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CLARKSVIEiLE EVENING TOBACCO LEAF-CHRONICLE.
VOL. 2. NO. 11G.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1890.
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BURNED ALIVE.
Awful Holocaust in the Little
Tillage of St. Michael, Que.
A Mother and Seven Children
Perish in a Burning House.
The Husband and Father Burned So
Terely In Attempting1 td Rescue Hl
Loved Onea That There is No Hops or
Hi Recovery A 16-Year-Old Daughter
Being at School Escapes.
Montreal, March 11. A -.orrible
holocaust occurred early Sunday morn
ing at the little village of St. Michael, by
which a woman and seven cltildren were
burned to 'death and the husband and
father received fatal injuries in an heroic
effort to effect a rescue.
The village of St. Michael is situated
some twenty-two miles from this city,
and the most prominent man in the little
town was Francois Colbrette, who
owned an extensive farm on the out
skirts of the village, and the manor
house on the farm was the scene of the
awful tragedy.
At 6 o'clock Mr. Colbrette, with his
hired men, after lighting a lire in the
kitchen stove, started for the barn, 500
yards from the dwelling, to tend to the
cattle. A short time afterward the hired
man shouted to his master that the
house was on fire.
Colbrette rushing to the door, was
horritied to see the entire lower part of
the house iu llamos. He at once hastened
to the scene, the shrieks of his unfortun
ate family even at that distance being
plainly heard. On arriving he at once
saw tnat it was impossible to enter the
lower part of the. house, so he secured a
ladder and tried to effect an entrance by
a second-story window. No sooner had
he burst in the sash than he was en
velojwd in a great sheet of flames and
his clothes on fire in several places.
Willi his hair singed from his head
and face, and his hands a mass of burns,
he fell from the ladder. No bones were
broken by the fall, and the stirieks of
his loved ones, which he could still hear,
made him forget his own shocking in
juries, and, picking himself up, with his
clothes still blazing, he rushed to alarm
the neighbors. When those arrived the
hre was past extinguishing, and ua
largo manor house was simply a mass of
smouldering ruins. Mrs. Colbrette and
her seven children had fallen victims to
the fire demon.
1-ater on in the day the remains of the
unfortunate mother, with the youngest
child clasped in her arms, were found.
The other six had been burned to ashes
and no trace of their bodies could be
found. The eldest child, Miss Marie
Colbrette, aged HI, had a fortunate es
cape from a similar fate, as only on Sat
urday she had been sent to the convent
of the Sacred Heart at Sault au liecollet.
Colbrette himself was so seriously
burned In his brave efforts to save his
family that no hope w entertained of his
recovery.
A KENTUCKY KILLING.
Drunken Toughs Kill One Man and
Fatally Wonnd Another.
Badieville, Ky., March 11. Another
bloody tragedy occurred Saturday night
Biz miles south of here, at a small place
called Muddy Fork, in Scott county. A
protracted meeting was in progress, and
Sam ..Sellers, W. True. Dennis Sweeny
and John Cook, being well filled with
whisky, took in the meeting. After the
crowd had dispersed James Bobinson,
"William Baifay aud a Mr. Slade started
home with Kobinson, and were overtaken
by the above-named parties, when a
slight altercation took place, in which
some hot words were indulged in.'
Sam. Sellars drew his pistol and began
fixing at Kobinson and Bailey, two shots
taking effect in Robinson's body, killing
liim instantly, and one striking Bailey
in the neck, which is considered danger
ous. All four of the parties were
promptly arrested by indignant citizens
immediately after the shooting, and
were taken by Deputy Sheriff J. L. Luke
to Georgetown Sunday morning and
lodged in jaiL James Kobinson leaves a
wife and live small children. He was
formerly a constable iu this county, and
was known as a faithful officer, a de
vout memlier of the Methodist church
and an upright citizen, and highly re
apectetl by all good citizens.
MOVABLE DAMS.
It is Possible the Ohio River Nay Be
Made Navigable the Year Bound.
Washington, March 11. Col. E. W.
Merrill, of Cincinnati, was given a hear
ing by the river and harbor committee
of the house Saturday morning with
reference to a system of movable dams
for the Ohio river, by,., he con
tends, he can make tlV ; Jh naviga
ble all the year rouriu: 1 i lie dams are
similar to what is known to boatmen as
the 1 'avis Island dam, below Pittsburg,
which raises the level of the river dur
ing very low water.
lie proposed that the river and harbor
committee should authorize in its forth
coming bill the construction of four such
darns lietweeu Wheeling and Pittsburg,
which is the most shallow part of the
stream during the low water season.
The committee was much impressed I
with the plan which he proposed, and
they practically gave him to understand
that they would authorize this year the ,
construction of one such dam just above
Wheeling. Col. Merrill says from what j
he gathers from the committee he thinks
the system will lx adopted and applied ;
generally to all navigable tributaries 1
where low watr during the dry beason ;
prevents navigation.
SUFFERING IN THE DAKOTAS.
Am Appeal from the 1'rrsldent of the
Bed Cross Society. j
Wasiunutos, March 11. Miss Clara
Barton, president of the American Na
tional Association of the Keel Cross, has
been investigating the statements con- j
cerning the sulfering and destitu-!
tion existing among the pioneer
settlers of North and South
Dakota with a view of aiding those in
need of help. She has nsceriained that
there is urgent necessity for immediate
action, and now appeals to. the public
for cash subscriptions large enough to
meet every emergency. She has infer- j
mation that there are" at least 0,(HK) peo- j
pie dependent, and many more who,
though they ha- provisions for them
selves, need food for their stock.
H. T. lfi'lgkn. stale commissioner of
agriculture. rand l ork. N. Dak., will
dwyibuU? all fund stMiC to his addr. j
MINERS ENTOMBED.
One Hundred Miners Iinpiiaoned In m
Welsh Colliery.
London, March 11. An explosion oc
curred Monday in the Morsa colliery at
Glamorgan, Wales. One hundred miners
were entombed.
Communication with the unfortunate
miners is impossible, and it is feared
that they have all perished.
THF WORLD'S PAIR COMMITTEE
Presents a Bill to the He an Bub-Cora
mtUee in Chsrgs si tbs Fair 18S or
1893 Provisions of ths Bill.
Washington, March 11. The com
mittee of Chicagoans who have been in
consultation with members of the
world's fair committee for several days
past, Monday presented a completed bill
providing for holding tha fair in Chica
go, to Messrs. Hitt and Springer of the
sub-committee, in charge of the bill.
The bill is really the joint compilation
of the ideas of the sub-committee and
the Chicago delegation. While it con
tains some chancres radically different
from the original bill, it is provided that
there shall be a' corporation under the
laws of the state of Illinois, with power
to elect it s own officers, ana to nave con
trol of all receipts and disbursements of
money s subscribed.
This corporation will have power to se
lect a suitable site and erect buildings
These buildings are to be delivered to a
government commission to consist or
two commissioners from each state and
territory, one. to be a Republican and one
a Democrat, these commissioners to be
nominated by the governors of the slates
and appointed by the president.
The local corporation is to have execu
tive control of the fair while the govern
ment commissioners are to allot space to
exhibitors and appoint juries of award
who shall have control or the prizes.
etc., to be given at the expense of the
United States.
Tlie date of holding the fair is left
blank in the bill, and will be decided on
at the next meeting of the full commit-.
tee. The Chicago delegation told the
sub-committee that this wan a matter
that they were not concerned about, m
Chicago Gould be ready to hold the fair
in 180a as well as at any other time.
They agreed, however, to leave the
point for the action of the committee,
several members of which are in favor
of holding the fair in 1893, and a cele
bration in 1892. When the corpor
ation assures the president that
it has at liana that sum
and that $o,00Q,000 capital and that
5j.000.UOO additional can be had if neces
sary, he is to appoint the government
commission, which will proceea to mi-
cago and proceed to make preliminary
arrangements for holding the fair.
. The section providing for a govern
ment appropriation of. $1,500,000 was
not clianged.
SITUATION IN HAYTI.
Interview With the Formsr British Mln
later There.
New York, March 11. Mr. James
Zohrab, British minister to Hayti, who
is in the city on his way to England
Bays:
"Everything is quiet in Hayti, but H
seems to be the calm before a storm. I
look for another revolution there very
soon . It seems to me that the people
are in a conuiuon wiat uiuai precipive
another light
"Hayti is naturally one of the very
richest countries in the world for its
area. I believe that under a firmly or
ganized government, a government
where property was secure, the island
would support a population of 20,000,000
souls. One can form no idea of the
wealth of the island without a visit
there.
"There are the coffee forests; for in
stance. The coffee bush is not cultivated
at all, but the trees grow wild in such
luxuriance tliat it is utterly impossible
for a man to penetrate them. Paths are
cut through t'iem from one village to
another, and that is all. When the cof
fee harvest comes around the people
gather the berries from the edges of the
groves and the rest sroes to waste. It is
a very conservative estimate when I say
that for every 1,000 tons gathered 800
toiw go to waste.
"It is much the same with the sugar
cane. The peo'fAe do not cultivate the
sugarcane. It grows wild. You can
tell that by looking at it when it is
brought to town. It is crooked. You
could not for $5 get a straight piece two
feet long. Everything grows in such
confusion that the people live in spite of
revolutions. In no other country could
the drain of such constant warfare be
sustained.
"The ordinary government is terribly
expensive. Every year when the coffee
season comes around the government
collects from $4,000,000 to $.",000,000.
But under the system there the officials
in power know that their,turn to go into
exile will soon come.
"I have been there two years, but the
third set of officials is in power. Each
set, knowing that its time would soon
end, had to prepare to go, so they pock
eted all the money in sight
"llavti has a bad debt now. The last
revolution added to it materially, so that
it is over $30,000,000. With a reasonably
good government this debt could be paid
off. As it is there is no great hope."
OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN.
Bishop Fink Willing That Catholics
Should Join ths Farmers' Alliance.
Lkavenworth, Kan. March 11.
Bishop Fink has consented to have his
recent letter prohibiting Catholics from
joining the Farmers' Alliance modified.
Representatives of the state and county
alliances were given an audience by the
bishop, and assured him that there was
no desire to conflict with the views of
the church, and that all religious part
of the constitution would be eliminated.
In view of these assurances Bishop r'ixtk
has addressed a letter to Mr. A. M.
Thistlewaiter, Leavenworth,' Kan., a
memlx-r of the alliance, stating that his
objeciions to Catholics joining the al
liance are withdrawn.
Heavy Pustnfles Kokfc.rry.
Greenvimjr, Te., March 11. The
postoffice at this place was robbed of
several thousand dollars Friday night.
The thieves succeeded in breaking open
the mail boxes of the First -National
bank and other firms and abstracted the
contents. No olew.
Jay Gould In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex . March 11. Jar
Gould, George Gould, J. M. Eddy. 8. IL
H. Clark and seven minor railroad offi
cials arrived here from the i a-.t Sunday
afternoon. After inspecting the Texas
and Pacific property the party proceeded
ASSASSINATIONS
Three Promised by the Russian
Nihilists Thursday.
The Czar, the Czarina and the
Czarewitch.
A Warning Letter Shown ths Cxar by ths
Moscow Psllce The Data is the Anni
versary of tha Murder sf Alexander II,
Father of ths Present Csar Various
Other Foreign News. .
London, March 11. A letter is said
to have been shown to the czar by the
chief of police at Moscow, warning him
that on March 13, the czar, the czarina
and the czarewitch will meet certain
death, and that no power on earth can
avert their doom. It is asserted among
the Nihilists in London, Berlin and
Paris, that on the same date, the anni
versary of the murder of the Emperor
Alexander II, will be celebrated by an
attempt to assassinate Alexander III.
Silver Money iu Kusihu
London, March 11. A dispatch from
St.P etersburg says that it is learned on
good authority that the czar is taking a
remarkable interest in the financial ex
periments of M. Vishnigradsky, his min
ister of finance, who is doing his ut
most to re-introduce into Russia the
former silver metallic currency in place
of the paper rouble.
In case exchange continues to hold
good, there is little doubt that the
finance minister will gain his end, as
the difference between the silver and
paper rouble now only amounts to five
cents.
The czar is exceedingly economical in
his own personal expenditures, and does
what he can in order to further the
plans of his minister, which do not
please certain of the grand dukes, accus
tomed as they are to throwing money
about ad libitum.
A Sister of Charity Murdered.
Moscow, March 11. Tremendous ex
citement prevails here over the horrible
murder of a bister of Charity named
PiutnUky, a woman of 40 years, well
known for her many charitable deeds.
Her body was found cut into small
pieces, thrown into a sack, which was
sewed up and flung into a secreted spot,
where detectives found it. The head was
rudely cut from the trunk, and blood ap
peared in clots in another part of the
city.
As nearly as could be determined the
woman was strangled, and from some
evidence which the police will not dis
close the murder was put upon a young
medical student named Belsousoff, who
was arrested in the province of Vladi
mir and immediately committed suicide.
Ths Portuguese Trouble.
Londok, March 11. The Standard's
Lisbon correspondent eays: "Mr. Mag
mac, director of the Delagoa Bay rail
way, who has been here ten days trying
to effect a settlement of the railway
trouble has satisfied himself that the
Portuguese government is determined,
at whatever cost or hazard, to keep the
railway and its lands, and to exclude
England entirely from Mozambique. The
company claims 1,750,000. America's
claim on behalf of the McMurdo estate is
700,006. In view of Portugal's deliber
ate attempt at forcible confiscation, En
gland and America will insist upon am
ple compensation for their outraged citi
zens. -
French Interest In Africa.
Paws, March 11, Advices received
from M. Bayol, French agent on thel
11. i 1 ; a j i .1. ii . i -fl
yv esc Ainctui wjnui, Butte tutu uiu situa
tion in regard to the trouble with the
Dahomiaiia was unchanged.
The Republican press approve the
statement of M. Etienne in the chamber
of deputies Saturday that the govern
ment intended to confine its operations
to punishing the King of Dahomey, ami
did not contemplate carrying on war
into the interior.
Indignant Romans.
Rome, March 11. Buffalo Bill, dur
ing his exhibition on the Compagna
Saturday, offered a sum of monevtoany
outsider who should succeed in riding a
certain horse. Some peasant succeed
ed in rid ins- the animal, but payment
jvas refused on the ground that they had
not mounted within the required time.
The audience was indignant, and round
ly hissed the managers.
Gsrnaany Embarrassed.
London, March 11. The Chronicle
learns that Germany is treating with the
Vatican with a view to the representa
tion of the pope at the Berlin laloi con
ference. The fact that Italy will send
delegates to the conference proves an
obstacle in the path of the German gov
ernment. A Talnnhls Bible.
London. March 1 1. A Bible printed
in an Indian language at Cambridge,
Mass., in lrjrtl, was among the rare books
in a collection just sold at auction here
and brought $"10.
Foreign Motes.
Only 13 per cent, of tbe population of Rus
sia can read and write.
8r Peter Coatee of tha firm of J. and P.
Coates, threadinakers, is dead.
Mr. Robert Lincoln, Uniteu States minis
ter to England, denies tbe statement that he
Intends to resign.
Tbe Duke of Fi fa is to preside at Stanley's
first lecture in London. AU the scats have
been sold, although the lowest price was
$500.
At Prague a number of students who
were making a demonstration Sunday at tbe
graves of young Czech notables at VV'alacLau
ware arrested by tbe police.
An Englishman has invented a desk for
the use of persons traveling, the table of
which is Axed in such a way that it remains
steady in spite of the swaying of the boat or
train.
The latest rumor is that another daughter
of tbs Prince of Wales is to follow tha ex
ample of the Duchess of Fife aud marry out
of royalty, tbe man of her choice being an
English earl.
Owing to a disagreement betweei.Signor
Biancheri, the president of the Italian cham
ber of deputies, and Premier Crispi, the
resignation of ths former is expected. A
crisis Is impending.
At Bnda-Pesth recently two men met to
fight a duel to the death. Tbe distance was
twenty-five paces, and each man was to have
six shots. JJeither party managed to hit the
other in that time; and tha affair was aban
doned in disgust.
Paris public schools are overcrowded, and
taw ssstawrwsss 4jtm to help to railed
the difficulty by forbidding the attendance
at them of children of foreigners. There er
00,000 foreign children in the city, and at
least 6,000 of them are getting a French edu
cation rroe at the pnbhc schools.
In Kent, England, a farm of 600 acres that
has been let for Jfi.OOO per year has just
been relet to ths same tenant for f 2,500.
This is said to be a fair illustration of tha
decline of farm values in England of late
years.
Detective Mosor tfomfes that he was in
America at tbe time that Mr. T. Harrington
in the debate oa the Parnsil commission re
port, asserted that he exchanged cable dis
patches with Solicitor Sonnies with regard
w procuring evidence ror The Tunes.
Tho Socialists, Krause and Rieckman,
have been sentenced to eighteen montlis im
prisonment at hard labor for committing
perjury ax too recent Socialist' trial at El-
berfeld. Geinmor, another Socialist, re
ceived a sentence of one year at hard lubor
for a similar offense.
Mr. Pyne, distinguished Irishman, is said
to wear a watch upon the face of which is
engraved the motto, "Pay no rent." When
a tenant comes to hira complaining about
somo act of his landlord and asking for
advice, Mr. Pyne says: "1 cannot give you
advice on that subject because Mr. Balfour
says that it would be illegal, but I cau toll
you the time of day," Then he pulls out his
watch and shows it to the tenant.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensation of Interesting Itemt i
Various Subjects.
Burglars burned the Emmet house, at
Wheatland, Pa, fl
Indiana Grand Army encamps at Indian
apolis this week.
Mary Gallagher died at Cleveland, O.,
Sunday, at tue age or lUtf years.
Investigation of the Are department scan
dal is iu progress at Indianapolis.
A preacher named Fritch was arrested
near Heading, Pa., on a charge of larceny.
The United States gunboat Concordia
was successfully launched at Chester, Pa.,
Saturday.
The exocutive mansion at Washington has
been filled with a perfect system of fire-
alarm boxes.
The senate committee on elections has de
cided in favor of the republican contestants
from Montana.
Frank Mingus, of Lagrange, Ind., killed
his mother-in-law because she refused to let
him see his child.
Georgs Avery was drowned ot Youngs
town, O., while trying to save the life of a
man named bovitz.
Mr. McComas, of Maryland, has completed
his bill to prohibit partisan reapportionment
of congressional districts, and it will be de
bated in congress this week.
Bishop Fink has eonsented to have his re
cent totter prohibiting Catholics from join
ing tbe Fanners' Alliance modified so that
Catholics may now join ths order.
A man supposed to be John Thompson
uaruuer, ana thought to bs of Philadelphia.
died at Alexandria, Va., of a pistol shot
wound, fie was picked up in a gully.
Fruit is entirely knocked out at Muncie,
Ind., and wheat arises to remark that it will
be compelled to throw up the sponge if this
cold weather comes in for another round.
George H. Abbey and William George at
tempted to cross tire river on tho ice, at
Youngstown, Saturday. The ice gave way,
and George was swept under and drowned.
George H. Hill, a young man living near
Sandusky, O., was thrown from a wagon by
a runaway boi-se Friday night. The linos
caught about his neck and he was dragged
to death.
It is announced with a positiveness that
makes it almost indisputable, that Attorney
General Trowbridge, of Michigan, will be
compalled to resign his office, owing to men
tal impairment.
It has cost the Cincinnati Southern rail
road $'Sj0 in the Georgetown , Ky., court to
tell T. J. Bark ley bs was on the right train
and then find that the train was a special
and fire him oiT.
John N. Hodgson, ths young man who shot
himself at his boarding house at Cleveland
last Thursday night four hours after hit
marriage to Miss Addie May Bishop, was
buried Sunday afternoon.
A meeting of citizens of Saa Francisco was
held in the roetns of ths chamber of com
merce to devise means for aiding unemployed
workiugmen. It was rssolved to put them
at work on GvUen Gate park.
Officer Brisce, of Chicago, shot Friday
evening by. Patrirk Crowe, tha desperate
young diamond thiof whom he was trying to
arrest, may die. Officer Linnville, the other
victim, is in a fair way of recovering.
The squadroa of evolution has been ex
perimenting with the torpedo apparatus In
vented by Capt. Hewoll, commander of the
Atlanta, of that squadron. The results show
it to be superior to anything heretofore ex
isting. Henry Bckerlie learns not to interfere
with a Xenia, O., ollleer by receiving a
probably fatal bullet from tbe revolver of
a colored policeman, Lewis Clay, while try
ing to keep him from arresting George
Mansfiekl.
The family of George H. Corliss, builder
of tbe Centennial ugins, will soon erect a
(50,000 Young Men's Christian association
memorial building at Kewburyport, Moss.
Among the features will be an amateur
photograph gallery.
Cigar dealers have been giving away
lately, instead of pictures and other useless
things, patent safety matches in a little
book, one of the leaves of which is pre
pared wilh ths composition upon which the
match may bs ignited.
Fire in Gray It BafTy's simtorr brick
furniture factory, 08, W0 and 103 Congress
street, Detroit, destroyed the building, to
gether wit h t he Carrol & Hunt Chair com
pany's establishment, on the west. Loss,
(250,000; only partially insured.
At San Diego. Cal., Judge Aitkin has
rendered a decision in ths case of John
Wolfskin against John G. Downey et al.,
directing the partition of the Ranch Ban
Jacinto Nnevo among ten persons. The
ranch contains over 45,000 acres.
Drunken hoodlums named Sellers, True,
Sweeney and Cook met Messrs. Robinson
and Bailey returning from protracted meet
ing at Muddy Ford, Ky., shot and instantly
killed Robinson and badly wounding Bailey;
drunken meanness; no quarrel; wanted to
shoot somebody.
At a prise fight near Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
Saturday, between Jack Heffermanand Jack
Carter, HefT-rman was seconded by his
mother, Bridget Ward, over 60. When her
son finally came off victorious, she clasped
him in her arms exclaiming: "Well done,
me hey. Yer mithir didn't raise ye for
nothing."
CONGRESS.
SI sty-Fourth Day.
Tbe senate was not in session.
In the bouse A bill was passed to compel
the attendants of witnesses in land office '
cases. Public building bils rre then con- I
gidcred in committor, and a number pswd
aud reported to ths bouse. At 0.50 p. m. tbs i
house ad jountsd. j
Pill? IT
FAILURE.
lie
Lesseps Ditch Across
Isthmus of Panama.
the
Report of the Commission Sent
to Investigate.
After Hearing Thslr Report ths Hereto
fore Enthusiastic Frenchman Is Obliged
ts Confess That the Panama Canal
Scheme Is a Definite and Disastrous
Failuro - Refuses to Talk.
Paris, March 11. -The commission of
engineers which was .sent to Panama to
report on the state of the. Do Lesseps
canaljhave returned to Paris, and a most
disastrous story they tell. M. De Lesseps,
who always honied that the result of the
report would be in the nature if a war
rant for a further appeal for funds, is
obliged to confess that the canal scheme
is a deiinile und disastrous failure. De
Lesseps is very much broken down
alwut it.
Refused to Talk.
M. De Lesseps was seen Saturday.
Contrary to his usual custom, he was
unwilling to speak about the canal, al
leging as an excuse that the report of
the commission has not yet been laid be
fore him. Monchicourt also refused to
talk as to' the tenor of the report, but
from other sources it has come to
knowledge that all that has been done
with the millions of money spent over
the concern is the extraction of about
one-fourth of the earth that has to be re
moved for the construction of the canal
according to the reformed plan of tha
canal with lock gates, which is a great
inomncation or the original scheme.
There remains to be extracted for the
construction of the canal, according to
the second plan, 40,000,000 cubic meters
of matter, besides which there is the
very difficult work of changing the
course of the Chagres river, removing
and reconstructing the line of the Pana
ma railroad, and the construction of
lock gates would have' to lie carried out.
It mav be added that the fourth already
completed would need further very
large expenditure before the work done -could
be turned to useful account. In
the present state of the company's
finances any attempt to continue the
work is totally out of the question. All
concerned in the old scheme, except a
few deluded shareholders, appear to be
resigned to the fact.
Contractors Criticised.
The engineers' report contains little
else beside these melancholy figures and
a very full list of names of the people
who are chiefly to blame for this colossal
fiasco. The list is principally made up
of the names of the different contractors
who, if the allegations made against
them are true, have acted in a most
scandalous manner. Several of them are
charged with deliberate neglect of their
engagements with the view to being in
vited to annul their contractu with the
company and get out of them consider
able profit.
i he charges will be fully investigated
and prosecutions instituted. So the
directors of the company threaten. But,
as such oroceedintrs will cost monev. it
is more than lively that nothing will be
done. The only thing in the report that
has any comfort for the shareholders is
the statement that most of the material
and machinery is still in good condition
and can be turned to prolitable account.
it lias already neen suggested that this
material should be acquired by the gov
ernment for eventual use in" the con
struction of the, canal between the
Atlantic and the Mediteranean, which
appears to be definitely decided upon.
THEY MAY BE ALIVE.
Ths Hlght Imprisoned Men in the Wilkes
barre Coal Milieu.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 11. It is
said that the workmen who were en
gaged in laying a pipe from tho Stanton
mine to the Ilillman mine were startled
Sunday evening by loud knocking on the
maiu water pipe, which runs ail through .
the mines. The men stopped work all at
once. Ceorge McDonald cried out: "My
God, wluit can it mean? Is it possible
that the men are srin alive r
It is thought bv well posted minera
that, if the men are really alive, they
must be on the top lift of . the Ilillman
vein. They are able to get air there,
and may have taken a mule along with
them when they found themselves
hemmed. The mule could have been
kept for a day or two, and then the men,
finding no release at hand, might have
slaughtered him. This would be a re
lief to the animal also, as he would have
to die in' the course of time, If the men
found themselves in the predicament
stated tbe fact can be depended upon
that they saved every drop of tho mule s
blood for drinking purposes. The men
will be able to subsist on the mule's flesh
for a couple of weeks. If the air con-
tinues good they could easily live that
long.
ror tbe first time since the Are began
smoke ceased issuing from the South
wilkesbarre shart Sunday afternoon.
Over 1,000 gallons of water a minute
have been poured into the mine for
several days, and it has now reached the
nre.
Kev. Father Thomas, of Iloboken,
conducted the requiem mass, celebrated
in behalf of the entombed miners in the
South Wilkesbarre shaft at 8 o'clock
Monday morning in St. Mary's Catholic
church. The services, which were of a
most solemn and impressive nature were
attended by about 2,000 people.
Chicago Clgnrmakers to Strike.
Chicago, March 11. Tho Herald says
that it is verv probable that the union
cigarmakers of this city, about 1,500 in
muni- .., will strike shortly. The cause
is said to be a concerted movement on
the part of the manufacturers to reduce
the wages. Already aloi!t 150 workmen
aro idle, having been locked out by their
employers.
Father and Son Murdered.
Kansas City. Mo., March 11. Mr.
Charles Williams andh is 12-year-old son,
HTHJg iu tut? BUUU11S H V1U1IM1U. una.,
were found murdered In their bed Bun-
day morning. Williams was blind and
Iiad lost both arms in a mine accident.
The supjiosed murderer wa arrested at
Prescott, Ark., Sunday afternoon.
Tragedy Near Zaassrille, Ohio.
Zakksvh.le. O., March 11. Frank
Gray shot Kobert Thorn pstm in the head
Sunday evening, three miles east of
this city, killing him instantly. iray
save he didn't know it was loaded and
ohlv pointed the gun at bis companion "S.
for "fun. Both are about 23 years of age.
Ko arrests.
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