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New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
MADMEN IN DEATH MINE
Two Miners, Crazed by Disaster,
Seen in Mine Tunnels.

Briceville Tenn. Dec l2-ENceptlnS the
expectancy of catching two madmen rodih-
ing i'm the workings, hope of hndlns more
men alive in the Cross Mountain lhl"c
vanished again to-day. Two miners driven
mad from their predicsmcnt since tEe eN-
plosion Saturday morning to-day daFteo
about tine tunnels, wildly screaming at the
approach of rcscuers Work as they might
helmet men have failed to capture 'heiii'
1t is believed they have perished'
Guided by marks on walls, rescuers loon
up the clew of one party and folo"eu u
through several entries, only 10 loSe ~
The men evidently, finding one place purh-
ing and unbearable, wrote On the walls
where they were going. This trail has oeeh
lost. and it is believed the writer's are dedu'
Thirtv-fve bodies have been taken out
and the rapid work Of burial preparations
and funeral services went on all day. Inc
Story of the madmen and the writing on
the wall and the fact that five men
were found alive yesterday, kept hopes OF
relatives Of victims buoyed most OF the
dav. only 10 fall when night came without
further good tidInss from within.
If is now believed that all the other men
vino were buried i'm the min" are dean'
The first miner 10 reach inc sullace ol
~, hyc who were rescued from Ut" tlOSS
Maintain mine late last night was VIII
lam Henderson, hfty-hYe years olh. nc
camo from the entry smoking his pipe, ana
resisted efforts TO carry MIN home on
LEI me walk" he protested, but without
avail. ,....,,, d,
CT his experiences.
We bratticed up the entrance TO inc mlhe
room With our coats We fought PACK me
aft terdamp that came through the CRACKS
In the brattice. and then stuck our coats
and other articles Of wearing apparel III
IN, hole of the brattice. We had nshtS'
or dinners and each of IL hsd from
half 10 three quarters of gallon OF coHee
and water I'm our dinner pals. We re,
n,,ined I'm this room quietly Tor several
hours plTning one light and taking turns
az eating. Late Saturday evening Arthur
scott and Dore Irish left the room ana az
,ennted 10 make their way back and reach
tb. entrance Of tho mine through the over
mass That Was the last We saw OF them
Tho uoXt morning We made our way, the
air having been purified by the fan, into
tho entry and passed over into No. ~, en-
dsayoriug 10 find the wav ont. We ran into
eas and were forced to 60 back to Room
In No H. where the air was pure. we
remained there until discovered. We atf
The last % our food about the middle o'
sunday afternoon but still had some water
| left and plenty Of light We were en-
deavorinC to reach the main entrance agar
when we were found.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
DISSENT IN INDIANA
Taft Cannot Carry the State, Re.
publican Chairman Saws.

Washington, Dec. Edwin NJ. Lee.
chairman Of the Indiana Republican State
Committee. issued a statement tonight in
which he declared that his state would be
lost to the Republican party if Mr.. Taft
were renomnated
'Nr. Taft cannot carry Indiana" saws
Mr.. Lee. If he is tse Republican nomi.
nee our fight IS lost before q gun is fired
As one of his original friends who laborcd
for him night and day. I have been driven
TO this knowledge with extreme reluct-
apcc."
MIR Lee adds that his conclusion was
reached only after a searching inouirv
through his precinct committeeman and In
person. What two months ago was PAS
siyity on the part OF the voters, Inc saws
now has been transformed into "dissatis-
faction
Almost simultaneously statement was
issued by walter Brown. chairman Of the
Ohio Republican State Central Committe.
IN which he deporcd the action of the ma
uonI committee iu refusing 10 provide
large hv primaries. This expression how
test. Nv
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
MRS. RIDGELY ASKS MORE
Not Satisfied with $40 a Week
Saws He Makes 100000.

Mrs Jesse Bragg Ridgcly. Of No. .oo
Berkeley Place, yesterday asked Justic'
Clarke 10 grant her an allowance OF coun-
sol fee and slimony pending her suit for
separation against her husband, Albert
Newton Ridgely who publishes paper 1T
No. % Broad street, which gives tips on
the stock market
Mrs Ridgely alleges that her husbands
income has been as high as s900o a year,
and that she wants more alimony than the
so a week which has been offered her.
She asserts that her household expenses
run as high as sl2,O0o a year. The house,
which is near the Montauk Club and not
far from the residence OF Mayor Gaynor,
IS said 10 be worth 10000. and the furnish
ings much more The plaintiff saws that
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
TRANSFERS E. M. CIRCUIT CASE
Supreme Court Will Try Him and
Union Banks Cashier.

Justice Clark, II the Supreme Court,
signed an order in Brooklyn yesterday
morning authorizing the transfer of the
trial Of Edward VI. Grout, president OF the
defunct Union Bank. and James r. Ashley,
cashier of the bank, from the County Court
20 Part V Of the supreme Court. \ date
has not been set for tho trials, but It was
said they would not be held until the Janu-
AIRY term.
Both Grout and Ashley We're charged
with having made false reports concerning
the condition OF the Union Bank to the
Banking Department i'm March. 1910.
As the term Of Dis trict Attorney John r.
Clarke will expire on January ], the prose
cution will devolve on James &. Cropsey,
the District Attorney who has been a
prominent figure in the Investigation since
II began.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
WON'T RISK REFERENDUM

Leaders Of the movement for the creation
OF a separate county Of The Bronx have
decided that 1t would be too risky TO leave
the fate OF the idea TO a referendum. as
the referendum would probably have To 20
before the voters I'm the Manhattan end OF
New York County as well as I'm the BronX
end.
Senator Stilwell has. therefore. decided
TO present 10 the Legislature "A mandatory
act for the creation OF . Bronx County. He
viii explain his reasons at a meeting 10
be held on Friday night at Niblu's Garden,
10th street and Third avenue
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
QUITS HUNGARIAN CLUB
Blaus Resignation Follows John Hays
Hammond Incident.

William Blau. stock transfer tax ap-
praiser in the Office Of the state Controller
i'm this city. has resigned from the Hun
gsrian Republican Club. it was learned yes
terday. Blau was one of the founders Of
the club and it's president when Theodore
Roosevelt as President attended the first
dinner in the care Little Hungary.
Rumors that Blau would quit his favorte
club were heard in the recent discussion
following the dinner given by the club for
John Hays Hammond. Blau IS prominent
in Republican politics, and lives in the 9Th
Assembly District. where Samuel S Koenig,
president Of the Republican County Com
r,,ittep IS leader
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
CITY COMMITTEE TO ORGANIZE.

Notice has been sent ont Tor meetlnf
Of the Republican city Committee for re-
organization al the Eldorado, Seventh ave-
nue and sd street. tomorrow night
In years when there Is no city conv'n'
tion to be called this committee has little
TO do. II is probable that the present Of
ficers will be reelected as follows Charles
: Dewey, OF Kings, chairman. Andrew Z.
MURRAY. Of New York. ce-chairruan'
William G. Hecht OF New York, treasurer
and John Rovlc. lr.. SECRETARY.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
CAMPBELL TO HEAD COMMITTEE

Marcus r Campbell was unanimously
elected chairman Of the Republican EN-
ec,itive Committee of Kings County yes
terday Resolutions thanking former
Judge Jacob Brcnner for his wears Of SER
vice as chairman Of the organization Wero
passed and ordered framed for his family
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
NO TOLLS ON AMERICAN suIes

Washington. Dee. IA bin providing for
the free transit Of American vessels through
the Panama Canal has been introduced bv
senator Lodge. According to tho measure
canal charges against American ships would
be paid from the national treasury.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
STREET ROADS PETITION FAILS.

MI the surface car systems recently OF.
dcrcd TO restor, free transfers at Isl
points applied to the Public Service Com
mission Yesterday for "a rehcariuc, on tho
ground that tho oder was uniiIst and un-
warranted. The petition was denied.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-13

her husband has an automobile, IN aero.
plane and q 350-acre farm in New jersey.
Justice Clarke reserved decision IN the
matter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
-oI,=,,1ISSIONERS RESIGN.
Have Been About Sixty Resignation
Lately.

Have Been About Sixty designations
Lately.
Jackson.-The State Board of Elec-
tion Commissioners is good deal wor-
ried about the work before them. Since
the present campaign over sixty of the
county election commissioners have re-
signed and as soon as the attorney gen
eral, the governor and the secretary of
state can all get together, the vacancies
will be filed, but this is rather hard
matter, as Attorney General Hudson is
prosecuting most vigorous campaign,
and is away most of the time; the gov
ernor has gotten in the game to some
extent, and Secretary of State Power
is also shellng the woods some.
Most of those county election commits
sioners who have resigned have done so
because they are candidates for county
offices and their places must be filled
before the 18th inst.
1t is the intention of the state board
to maintain the partisan equilibrium as
far as possible, giving the Percy, the
Alexander and the Vardaman factions
one each of the county commissioners,
and where one has resigned, it is the
purpose to appoint another of his fac
tional way of thinking in his place.
The state board would be glad to have
suggestions from the various counties
where there are vacancies to be filed,
and will use it's utmost endeavors to
give each particular crowd of the three
contending factions an absolutely fair
and square deal on the proposition.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
Interior BLAST on
Maine SUNK VESSEL
Wrecked by Explosion of Mag.
aziHes, Says Bixby.
PRIMARY Cause of the Disaster VIII
Never BE Known, lie says-No
Bodies Will Be Found on
the Names Wreck.

The obstruction Of the Maine in the
harbor OF Havana, was caused by the
explosion of its three magazines, al
though what set them off may remain
a mystery forever. No such effect az
that produced on the vessel could
have been caused by an explosion from
without.
Such is the opinion of General w.
Il. Bixby, chief of engineers. U. s. A..
who has returned from personal in
specdon OF the work of raising the
Maine
General Bixby said he prodded
around the DOW of the vessel. He
found by MS soundings that at least
two-thirds Of the body had been torn
TO atoms. The sides had zen blown
away aud were buried in mud.
This he said, showed conclusively
that he wreck of the Maine was
caused by al explosion within the
vessel.
General Nixhy said that a portion of
deck over the magazines was
Town upward and laid backward. No
explosion from the outside, added the
general, cou.d have caused the same
result.
What the primary cause Of the ex-
plosion was" he continued, never
will be learned"
General BiXby did not believe the
bodies of these killed in the explosion
would b. found in tie Maine. He said
they were probably buried in the mud,
200 feet or more from the wreck.
1t was the mysterious destruction Of
the batt.eship Maine that brought on
the war between United States and
Spain. Tie explosion occurred Feb.
IA, 1898, nearly 300 American fighting
men being killed.
Cuba was in revolt against Spain,
to which the island belonged at that
time, and the Maine had been sent to
Havana, ostensibly on a friendly visit.
bGt in reality to protect, by its mere
presence, the interests Of americans
Rear Admiral Sigsbee. in command of
the vessel, was ashore with several
officers when the ship was blown up
in the night
Immediately the report was spread
that the explosion was caused by
Spaniai ds in a plot against the United
States. A mine had been placed un-
der the ship, it was said, and explod-
ed by means of wire stretched from
Moro castle.
The war that followed began with
declaration of hostilities By the United
States April %, 1898. May 1 Dewc--
destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila
Bay. July 1 Admiral Schley de-
stroyed Ceryera's fleet at Santiago
Later Santiago surrendered to General
Schaftcr The war closed Aug. H.
Meantime, the cause Of the explosion
remained a mystery. The mast of the
Maine protruded above the water lev
el, but the ship was sunk so deep In
mud that divers could learn nothing
in trying to explore the wreck
Oct IA, 1910 President Taft ap-
proved plans to raise the wreck un-
der a bill approp iating 100000 pass
Cd by ccneress May 4, 1910 A cof-
ferGam was built around the wreck.
the water pumped out, and the hull
inspected by experts of the navy and
army in an effort to learn what caused
the explosion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
BREWER HEADS LIST.
Mississippi Candidates File Names With
Committee.

Jackson.-Pursuant to the request of
the democratic'stat executive committee
for all candidates to notify the secretary
OF state committee prior to July 1 of in
tention to run for state office and file
their names to go on the ticket, the fol-
lowing have done so:
For governor, Earle Brewer; lieuenant-
governor, Theo. G. Bilbo and Wiley n.
Nash; secretary of state, Frank II.
Smith, Joseph w. Power; railroad COM
missioner southern district, +. NJ. Shep-
pard; railroad commissioner, northern
district, George w. Cooke, w. r. Scott,
Thos. Shipman, w. r. Wilson, A. G. Bu-
ford, c. r. korne; railroad commissioner,
middle district, Jno. A. Webb, George r.
Edwards; superintendent of education,
j. n. Powers prison trustees, middle
district, w. A. Montgomery, Jake Ehr-
man, c. H. Neyland; prison trustee,
southern district, c. c. Smith, H. V. Aus
tin; prison trustee, northern district, Le-
roy Taylor, Jno. l.. Collins; commissioner
of agriculture, II. L. Blakeslee, J. w.
Boatwright; insurance commissioner, T.
M. Henry; revenue agent, Writ Adams,
VIM. Reeves, Jr., Phil a. Rush; attorney
general, S. S. Hudson, Ross a. Collins;
auditor, Duncan i. Thompson, Alfred ID.
Galloway; treasurer p. S. Stovall, w. j.
Miller; state land commissioner, j. l..
Gillespie.
Three candidates have failed to get on
the ticket so far, r. 0. Yewell, candidate
for acknowledgements; II. Whitaker
and John II. Santa Cruz, candidates for
railroad commissioner from the southern
district, and it is generally understood
that M. A. Brown, state lecturer for the
Farmers Union, is a candidate for land
commissioner. The request of the Demo
cratic state executive committee was not
made with the idea of excluding any
body, bit merely to hurry 'em up, and
at the meeting in jackson on the 18th
it is understood resolution will be pass
ed allowing the deinquents to get their
names on the ticket.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
CROPS ON STATE FARMS.
Visited All of the Places and Finds
Things in Fine Shape.

DR.. J. c. Gathings, superintendent Of
the pcnitentiary, has returned from in
spection trips to the Parchman and Oak
ley convict farms.
Crop conditions on all the state
places are splendid" said DR.. Gathings.
Cotton is growing fast, is well limbed
and healthy locking, and thus far we
have not been troubled with the boil
weeyl. Even at Oakley, which was i'll
the heart of the weevil district last
year, the sergeant tells me that he has
seen very few weevils, and it seems
that many of them must have been
killed by the extremely hot weather.
cat the Parchman place our corn
yield promises so fine that we will have
to build additional cribs in which to
store it. The drouth did not njure the
corn crop except on No. 9 Camp, and
we have plowed that up and planted u
new crop The general outlook is about
all we could look for"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
BILBO ATTACKED BY HENRY.
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of
Mississippi Is Badly Beaten.


Starkville.-StateS Senator Theodore G.
Bilbo, candidate for lieutenant governor
of Mississippi, WAS assaulted and badly
beaten by j. J. Henry. claim agent of
the Mobile Chicago & New Orleans rail
road here, when the Illinois Central train
arrived ut the depot.
The attack on Bilbo is said to have
been the result of an alleged scurrilous
remark made by Bilbo in campaign
speech at Blue Mountain, rejecting on
Horny, who was a witness before the
,ardaman investigating committee at
Jackson in the recent legislative senate,
rial scandal.
Advices received here later from Stur
gis state that Bilbos skull is fractured |
and his jaw broken. 1t is not thought
that he will be able to actively continue
his campaign.
Bilbo was en- route to Sturgis, where
he was scheduled to speak, and when
the traina rrived here he was seated in
the smoking compartment. Henry met
the train at the depot and entered the
car. The attack was at once commenced
by Henry, who is alleged to have struck
Bilbo a number of times on the head
and in the face with the butt end of Il
revolver.
Members of the train crew and by
ISLANDERS intervencd, and Henry was per-
yuaded to leave the car. The train was
delayed for several minutes. Bilbo was
badly marked and bruised and was taken
TO Jackson for medical attention.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
LOAN CONCERN A FAAE.
Career jackson Loan and 4rust Com
pany Nears End.

Jaekson.-The career of the jackson
Loan and Trust Company, corporation
which has been operating among the
poorer class of people of the state has
been practically ended by a sweeping de-
cision rendered by the Mississippi SUI
preme court. The case was an appeal
from the chancery court of the Fourth
district of Kinds county, from a decree
of Chancellor G. G. Lyell, holding that
the contracts written by the company
to be contrary to public policy. The
court denounces the whole scheme and
operative plan of the company as one
to mslead and defraud the unwary.
The chancellor held that receiver
should be appointed, but allowed bond to
be given by the company in lieu of re-
ceiver, and enjoined the company from
doing further business pending the hear
ing by the supreme court. The court
affirmed the decision of the chancellor
on the main proposition, though the case
is technically reversed for the reason,
as given by the court, that Mississippi
has no statute authorizing the appoint
ment of a receiver in suit by the state
to wind up the affairs of corporation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
8 G o o zee o GO o.

At Burlington, Iowa, Frank De-
vein, twenty years OLD, is 6eed, and
Harold Aslway, sixteen, Garnet re
cover as = result Of Fourth Of July ac-
Clients. Dew Gin was injured by the
explosion Of a can containing twenty
five pounds Of gunpowder Ashway
was firing toy cannon when it eX-
Floded
Frank Snow, twenty-siX, was instant
iy killed, and Ralph Stewart, about
eighteen years old, was seriously hurt
on a trestle of the indianapolis South.
ern railroad near Francis station. The
two young men were on the trestlo as
d through freight went over it, Snow
was struck and Stewart vGs shaken
eff.
Three men were killed, almost in
stantly, when a fyWheel in the drying
room at the big Sault Ste Marie, Ont,
coke ovens exploded The dead are
Water Albrough, thirty-three, fore.
mar; Nicholas Miller, twcn.y-eisht,
laoorer; Angelo D'Angiaip, thirty
eieht, laEorer.
The police and coroner at Fort Hu-
ron, Mich, are puzzled by the
finding Of the body Of a man between
thirty-fye and forty years Of age at
the foot of Thomas street, in st. Clair
river. The body had been in the wa
ter about four days.
At Indianapolis, Tuesday, Pete Benz
fifty years CID, wel-to-do south side
citizen, banged himself in his grocery
and meat store, where his dead body
was found by Fred StIub, a baker.
Near Centralia, H., Frank Pruitt
aged ten, son of Lucien Pruitt, was
drowned while swimming in the old
reservoir.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-07-14
CORN CLUB BOYS PLAN TRIP.
Mississippi Young Farmers to Attend
Land Show.

Lana SHOW.
Jackson.-The boys corn clubs of
Mississippi will storm the land show
which will be given in New York in
November, under the auspices of tie
United States Land and Irrigation 7on-
gress, according to Prof. c. A. Cobb, cf
the chair of extension of the A,rioul.
tural and Mechanical College, who is CO.
operating with the government commits
sioners in the promotion of corn clubs
in Mississippi. The New York show
will be the second given in that great
metropolis and an effort will he made
to detraet from the interest which is
attracted by the land .show in Chicago.
The exhibit department of the New
York show has announced that prizes
aggregating 100000 have been offered.
The membership of the Mississippi
boys corn clubs is now 5000, the strong
est of any similar organization i'll the
South, and one of the strongest in the
United States. The announcement was
made yesterday by Prof. Cobb that tho
boys of Mississippi would positively
compete for the 1000 offered for tho
best thirteen ears of corn. The clubs
are receiving the support of every agency
in the state, railroads, hotels, business
men and land investors.
Attorney General Hudson of Missis-
sippi, who has taken Il great interest
in the affairs of the clubs, announced
yesterday that he would donate $50 to
be added to the money prize to be
given to one of the winners to make
the trip to Washington. Harry Strong,
OF West Point, recognized leader in
the raising of alfalfa, the queen of forage
plants, has offered a suit of clothes to
the boy showing the best specimen of
alfalfa plant.
A Mississippi boy won the first prize
at a show in Iowa over competition
from boys in the great West, the corn
country. 1t is conceded that if Missis
sippi can win in Iowa it can also win
in New York.
The total yield of corn last year in
Mississippi, according to recently gath
cred statistics, was 66,000,000 bushels,
an increase of 25,000,000 and the value
was not less than $13,000,000, or a
total value of $33 100000.
The West is the only section in the
world that can approach the record set
by Mississippi corn growers, and it is
believed by experts that within a few
years this state will lead the world.