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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28

the first of the, week.
John saar. Jr., wife and daughters
and Mrs. Tenant were In Memphis
Saturday
Mrs. Geo. B. Creath and daughter
Mary and Mrs. H. G. Park were In OF
tumwa Saturday. is
Meetings began In the M. e.
church on Monday evening with a
good interest and attendance, Rev.
Circuit of Milton will preach each
evening and his sermons are always
good.
to Ed Abernathy and has purchased
lots OF r. H. Rider on which he will
build a new home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28
Omaha Live Stock.

South Omaha. Nebr.. Oct 27.-The
live stock market follows:
Cattle-Market slow. weak; receipts
1.4O0; native steers, $4.75@7.75: COWS
and heifers, 1925 @5.40; western steers
s3.75@6.50; stockers and feeders. $3.50
a SOS. u
Hogs-Market lower: receipts. s.
100; heavy, s6.10@6.22h; mixed, $6.15
$500
Sheep-Market steady: receipts. o.
900: sheep, $2.75@4.15; lambs. $50
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ST. Loui. Cash Grain.

ST. Louis, Mo-. Oct. 26.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-Lower; track, No. 2. red,
1914 @$1.00h; No. 2 hard. $1.03@lAo
Corn-Lower:: track. No. 2, 71A@
72hc; No. 2 white, 731a@73Ac.
Oats-Lower: track, No. 2, ASH q
Arc: No white, 4SM4SAc.
Rye-Unchanged. 99c.
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OAK RIDGE NUMBER 2.

Sunday school at 2:30 p. M, Frank
Cox, superintendent, Eel zimmerman,
assistant Evening services for wor-
ship and preaching at 7:45. Frank
Smith will be the speaker. Remem-
Der the preaching services has been
changed to the evening Come and
bring your neighbor. ,.3
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HOG MARKET
HOLDS STEADY
PACKERS BEARisH AND PREVENT
ADVANCED; CATTLE MAR.
kET STEADY.

Chicago. Oct. 27.---Hogs today were
strong on Sizes to the scalpers and
shippers, but packers We're bearish and
We're not inclined to bid more than
steady.
Cattle were steady at the recent
sharp declines
Sheep were steady but lambs were
slow. 10 to Is cents lower.
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Galveston Cotton.
Galveston. Texas. Oct. 27.-Cotton-
uncha nged, 91sc.
Car Lot Receipts.

wheat-1O5 cars, with of contract
grade.
grade.
Osts-149 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago.
Minneapolis and Duluth today were 65S
cornpa red with 735 cars last week and
SIS cars the corresponding day year
ago,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28
Foreign Grain; Closing.

Liverpool, Eng, Oct. 27.-The clos
ing grain market follows:
Wheat--Cpot, nominal: Dec, 7s5d:
March, 7s4hd May. 7s4d.
Corn-Spot, steady; American mixed
esd: jan, 5s8Ad: Feb, 5s8Ad.
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MinneapoIi. Closing Wheat

| Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 27.-Closing
i wheat--Dec., STOCKHOLDERS; May,
31.10M DILL: July, SLIM.
Casino. hard. s1.09A; No. l
northern, $1.07MM1.O77s: No. 2 north
ern. s1.047s @Io5%; No. 8 wheat, s1.oO
! a 02M
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Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria, Ill, Oct 27.---The cash grain
market follows:
,Corn-Higher: No. 2 yellow, 7sRc:
No. 8 yellow, 736Ts1sc: No. 4 yellow.
|71hc; No. 2 mixed, T2Ac; No. mixed
|72Ac
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g. Iaui. Prnduoa

st. Louis, Oct. 27.-Poultry-Firm !;
chickens. SIC; springs. &c; turkeys, "a
@16c; ducks. 12c: geese, S1sc.
Butter-Steady: creamery, 10000.
Eggs-Firm. 20@22c.
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Kansas City Grain Futures.

Kansas City, No., Oct. s27.-The clos
| ing grain futures follow:
Wheat-Dec., 99X @99Hc; May
$1.03h @1.03Ac; July, 94Ac
Corn-Dec., 62Mc: May, 64Bc; July
64K 664Ac.
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Nav York suoar and coffee-

New York, Oct. 27.-Raw sugar
Quiet; Muscova do 80 test. 5.23hc;
centrifugal os test. 5-37iac; mola sses SO
test, 4.s7Lc; refined. quiet.
Spot-Coffee, steady; No. Rio,
tsRM15 3Hs Santos, 1910.
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n,,luth cIoa;no Wheat.

Duluth, Mimi. Oct. 27.-Closing
wfeat--Dec., s1.067s; May, sI1osi
bid; Durks n. Dec. 9sAc.
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ST. Louis Metals

st. Louis. Mo-. Oct. 26.-Lead; un
settled, $4.12h.
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RETAIL MARkETe.
Flour and Easd.

Flour and feed Graham rour. pc,
sack. SOC; corn chops per cwt, sl.5bD
'so: shorts. per cwt !. $1.s5; bran. PSI
cwt.. $3.50: ear corn. per bu, Sic; she'll
:e sorn nra per sn u.s. bay ssy 1s ss e
4sc: chicken feed. ground. 20 H.. Sic:
sack. s;25a1.s5: corn meat. 10 10.
sack. Zoe. corn and "dt chop per cwt..
e1.G5: oet straw. bale, 6oc. barley.
soc: oil meal. per cwt.. $40.
Butter Eaos and Poultry.
butter Is. ss@scc.: SEPT reNmsr,
butter so@371sc: eggs, doz., s221sc.
Poultry Geese, r., :::Mc turkeys
s2@27c: 1--we SPRINGS, lie: dressed
springs. 17hc: old hens. dressed, ID
13c: ducks dressed. Id. zoe.
Fish
Salt . fish Mackere!. 1o@2sc:
c.at,sh. ietsiac lets a.h Ag s",l. 1 sse. {.
Fresh nsh-Cstnsh. H.. SOC = t,,,It
171kc: halibut, zoe; oysters. qt., 4oc.
eeults
Fruits Bananas, 20@25c: lemons
SOC: oranges, 20650c; grapes, basket
25c; apples. PIX. l5@25c; pears. PIX.
4oc:: hamper, $1.10: cranberries. gut.
Vegetables.
Vegetables-Cabbng 5M10c: cucuD:-
bers, each 15c: head lettuce, 1o@15c;
onions. h.. sc; parsley. bunch, SO
Zoe: new beets. &c; cauliflower. head
15M20c: new potatoes. bu.. 75c; garlic,
zoe: gracn beans. H.. s1-3c; wax
beans, h., 1oc: turnips. PIX, zoe: squash,
loc; egg plant, 5@10c; carrots, 3 for
Toe: tomatoes, basket. 10c: peppers
doz, 1oc; sweet potatoes. h.. &c; en-
dive. bunch, Toe: selsify .bu.. 2 for 15c
CARROTS, peck, 25c: parsnips, pix. 3oc;
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28

New York Bank Exchange.
Chicago, Oct. 27-Exchange on New
York, five cents discount
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RANGE OF HOG PRIcEs.

Range Of hog values at Chicago for
the past two weeks with comparisons.
Mixed and Light
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28
New York Produce.

New York, Oct. 27-The produce
market follows:
Butter-Firm: receipts 1894: cream
cry held, specials, 31031kc; process
specials, 25c: extras, 241ac.
Eggs-Firmer: receipts, 6,6S4; fresh
gathered extras, 326e33c; extras. frsts
$50 30c: frsts. 2S@2Tc; seconds, 21@
24c; thirds. 10000; held fresh, poor
to fair, 15m20c refrigerator flrsts. On
dock, 19m2Oc; refrigerator seconds, on
dock. 17A01Sc; seconds in local stor-
age, 1914 @19c.
ems, 13m1Shc: fowls, 12@131sc.; tur-
keys, i6c.
Dressed Irregular: western chick
ems. @16c: fowls, 7@10Rc; turkeys,
broilers, 23c; others, 10000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28
Kansas City Cash Grain,

Kansas city. Mo-, Oct. 27.-The cash
grain market follows:
yyheat-Market 1c lower; No.
hard, $1.O1h @108; No. 3, $1.00@1.06;
No. red. s1.0O@1.01; No. 8, 9s@99c.
Corn-Market unchanged to Nc low
er: No Q mixed, 72hc; No. 3, 100
72Mc; No. 2 white. 72hc; No. 3, 72@
72hc.
white, 4Sh@49c; No. 2 mixed, 46k q
47kc.
Rye-97c.
Hay-Market steady: choice timothy
$15.50@1S; choice prairie. $13@13.50.
New York Cash Grain.
New York. Oct. 27.-Wheat: Dec.
$1.0sA @1.03A; May, $1.0Sk21.0Sssc.
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Daily Produce Movement.
REGENTS Shipment.

Chicago, Oct. 27.-The daily move
ment of produce is shownu In the fol-
lowing table:
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Oct. 27.--The produce mar
ket follows:
Butter-Firm creameries, 24k q
BIC: diaries, 22@2Sc.
Eggs-Steady: receipts, Abs cases;
at market, cases included, $50 1876;
firsts. 21c: prime firsts, &c.
Cheese-Market steady: Diaries,
AK @14hc: Twins. 14@14Ac; Young
Americas. 14A @14kc; Long Horns
14A @14hc.
Potatoes-Firm: receipts, Is cars:
Wisconsins, 62M65c; Minnesotas and
Michigans, 64665c.
Poultry-Live steady. turkeys. live,
14c: hens, live. &c; springs, live, 10kc.
Veal-Market steady: SO to 60 Id.
WITS. 8@9c; so to IS Id. WITS, on a
10hc; IS to ITO Id. WITS, lie.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-28
Kansas CITY Butter and Euas.

Kansas City. Mo-. Oct Creamery
2skc; frsts, 261ac; seconds, 24hc;
packing stock, 19c.
Extras. 25c; firsts .23c: seconds, tic
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Na,u Ynrk Caah Grain,

New York. Oct. Wv neat: Dec.
$1.0sH @1.03A; May, $1.0Sk010Sssc.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
Aviator Probably Fatally
Injured in Erie.
DROPPED OVER leo FEET
Plueky Aviator Lost Control of Ma
chine Which Crushed Him.
Wife Sees Tragedy and
Collapses.

Erie, Pa, July 15.-"Bud" Mars, the
plucky little aviator, was perhaps IA
tally hurt when his Red Devil" BIZ
plane fell over 100 feet outside Of his
aviation field in upper Peach street.
where he was giving flights at the
aviation meet held under the auspices
of the Erie Dispatch.
Mars is suffering from fractures Of
three ribs on the left side, internal
hurts and extensive body bruises and
decorations. Mars is now confined in
the Hanoi hospital in this city. He is
in semi.conscious condition.
The aviator's wife witnessed the ac-
cident, and her condition Is serious.
due to the shock.
Mars had made one successful fight.
He was In the air for the second time
when the accident occurred. Several
thousand spectators were watching
Mars. He circled the field a number
of times at height of several hun
dred feet. Suddenly the machine made
a dip downward, and Mars was seen
to jerk at something In an effort to re-
gain control of the machine.
1t was a futile attempt, however,
and an instant later the biplane struck
the ground. The machine was COM
pletely wrecked and Mars lay under 1t.
He was covered with blood and at
first 1t was believed he was dead
Drs. Boughton and Gigiloti, who were
present as spectators, were soon at
the side of the injured man. Willing
ham soon cleared away the wreckage
and Mars was carried to an impro-
vised field hospital. The serious nature
of Mars injuries was evident and he
was rushed to hospital.
Dr. Boughton issued a statement
from the hospital to the effect that
the aviator's chest was badly injured,
that he had sustained conclusion of
the brain and suffered internal injur-
les, while he is also bruised from head
TO foot.
The aviation meet was held under
the auspices of a local newspaper.
After his first flight Mars fixed several
levers on the machine and then start
ed the second fight. He had not been
in the air long when for some reason
he started TO descend. The machine
rocked badly for time and then shot
downward with terrific velocity.
The amazed spectators stood still
for a moment. Then there was a
scream and Mrs Mars, the birdman's
wife, rushed toward the wrecked ma
chine. Before she reached her hus-
bands side, however, she was over
come with grief and was carried from
the field.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
5000, 600 BACKWARD CHILDREN
Approximately That Number In the
United States.

San Francisco, July 15.-The closing
day of the National Education associa-
tons convention developed program
the most important of the session,
from an educational point of view.
Much attention was given to the
study of the backward child prob
lem" DR.. MAMMALIAN p. E. Grossman,
of Plainfield, N, j., said the country
contains between four and five million
children of this type, and of these at
least 100000 are distinctly abnormal.
A tendency to use most stringent
measures to discourage the propaga-
ton of inevitably backward children
was shown in other papers and in dis
cussions. Robert J. Alley, president of
the University of Maine, commended
medical inspection of school children.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
IN RACE WITH DEATH
Senator Leafs Wife Hurried West to
Gain Rarified Air.

Denver, Colo, July II. Hurried
across the continent in an effort to
save her life, Mrs. Luke Lea, wife OF
Senator Lea, of Tennessee, arrived
here from Deer Park, Md.
Mrs. Lea rallied some time ago fol.
lowing TRANSMISSION of blood from her
husband, but was attacked by pneu.
monia and was taken west to try to
save her life.
Senator Lea said his wife stood the
trip well and gave every indication
of the change in climate proving bene-
fetal. The party travelled in special
car, there being besides Senator and
Mrs. Lea, Mrs. Percy Warner and Mrs.
George Frazer, her mother anr sister,
respectively; DR.. H. d. Frye, her ply
stefan, and Miss Shackleford, a nurse.
After being taken to the Maryland
mountain resort Mrs. Lea seemingly
improved, but later she began grow.
ing worse. and last Tuesday her hus-
band was advised by physicians to
take her to Colorado, where the rarer
air might aid in the fight for her life
A special car was Immediately or.
dered and the race against time began.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
BOOM FOLK FOR PRESIDENT
Missouri Democrats concede New Jer.
sey TO Woodrow Wilson.

st. Louis, July 15.-The campaign
to nominate Ex-Governor Joseph w.
Folk for president at the Democratic
national convention in 1912 was start
ed with the opening of headquarters
by the Missouri Democratic league in
the Central National bank building.
Lon Sanders, president, and w. ].
Cochran, secretary of the league, will
have charge of the movement, aided
by Nelson w. Mcleod, chairman of
the executive committee.
The efforts of the league officers for
the time being will be centered on
arousing sentiment for Mr., Folk in
those states where the delegates to the
national convention will be selected
for the first time in the history of ma
tional politics at direct primaries
These states include North Dakota,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon and New
Jersey.
No attempt is to be made to garner
the New Jersey delegation, which Is
conceded to Governor Wilson. The
Folk campaign, however. according to
Mr.. Sanders, will be extended through
out the west and northwest, after
which attention will be paid to New
England.
William j. Bryan has indorsed Folk,
Wilson and Champ Clark as presiden.
tial possibilities.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
MRS. NAP0LITANo WON'T HANG
italian Woman Who Killed Husband
viii Go to Prison For Life.

VIII 40 10 FFtSOn or Lie.
Ottawa, Ont, July 15.-The cabinet
COMMITTED to life Imprisonment the
sentence of death passed upon the
Italian woman, Angelina Napolitano,
for the murder of her husband at
Sault Ste Marie.
Life Imprisonment will mean twenty
years at least. Members of the cabi-
net stated that they were not influ-
enced by the numerous appeals for
mercy, but were actuated wholly by
the merits of the case.
The case of Mrs. Napolitano attract
cd attention and sympathy for the
woman in all parts of the United
States and Canada, and many thou
sands of letters have been sent to the
Canadian department of justice with
in the past month.
The woman is expected to become
mother within two weeks, but it was
not only for this reason that appeals
for clemency were addressed to the
Canadian authorities Her husband
was shown to have plotted to sell his
wife as white slave" at her trial,
and 1t was to save herself from this
fate that she killed him.
Mrs. Napolitano had been known to
be quiet, law-abiding woman even
after she knew that her husband was
the associate of criminals 1t was not
denied at the trial that the woman
had committed the murder practically
in selfdefense, but the Canadian law,
noted for its severity in cases of MUIR
der, was not interpreted in this case to
consider it an exception.
Protests in behalf of the woman
came even from England and the Con-
tinent, but most of them came from
the cities of the United States. In Chi
cago women's clubs interested them
selves in the case and several meet
ings were held.
Mrs. Napolitano, who has four lit
tie children, had been sentenced to
be hanged Aug g. The murder was
committed on April Is last
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
SAY CULT WILL GO ON
Mother of Girl Sticks to Convicted
absolute Life" Apostle.

absolute Life" Apostle.
Chicago, July 15.-Mrs. Felicia Rees,
Mona Rees and Mrs. Stephen H.
Bridges, three members of the Abso-
lutte Life cult, received the news of
the conviction of Evelyn Arthur See
on a charge of abducting Mildred
Bridges in the fat at PALS Racine ave-
nue., referred to in the trial as the
love Jungle"
Absolute Life will go on as before"
said Mrs Rees. Although its leader
may be taken away from the eyes of
the world, the work will go on because
it is truth. 1t cannot be killed nor
buried"
Stephen H. Bridges. father of the
girl See was convicted of abducting,
appeared to be pleased with the YER
dict.
What do | think about that YER
dict?" he replied. What do | think
1t was all right. But I'm sorry it's
Joliet, 1t ought to be hell. He ruined
my home, Iny daughter; he took my
wife away from me. and now he'll
have to pay for a part Of 1t.
And now the next thing is to do
something for my little girl. She is
under the control of the juvenile court
and in custody. l want her at home
with me. I'm going to try to get the
court TO parole her to her father. I
want to take care Of her"
See was admitted to $4,000 bail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
r. r. as steel Witness.

washington, July 15-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be the star wit.
ness before the Stanley steel investi-
eating committee at it's forthcoming
meeting in New York, according to
information received here. Colonel
Roosevelt will be asked to tell all he
knows of the absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal and Iron company by the
steel trust and to explain his part as
president of the United States in as
sisting the merger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22

Miss Abbott a Figure of Interest at
Washington Inquiry.

Washington, July 15.-Much inter-
est attaches to Miss M. F. Abbott's
part in the house committees inves-
tigation of the Controller bay contro-
versy.
Miss Abbott, who unearthed the al
legged Dick to Dick" letter in the
interior department, is related TO DR..
Lyman Abbott, of New York.
The letter In question appears to
have been written by Richard s..
Ryan, an alleged secret agent of the
Neutrality-suspicious. syndicate, to
Richard A. Ballinger, then secretarr
of the interior, declaring that he
(Ryan) had asked Charles P. Taft to
speak to his brother, President Taft,
about the Controller bay claims in
Alaska, and that following this the
president made no further objection
to Ryan's claim Controller bay is
said to be wanted as terminus for
railroads from the Guggenheim mine
properties In Alaska.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
ENGLAND WON'T HELP JAPAN
Alliance Not Possible Where Arbitra-
ton Is In Force.


London, July ia revised Anglo
Japanese treaty was signed in London
on Friday.
The fourth clause corroborates the
forecast from Toxic July IL, in which
1t was said that Great Britain pro-
posed to modify the clause providing
for mutual assistance in the event Of
war, making the provision inapplicable
in the event that either party to the
alliance was fighting with a nation
with whom the other had concluded q
general arbitration treaty.
The treaty is to run for ten years
from date. The most important change
from the earlier agreement is embod-
led in the fourth article. providing
that If either party concludes a treaty
of general arbitration with a third
power, the alliance shall not entail an
obligation to go to war with that
power.
The treaty replaces the treaty of
alliance and the preamble states that
the step Is taken because OF changes
which have taken place in the situa-
ton since the agreement of alliance
was signed.
The only other change from the
wording of the original treaty is the
omission of article 8, recognizing ia
pans paramountcy in Korea. By an
exchange of notes England and ia
pan have prolonged for two years
article of the Anglo-Japanese COM
mercial treaty so far as concerns Can
ada
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
Girl Killed by Brother.

Canton. o., July 17.-Clara Mani,
eighteen years old, was accidentally
shot and killed by her brother. Samuel
Mani, at Maxine twelve miles north.
east of here. Earl Masters, the young
woman's sweetheart, called at the
Mani home Sunday evening He car.
ried revolver The girl took it from
his pocket and laid 1t on the couch.
Her brother Samuel picked it up. It
was discharged, the bullet striking his
sister in the neck. She died ten min
utes later.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
ResCuers Make Heroic f.
forts TO Reach Them.
TNfNTY-ONF BODIES FOUND
Explosion Was Terrific and Mass
of Flames Shot Upward From
Shaft, Driving Rescuers
Back.

Dubois, Pa, July Fifty miners
are imprisoned in the mine of the
Cascade Coal and Coke company, at
Sikesville, Pa, seven miles from this
city, as the result of a powder explo-
sion. Twenty-one bodies have been
found
The mine rescue car from the ar
senal testing station at Pittsburg was
called on and reached here, but as
yet the rescuers have been unable to
reach the imprisoned men.
1t is feared that all have persisted.
The report of the explosion was
heard throughout the surrounding
country, and mass of flame shot up
ward from the shaft.
Hundreds of miners who were of
duty and residents of the little town
hurried to the mine. A force of. men
were at once put to work in an effort
to quench the fire, but their efforts
we're futile,
The men went to work on the night
shift shortly after o'clock. The mine
is 200 feet deep and the flames poured
~ o. . SCA ihS AOiSC liOl4 SAO DOttOAA
of the pit. The smoke and gas was
emitted in volumes at the surface
openings.
Women and men, many of them
wives, mothers, sisters, brothers and
fathers, surrounded the terrible fur.
mace, presenting a pitiable sight, as
they prayed and cried that their own
might be saved.
Although the night was clear the
entire camp was enshrouded in heavy
clouds of smoke. At the entrance of
the shaft this made the, efforts of the
relief party less effective, as the men
were blinded by the smoke and were
scorched by the intense heat. Several
buildings close to the shaft caught fire
and were burned to the ground.
The structure surrounding the open
ing of the shaft was consumed In a
few moments after the explosion. He
role efforts saved the larger buildings
from total destruction, for when hope
of rescue was abandoned the men
were directed to throw water on the
buildings.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
HANGED FOR DOUBLE CRIME
Negro Murderer on Scaffod Protests
His Innocence.

Wilmington, Del, July IS. - Reese
Roberts, a Chester, Pa, colored man.
who was arrested on the charge of
numbering Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Casey,
of Claymont, on Saturday, Aug. 90,
1910, and was convicted on trial for
the murder of the woman, was hanged
at the New Castle county workhouse
at Greenbank The victim died with
out struggle.
The execution was quietly and eff
GENTLY conducted. Warden Crawford
had carefully made all preparations
and they moved on schedule. Roberts
was calm and collected and submitted
quietly to all the details.
Just before the cap was drawn over
his head he made a brief statement, in
which he declared; 81 am innocent of
the crime of which l was convicted.
did not Kill Mr.. and Mrs. Casey"