The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Forty Nine Miners Probably Killed by
Explosion-Financial Trouble End
ing Big Houston Fire.

EHDlOtiOn-F tNaVCldi iFOhblt IUd
ing-Big Houston Fire.
Forty-nine men were buried asst
Sunday night by an explosion In n
coal mine at Fayette City. Pa While
Il Is not sure that all are dead %
bodies have been recovered and 10
hope for any OF the men Is held out
There Is now no doubt that the fin
ancial trouble Is over for the time
being. 1t "a still possible that there
may be labor disturbance. following
the money panic, but that does not
seem likely. and II II does not come
there will be no very serious hard
times for a while The government
has decided that there Is no need for
all the money Il started TO send cut,
and will issue only sy5.0O0.OoO OF GER
tiflcates- much less than had been
expected Factories and business hous-
es IA the East and North which shut
down when the panic started are open
ing up again. and advertising for men
and money has become 30 plentiful
that loans have been made on the
New York Exchange az three per cent
which is about as low as the price
ever gets There has been one more
tragedy following the panlc--another
banker. the president OF a Brooklyn
institution. who has been indicted lor
theft and forgery. killed himself last
"Wednesday.
While the bids for the $4,000 900
Panama canal bonds had not been
awarded at the time this was written.
Il is known that the issue has been
many times ovcrsubsorlbed and that
the prices viii be considerably above
those In the market and much better
than had been hoped
Mrs Bradley, who killed senatcr
Brown OF Utah. was found mot
guilty" By a jury In Washington
Secretary Tafts mother. who was
IN about the time that he started
for the Far East, Is now In a serious
condition again. and may not live an
he gets home The Secretary IS now
speeding across Northern Asia ON a
train. and will reach ST. Petersburg
soon. He viii be home In less than
two weeks. and when he gets back
will have been entirely around the
world since early In the fail
The fighting between French troops
and natives IA Northern Africa has
broken out again. A band of Moroc-
cans attacked some soldiers IN Algor-
Ia on last Wednesday. and killed elcv-
en- men. The French then rallied and
drove the Moroocans OFF
The second OF the trials Of the lead
ers Of the Western Federation o. Min
ers for planning the murder Of Ux-
Gov. sleunonberg OF Idaho has begun
In Boise cts, that state. The man
now ON trial Is George A. pettlbone.
Il Is charged that the union had steun-
enberg killed because he enforced the
law against t.
The Jameatown Exposition closed
last Saturday and probably viii not
be re-opencd next year. as has been
suggested There has been a heavy
loss OF money for the men running
the fair. and only about 100000 have
seen it--loss than a quarter as many
as attended the ST. Louis Fair.
Judge w w Murray Of Huntington
one OF the most prominent Republic
cans In Tennessee. Is dead.
The Canadian Parliament was
opened at Ottawa last Thursday.
! The Oklahoma legislature met ior
its first session Monday. and the new
state IS now fully under way
The second fiotllla at u. s. torpedo
boat destroyers left Norfolk far the
Pacific Sunday afternoon The battle
ship neet win start from the same
place about Dec. 10.