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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08
Big cave-in Encountered.

Turning back toward the main slope
on entry s, the rescuers penetrated
until big cave-in was encountered.
Here in the midst of pile of dead
mules and the bodies of dead human
companions, the rescuers found Don
acio Yergen, whose survival is the
miracle of the disaster. He was found
by j. B. Manley, who was startled to
see Vergen open his eyes and say in
pleading tones:
please may ! go home now?"
Vergen walked unassisted to the air
shaft, where he was carried out. He
is all right. After finding man alive,
the work of rescue was resumed with
rene~ed activity. but the hope OF
finding any more alive almost van.
ished as time went on. Most of the
victims We're believed to be in entries
8, 10, II and IL. 1t may be days be-
fore the rescuers reach them.
The machine shop of the mine has
been converted into morgue, but the
bodies will be sent to Trinidad. Sup.
plies are being rushed from all the
surrounding camps. Sheriff ]. S. Girls
ham of Las Animas county and Sheriff
Farr of Huerfano are sending armed
deputies to assist.
The total number of deaths as the
result of the disaster will not exceed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08
ANOTHER FAT'L
NINE DISASTER.
TEN MEN DEAD AND II ARE MIS-.
SING AS RESULT OF GAS
EXPLOSION.
THE GOVERNMENT is DlSMAYED
Explosion of Fire Damp Believed to be
Cause of Disaster at Primero, Col.
Frenzy Accompanied Remov-
al of Seal on Cherry Mine.
Government Dismayed.

Government Dismayed.
y Washington, Feb. 2.-officiaIs
Of the United States geological
survey view, with dismay, the
rapidity with which recent mine
disasters have called for the SER
g vices of the few trained men at y
the command Of the survey aiding =
= mine rescue work. All the avail
g able men are at present in the
field. Wherefore 1t pointed out
that if another disaster should oc-
cur before the men now at work
have finished their immediate .
tasks, the survey would be help
- less to send men to assist. Such :
condition should be remedied y
they believe by providing more
u men for this work.
Two of the trained helmet mon '
of the survey from the permanent
station at the University of Illinois
at Champaign, Ill.,, are now at
Cherry, I'll. Two of the surveys
experts from the station at Pitts :
burg are hurrying to Primero,
Col. The only two other men at :
the surveys command have start
ed from Pittsburg for Drakesboro,
Ky.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08

Senator Purcell of Wahpeton has
taken his seat as successor to Senator
Thompson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08
Bodies Tossed Many Feet.

AS soon as 1t was sale to begin with
the rescue work, miners were sent
down in relays. In the immediate vi
cinity of the explosion ten men had
been working. The concussion tossed
the bodies distances of many feet. The
remaining missing men were in en-
tries, but few feet distant from the
workings where there was the great
est known loss of life and the search
ing parties have been unable to locate
these ENTREES 1t is believed all the
men entombed there are dead. The
pa mouth presents pitiful scene,
with che shrieking wives of the dead
and missing miners crowding about
awaiting reports.
1t is believed that the explosion was
caused by a track repairer going into
an abandoned room with an uncover
ed lamp as the room is shattered al
most to atoms and the body of the
repairer is nowhere to be seen.
The Browder mine, together with
three others in this vicinity, was re-
Gently purchased by syndicate of
Tennessee and West Virginia capital.
lists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08

70. This estimate is made by mine
officials and is based on the number
of safety lamps not turned in.
"a al
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-02-08

Drakesboro, KY, Feb. 2.-Then men
are known to be dead and IL others
missing, presumed to be penned up in
entries by falls of slate, as result of
a gas explosion in the Browder mine,
one and one-half miles from brakes
boro. Eight of the bodies have been
recovered, all of them horribly multi
ated, some of them beyond identifica-
ton.
Because OF the accumulation of gas
es in the entry where the explosion oc-
Cured, ITO feet beneath the ground
and 700 feet pack from the mine shaft
it was impossible to begin active res
cue work until six hours after the dis
aster occurred.
The damage to the mine, investigat-
ing parties have discovered, was not
material and is confined to the east
entry. There were 100 men in the
mine at the time of the explosion,
more than hal1 of them in the west
entry. All of them fastened to the
cages and were quickly drawn to the
top. Later all in the east entry, ex
cept the unfortunate 81, found their
way to the shaft and were brought
| ont tn safety
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
OXFORD LOSES GOOD CITIZEN.
Death of J. Frank Edwards-Was
Popular and Successful Business
r1an-Remains Taken to Raleigh for
Rural


Popular and Successful Business
ran-Remains Taken to Raleigh for
Burial.
Mr.. J. Frank Edwards died at his
home in Oxford at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning. He was sick about a week,
acute Indigestion being given as the
cause of death. Mr. Edwards was a
brother of Mr.. C. B. Edwards Of
Raleigh, we'll and favorably known
in connection with the firm OF Ed
wards & Broughton, printers and
binders, and himself formerly lived in
Raleigh. He had been a resident of
Oxford for more thanforty years and
no man was held in higher esteem.
The funeral was held at the Baptist
church in Oxford at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning. AS mark of respect
to the dead man all the stores were
closed during the funeral hour and
Odd Fellows, the fire company which
bears his name, and a large con-
course of people followed the remains
to the station.
Among those accompanying the
remains to Raleigh were Rev. r. Fl.
Marsh. Prof J. C. Horner. J. S. King,
P. II. Montgomery. l. W. Mangum,
A. Williford, W. R. Harris, W. R. Pc
gram, F. c. Spencer, W. O. Chapel,
J. M. Morris, W. Fl. Britt, Claude
King, 2. A. Wood, c. A. Carol, J. W.
Wilson, J. R. Wood, S. F. Smith, n.
H. Howard, J. F. Meadows, G. W.
King, c. D. Osborn, c. D. Ray and
also two colored men who had been
in the employment of Mr.. Edwards
over twenty years-Henry Jenkins
and Robert Baskerville.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
Wyche Family Reunion in Greens
boro.
Greensboro News, End.

Greensboro News, End.
This week, beginning with yester-
day, family reunion of the Wyche
family will be held in this city at the
homes of E. Poole and DR.. J. E.
Wyche. All the II children will be
present except DR.. Charles L. Wyche,
of st. Louis, Mo-, who is absent in
Europe taking post graduate
course in medicine. For the first
time in % years the children of this
family will be together again, and
they are expecting most enjoyable
occasion.
Those who will be present are: Mrs.
R. J. Wyche, of Rosemary, n. c., an
aunt of the Wyches; Mrs. Eugenia B.
Wyche, mother and step-mother of
the Wyche children; Miss Mary L..
Wyche, of Watts hospital, Durham,
n. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Reade and
seven children, of Mt. Tirzah, N. c.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Craddock
and four children, of Houston, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Poole and four chill
dren, of Greensboro, N. c.; Prof.
Richard 7. Wyche, OF New York; Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Wyche, of San
Antonio, Texas; Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Lawson and four children, of South
Boston, Va; Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
Harris and two children, of Balti-
more, Md; Miss Pearl Wyche, Green's
boro, N. c.; DR.. and Mrs. j. E. Wyche
and two children, of Greensboro, N. C..
DR.. ]. E. Wyche, Of Greensboro, is
the oldest of the children.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
HAPPY WOMEN,
u Them In Henderson, and
Good Reason For 1t.

Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering.
Days OF misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles.
She finds relief and cure?
No reason why any Henderson reader
Should suffer in the face of evidence
like this:
Mrs. W. Il. Horton, 4O4 MONTGOMERY
St, Henderson, y. C., saws; From
personal experience | can highly recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills. Kidney com
plant afflicted me for several months
and at times my condition was critical
My back ached constantly and often I
was so weak and lame that was hardly
able to get around. | could not rest
well and in the morning had but little
strength or energy. Irregular passages
OF the kidney secretions also showed
that my kidneys were out OF order.
When | read about Doan's Kidney Pills
oelng cure for such troubles. I pro-
cured a box from the kerner- MacNair
Cos drug store and soon after ] began
their use the backaehe had ceased NV
kidneys were also restored to a normal
condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
DR.. Crippen Caught.

One Of the greatest achievements
OF the modern detective in running
down criminals was the capture on
board a steamship in Canada last
Sunday of DR.. Hawley Harvey Grip
pen, the American doctor-dentist
who is charged with the murder of
his wife, Belle Gilmore, the actress, in
London. Soon after the disappear
ance of Crippen's wife he fed and it
was believed his stenOgrapher, a
young woman named Ethel Clare
LeNeve, went away with him. The
pair disappeared as mysteriously
and completely as if the earth had
opened and swallowed them. Since
then officers all over the civilized
world have been looking for him, his
wife's mutilated remains and evil
dence of murder having been found
The Pacific liner, Montrose, bound
from Antwerp to Quebec had on it's
passenger list a man and a young
person in male attire whom the ship s
master, Capt. Kendall, believed to be
DIR. Crippen and young woman in
stead of the ''Rev. John Robinson
and son." as they were registered.
Capt. Kendall put the wireless tele-
graph in operation soon after the
ships departure when he became
convinced that his suspicious con-
corning the pair were correct. Of
ticials in London were got in touch
with and an officer, Inspector Dew OF
Scotland Yards, took passage on a
faster ship and beat the Montrose
into Canadian waters. When the
Montrose proceeded up the st. Law
renee to Quebec she was met at
Father Point by Inspector Dew and
the arrest OF DR.. Crippen and Miss
LeNeve his female companion in male
attire was made without difficulty.
1t was a great achievement for the
wireless and the detective force. this
spreading the net so neatly around
DR.. Crippen after a worldwide search
for him.
Inspector Dew will take his quarry
back to London for trial sailing
probably on the Sth. In the mean
time Crippen and the young woman
are confined in jail at Quebec.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
Items from Bearpond and Gillburg

Contributed.
Miss Annie Pardue who has been con-
fined to her bed for some time with a
mild case OF typhoid fever, is improving
rapidly.
Rev. J. W. Frank assisted by Rev. J. e.
Pritchard, held very successful revival
meeting at Union Chapel the past week.
Mrs. S. p Brummitt who is at the
hospital in Durham, continues to i'm
prove.
Mrs. W. H. Finch spent Saturday with
her father, Mr.. j. A. Gill.
Miss Annie Satterwhite and Miss Lucy
Reavis have been spending a few days
with Mrs. 7. 7. Ellis.
Mr.. J. B. Allen, Miss Carrie Gill, Miss
Addie Ellington and others from Plank
Chapel Sunday school went to Trinity
Saturday to take part in the musical
contest which was held between the diff
ferent Sunday schools, and we are glad
to say that they won the banner in this
contest.
Among the business men who stopped
at Bearpond last week were Mr.. II.
Scarboro of Raleigh, Mr. Hal Williams
of Wakefield, and Dr.. R. J. Gill of Hen
derson. Some know and Others are
guessing what their business was
MSS VI uoSiC HILL spcnG ohc pttsO "cCh
with her sister Miss Alma Finch at Kit
trell.
The patrons and pupils OF Bearpond
High School regret very much that they
will not have Prof. E. L. Green with
them another term as he has already &C
cepted position in the Wilson graded
school,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Hester of Kit
trell, have been spending several days
with relatives near Bearpond
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Satterwhite spent
Sunday with Mrs. S. g. Satterwhite.
Miss Alma Finch of Kittrell, spent Sat
urday and Sunday out at her country
home, Mr.. 81. 4. Finch's.
Mrs. Joe Person of Charlotte, is visit
ing Mrs. Amelia Allen.
Several of the farmers OF the commun-
ity went to Raleigh last week to attend
the Farmers Institute.
A number of people from Gillburg aud
Bearpond attended the Baptist Union
meeting last Sunday.
KATE AND POLLIE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
MAJOR CHARLES M. STEDMAN.

TAKING note of the nomination of
Mai. Charles NJ Stedman for Con-
gress of the Fifth district, the Will
mington Star, published in his home
town before his removal to Green's
bOro, says:
Without at all disparaging the
qualifications. ability and high char
acter of the other aspirants for the
nomination, the Star believes that
the entire State of North Carolina
will agree with it that the convention
nominated the right man. Mai.
Stedman is one of the States ablest
and most intellectual men, altogether
an elegant gentleman thoroughly
representative OF the South. In
Washington he will do great honor
to North Carolina and would be fit
representative from any State in the
Union. That distinguished gentle
man has the utmost confidence of the
people of North Carolina and in
November he will be elected to a seat
in the next Congress, redeeming the
Fifth District which two years ago
sent up Republican representative
in the person of the Hon. John Mot
ley Morehead.
Maj. Stedmen is Cape Fear man,
formerly having been an honored res
ident of Wilmington for years pre-
viOus to his removal to the western
part of the State. He is one of the
States most eminent lawyers and is
a North Carolinian in whose hands
the honor of North Carolina can ever
be trusted. His host of friends in
Wilmington and eastern North Car.
DINA send greetings to the Fifth Dis.
trict and heartily congratulate Major
Stedman upon his nomination. All
of North Carolina will hope for his
election in November.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
KILLED WHILE HE SLEPT.
Mayor of Rideway, Va, Fouiiy As
sassinated - Blown to Atoms by
Dynamite Bomb While Asleep In His
Front Yard.

Ridgeway, Va, July %, 1910
Mayor A. II. Bousman of Ridgeway,
was assassinated last night as he
slept in his front yard. On account
of the hot weather he had been sleep
ing in a hammock swung between two
trees on the lawn. About 10 O'Clock
the neighborhood of the Bousman
home was startled by a terrific ex-
plosion. Investigation revealed the
fact a dynamite bomb had been hurl-
ed at the sleeping form OF the mayor
by some one passing along the street
q few feet away, the explosion blow
ing off both legs and otherwise in
turing him to such extent that he
died a short while afterward.
The charge OF dynamite in the
bomb must have been a heavy one.
A piece of the fuse of the bomb was
today found on the roof of the Bous-
man residence where it had been
blown by the force of the explosion.
On the sides OF the houses sixty feet
away blood had been spattered aud
particles of flesh adhered to the walls.
Bits of the body also were found on
the roof of an adjoining house.
AS mayor of Ridgeway, Mr.. Bous-
man presided over the police court OF
the town trying petty cases. 1t is
thought some person upon whom
Bousman in his court had passed
sentence of punishment held agrudge
against him and had been awaiting
an opportunity to wreak vengeance
on the mayor. This opportunity
came last evening when the mayor
lay sleeping in the open air.
While returning from his farm IN
the country to the town week ago.
some unknown person hurled an ex-
plosive at Mr.. Bousman as he was
riding past some woods. He told MS
friends of the occurrence but they
treated the matter as a joke ana IL
was not given serious thought uhtil
today.
The crime, unprecented in this sec
ton of the country, had apparently
been carefully planned by its perpe-
traitor whose identity the authorities
or members Of the victims family
have been unable even to guess at.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
PREACHER AND EDITOR.
Elizabeth City Stirred Over niid Sem
sation Which Results in Near-Riof
Rev. !. N. Loftin, Formerly of Hem
derson, One of Parties Concerned.

0erSon, One OF FdftieS concerned.
Elizabeth City had anear-riot Sun
day night in which Rev. l. n. Loftin.
who formerly lived in Henderson,
and W. O. Saunders, editor of a
weekly newspaper. The Independent,
we're involved. An account says
tlat7Mr Loftin who 10 the pastor of
the Blackwell Memorial Baptist
church in Elizabeth City, had preach
ed Sunday on sensational subjects
dealing principally with Saunders and
his paper, his remarks being in the
nature OF a reply to the attacks made
upon him for some time past by the
editor in question.
Saunders was present at both ser
vices. As he left church Sunday night
and started toward his home many
people were on the streets returning
home. One report has it that sever
al of Saunders bitterest enemies fol-
lowed him and when he had gotten
inside his yard yelled out some
threats about giving him a certain
time to get out of town. Immediate
lv several shots rang out and Saun-
ders ordered his alleged pursuers to
keep back. Women and children
were panic-stricken and rushed to
cover, some fainting and the great
est excitement prevailed. Some claim
that Saunders was shot at by some
party in the street. However, no
one was hit and the police soon dis
persed what little crowd was left
after the shooting.
The unfortunate fall-Out between
Saunders and Pastor Loftin is said
to have come from Saunders con-
tinued bitter attacks on Loftin on
account of a certain seduction case
some months ago in court. A lady
of this city was brought into dispute
and it narrowed down to a question
of veracity between the lady and the
pastor. The deacons of Blackwell
Memorial sustained Pastor Loftin
and expelled the lady. Saunders
went at this action with unheard of
editorials, giving Loftin most I'M
favorable notoriety. Pastor Loftin
decided to preach upon the great evil
that Saunders and his paper were to
Elizabeth City and crowds gathered
from every section of the city and
even from the country to hear his ar
raignment.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
Harmony of Dress.

\ beautiful woman also studies the
harmony OF painting a we'll kept home;
takes care to have the house painted
with paint that will continue to look
6right, clean and fresh looking. The L.
x NJ. never becomes dingy, because only
chemically pure colors are used; only the
hnest White Oxide made from metal:
only the finest White Lead; only the
purest Linseed Oil; only expert paint
makers produce it with machinery-a
thousand gallons at a time. Contrast
TINS with the costly and crude produc-
ton OF White Lead Paint maid by hand
LABOR with a stick in a pot-a few gal
ions at time. L: < NJ. is sold by Mel
vile Dorsey, Henderson.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
Said of Tom Pence.
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
Mr.. Thomas j. Pence, Washington
correspondent OF the Raleigh News
and Observer, is spending few days
at his old home in Raleigh. Tom
Pence has made a fine reputation as
a news gatherer at the National
Capital, and his alertness and ability
have been demOnstratedfr from the first
time he got on his job. The alacrity
with which he picks up an item of
news that will interest North Caro-
linlans is like that of duck that Jumps
on a June bug. No Southern cor
respondent at Washington has been
any keener or more alive that Mr..
Pence, and as a scribe on the spot he
has certainly made good.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04

THE Chase City (Va.) Progress
commends Governor Mann for de-
clining to accept speaking appoint
ments. 1t says: "Governor Mann
saws he has more invitations for ap-
pointments and speeches than he can
fill. We think the Governor In de-
clining them has come to very wise
conclusion. We believe the Governor
should have and take all the recre-
alton he needs away from the con-
fnement OF the capitol. But we new
er believed he had the right to cheap
en- the dignity of the high office by
running around to neighborhood
picnics and fsh-frys." Since this has
reference to the governor of Virginia,
it would not make Ex-Governor
Glenn OF North Carolina, feel badly
at all.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
"If the compliments the Reflector

eff the compliments the Refectoris
receiving on it's improvements were
dollars, we would have a full pocket
book" says the Greeyille Reflector.
The Reflector deserves the compli-
ments, and the dollars, too. 1t has
recently made material additions to
its mechanical equipment and the
paper is very much improved, in ap-
pearance and otherwise. -Statesville
Landmark.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
To the Voters of Vance County.

| hereby announce myself rdna.da'e
for the office of Register Of Deeds 81 an'e
County, subject to the action Of tie Dem,
ocratic primaries, and ask the support" q,
my friends in all parts Of the county J.
shall abide your decision and il NOM
mated and elected pledge my best FL
forts to faithful and business IKE ad'
ministration OF the duties OF SAID Once.
JOHN f. THOMAS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
For Sheriff.

To the Voters Of Vance County:
| hereby announce myself It candidate
for reelection to the office 81 Sheriff. oi
Vance county, subject To the action 3"
the Democratic primaries PIedgIHg my.
self to faithful performance"f III" dnur~
OF said office il elected respectfully a-t
the support Of my friends Throughout lh'
county. JOSEPH ). HOlNlLE
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
For Register of Deeds.

To the Voters of Vance County.
hereby announce myself n candidate
for reelection to the office Of Register 81
Deeds OF Vance county, subject to th"
action Of the Democratic primaries My
record is before you and upon that re.
specially ask the support Of my friend
pledging if elected to discharge the duties
of said office in future with the same
fidelity and satisfaction rs in the past
X. " EDWARDS
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04

Pain anywhere stopped in 20 minutes sure
with one OF DR.. Shops Pink Pain Tablets.
The formula is on the % cent box. Ask YOUR
doctor or druggist about this formula. Stops
womanly pains. headache, pains anywhere.
Write DIR. Shoop, Racine, Wis, for free trial
to prove value, OF his Headache. or Pink Pain
Tablets. Sold at The Paragon, Fl. E.
Thrower: Proprietor
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
For Sheriff.

To the Voters Of Vance County:
hereby announce myself candidate
for the office of Sheriff oi Vance eosnty
subject to the action OF the Democrats
primaries, and ask the support Of nv
friends therefor. If elected pledge my.
self to a faithful and acceptable discharge
OF the duties of the Office, to the best Of
my ability.
nSr I'tI L-Nrp
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
OSCARSFALkNER.
For Superior Court Clerk.

To the Voters Of Vance Comfy:
| hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the office Of Clerk Of the
Superior court ID Vance county. subject
to the action Of the Democratic pri-
maries, and ask the support of my friends
which will be duly appreciated.
HENRY PERRY
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
Struck a Rich Mine

$. W. Bends. of Coal lit,. Aa.. sa,. d.
struck a perfect mine of health il nr knt.
New Life Pills for they cured him of ljt.t
and Kidney Trouble after - years 4 sI,f-,.
ing. They are the best pills ou earth .or
Constipation, Malaria. Headache. u.spsp,Ia
Debility. poe ut Melville Dor-.,s dng
store.