Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-02
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

heart and the probability Is il will
become crematory Down in tbs
bowels of the coal seam lie the bodies
of 90 brave men. 80 of them heroes
who died eNemplifymg the greatest
love who laid down their lives foi
friends. Yesterday when daylight re
vealed the terrific effect of the two ex
plosions. one Saturday afternoon and
one Saturday night, and tests proved
the workings TO be filed with gas
aud flames far down, the officials in
control OF the situation abandoned all
hope that any in the mine might be
alive and ordered a g entrances to be
sealed. No brea b of air can enter
the workings and he hermetically
perfect barriers 1.il not be removed
until 1t is considered certain that the
fire in the tenth level has been com
pletely smothered OF the 20 men
who perisbed in the explosion, 20 in
The first and 80 in the last. the bodies
of only five have been recovered, all
dishgured one mutilated and dismem-
bered. Ii is probable that not even a
trace Of calcened lime will ever be
found TO show where many OF the 60
fire victims fell
TOXIC, March 30.-The Korean
cabinet has decided TO donate $4,000
yen. or $4,000. to the family OF Dur
nam w. stevens. who was assassin
ated in San Francisco by a Korean
zeaIot. The amount the japanese
government will appropriate has not
been fixed but is generally believed
will be 1000 yen.
DENVER, March 30-Barkine
when he discovered a burglar on the
lower floor at 1856 Curtis street at
midnight. Tacks, watchdog, alarmed
the household and caused j. W. Mat
term his master, 10 come downstairs
to what will prove his death. II. Ar
chic Chapel, a clerk in Maitern's
store, The 20. X. Market" and who
rooms in the Mattern residence, was
arrested this morning and is being
held for Investigation. The police
say he has told several conflicting
stories regarding the affair.
The burglar shot Mattern through
the head as he descended the stairs
with revolver in his hand and es-
capped without securing any plumber.
NEWTON. Kas. March 3O.-Wu.
liam Bailey. express messenger oil
the WellsFargo company. was killed
by an unknown person on Santa Fe
train No. - between Florence and
Newton early yesterday morning.
The murder was n most brutal one,
with robbery AS the object. The local
and through safes were ransacked and
at least $1,000 in money and some
iewelly taken.
TELLURIDE, March 3O-Thcre
are no new developments in the al
tempted assassination of Gen. Bulke-
ley Wells. with the exception that
the city OF Telluride has offered a re-
ward of $2500 for the apprehension
aud conviction of the guilty parties, |
making 81 500 by the county ana
Town, and "a subscription paper is be
ing circulated among the business
people and mining companies and
$4,000 to $4,000 additional reward
will be offered. making the total be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 that will be |
paid upon conviction of those guilty |
of the crime. No arrests have been
made outside of one Saturday morn
ing, the party being released, his ar
rest resulting from a remark a man
made While excitement has quieted |
down there is much Indignation and |
feeling in the town and county and |
a determined effort will be made to |
weed out the anarchists
Gen. Wells left yesterday morning |
for Colorado Springs to DIN his wife |
and family who are stopping at the |
Springs He was accompanied by |
his brotherin-law, Robert Livermore,
and his wife, who went along to look |
after him, his INJURIES being quite pain
full 4,
ST. PAUL. Mimi, March 30.-Wil- |
liam d. Trainor, vaudeville actor, |
shot and killed Mrs. William Pryor, |
agk,ctress with whom he was travel |
ing, in an apartment at the Claren-
don hotel early this morning. Mrs.
Pryor was about % years old.
DENVER, March 3O.-Charles Link
Of Champa street, brother of Frank |
Link, the Seventeenth street manu-
featuring jeweler, was shot and killed |
early this morning by the accidental
discharge of his shotgun while on a |
hunting trip near Barr. Colo.
CHICAGO. March SO.-one man
was probably fatally stabbed and
three others severely cut during a
race riot at Ninety-third street and
Lyons avenue today After two par
Elephants had succumbed from loss of
blood and others had become ex-
hausted, the fight ended Then the
police called ambulances and took
the men 10 hospitals and their homes
The injured men are of different
nationalities and the quarrel followed
discussion of the merits of their re