The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-01-30

lnau uOS was Killed on the streets
of Rich Hill Monday, SO the Review
reports.
As result OF dust explosion in the
Lost Creek coal mine. ten miles south
of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Friday, twenty
one miners were killed and eight 9TH
ers dangerously iniured. All the dead
miners were married and left their
families in destitute circumstances.
The miners had just fired their usual
noon shots, one of which proved II
fizzle, the powder fame igniting the
gas and causing the explosion.
Smoke and debris were blown out of
the mine in n column two hundred
feet high.
The Review reports the explosion
OF four sticks of dynamite which
were being thawed out in the Spen-
Ger mine near Rich Hill, Saturday
about 10 O'Clock, The explosion
shook things up generally in the
neighborhood and was felt in the
town. Frank Smith, father of Mrs,
Homer Spencer, stood in the door
way Of the scale house at the time of
the explosion, was knocked senselcss.
Aside from slight bruises and torn
clothing he escaped serious injury,
although he had n close call, az the
scale house was demolished, one of
the sides OF the building being blown
fifty or more feet
The protraeted meeting at the NJ.
+. church south will be continued
each evening through the week, no
preventing providence. The meeting
is being conducted 10y Rev. Pickett,
pastor OF the church. He has had no
helpin the pulpit and don't need any.
He is big enough for the occasion
himself. His sermons arefull ofmeat
and presented in a manner calculat-
ednot only to entertain butconvince
hisauditors In presenting the truth
Rev. Pickett has had lew ii any
equals in-the- pnlpit-of this church,
: reperal limitation is-extnnlad..the
public to be present. Attend the
meetings, it win 10 you good,
Oscar Hughes, a tramp, was badly
cut with a razor,at the tressel south
OF the depot at Nevada Friday, says
the Post. Hughes stopped at n
camp fire, on which Umphrey, Levisee
and a man named James DAILY were
cooking He was told by Umphrey
to move on. Hughes replied he was
in no hurry. He said Umphrey then
drew a razor~and started after him.
Heran but Humphrey caught him and
cut cash about four inches long
which extended from above the right
ear to about the center of the back
of the head. Hughes was assisted by
two men to the baggage room OF the
depot and his wounds dressed. When
he reached the depot he was SO weak
from loss of blood he was unable to
stand. The three men at the camp
we're arrested and Umphrey was iden-
titled by Hughes as the man who cut
him. Hughes claimed he was on his
way to Rich Hill, where he had rela-
tives.
In the spring and summer Il num-
Der of disgruntled fellows who
couldn't boss" the county court and
fix things to their liking in the mat
ter of building the new court house,
backed up by the Repubican-Press,
then the Free Press, were raising all
tho hades they possibly could; max
ing all kinds of charges and trying
put the court in a hole. The coun-
ty Judges. greatly to their credit as
level-headed business men, refused to
he influenced or brow-beat. As a
consequence Bates county will have
a court house every citizen can be
proud Of. 1t was predicted then that
when the court house was completed
those fellows would claim credit for
the results by virtue of their kicks,
and At. has begun it even before
the rafters are on. Well! WELL At. and
his crowd are welcome to all the
credit they can get out of it.