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been there nearly all night.
Three men were killed at the mouth
of the main slope by the force of the
explosion. Both fans with which the
mine is equipped were shattered but
were in working order until 1880
o'clock tonight.
AS soon as the fans were reported
out of order General Superintendent j..
F. Thompson and a rescue party
entered by the main air shaft but
were unable to reach the main shaft,
which is completely blocked. The
party returned to the surface after
securing five bodies which were badly
burned.
No Hope for Entombed Men.
A party equipped with oxygen he'll
mers replaced them In the workings
reached through the air shaft and are
now searching for more bodies. Min
ers were rushed to PrimerO from
Trinidad, Saundo, Starkville, Sopris
and Cokeville and are laboring frant-
ically to clear the main shaft, reliev-
ing each other every few minutes. 1t
is impossible to determine how far
the main shaft has caved in and it
ed and the total death list known.
There is little hope that any of the
men in the mine are still alive. The
company clerk reports that 70 safety
lamps are missing and it is sure that
that number of men arc entombed.
Many of the miners, however, state
that $50 men are missing. Most of
the victims are Slavs and Hungar-
ans, though Electrician Wilhelm is
known to be among the missing.
Usual Scenes of Anguish.
The camp is a scene of indescrib
able horror tonight While every able
bodied man is taking his turn with
pick and shovel to clear the shaft
the women and children. kept back by
ropes, have gathered about the shaft,
weeping and calling wildly upon their
loved ones who have not been found.
Experts from all the coal companies
of the state have gathered to assist
Superintendent Thompson. A. G..
French, superintendent of the Wooden
mines, and J. E. Manley, mine in
spector, will head another rescue party
as soon as batteries for, electric lights
arrive by special train.
Members of the rescue party say
that the effect of the explosion under
ground is indescribable. The bodies
recovered were horribly burned an0
unrecognizable. One body was i'm
paled on broken timbers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
r. D. T. Will
Be Taken in
The Merger

PITTSBURG, Feb. 1.-The next step
of the reported telegraph merger will
be the absorption of the American Dis
trict Telegraph company by the Ameri-
can Telegraph & Telephone company,
according to a rumor in financial cir
cles today. From the same source a
report emanated to the effect that the
postal company will soon be included in
the merger.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01

Bog Brown will have Jimmy Clark.
the University of Washington pitcher.
next season, all because of Dode Brink
er. Dode coaches the university team
and it may be taken for granted, that
his star pitcher will listen to Dode's
advice. If Tacoma gets Dudley Clark.
that will make three CIarks in the
Northwestern league next year Spo-
kane has Pepper" Clark, the Fort
Wayne, Ind, catcher.
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support for my measures" was dis
banded. No public announcement
an admission of failure, which would
not be good politics.
The idea was abandoned because it
was found to be impractical; the bad
congressman would not support a
good BILL, and the good congressman
would not support a bad BILL Had
the president persisted in his original
intention, there is little doubt but
that the dissolution of the republi-
can party would now be complete As
it was, the organization sustained
considerable damage.
This does not mean that the regu-
lars will cease in their endeavor to
punish the real" insurgents of the
the senate The number of insur-
gents and progressives has decreased
in the last month, but those who are
genuine still have the enmity of the
standpatters and are being punished
in every way possible. Their defeat
in the approaching congressional ell
ections will be brought about, if pos
sible. President Taft, for instance, is
now taking an active but quiet part
in the efforts to defeat Senator La
Toilette and other of the genuine
progressives of congress.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
OIL DIVIDEND IS
DECLARED TODAY

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-The usual Feb
ruary divident of SIS "a share on the
stock of the Standard Oil company
will be paid this year, regardless Of
government suits. The company Is
now earning $8O,0OO,OOO annually and
paying s4O,OOO,00O to it's shareholders
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ed the ball at .347 clip in the Three-I
league, leading Dave Rowan and 9th
err old Northwestern players in that
circuit. Blub also led the Western as
ISOLATION in 1906, playing back there
few weeks after the close of the
Northwestern season. Whoever gets
hold of Blub again better hang on to
him till the season is over, for he
seems to be a prize pumpkin in the
fall.
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perty loss on the outskirts of Paris
and the surrounding cities has been
proportionately greater than in the
capital itself.
With the crisis past the mercurial
French temperament faces the sub
sidiary troubles with a light heart,
but the papers already are warning
the people that measures must be
taken to avoid repetition of the dis
aster The project of the department
of the Seine has issued instructions
to the owners of flooded houses to
clean and disinfect their premises to
the satisfaction of the municipal arch
fleets within "a hours after the sub
sidence of the waters.
The government has ordered the tax
collectors to show the greatest len
iency to delinquents and the Mont de
Pieto is extending pawn tickets for
three months.
Several steam trans today resumed
the work of pumping out the sub
way. Public and private benevolence
continues to respond to the call of
are organizing benefits while the var
ious race courses are arranging a big
meeting for the spring, the receipts
of which will go to the poor. A reso-
luton has been introduced in the
chamber of deputies asking the gov
eminent to award special crosses Of
the Legion of Honor, to those who
have been conspicuous in the rescue
work.
| Although the papers are printing
columns of pitiful stories, a hundredth
part of the horror never will be
known. Many corpses have been swept
down the river and occasionally
coffin is found in boat, broken away
from some funeral procession.
Scores of half famished families
have been rescued from their homes,
and hundreds are still occupying their
half submerged houses waiting for
the water to recede.
Starving Dogs Attack Humans.
A source of danger has been the
| starving dogs roaming around Abort
vile and Ivry and many of these
have been shot in the fear that they
might develop rabies. In several in
stances they have made attacks upon
human beings.
M. Millerand, minister of public
works, says that as soon as normal
conditions are restored the govern
ment will seriously consider the canal
scheme. The government has ar
ranged to loan money to the ruined
house and show owners to enable them
to rebuild. These loans may be re-
funded in inStallments
Some of the suburban towns, which
have been deprived of light, were pro-
vided this evening with gas from the
Paris mains The work of disinfect-
ing the streets has already been be-
gun.
Water Receding
The Seine continues to fall steadily
at the rate of about three quarters
of an inch an hour, but at certain
points outside the city the rush of the
waters is threatening and soldiers are
still building dams to divert or stay
the currents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01

Japan does not like the Knox Man
churian overture Mr.. Knox will
either have to change his tune or have
some kind of an operation performed
on the Japanese ear.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
RAILWAY COMPANY
SOLD AT AUCTION

NEW YORK, Feb. AT a public
auction set Cor today the property of
the Forty second street Manhattanville
& ST. Nicholas Avenue Railroad COM
pany will be sold under foreclosure
proceedings brouhgt by the Union
Trust company, which holds $780,
900 mortgage.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01

As far as. astronomers have solved
the problem, comets are among the
thinnest forms of matter. The poets
may enlarge on the portents when
meteors brandish their crystal tresses
in the sky, but such flights of fancy
are evidently due to poetic license.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01

Though the appropriation for the
Indians is to be cut down $4,000, 900
the amount remaining is $S,661, 1862
Poor Lo has in Uncle Sam a great
and good friend who is always ready
to say how much he is sorry.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
California Raisinu Funds.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-An APP
peal to the people of California for
immediate funds for the relief of the
Paris flood sufferers was made today
by the state branch of the American
National Red Cross, under orders from
the association at Washington.
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tice to regulate the meat trust will
have stronger support than has ever
before been given to a movement of
this kind. 1t is support made up of
families and communities
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
Los AnueIes to Help.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31-The Los
Angeles chapter of the National Red
Cross tonight appointed two of it's
members to receive subscriptions and
donations to the Red Cross fund flood
sufferers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01

The very offer that may mean
great advantage to you may be here
today and gone tomorrow, snapped
up by more watchful CLASSIFIED
reader.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
WEATHER. FORECAST.

For Walla Walla and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednas lag. co!d'r tonight.
For Washington: Fair tonight and
Wednesday; colder east portion to-
night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
Kirkman Speaks.

w. S. Kfrkman spoke briefly upon
What WaIIa Walla Wants of Waila
Wallans," mentioning among other
things the use of literature on trips
outside the city, the undivided support
of citizens to the Commercial club, the
care of parkings as well as lawns,
trading with Walla Walla merchants
and reducing the mail order business,
and for every progressive citizens to
increase the population with at least
pair of twins.
Guy Allen Turner sang a solo, which
proved to one of the especially pleas
ing features of the luncheon, and re-
ceived hearty encore.
John G. Kelly, of South Omaha, who
today purchased the Evening Bulletin,
spoke at length upon the policies of his
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-01
Water Recedinu

The Seine continues to fall steadily
at the rate of about three quarters
of an inch an hour, but at certain
points outside the city the rush of the
waters is threatening and soldiers are
still building dams to divert or stay
the currents.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07

the trouble to work UP an Indictment
OF a public service corporation for con-
spiracy, even where 1t Is manifest that
injustice Is being done The law Is
good, effective and operative, but the
trouble Is with tho men who are sup
posed to enforce the law. Active Com
fnonwcalth's Attorneys. who Will gather
the evidence under their noses. are
worth more than volumes of statute
law and reams of grand jury instruc-
tons. What the country needs in
dealing with corporations, as we have
pointed out, Is not to make new laws,
but to get officers who will enforce
the common law.
should know who is responsible for
the prosecution OF the alleged insur-
ance conspiracy In Newport News, and
as the Press is not given to sounding
we recall correctly, the Press began
the agitation which led to grand
jury Indictment OF the Insurance I'm
derwriters. and 1t pushed the matter
to the end, ably seconded by the en-.
tcrprising Commemorative Attorney
of the city. 1t was a good piece
of work and IL 1t establishes a prece-
dent which will be useful for the flu
ture, the Newport News Press deserves
the credit and the thanks of the State
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07

greatest OF his discoveries, but he de.
serves to be remembered longest for
MS invention of the steel wire hoop.
SKIRT, and by nerfecting secret pro-
cess of tempering steel 80 that the
hoops were pliable and easily accom-
modated themselves to fat and thin
alike he made himself power in the
feminine world. back in the sos. He
sold his invention to a man In Philadel-
phia who manufactured the hoop
skirts on an extensive scale and made
a fortune at the business.
Very few of the younger generation
Know anything about the hoop-skirt;
but 1t was most important article
OF fashionable dress ever so many
years ago Now and then, 1t is seen
on the stage. notably among the PLAYS
of recent years in "The Heart OF
Maryland" 1t required great skill in
the wearer to keep it down where II
belonged. 1t was particularly hard to
manage when the lady wearing 1t tried
to sit down; but 1t was every bit as
nice as the clinging things the women
wear nowadays, before the pantaloon
usurped the place of the pantelette,
and George Harvey organized his
Equal Suffrage League. Sir John Suck
ling must have had some such view as
that frequently presented by the dear
things who wore the hoop-skirt when
he wrote something like three hundred
years ago:
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stole in and out,
AS If they feared the light
But oh, she dances such a way,
No sun upon an yesterday
Is half so fine a sight"
The days OF the hoop-skirt were glor-
ious days in this part OF the country
days of chivalry. of fair women and
brave men. of gentle breeding, of splen-
did culture. OF wholesome living. Wo-
men wore their own hair then, they
rode on side saddles. looked after the
education of their sons and daughters,
busted themselves about their domes-
tic affairs. did not sweep the streets
with their skirts. managed their lin
gerie with exquisite def.ness, were ac-
complished in all the womanly arts,
were fashioned after the similitude
of palace. What great women were
the women of the hoop-slsirt period
with their gentle manners, their beau
tiful courtesy, their well-modulated
voices, their serious purposes!
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here. The weather In the Connecticut
Valley is very hot ana 1t is hoped that
literature and craftsmanship will not
mix up OH account OF this incident.
How would 1t do to say that Bulkeley
has changed his mind2 Everybody out
side OF Connecticut knows that he is
not fit for United States Senator; but
that Is no reason who he should not
run for office II he want to. a
number of unworthy men have run
for the same place In other states and
have been elected. That will not ex-
cuse Connecticut, however, II it shall
send Buckley back to Washington. 1t
Is hoped that DR.. Clark will not re-
sent the idle remark of the old Man
Who Won't Keep His Word" until the
weather gets cooler. and may we be
there to see.
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BALLINGER.

It is said that Ballinger intends to
hold on to his place in the Cabinet.
We thought better of him. 1t is per-
fectly clear to us now what Mr.. Taft
ought to do. This is a bit OF the
eel-grass he oushtSto get rid Of with
out further friendly concern for the
Secretary of the Interior, not because
he is guilty-we have never thought
that he was; but because he has
strained the confidence of the Ameri :
can people. This is the time for Bal
linger to let go.
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THE Hoop-sl>lRr PERIOD.

Joseph Thomas died at his home in
Hoboken last Friday night. He was
eighty-three years of age. Hes was
born In Paris. France. March 10. 1927,
and came to this country when he was
nineteen years old. He was OF an In
ventive turn and devised many useful
mechanical contrivances, among other
things the feeding and oscillating de-
vices of one Of the sewing machines.
Among his other inventions was the
first machine for making sulphur
matches. He regarded this as the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07
rug yEGno AND THE FARM.

1t is always gratifying when a man
who knows something about the ne
groes talks to them in friendly
fashion and gives them advice based
upon practical experience with them.
1t is a good thing for the negroes, a
good thing for the whites and good
thing for the future of the country.
If 1t were done more frequently. there
would be better feeling between the
races and substantial benefit to the
South.
Judge Jeter C, Pritchard of Ashe-
willie, voiced the sentiment of many
thinking people in the South when he
gave the negroes some sound advice of
this sort at their Chautauqua in Dur
ham on Tuesday. Judge Pritchard said
that the South was anxious to see the
negro have his rights as citizen, and
stood willing to help him. He might
have added that the South-that part
of the South which is worth anything
has genuine interest in the future
of the negro, and is his best friend;
but he went on to say that what the
negro needed more than anything else
was to get back to the land, to cease
thronging the cities and to go where
he could make living for himself in
honor.
This is not new advice, but 1t was
given in a kindly spirit and 1t was
given at good time, If there ever
were a day when the Southern negro
needed to turn his eyes to the country,
this is the day. In the city, unless
there be an abnormal demand for un-
skilled labor, the negro can never have
hope of prosperity. The most he can
get is a steady Job that will pay
but not enough to insure him against
want and distress in his old age. In
addition, as statistics show, city life
breeds crime among negroes. reduces
their vitality and gives them little
chance in the battle for the survival
of the fittest.
Indeed, this last argument Is sufi-
|
cient to make every right thinking
man urge the negroes to return to the
country. In the city they multiply
very rapidly, to be sure, but they suf-
fer from disease at most appalling
rate Consumption alone claims thou
sands of them every year. cripples
their children where it does not de-
stroy them, and lesseis the Negroes
chance in the world Other diseases
are claiming an increased toll and the
African mortality is mounting higher
and higher every year
In the country districts of the South
the negro has freedom, He can earn
enough to buy farm, or he can get
a farm on shares" and he is away
from the temptations and the vices OF
the city. His body is stronger, his
children are more healthy, and he is
prepared to keep and to hold a rea
place among the producing forces o.
the nation. He lives as God INTENDED
| he should live
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-07
OLD BuLKELEY's LITTLE LIST.

Old Bulkeley has put the hooks into
tured the other day to confirm the
statement made by Governor Mclean
that Buckley had promised George"
not to be a candidate for reelection TO
the United States Senate. Colonel Os-
borne, OF the New Haven Journal Cour-
Ter is disposed to treat the incident in
levitous way, wholly unbecoming in
a soldier who reviewed the British
troops at Aldershot. He says that
Buckley has organized his own Ana
MAS Society for the State Of Connecti-
cut and made DR.. Clark one of its
charter members with all the rights,
immunitics and hercditaments thereur-
to belonging.
Following as it does so closely on
the honorary degree imposed upon DR..
Clark by Trinity College. Colonel os.
borne pretends that he does not under
stand how a Doctor OF Letters can
be at the same time member of the
Ananias Club. Why not? Have not
other great men of equally good char
acter and ability been admitted to the
parent organizations. Why should Or,
Clark be Disseminated against? He
went into the business of exposing
Buckley withshis eyes open. and must
have expected that Buckley would not
believe him and would try to make 9th
ers dscredit him. He took his repu-
tation in his own hands. We really
do not think he can be hurt by any.
| thing Buckley can say about him
we should believe anything he would
say on any subject except rice and the
Republican party, and that is the feel
Ing of the majority of the people OF
Connecticut,
4 We would speak word OF warnina
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THE "INsUnANCE CONSPIRACY"
AGAIN.

The Newport News Press expresses
its qualification that we have realised
the Importance of the decision reached
in that city regarding the insurance
conspiracy and says that II had be-
gun to think the State as whole did
not appreciate the meaning of what
has been done, 1t regards Justice
Browns verdict as of the highest sig
niiicance to the whole State and thinks
the newspapers should let the people
know that they have in their hands
an effective remedy against consoli-
dations that work injustice to the pub
lie,
The Press notes our inference that
what has been done in the insurance
cases might be done where meat pack
ers or other dealers form combina.
I t!on in restraint of trade. and it sug-
sests that the law OF conspiracy Is
| Well known and can always be en-
ployed where there is sufficient evidence
| Oh which to base an indictment.
| This is very true, but the Press will,
| admit that the trouble generally !!
that there is no one who will tax,
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JUMPING FOR HIS SHOES.

Fairly Monday morning, Chief Justice
Fuller, of the United States Supreme
Court, died suddenly. Before the day
was over. lots were being cast for his
garments, and many of the rews-
papers containing the announcement OF
his death the next morning, contained
also many speculations us to his sue
cessor The New York Times. for ex-
ample, very proper and altogether
admirable journal, printed under i'm
pressive headlines on Its first page n
long story about Governor Hughes ana
the probabilities that he would b.
placed at the head Of the Court. On
the eighth page the Times carried ali
account of the death of the Chief JUS
;ice.
That was characteristic of the senti-
ment OF this country in such matters.
No sooner Is man dead. however high
his station. than the friends of the liv-
ing begin to talk about who shall wear
his shoes or put on his robes. Many
times, indeed, we do not walt until the
breath has left the body, before we
stand at the gate Of patronage ana
beg that, If the illness of the public
servant Frustrated by disease. shall
prove fatal, we have "the best man"
for his position. It is pitiful thing.
SO strenuous is the life of these times.
SO eager are men for the honors and
emoluments that the sense of decency
is lost in the scramble for place.