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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
SCORE AND ONE DEAD
Dust" Explosion in an Iowa Coal
Mine Sends Twenty-One
TO Eternity,
EIGHT OTHERS BADLY INJURED
Bad Blast Which "Fizzles" Is the
Cause of the Disaster.
Most ofthe Victims Are Married with
EIGHT OTHERS BADLY ITJUREl
Most ofthe Victims Are Married with
Large FamiIies-ExplOsiOn
Wrecks Things at The
Pit Mouth.

Oskaloosa. Ia. Jan. 25.-As the re-
suit of a terrible mine disaster at Lost
Creek yesterday afternoon twenty one
dead are in an improvised morgue
there and eight are in a temporary hos
pital. The dead are: Joe Gaspers,
Frank Gaspers, Jim StOhal, Sylvester
Creighton, Joe BertO, Andy Pash,
Frank Secress, John Martin. John BIZ
ros, Mike Hraha, Jack Manley, Mike
Fox, Jr, Mike Fox. ST.. Boone Fish,
Russ Fish, A. B. Crews, Jack Elder,
Dave Walter, Sam Humphrey, Jim
Humphrey and Alex. Gray.
The injured, most Of them seriously:
Ed Secress, Ed Swanson, Jonas Mabie,
Olive Mabie. John Jerkin. William
Harvey, George Gogo and Harry Der
rock
Trouble Caused by a ''Fizzle" Blast.
The explosion occurred at the noon
hour, and was what is known as a
DUST explosion. The miners had just
fired their usual noon shots, one of
which proved to be a fiZZle. The burn
ing powder ignited the gas, and the eX-
plOsion followed. Smoke and debris
were blown out of the shaft 200 feet
high. Part of the top works was torn
away, and the fans and cages were
partly wrecked This made the work
of 1escue very slow, and it was 3 p. m.
before the volunteer parties dared to
venture into the east entry, where the
explosion occurred.
Terribly Burned and Mutilated.
When they fought their way in
horrible sight greeted them. The dead
and injured were terribly burned and
mutilated. some of them almost be-
yond recognition. Fire, which at first
it was feared would prove destructive
to the entire mine, had broken out,
and this added terror to the spectacle.
The flames We're finally controlled, and
after several Of the rescue party had
succumbed to the fumes all the dead
were found and carried to the top Of
the shaft.
More Than 100 Men in Peril,
At the time of the explosion more
than 100 men were in the mines, but
all those except in the east entry es-
capped with only slight injury. The to-
tai property damage will be about
$4,000. 1t was nearly 6 p. m. yester-
day when the last of the dead was
taken out, and the scenes of anguish
among the families of the men were
most pitiful. Nearly all of the1 men
were married, and leave families in
poor circumstances. The mine is
owned by the Lost Creek Fuel COM
pany, of this city, and has been in
operation about one year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
WORKS GREAT HAVOC
Explosion at New York Wrecks
Three Big Buildings and
Kills Six Persons.
ABOUT 100 OTHERS ARE INJURED
But None SeriOusly-Damages May
Foot Up a Million-Territory for
Seven Blocks Shaken.
ABOUT 100 OTHERS ARE INJURED

New York, Jan. 2S.-Ihe reserve
supply of high explosives stored at the
Park avenue shaft Of the Rapid IRAN
sit tunnel, now in course of construc-
ton, blew up shortly after noon yester-
day. The giant blast killed six per-
sons. injured 100 Others and seriously
damaged all the property reached by
the flying debris and the vibration OF
the shock. The killed were: Cyrus
Adams, cigar man at Murray Hill no
tel; James Carr, a waiter III Murray
Hill hotel: Lawrence Hine. AnsOnla.
Conn: J. Roderick Robertson. OF Mel
son. B. c., guest at the Murray Hill
hotel: Ralph H. Thompson assistant
engineer; Thomas Tubbs. master me-
chanic for the contractor.
The 100 or so injured are not serious
ly hurt.
Effect of the Great Explosion.
When the dynamite went off it tore
a great gorge in the street and selit
mass of earth, splintered timber ana
twisted iron high into the air. Much
of it Went gathering against the 'front.'
of the Murray Hill hotel, and although
the walls and main structure OF that
building stood the shock nearly every
room in the front of the house was
wrecked. The Manhattan Eye ana
Ear hospital on the east side OF the
avenue Jared nearly as badly, ana had
to be abandoned by the management.
The Grand Union hotel lost all its
windows and glass partitions, and
practically every front window in the
Grand Central station was shattered.
The great clocks on it's 'front.' toWeS
were blown from their cases. Thousands
of windows, ssOme them seven DOCKS
from the tunnel shaft, fell III rag
ments. 1t was the shower OF broken
glass and falling debris that injured
the greatest number.
How Robertson Was Killed
J. Roderick Robertson, of Nelson,
B. c., was killed by debris hurled
with the force of artillery into his
room at the Murray Hill hotel. He
was general manager in Canada for
the British Columbia Gold Fields COM
pany, limited, and a prominent citi-
zen in the community where he lived.
He was a ScOtchman and left a wild
ow and four children. He was said to
have been quite wealthy. A peculiar
fact about his death was that he
asked for the room in which he was
killed, while another guest of the
house had only short time before re-
fused to occupy the room.
Looks Like Million Damages.
The damage may exceed $1,O0O,O0O
The first estimate on the Murray Hill
hotel placed the loss at 100000, but
later the hotel was abandoned as I'M
safe. If the building is condemned
the loss on it alone will approach ST.
! 100000. The damage to the Grand
Union hotel was estimated at $4,000,
and that to the Manhattan hospital at
| $25, 900. The loss at the Grand Cen
trail station was entirely in glass, as
was that of the 100 or more other
buildings affected by the explosion. No
| estimate was made of the losses sus-
| tanned by the Rapid Transit cOntrac-
| tors. The cause of the explosion has
| not been determined but three men
are under arrest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
More Than 100 Men i'm Peril,
TWO MURDERERs HANGED
One Thousand People See an Execution in
Pennsylvania.

One Thousand People See an Execution in
Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 2S.-Weston
NJ. KEEPER and Henry Rowe were
hanged at 1910 o'clock in the Harris
burg jailyard in the presence of LOCO
persons for the murder OF Charles w.
Ryan. The murderers went to their
death without a shudder and neither
made any statement on the galloWs.
The crush for admission to the jail
was so great that it required the COM
bined efforts of the police force and
the sheriff's deputies to keep the
crowd away from the entrance. Sew
eral of the jurors were forced to fight
their way through til" crowd into the
prison. The house tops and telegraph
poles in the vicinity were crowded
with people eager to witness the exc
cutiOn.
Rowe and KEEPER for several years
worked in and about the mines at
Lykens, Pa. During the morning OF
March Is last they visited the Hall
fax National bank of Halifax, this
county, and with drawn revOlvers de-
manded Of Charles w. Ryan the cash
in the vault. They quickly gathered
into sachel the loose money in the
cash drawer, amounting to about SS,-
600. While one Of them was fasten-
ing the lid of the sachel he laid his
revolver on the cashiers desk. Mr.
Ryan seized the weapon and in a des-
perate struggle which ensued the
cashier was shot in the breast
dying several hours later. Rowe and
KEEPER were captured by citizens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Ouizzing Railway Kings.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-J. j. Hill and E.
H. Hartman, heads of the two great
railway syndicates recently formed
went on the witness stand before the
interstate commerce commission.
which is in session at the United
States circuit court rooms. Com
missioner Knapp announced that the
inquiry would proceed in reference to
the community of interest plan and
the effect on rates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Fire at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Jan. 2S.-A fire burned
out the bookstore of w. O. Davie Il
Co., 224 East Fourth street, causing
a loss estimated at $4,000. The es-
tablishment is an old one of unique
pattern, being widely known among
book lovers as the repository for old
and rare volumes. The fire started in
the cellar probably from an overhead
ed furnace. The loss is covered by
insurance, though many rare books
are destroyed whose value is hard to
determine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
A paImfst Who Couldn't Palm.

"Do you seriously believe in palm
istry, Bob?"
II do. A sweet little amateur palm
list held my hand for half an hour the
other evening and told me that | was
going to fall in love in about twenty
minutes and ask the lady to be mine
and be accepted, and the whole thing
came true before | got out Of the
chair" -Chicago Record Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Won I'm a. Walk.

Cholly-What was the result Of your
interview with Miss Bullyun's father
last night?
Percy-It was walkover for me.
Cholly-Ah! Allow me to cOngratu-
late you.
Percy-Don't do it. The old man
simply walked all over me.--ChicagO
News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Mrs. richardson Acquitted,

Plattsburg. Mo-, Jan. 2S.-AIrs. Adj
die B. Richardson was acquitted of
the charge Of having murdered her
husband, Frank B. Richardson, a
wealthy merchant, who was slain as
he entered his home Christmas eve,
1900 The announcement of the YER
dict was received with frantic enthu-
siam and JOY. not only by Mrs. Rich
ardson and her own and herhusband's
relatives but by all of the spectators.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Sufficient Cause.

Judge-What are your grounds for
divorce, sir?
Plaintiff-My wife married me to re-
form me and after we settled down
didn't have sense enough to give up
the idea.
Enthusiastically Life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Hopeful

Barber-Will
you have any
thing on your
face w hen 1
get throug h,
sir?
Victim-I do
not know; only
1 hope you'll
leave my nose
ut least. New
York World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

Rusty-Where'd We git de quarter?
Dusty-I struck up an acquaintance
wild a trained dog wot was goin' to
the bakery fer two bits worth OF
bread. -IndianapOlis Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

Mrs. Bargen
l h ope you
liked the CT
gars | g a V e
you, dear. You
will be glad to
know anyway
t h a t | paid
cash for them.
They weren't
charged.
Mr.. Bargen-
r e a Ii Y =? |
thought t h e Y
were, but / did
not know what
w it h.-P hila
delphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist. and is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

Chapped hands, cracked lips and
roughness Of the skin cured quickly by
Banner Salve, the most healing olnt-
ment in the world. Hatch Bros. and
Jos. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

Grasshoppers are so great a plague
at Hay, y. 5. W., that they obscure all;
the street lamps at night, leaving the
town in total darkness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
The Best.

hAS Az So
Miss Gus b.
ington What
do you consid-
er the best IL
Illustrated pa
per, Mr.. Scrib-
bier?
Mr.. Scribbler
A bank note,
by all means
Phila delphia
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
Satisfaction.

Satisfaction.
Hell wrote
him a long let
ter So ying what
I thought of
him, the scoun-
drel!
She-Oh-
He-And then
I tore it up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-30

There you are. SON.
ny. That's your grand
father. Think he's
like me"
yves, but don't
you think the painter
should have brighten
ed the end Of the nose
a little 2"
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
Another Chanute Lease Snit.

Chanute Sun: [. N. Knapp has
located his well No. &C on the Rosen-
thai 100 acres, moving the drill on the
land Sunday. Drilling was com
menced at once and no delay will be
allowed. This is his No. 3 on Rosen-
thai.
1t is quite probable this will cause
litigation, for the land was sold last
week for SIS, 900 to A. M. Landauer
of Lincoln, H., who represents SYM
dicate of Illinois capitalists, ana it
was purchased with the view that the
lease held by Mr.. Knapp had been
forfeited. Mr.. Knapp has without
any delay moved right on and COM
menced to drill, considering his lease
good. This will no doubt bring the
case into the courts soon.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
Humboldt Wen Ball Game.

The good folks of Humboldt have
been exhibiting a great anxiety for
some time to play game Of ball with
the lola league team. The lola team
is not the fastest in the business, not
by seven others at least, but there is a
sneaking idea prevalent here that it
would make things warm for the aver
age independent team.
Yesterday the Humboldt team,
braced up with hired pitcher naned
Skidmore, recently from FIT. Riley,
beat the lola Grays to 0. The lola
team has had little practice but it gave
the Humboldters a good run for their
money. Skidmore is said to be good
pitcher. Harding for lola, aside from
wildness, pitched good game, as the
score shows. The lola team was wo-
fully weak in the out field and with
good players there would win from
Humboldt.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
SPREAD OF PEANUT CULTURE.
Its Introduction on American Sob
and Subsequent Distribution
Over the World.

The spread OF the culture of ths
peanut is nothing short of phenom
email, says Outing A native, prob
ably, of Surinaui, in Central Amer
lea, il was introduced in Brazil and
Peru in the days of that mysterious
civilization of which evidences re-
main in records and monuments.
Then it travelled, perhaps long before
Columbus set ont on his haphazard
journey, and reached China. By that
enterprising people (enterprising in
those bygone days) it was carried
70 India, Ceylon and the Malay arch
ipelago. Thus, Asian tropics were
blessed with truly American plant.
Then, again, Portuguese adventurerS
after the discovery of America by
belated Europeans, carried the pea
nut in their slave ships to the Afri-
can coast; and thds another conti-
ent was added to the conquests of
the American. Later days have seen
1t invade Australasia, and its culture
there is urged, not only for the sake
of food for man in the nuts, but also
for cattle in the foliage.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
HAS ANANIAS BEATEN.
A Philadelphia hoy who Takes the
LRurels from the Ancient
PrevaricatOr.

One Of the two boys who figure in
this tale should get along in the
world. His ability to get results with
small provocation would seem to be
great Evidently he has little afTec-
tion for the smaller denominations
Of figures, says the Philadelphia
Times. When told by gentle play
fellow that the latter Lad been made
n paternal present of goat, he re-
piled:
Huh! Ny pop has a whole flock Of
goats down in his office"
The other boy seemed Amazed, but
went on with his joyful narrative.
"My papa bought me a wagon, too"
he said
"Well. what Of it?" he was asked.
'My pop had so many wagons he had
10 burn lot of 'em, because he had
no room for 'em."
The gentle boy did not believe this.
Moreover, to hear it panied him; for
he had faith in what he learned in
Sunday school
Don't Won know what happened
10 Ananias and Sapphira?" he asked.
"They were struck dead for lying"
Patiently, this was not information
70 his companion, who responded
impatiently, perhaps, but without
bravado:
"1 know II, saw them struck"
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
Shipping Much Stock

TT. Scott Monitor; Right at present
the shipment of stock from the new
lands of Oklahoma to the east has
become enormous. Carl load after
car load of fine fat steers are finding
their way from the new country to the
east. Since 8 o'clocklyesterday morn
inc no less than fourteen full trains
containing stock have passed through
here over the Missouri Pacific They
are from Oklahoma over the santa
Fe to lola and from lola over the
Missouri Pacific to the ST. Louis
wards. Most of the stock goes to ST.
Louis instead of Kansas City Tor
some reason.
seven crews are now kept busy out
of here taking care of the stock trains
between THIS city and lola.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
JOE SHEEHAN is DEAD
Laharpe Man Passed Away at the
City Hospital at 3:3O-The End
Was Expected All Day

Joe Sheehan died at the city hospi-
tai at Yesterdayafternoon from the
effects Of gunshot wound inflicted at
LaHarpe July by the city marshal.
lie had been sinking all day and the
end was momentsrily expected all
afternoon. Rev. Father Donohue,
the Catholic priest from humboldt,
was sent for and was beside the dying
man.
The story Of the shooting is toe
we'll known toneed repetition. On the
morning Of the 4th Sheehan and Dick
kellender we're drinking and were
placed under arrest by the city
marshal of LaHarpe. A fight en-
sued and .the officer shot both men.
They were removed TO the lola
hospital where everything known to
medical science has been done for
them. Sheehan was shot through the
liver and only Monday an operation
was performed which revealed that
foreign matter carried in by the bullet
had caused an abscess to form. He
is twenty-three years old and un-
married. Funeral arrangements had
not been made at the time of going to
press.
One of the first results of Sheehan' S
death will be a changing of com.
plant made out against Officer Can
non from assault with a deadly wea-
pom to manslaughter.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
PIGEONS CARRY DISEASE.
Ohio Health Authorities Suspect the
birds of Causing n Scarlet
Fever Epidemic.

An epidemic of scarlet fever, start
ing in Cincinnati, has spread in the
last few weeks through number of
towns in Ohio, and the health au-
thorities, after taking extraordinary
precautions to confne the disease
within the limit of its first ravages,
werepuzzled to understand the means
by which it was carried elsewhere,
states the Chicago Tribune.
They made an investigation and
have now come to the conclusion
that much of the contagion was
spread by tame pigeons and doves
which carried the germs from place
to place.
The evidence on which this theory
is based is that scarlet fever spread
under strict quarantine from house
on the roof of which there was a
large pigeon cote. The only live
stock about the house not qaaran-
tined was the pigeons, which flew
about the neighborhood
III they didn't carry the disease
germs the authorities don't know
how the fever was spread.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
CYCLES OF SUN SPOTS.
Fresh Interest Lent to the Subject
by Recent Ea earthquakes and
VOIcanic Eruptiohs.

Since 1881, when the existence Of
sun spot cycle of about 11R years was
discovered, many attempts have been
made to discover relation between
the sun spots and the atmospheric
changes in our earth. Violent storms,
floods, periods of drought and of fam
inc, cold years, warm years, and many
such variations of weather have all
been supposed to owe their origin to
the sun spots. But the relation which
Sir Norman Lockyer appears to have
discovered between sun spot cycles and
the tremendous upheavals of the earth
which we term earthquakes and vol
canoes, lends fresh interest to this
fascinating study, says Golden Penny.
The matter certainly deserves very
full investigation. incidentally, the
general character of the weather in
the spring of the year seems to favor
the existence of 35 years cycle of
weather. That is, three times one cycle
of sun spots. The year 1867 was just
after the sun spot minimum, and 1902
is also just after the minimum. IL was
"a cold spring in 1867, and bitterly
cold month of May. The summer was
very wet, and it was followed by a
stormy winter, with little frost, and a
very warm spring and summer in 1868.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
Can Use Fans Soon.

Work on the extension of the cleo
trio light plant is being pushed just as
fast as material arrives to work with.
The new engine is in place ready for
work as soon as the steam pipe con-
nection is made. 1t will not take long
to shift the new dynamo to the place
where the old one is. The chief delay
has been caused by the non-arrival OF
wire and cross braces for conducting
the current up town. The wire arrived
this morning and word from the com
pany says that the braces we're ship
ped, but owing to the strike, got lost
on the road somewhere and chaser
has been sent after them. IL will not
take long to string the wire up town
as the poles are already set and then
the way people will go into the electric
fan bnsiness will not be slow.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
SAILORS IN BOSTON.
Yachting IL One of The Foremost
Pleasures and PnStimes of
the Hub.

Who sails boats around Boston?
Why, everyonel says w. j. Hcnder-
son, in Atlantic, From the adams
Boys" the smartest yacht racers of
the east, down to the Marblehead
street boy, everyone takes pride in
his skill in getting the best work out
of some sort of a sailing boat. Those
who do not sail talk about it, and on
summer day in the drowsy at
mosphere of Boston club, or in the
shadow of some tall pile in Washing
ton street, you shall hear more rae
ing seaman's lore than anywhere else
in this country except on the cruis-
ing groalnd of the Rocking Chair
feet at the Larchmont Yacht club.
BostOn's claim to be the hub of the
universe may be disputed perhaps
when you consider the steel industry
or the unimportant matter of freight
tonnage; but when you come to talk
about sailing, you must admit that
Boston is the greatest yachting port
in this country. Even the little chill
dren there know the history of the
Americas cup, and the public school
boy can sail dory with leg-of-mut-
ton sail for driving power and an oar
for steering gear.
The Iola register., 1902-07-25
ORDERED THEIR HAIR CUT.
what Happened TO Two American
Newspaper Correspondents
in ST. vincent

The large corps of newspaper cor
respondents which went down to the
West Indies after the volcano disas-
ters brought back any number of in
teresting stories of their adventures
at st. Vincent and Martinique. The
best of these, perhaps, is one concern
ing two well-known correspondents
who started to explore the streets
of st. Vincent town, says the Wash
ington Star. One of them went into
hat shop and the other waited out
side for his companion to emerge.
While basking in the hot sunlight
great six-foot West Indian negro
came up to him and inquired if he
was from the United States steamship
Dixie. The correspondent replied in
the affirmative, whereupon the negro
Informed him that he represented the
St. Vincent board Of health, and that
the correspondent must have his hair
cut Immediately or return to his ship.
The newspaper man smiled scornful-
1y. The negro did not, but firmly told
him that he must take him back TO
his ship If he refused to lose his back
locks. And the negro looked as if
he could do it. At this juncture the
CORES spondent's friend came out Of
the hat store and joined him. The big
negro presented the same ultimatum
to the newcomer. and finally both cor
respondents were escorted down the
street by the alleged health official.
As they turned into an intersecting
thoroughfare the trio met with a po-
liceman, and in a twinkling the stall
wart negro had become but a flying
black streak away down the avenue.
The two men told the story to the
guardian of the peace, who smiled
sardonically. "Why, that man is a
barber" he said "and keeps shop
right down on the next corner"