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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09
TOPICS OR 7HE DAY.
government,


The suggestion of Governor Carter
'na' W. NJ. Ginard be appointed ar
O''Fo'oF in Kau land exchange deal
V"na' peculiar and fshy.
why so' We have no personal obiec-
'''n 10 MI Giifard, but don't all sugar
men assist one another? It is ratnro,
mat those with common interest in
BUSINESS Is bound to help another, and
'o' 'N't reason we think he cannot be
altogether disinterestcd party. but
> much interested party.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

What is the clear intention of Con-
gress shown in these two sections? Is
it not that no legislator may, at the
expiration of session of the Legisla-
ture, be rewarded for his services
therein by appointment to some fat
billet in the gift and under the control
OF the party for whom he has probably
rendered valuable political services
during the session.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

Why is he behind it? Why should
he be so strenuous in his efforts to Sc.
cure popular endorsement of the steal?
The reason is that 1t is a deal between
George r. Carter and his business as
sociates on the one hand and Governor
Carter on the other. 1t is not to be
presumed that George r. Carter would
disagree with the views of Governor
Carter on the proposition, and surely
the public should not muster up an OBJ
lection.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09
County Bone Heap.

County Auditor Sherwood is a wifi.
'"' VI record In the Registry of Con.
'''"nceS as well as in the Circuit and
"0pieine courts to a fraudulent deed
ny his iate father'in-law upon the lato
iN'ne haiakaua' The matter was
o' ana fought through the co,rts
" inc ia''er's late rellct and won bv
Tue supreme Court finally declar.
'As ~ 10 De fraud upon its face. 7,
'"'' has no bearing upon the Auditors
past record. we would like to know
A"' ID lie recommended the conar.
NATION OF the appointment Of IT.
'Aer'in'iaw to clerkship under
u'~ and the Supervisors concurred
from our past experience with th,.
'0uHs man. the saying comes tr,,o
'nA' like father, like SON." He Is .
mlsht' and for such was let o,,.
territorial Auditor Fisher and Is a.
wen "a smooth article" But Of snoh
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

p''' was rife on the street cor
a''' TINS forenoon that the meeting of
s ''"'0cF"lIc Central Committee to-
Do''0w morning is called for the pur-
D'' oi selecting a National commit
'eeman' We hope that If # ,s % a..
=, , 'D0"'d i'll upon prominent or a
so,,,o. '''' hawaiian. For our
r'',''' we have not yet found out the
w. 'V LOT this Sunday meeting, but
we DO hope that some action ot onoo
next campaign. ~ '"'
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

Senator Crabbe's Washington opin-
ion" is decidedly broad. What part of
Washington does it come from? From
Hatch or the Patent Office? Let us
have it printed in full, that all may
read as they run, if you dare.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

During the days of the Monarchy
one of the biggest bowls of the Mis-
sionary, now the Republican, party
was the appointment to Office of mem
bers of the Legislature. yet at the very
out-step of County government, these
aowlers through their tools are forcing
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

prove Of great value for agricultural
purposes, for mere site in the city
for a public building. And Mr. Carter
is backing the scheme.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1904-01-09

Entered at the Pos Once at Honolulu
II. T., o. seoond-olass mall
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29
Carter Shot.

Danvills. Va, special.-Brantley
Carter, the Lynchburg commercial
man who was shot at Chatham on
Monday by Geo. Ball, Danville drum
mer, died In Chatham Thursday.
Ball, who did the shooting, is in jail
at Chatham awaiting a preliminary
trial, which will probably be given
hinf' tomorrow or Saturday. His
brother, Thomas Ball, has been COM
united to Jail as an accessory before
the fact. the charge against him hav-
ing been certified to the grand jury.
This is the third murder in Pittsyl-
vania county in the past month, and
much excitement prevails in the coun-
try districts.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29
A Man Robbed.

Roanoke Special.-In the Hastings
Court Fannie Hodges was sent to the
State peniteatiary for Is months and
Mary Foutz was given four months in
jail as accessory, both pleading guilty
to the charge Of robbing Hiram Jones,
Of Craig County, of money and certiff-
Gates Of deposit amountig to $6,S4O
while he was here month ago 1t
is said that $500 in cash was taken.
The certificates, aggregating $1,000,
and some valuable bonds, were burned.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29
Convicted of Murder.

Sedalia, Mo-, Special. Frank G.. Dsa-
on, who killed Emil Meyer in this city
two months ago for the betrayal and
desertion of Deaton's daughter Daisy,
was convicted of murder today, the
verdict fixing his punishment at %
years in the peniteatiary Evidence
showed that Meyer was shot in the
back, and Oh this ground The verdict
was given.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29

and the two engineers disappearCl i.
Still there was no sound from thu
depths below except the occasional
shout from men in the bucket to stop
while they tested the air.
Then the cage reached the bottom.
There was a silence of fully 40 min
utes, and then came the summons to
haul up slowly. When the cage
;.eached the top Rayburn was there
and with him was Adolph Gorgie. still
alive, but gasping for breath ard Gvi.
IDENTIFY seriously injured.
The little village Of Harwick that
surrounds the mining works two miles
back from the West Pennsylvania
Railroad has been horror stricken all
day. The wives and relatives OF the
entombed men have crowded about
the entrance to the pit, beseeching for
news of loved ones below, but only to
meet with the same answer: I'VE 40
not know yet, if we find him we will
send him home"
The little school house has already
been prepared as morgue and nos
pital. The benches aad seats have all
been removed and eight girls from
the highest class at the school have
been impressed as nurses
Doctors have been summoned from
the surrounding towns of Springdale
and Denny, and also from PittsburE,
but nothing can be done until further
details come from the mine.
Mr.. Scheetze, the manager OF the
mine, said to representative OF the
Associated Press:
The explosion this morning WAS
terrific. Both cages were blown from
the shaft, one of them a distance OF
over 200 feet Three men at wor
on the tipple were blown to the
ground and one Of them is already
dead. The other two are badly hurt,
but | am told they are resting easily
and may recover.
There are at least $50 men in the
mine and | am afraid that there are
number more, although there are sew
eral men on the pay roll who did. not
report Tuesday morning
At 1915 Tuesday morning Robert
North. of the rescue party. came to
the surface, and reported that Mr..
Selwyn Taylor had been found alive
and that rs of the miners had been To-
Gated. the majority of them, it is be-
lieved, are alive.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29
Awful Calamity In Mine Near City Of
Pittsburg
MANY ARE BELIEVED TO Be DEAD
Only One Miner of All Who Went
Dowa Monday Morning Brought
Out Alive.

pittsburg, Special all that
can be gathered at this hour, between
1870 and 1870 nen are lying dead in the
headings and passageways of the Har-
wick Mine OF the Allegheny Coal Com
pany, at Cheswiok, the result OF ter
rife explosion Monday. Gage after
cage has gone down into the mine and
come up again, but only one miner OF
all those that went down to work this
morning has been brought to the sur
face. The rescued man is Adolph Gunia
and he Ia still in a semi-conscious
condition at tho temporary hospital at
the rude school house on the hillside
about the mine.
In addition to the miners who were
at work when tho explosion occurred
It is now believed by practically all
the men of the rescue party who come
NO the 22O foot vertical shaft for q
warming and breathing spell, that Sell
wyn Taylor, the Pittsburg mining en-
xineer, who plotted the mine and who
was the first to reach the bottom after
the explosion happened, is now among
the list of dead. OF those in the mine
all are probably dead
The explosion occurred at $3.50 this
morning and the first warning was the
sudden rumble under ground, and then
sheet of aame foil Aap the deep
shaft Both mine cages were 1iurled
through the tipple, 20 feet above the
landing stage and the three men on the
ripple were thrown to the ground. A
mule was thrown high above the shaft
and fell dead on the ground. The in
jured were brought at once to this city
where some of them have died since.
After the explosion the crash at the
pit mouth startled the little village.
The wives and children Of the men
below rushed to the scene of the dis
aster, but to gain no encouragement.
There was no way to get into the deep
workings The cages that let the naen
out again when the days work was
done were both demolished. All day
long there was jam OF women and
children waiting about the mouth OF
The pit. There were calls for assist
nnce and for surgical aid from the
men in charge OF the mine, but it was
not until 4 o'clock this afternoon that |
Me first attempt at rescue was made. |
This was failure as the two men who !
VOLUNTEERED were driven back by the |,
foul air
Shortly after 5 o'clock Selwyn M.
Taylor and one of his assistants signal
ID for Che engineer to lower them into
,he shaft. Taylor is still down there.
Three times efforts have been made to
each him, but so far without avail.
Thomas Wood, one of the first Of the
escue party hauled to the surface, told
us story of his trip through the mine.
lie said:
II was with Taylor and we clam
cred over three or four falls. Taylor
aid out the mine and seemed to know
he way. There was one ma native at
he foot of the shaft. He was sent up
nd then we took the mMle path into
ne south level. we saw two men who
ere alive and notified those back OF
s and then went on. We passed the
,ird, fourth and fifth headings and
zen through an oyerdraft into the
her shaft. began to feel dizzy and
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-01-29
COAL MINERS ENT0MBED.


tor of the fourteenth district, reached
Harwick about 7:30. When seen by an
Associated Press reporter just after his
arrival, he said:
~ went to Greensburg to inspect a
mine this afternoon and when | reach
ed home this afternoon | found
bunch of kilograms telling me OF this
disaster. The mine where the explo-
sion took place was inspected, think
about the first OF December. There WAS
some gas in there then, but never
considered the mine dangerous.
"The last inspection blank hanging
on q nail in the company's office is
dated July II, 1903, but it is evident
that a later report has been torn on,
Among the rescue party now IN the
mine in addition to Inspector Cunning
ham, are Jack McGann, Bob North.
Robert Carney, Henry Becker. Robert
Gibson, William Walkenerest.
An additional party of 20 has just
gone down. Three Of the reseuers
Becker, Smith and Walkenerest, when
they returned to the surface, declared
that in their opinion all in the mine
outside Of the rescuing party are dead,
including Taylor, the engineer.
Late tonight Manager Scheetze tele-
graphed to Chief Mine Inspector j. A.
Roderick, at Harrisburg, as follows:
1.-TWO outside men died of injuries
this evening. Rescuing party in miRe
including Mine Inspector Cunningham,
who will advise later
II. T. Hutchison, who gave out the
lamps to the miners before they went
to work in the pit this morning, said
AT z. Is O'Clock the time when tier
whistles blew and when every one is
to be at work at the mine, l
had given out between 1870 and 1870
lamps"
'"That was one lamp to man."
Yes
Did any of those lamps come back"
mot one"
There is light in every cottage in
,he little hamlet about the pit mouth.
There is still crowd about the mouth
If the shaft but it will probably be
hours before the full extent Of the ca
astrophe is knowa
The explosion occurred at 500
''clock Monday morning at the bottom
# the shafts, and was presumably
aused by fire damp. 1t was four
''clock in the Afternoon before it was
possible to make the first attempt at
escue. Robert North and Jack Nc
ann, one Of the engineers employed
y the Allegheny Coal Company, tried
o get into the mine by way of the
tairs through the air shaft They
managed to grope their way some dis
ance, but were finally driven back
y the foul air.
The main shaft into the mine, 220
aet deep, was mode useless by the ex-
loson, which hurled both cages, ono
which was within 80 feet Of the bot
IN Of the shaft, through the tipple,
feet above the surface.
Shortly after o'clock temporary
gging had been put in place over
le mouth of the shaft, and a small
lcket capable Of carrying three men
stened to the tackle. The first try
18th the new rig was made by Sell
yn M Tailor, Who had been summon
from Pittsburg, and an assistant,
M Rayburn. A crowd of anxious
en- and women were gathered at the
t mouth as the two men were lower
into the black shaft on the work :
rescue. Slowly the big rope ON the ..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Sleigh Riding Accident.

A party of young people while
out taking advantage of the
s-eighlng opportunity last Friday
night met with a misfortune, by
the horses running away. The
young ladies, Miss Ida Emanuel
and Miss Edith Crawford jumped
from the sleigh, and were more
or less injured, the latter being
picked up unconscious, and the
former suffering so that she was
confined to the house for several
days after the accident. The
horses ran to the cemetery,
where the driver, Charles Peter
son, was thrown from the sleigh,
and where the horses turned to
come back and were stopped by
running against a tree, when
they were captured.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
SETTLERS ARE MISLEAD
Efforts to Populate the Reser.
vatiOn are shown up by Par
ties From Sioux City

Fulton Advocates: The following
from late Sioux City Tribune is sig-
nificant. Pierre has been boasting
of the great number of people who
have taken and are taking homesteads
across the Missouri. The object OF
this talk is apparent. 1t is intended
to create an impression that the land
west of the Missouri is being rapidly
populated by actual residents, who
will be on the ground next Novem-
Der to cast their ballots for Pierre.
AS matter of fact the actual set
tier in that part of the state is the
exception, while the speculator, who
expects to get his land as these Sioux
City ans expected to get their land,
Is the rule. Such settlers are of BEN
eht to no one, except the land shark,
ana but very, very few of them
Will be on hand to vote. Under the
lo and more literal rulings of the
general land office in reference to the
| character of the residence required,
the number of homestead entries west
OF the river will lessen rather than
increase Pierre will have but little
help from the trans Missouri country.
4 But listen to the tale of woe as told by
the Tribune:
something ike score OF 500 City
men are receiving the sad intelligence
from the United States land office in
w ashlngton that their final proof on
land IN Stanley county, South Dako-
ia, Is void and their filings on the
land yitiated
Consequently these men are sore.
lhey recall the hardships endured in
living few days at time in hastily
erected shanties. but most of all they
mourn the loss of the S75 which they
were compelled to put up to the man
who located Them
! We were bilked by those land
sharks all right, said victim to-
day who had heard that his final
proof was no good for lack of legal
residence on the land. We were
told with much candor and show of
pull that we might file on these
claims. establish technical residence
by living on the claim a few days
every six months and then prove up on
the land at the end of fourteen
months by paying so cents an acre.
We knew in general way that the
law required continuous residence
of fourteen months before we were
regularly permitted to compute, but
VIC dScHuo dSSufeu us tHdt lney cOulQ
fix it with the land Office and we
could get title at the end of fourteen
months by paying so cents an acre.
We paid the agents $25 for locating
US, $3.50 for building $40 shanty
and exorbitant fees for advertising
final proof notices and for filing fees.
The agents rakeoff was from $50 to
$50. We realize now that we were too
credulous. We should have studied
the homestead laws thoroughly our
selves instead of relying on the
agents plausible talk so completely.
Our 90 cents an acre is returned to us
by the land Office, but we are out
about 800 each on the deal besides
having risked our lives by staying
in those beastly shanties during all
kinds of weather.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

Sioux Falls, S. D., February
5th.-Coe |. Crawford, Of Huron,
as attorney for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad company,
today made motion before Judge
Garland, of the United States
court, for a new trial in the case
of Amelia E. Kirkland VS.. the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
company.
The plaintiff, at a term of
United States court held at
Aberdeen, was by a jury a warded
damages in the sum of $4,000
against the company for the loss
of her hns band.
Mrs. Kirkland was represented
before Judge Garland by S. A.
Anderson, an attorney living at
st. Paul. After listening to
the arguments of the attorneys,
Judge Garland denied the motion
for new trial.
1t is understood that the COM
pany will now settle the suit by
paying Mrs. Kirkland the
amount of the damages awarded
her as the result Of the trial of
the case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
Cigars

The Lindquist & Nelson cigar
factory started up with force
of niue cigar makers and half
dozen shippers and helpers the
first of the week. Three of the
cigar makers are married men
and expect to move their families
to Milbank in the spring or be-
fore if they can secure dwelling
houses to live in. The cigar
factory is an important industry
added to the enterprise of the
town, aud shows that Milbank is
constantly forging ahead. Mes
srs Lindquist & Nelson have
exhibited no small degree of
enterprise in inaugurating this
new business and are entitled
to every possible encouragement
from the citizens of Milbank to
make the business a success
A Milbank made cigar ought to
be as good as any that is made
and possibly a little better.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

The ladies of the local w. G.. T.
q. have secured a noted lecturer
in the person of Miss Lillian M.
Phelps, who will lecture in the
opera house Thursday evening,
February 11th, on The City of
Rome, Miss Phelps has a nation
al reputation as one Of the ablest
temperance lecturers now before
the people. Speaking of her
the montreal Witness says:
Not the least effective feature Of
this days lecture is, however, her
familiarity with the broad range of
human history, which she utilizes by
Introducing with dexterous hand the
opinions and utterances of the states
men, sages and divines of all ages
upon this momentous question, as
also by arranging with inspiring elo.
quence the many examples of devotion
to principle, of conservation to reli-
gious and philanthropic duty, of self.
abneg alton and untiring zeal, afforded
in the history of all reforms and
always leading to complete triumph,
and by earnest appeals calculated to
arouse the laudable ambition of the
young. Certainly it will always be
somewhat rare to hear unwelcome
truths so ably and fearlessly pro-
claimed and yet $50 spoken in love. -
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

We have received a copy of
the Santa Cruz (Cal. Times, a
real estate paper started to
boom the Santa Cruz country.
The paper quotes our former
towns man, John Williams as
follows:
John A. Williams, formerly sher-
rift OF Grant county, South Dakota.
who with his family came from Mil
pank, South Dakota, a short time ago,
says that in looking for better eli
mate in which to live he travelled all
over this state, and that Santa Cruz
beats the all. He says
'Ihe best all-the-year climate is
here: the best water is here, and an
abundance OF it: the healthiest place
IN the state: the best view of the ocean
and mountains, and that alone is
worth trip from the east to see.
Here the soil is rich, and this is one
of the few places in the state where
there Is sufficient rainfall to produce
one and two good crops without irri-
cation: and if you want to irrigate
the water is here to do it with.
Everything that the earth produces
is raised here. Property can be bought
cheaper than in any other part of the
state, and the poor can get a home as
we'll as the rich. Why, | bought a
little timber tract of 20 acres three
miles from town for 81, 900, and there
are 600 or 700 cords of wood on it, and
after | get the wood off it the land is
worth all paid for it.
"There are lots of good deals lying
around just waiting for some one. to
come along and pick them up, and
they don't cost a fortune, either. LIE,
some of the hustlers from the Middle
States just hit this place and | tel
you there will be something doing y
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05

A Strouseton correspondent
of the Summit Signal, writes Of
the Degree Of Honor visit to
Webster, and speaking Of the
Mi0ank team says:
They appeared to be out for a real
good time-and seemed to be getting
what they were after. They lef5 Mil
bank at a. m. and of course had
dead engine and had to be helped into
Summit by the cannon ball, which also
kindly allowed the coach to be switch
ed on. SO we could really get to Webs
ter, aud we did, at | p. m. If any one
ever should say the cannon ball
dosen t stop only at the big places in
the presence of any of the members
of the Degree, who We're on this trip.
their reputation for truth would be
doubted then and there. On arriving
at Webster we were met by COM
mittee who quickly assigned us places
of entertainments where We did our
best to dispose of those good dinners
which had waited SO long. Although
the Summit ladies came back on the
train, we managed to eat three times
in the course of nine hours, and we
are still alive. The afternoon session
was given up to the usual work of
reading of papers. question box, and
very good recitation given by a
young lady whose name we did not
learn. The visitors were most heart
ily welcomed by the Chief of Honor
Mrs. Sherwood and the response
ably given by Mrs. Preyey, of Mil
bank. Papers were read by Mes
danes Potter, of Andover, Horton,
of Milbank, Halvor and Macklin, of
Summit, and another sister whose
name we failed to catch. a Webster
sister we think. The evening ses-
sion was given over to regular lodge
work. where class of six were initi-
ated by the drill team of Milbank,
whose captain is Mrs. Horton. The
team certainly does fine work and re-
ceived we'll merited commendation.