Semi-weekly herald., 1910-02-07

that any will be found alive. Not a
One man was brought to the sur
face unconscious, but died shor tly
thereafter. He told OF the cirfum.
stances of the explosion. Smoking In
the mine Is prohibited. 1t seems n
new miner, not understanding the dan.
ger. smuggler TOBACCO and matches in
the mine when he went TO wo,k and
had been at work nearly an hour when
rette. Immediately an explosion fol.
lowed. burning alive 100 men.
| WILMINGTON. Del. Feb, 4.-Trap-
ped in the attic of a blazing farm
house while their helpless mother
looked on powerless to aid them. four
children we're burned to death late
last night near Dover The mother
Mrs. Sarah Tatum, today is In r. crit
ical condition from the shock.
The children were Mamie, aged "A.
Lewis. aged 16; Stanford. aged 5. and
Daisy, aged g.
All were asleep when the fire broke
out. Mrs. Tatum fled Il ON the burn
ing room and when size attempted to
return to arouse her children she was
driven back by sheets " flame. The
children were awakened, however, and
though partially overcome by smoke,
we're able to crawl TO the window.
There they begged her to save them.
but seemed unable or unwilling to
jump. In her night clothes Mrs. Tat.
um started to summon help The
blaze attracted neigh bors, however. but
before they arrived the children had
been incinerated.
| LONDON.-Another attempt to es-
tablish the beet sugar industry in
England has failed. Land owners,
| farmers and business men had co
| operated extensively IN an effort to
| raise capital for the erection of the
first factory Of that kind in this coun.
try at Sleaford, in Lincolnshire Agri-
culturists In the dist fict had bound
\ themselves to grow certain quantities
OF sugar beets, but the plan finally
has fallen through be cause but $1O0..
900 of the estimated S63O.O00 wanted
could be obtained by public subscrip-
ton
ut is to be regretted that the pro
feet has failed.' ass nrted Lord Den.
bigh, in discussing tho matter. Here
was chance OF sta ting in England
| under the most favorable circum-
stances the one ndustry that is re
quired in our rural districts to give
| employment both in summer and win
ter TO unskilled labor and likely to
bring again under the plow much OF
the land that has gone down in in
ferior grass.
1T would also have increased the
| fertility of the land. as it has done
| in most places in America and in
| the other countries abroad. and would
have provided farmers and small hold
| ers with market for their produce
at their very doors, at the same time
yielding supply Of excellent cattle
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food, which sells readily in Germany
for $3.50 ton. Stock feeders would
| thus have been less dependent on arti-
fetal foods.
| In the face of these facts, England
is content to import $100O00,000 worth
OF sugar every year, and OF that $685.
900, 900 worth is beet sugar from the
continent I certainly believe we could
ourselves grow many thousands of
tons, and yet We do not grow a single
ounce There is ample room in this
country for both cane and beet sugar
But capital, as has been shown. SHE'D
at the proposition"
PARIS, Feb. 4.--The fall OF the Riv-
er Seine is more rapid today. It is
apparent that tie city is approaching
normal, but the subways system is
still cut Of operation. Water still re
mains in the tubes. which, after they
are emptied, must be cleansed and dis
infected. Progress toward the restora-
ton of lighting, telephone and tele.
graph lines is slow but noticeable.
Great distress everywhere.
PRlMERO, Colo, Feb. 4.--With the
return of the verdict by the coroner's S
jury, practically eXonerating the Colo
rado Fuel n Iron company from blame
for the disaster of last Monday. in
which seventy-Hve lives were lost, the
official investigation is practically
ended
State officials are still here and
may order changes in the mine in
order to make it safer. Two federal
government experts are also still on
the ground and will report TO the
geological survey at Washington. 1t
is possible new mining laws will grow
from their report, which will be kept
secret
This morning at Trinidad dozen
more funerals were held. some OF the
unidentified also being laid to rest.
Il MANAGUA, Feb. 4---Three hundred
Insurgents under the command of Gen
eral Mazis captured Boace, town
sixty miles east of Managua yester
day the lighting lasting two hours