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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-23
Statement bv Warfie. d.

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Mr. Warheld gave out the following
statement:
There is little to add to what has
been announced. l felt that the sue
cess of the Seaboard Air Line would be
Immensely increased by alliances which
would bring the best and strongest A.
nancial support to them in connection
with broad and conservative manage
nent. Recognizing that this would be
largely accomplished by eplstine the
active interest OF Thomas L. Ryan in
the property, I saw that gentleman sew
eral weeks ago, and discussed the sub
ject with him. He expressed himself as
willing to take UP and discuss the mat
ter provided that the plans could have
the cordial support and cooperation Of
President Williams. He said that he
recognized the great work Mr.. Williams
had done for the south in the upbuildins
OF the Seahoard Air Line system, and in
bringing that property to- its present
state of prosperity. | then saw Mr.
Williams who realizing the benefit
which would result to the interests
which ne represented his friends and
the SeabOard generally through such an
alliance. promptly gave his cordial ap-
prOval to my suggestions and expressed
not only q willingness. but a desire to
have Mr.. Ryan and hts friends largely
Interested In the Seaboard Air Line and
in lis management. Mr.. Ryan associated
Messrs. Blair & Co. with him and
an agreement was reached In order that
all interests should work IN. harmony.
IAdenburg, Thalmann &s Co, and T.
Jefferson Coolidge. Jr.. who had made
an offer OF q loan to the company, were
conferred with. and as a result prop0s-
ton was agreed to which I had tho
pleasure OF submitting 10 the board OF
directors Of the company and which has
lust been unanimously approved"
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Ten Meet Death in Coal Mine

Connellsville, Pa, November 2i."IIill
Farm mine" the Inflated. tonight added
ten more victims to its black record
Just az the day shift had about COM
pIeted its labors and were about to leave
the Ferguson mine at $40 o'clock a ter
riho explosion rent the interior OF the
mine and nineteen miners who were work
ing In the vicinity were thrown in all d.
rections. the roof came tumbling down
and the close air OF the mine became
Supplying.
The men rushed IN every direction seek
ing means OF escape. but only nine suc-
ceeded in reaching the pit mouth alive.
party In different positions OF exhaustion
after an hour CT frantic search,
AS these nine men emerged from the
mine pit, one by one, their faces were
blackened. their hair scorched and cloth
ing burned almost to ghreds from the
flames that followed the explosion.
The other ten perhaps never regalned
consciousness after the disaster. The ex-
plosion occurred In the Ferguson mine of
the Dunbar Furnace Company, which adj
Joins the "HiN Farm mine
1t IS believed by mining experts that
the fire, which has been raging in the
I'M Farm mine" since the disaster OF
1890. broke through the walls which had
been erected between the Hill Farm
mine and Ferguson mine and caused an
explosion OF gas AS soon as the news OF
the explosion was known 10 tho officials
OF the company rescuing party vas or
ganized and a half-hundred men descend
ed in the deep pit to rescue the injured
and dying. Great volumes Of smoke roll
ed out of the mouth OF the mine and the
rescue work was dangerous,
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Date Is Fixed for Cuban Vote

Washington. November 2l.-The repub-
lican and democratic leaders of the SEN
ate were IN conference much Of the time
today over the question Of fixing a time
for the vote upon the Cuban reciprocity
BILL and SO far as they were emDoyv-
cred to do so entered into an agreement
to take the final vote on December l6.
or a little more than a week after the
convening of the regular session of CON
gress. There was no opportunity to con-
suit some OF the democratic senators
who desire to speak on the bill, but III
IS not doubted that they will assent to
the arrangement.
Very little progress was made during
the day IN the effort to secure an agree
ment between the senate and house for
final adjournment OF the called session
before Thanksgiving, and there were no
conferences between senators and mem
bsrs The senator's arc quite hopeful
that an understanding to that effect Will
BIO reached, but they say that If 1t is
not they will accomplish the same pur-
pose by taking several adjournments for
three days at a time (the maximum time
which one house can refrain from meet
ing without the consent of the other},
and this they declare to be their pur-
pose.
The senate committee on foreign re-
lattons today authorized a favorable re-
port on tho bin giving effect to the Gu
ban treaty.
The motion to favorably report tho
bill was not opposed by any member Of
tho committee, and tho decision to ia
vorably report was arrived at in less
than fifteen minutes after the question
OH affort -
amend the bill, and 1t will accordingly
be reported to the senate next Monday.
Dust as 1t came from the house of rep
resentatives. The report will be made
by Senator Cullom as chairman of tho
committee.
All the members of the committee ex-
cent Senators Morgan and Clark of
Montana, We're present at the meeting
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IS SEABOARD UNDER
SOUTHERN?
Apparently, There Is No Connection
Between Systems but Morgan
Controls All the Same-Wil-
liams Remains at Head
of Seaboard.

New York. November I7-(Special)- -
After two meetings Of the seaboard Air
Line directors today the Ladenburg. Thai
mann & Co. interests were placated and
the lair-Ryan relief plan will go
through substantially as Published in The
Constitution Sunday. a strong board OF
directors Is already drawn UP with cor
responding names In the voting trust.
which will be announced after the meet
Ing tomorrow morning.
I was given the list Of names IN conf
dence. They embrace men Of the highest
standing. including Boston and Chicago
people Of national reputation. They also
include and Blair and Ryan interests who
offered to furnish the necessary money
to complete the Birmingham extension
and pay the floating debt on condition
that they name a majority OF the direc-
tors. The Ladenburg people remain but
Will not exercise the same influences
which they claimed to have before. The
result Of the deal is that J. Pierpont Nor
gan will predominant In the future man
agement From high authority learn
that President williams will continue at
the head. his peculiar fitness for the place
being generally recognized
The result of the arrangement Is that
the company will have abundant re-
sources for charging the system and
building up its business and Will work in
harmony with other southern roads.
The amount of money to be furnished
will be S., 500 600. and more If necessary
II was feared at one time the Ladenburg
PEOPLE would be able TO block the DEAL
but it is reported they were shown their
error and that the scheme could be put
through In spite of them. If the man
aeenent insisted. but just how was not
explained.
President Williams. while he would not
saw anything about the harmony pro-
eramme, admitted that everything was
Satisfactorily arranged, and that the
cornpany's future was Ill that could be
desired. The Interpretation placed by
MANY on the latest Seaboard deal Is that
f. means the virtual control of this prop
erty by the Southern railway, although
az course 1t cannot be literally said that
there Is any connection. The directors -
be announced tomorrow makes this clear
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WINS A FORTUNE IN MINING.
Wisconsin Girl Has Been Highly
c,,ccaesfuI in thn So,,+h,ves+

One of the most successful mine opera
tors on the Pacific coast is Miss Mary
West, formerly of Janesvile Wis. She
has become famous in the mining COM
munties of the southwest because OF
the sale of the MADEIRA gold mine In
northern Mexico, and Is undoubtedly the
only woman in all the world who makes
mine-hunting and practical mining OPP
erations O life-pursuit What's more,
she is a success. Some Of the old-time
soldiers Of fortune who for long years
have followed the delusive beckonings
of the GODDESS Luck from camp to camp
all over the west-from chihuahua on
the south to Klondtke on the north
and have nothing but tatters and bent
backs and wrinkled faces to show for
it. say that she is simply a creature
OF fortune. Others shake their heads
and assert that hers is only the reward
of ability to know how and the never
wearying grit to seek it until she finds
1t
Miss Vests career In the mining re-
glons is a long chapter, full Of grim.
everyday heroism, gnawing prIvations and
everlasting si1t-how Mary West and
her brother Joe searched during some
TOUR years among the Marguita and
Apache mountains. Il suIlen, God-for-
SaI5Sal neaee, uhlnhabited region. for
MOI OF s eoteon ore, now she and her
aver hn,dredE - sa '''' wt,{ ]a sraveled
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BURN TO DEATH
There Were 500 Italians Asleep In
Shanty When the Fire Occurred
All Of the Victims Were
Burned Beyond Rec
ognition.

Johnstown, Pa. November 2l.--While
more than a hundred italian iaborers
were asleep in a shanty near Lilly. Pa.
Of the Pennsylvania Jearly today, che
building caught fire and before the for
eigners could escape at least twenty
seven were burned to death and score
or more were seriously injured
The men were employed by McMena-
min g. Sims on the Pennsylvania railroad
Improvement between Lily and Portage.
There were 500 on the job, all Italians,
and in the shanty which burned were i25
Of these. The shanty was about 100 feet
long one story in height. One end was
used for cooking and eating, at the other
end the men slept in hunks, which were
crowded. There was only one door at
each end and the windows were few and
small.
The fire Is supposed to have started
from an overheated stove. The building
burned like finder and the flames were
upon the men before any Of them were
aroused.
Then began struggle for the outside
and for life. They fought and scrambled
for the doors, the weaker being crushed
down and trampled. Others were roasted
to death.
Those who strove for tho door were in
the widest sort OF panic. They fought
and kicked and among those who escaped
there are many who bear marks OF the
fierce struggle which took place. Few
got out Of the small windows minus
clothing and with their bodies cut from
broken glass.
Many Of those who did manage to get
out had their savings of years In their
trunks. which they left behind In the
building Remembering this az soon as
they got outside. they fought just as
flercely to get back. A few succeeded
but for the sake Of their money they gave
up their lives. An eyewitness says ne
does not believe that single man OF
those who returned succeeded in getting
out again.
In the ruins today some Of the corpses
were close beside the hoped bands OF
their trunks and melted gold and silver
which had been kept IN those receptacles
Indicated that they had fa4len and died
with their treasure IN their arms. The
bodies were ell practically burned TO
pieces
An italian who knew every man In the
shanty was unable to identify g. single
one.
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ERWIN HEADS COAST LINE.

Richmond, va. November 1.-THE an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Atlantic Coast Line railway was held
here today.
The following officers were elected:
r. G. Erwin, president; Alexander
Hamilton, first vice president; c. s.
Gadsden, second vice president; 7. E.
Emerson. third vice president; J. r Ken
ley. fourth vice president
Board of Direclors-M Michael Jenkins,
Waldo Newcomer; II. Walters and w G..
Elliott Of Baltimore: r. w Scott, Rich
mond. Va; e 3. Borden. Goldsboro. n.
c.; T. H. Estill, Savannah, Ga; NJ f..
Plant. New York; Donald McRae, VII
mngton, n. c.; Fl. b. Short, Lake Wac
camaw, n. C.; J. ]. Lucas. Society Tfin.
S. c.; Alexander Hamilton Petersburg.
Va.
The board Of directors elected the fol-
lowing:
II. Walters, chairman; IT t. Borden,
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No ENGLISH TAUGHT.

N'rom The Chicago Tribune9
Prospective Patron-What modern Ian.
guages do you teach here?"
College President $50 years hence
the leading ones except English.
Prospective Patron-Except English7
How IS that?
College President-we have abandoned
the effort to keep up with It. our stand
ard dictionaries now contain several mill
lion words-principaliy slang, sir: prin-
cipaily slang-and there is new one
born into the language every minute in
the daN.
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GOOD REASON FOR PRAYER.
How Pious Deacon Proposed To Get
the Church Out Of Dilemma
H,rom The Springfield RepupllcanD

(TTrom The Springfield Republican,
Aminadab Jones was yankee grocer in
an Illinois town who had made hand
some fortune-not ike the proverbial Ken
tuckian. by minding his own business
but in the grocery line--watertng his Wits
ky, sanding his sugar. foreclosing mort
cages adding to his book account on the
slay and other ways known to the coun
try storekeeper from time immemorial
Thinking it best to deodorze his reputa-
ton in the community, he took q pew
In the Presbyterian church--the biggest
in the place-and was admitted to their
communion. His reputation followed him
and In the course OF month the breth-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-23
JAPAN KEEPS KEEN EYE
ON RUSSIA,
Chinese Indignant Over the Reoccu-
patton of Moukden in Manchu-
ria and Russia Is Prepar
ing for Trouble--Constant
Stream Of Soldiers.

MOSCOW. November le-The Russian
military reoccupation OF Moukden. Man
churia, has caused such tension ana mas
aroused such an aggressive attitude on
the part Of China that the continued dis
patch of troops TO the Far East Is now
said to be directed against China. despite
the pacific turn OF the Russo-Japanese
dispute.
Troops totaling 100000 we're ordered to
the Far East when hostilites appeared
Imminent and they are being continually
drafted from the government Of Moscow
and the nine surrounding provinces. with
the troops already in the Far East this
will give Russia an overwhelming force
with which TO overawe China
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secretary and assistant treasurer, New
York: James F. Post. treasurer. Whining
TON N. c.; r. D. Cronley assistant secre-
tarv. baltimore; W. r. Sullivan, assistant
secretary, New York; w r. Kones, as
sistantS treasurer Richmond J. j. Nell
ian assistant treasurer Baltimore; G. c.
Olney. assistant treasurer, Charleston, s.
g. r. NJ. Lee, assistant treasurer, Savan-
nah Ga: j. r. Henley. general manager.
Wilmington N. c.; IL. NJ Emerson,
traffic manager Wilmington, ~ c.; II. G.
Prince comptroller Wilmington, N. c.;
w. G. Elliott, general counsel. Balti-
more, Md.
dividend of 215 per cent was declared
on the common stock payable January 10,
1904.
One Of the features of the meeting was
the adoption of a resolution authorizing
the board of directors to establish a board
of pensions by which pensions will DO paid
officers and employees of the road on
the basis of service and age
The annual report of the officers Of the
company shows the following financial
condition OF the road:
Gross earnings $i9,6S2. ass. go.
Operating expenses ,oio,336.5s.
Net earnings S7772,ll90
Other income 81 1926
Total income Ss.925 o7l.35.
Deductions from income S7646 iiS O9.
Surplus income for year ST 276. 953. ct.
1t also shows that the company owns
3,oee..6 miles of track and operates I'M
der lease 1885, miles making a total of
q, 1887 miles operated by the company.
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Colombia's U1tinlatun.

Nrom The New York FefaIdJ
The Tferald's special cable dispatch
from Bogota announces that colombia
has sent a bellicose ultimatum to the ef-
feet that unless the United States prompt
" withdraws its recognition and support
of Panama a Colombian army will move
on the isthmus.
Unfortunately for poor Colombia, she
will neither get satisfactory answer to
this demand nor will she be able to make
her threat good
President Roosevelt has recognized the
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seaboard Still Independent.

New York. November l9-Balr Ct Co,
Thomas 4. Ryan and T. jefferson Cool
jdge Jr., have agreed to loan the Sea
board Air Line railway the amount OF
money deemed necessary by the officers
of that company to pay off it's floating
debt and to complete the Birmingham
Atlanta extension.
In pursuance Of this understanding, all
interest represented in the property
agreed upon the following directors who
were elected at T. meeting this after
noon:
John Shelton Williams, Richmond. va;
Thomas f. Ryan. New York; James A
Blair. New York; ]. William Mlddendorf'
Baltimore; s. Davies Warheld, Balti-
more; James f. Dooley. Richmond: C.
Sidney Shepard. New Haven; J. NJ Barr.
Norfolk, Va; Ernest Thalman, New
York; b. IT Yoakum. New York: IL Clay
rierde, st. Louis; Oakleigh Thorpe, New
York; Norman b. Ream, Chicago; r, JEFF
ferson Coolidge. Jr., Boston, and Nathan
lei Thayer, Boston.
President Williams Talks.
The Seaboard Air Line will continue to
be operated entirely as an Independent
fine President John shelton Williams, OF
Che Seaboard Air Line, said after the
meeting:
THE proposition made by S. Davies
Warfeld, president of the Continental
Trust Company. of Baltimore, on be-
half Of Thomas r. Ryan, Blair & Co.
and the Old Colony Trust Company. of
Boston, has been unanimously accepted
and has resulted in the election OF q
board of directors satisfactory to all the
Interests concerned. The entrance into
the management Of the company Of Mr..
Ryan, Blair & Co., and the Old Colony
Trust Company in conjunction with La
denburg. Thalman & Co. and their as
sociates, marks new era in Seaboard
affairs. and will place this company in
an envIab bic position both as to financial
support and able and vigorous direc-
ton.
an connection with the negotiations
leading up 10 tie successful conclusion
reached today, Mr.. Warfield has played
a most important part. 1t was Mr.. war
field who first saw Mr.. Ryan. entiIeiy
without my knowledge and who after
wards brought Mr. Ryan and myself in
to negotiations with the successful rNult
which has Just been Accomplished. Ny
Warfield has performed g<eat service to
the city of Baltimore and the south, and
am glad that he viii take his old place
on our boaat Of directors. our executive
committee ana on the voting trAst.
THE financial arrangements which the
Seaboard Air Line railway has just per-
feeted provide among other things for the
amount required by the company to fully
complete its line from Atlanta to Bir-
mingham.
AT the time Of the formation Of the
syndicate, OF which Ladenburg, Thalmann
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schwah Presents q Church.

Braddock. Pa, November 2I,-St.
Thomas Roman Catholic church, erected
as a memorial to Very Rev. Father John
Hickey the aged pastor. tonight was pre-
sented to the congregation by Charles NJ.
Schwab. the donor The exercises were
attended by $500 persons. The church
vas erected ut a cost Of Si25, 900.
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republic Of Panama and IS evidently de-
termined TO stand by It and put an end 70
the troubles on the isthmus with which
the government mas long had to deal.
From this position he cannot now recede
If he would and would not If he could
Fanana IS ioSt 70 Coioinb'a foreEer ana
everything TO lose by bei1lcose course
toward the United States and much 70
gain from its good VIII which may be
shown in an amicabe settlement or At
fairs between Panama and Colombia.
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Short 241. 600 Laborers.

Johannesburg. November 2l.-The report
OF the labor committee estimates the
shortage of laborers at 24i 900. Of which
10000 are needed in the mining industry
alone. The committee believes that no
source In central or southern Africa Will
be able to supply The shortage.
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VII Be Sent You by Return Mail. Pre-
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Elegant Embossed Miniatures Free.

G. Co. are managers. the Seahoard obi
gated itself to furnish out Of its treas
ury. In addition to the proceedN of tho
sale Of the S6.ooo,o 600 bonds the At
santa and birmingham division, an
amount sufficient to complete this eX
tension. and this has now been done"
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