Semi-weekly herald., 1910-02-07
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS

rible results of the explosion at Pri
nero was brought forcibly home tc
the people of Trinidad this morning
as more than score of the funerals
crowded the streets at one time. BE
tween twenty and thirty OF the vic
Tins were buried today after shori
services Most of~those buried today
were Austrians who belonged to fra
fernal order, which conducted services
The bodies of three more victims
were brought TO the surface during
the night. making the total OF bodies
recovered to aggregate fifty-three. The
official death list. as learned from
checking up Of the company's list and
the families in Primero. now numbers
seventy-four. This represents the
number of missing men. Although
some workmen may not have left rel.
aiives of friends TO report their dis.
appearance to authorities.
This morning at o'clock in the
Catholic church at Primero the cor
oner's jury began its session. The
first official story as TO the causes of
the disaster may be developed there
today, although 1t is generally believed
that the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron com.
pany will be exoDerated from blame.
The disaster made thirty-fve wild.
ows. seventeen of whom live here at
Primero, one in Denver, four In Aus.
tria, two in Crotia, eight In Korea
and one in Alabama There are six
ty-five orphans.
The coroner's inquest starts tomor-
row morning at Primero.
DRAkESBORO. Ky, Feb. 3.-The
bodies of thirty-two of the thirty-four
men who lost their lives in an explo
sion in the Wickliffe mine Tuesday,
have been brought to the surface and
buried. 1t was some time before the
work of rescue begun but when the
party went down it was found the
dead and injured could be reached
Work continued throughout the night
but 1t was necessary to abandon II
This morning on account of foul air
CHERRY. Ill, Feb. 3.-After three
days of incessant labor only 400 feet
of the many miles of the subterranean
passages of the st. Paul mine were
opened and il is still a probability
when the l67 bodies can be brought
TO the surface. Every effort is being
made 10 clear runway from the
main shaft to the air pit This oh.
ject may be accomplished by tonight
and then a search for the bodies will
be made.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The Rev. DR..
Richard Lewis Howell. known as the
richest preacher in the United States,
is dead al his home here. He was So
year old.
He inherited fortune, which in.
creased many times by keen invest
ments in real estate. The large value
of his holdings were revealed In 1904
when announcement was made that
three Of his properties in New York
city had been sold for over four mil.
lions.
MINEOLA, L. l.. Feb. 3.-Mrs. Mary
Blair Brokaw has been granted a sep.
aration from her husband, William
Gould Brokaw. by Justice Putnam OF
the supreme court and alimony of
$4,000 year. In the opinion filed
with the clerk of the Nassau county
court today, Justice Putnam held Mrs.
Brokaw's allegations against her hus-
band of cruel treatment were fully
proven and that she Is entitled to a
separation decree. Her request for
alimony of 100000 year. however
was held by the court to be excessive
In view of Brokaw's proven state
ment regarding his income and the
justice cut that amount in half.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.-With q
score of art students forming the fu-
neral cortege. they buried j. ID. Shell
don, otherwise known as Uncle Sam,
the S2-year-old model of local artists
here. yesterday. For years this fee
BILE old man is said to have looked
more like the personifcation of the
United States than any other man In
the world, and posed for the students
Several years ago Sheldon came to
Kansas City. He Was bent weak and
penniless. To charitable institu
tion that took him in he told his story
Once wealthy southerner. he saw
his plantation swept away by war
His negroes deserted him. His fam
lily died. Then he became rover
Half starved he wandered here. His
money ran out at this point. An ar,
student noted his resemblance to I'm
Gle Sam" and gave him employment
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 3.-In an in
terview Cardinal Gibbons. who is or
visit here. says that the flood ought
to have the effect of bringing France
to realization that the government
cannot persecute the church longer
"The flood" declared the cardinal
lis deplorable. and see that in spit,
of the lowering OF the waters the sit
uation is not materially improved. VIZ
cannot question Gods DEGREES nor ST
in judgment upon the afflicted, bu