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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
We are authorized 10 announce
EARL Z. OrIsENnRRRY

Of Stepstone neighbofhood, rs a candi .
date for Assessor, subject 70 the action Of
the Democratic party. II nominated and
elected Robert Lockri1ge, Of Camargo
Precinct, will be my deputy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
FOR SENATOR

We are authorized % s15Ou1ce
CLAUDE X. IEsoNAs =
OF Bourbon coc1tF. a. c.1ca1sle y,
Sszte Senator from The district co-1 JOSE
Of Bourbon. Clark and Montgomery. sri'-
5ec: 10 TIE scssO7 o: the Democratic parry
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR COUNTY JUDGE

FO9 COUNTY JUDGE.
We are authorized 70 zn3o-rce
-. ALLEs A'CDsNIlk
asa candidate io- the Democratic rouli-
nation for County Judge o. Montgomery
county.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16

We IRE authorized ~ announce
JAMES -. WHITE
a. z candidate for Sheriff Of Montgomery
county, suffice, 70 me action Of the DEM
Oc-a,ic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
FOR CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.

FOR COUNTY COURT CLERK.
We are authorized u announce
John r. KING
A. Z candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Clerk y; the Montgomery
equity Court.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
sea S9sSTsS1-

We are Authorized . z--oGHo-
SAX -szMGEL
f0- Constable - TIE DIS
TIC. co1pose1 d Sicss7ew aSa A-1'O'1s :
Rec yrec1cts. s1b.eci = TIE senoo q
TIE D<DoGziic party
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
We are authorized 20 announce
/. y. YOCEM

As a candidate foT AssessoS Of Montgom-
cry County, subject - the action OF the
Democratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
FOR SUPERINTENDENT or SCHOOLS.
e are authoazed to announce
PROF. ". !. GOODWIN

as A candidate for reelection as Superin-
tendent Of Schools of Montgomery Coun-
ty. subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
For JAlLER.

For JAlLER.
We are authorized 70 announce
VIII F. HENRY
as a candidate for Taller Of Montgomery
County. subject 70 the action Of the Dem
ocratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16

a. candidate for Assessor Of Montgom-
cry County, subject TO the action Of the
Democratic party.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-06-16
FOR ASSESSOR.

We are authorized TO anno1ace
WI. CRAVESS
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
If the Raging Fire, the Black
Damp, Smoke and Gas Did
Not Kill! Miners. Steam Cre-
ated Today Did.
ALL LAST NIGHT THE
BIG PIT WAS FLOODED
And It Seems Hardly Probable
That Any of the. Entombed
Men Could Survive This Pc
CuIiar Ordeal.


Cherry, Ills, Nov. 16.-The mine
was flooded with water all last night
and clouds of steam were seen issuing
from the airshaft this morning, which
indicated the fire is almost extinguish-
ed. After the succession of raging
fire, black damp, smoke and carbonic
acid gas had done it's deadly work, it
seems hardly possible that any of the
entombed miners were alive to be
roasted to death with steam. If any
survived until the mine was flooded, it
is the belief that the steam finished
them. Tests today established the
fact that the flames still rage in the
lower level and recovery of bodies
cannot yet be undertaken. Heavy
rains are keeping many grief stricken
people in doors today, but rioting is
feared when the bodies are taken OUT:
A house to house canvass is being
made to establish the exact number of
miners entombed. Relief work is un-
der full sway today. But much un-
avoidable suffering continues Union
miners today declare the mine was an
ideal one from producing standpoint,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
MAYOR WAS ABSENT
And Council Adjourned to At.
tend the Beveridqe
Meeting.
ONE ORDINANCE PASSED

Mayor r. A. Schillinger missed an.
other council meeting last evening. II
he did arrive at the council chambers
he found them dark, council havins
adjourned until Wednesday evening
in order that the city officials nigh,
hear United States Senator Albert J
Beveridge speak to the Commercial
club.
City Attorney T J. Study was no,
at all pleased with DIR. Schillinger's de
lay in arriving. expressing his belief
that it was the mayors duty to be
present at the scheduled time for call
ing the meeting. which is 1:3O O'Clock
Council followed his suggestion and
appointed Matt Won Pien as temporary
presiding officer.
Besides adjourning until Wednesday
evening. the council passed an ordi
nance on suspension of the rules. for
the appropriation of $1,000 for the
payment of the street department force
today. The money in this fund had
been entirely exhausted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
TURN TO THE LIVING.

Cherry. Ills. Nov. l6.-With fire
still raging n he St Paul mine. the
tomb of 80 men-possiblc Js>t- and
the shaft sealed tC smother the flames.
The attention of toe rescuers AMI ofii-
cials was today turrcd 10 the widows
and orphans iheir plish: is desper-
ate. Some of the women stricken by
the shock are not exo tied to rccov.
er Physicians and nurses are need
ed urgently.
A reaction from :ne dazed horror of
the first days grief swept Cherry to-
day and the population is on the verge
OF an outbreak. Every trustworthy
man has been swor. in as special
deputy sheriff. Riots are feared.
Ernest P. Bicknell, president of the
National Red Cross society. and 5 c.
kingsbury, director of the Chicago
United Charities. met with the surviv-
of alleviating the situation.
An Angry Crowd.
Around the meeting place an angry
crowd gathered, ignorant of. or refus-
ing to understand the purport of the
conference.
There is a dearth Of physicians and
nurses, and today it seemed inevitable
that collapse of the grieving women
who have watched constantly since
the first danger. for the return of their
men, will add to the death list Fully
% of them are in {: serious condition
and it is feared that some of them can
not recover from the shock.
To look after the affairs Of the dis
tressed families a committee. consist
ing of Mayor Connolly. President Penn
of the mineworkers' local union: Supt
of Mines w. w. Taylor and Patrick
Garner of Ladds. today took up its
task This body was appointed by
President EarIing of the Chicago, Mil
waukee 4 st. Paul railroad.
Number Dead Unknown.
The number Of dead in the mine is
unknown. That any are living is
considered impossible: the last vestige
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16

Greensboro 1eJohn Fletcher Medearis
public
given the church. taken suddenly i'll last
lie was TO a of fsorrow
stated that his condition today had
live day possibly throughout the Medea
wax
o
he had lived long and useful life willing
be
of of
sponsibe seriou
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CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
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Continued on Page Four.)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16

Number Dead Unknown.
III The number Of dead in the mine Is
unknown. That any are living is
considered impossible: the last vestige
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
Has No III Feeling.

II bear no Ill feeling against any OF
these great organizations. simply
insist that they 90 not steal and use
the money of the country for their own
interests. No one. apparently, pays
any attention to what legislation Is
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
AN EXPERT TARIFF COMMISSION
CRYING NEED TN UNITED STATES

Senator Bevedge in an Address Last Evening Before the
Business Men of This City Stated That Is Necessary
For the American Nation to Have Verbiage Commits
sion, to Study the Language of the Laws, which Are
Full of Inaccuracies, and Simplify Them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
RICHMOND WATER WORKS PLANT
FOUND TO BE GOOD INVESTMENT
In Fact the Public Service Corporation Is So FIourishng
That 0abney H. Maury. the Engineering Expert En-
poyed by the City to Make Investigation. Estimates in
His Report to the Board That Its Net Earnings at End of
Twenty Years Will Total the Sum of 81 .324OOO

but notoriously dangerous as TO the
safety of men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-16
THE WEATHER.

IN0iANA-Probabiy rain Or snew
Wednesday.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
Neero Troopers Are sehavIne.

The Fighting Tenth has been in town q
week and the week has been full OF sur
prises for those pessimistic citizens Of
Burlington who expected all sorts Of riot
ing and carnage as soon as the negro sol
diers arrived. Thus far no disorders
have been reported that were traceatle to
the new regiment and not q negro trooper
has seen the inside Of the county Jail.
The men appear in town even less than
their white brethren who preceded them,
and their conduct on the electric cars has
been exemplary. This.is one OF the most
pleasant surprises the town has been
treated to in years for probably there
were not q hundred people in town who
have not for the past two months enter
tanned gloomy forebodings over the APP
preaching arrival of the colored men.
It has been necessary to draw the col
ored line but little, as the new comsrs
realize their position fully. In Winoos-
XII, colored bar has been provided in
one saloon, with q colored bartender. In
this city the downtown saloons refuse to
serve q negro in uniform but when in
civilian clothes they get the same service
ss v hite men. In the north end OF the
town the bars serve negro troopers in I'M
/ form and there is an appreciable increase
/ in the business resulting from this pol
4 icy. The negro troopers are said 10 be
/ free spenders and drink only the best the
/ bars afford. They are a generous crowd,
too. A negro soldier will say to bunch
Of loafers with white skins: "Of cose We
'uns don't know how you 'uns feel aboi
Il, but wen be glad to have yo' take one
on u.s." This appeals to the habitua
"bar-fiy," who draws no color line OF
booze at least, and the invitation is rarely
declined.
The local colored contingent have re
ceived the soldiers with open arms. Sew
eral dances have been given the new
corners and they have been conducted
with decorum. Il Is understood that sew
eral places Of amusement will soon b
opened for negroes only. This sort o
enterprise will doubtless result in prof
for the promoters, as the increase il
blacks has been by no means confined t.
the troops. A majority Of the men bav
brought their wives and there IL quite
large camp following. II is tair 10 esti
mate the entire increase at fifteen hun
dred negroes.
OF course the first pay day may brinl
} about some change OF opinion regarding
our new neighbors and the anxiety vii
not be wholly relieved until this critica
: time has passed, but thus far all ominou
} fears seem to have been groundless.-
Rutland Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
Mormons In Vermont.

The Mormons have returned to the
home of the founders Of their faith, JOS
eph Smith and Brigham Young, and have
established propaganda in this state.
Headquarters are at Montpelier, accord
ing to the Argus, with Elder Smellie in
charge and sixteen elders, travelling two
by two through the state, preaching Nor
monism as they go.
The Mormons, it seems, have no sal
aried preachers, but call the elders from
the various walks of life. The elders ia
Vermont are men Of affairs at home, who,
at the call of their leaders, have left theiI
families, homes and duties of life tc
preach in the world from two to thres
years as required. Elder Smellie, who
presides over the work in Vermont, is q
man Of affairs, engaged in mining, farm
ing and other enterprises. He was one o.
the early settlers OF Idaho, where he sur
veyed and aided in the construction o.
many OF the large irrigation systems
which have caused the desert to brinl
forth and blossom as the rose. His bomI
now is in Alberta, Can.
Two of the elders recently held q IoDI
series Of meetings in this city, but 1t did
not appear that they had any success
even the least. And such, one would
think, will be the case elsewhere in Yer
mont. Burlington News.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
HARD o, hearInn-

Been listening in vain to hear some
righteously indignant Burlington patriot
lash those neighbors Of his that are re-
sponsible for the "Jim Crow' talk that
has done more to give the whole nation
an erroneous idea Of Vermont and YER
monters than the invitation OF st. Adams
to an ex-Confederate raider to come M to
the scene Of his famous exploit and be
"reconciled" could ever do. Been listen
ing in vain to hear some gallant veteran
Of the Queen City that so valiantly rushed
into print to take tall out of st. Aibans
for daring to propose to publicly forgive
an enemy in war that was over forty
i've years ago, now turn about and de-
nounce his own neighbors for proposing
to draw the color line in the state of
Theophilus Harrington who demanded ga
bill OF sale from the Almighty Been
listening in vain to hear the patriotic
fury OF the outraged citizenship of our
good friend Ex-Governor Ormsbee explode
again.
What can be the trouble with the Old
Guard, anyway, that it fails to snatch
this GLORIOUS opportunity to chatter around
the arena in the Deadwood coach. Ere of
. few blank cartridges. repel a few "In-
dams not taxed" with mimic slaughter,
ana set the women and children cough
ing In an atmosphere Of smoke7 Why
don't the heathen rage when the peopIe
imagine q vain thing f-St. Adams Mes
senger.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
Those Terrible QUESTION:.

Among the questions were these:
"Nsme three members of the presidents
cabinet;" describe the motions of the
earth and state what each produces;"
"What was the significance and about
how long ago arose the cry 'Fifty-fOur,
forty or fight'q'' ''what can you state in
regard to the development of the railway
system OF the United States2' 'sDraw q
map of the town in which you live, in
sorting roads, public buildings, rivers,
ponds, lakes and moantains." Not one
adult person out of fifty taken at random,
can answer any such questions as these
correctly and we doubt IL one in ten OF
the graduates Of the high schools in Yer
mont this year can do it offhand.--Ben-
nington Banner.
With the possible exception of the sec
oDd question quoted, the foregoing are
eminentIy practical and proper questions.
We have been talking, writing and lee
turing for years about a practical educa-
ton in our common schools, and the first
symptoms developed by the state depart
ment of education OF furthering such an
end has brought about as pretty bit OF
editorial rabies as anything the state has
seen for years.
! "Name three members of the presi-
DENTS cabinet" This is not learned in
4 text books, perhaps, but it is utterly sig
nifcant Of the banaI and sublimely use
/ less tendencies of wire-drRwn education,
that, until recent years, not the first
thought has ever been given to practical
history, the everyday sort of thing that
We see every day and ought to know
about. Today, in some schools, Sour
rent Events" are covered in a weekly
study-hour. The subject ought to b
covered daily, and the daily newspaper
ought to be the text book.
Certainly, every child ought to know
who the secretary Of war, the secretary o.
the treasury and the secretary of state
may be in the national government.
"Describe the motions of the earth anC
state what each produces" The Herald
has little use for theories, as genera
proposition, and theoretical geography
perhaps least OF all, but if the movement
of the earth upon its axis and Of tn
! earth around the sun are worth knowing
about at all, certainly the practical re
suits Of alternate day and darkness, sum
mer and winter, are necessary corollar!
thereof.
What produces day and night and tn
varying seasons IL something that ever.
sixth grade scholar lie taught and ough
to know.
Possibly q child might not be expecte'
to know much about the railroad system
OF the country, but be ought certainly 3
know the railroads Of his own state ant
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
Ware the Octopus.

There has been q good deal Of Orleans
county talk about the prospective visit of
the Vermont press to the home OF Theo-
dore n. Vail, president Of the New Eng
land Telephone company at Lyndon. A
business or semi-political color has been
placed upon it, which the Herald regards
as discourteous. The commercial wars
bets the New England and the indie
pendent telephone companies on the
seast side'' ought not to blind the craft as
to the nature OF an invitation, freely and
courteousIy given. II the Press associa-
tion can visit the Vermont Marble COM
pany's plant, the Fairbanks scale works
and the Barre quarries, surely they can
visit one Of the largest farms in Vermont
and break bread with its proprietor.
Rutland Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
PRESS NOTES.
Pace Speaks for Vermont.

Senator Page seems to have come out of
the battle in the Senate over free hides
with credit to himself. His speech,
though unpretentious as to eioquence,
was filled with knowledge OF his subject
and the western senators who attempted
to discomfit him got something of Jolt
When he informed them that "Vermont
has 2Ss, 900 mich cows and 2I4, 600 other
cattle. That is 100, 900 more cattle than
there are in all the state OF Idaho. We
are the great cattle-raiser state OF this
union, from one point of view. The little
9, 900 square miles OF land that We have in
Vermont is turned up on edge, but We have
more cattle 10 the square mile than has
Nebraska whose acreage is on the legeI."-
Londonderry Sitter.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

the main facts about the great transconti-
mental systems which have made this
country the greatest piece Of territory in
the civilized world. II there ever was 3
practical geographical question, here Is
one and yet the most stupendous lamenta-
tion in recent history breaks forth when
the prospective students Of German, Eu-
ropean history and Advanced Literature
are asked some elemental facts about our
own country and its resources.
The same thing applies to the request
tn draw a map Of his own town. child
is ably and mechanically schooled in the
geography of Trans-Cauaasia, while the
practical knowledge Of his own town,
here he lives, grows up and pays taxes
are never reduced to practical acouaint-
ance.
Yes, such terrible questions are unusu-
al. They are outside the ken Of the una
chine-made teacher and the wire-drawn
pupil. They are practical and deal With
practical things. The superintendent
/ guilty Of framing them ought to be held
/ mp to the everlasting odium OF the Yer
mont-as-she-is people, who want the chill
dren stuffed with a mass OF silly dates
and meaningless names. The first at
tempt to switch our educational freight
! train to the right track ought to be frus-
/ trated, and the fellows who have been
bowling for practical education ought to
stop the movement at once
Meanwhile, just let the superintendent
Of education and his supervisors alone fol
a year or two; they are stirring up such q
fearsome sound and smoke that the Her
aid is inclined to believe that there is &
strong, but smothered, fire below, with
perhaps a cartridge or two that will lift
things.
Let us advance, even IL We advance yer
tically.- Rutland Herald.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

In these days, when multi-milIionaires
are lying awake nights to devise means
for disposing OF their fortunes lest, dying
rich, they die disgraced; when libraries,
colleges, hospitals and other worthy
causes are receiving their beneisctions,
why hasn't some one of the number Civ
en- a million or so for good rosds2 The
United States has the finest that nature
affords, but its public highways are the
very worst OF any civilized country's.
To be sure, we have a great burden in
their maintenance, because of the coun-
try's vastness, the tremendous mileage OF
the travelled roads and the natural obsta-
Giles encountered. But we ought to be inn
proving them faster, which means a
heavy outlay, and one that the taxpayers
shrink from. If somebody would DROP
q million in vermont's lap for intelligent
road building, it would be as great ben,
eficence as could be imagined.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

Rutland wants Sunday baseball and
huge petition in its favor will be present.
ed to the local head of police. The ques-
tion OF Sunday observance will shortly
become pressing for settlement. Senti-
ment is changing rapidly and the statutes
do not represent it and are very difficult
TO enforce. What is right or wrong on
the Sabbath, both scripturally and legal
ly, is g matter about which few would
agree. The popular and growing practice
is toward a degree of liberalism that
would have shocked our fathers twenty
five years ago. Few people there are who
confine their Sunday activities, aside
from religious, to works of necessity and
charity. Yet we are not fully prepared
for the noisy, rowdy, wide-open fair-day
kind Of a Sunday that chsracterizes many
parts Of the country and world.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

After all the wranglinR, the Republic
cans came through their experience in re-
vising the tariff much better than the
Democrats did. Taft approved-oficial-
Iy, at Ieast-the bill just enacted. Cleve-
land permitted the Wilson-Gorman bill
to become a law without signing it, re-
marking that he could not give his assent
to such a surrender to perfidy and dis
honor. 1t has become an axiom that
tariff legislation is always q stumbling
bIock-and frequently fatal--to the party
in power. The conflicting interests in
volved make it q tremendous task.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

II the plain Republican voters OF the
whole country ever get a chance to ex-
press their opinion direct upon Joseph @.
Cannon, speaker of the House, they will
swat him good and hard. They will new
er stand for leader OF his despotic tend
encies, even though he possesses unique
and, to his near friends and associates,
likable personality. Cannon is as ruth
less as Gengis Khan toward his oppon-
ents, and acts with a vindictiveness that
stamps him as a man OF really small cali
bre. He displaced three heads Of COM
mittees in the House, admittedly because
these men favored revision OF the rules,
putting in his own creatures. This is the
kind of Sulla that leads the Republican
majority around by the nose in the
House, ruling them by fear and favor.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12

Will some town in Vermont please
build hotel large enough so that the an
nual outing of the State Fish and Game
league will not have to be held in New
York state Perhaps that new hotel
which it is proposed, to erect in St. Al
bans viii I'LL the bill -Middlebury Reg
lister.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-12
EDITORIAL NoTEa

1t was significant that Taft presented
the pen with which be signed the tariff
bill to Payne, not Aldrich.