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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
TODAY's AGE-HERALD

1-Terrible mine disaster at Mulga. Battle waged over conservation. Hearst warns country against
 Roosevelt.
 Railroad bill attacked in Senate. Statement made by cotton broker. 2-Jefferson county soil survey ready
 for use.
 Gadsden to get rid of dust. 3-Old Pettus home is sold.
 Rogers speaks in favor of O'Neal. Women's Mission union in session. 4-Editorial comment. 5-Council fails to grant Independent
 street railway franchise. Music festival is financial success. Rogers to speak for O'Neal tonight Senator Bankhead here
 Tag day will be held Saturday. 6-Sick ening story of girls murder. 7-Birmingham social events.
 Dolly Dalrymple's department. S-Negroes try to sell human hand
 at Ensley 9-State's financial transactions Surprise sprung in Hyde case. Io--General sporting news. l1--Stock market Is still very weak, Cotton prices are very irregular. Slight upturn in wheat market. l2-Anniston to entertain Knights roy
 ally.
 Protest against real estate rise. Knight-Yancey failure causes sep-
 sation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
MARK TWAIN'S DAYS
 SEEM NUMBERED

Bedding, Conn.,, April 20.-Samuel L.. Clemens Mark Twain) was perceptibly weaker this afternoon. Dr. Robert R. Halsey said MT. Clemens has cardiac asthma with angina pectoris
 According to Dr. Halsey, in the last 12 hours the weakness has become marked and Mir. Clemens does not respond to treatment as before.
 In a statement given out tonight by Dr. Robert H. Halsey. the attending phy- sician, Samuel l.. Clemens (Mark Twain). who is i'll at his home, Stormfield, is weaker than he was when the afternoon bulletin was issued. Tonight's statement was as follows;
 MT Clemens is weaker tonight than he was at the last statement, but is resting perfectly quiet.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21


 cages of the shaft so that they were use less, and the only apparent way to get below the surface was to let the rescuers down with the ropes. The explosion was so severe that the inhabitants of the mining camps for miles around wore awakened last night. In every houso the lights were burning and excited miners and their families hurried to the scene.
 PATHETIC FEATURE AS
 WOMEN HUNT LOVED ONES The most pathetic feature of the situa ton tonight was the presence of the wives and families of the entombed men. They stood about the shaft horror-strioken. and crazed with grief, waiting for the hours to pass when the rescuers could go below and learn definitely the fate of their loved ones.
 |. Although the mouth Of the. shaft was closed at once after the explosion, a constant stream of fresh air was forced down through the air shaft for the benefit of the men if they had survived the shock of the explosion
 So great was the force of the detonation that not only the cages, but the entire hoisting apparatus, including the hofsting engines. was temporarily put out of com mission.
 At clock the idea of raising the cage, which was lodged in the shaft when the explosion occurred, was abandoned. The shaft equipment was so badly sprung that it was impossible to raise the cage It was lowered to the bottom of the shaft and the cable was cut at the open ine of the shaft. A large bucket was swung on to the cable, 1t being the idea to. lower men into the mines as soon as possible.
 Evidences of the force of the explosion feet long and about inches square was blown out of the mouth of the shaft and then about 75 feet through the air into the window of the power house.
 Lee Dozier, a. negro fireman, was stand ing by the boiler in the power house at the time of the explosion. He was apout 50 feet from the opening of the shaft. It is stated that the force of the explo- sion knocked him entirely over the boiler by which he was standing. and he fell into a small creek outside of the power house.
 It is notable that in addition to the
 
 within 15O feet of the shaft were broken, some of the sashes in the engine room were splintered. The sashes on all four sides of this building were blown inside the engine room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
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. While no accurate list of the
 : men entrapped in the mine could . be obtained, owing to the fact
 ' that the mine foreman is among . the imprisoned, the following men . are among those who left their . homes last night and are supposed . to have been in the mine at . work when the explosion occurred;
 . White:
 > Morgan Johns. mine foreman, a
 {, brother of Superintendent Johns.
 . Mayor Defore.
 . M. Bishop. % John Sisk,
 . John Aaron.
 . - Washburn.
 . J. B. Mehaffey
 . -. Landrum.
 > Luther Stephens.
 ~ Negroes: Henry Latterson. Will .. Ford, John Williams, Henderson . Moore, Henry Thomas. Frank Car > lisle, Tight Harrison, Jim Walker, . John Walker, David Mayfield, Roy . Robertson, Townsley. Will Tobe. . Alonzo Lozent, Isaac Austin, John > Williams and David Rowles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
REESE IS HOPING
 FOR CONFIRMATION

Washington, April 20. = (Special.)-At- torney General George W. wickersham, who has been holding up the confirma- ton of the appointment of Warren s. Reese to be United States attorney for the middle Alabama district, was re- quested by the Senate Judiciary commits tee today to state whether he has any further objection to confirmation. If he replies in the negative, the committee will dispose of the nomination next Mon day. Reese and his friends are confi- dent.
 Senator Johnston, member of the Senate committee to investigate the high price of foods. will speak tomorrow in opposition to the Lodge resolution ask ing for s65.000 to pay the expenses of the committee He thinks it too much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
ar-,r-.. Man shot Dead

Albany Ga, April 20.-L. I. Manning, a well-known business man of Philema. Lee county, was shot and killed at Wal ker station last night, by John Wilkinson. Manning spent the day at Albany and 1t is said had been drinking. He took tho wrong train last night and went to Walkers Station. instead of Philema. He attempted to get into several houses and finally tried to force an entrance into Wilkinson's homo when Wulunson shot him with ride
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
President Hofrstot Arrested

New York, April 20.-President F. N. Hoffstot of the Pressed Steel Car com pany was arrested here today by De- tectives from tho district attorneys of flee on warrant issued in Pittsburg charging him with conspiracy to cause the city council of Pittsburg to be bribed. On writ of habeas corpus he was taken before United States Judge Holt, where the hearing on the writ was adjourned until Friday afternoon and Hoffstot was released on furnishing 1000 bail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21

ute be enacted making 1t a penal offense for any person to decoy or entice a mem ber of either house from the floor, with the intent to interfere with the exercise of h:s' legislative duties.
 The Elson bill was defeated in the sen ate today. It was passed by the house previous to the finding of the bribery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Employcr's Right to Hire

New York, April 2O.-An employer may hire any workman he sees fit and refuse to employ other men according to a decision rendered today by Jus tice Greenbaum in the supreme court in a suit for damages brought by the New York Elictfical Workers union against members of an employers as- sociation based on the association's re- fusal to employ members of the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
No Law Violated

Savannah. April 20-The board of di- rectors of the Savannah cotton exchange have taken steps to ascertain why the government has become so suddenly &C., tive against the cotton pool in New York. Yesterdays telegrams were sent to Sem ator Bacon and Congressman Edwards asking for an explanation of the Attorney Generals move against the cotton in- terest. Senator Bacon answered and said the matter would be discussed in Con gress and the full facts made known. The members of the Savannah exchange contend that no law has been violated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Habeus Corpus Suit to He Heard

Trenton. N. J., April 20.--Judge Lan-l fixed next Tuesday for hearing of argu- ment on the habeas corpus proceed ings instituted against Sherin Harri- gan of EEex county. by counsel for Mrs. Mary w. Snead, one of the threo woman charged with being implicate5f ir the death of ocey W. M SneAd in East Orange. N. J., last November Ocex epsAd was . niece of Mrs. Mary anea6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Death septeace stayed

Richmond, Va. April 2o.-The governor today granted stay in the execution of the death sentence against Angelo Hamilton. the Lynchburg man convicted of tho murder of Mrs. sallis Hicks. to May %,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21

A terrific explosion at No. l smart,
 Mulga mines, entombed between . and 40 men last night. It is belleve< SS'they are all dead. The explosion sred at s:15 o'clock, and at an eg ~ -Four this
 morning the rescue part .CTc2 I'd not suc- ceeded in reaching U .Ssoerior of the mine.
 The explosion w ? ? of the most de- structive in the dl for years. Flames
 shot from the mouth of the shaft for a
 height of 100 feet The woodwork of the
 shaft was hurled fin every direction, and
 after the explosion the ground for yards around was covered with charred timber. Not a window pane was left in any of the buildings near the shaft. The force of the explosion was felt for fully mile
 in every direction.
 The names of all the men entombed in the mines could not be learned last night. It is known that there were 15 white men and 25 negroes at work on the night shift, but the foreman of the gang is in the mine, and he had only the existing list of the men below, so that their names cannot be learned definitely until this list is located, or until the men dead or alive are brought to the surface and identified
 RELIEVED EVERY MAN
 IN MINES WAS DEAD Officials at the mouth of the mine be- neved that every man in the mine was dead, because the force of the explosion
 was so severe The shaft is $50 feet deep, and the fact that the flames shot up this distance, and then for hundred feet into the air, indicates that it's force was such that it would penetrate all parts of the mine and kill anyone who happened to be below.
 | The cause of the explosion is not known.
 It was 2 gas explosion, but how it was
 ignited was a mystery to those on the surfsce this morning. There were really two distinct explosions. but it was stated that this is always the case, as the first | explosion forms the more explosive gas,
 which makes the second explosion. The mine was inspected on Monday by Assistant Mine Inspector Neal. Milton Fl. Fies is superintendent of the mines. and Sam Johns is assistant, and both
 were on the scene last night. A. H. Andrew, chief clerk of the Bir- mingham Coal and Iron company, left
 Birmingham in an automobile for the mines last night, immediately after re- ceiving news of the accident.
 q1MBERs PUT DOWN
 TO CUT OFF DRAFT Immediately after the explosion oc- cured those in charge placed timbers over the mouth of the shaft to cut off drafts because it was thought that the interior of the mine might take fire and burn the men to death even if they had not already been killed by the force of the explosion. Request was at once made for the hospital car of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company, and 1t was rushed from Bessemer to the scene over the Birmingham Southern.
 Ambulances also hurried out from Ems ley so as to be on hand if needed. The Tennessee company car contains helmets and all of the equipment neces- sary for entering mines full of gas, and 1t was expected that as soon as the hospital car arrived it would be safe to remove the timbers from the mouth of the shaft anc let the rescuers descend. The force of the explosion sprung the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Pnttcn Denie. Interest

Chicago. April 20-James Patten of Chicago denied f1atly today that he was associated with any other interests in the cotton market. He declared that he proposed to stand by his present position in the market MT. Patten said: 'I am not under any agreement with any other interest in the market. I was long of cotton before l even met the other gentle men who are supposed to be bulls in the market. but naturally as we are on the same side of the proposition our inter ests are to that extent mutual. I intend to take up the cotton called for by my contracts and to pay for 1t. am will ling to make contracts to supply mills anywhere in the world with cotton so far as my holdings will go. If the govern ment wants to stop trading in futures why is not plain statement made to that effect instead of instituting proceed ings which merely tend to confuse the entire trade?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Aid to Another Campairu

Atlanta, April 0.-The present investi- gatien by the federal authorities of the so-called bull cotton pool in New York will materially aid the campaign against gambling in farm products, according to Charles s. Barrett, president of the Ma tional Farmers union. In referring to the activity of the department of justice In the matter of the cotton investiga- tion, MT. Barrett said:
 '1t is certainly queer that the gov ernment should be entirely indifferent to gambling in cotton during the fall sell ins season. when the cotton Is in tre hands of the farmers, with manipulators slaughtering their profits, and develop a sudden virtue when practically all of the cotton is out of the hands of the farmers and the only possible beneficiaries appear to be a few welching bear operators.
 'It is sincerely to be hoped that next fall, and each successive fall, when in- tervention will be of some benefit to the more than 100000 producers of the south, tho government will manifest g. smatter- ing of the zeal now so lately put forth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
STATEMENT ISSUED
 BY COTTON BROKER Government Inquiry Into Cot ton Pool Is Approved GRAND JURY IS ACTIVE President Barrett of the Farmers Union, Thinks the Investigation
 Will Aid Crusade Against
 Other Gambling
GRAND JURY IS ACTIVE

New York, Apr1l W.-DaVlu n. mihei' d member of the New York Cotton ex- change and one of those subpoenaed in the governments inquiry into the alleged bull pool of raw cotton, issued a state ment tonight commenting the govern ment's action and denying that the in- vestigation was induced by complaints of the bears. He also absolyed the New York Cotton exchange from, any official connection with the matter. The state ment in part said:
 There is no question as to transac- tions in or methods of the New York Cot ton exchange involved in the inquiry which Is very mistakenly called fishing excursion It is not so deemed by any one well posted, and the idea that the &C., tion of the government has been induced by bear spectators is an insult to the administration and to the Attorney Gen. eral.
 Why do not tho members of the so- called bull clique show the world that they have made no improper agreements by publishing all those actually made? l wonder what members of the exchange would think of an agreement which binds spinners not to sell any cotton on the New York market, New Orleans or Liverpool cotton exchanges before November 1, 1910? I have no hesitancy in saying that many of the contentious of the bulls seem to me to be entirely mistaken from a cotton viewpoint. For example, 1t is stated that New York is still the cheapest mar ket. No one with any knowledge of the prices at which cotton can be bought to- day in Bremen and Havre could make such a statement. The New York mar ket is today the highest in the world, relative to spinning centers.
 q am speaking from, no speculative viewpoint. I have no interest in cotton, to use the words of the bulls pool agree ment fin New York, New Orleans or Liv- erpool,' literally. and I do not intend to have any until the present artificial sit uation in New York is corrected.'
 The federal grand jury investigation into the so-calied pool will be resumed tomor- TOW.
 Although the federal grand jury investi- gation on the so-called cotton pool was not in session today. there was plenty of activity around the federal building to in dicate that the government prosecutors were preparing for busy session when the jury renews It's work tomorrow. The most important development of the early morning was the unofficial announcement that the present investigation is the first move of the federal authorities toward ending all dealings in futures on staple commodities, whether cotton or the food products. Attorney General Wickersham is said to have adopted the present course in lieu of the anti-option legislation which has so often been proposed of late, but has met with powerful opposition.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-18
4TtTENTION, FARM ERS.

And not only farmers, but all Others
in this community and ighborhood,
for thatito which attention is called
promisest TO be interesting and instruc-
tive to all who will take the trouble to
attend. The object to which attenti, n
is thus called is the forthcoming Farm
erS' Institute, to be held in Sigrst
hall, Oroville, next Tuesday February
y. This institute is held under the
auspices of the Washington State col
lege, and the object is to spread valu-
able information upon the subject of
dairying, diseases of cattle, fruit grow
ing and kindred subjects of vital con-
cern To stockmen, orchardists al d
farmersin general, and is something
that those engaged in those Industries
cannot afford TO miss. 1t is scientific
knowledge coupled with practical ex-
perience that wins out nowadays, and
no man should entertain the conceit
that he knows it all and can learn moth
ing new that will contribute to his ma
terial Welfare. The gentlemen sent
here IL 'ecture upon the several sub
lecfs lss9 9are selected for s6e1r these laese
ough knowledge of those subJ6tts.
They are fluent takers, and speak
from knowledge obtained through
study, research and experience. These
institutes will be held at several places
in the county, so that information
can he disseminated among as many
people, and over as large extent of
country as possible. Wherever the
lectures are given there should be a
generous outpouring of people. These
sessions will be held in OrOville, at 10
o'clock a. m, 30 p. m. and 8 o'clock
p. m. Let the public know that this
effort to spread education on vital sub
jects is appreciated by turning out to
each of the meetings in large force.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-18

The Unired States land office for this
district, located at Waterville, must
be criminally neglected by the interior
department and left without adequate
assistance to transact the vast volume
of business that it is forced to handle,
much to the Inconvenience, annoyance
anC even loss to the settlers endeavor-
ing to secure title to land under the
public land laws. The associate of the
editor is U. S. commissioner, (who, by
the way, will be totally ignorant of
this item until he sees it in print, and
it is written for the sole object of re-
removing the responsibility of the long
delays and procrastination too often
without justice laid to his door, and an
explanation of which in print he
would not permit even were he taken
into consultation) and knows from OBJ
servation that the Watervle land Of
flee is Disseminated against in the
matter of clerical help. One instance
out of fifty will be quoted as an Illus
tratiOn of the condition complained of.
In this issue will be seen the ADVERTISE
ment of final proof of Maj. f. =. Wehe.
The application to make that proof
was made last August. The major
made the application at that time for
the purpose of making proof instiqae To
spend the winter With mis-, son at b
mere. He lives at high altitude on
the mountains, is in poor health, and
felt that winter in milder climate
would prove beneficial. He had to
wait until March to prove up, and
hence has been compelled to remain
at his ranch through the winter. For
tunately the winter was mild and he
suffered no great inconvenience, only
the bitter disappointment of being un-
able to visit his son. Many roars are
made in this office, and from the tone
it is evident that the kickers are in
clined to believe the local commits
sioner is at fault. This is not the case,
and the public should know it, the
delicacy of the commissioner to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-18
FOOT AMPUTATED.

Owing to the appearance OF gangrene
DR.. Schwabland, with the assistance of
Druggist w. B. Sexon, was compelled
to amputate the greater portion of the
right foot of Frank Wilson, the rail-
road laborer who was so shockingly in
jured Thursday of last week by having
his foot caught between an engine and
dump car, operated on the grade work
at the McGregor camp, south of town.
At first Wilson refused absolutely to
permit the use of the knife, and the
doctor did all that could be done to
save the foot. Modification appearing
it was simply choice of life and death
to the sufferer, and the doctor removed
the foot from the instep, leaving the
heel and few inches of the sole. Will
son has been in excellent spirits, con-
sidering the extent of his injuries, and
stood the shock of amputation without
i'll effects. If no complications arise
the man will speedily recover, and
have pretty respectable stump to get
around on.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-18

life, and in their long relationship p
there never was n ar or misunder-
standing. Paskell was robust,
powerful man. He died very suddenly
at his cabin, after his day. work, some
two years ago, from an attack of heart
disease. Finen. on the other hand,
was small man, light of weight. well
advanced in years, and sufferer from
consumption. He las failing for scv-
eral years, and the disease with which
he was afflicted seemed to make more
rapid progress after the death of his
associate. Through the efforts of
Henry Bahrs, who bonded the Paskell-
tinen mining properties last fall, Mr..
Finen was enabled TO leave for CALI
fornia last December, in the hopes that
change of climate might prove bene-
ficial. He was very weak when he left
here and few of his friends expect ed
him to survive the winter. An honest,
industrious, kind-hearted man was
Roger Finen, without known enemy,
and his death will be sincerely regret
ted by those who knew and associat ed
with him in his life time. So far as
known, Mr.. Finen had no relatives
living in this country.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-02-18

warrant him remaining. He is an
electrical engineer, and is the most
skillful operator in that line that has
ever been employed in this county. In
the heyday of the Palmer mountain
tunnel, when that company introduced
the most modern and complicated elec-
tric SYSTEM in the state for power pur-
poses, McKibbin had charge of the
installation, and did the work to per-
fection. He will have charge of put
ting in the electric system to be used
in pumping the water on the large
tract of land just east of Oroville, and
his engagement is an assurance that
the worR will be done right Mr.. Nc
kibbin has been considerable of 4
traveler3in his time, and has been en-
ployed in professional capacity in the
eastern states, in Cuba, in South Amer
lea and Alaska, and declares that in
all his experience he has never found
a more pleasant climate, a more at
tractiveE country for the homeseeker,
nor such chances and openings and OPP
portunities as ri. hit now in Okanogan
county As evidence that he is sincere
in his declaration, it is his intention,
As states above, to remain in the
county, and as he believes Oroville has
an exceptionally bright future, he may
elect toSmake his home in this place.