
estimate of the number of natives killed
by men Of my command would be 400 To
800. These were all killed in battle with
the exception Of II carriers, insurrectos at
heart who were tried bv court-r1arrial
and shot There was only one .,5on1ar shot
and she was only slightly wounded. Sh-
happened to be in the breastworks OF a
for my men were stOrming.
II have fought In every country in the
world except Australia said Maj. Waller
hut Samar--wen hell is winter resort
compared to Samar-'
The major spoke huslily through a deep
cold that he contracted during the home
voyage on the transport, bat he was OBJ
viously sincere. His dark eyes snapped
the island that Cen Jacob Smith had or
eered him to convert into bowling viii
QefAeSs-
Il left Samar a bowling wilderness. They
tried to make it that for US, but we made
it bowling wilderness for them"
want any more of It 2' was asked.
Ne. am getting to be an old man,
now"
His face relaxed. I'm in my 5ls. Be
sides, they We surrendered and it's all over
It's always all over when they surrender
in the Philippines" and a sarcastic smile
curved under his military moustache.
Have you anything to say. ma for re-
garding your court-nartiai on the charge
Of executing Samar natives without trial.
or was that the charger %
THE charge against me" he said. was
murder. Yes. one plain word-murder.
And as for having anything to say about
the couFt-Inartial. of course I have. OBJ
jected to being court-martialed: il was not
done at my pleasure: I was not consulted
in the matter; was simply court-mar-
tailed.
know who brought it forward. I know
who was at the back Of it all ana Wash
! ington knows as much.
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impreeation at such an outrage, is COM
petent to answer this question, or mete
out the punishment. Are not. after all,
White Cap and similar organizations
but the logical result Of and rational
protest against such wrongs2 Eminent
medical authority informs US that life
IS often endangered. and death often
produced by such disturbances. When
complaint is made of the thousands Of
worthless, voraciOus. and disgusting
dogs which infest the streets, the de-
tense is made for them that they ara
registered, and that therefore they must
not be disturbed by the public ensnarer
Of CANNES. In the name. by the auth
ority, and for the sake of the thousands
of sick, aged, feeble and neryously or
ganized long sufferers by such out
RACES, who must sleep or die. who also
are registered, and who never fail to
vote for civic Improvement. I earnestly
invite your effective protest against this
grievous evil.
REGISTERED KICK.
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Pensions For Kanaana.

Washington, June 13.-The following
pensions have been granted:
Kansas-Orig1nal- Beller, St.
Clare, Sc. Increase Benjamin Mon
tague, National home, L.esvenworth. IS;
John Sirs. Axtel $40; Ferdinand Den
nison. North Topeka. 81; Gustave
Shanan, Tonganoxie $24; John Brown.
Cedarva1e S14; William Fearing Law
renee, IS; Chaplin Carpenter, Kansas
City. S24: Anthony Mitchell, Vsrick, ST.;
Henry Godlove, Onaga, $S;' Philip Fitz-
patrick, National home. LeavenW0rth,
So; James Carroll. Alma. 81; David
Burnside. Chetopa, S12. Widows-Sid-
ney Lindsay. arkansas Slty, ~ q 1rray
wick IS; minor of Phineas Bozeman
Kansas City. s12; minor Of Andrew
Leatherman, Abilene, SO; Rachael Win
chel. Silverdale So.
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INJURED BY THE CARS.
Emporia Man Has Both Legs Broken
and Toes Cut Of

Emporia, June 1S.-Mr. Nils F'riberg,
who lives at the home Of J. E. Pearson.
215 West Fourth avenue, was struck
by freight train 81 as it was coming in
to the Emporia yards, and sustained
serious injuries Thursday. Mr.. Friberg
was walking along the track just west
OF Merchant street, on his way to his
work. When he was near the Emporia
hotel the Benedict local was leaving
east bound on the south track and
freight No. 81 was coming in west
bound on the next track north. Mr..
H'rtberg stepped out from in front Of the
Benedict to the next track on which 81
was passing. The engine had passed
and in avoiding the Benedict train Mr..
F'riberg stepped too close to 81 and a
corner Of a car struck him from behind,
on the legs above the knee The blow
broke both legs and caused him to fall
under the car and two wheels Of the
front truck passed over his foot, cutting
off the toes
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WaiI Fron the Wearv.
To the Editorsof The State Journal.

To the Editorsof the State Journal.
Last night most of the hours between
early bedtime and dawn were made
hideously torturesOme to a majority
of the jewellers of the vicinity near the
center OF the city, by the incessant
bowling of a tethered dog. If instant
and ignomi nious death besthe only ade-
quate fate for the nightly producer OF
such discomfort to the public, what
punishment should be melted out to the
two-legged, hoggish and only alleged
to- be human owner and harborer Of
such brute2 Only one who has laid
awake by the hour and ground his
gums in impotent wrath and fruftless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13
THE MEFFERT CASE.
Trial of Emporia Physician to Be
Heard in Topeka July 10.

Heard II 2Opeka July ~
Emporia. kan, June 1S-The Gazette
says: The board of medical examiners
yesterday decided to hear Dr. Meffert's
case July 10, at Topeka A ten days
notice is necessary and that viii be
given to the doctor at once. But as
there is no money in the state treasury
to pay for an extra session Of the board.
1t will meet at the regular meeting
July 10, and hear the Meffert case. An
effort was made to get the case moved
to EnpOrfa for hearing but the board
decided to hear the case at Topeka
In the meantime the members of the
protesting committee are getting all the
facts they can about the Meffert case
It appears that the doctor did go to
Brobate Judge NJ. NJ. Mason, Of this
county, about the time he was going
with Alice Traylor and try to get a
marriage license but as Mason could not
promise that the wedding would be kept
secret when the license was used, Mef-
fert never returned the license If he got
1t. Whether or not the wedding oc-
Cured no one knows. Miss Taylor
told a Topeka man that the doctor was
her husband and interceded III his be-
half She has signed letters as Alice
TraylOr- Meffert, but when she signed
her name to legal document she sign
ed it Alice Traylor. DR.. Moffert does
not claim he was married to Miss Tray
Tor but says she came to his house be-
cause matters at her own house were
unpleasant. The doctors divorced wife
who keeps house for him bears out this
story and defends him from any blame
in the matter.
DR.. Meffert's friends claim he can
clear matters up and say he will be
ready for trial in July and wflI fight
the case.
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$1,000.

Chicago and Return via Great Rock
Island Route.
Tickets on sale June 16-17-21 and o,
vita final return limit Sept 10, 1902.
City Ticket Office.
unisn Pacific r. r.. ss5 Kansas Ave.
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swindled the nank.

Paris, June 13.-An employee of the
Bank Of France, who was entrusted
with the care Of collateral securities,
distracted a number Of these documents
and through the help Of friend. Dor
rowed money on them from the Bank
Of France itself The newspapers say
the sum lost by the bank amounts to
10000 francs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13

Il. w. Gates, Of K. T., to Appear
in London Prize Ring.

r. without Gates, of the Kansas uni
versity class of 1902, sailed for England
Thursday as one of the three American
college men who will appear in the
prize ring of the National Athletic club
of London during the festivities attend
ing the coronation of King Edward. The
other two men are Fred a. Wenclxe Of
Yale and c. Gerhard Dodge OF Harvard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13
RATES FOR LOG ROLLING.
One Fare to Topeka From Kansas
Points on August and 2.

A proposition has been submitted to
lines of the Western Passenger associa-
ton account of the annual log rolling
of the Modern Woodnen Of An erica at
Topeka on August 2. A rate of one
fare for the round trip is proposed from
points in Kansas from which the local
one way rate to Topeka is s2.25, or less.
also from Kansas City; tickets to be
sold August 1 and 2, good returning IN
til August f.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13

Their adversaries will be English coll
Iege men. and the prizes for which they
maui and are mauled will consist Of
valuable trophies instead of purses.
With these exceptions there will be no
difference between the engagements in
which they figure and those in which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13

in an affair in which she has no interest
and in to which she naturally does not
wish to be drawn. The Vignette club
these members say, had troubles OF its
own, which caused the dismemberment
of the organization and they had moth
ing to do with the Los Angeles biennial,
the city hall steps or the fight on the
beef trust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-13

Chicago, June 13.-The Sir Thomas Lip
ton cup has arrived in Chicago and been
turned over by the custom house authori-
ties to the officers of the Columbia Yacht
club. The trophy. which is to remain in
the possession OF the club for contests on
July T. and z Is a beautiful specimen Of
work and is valued at $40
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Chicago and Return via Great Rock
Island Route
Tickets on sale June 16-17-21 and %.
with Anal return limit Sept. Is, 1902.
Is it a burn? Use Dr. Thomas Electric
Oil A cut2 Use DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil. At your druggists.
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Hutchinson, Kan. June 13.-The popula-
ton OF Hutchinson as shown BY assessors
reports fled today is 1924 a gain Of 245
during the last year and Of nearly 1000
since the government census Of 1850.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-23
PROPERTY OWNERS SAY
THEY WILL NOT SETTLE
Make Excited Protest Against the
Payne Avenue Paving AS
sessment.

Over 100 property owners who are to
be assessed for the paving of Payne
avenue, from Lawson to Jessamine
street, with granite, appeared before
the board of public works yesterday to
protest against the assessment.
The paving costs $12,37S, and in lay
ing out the assessment district the
board included all the property abut-
ting and also that a block east and
west. This was what caused the pro-
test, those off the line Of the improve
ment insisting that they had not been
benefited, and, if they had, certainly
not to the amount fixed by the board.
Several of the more excited owners
declared they would not pay the as
sessment, while others insisted the
board had erred in making the assess
ment. In order to look up the facts
and satisfy themselves that the figures
We're correct the board adjourned the
completion Of the assessment until
Oct. 8.
The city engineer recommended the
awarding of the contract for construct
ing a sewer on Dearborn street and
Stryker avenue to w. J. Preston. Al
though Preston's bid was $1,000 higher
than the estimate Of the engineer, that
official stated that owing to the press
ing need of the sewer he would recon-
mend the award of the contract.
Christ Johnson was awarded the con-
tract for a small sewer on Grotto
street, near Hague avenue, the con-
tract price being $199, which was $21
above the engineers estimate.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-09-23
STREET SPRINKLING
SHORTAGE $4,000
Season Closes With a Victory for the
Water Board in the Hy-
drant Row.

An opinion from City Attorney
Markham yesterday adds another ST.
600 to the deficiency in the Sprinkling
fund. When the contractors were or
dered to quit the work of sprinkling
the streets Saturday there was a short
age of $4,000.
Yesterday when the city attorney
held that the expense Of erecting and
maintaining street sprinkling hydrants
must be paid from the sprinkling fund
the decision added about $1,000 to the
amount which the fund is short. Last
year the deficiency in this fund was
$11, 200, while this year 1t will be only
about $4,000.
City Engineer Rundlett has contend
ed that as the charter provides that
the water department shall furnish the
water used for sreet sprinkling free
of charge the cost Of putting in and
maintaining the sprinkling hydrants
should also be borne by the same de-
partment.
The corporation attorney, however.
holds that the expense Of the hydrants
shall be paid from the sprinkling fund.
"It means" said City Engineer Rund-
lett yesterday, that the sprinkling of
the streets next season will have to
be shortened one week either at the
commencement or at the end of the
season."
Water board officials are much
pleased at the opinion.
1--WE have orders to change hydrants
which would involve an expense of
about $780," said Secretary Caulfeld
yesterday, "but we refused to make
the change until it was decided wheth-
er this department had to pay the ex-
pense. There are about $50 sprinkling
hydrants in the city and the men who
do the street sprinkling take no care
of the hydrants at all. The water de-
partment was called on to keep them
in repair and also to make changes
such as ordered by the engineer. 1t
cost on an average $1,500 to do this
and the opinion from the city attorney
means just that saving to this de-
partment."