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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
GREATEST CARE
IS BEING TAKEN
Men Who Escaped From the Cour-
rieres Mine Rapidly Gaining
Their Strength.

Lens, March 31-The survivors of
the Courrieres mine disaster of March
10 who were brought to the surface
from pit No. 2 yesterday, passed a
good night. Their condition is much
ameliorated despite yesterdays excite
ment. The doctors do not find that
they are suffering from fever except
the youngest man, Anselme Provost,
whose temperature is slightly above
normal. The floors of the hospital
where the rescued men are being treat
ed are covered with straw TO prevent
noise and the patients are kept in
semi-darkness. The families of the
patients are admitted to see them for
very brief periods.
Provost Had Sharp Ears.
When the project visited the men,
Nemy, the leader of the rescued party,
said:
Il have some additional details to
give. My mine boy. Provost. was in
jured by the explosion, and 1 was
obliged to lead and carry him during
our search for tae outlet. His sharp
ears heard three responses to our calls.
Afterward 1 heard men using pick
axes and Provost raped on a water
pipe To this we received repeated
anSweringS. 1t was the noise made
by a working party which guided US
out"
Mine Full of Gas.
The work of the salvage parties is
delayed owing to the exhaustion of the
men and the increasing danger from
carbonic gas An analysis of the air
in the mine this morning showed it to
be heavily charged with carbonic gas.
An engineer named Weiss. who super
intended the excavations in Paris dur
ing the search under the auspices OF
General Horace Porter for the body of
Admiral Paul Jones, is superintendine
the salvage work at COurrieres
Nemy is the hero of the hour and a
movement is on foot to have the gov
ernment decorate him with the Cross
of the Legion of Honor.
The survivors of the Courrieres dis
aster have Joined in sending teIe-
gram to Hern. Prussia. thanking the
German salvage corps for its assist
ance-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
CLEANING DAY AT SPOKANE

Spokane. Wash. March 31.-Twenty
thousand persons Of all ages took part
today in the greatest city cleaning move
ment ever known in a western commu-
nitv 1t was the most general movement
ever started in Spokane
1t is estimated that 5000 trees were set
out during the afternoon. one syndicate
painted LOCO trees. The movement was
planned and directed by the city beau
tiful committee of the 10000 club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
THE DEATH RECORD.
A. 3. Keith, Sr.

Butte, Mont. March 31.-A. B. Keith
ST.. recently editor of the Butte Miner,
and one of the prominent newspaper
men of the northwest. died here today
of heart failure, aCed 81.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT.
CSDeciaI to The HeraldD

Washington, March 31.-President
Roosevelt has signed the joint resolu-
ton passed by the senate and house
postponing the opening of the ShOshone
Indian reservation until Aug. 10 next.
The resolution provides that the res
ervation may be opened at an earlier
date if deemed advisable by the pres
ident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
Howard {. Babcock.

Helena, Mont, March 3t.-Howard Z.
Babcock. a we'll known Helena merch-
ant died today at Lake Geneva, Wis.
aged 40 years. He was a native of
Monmouth, Ill, and came here twenty
Years ago from Denver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
Larsen Is Identified.

About ten minutes after the shot was
fired about fifty men were on the scene.
Frank Chandler was among the crowd.
and he Identified Larsen. Chandler said
that he had known him since bOyhoOd
and was positive in his Identification.
Chandler had been visiting friends in
the southeastern part of the town and
was on his way home when he saw the
patrol wagon drive up on the southeast
corner of the city and county building.
Officer Price notified Judge G. B. Dfehi.
who came to the scene in a carriage He
examined the corpse and ordered it taken
to Evans undertaking parlOrs- The bull
let, " mich entered the left lung, evidently
passed through the heart, causing instant
death An autopsy will be held by City
Physician NJ. r. Stewart.
Frank Chandler, who identified the
body said last night, before leaving the
scene where Larsen was killed:
Il have known Larsen for years, and
he has always been considered a good
man. I never knew him to drink. and he
was always a Woodworking man. He is
a married man and has two or three
small children"
An effort was made early this morning
to reach his widow. but the police were
unable to arouse the family. Mr.. Chand-
Ter remained at the undertaking parlOrs
this morning, and later notified Larsen S
widow of his death
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
Preyed Upon His Mind.

These troubles worked uDon his
mind, until he became mentally un-
balanced. About two months ago he
became extremely morose and claimed
to be i'll, and at times gave strong in
cliEatons that he might destroy his
own life. For some tine past he has
beer living alone, his wife having
gone on trip to Italy, but several of
his fellow cOuntrymen occupied rooms
in the same house. These men. MOTTO
ing that he had left his room about 3
o'clock Friday evening and that he
did not return, became alarmed for his
safety and went in search of him. but
not finding him returned about u
o'clock, deciding to give up the search
until morning. At daylight the posse
started out again.
At this time one of the searchers.
named Joseph TairO. came upon the
deceased who was standing at the
mouth of the open shaft. When Tairo
was about thirty feet away he said:
Pete, l have something to say to
you Caido made no answer. but re-
moved his coat and hat, throwing
them on the ground. Tairo approached
the man, and when about twenty feet
away, Caido said:
eff you want to talk to me. talk from
there; but don't come near
Made HeadIong Leap.
Tairo stepped forward when Caido
made n headlOng leap into the Shaft
and disappeared
Word of the suicide was brought to
Mercur about 10 o'clock, and about
fifty men volunteered to recover the
body. Ropes were secured and a
windlass constructed by means of
hich Jack Muliin and Billy Sullivan
were lowered II the bottom of the
shaft and the mangIed remains of the
SIlicide raised to the surface
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
ITALIAN JUMPS
OFF THE EARTH
Suicide of Peter Caido, Who Takes a
Headlong Plunge Into 100
Foot Shaft at Mercur.
especial to The Herald1

Mercur, March S1.-Peter Caido, an
Italian, was instantly killed today at
o'clock by jumping with suicidal in
tent into an open shaft $50 feet deep
on ROver's fat about a mile and a half
from this place. For years the de-
ceased has had periodical rows with
his wife which Were of such a serious
nature as TO cause the interference of
neighbors, and on one occasion leading
to his public whipping by some of the
women of the town At the time of
his death he was under bonds to keen
the peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
SHOT AS HOLDUP
BY A MISTAKE
John F. Larsen Is Killed by Colored
Waiter Through an
Error.
NEAR THE JOINT BUILDING
MAN WHO DOES SHOOTING GIVES
HIMSELF UP.

A l.. Coleman, a colored waiter at the
wilson cafe, shot and killed John F.
Larsen 634 South Fifth East street, man
aSer or the G. o. ID. Commission com
pany, at 12:35 o'clock this morning in the
city and county building grounds Cole
man says that Larsen acted suspiciousIv
and attempted to hold him up Larsen
was identified by Frank Chandler 49,
South West Temple STREET, who saws that
ne mas known Larsen since he was a boy
me bullet fired by Coleman entered
the dead mans right lung and. passing
through his heart killed him instantly
LarSen'S body was taken to S D. Evans
undertaking parlOrS and was further
Identified by letters which were found
on his person, addressed to y. f Larsen.
manager of the c. o. D. Commission
company"
As soon as Coleman fired the fatal
Shot he ran to his home at 503 South Sec
ond East street, and told his wife He
then ran to the Court saloon at Fourth
South and State streets and called up
the ponce coleman waited for the ar
rival of the patrol wagon. and went to
the southeast corner of the city and
county building. where the body was "
ing in pool of blood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
Statement by Coleman.

Patrol Driver Earl Ripley and Police
OIhcer William Price went with the pa
trO- wagon. When interviewed early this
morning by d Herald reported Coleman
said:
Il was going home from work when l
met the man on the northwest corner
OF the city and county building. He was
standing behind tree and as / ap-
preached him he stepped out in front OF
me. When he die this ! thought he was
going to hold me up. / ran across the
lawns around the west side of the build
ing | saw him dart back into the shad-
ow of the trees on the north side of the
building. When ] reached the east side
OF the building 1 saw him crouching be
hind a pine tree L called out to him
and asked him what he was trying to
DO. He started after me and 1 backed
down to the walk at the entrance which
leads directly south from the building.
He made run at me and 1 shot him
down.
When I first met the man on the
northwest side of the building 1 pulled
my gun out of my pocket l did not
know what / was up against, and l shot
him as he advanced toward me. / gave
myself UP to the police as soon as I
fired the shot | am innocent of commit
ting any crime"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01

Something to laugh at in TO-
days Herald. Something to in
struct, something to entertain
and, If you'll study the ads
closely, you Il find something
to make you money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01

The circulation in the
home is the circulation
which counts for the ad-
VertiSer. The Herald is
"her" paper.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
NOSE DANCER CURED

Mr.. A. Garfield of TecumSeh, Nj,
suffered with severe cancer Of the los
He mas been entirely cured by Dr. n
O'Connor and will answer any w
ouiries from other sufferers. Hna
him and at the same time send sm
description of the cancer to III !
O'Connor, Lincoln. Neb, he can u l'
vor. His charges are reasonable nl
terms of payment easy
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
STORY OF TWO BOLD PIRATES
Jean and Pierre lafitte Flourished
Early in the Last Century

Memories of Jean and Pierre La
fitte, the famous pirates of the gulf
of Mexico a century since have been
recalled by the appearance at New
orleans OF a charcoal schooner be.
iieyed once to have been the pirates
ship. Now the schooner is called the
DR.. Franklin, but in the old days be-
fore she was rebuilt to give her
carrying capacity at the expense of
her whlte-winged speed, she was La
Belle Marie. What a name for q
pirate ship. And Jean or Pierre La.
fitte-what a name for a pirate, In
Bayou Sarataria and other bays and
'niets near the mouth of the Missis.
sippi the Lafittes quartered the light
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01

craft, quick to gain the high seas and
qMck 10 run to cover with their prey
They watched the trade in the gulf,
especially preying upon the ships
from Tampico and Vera Cruz, Mex.
These ships carried good cargoes, and
after capturing one of them the La
fittes would smuggle the booty into
Bayou Barataria, and then, through
labyrinth of lakes and bayous, up to
New Orleans, where it was sold I'M
der cover. In the years from 1911 to
1915 this pirate traffic was at its
height, and it was then that La Belle
Marie is believed to have been built
Mystery cloaks the origin of the
Lafittes, as 1t does their end Born
somewhere in France, and afterward
suffering at least fancied hardships in
an English prison, Jean LATTE cher
ished an implacable hate against the
English. According to some accounts
his only acts OF piracy were commit
ted against English vessels. But in
1914 the pirates had become hard
pressed. Pierre Lafitte was in prison
in New Orleans, and there were IS
indictments for piracy in the federal
court against Jean Lafitte. The Brit
ish were then preparing to make a
descent on our southern coast, and
an offer was made by the British
commander to Jean Lafitte of 100000
and the command of a fine ship if he
would fight against the Americans
Lafitte dissembled, and asked for time
to consider. Actually he Immediately
wrote to Governor Claiborn of Louisi.
ana warning him of the threatened
invasion, and offering his services in
defense of Louisiana, on the condi-
ton of amnesty to all his followers
The condition was finally agreed to,
and at the battle of New Orleans, jan
uary s, 1915, the Lafittes and their
Barbarian desperadoes gave Andrew
Jackson important aid, especially with
their artillery, in defeating the Brit
ish. President Madison then con-
| firmed the amnesty.
| 1t is generally believed that Jean
Lafitte returned to his old pursuits,
and formed second piratical head
quarters near the present city of
Galveston, which was broken up in
1891 by naval force under lieuten
ant, afterward commodore, Kearny
But the stories of the end of the two
brothers are as various as of their
birth. That which is established is
their piracy and their service in the
battle of New Orleans. 1t is a 70
mantle story, and the Lafittes, tC
credit tradition, were romantic men
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
HAS HALF THE RAILWAY MILE
AGE OF THE WORLD.
international Commerce is Fifteen
Times as Much as at Beginning of
Last Century, While Population
Has Little More Than Doubled.

lii the annual report on the trans
portation routes and systems OF the
world, compiled by the bureau of sta
tstics of the department of commerce
and labor. which has been sent out
from Washington, it is shown that the
United States leads the world in the
railroad mileage and development of
railway systems. The report points
out that of the total railway mileage
of the world, aggregating in 1904
$4,000 miles, there was in the United
States 2ll,074 miles; European Rus
STA, 35.323 miles; Germany, 32,967
miles France. 2S,102; India, $3.50;
Austria, 24,l20; the United Kingdom,
1854; Canada, 1861; Africa, 49,
$50; Australia, 14,113; Argentina, H.
$50; Mexico, 1885, Italy, 1928;
Brazil, 1858; Sweden, 1897; Siberia,
Manchuria and other former Asiatic
possessions of Russia, 1922; Japan,
4,49S, and China, 1.175.
The growth of the railways in the
United States has been very rapid.
Beginning in 1885 with 1000 the
number steadily grew and in the
decade 1S65-1S75 it doubled and then
rapidly came up to the present mum
Der, which represents the outlay of
$ll,I5O,000 of an aggregate cost of
$4,000, 100000 for the entire world.
me amount of passenger and freight
traffic has increased considerably dur.
ing the last year. The railways trans.
ported 719,654,951 passengers and L.
30o,000,0O0 tons of freight. In 1888
the number of passengers carried was
35l,427, 68S, and freight, 437 900. 900
tons.
The influence the improvement of
means OF transportation on land and
water has on the trade of the world is
discussed Under the newly created
transportation systems of the last cen.
tTy which have developed the in.
terror OF continents and made merch.
antable many commodities which
formerly would not bear the cost of
transportation the report saws
the international commerce of the
world is today about fifteen times as
much as at the beginning of the last
century, while the worlds population
is but two and one-half times as much
| as at that time, the commerce OIL
the worlds population, as a whole
having thus grown from less thar
$3.50 per capita in 1900 to nearly ST.
per capita at the present time"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
CLEANERS AND OVERS

WOOD, j. C., & CO., successors \
Soukup & Wood. Expert cleaei
and dyers, 1920 n ST., Lincoln, yA
Phones: Auto 1892, Bell III, Nd
order work carefully ATTENDED b
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01
Agents Wanted Everywhere

New sook THE FREE PASS BRIBERY
SYSTEM" This book viii be seller Every
body will want it, You can make $1,000 per
month For particulars address, The hide
pendent.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-01

), So ; e'':'e:':''':d:!:!!!OafS
est, heaviest,
best yielding Oats are Rstekin's Reliable Grown,
Pure stock, Ratekin's New Sensation, Early
Champion, White Russian and Texas Red
Rust proof. Write FOR big catalog. gives full de-
seriptions OF these oats, and oil farm seeds, free
A postal will bring 1t. Address kATEklNS
SEED HOUSE, Box "a, Shenandoah. Ia
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
PASSENGERS, IN WRECK
HAVE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

Newburgh, N. Y, =: July 3o.-Two
wrecking crews are clearing the de-
bris Of the wreck Of the New York
Central's Pacific express. which ran
into a landslide one mile south Of
Newburgh at 1880 last night, result
ing in the death Of Edward Wells, the
engineer, of Albany, and Edward War
rem, fireman, Of New York, and in
none Of which will prove fatal. w.
The wreck was the worst that has
occurred on the Hudson river division
since the New York tunnel disaster. It
seems miraculous that there were no
casualties or serious injuries among
the passengers, especially with regard
to the twenty or more who were in the
combination smoking and baggage cal
which, when the locomotive turned
over after ploughing for forty feet into
fallen down upon the track, shot up
ward and then, turning almost at right
angles, came down across all three
tracks.
Joseph Shine Of Poughkeepsie. WIT
was in the forward part Of the smoker
felt the floor knocked from under hin
and as the car landed without turning
over he was dropped into the river ant
swan ashore uniniured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
LIFE.SAYER A HERO
AS YACHTS CAPSIzE
Herford Inlet Man Saves Score
When Squat overturns Boat
Eight Perish.

Anplesea, N. j., July 3O.-Two yachts
coming in from the fishing banks cap
sized on HEREFORD inlet bar off here
yesterday, and eight persons lost their
lives. There were thirty-two persons on
one yacht, Of whom fourteen were lost,
and twelve on the other Of whom all
That not more fell victims to the
rough sea was due to the heroism Of
CAPTAIN Henry S.sLundlam Of the Her
ford inlet life-saving station, and q
crew of five men:
The weather in the morning was
ideal and all fishing boats took out
large crowds to the fishing banks
After noon a brisk breeze sprung up
and the captains of the small craft
hoisted sail and started for home. Most
of the fleet got. in without mishap.
The Nora had gone to Five Fathom
bank. When the wind began to freshen
Captain shivers decided it was time
the baT
and approached it with caution. The
sand obstruction is about mile from
! shore Just as he was about to 90 over
it a heavy squat struck the Nora.
Despite the efforts of the captain the
craft heeled over and was hit by a
huge wave. The wind and the wave
coming together was more than the
yacht could stand and it turned turtle,
throwing the thirty-two occupants into
the sea. The mast snapped like a reed
Shortly after the survivors of the
Nora were brought ashore another
size about a mile above the place
where the Nora went over. There were
several boats in the vicinity at the
time, ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
One Fare for the Round Trip TIC Can.
non Valley Points via Great
D~S1

Every Saturday and Sunday during
May, June, July, August, September
and October. For further information
apply to R. II. Heard, Gen Il Agent, cor.
Nicollet avenue and Fifth street, Min.
neapolis. -. 80 tlfE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30

j =. - Years.
=: Owatonna, MINI, July eo.-Mrs. Ma
RE Gross, grandmother of Mrs. John
McMichael, last week celebrated the
anniversary Of her one hundredth birth.
day, which came on the Goth. Many
invited relatives and friends of the
aged woman and Of the family of John
McMichael were present to assist in
the celebration and also to witness the
marriage of Miss Lula McMichael,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. McMichael,
and the great-granddaugh liter of Mrs.
Cross. to John 1nman. After the we'd
ding ceremony, which took place at
reception was held in honor Of Mrs.
Gross. .e.. q - .-..ss,~ s...--'.s -
Mrs. Marie Gross was born July 20,
1906, at Saratoga, N. Y. Her maiden
name was Abe and her parents were
Of colonial ancestry. At the age of 20
she was married to Daniel Gross, who
died in 1879. They had four children,
of whom three are living-Gilbert Gross
Of Owatonna, aged 76, in. June; Mrs.
Melvina Newton of Oshkosh, Wis, aged
"a; and Oscar Gross of Minneapolis,
veterans Of the civil war. Her father
was a soldier in the war of 1912. There
are now living five generations Of her
family, three children, two grandchil-
dren, forty-nine Observation-Disclosures,
and nine Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Gross remembers the leading
events of her childhood, the war of
1912, the building of the Erie canal and
other important events in American
history. She has for many years been
devout member Of the Methodist
church. 49, 81 gs-....-s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
BURGLARS WORK LIKE
TR0JANS;; GET But So
Special to The Journal.

Great Falls, Mont, July 30.-Two
daring robberies were committed in this
city last night, supposedly by two men,
both of whom were masked. The total
amount secured, AFTER much hard work
on their part, was So.
The robbers first went to the place Of
Jackman & Downing, at 513 Second
avenue S. They found safe there
weighing about $50 pounds, which they
carefully rolled out to a place Of safe
ty, when they placed it inside of a
big refrigerator and drove away with
it. Later they blew the refrigerator
and safe into atoms with giant powder
and were rewarded by finding $3.50 as
the only contents.
They also visited the place Of J. P.
Reagan at 500 Fifth avenue s, where
Mccormick and her daughter saw two V,
men wearing masks and gave the alarm,
but, as yet the burglars have not been
captured. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
QUALITY OF WOOL GOOD
$se1, 46o Paid for Fleeces at Dickin
son, N. D., the Present Season.

1881, 400 Paid 1tf fIeeces at D1cK1n-
son. N. D., the Present Season.
Special to The Journal.
Dickinson, N. D., July 9O.---Another
tributary to Dickinson Is closed. The
woods were Of fine quality this year,
but the average weight, 81 pounds a
fleece, was disappointment. It was
expected that the wool marketed in
Dickinson for 1906 would reach the
that feeces averaged fully one pound
lighter than year ago, the total
reaches but 100000 pounds, practi-
cally the same amount as last year.
The average price a pound this year
has been % cents against 90 cents for
1905. Thus the amount received in
1906 for wool at this point has been
1891 400.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-30
OPERATION FATAL TO BOY
Shock Kills Ray McMaster at Charles
City, Iowa.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Charles City, Iowa, July 3o-Ray
McMaster, aged II, died this afternoon
from the effects Of an operation. His
left leg was amputated at the hip for
He lived at Glenn Falls. Idaho, and
was here on visit.
lightning killed many cattle here
last night. The storm was the heaviest
of the season, being a regular cloud.
burst at Floyd.
John Borshen, insane, jumped in the
river at Usage. He was on his way to
| committed to an asylum
The democrats who met here today
to choose delegates to the state congress
| sional and senatorial conventions, In
| dorsed Bryan for president in 1908.