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SCORES
OF SUFFOCATION
One, of 149, Rescued Alive--rPfimero
Mine, of.C. E, & 1
Co. Wrecked by Explo-..
. ,sion of Mine Gas.
NUMBER OF VICTIMS 79,
NOT MORE, IT IS THOUGHT
FiAe Men Near the Portal of the Shaft
Were Killed Outright by Con
cussion of the Ex
plosion, -f'
Prlmero, CV, Feb. 1. The charred
and mangled bodice of 34 of the vte
tima of explosion which wrecked the
I'rimero mine of the Colorado Fuel ft
Iron company yesterday evening were
liroueht to the surface early this
morning. Only one man, Dlo Nardi-
no, was rescued alive. . Seven other
, bodies have been rescued,' making a
total of tl. Near (0 are believed to
be still inside. , The total number of
deaths as ft result of the disaster will
probably uot exceed 7. This estl-
mate la made by mine officials and
based on the number of safety lamps
not turned in.
All Probably Dead.
Only mother and wivea, watching
through the night around the shaft
and urglns; on the rescuer with pray
era and tears, till believe the missing
live. The explosion occurred late yes
terday evening. With a terriflo roar
the main shaft crumpled In, blocking
the entrance the main workings. Five
men standing near the portal were
Instantly killed by the concussion.
The first rescue party found bodies
Piled in heap about the- foot of the
air shaft, where frantic men had
fought and trampled upon one an
other in the struggle until overcome
by gas and flames. Three bodies were
laktn up, before the rescuers were
forced back to the open air,
Monti y Foreigner.
A party equipped with oxygen hel
mets then entered the mine. Volun
teers were imported to Prlmero from
all adjoining camps and all night
hundreds of miners stood about the
shaft begging w a chance to join the
raecuer. . Most of the miner employ
ed are-Slavs. Hungarians and Italians,
but ' two Americans, William Helm
electrician, and David Williams, are
among the missing. Th lire which
followed th explosion soon burned
itself out --,,,
tl'KTOMH trt'IlT OF AI'l'KAIrft
jii;kh to get hut st.oob
t'rgent Tfc-hYtcncT ' llllls fill Com
penwtlon Ifciwn from SI 0,000,
. . Uie Bum Fixed.
Washington, Feb. 1. Th Judges of
new "win court of appeals will
(revive $7,000 arinually Instead of
110.100, a was fixed by the tsrliT bill
according to the urgent deficiency
bill, Which passed the house today
fXvtdwid Dxlarod.
Philadelphia, 1
The dli eo tors
or liie )Ynn h hiiIh thIIwhv toditv dp
flaieil u nnuii. rlv dividend of 1 Va I"-
IN CO AL MINE
mAsA
Gare du Quai d'Orsay, inundated. 3, Eiffel tower, threatened collapse.' 5, Grand and Petit
lapped by water. 18, I'ont do Salferao, water covered arches. , j
DEAD
AND FLAMES
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FOB W TRIAL
Last Deal in Legal Game, Stake of
Which It Liberty of Carmack's
. Stayers. . . i.
Nashville, Feb. 1. The Inst deal
In the legal game, the stake of which
Is the liberty of Col. Duncan Cooper
and Robin Cooper, began in the Su
preme court of Tennessee today. It
was called for the hearing of a mo
tion for a new trial asked by the
Coopers, who had been convicted of
the murder of former United States
Senator K. W. Carmack, and each
sentenced to 20 'years' imprisonment.
The killing, which took place in one
of the prominent strets in Nashville
year ago last November, was the
culmination and a long and bitter po
litlcal feud.; , , . , , . w
OF
n Inaugural Address, He Puts Himself
on Record as to the Liquor
Question.
Richmond, Feb. 1. Before ' the
state legislature and a large aasem
blage of distinguished cltlsens, Wit
I lam Hodges Mann at noon today was
Inaugurated governor of Virginia.
In his Inaugural address the new
democratic governor put himself on
record In repard to the liquor ques
tlon, declaring: . "I simply reiterate
my steadfast opposition to the saloon
and my confidence In the people of
Virginia, who have s right to settle
this question as to them shall seem
best."
Governor Mann recommended th
state' tenderest care for surviving
Confederate soldiers and sailors.
SF.NATOII THOMPSOV RFRIfiXS
asd w. v. prncKix is named
HoTiit Appoint!1 from North Dakota
Quit the I'hU'i Iteruuse or
III Health.
Washington, Feb. I. Fountain I
Thompson, recently appointed senator
from North Dakota, has resigned on
account of 111 hrlth.
W. E. Purcell of Wauplton ha been
appointed hi successor. Purcell was
sworn In today.
Purcell la a democrat, IS years of
age, and one bf th leading lawyers
of, hi state.
Clikftgo
Anil-Saloon Force
Three More IWys. J
Have
Chloa Feb. 1 Th anti-saloon
t forces rave three dr more to com.
Mi trtelr 0'iotn or til.oou sutnem in
a r"',iM"" f"r vot "l lK'i' op"'1"
f r Clilcugo.
OF COOPERS
ASHEVILLE, N. C.,
the Seine's Flood
POLICE HEARING
WAS NOT HELD
Charges Which John Lyerly Has Made
Against Canton Officers Will, not ,
Be Heard for a Month.
Special to The Uazetto-News.
Canton, Feb. 1. -The hearing In
the matter of charges against the
police force of Canton, continued
from January 27 and set for last
night,' was not held: It will be re
membered that after John A. Lyerly,
a deputy sheriff of Haywood county.
filed charged with the board alleging
that the entire police force of Canton
was Incompetent, the Incompetency
charge growing out of disorderly con
duct on the main street of the town
Monday afternoon, January 24, and
Indulged In, It la alleged, by W. P.
McGee, Chief of Police Taylor asked
for a continuance until last night in
order that he might have time to
summon and have at the hearing two
witnesses whom the chief said were
material and Important to his conten
tion that the force was not Incompe
tent. The request wo granted and
the hearing set for last night. When
the Investigation waa called up last
night the chief filed an affidavit say
ing that he didn't think he could get
Justice until he could have Mr. Mc
Gee present Mr. McGee is ill and
could not be "present last ntjht. The
request of the chief was again
granted and the date fixed for . the
next hearing la March 7. ' '
Jesse Thomason, son of Capt.
Thomason of this place, was taken to
Asheville last night and placed in the
Mission hospital for an operation for
appendicitis. It is understood that
the operation was successfully per
formed last night and that the patient
Is doing nicely,
OF
Informs Senate Bill Is In Interest of
High Collared Roosters and
Money Grabbers.
Washington, Feb. 1. In a spirited
attack on the postal savings bank bill
Senator Jei'C Duvls of Arkansas, told
the senate today it la a measure In
the interest of national banks, "The
high collared roosters, money aharka
and monay grabbers of Wall street"
Davis' antagonism was aroused by the
refusal of Senator Carter to entertain
an amendment eliminating the re
quirement that savings funds be d
pcsltmi only In banks subject to super
vision and examination. , ' '
Th Arkansas senator explained
that there was no supervision of state
hunks In his state and the effect of
the measure would b to rob them of
all business growing out of postal de
posits. A vote on his amendment was
demanded by Davis. It was voted
down, to 43. .
TIIHEE THAINMF.N KIIXFD, 20
IIl ltV ItY HKIIMiK'H ItOLXiAl'KF.
Winnipeg, Feb. 1. A Canadian
Pacific railway bridge, on which a
wreck train was standing, collapsed
today, and 40 workmen, were precip
itated to the gully below. Three of
tliem were killed mid 20 other badlx
hurt.
- : TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
Tit StI FELL UTTLE J Fill
STEflDILY TODAY POWERSJE SATS
The Waters Are Recedeing from
the Streets and More Tram-
alion.
BUT LOW TEMPERATURE
IS CAUSING MUCH MISERY
It Is Estimated That a Quarter of
Million Persons Have Been
Effected by the
Flood.
Paris, Feb. 1. The Tiver Seine fell
steadily today, the recession being at
the rate of about thr-rourths of an
Inch an hour. The waters are re
treating from the streets, more tram
way were In operation today, as
were new sections of the subway.
Streets that had been closed to traffic
were In many instanco re-opened to-1
day, and In the heart of the city
thlnga resumed a more normal ap
pearance. It I estimated, that more than a
quarter of a million persons have
been affected by th floods.
Freeslng temperature adds to the
misery of unfortunate.
' Th improvement In the general sit
uation continues and the spirits oi
the Parisians are rising as the waters
fall. Street hawker are selling post
card pictures of the flood, and the
boulevard are once more gay with
rejoicing thousand.
The Crltrfa Past
With the crisis past th mercurial
French temperament face the sub
sldary troubles with a light heart, but
the . paper already are oundlng a
not of warning that th lesson must
not be forgotten; that measure must
be taken to avoid a repetition of the
disaster. This can be oone ny mr
construction of a cut off either In the
way of a canal or a large under
ground rondult around Paris.
The Drefect of the aepanmeni oi
the Seine has Issued Instructions to
th owner of flooded houses to clean
and dlslufect their . premises to the
satisfaction of th municipal archi
tect, within 24 hour after the sudsi
dence of the water. Otherwise the
work win be dons at the coat and risk
nf the owners. The government has
ordered the tax collector to show the
greatest leniency to. delinquents and
the Mont de Plete I extending pawn
ticket for thre month.
Cleaning Out I lie Subway.
Several steam trams yesterday re
sumed th work of pumping out the
subway and considerable progress Is
lelnif made In the sections where the
flood 1 lowest. Public and private
benevolence continue to respond to
the rstll of th sufferers. All the
theater and musical societies are or
ganising benefits, while th various
race courses are arranging a big meet
ing for th spring, the receipt of
which will go to the poor.
A resolution ha been Introduced
in the chamber of deputies asking the
government to awrd special erosses
of the Legion of Honor to thos who
have been conspicuous In th rescue
ork.
Although th r-apere are printing
columns of pitiful stories, a hundredth
(ConUDUtd on i s 4.)
F EBRUARY 1, 1910.
Palais des Beaux Arts.
10, Arc
Commissioner General of Immigration
Makes a Report With Reference to
the White Slave Traffic.
Washington, Feb. 1. The treaty
ratified by the senate March 1, 1905,
providing for universal action of the
powers toward the repression of the
"white slave trnfflc" has been declared
by Daniel J. Keefe, commissioner gen
eral of Immigration to be "practically
worthless."
The failure of this convention to
necompllsh the good expected was ex
plained In a report of the commis
sioner general, which was transmitted
to the senate by President Toft In re
sponse to a senate resolution.
In summarising an exhaustive re
port, Mr. Keefe says:-
"Practlcally no co-operation at
present can be expected of the signa
tories as regards the enforcement of
our ImmlKTotlon laws with which
some of the powers are found to be
out of sympathy. The procuration of
Innocent women and girls has seldom.
If ever, come to the attention of the
bureau and as it Is the purpose of the
treaty to prevent such procuration, the
treaty's usefulness ends there.
Even with the passage of new legis
lation with stringent provisions, this
bureau, which has been designated by
the government In the .repression of
this traffic will not be In position to
properly enforce the same without
specific financial provision being made
which will permit of an unremitting
warfare against the evil throughout
the country as a whole and not In Iso
lated portions alone, this welfare be
ing restrained, of course, to aliens."
After the ratification of the treaty
the bureau of Immigration sent letters
to sound the various powers to ascer
tain the degree of co-operation to be
expected of the signatory powers. The
net result of the replies was that no
co-operation could be looked for ex
cept In specific instaences. The prin
cipal reason fur this, says Mr. Keefe,
"seems to He In the public attitude
toward those women who make pros
tltutlon a business, the idea being that
the government has no right to inter
fere with those who follow such a life
from choice otherwise than to pre
scribe certain sanitary provlalon for
those 'under control," vis, those who
are compelled to report periodically
to the police for examination and In
paction "
An agent of th bureau who visited
England, Belgium, Austria, France,
Germany, Russia and Roumanla,
reached the conclusion "that there is
no such thing as an International or
ganisation that Is, a close corporation
having for Its object the exploitation
of women in various countries by
means of the practice of prostitution."
This agent says that the great hulk of
the women i-omlng In are the mis
tresses of Individual and kubsequently
adopting or being forced Into a life
of shame. Innocent victims, the re
port says, ar selected by procurers In
this country.
Discussing conditions he found In
Europe the United States agent says
th large cities were found to be so
Infested with women of Immoral ten
dencies), living In poverty and dts
qualor, that they were only too eager
to embrace the opportunity of living
comfortably In a life of sham In this
country. Consequently procureis who
deslr to procure fresh 'Supplies of
women for their resort In the United
States ar not fiwced to seduce and
debauch Innocent women when with
.much less exertion, expense and dan
ger, numbers of women .tn be found
tContlnuev en peg S.)
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de Triomphe. 11, Trocader.
Agents Move
Today s
FIRE DKE JIjI-."
. NEAR BALTIMORE, MO.
Started at Pottery Works,' and BoxFact-
j : ory and Lumber Yard
Caught. '
Baltimore, Feb. 1. A fire which
quickly assumed dangerous .. propor
tions, broke out at the Bennet Pottery
works at Canton and Eastern this af
ternoon. ' The blaze waa communicat
ed to the Lumber yard of Eisenhau
ser, McLea Lumber company, con
taining over 3,000,000 feet of lumber,
which was ahlaxe In a few minutes.
The Keegan, Sons & Co.'s box fac
tory caught and was in a fair way of
being destroyed, at 2:30 o'clock. Four
tanks of the Standard OH company
at Eden street, directly across from
the burning lumber yard, were In
Imminent danger. The tanks contain
about 600,000 barrels of oil.
At 3 o'clock the fire appeared un
der control. It is believed the total
loss is within (300,000.
OF PEARYJEAT SOUGHT
The Maine Delegation Will Also Ask
That He Be Made a Rear
Admiral. .
Washington. Feb. 1. That Com
mander Robert E. Peary may be ottl
daily recognized by congress, a the
discoverer of th North Pole, and
promoted to th rank of rear admiral
of the navy, th Main delegation has
voted to empower the members of
the delegation to Introduce a resolu
tlon to that effect.
Commander Peary I a resident of
Maine.
CHOKED TO DEATH
BY PIECE OF MEAT
Louisville Couuillor and Southern1 Rail
way Clerk Dies While Eating
His Lunch.
Louisville. Feb. 1. Henry V. Wolff,
city councilman and " clerk of the
Houthern railway office, choked to
death today on a piece of meat he was
eating at a lunch counter In a saloon.
Wolff took but a few bite when he
grew block In the fac and fell to the
floor. He died before a doctor arrived.
5000 May Go oil Strike.
New York, Jan. 1. A conference
was held today In an effort to avert a
Strike of 6000 motormen, conductors
and guards of tho Brooklyn Rsplil
Trunslt company's elevated system.
LAST EDITION.
, 4:00 P. IL, ,
Weat&er Tartcam :
Fair and Warmer.
So PER COPY
16, Gare
Invalides.
on Bihmore;
Developments
Various Proliecies Being Made
as lolhs Outcome of the
Many Sided Con-
troversy. s
AT LEAST HALF A LOAF'
MAY GO TO MR. GRANT
f He Loses in His Fight on Mr. Harsh-
berger, He May Win in His
Fight on Mrs.
Reed.
Speaking of the Grant-Harahberger-
Asheville-Blltmore-Fairvlew situation
nd why speak of anything else?
It may be said that the scene of ac
tivity has shifted to Blltmore. That
it is to say it Is the model people of
this model village who are today the
subjects of Federal Inquiry, on the
part of special agents of the Federal
establishment just now In prosecution
In certain direction.
While the sun's rays were still
struggling feebly through ' the cold
gray of the dawn It was hinted darkly
that the Grant lieutenant had scored
heavily against the forces lined up
behind Mrs. Reed. It was "charged"
that Mrs. Reed had done a most im
proper, if not fatal thing. In substitut
ing certain petitions or endorsement
of ancient vintage, so to 'Speak, for,
her more recent application for reap
pointment as postmaster. It was ex-
plained that, when the Federal Inspec
tors were shown how Mra Reed had
used five year old endorsement rela
tive to her administration as post
master, thus practicing to deceive her
neighbors and the United States gov
ernment at the same time, they would
be horrllied beyond measure.
The opposition, say the friend of
Mrs. Reed, had as well put th soft
pedal on their emotion, and sing
low. Mra Reed did make use of those
old petitions, along with plenty of lata
ones, but the dates will show that
there was no attempt at deception,
At all events, these ar th two side
of today' development, and both ar
given for what they may be consid
ered worth.
Once In a while an observer of cur
rent events may be found willing to
hazard a guess as to ths possible out
come. One dual prophecy la to th
effect that Mr. Grant will lose out In
hi fight against Mr. Harshberger.
the ipeclnl agent of the paatoftlce de
partment who ha fallen under the
congressman's displeasure, but that
Mr. Grant will be permitted to whj to
tho extent of securing the appoint
ment without reference to the con
firmation, of Mr. Luther. The trouble
with Mr. Harshberger,, as Is generally
known, revolve around th Saluda
postofflce, and the question Is: did
Mr. Grant writ a letter designed to
coerce th postofflce Inspector? Should
the department stand by It agent,
then the Inevitable conclusion will b
that the department accepts as final
the Inspector' report rather than the
word of the congressman. In such
eventuality, Interested people then
ask, would the half Blltmore loaf
have the desired effect of restoring to
Mr. Grant a state of satisfactory polit
ical health: would hi prestige be left'
unimpaired and ever so slightly slug
ed wings resumo their wonted office?
It is (hese, and kindred topics, timt
is providing food for em!! ci
lure.
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