The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

Thirty-three men are entombed in
the Gold King at Gladstone, Colo.
A rescue party from Silverton at
tempted to enter the mine at 10
o'clock Saturday. They passed into
the 1900 foot tunnel and descend
ed the shaft to the third level, but
were forced to return to the bore level
by foul air anu smoke caused by the
destruction of the surface buildings
in Thursday nights fire, which dis
abled the fans. The 33 men are be-
lieved to be below the third level,
but what the air conditions at that
point and down to the last level are
can only be surmised. 1t is feared
that the air in the levels is worse
than above. and if that is the case
everyone of the 33 men is probably
dead.
A journey from Chicago to the
home of her parents in Libau, Rus
STA. with a detective and a self-con-
fessed murderess, is the unique ex-
perience ahead of Matilda Mallin,
12 years old. The child, who has
been living with her aunt, wrote to
her parents that she had been mis-
treated and that she wished to 60
home. The Russian consul was notl-
fed and upon his recommendation
the government asked for the chllds
return. The detective is Sergeant
Mills. and his prisoner is Mefodi
Eiernosiekow, 20 years old, wanted
bv the Russian authorities for the
murder of four women year ago.
The Texas Railroad Commission
has exposed the reports of the Texas
railroads and showed the decrease IN
gross earnings for the past nine
months to have been $4,000,0OO, in
stead of $S,0OO,OOO, as claimed by
the roads. The commission declar-
es that over so per cent of the de-
crease is fictitious, due to the new
system of bookkeeping of certain
railroad accounts as ordained by the
Interstate Commission. The COM
parison of the railroads is made with
the earnings of 1907, which the
Texas commission shows was an I'M
precedented year for the Texas
roads.
] When Engineer Stevens pulled in
to McComb City, Miss, Sunday with
south-bound Illinois Central Train
No. /, superstitious negroes scatter
ed in every direction, caused by the
grewsome sight of bodyless head of
a man on the pilot of the engine.
The eyes were closed and the man
had been dead several hours. Coro-
nor North held an inquest and a
verdict of death from accident, was
returned. The engineer did not know
when or where his engine struck the
man and the body has not been re-
ported as found. The head was not
identified.
A Greek storekeeper and his wife,
who conduct a fruit and candy store
at Wellston. st. Louis county, Mis-
souri,. went out to Creve Occur lake
Sunday evening for an outing, and
while rowing in skiff on the lake,
were capsized and thrown into the
lake. A. w. Stewart, the owner of
the ferry, saw them 60 down and
went to the rescue and succeeded IN
getting the woman out alive, but she
died at II 80 Sunday night. The
man was dead before he was taken
from the lake.
c. W. Forester, a prominent at
torney of Arcadia, Fla, was assassi-
mated Friday night while at the sup
per table with his family. The as
sailant stole up to the screen door
or the house and fired full charge
of shot into his body, killing him
instantly. There is no clue to the
murderer.
While Jesse Gushing, a local
butcher, was standing in the Boge-
man slaughterhouse at Shelbyville,
Ind, sharpening knife on whet-
stone, lightning struck the knife
and sent it to the ceiling. Cushing
was thrown to the floor and rendered
unconscious for a few minutes.
Capt. A. j. Standing, one of the
Founders Of the Carlisle Indian