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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
SECOND.EXPLOSIONII KILLED IRESCUERS

last and sent scorched and charred
many yards away. The big fan that
furnished air in the mine was SO
damaged that It was several hours
before 1t could be started again.
II The Second Fatal Explosion.
After a considerable time the great
fan was repaired and the power turn.
ed on, and 1t began drawing 100000
cubic feet of air through the charnel
house each minute. A rescue party
was formed and about twenty men.
entered the mine lin search Of the
bodies ofsthose who had perlshed In
the first explosion. The men explor,
ed the mines for two or three hours;
putting up brattices so that pure air
should follow them wherever they
went. Finally some Of them came
out and reported that the others were
too careless In going forward faster
than the good airSWas being supplied,
carrying at the same time a naked
light at 3:45s Sunday morning an.
other awful explosion occurred, caus.
ed by the gas coming In contact with
I the naked" :, flame Of a miners lamp
and fourteen more souls were launch
ed into eternity. This explosion was
4 not so forcible as: the former. but etht
J more awful In Its effects and wa.
followed by asshorter thinned tongue
q OF flame, followed by silence so dead
! lly8 that It seemed physically painfl
! and the darkness impe hetrable.s
! Nine Inspector Edward Pincllne!
arrived on the ground yesterday an,
fitook charge OF the rescue work. Thl
: ssecond explosion again damaged til,
e fan, and M. Pinckney YIN allow i,
stone 10 enter The mine until II ii wori
|. tcontlnued on Eighth Pase.)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
PAssENeER TRAIN
Was Held Up This Morning on south-
e ~ y, ern Railway. 'Iss; 81


cHATTANoo oGA, Tenn, March 20.
The westbound passenger train on
the Southern railway which LEFT here
at 1896 sA. M. for Memphis. was held
up at Lookout station at the foot ol
Lookout Mountain this morning. The
express messenger was knocked
senseless. The man who attacked
| him was captured by ofiicers who
trailed him with blood.hounds In the
mountains, coon after,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
Taken to Reform School.

Cor Jenkins and Herb Cunning.
ham, the two youngsters who broke
into the Buckhannon and Northern
powder house in Union district last
fall, were taken to the Reform
School at Pruntytownt this afternoon.
They were sentenced about two weeks
age. .Ss s 4 III rs H :, ii
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
HUNTINGTON. HI III | ! !! / 1
rs TO GET IN 9TH r AZ FEDERAL
APPo iNTMEN TAT HAM Ds@ Of:
PRESIDENT r. osEYELT.s sS
IfBy8 8PubllshersI Press J

WAsHTNGToN M March 20.-The.
President expects to reward Frank
sryree; the secret service man who.
has been on duty as one Of the uni:
ted States guard for several years,
with q position: He is "a resident Of
Huntington, West Virginia, and the
Preside lent intends soon TO send him
back to his home with q commission
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
tsand SRe,hIesaa ,lhtIs aalrr.sal sTo.niaht.

The band earsals of the sJunkins
band Will be given tonight at the =.
NJ. q. "a. room on Main street. "A
limited number Of seating accommo'
datlons will be provided for the pub
lie: No admiss ssIon will be- charged:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
Coal Men TALKED Dillon

The result Of the meeting Of coal
men is not made public beyond the
fact that a full discussion Of the mat.
terSwas had, but 1T is known semi;
officially that a committee was ap:
pointed to consider the subject In all
its bearings, and; try IL something
cannot be discovered that will afford
the coal men5some relief; In the prem:
ises.
Representatives were here from
| the Elk Gard region ION the Mary.
land border; the Pocahontas field, on
the Kentucky and Virginia line; the
Fairmonti county, and the SKanawha
and New5riyer districts. Z:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
MR. Carnegie. I j.
STAND n 4 SENTIMENT
n EXPRESSED 9 III NEW oR x Al
Il NEW SPAPER HEADLINE

n NEW YORK, March 20. Andrew;
Carnegie Is Jealous Of his reputation
as a slover5of his adopted country. A
few days ago he made speech In
Cleveland; Ohio; and the American
ofstlls city. used headlines over jitss
report Of the speech which Mr. Carr
negle deemed Objectionable, In
writing to- the paper about 1t he.
said: III
II could not find time to contradict
the numerous stories that arise, but
I3cannot permit your dime in the
issue of March 1 3 to pass unnotlced----i
puts fondness for Scotland above
his love for America never felt
this and never expressed 1T, Is
4 Z said ethins like this: One
land As as motherS but the other my
wife; In no wise lis love for both In
compatible; on the contrary, the best
son makes the best husband. + pro:
fess myself true to q the claims of
both. *:
lin case a choice became ne ecessary,
the mans first and last duty IS to the
wife; 50 my duty issto the republic be:
fore all other lands.
Yours truly, 80
A EWSCARNEGIEt,
4 Morch5 1 a n afs 50
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
MIC oLAs5 WEARS L a cRuclFlx
ON His sTTo PRoTEcT
HIM FROM AssAss sslNATioN
3fBy Pubilsher Press.)

BERLIN. March 2pThe nswspa:
per pie Vet says that the ezar is
|sutering from d form Of religious
mania He spends two hours every
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-20
Yours truly, * &
ANDREW CARNEGIE
March s16, 1905.
scaIIle Ware Improving.

4 Callle Ware, the negro who was
shot BY John McAllister at q negro
dance IN this city early Friday morn.
ing, Is doing very nlcelys ct the Cook
Hospital and 1t IS thought that an op-
Grafton will mot be necessary. Nc.
Allister'ash hearing Will be held within
the next few days. Vi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
Theatrical Benefits.

orHE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Sfr: In an article
Actors and Their Fund" you give expression to a
testy prejudiccd feeling that, think. should not
find ar outlet In our best newspaper.
viii not go into detail, but draw your attention
TO the hardest thing In the article. The Fund. you
say. would be able 10 minister TO It's Sick for
It's aged and bury It's dead without appealing TO the
public, and the theatrical calling would be spared
the shame OF being the only one which contentcd!y
poses before the world as a begging fraternity"
Now. every line OF business begs. The Church
hcgs. The people whose payment OF taxes supports
the Government beg councils for money to pay for
bettermen,s, The storckeeper uses unusual
methods for begging the public to purchase his
goods. None OF these appeals would have bene-
nclal eject II a return for the beggar was not
forthcoming. So with the Fund benefit. The public
do not go TO that "bencnt because OF Mr.. Holland or
Nine Mod cska or the Actors Fund. but because
they are offered an exceptional entertainment, one
that only be obtained under extraordinary
conditions.
The actor, finding certain amount OF money
needed. puts forth extra inducements 10 sell his
goods al "bcncNt" " his oIcr suits the public
they pay, otherwise they do not.
The earth is pcopcd with a composite mass OF
beggars. We are canuibalistic: We live on each
other, sometimes by begging. sometimes by force;
but each is necessary for the other TO prey upon.
PHILADELPHIA May 20. AN ACTOR.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
CITY PLEADS GAS MONOPOLY
In Answers TO Suits to Recover o. 900 900
Cor Lighting In 10000.

Corporation Counsel Delany served yes
terday on the various gas and electric
companies which supply the city the city g
answers to the complaints in the actions
TO recover about s., 900 600 for light supplied
in l9Oa-o4 The actions will probably be
reached for trial in the fall
The city's defense is briefly, that the
various conn anies are merely subsidiary
corporations to the Consolidated Gas Com
pany, which it is alleged: has monopoly
out the cty This monopoly it is declared
is against public policy, and illegal. In
consequence the answer set up is that
there is no standard or market price for
gas or electricity in the various Is b99r o.
what the courts may determine to he a
fair and reasonable value of the lighting
supplied;
sci Burr. who drew the answers, this de-
Tense will raise the whole question Of the
cost of producing gas and electricity, and
what would be fair price for the city's
supply.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
A Southern Parlia ment,

A Southern Industrial parliament for
the discussion of questions relating to
Southern industries in all their phases
assembled at Washington yesterday. 1t
is composed Of delegates appointed by
the Governors of Southern States and
representatives Of boards of trade and
like associations.
We observe that the Manufacturers
Record, a stout advocate and champion
of all Southern enterprises, throws cold
water on this attempt to talk about
the questions of Southern development
in congress specifically called for the
purpose. 1t treats the parliament as an
irresponsible body, representative of
nothing substantial in the South" and
expects nothing of practical advantage
to come from its deliberations.
That may be the case. 1t is generally
open to question, too, if it is desirable
for any specific section of the Union to
assert itself distinctively; but in the
Southern States there are peculiar con-
ditions with respect TO development,
which seem to make such gathering
fc.' their discussion both pertinent and
profitable. incidentally, too. examina-
ton of these ought to help toward the
broadening of the field of political dis
cussion, which is so desirable in the South.
No other part of the Union more needs
the intellectual stimulation which full
and free discussion provides. The Ealti-
more paper speaks of the drain Of energy
from which the South suffers because of
the million and half Southern born
whites who are living outside of those
States, the only part of the Union in
which emigration has exceeded immi-
grafton. These people lost to the South
represent much of its best ability. ana.
The discussions OF the Washington par
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24

An unfortunate suggestion Is made by tho
Republic, a Roman Catholic paper OF Boston.
II is that the Roman Catholics of Massa-
chusetts are unduly Disseminated against
in the appointments to State offices; Tor e1-
ample, that Of 235 Judges appointed by Gov
ernors during the last thirty years only II
are Roman Catholics, and Of 4sl other OIL
GERS now holding State commissions only
81 are of th.t faith, though Massachusetts
is admittedly Catholic Moreover, the fact
is cited that for almost century Massa-
chusetts has not elected Catholic as the
Executive of the State So also, might
the Republic aver, there has never been a
Roman Catholic President OF the United
States; yet under the Constitution nat i
raj born citizen is eligible to election to the
Presidency whatever his religious faith.
His belief or his unbelief does not enter
into the question, and the separation OF
State and Church is not less complete In
Massachusetts. Whether a citizen holding
office is a Roman Catholic, Protestant,
Jew or a man without any dogmatio re-
ligious belief is not a pertinent question.
Is he fit for his place and deserving OF the
confidence of his fellow citizens2 That Ia
the only question to ask. Counting up
officehoders according to their religious
affiliations is un-American and Of per-
nicious tendency.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
Albanians Uniting.
From he London Globe.


DlHlcut as It always will be 10 unite the Albanians
into one common cause. distinct beginning has
been made at the congress which has Just been held
at bucharest. Two thousand delegates came from
Albanlans In all parts OF the Near East. not only
from the various provinces and towns OF Albania,
but also from Ruhania, bulgaria. Servia and Greece.
The first thing done was to appoint committee
of management OF three elected members. who will
direct from Rome an agitation In favor Of the In
dependence Of Albania. including the ive vilayets
OF Scodra, uskup. Saonica. Monastir and Janina
Moreover, the congress declared that II recognized
no prctendcr its shadowy throne, but II appointed
Prince Albert Ghlka as leader OF the national in
surrcction.
The Importance OF the movement centers In tho
list OF vayc,s. for means that the Alb.nlans claim
territory which Is looked upon by Servia and Bull
garia as belonging TO them. The agitation is di;
rcc,ed not against the Turks. with whom the Al
banians get on very well but against the southern
Says who arc apt TO Imagine that they are the only
races to be considered In this matter. The Al
bannns older than either OF them. and II ancient
claims arc 10 be satisfied there is no reason why
the line should be drawn al the coming OF the Slavs
which TO the Albanlans Is quite thing Of yesterday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
SHIPBUILDING SUIT UP.
Commonwealth Trust Company Seeks to
Have Under writing Agreement Annulled.


The suit brought by the Commonwealth
Trust Company against Daniel lie Roy
Dresser, John ". Young, Lewis Nixon,
Baron Pierre, Galvet Rogniat and other
underwriters Of the bonds Of the United
States shipbuilding Company was placed
on trial yesterday before Supreme Court
| Justice Amend.
Young acquired opt ions on various prop
rites, which were to be conveyed to the
| Shipbuilding Company for $4,000 600 In
first mortgage per cent bonds and
| sl9 ,a9s, eco preferred and $24 9as, 900 common
stock Of the company. Young gave Nixon,
who is now in Russia, power Of attorney
on these options. which were turned over
to the Mercantile Trust Company as trustee.
| Young and the others then proceeded to
underwrte the bond issue, Baron Rogniat
having charge of the Paris underwriting,
and Young went to the plaintiff company
for aid.
The plaintiff. it is alleged, advanced in
by the forthcoming bonds, but these, 1t is
alleged, were never received either by the
| trust company or Young, all the bonds
received being paid for in cash. The French
underwriters took alarm at the situation
and failed to meet their agreements. The
bond issue failed, and the Trust Company
of the Republic, OF which Dresser was presi-
dent, found itself overloaded with loans
advanced on he bonds and stocks: Dresser
failed, and the Trust Company OF the Repub-
lie was Ieorsanized as the Commonwealth
Trust Company. the plaintiff in the present
trial. 1t Is alleged in the complaint that
the underwriting syndicate was managed
iraudulently and that the underwriting
agreement was stained by misrepreeenta-
tons. The cancellati ion of this agreement
is prayed for, and the Court is asked to
declare he trust company entitled to retain
all the securities of the shipbuilding CON-
pany which were pledged with it.
counsel for the trust company, and Coudert
Brothers represent Baron Rogniat. The
Baron's test imony taken by deposition in
Paris, was read in court, and Dressers
examination was begun, The trial will
NoDt ip,e TODAY
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
NEW RULE FOR DIAMOND BUYERS
De Beers Syndicate VIII Not Let Them
Reject the LarEer Stones.

REJECT the Larger stones.
Diamond importers who buy rough
stones from the De Beers selling syndicate
in London have received notices in tho
last few days OF new terms Of sale which
are likely to lead to higher prices at retail,
After this the importer must take stones
in whatever assortment they may be offered.
Hitherto the importer had discretion in
accepting or refusing stones above fifteen
carats.
Importers say that their profit is in the
smaller sizes, by which they mean stones
weighing from one to ten carats, and there
is difficulty in getting back the outlay on
those that are larger. This is explained in
part by the fact that the syndicate's prices
per carat on heavy stone are much higher
than on smaller gem. A carat stone Of
certain quality in the rough costs $50, while
O ten carat stone of similar grade cost $50
q carat. In still larger sizes of gems up
to 100 and $50 carats the advance is even
more marked.
The stones weighing more than two
carat gems and the splinters left over
they are sold for $40 carat or Whereabouts
Nobody apprehends that any one Of the
nine firms in the United States that buys
direct from the London syndicate will
display any opposition to the new condition.
The penalty Of refusal to accept a shipment
would be the displacement Of the importer
from the syndicate's list of buyers In favor
OF another merchant, and many are await
ng such an opportunity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
Four Years for the Mayor.

The section of the original Greater
New York Charter by which the terms of
office Of the Mayor, Comptroller, Presi-
dent OF the Board OF Aldermen and Bor-
ough Presidents were fixed at four years
should never have been repealed.
In each OF these offices the duties are
intricate and onerous. The most capa-
routine Of any Of them in less than a
year or eighteen months. Mayor Nc
CLELLAN accordingly has acted wisely
in approving the bill passed by the Legis-
lature by which it is proposed to undo the
mischief caused by the act of 1901, which
reduced these terms to two years.
Four years are too long term for
a bad official Yes. But the voters
have no business to elect bad officials,
nor any excuse for doing it, In every
campaign the electors are informed COM
pletely and repeatedly Of the virtues and
vices of the candidates who appeal for
their suffrages. If they vote a bad man
into office they are getting exactly what
they want and deserve. Cnhappily the
innocent must suffer with the guilty
but as yet no method of protecting the
virtuous minority has been devised.
1t seems unnecessary to add that if
the Odell State machine believes it can
"shelve' any important political person.
age by causing him to be raised to the
Mayor of New York it is revealing the
exact measure Of wisdom and good sense
with which it is credited by the voters of
New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
JUVENILE ASYLUM MOVING.
Two Hundred Children In the New Cottage
Colony At DObbs Ferry.


The New York Juvenile Asylum has
moved from the row of stone buildings at
10th street and Amsterdam avenue, which
it occupied for a century, to its new cottage
colony in a tract Of 277 acres on the crest
Of the wooded ridge east Of Dobbs Ferry.
Fifteen pretty little cottages have been
opened to receive the wards Of the asylum,
who will be lodged twenty in a cottage.
By last night 200 Of the children were in
their new home. The rest will follow TO-
day and tomorrow. For the Inauguration
OF the new plan the capacity of the insti-
tuition has been cut down from 900 chill
dren to 800, until the funds warrant the
building of more cottages. Though some
OF the children had spent a few days in the
country on fresh air trips, many q
them had never been out Of the crowded
tenement districts, and the trip up to the
new home on the train yesterday was con-
tinual unfolding Of wonders. The sight
OF a COW grazing in field threw the who's
carload of children into excitement.
The new community is laid out in a kite
shaped area almost mile long. The cot
tages already built occupy the northern
part of this area, and at the southern end
there is little church. The cottages are
similar in plan, but the architects, York b
Sawyer, have made them diversified in e1-
ternal appearance. In four of the fifteen.
the honor cottages, the children will have
individual rooms, small but light and airy.
New cottages will be added as funds are
raised.
A schoolhouse to accommodate 500 chill
dren has been completed, and thrre is
power house to furnish electric lighting and
heat for the community. In the power house
also are the butcher shop, bakery and COM
munity kitchen. An athletic field 400 by
600 feet In extent is being completed for the
boys. and there is n big garden plot OF
twenty-twoac acres where experts will instruct
the children in agriculture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
Mrs. Maybrick's Illness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Siy: For the com
fort of "Dr. Pennington OF Park Row." who Is I'm
able to understand the new disease "osslncatlon
of tho bones, II would be well for his medical mind
10 grasp the fact that physicians certificate Is
one thing. reporters translation thereof quito
another.
lfalady. unaccus,omcd to It, were 10 be compelled
TO get down on her knee and scrub stone floors daily
for fifteen years. 1t Is conceivable that certain palho
logical changes OF definite character might take
place. a description OF which In certificate could
create in the mind OF an enthusiastic reporter a
picture crcdltable to the Intelligence OF Mrs
PartIngton OF fragrant memory than 10 that OF
the present slgncr OF that name. MED.
NEW YoRK. May %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-24
A Burning Question Among the Jews

Zionism as project for the practical
establishment of a Jewish nation seems
to be doomed to failure, at least for the
present. MIR. ISRAEL ZANGwILL, so
proud an exponent of the distinctive
spirit and the ambitions of his race, sub
stantially gave it up in remarks made
by him at a recent dinner in London, on
his return thither, with his Christian
wife, from his visit to this country.
The original dream of THEODORE
HERzL, the apostle of Zionism, was "to
establish for the Jewish people a pub
licly and legally assured home in Pales-
tine" but at the Zionist Congress in
Basic in 1903 one year before his death,
he propounded an alternative or prepara-
tory scheme for the establishment of a
Jewish colony in Africa in the neighbour
hood of Lake Nyanza. This change
of tactics was due to an offer by the
British Government OF land in East
Africa for special Jewish settlement.
After eleven years Of negotiations the
Palestine scheme has fallen through.
"The door OF Palestine is closed to us, :"
Mr.. ZANGwILL announces positively,
and the East African project he de-
scribes as "the only live issue before the
Zionist movement" yet the tone of his
remarks indicates that it also has failed,
and not less completely. No report of
a committee of investigation sent year
ago to determine the feasibility of a jew
ish settlement in the African territory
has been published, and the omission is
ominous. Apparently the negro Zion
lists, as they have been nicknamed, of
whom Mr.. ZANGwILL is a mouthpiece,
have dismissed that particular African
scheme as impracticable.
Mr.. ZANGwILL, however, sticks man.
fully to the principles of Zionism. In
long paper in the last number of the
Jcpish Quarterly Reriew of London he
states his position. 1t is reply to a
paper in the preceding number on "The
Zionist Peril" by Mr.. LUCIEN WOLF,
whose distinction as n Jewish authority
is indicated by his authorship of mas
terly article on "Anti-Semitsm in the
last edition of the Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica. Mr.. WOLF had asserted that
the Jewish people are not a race, but
merely religious community of great
antiquity. which, in consequence of in
termarriage during some 1900 years.
has acquired more fixed physical type
than younger religious communities.
This assertion Mr.. ZANGwILL combats
passionately, yet in tone indicative of
despair rather than hope, as these Gig