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ii liOUkiL C0-...lfij. c.'.:.:;c AX.otci:3 FT"" ( r t.mm to :;: a O J e , i I. , ' tt.ii "r f ' in- r I n I ! t 1 .s . ". -. I i i i en t' 1 r ..- !:?!!"". :-t( Cttiixn ' i . -c 'Was t:.e tu- . s ' J . .en, Dee. 19. The spirit of rh 'iy thU for five years, has alter i !y smouldered and blazed between Jc-sn .harp 'Williams, of Mississippi, le . :ler of the minority, and David A. DeArmond, of Missouri, leader of the minority opposition, culminated in a fist fight to-day a the floor Of the House ot Representatives. The blows of Representative DeArmond caus ed blood to flow ' down the face of Representative Williams, end only the forcible ( intervention 1 of -friends . cut the combat short .Mr. DeArmond bore away a scuffed nose, .? The Immediate causa of the fight was the passing of the He toy Mr. De Armond to Mr. Williams, resultant of a coroplalnt.by the former' that the minority leader had broken faith in "burying" Representative Bopher, ot Missouri, "by recommending his as signment by Speaker .Cannon to the ' committee : on : cotnagv weight and , measures..- According .to the. state ments or the principals, Mr. Williams defended his action by declaring he had been told by Mr. Booher's "(Col league, Representative. Lloyd,-of Mis souri, that the committee assignments 'would be satisfactory to- Mr Booher, Mr. DeArmond " bluntly v questioned 'the truth of the statement and, af ter the; failure of art effort, on hla .- . - 4 , 4k. J ...... X - pari iv uaiuiat . mo. bvcuo.ui, tuijivitu lng battle. Mr. ' Wllllanur struck Mr. DeArmond' In ' the face with closed fist ;; - NOT DOWN IN, RECORDS. , , i The exciting Incldentwill not be set down In the" official records of the Sixtieth.-Congress. For the House bad been some minutes adjourned! when the first blow Was struck,) .But there was no lack f witnesses. -The -organization of the House had been (completed by the announcement of the Speaker's assignment of (mem bers to committees, the' Republican .committeemen navlng been ' selected tv Ihe f ne-aker endf the Democratia 4y J.'r. Yill.am. Croups 'of Pepre- .ci4uvs-were' canerecr'ver'"tne floor,' discussing the ' appointments, , the causes perhaps behlndlhem and 'Ihe effects mav bento f61Iow. In the overlooking galleries loitered a score or so of .women-and, four times that v many menw. viewing the aftermath- of an interesting session. ' " f ! i-: Mr. Williams, relaxed . from the long- strain ; '. of allotting preferment among the, 17 " fellow. Democrats whose -imlnorlty strength . ,110 offtclally leads, was seated at ease at 4he desk of Representative Wallace, of Arkansas,-on the centre 'aisle on the ' JOem oeratlc side . ,of the .House. Mr ' De . Armond approached, .-' greeted ,v tilm, ana ook me aajoming seat. ai once theyengaged I each other m earnest .talk! but Ditched their voices so low Den) ,vno -were vwry . uiuae vis mem could recall anything they had said. They had been thua in converse no longer than a few minutes, when both tnen sprang to their feet, shoving their chairs back, and the gentleman fjom AliMiliMi iii' sa'uck tr.r- mm,, man 'from Missouri a glancing blow on the nose. , ; , A MVELYirLX. 1 ' Some Representative cried out: "iiookt , took" ab the flghtl'1 " JBvery 'body looked j but Jeo etdrtled were they .by what they saw that, no' one seemed 'for. the moment to think of rushing ' .forward and stopping ft. Meantime, Mr. Williams, and Mr, De Armond welged between two rows of desks, were till exchanging blOR-s. (Blood was flowing down the face of the leader of the minority while Mr. IDeArmond was endeavoring to grasp his opponent, by the throat at the came, time receiving and vigorously returning blow for blow. - , Then everybody awokei to the un reemllness of the scene; and crowded In and made an end of it: Mr. De Armond was eelzad and his arms pin loned, Mr. Williams was pushed back e?alnst desk and laced about with' deferent arms. ; Thus, restrained te laxed bis aggressive attitude; but his adversary struggled in the' embrace of. his friendly captors "and I tried to lash out. Then: Mr. DeArmond lnter rorated Mr. Williams a to. what he was excited t: about. - Mr. Wjlllams smilingly, though tears1 of mortifica tion stood In his eyes, denied-that he ivas excited and took out a handker Vf to etanch the flow of blood from .''.'t. In ' Ma cheek. ;: Presently Mr. '"J ywaa lei away In' one dlrec tlo. 5 both were released. : m Y ' ' MR. WILLIAMS' SIDE. ' . When Mr. Williams was released lie went Immediately . Into the Demo cratic cloak room at the rear of the chamber and while removing tile stains of the combat made the follow ing statement of the trouble: , ' "The disagreement .arose Over committee . assignment. Mr,' DeAr mond called -me to book ' for, recom rii"i""i; his colionffut. Mr. Booher, ti rt r "ie ffomlient committee than tJ.r.t cn co!iv'"o, welrhts and ttiensure I r" ej t. wt I hud been given to un- ' M Iy t'fnrc- man Lloyd,'' of I u 1, t t T'r. Itooher.wouM be' 1 fV.' "o wiili that a..'snm;nt ! r I r otnl ?--,erel to the effect t'-t I c I r-iv pi'iM siv ' an i i- i ; 1 v t' dOf ' m of my iiHi r:.i i, f r i -r a c- ..Derate wl; ' i.,:.- i i '- t ) i ! r t t I "r cf t.-e iiii;. v.rf.f. im j.i.n.e. t 1 .1 i h 1 (! ! I . i or i e j t; 'i-u : I ,-( f 'l "i ..s cf Lie i'mcnt Coii;,re?!i. -inxton.-Dec. 19. The : word "liar" twice was used In anger on the firinr of the House of Representa tives to-Eay, the first occasion being when Representative Gaines, of Ten nessee, denounced a local newspaper for printing a statement - regarding his allowed interest In the deficiency appropriation for seeds for free (dis tribution, and the .second and more serious occasion when Representative DeArmond, of Missouri, applied the epithet to Representative Williams, of Mississippi the minority . leader, resulting In the two men engaging In a flstdc encounter which only ended when they were forcibly separated. The trouble arose over a misunder standing regarding a conversation of a week ago, about soma committee appointments, Mr., DeArmond Insist ing he bad not made any specific recommendation bat only bad asked that Representative Booher, of Mis souri. and one-or two other Demo c rats from t halt State be considered according to their special "v fitness. "Mr. Williams maintained otherwise, and the anger of the two men ' In creased until they came to blows. . , ;! G5T3 DOWN TO WORK. During its 2 our" and 10 minute session the House got down to actual work, and transacted considerable business. . AH that had remained to make this possible was the announce ment of the committee appointments; which was made to-day by the Speak er. The eeveralr , chairmen i 9 Im mediately became, alert with regard to their rights and. forced the refer-, ence to oommlttee of several propo sitions upon .which Immediate ac tion was-desired. : .This was not ac complished, however, jr without more or less debate, which at times grew warm. , - - i " 'The first money appropriated by jthe present' Congress waa awarded to-day. The amount was 150,000 and It is to be )used In supplying a-seed deficiency, caused . by . the destruction by fire of the government seed ware house in this city, t, , ' ' - The House will meet again on Sat urday, on which day adjournment lor the -Christmas holidays "will,.be'.,takt en. . .MH. 0A1NES RAMPANT. ; " 'T brand " the' -writer of that as a liar and the statement as absolutely false,'" said Representative John Wes ley Games, of Tennessee; on the floor of tbe House to-day, . following the reading of a statement appearing In a local newspaper tnat ne :naa maas aootbair ru8h1tr;the-,conMnittee-ton appropriations to recommend a defi ciency appropriation of 150.000 for seeds for Iree distribution.; A bill to - cover -that amount , had Just been offered by- MrTawhey nJ Mr.' Gaines had the, floor. ; -e re ceived a round of applause after, burl ing his opprobrium. . ., . ; 4 ' Coal mine disasters of recent occur rence,, causing the loss Of 600 lives, prompted the "Introduction - ih iCi House to-day by j Mr, McHenry,": of Pennsylvania, of a bill "to supply re lief and alleviate suffering," Incident f thereto. ' ; The bill provides for ithe establishment In the Department ot Commerce and Labor ot a-, bureau of mines and mining,- whose duty it shall be to investigate all coal ,mlhe accidents and supply monetary relief to sufferers out of a .fund to bo creat ed by a tax of one xent a ton on all coal mined in the United State. ' ; " , WOULD TAX COTTON. , ' ' By a bill Introduced by Mr. Clark, of Florida,' "It Is provided that after July 1st, r 1 ft 0 8 there shall : be , levied a tax j on . Egyptian and long . staple cotton In . the lint" of 10 cents per pound, and In tj-e seej of four cents per pound. ' .'; Resolutions calling Tor an lnvestlga Jlon by the Department of Commerce and Labor of the s so-called t naval stores trust and of the so-called com bination of cotton buyers in the United State to control the price of, cotton were' Introduced by . Mr. Edwards of Georgia, The Secretary is directed to to control the price of cotton.v were maU a. thorous-h. Inventieation. and 'to suggest remedies with a, ylew to criminal prosecutions. . -1 -w ' ' A bill designed to place Intoxicating jlquors In a special cjass of commodr ltles subject to police powers 1 of the States, and to prohibit the entry of such liquors Into . prohibition States, was mtroduced in the House to-day by , Representative 'j, DeArmand, , of MIssourL .He also Introduced a bill prohibiting officers or .directors of na tlonat banks from becoming debtors of the banks of which they are ofn cers. . , ' ' - ' TAX ON DEPOSITS. . Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, In troduced a bill imposing a tax ot one tenth of one per cent, on the average amount of deposits held by national banks for the purpose of creating a fund, for the protection of depositors and creditors.- It ls('provlJed that upon the failure of any bank, mon ey shall e drawn from this fund to make upvdeflctt to depositors after banks acsibts are used, v ? ' A bill to levy a tax upon Incomes was Introduced by Mr Hull, of Ten nessee, . It imposes a' tax of two per cent; on Incomes over $4,000 and makes elaborate provision for Its col lection.: r ':;':. ,: .:. 1 i-'V. WOULD STOP GAMBLING, Dealing In grain futures Is, prohib ited In a bill Introduced to-day by Representative Feott, of Kansas, the new .chairman of the committee, on agriculture. . It follows the general lines of the Burleson bill, restricting trade f f cotton, or margin, and its ob ject In to prevent transactions which do not Involve the actual transfer of grain. . An ft. means of protecting the navi gable condition of the rivers rising la the southern Appalachian and White mountains, and Incidentally of savinar from destruction by fire and wantef ji exploitation the rich forest of tha two regions. Messrs. Lever, of fouth ('HToiinn, and Currier, of New Hamp-, fhire. Introduced 'bills In ' the Hou to-0 y authorizing the ; rrc'ry rt Agriculture to acquire land for n.i t'.snal for.----t purpe ' S'a ' SI nryttnd, VirjinN, Vp'!t- Virginia, J.'orth Caro-l':n--i. K'l'Uh f'arolim, (.X'tz'h, . Ala--f .v.:-. j;-tit"ky-an-l T In th f , -i.l . -In - ' lw !!a-'i j - '.ire 1 : h t "5 I':':.. H ! i .m . : p ( .-it I : .-ih (.... ; :i : : ; : n ! lal f c ! I'l .ni It 1 .-i.l i (.; . ;1 cf f rv " ' 1 i ,..'. -i Tar lt'Is I.-.-- I If Ar.roI.-tcJ on I ..it.- it d tt'es" of 'IN ' Uuu-'-"Ul:a 1 T:.r -cJ .:.or r 't- Armon.1 11 !t Causes KciuaiU Among Demociata. . BY II. i:. C. EHYAXT. : , Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, i?'s:':Z: -Washington, Dec. 18. This has been a veryllvely day. In Washington, especially - so ' for Nort'a Carolina newspaper men. Four in teresting speeches were made In the railroad rate case. Governor ' Glenn and . President Tinley - have got to gether on a 'compromlsft and "John Sharp -Williams, of Mississippi, and Representative De Armond,; of Mis souri, had a fisUcuff fight in the floor of the 'House. The kvst incident caused quite a sensation. ' The oth er two deeply concern people In Nort'a Carolina. ;-y : ': ...-:;' ; Governor Glenn and ' his attorney, ex-Governor - Charles B.. - Ayceck. President Flnley, Col. Air B. Andrews and Mr. A.'P. Thorn bold a confer ence this afternoon and agreed upon a basis of compromise on passenger rates. . Ju?t before' leaving for the South Governor Glenn was seen, by several newspaper men to whom be made a statement J:J ? - The Governor and the railroad au thorities came to an 'agreement, which will-be submitted to Oe-Legislature, provided the other States directly In terested can come to an understand ing with the roads as to rates.' It was further agreed that, for 'the benefit of the decision for the State and the roads, the case Just argued here should be carried td an end. . There Is a string to tais and that is' to the effect' that- the States- of Virginia, South Carolina; Tennessee, Alabama and others and - the railroads shall get together oii ratesv ; It Is believ ed by . Governor Glenn and' the rail road people that there is' promise of Lsuch:;an- agreement. '-'. - .- ; -. It is agreed by the roads, it is said, that intra-State tickets -will , be sold for 3 1-i cents a mile and that 2,000 mile books will be sold tor" the use ot a family of for the head of a con cern and' five employee", for v0,vi a I.OOO-mileybpok! for personal use for J20 and. a 500-mile book tor 31-4 cents a mile, v The railroads ara to pay ,the expense of tbel litigation to date, which will amount, to something Jlke.-17,000lv'V:e1-; .v'-M-Vf It la understood that -the roads 'will take up the. matter Immediately and try-to bring It to a-speedy and -successful. Issue. Governor Glenn Is Of the opinion Ciat the rate controversy will ' toon; be a thing of the past. Of course he cannot say what the Leg tlattrrewlii evfertl-djrt i -em unknown quantity, but 0 he ear neatly hopes that 1 -will, ratify th , agreement f- '.-.-jj-w w.w - There 4S feellpg'of easiness nertr to night tver the situation. Those se riously interested -In the welfare of the State pray "for1 an early settle ment of the trouble, but those who Want poliucai tesue- are , disappointed over the progress made by-the ' par ties in the conference, 'here1 to-day. Governor Glenn seems determined to have the trouble brought to a bappy culmination.' . ,- ' MR. AYCOCK'S OPINION." ' , ? W3en' asked this- afternoon what ho -thought of the . compromise sug gested, Mr. Aycock said: . J'lt would ( be better . for the State than what, we have now1 The rail road would profit by vlt, i 4 I tthlnk that the people, through their rep resentatives in the Legislature,; would do well to, accept and "settle the mat ter for-, year tor -eomo v-'.C;4'-'-''.';' The ; North Carolina Legislature will-not be called together until the roads sea what the other States will f It begins to look" as If ithe State and the railroads, especially the Southern and the Seaboard, would arrange their differences outside of the courts. The sky ' is ' clearing ; and r North Carolina will get the credit of having taken the lead in the matter, 'which Is ot serious moment 1 to 4 people throughout- the .South; iHc-h '-w .. TAB ; HEELS ON COMMITTEES. ; j The landing committees "'Of i the House of Representatives - were an nounced to-day and North" Carolina has been recognised in a most flatter ing ' way. Representatives Pou, Webb, Small and Crawford nave assignments on four of the best committees. V Mr. Pou goes on the way k and . means ' committee on which a 'North Caro linian has not. been since the Forty Fifth --Congress,; when Major, W. M. Bobbins, of Statesville. was here.. This means promotion for Mr. Pou and Tals State.- He Is not the oldest man in the point of service from North Caro lina, but his appointment to this com mittee with such men as Sereno E. Payne, of New " York, John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania: Champ Clark, of Missouri; Bourke Cochran, of New York, and James M. Griggs, of Geor gia, ranks him well. ' . Mr. Webb, of the Charlotte district, goes on t'.ie Judiciary - committee, which Is composed of. leading men of the House. -,f H too, has .been highly honored, r . Banking 'and cur rency Is Mr. Crawford's Important committee. . Ills friends bave been congratulating him- on his first-class assignment.-" ' c " r1' The other North Carolina Commit teemen are: H, 'L. Godwin, census and reform In the civil 1 service: Richard N, Hackett, ; election, of President, Vic President and Repre sentatives In Congress and - invalid pensions; Claude Kltchln, claims, In dian affairs and elections No, 3; William W. Kltchln. manufactures and naval affairs; (John II. Small, ex pendltures on public bulldinr en understood that a similar bill will be Introduced in the Senate. ;;'.; The. bill appropriates $5,000,000 for the purchase ot.the- nece.-.ary lands, . ' -'. --r r, '-.. A resolution' Introduced' to-d.iy -by Rr-nre."f ntative Garrett, of Tenrn wec, caiis oil tie frcrctary cf Commerce and Labor to furnlh the House with i:i fads v. gardinif the control lit V ltt,,.M f ! a hl knowlc ige re- purchase or aei;''-v-mbpr l-i::t cf ti '1 '. '. 1 Iron' Ci.ni'...,;y t Vn k r 1 ft' 1 v r J ' S: en te-'i rnrrorai; v i- 1 e f.r:- 1 I t ' l i-ui.: : io:is on the i: 1 Senator. Dv r ; Judiciary coiu- i ' v appointments jy North Carolina Js tiand. . .- : '. . . '::. itO-Z'.j. x ti . ... I l C,l I . r."..uee and V' announced ta takir.g a goo i AELn EFrrCII BY AYCOCK. , la the rate' caye before the Su- preme Court to-day ex-Governor Ay cock made a very able speech on States' rights. Iiis points were clear and his ..language, chaste.,'.'. He mads a fine' impression on the court and the brilliant audience that heard him.' When 'he began, the bar wa occupied by a number of Senators and Representatives of ; the House, but the seats set apart for the aver age man contained but few people; 1ut when he concluded every seat was occupied and all available stand ing room was' taken. f A number of strange men and women not in -the least interested in the case came to look on for a few minutes, but re mained to hear the North Carolinian's splendid and ' convincing ; argument He declared that the railroads should not have taken' the case out of the State ycourta but left it there where It would have had a fair test, ; Ha said that his State was not' so rad leal that a- railroad could, not get Just treatment in the courts. . His argu ment noj. uly appealed to the law yer but to the layman.: As Mr. Aycock came out of the court room he 1 was congratulated by every Tar Heel present and a number, of per sons unknown to him.- Messrs. - Hines, Humphrey and Merrlmon made strong arguments. They ' reviewed the case and - cited decision's - ' . In his magnificent appeal tooths court, Governor f Aycock -. begged that the State be permitted to regu late Its own citizens. He said -that without that - power crime - would stalk abroad1 in the land -and there would be dlsordar everywhere. . He argued that North Carolina had never been unfair In dealing with corpora- r,tlons and ..promised: that Would i not ,bev; ; U; . un , It Is ' believed ; that-- the' .- Supreme Court will not hand down a decision In r this . case for many months ; to come. ' 1 - r 1 The fight between' John Sharp .WlUi liams, the , minority leader of the House, and De Armond, of Missouri, a man who dislikes tolm very much and who has made trouble for-htm in various, ways,; created .quite a" sen sation here this afternoon, -t De Ar mond did not like a recommendation that Williams mader and spoke to him ; about if after the- House ad journed.ti He told Williams ' that he had not done what he -asked him to do. ;i Williams said -.that, he had not understood - his suggestion; "? De i Ax 'od.called'C.'rm- :',UaK'.'!vyuilamii told, him that ' if he wanted to fight they would go in the' Cloak room. . De Armond repeated ' the : s charge r and f WUliama struck him r a number v of times - before- frlenda couldi interfere anil seoarate them. - The .two were well matched. Both .are small, wiry, thin-faced men, with Plenty of cour aa-s of the- Tight sort. This was the !-Ume-4. an., old affair. Do Armond baa opposed Williams for -eara. . . 1 . CAtSEs BIG BREACH. " ' ' it is said,1; as a result' Of? this Tight; that ' the Democrats of the House' will not be able to work together this session, K The breach is ' deplored by Democrats - who are- not bitter .parti sans of one or the other of the men. -Mrs.,: Roosevelt has asked Mrs. Lee S. Overman, to receive with her In the blue room t the White House at a- New Year's reception. Mrs. Over man, being In mourning, ' cannot At- tena.; .1 t Most of the North4 Carolina dele-U'onnd up to tht time the rescu- ' . . .. i Z... ..if m tun filling da Dm nv 9M in ration will leave here to-morrow and Saturday for their respective homes for the holidays. , " - ; ' , McW,W. Boddie, of Loulsburg, through the Efforts Of Senator Over man, has been designated lieutenant In the United States army, -' This Is an appointment from civil life. Belknap Battle, a son of Dr. 8. Westray Battle, of Ashevllle, has been appointed' to ' Annapolis, Frank W. Wilson, of-Greenville,- Is firsts alter nate. -. , Messrs. 3. D. Ross and George L, Best, of Charlotte, are in the city. Judge S. B. Adams, of Greensboro, Is here to-night - ' t . ' ANSON CITIZEN A SUICIDE. Despondency Due to 111' Health and Huslness , Matters i, Drives 4. H. - llMHllcy to Kill HimselfPlaced . I'Mol In Ills Month and Shot. ; Special to The Observer, -i , Wadesboro, Dec. 19. To-day at II o'clock one - of Anson county's best known andT most-loved men, Mr. J. H. Hendley- killed, himself at , his store at Ansonvllle, about ten miles from this 'placed The awful deed was com mltted by placing a large pistol bar rel in hia mouth, after which the shot was fired. He had Just waited on a customer in the store about five min utes before the deed waa comltted. Air. Hendley was about 45 years of age and the father of seven children, and - Is survived by his second wife. He was In business at Ansonvllle for about 26 years previous to his death. For many years of bis business life he was unusually successful, but more recently 111 health has kept him from giving close attention to hla business and bis despondency was probably due to this fact.' Anson county -had few citlsen' who more readily cham pioned all moral causes and was more concerned about the county's .best welfare. - WEDS A NEW YORK GIRIa James R. GftMklll, of Tarlmro, Marries M 1mm Amelia V. Gonzulcn, ol Xcw YoikXlty. .1 , ' , FlwMal to The Observer. New ,York, Dec. I. -The wedding of Sllss Amelia V. Gonzales and James R. Gasklll, of Tarboro,'N. C took place to-day in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Seventy-flrst street and Broadway. Rev. Matthew A. Taylor, the rector,' performed the ceremony, nnd the'brM",' who enterel with her father, Antonio C. Gonzale, wore coitume of white atin with lace tullfl and ornngft blojyiotnu. ?,::,- i;?.aie .. G.i-'klll attended as mH ,'of honor.'- Mines' Bessie .- Fox, Lllllitn Ki rnter, Mary V.C.U& and iloity ;.-?ry were brlJi';na!.b. ' Antonl.-i t". irtn 7 i h'H, 'Jr., be.-'t -wsn ani -.'i:a-nn 1'. r-lllott. Wilbur B. t;,mn, Ii. V. j.,r-r.'-y ' and T. o F." Kni --t were v.ihns. V.r. nnd ::ri. A, V. (i r-a!' , parcr.ts r ): i ' p-ive a f - : nft.: r t ftt 1 --r home, zi Wv..ii.,"V(i- a i.:x:;silva:,i. I , I-n In t" 3 J.:cc" Or; H the 1'Ut: '.ur? Coiil cvu'i:,i-y I'uriea Ynsui-i.g 3i';icrs In t'a r.ovvcl.4 of tii Learth licscutr i;a'Iy Promptly to Uie Scene and there Is Hope That.1 Sssnne or the S lea Ma , he Tnken Out Alive Imprisoned Men May To Reached by Morning The.' 3Iine Xot burning and tlio Ventilating fans in Operation Rescuers Must Progress a Mile and a Ha! ' Before , the Men Are Reached Details of . the Disaster. . . , k . ' ; Jacobs Creek, Pa , Deo. U.--An ex plosion of gas in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal Company, located here, to-day, entombed between 200 and 250 miners and there Is scarcely a ray . of hope that a single one of them " wur be taken from the mines s alive. Partially v wrecked . buildings ( in me vicinuy or, me mine ana me mjuuiuun vi ui lew uuuiea iuuuu early in the rescue work indicates an explosion of -such terriao lorce tnat It seems impossible that any one could bave survived It. A'l of the 13 bodies taken out up to this, time are terribly mutilated and three of thm',are headless.: ix-JV'i : .This Is the third i' mine r disaster since the first of the month In the veins of bituminous coal underlying western 'Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia, for the Naomi mine, near Fay ette City and the two mines at Mon ongah, W. Vs, - in whkrn the earlier explosions happened, are in the same belt as the Iocs' workings. To-day's catastrophe swells the number of vic tims of , deadly mine gas for the 1 1 days to between 450 and 00. ' MANY AT CHURCH. ' ' , : . - That 'to-flaysV di8ter does not equal er even 'surpass In loss- of life and attendant horrors the one in West Virginia is due to the devotion to Church ; duties of a considerable number of the miners. In observ ance of the Church festival many of the 400 Or more men regularly em ployed at the mine did not go to work this morning. Those ! who. escaped through this reason are members ot the Greek. Catholic Church and they suspended work to celebrate St. Nich olas Day. ;;:. . V'-'-i .'f: :" "r v As was the case at MonongaV the explosion followed a brief shut down, the Darr mine having been- close J Tuesday: and : Wednesday, Itl was 11:J0 o'clock ".'when the tenth trip of loaded cars had been brought out to the tipple and there, came an awful rumbling sound, followed Immediately by a lound report and a concussion that shook nearby buildings and was felt within a radius or several miles. At the same time there came out or the mouth of the mine an Immense cloud of dense smoke and dust that floated across the Youthigheny river. . Every one in the vlelnitv knew l what had happened and ail etarted for the one place, the mouth ot the, mine. A river aeperatea the mine and : the homes of many of the miners,, so . that only portion of those who start ed for the scene were able to reach, IU ihere ber raoantfacllltlea lor croaslng, the stream. To . those who could not -cross, the water, the amoke and-dust pouring in from-the mines'. mouth told a story of seething flames back In the working and from, ths source came , reports .that , were per-. sistent "until late In the day that the mine was burning. " WORKING THE FANS. - ; . '. v'The ventilating, fans were kept la operation 'almost without 'Interrup tion, however, the power plant hav-. lng withstood the force of the explO ere have found no fire any -place in the mine. As far a known only one man who went to work this morning escaped, s , - Joseph Mapleton, a pumper emerg ed from,: one of,- the aide ; enitriea shortly after the explosion. He had left : the part of the mine where most of the men were working and was on his way to the engine room for oil. I'.-r,; E';4 'h 'Vv?vfrv,v-. . n;.,: "I waa near entry 4l,,fsal d ' he, "when I heard an -awful rumbling. I started towards the e"ntry but the next- Instant I waa blinded aud for a little time I didn't know anything. Then I got to the side entry and worked my way out." - ' -.'Mapleton ''Was somewhat cut and bruised, but later returned to the mine and Joined the. rescuing parties. WORK OF RESCUE. - - William Kelvlngsto'n,. -superintendent of the mine, was not in the mine when the explosion occurred and he quickly organized . rescuing, parties, starting one force of t5 men with re- liet8 at short Intervals In the main en try and a similar force at a side en try. It Is hoped to reach the greater PUT i 01 ma vicunui inruuan wis tuner. 80 far little trouble has been encount ered on account of gas or lack of -air by the rescuer, While the officials and the rescuer have only the faint eat "hope that any of the men may- be living; ; all . work is . being carried , on upon the theory, that some may have found places of safety and every point of the workings will be explored. The main oiHce of the company la in Pittsburg and Immediately upon receipt of the explosion the officers hurried to the mine and are leading and directing the rescue work; -A DIFFICULT TASK. About 1,(00 feet from the mouth of me mine a neavy ran - or roof waa encountered by the rescuers. It la be lieved that most bf the men will be found nearly a mile and a half beyond this point How long It will rqulre to remove enough of the fallen roof to ' open , a passage to the : remote workings can, only be conjectured as it depends on how frequent these falls are met with.. It Is hoped from the progress made up to this time, how ever, that , the farther section will be rtacnea eany 10-morrow. xnere are several side entries, through which It expected some of the men will be icachcd. 1 One remarkable feature of the u master Is . the almost complete an snee of harrowing, seenea usually enacted by women frlenda snd rela tives of the victims. Conditions pre venting of easy aqccs to the mouth of , the mine , are partly respon!Me for this and those In charge of. the work are doing everything possible tf keep the women and, children away. .. . :. AH who approach are turned back lo their homes,., after, being a .wired; that thpy tun do attsolutcly nothtnar to benrfit thf-lr loved otif and that (he coinpny will di everythinur p &i tift to bring-out the men, t!d or ft.'h..-- '-' ' '-. !' "-- r A Tr.MPORARY ."Mbncun. , , ' The- bluekstnlth shop hi U-en r - ,t np at a utrfrry-vi ttnd es From V Iat C'1 n- :j . Cut in' i!e Slain the' . .i..' ,bo llnl lUihcrto Held J ; 11 t 11 ices Were Retained 1'ou, c f JSorih Carolina, AsMrneJ to the Ways and Sleans Committer and Wetl Gets a licrth on the y Ju.iiciijry Coiifmlttee Appropria tions, l . inkliijf and Currency Rules and Siileage Rave Already Been - Annoiuicetl Lint of tlw Changes Malo on U10 Various Committers f and the Chairmen. .. . Washington, Dec 1 9. Immediately after the disposition of the necessary routine 1 business of ' the House, Speaker Cannon ' to-day made his announcement of committee assign ments for the Sixtieth Congress. Many changes from the last Con grass are made, but In the main the members who' had heretofore held ,ip0rtant placea were them. . . retained la -with the exception of the ways and means committee, the member ship of which is stated in full, the j list 01 tne more important commiuees here given presents ' only the assign ments of chairmen (all of whom are Republicans), and of Representatives who were not members ot the last Congress and ot old - members newly placed. The committees on appropriations. banking, and currency, rules , and mileage nave previously Deen .; an nounced. . ' ' . WThe ways and means committee is as follows: - . - 4 ;i . Chainman: Sereno E. Payne, of New York. Republicans: c v Dalisell, Pennsylvania; McCall. Massachusetts; Hill, Connecticut; Boutell, . Illinois; Watson,-1 Indiana; 'eedham, Cali fornia; Calderhead, Kansas; Fordney, Michigan; J. H. Gaines, West Vir ginia; Bonynge, Colorado; - Long worth," Ohio. " , - v Democrats: Griggs. Georgia; Pou; North Carolina; Ransdell, Texas: Clark, Missouri,' Cockran, Nw.York; Underwood, - Alabama; ' Granger, Rhode Island, Entire membership of, ' committee 13 ; Republicans; 1 , Democrats. , ' - Agniculture; Chairman, Scott, Kansas. Republicans: Cole, Ohio; Gllhams, , Indiana; " McLaughlin, Michigan: : Hawley, : Oregon t. Cook, Colorado. ' Democrats: ' Rucker, Mis souri; -. Stanley, Kentucky; Keflin, Alabama; Bell, Texas 'U Republi cans, 8 Democrats. .Alcoholic liquor- trafflo; - Chair man, Sperry, Connecticut. Republi cans: ..Handy, Ohio; Kustermann, Wfisconsln; ' Pray, Montana, Demo-) crats: , McHenry( Pennsylvanlh; 6a bath, Illinois;: Craig. Alabama Republicans, 9 Democrats. ". ' Foreign affairs: ' " Chairman," Cous ins, Iowa. Republicans: Taylor, Ohlo Ames, Mississippi. ." Democrats: Harrison, New York; Kellher, Massa chusetts; Gill, Maryland 1J Republi cans, t Democrats. .- - f 1 Militia: - Chairman.' Steenerson, Minnesota ' Republicans: - Fuller, Illinois) -iDenby, .Michigan; . Lowden, Illinois; ' Gllhams, Indiana; . A. . D. James, Kentucky; Parker, South Da kota: t Democrats; Ashebrook, Ohio: ' Favrot. Louisiana a Republicans. fDemocrata-U s! t ri. . Mines" and mining; o cnairman Huff, TennsVlvaala. Republicans'; Fordney.-MichiarrJ,?fHf Idahoi jiEnglcbrlght, California; Beale, Penn ysvlvanla.:. TVnla. , Ohio: Hall. South Dakota; Pray, Montana.! Democrats: Bartlett, Nevada;- u Foster, Illinois; Nlcholls, ? .Pennsylvania; - Hamilton, Iowa; Hammond, Minnesota 0 Re publicans, T Democrats. t:,-tf?- " Naval : affairs: A Chairman, Foes, Illinois. ;r Republicans: Olcott,' New York; Kills, , Oregon. ' Democrats; HobsOn; ' Alabama; ; Talbott, ' Mary land;. Lamar, .Missouri 1J: Re publi cans, 1- Democrats.: h-vAy;;, V. r, - Public r buildings and 41 grounds; Chairman, ,Bartholdt, Missouri. Re publicans: Lafean,- Pennsylvania; Harding, Ohio; Nye, Minnesota, Democrat: Caldwell, Illinois; Mc Lain, Mississippi; Burnett, Alabama 10 Republicans, T Democrats. Public lands: r Chairman, Mondelt Wyomlhg. , Republicans: McOulre. Oklahoma; Pardons. New ; . Yorkj Pray,, Montana; Howland, Ohio; Rey. nolds, Pennsylvania;: Hall, South Da kots . - Democrats: .;, Hamilton, Iowa; Ferris, Oklahoma; ' Craig, Alabama; Hammond, Minnesota 11 , Republt cans, g Democrats. Railways and , Canals; Chairman, Davidson. Wisconsin. Republicans: Blrdsall. ,Iowa; Dawes, Ohio; Chaney, Indiana; Wheeler, Pennsylvania; An thony, Kansas. Democrats; Hughes, New , Jersey; Hardy, Texas; Mc Dermott,, Illinois; RothermelU Penn sylvania 9 Republicans, 8 , pemo crftts t- ' "V- v - '..''' y.y - War claimsi Chairman, Hasklns, Vermont. Republicans: Laws, New York; Forcht, Pennsylvania; Lnln, Ohio; Hlgglns, Connecticut; Morsr( Wisconsin. .".Democrats:. 'Cooper, Texas; Floyd,' Arkansas 7 - Republi cans, i Democrats. : t r - ' r Rivera4 and harbors: Chairman. Burton, Ohio. Republicans t; " Bird sail, Iowa; Young. Michigan; Woodv yard,.? Wert i Virginia. Demorrats: Taylor, Alabama: - Ellerbe. South Carolina 11 Republicans ,7 Demo- ' Immigration ; and . naturalisation; Chairman, Howell. New Jersey. Re publicans; v - Edwards, ; Kentucky; Kustermann, Wisconsin Democrats: Adair, Indiana: fiaboth, Illinois; 0'ConnlL-' r Massachusetts: . Rother mell,. Pennsylvania 1 Republicans, Democrsta , , 'Judiciary: Chairman -Jenkins, Wisconsin. ReTuhllrans; - Moon, Pennsylvania; Dlckema. Michigan; Malby, New York: Caulfleld. Mis souri. . . Democrats: - Reld, Arkanxa; Webh. i North : Carolina 11 RcpublU cans, I Democrat. - Labor: Chairman, Gardner, New Jersey, Republican: Martlsnn, Kan sas. Democrats: . Hugh, New Jer seyt Smith, Missouri; N'lcholls, Penn sylvania;, Raneh Indiana t . Re publican. -'I Democrats. ."; ',. -v Levee and ? Improvements of the MtsslMlppI rlver; T Chairman, Prince, of Illinois. V Republicans iteeder, Kansas;- Couorey,; MisHourl; Kennedy, Iowa. Democrats: Murphy, Wis consin; Pmlth, Mlssourt 1 1 Republi cans, S Democrats. Manufactures: Chairman. , Mc Morran, Mlchlran, . Republinns; Pearre, Mnryland: Euward. i;-n-tnrkv: '.-'.RareJifeld, v..-,penn.yivnlii; Foulkrod, Pennsylvania, Demoernts: McDcrmott. . Illinois; IlifiU.' New jry 7 Republ'rans, 5 Ipw r:K Merchant marine end f -'i r!i-: Chalrntan,'. Greene, ,-'M,chu.-'t Republics nsr'-' Henry, Connecticut; CaMer. ' ftew- York: Mour, ::,io; Falrch'iM, ' New York; " For'!i'-f.,i, V.r;-t Vir-l.)i-TMicr;-: -; Pennylvnis: -Kturci -s. itinia; l'oiigiaJt. O! V c C"x. Indiana; Al'-xamlor. WMt'dns, toulMlar" : l'!:irk". 12 rnuMicsns. 7 p.-miw I.;.;.'.iry (i'r,'r: t" tii-m Iown. l.'fi;' " ; v ,,, . . r .:,.,. . r- , 1 , ; - '-v .... . 'i , - T . ' iiri; The r.r;;:: t if ; r . Dell vera fin A I , ; -Ijisiaiid Hw.U ty c f t ; City on the Or. , , a cf 1 . dety's AnnnsI lian u t ". 1 Slichlgan loir s of ti e I Between tlio OKI Soui'i alt Tlie South Coming I n Izatiou cil Her Va t Po Now a Part and Parcel of t t -; try' Mighty Commercial Or tion Inll Textf an Abie A,: Detroit, ' Mich., Dec. 19. L' Craig, f Ashevine; N. C, was t principal speaker to-night at the i nual banquet of the New England So ciety of. Detroit, held In , the Hold Pontchartraln. - Mr,. Craig in hU ad dresa told of the changes the r new South presents a compared with th. ?outh of "before the war. v "The South," he said, "la coming tj a; realization of her vast resources end magmncent possibilities., Agriculture la not her only industry as In former years. She Is manufacturtnr h. tim ber into furniture and spinning and weaving her cotton; .; The South is now a part and a great part of the mighty Industrial organisation of this : coun try. We are loyal to the Union. .We love the flag.' , v ,4 t - Mr; Craig1 subject was Th0 En ergy of Democracy" and he spoke as follows: " MR. CRUG'S ADDRESS. " ' ; Plymouth Rock is a corner stone in history. . The . landing of the May flower was a dayspring In human destiny. An , uneventful day. In Its actual occurrences, - but its inner meaning how; vast, how v lgnlflcant with the destiny of the world. In it horoscope there 1 Concord. Bunker HM1, Lexington - and Yorkto wn the birth of the Republic; a people with indomitable energy and nnf altering faith.pushing their way through dlf 3cultlea and danger acros the con tinent, transforming by their victo rious industry the -plain and the wil derness Into wjde golden seed fields and eteepled cities, - heaven . lurlj with tempests of war, battle banner unfurled, armies marching, clouds of cavalry - galloping In the torm. An thia is In the horoscope of that day, and beyond the unfolding, illimitable ppportunlUe and responsiblllUe of Pe great nation of the greatage. , Thei early settler of America came from the loins of the' mother coun try when the English Intellect was in the aenlth of It splendor and the Engl left character to the prime of Its power. ,. It waa the age of Bacon and Shakespeare, of John Milton and Cromwell; an age of stern realities, mllltanti for - convictions; - an age when men had a Ulth that wa worth dying for. W might call u the he rolo age of the English race. Our ancestors were the robust offspring of that great epoch. They came to the New World with no greed for gold. v .They came to ' build a State where Justice waa. the law, where the Individual -mind and character might, have scope for growth and de velopment. ' ;'' '. - ;',, SUPERFICIAL' DIFFERENCES. The Puttana, the Cavalier and the Pilgrims 'fere of the same race, the eam"""tlneage rfhe same 'blood. - the same religion. In dress and the cut of the hair, - in : the verbiage of the ritual and in the ceremonial they did not agree, They, quarreled about In tonations j and genuflection But their difference were upejflcrol. In bone and fibre they were homogene ous. These Puritans burned witches; they-removed the Indians; they talk ed through their nos?8,t but with all they -preached by deed and word the gospel of manhood and justice. , And the sound of their axe and rifle reverberating there in the for est and bleak; hills of New England, and their song In the log meeting house "alreadv reach , like a great iyy like a item prophecy," like a triumphant battle hymn to the ends of the world, If I could express your conception of New England It would be aubllmer than Mount Washington? grander then Daniel Webster, and more beau tiful than the ' serene . loveliness of Prlsclllo. And If I could express the ideal of the South it would be more Inrpli lng -than thcoome of the Ap pi 1-achians, more exalted than her noblett man, more lovely than the resplendent ' beauty of her fairest daughter. ; - f rli'vtry great people has a distinct inoning, and the spirit of . such a people is greater than that of any Individual. Such a people, la the in terpreter of a aubllme thNight, th4 tnihodlment of a mo'tit roK-e. , . OPPOSING CURRESTS. ' - New England and the South hav created the ppostng currents - of American life, and ? determined tho oppoctt poles of American though'. The one glowing wtth eamestnw. like ; the roaring furnace filled ;-wlU coat with - anthracite coal deter mined and uncompromising, standin g for universal emancipation, setting ar, naught the ancient-formulas, forge t the thoughts that found expression in the tramp of embattled hosts, the rat tle of musketry nnd the thunders of field artillery The ether ? etandinj for the natural supremacy of the Im perial race, the Ideals-of the fat! i the sovereignty of the states, th re public of the constitution. ' ' forth In tempests of war, yiC 1 her bravest and noblest to : the cause of "the storm-crad'. i' tlon that feU.'. , . ' The civil war is a pirt of t-,e 1 -tory of the heroic past. Its l.i!; have been forgotten. Its r' iit-s live forever. No ane u-urv to-J y cherishes any rSil sectional 'aniai .---ty. The 'denizens ,of the rem 1 places are ot so benighted, rot provincial as that. ; . "The whole fabrio of our society 1: changed. The community of Inter, to-day is not determined by t graphical lines, but by occur r .Our-ante-bellum civllixatlon vv n 1 of individualism,' one. of srctlor-' but ' the civilization cf to-t, n ' of vast co-operation nrtl or tlon. The. welfare of cm iy .- -dependent upon every ot ter t Our Interests are Int.'-', re-.. ..- ; Interwoven. In the e 1 1 1 c 1 rea we ha ve r rt ncoiii), !"!Br.: ci ' tin'.te 1 ' - l fr en 'dor - t: 1 n 1 'i
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 20, 1907, edition 1
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