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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31
RESCUE WORK REMOVING BODIES
FROM Mine BEING BRAVELY DONE
Five mem LOST
BLOWN INTO CHESAPEAKE BAY
IN LIGHT BOAT THAT
cAPslZEp,
tug Baltimore Returned Yesterday
After Two Days of Fruitless
Search.

BALTIMORE, Jan. s1.-with the re
turn yesterday of the city tug Balh-
more from two days frmtiess search
for some clue TO the hye men who
have been missing for the last ten
days, all hope for them has been aban-
doned. The disappearance of the men
came as climax to a day of pleasure
spent together at fishing shore.
which they Jointly owned. In the even
ing the men embarked In small
boat and started to row to the ter
minus of the Bay Shore car line. A
strong northwest wind was blowing
and an hour later they were seen far
out in the bay. struggling against
the wind and sea. That was the last
seen OF men or boat. The missing
men, all Of whom were residents OF
Baltimore are:
ANDREW LARBER, "a years.
JOHN LARBER, 4s years.
JOHN LARBER. "a years.
GEORGE sAUER, Ss years.
GEORGE sAUER, SO years.
All of the men were related to each
other. The younger Larbers being
brothers and nephews of the Larber,
while the sauers were cousins and
were related to the Lsrbers through
marriage. The elder John Larber has
a wife and II children. John Larber
No. 2 has wife and three children,
and Andrew Larber, who is widower,
has one child. Neither of the sauers
was married.
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GIRLS DEVOTION
LEADS CONVICT
TO THE ALTAR

I COLUMBUS. o.. Jan. s1-After
waiting without the grim penitentiary
walls for three years. laboring and
praying for the release of her lover,
Della swayer last night wept with JOY
when the ceremony was performed
which made her the wife Of Thomas
cooney.
cooney came to the penitentiary. a
second.termer for burglary and lar,
ceny, from Teloda. He entered a
house and stole a case Of beer. He
was sentenced TO seven years In the
penitentiary.
Della Swaver was the conyict's Low.
err She came to Columbus and, rep,
resenting herself as his sister, was
permitted to see him on visiting days
With syeetmeats and nielnacks
bought with money she had earned
she fed her lover.
BY and by she had saved enough 10
make fight for Communication Of sen
tence She went to Toledo and there
circulated the petitio. and employed
an attorney to make her fight.
The sentence was committed 10
three years, which released cooney
Monday evening. Last night Chap
lain Starr said the words which uni
ted the couple cooney has already
secured honorable employment.
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in the court room and had to be car
ried out of the room.
United States District Attorney
John w. Dunkie began his address to
the jury for the defense shortly after
court opened for the afternoon ses-
sion, and argued that the shooting
was justifiable under the circum-
stances and asked for acquItfal.
Assistant District Attorney Robert
g. McElroy. FOR the commonwealth.
then addressed the jury. He said that
young Crowley had not gone far from
the arsenal and that he evidently could
not have been running fast He con
tended that Crowley could have been
captured without shooting. He asked
for verdict Of voluntary manslaush-
ter.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31
DIR. WHITE, STATE GEOLOGIST,
ARRIVES TODEFENDGHARGEs
INVESTIGATION COURTED
BILL TO PREVENT RETAILERS
FROM oisPosiNe OF STOCK IN
BULK UP IN HoUsE-coPPERs'
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW ON
CALENDAR TODAY.
Senate Turns Down Resolution ex.
tending Session to go Days Instead
Of 1856 Per Diem Recommended
BY judiciary Committee With $500
Extra for Presiding officers.

Especial to the West yIrginia.l
CHARLESTON, Jan. 31.-Dr. l. C
White. &C Morgantown, the State Ge
ologist, is the first to reach Charles.
ton In answersto the proposed investi,
cation OF the experiment station geolo
gicai survey and other State depart
ments. DR.. White is not bit worried
and stated this morning to your cor
respondent that he courted the investi.
cation of his department.
The House this morning had under
consideration he bill which provides
that retailers are not allowed to dis.
pose of their stock In bulk without
first notifying their creditors Of such
Q transaction. The bill was framed
for the purpose of eliminating frauds
which often occur. The measure has
the endorsement of the State Board
of Trade. There was heated debate
which had not concluded when the
noon recess was taken.
Primary Election Law.
cooper's primary election Law
which. II it passes, will reyolutionize
the manner of selecting party execu
tive committee and candidates for Of
tlce is on the calendar as special
order for $3.50 this afternoon. Thi.
Is one OF the most important measures
thus far introduced and the discussion
promises to be most Interesting. 4 Z !.
Two Cent Fare Bill. ?:
Mr.. Holes two cent fare bill was
caIeld uo this morning and made q
special order for IL o'clock tomorrow
morning. He left this afternoon for
Morgantown to lok after some per
sonal business matters.
Six Dollars Per Diem.
The Senate failed to adopt the reso
luton making the session of Legisla
ture not to exceed so days instead Of
45 as at present. The judiciary com
mittee 20 which the bill was referred
reported back with an amendment at
tached fixing the compensation SC per
day with an extra 81 per day for the
presiding officers of the two Houses
Senate joint resolution No. &c. limiting
the taxing power of municipalities tc
40 cents on the one hundred dollars
was passed after much discussion on
the part of several Senators. who wish
ed the limit remain so cents on the
one hundred dollars.
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VOLCANIC ACTION, glLAAEt,
HAWAII, THREATENED
SCOUTING LAVA THREATENS THE
CITY

HONOLULU. Jan! s1.-wireless re.
ports state that the inner volcano OF
the pit Of the Kilauea, Hawaii, is com,
pletely filed with lava. This means
that the pit, six hundred feet deep
and three hundred yards in diameter,
now Is j sething mass OF spouting lava.
The lava has reached the same point
as In 1895. when the sudden activity
caused the bottom to drop eight hun
dred feet.
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Gov. GlLLET'S
MESSAGE To
LEGISLATURE
JAPANESE QUESTION
AWAITING COMPROMISE
COMPROMISE PROPOSITION TO BE
SUBMITTED BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT.

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Jan, st.-Gov.
ernor GilIett will send to the Legis.
lature to-day a message recommend.
ing thar action on all bills and resoIu.
tons bearing on the japanese ques.
tion be suspended pending considera,
tton of compromise proposition made
by President Roosevelt Leaders OF
both Houses have indicated their en-
tire wIIlIngness to do so.
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ELEVEN BODIES RECOVERED UP
TO A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT,
AMONG THEM BEING A MERE
BOY, WHO WAS HORRIBLY
MANeLED.
sixty coFElNs SENT TO SCENE
OFFICIALS OF COMPANY HAVE
MADE NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT
AS TO CAUSE, AND MINE WAS
IN GOOD CONDITION SATURDAY.
RECENT DlslsATeRs IN
WEST VIRGINIA MINES

"
BLUEFIELD coaldale mine,
January 4. 1906; % killed.
PAINT CREEK - Detroit mine,
January is, 1906; is killed.
FAYETTE eoUNTY-Patal mine.
February s,1ao6; % killed.
PHILIPPE Century mine, March
%, 1906; 2s killed.
PocAHoNTAs coUNTY-west
mine. Pocahontas Collieries Co.
October 8, 1906; 20 killed.
LoRENrZ, near Buckhannon -.
PENNSYLVANIA Coal company's
mine, January &c, 1907; IL ldn-
ed.
FAYETTESvILLE, Fayette coun-.
ty Stuart mine, January 20,
1907 so killed,
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CHARLESTON. Jan. sl.-Late ad-
vices received from the scene of the
disaster at the Stuart colliery Com.
pany's mines at Stuart. Fayette coun.
", IS that the number of victims will
he about sixty. instead of seventy.five,
or eighty, as was first estimated. The
list Of those known positively to have
been in the mine at the time Of the
explosion includes thirty-eight white
miners and ten colorel miners.
Besides these there were number
OF foreigners. whose names are not
known. The efforts Of the resc1ers
today were the placing of brattices in
the shaft and clearing the debris from
the entry. This was slow work, but
considering the stupendous dificul-
ties TO be overcome, good progress was
made and the rsscuing party hopes TO
be able to reach that part of the mine
where tie men were supposed to be
scme time before midnight.
Inspector on Scene.
Chief Mine Inspector Paul and sew.
eraI assistants went to the scene of
the disaster today. There is very
little hope expressed that any of the
entcmbed miners will be found alive.
oficers of the company have. made
no statement of their theory as to the
cause OF the terrible disaster. An in.
vestigation win be made. Sixty collins
were ordered to-day from Hinton.
Many OF the victims were married men
with families. and the scenes around
the mine are heartrendfng.
Special Trains Sent.
Special trains from Charleston,
Thurmond and other places. bearing
rescuers and supplies, were sent out
tothe scene OF the disaster this morn
Ing.
After fourteen hours OF relentless
work the resclers reached the bottom
o. the shaft. The first body removed
was that of Frank Lovett, a boy Of
fourteen; whose body was horribly
mangieds Two Of his brothers also
lost their lives In the disaster.
After the frst cage went down hun
dreds were crowded about the mouth
Of the shaft, hoping, yet almost afraid
to hope They feared that the next
load would contain the mangled re
mains OF their loved ones.
Mothers, wives. sweethearts ana
children crowded the entrance to the
shaft cage and eagerly awaited.
Awful Scenes.
The scenes around the shaft were
awful hs each load was. brought up
al Ieastt wo bodies, mangled beyond
recognition. were gathered in baskets
and removed to temporary morgue
The rescue parties stated that II ap
peared as though the men were assem-
bling near the bottom Of the shaft tc
be taken out when the explosion oc
CURED.
Superintendent Sam Dickinson. ol
fCanrfrdoI ~, p,ro r-l~hs
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Young F Fairln onter
Injured IN Mine
Explosion
OSCAR SINE is HURT IN coal
MINE. EXPLOSION AT JOHN.
SON cITY-FlvE ARE
KILLED.

MARION. H., Jan. s1.-By an ex.
plosion of powder in the johnson City
and Big Muddy coal mine at johnson
City. yesterday. 1--WE men were killed
and eleven hurt.
The dead:
ROMEO FoRHENBAKER.
FRANCIS MAYHER.
JESSE NJ. DAVIS.
FELIX TONY.
BERT LowERY.
The most seriously injured are:
THOMAS MITCHELL.
OSCAR SINE.
GEORGE PATTERSON.
ALBERT SWIFT.
The explosion took place in what Is
known as the west mine. One hun.
dred and seventy men are usually EN-.
ployed in the pit and telegraphic dis
patches fail to say why SO many min,
ers escaped unhurt
One of the wounded men, Oscar
Sine, formerly lived In Fairmont and
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.. Sine.
of Locust avenue. It is reported that
the young man Is badly injured but
the extent of his injuries have not
been fully ascertained.. Oscar Sine
was 20 years old, married and was
well known about Fairmont.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-There was a
friendly greeting between the defend
ants wife and the Thaw family this
morning.
Harry Thaws gave his mother and
wife smiling greetings as he passed to
his seat. Thaw appeared to be in
thoughtful mood and at once busted
himself with letters and clippings plac-
ed before him on his counsel's table.
Thaw was amazed at the suddenness
of affairs, when Justice Fftzgerald an
nouneed the Dismissal of jurors /
and Q by mutual consent of counsel
and turned to Peabody for informa-
tion. He seemed satisfied with the
explanation offered. but there was o
trace of irritation and disgust at an
other delay in the case. Neither OF
the dismissed jurors would comment
beyond stating that they were sur
prised Court did not make known
the reasons for relieving Walker and
Haas
David S. Walker. juror number
and Louis Haas. juror number .. were
excused from further jury duty by
Justice Fitzgerald ON consent Of both
sides this morning.
District Attorney Jerome with as
sistant District Attorney Garvin had
a long conference with Justice Fitx-
gerald and counsel for defense be-
hind closed doors before court opened
to-day. Thaw,s lawyers are said to
have bitterly opposed the move Of Je-
rome in asking that two jurors be
dropped. The one hundred taiesmen
on special panel ordered were present
this morning at the opening of court
which was delayed until nearly eleven
o'clock. All of the Thaw family were
present to-day.
When the panel Is completed then the
defendant, his wife and all the mem
bers of his family who are able to be
in court must listen to the story OF
the roof garden tragedy. told in all
,its drastic tale and as impressiycly as
lies within the power Of the prosecut-
ing officer to portray It.
The length and breadth of the
ground. the district attorney win COW
er, has not been disclosed. Just how
/ far back he will delve into the his
tory of the principals in the famous
case. no one but Mr. Jerome knows.
He has not related the plan of his
opening address to any one, though
It has been intimated authoritatiyely
that the direct evidence of the prose-
cution viii be OF the briefest possible
character. dealing only with the incl
dents leading up to the killing and
the story Of the tragedy itself as seen
by eye witnesses
Continued from Page Fiye.)
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A Lecture.

Rev. H. NJ. Johnson, colored. is ar
ranging to give lecture at the Grand
Opera House on the character of Ma
poleon Bonaparte. Rev. Johnson has
given much study to the life and
achievements of the great chieftain.
Rev. Johnson was trying to get into
communication with the opera house
officials yesterday.
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Correction.

Several corrections are Necessary in
the article. Laid to Rest" in the
First ward items Mrs. Burns was
born May 20, 1874. The funeral ser.
vices were conducted by Rev. Rich.
mond, pastor OF the circuit assisted
by Ress KInkaid and Moran.
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A Sad Errand.

W. s. colburn left last night for
Fayetteville to take charge OF the re-
mains OF his son. Harry colburn. who
was killed in the explosion of the
Stewart mine on Tuesday.
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Mrs. Harry Rhoiabarger. of Man,
nington. is the guest of her mother.
Mrs. Ada Lawear, on Main street.
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Two More
TalesIlen Dis
missed Today

THAW's FAvoRire Ju-
RoR. AND HAAS GO OFF PANEL
-AeREEMENT BETWEEN couN.
Sci AND JUDGE FITZGERALD
REACHED BEHIND CLOSED
pooRs-THAW FAMILY ALL
PRESENT To-pAY--EvELEN Ju-
RoRs NOW IN BOX. -.
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The Pair of Country Kids company
passed through this city today en-
route to Warrington.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-29
CHURCH SERVICES TO-DAY.

ST. ANDREWS and1 M p. n.
ST. CLEMENTS EPISCoPAL-Bls, m. =
ST. ELIzABETHs CHURCH EpiOpa-Potwn II 1880
METHODIST CHURCH-Crane, IL and 1880 p m.
a. m and p. n.
CHURCH-Fmy, Sunday
N. and
KAWAIAHAo CHURCH-Parker, II a. and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school, II a.
PORTUGUESE EVANGELICAL
evening.
ROMAN CATHOLIC 1030 7.
collection, Sunday school; p.
SACRED high
collection; m
at 9 a. n
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SoCTETY-Room Elite Building II
a m p m
a. m p. m.
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METHODIST CHURCH.

First Methodist Episcopal church, 40S
Beretania avenue, David W. Crane,
pastor.
Announcements for Sunday: Sunday
school, GAS a. m, R. H. Trent superin-
tendent. International lesson, ere
view.''
Morning worship, IL a. m. Preaching
by the pastor; subject, "a Wise
Choice"
Epworth League, $50 p. M, P. E.
Tosh, president. Topic for study, "our
Accounting"
Evening service, 1880 p. m. Sermon
by the pastor; subject, " Obeying God. :"
Miss Hall viii sing during the SER
vice of the morning and Mrs Hare in
the evening. The public is cordially
invited to worship with us.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.
Services for this week:
Sundays and am, low masses
with holy communion and Portuguese
instruction; a. m, low mass with
singing and English sermon; 1880 a..
m, high mass with native sermon;
p. m, rosary and native instruction;
q p. m, benediction with Portuguese
sermon.
New Years Day. and a. m, low
masses; 10 "a. m, solemn pontifical
mass with Portuguese sermon and spe-
cial music by the choir and the orches-
ira.
Friday-First Friday of the month,
6 and Z, low masses with holy commu-
Mon; p. M, benediction of the bless
ed sacrament.
Saint Augustine Chapel, waikiki
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Book Of Nehemiah Verified

plunged into the depths of affection
by this calamity, went into mourning
and wept and tasted, calling upon
Jehovah, the God of Gods.'t Nc
more did they anoint themselves with
ointments or drink any wine. Some
time afterward Widrang fell into dis
grace and was forced to make resh-
tuition, whileA those yvha had executed
his orders We're all slain in just ex-
piation of their sins. Nevertheless
the petitioners say, they have not to
this day, in spite of all their striving,
obtained leave TO rebuild their temple
and so for three years they have no.
left off their mourning. being preclud
ed from making their ritual sacrifices
or offering up incense on the altar of
Jehovah, the God of Gods" In vain
after the catastrophe did they appeal
to Bagohi himself, Governor of Judea
and then to Jehohanan, High Priest of
Jerusalem, and to his brother, Ostan
Anani, and to the princes of the house
of Judah. Wherefore they come now,
a second time to implore Bagohi to
show them favor and allow them to
rebuild in Elephanta the temple Of
Jehovah as ii once stood.
In return for this boon they will
offer up sacrifices to Jehovah on the
new altar in his name, and until it is
built all the Israelitish men, women
ard children of the Island will never
cease praying for Bagohi." Further
more. they give him to understand
that he will reap more substantial
benefits in a sum of 1000 talents of
of the gold, concerning which he has
already been Informed. And, in con-
clusion, they mention that they have
written also to Delayah and Chela-
mayah, son of Sanballat, Governor OIL
Samaria, but that the Satrap Arsam,
recalled by Darius, knows not of the
matter. From other papyrus and
fragments not yet published it is seen
that, thanks to the intervention of
Bagohi and Delayah, the permission
was granted and the temple of Je-
hovah rebuilt.
The inestimable value of these new
discoveries lies in their confederation
of the Biblical story, and, besides the
names of Jehohanan and Sanballatg
mentioned in the Old Testament, the
Governor Bagohi is to be found in the
historian Flavius Josephus, in the
Greek form of Bagoas. Prof Cler-
mont Ganneau, who gives the above
details, has especial reason to be con-
graduated on this discovery, although
not actually made by himself, since it
seems to place beyond all doubt the
correctness of the belief that the old
temple of Jehovah was on the Island
of Elephanta-a belief that he was
almost alone for a long time in hold
ing against the majority, who located
it at Syene, on the opposite shores of
the Nile. At present he is in charge
of a French mission subventioned by
the academy, by the Ministry and also
by NJ. Edmond Rothschild, which is
excavating on the island side. by side
with the German explorers, and the
kneenest rivalry naturally exists be-
tween the two groups, who are work
ing literally shoulder to shoulder with
in a few yards of each other, each.
however, with radius exactly de-
fined and marked out by wire fences.
Paris Corr.
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Prof. Clermont. Ganneau has given
The public. so to speak. advance sheets
of the important discoveries lately
made bv the German scientific mis-
sion, working under Herr Rubensohn
side by side with the French, on the
Island of EIephanta on the Nile. Lat
terly the sands of Egypt have been
yielding up their treasures in lavish
profusion. Last month it was a lost
comedy of Menander, and not long be-
fore the "Logia'' of Jesus, taking US
back to the origins of Christianity.
But while explorers were almost daily
unearthing relics of the Greek and
Egyptian eras, it was seldom that any
Jewish fragment was turned up.
Now, however, among some papyri
found by the Germans within so yards
of Prof Ganneau's diggers, is an Of
fetal document of the seventeenth
year of Darius, addressed to the Per-
sian Governor of Judea by the Jewish
priests of the temple OF Elephanta.
The document is long and interesting,
but its inestimable value lies in the
fact that it calls up historical figures
familiar in the Bible such as Johohan-
an, high priest of Jerusalem, and SAN
ballat, the Governor of Samaria.
This papyrus, which is in the Ara
maic character, has been decipbered
by Prof. Sachau, of Berlin, and turns
out to be an authentic page TO be add
ed to the Book of Nehemiah. This
wonderful document is a petition adj
dressed by the Jewish inhabitants of
the Island of EIephanta, speaking
through the priest, Jeduyah, and his
colleagues, to the Lord Bagohi, the
Persian Governor of Samaria in the
seventeenth year of the reign of King
Darius After having invoked, in
terms almost identical with those of
the papyrus of Turia, the blessing of
the God of Gods" on the head of the
Governor, the petitioners made sup
plication as follows:
Three years previously, in the alb
sence of Arsam, the Satrap of Egypt,
summoned to meet his King, the
Egyptian servants of the god Khnum
of Elephanta intrigued with the Gov
ernor of the island, Widrang (bribed
by them, according TO the famous
Euting papyrus), and procured from
him an order for the military COM
mandant of Syene for the destruction
of the temple of Jehovah that stood
on the Island of Elephanta. This tenn
pie, say they, was builded by their
forefathers in old times and was there
when the land of Egypt was conquer
ed by Cambyses, who spared it while
he destroyed all the temples of the
Egyptians.
According to the description the
petitioners incidentally give, this tenn
pie must have been an imposing pile,
built of massive blocks of stone, with
seven monumental gates, columns of
granite and a roof of cedar. The or
ders of Widrang were ruthlessly ex-
ecuted and the troops, helped by an
Egyptian horde, demolished that VEN
cradle sanctuary, destroying all that
it contained with fire after carrying
away the vessels of gold and silver
and other precious objects.
All the Jewish population of Ele-
phanta, men, women and children,
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A CONTRIBUTION.

One morning week missionary worker soliciting con-
butions helping the work along Stopping at house
section OF the city she pulled the bell winch was as"
ty sck1y looking woman. -
Can YOU contribute anything for the drunkads hone she
asked of the woman whom had summoned to the door
Yes" replied come around Saturday niga'
and get my husband, '-Phladelpha Ledger