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PocAHoNTAs MINE HORROR.
Twenty-Five Bodies Recovered S
Far-Estimated Seventy Dead.

A dispatch from Bluefield W. Va last
night says: Twenty-nine bodies had been
recovered from the West Fork mine of the
! Pocahontas Galleries Company at Poca-
! hontas, Va, up to tonight, and a corserva-
| tive estimate now places the total number
of dead at seventy The rescuine party
reached the scene of the explosion but
| the immense amount of debris and wreck
age has hampered the search for bodies.
| There is no evidence thus far of fire.
There Is nothing authentic to be learned
| from any source as to the actual number
OF men who persisted In the disaster.
| Usually the mine would have in the
| neighborhood of 100 miners in the section
affected by the explosion, exclusive of the
| drivers. trappers, prop-setters and track
men.
ing would be to make a complete census of
the company employees, but the excitement
Is so intense in Pocaho that this cannot
be done. 1t is said tonight that ii would be
the work of ten days to clear the mine of
wreckage and slate.
The most fortunate feature of the catas-
trophe is the fact that the mine did not
take fire. The horror would have been
added to by flames. and it might have been
| months before the mine could have been
cleared. This mine is equipped with every
facility known to mouern mining for the
safety of its employees.
The mining town of Pocahontas is plunged
in mourning In score of homes relatives
and friends are watching tonight by the
side of dead loved ones. Half a score of
men were put to work this morning digging
graves in the same cemetery and close to
the spot where. In 1884, more than 200 who
had persisted in a similar explosion We're
buried.
At the improvised morgue Hungarians.
Italians and negroes thronged to identify
the dead and as fast as this was done the
bodies were placed in collins and removed
to their homes. Enormous crowds gathered
here from all over the vast coal field and
all the saloons of the little town were
closed.
The mine tonight Is reported free from
gases and safe for the relief parties to
work in. There Is considerable debris and
wreckage In one entry seven loaded coal
cars had been overturned.
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DISMISSALS VALID
ATTORNEY MCNAMARA UPHoLDS
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Assistant United States Attorney Nc
Namara has rendered decision to the
board Of education in reference to the Pc
titions from Mrs A. J. Cooper, John L.
Love and James B. Clark against their
dismissal from the public schools The
papers were referred to Mr.. Mcnamara
for an opinion.
Nothing in this reference" says the at
torney, Indicates that any technical
charges were preferred against these PEI
titioners, and It is admitted that no trial
was had The only statement made by the
board is that the dismissals were ordered
pursuant to the recommendation OF the
superintendent because deemed necessary
for the good Of the service. The only ques-
ton raised for me to consider is the power
of the board In this behalf"
After entering at length into discussion
Of the powers of the board he says:
''It is my opinion that under the act in its
present shape your action in regard to the
petitioners was within your power and the
dismissals were validity made.
Mr.. Mcnamara closes with a warning to
the board to use it's power discreetly:
IF the high prerogattves be abused ne
says, 1.-THE board is answerable to Congress
and the public"
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Our Gymnasiums for Japan.
From the Boston Post


1t was after an educational campaign. Of
five years, which was at first conducted by
a recent Japanese graduate of Boston Uni
versity and then with the assistance OF
Japanese young woman graduate OF the
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, that
the Japanese imperial board of education
adopted last winter a report lndorsihs
American physical training methods.
But this is the first step made. and the
door will be left open for changes and i'm
provements which may be expected 10 result
from an exhaustive study. now being made
in America land to be continued in Europe)
by member of the imperial board OF edu-
ca ton, Mr.. Michiakira Nagai, who came to
this country last January, has visited New
York, New Haven, Springfield and other
eastern cities. and who now, though man
no longer young. being in fact the principal
of the Himeji middle school, is taking a
special course in physical training at the
Boston Normal School of Gymnastics while
he studies at the same time our municipal
gymnasiums, baths, Fairgrounds and attn
letic fields
ish gymnastics. being the system devised
by Ling in the early part of the last CEN
tury The system, however, has not stood
still where he left it. Differences, superb
cial but none the less real, mark its prac-
flee in Sweden, America and elsewhere.
There is broadly an American type of Swed-
ish gymnastcs-that which Japan viii
adopt.
Can IT be that this Wanted system, which
President Roosevelt even stamped with his
approval and conveyed into our naval acad-
envy at Annapol!s-to be retained, too spite
of the commandment it be, one will ask.
that jitsu is without honor in its own
country? AS matter of fact. jiu-jitsu has
no place in the public schools OF Japan.
nor has 1t ever directly affected them.
refined adaptation of 1t. Judo, which was
devised by DR.. Kano. is taught in the high
schools and universities.
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REBATE SECRETS TOLD.
Wabash Railway Man Gave Striking
Testimony at Chicago.

Admission was made upon the witness
stand in Chicago yesterday before the in
terstate commerce commission that an al
lowance by railroad Of a certain amount
to grain company operating an elevator.
ostensibly for the elevation of grain. is In
reality a reduction in the freight rate on
the grain
This statement was made by D. 0. Ives
of St. Louis. traffic manager for the Wa
bash railroad. while testifying to an al
lowance of ~ cents per hundredweight,
said to have been granted the Peavey Ele-
vator Company by the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company.
IF allowance for a certain amount fo'
the elevation of grain is made by rail-
road company to grain shipper who owns
an elevator. is not that practically re-
duction of the rate to that shipper" asked
Chairman Knapp.
mo; I would not say that, because 1t
would be admitting that the railroad had
been allowing a rebate, as 1t is called" re-
piled Ives. =.
Mr.. Ives admitted that IL one railroad
company absorbs a switching charge on
certain commodities the other railroads do
the same thing, so they will not lose the
business He admitted that this amounted
practically to a reduction Of the rate.
Mr.. Ives also admitted that the Wabash
railroad allows a certain grain man in the
elevator business at Toledo one-duarter OF
Wabash road. but that no similar allow
ance is granted grain dealers in st. Louis.
Frank T. Hefelfnger, head of the Peavey
elevator concerns. was recalled and was
questioned by Attorney Severance
IF the cost Of the elevation Of grain was
not as much as the one and One-Quarter
cents allowance you received, would you
not be receiving rebate on your grain as
well that Of your competitors?" he was
asked.
Absolutely not. The elevation costs
more than the allowance"
II say If it did. not cost more" was the
attorneys query.
THE facts do not permit Of any Ifs in
this case" answered the witness holly. ''Of
course, we are not in the business for fun,
and we get all the profit we can out of the
business
Attorney Rankin. for the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad Company, tes-
testified that by leasing to the Roseubaum
Grain Company for a nominal rental of 81
two elevators in Chicago owned by the road
much business had fallen to the road that
would not otherwise have been secured.
and that the road had ssalSo received about
$4,000 in extra switching charges
The hearing was adjourned to this city,
and arguments will be heard here Octo-
her 81.
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SHAW TALKED ON TRUSTS.
Addressed Large Audience at Hamil-
ton, Ohio, Mass Meeting.

ton, Ohio, Mass Meeting.
Secretary Shaw addressed large audi
ence at Hamilton, Ohio, last night. He
said In part:
"Mr. Bryan insists that the people have
no hope Of relief from the domination OF
trusts except in, through and by the dem
ocratic party. Patriot Henry said: 7
have but one lamp by which my feet are
guided, and that is the lamp of experience
Turning the lamp Of experience on the rec
ord of the democratic party. we observe
that Grover Cleveland, in his inaugural
address of March 4, 1885, made specific ref
erence to combinations commonly called
trusts and stated that the people can
hardly hope for any consideration in the
operation of these selfish schemes He
recommended no legislation on the subject
however, either then or thereafter; neither
did Congress pass any. Two days before
the expiration of his term of Office a COM
mittee Of the democratic House. appointed
to investigate the subject Of trusts. re-
ported:
That owing to present differences OF
opinion between the members of your COM
mittee. they limit this report to submitting
to the careful consideration of subsequent
Congresses the facts shown by the testi-
mony taken before your committee
This is the aggregate Of relief which
the people obtained from the first demo-
Following this came the administra-
ton of Benjamin Harrison. and the first
bill introduced in the Senate after his in
auguration was John Sherman's antitrust
bill, which passed both Houses and re-
ceived the signature of the President.
''Grover Cleveland was again inaugurat-
ed March 4, 1893, and in his inaugural ad-
dress he again referred to trusts, and said:
"These aggregations frequently consti-
tute conspiracies against the interests OF
the people, and in all their phases they are
unnatural and opposed to our American
sense of fairness.
I'm his final message Mr.. Cleveland re-
ferred to the subject of trusts, and adj
vised Congress that alt federal legislation
on the subject may fall short of its pur-
pose because of the complex character of
our government system, which, while max
ing the federal authority supreme in its
sphere, has carefully limited that sphere
by metes and bounds that cannot be trans
crossed
1.-The light of experience fails to disclose
anything from the hand of a democratic
Congress. or a democratic President or a
democratic candidate. except some indef-
mite platforms, high-sounding resolutions
and eloquent speeches"
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Cuba, Egypt. Poland and Turkey with
each; japan, Roumania, Wales and the
West Indies with each. and Arabia. Bull
garia, Nova Scotia and Persia with only l
each.
'Of the total arrested, II. 1868 paid fines;
4,464 were fined and sent to the work.
house in default: L. 766 were fined and sent
to jail in default. while the personal bonds
or "l41 were taken and were placed
under bonds. =
1T will be seen from these little figures
condensed and segregated that Major Syl-
yesterS force has lively time during
the course Of year. and that the recon-
mendation, which has so often been made
for suitable Increase in our police force
Is worthy Of the attention Of Congress. and
might we'll have been granted long ago."
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Disposition of the Cases.

Thus out Of the total 32.O16 arrested,
16,2O7 were white and 1880 colored; q, 500
were males and 4,323 females and among
these were 1888 illiterates who could not
read nor write. There were 11.415 married
males and 1928 single, which, so far as
these figures are concerned, proves that the
married man is the steadier of the two.
There were 1.7S2 married females as
against 2.5A of their unmarried s.e.ers.
AS to their nativity. 1896 colored were
born in this country and 13 S79 native
whites. ireland follows next with $50;
Greece, SOB: Germany, 3JS; Italy, 26S;
Russia 219; England, 107; Scotland. 49,:
China, ~: Austria, 80; France, 80; Canada.
20: Sweden, %; Switzerland. Ii; Prussia
-; Hungary. -: Denmark. IL; Norway
10; Spain, Z: Portugal. 8; Mexico. 8: Aus
traAa, Holland and Sicily with eaoh;
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manual training room in Sumner School
building at salary of 81 per month.
Transfer Robert Woodson from the
Briggs. School building to the Stevens
School building as assistant to the janitor.
with the understanding that said janitor
of the Stevens School building shall pay
to said Robert Woodson the sum Of $500
annually $50 per monthly for his services.
Transfer M. w. Dean. from assistant to
the janitor Of the Stevens School building
and appoint as janitor Of the Briggs
School building at salary of $500 per annum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
Women as Travellers.

From the Gentlewoman.
AS a matter of genuine fact women. in
nine cases out of ten. are better travel
ers than men are. To begin with, If not
so stodgily accurate. although that by no
manner of means follows, they are more
fluent in modern languages. They chatter
in them, say the male things. Ergo, they
are the more coiloquial-the reader to
circumvent the wiles and extortIons Of
Kellner or Of Garcon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
The "Bookie. :"
m the London Taller.

From the London TatIfr.
The popular idea prevailing among those
who do not take an active interest in the
Sport of kings is that bookmakers and the
entire racing army are a generally coarse
and low-living lot. THIS Is by no means the
case. Taken as body bookmakers are ex-
tremely temperate In their habits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
When Greek Meets Greek.

"It seems funny for policeman to arrest
policeman, but 1t wasn't SO funny to the
eleven wearers of the blue who walked as
prisoners to the station house. instead Of
leading prisoners thereto. We roped in one
deputy sheriff in the police corral for COM
pany. There were ninety-three lawyers
who afterward became their own clients
while fifty-seven physicians had to pre-
scribe way to get back to their offices at
the usual opening hours. Dentists were
more decorous and modest, numbering only
Ave. Thirty mine druggists. however. viO-
lated the law. There were eleven who gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
Public School Expt

1t was dark last evening when the board
of education. in session in the Franklin
School building, finished examination of
the seventeen typewriter pages of esti-
mates for the school year of 19O7-190S, pre-
pared by the ways and means committee.
Discussion was free and earnest and sew
eral little tits occurred before the list was
finally approved.
Superintendent Chancellor had carefully
examined the est mates and urged the
board to approve them. In taking this
action DR.. Chancellor presented the follow
ing Introductory remarks on the question
of local school expenses:
THE entire amount appropriated by Con-
gress for the District of Columbia for all
purposes for the year ending June 30, 1907,
was $10.205. 26S. IT, The entire amount ap-
propriated for public schools was 81. 1885,
SOIL This was twenty-one per cent of all
municipal expenditures.
Bulletin No. ~. Department of Labor,
SEPTEMBER. 1892. shows what proportion the
school expenditures are of the whole mu-
nicfpal expenses in ninety-s.x cities. The
report shows that twenty-four cities spend
more than thirty per cent of their revenues
for school purposes and nineteen cities be-
tween twenty-five and thirty per cent.
Washington at that time was spending
2l.95 per cent, and for the current year
Is spending p per cent. which indicates
purposes in Washington. while 1t has in
creased in the aggregate. has not kept pace
with the increased expenditure in other
departments.
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List of Other Occupations.

Architects. 2.
A ctors. 4.
Apprentices, 46.
Agents. 44S.
Barker" 1.
Brewers. 6.
Boatmen. II.
Bookbinders, IA.
Bell boys. IA.
BOilermakers, Is.
Barkeepers. 10.
Brokers. 20.
Bootblacks. 81.
|-BookkeeDers, %.
Buffers. q.
Brakemen.. 4S.
Bakers. 121.
BartenGerS, LIZ.
Butchers. 1874.
BARRIERS. 1919.
Bricklavers, -291.
Congressmen, 2.
Coppersmiths, 5.
CoOperS. 6.
CanvaSsers, 6.
Cigarmakers, 8.
Confectioners, II.
Caterers. IA.
CabinetmakerS, 16.
Collectors. %.
Coachmen. %.
Conductors, 67.
Contractors, $40.
Carpenters. 421.
Decorators, 3.
Craftsmen, Z.
Drummers, 8.
Dressmakers. 40.
Dairymen, 121.
Engravers. 5.
Elevator boys, 5.
Expressmen, II.
Electricians, u.
Engineers. 210.
Fishermen, 4.
Fakirs, 6.
Florists, 40.
Firemen. 124.
Foremen, IA.
Farmers, 243.
Gamblers. 2
Glaciers, 3.
Guides, 3.
Gardeners, Al.
Groeers, 151.
Horsemen, 4.
Hackmen, 8.
Harness makers,
Hodcarriers. IA.
Horse shoers, II.
Holsters, SO.
Hotel keepers, 90.
Hucksters, S65.
Inspectors, 2.
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their occupation as ministers. but not a
single capitalist fell into our hands, though
three said they were bankers.
There were PIG printers who failed to
show up at the case the next morning I'M
less they deposited collateral. l regret to
say that 16 of the guests of our department
owned up to being reporters. and one soil
tary individual declared that he was jour
nalist. Ten gave their occupations as
teachers. Fifty-five honestly confessed to
being thieves Although the city is full of
stenOgraphers, only four individuals gave
that calling their occupation. School
boys to the number of ST. and school girls
to the number of los were also-taken in for
various causes of minor character.
dozen marines had to put up some kind
Of story to their superior officers the next
day when they got back to the barracks,
and 425 soldiers were locked up Many of
the men at the nearby military stations
come up to town to have a good time. find
it. and later the straight military trail to
station house, No. l. usually.
There was one arrest made during the
year In the following occupations: Auc-
tioneer, brassflnsher, brickmaker, civil en-
gineer. cornice maker clockmaker, embalm-
err iagman, fortune teller, gasfitter. horse
dealer, interpreter, leather worker lithog-
rapher, miliner. organ grinder, pilot, pawn
broker. payer. ublisher. piano tuner, rod
man, SeamStreSS sexton, senator, steward
and veterinarian.
List Of Other Occupations.
I'm addition to the different and the prin-
cipal callings which 1 have given you. men
in various occupations will be interested in
knowing how theirs stand in comparison
with others. The following little list will
form a pretty good comparison. and show
how these things go In a big city. 1 will
arrange them alphabetically for conven-
fence sake and ready reference. and they
are as follows:
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Jewellers. 6.
Jockeys, s.
Junk dealers, %.
Janitors, %.
Letter carriers, 4.
Lathers. 4.
Linemen. 8.
Locksmiths, Z.
Liyerymen, 30.
Laundrymen, 43.
Laundresses, 45.
Model makers, 2.
Millers, ..
Mailcarriers. 2.
Musicians, 81.
Mechanics, "A.
Molders, 35.
Motormen, 30.
Managers, 113.
Messengers, 1S5.
Machinists. 331.
Nurses, 80.
Newsboys, fl.
Opticians, 3.
Operators. 20.
Promoters, 2.
Paper makers, 2.
Professors, ..
Photographers. 8.
Produce dealers. SO
Pensioners, AZ.
Paperhangers, SO.
Peddlers, 102.
Porters, 1876.
Plasterers, 210.
Plumbers, pa.
Painters. 472.
Restauraeteurs, 6.
Showmen. 2.
Skaters, 5.
Solicitors. 3:
Sail makers. Z.
Saloon keepers. 25.
Saddlers, y.
Superintendent. 8.
Stone masons, 25.
Students, Al.
Steamfitters. SIS.
Statesmen, 80.
Shoemakers, &.
Stonecutters. 81.
Sailors, 102.
TaXidermists, 2.
Touts, 3.
Telegraphers. 10.
Tile settlers. ID.
Tailors, 119.
Timers, 1TS.
Undertakers, .13.
IUpholsterers, 20.
Wallets, 3.
IWatchmen, q.
WATERS, 265.
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Changes in the night schools: Accept res
M. G. Lucas as teacher. appoint A. C.
more as teacher, appoint M. L. Martin as
teacher.
Appoint the following persons as teach
ers: E. Shipper to the first grade. A Wright
to the first grade, b. Shipper to the first
grade. M Hall to the second-frst grade,
W. A. Fair (substitute) as temporary
teacher of the first grade at salary Of
5000 per annum. for services rendered from
October 3 to Z. inclusive
Accept resignation of M. c. Brown, teach
er of the first grade, eleventh division, to
take effect from and after September so.
Promote the following persons: M. A.
Martin. from the sixth to the seventh
grade new; NJ. L. Tancil from the fifth
to the sixth grade; E. l. M. Hawkins, from
the fourth to the fifth grade: E. V. George,
from the third to the fourth grade. Com
bine the three small second grades into
two, thus releasing teacher, and promote
v Collier from the second to the third
grade.
Additional Recommendations.
Additional changes recommended by COM
mittee on teachers and janitors and ap-
proved:
Transfer o. L. White. at his own request,
from the Randall to the Slater School
building. and reduce from salary of 500
to 5000 per annum.
Transfer L. H. Wayne. from the Payne
to the Randall School building and promote
from salary of $500 to 500 per annum.
Transfer j. H. Gaines. from the Sumner
Manual Training to the Payne School
building and promote from salary of 81 per
month to $500 per annum.
Appoint Horace Gaines as janitor Of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-06
WEST LINCOLN.

j. F. Bubmire is having a kitchen
built.
Tom Newell will have a sale the
18th of this month.
Mrs. Barrett of Denison spent
Thanksgiving with relatives here.
Several of our citizens attended
church in Botna Sunday evening.
Thomas Concannon and John Kit
son began working for G. +. Weston
Monday Morning.
Julius Anderson formerly the
buttermaker of the Danway creamery
took possession of Liberty Dec. /.
The services which the Jensen'S gave
the company will never be forgot
ten by the people in this community.
When Oscar Jensen entered the cream
cry in 1902, twas nearly on the last
of its existence, but he Immediately
began to secure new cream routes, and
the result was that the creamery was
brought up to one OF the greatest
rural creameries in Shelby or Audit
bon counties. Oscars father Casper
has also showed himself worthy of
mention for his service to the cream
cry. For three years he has travelled
the road to Manning a distance of
nine miles on an average of twice
daily. He has encountered the terrible
winter storms, the rain, dust and sui
try days of summer. The farmers
and all his friends will regret to see
him depart. They left for Denmark
the first of the week to settle down in
their old home.