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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26
POWDER KILLS
Miner at Victoria Drops Lamp
in Open Keg.
ONE NAN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS
INJURED.

Tuesday night between IL and
IL O'Clock fatal explosion OF
Cured in the coal mine operated
by the Victoria Coal CompaT
near here, in which one man u
killed and two others serioui
burned. All three men WI
colored and considered reliable
men.
Ike Gibson was killed, Rich
ard Bates was the most serious-s
ly injured, having swallowed
the fire besides other injuries. \
Alex Nisbet was the third man
injured. All had their clothes
blown or burned off of them.
Alex Nisbet was the head of
the shooters gang and after the
explosion he walked to the bot
tom of the shaft, about four hun
dred yards, and was hoisted to
the surface. He told Of the ex-
plosion and said he saw Bates
lamp falling into the keg of pow
der while they were working and
that he fell back to avoid the
blast and was able to get away.
He did not know what had hap
pened to the other men. There
were two other men shooting in
another part of the mine but
none near where the explo-
sion ACQUIRED.
INSPECTOR John Fades, whose
duty it is to make the rounds at
night after the shooters and see
that all is right, was also in the
mine and was going toward the
east side where the explosion oc-
Cured. When he reached the
place he found the dead body of
Gibson and Richard Bates, the
injured man. Bates, with his
aid, walked to the shaft. His
story to the inspector confirmed
what Nisbet had told when he
reached the surface. Bates said
his lamp fell into the powder
He did not know what had be-
come of Nisbet and Mr.. Fades
did not know until he reached
the surface whether Nisbet had
escaped.
Both the injured men are in a
serious condition and may die
though every effort is being
made to save them and every eff
fort to alleviate their suffering
The readers of The BEE wilh
remember a similar accident in.
the Arnold mine some years ago,
when Lige Fritchett was killed
and George Miller badly burned
Pritchett'S lamp fell from his
cap into the keg of powder and
he was instantly killed. Miller
was badly burned and almost
suffocated but managed to crawl
out and recovered.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26

"Yes, sir" declared Mine Host,
"this if the best restaurant in town.
Everything is first-class, and our
cook Is the best in the business.
Don't go elsewhere if you want a
good meal. Well, must be going"
But where are you going at this
time of day."
Where am going? Why great
Scott, man! It's nearly Z o'clock.
I'm going over to the hotel to din
ner. "-Cleveland Leader.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26
Sheriffs Office Declared
Vacant in henderson.

AS a result of proceedings in
stituted in the Henderson Coun-
ty Court by the Fidelity and De-
post Company, of Maryland,
asking to be released as surety
on the bond of Henry Dixon,
Sheriff of that county, the office
of sheriff has been declared
vacant and the court will APP
point TO till the vacancy.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26
Kentucky. Convention Of Young Men.

We have before us u copy of
the announcement of the Twen-
ty-Seventh Annual State Con-
vention of the Kentucky Young
Mems Christian Associations, to
be held in the city ef Ovens
boro, Feb. 1919, 1905. These
Conventions are always looked
forward to with great interest,
and attract wide recognition
throughout the State because of
their large representations of
men from all parts of the State
and the strong program pre-
sented. Among the speakers for
this Convention are President
+. w. limit, ID. d., Danvilld ;
Frank H. Burt, Chicago; S. ID,
Gordon, Cleveland; Q. @. Mich.
ener, DIR. Geo. j. Fisher, A. @.
Knebel, Geo. b. Hodge, Tom
Keenan,, New York City; K. w.
Peck, State Secretary, Mime
sofa; President J. G. Acheson,
Danville, and other representa-
tive men Of the state. The
music will be in charge of K. w.
Peck, of Minnesota, and he will
have the assistance Of the Hen.
derson Male Chorus and the
Boys Orchestra of the Louisville
Association.
There are to be several new
and important features of the
Convention this year which will
add largely to its efficiency: ~
three Normal Bible Glasses
taught by three expert instruc-
tors, each class to meet three
times during the Convention; (2)
a Stat Gymnasium and Athletic
Contest, participated in by the
delegates; (3) the Association
exhibit will be given a place of
prominence and will be very
helpful to every student of the
Association movement; (4) A
Women's Committee Conference
will be held in connection with
the Convention and attended by
delegates from h e several
Women's Committees through
out the State. The educational,
social, physical and religious de.
partments of the Association
work will be discussed under the
leadership of men who are
among the Associations best ex-
perts in the country. There will
b e special conferences-city,
student, county-a t
which some of the problems in
these departments will be thor
oughly discussed.
Large delegations from the 70
Associations of the State are ex-
pected this year at Greensboro.
In addition to these, men mem
bers of evangelical churches in
communities where there are no
Associations, and who are inter
ested in Christian work for
Young men, are invited to attend
and participate in the Oonven.
tion as corresponding members.
A limited delegation of not over
five from such commdaity will
be entertained by the citizens Of
Greensboro, providing applica-
tion for credential giving name
and address of pastor or clerk of
church, is sent to the State Sec
rotary by February 10th.
The railroads of the State have
given a rate of one and one-third
fare for the round trip.
For program Of the Convention,
information about credentials,
ETC., inquire at the local As
ISOLATION, or address Henry K.
Roseyear, State Score tary, Third
and Broadway, Louisville.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26

Little Fred was told of new ar
rival in his uncie's family. as the
kid any relation TO me?" he asked.
Yes; he's your first cousin" an
swered his mother.
"Huhw exclaimed Fred, II should
think he MAS UJ aSi vue
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26
Died in Indiana.

Mr.. Price Laffoon, formerly of
st. Charles, died last Monday
morning at Jasonville,, Ind. of
nephritis. His remains were
brought to this place on No. 50
Tuesday and conveyed to st.
Charles, where the iu,erment
took place yesterday. The sor-
rowing relatives have the SYM
pathy of the entire community.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26

When you come to say goodbye
to old sins it is unwise to hold far
well meeting.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26

When man wears his piety as
an ornament you can depend on its
being paste.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-26

You cannot escape your taxes here
by talking about your citizenship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
Busy Places
Are the Fruit Packing Houses. Thirty
i've People Employed.

The busiest places in Paw Paw at
present are the two packing houses at
the depot. The one under the manage
ment of w. c. Widey is located at the
Hathaway planning mill. Mr.. Wildey Is
selling the fruit for packing houses To-
Gated at Pine Grove, Dowagiac and Paw
Paw, and up to date has sold 81 ear
loads.
The peaches are first run through a
grader and then packed in the various
sized baskets called for by the trade.
AT the other packing house genial Len
Shepard has control of the buying, pack
ing and loading, Mr.. Durham of Law
ton selling the output in connection with
the southwestern Michigan fruit asso-
citation, their output averaging a car
each day.
This packing house is fitted with up
to-date appliances for sorting and pack
ing and will handle large amount of
fruit each day The total number of
people employed will average % and are
about equally divided.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
KIIefsr's Bio Stick.

Sunday afternoon at Riverview park
the White Sox defeated Charlotte by a
score OF s to ?, batting LaBelle out of
the box in the second inning. Killefer
and Folsom of Paw Paw played with the
locals and made three hits each. Casey
Horn pitched fine game for the Sox.
Killefer's big stick has been much in
evidence in Kalamazoo during the past
two days, as he not only helped to win
for the Sox Sunday but did just as much
toward defeating them in the two games
played Labor day. He's there with the
goods all the time, a natural born ball
player Kalamazoo Telegraph. There
are others. Royal Decker, in the same
game got seven hits out of 10 chances.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
Hgh School Opens
with Large Attendance. Many Foreign
Pupils.

Paw Paw high school opens under very
flattering auspices, an excellent corps of
teachers, an increased membership and
a school building IN the best of condi-
tion in every respect. The attendance
of nonresident pupils is largely increas-
ed, thus showing the popularity of the
school outside the district. Under the
management of Prof. O'Leary and the
excellent support given him by the
teachers and school officers we predict
the most successful year in the school
history.
The attendance by grades is as fol-
lows: kindergarten, 10; first grade, 2S;
second grade, 90; third grade, "a; fourth
grade, 80; fifth grade, 30; sixth grade, 2S;
seventh grade, "a; eighth grade, %;
freshman class, 40; sophomore class, 40;
Junior class, 10; senior class, "a
There are 50 nonresident pupils, 10 Of
whom are in the high school.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
AuzzIe the Dogs.
Worthless Ours. Unmuzzled. Numerous ON
village streets.

The cheerful kicker wants to know il
the city dads are waiting until some of
the worthless ours that are running at
large on the streets attack and mutilate
some child before they order that all
dogs running at large without being
muzzled will be killed. Nearly every
day the state papers contain articles tell
ing the story Of some child being distig-
ured by these unmuzzled brutes.
Let us not wait until the worst hap
pens before muzzling the dogs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15

The squarest house in Chicago
G.. w. LEE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
Methodist Assignments.
Pastors Assigned TO Van Buren, County
and Their Charges.

The M. T.. conference at Charlotte as
signed pastors to Van Buren, county as
follows:
Bangor, p h. Keplinger.
Bloomingdale, n. p. Brown.
Breedsville, r. w Nichols.
Decatur, A. L. Toner.
Hartford, H. A. Lyon.
Gobleville, J. G. Deveny.
Kendall, Charles Ortman.
Lacota, w L. Langren.
Lawton, +. I. Newell.
Lawrence, q. Walker
MattawaD, @. Wright.
Paw Paw, A. w. Mumford.
South Haven, z. VI. Taylor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15

Our House is now in the 18th
year Of its existence. I h c
members Of the firm are young
men in the prime of life and
full Of ginger. :. :. :.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
West Michigan State Fair,

Grand Rapids, September Is to %. Pere
Marquette agents will sell round trip
tickets to Grand Rapids, account of
state fair, at rate of one fare plus Do
cents, which includes admission to the
fair. Tickets on sale September Is, 10,
20. 81 and %, good for return any day up
to and including September %. Ask
agents for particulars
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
Olin Family Annual Excursion

To Cleveland, O., and Buffalo, \. Y, will
be run over the Lake shore Il Michigan
Southern Ry. Tuesday, September 70.
Special train will leave Grand Rapids at
s 20 a. m, or Kalamazoo at 1888 a. NJ,
running through without change. Fare
to Cleveland and return, 500; Buffalo,
50. Tickets good for 30 days Particu-
lars from tick-l agents or by writing to
r. w. lines, g. F. A., Grand Rapids,
Mich ID
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15

South Haven, rate SOC. Grand Rap
ids, 1928 Sunday, September IL.
Train will leave Paw Paw at SO. See
poster, or ask agents for particulars.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
LOW ONE>WAY RATES.

Every day from Sept. 18th to Oct. 3lst,
1905, the Union Pacific will sell One-way
Colonist tickets at the following rates,
from Missouri River terminals, Council
Bluffs to Kansas City, inclusive:
$1,000 TO Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$1,000 TO Butte, Anaconda and Helena.
S22 30 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Wash
$500 to Everett. Fairhayen, What
com, Vancouver and Victoria, via Hunt
ington and Spokane.
$500 TO Tacoma and Seattle via
Huntington and Portland or via Hunt.
ington and Spokane.
$500 to Portland and to Astoria, Ash,
land, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and
Salem via Portland.
$500 to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
San Diego and many other California
points.
Correspondingly low rates TO many
other California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
From Chicago and 50. LOuiS proper
Honately lo,0 rates are IN effect by lines
connecting ,0ih The Union Pacific 10 all
dboce points.
For full information call on or address
F. B. CHOATE, G.. A.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-15
Free Pasture!

have i'd acres of pasture
land. we'll fenced, with rum
ming water, one mile and a
half north Of Wildey cemetery,
where you are welcome to
turn your cattle free of charge.
| also have good horse pas
ture one>half mile north Of
town at Is cents per week.
Will deliver wood in one 10
three cord loads to any point
in the village for cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
A Woman Buyer.
From the Pilgrim.

FROM tae lllRrin1
The requirements Of the buyer. as briefly
summed up by member of a Boston firm.
are: knowledge of merchandise and good
judgment: but the former may comprehend
a great variety OF qualifications. A buyer
must know goods and values. and as head
of a department. must be familiar with ALI
It's phases. Thus, in the underwear de-
partment she must possess a familiarity
with sizes as well az with styles and VAL
ues. and last, but by no means of least i'm
pOrtance she should have some knowledge
of financierng. for she has a great deal OF
money to handle. \ firm must feel conf
dence in the reliability of the buyer, for
she spends large sums for them When sho
sets out for Europe they tell her 70 spend
SO, coo or $50 900. as the case may be, and
they expect that the money Will be judi
clously used. This places heavy RESPONSE
bilty in her hands, for the firm does not
want to get stuck on what she buys Shs
must not glut the market. neither must sho
starve ii. Tie buyer must Tive in the flu
ture' and be familiar with her trade. This.
and indeed. nearly all the requisite qualit-
ca atoms, are matters of experience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
Don't Now Roadside Flowers

From the Country Calendar
/ am aware that in the prodigality OF ma
ture there will be. In time. encroachment
of growth upon the road space, and that In
the pinched narrowness of our highways
this may need to be restrained. Restraint.
or selection. does not mean destruction.
however. The result of this ruthless now
ing of the roadsides is always 20 kill the
more delicate anG beautiful of the shrubs
and flowers, and, by thus disturbing ma
lures balance. to encourage the growth Of
the vigorous but really unpleasant weeds
which otherwise would be in the minority.
For instance. along one road with which I
am famiiar the goldenrods. asters and the
like have been destroyed. but each season
there springs up a plentiful growth % dock,
sandbur and other unpleasant weeds. in
another case the naturally pleasing combi-
nation of several vivurnums. huckeberrieS
and a dozen herbaceous plants has been
improved until now the road is bordered
only by briers of blackberry. which. while
they do give one burst of flowers and fruit.
are not by any means satisfactory.
talked with one of these supervisors who
was thus improving a road in central
Pennsylvania, and found that he supposed
ii necessary TO cut out the growth In order,
as he expressed ii. to cause the road TO dry
out That is. the faults of narrowness,
careless making and a gutterless condition
We're all charged to natures effort TO beau
tify, and IL was thought wise and right to
chop off everything that could be cut away
en- both sides of the road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
'0llNG MzH1z WkNRW

country, and 1t Is being constantly reduced.
80 that before long the industry ought to be
on a paying basis At present but one
winding machine Is employed at the depart
ment. It is a four-basin reel. and there are
three operatives almost constantly engaged.
The Agricultural Department imported the
f1rst silk winders from France An accom-
panying photograph shows an old lady and
her daughter. who were brought over from
France to America six months con-
tract They are the right-hand figures in
the picture. The other girl IS resident Of
shington, but of italian parentage. The
members of her family were silk workers
in Italy. She took we'll to the work and Is
now employed in the department instruct
ing American girls in the operation of the
machine.
The Keeling is where the skilled work In
silk manufacture really begins. and that
part of the work the government is at pres
ent keeping in Its own hands. There have
been some students taken into the govern
ment windery however. and it is hoped that
such places as Booker Washngton's insti-
tute at Tuskogee and other industrial
schools through the south will soon be able
to establish their own plants in the midst
OF the silk-rearing districts. With this end
in view the department has had some OF
the Tuskogee students studying in Wash
ington, and the same course Of training will
be extended to other schools.
At present the government Is principally
interested in aiding the silk cultivators and
Is able to handle all of the silk cocoons that
are raised here. There have been some tests
made already of the quality of silk reared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
INQUIRY POSTPONED.
Disappearance of Main Witnesses
Causes Coroner Trouble.

The disappearance from this city OF Mr..
and Mrs. s. +. Williams. witnesses in tho
case of Or. Edward Leon, charged with
abortion as published exclusively I'm yes
terday's Star. resulted in a postponement
of the inquest in the case today The in
quest was to have been held this morning.
and DR.. Leon was on hand al the morgua
with his counsel. Campbell Darlington.
Coroner hewitt told the doctor and his
counsel that the inquest would be held Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock whether Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams are found or not.
Capt. Boardman has not yet heard from
the Norfolk authorities in reference to the
finding of the missing witnesses. If they
are located effort will be made 10 bring
them here to- appear witnesses against
DIR. Leon Coroner hewitt Will probably
have the sworn statements of the witnesses
read TO the jury. and Detective Helsu will
tell what he knows of the case.
Attorney Darlington stated to n Star re-
porter this afternoon that he doubts tho
validity OF so important matter beins
disposed of in such manner, and that II
II Is done he may take il into court on M.
beaS corpus proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29

~HE government is taking another try
at introducing the culture of silk
worms into this country and with a
Il good prospect of success. Silk cui-
tare in America is no new thing,
and there have been two regular crazes,
the first through New England about 1888
and later in California about 1878. Both
of these spurts, like all booms from the
South sea bubble down. caused more fall
ures and suffering than they did good. In
both cases people set out mulberry trees by
the quantity and bought eggs at fancy
prices only to find after the smoke had
cleared away that they were financially
crippled and that there were no Standard
OH fortunes in raising skworms
Now, however. the government has gone
at the problem in a more conservative way
and 1t is thought that silk-worm rearing in
this country can be put on a profitable
basis. 1t is hoped that the silk industry
Will furnish in this country as it does
abroad side line of work by which the
poorer classes both on the farms and
around the large cities where there is room
for few mulberry trees. can add some
thing substantial to the family income
utilizing the labor of the young and of the
superannuated members of the family One
OF the accompanying illustrations was made
by DR.. Howard, chief entomoogist of the
department in Italy. The children shown
in the picture all silk cultursts Even
the little chap three years old, in the fore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29

ground of the picture, Is one OF the work
ers, and all of these youngsters are capable
of adding decidedly to the income of the
family.
The Department of Agriculture. to esta-
blish the Industry in this country, Is doing
what has been found necessary In all cour-
tries where silk culture has been intro
duced, establishing an artificial market
where slk-worm cocoons are bought at
from IS cents to 81 a pound. according to
the grade of the silk. The cocOons are reel
ed at the department. where q small silk
Keeling house has been established, and the
money realized from the sale Of the silk to
American manufacturers is turned back
into the treasury as partial offset to the
expenditure.
The work of silk culture has been taken
up in almost every state of the Union,
though it is naturally best adapted to the
southern states. where the mulberry tree.
on which the silk worms thrive. reaches It's
fullest development. The department finds
that the people take decided interest in
the work and the skill necessary in feeding
and rearing the worms Is easily acquired.
family in moderate circumstances who
cansthus add from $25 to $50 a month to its
income without the expenditure Of any
money, and by utilizing the work of both
the younger and older members of the
family Is considerably better or than II
there were no such avenue open.
The difference between profit and loss on
silk production Is not large now In this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
TWO YOUNG DOCTORS.
They Did Not Realize the Importance
Of a Case in New Orleans

The spread of yellow fever in New Or
leans Is due to the inexperence of two
young local doctors" said Mr. A. b.
Lacour. prominent broker Of that city. to
Star reporter at the Willard today
These two Doctors" continued Mr.
Lacour. were called in to treat a case in
the Italian quarter. and failing to realize
the Importance of the disease and adopt
the proper quarantine measures, the in
fected Italian allowed to roam about
unmolested among his countrymen. The
disease, therefore. spread rapidly among
the Italians and has resulted in the pres
ent scare.
When you hear that these Italians con-
troll about three hundred small corner groc-
cries throughout the city, and In tbeir igno-
rance of the real nature of the fever are
constantly hiding their infected friends In
these homes. you will realize that the au-
thorities have a serious problem confront
ing them. I was told recently by a local
physician. who was treating a fever pa
tient, that, Notwithstanding the precau-
tons be had taken to isolate the sick man.
he found. on making second call. that the
fellow had stolen away to a house four
blocks distant
However, the New Orleans health de-
partment is fully able to cope with the pres
ent situation without outside help. They
nave gone at the root of the matter by
adopting the government theory, which APP
pears to be a theory no longer, that through
the mosquito the infection is carried, and
are taking strenuous measures to annihilate
these pests.
ITO visitor going to New Orleans to-
day 1t would not be apparent that any
thing unusual was going on The stock
market has steady tone. and while there
has been drop in some of the active
stocks, and average of about thirty points.
| am told. business has suffered no great
depression. In fact, everything will re-
sumo its normal condition within week
ten days"