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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30

MARIANNA, Pa. Nov. 30-"Two
hundred and forty-four men went 10
work Saturday morning. and only one
was rescued alive" said the man who
gave out the checks TO the miners AZ
the Mariana mine. He made this
declaration positively, in response 10
a statement made that President John
II. Jones still adhered to his original
estimate of 100 men in the mine.
"One hundred and twenty men are
In the mine and that Is all, declared
John II. Jones. II still insist that
there were not 2SS men entombed."
There are at least $50 miners dead
in the Mariana mine.' declared
Trustworthy man who has been in
charge OF rescuing party. few min
utes after Mr. Jones had said 120.
There are 1873 men dead In the
shattered entries" said a mine Of
ficial late last night He Is a men,
er OF the company and knew that
John II. Jones still insisted the num-
Der OF victims was 100.
There Is no certainty as yet as TO
the exact number In the mine. This
probably never will be known, and
some OF the bodies may have been
burned TO ashes Several of the bodies
already recovered are torsos, Others
are only parts OF bodies. the rest APP
parently have been burned away.
There will be general funeral Tues
day afternoon.
The disaster was due to an 'explo.
sion In the mine at l1:25 Saturday
morning The explosion shook the
entire neighborhood and people con-
gregated at the mine from all direc-
lions. Fires belched from the TWO
shafts, however, and the rescue work
was greatly hampered.
Those men who were not working.
and women and children, as though
called together by the general alarm.
ran from their houses and congregated
at the mine. Then the smoke that
till then shot In dense clouds from
the shafts. gave way to a deadly con-
fiagration which drove those who came
hither to places of greater safety.
At 1890 a special train and relief
party OF nearly one hundred men LEFT
Monongahela for the burning mine.
The babel OF anguished tongues that
arose from the frenZied multitude on
the outside OF the mine was heart
rending in the extreme. Almost sv-
cry quarter of lower Europe was rep
| resented In the general cosmopolitan
mix.up. Women ran about tearing
their hair and bewailing the loss OF
those they knew and loved, and little
children who, by this evening may be
proven orphans. chung TO their moth
ers' dresses in their bewilderment and
grief.
The first OF the relief party arrived
at the burning mine about l o'clock,
but nothing could be done Immediate
| ly. Engineers and mining experts en-
| ployed by the company were on hand
as soon as they could be rushed to the
scene. when the work OF extinguishing
the flames was begun Immediately.
Most of the women OF the mining town
were frenzied by the belief that mem
bers OF their families suffered In the
disaster. and what few men there wre
about the place were anxiously ques-
sioned in a dozen different tongues
and dialects.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
MURDER THEORY
NOT PROVEN
EVIDENCE DOES NOT SHOW THAT
PRESIDENT FAURE WAS MUIR.
DERED-OTHER INQUIRY.

PARIS, Nov. 30.-It seems evident
from testimony adduced that President
Faure was not murdered, although
there is nothing to definitely estab-
lish this conclusion. Even NJ. Dupuy
President Faure's premier. does not
deny that Nine. Steinheil was with
the chief executive shortly before his
death.
An investigation is still pending In
this case, and also into the death OF
Adolphe Steinheil and Nine. Japy. Adj
ditional evidence strengthens the con
viction that Nine. Steinheil. after ad
ninistering narcotic or poisoning to
her husband and the woman, strangled
the victims.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
ROOT WILL Be
NEXT SENATOR
THAT is NEWS FROM PRESIDENT
ELECT TAFT AND WOODRUFF
LATTER WITHORAWS.

HO SPRINGS, Va. Nov. 30.-Tho
possibility of Secretary Of State Roo-
succeeding Senator Plat in the United
states senate was Increased yesterday
when Timothy L. Woodruff. chairman
of the New York Republican state
committee retired from the race. Mr..
Woodruff action was taken after ne
conferred with President-eleCt Taft.
Both Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.. Taft gave
out statements in which they concede
the election of Root 10 succeed Sena-
tor Plat on Jan. 10.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
BIG CROWD TO BE AT
CEMENT MEMS MEETING

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 30.-The
coming exhibition OF cement products
and appliances to be held at Cleve-
land. the fifth annual meeting OF the
national association OF cement users.
is of special interest to the general
public. The Mrge central armory will
be filed to overlooking with exhibits
and the convention to be held at the
Hotel Hollenden will bring together
the foremost experts OF the country
and from the reading and discussion
OF papers concerning the proper use
of this new material. valuable fund
OF information can be obtained. This
Is the event OF the year In the cement
industry and the indications point to
one OF the largest gatherings in the
history OF the Industry.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
AMERICAN FLEET
STARTS FOR HOME
VESSELS WILL HAVE TRAvERsED
42,277 MILES WHEN THEY
REACH v. s. IN FEBRUARY.

MANILA, Nov. 30.-The l6 vessels
OF the American battleship feet Will
leave here tomorrow and Will heae
towards America, after record-break
ing trip.
The officers and men OF the nee
have been lavishly entertained at al
ports. En- route home the people o.
Europe will do them honor
The fleet will go from here TO Co
lombo. Ceylon. where they are due Z
arrive in two weeks. The vessels arr
due To arrive in New York or Hamp
ton Roads Feb. %. They will have
traversed since Dec. l6. 1907. whei
they left Hampton Roads. distance
of 42.227 miles.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
LEGISLATOR LANDS
A GOOD POSITION

STANDISH. Mich, Nov. 30.-Hon.
J. j. Mccarthy, of Standish, who has
been representative for six years from
this district at Lansing, will be ap-
pointed TO a good position under the
new auditor general Jan. /, His Gu
ties will be to look up records In pro-
bate courts Of the several counties of
northern Michigan. Mr. Mccarthy
was not a candidate for representa-
tive this fall
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
SCHOOL HEAD CALLED.

MUSHROOM. Mich, Nov. 30.-Supt.
OF Schools Joseph NJ. Frost was or
dered to appear today upon complaint
OF Richard Fisher, who says the school
director administered a severe whip
ping TO his 14-year-old boy without
cause. Frost says he will be in JUS
t,ce Oosterbaan's court TO disprove the
charges.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
WOMAN DROPS DEAD.

MARSHALL, Mich, Nov. S0.--Mrs<
Mary A. Harrison. who was high[
respected oolored woman. dEoppey
dead while she was enroute to- thu
pump near her home TO get pail q
water. She was about so years OF
and had liver here for forty years
Her son. Ray Harrison. is on dining
car between Detroit and Chicago.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
TOWNS TO GET POWER
FROM AU SABLE CO,

STANDISH. Mich, Nov. 30.-Thc
eastern Michigan Electric Company of
Au Sable which Is engaged i'm build
ing series OF big dams ON that
stream, have secured the right OF way
for their cables to transmit the cleo
tricity all along the Detroit & Mack.
mac railroad. and portions OF the Mich
igan Central railroad All the towns
on the lines OF these roads will IN
time secure power and electricity
from This source.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
rAEI WAS SCHOLAR.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Nov. go
Mrs. j. c. Stevenson. OF Cincinnati,
who taught President.elect Taft in
school, in Cincinnati, forty-two years
ago, Is visiting in Battle Greek. He
was mischievous," says Mrs. Steven.
son. but always gentleman. He
was IL years old then, and always got
100 in his studies"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
GERMAN BUSINESS
MEN ARE RELUCTANT

BERLIN. Nov. 30.-The German
manufacturers have combined TO re
sist the inquiries Of American consuls
respecting the cost OF production OF
their wares, how wages are distribut
ed and other features. The American
representatives were ordered by the
state department to secure this infor'
nation TO be used at the tariff hearing
OF the ways and means committee.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
An estimate for the resursacfng Of La
fayette boulevard with creosOted

wood block will be sent in by the
park department next spGng This
was decided upon at a meeting OF the
council parks committee with Com
missioner Hinchman and Secretary
Hurlbut. Commissioner Breitmeyer
offered. while in office, TO advance
the money for fixing this street but
the council did not take him up The
committee decided that II would not
recommend the appropriation OF any
money for spraying trees at this
time. An estimate Will be put ia and
II Is expected that this will he avail
able by means OF borrowing against
IT, in time to make "A campaign next
spring against the insect pests that
threaten the trees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
CLAIMS 243 men.
WERE KILLED IN
DISASTER
EXACT NUMBER MAY NEVER BE
KNOWN - FIFTY.Two BODIES
RECOVERED - OFFICIAL MINI.
MIXES FATAL LIST.
Z IFTY-TWO bodies OF the

Z IFTY-TWO bodies OF the
l. Mariana mine victims
had been removed to the morgue
up to o'clock this morning.
twenty-five were Identified by
relatives. They are:
Frank Teberry. John Sederofr.
Charles McElrath, John Jocov-
sky, Frank Egan, Mike Slovin-
shot. John Bornesky, William
Rumskly. Michael Lapine. Dom
mick Quayaylvers, Michael
Eckelrode, owen Burns. James
Henderson, Richard Plat. Sam
uel Aston, Patrick Donlin. u.
Ofrey. George Lawanoff, George
Acker, William Russeskysky.
William Hopkins. Fire Boss
John willie. aged %. a cousin or
President John II. Jones, OF the
Buffalo-Pittsburg Coal Co.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
The state railway commission. throug n
Commissioner Dickinson, has noti-

fed the common council that IL will
not take up any general Investigation
of the safety or danger or railroad
crossings In Detr0lt. II will look
over any alleged dangerous crossings
when thee specific instances are
brought up by the council Some time
ago the mayor went aftei the coun-
ell I'm a warm message. stating that
something ought 10 De done 20 pro-
mediately asked the mayor for list
of such dangerous crossings. and also
asked the state commission 10 inves-
tlgate. The commission has been
heard from.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30

Socialism has found many new ad-
herents and is making rapid growth
In Sweden. The labor conditions gen
orally have been such as 10 bring DIS
content 20 many who had previously
been apparently satisfied.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
Chinese SAVIOR.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 3O.-Twen.
ty-one OF l16 Chinese who were held
nj the Pacific Mail steamship piec
awaiting a decision by the immigrant
officers. escaped yesterday. Four
were recaptured in Chinatown The
Chinese cut the lnavy wire netting
over a window, sawed through two
iron bars end slid down water pipe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30

Burns Hotel Cafe.
Table d'hots dinners. TO 9. Soc: music
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30

Business-iike Printing. No fuss snt
no feathers. The plain. neat kind. tina
looks right. Tfmes Printing Co.. II
John R-st. Phone 1898.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30

Job Printing done rignt. Times Print.
Ing Co., Is John R.-st. Phone 1925
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Commercial Credit Co. Collections.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
FIND CONOVER'S BODY
IN WOODBRIDGE CREEK
Puzzle Of Missing
Man Is Solved
by Discovery.
No FOUL PLAY

The body of John Conover, of Wood
bridge, who disappeared Monday night,
was found in Woodbridge creek, neaf
Berry s dock about 4.30 clock Thurs.
day afternoon by Randolph Lee.
The local police were notified that
morning by Mrs. George Hoffman, Of
Woodbridge, that Conover who was out
driving Monday evening had myster.
iously disappeared. Shortly before 3
clock Monday night his horse was
found astray on Main street, Wood.
bridge, and Tuesday morning the wag.
on was found in the creek near Berry q
dock
1t was then believed that Conover,
who lived on the Bloomfield farm
near Iselin. and who was a we'll
known Woodbridge citizen, had been
drowned. All day Thursday RAM
dolph Lee was near Berry's dock with
graphing irons, trying to find the
body and was rewarded for the ef.
forts late in the afternoon.
Coroner Garretson, Of this city, after
viewing the body gave permit to I'm.
dertaker Benjamin Drake to remove ID
to his establishment at Woodbridge.
Mr.. Conover was forty-nine years old
and is survived by wife and two chill.
dren. He was last seen at 71O clock
at the hotel, known as the Buffalo,
opposite the Railway reformatory, on
Monday night, when he left to drive
toward Woodbridge. 1t is believed that
he accidentally drove down the road
that leads to Berry's factory and which
terminates at the creek.
The coroner believes that he was
asleep and that when the horse strnck
the water it kicked itself free and
ran across the meadows, arriving ON
Main street shortly before 8 clock,
where it was found. This belief is car.
ried out by the fact that the watch in
the dead man s pocket had stopped az
1888 clock.
The body will be taken to Hightstowr
for interment
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
EXPRESS KILLS
AMAN INSIGHT
OF HIS FRIEND
Southbound P. R. R. Train
Hurls Mike MeInik Into
Ditch Near Q. w. Tower.
JOSEPH MENSER STOOD
ROOTED TO THE SPOT
The Two Men Carried a Rail-
road Tie When Engine Bore
Down Upon Them.

Mike Melnik, thirty-two years old. of
30 Inslee street, was instantly killed
by a southbound Pennsylvania express
train near the Q. w. tower late Thurs
day afternoon.
The agent in the tower saw the train
strike the man and sent word to the
police, who in turn notified Coroner
-Ferd c. Garretson, who, after viewing
the body, removed it to his mortuary
establishment in High street.
According TO the facts unearthed by
the coroner, Melnik and Joseph Menser,
with whom he boarded, had walked
north on the Pennsylvania railroad
track to the old culvert on the road that
leads from Amboy avenue to Maurer, to
get some frewood 1t seems that there
was pile Of old railroad ties at this
spot and the men, knowing about it,
decided to help themselves.
They had a saw with them and on
reaching the pile, severed one Of the
ties, and each, with half of it on his
shoulder, started back toward Inslee
street. They were walking on the
northbound track and when near the
Q. W. tower, a little north of Inslee
street, Melnik who was few feet in
front of Mensel, crossed over to the
southbound track. He did not hear the
approaching express and had hardly
stepped on the other track when it
struck him, and hurled his body into a
ditch. The tie was carried some dis
tance, while Menser, whose narrow es-
cape WAS due to the fact that he was
walking behind Melnik, stood rooted to
the spot. Neither the engineer nor the
fireman, Coroner Garretson thinks,
knew that they had killed man, as the
express did not stop.
Melnik had only been in this city
about three weeks and was employed
as a laborer at the American Smelling
g. Refining Works. His skull was frac-
tured, his ribs and right arm broken
and his body badly crushed.
Although he has wife and two
children in the old country, he has no
known relatives in this country and
viii probably be buried at the county 8
expense.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
TWO OFFICERS
ARE ARRESTED
Building Company Matter
Taken Into Police Court
Prisoners Freed.
employees ARE UNPAID

Morris Rosenfeld, forty-three years
old, president of the Perth Amboy
Building Company and Nathan Cohen
forty-seven years old, a member of
the same concern, were arrested
Thursday after a warrant had been
sworn out by Da 81 Einbinder. The
men were discharged after a hearing
before Recorder Pickersgill.
David Einbinder is one of the men
who had been employed ON a number
of buildings in the course of erection
in Meade street, this city. The men
allege that they have not been paid
and some of them are in destitute
circumstances.
One of the men, Cohen. against
whom charges was preferred, lives in
Brooklyn, and Rosenfeld lives in
New York. They were arrested on a
charge of handing out bogus checks
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
TWO HOLDuPS
ON THESTREET
Woman's Money Is Snatched
from Her Hand on Park
Avenue by Strange Man.
ANOTHER ALLEGED THEFT

A tall man with a red face and
wearing dark clothing held up Mary
Zanzelare In front of her home, at
56 Park avenue, at 7 o'clock Thurs
day night and snatched from her
hand her pocketbook, containing s25
in cash and many valuable papers
She reported 1t to the police later
in the evening, but they were unable
to find any trace of the robber.
At 11:55 O'Clock Thursday night
Patrolman Dunham saw a fight in
progress at Maple and Smith streets
and, on reaching the place, was told
by man. who gave his name as
Patrick Cooley that he had just been
knocked down and robbed of his
watch. He picked Harry O'Brien,
twenty-five. years old, of 30 Maple
street, and Alfred Fitzgerald. thirty
six years old. of 140 Front street,
both of whom were said to be intox-
Continued on page A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
MANY FAMILIES ARE MADE
HOMELESS BY FIERCE BLAZE
SHOOTS YOUNG WIFE
AT FAMILY REUNION
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick, Dec. 26:-Fol-
lowing prospective reconciliation
and, later a brief quarrel which
George Holman, of Garwood, had
with his wife yesterday at his faith
er's home, he. shot her dead while
his father and relatives were in an
other part of their home at 161a
Morrell street.
The murdered woman was "a
daughter of William Voorhees,, of
German Valley, who Is expected in
New Brunswick today, to take charge
of the remains. She was twenty
years old.
The younger Holman, who is
twenty-six years of age, had been
living at his fathers home, estrang-
ed from his wife for about a year,
while she lived with her father in
German Valley. Thursday, George
Holman went to the home of his
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
HAMS DEFENSE
BEGINS TODAY
Counsel for Captains Broth
er Addresses jury--Dis-
missaI Is Refused.
HAVE 27 WITNESSES
Special bv United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire.
Flushing, Dec. 26:-There will be
no scandal-mongering in the de-
fense's presentation of Thornton j.
Hams side in the William H. Annis
murder case. Justice Crane declared
this fact today and reiterated his rul-
ings half-dozen times. The counrt
declared that he would not permit
the defense to give any evidence as
to either Mrs. Captain Hams or An
mis- conduct, The truth or falsity OF
the matter had no bearing on the
case, he said Attorney Shay, in his
opening address, told very plaus-
ible story and declared that every
point in 1t would be covered by COM
petent witnesses.
After two witnesses had given
brief final testimony the prosecution
rested its case.
John F. Mcintyre, leading counsel
for Hams. then moved Justice Crane
for dismissal of the indictment on
the ground that no legal proof had
been adduced that Thornton Hams
had taken any part in the murder.
Justice Crane curtly denied the mo-
tion to dismiss the case.
Joseph A. Shay then addressed the
jury for the defense, claiming that
Jenkins Hams merely accompanied his
brother to the Bayside Yacht club in
spirit of fraternal companionship
and that lie could have done nothing
more than he did to prevent the cap
tain from shooting Annis.
"Was Thornton Hams his brothers
keeper" asked counsel, paraphrasing
the question put by Cain after the
murder of Abel.
Twenty-seven witnesses were pres
ent in court ready to testify in behalf
of Thornton Hams.
Thornton Hams expressed himself
as being confident of acquittal. He
said:
"I have just been assured of my tri-
unph by some information given me
by my lawyers.
''This l know will prove a boomer
ang to the state, but the nature Of
this / cannot at present make public.
when Martin Skura, the hackman,
was called by the prosecution I felt
the keenest interest In what he would
say, for as he had testified before /
was anxious to see whether In taking
the stand the second time he would
contradict himself. And that is just
what he did.
Several days ago Skura positively
failed TO identify me as one of the two
men whom he drove as passengers TO
the Bayside Yacht club on the after
noon of Aug. Is. At that time he said
he could not remember the faces of
either of his fares.
"But when he took the stand the
second time his memory appeared to
have undergone a change. He revers-
ed his former statement and swore
that l was one of the men who had
been In his station wagon on that day
and that he did see me in company
with the captain.
"In the matter of finding the car
tridges in the cab, he was also very
positive about that, but he finally had
to admit under cross examination that
the package was tied up SO small that
passengers could not see It,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-26
WIFE BEATER
GOES TO JAIL

Peter Smith, fol 3 seven ~.
old, carpenter living at so Bf1essn- snS
ton avenue, was held in default OF
$1,000 bail by Recorder PickersgilI
this morning on charge of .wife-
beating. In the past three-and-one-
half years the police have been CALI
ed to Peterson's house sixteen times
to stop him from beating his wife.
He blackened his wifee eye yes
terday, it is alleged, and she had him
arrested. and appeared against him
this morning. One of his seven
small children was also struck and
Smiths only defense this morning
was II did not mean to hit her SC
hard. - The recorder gave him one
OF the worst lectures ever given IN
the local court.
Smith was taken to the county
jail by City Marshal Walters.