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6 WILMINGTON -MESSENGER, TUESPAY . NOVEMBER 26, 1C01. ' ' ' ...... - , . - ANOTHER MINE HORROR MORE VICTIMS OF THE BURNING POCA HONTAS COALMINE. A PARTY OF EIGHT OFFICALS Enter the Mine Sever to Eetnrn Alive. On a Tour of Inspection They Go Into the Mine Adjoining the Baby Mine Thinking It Cat Off From the Latter After Twelve Honrs a Party Going to the Rescue Is Driven Out by Great Volume of Black Damp Bluefield, "W. Va., November 22. At 21 o'clock this morning Superintendent Walter O'Malley. of the Pocahontas Collieries Company, along with state mine inspector William Priest, A. S. Hurst, chief coal inspector for the Cast- ner. Curran and Bullitt Company, of Philadelphia. Robert St. Clair, chief coal Inspector; Morris St. Clair and Wil lam Oldham, sub-coal inspector; Fra zier G. Bell, mining engineer, and Jos. Cardwell. manager of the Shamoken Coal and Coke Company, of Maybury. W. Va., composing a party of eight, en tered the west main of the Southwest ."Virginia Improvement Company's col lieries for the puropse of examining the true situation in regard to the re cent explosion and fire In the Baby mine. Up to this hour (12 midnight) they have not been heard from. It was sup posed that the Baby mine proper had been cut off from the West mine for the purpose of operating the West mine; the large fan In the West mine had been started at an early hour this morning and at 11 o'clock today it was thought that all gases originating from fire in the Baby mine had been forced from the main portion and it was con sidered safe to enter. At 6 o'clock p. m. a party consisting of experienced miners led by assistant superintendent King entered the mine to rescue the lost party of eight, but at 6:45 o'clock they returned, having encountered such quantities of black damp as to make it impossible to enter any distance into the mine. Assistant superintendent King was completely overcome by the gas encountered and Is now in a critical condition. A consultation is now being held in the company's offices at Pocahontas of the different mining experts from the Flat Top field, these experts having been rushed to Pocahontas by special train late this afternoon. All efforts are being used to recover the bodies of the inspecting party, but no hopes are en tertained that any of them will be re covered alive. The secretary and treas urer of the Southwest Virginia Im provement Company, C. S. Thome, of Philadelphia, is directly in charge of all movements at the mines. The fire that originally started in the Baby mine last Thursday morning and which was supposed to have been under control is now burning furiously. All members of the lost party are prominent in the coal fields and the ex citement now prevailing at Pocahontas is intense, business having been prac- t i on 1 1 V sncnorifTorl All momhorc nf tVio party are married some having large 1 families. SL APPED THE QUEEN'S FACE Other Rumors as to Attempt on the Ufa of Queen Dracra Vienna. November 21. An official Servian statement declares there is absolutely no foundation in the reports that Queen Draga has been shot at, or that she has committed suicide. London, November 21. A special dis patch from Budapest today says a newspaper there asserts that Queen Draga and King Alexander, of Servia, recently quarreled and the king slapped the queen's face. The latter thereupon drank poison but her life was saved by physicians. We Are All Familiar with the deep, hoarse bark, grimly call ed "a grave-yard cough." It is the cry of the tortured lungs for mercy. 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It is stated by one of the officers of the company that only three or four are missing and that the total number of the dead will not exceed twenty-five. Th number of victims of the terrible disaster In the Smuggler-Union mine yesterday is now known to be at least twenty-nine, with a considerable por tion of the mine yet unexplored. Be sides the twenty-two bodies taken out and Identified last night, seven were lo cated this afternoon in the north end of the ninth level, but the gas Is still too strong to permit the rescuers to reach them, and their identity is as yet unknown. Several members of the searching parties were overcome In their efforts to bring out the bodies this evening. It probably will be sev eral hours before they can be reached, or any further explorations made. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure biliousness, constipation and headache. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. A YOUNG LADY DISAPPEARS Elizabeth City Stirred Up Over Mys terlons Absence of Miss Cropsey Elizabeth City, N. C, November 21. Miss Nellie Cropsey, daughter of W. H. Cropsey mysteriously disappeared last night. The police and citizens are searching for her. The river was thor oughly dragged, but no clue as to her whereabouts has yet been found. A young man who has been paying court to the missing girl was the last person seen in her presence. He was arrested upon suspicion and given a preliminary hearing resulting in taking his own repoemizance to aDDear daily before the mavor C!hipf of Police Dawson wired to Suffolk, Va.. tonight for bloodhounds. When you feel that life is hardly worth the candle take a dose of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, tone up your liver and regulate your bowels making you feel like a new man. For sale by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. THE RAILWAY STRIKE New Men Fast Taking the Places of the Strikers New York, November 21. There was quiet at the yards of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad at Motthaven tonight. No attempt was made to do much work in the yard, but the cannon ball freight express which was made up during the day, left on schedule time. "We are doing business all right and we will receive no more delegations to night," said superintendent Wardrop. "All the men I want are coming in fast. In fact, I can get more men than I can take care of. Tomorrow morning every engine we have will be at work and we will clean up the yards." In addition to the sixty-five men who arrived this afternoon to take the places of strikers, 100 more arrived to night. Several of the pickets put out by the strikers attempted to talk to the men, but were prevented by the police. The company expects another batch of men from Boston early in the morn ing. Tonight was the first time that the strikers had the streets in ths vicinity of the 3-ards systematically picketed. Men were placed on every corner, but none of those who took the places of the strikers ventured out on th3 streets. "I have used Chamberlain's 1 Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to be a great medicine," says Mr. E. S. Phipps, of Poteau, Ark. "It cured me of bloody flux, I cannot speak too highly of it." This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of those who use it. The quick cures which it effects even in the most severe cases make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by R. R. Belllamy, druggist. A MAN'S FATAL LEAP no Throws nimself Into the Fire of an Ore Furnace Pittsburg, November 21. A few mo ments after midnight an unknown man threw himself headlong into one of the furnaces at Schoenberger's mills. Four teenth and Etna streets. Almost his entire body was roasted beyond identi cation, his left foot being the only part not disfigured. A few moments before midnight the man was seen to enter the mill yards and stand at the foot of the hoisting cage, which carrier ore, coke and other supplies for the furnace. The moment that a warning was sounded lor the cage to ascend with its burden three workmen saw the suicide jump on the platform and stand within a few feet of them. He was pulled out about three minutes later, every part of his body resembling a piece of half cooked meat. No one can remember having seen him before, and it is probable he will never be Identified. The body was re moved to the morgue. The man was about 35 years of age, medium height, sandy moustache and apparently an American. He wore black laced shoes. A Village Blacksmith Saved His Little Son's Life. Mr. H. H. Black, the well known vil lage blacksmith at Grahamsville, Sulli van Co., N. Y., says: "Our little son, five years old, has always been subject to croup, and so bad have the attacks been that we have feared many times that he would die. We have had the doctor and used many medicines, but Chamberlan's Cough Remedy Is now our sole reliance. It seems to dissolve the tough mucus and by giving fre quent doses when the croup symptoms appear we have found that the dreaded croup is cured before it gets settled." There is no danger in giving this reme dy for it contains no opium or other nfnrinna rime and may be given as con fidently to a babe as to an adult. For WILL MATHIS' CONFESSION Admits KJIlImr the Two Officers His Defiant Attitude Oxford, Miss., November 2L Will Mathls. the murderer of the two Mont gomerys who gave himself up last baight to the officers of the law at Dallas, twenty miles southeast of this place, was brought here today by a posse. When first arrested Mathis confessed to having shot the two Montgomerys and gave a detailed . account of the atrocious deed, which tallied with the confession made by the negro Orlando Lester. Mathis' partner in me crime. Upon reaching Oxford Mathis volun tarily made a statement before the cor oner's Jury which has been Investigat ing the case since Sunday last. He denied having done the shooting and said that he held the lamp ana a pisxoi while the negro Lester shot the mar shals. Mathis said he regretted hav ing burned the bodies, but also regrett ed not killing other parties who tad attempted to arrest him. Throughout the examination Matins maintained a look of unconcern and defiance and answered unhesitatingly all Questions asked of him. At the conclusion of the examination District Attorney Roane read a mes sage from Judge Lowry, of Batesville, consenting to holding a special term of court and give Mathis a trial at once. The prisoner was carried to Jail safe ly without any attempt being made by . the large crowd assembled to do tim harm. The coroner's Jury declares the two Montgomerys came to their death at the hands of Will Mathis. Orlando Lester and White Owens. The men will be held in jail without bail, George Jackson being also held without bend as an accessory to the crime. Bill Jackson and Mrs. Mathis will be held as witnesses until they can give sum- Went bond for their appearance at cotrt. Although the community has been greatly wrought up on account of the crime there has been no demonstration made toward violence. ! A Physician Testifies. "I have taken Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and never used anything that did me the good that did," says County Physi cian Geo. W. Scroggs, Hall County. Ga., As a physician, I have prescribed it with the best results." If food remains undigested in your stomach it decays. To prevent this by dieting means star vation. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat. You need suffer neither dyspepsia nor starvation. R. R. Bellamy Bears the ? ftl,IJ "a uwars The Kind Yea Hava Always Pcnglil METHODIST CONFERENCE The Western North Carolina Body In Session Gastonia, N. C, November 21. 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WAR ON THE ISTHMUS DECIDED CHANGE IN CONDITION OF AF FAIRS UUST COME, THE TWO CONTENDING PARTIES (in Control at Either End of the Trans- Isthmian BaII way Organizing a Lib eral Government at Colon Quiet In That City Railway Unmolested Lib erals Assembllntc Recruit Ameri can Forces Not to Interfere In the Fighting Colon, Colombia. November 21. The city of Colon was perfectly quiet all yesterday and last night. It is claimed in behalf of the liberals that there has been no unseemly behavior. Foreigners are being respected and protected and transit across the Isthmus is uninter rupted.' The postofflce, prefecture, all the other government offices and nearly all the commercial houses were closed yes terday. Colonel Barrera, commander of the liberal forces, asserts that he has noti fied the district representative of the department of the interior and other former officials of the government that he has appointed a commission to take over their offices formally today. Senor Espriella, a prominent lawyer and counsel for the Panama railroad, is a member of the commission. The feeling of the community cannot be regarded as antagonistic to liberal ism. The existing conditions have cre ated no panic, but it is recognized that the fact that the liberals hold Colon, while the conservatives are m posses sion of Panama creates a state of af fairs which cannot possibly continue. Colonel Barrera admits that the gov ernment troops here numbered a little less than 120 men. It was at first reported that twelve or more men had been k'll-jd and that about thirty wounded, but the bodies of more dead men have since been discovered. General Zaldana commands 200 liberal troops at Gutuan railroad station, about six miles from Colon. The liberals claim to be in possession of all the railrad stations between Colon and Las Cascades, which is near er to Panama than to Colon. No immediate attack on Panama is contemplated. Colonel Barrera is awaiting the arrival at Colon of the iberal chief, Domingo Diaz, who is ex pected in a day or two. When Diaz reaches this city definite plans will be formulated. The United States gunboat Machias, it is understood, will not interfere with any of the fighting, but will protect the railroad and foreign interests. A few armed liberal troops left Colon by train this morning for Gatuan. The government at Panama is still busy erecting breastworks in the vi cinity of the railroad property, in the direction of which the liberal attack is expected. United States Consul General Gud ger. Captain Perry, of the United States battleship Iowa, and the secretaries of the government held a conference at Panama yesterday. The latter claimed that the conductors of the trains should not have allowed armed liberals to em bark on the train at Las Cascades. Captain Perry replied that the govern ment should protect free transit on the isthmus, and ought to have prevented the embarkation of the liberals. Sub sequently, a letter was sent to the Co lombian authorities by the American officials with reference to future action. It is not improbable that the Iowa will shortly land a force to protect transit. Mexico City, November 21. General Pedro Ospina and George Holguin, the former minister of war of Colombia and the latter formerly finance minister, have arrived here to confer with Gen eral Reyes, a member of the Pan- American congress. It is understood they will offer him the presidency of Colombia, assuring him that his tak ing office will bring peace to his coun try. Orizaba, Mexico, November 21. Gen eral Rafael Reyes, of Colombia, while on board a train between Fortin and Orizaba on the Verz Cruz route in company with other delegates today was shown the Associated Press dis patch announcing the taking of Colon by the Colombian liberals. Without attempting to minimize the importance of the news, General Reyes said that the latest turn of affairs might easily prove to have been a trap laid by Gen eral Alban to catch the insurgents. When asked whether he would accept the presidency of Colombia and wheth er the liberal success would cause any change in his plans he said: "I prefer not to say whether I will accept the presidency or not until I have conferred with General Ospina and George Holguin upon my return to Mexico City tomorrow. So far I have declined the offer. I cannot say just now whether or not I may take a dif ferent view of the matter after conferr ing with my countrymen, but this latest event will not in any case affect my decision." T021I Bears the Signature of Ths Kind You Havg Always BonaM TIIE PAN-AMERICAN RAILWAY Plana Completed'for Rualilns: Work to Completion Mexico City, November 21. J. M. Neeland, general manager of the Pan American railway, which recently se cured a concession for a railway from a point on the Tehuantepec National railway to the Guatemalan border where it will make connection with a railway in that country, has arrived here "and says that his company is ready to begin work Immediately. Two forces of engineers have been employ ed who begin surveys of the line from either end under the supervision of chief engineer Piontowsky. The main Line has to be completed to Guatalama within thirty months. The total distance is 506 kilometers and 100 kilometers are already graded under work done by the former concession aries. The Pan-American road is sub sidized and its construction will be the means of opening up a rich mineral and agricultural district, bringing forward the now little known state of cnipas. The road will be of great value as a military line and Mexico's final link In a chain of roads making up her contri bution to the much talked of Pan- S9 CIIAKOKE WITH CHILD MUHDKU Mr. Dale Arraignment ner Ex treme Agitation Sha Faint New York. November 2L Mrs. Eliza beth Dale, of Chicago, who was arrest ed last night In Hoboken. accused of the murder of her 5-year-old daughter Em e line, was arraigned today in Ho boken before Recorder Stanton. Mrs. Dale was accompanied by her lawyers. Russ & Heppenheimer. Police Captain Hayes, who presented the charge against her, asked that the examination be adjourned pending the result of an autopsy which will be made by county physician Converse. The adjournment was granted, and on recommendation of her physician, the prisoner was sent to St. Mary's hos pital, where she will be guarded until she Is again called Into court- E. L. Bert Waller, who was Mrs. Dale's com panion when she arrived In Hoboken recently, and who was arrested yester day on the charge of illicitly living with her. was also arraigned In court and ordered committed to prison In de fault of $1,000. Mrs. Dale, pale, and haggard, was led by two court officers into court. She was visibly nervous, her mouth twitched and she clutched the arm of her chair with a vice-like grip. She Is of the blonde type, rather good looking, but appears a few years older than 24, the age she gave. She wore a tailor made suit. She is slight of stature, and her small figure trembled violently as the :lerk read the grave charge against her. When she hear the word murder, her head fell back and she clutched the arm of her lawyer, who occupied a seat next her. She called out faintly that she was ill. She asked that a physician be sent for. and then fainted. She was re vived after a minute or two and was able then to answer the few formal questions regarding her nativity, age and name. Captain Hayes, of the Hoboken po lice, said tonight that he had failed to find any motive for the killing of the child by its mother if she did it. He said further: "All I know is that as soon as the father of the child was tele graphed that she was dead from poison he wired her through relatives for an investigation to be made and a charge of murder to be brought if the circum stances seemed to wan ant it. We then began an investigation and found that Mrs. Dale and her husband had been at odds." Mrs. Dale this afternoon sent a tele gram to her husband in Chicago. It was clearly written, in a steady hand, andj-ead: "Harvey, come on. This Is horrible treatment you are giving me." The message was taken to the tele graph office by one of the detectives. IN HANDS OF CONFIDENCE MEN Two Southerners Lose Their Money, Hut Secure One of the Men New York, November 21. Confidence men have secured $1,3G0 from W. S. Hunter, of Goshen. Va., and Frank M. Bell, of Gainesville, Ga. Frank Palmer was taken into custody on a charge of being one of the operators. The vic tims had just returned from Ecuador, where they had been working on the construction of a new railroad. Hunter had S170 and Bell possessed 51,190. Thev were accosted by a large, well-dressed man near city hall park, who said he was a clothing manufac turer and he induced them to go to a room on east Seventeenth street, where they were joined by two more men, one of whom was gotten up to resemble a western packer. He produced cards and proposed a game. The two south erners were loath to bet, but were in duced to show their money, which they laid upon the table. The stockman, it is alleged, grabbed and passed it over to another, who quickly disappeared, while Palmer and the other fellow held the two victims. Palmer and the other man started to make their escape, but Hunter grabbed Palmer and held him until Bell ran to the street and found an officer who made the arrest. SERIOUS RIOTING IN ATHENS Over Proposal to Translate the Gospels Into Modern Greet Athens, November 21. Agitation against the proposal to translate the Gospels into modern Greek continued today. Twenty thousand persons as sembled around the ruins of the temple of Jupiter Olympus and took part in a demonstration organized by the stu dents. A resolution was passed call ing on the holy synod to excommuni cate any person who translated the Gospels into Greek as now spoken. Eight hundred marines were landed and co-operated with the troops in patroling the locality. Several collisions occur red and occasional shots were fired. During the encounters between the military and the turbulent demonstra tors, seven persons were killed, thirty were severely and many others slight ly wounded. Several shots were fired at M. Theo tokis, the Greek premier, but without effect- Great excitement prevails to night. Strong military detachments guard the palace and residence of the premier. Everywhere anxious groups are discussing the situation. Heartrending scenes occurred when the bodies of the dead were handed over to their relatives. It Is rumored that armed men have arrived at the university, but the build ing Is still guarded by the students who are adopting military discipline. Opposition deputies paraded streets during the day, exciting the rioters by violent language. There were no fur ther disturbances during the evening, but It is feared that there will be a re newal of disorder tomorrow. Among those slightly injured are the prefect of police of Athens and the prefect of Attica. stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels, and are tin equaled as an ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues are widely recognized, as they possess pecnto properties la frceinjtne system from that poison. Gesantly sugar coated, v ; r tftn MRS. BONINE'S TRIAL THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE FOR TIIE GOVERNMENT. SEVERAL WITNESSES EXAMINED Theory of tno rrosecutlon Preaenta a Case of premeditated Murder Ac ceeato the Boom Obtained THrouH the Wlndow-Tbe Shooting Tbrougn Resentment at Cessation of Atten tions by the Deceaaed-Statement From the Defense Reserved Washington, November 21. The trial of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonlne, on the charge of killing James Seymour Ayres. Jr., was fairly launched today. The prelim inary presentation of the case on be half of the government was made by Assistant District Attorney Hugh T Taggart. and after he had concluded a number of witnesses were heard. Mr. Taggarfs statement consumed only about an hour and fifteen minutes and consisted for the most part of a review of the circumstances connected with the tragedy. He stated the theory of the prosecution to be that Ayres was murdered by Mr. Bonlne .i2 that ?hc gained admission to his room In the ivenmurt? iiulcj mi uub" "- reaching that by means of the fire es- cape, lie aiiempieu iw .. was piqued by his non-attention to her. Mrs. Bonlne apparently was unmoved by his representations. Once or twice during the address she leaned over and spoke to her attorneys. The witnesses of the day did not throw any new light upon the killing. In his address Mr. Taggart contend ed that there was a tie between the prisoner and the dead man in the fact that Ayre3 was a student of dentistry and she had studied medicine. As a consequence she became a frequent vis itor of his room In the hotel where they both lived, not only in the day time, but at night as well, "and." he added., "the door was not always open when she was there." He told of the quarrels between them, saying that Ayres ceased to speak to her and that she complained of his In gratitude. "We expect to show," he said, "that while she made advances to him. Ayres did not avail himself of the opportunity thus afforded beyond dancing with her again." He had danced with her on the night before the tragedy, but had shown that he was averse to a renewal of the former fa miliar intercourse. As an Instance of his attitude toward Mrs. Bonlne Mr. Taggart said that tion from her on the Monday before the killing. It was. therefore, evident, that while he was Indifferent there was a disposition on her part to mollify him. "We will show." continued Mr. Tag gart. "that every act, step and pro ceeding on the part of the prisoner was the act of a guilty person." He referred to Mrs. Bonine's confession as being principally Intended to exonerate herself. He thought the facts Indicat ed that the shooting did not take place as Mrs. Bonlne had stated: that Ayres had not gone to her room at all. as she claimed. Outlining the government's position, Mr. Taggart said it would be contend ed that Ayres had retired when the person who killed him entered the room and that she came in through the win dow; that he arose and started toward her; that she shot him: the first wound being the fatal one in the breast. Nat urally his mouth had fl11H irlth Kl. and as naturally he had put his hands iu nis moutn. Then he had grasped the pistol, thus accounting for the blood upon it. When Mr. Taggart had concluded Mr Douglas announced that tho Hoor.,. reserved its presentation of th cace. eerai ladies left the room while Mr. -laggart commented upon Mrs. Bonine's visit to Ayres' room, but their places were immediately taken by others. Thomas Francis, the first witness in the case, was then called. He Is a draughtsman who had prepared a diagram of the fourth floor of the Ken more hotel, including Ayres room. He Identified the drawing and gave details concerning the location and dimensions of the room. The first witness In the afternoon ses sion was H. A. Wise, a photographer, who made photographs of Ayres room on the dav rift at- tho curred. The pictures taken by him piesemea ana identified by the witness. Mr. Douglass objected to their ac ceptance as evidence, on the ground that they did not ronrount sn condition of the room when Ayres vwjr was uiscovereo. He thought their presentation should be delayed until testimony should be taken showing whether the conditions were the same when the body was found and when the picture was made. Thv nhMnmr.. were accepted by the court for the pur- oniy ui snowing the permanent physical condition of the room when they were taken. Julius Hack, annthpr ntiAAlrrl,.. - ' vw?. J4C. wno made thotoernh rtf t Via TrAn- - c M v IVtUiilUlC hotel, and of Avres me pictures as by him and they were admitted in evidence. The first witness who testified about the events dlrectlv PiinnMtMi with tv. death of Ayres was Daniel Woodhouse, the colored waiter in th Wonmn-a tel. who described the body of the young iimu. e saia mat at 8:39 o'clock oa the morning of May 15th, he was asked by Miss MInas, who occupied a room next to Ayres, to go to the latter room, she saying that on the night be fore she had heard strange noises In the room. He first ditz-nvor tv.a vi. by looking through the key hole and afterward r w It through the transom. He also told of giving the alarm and ot subsequent Investigation Into the trag edy. He said that Ayres body lay upon me noor ana was aouDled up. Before Woodhouse had concluded the court adjourned for the day. Death ot Mrs. Laurlne Barnes (Special tO Thn Xfoosan rro. - w ... 14 !, I. Wilson, N. C. November 21. Mr Laurlne Barnes, daughter of Mr. T. C. DaVlS. dtml tiara Vil an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Barnes was a social favorite In Wilson and her death is mourned by a host of friends and relatives. CASTOR OA For Infants and Children. Tt3 Kfci Yon I12T3 Ataars C:M Bears the Bignatare of m Bale by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. CURE SICK HEADACHE. Teie llo Sd American railway.. A