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1 Weather. ... r " .. 2nd Edition ft Washington, D. C, Not. 13 Fore--cast, for North Carolina for tonight and Saturday: Partly cloudy tonight ' and Saturday light to fresh 'Winds. VOLtTZXE tt. LE Three Hnndred and Sixty-Five Miners to Oie By Fire Or Solfccation MINE OPENING SEALED Four Hundred Men Were lit the 'Mine When the Disaster Occurred, and of These Only Thirty-six Have Been Taken Out Alive Those Who Were Not Instanly Killed by the Force of Explosion Were Soon Doomed to Death by Fire, Which Made the work of Rescue impos sible, v . (By Cable to The Times) Berlin, Nov. 13 Sealed up In a mine and doomed to die by Are or suffoca tion is the late of 365 miners who were trapped in a pit at Hamm, Westphalia, by an explosion of coal dust. There were 400 In the works of the r Kadbod Mine when the disaster oc curred, and of these only 36 were taken out alive.' Most of them were so bad- ly burned that they are expected to die. Those who were not" instantly killed by the force of the explosion, which was of unusual violence, were soon doomed to death by fire that spread : with such rapidity as to make the work of rescue impossible and caused the mine owners to flood and hermeti cally close the opening of the shaft in order to extinguish the advancing flames. The bodies of 87 dead had already been brought to the surface, together with the Injured, before the mine open, ing was sealed. So great was the explosion that one of the shafts was wrecked and had to be repaired before the work of rescue could be commenced. In addition, the flumes pnd.V . dense, chocking smoko -"pitoVWff- HisuruidtniteVie 'r otosta&es J - the early efforts of the rescue corps. Following the explosions, rescuers ar rived from all directions, and the work of getting below at once was organized. One of the shafts was soon practical ly burned out. An Improvised cage was sent down with rescuers but the headway of the fire was such they had to be called back. ..'! A corps composed of men who gave valuable aid in a terrific mine disaster at Qourriurres,- France, In March, 1906, was brought to the scene at noon, but was unable to enter the mine. In the meantime heart rendering scenes were being enacted at the mine when the dead .and wounded were brought to the surface, and there were similar scenes in the town when the injured were transported through the streets to the hospitals. '.--.. By afternoon the flumes had made such Jieadway that after a consulta tion of the engineers it was decided that any further attempt to rescue the entombed men would be vain, owing to the impossibility of entering the galler.'es and the order was issued to flood and hermetically close tho mine. DKATII FROM VVViOS. But it Was Not In the Wine Taken From Virginia. , " . (By leased Wire to The Times) Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 13 After a thorough post-mortem analy sis of the bddles of Ed. and Laura Davis, servants in the employ of Rev. Carter Helm Jones, found dead In a residence here which Rev. Mr. Joneg was preparing to ccupy, Vincent Shlnkle, city chemist, stated at the Inquest that hydro-cyanic acid- was responsible for their deaths. , j; It is the orilnlon that oil of bitter almond, mixed with wine, produced death. The ahalysis showed no pois on in a half emptied bottle if wine brought here from Lynchburg, Va., and found near the bodies. .Rev. Mr. Jones was formerly pas tor at Lynchburg, Va., and Louisville, Ky. KILLED BV AUTOMOBILE. Senator Farrell Rons Down Promi nent DualtteM Man. (Hy Leased Wire to The Times) New Haven, Conn., Ndv. It Sena tor Alton Farrell, of Ansonla, this morning ran down and, killed Edwin . G. Llnsteadt. -Farrell was In hit au , tomoblle speeding from New Haven to his home in Ansonla. Ha Is a" mil lionaire manufacturer and a state senator. Llnsteadt was a buslnssg 'ORK OF RESCUE NO IMPQSSIB - mnn nhnut EO Veara old He lived In.' Westville and had just stepped off ' n . lL w. tro ey car near hla home when Far- ren s auiomoone airuca mm. . He. Wa8 almost Instantly killed. Celestials Drowned. Buffalo, N. Y.', Nov. 11-ln an at tempt tg smuggle Chinamen from Canada - over the Niagara River this morning, tlx Celestials were drowned, four others ' escaped but - were later captured and placed under arrest Former S. Senator Carmack. J SECOND DAY OF I M, INVESTIGATION Former Senator Cnrnmt-k, of Ten nessee, who was shot down in a pistol duel In the streets of Nashville by Robin Coowr. The iii-tum hi.lnw ti. the left is Gov. M. K. Patterson, of; Tennessee, the nnlitimi n..,,o,... ,.r t'armack, who defeats the "foiiuer! cnleny wuu t"e . examination -or sec-s-iiaUir for the Democratic nomina- ouda,'v wllnesses tlon for Governor. The shootlna is The most iml'ortant witness to give declared to be a dirwt result of .the!1 ill feelings growing out of the terson-Cannark political feud. I'at- VIRGINIA COAST (By Leased Wire to The Times) Norfolk, Va., Nov. 13 Buffeted by a severe gale the three-masted schooner Florence Shay, bound from; Norfolk to Boston, with several bun-; d red tons of oavlne blocks, went i BOAT ASHQREON ashore on the Vlrglula coast, between ;onthe Wnbash about two miles south the Lltle Island and False Cape Hfe-1 west of this city at 6 o'clock this morn savlngs stations yesterday. Captain "K- Gilbert and three of the crew of the! The dead: Brakeroan H. E.. Wolfe, schooner were rescued by the life-of Brazil, Ind.; Fireman W. B. Wil savers. .Two members of the crew j nams, Springfield, Ills, were found dead from exposure. Fatally Injured: Fireman James Their bodies were taken from the,Snape) Sprlngfleld; Engineer J. W. WThe' schooner left here yesterday Te'' Clinton. Ills. v. afternoon in tow of the tug Asher J. . Trf " ' I2; etbn tre Pul- ,, . . . , .. Ing uto the lies yards, crashed Into a Hurson, which jvas also towing the , . lne as tne liltter was enter. barge Charles K. Nichols. A severe lng tne Kht.d of the Black Diamond squall struck the tug and tow last mine, preparatory to placing cars for night tearing the schooner away. The tho coal chute, and both engines turn tug und ' barge have not since been ed turtle, carrying with them the fire heard from, and great apprehension nien and engineers and the brake man is Mnrossed fnr' thnli anfotv ENGINE EXPLODES TWO ARE KILLED (By Leased Wire to The Times) Blnghampton, N. T., Nov. IS At East Windsor, near here, at 7:45 this morn i":'11"" MJ,n- tl,e PT tolvislon of the Delaware and Hudson, nj t0 wiikesbarre, tfxpiod.d fBW roH. orth of the deDot. instant- hy kUHn the flagman. J. Carty and Brodshaw, the fireman. Kim ball, engineer, in his cab over the boiler, wii . only slightly Injured. A dry boiler it given as the cause Of the explosion. The dead and injured were taken to their hornet In Wiikesbarre. Pa- where the fireman leaves a large family, (By Leased Wore to Th Tiiuea) Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13 The t - .1 A 4 n M.. 1 rn.l tin nf thA 1-111 iJUfe vx iwi mci kjcuiiivi buiuiaiv w an resumed this morning. It became ev ident on the second day of its pro ceedings that a grsat number of wit nesses were to be examined and an exhaustive iuquiry made before the body proceeded to consider the draw- Insof indlcim-aota..' session yesterday The grand jury's was taken up "cu The trial of the case in the event of Indictments Is not exnected to come A,n In fhA- Tirownf trm rt rnnrt TWO KILLED IN T (By Leased Wire to The Times) eprlngfleld. Ills., Nov. 13 Two kill ed and'' two-fatally; hurt and two en gines almost, completely demolished, is the result of a wreck which occurred wno was kllleu. WANT DUTY ON JUTE ABOLISHED (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Orleans, Nov. 13 Anticipating action on the tariff by congress at the coming session, the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange has adopted resolutions asking the abolition of duty on Jute bagging, which amounts to I cents a bale, as being a direct tax on the cot ton Industry of the south for the bene fit of a few manufacturers who, are thus enabled to thrive at the expense of the most important class of agrl cultullsts In the country. . , The Louisiana senators and repre sentatives, -as well as those from other states, are asked to put Jute bar ging on the free list. FREIOH WRECK RALEIGH, N.y, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908. rnim nil nnrm rill K I nil 1 1 If t III JUI1 UUILUUL 1 Bl0I0DEAIHi Fire Destroys Heme in the Country and Lillle tiil drei ire Victims FATHERjjBADLY BURNED Of His Seven Children the '.Father Succeds In Saving Three of Thoin, Together With His Wife Was Seriously Burned, in Saving His Children Appearance of Bodies of the Children Indicate.' That They Died From ' Sufl'ocntion Was u Dairy ' Farmer. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Alliance, O., Nov. 13 Four child- ren were burned to death this morn - inn. in Bra thnt destrnvorl th conn- try home of John WampHer, a milk dealer. The father was badly burned in tttemptlng to rescue his children, of whom there were seven. The dead: Lucille, 9 years old; Le roy, X; Catherine, 5; Charlea, 3. Following the discovery of the fire the father-made a desperate attempt to reach his children and succeeded in getting three of them out, after sustaining hums of a serious charac ter. He also rescued Mrs. Wdmpfler. The appearance of the bodies of the children which were foiuid In the ruins Indicate (that .till, died from suf focation. EFFECT OF COLOK ON HEAT. As Result of Experiments by War Department '' 'New. Clothes Are Ordered for I'll il ippines. I (uyxeasea vvire io ine . unresi Washington, NOv. 13 After a ser'es of laboratory and .liemical tests, of- i.ltA kifh on., ..ll.l ..l-i.' eiuea mat ootn neat ana com are modified by the action of colr.rs on varioua rays o, tae sun, ' ble de-rce j ers of America, a position he held for '.''.AaVrePUU.' troops in 'the' Philippines iars and to which Lewis succeeded will have t" wear orange colored un-iwhen he stepped out.' derwear. ..Orders to th;s effec t were j;:'' Neither, 'of the principals to this issued yesievl:iy and . 5,000 suits and ) most interesting controversy would 5,000 hat -linings wore ordered shlp'pt d ; discuss the matter, but the story by the .quartermaster's department toj(.am(f fmm H r(,,iable Rollrce. and the Manila. Til experiments have been-: made by tin; the army. '.medical -department of. ! ' " V " ! AJ' -AGKI) HOUSEKEEPER , ! TAKHKl) AND FEATHEKEI). (By Leased ..Wire to The Times) Wheeling. W. Va.. Nov. 13 Four men land one woman have been arrested at Martinsburg on the charge of admin -tering tar and feathers, to Mrs. Jane Weber, an aged hejusokeeper for John Murphy, n siil ng between Johnston and . Hedgi'vlile.-'.-' The woman was taken from her bed late at nl. ht. There was no apparent cause for the brutality. The woman la In a. serious 'condition and may die. Those ht'ld by Justice of the Peace Foulker an- James, George and Ike Murphy, Joseph Arnold and Mis. Arnold. Manufacturer Kills Himself. New York. Nov. 13 Thcdore S. Bar ron, a rich manufacturer of knit goods, ended his life by taking morphine at his home, 11 west 88th street. He had been in ill health for several years but it is not known whether he killed himself Intentionally or took too much of the drug by mistake. Chris. N. Fowler. Rep. Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, who has announced his can dldacy for Speaker of the House. f ..unr- Mrs. S. Eastman. I '"' :i- i6t:ifc:1::: -SC ';:i-t'"f:'vi Jlrs. Sophie Eastman, daughter of the late Carter Harrison, of Chicago, : ,s KS " cnous iii.Kauoii land crinUnal prosecutions with Col. W. E. McBce in Asheville, N. C. LEWIS FIGHTING (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Denver, Nov. 13 The dlvergeuce of views on labor questions between John Mitchell and Thomas L,: Lewis has become so serious that It is the Intention of Lewis to seok to have Mitchell ousted as vice-president of the American Federation of Labor and himself elected to the position. He. will oppose Mitchell because he does not believe that the latler has the right to hold an oface in both jn retaliation it is MitcheH wm again try related that to be elected !:lmsi(ent of tH l;.l)tet, Mlne-Work- filonds of both men are already at i work planning the fight. Lewis and Mitchell will never agree as to the policy of the United Workers. ' Mine- DOCTORS CUT Mi IN PIECES (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 13 William Smith is puzzling the .-'medical fra ternity of Stateu Island. Ho is at present in St. incent's Hospital, West Newbrighton. Within a year Smith has undergone l!i operations and is now preparing for a scries of others. He is only 38 years old, but his hair has turned white as snow. He has been operated on for ap pendicitis, intestinal trouble, and stomach trouble, has had his right foot and leg amputated and in the course of a few days will have his loft leg taken off above the knee. By tho time this has healed' his right arm will be amputated and later his left arm will have to come off. He Is suffering from 'tuberculosis, of the bone. PKKSIDKXT PKA1U K ACT1VK. Com in un rating With Ofilrent of t'or olina Association and Columbia . Team. President Bui well Pearce stated to aa Evening Times man today that the biggest celebration known to lovers of the national game would be the raising of the flag-pole from which will fly the league pennant, on the lust day of the 1909 baseball season. Mr. Peurce is corresponding with the president of the Carolina Association and the officials of the Columbia team In regard to their coming In the Carolina Association. The Columbia franchise owners are positive that they will not put a team in tho South Atlantic League next season and want to sell their franchise. If they do this they will then enter the Carolina As sociation, will be open a way for Ral eigh to also get In. Mr. Pearce Is rery active, and If there is any way to do it Raleigh will certainly , have a baseball team next season. JOHN H HE YOUNG EMPEROR OF CHINA DEAD News of Ddath Suppressed Un til Nephew Was Installed oi Throne KIPI IN BACKGROUNDS Emperor Was But Thirty-eight Years Old and His Health Had Long Been a Matter of Grave Concern to the Empire One of His Last Acts Was to issue an Edict Promising Constitutional Government and Ordering Administrative and Fi nujiciul Reforms. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Nov. 13 Official no tice of the death of the emperor of j China has been received at the state- department here and at the Chinese legation. He died suddenly in the imperial palace at Peking. The emperor was but thirty-eight years old and his health had long been a .matter of grave concern to the Empire. During the entire per iod of his reign his mother, the dow ager empress Tzu-Hsl was the virtual ruler and she kept Kwang Su, who' appears to have been a moral and ' mental weakling, in the background. The. news of the death of Kwang! Su was suppressed until after his; nephew, Prince Puyi, who is only: three years old, was taken Into the palace by the dowager empress and: installed On the throne. The prince' is a son of Prince Chun, brother of j the emperor, and was designated re- i cently as the heir presumptive. The emperor suffered from ne-1 phrltia, complicated - with . other-ail-' ments. The foreign legations in, Peking offered the services of their" skilled physicians but their offers were declined by the empress dowa-; ger and her son was treated by the native doctors. One of the last acts of the emperor was to issue an edict promlsing con stitutional government and ordering administrative and financial reforms. (By Cable to The Times) Pekin, Nov. 1 3-r-l 1 : 1 3 p. m. A rumor Is current, that the dowageri empress Is dying. v The rumor is not credited by the populace and probably grew out of the fact that Tsi An fainted as the' body, of the emperor was being con-1 veyed from the winter palace to the north cliaiiiber In the Forbidden City KVAN'S APPKOVES OKDKR. Marines Will No. Longer Do Police Duty Aboard Ship. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington,' Nov. 13 "The best thing that - ever happened . tor the marine corps." was the laconic reply of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, retired, I when asked as he left the white' house ' today, what he thought of the presi- J dent's order dispensing with the serv-.' ices of marines aboard ship and as signing them to shore duty only. "I have been in favor of such an order for thirty years," continued the admiral. "It makes it possible now for the marines to keep up their bat talions and be ready for services when they are needed. Tho marines are the best roldlers we have and there Is no use In keeping them doing police duty ubnard shins. The transport service will be sufficient for their sea-going needs." CAROLINA'S CAPTAIN HAS HIS LEG BROKEN (Special to The Times) I Chapel Hill, Nov. 13 George Thomas, of Charlotte, captain and ' one of the ablest players of the Car olina teani, suffered the misfortune , to break his leg yesterday afternoon, while practicing with the squad. j Only one bone was fractured, but ' this will keep him out of the game for the remainder of the season. Thomas was very popular through out tho University and deep regret over the accident is felt by the en tire faculty and student body. This unfortunate accident will greatly lower Carolina's chances In the Thanksgiving game with Virginia. I Carolina defeated Davidson Col lege bore today In tennis, winning the doubles by the score of 3 to S. The singles will be played Frldtty. i PZIICE 5 CENTS. DAUGHTER PLAS MOTHER'S DEATH ' ii V"?. Exposed By Police and She Is Now In Chicago Prison WANTED MOTHER'S CASH Woman Tried to Employ Member of Private Detective Agency Who Had Done Some Work for Her to Put the Old Lady Out ( the Way Po lice Were Notified and Woman Thinking They Were Thugs, Made Trade With Officers to do the '. Deed. : (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Nov. 1 3 A cold-blooded plot by a daughter to murder her mother for her money was exposed last night in the arrest of Miss Mae L. Otis, 640 East Forty-sixth Place; The woman had arranged to have her mother beaten to ' death tomorrow night and the plot was nipped by the. Chicago police at the moment the would-be matricide was making a "payment down" to bind the bargain for the deed. : . ' Miss Otis spent a week planning, the murder and working out the de tails with the thugs she had engaged for the diabolical undertaking. Then when all arrangements had been made the woman discovered, to her grief, that she had been dealing en tirely with city police and private de- tectives, who had co-operated to ex pose the plot and frustrate the crime. The authorities now hold In black 'and white-evidence of the' woman's1 murderous designs. It is the follow ing receipt for the first payment of the price of her mother's blood: Received of Mae L. Otis, 649 -Baet 46th Place, $100, balance due $2, 400.. . ';.;' ;: : (Signed) : ' v ; ROBERT C. STOLPMANj, Stolpman says that on her first visit and again on this second one, he noticed that the woman was preoc cupied and nervous. He was so Im pressed by her singular behavior that he finally asked her what was worrying her. , "How far would you be willing to go in this matter?" Miss Otis finally demanded, according to Stolpman. "I'd go the limit if there , was enough money in it," said Solpman, for the purpose of drawing the wo man out. . ''Well,-I'll tell you what I want," Miss Otis Is said to have confided. "My mother is too slow dying and I want to put her out of the way.", Stolpman says he thought he had a crazy woman on his hands when he heard these words from her lips, but there was no other Indication of mental aberration. He decided to try to fathom the mystery. "Well, that can be done," he told Miss Otis, "but it will cost money a lot of money." "I am willing to pay a good sum," replied the daughter, "but I want a good Job done no ambulance Job, you know. I don't want her merely crippled. I want her killed." "Well, I know a couple of men who would kill anybody on earth if they got the right price," assured Stolpman. Stolpman told Miss Otis that it probably would cost $2,500 to hire the high class thugs he had In mind and the woman, he says, agreed to pay that price as soon as she should come into her property after her mother's death. An appointment having been made for the next day, Miss Otis departed. The next meet ing was arranged for last night at 7 o'clock in Stolpman's office. Mackey and Fltzpatrick, detectives, assigned by Chief O'Brien, went there at that hour, the former ascending to the of fice of the detective agency, while Fltzpatrick stood watch at the street door. Mackey found Miss Otis and Stolpman waiting for him and the make-believe thug was Introduced to the would-be matricide. The trio fell to discussing the plans in detail. Finally the plans were all arranged and Mackey said be was ready to un dertake the deed. He suggested, bow ever, that be would like to see a sum of money paid down as an earnest of the bargain. The latter took ;thi money and wrote out the receipt,' heretofore quoted. The woman also signed "I, O. U." for the remaining $2,400. BTDTKT-rp:
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