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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. . THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1907. PRICE U 400 COFFINS ORDERED; 1 v About 200 Hundred of the Miners Who Lost Their Lives in the Mine Disaster Were Americans. A Score of Undertakers and 50 Physicians at -Work WILL SE WEEKS BEFORE ALL ARE RECOVERED Further Details of the Worst Sacri fice of Human Life in the History of Mine Disasters in tiie Bitumi nous Regions, the Facts of Which Were Printed in The Evening Times Yesterday Nearly One Thousand Were on tlio olls, But Only About 450 Had Entered the Mines When the Explosion Oc curredBodies Burned Beyond Recognition Notes and Incidents of the Horror. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Monongah, W. Va., Dec. 7 Four hundred coffins 'lave been ordered by the Fairmont Coal Company. All of these boxes will be used; sooner or later, for it may be weeks before all of the victims of the mine explosion are recovered. Possibly the order will be increased. "There is no nuestlon whatever that 400 possibly 423 are dead," said Superintendent Mai one of the 1U1I1C. The mine formerly employed about 900 men and 450 names have been checked off as having entered the mine yesterday morning. The check ing has not yet been completed. Up to 5 o'clock this morning 79 black ened bodies had bean recovered. Some of these bodies were totally unrecognizable, while others were in good condition. Of the total number of victims, about one-half are Americans. Chnfloa HnnnVpr fiftoon vnnra nlH a trapper boy, was caught at the en trance oi mine io. s, ana nis Doay was blown 200 yards into the river and lost. So great was the force of the explosion that one man was blown out of the pit .mouth a distance of 400 feet. Entrances were blocked by dobrls and machinery weighing tons. Some of the wreckage was thrown hundreds of yards across the Monongahcla River. Fifty physicians are at or near the mines attending members of the res cuing party, many of whom have boon overcome. A score of undertakers are also in waiting in One of. the buildings near the entrance to take charge of the bodies as soon as they arc brought out and make them as presentable as possible. Preparations are being made to bring the bodies from the mines in electric cars with which the mines were equipped. It was stated by an official of the company that it, may v i . i . r 1 1 I 1. l. .. .1 ( nnn uv wcbKH uuiuiq nil ui tuu uuuien mu recovered. Indeed, ho said, some may never bo reached, as parts of the mines no doubt have caved in, and what was once a mine is now not distinguishable from the moun tainous hills surrounding. Pitiful scenes were witnessed by . tViA Bonva Hno wnH itnrtlnnlnrlv llH- thetlc. A foreign woman, whose husband was in the mine, .rushed to the entrance, but tho gas'forced her back. Realizing that she could do she tore the skin off her face with her finger hails and pulled out large twists of hair. And although there are great crowds about the mine en trance mere are mnumerame women and children crouching in modest homes fearfully, terribly awaiting what they know must come by the ' blackened remains of a husband, of a father, of a brother. .--. The dead recovered that are recog : sizable are: H. D. Wise, civil engineer. C Fred Cooper, motorman, In mine . No. 6. ' ' John Herman, boss driver, mine No. 6. UU II II IV nun Tiiiniif . io j ni a uiU brakeman on motor. William Hloanc. ' l)..nn iim,lnnnl 1 Ul.n.H.nH 1 B irnn a 1 A nullum ixjVf viihmvvi. Francesco Larlo. . Spunny Vrban. JOS Bodies Found ot 10 O'clock Today. At ten o'clock this morning a total of 165 bodies have been foind. It la expected that these bodies will have been removed to tha outside of the mine by noon today. PACIFIC FLEET NEARLY READY Admiral Evans Will Go Aboard flagship Today BLUEJACKET DESERTING The Connecticut, Flagship, ami tlic Virginia and New Jersey Join the Other Battleships in Hampton Roads, Where is the Rendezvous of the Fleet to Sail for Aslat :c 'Waters Next Week Reports of ." Wholesale Desertions of .Sailors Who Object to Taking the Long Cruise. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Newport News, Va., Doc. 7. After a... rough voyage down t'ne coast, tho battleship Connecticut, Hear Admiral Evans' flagship, steamed Into Hamp ton Roads last evening at 6 o'clock and dropped anchor oft Old Point. Tho New Jersey and the Virginia arriv ed during the evening and night. To day they are getting ready. Rear Admiral Evans la expected to day to Doard hia ship. Several ships are duo here during the day and , the entire, fleet, .with 'the exception of tho Maine, will be assembled when tho battleship Minnesota reaches hero next week. According to stories told by seamen at Old Point, there have been whole sale desertions from the Connecticut and other ships at the northern ports, and it Is not likely that the tars will be allowed a great deal of liberty here before the fleet sails. The next vessels expected are the Kansas, fiom Delaware Breakwater, and the Rhode Island, from New York; the Illinois from Boston, and the Kear sarge an I Georgia, from League Is land. Tho New Jersey came In yesterday like tho Louisiana, loaded to the wa ter lino with heavy ammunition and stores, which all of tho battleships will carry on their cruise to tho Pacific. Hundreds of tons of "picked coal" woro sent in barges from the Norfolk navy yard today to Hampton Roads, where it will bo placed in the bunkers of the vessels of tho Paelllc-bound At lantic fleet that have already arrived. FOR KILLING THE GOVERNOR (By Leased Wire to The Times. ) Boise, Idaho, Dec. 7 The jury which will try the case of George A. Pettibone for complicity in tho mur der of former Governor Stuenenberg has been sworn in. Both Clarence Darrow of the de fense, and James II. Hawloy of the prosecution expressed satisfaction with the bods'. The opening of the prosecution will be made on Monday by-Hawloy- and the taking of evi dence, will begin in .the afternoon. THE GAS-STOVE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SUICIDE TESTED (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Doc. 7 After plncing her elcven-months-old baby, Orval, face downward on a gas range In her kitchen, Mrs. Delia Jaurls, 29 yoarg old, of Mohawk street, yester day afternoon turned on the gas and then placed her head over the stove so that the deadly fumes would act quickly. When her son Edward, five-years-old, returned homo from a neighbors house he found his mother and baby brother dead. The pollco believe the woman was despondent because of 111 health. WEXT YEAR AT TKlNlTY DliRHAM! - . Bishop Galloways Talk to ihe few Preachers PROHIBITION WINS OUTi No Bettor Time Than to Quit at the Start, I'nless the Young Men Are Consecrated and Devoted to the Work They Intend to Pursue What Was Done This Morning and Last Evening By Hie Methodists Down At New Bern Notes and Incidents. (!'y C. AV. IH'NT.) New Bern, N. C, Dee. 7.The fourth day's sear-ion of the North Carolina Methodist Conference began today with the work well in hand. The fourth day of the conference ' was convened at 9:30 this morning, j Religious services were conducted , by Dr. L. L. Nash, ; j Rev. H. JI. Eure was granted leave ; of absence. : Dr. , I. N. Cole Re-elected Supt. Rov. J. N. Cole was re-elected su perintendent of the Orphanage, and! L.'J. Parish, W. T. Joyd, B. B. ) Adams, Q. K. Nimocks, S. C. Vann, J. S. Wynne, R. E. Price and Jos. G. Brown were elected trustees for three years. Dr. Porter spoke for Bible cause. ' The following commutes made re ports; Church property,- district rec ords, .orphanage, Bible cause, tem perance, books and periodicals and the joint hoard of finance and Gun day schools. -.. Declares for Prohibition. The temperance report produced a discussion of words, declaring for Btate prohibition. The report as amended came out flat for prohibition. ; ' "' Dr. Ivcy was re-elected editor of tho Raleigh Advocate. Next Conference nt Durham. Trinity Church (Durham) gets; the next session of the conference unanimously. Mrs. L. H. Robertson, president of Greensboro Female College, was introduced and she addressed the conference. The Sunday school board asked the appointment of an organist. 1 The afternoon session was chiefly j devoted to the laymen's movement, of which Oennral Carr spoke In the morn ing. Rev. L. L. Nash opened tho meet ing and passed the meeting in charge of General fair. The president made some renunks on the .purpose of the movement and General Carr supple mented them. He said this was no one ma.i't work, and he wanted no man to Join who did not care to join. Ho wan'ed all to join who compre hend tho work and wero willing to work; In short, he did not want to beg them to join, but he desired them to do the begging. It is a place for work for all Christians and their help Is needed. The meeting was enthus iastic In tho contemplation cf thesv new duties. The following officers were elected: President, J. S. Carr; secretary, J. E. Pegram; treasurer, J. B. Walker. Vice presidents were selected from each district and were: Raleigh, J, G. Brown: Durham, T. L. Whltmore; Rockingham, Judgo W. H. Neul; Wilmington, W. It. Cooper; New Bern, C. W. Munger; ."Washington, J. F. Bruton; Warrenton, Dr. Zolllcofter, and Elizabeth City, It. A. Breen. Tho great church was crowded to overflowing last night to listen to tho educational address by Rev. J. C. Kll- go. At least 1,000 were present. Dr. Kilgo's discourse w:is listened to with wrapt attention from start to finish, (Continued on Second Page.) DURHAM BOY (Special to The Evening Times.) Durham, . C, Dec. 7. Willie Scott, the thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Scott, was Instantly kill ed this morning by his brother. James Scott with a shot gun. The' shooting is report-.) 1 to' have been accidental, the affair occurred at the home, about five miles from Durham. The boys were going hunting. Immediately at- I ter breakfast, when James picked up i tho gun, It accidentally tired and tho entire load went Into the faco of the younger toy, causing death Instan ' taneously. WHO KILLED BROTHER iHOT NEWS FROM NAT L CAPITAL Important Evenis and Topics Up at Washington REDUCE ISSJ1E OF BINDS Secretary of Treasury Has Decided to Reduce Bjj- One-Half -the issue' of Panama Canal Bunds Allot ments of Only. .25 Millions Made 'Diplomatic Controversies River and. Harbor Delegates (Jo Home Loving Cnp Presented Other Live Wive News. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, ;' '-;lDoc. 7.--Secretary Coitelyou has decided to reduce by one-half the' issue of Panama Canal bonds, and allotments to the amount of only $25,000,000 have been, made, The lowest price at which offers will be accepted will be between 1.02 and 1 02, ranging up to more than 1.06,: the average : being , a figure slightly in excess.' of 1 ,0:!. Under tho terms of the law and tho secretary's .. acceptance of theso bids, the allotment to individuals and institutions wilt be confined to the small subscriptions from $10, 000 down to $20. The bids accept ed have' come from every section of the count ry, and are mostly in small amounts. , ' - ' ' : . The notices of 'acceptances will be prepared and mailed to the success ful bidders with 'the least possible delay.' . - .: The improvenient in. business con ditions following" the announcement of relief measures by the treasury department is' regarded by the secre tary as warrafcfetg him in Umltins the issue of the Panama Canal bonds to $25,000,000. This is almost ex actly the amount of the disburse ments that have been made during the year on the Panama Canal ac count. The allotments of the 3 per cent certificates will not exceed .'$15, 000,- OilO. These have been confined to national baiiks which were in posi tion to at once take out ndditlonal circulation, tills being a measure de- signed to afford Immediate relief. ' River and Harbor Delegates (io Hume- Loving Cup. Most of the members of-the rivers and harbors congress left Washing ton for their homes last night. The rellii'.ig board of twenty-four directors last iilghf presented to .Mr. (Continued on Page Five.) HALF MILLION (By 'Leased Wire to The Tlmes. Hopkinsville, Ky., Dec, 7. Five hundred night raiders entered the city early today, shot several citi zens and destroyed property valued at half a million. For hour hours the city was helpless. The night raiders who are In a war against tobacco growers who ; will not join them In their trade cam paign, make the destruction of the crops and property of their foes a special mission. - It was one of these raids that started today's rioting. Tae police and fire departments were captured by the mob and tele graph operators threatened with death If they sent out any messages. Young women in the Cumberland telephone offices were kept under guard In the cold night air until tho mob withdrew. , While the fires were burning tho mob visited the Hopkinsville- Kcn tuckian office nnd shot out the glass front. The telephone offices suffered the same fate. Lindsay Mitchell, a buyer for the Imperial Tobacoo Company, was ordered to come out of his house by the mob under' pen alty of being shot to :t death .along with his family. After' he came out he was beaten with ropes until the blood came from his body, and he' was left In a serious condition. The mob left town amid a volley of shots. NIGHT RAIDERS KILL AND BIN TOBAYWOKKOF THE BAPTISTS Business Will he Closed Up at Tenighrs MONEYFORWAKEFOREST DTiiini; the One Year the Sum of $112,000. Has Been Raised for the Kmioivnicnt Fund Over $100,000 Raised Through the New Presi dent of Convention The $150,000 is Nov,- Assured Proceedings of This Morning and Lust Night in the City by (he Sea Personal Notes. (By MISS MAMIIMIAVS.) Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 7 The friends of Wake Forest College are feeling good .this morning. The rea-! son whv will ho px-nlnineri tielnw in ! the report of the evening session. The Baptist State Convention met I at the usual hour this morning and the. - work, is being .-.performed. in. .an admirable and satisfactory .nianrier. : The business sessions', of the con-, vontlon will close tonight, although the formal adjournment will not take place until tomorrow night. ' Most of the pulpits of the city will be filled tomorrow by the visiting ministers. This Morning's Session. After several items of. miscellan eous business; had been transacted at this morning's session Sir. J. .Harry Tyler, of Baltimore; addressed the convention on the subject of lay men's missionary movement. The subject for discussion was "Woman's Work." The report of the Woman's Missionary Union was very encourag ing, and their work was highly commendatory.-; A resolution of thanks to X. B. Broughton, who has completed 25 years of service as secretary of the convention was offered and tho reso lution was adopted by a standing vote. - A resolution was adopted in the same way expressing the appreciation of the convention to Rev. High t C. Moore for the four years of splendid service he lias given as-field1 secretary of tho Sunday School Board. He retires from this work at this session to begin his larger work of nciu . secretary of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Con vention. The report of tho .commuted on ministerial; relief was read and adopted. Tho memorial service dosed the morning session. No afternoon, ses sion will be held today, but tonight the closing business session will be held. At the afternoon session tlio 'fiit-.t special order was the.-consideration of denominational, schools and after tho reading of the report addresses wero delivered on the importance of high school work. Rov. Fred 1). Hale, the convention host, spoke ot tho effort being made in Wilmington to sccuro a prohibition election a:id asked that tho delegates subscribe for tho Dispatch, which is giving largo space to prohibition matter and read the same during the next, four months, at. the end of which time the prohibitionists hope the election will be held. The report of the commi't- tee on periodicals commended highly the Biblical Recorder, Charity and Children, and the missionary litera ture of the denomination. Referring briefly again to the question of r.iin (Continued on Page Six.) THE FIGHTING IS RESUMED IN MOROCCO (By Cable to The Times.) Paris, Dec. 7. Fighting between the French troops and Arab rebels along tlio Algerian-Moroccan border has bo eome general today, acocrdlng to re ports from General : Lyautey, tho French commander. The French routed the force under Barabout Bouthkh. who started thn holy war with small loss to themselves. Jbut tho death of at least 700 or 800 A rubs. tither tribes have come to his sup- Tarboro. J. F. Llles is named as re port, however, and today's engagements celver. Tho petition Is returnable be Boom liable to decide the struggle jforo Judge Puriuil December 17th. GOLDFIELD AT MERCY OF STRIKING MINERS The Sheriff, Mad With the Governor, Leaves the City, anil Lawlessness Soon Began.-Arrival of ' Troops This Afternoon.-Martial Law WITH FEETTORN LEED1NG Wrecked hilars Tramp Into City of Norfolk CANT TALK ENGLISH ' llM-A of An I-it-rireler Makes Their iiut Sttny Liii'iicly' riiintelligilile They Were Wrecked On North Caroliaa Coast After Sailing in h Schooner -From Baltimore, the Name of Which .They Could Not Tell Captain and Comrades Per ished.' (I5y Leased Wire to The Times.) Norfolk, Va.,' Dec. 7. Four Russian sailors, survivors of a wreck on the North "Carolina -.''coast,' tramped.' into Norfolk last. . nii;lt. The . feet of th. men were literally cut to pieces, leav ing a -trail of blood stains. The men were worn and haggard..- For want of jfn Interpreter with suflkient knowl edge of the dialect spoken by the men, their complete .story - cannot yet ba. told. ..', . ; ; They left '.Baltimore on a two-masted roasting .schooner some weeks ago. The hanip, of "the schooner they don't remenihfi Tlio iwcnl sliivm wrprknil the schooner on the Carolina shoals, and the four Russians were washel overboard and reached land. The cap tain of th schooner and another mem ber of the crew, the Russians ' believe, to . have perished. The. hy.lrographlc office reports the diseovoVcy of several. small .wrecks, on the Carolina coast,; one of the vessels being a two-master.,-1- CHIGAGO GETS THE REP, NAT'L E (Special to The Kveniiii; Tine's.) j Va.sIiinr;oii, l. (',, Di'C. 7. The liepubiican National ( oniinittee at the nieeti-! here today M-lecti'd Chi- envo as :d:i!- lor mil iue.al conven- Hon. . .The. '.victory of tir metropolis of the litlres was, largely (l';c to tho strenuous offorlii '.of .. Congressman I.owdeu. who made the only' speech presenting' the. claims of Chicago to the convention. , A Hood of oratory was turned loose !fol. KiinsiiH City, to whicli large con- tributions were made by Senator Warner, Mr. Bartholdt, foi-mcr May or Xeff. of Kansas City. Mr. Mulvain and Mr. Clarke. Somebody was un kind enough to say that the Kansas City boom was "talked to death June. 1 it was decided upon as the time for holding the. convention, FATAL WRECK 1 I lines, ) A blld (Special to The Evening Kiimlon, N. C, Dec. wreck on tho Snow Hill Railroad, four miles from Kinslon, today. Ilenr-end collision, between log train and work train. Killed one negro , boy and two others mo badly hurt. , The wreck will be cleared by night., " f I Petition in Bankruptcy, .etltlon.ln Involuntary bankrupt- ry was filed with Judge Thomas I'urnell today against P. Haten NIN mm NEAR KINSTON MINERS BADLY BEAT THE SON OF A JUDGE They Broke His Nose and Fractured Several Ribs, Knocked Out Hte Teeth and Thought They Had Kicked Him Into the Next World. But He Was Found Unconscious By Friends Three Hours liater Attempt Made By Dynamiters to Wreck Power Line The People Terrified One Labor Leader Shoots Another. (By Leased Wire to The Timea.) Carson City, Nev., Dec, 7 Gov- 01'nm' Sparks is on his way from this city ; to Reno to meet Colonel Reyn- olds, who is in command of troops i being hurried to Goldfield. He is I making the trip in an automobile. . ! (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Goldflell, Nev., Dec. 7 Sheriff In ; galls, who says Governor Sparks went i over his head in the matter of request ; lug the government to send troops to 1 preserve -order' among the ; striking I miners, lias left town. This leaves Goldfield ct the mercy of desperate ; strikers until the arrival of the troops. Lawlessness has already begun. Pres ; ident McKinnen of the local miners' union, is mi the hospital, suffering from j a gunshot wound received during a I dispute with another labor leader. Herbert Belford, son of Judge Be!.- ford, was taken in custody by a man who sld he was a deputy sheriff, He I was takon through a dark alley and i set upon by several miners. Thoy broke his nose, fractured several ribs, knocked his teeth out and kicked him, as they thought, to death. He was found unconscious three hours after '"the 'assault..' He was accused of hav- , 1 ing "scabbed" in Cripple Creek dur- ing a strike there. i An attempt was made by dynamiters to wreck the electric power line which ' furnishes Goldfield light and power. Une bundled sticks of giant powder j were found by a policeman. They I were scattered around the poles where ' Hie- - .wires cross the. railroad. Holes , were bored in two of the poles and ; caps Were exploded. The powder was frozen, which prevented the explosion. Troops Rushing to Scene, i Washington, D, C, Dec. 7. Accord ing to private dispatches, grave fears prevail here that rioting has begun ut Goldlleld. Thousands of miners, : who are on strike, are armed with lilies and are in fiery mood over tho ; cntly ot tl:lll troops Into the region. I Troops to the number of 280 men ! with two machine gun platoons are being rushed to Goldfield. Intense ex citement prevails that wreckage andi destruction may begin before the troops . arrive, 'ihe gravity of the situation may be judged from the following message from Governor Sparks to President Roosevelt: "At Goldlleld, Esmalda county, state of Nevad i, Mere does now exist do mestic violence and unlawful combi nations and conspiracies which do ob struct and continue to so obstruct and hinder the execution of the laws of the state of Nevada and now deprive and , continue to deprive '"u people ui uiu section o.: ihe state the rignts, pnvi ' leges, immunities and protection named In Hie constitution of the United ' States and the state ot Nevada. "1'nlawful dynamiting of property, -commission 'of felonies, tbreatB against., the lives and property of law-abld-, ing citizens, the unlawful possession of arms and ammunition and the con I fiscation of dynamite with threats of : tht unlawful use of the same by pre j concerted action," ! iTrotins Arrive; Town I'nder Martial Imw. , - nntdflnM Nov IW 7 Tho fo't. oral trool)Bi commanded by Colonel Ucynol(lg( haVe arrived hero and the town , now under martnl law. The tro0,m ,uft thclr trftn and mttrched through almost deserted streets. Tbe reHdentg of the cUy are jn 8ym. pathy with tho miners and showed ,,,.,.., at tha .rrival'of the . ,..,.,. r,oRlne storna nn1 drawing the blinds of their residences. Not a miner appeared on ' tha streets and the presence of soldiers In the Golden City was Ignored.
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