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A A wtem* mm. vsw-f 4' •».» fwtNTY4IEVENTv» YEAR. ecte'dthaYliealiil^in Explosion Will Reach This Number f'.v/- Jis- pmbereilfl :. v'-^' No Hope of Any Alive-Res cuers May Die «f Dead ly Black Damp a JMpnon^h,' W. Va.» Dee^T-'-At o'clock tonight twenty-five bodies had bej&ja recovered from mines Nos. 6 and 8 of the Fainmount Coal company at Monongah. Scores of other victims wer© in sight of .the .rescuers and it estimated that Mt 'feast' one 'hund red dead would be brought to the sur fa before daylight t»^ao5row. ..How e^er, the nunjiber of bodies reqo^ eB&d tongiht: Jintd early V^ndaV- ^aei- PjBnds upon the condition of the mine. Ubte today, and tonight, the deadly black damp became more inrdndunceS' as the furthe^ recesses of the mtaffs W.&re approache4.' It,, was stated tp» J. night iby rG^er^l Manager Malone of the mines, that four hundred and s6v enty-eight actual miners were -check ed off as entering the mines yesterday morning. ^This number it was said did not ihQlude fully one hundred trappers, mule drivers, pumpers aiid boys, who are not under the check ..'Wfsal- sjMSSf s*^4 5',p? Should tne§e ngores %&: correct the death list will be over 550. The con dition of the bodies thus far recovered horrible. Many jire dismembered somes are fearfully crushed and the rest are blackened and burned beyond recognition. The Jody of J. M. Mc-:, Graw, pit boss, sdid one ,tf .the best known mining men ia West Virginia,' vfas recovered tonight In mine No. 8. It was headless and otherwise dlsflg ijiyed, id^nfiflLcation having been made by he he an 4 The aoident,^ the greatest in the history of American mining, has daz ed the peoiple of the vicinity. To idght the streets of both thiB town. 4nd Fairmount 1 f,y. are crowded, while 'thousands line the hills in the vicinity Of the mines. Every bar(|"oom in Fair l^ount and Monogah is closed^ no tices on th& doors announ4ng 'tht U»e suspension is caused by the 'imljie] essploaiond an wlllWiwlyetaohrdltrtaoi |xplo6ion and will continue until Mon- There is both precaution and Bpect in the closing of the saloons, Throughout the territory six mines have suspended operations tempor arily and about six thousand miners fre visiting here and in Fairmount. Starting tomorrow morning a new system of rescue ,work will be inaug tirated at both mines, the lnttntlOn fieing to dispense rwith the sfervtcea of |he miners, who have been employed, in elther of thQ mines. In their placei there will be about €wo hundred exDerit mining men from Pennsylvania, Kenutcky and West Irginiatall of whom have volunteer The reason for this is that the sndltions now existing In the mines He extremely dangerous and is feared -that should unexperienced wen inake inoorrect' move a secondNex- Petelyan oslon wo»ld occur which would com wreck the mines It ia estimated that 250 famllies^&re astltute and In many places relief anda have already been atarted fos ie wives and children. y'- Tomorrow in all th& Ohurches of irmoont, Clarksburg aad Monongsh special services will be held trad it jls probabls collectioOH will be takent Jit is the purpose of the minister* to T$ptpbll8h a permanent relief fund. A. eoore or more of men of the res cuing parses are in a crltloai condU JUon too^gbrt from inhaling blaok demtpt Several ar$ expects# to dte. One of these men, John Babbert, was carried from the mlne tcudght almost a raving manias. H1& tow* were filled with blaek damp, which produo^d th® fy dition of one insane &nd|the s&"vtees of four men wereijgij^^ary^ tdi hold Gafbbert while the doctors attended him.. i$Jp t^ slate. todajr many entertained h^pea thaii i6i$e of the ehtomb&d men would he 'taken from the mines aJlWi ^^^^j^ie|i|re6^^|4 $£day, hb^e|ejpjwer| ^jrpu^t '|i|&$Ji^f^5e horribly mangled, ail hope was dis pelled and distressing seene'6v follow- e. From forty to fifty percent of .the icfamB, it is estimated/ ftros Aiaericanis. A majority of the men who have been recovered will be buried tomorrow. All day long m^n have been digging graves in the Catholic/cemetery loc&t cjd within sight of the mine^, 'i ••"it.*- '%&*!• i!iO'-f- Tliousands Pack Madison Square Garden til See 1 Wheels Go Jlipnd^ Number #o! Inier^ting' Pre- liminaries To Annual Madison Square Garden,.itew iTork, N. ®|i|. 7»-r-Madison. Square Gar its^ftttmOBt .ca pacity tonight, with the followers of bicycling. fhre international events •teievrpiK^thfe card, Which** served' as stn lltroductory to the annual six-daiy contest, which will begin at 1 o'clock Monday morning. The first race waB a duel between Frank Kramer, America's cham{£-|. sprinter apd Edward Jaeqoelln French champion. They met. first at a half mile, which Kramer wdn by a wheel's length, and an hour later they tried conclusions at* one\mile. After a bit of jockeying "Kramer went out in th^ lead but In the sixth l^P the Frenchman dvertook and passed him. Kramer kept close up all the way and In the tenth and final lap he shot ahead in a terrific sprint which took .ah the vftr'out of the foreigner, who- sat Up -and permitted Kramer to win with ease. The second international contest was a ten-mile race, open for pro fesionals, in which there v?ere forty three sorters, including qiost of the men who-are to take part in the six day race. This event was unusually interesting and was won after a rous ing finishing sprint by Walter TRutt^ of .Germany, with Matt T. Downey ot iioston, second, a, half wheel away, and who *ras disqualified for fouling. The second prize was awarded to Walter A." Bardgett of Buffalo. The final evenV on the program Was a ten-mile motor paced race between Louis Darragon of France, winner of the 100-kilometre world's paced chainplonship In 1906 and 1907, and Bobby Walfhour of Atlanta, Ga., who won the same championship in 190* and 1905. They started from opposite sides of the track and during the first two milefi the Frenchman gradually gain ed on the American and at. the end of the third mile Darragon was with in ten yards of Walthour, who was trying his best to recover the lost ground. They ran In this order for nearly the entire distance, Walthour being unable to shake "off the for eigner. In the eighth mile Walthour lost his pace and the Frenchman passed him, and a mile further on be lapped Walthour, winning by nearly two'laps MRS. TACT DEAD MOTHER 0=F 8ECRETARY OF 8TATE TAFT DtE0 8H0RTLV AFTER MIDMIOHT Mlllbury, Mass, isa M. Taft, mother of Seq, died at 20 this/(Sunday) In* 15#?, 1 "1" ~QeM' '"With Silver #po«H dfcw York. Dec. k—Mr* HJ. P&rm 1«nb Pr^tise, daughta* of John D. HbokefeUer, today gave birth to a daughter. Thi* la Mrs. Prentlse's sec- .1-c^m BISMARCK, fi NORTH DAKOTA, 1 jrri sV Family and Ministers of State at Bedside-Death Is Hourly Expected .. tr 4 fi'-t"'' V\v of Swedes Is on His Death •"iKl *1 d6U ^Ithout undue crowding. The condition of the king is such that -the physicians state recovery is impossible, although they still have slight hopes of keeping ihe, spark of life burning until morning. PANAMA BONDS I Cortelyou Makes a Divy of Government Securities to Hungry Purchasers •m '-t, Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—Secre tary Cortelyou today announced the allotments of Panama bonds sold to various national banks of. the United States. The list of purchasers made public did not include individual buy ers of boxt^a, but merely the nation al banks that acquired the bonds for the purpose^ presumably, of increasing thejir circulation.^ The average price pair for the bonds was a small fraction over 103 and the highest prices paid for any .( Continued on pass 8). 1 tea 1 ir- nmii.——**•— ny 4 another ey vrnw You've got all my gold jfa MORNING, DECEMBER SUNDAY M* ''V Thou^ands ul Swedes Brieve Kaywood Says Operators Went at Palace Doors for 1 Passing king '-h# Stockholm, Dec. 7—Although, thea ters aad places/of amusement were open as usual this evening, a crowd, numbering thousands patiently waiting In the pouring rain in front of the .palace^-testified to 4he popular sympathy for the aged monarsh whose life is slowly ebbing. Within -the palace, memfbers of the royal family high ecclesiastics a^d-' the ^premier and minlsterf crf foreign Affairs had been assembled for some "hours in the king's study to which room his maj esty had 'been removed in his bed q.t noon when still unconscious. This ^measure was taken (to enable all the family and officials to be present at the last mon^ents, Miners Will Be Assisted By f&St 'estern Federation Assessment "ft* HlnefS Blame Roosevelt for Sending Troops With- -b\* out Need '*/$ I|ck on Their Agree ment With Men Denver, Col., Dec,, 7—At a meeting oft ^^p. executive committee of the Western #ederation of Miners in &is city today,-it was agreed to levy an ass^sment upon members of the unipn tor thfe'1»nefif of Ole Goldfield (strik ers. The possibility of securing a congressional investigation of Presl dent' Roosevelt's: action in sending troopi to (goldfield at the request of Gov. Sparks of Nevada, was discussed' and it was practically decided to bring tl}£ matter to the attention of congress. "The action of the president in sending troops to Goldfield was the result of a prearranged conspiracy between Wall street interests and Gov.- Sparks," declared Acting Presi dent Mahoney after the executive ses sion. .r^Siere was absolutely no need if sutrfi action. It seems peculiar that troops should be hurried to Goldfield before the sheriff had made any re quest upon the governor for aid and without his knowledge. This action unprecedented and some ulterior motive is undoubtedly responsible for the outrage. The fedyraitdon will ren der every assistance in its »ower to s^rengithen the miners." 2 Haywood, secretary of the federa tion, declared that the mine owners were responsible for the strike anO that "any. trouble that followed must be laid at their door. He said that the owners had violated their agree ment and Ignored a compromise to which they had agreed. Haywood de clared ahsurd the story sent out from Los Angeles "that he had started the strike. "When I left Nevada," said Hay wood, *the Goldfield miners and op erators had reached an agreement. The miners1 agreed as a compromise to accept their wages half in cash and half in cashier's certificates and the owners accepted this compromise. It was when the operators refused to stick to t£e terms of the bargain and mmmm mm of H8 financial question Now, how **n I enough to buy your enmg, or tek^ JMhe output of your factories and packing bottsea? idved in Goldfield. quiet, going to have mon pa® declined pither t# guarantee their checkK or pa/ any'part in cash that th& miners were forced to strike. The certificates were accepted at only one store and the miners consequently rtqte without the meaSs to live. had a, conference, with, United States Senator Nixon of the consolid ated companies in which he personal ly agreed to the termp of the com promise. The mine owners have on ly th tinsel vt*s to blame for this trou ble!'* "f 'v--i Troops Arrive v.. Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 7—At 12:30 this afternoon an engine and six cari, the flrajfct ^ection of the train conveying United States troops to Goldfield, ar- pverything IN 100 Lid on Sunday Shows Jammed Jown Hard by Cranky Judge Court in Paint and 1 ^r. Costume-. f.. I- -V ti Kansas Citjr, Mo., Dec. 7.—Drastic measures were taken here today- to enforce the Sunday closing law as a result of the recent campaign begun by Judge Wm. H. Wallace of the criminal court. The grand jury in dieted 228 traveling actors and a^t resses and employes of local theatres, charge*! with violating the law for-* bidding labor on Sunday. Of this number 141 were arrested and gave bond for $200 each while others evad ed the officers and left the city with out being apprehended. The court room presented an un usual and almost ludicious appear ance when the persons arrested were lined up before Judge Wallace to give bond. Many actors went direct ly from matinee performances to the court house and had not had an op portunity to remove the paint from "their faces. About one-third were actresses, many were chorus girls. Attorneys for the theatres filed pleas in abatement and motions for a change of venue before they al lowed their clients to plead, but the court insisted that pleas be entered first. When the prisoners refused to plead Judge Wallace entered a plea (Continued on page 8) BLUESUNDAY New Yorkers Will Have to Chase Themselves for Amusement All Classes of Divertisment Under Ban of the Po lice Today tew York, N. Y., Dec. 7.*-—"Blue SundaJ" Is promised New York to morrow. The literal enforcement of the old, but not seriously regarded, statute under a new interpretation will deprive New York's millions oi' any form oif public entertainment and put them upon their own resources for'amusement for 24 hours at le&st, and perhaps fqr jr»aoy other Sundays to come. Orders for the strict enforcement of Justice O'Gorman'B recent decision in regard to the closing of all places of amusement on th^ Sabbath were Issaed today by Polios Commissioner B^jcliam aad al) New York will go home tonight t» await its first ex perience wUQi a fiunday without Its aecastosied amusements. Commlmlo^ar Blaghanrti^OTder damps the cover of strict sappreealon on all forma of awawfaeat, tram vaudeville to Sunday evening enter aws* \js PRICE FIVE CENT*. Il#|fW .•wn is Selected as Place for Hold Hog Next Repoblican 'i ^K3PM Oat Bv^ Kansas Cityj ®and Denve^ After I Hard Fhjli Teddy's Successo^WiU Named on Ju^ l|th Next tear® Washington, D. .Dec. 7—Chicag was today Selected as the place, ant June 16, 1908, the time for the' meet^. ing of the next Republican National? convention. .The decision by 4he Republican Naf! tSonal committee followed a long and: hard-fought contest between the ad vocates of .. Chicago and those of Kaa- sas City Denver, Col., «ah&ig in a£ tjie end with a foranldabfe-httt not Important effort to secure the cant-, vention. The ballot showed 31 vote$ .for Chicago and 8 for Kansas City and four for Denver. The vote waifv made unanimous. Everyone accepted the decision of the committee good naturedly and six ty or sevfflity Kansas City and Den Ver iboomers declared that they would come back after it again in 1912 an$ would be sure to get it at that time.** The selection of the time for the con vention was between the 1st of June and the last of June, and all were sat isfied on that point also. No official announcement of the roll call on location was made and: some special effort was necessary to prevent a secret ballot, which was proposed by Senator Scott of West Virginia. The senator in advocating such a course said he had no doubt many delegates had given pledges to more than one city and if such was the case an open ballot would be em barassing. Mr. Capers advocated an. open ballot, saying that the National commfttee should set an example to the country in such matters and that every member should be willing to have his position known. There were other brief speeches on both sides, but the open ballot ul timately prevailed. The committee, however, voted down a proposition to give the-vote to the public, and news papers were forced to the necessity of getting unofficial figures from mem bers. Territories, including Alaska, l^ad the number of their representatives in the convention reduced from six to two. After a long debate the com mittee decided to authorize state and county committees to decide whether the election of delegates to the con vention shall be by conventions or by primaries. tainments of the Y. M. Commissioner 'Bingfcajn Mid th# music in hotels and restaurants Ja not to he disturbed. He said t%e law was to he w&forcel oa the out skirts of the city where It has been ,t the custom to ^iay football and otUei oatdoor gained, Tae alx-day ram, which was scheduled tto 8ttMi' at midnight tomorrow will not com mence until 1 o'clock and the doom* of Madison Square QmrQm vin not until after ttsldnight. -M C. A. y- Theatrical managers and showmen stated that they propose to obey the law. believing, they say, that its strict enforcement will do more than any thing else to effect its modification or repeal at the coming session of the legislature. The only places la great er New York where bright lights will shine and wheesy pianos heat out de fiance to the police will be In Brook lyn. The managers of five moving picture shows and skating rink have Secured temporary injunctions Tea training the police from interfering with them tomorrow and Commis sioner Ingham told the Brooklyn. Inspector that the injunctions annfe be obeyed. v-..