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Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
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AFTER EXPLOSION
GAS BLOWS UP IN NEW MINE IN
PROVIDENCE, KY., WITH
FATAL RESULTS.
ELEVEN MINERS ARE DEAD
Mule Is Biown From Shaft, A'ights
80 Feet Away and SAIL Lives
Names CT Those Known
to Be Missing.

Prevalence. Nv-Ei"yrn coal min
"rS. Two white m@u and nine negroes.
were cntOuIh"I IN mine 80. s OF the
Providence Mining company BY a gas
explosion, and it is believed that all
are dead. The mine is new. The shaft
being only 100 feet deep, with only
a few entries.
Th" explosion was SO violent that
little hope is entertained OF the min.
CTS having escaped death. 1t blow
great masses of slate and stone far
from the shaft.
4 male blown out Of the shaft
a,ighted $50 feet away, still alive.
no effort vas made for some time
to ecove the bodies, as foul gases
we're issuing from the shaft, and as
there was no possibility for any OF
III" Men to be alive.
The force of the explosion caused
instant death to- the e The known
dead are: Yves Fugatc, white. mar.
ried: Ed. Vaughn, white, unmarried;
Jim Roscoe, negro: Ed. Johnson, ne
sro; George Coleman, negro; six ne
ErOes, names unknown.
The cause Of the explosion is not
definitely known. but il is thought to
have been OcrHSiOned by an aCCumu-
lation of gas in one of the galleries.
II is not believed that there is any fire
il the mine.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
BRAZILIAN REVOLT ENDS
Naval Mutjneers Surrender When
Congress Accedes to Demands
Movement Not Political.

Rio .IarciHO.-C0nErC&s having voted
amnesty G.ter the feet fired on the
city. the naval MutineerS surrendered.
The capital slept one night with
the guns of its W navy trained upon
it. The m]utineCrs were masters OF
the situation. Toward morning enc OF
the mutinous vessels fired upon the
naval arsenal.
The scout cruiser Deodora had
Joined the battleships Minas Geraes
and Sac paulO and the scout Bahia
in revolt.
The session Of the chamber Of depu.
ties was awaited with anxiety, but
its vote Of amnesty and the surrender
Of the mutincors cleared the situation.
The demands of the naval men We're
granted in full.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
NOIE(|


A lock on the henhouse may save
some Of your best stock.
Coops and broOders should be dis
infected often and thoroughly.
There Is no better thing to use
about the roosting quarters than
plenty Of air Stacked lime.
An uniertile egg is worth just as
much as any other-but it must be
found out before set upon.
Rape will stand a good deal of freez-
ing and is often in good condition I'M.
I'll near the end Of the year.
II O have good stock you can
always find a market for It, and If it
IS not good it will pay you TO make
It so.
Filthy houses. runs or yards in
vite disease, while cleanliness IS one
of the roads to healthy fowls and
success.
A small quantity of wild onions was
fed to some laying hens and In about
two weeks an onion flavor was noticed
IN the eggs.
Hang cabbages IN the pens for the
hens to pick at, also raw llvers. If
thew can reach these too easily short
en- tho strings.
There IS no better pets for the boys
and girls than well bred pigeons.
Fans, Pointers, Tumblers, Magpies,
Owls, IIOmers, etc.
The last meal Of the day Is the most
important now and it should be warm
and substantial as it prepares the
hen for the duties of the next day.
There is a profit in selling eggs on
almost any market If the business is
properly conducted; but there is no
big money without special markets.
Undertaking chickens IS as bad
cs overlooking. Dive them enough
to live on comfortably whether We
prOyide enough TO lay eggs on or
not.
When you mark a crate of egg,
"strictly fresh" mea what YOU say,
Stand back of every egg yoM offer for
sale. That Is what builds up repu-
tatiOn.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Promising Oil Field.

E~stherwood: Parties over from
Calcasieu parish report the new oil
field widened fully o~nc-iOurth OF a
Arile by the bringing in of the Hooks
well. which is now gushing over 1000
barrels a day, and increasing. OF al
most pure oil. Have had fine show
ings for SOM time and expected this
we'll in some time past, and being in
new territory have drilled very care,
fully for over two months. Others
that have lately come in are show
ing increased flows, and the people
of Acadia, who are much interested,
are very highly pleased.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Young Lady and Child Burned.

COrington: An accident az the
home Of Mrs. j. J. Herrie came neal
costing the lives of two persons asleep
in a bed under an opening in a double
flue. A fire had been kindled in a
stove in the real room, and sparks
dropped against the opening OF the
fiue Over the bed, which had been
closed with paper. The paper falling
on the bed ignited the bar and bed.
ding and seriously burned Miss Herrie
and a young child, who We're asleep.
Mrs. E. A. Spiess, a sister Of Miss
Herrie, who came to her assistance,
was also seriously burned.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
New Orleans Rice Market.

New Orleans: The market for
rough rice was a dull proposition Sat
urday. Mills were out of the market
owing to the narrow outlet OF clean
rice. The tone was easy on both Hon.
duras and Japan grades. Clean rice
was dull, with no change in condi.
tons. Press adyices from EstherwOod,
La, say that the United States Rice
Mill Company is furnishing part Of the
100000 bags OF rice that will be con.
sumed in Porto Rico this season.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Tri-State Medicos.

Shreveport: The Tri-State Medical
Society Convention closed this week
after the selection of T~exarkana as
the next meeting place and the cleo
ton of officers as follows: Or. Thomas
P. Lloyd, Shreveport, president; Drs.
E. H. Martin of Hot Springs. r. II.
Blackman of Monroe. Ala. and I. j..
Allison of Gladewater. Texas, state
vice presidents; DR.. j. NJ. OGDEN
heimer, secretary.treasurer. The So
ciety commenced the work of the
hookworm commission and expressed
thanks for the Rockefeller endowment
fund.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
MAN Of IDEAS IS CONE
OCTAVE CHANUTE, WHO CON.
CEiVED AIR CRAFT, SUCCUMB5.
French Engineer Once RidicuIed, but
Adoption CT Ideas Has Made
Many Aviators Famous.

Chicago, Ill.-CCtave Chal.ute, the
father Of the acceptance" died at his
home in Chicago after an illness OF
several weeks.
His death was not unexpected, as
he had been in feeble health, due to
his advanced age, for several months.
Though widely known as al engin-
Ger Of many accomplishments. Mr..
Chanute was more generally recalled
as the originate" of the h2ayier-than-
air craft, which in their development
since have brought fame to a score Of
modern ~aviatCrs
When. several years ago. he began
as they were ironically referred to,
he Was considered at least eccentric.
His persistence in trying out his
ideas resulted. however, in the Cha
mute glider, which was nothing more
or less than the modern biplane, sans
engine. With it Mr.. Chanute was
able to glide several hundred yards IN
a strong wind, by manipulation of it's
wings. An engine mounted on this
and a principle Of warping wings for
equilibrium gave the Wrights their
machine, and others followed.
Octave Chanute was born in Paris,
February IS, 1882, arriving in Ameri-
ca with his parents in 1898. He was
civil engineer on many railroads.
Octave ChaNute built the Hannibal
bridge at Kansas City. The bridge,
which was the first one over the Mis-
souri, river, was dedicated July 8,
1869. ChanUte also designed and
built the Kansas City stock yards.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
FLEMING HEADS CONGRESS-
Association Selects Oklahoma City for
Next Meeting-Neutrai Stand on
Panama Exposition.

San Antonio, 'TcX.-Thc selection OF
Oklahoma City as the next place Of
meeting. the adoption Of a resolution
refusing 70 favor either New Orleans
or San Francisco for the Panama eX-
position in 1915 and the selection Of
Col. Fred W. Fleming Of Kansas City
as president. was the most Important
work of the Trans-Mississippi Com
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Shipment Of Oranges.

Lake Charles: The schooner Three
Brokers left Saturday morning for
Houston with 100 barrels of Cameron
oranges. This makes the second load
the Three Brokers has conveyed to
Houston this winter. A large part Of
the Cameron orange crop will likely
be marketed in Houston this year, IS
produce firms of that city have had
representatives in Cameron for sew.
eral days, booking as many barrels
as we're offered.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Trapping Season Opened.

AbbevilIe: The trapping season
opened this week and numbers OF men
and boys are located in their camps
along the bayOus in the marshes rs
well as in the woods prepared to run
the season. Last year the fur and
hide shipments from this parish were
large and some Of the trappers made
upward Of $500 during the season,
This year some one jOcularly re-.
marked there will be a trap for every
hide and the profits will not be so
large.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Appointed Postmaster.

Estherwood: Albert Johnson has
been appointed postmaster Of Mer-
mcntau in place OF p. pearch, who
has resigned and will 90 to Calcasieu
parish 20 farm and take charge of a
rice plantation. Mr., Johnson is the
former marshal of the town and had
been assistant postmaster for some
time.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03

Guthrie, Okla.-A. c, liamlin, OF
this county, the only negro in
the second Oklahoma Legislature, and
who was reelected last week on he
unofficial count, may lose his chance
of going back to the lower house as
4 result Of a contest filed by George
c. Clayton, Democratic candidate.
-Four of the Negroes heaviest precincts
have already been thrown out.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
May Establish Sugar Refinery.

Breaux Bridge: A meeting will
shortly be called 10 discuss the most
feasible means of inducing capitalists
to visit Breaux Bridge and personally
investigate the advantages offered 70:
a sugar refinery. Thousands Of cars,
each containing from twenty-five to
thirty tons OF cane, have been trans
ported in the last few weeks to re
fineries in other parishes. Site for a
refinery is offered free on Bayou
Ieche, with good railroad connections.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Simplify Lumber Tariffs.

New Orleans: The National Lum.
Der Traffic Association is the title
of a new organization launched at
New Orleans. 1t is proposed that the
organization handle matters Of lum.
her traffic in all parts of the country.
well known lumbermen from various
sections of the United States entered
into its preliminary formation, which
undertaken by the Southern Cy.
press association.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
PLANS FOR IDEAL TOWN
Mrs. Russell Sage to Establish Mode!
Suburban Homes as Memorial
to Her Husband.

New York-preliminary plans Of
the Russell Sage foundation es-
adjustment formulated by Mrs. Sage
as a memorial to her husband
for the establishment Of a model sub
urban city providing healthful and
beautiful homes for persons Of mod
crate means are announced.
Briefly the project is TO utilize a
tract of l42 acres in Forest Hills gar
dens. Long island, nine miles from
New York. in laying out a town for
1890 families.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03

was put in the southeast corner There
is a v%entilatOr, and the windows can
be opened to permit free circulation
and moderately cool In summer. Our
chickens We're not bothered this sum-
mel With lice, while a year ago, in the
old quarters. W could not rid them
of the pests.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Favor Federal Ownership.

St. Louis, MO.-Robert z. FISH
berS Of the National Grange Patrons
of Industry recorded themselves in
favor of having railroads coma under
absolute government control, il not
censorship, if congress coHi1 not
clotha the interstate commerce com
mission with sufficient power to com
pel obedience to its rulings.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Christy Murder Case on Trial.

Alexandria: The case of the State
Tally Christy, a young white mar
about 23 years old, charged with the
murder Of Clarence Lea at Ball, La,
Sept. %, 1909, is on trial in the
district court. He was captured last
June while attending the funeral Of
his wife near Monroe.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Editors Fine Affirmed,

St. Paul, Minn.-A fine and six
months imprisonment az Fort Leav-
enworth, imposed by Judge John
G. Pollock Of the United States
district court at Kansas City
upon Fred d. Warren. editor and pro-
prietOr of a socialist paper known as
the Appeal to Reason" published at
Girard, Kan, was affirmed in an Opin,
ion rendered at st. Paul, by the Unit
ed States circuit court Of appeals.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Postmasters viii Hold Convention.

Garyville: The Louisiana State AS
ISOLATION of Presidential PostmaSterS
will assemble in Opelousas Decem-
Der l and , for the fourth annual con
vention. President Labit, postmaster
at Crowley, is anticipating a large
attendance and an enthusiastic mee,.
ING. An excellent program is being
arranged.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
All Escape Colorado Mine.

Canon City, Colo.-By means Of the
air shaft in the Fremont mine of the
Colorado Fuel and Iren company, all
OF the miners, some 200, were rescued
when the nine took fire in an under.
ground stable.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Held for Texas Murder.

Lafayette: Sheriff I.acoste has in
the parish Jail a negro giving mis-
name as Boyd Washington, about 20
years old. charged with stealing $35
III cash from a Mexican laborer. The
authorities believe that the prisoner
is wanted in Aldridge, Texas, for MUIR
der.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Crowley Saloon Licenses.

Crowley: At a special meeting of
the city council this week a license
ordinance was introduced fixing the
saloon license for 1911 at $1,000 in
addition to the state and federal
license. Saloon license in Crowley
was formerly $4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Children Burned to Death,

Detroit. Mich.-Edward Letkawski,
aged 5 years, and his sister, Emma, 6
years, were fatally burned in their
home here. when the boy t.ied to start
a fire with kerosene. Both died in a
hospital several hours a%fterward.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
President Has Narrow Escape.

Hampton Roads, Na.-With t he
arrival here Of President Taft it
became known that the armored
cruiser Tennessee, bearing the
president home from Panama, barely
escaped a collision Friday night at
sea, $50 miles south Of Cuba.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
His Annual Accident on Time

New Richmond. Wis. - Richard
Dudd, a farmer living nea Coylon,
broke his collar bone in a tusslc with
4 colt, his seventh accident in seven
years. His last years accident was
due to this same colt.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Robbers Attack q RecIuse.

Goshen, lnd.-Au5tin GIllett, C5
years old, a r~ec!use living in the east
ern part Of Elkhart county, was visit.
ed at his hut by two robbers, who, az
ter beating him nearly to death, took
fright and fed.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Police jury Wins Suit-

P%laQuemine: The jury in the suit
OF the Police Jury VS.. the Texas &
Pacific Railway returned a verdict for
SS,94I in favor Of the Police Jury.
The case will no doubt be appeared
to the Supreme Court.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Two Acquitted of Murder.

FranklintOn: The case against
Waldo Afford, charged with the muir
Der of Marshal Keyser, was continued
without assignment. Alfred Price and
Joe Miley were acquitted of the charge
of numbering Charles A. Virgins.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Jef;erscn Davis Pace Dead.

st. Louis.-R0hcrt Z. Fisher, who
was the fist page assigned to serve
Jefferson Davis as president Of the
United Confederate States, is dead.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Train Throws Couple Into Tree

Greenburg, Pa.-Dr. George Boehm
ard Mrs. Rcenm were found hanging
on trees near a steep hillside after
their team OF horses had been killed
on the Pennsylvania railroad, 100 feet
AMY
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Believe Lewis Is in Germany

New York.-It is reported that vii.
liam Lewis, whom the police have
been Vainly seeking as the supposed
murderer of Albert Caller, whose
body was found in a trunk, probably
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Robert Leblanc Defeats Munson,

NapoIeonville: By a vote of 81 to
3 Robert L. Leblanc defeated Chas.
Munson II a democratic primary for
member of the Police Jury from the
Eighth ward to succeed Henry Dupree.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
San Francisco to Sec FIiuhts.

San acknowledgements has
been made that San Francisco will
hold an aviation meeting shortly after
the first of January. Prizes to the
or?o-rt NJ $50 nm will ~ c~he"rihod
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Receiver Chosen for Looted Bank.

Abilene, Kan.-E. S. Makins was
appointed receiver for the Abilene
State bank, from which John NJ. Flack,
an abscondlng cashier, is charged
with d%efaulting approximately s7s.l
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Negroes Election Contested.
jefferson Davis PAGE Dead,

ST. Louis, Nov. 2G.-Robert Z. Fish-
er, who was the first page assigned to
serve Jefferson Davis as president OF
the United Confederate States, Is
dead.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Start Rice Mill.

EstherwOod: The Midland rice mill
has started up after being closed
down for some time and expects to
continue if the rice can be had. 1t
hn- n,n-n +ka~ ~ .hNr-c~A 49, 49,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-03
Six Torredo Beats % Be Built.

Washington, D. C.-CCntracts for
six torpedo boats we're awarded at
the navy department.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-04-14

age, the boy sat down to begin the
work that should make him what his
grandfather would have wished.
But instead Of opening the brown
covered book he sat with 1t in his
hand, thinking Of the new life its
thinking of the new life It's pages
were to open up to him. Life crowded
before him. College-new faces-new
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. And Emily
would be-she would not know-or
care. She would marry Edwards. She
would not know whether he succeeded
or failed. Vas 1t worth while?
Something flashed upon him and
startled him. If she had cared, he
should not now be planning a new life,
IL should have been as happy as
Uncle Eben,' he thought with a half
smile.
To-day he did not resent the implied
~disloyalty to his idol. He was not
thinking of her so much as of Love,
the power that holds all men In its
grasp and bends them to it's will. till
each soul longs for nothing so much
as that Love shall take human shape
and dwell beside him. Dimly 1t fitted
before him-luminous but indefinable
filling him with wonder. Uncle
Eben married the woman he loved
and his life had been dwarfed. Seth
Kinney lost the oma he loved, and
his life was warped, distorted, and
spoiled. Was it fate? Life without
love was hard and cold. He opened
the grammar and began to read. six
teen Greek letters-viz.:
a, e, b, E, 10, a, H. M, n, +, r. /, n
were introduced into Phoenicia by
Cadmus fifteen hundred years before
Christ"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-04-14
EGAN GETS MEDAL
Notre Dame H0nors the Minister
to Denmark.
Laetare Trophy, the Highest Decera.
ton for Lay Member Of Catholic
Church., Given to United
States Envoy.

indianapolis, Ind.-The Laetare
L.edal, which is the highest decoration
of honor for a lay member OF the
Catholic church in the United States
which is annually conferred by
the University of Notre Dame on some
man or oma who has achieved dis
tinction in art, literature. science or
philanthropy, goes this year to the
American minister to Denmark. Mau
rice Francis Egan, author, educator
and diplomatist. The award Is made
for distinguished services to Catholic
literature and education.
For 20 years before his appoint
r mt as the representative of the Uni
ted States at the court of Denmark.
DR.. Egan was occupied as a professor
OF literature, and during that period
he found time to publish several i'm
portant works on literary criticism
which are held in high esteem by uni
versity men. He is also well known as
a ~.ovelist, but his claims to literary
distinction rest most on the verse
which he has written.
He has published several volumes
and Richard Watson Glider placed
him among the three best sonneteers
in English. Because of the literary
quality of his work and most Of all be-
cause his themes are wholesome and
elevating the trustees of the Univer-
sity Of Notre Dame have selected DR..
Egan as the recipient of the Laetare
medal this year.
The medal takes it's name from the
title given the fourth Sunday of Lent,
the day when the announcement of
the award is always made. 1t cor
responds to the decoration Of the
Golden Rose, which is conferred by
the pope every year on some member
OF the nobility of Europe.
The medal is a large disk of pure
gold, richly enameled, and bearing in
relief some design suited to the pro-
fession of the recipient. A motto in
Latin, Truth is mighty and shall pre-
vail" appears in black enamel sur,
rounding the design. Accompanying
the medal is an address of award
painted OF silk by some artist Of re-
nown.
The Laetare medal was first given
In 1883. 1t was then conferred on the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-04-14
HAD A PRIVATE MENAGERlE
No other Explanation for ColonePs
Extraordinary Outbreak Seems
Possible.

Hits a wonder to me-" said the
old family servant, dat de oil kunnel
don't go into de circus business, out an
out-he see SO many animiles long
bout de Christmas time, an dey does
SIGH funny tricksi Leastways, dat
what he say. Only yistiddy de preach
er come ter see him, ridin' of his Of
blin' hoss-I mean de boss what bin
in one eye-an' wen de kunnel spied
him he holler out: Git off dem two
elephants, an tu'n dat tiger aloose,
TO he bite de life outen you! An
shoe dem two monkeys off yo' Shout
der, an don't let dat giraffe poke his
long neck in my winder!' Well, sub,
de preacher wuz clar kerfiummuxed,
he wuz, seem ez dar warn't nuttin'
t all dar but him an his Of bin boss,
but wen he seen de kunnel grab his
oil wal musket an boiler dat he'd
shoot dem monkeys off his shoulder,
de preacher say: 'Lawd hep him.
an de time dat OF bin boss made git
tin back ter whar he come fun wuz
too quick ter be sot down in de racin'
Observation-Disclosures Constitution.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-04-14
CHAPTER v.

At breakfast next morning his moth.
err faced him we her c~offee-cup, stern
and less ready. II have been going
over the accounts all night" She
spoke in a voice that was half com
plant. II don't see how we can man.
age it. The interest is a hundred and
eighty-slx and the taxes thirty-tive,
and there is anything left at
the end of the year, even as it is
now" She looked at him, her dark
eyes weary with the nights work.
His own eyes flashed back a still
light. Il shall do it some way, moth.
er. Don't worry"
She shook her head, choking back
something in her throat. your ia,
her would have wanted you to-if he
had lived" She rose quickly and
turned away to the pantry.
When she came back her eyes were
shining again.
He looked at her, smiling. You'll
find that Tom makes twice as much
off the farm as l ever have. You'll be
rich"
There's the schooling" she said
a~nxiously.
81 shall earn it," His lips came to
gether. The dreamy look in his eyes
was replaced by n of shrewd deter
mination,
His mothers glance followed him
a~dmiringly. She ose from the table
and began to clear away the dishes,
Her step was light.
And if ! find | can't study and earn
too, I'll stop till | get enough to 90
on. 1t isn't as If | were good for
much He looked at her, waiting.
No, no-have your way. You've
never asked for what you hadn't ought
to have. It's true enough youll never
be q farmer" She stood for a mo,
ment, n hand holding the plates and
cups, the other resting on the table
looking at him fondly. Then she
turned brusquely away to the sink.
He took down his cap from Its nail
and went out into the clear light
whistling. Particles of frost glinted in
the air. They formed on the edge OF
his upturned collar and fur cap and
deepened the down of his lip. He
blew them aside with a laugh. Taking
the ak from the shed, down the lane
he strobe, the crusted earth crunchinl