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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
AN AWFUL PLUNGE.
Cage Falls 1,4oO Feet in Coal Mine
Ten Men Killed.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 3.-One of the
most appalling nine accidents in the
history of the Wyoming valley for many
years past occurred at No. Auch1ncloss
shaft, operate by the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna & Western Coal company at
Nanticoke, at an early hour Wednesday
morning, by which 10 men were hurled
to instant death and three seriously in
jured. The men were mostly all upon
the mine carriage to be lowered to the
workings below. The signal was given
to the engineer, who began lowering the
men. The carriage had gone but few
feet when the engineer lost control of
his engine, owing to the reverse levers
failing to work, and the carriage, with
it's load of human souls, 10 in all, was
dashed beyond the Ross vein, landing
nearly LOO feet below the surface, and
from there they were precipitated 200
feet further into a stump. Those who may
not have been killed outright were with
out doubt drowned in the stump, which
is fully so feet deep with water.
Frightfully Mangled.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 4.-The bodies
of nine of the 10 miners who were killed
at the Auchincloss colliery in Nanti-
coke Wednesday were removed from the
stump at the foot of the shaft Thursday.
All were horribly crushed and mangled
by the fall, some 400 feet, and identi-
fication is difficult. Arms and legs were
torn from the trunks of some of the vic
Tins, while the heads and trunks OF
others were crushed tar& jelly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
THANKSGIVING DAY.
President Issues Proclamation Nam
ing Thursday, No
vember "a.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE president
Tuesday issued the Thanksgiving day
proclamation, setting aside Thursday,
November "a, Ito be observed as day
Of festival and thanksgiving by all the
people of the United States, at home and
abroad" The proclamation acknowl-
edges the debt of the American people
to God for the blessing upon the nation
during the past year, in which reward
has waited upon honest efforts" and
calls on the nation devoutly to give
thanks unto Almighty God for the bene-
fits He has conferred upon us as individ-
uals and as a nation, and to beseech Him
that in the future His Divine favor may
be continued to U.S."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Disasters Cause
| TWENTY DEATHS
RESERVOIR BURSTS IN NORTH
CAROLINA AND NINE PER-
SONS PERISH.
Fall of Cage in Pennsylvania Coal
Mine Kills Ten-Man Blown to
Pieces in Dynamite Explosion in
New York.

Charlotte, N. c., Nov. "a reservoir
of the municipal water works, located
near the center of Winston Station, N. e.,
broke at o'clock Wednesday morning.
causing the loss of nine lives and the
injury of four persons. The dead are:
Mrs. Martin Peoples, Mrs. Vogler, MIS-.
John Poe and 12-year-old daughter, Mrs.
Southern, John Southern, Miss Octavia
Bailey, aged 20, Lucille Malone, Carolina
Martin.
The north side of the reservoir, which
is 80 feet high, tlmbled over, falling
upon the home and barn of Martin
Peoples. There were about 300, 900 gal
Ions of water in the reservoir, and the
mad stream rushed northeast to the
Southern railway cut, and thence to
Belo's pond, distance of half a mile.
Four tenement houses were washed sew
eral hundred yards.
The thousands ofgallons OF water that
flowed from the reservoir formed pond
in the vicinity and it was thought that
several people might have been drowned
in this.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Continued Improvement Is Shown
No Evidence Of Anxiety
for the Future.

New York, Nov. 5.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Business improves steadily, and there
il no evidence of anxiety regarding
the future. Payments are more
promptly, met, tending to stimulate
preparations for coming trade and the
disposition to limit purchases to i'm
mediate needs is gradually disappear
ing. Conservatism during the sum-
mer and autumn had beneficial effect,
reducing stocks to a low point. AS
demand broadens, this scarcity of sup
ply produces pressure for quick deliv-
ely. and prices are strengthened. Aside
from imitation caused by speculation,
there is no better sign of commercial
progress than advancing commodity
markets. ALI the leading branches of
manufacture are in better position,
with noteworthy activity at iron fur
naces, wooden mills and footwear fac
tories.
Commercial failures this week in
the United States are 229, against 233
last week, 215 the preceding week and
GAG the corresponding week last year.
Failures in Canada number 81, against
% last week, 80 the preceding week
and % last year."
Bradstreet's says: Warm weather,
activity in fall farm work and, to a
lesser degree, ante-election interest,
have detracted from retail trade dis
tribution north and west. For like
reasons jobbing sales are rather
smaller in volume. Against this, how
ever, is to be cited increased activity
in a number of Industries, headed by
iron, steel and allied lines of manu-
facture. Resumption of work by 10000
eastern cotton mill hands is a feature,
but the great Fall River tie-up contin-
ues, and the strike of comparatively
small numbers of mine employees ia
responsible for the idleness of close to
10000 Indiana and Illinois coal miners
and higher prices for bituminous coal.
A very general advance in staple
prices, covering a wide range of in
dustry, is an event worthy of note"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
DYNAMITE ExPLODES.
Much Damage at Mount Vernon, N
Y.-Man Killed.

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Nov. 3.-The ex-
plosion of over ton of dynamite under
the Bond street bridge at one o'clock
Wednesday shook the city and the sur
rounding country within radius of five
miles, probably killed at least one per-
son and injured nearly 40 others, two of
whom may die. The man supposed to
have been killed was an Italian in charge
of the dynamite. He was seen at his
post of duty just before the explosion,
and no trace of him has since been found
The explosion tore hole in the ground
80 feet deep, that is now full of water
from hidden spring, wrecked the Bono
street bridge over the railway tracks and
broke all the windows within quarter
of a mile. Most of the persons injured
were caught by falling ceilings and walls
in the houses near by. Stoves in stores
and dwellings were overturned and
many fires were started, but in each
case the flames were quickly extin-
guished.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

New York city long ago achieved
the distinction of being the meat-eat.
ing metropolis of the world. In round
numbers it consumes nearly 10000
900 pounds of meat week. It eats
100000 pounds of pork daily. In its
packing houses, cold-storage ware.
houses, and butcher shops there are
stored for immediate consumption, in
the normal condition Of the trade, g.
100000 pounds of dressed bsef, 6.000.-
900 pounds of pork, and 100000 pounds
OF mutton. Average Britons eat three
and one-eighth pounds of meat weak
New Workers ave.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Ten thousand pigeons in one flock
is something not often seen, yet this
is the number kept by E. c. Cummings
on his farm, near North Wales, Pa,
20 miles from Philadelphia. Mr..
Cummings does not keep all these
birds for amusement, but for revenue.
He conducts pigeon raising upon sci
entific and business principles and
makes the industry pay. Twelve
squads a year to each pair of old birds
is the output, and an average price of
20 cents a pair is obtained for all
SQUADS sent to market
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Rose cultures beginning goes back
beyond records. The flower is men.
toned in the earliest. Coptic manu-.
scripts. midas traditions take the
rose to the times of the gods on earth.
Egypt had roses, wild and tame be.
fore the Roman occupation made it.,
in way, Rome's commercial rose
garden; yet, curiously enough, there is
no reference to the flower in painting,
sculpture or hieroglyphics. Japan, in
our time, parallels Egypt. Roses
flourish there, but do not serve as a
motif for artists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

The idea that the sting of bee is
valuable incidentally is very old. The
fact is, however, that bees venom is
rich in formic acid, which is of real
value in pharmacy, although it may
be doubted whether it's virtues depend
upon its use in precisely this way, For
some reason there has been a revival
Of popular interest in the "bee-sting
cure" which is especially recommend
ed for rheumatism. Some persons al
low the bees to sting the affected
parts; others rely on dried stings,
which are collected and sold by some
druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Japan has the cheapest postal serv-
ice in the world. Letters are carried
all over the empire for two sen, about
seven-tenths of a cent. This is the
more remarkable when we consider
the difficulties of transportation over
a mountainous and irregular country
that has only about hundred miles
Of railway, while. only few Of the
chief roads can be used for wagons
and the steamships connect only a
small number of stations on the coast.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

The aggregate annual letter and
newspaper mail of the world amounts
to 32.500,000,000 pieces, of which g.
500 100000 go through the United
States mails. We have $4,000 post Off.
ces, and 100000 miles of postal routes,
with a yearly travel over them
amounting to 500,OO0,O00 miles. The
service costs over $150,O00,00 a year.
The receipts now almost equal the ex-
penditures, and have doubled in the
last ten years. In 1860, the total re.
ceipts were $4,000, 900; $4,000, 900 was
spent in establishing the rural free de.
livery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Arbitration as means OF settling
international disputes is apparently
coming more and more into use. A
treaty with this purpose in view has
just been signed by Great Britain and
Germany. 1t provides for the settle.
:nent of legal differences that may
arise regarding the Interpretation Of
existing treaties between the two ma.
tions. The treaty does not apply to
larger political differences, but SINH.
lar in nature to those treaties lately
concluded by Great Britain with
France, Italy and Spain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Students in Riot,

Innsbruck, Austria, Nov. 5.-The riot
ing of the students at the university
here, which began Friday, became so
serious during the night that troops,
with fixed bayonets, marched into the
midst of the German demonstrators.
An artist named Pezzey was killed by
a bayonet thrust through the heart and
many persons were wounded. The
building occupied by the Italian faculty
of the university was wrecked. Order
was finally restored. The troops only
charged with bayonets after the stu
dents had assailed them with volleys OF
stones.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Report on Ginned Cotton.

Washington, Nov. A. The last of the
census bulletins giving the returns of it's
agents on cotton ginned for the present
year up to October Is last was issued at
noon Thursday. 1t shows the total num-
Der of running bales to be 6,590,137 as
against 3,S39,627 running bales for last
year. Counting the sound bales, includ-
I'd in these totals as half bales, the bal
age for 1904 is reduced to {, 417,894
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
BRITT LOSES.
Cans Awarded Decision on q Foul
in Fifth Round Of
Their Fight.

San Francisco, Nov. Jimmy
Britt, of California, lost the light
weight championship of the world
Monday night when he fouled Joe
Cans. He had sent Cans to his knees
in the fifth round, and then, losing his
head, gave him a vicious punch, and
Referee Graney promptly awarded the
decision to Cans on a foul. The same
thing had happened in the fourth
round. Cans had dropped to his knees
TO escape a blow that did not land.
The house gave vent to it's disapproval
by tremendous hooting and wildly
cheered Britt as he went to the center
of the ring.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
From the Apes Standpoint.

Nothing interests me more than
this question of civilization" said the
ape as he sat in his cage thoughtfully
cracking fieas. is 1t advance or retro
gression? must confess that am in
clined to the latter belief when I OBJ
serve that fair, young girl feeding pea
nuts to the elephant. Could she be called
civilized or even human, arrayed as she
is in skirt Of the new fur, yeda, or un-
born calf, and baby lamb jacket a.
sure you that my ape wives are shudder-
ing at such evidences Of barbarism. -
Puck.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Trainmen Injured in Wreck.

Cresson, Pa, Nov. 5.-Train No. 10,
known as the Cleveland and Cincinnati
express, fast passenger on the Penn
sylvania railroad, ran into light en-
CINE at Portage, near here, early Friday
in heavy fog and three trainmen were
injured. Many of the passengers on
the express train were jolted from their
seats and berths by the shocs and sew
eral sustained minor hurts, but all were
able to continue west. The engine and
two first cars were damaged.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Woman Kills Desperate.

Asheville, N. c., Nov. 5.-William
Morrow, noted desperado, has been
shot and killed at huntsville by Mrs.
John Phillips, a young married
woman. Morrow was infatuated with
Mrs. Phillips. His advances were re-
pulsed and Thursday she fired the
charge in two barrels of a shotgun at
him. Morrow, it is said, had commit.
ted several murders.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

The development Of the dairy in
dustry in the United States is scarce
ly realized by business men. In 1893
the butter haul over the Minneapolis
and st. Louis railroad was four hum
dred thousand pounds. Last year it
was nearly fourteen millions, the gain
coming wholly from developments OF
creameries along the line of road.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Weeds grow SO rankly along the
GuayaQuil & Quito railway, at the foot
of the Andes, in 62 miles of jungle. that
watering tanks filed with a strong So
lutior of arsenic and inter have to be
sent along the track every ten days in
the rainy season to spray and so kill
the vegetation on each side Of the track.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
The Public Debt.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE monthly
statement of the public debt shows that
at the close of business October 81, 1904,
the public debt, less cash in the treas
ury, amounted to 1886, 7S7, $50, which is
an increase for the month Of 81, 4O4, 715.
This increase is principally accounted
for by decrease Of 1901, 1866 in the
amount of cash on hand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Children to Be Admitted Free,

St. Louis, Nov. "a resolution
presented by the executive committee
of the worlds fair was approved by the
national commission, which stipulates
that on and after next Saturday, Novem-
Der S, all children, IA years of age and
under, shall be admitted free into the
exposition, providing there are not over
five in one party, accompanied by an
adult paying the regular admission fee
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

A grain elevator and warehouse
combined, the construction OF which
was begun about three years ago, has
just been completed at the east end OF
Edinburgh Dock, Leith. Scotland, on
ground leased from the dock commits
sion. The whole of the machinery is
driven by electric motors. The cost
was 100000. 1t was built by Port
Huron, Mich, firm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Though but few alligator skins are
sent abroad from Venezuela, it is not
on account of scarcity of alligators. It
is strange that nobody has taken up
the hunting of these reptiles. They
are there in the lakes and lagoons and
rivers in untold numbers and of all
sizes. The skins are well worth Sc
curing, and alligator oil brings high
price, being used for medical purposes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
American Consulate Burns.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The state de-
partment has received a cablegram
from Annoy, China, announcing the
destruction of the American consulate
there, together with valuable papers.
The message came from Consul John
H Fesler, at Annoy, and reads as fol-
lows: Consulate burned with most Of
the records"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
JAPS LOSE 10000.
Casualties During Last Three Months
in Front of Port Arthur
Enormous.

Chefoo, Nov. 5.-Chinese who left
Port Dalny Thursday evening report
that patches of wounded were passing
through Dalny. They report, also, that
during the recent battle fresh Japa-
nese troops were constantly going to
the front. 1t is reported that the Japa-
nese killed or wounded in front of
Port Arthur during the last three
months approximate 10000.
There are persistent rumors that
the Japanese have occupied the forts
Of Rihlung mountain and certain forts
Of the Kekwan mountain group, but
well-informed Japanese here consider
these rumors as premature. These
Japanese, however, are confident that
the end Of the Russian occupation of
Port Arthur is fast approaching. They
admit that they have been disappoint-
ed heretofore, but say that their pre-
yious hopes never had such a fact
based foundation as those they at
present entertain.
London, Nov. "a dispatch to the
Express, from Toxic, states that five
Russian vessels have been sunk in the
harbor. The last fort on the eastern
side of Port Arthur has been captured
by the Japanese.
Mukden, Nov. 5.-There was a brisk
exchange of artillery fire here Thurs
day, extending from the village of
Linchintoun eastward on both sides OF
the railroad, but the firing ceased at
neon. The Japanese are continuing
their concentration opposite the Rus
sian center. The Japanese positions
along their whole line are strongly
fortified and they are now entrenching
along the Hun river to the westward.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
PARAaRAPH1c PUNaENc1Es.
Harvesting a horse requires Of knowl-

Harvesting horse requires Of knowl-
edge moro than bit
You always have to take your chances
with a chance acquaintance.
A girl can never again feel just the
same toward a man who drops in after
she has been eating onions.
IF Heaven we're reached only by
the accomplishment Of great things 1t
would be a very lonesome place."
You can always tell how much hus.
band loves his wife BY the way he holds
an umbrella over her In q shower.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Down in southwestern Missouri Miss
Litta Wood is conducting an active CAM
paign for the republican ticket Miss
Wood has thorough comprehension Of
public affairs. which she discusses to
audiences which invariably crowd the
halls in which she appears
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Though the ocean covers about
ree-fourths of the surface OF the
earth, it does not, in the same pro-
portion, provide for the wants OF man.
1t is estimated that only about three
per cent. of the people in the world OBJ
tain their living directly from the sea-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

There is activity, combined with anxi-
ETY.. In Lancashire coal mining circles.
Many OF the mines are near to the ex-
haustion point, and explorations In
search OF new ones are being carried on
that win cost $10.000.000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

There is something exceedingly salts
factory in the statement Of an eminent
London physician that Criminals are
always recruited from the early rising
class" There is usually something dark
and devious in the ways Of the man who
rises before sunup.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Dead Body Found.

Mobile, Ala, Nov. 5.-The body of
Hunt Chamberlain, aged 30, bookkeeper
for a wholesale house here and promi-
nent socially, was found Friday in Sc
cluded spot in the western part of the
city. There was a bullet hole through
his head and a revolver at his side. He
had not been robbed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

An agreement has been made by the
acting governor Of British Honduras
with Mr. Buckner Chipley, OF Pensa-
cola, Fla, by which the latter is to
pay one cent each for the privilege OF
tapping 12,5OO,0O0 pine trees for tur-
pentine. For the concession, which
runs number of years. Mr.. Chipley Is
to pay $125,O0O within little over two
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Harvard has secured the largest tel
escope in the world. 1t will soon be
shipped to Cambridge from England.
1t was made by the English astrono-
mer, A. A. Common, who died not long
ago, and who wished the telescope to
go to Harvard. The telescope has a
five-foot aperture, while the lens OF
the telescope at the Yerkes observa-
tory is 40 inches, and that Of the Lick
observatory, SO inches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

Ohio Musician Honored.
London, Nov. 2.-The Royal Academy
OF Music has awarded the Ross scholar
ship to Emile Henry Medius, Of
Youngstown, o., for flute playing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

For manufacturing 100000 bottles Of
wine" out of chemicals and exporting
It as Hungarian. wine a firm at Buda-
pest has been fined $57,500.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

The number Of canls in operation in
the United States exceeds 10000. and the
combined length Is not less than $4,000
milas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10

At Schonbrunn, the Austrian emper-
or's palace, is the finest collection OF
orchids in the world, numbering $4,000
plants.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
Robbers Rich Haul.

Warsaw, N. Y, Nov, 5.-The safe of
James L. Blodgett at Hermitage was
blown open early Friday and from $685.
900 to $50, 600 stolen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-10
AGED Mans Fatal Mirror

Aged Mans Fatal Grror.
Burke, Idaho, Nov. T. Mistaking q
can of I've for one of cream, Ed. Benja-
min, aged Is, drank of the poison Thurs
day and died in terrible agony.