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Evening star., 1909-06-25

The prize winners were as follows:

The prize winners were as follows:
Roys' races in water: 80 yards under twelve
y"ars-Ifrst prize. Randolph Anderson; second
prize. Harry Oliver: third prize. William Carr:
fourth fourth prize. Thomas McTwiggan fifth prize,
Girls races in water: 40 yards; under twelve
zcl Twyford; third prize, Katharine keistcr;
fourth prize. Norma McGill: fifth prize. Mary
TuttIc.
Mems races in water: So yards: open To all
First prize, G. Harmer: second prize II. $.
Wood: third prize. T. T. Sale: fourth prize, T.
q. Brown; fifth prize. e. Preas: sixth prize, A.
j. Groves.
Ladies' race in water: 80 yards; open to all
fourth fourth prize; MEs: Mn G ryan: afih prize, Miss {:
MARSHALL and Hawkes.: second prize, i. Allen
Boys race. hfty-yar dash: boys under twelve
years-First prize. John Riordan: second nri1e.
Byron Hagar: third prize. stephen Rattle: fourth
prize. Owen Meade; fifth prize. Robert Gooch;
Girls race, fifty yards: under twelve years
First First prize pr, not awarded: second prize. Iu'a
prize. Grace King; fifth prize. Louis Smith: sixth
prize. ID. Mc(iin.
Young g,, ladies race, nifty yard dash-first
Norma McGill: third prize. Miss Hazel Twyf ,rd;
fourth prize. Miss Helan Barclay: fifth prize,
Ladies' race. sixty yard dash; open TO all
First prize. Miss NJ. stern: second prize. Miss
Josephine Dyer: third prize. Miss VI. 4. Ardeiser:
fourth prize. Miss l.. Quautrelle: fifth prize.
Miss Sadie Ellen; sixth prize. Miss L. Litz.
Spoon and egg contest: 40 yards-Firs prize
C. Twyford; second prize. Miss Sadie f-ller: third
prize. Mrs. L. Twyford; fourth prize; Miss T.
Ltz: fifth prize. Mrs. X. T. Iugenbeal.
Throwing ball contest for lsdies-First prize
Miss NJ. Gcfzinger: second prize. Mrs. Stig; third
prize. Mrs; Rawlings: fourth prize. Miss |. viii
laIns: fifth prize. Miss Raum.
Basket Ball.
First prize. team that included Miss Az
johnson; second prize. Miss Pearl Nally
third prize. Miss Bernie Chandler: fourth prize
Mrs. Stig: fifth prize. Miss l. ROuission.
Young mems race: S0-yard dash-First prize
A. Frank: second prize, II. Brown: third prize.
E. s. Aldrich: fourth prize. c. r. Aldrich; fifth
prize. c. S. Morton; sixth prize. F. Smith.
Mems races. eighty-yard dash: open TO all
First prize. H. Sullivan: second prize. Fl. Brown:
third prize. \. Frank: fourth prize, Charles
Fraser: fifth prize. A. NJ. Connor: sixth prize,
Ii. r. Gore.
Race for members only. eighty yard dash
First prize, H. X. Gore: third prize \. NJ. Con-
nor; fourth prize, 4. q. Thiel: NTH prize. G. +.
ROhrman: sixth prize, A. Gibson.
Marathon race. two and one-half miles-First
prize, Leo Raney: second prize ]. {. Jarvis:
third prize. S. Smith: Fourth prize. j. Smith;
fifth prize. y. Williams: sixth prize, l.. knight;
seventh prize, +. Magruder.
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TWENTY FOUND ALIVE.
Survivors Thought That Others Lived
-heccue Parties Work Night and Day.

tAcFrN. IL, Nov. 21.-The samut.
rom deepest despair to an hystcria Of
hope was run here Saturday when 20
mlheVs, cntombCd in the St. Pat mine
for week. almost to the hour. were
brought TO the surface alive. The
story % thu ir sufterings and the hero
ism Of their resourceful leaders is one
of the most thrilling in the black his
tory Of mining disasters
Dawn broke with the bearers of
stretchers moving from the pit mouth
10 The tent which served as a morgue
with Eodies swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance.
Forty Of thcm had been brought I'D
ara most OF them identified when the
marvellous report flashed through the
PROSTATE community:
They've found them alive. They've
found them alive"
In moment the morgue was de-
serted, scarcely to he revisited while
The crowd. fairly insane with the hone
which had sprung Ike a flame from
he ashes OF DESPAIR, rushed to the nit
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SERVICES FOR THE DEAD
OF THE CHERRY, ILL, MINE.

Continued From Page One.)
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Ali thought was Of the men VIII

Ali thought was Of the men who
were alive. 1t took six hours to brins
the survivors to the surface. Mean
while Il report snrcad that 10 or more
mon were alive in q far reach of thC
mine, cut OFF from escape by q banh
If black damp between their barrl-
cailc and the main shaft.
But two Oxygen helmets remaneJ
at the mine the others having heel
started back to Pittsburg Saturday
morning and with this scant equipment
two experts began q now eXplora tior.
At p. NJ. they emerged, their oxygen
tanks being exhausted, and reported
10 success.
"Fherc are other rNSOurcCful leaders
among tho missing and they NAV haVc
led theIr mon to comparative safety
said states Attorney NJ. l.. E"leTt
Saturday night THE search is now for
The living
Less optimistic notes were sounded
by others, but the women, with hope
borne afrosh, refused to believe any
thing but the best and haunted the
mine far into the night, Selling frantic
ally at every straw of encouragement
offered.
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ION ne Sd.'' sittihe III t"e car anu
'uilot'l"o " SO. ~ .7'oll "S
We ulHeoNcre" lire last SATURDAY an"
h"' 'i'-le ""S ~ iioi'e vi -0oope' We
e.,5 ~ c, -
~ t;,sI,-r. -. t..
~ .t,iI ao,,,,, e,,'I ',.1:,, fan 1a,,,
~ olc s ",.o , 20 "e'",''
It'll t;.,., - III
ya must have boon unconscious ,art
f thc time
., e
~,
he sc,,,-o,r. ~ ,,aa ,.;,,a, do,,.r
mo +hn cy,t+or ana eo+inr nv ,r,ch
,f+c, tb,t ea,,,o of =. ,,,,Io7 off 80
ar. aud cbau.ad II 1yo ala rot realize
,o,y serious wae o,,r nosi+ion Tn fact
on,n of N, ma, s,ant tho time IN
ol,ino ana ea;d thav wished ,hev had
mack of cards If was after We had
,ri;r1, m all of the water and tho
.eepa.re had RIM DIV that we hogan TO
,ound on thc wall TO carse more to
lrop down. soon after this we heard
yoices and orc of our men said: AZ
asst they arc coming after US we
,ovid hear them digging on the other
;ide of the rock and dirt which filed
~ the passage and soon q little hole
vas seer at the TOP and the CLEAN of
he torches came through.
"Our first question was. Is if Sun.
Iay ~ NJop1o,-2' rs n matter of fact
most Of ne thought It was Sunday ana
hat we had been in the mine only
,bout q hours"
-. ia ., nan f,,nd ~ +ho so,,.,
,alIor,, u wore foo weak ia b,.,ye .,o.
Io,, o>.,oe,,,, "a tho air Eooa VOC
,1,o,, 1a,.r r., +hem
.
.-,, I,.
u''S "I' o1. -,' >, 60 a..
,rao,,; ,,u
., ,,.-
MS s.lo ~" .. ~ 'ni Jus" W. 20
u 'o'u,el9 q oep =.
hards arms waanipg ond balnless
Joe Pigati while being revived, brought
out with a smile a letter he wrote on a
pierce of brown paper on the fourth day
of his imprisonment when he thought
there was no hope of escape. The letter
was addressed to his wife and translated
from the Italian reads:
This is the fourth day that we have
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COL. ASTOR SAFE.
Continued from Page One.)

trustees of the AStOr estate, and Mr..
Biddle promptly filed messages with the
wireless and cable companies to Mrs.
Aston, who sailed for Europe Wednes-
day last on the Lusitania soon after OBJ
tanning a decree of divorce.
At the time of her departure, the anX-
iety over Col Aston and their son. Vim
cent, had Just begun to develop seriously,
but Mrs. Aston was considerably upset,
especially concerning her son. Today's
win elcss messages informing her of his
safety may reach the Lusitania orGore
she docks. but if this fails. Mrs. Aston
will find a cablegram awaiting her when
tho ship stops at F'ishguard.
The lapse of two weeks without word
f,om Col. Aston had wrought up news
paper agencies, maratme news cX-
changes. wireless telegraph companies.
cable companies. ship captains and even
the United States government. which had
dispatched three revenue cutters to
search for the Nourmahal, Inquiries as
to the yachts whereabouts were spread
alo0= the coasts under sea and through
the air.
1t was in answer to instructions sent
broadcast to The Associated Press cores
ponGcnts in and around the West Indian
region that the information came from
Willcmstadt today that the Caracas. a
Red u liner had arrived there and re-
ported the Nourmahal safe at San Juan
on NOV. Il,
1T is certainly good news" said Mr..
Dobhyn. 1T appears definite and reas-
surfing and it is in keeping with what !
have said along, that when lines of COM
nunication were opened. Col. Astor and
his yacht would he heard from and that
it would he found that they were safe Mr..
Dobhyn felt safe that word from Mr.. AS
tor himself would be forthcoming
When Col. Astor sailed from New York
il was with the particular purpose, he
said. of avoiding ''msddlesome persons
In that purpose the storm and the in
corruption of cable service certainly car
RED out his wishes. for it is not known
that Mrs Astor had obtained her di.
Norce. About IS years ago she sailed
with Col. Astor on honeymoon cruise
among the West Indies in the Nourmahal
On the present trip the yacht carries Co!
.Astor. his son Vincent, who was Is year!
old last week, Vincents tutor Hans Nor
kaltenbern. and a crew of As men ant
officers.
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Well now I said, let's listen again.

We'll now,' I said, lets listen again.
We ali listened for. what seemed to be a
full minute. Sure enough there came the
nuffled pounding sound we had heard be-
fore. Then we We're too much affected to
speak Grabbing hold of the picks and
axes our men then began to tear down
he loose pile of earth and rock. FIRE.
luently we stopped to hear whether the
ooundings We're continuing. 1t took us
several minutes to make much Roadway
.nto the obstruction. Finally l, who had
been in TIE rear, came forward and with
1 shovel relieved one of the men who had
become tired out.
1T was a weird scene. The lights of
)rr torches on our caps kept bobbing up
and down as we labored and filled the
place with moving shadows.
Now lets stop and listen again.
aid Powell. Much to our glee the pound
ing sounds came louder. A few more digs
in shovelfuls brought down the dirt from
the top and a little black hole appeared
before us
1.-TWO or three of us climbed over the
dirt and yelled. Are any of you alive
in there, boys?'
"An answer came back, Yes
"I}efore another word could be uttered
the men began pulling at the dirt again
md soon larger gap appeared. We yell
d in to them Hold one of our torches
How many of you are alive in there,
boys? We will save you in a minute
I'm faint heavy voices the men called
back: Yes, we are alive and you bet we
are hungry. Have you got some lunch
out there?'
II crawlcd up as near the hole as
could without interfering with the men.
God bless you men we will get you
out in a minute and give you all the
lrnch you can eat. Be patient as you
can.
Il couldn't see anything back in there
for the men were in total darkness, so
climbed back and prayed that God would
nake the number we were about to res
cue from the living grave. as many as
possible.
by that time the hole was wide open
and dozen pairs of glistening eyes shin
ms out from black faces appeared in
view.
I'VE kept yelling to the men to keep
u1 their courage promising them that the
way would soon be clear and the cage in
the hosting shaft was down and ready
to cary them to the surface.
'One of the men inside answered back
Most of us are all right and feeling fine
hut there is one poor fellow in here-a
frenchman called Frank-who is almost
gone and m afraid he will be dead in a
few minutes if he doesn't get some fresh
air
when the pile of dirt finally tum-
bled down some of the men were stag
Sered by the thrush of air and the lights
from our torches. For during seven day s
they lived in total darkness.
With shout we jumped over and
net them. throwing our arms around
their necks and almost lifting them from
their feet. Their joy was inexpressible
Trey pounded US on our backs and con-
tinued to laugh and cry and aloud I'M
til the whole place reverberated with the
cheering.
we wanted to carry the men to the
hosting shaft in our arms, but they in
sisted they We're strong and well enough
to walk out themselves. The only trouble
was they were practically blinded by the
torchlght. We threw blankets over thei:
heads and started to escort them.
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Late Saturday night DIR. Weeks, one
IF the physicians in charge Of the sur
vivors. said:
Il have talked with all of the rescued
men. They say they are convinced
many are still alive but it would be
impossible to estimate how many.
There may be 80. or 100, or there may
be less 1t seems that the men are
scattered in all parts of the mine. If
the others have barricaded themselves
as these did. they are still safe.
AT 10 o'clock the men coming up
from below said they had heard sig
nails in the distant parts but these sec
tons are still cut eff by distractions.
Some. however, are within reach and
are being given medical attention. They
will be brought up as rapidly as pos
sible."
At midnight a small fire broke out
in the mine. cutting off rescue work.
Fire apparatus had to be lowered and
a stream OF water was turned into the
mine. 1t is feared if the fire is not ex-
tinguished shortly many Of the mer
supposed to be alive will perish. Up
to midnight only % men had beer
brought to the surface.
The fire appeared to be spreading
and the heat grew more intense r. E.
Maxwell, mining engineer in the
rescue party was overcome and had to
be hurriedly brought to the surface
graphic description of the discov-
cry of the men from the viewpoint of
the rescuers was told by Father James
P. Heany of st. Mary's church. Men
dott Ills. Father Heavy. wearing a
miners cap and a flaming torch u-as
Town in the mine with the rescue party
He said:
Just about o'clock when we We're
as near as | can tell. 800 feet into the
gallery from the hosting shaft. our
party Stacked up because of a pile OF
debris in the way. Suddenly David
| POWELL said: Listen. boys: | thought
| heard something We We're all silent
A falnt pounding as if coming through
| the thickness of wall was heard. NV
God. said Powell. I believe somebody
Is alive in there Some of the othe,
men replied: No: that is impossible
Nobody in the world thinks for a min
ute the men could live down here fo,
seven days.
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Imprisoned with the miners was
live mule which owing to Slavish su-
perstitioE is alive.
Lithuanians believe that if in such
an extremity they sought to prOlong
their own lives even at the sacrifice of
dumb brute. they would surely die.
George Seimitz's dinner pail con-
tanned four slices of bread, one piece
of pie and a huge dill pickle. Seirlitz's
estimate ofs how long this food would
last proved wOefully wrong, for de-
Quoting what he gave to others it had
all disappeared within "a hours.
Fortunately the prisoners still had
a practically unimpaired plug of to-
bacco From this they extracted all
the nourishment possible and then
swallowed the quid. This diet kept
Senitz's stomach in so fevcrish q
condition that for three lays that the
supply lasted he experienced PRACTICAL
ly no pangs of hunger. The leather
band of his cap was next pressed into
service as a substitute for the tobacco
and as a destroyer of appetite served
quite as well as tobacco. His gloves
followed.
IL " ash NSly Sstiu
Siemitz. land 1 got pretty weak, but it
was better than being hungry all the
time
George Eddy, a hero among heroes
who escaped, made shift to write few
words of courage to his wife. The let
ter follows:
November A.
Dear wife and children write
these few lines to you and I think 1t
will be for the last time. / have tried
to get out twice but was drove back.
There seems to be no hope for us.
Il came down this shaft yesterday
to help to save the mems lives. hope
the men man I got out was out. Well,
Lizzie, If I am found dead. take me
to Bury me in Streator and move
back. Keep Esther and Clarence and
Jimmie together as much as you can.
I hope they will not forget their
father. so 7 will bid you all good bye
and God bless you all.
GEORGE EDDY"
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NO CONE UN!CATiON
With Porto Rico by Wireless, So Con-
firm alton Is Lacking.

Tampa. Fla. Nov. 21.-Eforts of the
wireless station here to confirm the
rumor that the Nourmahal is safe at
San Juan have proved fruitless. Eff
forts to reach Guantanamo have also
failed 50 far. After having the de-
Iscription of the yacht, Capt. Schlaikier
of the Wotan does not believe that the
submerged wreck he saw was the
Nourmahal because there We're three
maStS above Wator.
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FROM FISH TO GRAVEL.
Gloucester Fishing Schooner Going In
to Gravel Carrying Trade.

Gloucester, Mass. Novl 2l.--The
Gloucester fishing schooner Lawrence
Murdoch has been purchased by Capt.
J, f. Cousins of Brooksville. Me-, and
will he used in the gravel. carrying
trade, running between Mount Desert
and BOSTON. She was formerly owned
by William A. King of this city and
was built in Essex in 1852.
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"My first concern was to get after
the poor little Frcnchman who wa:
reported dying. l found him out
stretched on his hack breathing his
last. Holding a torch over his face
which was black from SCOT. I said
Do you give your soul to God?'
He answered: Yes. I am afraid
will never get up alive
That was true l administered the
last sacrament and in a minute h,
was dead.
u then joined the others and walk
cd toward the shaft. There occurred
then one of the greatest acts of hero
ism / ever heard or read Of. 1t car
hardly be believed.
"Walter White. one of the men W,
rescued, on hearing that there We're
others alive in another part Of the
mine, threw OF the blanket with which
he had covered his head and shouted: :
Well then, by God ! am not going out
of this mine until / get the others
We demonstrated, saying that for
him 20 remain down there longer.
would mean his death.
I'VE will take you up to the fresh
air ana give you some nice warm
food and then maybe we will let you
help us do the rest of the work but
White protested and we actually had
to use force to get him into the cage.
All the way up he shouted; Let ms
go down and help get w the others.
AN this time those on the surface
had. as during the last three or foul
days, a firm conviction that everybody
in the mine was dead Nobody con-
ceived of any other possibility.
II was = great joy then to cry up
Hoist ncr up quick
up we went like a shot and rush
ed the men into a Pullman car stand
ing near"
+. Laranini, one of the rescued, said
that ne ard his comrades shared the
sausage and rye bread in his dinner
pail, but it was quickly gone. S.
Pigalis contribution to the common
harder was a bottle Of beer.
Tho discovery was also accidental.
They nal been drinking seepage and
were pounding on the wall to make
the water drip down. The noise of
the pounding was nearu Dy the res
cuers ard the work of reaching them
was begun.
1t was discovered that after eating
up all the food in their dinner pals
the men Subsisted mostly on bark
torn off the pine posts which We're
used to support the mine walls.
inspector NraWfOrd of the state
board of health after being down in
the mine for half an hour reported
that part Of the live men were in a
critical condition. They We're so weak
they were unable 70 stand the exer-
ton of being moved. All the doctors
on the ground and in the village were
nurriedly called and arrangements
We're made for them to rush down into
the mine where a temporary hospital
has been arranged
some of the men arc so weak they
can hardly gasp" said DR.. Crawford.
They are unable to take any solid
food and such artificial stimulants are
being administered as our small force
will permit"
William Cleland, of the survivors,
after drinking a howl of soup, appear
| ed none the worse for his experience.
eve made the most of our situa-
r.
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The Report Partially Confirmed.

Tampa, Fla. Nov. 22.-At 1880 this
morning wireless communication with
Guantanamo was established here and a
partial confirmation of the safety of the
Nourmahal at San Juan was secured.
Wireless station at that point reported
having heard messages early today to
the effect that the Nourmahal was safe
in port. Efforts to raise San Juan have
been unsuccessful.
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MOURN ahal Safe at San Juan"

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 21.-The Wire
less operator here states that at > 2.
NJ, today he caught this message from
a ship at sea: Yacht Nourmahal safe
At San Juan"
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over 100000 vaccinations have
been made in the PHILIPPINES since this
government has been on control there.
and smallpox has been nearly stamped
out. 4. 4. rx.a,n
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NCUIIIIIIUtU T TUI1 I'dSt OIt.J
erything possible to hurry on the work of
exploration is doing
1t is reported tonight that labor lead
ers who have been making a quiet inves-
tSation Of the disaster have called
meeting for tomorrow.
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Ito proceed further toward the north
coast of Cuba, where the submerged
wreck was sighted.
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In speaking to the revenue cutter
Yamacraw. the wireless station learns
that that vessel has been ordered not
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barricade inflicted on himself injuries
from which he died.

From survivors who We're seen, the
highest praise for the fortitude and lead
ership is given William Celand. Twice
daily Cleland, who is a staunch church.
man, conducted religious services, his ia
vorite hymn, the words of which even
some of the foreigners picked up was
Arise My Soul"
Twice daily Cleland likewise delivered
blunt stout-hearted sermon. cheering
on the faltering men.
Then followed the Lords prayer, in
varably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-10
TEkNYSON'S COPY OF "MAUp" Work Sold With Other Rarities of the
 Poet on March 19.

From the New York Times.
 Lord Alfred Tennyson's own copy of a. first edition of his Maud and Other Poems'' was among the Tennyson rarities in a sale at Anderson's on March 1s. It has his autograph signature, 'Tennyson," on the title page. It Is said that each of the books that were owned by him have only this one word "Tennyson" in his autograph on the title page. and that books that were presented by him have the signed presentation inscription in full on either the half-title or the ny-leaf.
 There Is another first edition of Maud" with the letter inserted of Tennyson to Bulkeiey Platt, of Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, in which Tennyson says: "I have sometimes held that no one can read Maud but myself-giving the lyric and the dramatic together-but very like ly you can do it--only If you wish to read 1t to me, if you be not quick enough about 1t, as I am far advanced in my years. perhaps I may not live to hear you. Very truly yours. Tennyson.
 Other Tennyson rarities are: "Helens Tower" Clandeboye. Ireland 1861, with stanzas by Lady Clifford Gady Dufferin) and an original poem by Tennyson writ ten at the request of the Marquis of Duff ferin about a tower built in memory of his mother, Helen, who was Lady Duff ferin; the copy of "TIelens Tower" con- taining poem by Robert Browning fetched $390 at the Lapham sale last De- cember.
 The original edition of the Ode for the Opening of the International Exhib- tion." a pamphlet, which Is said to be tho scarcest of Tennyson's original editions and the first copy to be offered at public sale in America.