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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
DISASTER AT YOLANDE
Total Death List Now Placed
at Sixty-Five.
WORKING AGAINST ODDS
Some Remarkable Escapes From the
Death Pit.
WATER GAINS ON WORKERS
The Sufferers Were Mostly Negroes,
as There Were Few White
Men Underground.
WATER GAINS ON WORKERS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, December IS
Taking the dead bodies from the Yolande
mines, where an explosion occurred Mon
day. will probably be completed tonight.
Forty-three bodies have been recovered.
twenty-five more men, mostly negroes,
are missing.
At o'clock last night forty-two black
ened and mangled bodies had been taken
from the mine. The total list makes
sixty-five victims of the catastrophe.
All day long the rescue parties toiled
in the mine against fearful oods. The hot
air and smoke from the explosion made
it difficult to get into the lower entries,
and several of the rescue party were over
come at different times and had to be
brought to the surface for fresh air.
Water Is Rising.
1t is believed that the last of the bodies
cannot be brought out before this after
noon. The pumps were disabled by the
explosion and the rescuers are making
superhuman efforts to get the bodies out
of the lower slopes before the water rises
over them.
The damage to the mine itself is not as
great first thought. In fact, officials OF
the company stated that work could be
resumed in the mine within four or five
days. if the bodies were all out
A total of twenty-six men who were In
the mine at the time of the explosion
made their escape. Among these was
Steve Stofko a Scotchman. He was far
down the slope in the fourth left wher
the explosion occurred in the sixth right
Six other men We're with him, and all ex
cept Stofko made a dash for the air pas
sage.
Walked Out Unhurt.
Stofko, instead, made for the main entr,
and, when he saw the light of day in thu
distance, drank the last of his coffee. tool
a chew of tobacco and walked out calmly
with his face wreathed in smiles. on
negro of the original party got through
doghole from the air passage into tn
main entry and escaped. The other nv
are now huddled together in death In TN
| air passage, and the rescue parties nav
SO far been unable to reach them
| Negroes were the greatest sunerer
| from the disaster, as less than a third o
the victims are white.
In the scene of desolation there Is on
boy who is rejoicing at his escape, Jos
Smith. who came from Georgia 10 tnl'
place to work in the mines, and Tor tn'
past several weeks has been on the nlsn
shift On Sunday he was transferred u
the day shift, but oversight hlmseI ah'
did not go to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
WESTINGHOUSE SETTLEMENT.
Affairs of Companies to Be Turned
Back to the Stockholders.

PITTSBURG, December 1S.-Following
several conferences between the receivers
and creditors of the Westinghouse con-
Germs. with view of giving the affairs of
the companies back to the stockholders,
George Westinghouse, president of the
various companies. said:
I'VE think everything is in splendid
condition. Not only was the report of
the receivers satisfactory. but plans for
mulated for working out all details of the
problem seemed to meet with favor
Everything connected with the affairs of
the corporations show a most hopeful
situation. A detailed report on all these
matters may be made public soon.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
CLEVELAND TRACTION WAR.
Exnerts to Fix Value of the Unex-
pired Franchises.
iaI Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 1s.-ln
the settlement of the traction war when
has been waged in this city for severai
wears. negotiations for which are now
under way, the main problem in fixing
values for the basis of turning over all
the street railway interests of the city to
a holding company is the value of unex-
pired franchises held by the Cleveland
Electric Company. This problem Is so
speculative and the solution so vital to
settlement of the whole question that II
has been decided to appoint experts to
fix thes value in advance of the general
peace conference.
William Barclay Parsons, the New
York traction expert and designer of the
New York subway, was agreed upon yes
terday afternoon to represent the Cleve-
land Electric Railway Company on this
question. and Mayor Johnson within a
day or two will name an expert to repre-
sent the city. Mr.. Parsons left last night
for New York. but will return Friday
and remain until he has made his re-
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
SENATORS CHOSEN.
Members Of Democratic Campaign
Committee.

The following Senators have been ap-
pointed members OF the democratic con-
gressional campaign committees: James
p. Taliaferro OF Florida. Alexander S.
Clay Of Georgia. William ]. Stone of Mis-
souri,. Francis G. Newlands of Nevada.
Asbury C. Latimer of North Carolina,
Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma. Robert L.
Taylor OF Tennessee. Charles ID. Culberson
Of Texas aud Thomas s. Martin of Vir-
gtnia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
FOR WORK ON THE CANAL.
Contracts Awarded for Furnishing
Six Million Feet of Lumber.

Contracts for-furnIshIng approximately
6.00OO00 feet of lumber of certain speci-
fed sizes, for delivery at La Boca, in the
canal zone, were made by the isthmian
canal commission today. of this amount
the Olson & Mahony Lumber Company of
San Francisco will furnish 4.935. .S22 feet
at s1OI. 1877 and D. l.. Gillespie & Co. of
Pittsburg will furnish 1,101, 100 feet at
sci 439.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
Senate Votes for a Recess.

On motion of Senator Allison the Sem
ate today decided that when it adjourns
today it shall be to meet again Satur-
day. with the understanding that on
that day no business shall be trans
acted except of a routine nature. Ad-
journment will then be taken until
January &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
Strike at Iquique, Chile.

United States Consul Hanna at Iquique,
Chile, has cabled the State Department
that serious trouble is threatened at that
place as the result of a strike among the
workers in the nitrate mines and that a
force of 1000 strikers has taken posses
sion of the port and more are coming.
There are no American interests involved
so far as is known at the State Depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
Jealous Murderer Shoots Himself,

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, December 1s.
George Perry, formerly Santa Fe ma
chinist at Needles. yesterday shot Miss
Myrtle Craig twice through the heart,
causing instant DEATH He then COM
mitted suicide by firing a bullet into his
head. dying an hour later. The deed was
caused by jealousy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18

COL. GoETHALS RETURNS EoR A
MUCH-NEEDED REST.
As Many Workmen Engaged in
Canal Digging as the Appro-
priation Will Allow.

Col. Goethals, engineer-in-chief of the
Panama canal, and ex-senator Joseph c.
8. Blackburn, member of the isthmian
canal commission arrived in Washington
this morning, and at once called upon the
President and Acting Secretary Oliver to
pay their respects. Their calls were short
and afforded no opportunity to discuss at
length any Of the problems connected with
the construction of the canal; though
briefly they reported that everything was
progressing satisfactorily on the isthmus.
Col Goethals is undoubtedly In need OF
rest and shows the effect of the great
strain that was imposed upon his nervous
system as an incident to the assumption
of the great task Of solving the greatest
engineering problem of modern times. He
has been constantly employed on the 18TH
mus since March 1 last. When the Pres
ident decided to place army engineer ol-
ficers in charge of the canal CONSTRUCTION,
guided by the experience acquired IN the
preliminary stages of the work, he an
nounced, through Secretary Taft, that
to insure the continuance of the omcers
In full physical and mental perfectlon sucI
as was Indispensable to the succesSiui sso,i
prosecution Of their heavy lapors' they
would be granted leaves of absence peri
odica1lv at intervals of not more than SIX
or eight months, and allowed to return 20
the United States to rest and recupera'e
their energies. h,oL
Therefore Col. Goethals has come oaGh
to washington on leave of absence. ~
will he necessary for him to soeno solile
time In conference with the congressional
Committees having charge of legisiatlon IN
for the canal, but as soon as tnai Is
over he will give himself up to apsoiute
rest for about two months.
Work on the Canal.
sneaking of conditions on the isthmus'
Col. Goethals said that they were surely
making the dirt fly About 10000 men
were employed and more would have jobs
If the appropriation were larger. Apph-
cants for places as skilled and unskllled
workmen were much in excess OF vacan-
cies. in fact, there were no vacancies
and men were being turned away. II
was not necessary to seek laborers from
Jamaica. More than 100 American LABOR
ers have just returned from the lstnmus.
They had been turned off because or lack
of money to pay for the services OF any
more than the present force
Col. Goethels said there was no speclal
Significance in his return he mad peen
in the canal zone nine months. felt It
tie worn mentally and physically, and
wanted a whiff of American winter
weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
Praise of the Climate.

Ex-senator Blackburn after spending
eight months on the isthmus. returned to
Washington loud in praise of the climatic
conditions there. He declared that he had
not seen eight mosquitoes in as many
months; that the temperature had not
been excessive; that he had not suf-
fered any illness, and in fact asserted
that the Isthmus of Panama was almost
an ideal place to live. He did admit that
owing to the even temperature a person
of nervous temperament would in the
course of a year begin to suffer, but added
that as he himself did rot know what
nerves We're, he had not felt any strain
on that account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-18
Weather.

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The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
MANY SOURCES OF SALT.
That from Natural Springs Is Gener
 ally Most Nearly Pure.

The purity of salt depends upon tho source from which it is obtained and the sanitary conditions under which fl Is prepared for the market. The supply of common salt. the most in- dispeasable of all the seasoning sub stances both as q relishiug continent and a wellnigh universal food pre- servative. is exhausuess, yet even so there is salt and salt. says the Pic terial Review
 Formerly salt was obtained by evap- orating ocean water. a process that left many impurities in the residuum, to say nothing of it's exposure 10 all kinds of dirt in its shipment from sea ports. The Turks island or rock salt. which is still largely used in pork packing and in the manufacture of ice creams. comes 10 the United States in holds of vessels continually sub iected to dirt and foul odors. Upon its arrival it is again handled, then packed in coarse burlap bags. permit. ting dust to sift into the salt. In this condition it reaches the consumer.
 Latterly, however, the product of salt springs has largely taken the lead in this country not only for table salt but for meat packing The annual production from this source in the United States reaches more than 40.- 100000 bushels. the state of New York in the vicinity of Syracuse furnishing a large proportion of this important supply.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Safe, Sure and Speedy,

No external remedy ever yet de vised has so fully and unquestionably met these three prime conditions as successfully as Allcock's Plasters. They are safe because they contain no deleterious drugs and are manu- factured upon scientific principles of medicine. They are sure because nothing goes into them except ingre- dients which are exactly adapted to the purposes for which a plaster is re- quired. They are speedy in their ae- tion because their medicinal qualities go right to their work of relieving pain and restoring the natural and healthy performance of the functions of muscles, nerves and skin.
 Allcocks Plasters are the original and genuine porous plasters and like most meritorious articles have been extensively initiated, therefore always make sure and get the genuine.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
OLD CAPT. eAck's QUESTION.
Somewhat Pointed. Blu. lt Denoted
 Quick intelligence.

Pierce Jay. the commissioner of banks of Massachusetts, al the Ameri- can Bankers. association's convention in St Louis. advocated a better ac- counting system.
 "Rut above all said MT. Jay, In a discussion of his idea, I've want intelligence, if embezzlement Is to be thoroughly put down. Systems are good but intelligence is better, and Tn cashiers and teliers and book keepers and note clerks we want the same keen, quick intelligence that characterized old Capt. Hiram Cack. of Gloucester.
 "Cack lay very i'll. One day he got down-hearted, feeling that his case was hopeless.
 ..T fear, doctor he said, there isn't much hope for me-
 '.'Oh. yes. there is the doctor an swered. Three years ago I was in your condition precisely, and look at me now
 "cack. intelligent and alert, said quickly:
 's.What doctor did you haveg"
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
ANIMALS THAT SHED TEARS.
Travellers Observations Have Proved
 That Weeping Is Common.

Travellers through the Syrian desert have seen horses weep from thirst, a mule has been seen to cry from the pain of an injured foot and camels, it is said. shed tears in streams, says a writer in Harper's Weekly. A COW sold by it's mistress who had tended young soko ape used to cry from yexa- tion if Livingston didn't nurse it in his arms when it asked him to. Wounded apes have died crying. and apes have wept over their young slain by hunters. A chimpanzee trained to carry water jugs broke one and fell a-crying, which proved sorrow, though it wouldn't mend the jug. Rats, dis covering their young drowned, have been moved to tears. lsagiraffe which a huntsman's rife had injured began to cry when approached. Sea lions often weep over the loss of their young. Gordon Cummings observed tears trick1ing down the face of dy- ing elephant And even an orang- ontang when deprived Of it's mango was so yexed that Ii took to weeping. There is little doubt, therefore, that animals do cry from grief or weep from pain or annoyance.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
French Presidents Double.

NJ Fallieres was until recently be lieved to be the only president of the French republic who had no double, but his counterpart has been found. The man who most resembles him physically is a respectable merchant of the Rue Saint Honore, who plays his part with decorum and dignity He wears exactly the same kind of blue butterfly necktie with white dots as the president, the same kind of hat and exactly so oddly cut beard. And on his promenades he is always ae- companied by friend who could eas- fly be taken for the presidents private secretary Dignifed and with meas ured steps the enviable double walks through the Faubourg Saint Honore and feels overjoyed at being saluted on all sides.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease from Brth-Fortunc Spent on Her Without Benefit
 Cured Her with Cuticura.

.T have a cousin in Rockingham Go. who once had a skin disease from her birth until she was six years of age. Her father had spent a fortune on her to get her cured and none of the treatments did her any good. Old Dr. c. suggested that he try the Cuticura Remedies which he did. When he commenced 10 use it the child was almost a solid scab. He had used it about two months and the child was well. 1 was there when they commenced to use your Cuti- cura Remedies I stayed that week and then returned home and stayed two weeks and then went back and stayed with them two weeks longer, and when l went home I could hardly believe she was the same child. Her skin was as soft as a baby's with ont a scar on it. l have not seen her in seventeen years. but ] have heard from her and the last time heard from her she was well. Mrs. ". P. Ingle, Bur lington, N. C., June Is, 1905."
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
HE WANTED LIVE NEWS.
Correspondent Had No Time to Waste
 with Vice President.

Vice President Fairbanks stopped a newspaper man the other day, and good-naturedly asked explanation of an incident which happened years ago. On that occasion MT. Fairbanks and the correspondent were chatting pleasantly. when suddenly the latter moved away 10 meet Senator Chand- Ter of Maine The vice president said: @I have always had great curiosity to know why you deserted me that day" The newspaper man hesitated for moment, and then replied: To tell you the trus1, Mr. Vice President, you are a mighty dry source Of news. You may have a nose for news, but l doubt it; at any rate, you never give up any. Now, when a newspaper man is gunning for big, live news he hasn't got time to stop and exchange small talk with a man, even if he be sen. ator, who would not know the price Of news if he saw it" Mir Fairbanks smiled. T thank you for your frank. ness, he said. T see shall have to cultivate a nose for news
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Lono Lived parislans.

M. Rousse. the oldest member of fhe Institute of France. who will be 90 years old next May, is prepared to prove by statistics that Paris is the city in which life is prolonged more surely than in any other in the world
 There are enough oetogenarians in the French capital to form a good-sized town of their own-namely, f0,509. As the population of Paris was in 1901 a little over 2,f00,000 this gives 3S9 oc- jtogenarians to every 100000 inhab- tants. It also appears from the fig ures of the veteran statistician that Paris has 620 nonagenarians. go of whom are in their one hundredth year.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Whaf tS Pe-ru-nQ? Is # q Cafarrfr Remedy, or q Tonic,
 or is n Both?

call great catauh rnedy. II call tonicf Our , q cstauh remedy
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The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Most Youthful Professor.

The youngest professor in the east. ern states is William T. Foster, pro lessor of English at Bowdoin college He supported himself from very small child, educated himself and at the age of r had saved enough money 10 start to college, when he found that he could not enter because he had never studied Latin. He was told he must have two months of Latin and it was just two months till the time he had planned to enter Harvard. He was not dismayed He sought assist ance. devoted the two months to over. coming the obstaele-and in Septem. Der successfully passed his examina. ton. and entered college
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Surely Had Helped,

While the child labor bill was m. der discussion in the senate MT Piles said he did not approve of some pro visions in the measure, adding: "Un- der the bill as it now stands I would not be permitted to employ my own son in my law office if he were under II years of age" Would you" Sena- tor Beveridge interrupted quickly put a son under II years of age at work in your office if you desired to train him to be lawyer?" T went into my fathers office" said Senator Piles with dignity, "at the age of 13. Did it help?" queried the Indiana senator. Yes. I am hefe.' Then the sedate senate chuckled.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Cotton Receipts at Pine Bluff.

The cotton receipts in Pine Bluff on January 1 amounted to eB,352 bales. while on the first of last year T .29s bales had been received. m ox- cess of 24,054 bales in favor of the present season. With these figures at hand it is estimated that the re- ceipts at Pine Bluff this season will be about S5.000 bales. Last season the total receipts amount to only 50. t27 bales.
 The recent action of the officials of the Iron Mountain in giving assurances that cotton would continue to be shipped into Pine Bluff from points south of McGehee and other compress points. will result in much larger re- eeipts than would have occurred if the order prohibiting this had not been re- scinded.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
Made Much on Small Capital.

Twenty-Five years ago w. s. Wetham left the town of La Grange. Ga. with the munifcent sum of one dollar in his pocket and landed in New York with nothing to his credit but his clothes and his character. The quality 1f the former does not matter and the quality of the latter has shown itself He is to-day president of 75 banks, all but four of which are situated in his native state In return for Georgia's small advance of 100 cents he has pretty well cornered her banking in terests and has in keeping a goodly amount of her funds. Tue four banks of which he is president outside of the state of Georgia are situated in Flor
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives the Entire Credit to pr. Williams
 Pink Pills.

Mrs. s. c. Wellock, of IA Cleveland Avenue. Everett, Mass, the wife of ar employe in the government works at Chelsea. says:
 T had been troubled with nervous ness for ten years and the disease kept growing on me. Then l learned that l was suffering from locomotor ataxia. l had terrible tremblings in my right leg which would get rigid and when this happened in the street ] nad to stand still until it passed away to keep from falling. My right arm felt as if thousand needles were pricking it. The sheet touching my knee in bed would nearly cause me to scream out with pain and both knees were so weak l could hardly stand
 T had to use a cane and be helped about by my son. Then the pain be gan to settle in the calves of my legs and the muscles became numb and Quiyered constantly. The cords un- der my knees seemed to be drawn LID tight and the terrible shooting pains In my legs would nearly drive me in- sane. My toes became numb and at times would prickle as if needles were being thrust into them. My eyes be came dull and black spots foated be- fore them. My heart was very weak
 My attention was called to Dr Williams Pink Pills and I bought sev. eral boxes right away and soon felt relief. l was so pleased that I kept on taking them until they cured me entirely, and I have had no symptoms of the trOuhle for over a vearv
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or sent, postpaid on re ceipt of price, 50 cents per box. six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Med icine Company. Schenectady, N Y.
 A booklet. entitled Nervous Dis orders" sent free on request.
The Monticellonian., 1907-01-10

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