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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
HANDED ALLDS
$1,000 AS BR|BE
Hiram Nee, Ccnger Employee,
SIycors That Elo Paid
Over the Cash
VOUCHERS uStD AS PART PROOF
Inquiry into coager'o Charge That
Aids Took Money to KIN bridge
Legislation In Tic Assembly Begins
In the Senate at Albany.

Albany, N. Y. Feb. 10.-Replete
with all the appurtenanoes and thrills
of a wel-staged melodrama, the State
Senate sat for flve hours as COM
mittee of the whole and began an in
yestigation of the charge made by
Senator Benn Conger that he had wit
messed the payment of bribe of ST.
600 to Senate Leader Jotham p. Aids.
When the Senate adjourned there
had been unraveled before the forty
Bine Senators occupying seats, and
the spectators ovcrcrowding the onyx
chamber to suffocaton, a circumstan-
tial tale Of the alleged corruption of
the Senate leader that was both d.
rect, positive and apparently support
cd by conclusive details.
Conger flanked by formidable ar
ray of brilliant counsel, produced one
of his own employees and business as
aociates, who testified chat he had per-
sonally paid the bribe money to Sena-
tor Aids on April %. 1901. Counsel
for Conger further produced checks
and drafts drawn by Conger's brother,
HON QGuu, III stllitLuthl vi tuc tidusdS'
ton.
Hiram G. Moe, sleek gray-haired
man of fifty-nine, declared Under oath
that in addition to giving an envelope
containing 81 000 to Aids, he had CIV
en- two other envelopes to members of
OF the Legislature on the same day.
IN one of these onvelopese. he alleged,
was $4,000, in TIE other 81 600 in cur
rency.
Counsel for Aids also agreed to
the process of "bottl.ng up" the iden-
tty OF the other men concerned in the
alleged bribery transaction, and the
attitude of the Senators in general
was that the investigation should be
restricted solely to the case of Aids.
Both these other men are dead.
The feature of the day, however,
was the simple yet stirring and drama
tic summing up of Conger's case by
James w. Osborne. Tracing in detail
the history OF the Stevens and Malby
bills regarding the repair of bridges,
he painted picture of the subtle,
skilful, criminal manipulation of the
legislative mill, the sole purpose of
which was to extract money from the
bridge interests.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
TRUST eREANS TAFT'S RULE.
Watch Case Concern Thcatcns to Boy.
colt Independent Retailers.

Washington, Feb. THE publica-
ton Of a circular said to be issued by
the Watch Case Trust to the retailers
with whom it deals, threatening them
with boycott unless they conform ex-
actly to directions of the trust in re-
gard to retailing the watches furnish
cd them by the factories, has again
called attention in an emphatic man.
ner to what is here considered the
extraoI dinary blindness Of the large
corporations to the serious intention
of the Administration in their regard.
That purpose is set forth clearly in
the Presidents special message on
antitrust laws, and It means nothing
less than the careful tracking down
Of corporations not found within the
terms of the Sherman act.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
OUR BEEF SOLD IN LONDON
CHEAPER THAN At HOME
In Spite Of Added Shipping Cost
Choice Cuts Bring In Weet End
8 to II Cente a Pound Leso.

London, Feb. 10.-Butchers in the
West End here do large business iu
American beef. But they sell It aa
prime Scotch" and at four cents q
pound more than the best English.
The American beef so sold Ia
slaughtered at Liverpool, and Is
known as "Liverpool-killed."
One of tho best-known West End
firms has given the prices he charges
his richest customers here for Ameri'
can prime Scotch" beef. His prices
are Sirloin. "a cents n pound; shoul.
der or middle rib, IS cents pound;
flanks or neck, IL or L. cents pound.
Many grades of American beef are
known in London as ranch" beef.
The cheapest range in price from 8
cents a pound for sirloin to five cents
a pound for flanks.
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F|ANCE DEAD, SHE
GOES OVER NIAGARA
Buffalo Girl Leaves Pathetic
Note tor Parents, Then
Wadcs Into River
SWIRLED TO SELF-SCuGHT DEATH
81 Have Been Good, Thank Godl" She
Writes--in Her Farewell Note the
Suicide Reos Her Parents to For.
give Her for Disgracing Them.

Niagara Falls. N. Y, Feb. 10-Beat-
rice r. Snyder, a pretty girl of twen-
ty-five, broken-hearted because of the
recent death of Edward Riley, of Buff
falo. to whom she was to have been
married in the Spring, committed sui
eide by wading into the river just
above Prospect Point and going over
the American Falls. AS she was
swept over the brink she raised her
arms and shoulders from the water,
waved her hand and smiled farewell
to her would-be rescuers.
Riley died three weeks ago, and
Miss Snyder had brooded ever since.
She had often told her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Snyder, of No. 81 Ben
nett street, Buffalo, that she wished
she, too, were dead. But at noon,
when she went home for luncheon
from a tea store in Buffalo where she
was employed, she appeared more
cheerful than usual.
She did not return to the store, but
took trolley for this place instead.
About o'clock p. M, Park Policeman
John Spalding, and Milton A. Parker,
of White Haven, Pa, who were talk
ing on the river bank, saw her enter
the water. They rushed to intercept
her, but she was already in the grip
of the current. She turned and smiled
at them, and in an instant was whisk-
ed off her feet. and over the falls.
There is little hope that the body will
ever be recovered.
In the girls handbag, dropped on
the bank, was found the following
note:
Mamma and Papa-May you both
forgive me for bringing this awful dis
grace upon you in these years of your
life. Also, may our Heavenly Father
forgive all my sins. But | have been
very good, thank God. You will find
a slip for the money under your dress
er scarf. With my heart full of love
for all your tender kindness, good-by,
Lovingly, BEATRICE"
Miss Snydcr's identity was learned
through a communicant card showing
that she had been member of the
North Presbyterian Church, of Buff
falo, since 1901. She was an active
church and Sunday school worker.
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new YORK MARKETS.
Wholesale Prices Of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.

Quoted for the Week.
MILK-Per quart, 4c.
BUTTER - Western extra, 29k %
301ac.; State dairy, 24@25c.
CHEESE State. Full cream, special.
17k @1Sc.
EGGS-State. Fair to choice, 27W
29c. do, western firsts. 2S@3oc.
APPLES-Baldwin per bbl., $2.25@
375.
DRESSED POULTRY-Chickens, per
h.. 15Q23c.; Cocks, per lb., 1870;
Squads, per dozen. s1.5005.5O.
HAY-Prime, per 100 lbs, sl.2o.
STRAW-Long Rye. per 100 lbs, 500
S71ac.
POTATOES-State per bbl.. $1.5O@
10.
ONIONS-White. per crate, 25Q5oc.
FLOUR-Winter patents s5.50Q6Oo;
Spring patents, s550Q6.S5.
WHEAT-No. 2, red, sl.S0; No l.
Northern Duluth, $1.257s.
CORN-No. 2, 71a Q7Shc.
OATS-Natural white, 52A @55c.;
Clipped white, SO u @56Ac.
BEEYES-City Dressed. SW1lc.
CALVES-City Dressed, 10@16c
SHEEP-Per 100 lbs, S4.2505.25.
LAMBS-Per 100 lbs, sS,25.
HOGS-Live. per 100 lbs, s9.05; Coun'
try Dressed, per lb. 10A @l2@c'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
S24O,0OO COURT VERDICT
AGAINST UNION RATTERS
Court Treolcs Damages in the Dan.
bury Boycott Case, Seven
Years on Trial.

Hartford CCrn., Feb. 10.-"A new
declaration of independence" is what
Daniel Davenport, of counsel for tho
plaintiffs, calls the verdict of 1920 0oo
rendered in the United States Cour,
by the jury In the seven-year.old suit
Of d. =. Locwe G. Co., of Dauburv
against two hundred members of tho
hatters' union of this state. After
being out little more than two hours
the jury ordered actual damages OF
$4,000 to the plaintiff, but as the
suit was brought under the Sherman
antitrust law, the damages are auto
matically tripled
There was remarkable scene in
Tie courtroom, when the verdict was
announced. The defendants in attend
apce were stunned, and groups de.
jectodiy discussed the significance of
the blow.
A conference with the court follow.
ed. at which It was decided to give the
attorneys for the defence hearing on
March Z. when n motion to set aside
the verdict as excessive will be ar.
fees of the counsel will also be deter.
mined.
It is estimated that the costs will
am cunt to at least $4,000, and these,
with counsel fees, may bring the bill
against the United Hatters of North
An erica to fully n quarter of mil.
lion dollars.
Asked regarding the moral signi.
iicance of the verdict. which is the
most important of its kind ever rend.
cred in this country, Mr.. Davenport
said:
First, 1t means that individual
members of labor unions are bound
by the actions of their officers, and
they cannot allow them to do as they
please. Secondly 1t means that the
Sherman antitrust law protects manu-.
iacturers and merchants from boy.
colt attacks. In substance, 1t is a new
declaration of independence"
The plaintiff. ID. +. Loewe, was sur
rounded by his friends in the court.
room and congratulated upon the out.
come of the case. He said that had
he not won the suit he would have
had to go out OF business.
The judge in his charge practically
instructed the jury to bring in yer.
diet for the plaintiff.
The suit, which was for s24000O
damages, has been on trial for eleven
weeks. 1t was instituted by the Anti
Boycott Society through Loewe but
it Is understood the damages award
ed are to go to the Danbury hat max
ers. The expense of defending the
suit is being met by the United Hat
ters of North America, who filed
bond to cover the amount of the at
tachment of the property OF the de-
PENDANTS.
In the course of the trial evidence
was produced by the hating firm to
show that the boycott against its
goods was maintained all over the
country.
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N. Y. Prices Compared with London
Prcea for American Beef.

New York, N. Y, Feb. lot Is in
teresting to compare the prices in
London with those that New Workers
were being forced to pay yesterday.
The West End Of London CORE
spends with the Fifth avenue or fash
ionable quarter In that district yes
terday porterhouse steak was 80 cents
a pound sirloin 80 cents pound
S to II cents more per pound than the
same beef was selling for in London
after all the costs and charges of car
rying 1t 5000 miles across the ocean.
They don't use shoulder or middle
rib much up Fifth avenue. Only the
first six ribs go into the fashionable
quarters. And they were selling there
yesterday at 22 and 25 cents pound.
But in the middle class districts
such as the upper Broadway, porter.
house steak was fetching 2S cents
pound and sirloin 20 cents a pound.
Shoulder or middle rib was only IA and
Is cents a pound and flank or neck 10
cents a pound.
Consequently It will be seen that
the middle class in New York were
paying ] to cents q pound more for
their beef than the lords and dukes
of London.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
DOCTOR LOSES LIFE.
Patient Slipped on Table and Caused
Operator to Fall.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. S.-The ac-
cidental slipping OF the body of pa
tionr upon the operating table at the
sanitarium OF DR.. William F. Wood
ruff, at Long Beach. was the cause Of
the death of that physician.
DR.. Woodruff was operating on a
patient weighing more than two hun
drcd pounds when the patient slipped.
In an egort to save him from falling
20 the floor his entire weight was
thrown upon DR.. Woodruff. causing
him to fall. The strain ruptured a
blood vessel in one OF DR.. Woodruff's
lungs and pulmonary hemorrhage
caused his death.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
PLAN ROOSEVELT WELCOME.
Former President Authorizes Republl-
can Club to Go Ahead.

New York, N. Y, Feb. 10.-Former
President Roosevelt will not be back
antil about the middle of June, but al
seady preparations have been begun
this city to welcome him home. It
5 the purpose of those who are be-
5inning to think out the plans to make
he event not local but national one.
No attempt has been made yet to con-
iider details, but it has been deter
mined that delegations from organiza-
ions and clubs from all parts Of the
ountry shall be asked to join in the
celebration.
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ANOTHER CLASP OF COURTS.
Georgia Judge Defies Federal Judge
and Raids Distiliery.

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. Prohibition
has again brought the State and Fed.
eral courts into conflict. In spite Of
ruling by United States Judge New
man, State Judge Fite has had regis.
tered distillery in Dade county raided
and United States Gauger Thompson
arrested. Thompson spent the night
IN Jail, but was released under bond
next day.
The raid followed a ruling by Judge
Newman that revenue officials could
not be forced to testify in State courts
law.
Judge Cite denounced the ruling
and ordered the distillery raided and
the revenue official arrested.
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PACKERS RAISE PRICE AGAIN.
Retailers Now Paying More Than
When Meat Boycott Started.

Omaha, Feb. 10.-Just how much
effect the recent boycott Of meat had
on the big packers OF the country was
shown to-day when the South Omaha
Packing houses raised the price Of
fresh beef to a higher point than was
asked when the meat strike was first
instituted.
Retail butchers all over the coun-
try are paying half cent more for
beef than they were when the price
was high enough as to attract the at
tention OF the entire country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
LAUGH CAUSES LADS DEATH.
Herkimer Boy Suddenly Dies While
Locking at Sunday Paper Comic
Supplement.

Utica. n. Y, Feb. 9.-Frank Trent
eth, aged nine years, of Herkimer,
was looking at the comic supplement
of Sunday newspaper when he gave
hearty laugh and then fell to the
floor.
1t was at first thought he was only
joking, but when he was picked up
he was found to be dead.
was due to the effect of sudden emo
tion upon his heart.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. Am cpl
demic Of typhoid fever has broken out
in the Federal prison here. Rickard
Bruno of West Virginia is dead from
the disease. Eugene Ross Of Okla
homa is i'll. The prison physician at
tributes the disease to impure water.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
PEARY GIVES UP HIS $4,000.
Gift to Him Turned Over to South
Pole Fund.

New York, N. Y. Feb. 10.-Com.
mander Robert e. Peary contributed
$4,000 to fund for the equipping of
an American expedition to compete
for the south pole. The check for
the amount of his contribution had
just been handed to him by Gov.
Hughes on behalf of the people of
New York as a testimonial os appre-
citation of his achievement in finding
Opera House was crowded with peo-
pie who had come to take part in what
the fostering Civic Forum called
national testimonial 10 the explorer.
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TRUST IN WATCH CASES SUED.
Attempts to Compel Dealers to Han
die Its Products Only.

Cincinnati. Feb. THE Watch
Case Trust is attacked in a suit filed
In the United States Court here by the
Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing
Company Of Canton, o. Damages ag-
gregating $4,000 are asked under
the provisions of the Sherman Anti
Trust law. Sensational allegations are
made.
The petition alleges the defendants
are operating trust to control the
watch case trade of the entire coun.
try and are attempting to compel all
dealers to handle only trust goods, to
the dotriment Of other concerns.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
HALLEYS COMET is DEADLY.
Poisonous Gas in ItS Tail May Blow
Us All Away.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 9.-Although
the astronomers at the Harvard OBJ
servatory have not yet made photo
graphic spectrum of Halley's comet,
which is rapidly approaching the
earth, telegram received there to-
day from the Yerkes Observatory
tanned by the director and his assist
ant show very prominent cyanogen
bands.
Cyanogen is perhaps the deadliest
poison known, q grain of its potassium
salt touched to the tongue being sufii-
cient to cause instant death.
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WOULD BE A BURNT SACRIFICE.
Pennsylvania Man Tries to Throw
Himself Into Furnace.

POttstoWn, Pa, Feb. 7.-Laboring
Hnder religious hallucinations, Alfred
q. Moore, fifty-four years old, made
rwo attempts to-day to offer his body
is burnt sacrifice by throwing him
self into charcoal furnace at local
Industrial plant.
After being rescued by fellow en-
rloyes he partially severed his wind
9lpe and otherwise mutilated himself
18th penknife. Before casting him.
elf into the furnace he removed all
IS clothing and offered a fervent
prayer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
JOHN L. SULLIVAN MARRIED.
Former Champion and Childhood
Sweetheart United

Boston. Feb. 9.-John L. Sullivan.
the former heavyweight champion
pugilist of the world, was married
here to Miss Katharine Hartnett Of
Sharon.
She is about Sullivan's age and Is
reported to own much real estate in
Sharon.
The couple have long been friends,
in fact it is rumored that they were
childhood sweethearts. The ceremony
was performed by a justice of the
peace at the house Of Miss Mary Hart
nett in Roxbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
Killed on Ice Face Course.

Jackson, Mich, Feb, s.-Norris II.
Branch, former member of the Mich
igan Legislature. was knocked down
and instantly killed by race horse
on the ice course at Vandercook Lake
Branch, wanting better view, step.
ped on the track directly in the path
of Greenmore and was killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
MAYOR GAYNoR A SINGLE TAXER
His Proposal Modification of Theories
of tienry George.

New York, N. Y, Feb. 10.-Mayor
Gaynor suggested to the Tax Depart
ment that the present plan of levying
taxes on personal property in New
York city be abolished and that a
single tax system be adopted whereby
practically all the city's revenue would
be derived from assessments on real
estate.
His proposal is slight modifica-
tion of the Henry George single tax
theory. 1t would eliminate from the
tax book all assessments now levied
on estates, resident and nonresident
personal property and resident and
nonresident corporations.
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BECK SEES DANGER.
Says Panic Would Follow Indiscrimi.
nate Prosecutions.

Philadelphia. Feb. THE en-.
forcement of the Sherman antitrust
law as now interpreted by the United
States government against every rail
road and corporation in this country
would cause panic compared with
which the Roosevelt panic of two
years ago would be as zephyr is to a
cyclone" declared James M. Beck, Of
New York, formerly Assistant United
States Attorney General, in an address
before the Philadelphia Bankers AS
sociation.
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cleroyman Dies Suddenly.

Gloversville. n. Y, Feb. S.-The
Rev. William Hilton Butts, curate of
Christ p. E. Church, o. Corning, who
had come to this city TO occupy the
pulpit Of Christ Church, was seized
with acute indigestion and died at
Hotel Kingsborough.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
vanderIip at White House.

Washington. d. c., Feb. S.-Frank
A. Vanderlip, president of the Nation
al City Bank OF New York City. visit
ed President Taft and talked with him
for some time regarding financial con-
ditions. Mr.. Vanderlip had nothing to
say on leaving the White House.
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TO DISCOVER THE SOUTH POLE.
An Expedition Suggested by Com.
mander Fcary.

Washington, Feb. Am expedition
to discover the south pole was sug-
gested by Commander Feary, the Arc
tic explorer, in a speech before the
National Geographic Society at din
ner given by DR.. Alexander Graham
Bell. Commander Peary will not take
an active part in the expedition, but
will act in an advisory capacity. The
dinner was given to the board of man.
ayers of the society.
Peary says it will cost $4,000 to
100000 to finance it. The Peary Arc
tic Club would contribute the Roose-
welt.
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sherman Honors psoew.

Washington, Feb. 4.-Senator De.
pew has been designated to read
Washington's farewell address to the
Senate, Feb. %. Vice-President Sher.
man thus honored Mr.. Depew to con.
tribute a mite to his reelection.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-02-10
krhltratlon of Fisheries Dispute

Washington, ID. c.. Feb. S.-The In.
ternational Court of Arbitration at
The Hague has set June as the date
for hearing the differences between
the United States and Great Britain,
growing out Of the Newfoundland fish.
cries.
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To urae BUDGET First.

London, Feb. 8.-Premier Asquith
viii press the budget before taking
up the .uestion of reform of the House
OF Lords in the British Parliament.
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WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings From
All Over the Globe
DOMESTIC.

Senator Bracket introduces a bill
ct Albany N. Y, for referendum on
woman suffrage.
Lawyers who claim that j. p. Nor
gan gobbled up six Independent com
panies for the Bell Telephone Trust
arc in New York collecting evidence.
Prof j. Pease Norton of Yale de-
olsred the increased production OF
gold responsible for present high
prices and suggested the establishing
OF new standard Of money based on
a specified amount of staple commodi'
tics.
John +. Fitzgerald was inaugurated
as Mayor OF Boston.
A gift of S250,o00 for laboratory
of mechanical engineering for the
Sheffield Scientific School, at New
Haven Conn, was announced.
Judge Hough fined twenty-seven
members of the Paper Board Associa-
ton $4,000 each for violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law
Gov, Fort urged Federal income
tax and replied TO the arguments of
Gov. Hughes against such law in
special message to the New Jersey
Legislature.
Purchase of the Southern Pacific's
interest in the Wells-Fargo Express
Company by the American Express
Company was declared to mean prac'
cal merging of the two, the railroad
abandoning the Hartman policy of
stock manipulation to stick to its own
business.
The annual convention of the State
Grange was held at Watertown, n. Y.
WASHINGTON.
Tie President and Mrs. Taft gave
their last state reception of the sea-
their guests.
The directors OF the National Geo
graphic Society accepted Commander
Peary's invitation to join the Peary
Arctic Club in sending an expedition
in search Of the South Pole, provided
sufficient funds can be raised.
President Taft is making up an
itinerary of proposed visits in the
Northern, Middle and New England
States from now until June.
President TAFT makes it clear that
he does not purpose to try to force the
passage OF The Federal Incorporation
bill, introduced in both houses of Con.
gre5s.
Senator Clay, of Georgia, offered
new resolutions for seaching investi-
CATION of periodical postage rates.
The army appropriation and the ur.
gent deficiency bills were passed, by
the Senate. as was also a measure pro-
vlG.ng that principal and interest on
United States bonds shall be payable
in gold coin.
FOREIGN.
In France, the rivers are once more
rising, causing fear that the floods
will again molest Paris and other
cities.
The Imperial Council at Calcutta
has passed the press act, designed to
suppress anarchistic literature in the
Indian Empire.
Plans have been completed for the
establishment OF a great German nav
u the Kiel Canal.
The French Cabinet approved bill
Gx,ng the strength of the navy; the
programme Is said to involve the ex-
ronditure OF s2S,000,00O in the next
ten years.
The French Cabinet decided to ask
parliament for another credit of s4,-
100000 for flood relief
Montreal's city election resulted in
connlete victory by large majoritles
for TIE citizens reform ticket.
SiXty-eight men were killed and fif.
teen injured by coal mine explosion