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TWO PARTS VOL. XXII.—NO. 344. m. DEL PILAU KILLED I BATTLE Famous Fighting Filipino Officer Meets Death While Defend ing His Chief. FOUGHT THE AMERICAN FORCES FOR MANY HOURS Major March's Battalion Was Engaged With Gen. Pilar's Command, Which Gave Battle While Aguinaldo Was Making Good His Escape— Escaped Spanish Prisoners Report That Major March Continued in Pursuit of the Filipinos—Americans Occupy Several More Towns in Luzon* MANILA, Dec. 9.—Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar, commanding Aguinaldo's body guard, was killed by Maj. Priton C. March's battalion of the Thirty-third in fantry, in a fight eighteen miles north west of Cervantes, Dec. 3. According to reports which Gen. i'oung obtained from escaped Spanish prison ers at Yigan, several days ago, Maj. March left the coast, where he was pur suing Aguinaldo, and encountered Gen. Del filar on a fortified trail. They fought for hours, during which time seventy Fil ipinos were killed or wounded. The An.or lcan loss was one man killed an 3 six ■wounded. The Spaniards report that Mi! March is s-tlll pursuing the inbUtttnt.^. Del filar nas one of the luadera f f t»i« present and the anti-Span'.h revolution He Is a mere youth, and was reposed to have graduated at an European univer sity. Pruf. Schurman met him as a mem ber of the first peace cot emission, ard rated him as remarkably clever. The Americans have occupied Bangued, province of Ambra. Geu. Grant's expe dition has visited Oranl and several ■western towns, meeting small bands. Ho killed several of the rebels, and captuic-i! a considerable quantity of munitions ot war. Bishop Henry C. Potter, of Nev York has arrived here on a visit, to .= t idy the Philippines. MAJ. LOGAN'S DEATH. It May \o» Have Been Caused by a Filipino Bullet. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—lf stories told by those who returned on the trans port Sheridan, which carried the Thirty third infantry to the Philippines, are true, Maj. John A. Logan Jr. may not j have met his death at the hands of Fill- j pino sharpshoters, as cable stories have i reported. According to the statement of George H. Kappitz, the purser of the Sheridan, supported by others of the crew of the transport, Logan was shot by some of his own men. Purser Kappitz says: "Maj. Logan made himself particularly offensive to the men by his overbearing manner toward those under him, and this feeling was heightened by an incident which occurred one day out at sea. Maj. Logan had a pet dog to which he was very much attached. One of the soldiers also had a dog which was looked upon as a sort of mascot among the men. It hap pened that the two dogs got into a fight, and Logan's dog came out of the scrim mage the worse for the encounter. Logan was so angered that he seized the sol dier's dog and threw him overboard. This action only served to make the feel ing mo-\i bitter against the officer, and a threat was openly made and repeated many times that Logan would not last after the first battle." OTIS UNPOPULAR. Returned Tennessee Volunteer Talks About Philippines. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—A returned Ten nessee volunteer, speaking of the Philip pines, said: "The climate is unhealthy and there is a great deal of sickness among the col diers. Two per cent of our regiment waa sick with dysentery and fever. There were three or four deaths in the regiment from smallpox. Many a soldier dies out there and the people over here neveT hear anything of the matter. They do not like to make the death list public. "Gen. Otis is a eood man. but he 13 not lik«d by the men, who privately Epeak of him as the 'old woman,' or use equally disrespectful terms. He has done all he can. but the great trouble is he tried to do it all." In describing their experience, the lieu tenant said: "We were Quite a curiosity in Paris, and were stared at on the streets and followed about. We had only to stop on any street in Paris and the crowd which surrounded us would block the streets. As long as we kept moving it was all right, but the very moment we stopped the trouble began. We were mistaken for English soldiers, and for that reason attracted considerable atten tion, and Insulting comment was mado about us. Fortunately, we could not un derstand French, but we could under stand the hisses. One of the crowd found out we were Americans, and then left us atone." OPERATIONS IN PHILIPPINES. Gen. Otis Reports Progress to War Department. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The war de partment has received the following from Gen. Otis: * "Manila, Dec. 9.—Dispatch from Young at Vigan yesterday says escaped Span ish prisoners report four hours' engage ment, third engagement 3d inst., between his troops and Aguinaldo's guard, near Cervantes, fifty miles southeast of Vigan with heavy loss to enemy, who are now >«ing pueued. Our lo&s cna killed, six ffSfk D r. W \ b9SI SSw' sj IHm r v^^ wounded; inhabitants of own accord join troops repairing trail and carrying sub sistence. Have pushed column to San Jose, south of Bangued, Howse's column on rear trail; Bathelor's battalion, Twen ty-fourth, out of reach, north of Bayom bong, evidently descending river. Na tives report fighting occurred twenty miles north. Navy reaches Aparri tomor row; of Mac Arthur's troops, Twenty-fifth infantry reported near Iba, west coast of Zambales; Grant's column near Subig bay; Lawton in Bulucan prov ince today, with sufficient troops to over come opnosition and scatter enemy. It is probable that troops which engaged Aguinaldo's guard are Hare's command, as he was reported to be close on the insurgent leader's rear." Gen. Otis also cables as follows re garding the revolt in Negros: "Information received that Negros re volt of minor importance; Bvrnes in rapid pursuit of disaffected; Hughes in moun tains of Panay, en route to Capiz." Archbishop Chapelle Sails. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Archbishop Chapelle, the papal ablegate to the Phil ippines, with his personal staff, sailed yesterday from San Francisco on the transport Sherman for Manila. The Sherman also carried out the field staff and four companies of the Forty-ninth infantry and a number of unattached of ficers and men going to join their com mands in the Philippines. .^ NEWSPAPER CHANGE. Kansas City Times Purchased by a Wealthy Syndicate. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 9.—The Kan sas City Times has been sold to a syndi cate of prominent politicians and will to morrow publish the terms of sale. The purchasers are Capt. A. A. Lesuer, who will soon complete his term as secretary of etate of Missouri; Judge J. L. Chris man, a wealthy farmer, who for many years has been a judge of the Jackson county court, and J. G. Sullivan, a Kan sas City capitalist. W. S. Moore, a Kansas City banker, was owner of the Times. The consideration is not stated. The Kansas City Times company was ml corporated in Jefferson City tonight by the new owners with a paid up capital of $200,000. Capt. Leseur will come to | Kansas City and assume active manage- ] ment of the Times. In the announcement ' tomorrow it will say Its politics will be Democratic. SOCIAL STIR. Son-iK-Law Sues "Wife's Father for. Big Damages. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. O.—A suit ! that will create a stir In Kansas City so j cial circles was filed here tonight. Dr. W. S. Wood, president of the National Bank of Commerce, is sued for $110,000 ; damages by his son-in-law. Arthur Gris j com. well known as a writer of verse and ; story for American magazines. The com | plaint charges Dr. Wood with having alienated the affections of his daughter. Mrs. Grlscom, from her husband, and for | this $100,000 damages Is asked. Mr. Gris j com also sues for $10,000 for breach of contract. He alleees that he came to reside at Kansas City, at the earnest solicitation of his father-in-law, and that the latter promised him $100 per month as long as the father-in-law should live. Mr. Griscom alleges the allowance has never been paid. Mr. and Mrs. Griscom were married in New York, May 1, 1895. CURB TRADING PROHIBITED. Boston Stock Exchange Orders Practice Stopped. BOSTON, Dec. 9.—The management of the stock exchange today voted unani- I mously to .iend the by-laws of the board so that "curb" trading, so called, on the exchange shall be prohibited. Heretofore members of the board have indulged in this sort of business without being restricted, although it has really been contrary to the rules of the board. Today's action, however, changes the by laws by removing from the section the words "the public," so it reads to the effect that trading in outside shares on the floor of the board shall no longer be allowed publicly, but privately. As penalties for violation suspension or expulsion Is provided, at the discretion of the board. CONVICTS ESCAPE. One Is Recaptured After Having Been Shot. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 9.— Joshua L. Craft and Ed Karsh convicts escaped from the state penitentiary to day. Craft who was serving a fifteen year term for train robbery, was recap tured in the woods two miles south of the city after he had been shot in the head with a Winchester. He was taken to the penitentiary hospital. His w"ounds are not serious. When captured Craft was armed with a rifle. Karsh, who was also in for fifteen years, Is still at large. GRAND LARCENY CHARGED. Attorney George Washington Smith, of Minneapolis, Arrested. GENEVA. N. V., Dec. 9.—Attorney George Washington Smith, of Minneap olis, was today held to the grand "jury on a charge of grand larceny. Smith is charged with converting a bona of $200 of the Nebraska Loan & Trust company, which is alleged to belong to Salva G. Hardy, of Auburn, N. V, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1899 TWENTY—EIGHT PAGES. yt!iflfflw|i-|[|lr /» Ci-v^/*- -V' * '■■■•■*■— „....■& t- c rtr£ John Bull—These Are Pretty Strong Cigars, Uncle Sam. We Ought to Have Selected a Milder Brand. TREATIES HANDED IN RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS NEGO TIATED DURING RECESS GIV EN TO THE SENATE SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS Dependencies of Great Britain and Other Countries Are Included— Senate Will Take Up the Various Treaties for ConHlderation and Action During the Present Week, Perhaps on Xcit Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The reci procity treaties negotiated between the United States and France and between the United States and Great Britain dur ing the past summer, the terms of which have -been carefully guarded, have at last been printed. They were transmitted to the senate on Tuesday, and will be taken up for consideration by the senate com mittee on foreign relations at the first meeting of the committee, which will probably be held next Wednesday. The treaty with Great Britain covers the de pendencies of Jamaica, Bermuda, Bar badoes, British Guiana, Turka and Calcos islands. All 'the treaties include lists of goods on which special rates are made. Those with Great Britain are signed on behalf of the United States by J. J. Kaa son, and on behalf of Great Britain by Mr. Reginald Tower. That with France Is signed by Mr. Kasson and Am bassador Cambon. All the treaties stipu late articles on which reductions are made. The French treaty Is made appli cable to Algeria and its products, as well as to France and its products. The general terms of all the treaties are practically the same, stipulation being in most cases that "In carse either of the contracting parties shall, during the con tinuance of this convention, increase the duties upon the Importation of mer chandise, the Increase shall be without discrimination or prejudice a^inst the products of the other." There are variations of this provision. For instance, in the case of Jamaica it is stipulated that the increase shall in no case exceed 50 per cent of the present duty. In the case of France it is pro vided that "any reduction of the duty of the tariff act of 1897 upon sparkling wines or upon certain articles of woolen manu facture Imported into the United States from any other European country shall be immediately extended to the articles when imported from France." With reference to Barbadoes it is pro vided that the colony shall not, during the term of the treaty, increase its duty opon oats, tin and shingles produced in the United States," but upon other articles, not specified in the treaty, the colony reserves the right to increase the duty not exceeding 50 per cent; but not dis criminating against the United States. There is a piovlsion in the treaty that no separate duty shall, be placed upon articles mentioned in the treaty. SPECIAL STIPULATIONS. Article 4 of the treaties with Great Britain provide that rates imposed upon imports from the United States '"shall continue during the term of this conven tion preferential in regard to like im ports from other countries, with the ex ception of Great Britain, and the British possessions, and of such other countries as shall be entitled by convention with Great Britain to tha benefit of the ir.est favored nation treatment." Article 4 in the British treaties provides for the ratification of the treaties by the senate on behalf of the United State* and by the queen on behalf of Great Pritain, after favorable action by each of the colonies interested. In all cases except that of Barbadces, an exchange of rati f.catlons within ten months is provided for. In the Barbadoes treaty twelve months' time is allowed. All the trea ties are to continue in force five years, and may b? extended from year to year at the pleasure «>f the contracting parties. The French treaty provides for a termi nation of tha convention six months after notification in cape either of the contract ing parties change their relative course by legislative action. It Is provided that in case tho United Slates should concede a lower rate of duty to any other country on the articles mentioned than is granted to France the lower rates 5 hall be made Immediately applicable to France. The terms of the French treaty are pp plkable to specific articles, and nave al ready been given in the dispatches of the Associated Press, France granting on her part tha right of admission of American products at the minimum rate of duty with a few executions and the United States making reductions on articles of French origin of from 5 to 20 per cent. _^_ Defaulter Gets Fourteen Years. MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 9.—Jay A. Buck, the defaulting treasurer of Midland Lodge, Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers, who squandered $1,600 belonging to the union, speculating on the Board of Trade, tonight pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen years in the Michigan City prison. AJffOTH ER ANGIO-SAXQN BOND OF UNITY. BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OP THE DAY Weather Forecast for Today t Fair. I—Western Mine Horror. Filipino Leader Killed. New Commerce Treaties. South African War. 2—Miss Knott Free. B—lnsurance8 —Insurance Companies Act. School Board Curious. Prison Twine Plant. 4—Futnre of Mr. Eddy. City Political Pot. Commercial Club Year. Police and Charter. j s—Britons5 —Britons Have Fear*. Germans Are Friendly. 6—Sew Chlppewa Treaty. Roberts Fisrhis Hard. Gridiron Clv?) Pinner. 7— Ml ii nen poll h 9&»tter«. 6-Nortliweftt News. 9— Ne v» h of Lodge Rooms. lO—Sporting News. Badger Team Beaten. Six-Day Cycle Race. Gossip of the Ring. 11—Morgue of Liners. 12—In the Field of Labor. Attempt at Burglary. Cattle Show at St. Pattl. 13—Business Announcement. 14—Rooks of the Hour. Doom of Sing Low. 15—Scenes on the Bowery. To Save C«ar'# Reason. 10—St. Paul Social News. 17—In Woman's World. Snburban Social, IS—Kditorinl. 18—Famous Love Affairs-. Medical Notes. • 20-21—Business Announcement. 22—Former Sty Paul Mayors. Queer Wisconsin Cult. Insects in Winter. 23—Duller a Fighter. Romance of a Plnnger. Town Run by Women. 24— Mrs. L«ntfii7 vs'Luck. Girl Snfteri fjfc* Brother. Wa«hii»gt<qijL \nnhm-urj. 25—Nome an BldoVado. 20—Markets of the World. Nevis of the J&allrends. 27—Wnats of the People. 28—Week at the Theaters. Musical Matters. OCEAN LINERS. NEW YORK—Arrived: St. Louis, South ampton; Palatia, from Hamburg. Sail ed: Steamers Marquette, London; Um bria, Liverpool; Pretoria, Hamburg; Auguste Victoria. Naples and Genoa. LONDON — Arrived: European, New York. LIVP:RPOOL—Arrived: Campania, New York. SOUTH AMPTON—Arrived: Kensington, New York, for Antwerp. MANlLA—Arrived: Olympia, San Fran cisco. HONG KONG—Arrived: Previously, Rio Jun Maru, Seattle, via Yokohama. YOKOHAMA—Arrived: Previously, Doric, San Francisco, via Honolulu for Hong Kong. TODAY IN ST. PAUL. METROPOLITAN—"A Royal Box." 8:15. GRAND—"The City of New York," 3:16. Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m. Olympic Theater — Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m. Laboring men's meeting, Assembly halls, 3 p. m. WAS NOT DEAD. lowan, Presumed to Have Been Mur dered, Turns Up. MUSCATINB, To., Dec. 9.—ln Novem ber, 1896^ the body of a man wounded and weighted with barbed wire and bearing marks of violence about the head, was taken from the Mississippi river, near Montpeller, 10., alshort distance above the city. A dentist and a shoe dealer identified the body as that of Frank Trachofsky, a young Polish farmer who had mysteriously disappeared from his home near Mohtpelier. nnd it was burled as such. Detectives and sheriffs of three counties worked* <jn the case two years before giving up. Yesterday Trachofsky returned home; having been living in Illi nois, and never havhtg heard of the find ing and burial of the body. FIGHTING IS RENEWED BOERS HAVE REPORTS FROM VI CINITY OF SCHALTZ-\EK TO THAT EFFECT GEN. CEONJE IS ATTACKED Fighting In Also Reported to Have Occurred In the Direction of Kim berley —It Is Presumed Thi« Is Another Sortie by the Beleaguer ed Britons, Who Are Keeping' the Rear of the Boer Forces Butty. LOURENZO MARQUES, Delagoa Bay, Dec. 9.—A dispatch from Pretoria, dated ' today, says: "Reports have been received of fighting early this morning in the vicinity of Schaltz-Nek, the British attacking Gen. Cronje. Fighting is also reported to have occurred In the direction of Kimberley. It is presumed this is another sortie. The Dutch-German ambulance has been en thusiastically received, and will be di vided between Natal and tha Free State frontier." SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION. LONDON. Dec. 9.—The war cfflce late tonight issued the following bulletin from Frere Camp, dated Deo. 8, after noon: "The following was received from Gen. White: 'Last night sent Gen. Hunter, with 800 Natal volunteers, under Royn sion. and 100 of the Imperial Light Horse, under Edwards, to surprise a gun on a hill. The enterprise was admirably car ried out and was entirely successful, the hill being captured and a six-inch gun and Howitzer being destroyed with gun cotton by Capt. Fowke and Lieut. Tur ner. A Maxim was captured and brought to Ladysmilh. Our loss was one killed, and Ma.i. Henderson, of the First battal ion of the Argyle Highlanders, wounded. At the same time that Col. Knox seized the' hill one squadron of the Nineteenth Hussars rode round south of the hill, burning kraals and cutting the telegraph line. They had no casualties.' " SENSATIONAL RUMOR. Special reports say Presiden; Steyn's iniml Is failing. According r<; dispatches from Lady smith excuielons are running weekly from Pretoria, bringing numbers'of swily attired Dutch women, w^o take ur> points of vantage on the hills and closely scan the proceedings in the town. ADVANCING ON COLESBURG. A special dispatch from Pretoria, dated Friday, Dec. 8, says 3,000 British troops, preceded by an armored train, are ad . vancirig on Colesburgfrom Naauwpoort. IN CLOSE QUARTERS. ■ 'CAPE TOWN,' Thursday, Dec. 7.— A j hundred men of the naval brigade pro • t^eded to the front tonight. It is known that the Boersr have cross cut the ends of their Mauser, bullets, thus producing an effect similar to "th"c dum dums. ■■ - - •' Halse and Warren and thirty men laft the camp at Caravon "today, 'and when four miles out sighted a "patrol of twelve Boers, who sought cover. Two of the Boers were wounded. Halse ascertained that the Boers were in strong force in laager and retired to his base. This is the first brush of Gen. Gatacre's forces and they are all eager to follow it up. SORTIE FROM LADYSMITH. BOER HEAD LAAGER! LadysmJth, Dec. B.— The British troops made a sortie between 1 and 2 o'clock In the morning. They crawled up a ravine and stormed and carried Lombardskop, which was held by the Boers, and on which were placed a Creusot gun and a Hewltzer. These guns were destroyed with dyna mite. The British captured a Maxim gun and then retired. The Lancers, Hussars and Guards made a sortie west of Lady smith at daybreak, under cover of a heavy artillery fire, which the Boers le turned briskly The British afterwards returned to Ladysmith. The Boer losses are reported to have been slight. A strong burgher column has crossed the Tugelu river at Colenso, with the ob ject of attacking the British Estcourt column. BRITONS STORM A TITLL. BOER HEAD LAAGER, Lad} smith. Friday, Dec. B.—The British have storm ed a»?d '::>ri lei tiie hill al Lomoardkp. putting a big Cruesot gun and cue How itzer out of action and capturing a small Maxim. MISSOURI MULES FOR WAR. ST. LOUIS. Dec. B.—Capt. Marshall, an officer in s the British army, has closed a contract Vlth a local firm for 1.000 Mis souri mules to be used In South Africa. It is expected that other contracts may be let within a short time for 10,000 more animals. BOERS PREPARE FOR FLIGHT. PIETERMARITZBURG, Dec. o.—Evi dently the Boers are concentrating their attention on provisioning for their re treat, even to the extent of commander ing wagons and osen of the natives, which have been taken to Dundee. From other reports there la little doubt that Continued on Fifth Page. COAL MINERS CAUGHT II A DEATH TRAP Seventy-Five Men at Work When the Awful Rumble of the Ex plosion Was Heard. MAJORITY OF THEM ARE PROBABLY AMONG THE DEAD Distracted Wives and Terrified Children Hurried to the Scene of the Disaster to Search for Loved Ones, and Were With Difficulty Re strained From Plunging Into the Mouth of the Dark Tunnel—Work of Rescue Progressing, but Little Hope Held Out for Those in the Mine. CARBONADO, Wash., Dec. o.—About noon this quiet coal mining village was stunned with the first report of a ter rific subterranean explcsion in the mine of the Carbon Hill Coal company, the tunnels of which run for miles under the town. There was an enormous rumbling, a smothered sound for a few moments, and then it ceased abruptly. The people who had been accustomed to earn a livelihood by mining knew at once what this meant, and stood around with blanched faces. Apprehensions of some fearful disaster were confirmed in a little while with information that the morning shift in the Tunnel No. 7 had been caught in the explosion of fire-damp. Seventy-five men were at work In the mine, and the meager news conveyed the Information that all must have been Hll ed, as there was no chance of escape. Those who were not killed outright would be hemmed in by falling walls and tim ber, and suffocated by the fumes and tmoke before any opportunity for relief could come. DISTRACTED WIVES. A rush of the inhabitants was madn in the direction of th» mouth of the tunnel. Women, wives of the men supposed to be in the shaft, ran to and fro, screaming and wringing their hands with anguish, crying children clinging to their skirts. It was all that D. T. Davies, the super intendent of the mine, could do to keep the friends of the doomed miners and their wives from plunging madly into ths tunnel's mouth The coal mines are th#jse of the Carbon Hill Coal company, but they really belong to the South Pacific Railway company. The coal is a soft, bituminous variety, productive Of a large proportion of gas, and has been most used in gas manu facture. The foreman in charge of the shift was J. H. Davies. It is said that seveniy-eight men tfere working under him. Sixteen bodies, all mangled beyond recognition, have so far been taken out by the relief corps. So far details of the disaster are mea ger, as Supt. Davies and Foreman Davies of the day shift, are now down in the mine, engaged in the rescue. The_num ber of men employed in the ilrst day shift was seventy-two. Their hours are from 7 a. m. to S p. rri. The explosion occurred between 10 and 11, as near as can be * ascertained. Da nes, the foreman, escaped unhurt, and besides some twenty of the Fins-. Most of the men are Welch, and several of the Welch miners escaped, but they lmmedN ately turned around and went back into the mine in the hope of being able to rescue those still supposed to be alive. Howard Mereditn waa working consid erably above the water level when the explosion came, and he lowered himself down a timber chute to rescue one of his sons. Daniel Meredith, working below. The son came out unharmed, but his father is still down in the mine, and one of the rescue force said he saw his dead body. Tho tunnel in which the explosion took place is about a mile and a quarter in length, on a water level, under the south west part of the town. There are several air chutes running up to the surface of Wiiigate Hill, west of here. TERRIFIC FORCE. The force of the explosion was such that it knocked down John Ryan, a Finn, who was working at the light cross-cut 122 feet above the water level. Another Finn escaped through an old timber chute running up to the slope of the hill. These were all uninjured, but most of them left the mine without helping the rescuing party. Dave Lewis was working with Howell Meredith at the time, but be managed to escape.' Ryan had all he could do to crawl through the fallen timbers which blocked all egress. Immediately after the explosion the foreman. John Davies, gave the alarm to the men working on the different levels, shouting as loud as he couid, "Look out for the black-damn, and get out for your lives." The Finns were quick to take advantage of the timber chute. Altogether some of the men es caped by this means, many of them being hoisted up by ropes. Rees Meredith, a eon of Howell Mere dith, descended the incline from near the company's store and office about two hours after the explosion with several other men. They could only go a dis tance of half a mile when their passage was checked with black-damp, which is air from which all oxygen has be«n burned, strongly charged with carbonic acid gas. Just at this moment, 8:45 o'clock p. m., a number of men have been pulled up through the timber chute near the sum mit of Wtngate hill, from a depth of sev eral hundred feet. They were picked up from six of the levels near the water PART ONE Pages i to 12 PRICE FIVE CENTS. level. Three more have been rescued up through the inclined tramway. All of them are badly blackened and burned, and were immediately taken to the com pany's hospital, and were wrapped in cloths soaked in linseed oil by Drs. Just wart, of Carbonado; Johnson, of Fairfax; Charles Taylor, of Wilkeson, and Drs, Loughten and Rummell, of Tacoma. PITIFUL SCENES. The scenes are pitiful. Men whose cloth ing are almost burnt from their bodies are laid out as fast as they arrive, their eyebrows and hair singed, and their faces black and bleeding. Women and children surround the building weeping. A crowd of overs* alous men stand in front of the mouth of the incline waiting to see who of their friends will next be ■ brought out alive. Occasionally a shape less body comes up on the car. Rescue parties are working, both in the Incline and at the old timber chute on the hill. Mrs. Meredith fears that not only her she lost her husband, but her son. Dan lei Meredith, who. although said to be saved, has not yet appeared across his accustomed threshhold. At present It Is stated confidentially that a largo proportion of the unfor tunate miners may be Drought out alive. It was customary to work 115 men, di vided into three shifts, but the first, the morning shift, was the largest. Several years ago an explosion of fire -damp occurred irt this same mine, and two men lost their lives. NobiJtiy so far blames the company, as the explosion is regarded as an-accident, common to coal mining. Timber gangs are now at work replac ing the deranged timbers and, incidental ly, rescuing the imprisoned miners or taking out an occasional body. The fans are working weil, and most of the black damp is rapidly being sucked out of the mine. They were not Stopped by the ex plosion. LIST OF THE DEAD. Following ia a list of the dead as far as recognized: JOE THOMAS. EVAN LEWIS. WATT JONES. Wfcl. RICHARDB. — — MULLEN. GUSTAVE XI-, ITT. H. KXUTT. JOHNSON. BEN 6EIDLER. B. SEIDLER. D. S. THOMAS. WM, H. DAVIS. HOWEIJ c:DTTH. The first five bodies to be brorght up the long incline were those of Watt. Jones, Joe Thcrr.as. Evan Lewis, Richard Dare and Daniel Davles. Watt Jones was the chief starter. Dan iel Davies was a son of the foreman of the shitt. None of the bodies \vi rt at firs: recognizable, because the faces of the dead men were charred and black ened beyond recognition. It was only atu-r they, were conveyed tc ihe morgue and the corpse? were washed that It could be told who they wei*. RESCUE WORK ENDS. The werk of rescuing the living was completed at 3 o'clock. At that time the mint had been purified by the fans to such an extent as to permit free ingress and egress. Down in the canyon, a mile from the town, is the tunnel mouth leading to No. 7. Nearly two miles up the hillside is the shaft to the mine, and it was here that the work was pushed vigorously. Men went down In little parties of two or more and seaiched for the living as fast as the deadly damp would allow progress. Those who were brought to the surface were muffled in sacking to pro tect their hums until they couiu be taken to the top of the incline and carried to the hospital. There wore not many of these, but the search waa continued until all hope of saving iife was at an end. Many cases of heroism on the part of the workers were brought to light. Men would continue until overcome by the gr.ses. They would be carried to the air to re\ive and go down again. There are undoubtedly a number under the fallen rock and earth in different parts of the mine, but they will not be recovered for tome timet Timbering and excavating are being curried on as rapidly as possible. All of the men killed, or nearly all, were smothered by the gases and damp although some may have died more eas?il, from the shock of the concussion, or from being blow-n against the walla ot" the tunnel. CAUSE A MYSTERY. The cause of the explosion is a mys tery to every one. Not ever, the miners rescued can give tho slightest possible ex planation. James Conway. now lying wrapped In oil silk and fairly covered with a mix ture- of boiled linseed oil and lime Juice, fays he was caught in the shock In the main gangway. Conway was the first man to come out of the mine. He says: "I was lust about ready when Watt Jones called out, 'Let her go,' and all of a sudden I thought fi dynamite bomb had burst, the force of the shock throw ing me down, and a flame of fire seeming to surround me. I crawled out through It on my hands and knees, as well as I could, until I reached the engine. 'For God"B sako pull me out quickly,' I -begged, for I felt as if I was burning to death, and I could hardly breathe. It did not take much urging, for the black damp was already beginning to smother us, and I was hauled out on th« engine, a* near as I can remember."