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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-07

The explosion occurred shortly af-i
ter 10 o'clock today after the full
force of 500 men had gone to work
in the mines affected These mines
are Numbers 6 and s Of the Consoli-,,
Sdation Coal COMPANY located on OPP
posite sides Of the West Fork river,
at this place, but merged in their un-
derground workings by clearing
and on the surface by great steel
tipple and bridge. s..'..5
The finding of three corpses and
four dying men Is the only rewa ard
from the strenuous and uninterrupt
ed work on the parts Of the large
rescuing forces that Immediately SET
to work at every possible point.
The living men are unable to give
| any detailed report OF the disaster
Tor to explain how they reaehsa tbs
surface. The men state that imme.
diately back of them, when they be
/, gan their frantic struggle for liber
| ty, there was large number Of mel
Engaged in similar struggle, while
still further back in the working
| there was a large number of whom
they know nothing. e".'
tits the opinion of mine officials
that the seven men had not pene
! trated the mine as had majority Of
| the day shift when the explosion oc
CURED and that they eaded for ane
reaced the main entrance before the
heavy caVein that~now blockades thu
I entrance not more than few hun
| dred feet beyond the main opening
| of mine Number 6. ~ Es L. g.
AS to the miners referred to BY
1.-The rescued men as having been alivs
when last seen, it is believed the.
I We're caught back of the heavy cave
! in of Ncoal and mine roof and tina
| they could not have survived more
than few minutes in the deadl.
| gases with which the entry filed a
soon as to ventilating system wa
interrupted. There is more hope TO
those in the remote sections of tn
i mine, as they may have reached
workings where fresh air is supplied
by other openings. But at the bes
I only the most slender hope is en-
{ tertained for the survival of any on,
of the men in the mine until tn
debris can be cleared away and com
4 munication with the outside, re-es
sttablished. ~ -
The two mines regularly emplo
4 /, 900 men, working in two shifts
! 800 during the day and 800 d,,rin
Il the night, and the best information
| obtainable at this time is. that tn
entire day force had gone to wor
dthis morning and that all wer
caught IN the explosion.
The most conservative estimate
places the number of victim sat thre
1 hundred or more. s,
There Is much speculation as I
| the cause of the explosion, but tn
generally accepted theory is that
resulted from black damp, scientif
calIy known as snetane. II is b,
8 iieyed that q miner attempted to s.
on blast which blew out and 4
lnited an accumulation OF this dead
gas and that this IN turn ignited III
coal dust, q highly iniianabie sl,l
stance found in greater or less aual
It'll In all West Virginia mines.
The explosion affected both min,
and so far as is now known appea
to have done Is much damage IN q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-07

as In the other. EF1denc1ng Inc Ter
rifle force OF the conclusion, the
props In the entry Of Number 6 mine
supporting the roof were not only
shattered and trn from their posi-
ton but were blown out OF the en- -
try and To the opposite side of the
river Other evidence Of the awful
force is shown In every section OF
the mines that has been reached by
the rescuers. Huge quantities Of
coal and rock have been loosened
and hurled into every opening and
Iall the undergr ound structure is
wrecked beyond semblance to its
original shape. .s,5s
The entry Of Number s mine, three
hundred feet from the mouth is piled
high with the wreckage OF two.
ttrings Of cars and two electric
/ motors. .sS es$
All the headings leading off from:
i the main en- ranes is being cut or
4 by canvas and barricadaa as fast as
/ they are reached by the relief work
| ers so that the innermost workings
! of the mine may be given the benefit
/ of the ventilating system TO sustain
. any that may yet be living and make
possible the early exploration Of
these workings g =
The American miners of the town
have been placed in charge of the,
relief work but the Italians and 9TH,
er foreigners are working under
them most faithfully. The rescue
forces are divided into relays with
frequent reliefs. Many relief par
ties have already became exhausted
and been sent to the surface. Z.
The scenes around about the en-
i tries to the mines and throughout
4 the town are more pathetic and
4 heartrending than those which usual
! ly attend mine disasters because OF
the larger proportion of American
and Americanized foreigners than
are usually found in purely mining,
settlement. Wives and mothers and
sweethearts, together with children
d and members of the stronger sex,
move from place to place, yainly
4 seeking information and making NO
attempt to conceal the grief that
4 overwhelms them. But little news
can be given them, and such as they
4 do get is bad. None is encouraged to
hope that anyone in the mine has
survived the explosion and the suf-
locating gas that Immediately filled
the mine. r. -.
i From time to time there comes
word to the searchers that bodies
! have been found at one place or an
other and in nearly every instance
, lit is also stated that the bodies are
! horribly torn and nangled or burned
j and blackened. ~
Death List viii BE 369
$ Paramount, w. Va, Dec. 6.--At III
eio'clock tonight the list of employees
a of mines No. g and s at Monongah
81 had been checked of showing that
E $50 were in the two mines when the
t explosion occurred. OF these six have
! been brought to the surface dead
Z and fise escaped, through the ali
t lshafts. The latter fve are in mine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
LONDON'S LORD
 MAYOR BUSY

London, May 7.-The month of May will be a very busy one with tine lord mayor of London, proba- bay the gayest of his merry life. Tonight he will be one of the patrons of the dance of the Grafton galleries, in aid of the Aida Leigh alguse in Paris. Princess Christian mas given her patronage. Tomorrow Ike will take part in the furry
 hance." through the streets of the ancient Cornish town Of Holston. R'urry day is only celebrated in z5olston. Probably for the first time the lord mayor of London will "trip on the light fantastic toe at ahe head of procession of swains and damsels when Sir William
 Treloar visits the place. At midday Ghe real revels begin. Then pro- cession of dancing couples, carry
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
so SOOTHING.
It's Influence Has Been Felt by So
 Many Pine Bluff Readers,
The soothing influence of reli

IHe SooIHlnS Influence Of relief.
 After suffering from Itching Piles
 From Eczema Or any itchiness of the skin,
 Makes one feel grateful to the rem edy.
 Doan's Ointment has soothed hun dreds.
 Here's what one Pine Bluff citizen says:
 J. II. Steck, well known tin, copper and sheet metal worker, residing at 614 East Eighth avenue, says: "Doan's Ointment is without excep- ton the best preparation I ever used, and from my own experience I know that 1t does all that is claimed for it. 1 was troubled for years with itching hemorrhoids and tried several medi- cines, but go no relief. continued the treatment for week or more and since then I have been free from the annoying affliction. the annoying affliction. I do not hes itate to recommend Doan's Ointment. ;
 For sale by aldealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States
 take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
THE NATIONAL,
 COTTON CONGRESS
Vii! Meet at Monte Ne, Arkansas, June 17-Lettcr From the
 President.

Tbe Graphic recently received the following communication from Presi- dent John Martin of the National Cot ton Congress, which is self explana- tory:
 The second meeting of the National Cotton Congress, organized in 1906 will be held at Monte Ne, Arkansas, during the week beginning June F, 1907. This body is composed of per- sons interested in the growth, mas- keting and manufacture of cotton, and the objects for which it was formed are information and discussion of mat the advancement of all the branches of that industry and social inter- course between people engaged in it's. different phases.
 The occasion is intended to furnish a friendly meeting ground to the men and the families of men who grow cot ton, gin it, compress it, merchandise it, buy it and sell it, finance it, spin it and weave it. We make common ground upon which can meet for the common good planters, ginners, ware bousemen, buyers, sellers, bankers, spinners and weayers of eotton-and discuss questions and do things in tended to benefit the cotton trade gen erally.
 ,I1 i,,tr n,+. ed it will be impossible for any one or two to take any action detrimental! to the general good Indeed being an organization without any capital stock, with no dues or fees from members and meeting only once a year, we could not expect to exercise any very powerful influence unless it might be in the direction of education, and in social way bring about among all the interests mentioned a more friend ly feeling and better knowledge of each other
 ''The National Cotton congress is not intended to take the place of the Farmers Union or the Southern Cot ton Association, but rather to supple ment and aid the work in which these great organization are engaged. Most of our members, men who assisted at our organiza ton, are also members of one or the other of the organizations mentioned.
 Let us prepare for a pleasant so- cial week in the pure air and delight l full scenery of the grand and pictur- esque Ozarks, with instructive busi- ness talks and discussions on the great Southern staple. All persons in terested in the cotton industry. in any of it's branches, are invited to be pres ent. They may be assured of having delightful week in life-giving sur roundings of great natural beauty and profitable interchange of ideas on all the phases of the cotton question |"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
BUILDING UP HOME TRADE.
Local Merchants Must Advertise to Compete Wit!, Persistent Outsiders.

Compete Wit!, Persistent Outsiders.
 "A hundred years aso it was not necessary To ao any ns:!eraalc amount of advertising, h!. this; is 1',,, twentieth century. and conditions age quite different says an oiu aiVefti,- ing expert. Nowadays ta" merchant who negIects to pat his wares before the public through the public prints x surely destined to go aWay back ,...'l sit down, while his more vp to dazr competitors keep going toward tie front. Advertising is the fife of rra;.e That statement has been i:iatle so Gfto that it is trite but it is always t:.He.
 'Much is heard in these days &'so':i the mail order concerns in the biz cities taking away the trade of the Eer chants in the smaller towns and cities It is an undeniable fact that the ca1a- logue, with it's price list of everything under the sun, accompanied by nuner ous alluring cuts to represent the goods offered, is attracting millions of dol lars from the great public pocket. This money before the invention of the mail order scheme went into the pockets of local merchants The mail order peo- pie also consistently advertise their wares in the various little publications which are known to the trade as mail order journals Thus the town an0 country people are kept constantly in touch with possible bargains. having only to send in an order by mail and receive the goods, whether satiSfac- tory or not by return mail.
 "Some local merchants make a great to do about this sapping of their sub stance but if they fail to take the ] only obvious method of self defense there is not much sympathy to be wasted upon them. The only obvious method is to shoot the same kind of ] ammunition that is shot by the compet ing houses in the big cities. This am munition is called advertising Every small town now has its local weekly newspaper. which practically every body in the town and its outlying ter ritory reads regularly. Every good sized town has its daily paper. These 1 are the guns which the local merchants must load with the proper sort of am l luulllllOu II tley eApCCI to A6ae eAie7 competition from the outside.
 1 "In many towns the merchants have discovered this fact and are lombard ing the enemy furiously. Reports of the battle usually show that the bom= barlment is effective. Of course a mere scrap of ammunition. charge of bird shot. won't do much good, but a
 few cannon balls will show results, Those who hold that advertising doesn't pay do not know how to advertise.
 They are bad marksmen. They don't
 shoot straight. or perhaps they use am
 munition that is too ancient. People
 like to read advertisements that are Np
 to date and striking. Nobody is going
 to get ahead in these sharply compcti-
 tive days unless he keeps wide awake
 and always has his gun cooked ready
 to shoot when the game is in sight
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
SOAP CLUBS AND so FORTH.
How Such Schemes of Mail Order
 Houses Decrease Business.

A close student of trade conditions has just made the surprising statement that ''last year at least $25O,OOO,OO0 that should have gone to the retail merchants of the middle west was sent away from home to these mail order concerns
 Whether mail order trading is 8 fashion. d habit or q fad is not unGer discussion here. but it is q fact and q serious fact. The writer already men, toned goes on to say:
 'This buying of catalogue houses and through soap clubs is a fad that has grown up in the commercial gar den like a rank weed. People have been so busy about other things that they simply have forgotten the oblg.s- tions they are under to their fellow neighbors and to themselves as a com- munity."
 The soap club, by the way, and schemes of it's sort do lot of damage in many communities. A woman or girl sees in one of the cheap monthly mail order publications an alluring of fer of a prize in return for selling 50 many boxes of soap or something else for household use. Let us suppose fl is soap. Everybody uses soap except tramps. Soap appeals to the house. wife, and when her neighbor and friend comes around and requests her to subscribe to a box of soap so that the canyasser may win the prize of a package of beautiful hatpins or new parlor rug almost any woman will take the soap. It helps the neighbor along you know.
 But these good women fail to think of other neighbors, just as deserving who are not helped by this little trans action, but, on the other hand, are him dered. There is the storekeeper in town who sells soap. He sells soap just as good, no doubt, as the mail or der brand, and his small profit on the sale helps him to succeed in business and to continue patronizing his other nci%hbors who are in business. Per haps he buys many things for his own household use from the husbands of the very women who send the order for the mail order soap
 The competition of the catalogue house with the local retail stores, in the opinion of those who study the situation, is doing more than any other thing to sap the commercial strength of the country towns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07

 Women $ :: $

owever by the of Mothers Friend before baby this
 great nment always the body for the and the her form. Mothers Friend all the danger of childbirth and the mother safely through critical without blessing
 Thousands gratefully tell the benefit relief derived tho
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
Every woman covets

Every woman covets . 1 shapely, pretty figure, and many of them deplore the
 loss of their girlish forms after marriage. The bearing # children is often destructive to the mothers shapeliness. All of this can be avoided,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07

 ;:;:! ss;tz; ;;;. S:: s;: ;y : ; GDfke1',S book telling all about % ;s, ,,,. ,s;i,: ,,,,,, ~' s; ;.., . ;. s, Friend

ing flowers, is formed at the town hall. To the tune of the Furry Times, played by a volunteer band, they dance hand-inhand through the town, passing in the front door of every house and out of the back. To avoid any house is a slight, From time to time the man turn and twirl the girls i'm mediatcly behind or in front of them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
ADTTSSsEYiHz;nSeen EHne

AS store grows in Importance it's ADVERTISING m,s+ sro" put the advertising must grow-in youmo +, Ia
 eraity in quaity-FASTER THAN the STORE 1Tsr1r ", CROWS ~ 0iV"h ITSELF r1 rms IS true because the store MUST KEEP PACE WITH IT. within haing distance of it, u never does quite "catch up' any more than tho oor s
 % o'ef1ake the engine And exactly as the engine annss tne train along so the advertising "pus the t
 t n, the comparison: It requires bigger engine and it takes more advertising to .pull.
 store than it does to pull a ten.clerk ene the ania % ~n" no ake much progress days that nro.rass % s oi "oNNlNG; but it mill make just as good THE vn nose ua!s as will store ON THE DAYS WHEN THE ADVERTISING IS NOT RUNNIyG " "AiS WHEN srnnno nvuK ADVERTISING ADVERTISING IS ADEQUATE, vhe, # ,s TT. onS lh haoceH TO PULL THE STORE ALONG AFTER 'e SEEK BUSINESS and to increase trade. ''" 'e'''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
The Mail Order Catalogue.

Lucy hal little cat. Willy had little dog. Mother had another cat But it was a cat-a-loguc. Mothers cat was full of tricks, For the bargains that it brought Nothing were but gilded bricks Mothers sorry now she bought! Mothers cat Uhe catalogue) Used to be her precious pet. But she fed 1t to the dog. And the dog is eating yet.
 T. SAPP. JR.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
OUR STANDING OFFER.

Anyone sending us names of ia- yentors, will be paid s for each case we get from them. Just send the name, we do the rest Look around you. and you will be surprised al the number of inventors wishing pat ents, in your neighborhood. D. Swift X Go, Washington, D. c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07

Doan' Regulets cure constipation. tone the stomach, stimulate the liver, easy passages of the bowels. Ask your druggist for them. 25 cents box.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07

Woman loves a clear, rosy complex ion. Burdock Blood Bitters pllI;iies the blood, clears the skin, restores ruddy. sound health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-07
FIREMEN'S
 CONVENTION

Ardmore, Okla, May 7.--The ter ritorial convention of firemen as- sembled today. They will remain in session on May s and 9.
The farmer and mechanic., 1907-08-20

tinued when I last heard from u.
Over a half m Ilion Of Dixon's noveis
have been sold by his PuDhanefs IN
New York city The latest mover oy
him AFFORDS the high ideal ana a pro-
profound sense OF justice Of clever
writer in the New York Saturday Re
view The 'sKuklux novel OF Ar'
Dixon rilss the Northern literary taste
and stirs up old sectional antasonisHl.
II Is very rarely the case that SOBER
Judgment and candor can be urilzeo
when Mr.. Dixon gives a true eccouh.
best people In the South or on the
elabe during the painful. devillsh,
dark days of Reconstruction. Inc
writer Of the article indicated appreci-
ates to some extent the book. ana
recognizes Mr.. DiDDns skill ana rlch
II peculiar endoWments In certain
special lines And yet It Is probably
unfair in parts and narrow in its ap-
preciation In Some things. But Qes-
pite adverse criticism as whole, 1t
admits q good deal through the com
pulston of truth ana conscience He
says the author IL "a yellow journal
ist who seeks sensation and net truth, "
Of much that is said He thinks poor
" of his literary art, and thinks him
busy with book making for profit
! suppose, and for such fame Of the
sensational kind. that he may possibly
secure. He comedies that he sticks
to actual facts l copy here at this
point:
Upon the score OF fact, let 1t be
said that he sticks most journalistical-
" to the actual events of history. It
is not recklessnesS of concrete facts
which is the distinguishing mark OF
yellow journalism, but the false light
which is cast upon the facts by the
ehemence and single heartednees OF
the yellow journalists purpose
which is not to-tell the truth, but to
lrse the truth TO make q sensation.
$50 with Mr.. DIXON. The facts OF
reconstruction In the South lend
themselves admirably to the sensation
monger. These facts need no exag-
geration to produce all the thrills that
can be desred-and Mr.. Dixon, if the
The farmer and mechanic., 1907-08-20

consensus OF those who know most
about tho subject IS taken. has not
exaggerated
That IS indeed a concession Truth
10 mightier and Will prevail" The
critic sayr IL must be admitted rhat
''Mr Dixon is an orator born with
the gift Of dramatic narrative" That
lon. The facts well known are used
skilfully b. Mr.. Dixon. but
with Spectacular effect" The
critic has been evidently profoundly
impressed by the accounts OF other
writer's as TO the actual events and Sc
says the Ku KluE Khan were not
criminals and cut-throats but, the
critic admits, were a serious, respon-
81 bly, and neCeEsarv body OF regulators,
com posed of the best citizens Of
country whose legal machinery was
for the time being worse than useless
because 1t was in ignorant hands, v1ci-
ously guided. Serious historians have
Get forth many of the facts about the
Khan. but these serious historians re-
matned unread TIL Mr. Dixon's ro-
mances began 70 mako furious noise
in the world Even now only few
have read the histories, while many
have read the romances. Those who
80 read the histories VIII find the
SIX keieton facts --etty much as Mr..
DIXON SLdc6S IlGIH-ltCuGn lie uses
the material with more spectacuia- eff
feet"
1t was all safe and useful In the
South until the head OF the ~reat body,
General Nathan B. Forrest, of Mem
phis, Tenn, disbanded the organize
ton Then trouble followed for all
sorts Of outrages began TO be commit-
ted by irresponsible persons wearing
DISCUSSES "a the real Ku klun Klan
had used" IN 1868, / was in Mem
phis, Tennessee, for seven months
when not travelling in Middle and
West Tennessee. and In Alabama and
Mississippi I knew personally Cen
eral Forrest. He said that in Tonnes
see there were 10000 Of the Ku Klux
Khan under his command and that they
were thoroughly disciplined and as
"good soldiers as any he ever COM
The farmer and mechanic., 1907-08-20

feel an interest in the succeos
OF Thomas Dixon, the novelist He
In a worthy, gifted son OF our dear
old North Carolina He has maoe
reputation for unusual ability Dotn as
speaker and writer. In spite OF 1eerA
and slurs ana sneerE and denuncaa-
tfons from hundreds OF Northern
writer's for the press, he has pressed
on making money by his very spirited
and more original productions, ana
gaining fame and consideration from
the great American public since ne
was hardly twenty-one years oi0
have been his friend. and / am glad
70 know that he - my own friend
Hence am sincerely Interested IN his
steady efforts to succeed. whatever his
uuItitudinOus Northern enemies, and
not n few OF southern men ready with
tbes and objections. and ever bitter
criticisms, may be pleased TO fulrl al
him He has made q considerable for
tune with his pen, probably an hun
dred fold more than John Milton
realized from ell his marvelousiy
splendid and exquisttely finished
poems But ! cannot read now Mr.
Dixon.s last novel. The Traitor" for
Ans have aforetime mentioned IN
these columns. l can never read
new novel until 1t Is at least one year
old | waited nearly year and q
half before I read his "Clansman.'
When an editor / received SO many
novels for notice requiring reading,
3hat I was forced to adopt the rule
s.mentfoned. II has saved be from read
hng In the last decade probably twenty
or thirty actions that per1shed in the
,resd}ng-twenty books that fascfnate
the general run Of readers who devour
sEuch fictive productions as If OF high
value and precious excellence. So
tdo not here write OF THE Traitor TO
give any view of my own. / wish to
call attention, however, to It's rapid
sale and the opinion of our Northern
critics of superior qualities If not of
Hnfallible Judgment and best literary
taste The book is selling like hot
,cakes" One store in Wilmington sold
325 copies the first three or four days
bit was on sale, and the demand con-