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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 235. Pittsburg, Jan. 26.All hopes are abandoned fcr_the safety of the 184 miners entombed by the explosion at the Harwick mine yesterday. Prepar ations are being made for the recov ery of the todies, but it may be sev eral days before the task is accom plished. The scenes of sorrow at the head of the Harwick shaft this morn ing have never been equalled in the history of Pennsylvania mine disas ters. Mothers and daughters mourn for husbands, and fathers with a grief that knows no bounds and is inde scribable. Pittsburg, Jan. 26.Between 125 and 150 men were entombed during the day by an explosion in the shaft of the Harwick Coal company near Cheswick. Several hours after the ac cident none of them had been rescued and it is believed that #iany of them iwere either Jailed outright by the ex plosion or have been suffocated by the gas. Several hundred men are at .work trying to liberate the imprisoned men. About 200 men are employed at the mine, 150 working inside and the remainder on the tipple. The men on the tipple were badly burned by the explosion. With a loud report and an upheaval like an earth quake the woodwork of the tipple was destroyed. The walla of the shaft Were filled with debris, rocks and earth, completely shutting off all means of escape for those in the mine. Whether the explosion occurred at the far extremity of the mine and killed the** men by the concussion or whether it occurred nearer the shaft and imprisoned the men is not known. There have been no means as yet of finding the exact nature of the disas ter and the number of men that were killed. If the mine entrance cannot be cleaned out so that the men can get fresh air all -will have perished in the HOPE IS ABANDONED One Hundred and Eighty Coal Miners Perish in Pennsylvania Mine Horror Yesterday. course of a Tew noma. Rescuers Work Desperately. With the knowledge that scores of lives depended on the prompt action of laborers at the mouth of the mine an excited gang c4 men was working with might and main. Help was sum moned from all sources available and as many men are assisting in the work of rescue as can conveniently work there. Superintendent George Sheets, as soon as ho heard of the accident, tel ephoned to Cheswick and Springdale for assistance. Gangs of workmen were sent in re sponse and physicians hurried to the scene to take care of the injured. Superintendent Sheets stated that he feared the worst, but there was a possibility that some of the miners might have sought refuge in one of the mine chambers away from the fire and in this way escape death. The scene about the mouth of the pit was indeed pitiful. Hundreds of wives and children surrounded the mouth of the shaft crazed with grief and anxiously awaiting news from the entombed (len. The mine isyabout one mile from Cheswick and'was opened two years ago. The company is allied with the Allegheny Coal company and, it is said, was operated "by Cleveland cap italists. The mine, it is stated, has always been a gaseous one, but there has never, been any serious trouble there before. Mine Reported in Good Shape. When the mine shift left work the mine was reported in good shape. At 6:80 a. m. Fire Boss Gordon went into the mine to make his usual inspec tion. He reported to Inside Foreman George Brown that everything was all right and the day shift went into the mine at 6 o'clock. Before going into the cage the miners go to the lamp room for their safety lamps. One hundred and fifty lamps were taken OIHSB The Last Week rTTTTyTTTT^ Ou 25 Per Cent Discount Sale on ^Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats closes SATURDA NIGHT JAN. 30. This we believe has been the most remark- able sale on record. Ninety days of selling during the clothing season, where every sale has been a loss to the store, rather unprofit- able to us, but a great boon to our customers. Feb. 1 we'll commence to arrange our store for spring goods. Thanking our friends for their liberal patronage during the past season, we are, Yours truly, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. our, so is Known mat mere are tnai number of miners in the mine. The fire boss and mine foreman are also in the mine, Gordon having returned into the mine after the men had be gun working. In the tipple at the mouth of the shaft were the weigh master and three assistants. Several cars of coal had been brought out and w$rk was proceeding as usual when, at 8:15 o'clock, the signal was given from the bottom of the shaft that an other car was ready. The cage with a mule on board was sent down. Just as the cage reached the bottom of the shaft there was a terrific explosion and the cage was blown out of the Bhaft and through the roof of the tip ple, wrecking the weigkmaster's office and damaging other portions of the structure. The mule was blown 200 feet from the tipple. Its body was badly charred and mutilated. The cage remained in the wrecked tipple. All the men on the tipple were more or less injured. Hope Practically Abandoned. It is said the force of the explosion was such that every man in the lim ited space under ground must have been instantly killed by the concus sion and it is likely that the interior "oT the mine is badly wrecked ana caved. Any of the men who might possibly have escapetLthe shock of the explosion have been probably suffo cated by the afterdamp and mining men think it is hardly likely that any will be brought out-alive. Manager Sheets said he believed the explosion was caused by firedamp. The charred condition of the mule which was hurled out of the shaft and the force of the explosion led the mine people to fear for the worst. There was little fire following the explosion. SUICIDElS^ SUSPECTED Sensational-Endingof the Famous Trial of Whitaker Wright in London. London, Jan. 26.Whitaker Wright was today found guilty of fraud in connection with the London &, Globe corporation and was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. After leaving court Wright was suddenly stricken with an indisposition and died within a few minutes. Suidide is hinted at and the affair has caused a tremend ous sensation. y.' THE DAILY PIONEER. BIG SHORTAGE ALLEGED (TREASURER OF NASHUA (N. H.) TRUST COMPANY ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING $100,000. LOANED THE MONEY TO A FRIEND MAN UNDER ARREST PROMINENT IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES IN NEW ENGLAND STATES. Nashua, N. H., Jan. 26John P. Goggin. treasurer of the Nashua Trust company, has been arrested charged with embezzling a sum of money from the bank. The amount Is placed at between $80,000 and $100,000. The Trust company did not open Its doors during the day and the institu tion is in charge of the state bank commissioner pending a further ex amination. Goggin was held in $10,000 bonds for the grand jury. He made no state ment, but it is said that his downfall was not due to speculation, but to his having given assistance from time to time to a friend. Goggin is one of the most prominent bank officials in New Hampshire and is well known in bank ing circles in Boston, Lowell and other Massachusetts cities. He came here from the West about ten years ago and in a short time he was made treasurer of the Trust company. He is about forty years of age and has a family. In banking circles here the hope was held out that the defalcation would not result in the permanent closing of the company. The Nashua Trust company has a capital of $150,000 and usually carries deposits running in amount from $000,- 000 to $650,000 in the savings depart ment. The bank also had a check de posit department, the deposits in which will swell the lotal carried by the bank to about $1,000,000. Attorney J. J. Doyle, counsel for Goggin, declared that his client was the victim of a former bank official of the city who-was instrumental in securing a position for Goggin at the Nashua Trust company. Goggin be lieved this man to be reliable, Mr. Doyle said, and he had intended to make the shortage good. The loans said to have been made by the treas urer extend over a period of several years, but the exact shortage has not been ascertained. ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE. Resolution Regarding Expenditures of 8tate Department. Washington, Jan. 26.Mr. Adams (Pa.), from the committee on expen ditures in the state department, re ported to the house a privileged reso lution requesting the secretary of state for information as to the number of horses, carriages and automobiles maintained at the expense of the gov ernment for officials of the state de partment. Mr. Hitchcock (Neb.) sought to amend the resolution so as to make ii read "during the calendar year," say ing that the omission of these word: would leave a loophole, but MRS. BECHTEL ACQUITTED. Aged Woman Not Guilty of Aiding in Daughter's Murder. Allentown, Pa., Jan. 26.Mrs. Cath erine Bechtel, mother of Mabel Deeh tel, who was found murdered last. Oc tober, has been acquitted of the charge of heing an accessory after the fact to the murder. Her trial occu pied nine days and the jury deliber ated one hour before rendering the verdict of not guilty. The grayhaired defendant received the news of her acquittal with tears and expressions of joy. She went to her home, accompanied by her sons and daughters. Martha, her youngest daughter, and her sons, John and Charles, are under indictments on a similar charge, but their trials have i been postponed until April. LYNCHED BY COLORED MOB. Kentucky Negro Accused of Murder Is Shot and Hanged. Guthrie, Ky., Jan. 26.L/ewis Rad ford, a negro, has been lynched here by a mob of from thirty to forty ne groes. Radford was accused of killing Priscilla Frozell, also a negro. Radford confessed to having as Baulted the woman, but denied to the last tho act of killing her. The mob rushed the jail, beat the jailer and got the keys. Radford refused to leave the cell and the mob began firing upon him, several shots taking effect. In all eight shots were fired. The prisoner was dragged, half dead, to a tree a few yards from the jail door, and was hanged to a limb. THIRD WEEK OF MACHEN TRIAL. Government's Side of the Case About Completed. Washington. Jan. 26.With the gov ernment case about conelu/Vd. the BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK. 1 i T-Mr^---Ad- ams demanded the previous question and on this Mr. Hitchcock called for the yeas and nays, which were or dered. The previous question was ordered by a vote of 125 to 100, when the reso lution was adopted. The house then resumed considera tion of the army appropriation bill. Victor, Col., Jan. 26. Fourteen men were instantly killed in the shaft of the Stratum Independence mine near the center of the city this morn ing. The shifts were changing, and me caee in which the men were de- inira weeK or tne trial or August \v. Machen and others charged with con spiracy to defraud the government has begun. Postorlice Inspector Crowle, who was on the stand lust we.k, gave further testimony about not finding copies of certain letters in the office letter books pertaining to tie purchase of Groff fasteners. Rrieiiy cross-examined he said he did not know whether in dealings strictly local to Washington it fre quently was the practice to make a single lead pencil memorandum and sometimes to u&e tbo telephone. COVONEL LYNCH I S FREE. Sir Thomas Lipton Obtains Release of the Irish Soldier. London, Jan. 26.Colonel Arthur Lynch, who commanded the Irish bri gade against the British forces during the war in South Africa and who was afterward convicted of treason and sentenced to imprisonment for life, has been liberated "on license." Lynch has not received the royal pardon. The liberation of Colonel Lynch Is the outcome of an interesting series I of events. When Michael Davitt was last in the United States he saw President Roosevelt, who mentioned Colonel Lynch to him. saying he had once entertained him at Albany. The president expressed great interest in the case and regretted he could not suggest clemency without laying him self open to a palpable snub. On his return to England Mr. Davitt mention ed his conversation with President Roosevelt to Sir Thomas Lipton and to Mrs. Lynch, who has suffered bit terly Ince her husband's arrest. He alKo" made a pathetic appeal to Sir Thomas, who then personally Inter ceded with King Edward on behalf of jthe condemned fellow Irishman. Without any hesitation his majesty I promptly informed tho home secre tary of his wishes in tho matter and the prisoner was released. INTRODUCED IN SENATE. Democratic Resolution Concerning Panama Situation. Washington. Jan. 26.In tho senate Mr. Culberson Introduced tho resolu tion drawn by a committee appointed at a recent Democratic conference for the purpose of getting additional in formation concerning the Panama sit uation. The members of tho commit tee were Senators Gorman. Culberson, Carmack and Cockrell. The resolution follows: "Resolved, That the president be re quested to inform, tho senate whether all the correspondence and notes be tween the department of state and tho legation of the United States at Bo gota and between either of those and the government of Colombia for the construction of an isthmian canal and all the correspondence and notes be tween the United States and any of Its officials or representatives or the government of Panama concerning the separation of Panama from Colombia have been sent to the senate and, ii not, that he bo requested to Bend the remaining correspondence and notes to the senate in executive session.'' MERCURY FAR BELOW ZERO. Whole Northwest Suffers From In tense Cold Weather. Chicago, Jan. 2G.Piercing cold weather prevails throughout the en tire Northwest. The thermometer reached 15 below In Chicago. The record here is 23 below and there Is some expectation that a new low point will be touched before the cold spell is ended. One man frozen stiff wan found by pedestrians on an out lying part of Thirty-second street. He had apparently struggled along until exhausted by the cold he hail dropped unconscious and literally was frozen to death in his tracks in the snow. There were countless instances of frozen ears and hands. Traffic was greatly hampered. Stretching to the Northwest the mercury shows a swiftly descending scale, the minimum in the United States being at?Bismarck and Willis ton, in North Dakota, where the offi cial figures are 38 below zero. The crest of the wave is, however, beyond the national boundary line. Minne dosa, N. W. T., reporting 40 below. uerman Officer Killed in Duel. Berlin, Jan. 26.Lieutenant Schu bert of the One Hundred and Seventy seventh infantry was shot and instant ly killed in a duel with another officer of Chemnitz garrison. The duel, which was the result of a personal quarrel, was fought on the parade ground. Noted Athlete Dead. Boston, Jan. 26.J. Frank Quintan, the noted Marathon runner who helped defeat the Greeks at the first Marathon meet in Athens In 1898, Is dead at his home in Jamaica Plain from blood poisoning, brought on by an unsuccessful operation for quinsy. BIG MINE HORROR Fourteen Me Instantly Killed in Col- orado Mine Disaster This Morning. KVtiding-to the foot of the 1,500 foot shaft became unmanageable and dropped almost the entire distance. The bodies of the victims were terribly mangled. All had bum recovered at noon. SNITNTPROGRESS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN VIRTUALLY AT A STANDSTILL. BIPLOMATEC EFFORTS ARE UNAVAILING MUTUAL DISTRUST AND HATRED SHOWN AT EVERY STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS. Paris, Jan. 26.- Considerable ten sion Is again observable in govern mental quarters concerning the Russo Japanese situation. This is due prin cipally to the fact that tho efforts toward a pacific adjustment have hot made the progress which tho officials hoped and expected. The general view of those highest in nuthority Is summed" up in the statement that tho negotiations have reached a point whore practically no progress is oc curring In any direction. Whether this means that Russia's latest answer does not make concessions which are likely to bring about a settlement It is impossible to say. as tho doltcato stage of the negotiations lod the ofri cials to withhold precise details. Tne only definite statement Is that the ne gotiations are virtually at a stand still. It appears that one of the most difficult features is the mutual dis trust and hatred which have grown up between the parties. It Is^said that every stage of present exchanges de velops Japan's suspicion of Russia's good faith and Russia's antipathy to Japan. Owing to this bitterness diplo matic efforts to securo a middle ground are proving unsuccessful. It is understood that Russia is "HOW seeking to secure the neutralization of the strait of Korea. The Russian View, as made known here, is that Japan's fort i Heat ion of Masampho anil Fusan constitutes a menace to the world's commerce, since it gives Japan control over the narrow strait. It is pointed tan in support ofthjs view thai Japan already has a==stfongly for tified island (Sushlma) In the strait about fifty miles from I lasamphQ and Fusan, BQ that the fortification of the latter points will constitute another Gibraltar. The strait of Korea Is claimed to be a vital out lot for the commerce of Northeast China and it is therefore asserted that it would be in the interest of Europe and America to secure the neutralization of the strait. REPUDIATED BY RUSSIANS. Officials Deny Charges of Hostility to the United States. Port Arthur, Jan. 26.The highest officials here repudiate the reported accusations Of Russian hostility to ward the United States because of its Manchurlnn policy and the appoint ment of American consuls under the new treaty with China. it is officially asserted that no large reinforcement of the Eastern forces i3 expected kt present. The military au thorities add, however, that otherwise arrangements are making for a large supply of ponies from the province Chili for the Cossacks and mounted infantry. The demoralization of the passenger and frcitdit traffic on the Mancburian railway continues In consequence of the military activity and there is a great block of freight at Port Dalny. MARINES SUPPRESS RIOT. Koreans Attack American Car Line at Seoul. Washington, Jan. 26.Official infor mation received at the state depart ment from Minister Allen, at Seoul, says that. Sunday, on the electric rail way, which is the property of Amer ican citizens, a Korean was acci dentally and unavoidably killed. Thereupon a mob of natives attacked and partially destroyed the car. The operators of the car would have been injured had it not been for the pres ence of mind of our guard and a seri ous riot would havo occurred. Although there havo been previous reports of disturbances In KoresPthis is the first mob attack made thus far on property of Americans. The rail road is owned and operated by Amer icans On recommendation or Senator Hep burn of Idaho the president has ap pointed H. Smith Woolley, a former bishop of the Mormon church, to be assayer of the mint at Boise City, Ida-