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I II I II 1 1 'I I H-l'l 1 1 I I I it VOL. XL. NO. 8. PATEBSON; N.

JM THUKSDAY MOENTOG, JANUARY 9, PAGES. PHICE TWO CENTS; SEVENTEEN MINERS IN FLOODED MINE, ALDERMANIC FIGHT NEARING ITS END? Falling Ore in ill Fated Negaunee Copper Miiie Cuts Off Hope of Rescue, Crys for Help Heard, After Taking Forty Ballots Both Partiesfr- Central Officials Saj be Disregarded (Oil mm 'J i i JNED Ill1 All iillilll. Thomas for Two-Score Years Mannlacturing Machinist, Soccombs to Paralysis. First Trial of the Term Resulted la Appoint Committees to Confer today Adjourn Till Monday. All Warning Signals Jan Past Signal Tuwer.

Deadlock and Jurors Are Diit a WILLIAM B. MAINES EXPIRES. FIFTEEN DEAD IN THE WRECK. FOUR TON OF HAY AN HOUR. Negaunee, Jan.

8. It is now thought that seventeen miners were killed In the fall of ore in the Negaunee mine at noon yesterday. Had the" accident occurred half an hour tarlieror later, 150 other That Was the Capacity Claimed by Thirty Injured Were Hewn Out of Can, While Escaping Steam Poured In Clouds from Wreckage All -the Dead Were Residents of New Roohelle. Was Superlntendent-of Letter Carriers Under Postmaster Conklin and a Veteran of the Civil War Mr. Wrigley the Inventor of Many Ingenious Contrivances.

A number of politicians who hadDfcn delayed somewhat on the way to theijjty hall last night were astounded when they entered the council chamber at 9 o'clock to hear City Clerk keegan announce: "Mr. Mayor, the vote stands a tie, eleven to eleven." They thought the end had come in the fight for the presidency of tha board and knew the mayor had been waiting to hear this announcement since noon on New Year's day, as a tie vone would give him a chance to cast the deciding bailor They held their breath as they wnlted for the city's chief executive to say the momentous words. The interminable balloting useless voting one of the Republicans ha.1 moved that they adjourn till 8 o'clock on Monday night. The ballot taken as the late comers entered the hall was on this motion and the Democrats and Alderman Cross bad voted against it with the above mentioned result. The vote of the Democrats was a surprise for It was thought that they as well as the Republicans realized that thero was no chance of a change last night.

It waa evident, however, that they were aware of the fact that a number of the Republicans were anxious to get away and thought that they would be able to tire them out and thus Induce a break In enty feet from the place where I had been sitting, and myself In the drift. How I got there is a mystery, but it ca.1 be accounted, for bythe concussion." The rescuers are working In shifts, with hundreds waiting their turn to help. The Negaunee mine is one of the mo3t unlucky propertlea in the Lake Superior district. Much has resulted In sinking and drifting from surplus watar nd quicksands. It was at this mine that Jl.000,000 was recently expended to sink a shaft to the ledge.

If the workmen are not rescued within the next ten or twenty hours all hope of getting them ou1 alive will be abandoned. The men are under a. large mass of dirt and broken timber. The lowerjprtlon-f- 1 New York, "Jan. 8.

One of the most frightful railroad wrecks In the history of the New York C-ntral railroad occurred this morning at o'clock In the tunnel at nf ty-slxtt 'street. Fifteen person ware killed, one a woman, ty were Injured, several- mortally it was the worst accident that ever -happened to the funnel; far worse the collision on Feb. 20, 1891, -which, re-. suited In sixth 'deaths and the subsequent -'indictment of railroad "officers. Like that accident, the one this morning was a rear- end collisionAn Jntooundloeal Jrais, jon the Harlem railroad front White Plains crashed into an inbound train from Dan-" bury, oft the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, which had bee stalled temporarily in tine middle section of the tunnel by "the regular morning" "choke-up" or congeetton'of trains.

west I if ord Farmers for Mrs Lewls Cow Tha Animal Became Puffed Up and Put a Husky Apple Tree Out of Business. The first case taken up in the circuit court yesterday was stubbornly fought, and such was the conflict of evidence in the case that the jury empanelled to) try It Is still trying to arrive at a decis-lon that will be satisfactory to all of Its twelve members, and because of their in ability to agree before. 10 o'clock last night the eHtirrwelvs "were-Tocfied Up In the court house, there to remain until they agree upon a verdict or are dis charged bythe court Ul The case which resulted in so much. controversy-was- that" of Tdrsv Elizabeth Hopper of this city against the Paterson Railway company, and it was. brought -to-recover Aa -uBininea oy Mrs.

uopper while a passen ger on a Broadway trolley car some Therewas a eonslderableconflIct in th evidence presented' for the" various' par- ties to me action, and It Is hardly to be wondered thatthe Jurors could not agree tor tneir was as much divergence between the stories told by the plaintiff and her witnessed and' those told by the de- defendant's employes and other witnesses as there Is betweenthelpoles of the earth. Michael Dunn represented Mrs. Hopper, andwhen the case had been properly; opened" henlea'W'hlsHrsrwItnes. Mrs. Margaret Bennett, who bad been in ths company of the plaintiff on the day of tha accident.

Mrs. Bennett, who said she had known the plaintiff for more than five years, stated that she was with Mrs. Hopper boarded a trolley car bound east along Broadway. Mrs. Bennett testified, as did Mrs.

Hopper, later, that when they boarded the car they instructed the conductor. to atop It at JEast Twenty-third street. ccordlnglioetoryot-Mfs. Bennett the car was not stopped at Twenty-third Istree.tand when the women found they were oemg carried past that corner they signalled the conductor of the car to stop, which he did. at.

Twenty-fourth street Ther Mrs. testified gthAdTwT" Hopper started to alight, followed by hert but that as stepped to the ground, the signaL-aa given to start the car, it movedforward with a Jerk, an- Mrs. Hopper' waa thrown forcibly to-trfa ground. It was while cros-examinlng Mrs. Ben nett jhat Lawyer William B.

Gourley, who' represented the trolley company, made known his line defense, for ha asked the witness If" she" had not visited a certain Riverside saloon early during the afternoon, of the day in question, and if she' was not under the influence of liquor at the time OjUhe accident. Mra. Bennett denied the insinuations very vigorously, as did Mrs. Hopper when a slm- ilar question was put to her, but ths lawyer merely asked the questions ae a preface to the.itestlmony of his own later In the day. Mrs.

Hopper sued to recover J5.000, claiming that her right arm and wrist were permanently injured, end that she had suffered Injuries worth that amount of compensation, only witnesses for the plaintiff besides herself and Mrs. Ben- nett were -physicians, who testified as to) the jguture end extent of Mr. Hopper's injuries, and a nurse, who had been wHht her while she was confined to the For the company the, conductor and motorman of the car on which Mrs. Hopper and her friend rode on the day In question went on the stand, and their testimony was corroborated In almost every detail by some of theother passengers of the car. This-testimony was all to the effect that the car had stopped at Twenty-third street, where the women had requested it should, and that Mrs.

Bennetl had alighted and then called tdTtrs. Hopper to get off. It wa tesUfled that Mrs, Hopper ran out on the platform and de-4 Uberately walked oft the car while It wa in motion. It having started up when Mrs Bennett had reached the street. One of the passengers on the car test! fled that in his opinion both the women were under the Influence of liquor at the time of the and thl wa the contention of the conductor.

As a further defense. the sctlon Mr. Gourleyl produced a release, alleged to have been signed by Hopper within a few days after the accident, by which she released any claim she might have on th com pany for a consideration of $25, the receipt of which the release acknowledged. "This release led to a battle of those who appeared for the plaintiff tea- tlfylng that even with such a severe Injury as Mrs. Hopper's was sJlegeded ta have ah might havs been able to sign her name within a few day after receiving the Injury, While the physicians who went on the stand for the defense swore that in their opinions Mrs.

Hopper could never have signed uch a document when she did had she received, aucti lnjurle aa she. alleged In her complaint and testified to upon the witness stand, W-th the Introduction of thl testimony rested thelcaee for the dn- fense, and ef ter the counsel had summed up and Judge Dixon had charged the jury that It was a Case In which there was a conflidt of evidence a to the a dispute which they were to decide, and had Instructed thlem to the law coveting the case, the court adjourned for the day, Judge Dixon. Instructing the clerk to re ceive the verdict. For half hour or roore-fot It was 4.20 when Judge Dixon left the court room-many of those who had listened to the testimony In the case waited for the Jury lo agree npoh a verdict As the minutes flew by, however, most of them left tlm court room, until at six o'clock there was none In the building who didn't have to there. But the Jurors couldn't agree, nn.

when It grew late and they seermvl tut from agreement as ever, they wero locked up for the night, and will not be rwrawd "men would also have been killed. They were at dinner. The names of the dead, so far as known, are: Jacob Hunlalla, John Pascoe, John Pearce, John Sullivan and William Williams. Only one body has been al though 209 men have been working desperately in-the hope of ndlng some of" the men Imprisoned under the mass of fallen ore still alive. body was found soon after the work "of rescue co'm- jnenced.

An hour later: Dominic Basno was recovered aTlveTndronly 'slightly injured. Basso's story Is as, follows: "We jvere sitting around the pump a the botitdnTJir the shaft when, without any warning, thousands thousands of tons of orecame down. I remembered no more until I heard the sound of pickstJand shov els in the hands of the rescuers and shouts I waa in total darkness. What seemed ages to me were but minutes. 'When' the regcuew' ioiina'airi "wawiev- Speech frp the Throne Takes Gloomy View of Economic Condi RESULTS UNSATISFACTORY.

Receipts from State Railways Are Below Estimate New Canal Bill to Be Introduced Agricultural Conditions Are In Desperate Straits-Loans to Be Avoided. Berlin, Jan. 8. Chancellor' von Bulow read Emperor William's speech at the opening of tha'Prusslan diet today. It referred to the unsatisfactory, character of that it was Impossible to expect a.

tSajror. able result fothe. year 1901, as, among other thtags. the'recelp fron.Prua-slan state railways had been consideily below the estimate. The emperor promised that a new canaf bill- would be intro-ducedHe also expressed his determination to uphold the German language In diatricts.of eoslern Prussia.

The speed from the throne is generally In" view ofThe fact that the income and expenditures balance, there will be no necessity for resorting to the issuance of -aloan. The moat emphatic" portion of the speech referred 'to the Poles, and the government's declaration that It Intended to pursue the policy "of the Germanizatlon of Eastern Prussia. It indicated no new measures In this direction, howeverv The desperate situation of agriculture In the empire was clearly recognized. The reichstag was re-opened without any formality. The budget statement was submitted.

The attendance was- very small. Several speakers denounced Joseph Chamberlain, the British coloial secretary, for his alleged aspersions on' the German army. In reply, Chancellor von Bulow said he understood that the British minister had not the least intention of giving offense, and had since explained his speech. He added, however, that responsible ministers should be very careful- of what they said when referring to foreign matters, as there was always danger of being misunderstood. MARCELLUS HARTLEY DIED SUDDENLY.

Had Made a Fortune In the Manufacture of Fire-arms. New York. Jan. 8. Marcellus Hartley, president of the Hartley company, the Remington Arms company, the Union Metallic Cartridge company and the Bridgeport Gun Implement company, and a director or trustee In a dozn-other corporations, died suddenly about 12:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon; while attending a regular weekly meeting of the executive committee of the American Steel company.

The meeting was" held in the president's room, on the fifth floor of the company's building, WO Broadway. Walter S. Johnston, William A. Wheelock, James A. Haydeh and R.

A. C. Smith were there. Mr. Hartley.

had been sitting at the- writing tables. One of the committee noticed that he was leaning forward front his chair. This man thought that Mr. Hartley's eye glasses had fallen off and that he had stooped to pick them up. Mr.

Hartley did not recover himself once however, and his associates, seeing that something was wrong, went to his As he was helped back Into his chair he gave a and died. The body was left In the president'! room until late in the day. Dr. Bross of the Equitable Ufe Assurance society, of which Mr. Hartley waa a trustee, wal summoned and gave a death certificate; and the body waa removed to Mr.

Hartley's home at ZSS Madison It Is supposed that acute Indigestion was the cause of death." lie "bad complained yesterday morning of not feeling well and of Indigestion. Ha was 7 years of age, but had been apparently In perfect health up to three daya ago, when he was out horseback riding. A'-wldow, a daughter, Mrs. George W. Jenkins of Morrlntown, N.

and a grandson, Marcellus Hartley podge, now a student In Columbia university, survive him. The eighth annual ball of the Philip Dur-get Pleasure club wilt beheld at A poll hall, on Thursday evening, Jan, 23. ii b. Thomas Wrigley, for more than two score years a manufacturer of" silk machinery In this city, died at his home, 64 Park avenue, at 10.30 o'clock last evening. On Dec 26 be suffered a paralytic stroke, from the effects of which he nevejc rallied, This was th- second Ome Mr.

Wrigley had been attacked with paralysis; the. first which followed, after an illness from la grippe. He rallied sufficiently to go out without assistance at tha.t time. Last Christmas Day he complained of not feeling as well as usual, and the next day the paralytic stroke seixed him. Mr.

Wrigley waa. ln his 7Sth year. He waaji jolunte days, and at the tlnWot his death was the oldest member of old: Engine company No. i. The deceased was-enatlve of England and came topis citFat an early age.

He learned lus trade as machinist at the Rogers shops, and In 1S48 engaged in business with his brother John, the firm occupying a shop on the Todd Raff erf property. They engaged in the manufacture of washers, comb plates, card plates, etc The-plant at that time embraced four power and three hand presses the whole representing an Investment of about 500. "In 1849' the firm occupied the "Button Mill," near where the Market street M. E. church Is now situated.

In 1851 they removed to, the Todd Rafferty building bh the Holsman property, along the raceway, opposite Ellison street Tn 1RM tm Wrigley sold nisterest in the property 10 me euoject or this sketch, and went Into partnership with a Mr. Nichols, who for years had been in charge of the silk-spinning department for Salter Cutter, and the style of the 18CS, when Mr, Wrigley purchased Mr. Nichols' Interest and became sole proprietor. Meantime, about 1864, the business had been removed to Railroad avenue, near Slater street, where. In 1868, the buildipg of silk machinery of various kinds was ,.4, Ms''hra'itieittier that time, ihew-ell-equlppedT establishment containing many special tools "and patterns, came to be garded hs one to which nothing was Impossible-In the department of machinery.

The manipulation of eilk, flax, Jute, iron, all the fibres and all the metals, was greatly, assisted by the ingenious machinery constructed under the personal supervision of the veteran-machinist. After remaining In Railroad for about seVefiteen years, fr. Wrigley purchased the site for the present works at the corner of Essex and Vine streeU, where has prospered. The premises are in size 30x75, two stories. It was in this mill that Mr.

-Wrigley produced an ingenious contrivance, a patent spindle run by conical leather washer, without a belt. Mr. Wrlgley's wife survive him. There are no children. The funeral arrangements, in charge of Undertaker 1 G.

Shorter, are not completed. William B. Malnes. William B. Malnes, for many years superintendent of letter carriers under Postmaster John I Conklin, succumbed last evening, after ohe week' Illness from pneumonia.

On the last day of -the old year Mr. Malnes, although not enjoying good health, attended to his duties us shipping clerk In the file works of Kearney Foot. Riverside. On New Ye.ar'8 day he waa compelled to take to his bed, and the family physician diagnosed the case as one of pneumonia. Mr.

Malnes survived his wife by lees than four months. Mr. 'Malnes was born In Newton, Sussex county, sixty years ago. He came to this city when he attained his ma-. Jorlty, and at the outbreak of the dvll war enllwlcd In the army, Joining one of the New Jersey regiments.

The deceased's term In the post office expired at the beginning of the first Cleveland administration. He was engaged In various occupation since that time, and six year ago obtained employment with the Kearney Foot company. Six survive; Mr. Edgar Tlbby, Mrs. Charles B.

Himlle, William IL Malnes, bookkeeper for Florance Frank now studying for the ministry at Brown university, Providence; George engaged in the brokerage buslnens, end Charles a printer. Charles B. Hlndle ha charge funeral, the arrangement for have not been completed. of the which CLIMBED OVER A TRANSOM. Admitted His Recompiles and Then Looted the Barber 8hop of James Duxberry on Ciay Street.

Late on Tuesday evening thieves entered the barber shop of James Duxberry, on Clay street, between Madison avenue and Huron street. On of the men climbed over the transom and, getting Into the store, lifted the catch off the door and admitted his accomplice. Raxors, straps, soap and everything, In fact, that was not of a bulky nature waa removed. Upon their departure the thieves left the door open, and a oltlsen- who passed by' later notified the owner. Detective Lord waa called In and found that' the quarter-in-thelot gas- meter had been broken open and th money stolen.

The police have an Idea of th Identity of tb burglars and arrests may follow. The knnilkl prise fair-ef the People's rark Improvement association will be held at their rooms on Madison avenue, on th the are here to vote and will stay all nlglit if necessary." If this their, Idea they were balked, fiirhe seat, and It oould be seen that they wfulil not make another attempt to adjourn Jftheyilmd4a-EtaylhMlldAy- break. The voting was then resumed and continued had-heeif taken without a change, Alderman Bro- (COTtmaediF'Etglitfp Menta Of FaM POSt. G. A.

of a High Order. MACCABEES' INSTALLATION. Paterson Tent No. 1, Has New Officers Ladies of the Golden Eagle Had an Interesting Installation on Tuea- day Evening La.t Night's Programme at S. 0.

V. Hall. Farragut 'post, No. 28, O. A.

held a regular meting last night at Its? rooms In 8, O. V. hall on Broadway Installed Its- recently eleoted-offlcers and 'gave a fine entertainment and a supper, to the members of Aid society. No. 3, of the Hons of Vterans.

Memorial day for some years past the members of the aid society havs prepared a dinner for the members of Farragut pout, that ihe veterans find some substantial refreshment ready for them at the end of the long and tiresome march. Last night the veterans showed their appreciation of all the past kindnesses received by them at the hands of the' ladles, but they did it in no small or limited way. TUjB installation of officers came first on the evening's programme, and-the Installing officer. Past Commander Charles F. Klreker, installed the following bf-ccrs: Commander, L6uls A- Walder; senior vice-commander, Robert Stewart: junior vice-commander, John Roid; of ficer of the day, John Tredo; oincerf th guara, ueorge KafTerty; chaplain, James Dewar; adjutant, George T.

Rowlee; quartermaster, Franklin Holland; quar-termaHter-sergeant, Philip Mentnech; sergeant-major, George Btlnson; Inside sentinel. Martin Hogan; outside sentinel, Joseph H. Woodward. Immediately following the installation all those present, about one hundred In number, repaired to the dining hall, on the third floor of the building, where Caterers Mdulton and McGlnnls had ready for them an abundance of good The banquet began with creamed oysters and ended With Ice cream, and there were so many delicious viands sandwiched In between the two that none of the diners who was seen afterwards could recall the exact make-up of the bill of fare: They all, however, without exception, testified that the dinner wag all tha tjBould have been desired. Another change of base had to be made after the banquet, for there was an entertainment for the eyes and ears awaiting the veterans and their guests In the room of the poet, and to that portion of the premises tlie five-score and more men and women wended their ways.

The programme here began with an address by CommandervWalder, who spoke of the good work done by the ladles of the aid society during past years and cordially welcomed them, to the hospl-tallty. of Farragut post. For the Aldso-clety Miss Amy presldent.re-sponded, and after she had told the veterans of the pleasure she. and the other members of the society had ever taken in ministering to their wants the musical programme was. begun.

Gill and Meyer came first, with a number of musical novelties, and after them, in the order named, came the following: Address by Captain Alfred Bell of Hugh C. Irish Camp, No. 8, So. of phono- graph snletlons, Walter B. Miliar recita tion, Mis Agne Donaldson GUI and Meyer, musical novel dee; address by George Pollltt; vocal solo, Robert H.

McQuillan; phonograph selections, Walter B. Mill; vocal solo, Robert H. McQuillan; singing, entire audience, led by Comrade L. A. Plnget and accompanied by Robert II, organ-1st.

Last night's entertainment was arranged for by the ways and means committee of Farragut post, the member of which are Comrades L. A. Piaget, William J. Buckley, George B. Stlrojon, Philip Mentnech and George T.

Rowlee, all of whom are past commanders of Farragut otT" Commander Walder last night announced that he would make his appoint-merits at the next meeting of the organisation, Wednesday, 'Jan. t. Ladles of tha' Golden Eagle nnn hundred, and fifty members and friends of Star of Hop temple No. 2. 'L.

Q.E. assembled at Oakley'a hall, mi -m pi. bad become Uresome to. thi andJhey were glad that It was to -come to an end whether "the result would be satisfactory of hot. At last the mayor opened his 1Ij)b and "The motion to adjourn Is lost, not having secured a majority." He then ordered the-derk to proceed with the 101st ballot This caused a sigh of relief -from In a few minutes Uhey learned, that the aldermen had been balloting-on the presidency since- -o'ctocfranabecwmltig-tl red" of the CRUSHED AGAINST A POLE.

EX-CONSTABLE POST INJURED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Pinned Between Hub of Wheel and Pol at Corner of Maliv and Bank Strestilnjurles Painful, but Former Constable Halmagh Post sustained injuries yesterday noon that will confine him to his home for some time. Mr. Post was crushed between a wagon, drawn by a -runaways horset-and- a- tele--graph pole, at the corner of Main and Bank streets. Hla lower limbs were bruised, but he escaped serious wounds.

The accident happened at 11.40 o'clock. At that hour Mr. Post was returning from Harmon's groeerytorerti-Bank street, to his home, 28 Hamilton avenue. The former constable had stepped onto the crosswalk on Main street, when a horse dashed around the comer of Hamilton avenue. It wa attached to one of the delivery wagons of Grocer Leonhard Schrepfer.

Poor-did a place on the but be endeavored to reach the curbstone. He wa too late, and the1 wagon, as It swung from Main Into Bank street, threw Mr. Poet against the pole. The ex-officer had sffflteient presence of mind to grasfMho shafts and' force them away from his body. Therhub of the front wheel, pressed him against the poleuand threw him to the gutter.

was-fortunate for Post that the Iron Btepdld not strike for If it had his body would have been lacerated, llo-was able to get to his feet and waa asntsted to his home by persons who had witnessed the accident. Dr. J. V. Bergen, was called to attend the Injured man.

It was found that his left ankle was sprained arid the skin had been peeled from r6tff.of"hls legs. The Injuries caused Mr Tost considerable pain, but the phyMdan did not consider them to be of a serious nature. After striking Post," the horse turned Into Bank rtreet, to River, to Mulberry, and was caught when heading for the car sheds on lower Broadway. The wagon was wrecked. It having been swung against several obstructions.

WILL APOLOGIZE TO PASSAIC DOCTORS. Passaic Papers State That Baby Green Hasn't Smallpox, but Ho Has. The Passaic papers last evening intimated in no uncertain way that the Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Barry Oreen ot.Passaio was not and had not been a victim "Of smallpox.

One of the dallies published In Paterson's sister city stated that "there was "rejoicing throughout the city" and later down In the article assented that "the board of health and Inspector rejoice" conveying the Impression that PasBalo was in a giddy vortex of municipal Joy. The stories attracted a great deal of' attention as Mrs. Green is, the daughter of Mrs. Henry I. Barry and the palatial Barry house on upper Passaic avenue has.

been quarantined for thn last two weeks. Just where the papers obtained the story seems to be a bit Indefinite as the physicians who have hal the case In charge assert that the child has the smallpox and that the progress of tha disease has Been perfectly regular. The physicians mentioned are at the head of their profession In Passaic and The Call Interviewed both last night. Dr. John Bui 11 van says that the case Is one of smallpox.

It was diagnosed as that malady from the start and nothing has happened to demonstrate that the opinion of the don-tors was Incorrect. NoTme has seen the little one since the disease manifested Itself except the physicians and thmother and arlgld quarantine has been maintained at the house. This opinion la upheld by tha tatemeniof Dr. Edwlij J)e Baun. Just what the Passaic papers will do Is not known.

It Is a serious thing; to assail the professional skill of a reputable physician and apologies are about due from both sheets thl evening. Mr. Kipling Explains. Special to the Call. London, Jan.

1 The Cape Town correspondent of the Dally Mart ha Interviewed Rudyard Kipling, who has just arrived there. Mr. Kipling declared that the "foola" and "oafs" of his poem did not refer to athlete serving at the front, for whom he had the greatest admiration. but to the stay-at-home. He declined to further rebut criticism of hls-peemr I The first annual ball of the Newsdealer Protective enaoolatjon, will be held at the shaf is so badly twWted that the cage.

will not operate within 100 feet the men are entombedCries for help were heard at reached? The steam pipes leading to the underground pumps Were broken, ana it is ftp-possible to operate JhejmmpSjjuid, as the mine is the wettest in the iron country, the. shaft Is filling rapidly. The rescuers are striving desperately to get to the' dam aged level otSx COSTLY BARBARIC DISPLAY. POVERTY FOLLOWS IN CHINESE COURT'S WAKE. Country Was Impoverished That the Emperor and Dowager Might En- ter Pekin In a Blaze of Splendor Foreign Ministers at Home.

Pekln, Jan. 8. The longest Chinese Imperial Journey in 200 years ended eater-day when Emperor Kwang Su entered the Forbidden City. On Aug. 15, 1900, the court escaped from the alllee Just as they entered the -city.

empress artd dowager empress -at that time were crowded into two carts, and by circuitous route finally reached Slngan-fy They returned here yesterday In great state after Journey of over 1,500 Notwlthetandlnghe imperlal'declara-tlon that the return would be a simple affair and-that economy must be observed, the Journey from Slngan-'fu was an expensive -parade. The. court had, an Immense following and a wide swath qf country" was laid waste fby the extortion and blackmail of the eunuchs and rertlirue. The expenses, of the entertainment of the court In the province of Chill are estimated at 8,000,000 itaels. This Is less than in other provinces because of the railway facilities In Chill, if "frequently charged that enough money has been spent in the triumphal return of the court to pay the Interestpn the Indemnity to the allies for a eunuchs squeezed out taels in Chill and 250,000 taels in Honan.

The reputed splendor of the court'jSefore Its arrival at the capital Is not credited. Accounts received here Indicate that previous to Ms arrival at Paotlng-f the court presented the appearance of a mean, motley crowd of barbariane. The Belgian railway officers Indulged In lavish decorations along their section of the railway and furnished free trains to the Imperial family from Chentlng-fu to Fengtai. The English railway authorities furnished similar courtesies from Fengtai to Machlafu. The creditable appearance WdSby he court on entering the city and thj impressive spectacle of the sur-riywrlirigs was due in a large measure to' accoutred troops of Stub.

Kal and General Mayu Kun. 0 The empress dowager la praised for her graclousneea while the parade was entering the city. She was undoubtedly the most conspicuous figure In the imperial party, arid' her past crimes have been forgotten' In 'yesterday's conclusion of the troubles, a conclusion which was brought about through the co-operation of the various The foreign ministers took no official cognizance of yesterday's events and did not appear" In the Neither did the foreign legation guards. The entire city was left to the Chinese. OLD LADY ON DECK AGAIN.

Empress Dowager Pleases Foreigners at Pekin. Pekln, Jan. 8. The deportment of the emperor yesterday during the entry of the court lessened the, previous estimation of him and disappointed hU friends. It modified the common condemnation of the.

empress dowager for taking the reins of power from him. Wang Wen Shoa, grand when he returned from Pao- tlng-Fu. reported that the emperor had much Improved, but the foreigners here fear that he will' never be more than a figurehead. It Is freely admitted that the empress dowager Is Intellectually his superior, and that she had good grounds for assuming the regency. While it is not forgotten that she butchered the best state, advisors In 1900, and that she is capable of taking terrible revenge, it Is apparent that she at present deems it the.

wisest policy to please the foreigners. Her efforts in this direction yesterday caused much aurprlse, but It Ii evident that she was successful. Dowager Accepts Inevitable. Pekln, Jan. dowager empress has signed a decree ordering the decapitation of General Tung Fu Hslang for his connection the murder of Belgian mlw slonaries in the Province of Zansu.

This Is regarded as a. fresh symptom of her majesty's desire to appease the foreigners, wMoh has been almost painfully shown (Anee she left Paotlng-fu. The manner in which eonio of the most aacred traditions of the court were thrown to the winds on the occasion of -the court's re-entry Into Pekln suggest rather a pathetic acceptance of tha Inevitable than a willing adoption of--western The dowacer em press appeared to be looking out for foreigners as If she feared they would -otherwise feel alighted, and when she aaw any aha bowed obsnqulosly. For-rtgners were allowed freer access to. the neighborhood of the Imperial party, than they, are la Europe TheTaet car of the Danbury train was telescoped over the car e.head,' which was and almost to which the locomotive of the Harlem local ploughed Usway.

Both Hjars were filled with passengers, casualties occurred. Wild Scene of Panic. Wild panic and great confusldn followed the crash, and there was a half hour of Dandemdnlum along Park avenue before the police could straighten things. Reserves were called out from five police precincts and ambulances were summoned from nearly every hospital In the city It was 11 o'clock before anything like adequate lists of the dead and injured were obtainable. The railroad officers ihstitut-- ed an early Investigation at once Into the cause of the accident and made some etatemlmto 'ed.

The engineer and fireman of the Harlem train-were put under arrest at once. eproftehSclioeler held the engineer without ball and fixed ball for the fireman at fB.OOO. The signalman at the nearest tower was "arrested, but was discharged. Diss trlct Attorney Jerome, hurried to the scene as soon as he heard, the news to make an lnvesitlgatlon of his own and prepare for the coroner's Inquest. Signals Overlooked.

It is beliered.lhat the accident happened through overlooking or warning signals. A test after the- wreck showed that the signals were In working order and that the air brakes or the Harlem train were in good condition. In fddl- Shepard, the New York division of the New Haven road, says that a warning torpedo was placed en the track some distance behind the Danbury train when it was stalled. Sev--- era! passengers on the White Plains train say they heard this torpedo explode short- ly before the crash Evidence before- the coroner showed that all signals were properly set. Track Superintendent Franklin said this afternoon that the Harlem train engineer was responsible for the accident.

Fire Adds Itshforrors. Fire came near adding horror to tha wreck. The tunned filled with smoke an-1 team Instantly and the ruins of the-laat car of the Danbury train caught lire from the Harlem train locomotive, but the blaze died out quickly, and soon. there was no further danger, from this source, for the firemen were early on the spot. They assisted, too, In getting jout the injured by ropes and ladders thtrbugh the tunnel openings.

Engineer Blamed. "The engine driver of train No. the White Plains alone, responsible for theaccldent. He disregarded the dan- -it Fifty-ninth street as well the torpe'd "on- the- ralLI This statement was made late this, afternoon by J. Franklin, manager of what Is known as the "Harlem lfhe" all the tracks between Molt Haven and the Grand Central station.

He had just returned from the where, he had been conducting an investigation; The engineer upon Whom' Mr. Franklin places the sole responsibility, is John Wlscho, who. has been In the employ of the New York Central railroad about 'el months, and ran on the Harlem division. "The algnals were all porklng properly," Mr. Franklin said, "and I was told that the fireman, whose name was Fils, heard the torpedo etfplode.

Why the engine driver failed to heed it he alone knows. I have not yet had -an opportunity to question him. Torpedoes Not Heeded." "From what I have learned, ills train waa running at a rat of thirty miles an hour when he passed the red danger tg- nal. Even then he could easily have topped his train in time to avoid the Collision, 3iad he heeded thetorpedo signal. "The engine driver did set the brakes, though too late.

His train was going al i reduced speed at the time of the dent. If It had not been, would have pretty nearly through the other "I ehsll hold an offlclal tnvestlgatlon In my office tomorrow morning, after whlclr I will be able to give out a more detailed etatement. Such an. accident could not possibly' happen on our railroad If it were not for the fact that men are hot Infalll- NO. "The normal conditio of our signals Is at danger and the danger signal cannot possibly be while there la a train In the bfk ahead.

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