ZEN.
THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
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VOL. XXVI. NO. 12.
YOUNG CADET DIES
SACRIFICE TO THE
West Point Stunned by Result
of Fatal Accident on
Gridiron
MAY MEAN THE END OF
GAME IN ARMY AND NAVY
Young Soldier Realized His
Extremity And Was Brave
In Face of Death
WEST POINT, N. V.. Oct.
31. llccnusc of the death of
Eukhh A. liyrne of IhilTalo,
N. V., no more football will lie
played by the West Point clcv
t'D this year. This statement
wan m:i(U by Colonel Hugh L.
Scott, superintendent of the
t'nlted States military acaih-my
late tonight, ji ft i- a ronsu I t;i -tion
with the athletic authori
ties of the academy on the
death of young liyrne, who ex
pired this morning as a result
of injuries sustained ill the
Harvard game yesterday.
f
WEST POINT, N. Y., Oct. 31. Ca
det Eugene A. liyrne of Iluff.'ilo, N. Y.,
a fourth year man at the I'nited
Flntes military academy died in the
cadet hospital at t! 35 o'eloek this
mornliiK, a sacrifice to football. The
army la accustomed death, hut not
In this deplorable form; and this trug-j
edy of the gridiron has brought mlch
poignant grief to ollicers and cutlets
piike that the end of football at West
Point und Annapolis is predicted by
n:;.ny.
Young Ilyrnv expired just as Ihc sun
was rising over the hills along th.c
I'undson, with his grief stricken
father, John Byrne-,- a ffivlt war vet
eran, at hi bedside. llrave as was
the young soldier's 4igh, against cleu-tlwi
It was hopelos from me start. nurtea
beneath a mass of struggling players
lit the Harvard-Army same yesterday,
bit, neck was twisted and broken hv
th', weight of the crushing pile above
!vlil, and he was picked up with eery
nerve of his holly except I hose of his
(Continued on jingo four.l
NAVAL CADET LINGERS
AT DEATH'S DOOR FROM
FOOTBALL ACCIDENT
Not Believed Thai I'lii'm t u
natc Occurrences ai Aca
dt'iuics Will Stoii ( lame
IN.Jl'K'Y IJKK r,VliK
A NNA Pi i I.IK. M.I.. Oi I ::i U'h.n
infoi'iucd ofthe lieath of fa !- t llyrn.
of West Point today, Captain John
M. ltowycr, superintendent of the
naval academy, said:
"So !ar my opinion as lo :'.i..tbnl!
is unaltered. J have not arrived at
a conclusion adeise to its continu
ance at til" Naval a. ad- hi ."
While faptain I'.ow.m r said that lie
had not disi uss' d this ph-ise of tie
matter with iIiom- ..n v.hos, jmli.'
ntelit h" eoulil il, pen, I and int i m ii ,1
that a positive m hIi. : r r "i- .it i.r-t
football so soon would be in lie ni
tuiv "1" -'nap judu'inetil. liie opimo'i
pletails lhat. Ilol w il hstaio! i;n: (hi
sorrow in both .amy and naal i i", I. s
over tb" striking down of a star
playi r mi each tea in. i h sport w ill
go on and the foot!, all t. ams ,.f the
1 wo academies will ill' - t ia llieir an
nual contest at Franklin Held on Nn-
in ber
I'or two weeks (jiinrterbacl; Wil
son, of the Navy t- am lias laid ai tip
. ml of ib ath thai is xp. ioi almost
ucnieiitaril" l' ilailn b :n -md uitb
Ins death const a n 1 1 . . . te, llie ac-
t o'l Which Would b'llow it Il ls' been
practically sell let ad. r a !v l,i t lie
abolition of the game. The tlood ol
t.legrams of svnipaliiv which siall-
i .1 alter the Navy-I'li toll :.uin'
csterda' when m w s ol t t P r n-- s
injury reached A una p. d is !'" ame a
deluge with aicolllUs of his d--.il 1 1
todas'.
o lib Ills.
Superintend, nl l'...i'..-r uiu.i tic
sympathy of t lie -,. if 1. . i s an,! iii.
Nmal acadetu lo t'olon, 1 s.-.,tt at
West Point.
The condition of .Midshipman VVd
soii. whose injuries arc sr. similir I i
lh.He tltat iulli-il lo the 4-ath "f
oillig H rne is at'--nl 'Ii-- sam- to
night as il has in . n for two weeks.
Willi lb" ix.epih.n o'.the sinking
spells froiu whiih he has railed a. Ii
time. His father. West D. Wilson.
PROWESS OF ARMY
(Continued on page four.)
ELECTIONS FOR
MINOR OFFICERS
IN MOST STATES
Only Three Will
And Full State Tickets. Refotm
Contests in Larger Cities Mat
ters of Great&st
Elections will be held next Tuesday
in many states ami cities "throughout
the country. Three states will elect
lam mors and full tickets, namely:
.Massachusetts, Ilhndc Island and Vir
ginia. New Jersey will elect both
branches of the legislature. Pennsyl
vania win elect a state treasurer, au
dit!. r general and Judge of the Su
preme court. Nebraska will elect two
justices of the .Supreme court und
three university eegents. In point of
interest and excitement, the three
municipal campaigns of the meat met
ropolitan cities, New York, Philadel
phia and San Francisco far exceed
that of the state contests. In each of
these municipal contests the reform
question Is a dominant issue. Prac
tically all of the contests are of local
issues.
MASS ACHl SKITS.
The Massachusetts campaign has
1m en short and sharp. Governor
i-.'ben S. Draper, republican, is seek'ng
re-1 lection against James II. Valley,
democrat, who opposed Governor
i.iaper in the campaign of last year.
'I lie other candidates for governor are
Daniel A. While, socialist: John A.
Nicholls, prohibition, and .Moritz
Hut her, socialist labor, anil these par
tbs also Jin vp) candidates for other
slate officers. The independence league,
an important factor m the last three
crmpaigns, did not enter the contest
this year.
JtllODi: ISLAM).
The same candidates for governor
who opposed each other last year,
again head the ticket this year, Gov
ernor Aran J. Pothlcr being the re-'
publican nominee and olney Arnol.r,
tile democratic. The other candidates
for governor are. Willis II. White, pro
hibition: Frederick llursl, socialist,
and Kieh.iril Holland, socialist labor.
i:w YOKK.
fhicr interest, iii New York has cen
tered In the whirlwind municipal cam
paign of New York city, which has
la en one of the bitterest ever he'd.
With three mayoralty candidates in
the field Justice Wllfam J. Gaynor,
the' democratic and Tammany-nominee.
W-tto T BannnrdtlKi -repuhican stand
air) hearer, and William K. Hearst,
leading the civic iillianec "-party lines
have been shattered to a degree thai
polit ii :i mam,
pii.taliiii-i for
Til" issues ;
I 1 1 i ma ii and
M' -n and , i jo
lure control of
r-'ers are guessing at
he candidates,
ire ihc overthrow ol
in effort ol' the repuli-
alliani e foreoa i c ap
Uie board of estimate
BISHQP SUGGESTS THAT
E
IsWilling io (Jive n Ar-iii-lcs
and Sink ( 'liiin-hcs'
Idcniiiv
OTIIKK'S SITPORT IlfM
I A KTI-'i i 1 : D. i let. :M. !'i oiuinent
!.'..seopaliaii i eig men who ii.,,,. boon
I'M.- sccral ilis attending Hie New
1. 1. -land Missionary font letu-.- at
Tiinily i hur.-h parish lions , were
ai'tl.,1 at their ilnal meeting t,,d.i
I y tin proposition oi r.ishop Hall of
Vermont that tin Fpiscopal church
miiie with Hie f onL:regation -.1 in one
'.lllol.c :,u, , post ol II faith. ,ti .,. .1. i
1 - pi i Ser, e 1 , t religion Still , 1st :
-ll-i o 1-eSlor,- II
t. i or f . hoi . h
waning f.nih :'ol
" rs in the 1 'in ti d
Mai. s.
I ollouimi r.isbop Hall, manv speal. j
's sajiii-'Meil t In i,ro,..s. d amai".i-j
Cialioti. 1 w as dei iileil to arra Hi.'.
, .-ill..-, ic at u.,u fiotnts 1 1 1 r . 1 1 1 " 1 1 -
' a: . n l-aial in. I 1" ol.snb r t,. n. v j
, ' .-po.-il i--n. lo c-li.lig lo, al opinions;
in unions idaecs, to ns.i'rtain il II,
' Ii .. is 1,-asil.b- and likely of sui r.-S!
I Almost all flic Kpipseop.ilii.ns ll.-r
I I oil. I iie!ll- e.l that I he illcs lop w i
j !. II- ar ail ills! HO lit before t!i..r !1..';
m. ling. llisliop I lull's a. Lb - s-s w ill j
!.. I ublisln-d in all the Dpis. opal Joat l
'i.iis. I le , ill.-il attention to the fai t !
il at religion must have a d"iinlte
11 milli: lo!' pep.- t bo afe t,lSl f ill
; a ; .a.a ! r- - m th- .1, u r, la-s, a 1 1 . i to!
! -x Mi" 'has il wiil I"- n.-r.s.uv to i
!".i.- umiir one re. .J and do . v. r - j
li'iiae po.ssible to bring in other ,-on-l
1, ibllliolls rather th ill lose ..,.,f,,.
-nl m .ait ioti l.v . rniitting .s. parafe i.
- ' S I I - A ISl
Tie i.ilu r sp, a !,, rs iltc. d that the I
to. .lor was oio i.f how ma. h a gic, n
. '.:.! Il !ni..hl . .mil ibute t.ovai.f :i n,.-,v-
! ' ulio fai' Ii and not how mn, h it
j llll'-llt keep Ol ItS old belief.
I In most i. iss lb. I.- is pi d titiit.-
II all at all." said llisliop I 1 ,. ' utiil
,i. id. a will result in a ri-ia of fhi
1 no', a or oT fbl ist i a IIS to unit,, on just
'le ' thing S.( ,,p ,, t,,. iipostb-S
il ' Christ as His.', ,,. Tin- F.pis. opa I
' I.U'i li stands ll-.ll lo Hi- up ttu
l lot P. -nill.- arti. b s of n-li;.,,i and if -nam.-
"l-.piscopal" and to sink iis iden
tity in return for truth simple and
definite."
ASHKV1LLE,N.C., MONUAV MORNING,
Elect Governors
Interest
and apportionment, whli h will have
cortrol of vast outlays of money for
subways, and other large municipal
limit rta kings.
.Mayoralty elections also will beheld
at Albany, liuffalo, Kochester, Syra
cuse and many other up slate points.
In the state a full legislature or as
sembly will be chosen.
it.xnsyi.vani .
In Pennsylvania the chief Interest
ts in tho battle thftt Is being waged
in Philadelphia where the reform ele
ment Is endeavoring to break the pow
er of the local republican organiza
tion. The reformers, under the title
of Willlnm Penn Hardy, have again
placed Dr. flarenco Ulbhoney, head
of the Philadelphia law and order
w-elety. In tin- field for district ator
ney ngainst Samuel P. Uolau, repub
lican, re-nominated. Oibhoncy is also
on the democratic ticket, hut the dem
otrats, as an organization, have not
held a meeting In his interest, nor has
the organ olilclally endorsed him. The
campaign has been most spirited with
tin street car question a leading Is
sue. In the slate, Pennsylvania elects a
treasurer, nudllor general and judge
of Ihc Supreme court. The candidates
for state treasurer are J. A. Stober,
republican; George W. Klpp, demo
crat; Frnk Fish, prohibition; Ed
Moore, socialist.
m:v jr.itsr.Y.
The fact that the eight senators to
lie chosen in Vevc .Iitv. i- Oi iu ,- ,,-ill
isich have a vole at the session of IHfl
for a I'tlited States senator to succeed
Senator John Kr:ni adds about the
oiny suue wine interest to the eicc-
tioa.
A lull house of sixty members of the
ips. nibly also is to be chosen.
VIUGIMA.
1 lie campaign in Virginia has been
in. Hked by unusual apathy this year.
Tin candidates to be elected are
a fao'eriior. licuti-nant governor.
m Hilars of the general assembly and
t-ther state ollicers. The democratic,
tiflttit. I. hcftde4 lfy Judge William
Hodges Mann, a Confederate veteran
and strong temperance advocate, al
though standing on a platform which
advocates local option, which Ihc rc
publi.ans also favor. The republican
nominee for governor is William P.
Ki i.l. w ho resigned tin- ollice of Amer
ican innsiil general to Gnat, mala to
Continued on tinge four.)
SAID TO 6E SACK OE THE
AS I SMOKE
.Much Talked of Jiohcrta
Menkes is Associated with
Mis. Asior's Action
HAS LKFT COUNTRY
NEW YOKK. Oct. 31. Mrs. John
.lea ob Astoi is in town at file home of
in i friend. Mis. Ilenjainlll Ouinliess, S
W.-sliingloli square, and is prejiared to
p.'OSCi ale to immediate colli luslon 1111!'
suit tor ilni'iT'i' against John Jacob
As'or, w lm is now a I, sent on a yacht
ing trip.
Attorney t'harb-s II. Young, the ret
iree appointed to hear the suit, has
been preparing to take evidence and
will b- iiig Ins work iinno-di itolv. It
IS . Xpceli il tll.it lie W ill complete the
l.o I: and report back to lb,- i our! w it ti
ll. , in, .nth.
Complete sib-rice Is 1,,-inc maintained
I,'- Uie 1.1 'TS ill tile CHS''. I.'-WiS
' --s ladvaid. counsel for Mr. Aslor,
. ml John II. f a 1 1 w a llaiba , r presenting
?.:is Astor. ta t us, d to sa y a word as
' . tb-- tints sit up by Mrs Astor in
1 .- pet, ti.. ii. In I n I. all who are ra
le oiar with tb" ib i.nls of tin- action
t'lase to "Jvu any ofliciai informii
u', , n .
iliirnuis associating the name of Ho
I rta Menges. tin former "belle of
Slo . psli. a.l liay," and daughter of
?.;,-!i is Men:,-, s. tie- turfman, as one
of the co-i'e.sponil. iiis in tin- suit.
In. light forth a. slab merit from tin
f.. tier The woman is the former
x.rs, ITiilsi-y f orw i a I f i II, who resumed
a, i maiden name ,, M'-ngcs on ol, tain-it'--
a divorce from h.-r husband, fap
i -in Arthur K. Hill.
' If it is true," said the father, sadly,
aiar 1 am loath to credit any Hash
tumors that may have originated
i;.i,.,ei Kobortu's disregard of public
'pinion, fin -II 1 lan only say lhat I
.;. ply n gr. t it. p. rha ps her a.--,-i:a
'iili'ii'-.- with Mr. AlHor. If there
". ,.s any. has gi n rise to tin- rumors.
I .all 11. ,1 orifv Iheitl. because I
Know riot hirig Ii bout my daughter ex
'pt 'h it she is In Europe at. Ih- pr.-s-mi
tine. "
Kob. rta M.-nges matrimonial career
l.-i ' I,, - a a thrilling one. It began
with lur elopement with llalsey Cur
win In IxtH. 'wneii the "girl was only
m n y.-ars old The elopemi nt re
sulted in a spirited quarrel' with her
(Continued on page three.)
' '"""V ( RECKON I'D
(''uu, 'iinin xnturt
PROF. LOWE CLAIMS HE CAN ENCIRCLE
1
GLOBE IN
Inventor Who Holds Record Flight ia Building More Improved Air Craft That Will
Overshadow All Feats Heretofore Accom
plished by Zeppelin.
I NION, S. C, Oct. 31. A plan to
cli i uiiitia vlgnte the globe In a dirigible
lain. on without having to stop to re
p'unish the propelling power hydro
gen is regarded as enlirey practicable
by Prof. Thaddeus S. f. Lowe, the
noted aeronaut and sdenilst, and head
of the Mount LoWe observatory near
Pasadena, Cul., wb Is now construct
ing an air craft Resigned to nccom
phph this remarkable feat. With an
experience In aeronautic covering
rnpr ar 4n1:.'jr.Jin. hdfdln
the worlfl'B balloon speed record,
nmde in a flight from Cincinnati to
PcarldKe, S. C, April 20, 1861, when
ho covered a distance estimated at
mori than eight hundred miles In less
than nlfle hours, tho announcement
of Professor Low's new venture in
this Held will attract widespread in
terest. Tile details of Professor Ijiwc's
plans are made public for the first
time in a letter to Allan Nicholson,
editor of Progress, a local newspaper.
Describes His I'lunsJ.
Keferrlng lo his long (light In 18fil
Professor Lowe savs:
"If this Is not sufficient to hold al
hast the speed i . . mil for a long time,
tne iieromiiilie society will not only
have an opportunity to surpass this
WILL BUILD ALBANY Ai
NORTHERN TO THE GULF
Baltimore 'apitaliKta Be
hind Project lo Add Two
Hundred Miles of Track
fOROKLK. io. Oct. al. It was
Ii -finitely learned ,-re this afternoon
from authoritative sources that a
syndicate of l!aliiiii"re capitalists has
been organized for the purpose of
extending the AH v and Northern
railroad from All- "iv to Ih.- fjulf of
.b xico at St. Audi as Hay.
According to reliable Information
hinds for building the new road for
"ii' -third tin- distance of the exten
sion ar'- now in readiness and the
work of otisi riu i :ea will begin at
orn e. The distan- to be covered is
1 Mi miies direct from Albany to
Itiver Junctlnj? and thence to Ht.
Andrews'" Piiy
The new railroad "ill penetrate one
of the richest und' loped sections of
wire grass to-org:-' and make tribu
tary to fonli'lo a wide territory
stretching south w.i i 'I from Albany to
Die stale line.
Il will also all a, I this city the
'liiickest and sboil st route to the
gulf.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31. Forecast:
North farolina: Fair Monday; Tues
day Increasing cloudiness; moderate
south winds.
NOVEMBER 1, VJOO.
The Farmer Has His Turn.
HIS DIRIGIBLE BALLOON
but will be given a chance In keeping
up with an airship, for which I Km
now getting out plana, that I bollev
will circumnavigate, the Kiobe without
hnvliiK to stop and replenish the car
rylnn power, hydrogen. The new vea
soi will he capable of propelling to any
part of the globe desired."
Continuing, Professor Low make
tho following comparison between the
famous Zeppelin airship and the pros
pective Lowe airship:
Compared With Zeppelin, -"The
Zeppelin machine,, 450 feet
lour W Mty feet to diaOTtniMi
SuPfftce of Si,606 square tent and
owing to Its shape and necessarily
cumbrous construction Is unable to
carry more than three tons of surplus
weight.
"The Lowe airship, one hundred feet
in diameter, with its great downward
taper, has less than 10,000 square feet
of surface presented to the wind. Ow
Ing to its lighter and still stronger
ci nst ruction, It will carry eight tons
of surplus weight. What Is meant by
surplus weight' In both cases, Is that
bi addition to fuel and provisions,
which surplus is used fur freight and
passengers.
' With only one quarter head wind,
the Zeppelin could make no headway
In n fifteen mile breeze, while the
Lowe airship can easily make twenty
file miles against tho same wind and
can ascend to the high altitudes and
ENBURC Fi
Lost Money Again Thin
Year on Aeeount of Pres
ence of Circus
fllAItLOTTH, Oct. .10. Financial
ly the eighth annual event of the
Meiklenbiug Pair association which
has Just cotne to a close wan appar
ently a r.idure. Although the books
hae not I ti audited completely up
to the present, enough progress has
been made to show that the maniixe
ment has not cleared much money.
II Is bile-nil lhat nothing has been
lost, but flic officials were somewhat
In arrears from last year and had
hoped to make enough profit on the
fair this fall to come out even with
the game so far. Htalements from
them yesterday Indicate that they
have failed.
Tin- records tend to show that the
total attendance did not exceed 15,
000 people, whereas many were of
the opinion from it general estimate
that the number would run far over
llii
Tho cirrus Is blamed for the failure
of the fair to make any money.
The manng'. ment Is distinctly dis
couraged. Iiuring the eight ytars of
their undertaking, the fair has been
blessed with clear weather only
twice, in 1!07 and this year. A good
sum of money was made In 1'M)7 and
a large proportion or the debts In
curred by the bad weather of pre
vious '.ears was wiped away. Money
was lost In 1908 and it was hoped
that enough would lie made this fall
to maki, iij for thai, but not so.
KING MKMiXIK. DYING,
IIOMK. Oct. 31. The latest reporln
received lure state that King Menc
lik, of Abyssinia. Is sinking fast. It
Is feared lhat complications will arise
over the succession.
. .J ss"
select favorable currents, which the
Zeppelin cannot do.
IU Perfect Control.
The Lowe can rise and lower per
pcndlculurly and land on a small sur
face and rest its heavyweight without
the loss of either gas or ballast, and
can anchor In any desired spot Indef
initely, and resume) operation at any
time, with - the same . lifting ' power,
w.'thout additional expense' of any
kind, . except 'that used in propelling
the craft.. The' most' Important fea
ture of all is being able to do' away
VUH: expenslxsj " balloon houses -as
was fully demonstrated with all of the
Lowe war balloons from 1861 to 1SU7,
both for war, solentlflo and pleasure
purposes. e
All other air craft. Including bal
loons of all shapes, as now construct
ed, have to be housed at great expense
and their gas has to be frequently re
plenished, also at great expense; while
with the Lowe method of construction
the ordinary war balloon would hold
Its gas for continuous operation for
three months without re-Inflation
while the larger Lowe air craft built
for circumnavigating the globe, If do
siren could hold their gns for a year
at a time, owing to so vastly less sur
face In proportion to contents between
a sphere thirty feet in diameter, lift
ing 840 pounds and one of one nun
dred feet In diameter 8 2,725 pounds.'
Professor Lowe expects to have his
new airship ready for the Initial ex
periments within the next few
months.
Wishes She Ilad Not An
nounced 8he. would Spend
Ii for Suffragists.
I NEW YoftK. Oct 31. When Lady
Frances funk arrived In America last
r'-ck she announced she hail $1,000,
00(1 to spend for woman suffrage. Yes
terday she said she wished sho had
kept the announcement to herself, ns
nearly one hundred offers from all
parts of the country have reached her
from volunteers who arc willing t
sp ml It for her.
"I have simply been flooded with
demands, offers and suggestions," she
said at headquarters of the National
Prt gresslve Woman Suffrage union. In
Twenty-third street, yesterday. "Kach
thinks his way the best. I have hud
at hast half a dozen bills presented
by persons who said I bought things
from them when I was In this country
wars ago. One man wanted $18 for
a bread bill and another $6 for milk.
I asked where tho brticb-s had been
delivered. Iloth persons gave address
is of places at which I never stop
ped." One letter received by Lady Cook
wha from a woman In San Francisco,
iho offered to direct her equal suff
nige campaign. She had received sim
ilar offers from several cities In the
Middle West. She attributes the wide
spread desire to help her get rid of
f.rr 11.000,000 to her reputation for
generosity. She generally has at least
one or two person under her protec
tion, or Is taking some one across the
Atlantic. In this class she puts Henry
Silver, a former newspaper man, who
pind her for $30,000 for an alleged
bia-anh of eontrnrt.
"Mr. Hllver," sho said yesterday,
' has absolutely no claim on me. Ills
nit Is trumped up. He has written
several very nice "newspaper article
about me, and has undertaken to write
my biography on his own account and
vtthout any agreement from me.
There never has been sny contract be
tween us for anything."
PRICE FIVE CENTS. .
Helve perish in '
AN EXPLOSION OF
'El
Were Caught Deep In Shaft
Just as Their Day's WorK
Was Completed
ALL THE DEAD WERE
FOREIGN LABORERS
Officials Refuse to Give Any
Information as to Causo
of Tho Disaster
JOHNSTOWN. P.nna OeC 1
j Twelve men were killed In the Cam
brla Steel company coal mine, two
miles from here, tonight a the re
sult of what I supposed to have been
a dynamite explosion. ., Alt the dead
are foreigners, Three men escaped
with their Uvea by a perilous climb
on life ladders ' through poisonous
mine gas and falling slate up the
wall of the main shaft. At the' time
of the ' explosion only fttteen work''
eaawisf aa-vat. iwviii ttwiv M til IV
mine, ' . ;. ." ., !' ..!
The explosion occurred at sundown
aa the workmen were putting their, '
tools away at the end of their day's
work. Hundreds of persons gathered
at the mine entrance within an In
credible apace of time.
. Died of Suffocation, -.- -,
X lore of men,, working In shifts,
began clearing the debris and fallen
lata ia the lower le-els of the mine
It was hours before the worker
gained perceptible . headway.. When
the final barrier of rocks was passed
the rescue party found twelve form
huddled cloie together, the" bodies In
dicating that the men had died of
suffocation. -it:' r----. ' v ---" v -;: 1
, Mine officials refused definite In.
formation as to' the cause of the 'dl-'
fistor, saying they were awaiting the,
arrival of the state juine , examiners ,
tomorrow.; .. .
, The dead were, brought to the mine '
mouth late today. None of the bod
leg have been Identified. Work tags
corresponding with the checks of the
killed laborers will not be available -until
tomorrow. ,
DynauUto Exploded.
A majority of those about the mine
mouth and the rescue party say the
accident was undoubtedly the result
of an explosion of dynamite, but mine
officials deny that the explosion could
have been caused by the' explosive,
stating all powder and blasting mate,'
rial was removed from the mine at
the close of work Saturday.
IT
SNAP IN THIS VILLAGE
Woman With Gun Compels
One to Quit Because He
Peeked.
W1NSTEAD, Conn., Oct .1. The
congregation of the First Methodist
church of Granby hus been deprived
temporarily of the services of Its min
uter, the llev. T. K. Noble. The cler
gyman hus not received a call from
another church, but he did, receive one
from Mrs, Anna M. Fisher, with a re
oher, und he has spent an Indoor
life since then.
Mrs. Fisher oonducts a hotel at
Granby. Four members of the state
P'olco visited the Inn Saturday night.
They found Mrs. Fisher In front of the
house holding a horsewhip. It is said.
They asked her what she was doing
i ml, the police say, she answered,
"looking for that minister," as he had
been "peeking through her windows."
Khe charged that he hod spied on her
In an effort to get evidence of excise
violation.
Last Sunday the parson while on his
way to church to hold the morning
service was met by Mrs. Fisher, who
topped him. After exchanging the
erecting of the day Mrs. Fisher calm
ly told the minister that If he preach
ed that morrtlng his life would be the
( enalty.
A she spoke Mr. Fisher opened a
handbag, showing a revolver In It. Mr.
X .ble swiftly sought re fug' in the
home of a parishioner near by. There
were no services in the church that
day, for the minister did not leave his
hiding place till late in the afternoon,
when he went to his home, and he has
not appeared outdoors since.
Mr. Fisher was placed under $1,009
bond to keep the peace, which she
apparently think includes "cloo,
herding" the parson with a revolver.
Mr. Noble is the second clergyman
lo learn that trying to save souls In
Granby Is fraught with great personal
risk. Last July Edward C. Hnyea, ow
ner of tho hotel, discharged a gun In
tho direction of the Rev. F. B. Make
jrsace. pastor of the Granby Second
Congregational church, but the minis
ter was unharmed. Hayes said he
firftl because Mr. Makepeace was go
ing to admit Tils mother to member
ship In the church, ilayes is Mrs.
ITsher's bondsman.
The woman says Mr. Nob'.o caused
the police to visit her hotel Saturday
night to look for liquors.
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