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The bee., 1909-03-25
WATER SWEEPS
40 HOMES AWAY
pYNAMITERs BLOW UP WATER
TANKS WHILE PARKERs5URY
RESIDENTS SLEEP.
Three ARE KNOWN TO Be KILLED
Church Is Wrecked and School Badly
Damaged = City Facing Water
Famine, Entire Supply Con-
tanned in Destroyed Tanks.

Parkersburg, w. Va, March 20
Three hundred thousand dollars dam
age was done, three persons are
known to have persisted, four persons
were fatally injured and 40 houses
Destroyed when the two water tanks
On Prospect Hill, in this city, burst
about $3.50 o'clock Friday morning.
The breaking of the tanks was due
il is believed to some one dynamit-
Eng them. The contents of both swept
aOwn from the high hill upon which
they were situated and carried houses
Of all kinds before them.
ST. Johns Lutheran church was
wrecked, the summer school building
badly damaged and three residences
we're swept from their foundations and
carried away from rs to 100 yards.
Houses jammed against one another
knocking the residents from their
beds and surrounding them with
water.
Mrs. John Maloney who was carried
50 yards in her half-demolished home
: suffered the fracture Of both legs, and
she is reported to be dying.
Ethel Jones, negress, together with
{. her father and mother, was carried
q great distance. She sustained q
4, broken collar bone and internal in
turies and may die, while her parents
escaped with few scratches.
4.
less.
The city is facing a water famine,
a&s the entire supply was contained in
these two tanks, and both are wreck
cd completely.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Maggie and a small child were re-
covered at 1O:3e o'clock Friday morn
ing from the ruins. More bodies are
being searched for.
The bee., 1909-03-25
Want state Boundry chsnqed.

Little Rock, Ark. March 23.-The
house Monday adopted a Joint resolu-
ton providing for an amendment to
the constitution that the boundary
lines OF Arkansas shall be so changed
that they shall take in the "Choctaw
strip" a celebrated strip Of land near
Fort smith. over which Oklahoma and
Arkansas have had long standing
controversy and which figured pro
minently In much litigation.
The bee., 1909-03-25
savInq Ensroy.

/ lunch daily at a place where Jap.
anese Of the higher order take theirl
meals, and have been Impressed by
the apparently well-conseryed energy
of their demeanor In talking there
is nothing wasted in gesture. The
takers periods are acknowledged by
the listener with quiet "Ha" or "Ha.
ha. as denoting deeper interest, much
as we say Yes" or Eyes, yes" There
is always a dignity OF bearing, and
while what is wanted is asked for DO.
litely, there is no room left for doubt
of the intention TO get what is want.
ed. The Latins throw on in the air.
as II were. a lot of spirit force, bnt
the Anglo-saxOns. OF whose ways wa
Americans partake largely. indulge in
little or no gestiGulation, Doesn't all
this have something to do with world
predominanee?--New York Press.
The bee., 1909-03-25
SETTING OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT
PitfaII Into Which the well-Meanlnu
Sometimes Fall.


Occasionally you may set a person
right, but be sure you know the per
son, aud don't get a reputation for
that sort othlng. People like TO be
right, and get right, but not set right,
at least in a too direct way. OF course
we are concerned here with polite
society. You are expected to set peo-
pie right In politics, business and 9th
er impolite circles and set hard. The
way some contractors talK to their en-
ployes who dig sewers for them is, to
say the least, impolite, and the compli-
ments passed and repassed between
irate rulers and the houses OF repre-
sentatives are far from pretty. but in
these spheres II is considered not bad
form to set folks right. Not so In the
charmed circle of polite society. Here
a correction must be so inferential
that It will not hit for several days,
and then feel like cotton bat Never
by any means correct a pronuncia-
ton, for you will likely never make
peace with the outraged party. Moth
ing less intricate than a Chinese
character may be disputed. Nobody
is annoyed at that We once knew a
truly good minister, who had a coun'
try charge. where the people were
fairly well educated. though they did
not always express themselves In sen
fences strictly grammatical and 1T
erary. The rector was . stickler for
good language, aad had . way of set
ting everybody right while In CONVEX.
sAtiOn. As his people thought he ought
to set them right Ia other lines sxclu-
sively, his stay among them was brief
Newark News. esc-ar .Sfqsy.r--s'-
The bee., 1909-03-25
Fortunate Indeed.

when am inspired" exclaimed
the youthful poet. Il get fearfully aEi-
tatsd. My breath comes in quick,
conVulsivo gasps. Ny hair stands on
end l pace up and down restlsssly.
A fever seizes me. My hands trem-
BILE. my eyes google. Throughout my
frame runs violent electrical culver.
1 gesticulate madly, /"
They listened. tense, rapt
How lucky" remarked true
friend. that YOU are Inspired ~ sell
doml" ,
The bee., 1909-03-25
cermanv penIea British Assertion.

Berlin, March 22.-In view Of the as
sertions made In the British house OF
commons that Germany in tho spring
q 1912 would have seventeen war
ships. all Of them Of the big gun type,
the navy department authorizes the
statement that in the autumn OF 1912
Germany will have thirteen such yes
sells.
The bee., 1909-03-25

He was very, very young, but ex-
tremely DESTROYS OF appearing the pink
or sophistioadon. so he strolled into
the gay cafe and stood nonchalantly
before the bar. like a genuine man OF
the world.
DO youTerETkesp cocktails ~ he In
qulred, airily. ~
He did not Join In The ensuing
laugh. 100. AZ,
The bee., 1909-03-25
nnotor seeks NeM rrlal.

Montgomery. Mo-, March 2S.--Cir
cult Judge Barnett of this city went
20 Troy Monday where he will hear
tho motion for a new trial in the case
II DR.. w. H. Homphih, who was given
three years IN the penitentiary In
connection with the death Of Miss
Elizabeth Gleason. the Lincoln County
achool tsaehsE.
The bee., 1909-03-25
A suspeet IL Arre.ted.

Warren, o.. March IA man said
TO answer the description Of the enc
wanted at Sharon, Pa, on a charge o.
kidnapping the Whitla boy, was arrest
ed here Thursday night.
The bee., 1909-03-25
The Reason OF H.

II wonder what people think is in
predictions of -the worlds coming 10
an end?" 7a ~ ,'.'
"oh. there Is generally some prophet
In Baltimore American.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
HEROIC WORK AT MINE
WINS OFFICIAL PRAISE
FOR GOVERNMENT CORPS

Il is believed by government officials
IN Washington that the miners who were
saved from death In the st. Paul coal
mine az Cherry. H.. on Saturday owe
their lives TO the work Of the govern
mepts rescue corps connected with the
United States Geological Survey. These
men, who are stationed at Pittsburg,
were rushed TO Cherry as soon as word
was received Of the catastrophe
Each member Of the corps had been
trained I'm the use Of what is known as
the oxygen helmet. Equipped with such
helmets, the governments life-savers
were able TO enter the shaft of the burn
ing mine and tight the fire at close range.
Geological Survey officials said the abil-
ity Of the governments rescue corps to
enter the mine, filled as IL was with
smoke and gas. saved at least several
days time in reaching the entombed men.
In the United States at the present
time from three 20 four men in every
thousand employed are being killed in the
coal mines annually. In most European
countries the rate is one in thousand.
and not over two. In the last twenty
years 10000 men have lost their lives in
American coal mines.
In the past whenever there has been a
serious explosion at a mine the men on
the outside have stood helplesslv by the
shaft waiting for the gas to dissipate. or
have made efforts TO save entombed men
by rushing into the mine This latter
course has usually resulted in the death
Of the rescuers. The day Of the disaster
at Cherry twelve men entered the mine
without helmets and were brought VI
dead In the cage a short time later
On other occasions the ventilating fan
has been started to blow the gas from
the mine. This also has resulted dis
astrously in most instances.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
BURIED MINERS WROTE
OUT THEIR WILLS

Nearly every one Of the twenty miners
wrote a will. Most Of the married men
left letters to their wives. some Of them
documents being pathetic even in their
uiteracy.
There. for instance was the case of
John Lorimer. a Scotchman. Lorimer
came over to this country with his young
wife. They have been married three
years Both ara Scotch Presbyterians-
On Sunday, when the mine had not been
opened, Mrs Lorimer walked the streets
in a maze. tortured with the thought that
her husband might stll be alive. On
that day Lorlmer by the light Of his cap
lamp wrote the following letter on a slip
of note paper:
Dear wife: I am stiu living yet. This
is 1 o'clock Sunday morning. but we
have poor hope. as the black damp is
getting the best Of US. There are twenty
one of us here.
Dear wife, don't grieve; we will meet
again. God bless you. and believe in
Him. He viii take care Of you. ] guess
we will meet in a better land. When you
get over this let them know at home.
That Is all, dear. God bless you
Your LOVING HUSBAND"
II would work my hands 10 the bone
II he would quit mine work" she said
to-day
There was joy and grief at the home OF
Mrs. Guile SOrbelli when her youngest
brother. Buonhlio RugeTi, aged eighteen
came out alive. Buonflio is small for
his age. and his seven days without food
has left him only shadow Of what he
was.
GO back?' he said to-day. Never. Bet
ter TO starve up here in the sun than die
slowly down there in the darkness"
Among the other letters were four writ
ten by the Pegatta brothers, Giocomc
and Salvatore. On the back OF one was
written I'VE desire bands at our funeral -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
CLOTHES A-PLENTY
ON CHORUS GIRLS
Why, of Course, the Skirts
We're Not Too Short.
SCHLEY AND OLIVER THERE
Admiral and Senator Victims OF
Joke, Which Proves Boomerang.
InssicS from Theatcr Pour Wine
Into Loving Cups, and Also Take n
Few SIps-PfttSburg Takes Notice.

Pittsburg. Nov admiral SChloy and
United States Senator George T. oliver
were last night the victims OF political
jokers on ;he stage Of the Gayey Thea
ter.
The Joke was sort OF boomerang on
the inst.gators, for many OF them are to-
day trying to explain TO indignant wives
why they. too. were of the party that
slipped wine from a common loving cup
with chorus girls last night while au
audience OF 1000 bawled the song, How
Dry I Am"
The admiral and the United States SEN
ator were so plainly the victims OF a
ficndish Joke that they have escaped
ceusure. and the hero Of Santiago was
beginning 20 smile once more when ne
left for Washington to-day There was
blood on the moon for few moments
last night, however
Present at stag Night.
Admiral Schley was the guest OF Syria
Temple OF the Mystic Shrine ali yester-
day and last night when the entire
Gayoty Theater had been bought out by
the shrine for a STAG night. one Of the
features near the end OF the show was
the presentation Of a fine loving cup
made Of armor plate TO the admiral.
Senator oliver presented the cup form
ally 10 the admiral I'm the center of the
stage. and as he finished there rushed
from the wings a half dozen chorus girls
I'm short skirts. &c. TWO OF tnem had
opened bottles Of champagne. which they
emptied into the loving cup which they
found I'm the hands OF the admiral.
Chorus Girls Take sip.
Then they stood on each side of the en-
| barrassed admiral and made signs for him
/ to drink Admiral Schley finally raisei
! the cup 10 his lips, while the audience
broke into How Dry 7 Am" Admira
Schley then passed the cup 20 Senator
/ oliver. who had seemed paralyzed since
| the ballet descended on them. The Sen,
ator took his sip. then CALAMITY passed
+ e 90 the chorus girls. who IN turn passed
/ it to the score Of Shriners who had come
on the stage with them 20 assist In thy
| complete embarrassment OF Admira
Schley and Senator oliver.
/ There was quite a lot Of discussion over
| the affair to-day, and many husbands and
4 big brothers tried 70 explain at home tina
/ the reporters are very Untruthful, and
/ that the girls really had lot Of clothe.
] on
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
MYSTERY SHROUDS
BURNING OF VESSEL
Deckhand Discovered Fire Oh
the Steamer st. CrOiX.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE is LOST
ships Captain Arrives in San Fran
cisco and COrrccts Many Sensational
acknowledgements Pass Night in
Sheltered Canyon Before Great
BOnfires-Takcn TO Los Angeles.

san Francisco. Nov. @.-Capt Warner.
OF the steamer 81. Croix. arrived here to-
night and gave facts in regard TO the
burning and Bleaching Of the Coast Line
steamer about which many sensational
reports were circulated early last night.
None Of the 100 passengers was IN
tured. although they lost most Of their
baggage. The origin Of the fire is a
mystery. but probably came from the OIL
burning plant
FLAMES We're first discovered by deck
hand. who promptly gave the alarm.
Then for few minutes there was Wild
panic among the passengers. who made a
rush for the boats and tried vainly TO
launch them
women knocked Down.
Several women were knocked down 10y
men from the steerage. but the fellows
were roughly handled by the crew, and
all tho passengers. under the captains
orders. waited al the head OF the main
deck while the crew lowered Ufcboats
and gave first place to women and chill
dren. Then the men climbed down
capt Warner was the last man TO leave
the wreck. lie ordered the boats TO row
rapidly away from the burning vessel, as
he feared the heavily loaded Ufeboat
might be swamped by suction from the
sinking steamer
But the fire rapidly died down and tho
steamer dufted I'm near Point Duma
where the passengers were landed. There
in "a sheltered canyon before great bon
fires they passed the night.
Dressed mainly i'm borrowed clothing
Jos passengers of the burned steamer auC
seventy-eight OF the officers and crew ar
rived here to-day from Santa Monica
Among the officers was Capt. Warner
They had walked most OF the eighteen
miles from the scene OF the wreck &C
Santa Monica
One woman-Mrs T. A. Wallace, O,
Berkeley-had her legs badly hurt by ar
eyebolt from a davit rope which broke
She and her baby. with fourteen Other
occupants Of a llfeboat. were thrown intl
the water, but all were rescued.
To Make investigation.
The revenue cutter McCuuoch has SAILED
for the scene Of the wreck TO try 70 dis
cover the cause Of the fire.
The burned steamer belonged 20 IN,
Standardization Company. Of Seattle
and had been used on this line from Sar
Pedro 20 Puget Sound to fight the Pa
cifc Coast Steamship Company's vessels
Rates were slashed and steamers Of botl
lines were crowded until last week. wheI
travel dropped or
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
RECEPTION FOR NEW PASTOR
Luther Place Memorial Church "a
Honor Rev. l.. c. Douglas.

-+-ttA-NA d AN-NN wv AAANA 40 ~
Honor Rev. l.. c. Douglas.
The congregation OF the Luther Place
Memorial Church will tender a reception
70 their newly elected pastor. Rev Lloyd
c. Douglas. and his wife In honor of the
beginning of his pastoral labors. to-mor-
row evening. The reception viii be held
in the church parlors from S to TO o'clock.
Mrs. Douglas and her two daughters,
Bette and Virginia, have Just arrived in
the city. The pastors home viii De az
11l9 Oregon avenue.
Arrangements are also being made for
the formal installation Of Rev. Mr.. Doug
las I'm his work, the exercises 20 be held
a week from tomorrow evening. II is
expected that the charges 10 the pastor
and the congregation viii bo delivered by
Rev. c. z. Wiles, Of Keller Memorial
Church. and Rev. DR. John Wcidley. OF
the Church OF the Reformation
Much interest has been manifested in
the work Of Rev. Mr.. Douglas A sys-
tematically organized campaign VIII be
made 10 carry forward the interests OF
tho church Under the direction OF Prof.
Emile Mort the music is improving A
choir OF twenty voices has been organized.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
FUR COAT DISAPPEARS.
Garment Worth $500 Taken from
Counter in Store.

The disappearance Of a fur coat valued
at $500 from a department store on No
vember last is causing the police
trouble. The coat was sent to the store
TO be altered by its owner. Mrs Benja-
min Heidenheimer. and was placed on a
counter by a clerk who was carrying II
TO the alteration department. The clerk
left the coat on the counter for a few
minutes while he went 10 get a drink of
water. and when he returned the coat
had been removed A search was made
but the garment was not found.
Detectives O'Dea and Evans, who have
been investigating. believe II was taken
by mistake. They say they know the
person who removed the coat. but a
search has failed TO reveal his where
abouts. The coat is of sealskln and is
about hfty-two inches long, being lined
with gray material
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
FAVORS RACE SUICIDE.
Prof. Nearing RidicuIeE Col. ROOSe-
veIt's Pet Theory.

Philadelphia, Nov. 2l.-Limit the number
Of children I'm each family and limit the
immigration to the United States or else
there Is a grave danger OF the population
exceeding the available food supply. is
the advice OF Scott Nearing, instructor
in economics OF the University OF Penn
sylvania,
Speaking before the Hebrew Literary
Society this afternoon on the subject OF
race suicide, Prof. Nearing ridiculed for
mer President Roosevelts pet theory Of
the advisability OF big families, declaring
that the anti-race suicide sentiment was
responsible for the increased cost Of liv-
ing expenses.
Woman's sphere in life was given a new
definition. he declaring that woman's
function was not TO bear children. but
TO rear a few children I'm the elements OF
future good citizenship.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
Ask Deneen to Investigate.

Chicago. Nov u-ResoIutions were
adopted at meeting Of the Chicago
Federation Of Labor to-day demanding
Of Gov Deneen that thorough investiga-
ton be made as to the cause of the re-
cent disaster at Cherry. and that an en-
ployers' liability law be enacted at the
next meeting Of the State legislature.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
students and Faculty Entertain.

The faculty and students OF Trinity
College entertained at a dinner last even
ing and celebrated the completion Of the
new wing OF the college. in which the
new dining hall is located. Among the
guests were Very Rev. Mgr. Thomas J.
Shahan. Rev. William J. Kcrby. Rev
John W. Melody. Very Rev. Charles f..
Aiken. Very Rev. Charles p. Grammar.
Very Rev. 2. A. Pace, and Rev. Thomas
z. Shields. all OF the faculty of the Cath
Ole University
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
Ocean stenmnhinn

New York. Nov. ARRIVED: Cedric from Lver
pool November Is; Pannonia. from Almeria. Novcm.
Der Z
Arrived out: New York az SOUTHAMPTON
Sailed IRON foreign ports: Mauretania from Law
erooi; Kroonland, from Dover; Baltic. from Queens
town
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-22
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
City Council VIII Elect New
School Board.
REV. G. E. GROSS INSTALLED
Impressive Service Mt Emmanuel
Lutheran Church-EII<s Plan Me-
tive Railway Fireman-Basket-ba
LcnEUc Proposed by Athletes.

T. Clinton Knight s25 King street. Alexandria,
Va, is authorized agent and carrier for The Wash
ington Herald. The Herald will be delivered daily
ard Sunday TO any address iu Alexandra for 80
eeuts q month
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07
NEWBERRY UNION STATION
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains effective 1901 A. M.
Sunday May 80, 1909.
Southern Railway:

Southern Railway:
No. Is for Gresnville :. ..8.57a.m.
No. Is for Columbia .. ..l.4O pm
No. II for Greenv;l1e .. ..2.43 pm.
No. l6 for Columbia -. .3.47 pm.
c., N. q L. Rv
mo. % for Columbia =. ..8.47 an.
No. 81 for Greenville =. 1886 pm.
No. 50 for Columbia .. ..3.20 p.m.
mo. 81 for Laurens E. ..7.25 pm.
" Does not run on Sunday
This time table shows the tinles at
which trains may be expected to de-
part from this station, but their de-
parture is not guaranteed and tho
time shown is subject to change with
vat notice.
g. L. Robinson,
Station Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07

Whereas Laura P. Moore hath made
suit to me, to grant her Letters OF
Administration Of the Estate Of and
effects Of Jacob D. Moore.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and Creditors Of the said Jacob D.
Moore, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Newberry, S.
c., on the 18th day of September next
after publication thereof, at IL o'clock
in the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Administra-
tion should not be granted.
Given under my Hand, this 1st day
of September Ammo Domini, 1909.
Frank NJ. Schumpert,
P. n. C..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07
STATE OF SOUTH CARMINA,
County Of Newberry.
Bv Frank NJ. Schumpert, Esquire,
Probate Judge.

made suit to me, to grant ner Letters
Of Administration of the Estate Of
and effects Of Alex 7. Brown
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and Creditors Of the said Alex T.
Brown, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court OF
Probate, to be held at Newberry, S.
c., on the 4th day Of September
next after publication thereof, at IL
O'Clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be granted.
Given under my Hand, this 18th
day Of August, Anno Domini, 1909.
Frank NJ. Schumpert,
j. P. n. G..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07
KILLED IN DARK.
Mrs. G. G. Bigham Accidentally Slain
Near GeorgetoWn.-Husband
Caused Death.

Charleston, S. c.. Sept. s. -Mistak-
inc her for burglar, William Ayant,
a prominent planter Of Georgetown
county, last night shot and instantly
killed Mrs. C. C. Bigham, who had
accompanied her husband, physi-
clan of Harpers, small town in the
same county, on a professional visit
to Avant 5 home" Sunny Side" plan
tation. on Murreli's inlet. DR.. Big
ham and Mr. Avant were sitting on
the front porch Of Ayant's home after
supper when they saw IL the dark
ness a figure pass the house and 60
towards nearby creek. Not being
answered when they hailed, they got
a shotgun and followed. They saw
the figure apparently crouch near the
creek bank, and hearing no reply
when they called, Avant asked DR..
Bigham what he should 90.
"Shoot it," said Bigbam. and
Avant fired both barrels at close
range. Running back to the house
they secured light and returned to
the creek bank to find Mrs. Bigham
stretched there dead. the contents OF
both barrels having taken effect in
her back, even the gun wads having
penetrated her flesh.
Avant carried the news to George
town and accompanied the deputy
sheriff and coroner back to Murrell 5
inlet.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07
;TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of NeWberry.

CUuHCy Ul NeWUtIIy.
By Frank NJ. Schumpert; Esq. Pro
bate Judge.