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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-19
BODIES FOUND
IN CHERRY MINE
Five Daring Explorers Descend
Into the Poisonous Depths
Of the Shalt
20 DROWNED NEAR SHAFT 7
One Body Taken Out Of the Mine
and Secreted Tor Time-Temper
Of the Populace Is
Feared.

| Cherry, III. NOV. l9.-FOr the
first time since the mine horror of
Saturday bodies of some of the 300
Iternoon The corpses were found by
daring explorers in the poisonous
depths of the second gallery.
Twenty bodies were drowned
within seventy feet Of the ventilaiinG
shaft One of them, unrecognizable,
was brought to the surface, and Of
ter considerable delay was taken to
the town hail to await identification.
The temper of the people was fear
ed and an attempt was made to keep
secret the news of the finding Of the
bodies. Those in authority bound
/ themselves to maintain silence. That
tmore than one victim had been
drowned was not generally known
at nightfall, and plan was afoot to
attempt the removal of the other
bodies late at night The corpse
brought to the surface was concealed
for an hour at the top of the pit be-
fore being turned over to the under
taker. and then only because the dis
!covery had become known
The first descent into the shaft
was made by J. w Paul, George H.
Rice and r. \ Williams in a tenn
porary cage constructed during the
night and forenoon.
The second descent was made by
Mine Inspectors James Taylor and
Thomas Moses, who brought up the
body.
All were protected against deadly
gases by helmets. Mine Inspector
Taylor's plan of do or die attack
on the main shaft, where the tenn
,perature is around 10 degrees Fab
renheit, was merely delayed by the
expedition into the air pit
1--WE will do all we can at the air
shaft and then at any cost will des-
cend into the main pit" said Mr..
Taylor yesterday evening. OF the
horrors which they encountered In
the CHASTITY gallery none of the spec
tators would speak, but they wore
blanched faces and their hands
trembled when they emerged.
This much was learned-the bod
les were scorched and swollen. Deatl
might have been due either to gas
or flames.
After the removal of the frs
corpse the experts held a short con
ference and upon the conditions re
ported it was determined to breal
the seal of the mine shaft at once. 4
force of laborers was ordered a
work and by 5 o'clock the cauldrol
below was pouring forth gases ant
smoke into the air.
Preparations were made at one
to reduce the temperature in tn
shaft.
A substitute fan was started $,
directed as to pull the smoke towar'
the ventilator AS soon as possibl
the helmeted mine inspectors de
scended into the shaft with leads o
hose. prepared to fight the burnin
coal in the second gallery If tn
jeffort is successful, firemen withou
helmets will be sent down as 500
as they can do so with safety.
News of the recovery of the firs
body spread rapidly and as the am
,bulance thanked by soldiers, passe
through the streets, distressin
scenes were witnessed. Women rush
ed out of doors and pushed frant
cally through the crowd in val
attempt to look into the wagon,
Until late at night the little brio
morgue was surrounded by anxiou
linquirers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-19

Oklahoma City, Ok, Nov. 10
While alone in the house, the 4-year-
old daughter of NJ. B. Davis fell into
a CRATE and was burned to death.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-19

Brother severely Injured in Effort
to Save Her--Acci,icnt at Jo-
Scphine. Texas,

Josephine, Texas, NOV. l9.-Mrs.
George James, daughter of j. A.
Hunt. was fatally burned Wednesday
afternoon and died at , O'Clock next
morning She was rendering lard,
when her colthes were ignited. Her
brother, Henry, was severely burned
TRYING To extinguish the flames.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
WHOLE WORLD DECEIVED
DupeS and Hoax on a Monumental Scale in WHuct
kind Was Led Into Erroneous Belief.

nativity. the originatOrs are entitled 20
take comfort from the minlng-camp cpl
taph. HE done his best; angils kin do no
more" Sometimes the best is very s0od,
indeed. ike q Boston newspapers de-
scriptOn OF a vessel OF the Swiss navy
arrived at this port April l. which was
extensively reprinted in all good faith
Probably the editors who borrowed IL
failed TO read beyond the headlines.
New Workers Easily Duped.
That same habit OF mental Iaziness,
disinclining the average person to de-
mand particulars and 80 into details. Is
the characteristic that makes him so easy
dupe A New York newspaper Illus
trated this pregnant truth some years
ago by printing a circumstantial account
OF the escape OF the animals from tho
Central Park Zoo Fathers saw Il on
their way 20 business. and remembering
that Johnny and Katie would soon be on.
the way 10 school. turned about and
made FOR home. Timid people locked
their doors. Some, perchance. climbed.
/ trees. Yet II they had read the article
through they would have seen sc the end
the statement that It was all "mada
NJ" Newspaper fakes are almost innu-
1000 AANe-t-4Ao q AuoA NgA " - @~AAAA+g
ago may recall the thrilling story that
Bald Mountain. ~ c.. had suddenly be-
come a volcano. II hadn't. Of course.
Yet, though we are so readily fooled,
there are times when we can be cautious.
That may be taken, perhaps. as a sign
that we are gaining wisdom; and, again,
when one weighs the circumstances Of a
particular case. it may seem less signiaA
cant Thus. on one occasion last winter
the ice backed up" IN such q manner
that the water ceased 10 flow over Nj
agara Falls People read, wondered, and
OF, course, believed. Not so. however, on
| a previous occasion in the SOS, the
only other time when this has been
known 10 occur. It was on March 81 that
the falls ceased TO flow. She news was
printed April J. Thereupon people smiled
wisely, looked at the date line, meditated
minute. and congratulated each other
on being too clever TO be deceived By an
/ April fool
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
"Cramp Rings

From the Dundee Advertiser.
Among the quaint customs observed
on Good Friday in the olden days was
the hallowing by the King or Queen OF
England Of "cramp rings" which were
held to be thereby rendered efficacious
against cramp. the falling sickness. -
and similar complaints. special re-
llglous service was drawn UP for the
ceremony. and among the prayers recited
was the following: "Oh. God, who hast
manifested the greatest wonders OF Thy
power By the cure Of diseases, and who
vert pleased that rings should be a
pledge Of fidelity in the patriarch Judah
a priestly ornament in Aaron, the mark
of a faithful guardian in Darius, and IN
this kingdom a remedy for divers dis
eases. graciously be pleased to bless and
sanctify these rings, 10 the end that all
such who wear them may be free from
al snaTes Of the devil, may be defended
by the power OF celestial armor, and that
no contraction OF nerves or any danger
OF the falling sickness may infeSt them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

From the Dundee Advertiser.
The black Hamburg grapes from the
Kings vine az Hampton Court Palace.
which won the Hogg memorial medal
the other day at the Royal horticultural
Society's show at Westminster, can claim
relatives probably OF equal merit in
those produced by the great vine at
Cumberland Lodge. Old Windsor Park.
which is, however. eight years younger.
The Hampton Court vine originated in a
cutting taken in 1859 from the famous
vine at Valentines. Ilford, then young
thing of eleven years. The Cumberland
Lodge vine covers the extensive area OF
1873 feet in length by twenty-elght feet in
width. All three have been the witnesses
OF much English history,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
Irish BrOgue as Classic English


From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
The peculiarly Of the English speech
Of IrisEmen was once the subject OF
much humorous comment in America
and England X is less so now, at least
in America.
Now comes Walter Dalton. I'm the Dub
lin Leader. calling attention TO the fact
that this so-caTed Irish brogue. supposed
TO be the result of the trippings Of Cell
tic tongues over the speech Of the Sas-
senach. is nothing I'm the world but q gilf-
vival Of the English Of the best edu-
Gated people Of the time of Queen Eliza
beth and later down 10 about the mid
die Of the eighteenth century.
Il may be mentioned in passing that
Mr.. Dalton gives no news to serious
historical students OF the English lam
guage and its pronunciation. He has
collected. however. number OF inter
esting examples;
There is a smile for the Irishman who
says that some one IS such a "cOntrayry
fella' that he ought 20 he "afeared 20
be kilt" Yet al these pTonuaciations
were good" English 70 Edmund Spen-
ser. and 10 Geonrey Chaucer, for that
matter. The person. Irish or other. who
says he grutched me what I aNed" may
be regarded as illiterate by a modern
pedaut. but Chaucer said "axed' and
Spenser wrote "grutched" 4 Tippe-
rary man. as Mr.. Dalton says. remarks
that he is "aEin the peelers'' Chaucer
would find no faut with "agin," though
he would require a translation Of peel
crs." that being an adaptation OF ths
name OF an English public official much
moro recent that the days when the poet
OF Patient Grissel held a pest in the
customs.
The Irishman's "complate'' was also
Izaak Walton's, to whom and to whose
contemporaries his book. 1.-The Compleat
Angler was certainly "complate." And
not only does COwper by his rhymes
show that he spoke sea" not as See"
but as say" but so does Alexander
Pope, the fastidioUs and finical.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
LAST STAND OF THE ELK.
Few Herds Left in Southern Oregon
Along the Coo. River.


There is a vast region In Southern Ore
gon, where the watersheds slope toward
the coast. Here Coos River rises and
winds its way westward through noun
tain dedles; and 70 the south. the North
Fork % Coquille River and its tribu-
taries rise and flow through passes even
more abrupt; then 10 the north Lake
Creek and its branches drain a large dis
trict. and its waters finally flow into the
CmpQua, says Recreation
a few small herds Of elk stin roam IN
their wild freedom over this territory
their last stand-for the settlements are
fast crowdinG them back. and the mex
orable trend Of fate viii soon see their
last haunt appropriated by man
Formerly thousands OF elk inhabited
this Wild and almost inaccessible range.
Tie mountains being so rough and dense
I ~ timbered. the most hardy woodsmen
hesitate before undertaking the difficult
task Of following the few dim trails that
lead into them. much less than think Of
bringing out their antlers and meat.
Here the hunter may travel through
many townships under thickly interviewer
giant treetops with scarcely an oppor-
tuuity % see the blue sky. and the deep
shadows OF evendde are always present
The canyons are deep and their walls Of
dark green blend into the bIue-blacz
shadows Of the dizzy depths below
All about you are long. low. crooked
ridges and sawtoOthed ranges in the dis
tance. which impress you with maSni-
tude or this great region where the
happy rays or light are lost IN mountain
gloom The dark green confer woods
the softest OF forest scenery-give no
. hint Of the tangle OF vines and windfails
where the object Of the quest seeks cover
from the hunter.
The elk has learned TO avoid the few
trails that follow the main chain OF d.
vides and watersheds OF this region. Hs
hnds the heads OF the small streams that
rise in the deep gOrges less frequented BY
man, 50 makes his home IN these deep
canyons where he can feed undisturbed.
Here the luxuriant underground affords
him abundance Of choicest browse and
the fallen timber and underground Offer
him a suitable place 10 rummate In
/ these places silence and shade join with
the harmony Of the vast tangle Of green.
brown, red, and gray in shielding the.
wild wards from their foes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
INVADING FOREIGN MARTS|
MAJ Carson Tells of Our Great Efforts to Extend Trade
Other Lands.

practice tactics so utterly and inexcusably
stupid. Nor does Germany. Both coun-
tries give the last customer no matter
where he Hyee, the best in the snop at
the time the order was shipped
what country in Europe" I asked, is
making the greatest Industrial progressT'
Progress In Germany.
"Oh. Germany. Of course" Maj. Carson
quickly answered. Germany is foremost
among all the nations of the earth IN
the economics of manufacturing. Our
men find Germans everywhere diligently
searching the isolated corners OF the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

The girl with aknack at little home
made touches to her gowns that give
them quite an air" should try a new
ribbon effect This is butterfly bows or
rosettes and long ends Of two delicate
tones OF ribbon. as pale pink and laven-
der. lavender and green. corn color and
fawn. Used with lingerie or light wool
house dresses these combinations are.
exceedingly good
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31

That Is curions process by which &
local fraud becomes a national and his
tOric event. Sometimes it Is ezplainabIe
as with the moon hoax" and the bal
loon hoax" by the intrinsic c1eyerness Of
the thing. Again. like the Scotch minis
ter's sermon which "jOombled the joodg
ment and confoonded the sense" the
fraud may set out by dazing hearers into
solemnity, and survive IN memory be-
cause the things they did beneath its
spell provoke all future hearers 20 mex
tinguishable laughter. At the "reconcilia-
ton dinner" of New York Democrats.
subsequent 60 the campaign OF 1906. a
telegram purporting to come from Will
lam ]. Bryan enJoined the guests to RE
member the 100000 Democrats Of the
West" II proved when read. a fertile
source Of inspiration. Nearly every speak
er referred TO and built his address upon
It, But next day II was borne in upon
the orators and the nation that there
were no G.009,0CO Democrats in the West:
that there were not 6001.000 anywhere.
and that Mr.. Bryan, reDuted author OF
the telegram. was on a steamship in mid
ocean when it burst upon the banquCters.
AS for the local swiudes and sells"
that never go beyond the place OF their
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-31
Other Lands.
GoInE Into An NfnrtS.

that's common sense, but / shouldn't
have Travelled all the way.to Washington
in order TO get IT,
Going Into All Mnrts.
To-day" Maj. Carson continued.
American watches outsell all other kinds
in the Celestial Empire. We need kin
dergarten instruction in this country con-
corning the trade circumstances and char
acter!stics OF the rest OF the world Other
nations. producing more than they con
sumo. have been tramping up and down
the earth. and are skilled, alert and sa-
gacious. We are not alone clumsy and
Evening journal., 1909-10-30
NEW OWNER FOR
PAL0 ALTO AXWORTHY

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Oct SO.--N. ]. VIII
liams has sold his -year-old sorrel
stallion Palo Alto AXworthy. to a Phil
adelphian for $1,000. Axworthy has a
good pedigree and the price
is considered none too high for him.
Palo Alto AXworthy was sired by AK
worthy, the sire OF Gene. al Watts. three
year-old record, 2O6 IL, the worlds record
for three-year-old; also. Hamburg Belle,
record POI IA, another worlds record for
mare on a track, and several others
with record better than 30. The dam
Of Mr.. Williams colt was sired by Palo
Alto. POS Ia, who made his owner rich;
he by Electloneer. conceded one Of the
greatest horses that ever lived. The dam
of Palo Alto Axworthy traces quickly
10 the General Benton stock. and is
therefore closely connected TO the two
year-old colt, Native Belle, that took
the worlds record Of e07 3-i, breaking
the former worlds record by four sec
onds.
The colt has never been trained but
has shown w b. Biggs 2So speed to a
heavy road cart on J. b. Foard's half
mile track. He has taken three blue rib
bons at the Wilmington Hcrsc Show, one
OF them a sweepstake over all COM
petitors. AS for breeding. style, disposi-
tion and behavior he is unsurpassed by
any colt on the Peninsula. lie will be
trained for speed by W. B. Blggs and S.
p. Peacock. and there is much confidence
in his making a wonderful horse and ben
elitting the stock of this vicinity.
Evening journal., 1909-10-30
SMASHED AUTO TO
AVOID COLLISION
Oxford Man Ran Machine Into
CuIVert to Prevent Hitting
a Team

In order to avoid striking a team,
which was standing across the road.
William Watson, Of Oxford. Pa. de-
liberately turned his big forty-hve
horse power Rambler into a culvert.
breaking it to pieces, but fortunately
escaping without serious injury. The
accident occurred on the pike between
Toughkenamon and Kennett Square.
Mr.. Watson was on his way to viii
mington, and was going along the pike
at a fair rate Of speed when he noticed
the headlight of a trolley car which
was standing on the tracks. This light
blinded him until he could not see past
the car and as a consequence he was
within a few feet of il when he noticed
a wagon backed up across the road
loading potatoes in the car. All of his
brakes we're applied, but he saw that
he was gong 70 strike the team so he
turned deliberately into the culvert
one side of the machine was almost
demolished and the cushion Of the front
seat was thrown a number OF yards
into a nearby field. showing what
would have happened had there been
a passenger. Watson. however, was
alone and was braced with the steering
wheel so that he managed to remain
m the car. Immediately after the ac-
cident he telephoned to oxford for help
and r +. Brown and several Of his
friends went to him, and with their
assistance the car was rigged up 50
that it was possible 10 take it to Avon
dale where il was put in the gargage
II was so badly demolished, that it will
Evening journal., 1909-10-30
FAST GAMES ON
DAYS SCHEDULE
Harvard WeStpOint And
Pennsylvania Carlisle Fra
cases the Most Important

Good things on to-day's schedule are
numerous and include tho Harvard-West
Point Princeton-Navy. Pennsylvania
Carlisle. Michigan and Cornell
Williams games. Also win be played one
of the most important games in the West
Chicago VS. Minnesota, which for a really
big game comes inappropriatcly early in
the season. The Harvard-Army contest
will furnish the first Of the common op-
ponents for Harvard and Yale. Yale
having defeated the Army n to two
weeks ago AS bearing on the compara-
tive strength Of Harvard and Yale the
size of the score made by Harvard TO-
day won't count so much as the way
Harvard does IT, Another factor to be
considered will be the general condition
of the West Point material to-day as
compared to that for the Yale game.
There are more influences than one to be
rockoncd Ia these affairs
Pennsylvania'a trip to the country indi-
Gates that tile Quakers regard this as
their most severe game 10 date. Tho fact
that the Indians nearly always are bet
ter against them than anybody else
makes them anxious Tho game pat up by
the Indians against Pittsburg "a week ago
does not prcsago danger for the Quakcrs
to-day but as Il was played In mud and
rain. conditions which never suit tho In
dians Pennsylvania does not think It the
best the red men can do. Then again the
Indians arc expected to cut loose with all
they have this afternoon
The schedule follows
Harvard VS. Army, at West Point.
Yale VS. Amherst at New Haven.
Princeton VS.. Navy, at Annapolis.
Pennsylvania VS.. Carlisle, at Philudei-
phia.
Cornell VS.. Williams. at Ithaca
Dartmouth VS.. Holy Cross at Hanover.
Brown vs.. Massachusetts Aggies at
Providence.
Colgate vs.. Trinity at Hamilton.
swarthmorc vs.. Delaware, at swarth-
more.
Colby Us. Bowdoin, al Watcrvillo.
Franklin VS. Muhlenburg at Allentown
George Washington VS.. ursinus, at
Washington
Gettysburg VS.. Dickinson, az Carlisle.
Hamilton VS. Rutgers. at Cluton.
IIaverford VS.. Stevens. at Haverford.
I.ehigh US. Carnegie Tech, at Pittshurg.
Syracuse VS.. Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
Tufts VS.. Springfield T. s., at Medford.
Wesleyan VS. Union. at Mldlletown.
Washington and jefferson VS.. Waynes-
burg at Washington. Pa.
Washington and Lee VS.. Virginia Poly.
LAT Lynchburg
Johns Hopkins vs.. Western Maryland,
at Baltimore.
Minnesota VS.. Chicago, at Minneapolis.
Evening journal., 1909-10-30
FRENCH TO RUN
DOWN THE SPIES

BY United Press Leased Special wirsA
PARIS. Oct. 30-A secret order isl
sued 10 the police of Paris to-day by
Prefect Lepine, started the vast
machinery of the department on a
quiet hunt for the headquarters of a
gigantic spying organization, which the
authorities are certain is located in
Paris. The spies are believed to be
in the pay of the German war Of
flee
Documents discovered followed the
arrest at Rheims Of seven men and
three women. gave the authorities the
clue on which they are at work. One
of the men arrested at Rheims. named
Troussier. admitted that he was In the
employ of a man named Koch, living at
Strasburg, for whom he was TO obtain
a working model of a rccoil brake In
general use in the French artillery.
Papers found in the house where the
men and women were arrested show
ed that they were working with confed-
crates in Paris.
Evening journal., 1909-10-30
.LANCFORD WANTS
TRY AT JOHNSON
1.-the Says He VIII Not
Consider Boston PROPOSE
tiOn Now
,, rnit.d Pr,hr Leased speeIal VIC

~ Jntttd frehS Leased opcclal WIRE
NEW YORK. oct so-Jack Johnson
Is getting his to-day. Signed to meet
James j. Jenries next summer for the
heavyweight championship of the world
he went to bed last night very happy
only to awaken to-day with a dark
shadow across his pathway. Last
night a representative OF Sam Lang
ford. the Boston "Tar Baby drifted
IN from the Hub with a certified check
for $1,000 in his pocket.
"And it's all for Johnson" declared
the cmissarv "Au we ask IS that he
put his John Hancock TO a set Of
articles TO meet sam anywhere, for
any amount or even for glory with any
kind Of a side bet and any division OF
the purse. The moment this so-called
champion signs for fight with Lang
ford he can have this thousand as a
present"
This representative OF Langford 4.
Joe Woodman, his manager and hc
declared to-day he will keep on John.
sons trail until he signs or admits thai
he Is afraid to fight. If johnson gool
into the theatrical game, WoodmaI
asserts. he viii be challenged in evers
city he plays and win have 10 give thl
Boston negro a show. Langford Il
having trouble getting his 'mea
ticket" as none Of the middle oi
heavies apear to want any OF his game
When George Little. Johnson's man.
ager. was asked to-day TO give sam
a chance against his man. and his at
tention called TO his statement yester-
day that johnson could get into shape
for a bout within six weeks, he de-
clared he was not going 20 pay an at
tcntion to Langford at pjesent He
made It plain that he will take the
soft money from now on and get all
of the advertising possible from the
fact that he has his man matched
with Jeffries.
Evening journal., 1909-10-30

The traveller New York City he journeys by the Pennsylvania Rail
road, has the choice OF nine the metropolis
If destined the the banks
office buildings, the right Clndt
Hudson Hudson Colandt
one block
The wholesale district by the Deb Street Sta
which also the lines
The station the foot OF West Twenty third is the heart
Manhattan the hotel theatre and the Brook
n AnnN Station the foot Of Fulton Brooklyn the portal for that
Pennsylvania Railroad tickets reading York City good to either
these stations Should Central New York
under the Hudson River an Of the the
Hudson Manhattan Tunnel Station Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Jersey City will take them Christopher the wholesale district
Ninth Washington Nineteenth Twenty
third Sixth Avenue.
entering leaving all OF
"gateways"
With the Pennsylvania Station Seventh Ave
Thsecond Street. additional the heart Of New
York City by through the tunnels beneath the Hudson River
will be established