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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
DYNAMITE KILLS
THIRTEEN men
FIVE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY
PREMATURE EXPLOSION NEAR
FORT FRANCES, ONT.
FIVE TONS IN ONE BLAST
Foreman Of Gang is Hurled One Hun.
dred Fifty Feet Into the Air
Victims Crushed by Tons
of Rock.

Fort Frances, Ont, Feb. 10.-Thir-
teen men were killed and five serious
ly injured when five tons Of dynamite
exploded at the construction works
of the Johnson-Carris camp on an
island in Rainy lake near here.
The cause of the explosion was the
premature discharge of one of the
holes charged with dynamite. The
gang of men, under Foreman Thomas
at a uniform depth of % feet, and
one of the charges in the holes was
not properly placed, and it was while
this charge was being taken out that it
was set of, the conclusion Immediate
ly causing the other GO charges to
explode. The men were hurled into
the air. along with tons of flying rock
and debris. So great was the explo-
sion that large pieces of rock, half
the size of small house. were up
heaved, while the foreman who must
have been standing over one of the
holes, was blown $50 feet into the
air, his body landing a block away
from the scene Of the explosion. The
other men were badly bruised and in
some cases, almost every bone broken
in their bodies. A gang of shovel
men. who were working in a lower
level, taking out the loose rock and
loading it in the bumpers, were not
so feet distant when the explosion
took place. However, none of them
were injured, although they were bad
ly frightened by the falling rock.
The company, as soon as the acct
dent occurred, at once telephoned to
Fort Frances and International Falls
for doctors. DR.. Johnston of Fort
Frances and two from International
Falls, rushed to the scene of the ex-
plosion. DR.. Johnston was the first
on the ground and, with the assistance
of Dr. Huxtable, the company doctor,
alleviated the sufferings of the injured.
The victims, with the exception of
Foreman Thomas Casey, were all for
eigners. The names of the men killed
and injured have not yet been ascer-
tanned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
SNEAD TO PLEAD INSANE
Defense Will Contend Prisoner
Mentally irresponsible.

Fort Worth, Feb. 10.-The defense
will contend that John Beal Snead,
the Amarillo banker, was mentally
irresponsible when he shot and killed
Capt. A. G. Boyce, Sr.
The elopment of his wife and A. G..
Boyce, Jr., made the man insane, coun-
sci for Snead explained, in order to
have read to the jury letter written
by Snead to w. II. Fupe of Amarillo,
after the departure of Mrs. Snead and
the younger Boyce from Fort Worth.
The latter told of Snead's love for his
wife, of his humiliation and of the
effects of their mothers action on the
future of the children.
Several witnesses testified that
Snead's victim had made remarks
derogatory to Mrs. Snead.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
LORD HALDANE VISITS BERLIN
SOME SEE ISSUE OF WAR or
PEACE IN SECRET MISSION.
One Newspaper Has 1t That World.
wide Entente Has Been
Proposed.

London, Feb. 1O.-Whether the over.
lures for the visit to Berlin of the
British secretary of war, Viscount Hal.
dane, originated in England or in Ger.
many is a disputed point, but it is i'm.
possible longer to disguise the momen-
tous character of the mission. There
are not wanting those who believe that
the Issue of war or peace depends upon
its success or failure.
The visit of Viscount Haldane is as.
ISOLATED in the public mind with the
speech of David Lloyd-George, chan
cellor of the exchequer at the City of
London Liberal club, on Feb. 3. in
which the chancellor declared the mo-
me9t suspicious for a discussion of a
reduction in ornaments, which was
considered as an effort looking to the
Cancellation of Germany.
At the present moment, however, it
is impossible to define the objects of
the mission Of Viscount Haldane. Po-
litical activity is not confined to Ber-
lin. Mr.. Lloyd-George had an audience
with King George and the kings secre-
AOiu AA4lOI1Jo was UuSy UCIWCCu
Buckingham palace and the foreign Of
flee and the residence of Premier AS
quith.
According to some newspapers, co.
lonial questions and the possible ces-
sion to Germany of Walfish bay, on
the southwest coast of Africa, are I'M
der consideration.
The Daily Telegraph understands
that Viscount Haldane will not discuss
specific proposals for reduction in
ornaments and that no result is likely
to follow his visit to Germany except
the creation of an atmosphere favor.
able to the cultivation of more amic-
able relations between Great Britain
and Germany.
The British government inquired of
the Berlin government last December,
according to the Daily News, whether
Germany was willing to arrange a
worldwide entente. Germany, the
paper says, welcomed the proposal
The negotiations have continued since
that time and Viscount Haldane's visit
to Berlin marks crucial point in the
discussion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Honduras and U. S. in Clash.

Puerto Cortez, Feb. 1O.-There has
been a clash between United States
and Honduras authorities over en-
forcement of government decree d.
recting representatives of w. s. VAL
entine to surrender to government au-
thorities the railroads, wharf and
other properties held under lease by
the Valentine syndicate. Seventy-five
marines from the United States gun
boat Petrol landed and seized the
wharf and railroad. Honduran troops
were then ordered to stop all trains.
The governor has filed a protest.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
TO BEGIN PANAMA FORTS
Work to Guard Pacific Entrance to Be
of Most Modern Type.

of Most Modern Type.
Washington, Feb. 10.-Work on the
great fortress on Flamenco island,
which will guard the Pacific entrance
to the Panama canal, is to begin at
once, under orders issued by the war
department.
This island lies directly in front of
the canal entrance and, as the nearest
lock the injury or destruction of
which would prevent the operation of
the canal, lies eight miles inland, the
Flamenco island defenses will insure
safety for the great waterway on that
side as no hostile ship could get with
in striking distance of the lock without
exposure to the guns of the fort.
The defense will be of the most
modern type, comprising fourteen-inch
guns and the heaviest type of sea
coast mortars in pit.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
PRICE OF MEAT IS INVOLVED
IN CASE BEING HEARD IN WASH.
lNGTON CITY.
Commerce Commission Hears Arou.
nent on Railways Proposed In
crease in Live Stock Rates.

Washington, Feb. 10.-One of the
most interesting cases that has come
before the Interstate commerce COM
mission in the past year, was argued
by representatives of various cham
die west and southwest, and of over
seven hundred railroads operating in
various parts of the United States.
The case has been before the COM
mission since August IL, 1911, coming
up when the railroads petitioned the
commission to advance the rates on
stock cattle and sheep, to the rates
on beef cattle, amounting to from
twenty-five to thirty-three and one
third per cent. Complaints against
the petition were filed with the COM
mission by Cattle Raisers' associa-
tions, and number of chambers of
commerce and traffic bureaus located
in various sections of the west and
middle west.
George r. Bell of the Sioux City
Stock association. in presenting the
Cattle Raisers' side of the controversy
today, stated that the railroads have
failed utterly to Justify the proposed
advance in rates on stock cattle and
sheep.
Bennett Lee, who addressed the
commission in behalf of a number of
the carriers, held that the lower rate
on stock cattle and sheep was, in eff
feet, a discount or privilege granted
by the railroads to encourage the
c<oo1r ,,oicir1o ip111cfrv In cni6 that
the proposed withdrawal of this privi-
lege or the Withholding of a discount,
resulting in higher charges, is not a
proposed increase in rates as contem-
plated under the Commerce Act.
The corporation commission of Ok
lahoma, ]. r. Love. A. p Watson and
George A. Henshaw. appeared before
the interstate commerce commission
today to press their complaint against
the Abilene & Southern and fifty-sev-
en- other railroads operating in South
west Freight association territory.
Mr.. Love in arguing the case for the
commission brought out that the class
and commodity rates from Artfmore
and Pauls Valley on the Santa Fee,
Durant on the Frisco, Missouri, Okla
homa and Gulf, Coalgate on the
KATY" McAlester on the Rock Island
railroads, and other points in Okla
homa to all stations in Texas, includ-
ing Dallas. Fl. Worth, Sherman.
Gainesville, Paris, Galveston, Houston
and San Antonio. are excessive and
unreasonable.
Freight Changes Suspended.
A new western classification OF
freight on which the western trans
portation lines worked for many
months and which recently was filed
with the interstate commerce com
mission was ordered by the commits
sion to be suspended, Feb. Is to June
25.
The proposed classification contains
hundreds of changes resulting in
many advances and some decreases
in present rates. Naturally, rates
would be affected by the new classiti-
cation, not only in western territory,
but throughout the country on all
freight originating in or destined to
points in that territory.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Foreign

Winston Spencer Churchilps incur.
sion into Ulster, which threatened at
one time to cause sanguinary rioting
and serious loss of life, ended with
out even a broken head. The first
lord of the admiralty and John e.
Redmond, leader of the Irish nation
alists, spoke from the same platform
at Belfast on the home rule bill.
A dispatch from Vienna says Count
Won Aehrenthal, the foreign minister,
is in such serious condition that no
hope is entertained for his recovery.
The king and queen of England ar
rived at Spithead from their Durbar
trip in binding snowstorm.
Excavations at Nazareth have un-
covered the site upon which, it Is de-
clared by competent archaeologists,
stood the carpenters workshop of Jo-
seph. husband of Mary, mother of
Jesus, in which Christ worked when a
boy 1t is also believed that the spot
where Christ's TRANSPORTATION took
place has been found.
Doctors say that the condition of
Baron de Rio Branco, the Brazilian
foreign minister, who was stricken
suddenly at Rio Janeiro with uremia,
has become so critical that his death
may occur at any moment.
The evening edition Of the Novoe
Vremya, st. Petersburg newspaper,
and the Octoberist organ Golosmesky,
a Moscow publication, We're aonfis-
Gated for describing Gregory Rasputin.
a reputed mystic who is welding enor-
nous influence at the court. as "a
corrupter Of bodies and souls"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
SENTENCE CLAIRVOYANT
Promised to Plant Money Where 1t
Would Grow,

Des Moines, Feb. 10.--Mrs. Anna
Webster, clairvoyant indicted by the
grand jury for obtaining money by
false pretenses, pleaded guilty in the
district court and was sentenced to
seven years. Mrs. Webster induced
Johanna Aschen, widow witt Ave
children, to mortgage her home for
$1,000. The clairvoyant promised to
plant the money where 1t would grow
into S1.O00000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
LAKE MICHIGAN FROZEN
Second Time in 81 Years-Car Ferries
Believed Stranded.

Grand Rapids, Feb 10-For the Sec
ond time in 81 years-the last time
being Is years ago--Lake Michigan is
frozen over. Pere Marquette car
ferries Nos. and Is, bound from Mil
waukee to Ludington, are overdue,
and are believed to be icebound. They
are not thought to be in any serious
danger.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Fleeing Prisoners Are Shot.

Columbus, Feb. 10.-One convict
was shot and seriously wounded and
another wounded, escaped, as a re-
suit of wild break for liberty, which
was made by the two rnea, from the
Ohio penitentiary.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Well Known Iowa Priest Dies.

Iowa City, Feb. 1O.-Rev. Father
Alloys Chipal, one of eastern Iowas
we'll known Bohemian divines, died
here of pneumonia. He was rector of
st. Wencestlaus church and was IS
wears old.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
ITALIAN LOSSES HEAVY
During January According to Turkish
Reports.

Washington, Feb, 10.-Italian losses
in Tripoli during the latter half of
January ia" exceeded Turkish casual
ties, according to statement issued
by the imperial Ottoman embassy here
1t says: THE Italians had 4Ov killed
in spite of the protection afforded by
their forts and fleet The Ottoman
losses were 30 killed and 40 wounded. !"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Acquitted in Four Minutes.

Waukesha. Feb. 10.-The jury in the
case of August Hoge, accused of the
murder of his wife, returned a ver-
dict acquitting him in four minutes.
He is 80 years old.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD in
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts OF
the GIobe-Latest Home and For.
eiQn Items.
Washington

intervention in Mexico by the Uni
ted States is not intended by any
mobilization Of troops that might be
mad again along the southern border.
This was the attitude of the state
department telegraphed to various
diplomatic representatives in Mexico
who had complained that Intervention
talk there was fostering dangerous
anti-American sentiment.
Charles M. Schwab, the steel mag
nate, testified before the senate t.
nance committee, in Washington, that
the probable effect Of the house DEM
ocrat steel bill on larger steel prod
ucts would be of most serious conse-
quence to the business in the eastern
states, and that without protection he
would want no financial interest in
the business.
Charles MCGOWAN, the young Cana
dian who is alleged to have confessed
to detectives that he received $1,000
to testify falsely for the defense in the
Lorimer case last summer, on the wit
ness stand before the investigating
committee at Washington made a
sweeping denial of the charges made
by Detective William J. Burns and his
operatives.
A sensation was sprung in the Lori
mer committee hearing, in Washing
ton, when Miss Helen Seavers, girl
of twenty, who is employed as tele-
graph operator in local hotel, testi-
fed that Edward Hines of Chicago,
millionaire lumberman, had tried to
bribe her to show him telegraph
message sent by Detective A. G. Bal
ley, whose testimony had been intro
duced to discredit a Hines-Lorimer
witness
The nomination of former Gov. N.Y.
ron T. Herrick of Ohio to be ambas-
sador to France has been sent to the
senate by President Taft. He will sue
coed Robert Bacon, resigned.
Secretary of State Knox, in note
to the German ambassador, makes pub
lie the fact that the United States has
insisted on the reaffrmation of the
open door policy whatever may be the
fate of the present Chinese empire.
The Knox note is a warning Of hands
off to all the powers that seek special
ACKNOWLEDGMENT in China.
An investigation of the money
trust" was ordered by the Democrats
Of the house of representatives In
caucus after the Henry plan for spe-
cial committee had been defeated lis
to sc. The caucus instructed the
standing committees Of the house on
banking and currency, judiciary, in.
terstate commerce and elections to
proceed with the inquiry.
The American Numismatic society
has presented to the American Red
Cross at Washington, series of fine
designs modelled by the sculptor
Guzon Borgium, for medals to be
given for meritorious Red Cross serv
ice.
Another investigation of the depart
ment of agriculture involving orders
of Secretary Wilson and Solicitor Nc
Cabe, embracing charges of sup
pressed reports and influence of land
spectators over government officials
is to be instituted by the house com
mittee on expenditures in the depart.
ment of agriculture.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Peace Dinner for Knox

Washington, Feb. 10-A peace din
ner will be given in honor of Secre-
tary of State Knox and the diplomatic
corps tonight, in the Pan-American
Union building.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15
Domestic

A Gordon of policemen and detec-
tives paced the streets surrounding
Bellevue hospital, New York, through
out the early morning hours to guard
an expected attack on the institution
by gangsters, who, it is said, weV
planning to rescue from the prison
ward of the institution a man who
was shot in street fight January 26.
The nude body of middle aged
man with the head and arms cut off
was found frozen into shore ice near
the bank of the Great Kanawha river
near Gallipolis, O.
Charles w. Morse returned to New
York from Atlanta Ga, where he has
been held a United States prisoner
since January, 1910. He will leave in
about two weeks for Bad Nauheim,
Germany.
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Mccullough has filed suit for $4,000
against the Western Union Telegraph
company at Springfield, ILL.,, because
a messenger boy on a bicycle ran into
him. injuring him.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15

Mrs. w. B. Leeds, the wealthy
American and a favorite in London
society, is reported to be engaged to
Lord FaIconer, son Of the Earl of Kin
tore. He is at present guest aboard
Mrs. Leeds yacht, the Semiramis,
which is now cruising in the far east
with a gay party abroad, including
the Duke and Duchess of Westminster.
The Earl Of Kintore was reported in
Paris to have offered odds Of two to
one that his son would capture the
American visitor before the end Of
the cruise.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-02-15

1t is shown by the annual report Of
the New York board of coroners that
$500 sudden deaths were reported to
the coroner's Office during 1911. the to-
tai being 200 greater than in 1910. OF
these 1880 were due to natural causes,
leaving 1850 of violent character.
These include suicides. murders and
accidents.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-30

that the cold upon his wrists was that
of steel. With handouts also on his
ankles, he lay helpless, unable even
to protest because of cloth wadded
tightly into his mouth and firm hand
that prevented election.
Other hands were rifling his pock-
cts, swiftly but after bungling fash
ion. The train, having paused briefly
at Setif Che afterwards located the
station by conjecture), began to
move again, was presently in
full laundering flight Abruptly the
examination of his person-which
was SO thorough that 1t included
the opening Of his shirt to as
sure the thieves that he carried moth
ing in the shape of a money-belt-
was concluded and the adventurer
was roughly jerked into a sitting po-
sition. At the same time his gag was
removed.
He gasped, blinked, coughed, and
rolled resentful eye around the COM
partment. BE the powers!" he said
huskily; and no more. At first glance
it became apparent that he had mis-
calculated the audacity and resource
Of the vicomte and Mr.. Glynn. They
had literally caught him mapping.
The Honorable BERTHE, O'Rourke dis.
covered kneeling in the act of turning
the adventurer's travelling gear inside
out: at least, he seemed to be try
ing to do so. Monsieur le Vicomte
des Trebes on the contrary was seat
ed at ease, facing O'Rourke, revolver
on the cushion beside him, his in
terest concentrated not upon his cap
tive, upon his collaboration. O'Rourke
remarked an expression on the French
mans face, curious compound Of
eagerness, triumph and apprehension.
Without noting the 1rishman's ejec-
ulation, he addressed Glynn: Find
it?"
"No-worse luck!" grumbled the
Englishman, rising and kicking the
handbag savagely. "There isn't so
much as scrap of paper anywhere
about him."
The vicomte favored O'Rourke with
a vicious glance, muttering something
about thousand devils. The Irish
man. quick to grasp the situation and
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-30
CHAPTER TX.

Shortly before midnight the tri-
weekly train from Constantine to AL
giers pulled up over an hour late at
the town OF El-Guerrah. It took up q
single passenger, discharged none, and
presently Numbered on westwards,
rocking and Earring over a road-bed
certainly no better than 1t should have
been. Such, at least, was the passep-
gers criticism, as, grooming in an
ticipation Of the long night OF discom-
fort ahead of him. he disposed himself
and his belongings about the cuthions
OF the f1rst-class compartment which
he occupied in solitary grandeur.
O'Rourke had no intention of ieav-
ing anything undone that might tend
to mitigate the terrors of the journey.
Five days had elapsed since that
morning in the oasis. In the interval
he had again dared the danger of the
desert, returning to Biskra alone by a
route more direct than that which had
brought him up with the flying col.
umn. Discharging the guide with a
gratuity larger than his ebbing means
warranted, he had proceeded to FL
Guerrah by the first daily train, and
so now found himself on the direct
line of communication with Algiers
and the Governor-G General.
His chiefest concern now Law with
the future and the Pool of Flame;
both bulked large upon the horizon
and We're at once the architects and
the nuclei Of a thousand different
plans of action.
So far, the affair had worked
smoothly; he anticipated little trou-
BILE.
So thinking he drowsed, and In the
course of time lulled by the hammer
ing of fat-wheel at the forward end
of the coach, fell asleep. He waken-
ed suddenly after a nap Of some two
hours or so, to confusion of impress
sions: that the train had stopped;
that some one had invaded his COM
partment; that cold blast was blow
Ing across his wrists. Bewildered and
not half master of his senses, he start
ed up and fell back with a thud. as
sisted to resume a recumbent position
by heavy blow upon his chest, deliv-
cred by some person for the moment
unknown. simultaneously he was
aware Of a clicking sound, followed by
the sensation Of being unable to move
his feet; and then, the clouds clearing
from his understanding he realized
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-05-30

an agony Of compassion. II must do
something for We" he said miserably.
Il must do something. {.
What can do2"
Comfort me-" The dying man
closed his eyes and lay still for lit
tie. "You are not gone, O'Rourke?"
he asked presently.
I'm here, be your side, mon ami"
Tell me of madame !.
your wife. She is well?"
"She is very well, Chambret."
you have seen her recently?"
within ten days"
you have returned to
herr"
"No-and yes. Twas not for lack
of love for her that gave her up"
eyes," said Chambret impatiently.
THAT I understand. I COM
prehend utterly your feeling 4.
But you owe her happiness, though
you sacrifice your own-everything-
to give 1t her. She loves you {.
as she might have loved even me had
you not come into her life."
True.
"You are about to pocket your
scruples that she may have her due
portion Of happiness?"
I've promised, Chambret."
Il am glad. But you-what
has brought you hither?"
I'll wished to see ye,"
But the dying are oftentimes and
strangely endowed with curious in
sight into matters beyond their ken.
Without perceptible hesitation Cham
bret made this apparent
You have come for the ruby" he
said with conviction.
How did ye know?"
1T is true, then? I fancied
SO; I knew that some day you would
come to claim it. Bend nearer
to me. The Pool of Flame is
in the keeping of my good friend, the
Governor-Generalo of Algeria. It is all
arranged. When l am gone, take my
signet ring, tell him your name, and
demand the PACKAGE small morocco
leather box, wrapped in plain brown
paper and superseded with my name
and yours. He knows nothing OF its
value, save that Il is great, and will
deliver it to you and only you without
question. That Is ALL
The hand that clasped O'Rourkes
was like ice.
"Chambret!"
"Beatrix. ;"
The cold fingers relaxed. Gently
O'Rourke disengaged his hand and pu
it to the pitiful. torn bosom of the
man who had died with his wife!
name upon his lips.