Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

day preparations had been compleieo
10 cnter the ST. Paul coal mine. where
400 men are entombed by Saturdays
disaster.
Under the direction of state mining
inspectors. hazardous effort will he
made to satisfy the demand OF the
befeaved 10 remove the bodies After
preliminary exploration into the air
shaft last night the inspectors and
mining experts reported an cncourag
ing condition and determined not to
lose minute 10 take advantage OF
the low temperature at the bottom OF
the emergency shaft.
Early today. II was reported that
X. Y Williams. who went into the
shaft last night, had seen bodies in
the second gallery not far from the
shaft.
In the opinion OF mining inspectors
who came here from many states. the
mine IL still burning and human life
cannot endure within II. II Is their
conviction that the 81, Paul mine must
be scaled for nm indefinite period be
fore any successful exploration can
be conducted. This recommendation
10 the officials of the company yester
day. bui the Illinois inspootor real
izing the fury that such an action
zens of this community. insisted that
last effort be made to reach the
dend.
"We are going down In thnt mine
today We win conquer II or II VIII
conquer us. Unless we succeed we
viii never come out alive" james Tay
lor. Illinois mining inspector, said nj
noon today.
NEW YORK, Nov lS.--Mrs Marie
Radleigh, As years old married twenty
years has given birth to her nine
teenih child, Only nine Of the children
are living, but one of them, a daugh
ter Is 10 ycnrs old. married and the
mother of one child
MusKoGoN, Mich. Nov 1s.-The
Guif iHEt mas Dttu oNttplHk iShn'S
Michigan and Superior for the last
three days abated today as II swep,
eastward making n fuller stocktaking
of It's havoc possible.
Never before In 80 short time
say lake mariners. has so great
monetary damage been done In Il gale
ON the lake with SO small loss OF
life. The marine losses will be mil
lion,
NEW YORK. Nov, lS.-Every coast
station OF The United Wireless com
pany today are trying yainly to pick up
the Nourmahal, the palatial yacht on
which Colonel John Jacob Astor and
his son and heir. Vincent, have been
cruising In West Indian waters. and
which has not been reported heard
from since the great gale which swept
swept Jamaica more than week ago
call has been flashed across the ocean
and as yet no answer has been re
ceived. SO great has become the
alarm felt tor the safety of the yacht
that the government revenue cutter
Algonquin has been ordered to pro
cecd TO sea from San Juan. Porto
Rico. to seek the Nourmahal.
SEATTLE, Wash. Nov. lS,--The In
qniry instituted by the department OF
the interior into the validity of the
thirty-tbree coal land entries in Alas.
ka that is included in what is com.
monty known us the Cunningham case
around which the Ballineer-Pinchot
controversy conters. began this morn.
ing before Special Commissioner Nc
Geo.
j, NJ. Sheridan of Denver. chief coun.
sci for the government, and w b
Pngh of Washington. ID. C., as counsel
and member of the board of land re-
eiows In the general land office, have
been engaged for several weeks In the
offices of the chief of field division
here preparing the case for the gov
ernment
Tho aggregate acreage involved In
the present inquiry is $3.50. An esti.
mate of value OF coal In this Cunning
ham claim Is $4,000. 900.
The charge of the land department
In the Cunningham case is that the
enlrymen did not make their locations
for their own exclusive benefit but that
previous TO making locations they en-
tered into an agreement that after oh
tanning the patent for coal lands the,
were to consolidate and hold the lands
and also that the coal lands were no,
10 be opened or any mine improved
as required by act OF congress b,
authority of which the entries wer,
made.
WASHINGTON. Nov. is. Tw,
Americans discovered In the revolu
tionary army In Nicaragua have beer
captured, and sentenced to death b,
President Holny. The news receive,
today by the state department iudi
Gates the sentenced have been carrie,
out.