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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-05
One Body is Recovered at
 C0aIdaIs, w. Va
EXPLOSION HEARD FOR MILES
One Man Is Found Hundreds of Feet From the Mine-Reseuing Party Is Baked By Escap-
 ing Gas.

Bluefeld. N. Va. January 4.-,rwenty- one miners were killed in an explosion of mine gas in the shaft of the Cooper Mine company at Coaldale. W. Va. at noon today. Up to midnight only one body had been recovered. Immediately following the explosion, which was heard for several miles. resc-> parties set to work to explore the wrecked shaft
 Coaldale Is a mining town situated on the Norfolk and Western railway, and Is fifteen miles west of Bluefield. It is in Mercer county and wire facilities are inadequate.
 Blown Hundreds of Feet.
 Some idea can be formed as to the force of the explosion when several hours after the explosion one of the miners who could not be identified on account of being so badly mutiiated was found a distance of several hundred feet from the mines mouth having been blown there. together with a mining car. by the sx- plosion. News of the explosion soon spread through the coal fields and great party of miners from the numer- ous operations are gathering 10 assist in the rescue
 Gas Prevents Entrance to Mine.
 Up to ! o'clock tonight the reseuing party were unable to enter the mine on account of the great accumulation of gas which was pouring out at the drift mouth, and would mean death to all who attempted to enter. Other pumps are being rushed to the mine from other operations in the field, and it is hoped to have them in position by morning in order to force the gas through an en- trance. and enable the reseuing party to enter and recover the bodies of those, en- tombed. If all the men in the mine at the time of the explosion were not killed in- stanty. If would be impossible for them to live in the mine for any length of time on account of the gas.
 MT. Cooper, principal owner of tho mine, Is on the ground. and is sparng nothing to relieve the situation The fol- lowing are the dead, still buried in the mine:
 J. W. Larne. W Iarne. Jim Sluss. Laraz Atadar Hungarian: Anthony Bruce, Pole; H. C. Conrad. Silas White, John Patterson, Gus Harris, " T. Su- livan, William Price, William Ward. Walf ter Gwinn, Siph Gray, Sterling Williams, Albert Barnum. Nathan Hairston. Wi- liam Curry, Silas Harris, June Kelley, Lee Price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-05
Mexican Minister Dies.


 Mexico City. January 4.-Blas Eston- tra, minister of the department of Fo- mento, died this morning. aged 79 years. He was formerly governor of the state of San Louis Potosi. and had held cabinet position for nine months.
 any report of a revolver during the night when The bullet which killed his brother-in-law sped to it's mission, Charles Hitler said that he sleeps habit ually mnffeJ< in blankets. even to his head. as he IS naturally subject to chills. With his head thus covered he might not be aroused by even so sharp a sound as a revolver shot In the next room.
 Motive for Suicide.
 suggestion of motive for suicide was made this evening by A Maxcy Hitler during an interview. He asked:
 But have Mir. Edwards affairs with the General Chemical company, with the Pas saic Chemical company of which he was once treasurer been looked into? There they might find some motive for suicide. though l am sure 1 don't see what could have become of the weapon. If a weapon was really used. Now i know there was a tangle in the affairs of the Pas saic company for I lost 5000 in it on the "
 At this point MT. Hitler abruptly chang ed to a discussion of the doors in house on the morning after the murder, and refused to talk further about Mr. Ed wards financial affairs. Throughout the interview Mir. HilIer seemed positive that MT Edwards w64o lives with his wife and children in a beautiful home on Tenn pie street and Charles A. Hitler
 The latters home Is in Kansas and his family live there, but Judge Hitler has been in New Haven for some time. having been called here on account ee the ill-health of his mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-05
Wanted Appointment Himself.

From friend of the Hitler family 1t was learned today that Charles EIi- Ter and MT. and Mrs. Edwards were agreed in desiring the appointment of a New Haven banker as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Hitler. but that the appointment was opposed by A. Maxcy Miller. It Is said that the latter desired the appointment for himself
 h explanation of his failure to hear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
COD LIVER OIL.

ner of Baringhall and Gresham streets,
within stones throw of the Bank of Eng
land and the Royal Exchange, where real
estate is more valuable than anywhere else
in the world, there is building known as
Gresham Hail." capable of holding GOO per-
sons, and dedicated in 1915 by Sir Thomas
Gresham, the great financier, to the educa-
ton of the employees of merchants and
bankers in London. The building was de-
stroyed by fire in 1888 and rebuilt at cost
of $4,000. The will of Sir Thomas Gresham
requires three courses of lectures on diyin-
ity, law, physics. astronomy. rhetoric, math-
ematics and music. to be delivered annually
by eminent scholars and scientists, who re-
ceive 500 per lecture. They are delivered
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its music.
At New College IL one of the finest choirs
in the world. composed of eight salaried
lay clerks, all OF them accomplished mu-
.sicians, who are paid thousand dollars a
year, and have free lodgings and a pension
when they retire. and eighteen boys select.
ed for the quality of their voices. who are
boarded and clothed in the college, and are
being educated for choristers or clergy.nen.
All of their expenses are paid. at an aver
age cost of $50 per year for each boy.
This choir is supported from an endow.
ment from some rich graduate, and its sing
ing is unsurpassed. The singers. however.
are mostly drawn from the common people,
and the jealous students at Magdalen. which
is one Of the aristocratic colleges, declare
that they drop their his
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daily at noon, in order that the business
men in the banking district and their en-
ployes may have an opportunity to attend.
But the hall is always empty There is sell
dom any one there except the lecturer and
the janitor and the whole business has be-
come ridiculous but the terms of the will
must be fulfilled. The lecture must be de-
livered, whether any one hears 1t or not,
and the farce has been continued for more
than three hundred years. At first, we may
assume, the lectures were well attended,
and perhaps IL they were delivered at any
other place and at some more convenient
hour a reasonable number of persons might
take advantage of them. But II o'clock is
the busiest hour in. the day for business
men, and 1t would be Impossible for them
to dismiss their clerks at that time. Every
now and then somebody proposes to trans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02

of the colleges there are two services, morn
ing and evening At other colleges attend
ance at chapel is not required, except on
Sunday For example, at All Souls. which
is purely college of iaw-Blackstone' alma
mafer-and the soul of jurisprudence in Eng
land. there are services at 8 O'Clock every
morning. but nobody every attends except
the sBibe clerk" who reads the service.
You remember the story of Dean Swift,
who usually read the service to an empty
church. under similar circumstances. One
morning he noticed Roger, the janitor, Sit
ting in back pew, and in his whimsical
way he began:
!, Dear. beloved Roger. the Scripture NOV
eth us in sundry places" ETC., etc.
obeying Letter of the VIII.
In the very center of London, at the cor
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fer the Gresham lectures to London Uni
versity or some other of the educational in
stitutions and erect on the site of the hall
an Office building that would bring a large
income. which might be used for the benefit
of mankind, but the "Wardens and Com
monalty of the Mystery of Mercers. or
dry goods dealers, who are the trustees of
the estate, insist upon observing the terms
of the will to the very letter
Fine College Choirs. :.
Two of the colleges at Oxford have very
fine choirs At Balliol there is congrega-
tional singing. The choir at Magdalen
Chapel is composed of students In the mu-
steal school and boys who are being edu-
Gated there. The college 70 very proud Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
Long Vacations.

American college men who visit Oxford
are always surprised at the short period
of residence required There are three
terms. of eight weeks each. and twenty
eight weeks of vacation. The long vacation
begins in June and ends in October, about
sixteen weeks. and there are two other va
cations of six weeks each at Christmas ant
Easter. But serious students do much o.
their hardest work in their college rooms
during the vacations, when there are no lee
lures to attend and no social and athletic
attractions to interfere with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02

One day an old friend said: Are you
troubled with constipation?' | said, Yes;
have been for 2oyears and [ don't ever ex-
pect to be cured" He told me to go to the
drug store and get bottle of e. Z.
Tablets After using them for three
weeks was satisfied had at last found
the right medicine - the only one for
me-" 100 doses IS cents. AT your drug
gist's.
5oc Thermometer and Barometer free
with every bottle of sc. Z. Tablets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
Attendance at Chapel.

Some of the colleges require daily attend
ance at chapel. others do not. The regu-
lations usually depend upon the disposition
of the head of the college If he Is a man
of great piety and rigid ideas concerning
regular devotions he requires the students
to attend divine service daily and in some
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
Civil Service Examination.

The United States civil service
commission announces that on May
a, 1906, at the u. S. district court
room in this city, an examination
will be held for all grades in the
custom house service.
Age limit, 20 years or over.
The examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
comply with the requirements.
For further information, address,
a. \. Browne, secretary board of
examiners, at the custom house,
Brownsville, Texas, or H. \.
Leche, secretary Tenth civil ser
vice district, New Orleans, La.
No application will be accepted
unless properly executed and filed
in complete form at New Orleans.
La, prior to April 9, 1906.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
If You Are a Lover

OF good bread, pies, cakes and
rolls call at Clay's bakery, Sixth
and Levee streets. l also sell
Fleischnann's compressed yeast,
the best in the world for bakers
or famile use. l endeavor to sell
nothing but the best that money
and skilled labor can produce. ard
extend to the public a cordial in
vitation to inspect my bakery and
methods of bread making at any
time. l am here to serve YOU and
must have your trade. Call or
phone No. 81. Mail orders receive
my personal attention.
T. 7. CLAY.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
Notice.

1 am now ready to receive rendi-
tons of property for the current
year, 1906. Same must be present
ed to me at my Office at the court
house. E. CAVAZOs,
Tax Assessor Cameron Co.. Texas.
Notice.
I hereby revoke the power Of at
torney heretofore rendered to Ful-
gencio Buitureira and hereafter all
transactions viii be settled with the
undersigned.
MARTIN GONZALEZ.
Brownsville, Tex, Feb. Il, 1906.
2-19-5-7
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
PERSONALS.

Miss Petra Champion want to
Point Isabel yesterday for a few
days stay.
John Alcedo returned last night
from attending the carnival at
Monterey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Laulom
were among passengers from the
Point yesterday afternoon.
THE HERALD is glad to an
nounce that Mrs. NJ. Douglas has
recovered from a few days illness.
J. S. Billy, of the U. S. Coast
& Geodetic survey, was among the
arrivals i'll Brownsville Yesterday.
F. H. Hogue, a commission man
from Chicago, was among the ar
rivals in the city yesterday after
noon.
John F. Shepley returned last
night from a few days visit to
Monterey and left this morning for
Corpus Christi.
J. S. Graham, travelling auditor
OF the Gulf Coast Line, spent last
night in Brownsville, and went
out this morning.
Judge Stanley WEIGH who has
been holding court here the past
four weeks left for his home at
Corpus Christi this morning.
Mrs. J. Dreyfuss and Miss Gle
mentina Meyer returned yesterday
afternoon from New Orleans,
where they''have been attending the
Mardi Gras festivities.
Emil Wise, Louis Brulay, n. G.
Schlamm, of Brownsville, and F.
L. Greer, of Bloomington, Wis,
returned last night from a visit to
Monterey, and report a pleasant
trip.
J. r. Dougherty and ]. c.
Beasley, two we'll known attorneys
of Beeville, arrived in Brownsville
yesterday afternoon to look after
their real estate interests in this
section. They report everything
fourishing in the good county
of Bee.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
! am Ready if You Are.

Ready with a superb line OF
Royal Tailoring. Samples just re-
ceived. Ready to show you the
best line of goods for suits or
pants ever put out by any concern.
If you want a suit or pants made
to measure, perfect in workman
ship, perfect in fit, let me take your
order. Satisfaction guaranteed,
insuring absolute perfection OF
fit. STYLES are the very latest.
5-2.wk. Thomas R. Tumlinson
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06

The Catholic Knights of America
viii meet at St. Joseph's college
tonight at $50.
Still the demand comes for rent
houses. A man who has the means,
could find profitable investment by
building q dozen desirable cottages.
The work of stock-taking goes
uerrily on at McDonald's Depart
ment store, and when completed
Mr.. Snipes will be ready to accom-
modate the public.
There is a mud hole at the cor
ner of Jefferson and 14th streets
which is bad for the inhabitants of
that portion of the city. 1t is re-
spectfully called to the attention
of the city council.
The soldier boys at Fort Brown
are preparing to give minstrel
performance at the opera house on
March II. A good program has
been arranged and pleasant en-
tertainment is promised.
Work on the handsome residence
Of George NJ. Kennedy to be erected
on Elizabeth street will begin as
soon as the plans and speciica-
ton, which are now in course of
preparation, are completed.
a new awning being put up in
front of Whitman 5 Pharmacy, and
other improvements and repairs on
Elizabeth street, such as new coats
of paint, etc, add much to the at
tractiveness of that thoroughfare.
Parties having houses to rent
would do well to let the fact be
known through the columns of
THE HERALD. Constant inquiries
are received at this Office for dwell
ing places, and we can help you to
rent your houses.
Another deal has been consum-
mated whereby n. n. Mcdonald
purchases of S. c. Tucker, his
place two miles from the city, con
sisting of about 100 acres, a part
of which is in cultivation. The
land IS on a large resaca, and
pumping plant of sufficient capac-
ity to irrigate the entire tract,
was a part of the improvement.
The land is very productive and
Mr.. Mcdonald will diversity to
considerable extent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
Lent and Easter.

Easter Sunday is a movable fes-
tival, and cannot happen earlier
than April IS, but between these
dates il has a range of thirty-fve
days. At the time of the Council
of Nice, A. D. 325, it was agreed
by the representatives present that
from that time forward Easter
should fall on the first Sunday af-
ter the full moon occurring on or
next after March 21, or, in other
words, on the first Sunday after
the sun crosses the line which
it does on the 21st of March. Since
above arrangement was adopted by
the great ecclesiastical council re-
ferred to. Easter has fallen on
March p. and on every other date
between that and April IS, but it
is emily after long intervals of time
that it occurs on its extreme dates.
In 1886 Easter fell on April IS, its
latest possible date, an event which
had not before occurred during the
nineteenth century, and which will
not occur again until the spring of
1e43. The last time Easter fell on
its earliest date was in 1918. This
will not happen again during this
century or the next. In 1895 East
er fell on March IS.
In the Roman Catholic, Greek
and Episcopal churces, Lent is OBJ
served; it covers the forty. days
from Ash Wednesday to Easter
eve. and is considered as time
during which certain worldly prac-
tees are to be intermitted.
The trees and flowers are
clothing themselves in springtime
verdure, and it does one good 10
get into the country and take a
few deep breaths of fresh ozone.
The song of birds and the busy
drone of bees is music to the ear,
and reminds you that now IS the
time to otet down 10 work
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
Notice.

A stated communication Of Rio
Grande Lodge No. 81, a. F. & A.
NJ, will be held tonight at 7:3C
All members are requested to be
present and visiting brethren GER
daily invited. BY order of Benz.
Kowalski, ". NJ.
II. Cooke. Secretary.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-03-06
Weather Report.

New Orleans, Mar. 6.-Tonight
and Wednesday. rain; colder
Fresh westerly to northerly WINDS.
CLINE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-15
BE COUGHED UP WOOL.
Then the Lump in Won Claims Groin Dis
appeared and He Got Better.

Then the Lump in Won Claims Groin Dis
appeared n He Got Better.
DR.. Charles II. Ball of 1910 Garden street,
Hoboken, said last evening that q patient
who came to him for treatment for alnmp
in his groin got over his trouble after cough
ing up bunohes Of red flannel fuzz for two
days. Phe young man who ooughed up
the woollen goods was George Won Claim,
an employee at the Hoboken paper mill, In
Eighth street. Won Claim was greatly
alarmed when he discovered that the lump
was movable aud consulted the physician.
The doctor discovered incidentally that
he had bronchial trouble and gave him some
medicine. The patient was seized later
with a coughing fit and raised bunohes Of
the woollen stuff In large quantities. He
kept at 1t of and on for two days and then
felt better. He IL now getting well.
DR., Ball said he was not prepared to eay
whether all the fuzz came from the lungs
or stomach. He declared he never saw a
case like it before and is keeping samples
of the woollep stuff as a curiosity. When
asked what relation the lump In the groin
had to the macerated red flannel he re-
piled:
Il really DO not know; but / do know that
II disappeared after Won Claim ooughed
up the fuzz.'
Won Claim says he inhaled flying part-
oles Of fuzz In the paper mill n the stuff
formed into little woolly balls somewhere
In his Internal machinery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-15
A LOVE STORY IN THE LINE.
Told by q Velvet Cune ed German Applicant
for Naturalization.

In the line of foreigners who faced
humiliation Clerk John L. Donovan in the
Federal Building yesterday was a young
German, with wide velvet cuffs on his rain
coat, who said he was George D. Won
Soheelje ~Sollhaben, now Of 25 West 125th
street. He speaks English huently.
Il came to America said h German
because ] want to mako money enough
to go back nome and marry the girl for
whose sake / gave u p my family. My father
went to st. Petersburg thirty-four years
ago and became Chancellor Of the Uni
versity Of St. Petersburg. was educated
in Germany. My fathers home Is near
Bremen. and from the local gymnasium
/ went to the School of Commerce in
Cologne. Then l served a long apprentice
ship In a German banking house. After |
had finished my training l went home for a
visit during the holidays in January, 1905"
While In St, Petersburg, he went on,
he was naturally curious to see what was
going on. That was in the days when
tionists. His father warned him to stay
indoors, but one day the young German
and his brother went out to see the ex-
element. There was a great crowd in the
Nevsky Prospekt and thither the two went.
The soldiers ordered the mob to disperse.
The crowd refused to bulge. Then the
Cossacks charged and the brother wa
shot through the heart. George was
knocked backward into an areaway with
his jaw broken and his whole cheek laid
open by a sabre stroke,
After a time they got him home, IN
conscious and nearly dead from loss OF
blood. He recovered slowly, and much to
the vexation Of his father fell in love with
his nurse. Meantime the father had fallen
into disfavor and was forced to fee to
Finland in disguise.
About the last thing he said to his sur
viving son was: You must choose between
the girl and your family So the boy
chose the girl and came to America to get
enough to marry on. He hasn't got it
yet, he said. He has been a waiter, has
done house painting and dish washing,
and clerked in a crockery store at 50 a
for one-bankinR preferred.
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MOCK DUCK is FREE.
Tom Lee, Greatly Worried, Says Peace In
Chinatown Is at IN End.

Mock Duck, the former head Of the Flip
Sing Tong, was released yesterday from the
lombs, where he has been locked up for
three months, His release was the signal
Tor great rejoicing by the Hip Sing men.
The On Long Tong showed great anxiety.
Mock Duck left the prison shortly before
noon, and Immediately after a receipt was
presented to Warden Flynn, showing that
1900 cash bail had been deposited with the
GSlty Chamberlain. This bail was fixed by
recorder COT on Thursday in the Court
o. General Sessions, at the request Of Ducks
Upon leaving the Tombs Nook Duck
sad he had done with fighting and would
,emain at peace with all Cinnamon in the
Less than an hour after Mock Ducks
TTelease Tom Lee, the boss Of the On Leong
long, made his appearance in the Criminal
.o9rts Building, He had heard all about it
ana wanted to wee one of the General Ses-
Sons Judges to have Mock Duck promise
not 70 do any shooting, Tom was very
much disappointed when told the Judges
haa gone for the day. He said there would
%ho peace in Chinatown while Mock Duck
was out ri Jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-15
4 MoRruARY erFr.
Clergyman Awaiting Death and Wishing to
he Cremated Gets an Urn for His Ashes.

clergyman AWbiuHB Deutn anu WlsdhnB 70
BE Cremated Gets an Urn for His Ashss.
M1DDLETowN, N. Y, April A.-Afhicted
with cancer Of the face and hourly expect
ing death the Rev. Charles M. Winchester,
a clergyman, widely known throughout
this State, Rhode Islandand Massachusetts,
sits in a pleasant room at his homo IN this
city making plans for the disposal OF his
remains, He has for some time been max
ing ready for his departure and has left
strict injunctions that his body shall be
oremated. He talks freely with friends
about his death, and one OF them, Charlee
H. George Of Providence, r. l., a boyhood
friend, has sent him a handsome and costly
urn Of copper, In which his ashes will rest.
The urn Is Of classic design, with handles
Of hammered antique bronze. Inside Is q
brass receptacle, holding perhaps two
quarts. The Rev. Mr.. Winchester has
had the following inscription engraved on
the r
Here repose the ashes Of Rev. Charles
M. Winchester, q Christian minister, Provi-
denoe, r. l., Boston, Mass, Brockton,
Mass, Middletown, N. Y. This Is a gift
of undying love from Charles H. George,
Providence, r. /.