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A REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Laborer Rescued From Death Under
Twenty-Five Tons of Coal

EsCANABA. Mich, April 2o.-Causht in
a mass of coal. Frank Erickson, laborer,
was carried head foremost Thursday
through chute at the Refs Coal Companys
dock and after being entombed under TWEEN
tyfve tons for nearly twenty-four hours,
was rescued alive yesterday.
Although bruised from head to foot and
sustaining internal injuries, hope for his
recovery is entertained.
Erickson's disappearance was not dis
covered until late Thursday night. and
crews dragged the bay throughout the night,
thinking that he had been drowned. Yester-
day when car of goal was being dumped
at the coal shed in the railroad yards
feebly shout was heard from inside. The car
was quickly emptied and Erickson was
found alive and conscious. He said he had
heard men passing near him throughout
the night and shouted repeatedly, but
could not make himself heard.
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Young Men Suspected Of Wrecking a
Railroad Engine

Pennsylvania railroad detectives and
members of the local police force on the
lookout for parties who ran one of the
railroads large locomotives out of the rail-
way yard and. while trying to run it out
onto the main line tracks. derailed it and
ran it into the Anacostia river. This oc-
CURED about six weeks ago, and later a
similar trick was attempted but was foiled
by the prompt work of hostler in the
round house where the locomotives are
kept.
The young men held responsible for this
second attempt are George Crist and Elmer
Carrick. Carrick has been arrested. He
arraigned in the Police Court this
morning a charge of taking property
without the owners consent. He pleaded
not guilty, and demanded jury trial. A
warrant is out for the arrest of Crist, but
he has not yet been located.
Both of the men, it is stated, deny any
connection with the first incident. On that
occasion some one entered the yards of
the railroad, jumped into one of the large
engines that was standing on the switch
ready to be started out for a run, and
opened the throttle. The engine ran over
the switches and past switch towers all
right. and no one suspected that it was not
being run by proper person. When the
engine came near the bridge over the Ana
costa river. however it is stated. the
trucks jumped the tracks at a switch and
the locomotive plunged along the ties and
finally landed in the river.
Before another train came along and ran
into the disarranged tracks, the wreck YES
discovered and efforts We're at once started
to remedy the matter. Many lives might
have been lost, ii is claimed by officials Of
the railroad company, had passenger
train followed closely the wrecked engine
and run into the river in a similar way.
In the second instance it is stated. two
men took possession of the engine while 1t
was standing near the round house, and
started to run 1t out of the yards. A host
Ter. who was in charge of the engine saw it
running away. and he ran down the track
and overlook 1t. 1t is claimed that he
found Crist and Carrlck in possession
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20

Lord Bagot secluded himself, living iE one
of his baronial castles with only a valet
attendant.
The suit will have to DO with the settle
ment of the property of the husband and
wife, and Lord Bagot may give his reason
for refusing to live with his wife, which is
at present unknown, unless it is that they
disagree over their religious views. Lord
Bagot is great friend of Queen Alexandra.
and very powerful in court circles. He Is
lord in waiting to the queen. The Bagots
are of the oldest and proudest of Eng
lish families, and have occupied their pres
ent estates in Staffordshire for more than
n thousand years. Their heirlooms include
a wonderful collection of Old masters in the
picture galleries.
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for more than sixty years has carried on q
banking house at u Obispo street Havana,
opposite the rear of the palace. He is now
elShty-hve years of age, one of the oldest
If habitantS, and has been engaged in more
prominent and successful enterprises than
any other. His wife, long since dead, was
a daughter of Pierre Soule member of the
United States Senate from Louisiana, and
at one time minister to Spain.
Mr.. Dances named the Henry Clay cigar,
because of his great admiration for the
famous kentuckian. and, with his partner,
Mr.. Alvarez. manufactured it for many
years He also founded the Partagas fac
tory and several other of the larger cigar
concerns in Cuba. No one knows the is
land or the people better than he, and he
speaks with the wisdom of experience.
Mr.. Dances is an annexationist. He de-
clares that annexation TO the United States
has always been the manifest destiny of
Cuba. and he has recognized it for sixty
years 1T will come sooner or later; the
sooner the better for Cuba, and l regret
that | may not see it in my lifetime The
Cuhans can never govern themselves. Uni
versal suffrage is fatal mistake because
they are not qualified for it. If we were
all educated and had been trained in
knowledge of governing, like the people of
the United States and England it might be
different, but the masses of the Cubans are
iliterate, and have neither the knowledge
nor the experience nor the self-control nee
essary for self-government. Independence
is gratifying to the pride, but it will be
fatal TO the prosperity of Cuba.
Value of Independence Denied
sixty years ago Pierre Soule was sent
10 Spain to buy the Island of Cuba for the
United States. The Spanish told him they
would never part with an inch of Cuban
soil They kept saying that year after year
for century, and now they have not
single inch of soil the American CONT
nent, where they once owned nearly all of
its territory. Events have shown how idle
their words were. Some of our Cuban
politicians are now saying the same thing
think they will not permit the United
States 10 govern them; that they will shed
the last drop of their blood and sacrifice
the last penny of their property to MAIN
tain their independence. But what good
does their independence do them? What
good does independence do any Cuban? We
were not SO we'll off in many respects as
republic we were when a colony of
Spain, and il seems to me that a good gov
ernment as a part of the United States Is
better than a bad government as IN indie
pendent republic.
NO one will deny that the moment an
nexation is assured everything in Cuba will
be worth four times much as it is now,
and it seems to me that it is sufficient
argument in favor of annexation. do not
think Ii Is necessary to say any more. We
better be prosperous and progressive than
isolated and go backward. With annex
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Admiral Coghlan Hurt Fighting Fire

NEW YORK, April 20.-Defective insula-
ton caused fire in the navy yard yester-
day, and as result work on the new col
lier Vestal will be delayed. The blaze, how
ever, brought out the fighting qualities of
the marines and b1uejackets under the
leadership of Rear Admiral Coghlan, who
was slightly injured in the battle The
admiral endeavored with the men in the
yard to handle the blaze, which was in the
brass foundry. His apparatus was not ade-
aquate to the occasion, and a falling cornice,
striking him on the head, laid him low tenn
porarily. Then an alarm was sent In and
the city department responded. The dam
age, after the blaze was out, was estimated
at 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20
Missionary Dies on Her Way Home.

MIDDLETOWN, Md, April 20-Looking
every day for two weeks past for visit
from their long -absent daughter in Central
America, where she was engaged in mis-
sionary work. and keeping her expected
visit from her friends in order to surprise
them, Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham n. Ifert OF
this place were shocked when a telegram
was received Thursday announcing the
death of the daughter, Mrs. Daisy Ifert
Anderson which occurred at Laurens, 8.
c., where she had stopped for few weeks
visit. Five years ago Miss Ifert left for
Guatemala City, Central America, to en-
gage in missionary work. An attack of
malarial fever last summer left her I'm a
weakened condition. and this is supposed to
have led to her death. She was in her
thirty-seventh year.
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Lieutenants Enter Marine Corps.

ANNAPOLIS Md, April 2o-Six new Sec
ona lieutenants of the Marine Corps. re-
Gently commissioned after qualifying in
the examination conducted In Washington,
reported at the Naval Academy yesterday,
thus completing the class of ten which will
undergo a course of instruction at the
school of application, attached to the ma
rine barracks here. Those who reported
yesterday are Harold H. Utley, formerly a
midshipman at the academy; Paul A. Cap
ron, William F. Bevan, John Potts, Ed
ward p. Rocker and James N Sutton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20
Minnesota Returns,

NORFOLK, Va, April 20.-The United
States battleship Minnesota returned today
from her official shaking-down cruise up
the coast, and proceeding in the Virginia
capes. joined the Atlantic fleet in Hampton
roads.
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Found Dead.
IL Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMDEN. N. j.. April 20.-Roxanna Tur-
ner, aged thirty, known as the wife of Will
lam Patterson, with whom She lived, was
found dead in their home this morning
Near her were bottle that had contained
laudanum and a note which read Send
for mother
Patterson has been locked up pending an
investigation. Late last night, it is alleged
tho couple quarreled.
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ALLEGED sWINDLER.
is Arraigned in Chicago Court, Con-
victed and Paroled,

Geo. Cheever, the young man who was re-
Gently arraigned in court in Chicago upon a
charge Of false pretenses, and who was
paroled after he had admitted his guilt, is
said to have been in this city about three
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alton, or even "a protectorate that will in
sure Us a good government, capital will
come in. and the immense resources of
Cuba, which have been idle so long, will
be developed. There is room in Cuba for
loCo0,GU of people, and every one would
be assured of prosperity if We had a good
government. Everything depends on that
one question. There is no difference of opin-
ion among the people of Cuba. l have
never yet found a man who is opposed to
the control of our affairs by the United
flee. 1t would seem convenient for your
President and your Congress at Washing
ton to take notice of this public opinion"
Would Let Things Alone.
What would you suggest to our Presi-
dent and Congress-" l asked Mr.. Dances.
ITO give us a rest; to leave US alone; to
let things go on just as they are Nobody
objects to the provisional government but
few office-seekers, and they are entirely
selfish. and have nothing 10 be affected one
way the other. For that rea son it
seems to me that they are not the people
whose wishes should be cons dered. / sup
pose they get more attention because they
are always present and talk loud. but they
do not represent public opinion they do not
speak the mind of the people of Cuba; they
only speak for themselves.
Mr.. Dances expressed the views of bust
ness men of every class from end of
Cuba to the other, but most of them are
afraid to talk as freely as he does. The
liberal leaders said to be keeping tab
on those who oppose them, and 1t is I'M
wise for any man of property to be an
"AmericaniSta.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20

The twenty-fifth annual Sunday school
convention of West Virginia began Tuesday
at Huntington, W. Va. President D. B.
Purinton who is president of the University
of West Virginia, is presiding.
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Stock Not for Sale.


Frequent attempts have been made to
buy UP the property, but the owners of the
shares would just as soon rart With their
lives. The property pays big dividends.
The lowest on record was II per cent ana
the higho II ~ per cent year Dividends
are declared every thirty days. At the end
OF every month the treasurer collects all
the money due. pays all the bills, strikes A
alancc. and then goes around from house
10 mouse with tin box under lis arm and
gives each ''COuponiSta" his or her share of
the pTohtS. lie is accompanied by a private
secretary, whose duty is to furnish a 6uau-
Cial statement To each 80 rsou interested
and take charge OF the receipt This duty
was performed 10y the same treasurer for
more than forty years. and his visits to the
houses or IN" StUg kAO!dcrS were as regular
as those Of the milkman. The men share
holders take turns as officers and directors
OF the road The only permanent officials
are tht superintendent, VINO is the technical
man, ana the treasurer. \ new president
and new board of directors arr, elected
during the first week of every January
ana they serve in turn without Compensa-
ton
Ramon Rozo, who had been general man
HSeF and superintendent for several years
was compelled to resign last summer be
cause ne permitted himself 10 be elected to
lhe CUBAN house of representatives, and
was succeeded 10y Adolfo Albaija. "A young
man Who has been brought up on the road
and has served in almost every capacity.
Two Trains a Day.
During the sugar season there are two
trains day in each direction. mix / freight
and passenger cars. Daring the rest of the
year there is only one train each way. The
fare is s. for the ifty-threc miles, and has
always been the same. Tn re has been no
change in the passenger rates since 1898.
although freight rates have frequently been
raised or lowered. according to circu.n-
stances The company now owns eleven
locomotives, ten passenger cars, SiXty-seyen
box ears, twenty-five cattle cars, twenty
eight flat cars and twelve cabOoses. The
locomotives were bought in the Unit ed
States, but the cars were all built in the
COmpany's shops and some of them have
been running continuously since 1850. The
connecting railway has enc Favored to per-
suade the company to change the gauge
from i've feet TO standard, 20 that cargoes
can be sent through to Nuevitas without
changing cars. But the directors are
afraid that the other road will get the bet
ter of them in some way or other unless
they act Independently. Therefore they will
not change the gauge or accept through
bills of lading.
Portions OF the roadbed have not been
disturbed for more than thirty cars
Trains are still running over rails that were
laid in the sixties. The ties are all OF jique
wood, which will last foreve~.
Declares for Annexation.
The oldest business man now in active life
in Cuba is Senior Don Juan Dances. who,
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In Hands of Original Owners.

During the scvcn;.' years that have
elapsed the control Of the Nuevitas-, anna
gu"y railway has remained in the hands
or the original owners. The eight shares
have been subGlyided among their descend
ants until there arr now about 2Do stock
holders. called ''couponistas" The largest
owners are Mrs Francisco Arosteeui an
american citizen, and Isaac Rodriguez a
banker OF Camagucy. They now control
nearly o0e-halt of the road. having oh
tdlned IN" interests Of numerous ''coupon-
'StaS by purchase. marriage and inherit
ance Madame ArOstcgui's father and her
husbands father were among the original
stockholders
Share is owned by the Guerrero family
ana Is divided among sixteen persons
Snare : belongs to Madama Arostegui
exclusively
Share III is owned ny Madame Arostecui
ana hVe relatives of her late husband.
snare " is owned by the Bctancourt
family Of nine persons
Share Y by the Moran family Of eleven
persons
Share VI by Isaac Rodriguez who was
not an original owner, but purchased il
from Jose SmOni.
Share VII originally belonged TO the Silva
family, but has since been purchased bv
Madame Arostegui. Isaac Rodriguez and
Miss Dolores BctanCuurt, a spfnster mil
Nonairess Of Camagucy.
Share VIII Originally belonged to the Va
roma family, but is now owned Jointly hy
Diego Narona. son of the first owner ana
Isaac Rodriguez
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Declares for Annexation.

The oldest business man now in active life
in Cuba is Senior Don Juan Dances, who
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Road Built in 1888.

The road VS. built and completed in
1S{S 1t cost about 81 ,Oon 900 and the capi-
tai stock was divided into eight shares of
Sl2"Hn each, which were taken by the
heads of the eight aristocratic families
who entered the scheme at the start. Gas
par Eetanccurt was the first manager and
remained such until he was driven into
exile by thc Spanish authorities 70. trea-
son. He was a thorough republican, and in
lsIl organized in Texas an expedition under
the leadership of NarciSsa Lopez a Ncne-
Zuelar. 10 overthrow Spanish authority
The tHhusters Were defeated. captured and
SHOT. every man of them. except Lopez
who was garrOtted and Rctancourt who
eScap-d To the United States. Among the
party was a brother OF the late Charles
\. Dana of the New York Sun which ar-
counts in a measure for the uncumpromis-
Ing hostility of the latter gentleman to
everything that was Spanish and the cor
dlal announcement he always gave to
cuban Insurgents one of the public
squares in Camasuey IS named in his
honor.
This was the first revolutionary exredi-
ton against Spain.
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WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1888
Control Has Remained in Hands of
Original Owners.
DIVIDENDS HAVE BEEN LARGE
Venerable Cuban Discusses the Bene-
fit of American Annexation From
Material Point of View.
BY WILLIAM L. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald

Record Herald
CAMAGTEY. cuba, April H.. 1907.
There is curious old railroad down here
the oldest in America outside of the United
States. and the first ever built within the
dominion of the kingdom of Spain. II is
ffty-three miles long. the track has
broad gauge of five feet. and it runs from
the port of NUcvtas on the north coast
of cuba to this venerable town of CANA
guey. II was built in 1887 to accommodate
eight large sugar mills owned by eight
Of the ancient families to whom | referred
in my letter yesterday. Nucvitas was then
an important port and the shipping place
Of a great deal of sugar, which was hauled
from the plantations in OK carts. Each
planter had his own road until the eight
neighbCrs got together one day and for
the sake Of economy decided to combine
and build broad. smooth highway to the
sea. with Cut-olfs to the different plaata-
tons.
Gaspar BctancCUrt. fdmilarly known as
Ell Lugaurino' eth" rustiCl. who had re-
Gently visited Baltimore and had seen the
railway which John w Garrett built from
Baltimore to Elicott's mills a few years
previous. suggested that railway would be
better than cart read. He explained to
hts neighbors the advantages of rolling
wheels over smooth iron rails instead of
on the bare Ound. and demonstrated by
mathematical calculation the economy
OF using a steam engine instead of oxen
as motive power. AS consequence Ell
luganrino' sent to Baltimore to buy
rails and rolling stock and to secure the
services of q CumDCtpnt engineer
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PROPOSALS. j ''iIi.III. Il, s.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT, U. $.
Life-saving Service, washington. D.
G., April 80, 1907. Sealed proposals will
be received at this Office until 2 o'clock
.. M, of Friday, May 81, 1907, and then
publicly opened, for the construction
Of a Iife-saving station at the entrance
to Tillamook Bay oregon. speciflca-
tions and drawings, forms of proposal,
etc, can be obtained upon application
to the Collector Of Customs, Astoria,
Oregon; to the Assistant Inspector Of
Life Saving Stations, Post Office
Building, Portland, oregon; the SUI
perintendents Of Construction Of Life
Saving Stations, room s5, New APP
praisers' Stores, San Francisco, CAL;
or to this ONCE. s. l. Kimball, General
Superintendent. M7-M9
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PROPOSALS.


OFFICE OF G. @. M VANCOUVER
Barracks wash, April Is, 1907. Seal
ed proposals, In triplicate, will be re-
ceived here until II o'clock a. m, May
Is 1907. for furnishing forage and bed
ding, at posts in this department for
the year ending June 30, 1908. De-
liveries Of supplies to commence July
i, 1907. Information furnished mere
or by quartermasters at post. U. 8.
reserves the right to reject or accept
any or all proposals, or any part there
of. Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked: Proposals for for
age and bedding at---," ad-
dressed Sam r. Jones, G. q. M.
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ron sAlE-REAl ESTATE.

I HAVE TWO HOUSES AND SIX
lots In warrenton centrally located.
Q. r. Morton. the real estate dealer.
4so Commercial street, opp, As,orian
otfice.
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Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar.

Foley & Co, Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account Of the great
merit and popularity Of Toley's Honey
Honey and Tar many limitations are
offered for the genuine. These worth
less limitations have similar sounding
names. Beware OF them. The genuine
Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow
package. Ask for 1t and refuse any
substitute. It ~ the best remedy for
coughs and colds. T. F. Laurin, Owl
Drug Store.
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IosT AND FOUND.
LATNDRIEs l'Iial n !
BUTTON HOLE AT THE BACK

BUTTON HOLE AT THE BACK.
Your experience with II has no doub'
lead TO much vexation, possibly pro
fsnity. Broke your anesrnail trying tc
pry It up from the nsck.band. sAi
You won't have that that experience u
you send your shirts TO usj we save you
this trouble, and danger Of tearing th'
shirt. Try us and see,
TROY LAUNDRY.
Tenth and Duane Sta. Phone 1907
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