The copper era., 1904-06-16


 The TLIL .thers have returned -.eAAt4====+ a.eral mootrs spent
 in goat lacAias aea Russell Springs.
 The boys have h..sJ laeir flock to
 Ianchman ard vr .eturn to their old
 line of wor ., one of the concern
 tratcrs.
 Monday afternoon would have held off d day or two longer until he could have gotten the roof on his new house.
 So for as we know, he is the only per son in camp who has any kick coming
 on the rain which was welcomed with
 general delight.
 The new music rendered by the band at the concert On the plaza Sat urday evening was much enjoyed. The boys may be engaged to play for the Confed cate reunion at Stafford on the Fourth. The organization re- gently received gift of $l00 from the D. C. Co. through Supt. Mills.
 Al the annual meeting of the Home Copper company last Thursday night, x. l.. Jenkins was elected superin- tendent to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Molder. D. Loeb was elected a member of the board of directors to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac Waters. As soon as Mr. Jenkins returns from a1 eastern trip which he expects to take in the near future, work will be commenced upon q new shaft on the Will Do claim probably about the first of August.
 Joseph w. Poorman, for the past six years an employee of the D. C. store, died at the company's hospital on Thursday morning, June 9th, Of typhoid fever. On May l2th, Eleanor, tue little daughter of MT. and Mrs. poormau, died ufte--r-r-.>neS Of sev- eral wee ls. Less than three weeks Mir. and Mrs. Poorman lay in ad joining wards at the hospital both sick unto death with typh old fever. Mrs. Poorman has passed the crisis and is now fairly on the road to recovery but MC. POOrman after des- perate struggle succu mbed to the dis ease. Funeral services were held in the Pres bvterian Chapel on Friday evening, the Old Fellows, Of which being in charge. On Saturday morn- ing, De- pOorman started with tbe re- mains for Chicago where interment will take place. The sympathy Of the young widow in her double bareave- ment. One child, little boy of two years, remains u cheer her loneliness
 On Wednesday last the fire depart ment had an unusual call for help. At o'clock D. ID. word was received that fire had consumed the upper DOT lion of the coal bins at the Frisco plant and was beyond the control of the men employed there. No. Capt. Mcclellan and No. 2-Capt. Neal, were called on and were kept busy with their teams getting hose, shOvels and fire eX- ready for the arrival O. engine No. to take them on their ten mile trip. At 4:i0 oGineer Wann started from Norenci aud gave the fire department q ride which they will l long remember, as he made the trip in a little less than twenty-five minutes. Master Mechanic Rod McDopgall had 1 all the connections ready for attach ing the one and one-half inch hose l and in less than it takes to tell about il the fire boys had fire streams play l ing on the burning bins and coal. As there was nearly two hundred tons of soft coal in the bins and the fire was so situated underneath the bins that it was next to impossible to get at it, it looked for a while as though there | would be something doing before it could be gotten under control. Messrs. | Perdus, Zumwalt aud Frazier, O; Com | p2uy No. ,, with their captain, proved l themselves 10 be true fire laddies as they were placed underneath the bins | aud stayed there until the fire was un- der control. In order to save the large | plant building i: was decided |