Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-10

| Taft today told the senate commit
Tee that the Taft commission did no
agree with General Macarthur wheI
the latter said the continuance of tn
guerilla warfare in the Philippine
was due to the unity in action of tn
entire population. Since the las
election of Mckinley" said the govern
cr"the great majority OF the Filipin ,
nave unquestlonably been in favor o
peace and they are now anxious [,
accept the government of the Unite,
States. The guerilla warfare coulc
not now be continued without the us,
of the rebel system of terrorism
murder and rapine."
TELLURIDE. Feb. 6.-San Micue
county is the scene OF another
costly and deadly explosion. the jap
an mine and miners being the victims
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon
many Telluride people felt a concuss.
ion OF the earth and heard a rumbling
noise, but thought nothing of it.
Pretty soon the central power office
OF the electric light company. which
furnishes power to many of the mines.
received inquiries why power was
turned on. the explosion having blown
out the fuse all along the different
lines. Pretty soon word came from
the Japan mine telling of the explos
Ion AT first 1t was understood the
powder magazine had blown up, but
this proved not to be the case. but
| 1t was bad enough The explosion
took place at the mouth of the new
tunnel being driven to cut the Japan
group of veins. At the mouth in a
little room is an arrangement for
warming powder. few sticks at n
| time. Santino Marti. who has
charge of the powder, was engaged
in this work and arranging the fuses,
when one of the sticks exploded
This caused the other sticks to ex-
plode. To the left. probably about
eight feet, is receptacle where is
kept on an average of two boxes, so
pounds each. or days supply I'm
der these boxes Ave or six incandes-
cent electric lights are kept burning
to keep the powder from becoming
too badly frozen. This powder also
exploded. AS burro train had just
unloaded large quantity of powder,
1t is believed that more than the
amount stipulated was placed in the
last receptacle-probably four to six
boxes. This is the opinion. Judging
from the force Of the explosion.
| There were two men killed out
right. D. r. O'connell and Alfonso
Cloretta. The latter Is an Austrian
and had Just arrived at the mine to
commence work. his blankets being
still unpacked O'Connell had only
been with the Japan mine few days
having been on the Tom Boy He
leaves wife, who is in Denver at
present. She was here short time
ago
| Santino Marti, who was handling
the powder is badly injured and will
probably die John Franck. night
boss. sustained serious injuries; also
C. G. WAR. water carrier and X. b
Burleigh, day engineer.
The buildings were completed,
wrecked. 1t is hard to find plank
or board intact constituting the
compressor and converter buildings
while the boarding house. so yards
distant, was removed from its founda
ton and badly wrecked The bunk
house. some 80 yeards further away
did not fare so badly, but every door
and window is missing and the build
ing il badly out of shape. The doors
of the powder magazine, some 800 t.
400 yards distant. were blown off and
| II anI. Of
der stored therein did not explode
Had this happened. the loss OF life
and damage to property would have
extended to the Smuggler Union
where, as 1t was. men were blown
from buildings on which they were
working.
Walter Beam. manager of the Jap
an mine, is expected this evening
having left Denver last evening. As
tunnel being driven by compressed
air drills. were destroyed. it will
cause work to be stopped for some
time-probably 80 days or more.
The buildings destroyed were new
ones. erected last summer. Tho
company Will no doubt repair the dam
age. About 25 men will be thrown
out Of employment in the meantime
but development work will no doubt
continue on the mine proper.
KOKOMO. Ind. Feb. 6.--Througt
the death OF her daughter. Mrs. Su
san McDaniels. Mrs. Mary Bryan
Cobb. the Oldest living daughter OF
the revolution, Is alone in the world
At 100 years Of age she is left, having
outlived all her family and near rela
tives.
Mrs. Cobb is step-great grand
mother OF Colonel w. j. Bryan. hel
first husband being Louis Fl. Bryan
a soldier of the war of 1912 and the
Mexican war. She is a grand-daugh
ter OF Rev John Gano, a brigade chap
lain in the revolution, and a daughte
of Stephen Gano. also an officer II
the Continental army.
Mrs. Cobb is still in good health
She draws pension as a daughte
OF the revolution and Mexican wa