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The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
THIRTY-FIYE DIE
In UTAH MINES
The Powder Magazine ExpIOdes With
Deadly Results.
NoMOUs GASES CAUSE OF HAVOC.
The Work OF Rescung the lmperiled aud
Dead Was Quickly and ieroically Under.
taken-Men Were Brought to the Surface
as Fast as the Disabled Machinery Would
Permit

Park City, Utah (Special) Thirty
five miners were killed in the Daly-West
and Ontario mines, 20 in the Daly-West
and in the Ontario
The disaster was the result of an ex-
ploson occasioned by John Burgy a
miner, going into one of the magazines
Of the Daly-West with lighted candle.
His act cost him his life and the lives
of many other miners besides, His own
body was blown to small pieces.
The explosion occurred at Ir.2o
p m, and in a moment deadly gas
was being generated throughout the
mines 1t crept through every tunnel,
shaft and incline, and in a very short
space Of time scores of miners found
themselves face to face with death.
1t i9 not known how much powder
was exploded, but whatever amount there
was, it went off with a terrible concus-
sion. The shock was something ter
rife and was heard for long distance,
although it was nearly o'clock before
the disaster was known in Park City, a
distance of three miles.
When it is stated that a horse was
killed at the mouth of the Ontario tun-
mel, two miles away, some idea Of the
force of the explosion may be had THAI
the loss of life was not far greater
seems marvellous.
The work of rescuing the imperiled
and dead was quickly and heroically un-
dertaken. Men were brought to the. sur
face as fast as the disabled machinery
would permit. The victims had to be
brought up the shaft in a one-com-
partment cage, the other compartments
having been wrecked by the explosion
In the Ontario, which is connected
with the Daly-West, six men are dead
Two of the dead are rescuers.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
OIL Fuel for Warships.

Oil may be adopted for coal fuel toT
naval vessels as a result OF successful
experiments made at the Washington
Navy Yard
Rear Admiral George w. Melville,
ngineer-insChief OF the Navy, believes
that in time a large number OF the
smaller ships will be using it, and even
tually coal will pass out of general use
in The navy. Besides generating a
quicker hie and giving greater heat, 1t
is said it permits vessels to maintain
wider steaming radius and reduces con-
siderably the cost OF fuel
So far but little headway has been
made by the merchant marine with its
use, but the few vessels experimenting
with it have found that oil is superior to
coal in many respects, including less
weight in proportion to the number OF
miles the ship steams. A special board
will go to the Delaware Breakwater and
inspect a tank steamer from the Beau
mont, Texas, oil fields, which uses oil.
1t is one of the first ships to be fitted
out on the Atlantic The success OF
this fuel will mean much to traffic on
the Pacific, where the price OF coal
is double that asked on the Allan
tic Coast
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
THE CORN CORNER
GOES TO PIECES
Profit Of ManipuIatOrs Figured at AbOui
Sl,5OO,OOO.
WAS A BIG SLUMP IN July CORN.
Profit Not Near as Much as They Expected
To Make, as the Farmers by Flooding the
Market Forced an Abrupt End to the Corr
ner-The Shorts Settle and the Clique May
Have Some Millions Of Bushels on Hand.

Chicago (SpeciaD.-The John w
Gates corner in July corn came to al
abrupt end Tuesday when it became
known that shorts to the extent Of mil
lions OF bushels had effected private
settlements with Harris, Gates & Co.
and that the deal was at an end so fal
as the steel nlagnate was concerned
The July price responded TO the set
tlement by quick drop of IS 3-4 cents
from 81 cents to o5 IA cents. Later Il
recovered fraction and closed at o5 "a
cents, substantially the price OF the
cash article.
Just how many bushels were subject
to private settlement will probably
never be known, nor is there much
chance that the identity OF all those
who contributed Literally to the for
tunes OF Mr.. Gates and the friends asso-
ciated with him in the deal will ever be
positively known.
To form an estimate of the apparent
profit by the deal would necessitate a
knowledge of the average price at which
the property was bought. This can
never be known unless, some time later,
Mr.. Gates chooses to divuge it. 1t IS
estimated by close observers OF the
transaction that Mr.. Gates profit will
not exceed $I,5oo 900. This amount
will be divided up among ten or doz'
en- millionares who we're interested IL
the deal
The corner at one time promisea
many more millions of profit, and tn
farmers whose well-flled cribs line stEA
tracks of nearly every railroad entering
Chicago are held responsible Tor the
comparatively disappointing ending OF
the corner.
There we're substantial reserves from
the bumper" crop OF 1000 and the large
yield of 1901. This corn has been held
for satisfactory market. The farmers
did not begin to take advantage of the
situation until the price of July got up
in the Jos, and when it finally reached
90 cents tile Chicago market was del
uged with cash corn.
Far a while the Harris-Gates inter
ests kept the market cleaned up, but
steadily increasing quantities began
coming and the prospect Of loading up
with 8o-cent corn which they might moi
be able to dispose of later at over oo
cents became somewhat appalling,
Without warning they withdrew all sup.
port, settled with the shorts and closed
the deal
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
COFFIN NINE FEET LONG.
Lewis wilkins. A Western Giant Dies In q
Hospital 10 Chicago.

Chicago (Specia) One of the giants
Of the earth has just died in the Pres
byterian Hospital in the person of Lewis
Wilkins, who was for several months
afflicted with a tumor on the brain He
was eight feet two inches tall. When
in good health he weighed 36s pounds
A casket nine feet long and twice as
wide as the ordinary coffin was con-
structed for the body.
Wilkins great height subjected him
to many discomforts, When he came to
this city from Omaha to be treated at
the hospital an ambulance awaited him
at the Polk Street Station. The man
was so tall that he could not lie on the
regular stretcher, but was forced to sit
on the floor of the vehicle and draw his
legs up beneath him,
A special bed had to be constructed
for him at the hospital. A ring that
Wilkins had worn on a finger of his
left hand is SO large that a Silver half
dollar can be easily passed through it.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Gen, Smith Punished.

Washington, D. c, (SpeciaD -Presi-
dent Roosevelt has indicated his disap-
proval of the course pursued by Gen.
Jacob H. Smith in Samar, especially the
Generals "burn and kil' order to Ma
jor Littleton w. T. Waller, OF the Ma
rine corps, by severely censuring him
in a general order and directing that he
be placed on the retired list OF the army.
This action is in accordance with the
recommendation of the Secretary of
War, who, in a comprehensive review
of the case, holds that General Smith
was not justified by the situation in Sa-
mar or the regulations in using the in
temperate language employed in his
verbal instructions to Major Waller.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Terrific Storm lu Dakota.

Fargo, N. D. (SpeciaD A section
north and south of Grand Forks was Wis
tied by terrific wind and hail storm
careSg great damage to telegraph and
telefS>one wires and buildings of all
kinds
At Conway the hail was the worst
ever experienced, and the damage done
10 crops was serious, The storm was
noticed first at Larrimore, go miles north
of Grand Forks.
At Thompson, south of Grand Forks,
three churches were demolished, one
house broken into splinters and the pas
sengcr depot and platform partially car
ried away At least IS per cent. of the
telegraph poles between Grand Forks
and Thompson, IA miles south, were
blown down
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Next Step for Irrigation.

F. H. Newell chief photographer OF
the Geological Survey, has gone West
to make a preliminary nvestigation OF
The irrigation problem.
The irrigation law passed by the last
session of Congress makes it necessary
ior survey to determine the location
Of the proposed extensive reservoirs,
and several engineering parties already
have been sent out TO do preliminary
work. Mr.. Newell will have general
supervision OF the task. 1t is intended
hat the preliminary work shall be most
thorough, and on this account it is not
expected that the construction Of any
Of the proposed reservoirs will be un-
1ertaken for a year or two. Mr.. New
ell expects to devote the entire summer
10 work in the field
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
MIshnn TO Bnttleship Illinois.

Chtistiania, Norway (By Cable).-
The United States battleship Illinois,
flagship of Rear Admiral Aren't S.
Crowninshield, and the United States
cruisers Chicago and Albany have ar
rived here, While the Illinois was
standing into the harbor, leading the
squadron, her steering gear failed and
her helm jammed hard to starboard,
with the ship headed straight for the
shore Both anchors we're let go and
her engines were backed promptly, but
the port anchor chain parted. The ship
struck an obstruction and a hole was
punched in her bottom Two small
compartments filed with water the
crew were piped to collision quarter
and the watertight doors were closed
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19

LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Loss by 1901 Drought

1t is now practicable to determine the
effect of the drouth of 1901 upon the ex-
port trade OF 1909.
Preliminary figures on the exports OF
breadstuffs and provisions just complet-
ed show about 81 per cent OF the total
exports, and a reasonably accurate
measurement Of the expectation OF ar
ticles affected by the drouth Of last year
can now be made. The tables show the
exports OF quantities and value OF corn
and cornmeal, oats and oatmeal wheat
Hour and other breadstuffs, also live cat
tie, fresh beef and other beef products,
as well as other provisions. The most
marked reduction is in corn, the eNpor-
tation of which at the principal ports
amounts to 10000, 900 bushels in the MS
cal year ended June 80, 1902 against
10000, 900 at the same ports the pre-
ceding year. the value for 1902 being
$4,000, ,ooo against $50, 100000 the pre-
ceding year, reduction OF Soo,ooo,oooo
The complete figures probably VIII
show the total exports at about IT.
100000 bushels against 100000 IN
the preceding year.
Expectations of cornmeal have also
fallen from 100000 in 1901 to SSL'
900 900 in 1902, making the total reduc-
tion in corn exports in round terms, as
shown by the preliminary figures, So7''
100000 Compared with the fiscal year
1900 the reduction is still greater; tha
corn exports of the fiscal year 1900 were
the largest in the history OF American
export trade, amounting to 2I3,I23,4I
bushels while for the year just ended
the complete figures will amount to
about 27 900, 900 bushels.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
BITTER FEELING
In SOUTH AFRICA
Il is Doubtful Whether Trouble Is Finally
Settled.
MANY DIFFICULTIES FOR BRITISH.
Majority Of the Beers Show no Disposition to
Abandon Their Nationality Some Of Them
Advocate Opening of Dutch Schools to
Keep II AIlye-The TransyaaI and Free
State colOrs Still Freely Worn.

Pretoria (By Cable).-The settlement
of the annexed territories is not being
accomplished without considerable
friction. This is especially noticeable
in the bitter hatred and pesecution on
the part of the Beers who stayed in the
field to the end OF the war against the
Beers who served as British scouts. 1t
is said that some of these national
scouts have been shot or beaten.
SO intense is the feeling that many oil
the burghers who fought consistently
to the end distinguish themselves from
those who surrendered during the war
by waering a green badge The Trans
vaal and Free State oolors are also
freely worn, and the custom is encour-
aged by the Dutch who did not take an
active part in the war Many OF the
burghers declare they we're induced to
agree to surrender by the false repre-
sentations of their leaders, who painted
the terms too rosily.
Discordant elements are numerous,
and any attempt to place the burghers
who surrendered during the war in au-
thority over those who fought through
out will conceivably result in a renewal
of hostilities. The majority Of the
Beers have apparently in no way aban-
doned their nationality, and some OF
them preach the advisability Of open
ing Dutch schools so as to keep alive
their nationality The whole situation
so bristles with difficulties that there are
not lacking those who doubt il the doc
ument signed May 81 was really the
final settlement Of the South African
trouble.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
OIeomargarlne Tests.

The Acting Commissioner of Interna
Revenue has issued instructions GOV.
ering artificial tests for coloring mat
Ter in oleomargerine. Detailed drec
tions are given for making tests to dis.
cover coloring matter principally usec
in coloring oleomargerine. The circu
lar says: "If sample gives negative re
suits by both tests above described, il
may be safely concluded that il is free
from artificial coloration. If it re-
spends to either test, or if there Is any
doubt as to the results obtained, the
SIMPLE should be forwarded to this Of
Gee for ANALYSIS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Must Not Send Snakes to Hawaii

Washington, July I4-Among the
published orders of the Division OF the
Philippines is one which contains a ca
blegram showing that the protests OF
the people of Hawaii against the i'm
portation of snakes into those islands
from the Philippines was successful
The calegram follows:
Washington, May 20, 1902
Chaffee, Manila:
Prohibit shipment on transports OF
animals and snakes to the United States
and Hawaii CORBIN
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Foreign.

Many offers from abroad have been
received to aid in rebuilding the Cam
panile at Venice, but the purpose is to
make its reconstruction a national at
fair
Several deaths from cholera are re-
ported in the Forbidden City and the
disease is spreading in China and in the
Philippines.
Lord Lansdowne the British foreign
secretary, entertained the officers OF the
United States armored cruiser Brook
lyn at luncheon.
Queen Wilhelmina has so far recov-
cred her health that she will return to
her home from Castle Schaumberg, near
the Rhine.
Sir Arthur Lawley, governor OF
Western Australia, has accepted the
lieutenant governorship of the Trans
vaal Colony,
A hundred ladrones attacked and de-
feated the native constabulary near San
Mateo, Manila Province.
The condition OF the Queen of the
Belgians is causing considerable uneasi-
ness.
The bitter feeling still prevailing
among the Beers, their apparent deter
mination to keep up their nationality,
and the declaration of many of them
that they were induced to surrender by
false representations of their leaders,
show that the trouble in South Africa
is not hnaaly settled.
A publication edited anonymously in
the German Navy Department contains
in recent issue comparison Of the lat
est German and American artillery, and
admits the American superiority.
The merchants in South Africa are
at loss to understand how the Ameri
cans can offer freight rates to Natal 2Is
ed below the lowest freight rate from
England.
Overcrowding caused small passen
ger steamer on the LUCE River, Russia,
to sink. and 80 persons we're drowned
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
coilans. Of the cnmnnnlle.

Venice, Italy (By Cable).-The cam.
panile detached bell tower) OF St.
Marks Church 90 meters high, col,
lapsed at 1910 a, m. and fell with u
great crash into the piazza. The cam
panie, which was entirely detached
from the cathedral, collapsed where it
stood and is now a heap OF ruins The
Cathedral and Palace OF the Doges are
quite safe, but a corner Of the royal
palace was damaged
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.

The Chicago freight handlers strike
ended with a victory for the railroads.
All the men have returned to work,
leaving questions of wages and hours to
be adjusted.
A monster petition will be made to
King Edward by the members of the
British-American Society Of Colorado
for the release of Mrs. Maybrick.
The torpedo boat Biddle ran aground
near the rip-raps as she was passing out
Hampton Roads She was hoated ap-
parently uninjured.
One hundred thousand dollars has
been subscribed for the endowment OF a
William Green professorship at Prince
ton University.
President Roosevelt has issued an
ironclad order to prevent the discharge
of enlisted men before they have served
their terms.
The wife of Senator Patterson, Of
Colorado, died at her home in Denver
of nervous prostration.
High winds in the vicinity of Walla
Walla, Wash, have destroyed vast
H7r lies of growing grain, ,
q great hail and wind storm visited
the Middle West, doing great damage
Miss Emma H. King died from
strychnine poisoning at Lake Hopto-
cong, N. J. 1t is said she is the same
young woman who some months ago
was inoculated by a Brooklyn physician
with tuberculosis germs to demonstrate
his consumption-cure theory.
Police Superintendent Ames, of Min
neapols, who was indicted in connection
with the current municipal corruption
exposure, is reported to have gone
abroad.
The fourteenth annual convention OF
the Wholesale Saddlery Association be-
gan at Cleveland O.
Peter Tilton, a railroad engineer, was
killed in a collision near Branchport'
N. ].
Two persons lost their lives by the
capsizing of a yacht on Lake Erie.
A combination of Western grocers has
been formed in Chicago.
Two men were killed by fire damp
near Marietta, Ohio.
Mr.. Harry T. Walters called on Col
ector of Customs Stranahan, in New
York and surprised that official by
declaring that he wanted to pay full
duty on the Massaranie collection,
which amounts to about 100000.
Garfield Potter leader Of a band OF
outlaws in Wise county Va, was killed
by bullet from his own pistol, which
dropped from his belt, causing the dis
charge.
A cloudburst at Thatcher, Ind. wash
ed away nine buildings and caused a
loss of SIS, 900. Residents Of the town
barely had time to escape with their
lives.
The United States training ship Mo-
hican arrived at Dutch Harbor, having
encountered head winds and been driv-
en- out of her course on her way to
Honolulu.
P. w. LETTER, OF Chicago, invented a
scheme to substitute electromagnetic
for the trolley in street-car propulsion.
The long missing steamer Portland
arrived safely at St. Michaels, but no
tidings have been received OF the Jen-
ME.
The Peary relief ship Windward sail
ed from New York for the Arctic re-
gions
General Chaffee ordered battalion
of infantry to the Island Of Mindanao.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
depository Of Public Moneys.

In accordance with provision Of the
Philippine Civil Government Act the
Secretary OF War has directed that the
Treasury of the Philippines shall act as
depository of the public moneys of the
United States without being required
to deposit bonds in the Treasury OF the
United States or to give any other spe.
cic security for the safe keeping ol
public money until the further direc-
ton OF the Secretary Of War"
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
500 Victims Of sunstroko

Paris (By Cable),-The anniversary
OF the fall OF the Bastle was marked by
intense heat AT the grand military re-.
view at Longchamp three Generals the
Governor of Paris, IL officers, zoo sol
diers and 800 spectators suffered from
snnatroke
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Boy Killed His Father.

Knoxville, Tenn. (Special) William
Fair boy aged ID years, shot and kill
ed his father, William Fair, near Mari
on, Greene county. The boy entered his
home and procured his shotgun to go
hunting His father attempted to pre-.
vent him. but the boy fired and killed
his father instantly, Young Fair was
arrested
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
Postmasters uranted Leave.

The Postmaster General has issued
an order granting 10 days leave Of alb
sence to all postmasters in frst-class
offices in order to permit them to at
tend the convention of postmasters to
be held in Milwaukee August 26 to Au-
gust 20. inclusive.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
To Reward Loyal Men.

Shamokin Pa (Special) The Phil
adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company announced that 10 per cent
increase in wages would be paid in this
region to employees who had remained at
work since the strike started. The
strikers say this increase is intended as
a bait to lure them back to work.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
More Killed In Mine.

Johnatown, Pa. Especially "A blast Of
dynamite caused an explosion in No. a
mine Of the Berwynd- White Company at
Wmber, Pa, about noon, killing four
men and injuring many others. Full
details are not obtainable at this time.
No. is about seven miles from the
Mill Creek entrance of the Rolling Mill
mine.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-25

MULES THAT oUTLAsr MOTORS
Forty Years of Service 10 Nothlne
Extraordinary.

Forty Years of Service 10 Nothlne
Extraordinary.
The mule is ready to begin work
two or three years earlier than the
horse. He can be put to pretty heavy
pulling when he is three years old, and
from that time until he is forty, II he
has fair treatment and does not meet
with an accident, he Is not likely tc
lose any time He is not subject to
the many ailments to which the horse
is victim; at least. not to any great
degree. He lives about twice az long
and his actual period Of usefulness IL
nearly three times as long. for the
horse is really not fit for heavy ser
vice until he is five years old or after
ne is twenty, while = mule Will often
do good service for forty years, and
they have been known to work fifty,
to one writer, without being
turned out at any time during all the
long period.
Like the ass, the mule Will live upon
next to nothing, and during all his
forty years of hard service mule will
not require-and generally does moi
get-half the feed necessary TO sustain
a horse during his much shorter pc
riod of usefulness.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-25
A COOKING MOLEHILL.

Every housekeeper, If she Is will.
ing to admit it, has some cooking
molehll out of which she makes a
mountain. Many say that the word
"stock" in receipt makes it impos-
sible to them; others go down before
things in aspic;" still others tremble
at court" bouillon.' and the simple
operation of marinading discourages
many others. 1t is q good plan to
wrestle with any of these cookery
problems. The marinading bath, for
example, improves meat or fish that
is put in it. If cold meat is to be
used for salad or even warmed over
in a "stew," the marinade gives it a
flavor that it would otherwise lack.
1t is merely dressing made from
three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, two OF
oil, a teaspoonful salt, one-quarter
teaspoonful pepper, one bay leaf, a
sprig of parsley, and teaspoonful OF
onion Juice. These proportions may
be diminished or increased as needed.
The meat or fish is put in this mixture
for an hour or so before using, being
turned several times to absorb the
flavors. The cod, thus treated, then
boiled, becomes a different edible, SO
greatly improved is its taste. 1t is
quite worth while for housekeepers tc
experiment in directions that appear q
little formidable, if only to discover
that they are not so hard as they
seem.-New York Post.