VOL. II.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1902.
NO. 30.
News of the World
Ex-Speaker Reed, who was
stricken in Washington recently
with acute catarrhal trouble, is re
ported out of immediate danger.
Capt. E. K. Holton, a retired
capitalist, committed suicide at
his home in St. Louis. He had been
in bad health for several months.
One of the first acts of the lower
house of congress was the passage of
a bill appropriating. $50,000 to de
fray expenses of the coal strike com
mission.
The war department has issued
an order providing for the exchange
of fifteen regimental organizations
now in the Philippines with the
same number of troops now in this
county. The first of the home troop
will sail from San Francisco about
January 1.
The senate committee on terri
tories has reported a bill for the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory as a single state under the
name of Oklahoma. The commit
tee reported adversely to the ad
mission of Arizona and New Mexi
co.
The snowfall of the 4th inst.,
which was general over Arkan
sas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louis
iana, Texas and the Territories,
was the heaviest since 1890, though
preceding rains left the ground in
such condition it melted in most
sections as fast as it fell.
From the Guatemalan coast the
Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney
brings the news that the deaths re
sulting from the recent eruption of
Santa Maria volcano number about
3,000. This estimate is based upon
the latest information that has
been received at San Jose, Guate
mala, previous to the Sydney’s de
parture.
The anthracite coal companies
and their employes, having failed
to come to an agreement during the
Thanksgiving reccess of the strike
commission, the hearing of the mi
ners' side of the case was resumed
on the 3d inst., and unless some
thing is done by the lawyers on
both sides to curtail matters, its
proceeding will surely run into next
year.
British and German warships
have been dispatched to Venezuela
for the purpose of forcing the pay
ment of claims against the latter
government. Failure on the part
of President Castro to settle with
Germany and England has greatly
encouraged the revolutionists, who
propose to continue the struggle,
trusting that the Venezuela custom
houses will eventually be seized by
Germany.
Urders have been issued at \\ asli
ington directing that Major Glenn,
of tlie Fifth cavalry, be tried a sec
ond time for alleged cruelty com
mitted during the Samar campaign.
Major Glenn was tried by court
martial at Manila last May for ad
ministering the “water cure” to na
tives during the Samar campaign,
and was found guilty and sentenced
to one month’s suspension of duty
and a fine of $500. President
Roosevelt approved the findings of
the court. Maj. Glenn returned to
duty in September.
Julius Nicolaus, the millionaire
brewer of St. Louis, accused of
bribery in the now celebrated su
burban street car franchise before
the St. Louis house of delegates, was
acquitted after all the evidence was
submitted by order of Judge Ryan,
before whom the case was heard.
The prosecution alleged that Nico
laus signed a check for $135,000,
which sum was deposited in a safety
deposit vault, to be distributed
among certain members of the house
of delegates when the suburban
franchise bill became a law. The
defense set up the plea that, though
the plaintiff did sign a check for the
sum mentioned, there was no evi
dence that it was to be used for the
purpose of bribery.
A sack of mail, containing $9,000
in currency and $14,000 in drafts
and checks was stolen while being
transferred from Danville, Ky., to
Cincinnati.
Chas. W. Tucker and Ernest
Damns, rivals for the affections of
a young lady, fought a pistol duel
a few miles from Kansas City,
Damns receiving a mortal wound.
In his message to congress Presi
dent Roosevelt recommends nation
al laws to control and regulate so
called trusts. He also asks for an
appropriation for the better enforce
ment of the present anti-trust laws.
Rules and regulations for a pen
sion system, which will go into ef
fect January 1, 1903, have been
completed by officials of the Union
Pacific Railroad, by which its old
employes will be retired on pen
sions.
Fifteen men were instantly kill
ed and others badly injured by an
explosion on the steamer Progresso,
under repairs at San Francisco. The
workmen were engaged in changing
the vessel from a coal to an oil burn
er, when one of the oil tanks caught
fire and exploded. The vessel was
almost totally destroyed, and men
working quite a distance on shore
were injured by flying glass and
timber.
The coal situation in Washington
city will be made the subject of an
inquiry under the supervision of
the commissioners of the District of
Columbia. These officials appoint
ed a committee to take up the sub
ject and make a thorough investi
gation. The city is now practically
suffering from a fuel famine, and
the finding of this committee will
be embodied in a memorial to con
gress with the object of obtaining
legilation to prevent a recurrence of
such conditions.
General Manager Harding, of the
Missouri Pacific, has issued an or
der to the effect that heads of de
partments shall not practice nepo
,tism in making appointments. No
official announcement has been is
sued to the effect that many radical
changes will be made, but it is ex
pected that the first of the year will
see a thorough readjustment among
the employes. This means that
•hanges arc contemplated. Relatives
of the head of a department will be
transferred to other departments;
there must be no relatives in the
same department.
The final report of the statisti
cian of the department of agricul
ture shows the actual growth of
cotton in the United States in the
year 1901-02 to have been 9,966,478
commercial bales, of which 115,530
bales were marketed before Septem
ber 1, 1901, and 9,696,336 bales be
tween September 1, 1901, and Aug
ust 31, 1902, 154,592 bales being
carried forward to the year 1902-03.
The commercial crop of the year
amounted to 10,663,224 bales, thus
exceeding the amount actually
grown by 696,740 bales. This ex
cess was due in the main to the very
extensive marketing of cotton held
over from previous years.
Secretary Moody’s annual report
on the navy shows that there were
on June 30 last 21,433 enlisted men
in the service. Many of these came
from the middle western states, and
it the time of their enlistment were
unacquainted with the new life
upon which they had entered.
Their progress has been eminently
satisfactory. All men now enlisted
are required to be either citizens or
to have declared their intention to
become such. Eighty-nine per
cent of the enlisted force are now
citizens and 76 per cent arc native
born. Ninety-three and three
tenths per cent of the landsmen are
training and 94 per cent of the ap
prentices are native born. Secretary
Moody recommends a continuance
of the increase of ships and the es
tablishment of a naval station in the
Philippines, and one in AVest In
dian islands or the Caribbean.
HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE
President Roosevelt’s Communica
tion to Congress.
He Oives the Greatest AMenMon to
the Subjects of the Trusts anti the
'Tail1 i If—.lla a y Recommendations
Along Various Tinea.
President Roosevelt’s second annual
message to ihe Fllty-seventii congress is
unusually oriel lor an annual presidential
message. Tile trusts anti the tariff are the
two subjects to which the greatest atten
tion. is given, ut the trusts the president
says in part:
"in my message to the present congress
at its lirst session i discussed at length
the question of the regulation of those
big corporations commonly doing an in
terstate business, often with some ten
dency to monopoly, which are popularly
known as trusts. The experience u£ the
past year has emphasized, in my opin
ion, the desirability of the steps I then
proposed. A fundamental requisite of
social efficiency is a high standard ot'
individual energy and excellence; but
this is in no wise inconsistent with pow
er to act in combination for aims which
cannot so well be achieved by the indi
vidual acting alone. A fundamental base
of civilization is the inviolability of prop
erty; but this is in r.o wise inconsistent
with the right of society to regulate the
exercise of the artificial powers which it
confers upon the owners of property, un
der the name of corporate lranchises, in
such a way as to prevent the misuse
of the powers. Corporations, and espe
cially combinations of corporations,
should be managed under public regula
tion. Experience has shown that under our
system of government the necessary
supervision cannot be obtained by state
action. It must therefore be achieved by
national action. Our aim is not to do
away with corporations; on the contrary,
these big aggregations are an inevitable
development of modern industrialism, and
the effort to destroy them would be futile
unless accomplished1 lr. ways that would
work the utmost mischief to the entire
body politic. We can do nothing of good
in, the way of regulating and supervising
these corporations until we fix clearly in
our mir.de that we are not attacking the
corporations, but endeavoring to do away
with any evil in. them. We are rot hostile
to them; we are merely determined that
they shall be so handled as to subserve
the public good. We draw the line
against misconduct, not against wealth.
The capitalist who. alone or In conjunc
tion with his fellows, performs some
great industrial feat by which he wins
money is a welldoer, not a wrongdoer,
provided only he works in proper ar.d
legitimate lines. We wish to favor such
a man when he does, well. We wish to
supervise and control his actions orfly to
prevent him from doing ill. Publicity
can do no harm to the honest corpora
tion; and we need not be overtender
about sparing the dishonest corporation.
“* * * T believe that monopolies, unjust
discriminations, which prevent or cripple
competition, fraudulent overcapitalization,
and other evils in trust organizations and
practices which injuriously affect inter
state trade can be prevented under the pow
er of the congress to ‘regulate commerce
with foreign -melons and among the sev
eral states’ through regulations and re
quirements' operating directlv upon such
commerce, the instrumentalities thereof,
and those engaged therein.
"I earnestly recommend this subject to
the consideration of the congress with a
view to the passage of a law reasonable in
its provisions and effective In its opera
tions, upon which the questions can be
finally acjucicatid that now raise doubts
as to the necessity of constitutional amend
ment. If it prove impossible to accomplish
the purposes above set forth by such a law.
then, assuredly, we should noi shrink from
amending the constitution so as to secure
beyor.d peradventure the power sought.”
On the subject of the tariff the president
says it lus been advocated that the pre
vailing duties lie rtduced as a means of
reaching the evils of the trust problem, but
of this he says:
"* * * Nut merely wou'.d this- be wholly
ineffective, but the diversion ol our efforts
in such a direction would mean the aban
donuuni ol all Intelligent attempt to do
away with these evils. Many of the largest
corporations, many of those which should
certainly lie included, in any proper scheme
ot regulation, would not be affected in the
slightest degree by a change in the tariff,
save as such change interfered with the
general prosperity of the country. The
or.iy ie..a.or. of the tariff to big corpora
tions as a whole is that the tariff makes
manulactur.es profitable, ar.d the tariff
remedy proposed would be in effect simply
to make manufactures unprofitable. To
remove the tariff as a punitive measure
directed against trusts would inevitably re
sult ir. ruin to the weaker competitors who
are struggling against them. Our aim
should he not by unwise tariff changes to
give foreign products the advantage over
domestic products, but by proper regula
tion to give domestic competition a fair
chance; and this end cannot be reached by
any tariff changes which would affect un
favorably all domestic competitors, good
and bad alike. The question of regulation
of the trusts stands apart from the ques
tion of tariff revision."
On the subject of changing the present
schedules in our tariff system the presi
dent says:
"Stability of economic policy must al
ways be the prime economic need of this
country. This stability should not be fos
silization. The country has acquiesced in
the wisdom of the protective-tariff princi
ple. It is exceedingly undesirable that this
system should b< destroyed or that there
should be violent and radical changes
therein. Our past experience shows that
great prosperity in this country has alw ays
come under a protective tariff; and that
the country cannot prosper under fitful tar
iff changes at short intervals. Moreover,
if the tariff laws as a whole work well, and
If business has prospered under them and
is prospering, it Is better to endure for a
time slight inconveniences and inequalities
in some schedules then to upset business by
too quick and too radical changes. It is
most earnestly to be wished that we could
treat the tariff from the standpoint solely
of our business needs. It is, perhaps, too
much to hope that partisanship may be en
tirely excluded from consideration of the
subject, but at least it can be made second
ary to the business interests, of the country
—that is. to the interests of our people as a
w hole. I'nquestionably these business in
terests w ill best be served if together with
fixity of principle as- regards the tariff we
combine a system which will permit us
from time to time to make the necessary
reapplication of the principle to the shift
ing national needs. We must take scru
pulous care that the reappllcatlon shall be
made in such a way that it will not amount
to a dislocation, of our system, the mire
threat of which (not to speak of the per
formance) would produce paralysis in the
business energies of the community. The
tirst consideration in making these changes
would, of coupe, be to preserve the prin
ciple which underlies our whole tariff sys
tem—that is, t'.e principle of putting Amer
ican business interests at least on a full
equality with interests abroad, and of al
ways allowing a sufficient rate of (Juty to
more than cover the difference between the
labor cost here and abroad. The well-Be
ir.g of the wage-worker, like the well-be
ing of the tiller of the soil, should be treat
ed as an essential in shaping our whole
economic policy. There must never be any
change which will jeopardize the standard
of comfort, the standard of wages of the
American wage-worker.
“Wherever the tariff conditions are such
that a needed change cannot with ad
vantage he made by the application of
the reciprocity idea, th'en It can he made
outright by a lowering of duties on a
given product. If possible, such change
should be made only after the fullest
consideration by practical experts* who
should approach the subject from a busi
ness standpoint, having in view both the
particular interests affected atid the com
mercial well-being of the people as a
whole. The machinery for providing such
careful investigation can readily be sup
plied. The executive department has al
ready at its disposal methods of collect
ing facts and figures; and if the con
gress' desires additional consideration to
that which wrill be given the subject by
its own committees, then a commission
of business experts can be appointed
whose duty it should be to recommend
action by the congress after a deliberate
and scientific examination of the various
schedules as they are affected by the
changed and changing conditions. The
unhurried! ar.d unbiased report of -'this
commission would show what changes
should be made in the various schedules',
and bow far these changes could go with
out also changing the great prosperity
which this country is now enjoying, or up
setting its fixed economic policy.
"The cases in which the tariff can pro
duce a monopoly are so few as to constitute
an inconsiderable factor in the question;
but of course if in any'case it be found that
a given rate of duty does promote a mo
nopoly which works ill. no protectionist
would object to such reduction of the duty
as woui^ equalize competition.
"In my judgment, the tariff on anthracite
coal should be removed, and anthracite put
actually, where it now is nominally, on
the free list. This would have no effect at
all save in crises; but in crises it might be
of service to the people.”
The president says there is much that
is good in both associations of capital and
of labor, that the one is made necessary
because of the existence of the other. He
refers at some length to the good accom
plished by the labor unions', and says that
while they, have accomplished this good,
and though the general tendency of such
organizations is for the betterment of
American citizenship, yet they can accom
plish evil. He says both organized capital
and organized labor must remember that
the interest of each must be brought Into
harmony with the interest of the general
public, and says that so far as'the consti
tutional powers of the government touch
upon these subjects they should be along
these lines.
In connection with the subject of Cuba
the president says he hopes soon to lay be
fore the senate a reciprocity treaty with
that republic, and urges that some relief
be given the island. On this topic he says:
"Cuba lies at our doors, ar.d whatever af
fects her for good or for ill affects us also.
So much have our people felt this that in
the Platt amendment we definitely took the
ground that Cuba must hereafter have
closer political relations with us than with
any other power. Thus In a sense Cuba
has become a part of our International po
litical system. This makes it necessary
that In return she should be given some of
the benefits of becoming part of our eco
nomic system. It is, from our own stand
point. a short-sighted and mischievous pol
icy to fail to recognize this need. More
over, It is unworthy of a mighty and gen
erous nation, itself the greatest and most
successful republic in history, to refuse to
stretch out a helping hand to a young and
weak sister republic just entering upon its
career of independence. We should al
ways fearlessly insist upon our rights In
the face of the strong, and we should with
ungrudging hand do our generous duty by
the weak. I urge the adoption of reciprocity
with Cuba not only because it is eminently
for our own interests to control the Cuban
market and by every means to foster our
supremacy in the tropical lands and waters
south of us. but also because we, of the
giant republic of the north, should make
all our sister nations of the American con
tinent feel that whenever they will permit
it we desire to show ourselves disinterest
edly and effectively their friend.”
Congress is informed that the attorney
general has examined into the title of the
Panama company, and has decided that
that corporation can give to this country
a title that will be above contention in
every way. The president says he hopes
soon to see a treaty with Colombia con
cluded which will give to this nation the
right to construct the canal, andto exercise
such jurisdiction over the territory through
which it will extend as' will be necessary
for our every legitimate purpose.
Of the conditions In the Philippines he
says in part;
“On July 4 last, on the one hundred and
twenty-sixth anniversary of the declara
tion of our independence, peace and am
nesty were promulgated in the Philip
pine Islands. Some trouble has since
from time to time threatened with
the Mohammedan Moros, but with the
late insurrectionary Filipinos the war
has entirely ceased. Civil government
has now been Introduced. Not only does
each Filipino enjoy such rights to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happir.ess as
he has never before known during the
recorded history of the islands, but the
people taken as a whole now er.joy a
measure of self-government greater than
that granted to any other orientals by
any foreign power and grea'er than that
enjoyed by any other orientals under
their own governments, save the Japan
ese alor.e. We have r.ot gone too far In
granting these rights of liberty ar.d self
government; but we have certainly gone
to the limit that in the interests of the
Philippine people themseives it was wise
or just to go. To hurry matters, to go
faster than we are now going, would en
tail calamity on the people of the Is
lands. No policy ever entered into by
the American people has vindicated It
self in more signal manner than the pol
icy of holding the Philippines. The tri
umph of our arms, above all the tri
umph of our laws and principles has
come sooner than we had any right to
expect. Too much praise cannot be
given to the army for what it has done
in the Philippines, both in warfare and
from an administrative standpoint in
preparing the way for civil government;
and similar credit belongs to the civil
authorities for the way in which they
have planted the seeds of self-govern
ment in the ground thus made ready for
them. The courage, the unflinching en
durance, the high soldierly efficiency,
and the general kind-heartedness and
humanity of our troops have been strik
ingly manifested. There now remain only
some 15,OW troops in the islands. All told,
over 100,000 have been sent there. Of
course, there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them.
They warred under fearful difficulties of
climate and surroundings; and under the
strain of :e terrible provocations which
they continually receive from their foes,
occasional instances of cruel retaliation
occurred. Evi!, effort has been made
to prevent such cruelties, and finally
these efforts have .eon completely suc
cessful. Every effort has also been made
to detect and punish the wrongdoers.
After making all allowance for these
misdeeds, it remains true that few in
deed have been the instances in which
war has been waged by a civilized power
against semi-civilized ar.d barbarous
forces where there has Been so little
wrongdoing by the victors as in the Phil
ippine islands. On the other hand, the
amount of difficult, important, and bene
ficent work which has been done is well
nigh incalculable.
"Taking the work of the army and the
civil authorities together, it may be ques
tioned whether anywhere else in modern
times the world has seen a betteT exam
ple of real constructive statesmanship
than our people have given In the Philip
pine islands. High praise should also be
given those Filipinos, in the aggregate
very numerous, who have accepted the
new conditions and joined with our repre
sentatives to work with hearty good will
for the welfare of the islands.’^
The president urges the exuJlsion of the
rural free delivery system, and says in
connection with this:
"Rural free delivery service is no longer
in the experimental stage; it has become
a fixed policy. The results following its
introduction have fully justified the con
gress in the large appropriations made for
Us establishment and extension. The aver
age yearly increase In post office receipts
In the rural districts of tne country is about
two per cent. We are now able, by actual
results, to show that where rural free de
livery service has been established to such
an extent as to enable us to make compari
sons the yearly increase has been upward
ol ten per cent."
Arkansas State News
Roads Incorporated the Past Year.
According to statistics compiled
by Rate Clerk E. G. Connelley, of
the railroad commission, there were
fifteen railroads incorporated in
Arkansas during the year ending
June 1, 1902, as follows:
Morning Star, 125 miles; $240,
000 ; hacked by Chicago capital.
Southern Missouri & Arkansas,
SO miles; $1,000,000; hacked by
New York capital.
Danville, Fourclie Valiev &
Southern, 15 miles; $300,000.
St. Louis & North Arkansas (ex
tension), CO miles; $1,212,500.
Memphis, Helena & Louisiana,
217 miles; $3,400,000; Gould line.
Hot Springs Railroad (exten
sion), 20 miles; $300,000; Phila
delphia capital.
K. C., Hot Springs & Southeast
ern, 82 miles; $1,250,000; Kansas
City capital.
Mississippi, Arkansas & Western
22 miles; $220,000.
Tyronzo Central, 12 miles; $ 180,
000: Frisco branch.
El Dorado & P>astrop, 45 miles;
$075,000; Gould line.
Jonesboro, Newport & Western,
40 miles; $200,000; Ludington,
Michigan capital.
Newport Bridge, Belt & Termi
nal ; $500,000; New York capital.
Cache Valley, 80 miles; $000,000;
Kansas City, Mo., capital.
Western Arkansas Midland, 37
miles; $740,000; St. Louis capital.
Monte Ne, 4 miles; $25,000.
Total number incorporated dur
ing year, 15.
Total number miles proposed,
S39.
Total amount of capital stock,
$10,842,500.
A majority of these incorporated
lines are merely feeders and branch
es of the large systems traversing
this state.
Statute of Limitation Defined.
A case of general interest was re
cently decided by the state supreme
court relating to the statute of lim
itation. In November, ISO!!, Mrs.
F. F. Emrich of Little Lock, in
taking hold of a guy wire belonging
to the street car company, charged
with electricity, received a severe
shock. She brought suit for dam
ages against the street car company,
alleging that it negligently allowed
its guy wire to hang so near the
ground that a person passing on the
sidewalk would come in contact
therewith. She recovered a judg
ment in the Pulaski circuit court.
In about thirteen months after the
accident her husband brought suit
against the same company for the
injuries to his wife and for medical
bills, etc. The defendant inter
posed a plea of statute of limitation
of one year. The circuit judge sus
tained this plea. From this rul
ing Emrich appealed to the supreme
court which held that the lower
court erred in ruling that the one
year statute of limitation does not
apply to negligence.
Took morphine and Laudanum.
Mrs. Jennie Thomas, wife of a
railroad flagman of Little Ilock,
swallowed a fatal dose of laudanum
in the presence of her husband. The
woman was addicted to the use of
morphine and had taken an over
dose of the drug. She informed her
husband of the fact and he remark
ed that he would call a physician.
As he started to leave for the doctor
Mrs. Thomas remarked that it would
do no good, and reaching on a table,
secured a bottle of laudanum and
drank over an ounce of the fluid.
Protected Her Home.
A woman living at a saw mill
near Texarkana shot and killed a
man, who tried to forcibly enter her
house. A crowd of men went to the
woman's home and avowed their in
tentions to enter the house. She
warned them to go, and upon their
failure to obey, she fired into the
darkness, killing one of the Dartv.
Killed His Father.
John Xassano, aged 22, shot and
kiilod his father, aged GO, at their
home -in Little Bock, the weapon
used being a shotgun loaded with
buckshot. There were no witnesses
to the tragedy, which was the result
of the crazed condition of young
Xassano, from over-indulgence in
liquor. When oflicers arrived they
found young Xassano standing over
the body of his father with a shot
gun in his hand. He turned upon
the oilicers and threatened them
with instant death if they did not
leave him alone. After some per
suasion he consented to give up his
gun and to go quietly with the of
ficers. After his confinement in
the jail he was quiet, and would
only say that he was justified in
killing his father and would pro
duce evidence to that effect. While
being taken to jail he stated that
several others were implicated in
the deed and that some of them
held the victim while he shot him.
The police place no confidence in
the story and attribute it to the
crazed condition of the man at the
time. The murdered man was a
good citizen, and his son had caused
him a great deal of trouble from
drinking.
Alleged Murderer Bound Over.
Joe Walker, colored, has been
bound over to the grand jury of
Jefferson county on the charge of
murdering Joe Branch, colored, his
wife and her two sisters, at Tucker.
The dead bodies of the four negroes
were found in the cabin where they
lived. The heads of all were split
open with an ax, and the instru
ment of their death was found near
by covered with blood. The perpe
trator of the crime sought to con
ceal his crime by firing the house,
but only a little part of the floor
was burned.
Past the Century Mark.
“Uncle” George Brinsfield, of Iz
ard county, rode a distance of forty
miles to Mammoth Spring, where
he took a train for Paragould to at
tend the Methodist conference. Mr.
Brinsfield has been a citizen of Iz
ard county for over thirty years. He
will be 103 years of age should he
live till next April, and the fact
that lie was physically able to make
such a long journey in the manner
he did shows that he is wonderfully
preserved for his years. He has al
ways lived the life of a plain farm
er.
Wiegel Refuses to Talk.
Lee Wiegel, who with his wife
a few days ago was found in their
room at a Texarkana hotel with
their throats cut, the woman dead
and Wiegel in a serious condition,
has so far recovered as to be able to
appear for a preliminary hearing. A
strange feature of the ease is the
refusal of Wiegel to make any state
ment whatever in regard to the trag
edy. The couple were married at
Anniston, Ala., and immediately
went to Texarkana, where the mys
terious tragedy occurred.
Prohibitory Order Necessary.
In answer to a recent inquiry
from a prosecuting attorney Attor
ney General Murphy takes the po
sition that “the vote against the
sale of wine simply prohibits the
licensing of such sale; it does not
affect the right to sell in the county
or township native wine made from
the berries or grapes grown by the
party. Nothing but a prohibitory
order of the county court will make
such sale unlawful.”
Mine Explosion.
An explosion occurred in Mine
No. 20 of the Central Coal and
Coke Company at Bonanza, badly
wrecking the tipple. There were
two shot-firers in the mine at the
time. One was slightly burned.
The explosion set fire to the under
ground stable and eight mules were
burned to death.