Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-26
IOWES COAL NINE OUTPUT
Over Seven Million Tons Taken Out puring
the Past Year. .s,
MONROE COUNTY IS At HEAD OF THE LIST
(From a stan correspondent.) }

DIES MONIES. Aug. s.-tspeciall- 1.-THE
state mine inspectors today filed their re-
port with Governor A. b. Cummins and Il
shows that for the yean ending June 30.
1906 there was 7,o17;4S5 tons OF coal mined
In the state Of Iowa, while for the year
before there was 6,SO6Oil tons mined.
Monroe county continues to lead the state
in the amount OF coal mined, having T.
443,es7 tons, with Polk second with l.22e,22
tons, and Appanoose third with l,05e.655.
Mahasks mined 570.17s tons, Jasper sss, S07,
Marion Se6,s94, Boone 2fs.505 wapello no.
7oi, Lucas lSl.432. Wayne 1z12ss. Webster
l12,2S, Adams, Warren. Guthrie. Greene,
Taylor, Page. Dallas, Keokuk, Van Buren,
and Scott have each less than 5000 tons 10
their credit. .Appanoose, Monroe. Wayne.
Taylor, Page, Adams Warren, Jasper,
Polk and Greene counties each show an
increased amount of coal mined over the
year before. The other counties show a
loss. There were thirty-seven fatalities
attendant upon the production Of the coal
and the report gives a table showing that
for every lse.68 tons OF coal mined In the
state there lie one death and three and one
seventh accidents. The state is divided
into three districts. the southern. part of
the coal region, which is in the southern
and the counties in the northern part OF
the district making the third district,
There is one mine inspector to. each dis
trict. The thirty-seven deaths were
caused, twenty-four by fall of slate roofs
or coal, three by flying coal, Ave by being
run over by cars, three by premature ex-
plosions, one by being crushed between
cars. and one by fall in vat Of hot water.
ChiIdren About Mines.
According to an opinion given by Attor-
ney General Mullen TO the mine inspectors,
children between the ages of IA and 16 are
not excluded from working about mines,
except In that feature Of the work where
explosives or powder is used. The law
prohibits children under IA from doing any
work in or about mines and prohibits chill
dren under f6 working where there are ex-
plosives II was thought for a time that
construction could be put on the law
that would prohibit children under 16 work.
ting about mines because of the explosives,
but the attorney general decides that this
is applicable only. to those parts of the
mine where the explosives are used. e.
Herring on walker RequisitiOn.
Gov ,rnor Cummins has been asked to
grant requisition for the return OF c. II.
Walker. the president OF the Omaha TIM
breila Manufacturing company to that
city Walker Is now at Sioux City and
Is under arrest, held on the charge OF emf
bezzling 5000 Of the funds Of the COM
pany. His attorneys today informed Gov
ernor Cuntfnins, that they desired to be
heard before the requisition is granted and
the governor has set Monday forenoon as
the time for the hearing. 1t is understood
they will claim that he did nothing with
the funds Of the company more than he
had legal right to do as president OF the
company. County Attorney Slabaugh OF
Omaha will be here to represent the state
of Nebraska.
Money for CIarinda. & ~
The regular report filed by the superin.
.tendent OF the insane hospital at CIarindA
with the Board OF Control today makes
the request for appropriations by the next
general assembly for 100000 for improve
ments and new buildings about the hos
pital. The request includes $4,000 for a
cottage for women, 1900 for a dynamo,
$4,000 for contingent fund and repairs,
1900 for painting. 5000 for plumbing and
fixtures, 1900 for sewer and tunnel, 5000
for chimney, $4,000 for milk cows, and asks
the purchase Of adjoining land.
Iowa's Rife Team.
The twenty men who will represent Iowa
at the national rife shoot at Sea Girt next
month were decided upon late last night
as result of the four days shooting at
the Fort Des Moines rife range. The men
and their regiments and their scores out
of a possible 1000 at various distances are
as follows:
Lieutenant Bowen, F1fty-third. ........s52
Private Hildeman. Fifty-sixth. .7A
Sergeant Carlson, F1fty-third..
Captain Hird, Fifty-nfth: ..,..........71s