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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
SEVENTY KILLED IN MINE.
Dust Explosion Entombs Nearly One
Hundred Men in Alabama.


As the result of an explosion in the
coal mines at Yolande. Ala, seventy.
and perhaps seventy-five. men are
dead. The work of recovery. which
was delayed in the beginning by the
character of the explosion and the fire,
has been slow, and hundreds of miners
from nearby camps helped in the work
of taking out the bodies.
The explosion occurred at about
10 so O'Clock Monday morning. and so
far its cause has not been determined.
Less than one hundred men went
into the mine that morning, and this ac-
counts for the fact that the loss of life
was not heavier The mine has in the
past been pronounced free from gas by
the State mine inspectors, and Ii is sup
posed that the explosion was caused by
dust. When a mine is not properly
sprinkled and the air is allowed to fill
with fine coal dust. particles of it be-
come almost as explosive as gas.
The explosion was below the second
right subentry. The mines 20 down
1900 feet. There was a terrific explo-
sion, dust and timber being blown out
in great quantities, destroying small
buildings near by. There was intense
heat Immediately after the explosion.
Officials of the company on the scene
Immediately took steps to organize a
rescue party to get to the men. The
fans were started and other methods
taken to eliminate the bad air Within
an hour fourteen men had crawled out
of the mine. Several of these were
badly burned.
Yoanoe mine is but few miles
from Virginia City, where similar ex-
plosion occurred about two years ago,
112 men being killed at that time Yo-
lande is tlirty-five miles south of Bir-
mingham, ON the Birmingham Mineral
Railroad. The Yolande Coal and Coke
Company is headed by DR.. G. B. Grove
of Birmingham.
The Yolande mines were among the
model collieries OF the Birmingham dis
trict. Non-union men were worked ex-
clusively. Everything possible had
been done to insure the contentment
of employees with their conditions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
An Apostle of Happiness.

Miss Laurence Alna-Tadema, daughter
of the well-known artist and author Of
several successful novels, has come from
her English home to lecture in America
on Happiness" When asked by New
York reporter to tell what she meant by
happiness, Miss Alma-Tadema said 1t
would take an hour and twenty minutes
to tell that, and it had taken her five
months to write down what had required
years to learn. As to how it could be at
tanned, she is quoted as saying by man
aging ones self; by working hard and
developing ones self to the limit Il
never comes except by being sought. II
is net matter of condition or of wealth.
1t does not depend on marriage" Hap
piness lies in the curtailment of desire.
Do without things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
ARKANSAS DIAMOND FIELDS.
Greatest Expert in America Has
High Hopes for 1t.

High Hopes for 1t.
authority on precious stones in the
country, and perhaps in any other
country, has just returned to Chicago
from a visit to Murfreesboro, Pike
County, Ark, to examine the spo.
where some diamonds were found nor.
long ago. He says they are the real
thing, and that the geological condi-
tons are almost precisely those which
occur in the neighborhood of the Kim
berley diamond mines, South Africa
This is the first time diamonds
have ever been found in their natural
matrix on the American continent, and
/ consider it very important" said Mr..
Kunz. ''rhe soil and surroundings
are similar to those in South Africa.
The spot where they were found is
beyond question the crater of an ex-
tinct volcano, and it is filed with blue
earth similar to that of Kimberley. 1t
will take further investigation to show
whether there are enough diamonds to
make it pay to work the deposit, and
whether the cost of working will per
nit of profit. These questions can
be decided within a few months, and
If they can be decided in the affirma-
tive, it is one of the best things have
ever struck.
while most of the diamonds have
been picked up on the surface Z the
igneous area, few have been found
among concentrates derived from wash
ing the decomposed peridotite which
must resembles that of Kimberley, and
at least one diamond was found EN-
bedded in the decomposed peridotite
itself. The evidence seems conclusive
that the crystals are derived from the
peridotite, and if so, this is the first
occurrence of diamonds in place ON
either the North or South American
continent
Diamonds have been found loose in
glacial deposits in about thirty places
in Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio
and other States, but never before in
natural conditions. This diamond dis
covery in Arkansas was originally
made By a farmer named John Hud-
dlestone. Because the ground was
green, he thought there might be cop
per under it, and while prospecting
around found one crystal and later
two others. Since then fifteen or
twenty of the natives have picked up
diamonds"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
HAS A HooDoo ALL RIGHT.

Delaware Farmer Has Unprece-
denied Streak of Ill Luck.
Alexander Argo, a farmer living near
Georgetown, Del, claims to be the cham
pion victim of hard luck in that vicinity.
lie has done everything to stop the hoo
doc" from picking up horseshoes to carry
ing a rabbits foot which was caught in
the proper manner, but all signs fail when
they strike him. In September one of his
valuable horses died, in October he broke
his arm, i'm November a 2-year-old colt
belonging to him ran into a barbed wire
fence and killed itself, and this month
his 17-year-old son accidentally shot him
self with revolver. Argo is wondering
what the new year is going to bring him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
LAND FRAUD CASES HIT BANK.
Indictment of Directors Forces Insti-
tuition TO CIoses

Indictment of Directors Forces Insti-
tuition to Closes
The Colorado State Bank of durango,
Colo, has suspended business pending re-
organization. 1t holds deposits of $780,
600 and its capital is $4,000. The cffi-
Gals of the bank issued a statement in
which they assert that the assets are en-
tirely unimpaired and that the bank will
be able to pay its depositors. as well as
it's stockholders, in full The statement
further says that the cause leading to the
suspension in the uneasiness in the minds
of the depositors because of the fact that
Ellis Hampton, b. \. Freeman and Frank
Eldridge, directors of the bank. have
been indicted for alleged land frauds in
Archueta County. The statement says
that these indictments are without war
rant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
N. Y. WANTS 700 TEACHERS.
Rigid Examinations Cause Dearth OF
Instructors I'm Public Schools.

Rigid Examinations Cause Dearth of
Instructors I'm Public Schools.
Wanted-Seven hundred school teach
ers. Apply to board of education, City of
New York. This advertisement has not
yet appeared in the want columns of the
daily papers, but it may soon be neces-
sery to put it there. The New York
beard of education is finding it impossible
to secure the required number of teachers,
o., at least, to find enough who can pass
the severe examinations which the board
has decreed must be passed. Meantime
800 students from the teachers training
schools are being drafted into service and
are completing their courses with actual
school room experience. committee of
the board will investigate the reasons for
the lack of competent teachers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
BANDITS CARRY OFF $4,000.
Bank of A1lrich, Mo-, Robbed In
Jesse James style.

Bank of A11rich, Mo-, Robbed In
Jesse James style.
The Bank of Aldrich, Mo-. was robbed
of $1,000 in Jesse James style Thursday
afternoon. Shortly before o'clock three
men drove to the bank in buggy. Two
got out and entered the building, pointed
revolvers at the cashier and bookkeeper
and demanded the cash. The third man
remained in the buggy. The cashier gave
up about $4,000, which was the amount
in the drawers, but did not go to the
vault for the larger sums kept there. The
bank officers then were compelled to walk
in front of the buggy, which was driven
to the edge of the town. They were per
mitted to return while the buggy contain
ing the three robbers was driven away
rapidlv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
GERMAN EXPORTS CUT DOWN.
Financial Disturbance I'm United
States Hurts Dealers.

States Hurts Dealers.
German financial writers are of the
opinion that the monetary situation in the
United States will diminish exports to
the United States. The Berliner Tage-
bIatt has gathered interviews with export
err to the United States and with the
heads of firms whose business consists IN
part of manufacturing for the American
market. The men who have expressed
their views represent firms in the linen
and knit goods business, leather and metal
wares gas motors, dress goods. glass, and
other lines. The orders now on hand for
some lines will run until August or Sep
TENDER, but beyond this buyers show hesI-
tation. One important firm in the leath-
er trade declares that business already
has been seriously damaged and that al
most no orders have been taken in since
the beginning of the disturbance. There
have been extraordinarily large exports
of fur to the United States this season,
and as a result stocks in Europe are ma
terially reduced. The large fur eealers
have agreed to raise prices on Jan. J.
Americans seem to be going in for fars
rather than for diamonds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
SUBMITS BOUNDARY CLAIM.
Toxic Government Gets Memoran-
d...... x..Iar. x adn,Issions

Toxic Government Gets Memoran-
dunn, with Korean Admissions.
China has submitted to the Toxic gov
eminent through Baron Gonsuke Hayashi,
the japanese minister, a statement of her
side of the Chen-Tao boundary dispute.
This consists of memorandum in which
Korea admits the sovereignty of China
over the territory in question, map
signed by both China and Korea and Man
ehuria at the Tumen river, and evidence
to show that the river which Japan claims
is the boundary, is in reality an effiuent
of the Sungari. japan claims that the
Koreans are not Chinese subjects, and
this fact is the ground for her invasion
and policing of the Chen-Tao territory in
Korea's name
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
woman Wins Libel Suit.

In the case of Salient Armstrong Hop
kins against Bishop James NJ. Thoburn of
the Methodist Episcopal church for $780,
600 for alleged libel the jury in Syracuse,
n Y. returned verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $500. Miss Hopkins former
ly was a missionary in India. working
under Bishop Thoburn. She alleged the
bishop wrote letters to this country re-
fecting on her work and financial trans
actions
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
INJUNCTION ON STOVE BOYCOTT.
Temporary Ruling Against Fedora
ton of Labor In st. Louis Case.

tfon of Labor In st. Louis Case.
In the case of the Buck Stove and
Range Company of st. Louis against the
American Federation of Labor, involving
the right of labor to boycott business
houses which labor organizations regard
ed as unfair TO them. Justice Gould of
the District of Columbia Equity eoart
granted temporary injunction asked for
by President Van Cleave of the stove
company to prohibit the federation from
continuing to boycott the company pend
ing final settlement of the case A
bill in equity was fled by the company
last August for q. permanent Injunction
restraining che federation from boycotting
the company and putting it on the ''un-
fair" list in the federation's official or
gan end later a supplemental bill was
filed charging that Notwithstanding the
pending proceedings the federation was
still actively engaged in pressing the boy
colt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The University OF Chicago hears that
the head of its department of physics,
Prof. Albert A. Nicholson, is to receive
the years Nobel prize for the best work
in his line Prof. Nicholson is now in
London. where the Copley medal has been
awarded to him by the London Royal So
ciety DR. Nicholson is the discoverer of
method of measuring the velocity of
light Though born in Germany, he has
lived here since childhood and is grad
uate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
lie is now 80.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Man and vic Mum Five Years.

James l.. Williams, hatmaker in Dan
bury. Conn, and his wife have occupied
the same house, taken their meals at the
same table together. and been in each 9TH
er's company for five years without speak
ing a word to each other. Five years ago
they quarreled and Williams made VOW
he would never again speak to his wife.
He has kept it re!giously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
SUICIDES NOTES SHOW PACT.
Two Men Leave Letters Saying They
Agreed to Die Together.

1t has developed that Hubert NJ.
Schmitt, aged So. late janitor of Mar
quette university, and Thomas NJ. Stan
ton, aged 20. of Chicago, who ended their
lives in a suicide compact at the Plankin-
ton house in Milwaukee, lived together in
Chicago for some time prior to October
with Stanton's widowed mother. The
intimacy between the men dated fiom
their acquaintance at Sacred Heart
church. Chicago. where for seven years
Sehmitt was janitor, while Stanton vas
a student. Notes were found signed by
both men. in which the statement was
made that they had agreed to die together
because of i'll health and persecution by
relatives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
FORTUNE FROM IRELAND.
Poor Widow Hears of Plot to Chent
Her of 100000.

Her of 100000.
Mrs. Kate Cole, a poor widow in New
York. relying on an only son. who IS a
common laborer, for, support, received two
letters the other day informing her that
she was one Of two heirs to $1.0000O0
left by an aunt, Miss Johanna Seymour,
Cork county Ireland. The other heir is
a Mrs. Graham. supposed to live on
Staten Island Recently Mrs. Cole was
notified she had been left small sum, but
the letters say officials in Ireland and
those having hold of the money are at
tempting to keep it from her. Mrs. Cole
has employed lawyer, who has entered
into communication with the public adj
ministrator of the county and with the
American consul at Dublin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Ala-ka bank su~pena..

The Fairbanks Banking Company of
Fairbanks. Alaska. closed lis doors an ac-
count of a lack of currency. The officials
state thar the suspension is temporary
and the hank viii reopen in the spring at
the latest The assets OF the institution
are stated by the officials TO be $S0Q.U00
in excess OF the liabilities
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

John Henry PARROT, an Englishman,
Tas arrested in New York on charge
of clipping with a ward in chancery, Grace
Lawrence. He said he would marry the
girl at once. The English penalty for
marrying ward in chancery without per-
mission of the court is Imprisonment at
the discretion of the lord chancellor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
EIoping woman Tries suicide.

Mrs Mary Russell. who has been in
Cleveland for several days under the
name of Mrs. +. Il. Feurlicht, attempted
to commit suicide on Euclid avenue by
taking carbolic acid. She was taken to a
hospital. where il is said she will recover.
Mrs Russell admits having eleped from
New York with theatrical man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
CHILD LABOR LAW is INVALID.
Ohio Circuit Court Decides the Meas

Ohio Circuit Court Decides the Meas
ure Is Unconstitutional.
The Ohio State child labor law, which
forbids the employment of children under
IA years in any factory or other heavy
manual labor, was declared unconstitu-
tional by the Circuit Court in session at
st. Clairsville, Ohio. The reason handed
down by the court was that the law cur
tails the liberty of the people granted by
the constitution of the State and the
United States. The case at issue was
that of the State against L. A. Rodefer,
proprietor of the Rodefer Glass Works,
Bellaire, Ohio. He was charged with EN-
ploying boys after legal hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

Otto Schmigler. Hungarian tailor,
shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs.
Caroline Webster and seriously wounded
Miss Myrtle Spence and then killed him
self. in Columbus Ohio. 1t is said
Schmigler was infatuated with Miss
Spence. and tina: when he began shooting
he thought Mrs. Webster was Miss
SDancn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The board of directors of the Trenton
IN. j. Art School has caused the classic
statues in its art halls to be draped with
fe leaves This is said to be the result
of the vigorous protests of several minis
tiers. Sunday school superintendent and
parents who have children studying at the
school. although the action of the board
has aroused considerable merriment and
ridicule on the part Of the public.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
May Free Jessie Morrison.

Interest in the tragic life story of Jes-
sic Morrison is revived through the eff
forts OF influential friends to secure her
release from the State penitentiary for
the murder of her schoolgirl friend, Mrs.
Olin g. Castle, in Eldorado, Kas. The
Young woman is said to be dying as a
result of her confinement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
No ..unwritsea Law says Judge.

Henry Lacey. who shot and killed W.
W. Parker. whom he mistook for the al
Ieved destroyer of his home. was convicted
OF murder and sentenced TO life imprison-
meut at Webb City. Mo- Judge GRAY
charged the jury that there was no such
thing as The .-unwritten" law and forbade
an acoufstal on thar ground.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

o. " Hilton. general attorney for the
Western Federation Of Miners, announced
at Denver that he would start at once for
Boise. Idaho. to prepare a defense for
Steve Adams, whom he learned is to be
turned over to the Colorado authorities
and brought TO Telluride on the charge
Of numbering Arthur Collins.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Clearing House Certificate Good.

Stewart Dunbar's foot was caught in a
cattle guard of the Northwestern Pacific
Railroad near San Rafael, Cal, at night
and he would have been crushed to death
by an approaching handcar if he had not
lighted a clearinghouse certificate and
waved il as a signal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Linton out OF Cur Chase.

Sir Thomas Upton declares that he has
no intention to race the new Shamrock
for the international cup recently offered
by the BrooklyA YsSht Club for competi-
ton in American waters in 1905. He
saws that next season he will be fully
employed in British waters, for which the
Shamrock was specially built.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
seoo. 600 nnnk Loo,er se,x.a

William f. Walker, absconding treas
urer of the New Britain (Conn.) Savings
bank. has been arrested in the mountains
of Mexico, according to well authenti-
Gated report. and is now on his way to
Los Angeles. Cal. in charge of detectives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Rexcue OF stolen Chila.

Little Lillian Wuld of Chicago has
beer rescued from kidnapers and returned
TO her parents: her captcrs under arrest
first pretended they took the child to re-
place their own. who died. but the woman
later confessed and told of the criminal
career of Ser husband
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
o,.rau,in.a An na,lwny station.

f. Smith of Kansas City, said TO be a
prominent capitalist, is quarantined in
the railroad station in brownsville. Tex.
as a smallpox patient. He was taken of
a Southern Pacific train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Pennsylvania ,phone Combine

The Bell Telephone Company of Phiia-
delphia voted to purchase the Pennsylva-
MIA and the Delaware, and Atlantic com
panies, and for this purpose to increase
the capital stock from $30,000,000 to $780,
100000. Hereafter the titf of the com
pany is to be the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
ROOSEVELT ENDS ALL
THIRD TERM TALK.
Issues Statement Repeating His
Election Night Pledge Not to
Accept denomination.
POLITICIANS ARE SURPRISED.
81 Have Not Changed and Shall Not
Change" Is His Irrevocable
Decision.

President Roosevelt has officially and
finally reiterated his refusal to accept
a denomination and reelection, first
made on election night of 1904.
He did this in statement formally
issued from the White House Wednes-
day evening, which came as an entire
surprise to everybody. Correspondents
who went over to the White House for
the statement, of which they had been
notified by telephone, were entirely un-
prepared for its contents. 1t was writ
ten cut by the President without con-
sultation with any of the party leaders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The federal assembly at Berne elected
Or. Ernst Bremen, Radical. to be presi-
dent Of the Swiss Republic for 1908. DIR.
Bremen is vice president of the federal
eohnciL The present chief executive of
Switzerland is Eduard Mueller.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
POWDER MILL KILLS MAN.
Only the Remnant of Vest Is
Found After Big Explosion.

Found After Big Explosion.
Remnants of vest and horse blanket
and fragments of a harness are all that
remain of a supposed craftsman who is
thought to have caused an explosion of
600 quarts of nitroglycerin half an hour
after the Dupont Powder Company's
plant and magazine near Bowling Green,
Ohio, closed down. The explosion wreck
ell the plant, power house and pumping
station near by, tore doors and windows
fIOm homes for several miles and did at
least $1,000 damage TO buildings in the
city. The plant is two and half miles
out of Bowling Green. The entire dam
age is estimated at $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

Two aged women, one the wealthy pres
ident Of the W. c. T. Z. at Sterbenyille
Ohio, and the other poor nurse. have,
been arrested ON the charge of burning
the latter's home to collect the insurance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The National Red Gross Society has be-
gun an active campaign Tor new members.
Circulars and application blanks are being
sent out in large numbers The national
body possesses more than 1o,OuO members.
bur il Is hoped 10 greatly enlarge this
membership.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

Farmers and cattle dealers of the West
having refused to sell live stock at the
reduced rates offered by the packers,
expected drop in the price of fresh meats
to the consumer has not materialized at
this writing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

Gov Harris of Ohio has commuted to
life imprisonment the sentence of death
imposed upon John Soloy Of Cleveland
Soloy was convicted Of the murder of
Verona yarga- 14-year-oId girl, with
whom he was in love.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
cl.an An1itn,in. sam. nenh

Ely Meitzel, aged "a years. fen dead in
Norristown, Pa. after he had been given
~ injection of antitoxin. His daughter
Is i'll with diphtheria and as a preventive
il was decided TO administer he drug.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Ro,ber< KIN Husband and win.

Mrs Fannie Sternberg. wife of Louis
n. Sternberg. the grocer who was killed
by robbers in his store on the outskirts
of Kansas City. Kan. died of the wounds
inflicted upon her BY the murderers. The
robbers are stin at large.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
sewing Machine Agents strike.

The Singer Sewing Machine Agents
Union has ordered general strike Of its
300 members. 4 higher commission, a
closed shop and the reinstatement of sew
eral discharged agents are demanded. 1t
s. said the strike viii include agents in
Philadelphia, Boston. Chicago and New
York.