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I r FIFTEENTH YEAR EARLINGTON HOPKINS COUNTY KY THURSDAY JUNE 9 1904 No23I4KILLED AND

L JNJUREDOn Henderson Bridge Trestle

While Attempting to Rescue a

Comrade Who Had Fallen

From Handcar

RAIN OBSTRUCTED VIEW OF TRACKil

HffiMfeh of BluffliCity Ky wad and William Schere of Oarmi Ill wasfatally injured last Thursdayevening at 3 oclock on the Hen ¬

derson bridge trestle by the

Rnorth end local freight train ina charge of Conductor Jas Spar ¬

row of this city and EngineerJack Covert of Howell A hand ¬

car loaded with ten bridge menengaged in doing repa r work onthe trestle caused by WIle recentfire were going in the directionof Henderson They had ceasedwork on account of the blindingrain and lowering clouds andwere making good speed towardtheir destination when theyheard they rumble of a train

M They looked ahead and behindand could see no smhke con ¬

sequently did not check thespeed of the car but ia shorttime they again heard the rum ¬

ble and felt the jar of a trainr and on looking up saw a freight

train coning directly towardthem It was still quite a dis-

tance¬

off and they thoughtthey had ample time to makethe next platform three hundredfeet away and would have doneso had it not been for an unfore-seen

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accidentThe platform of the handcar

was wet and slippery and in theirefforts to inQr a6tb d <

the car W L Stoltz of Adams-Station Tenn fell from the carand it passel over his headthrowing the car from the railson the ties His comrades notknowing he was dead attemptedto remove the car from his bodyand in tho face of their own dan ¬

ger from the oncoming trainiIwhich was now too near to check

made heroic efforts to releaseI Stoltz As the iron monster bore

down upon them two of the menBlackwell and Schere held theirground and took a last frantictug at the oar and then met theirfate like heroes The pilot ofthe engine caught Blackwell andironFbeing instantaneous Schere attemped to scramble to the outeredge of the trestle but in hishaste fell to the ground 25 feetbelow dislocating his hip and in ¬

juring himself internally Thetrain tossed the car from thetrack and came to a stop a shortdistance away The dead andinjured were removed to Evans ¬

ville and HendersonThe train crow did not see the

men until they were practicallyon them on account of the heavydownpour of rain and did all in-

c their power to stop when theydid discover them It was oneof those unfortunate accidentsthat sometimes occur in railroadlife that nothing human canprevent

UNION SHOPS SHUT

Chicago Cigar Makers Can Not AffordSutlej +

IChicago Ill June 6Twenty

one cigar factories were closed tounion workmen this morning bymembers of the Chicago CigarManufacturers Association Asa result at least 250 men werethrown out of work The manu ¬

facturers claim they cannot af ¬

ford tocontlnue paying the unionJ scale they accepted in May

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SPELLING BEE A SUCCESS

Large Crowd In Attendance and Great

Interest Manifested

The oldfashioned spelling beegiven at Temple Theatre Fridaynight by the principal and teach ¬

ers of the public school was adecided success

In addition to the spellingmatch there was an interestingplay of three acts by the schoolchildren that wus greatly en ¬

joyedMiss Irene Coyle and Master

Harry Blackwell were the leadersof the opposing forcqs of spellersThe contestants were chosenpromiscously from both schoolchildren and audience and along lino of doughty spellerslaced each other when the battleof words began Pretty soonthey began to go down under thelong hard words fired at themby acting schoolmaster F DRash and the ranks on both sidesbegan to look thin until WalterMartin of TUE BEE force was theonly one left on Miss Irenesside and John X Taylor JoeMothershead Ed L Wise andMiss Martha McGary were lefton the other side When theword emanate was given outJno X Taylor and Martin wentdown and this gave the victoryto Harry Blackwell Th i oneswho remained standing thenspelledamong themselves andJoe Mothershead won first prizeand Miss Martha McGary second

MONEY IN GINSENG

That It Can be Raised Successfully in

Kentucky Demonstrated in Anderson

County

It is noted with pleasure thatAnderson qpunty people revbeginning the cultivation of gin ¬

seng tIre Grover Routt ofStinnett has something like aquarter of an acre under culti ¬

vation He is meeting with finesuccess Mr Routt is a brotherinlaw of Mr Joe Waterfill thewell known Lawrenceburg bank ¬

er Mr Matt Morris is also cul-tivating ginseng with success Agreat deal of interest was arous ¬

ed here last Saturday when Mr0 L Carter of Stanford cameto town and told of some remark ¬

able sales in Pulaski county Hesaid that Oharley Nunnelly whois the original and largest gin ¬

seng farmer in Pulaski countyhad refused 130000 for a threeacre field of ginseng which hasbeen under cultivation three orfour years Mr Nunnelly gath ¬

ered fifteen bushels of seed lastyear and sold the same at 5000per bushel or 75000 for his en ¬

tire crop The seed are aboutthe size of mustard seed andwholesale at three cents eachPlants sell at 1 each when ofthe proper age Another Pulaskicounty grower sold a fractionover an acre for 50000 Whileto people in Anderson countythese prices may seem giganticnevertheless they are genuineThe soil in this section is said tobe especially adapted to ginsenggrowing and our people ought toinvestigate itThe AndersonNews

Under a Panama

Geo Mothershead the genialclerk ot the St Bernard store isresponsible for the statementthat there is one man in Earlington who walks under a40Panama hat He failed bow-

evertotell¬

who this gentlemanwas

Jett Begins Life Sentence

Louisville Ky June 4rOurtJett was taken to the Frankfortpenitentiary this afternoon tobegin serving a life sentEnce forthe murder of J B Marcum

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REPORT IS

AMISTAKE

Madisonville Paper Prints StoryAbout New Mine For

Manitou

ST BERNARD WILL NOT OPENANY NEW MINES THIS YEAR

The story printed by the Mad ¬

isonville Hustler stating that theSt Bernard Mining Co willsoonopen a new mine near Manitou iswholly erroneous as TilE BEE

finds upon inquiring at the officeof that company

The article in question followsThe Husler has reliable inform-

ation¬

that another extensive coalmining plant will be inaugurated inHopkins county in the near futureunder the auspices of the St Ber ¬

nard Mining CompanyThis company owns 2400 acres of

valuable mineral lands south ot therailroad near Manitou and recentlytho Gordon Land Company purchas ¬

ed 27 acres from 11 B Tapp touch-ing

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the railroad and it is on thisland that the shaft will be openedand other equipment placed Thisconnects with the mineral rightsheretofore purchased for the St Ber-

nard¬

It is reported that work will bebegun without delay in the openingof this mine and that everything willbo built on an extensive scale

At the office of the presidentof the St Bernard Mining Co itwas stated that the companydoes own mineral lands in thesection mentioned but that-

I nothing is further from their in-

tention¬

I than the reported pur¬

pose to open another coal minein the near future either nearManitou or elsewhere in Hop ¬

kins countyOne of that companys mines

the Shamrock at Providence iscloseddown nowbeoause oil dillsummer business

DOGS HEAD CUT OFF

And Shipped to Chicago to Ascertain if

Had Died With Hydrophobia

Elgie Goodloe of this city incompany with the Morgan boyswent five miles in the countrySunday after a squirrel dog Thedog belonged to the Morgan boysand had been loaned out forsome time They tied a ropearound its neck and started homewith it but had not gone veryfar until the dog began actingstrangely and appeared to besick It frequently fell downand rolled over and refused to gohaving to be dragged a portionof the way On reaching homethe boys concluded the dog hadbeen poisoned and in order togive him relief mixed up somesweet milk with salty grease andattempted to pour it down histhroat Goodloe was holding thedogs mouth open and during aparoxism of pain it closed with avicious snap biting him through-one of his thumbs A few hoursafterwards the dog died andGoodloe fearing it might havedied of hydrophobia hastened toa local physician and had hiswound examined The physicianadyised him to cut the dogs headoff and send it to the PasteurInstitute at Chicago to ascer ¬

tain whether it was affected withhydrophobia which he did Mon ¬

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K Ps Elect Officers

At the regular meeting of Vic ¬

toriu Lodge 84 K of P Mondaynight the following officers wereelected W S McGary 0 0W L Walden V 0 H DCowaud Prelate j Ernest New-ton

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M of A Jno M HoganInner Guard Leonard GoodloeOuter Guard

This Lodge is in fine shape andgrowing rapidly A banquetwas given after the businessmeeting that was greatly enjoyed

THE GUTHRIE FAIR

Date Fixed for 19 and rive Days

Meeting

The date of the GuthrIe Fairthis year has been fixed for theweek beginning July 19 and thatit will again be under the man ¬

agement of Judge 0 0 Givensof Madisonville assisted byMessrs Rash and Franceway ofthat city These gentlemen willmanage quite a circuit this yearand the fairs already arrangedfor are Guthrie MadisonvilleSebree Evansville and PaducahA great line of attractions willbe given throughout the circuitand Guthrie will have just asgood a fair as MaaisouvilleEvansville or Paducah as theattractions will be booked for theentire circuit

TEN WERE KILLED

Three Thousand Cattle Destroyed

and a Property Loss of

1250000

CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF WHISKY

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At Peoria Ill lust Saturdayten men were killed six injured30000 barrels of whiskey de ¬

stroyed and 8000 cattle burnedto death as the result of an ex¬

plosion at the plant of the Corn-

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Distillery Company Theimmense warehouse in whichthe explosion occurred was de ¬

stroyed and three other buildingswere gutted by flames Theproperty loss is 1250000 It isthought that the death list willbe

increasedTheDistillery plant is

the second largest in the worldTen men were buried beneathtime ruins by the explosion andburned to death Six others wereseriously injured The loss tothe distillery is 1000000 Thefire spread to the stockyardswhere a dozen large cattle barnsfilled with cattle were burnedThe loss to the stock yard is 250000

Burning River of Whiskey

The explosion occurred in anelevenstory warehouse Twoother explosions followed inrapid succession and the causehas not been determined Firefollowed the explosions Thewarehouse containing in theneighborhood of 80000 barrelsof whisky was soon a seethingcauldron The warehouse incrumbling set fire to smallerstructures while whisky fromthe burning barrels flooded thestreet and ran in streams towardthe river In a short time therewas a foot of whisky in the cat-

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pens east of the warehouseand this whisky river burnedfuriously and the bawling of3000 steers chained fast waspitiable Their distress lastedonly a few moments howeverfor they were soon roasted orsuffocated by the deadly fumes

Two large fermenting houseswere soon food for the flamesbeing almost destroyed Fire ¬

men made a gallant fight andsoon had the fire under controlElmer Hogan was at work in thewarehouse when the collapsecame He was washed outthrough a break in the buildingby the big stream of whisky Hewas carried 75 feet towards theriver before being lodged againsta fence by which he escapedbefore the fire overtook him Hecannot recover Fred Knoll andWm Finley had just left thebuilding when the explosion andcollapse came Findley turnedjust in time to see the wall fallon his companion

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DEATHBYDYNAMITE

Twelve NonUnion Miners BlownUp Near Cripple Creek and

Others Fatally Wounded

TWO HUNDREDPOUNDSOF

USEDt

Cripple Creek j Col June 6r

Twelve miners were instantlykilled and eight or ten othersbadly injured by an explosionthat occurred early today at In ¬

dependence Station of the Flor ¬

ence and Cripple Creek railroadThe cause of the explosion hasnot been ascertained but ap ¬

parently it was the result of a

minersShurtloff Findlay and Last Dol ¬

lar mines who had just finishedwork and were about to return totheir homes These men had nowarning whatever of theirs im ¬

pending fateThe explosion occurred be ¬

neath the platform on whichthey were standing hurlingmany of them high into the airdestroying the adjoining depotand rending a great hole in theearth It is believed a largequantity of dynamite had beenplaced under the platform andthat it was set off by means ofelectricity or by the concussioncaused by the approaching train

The train had not arrived atthe Independence depot but waswithin a short distance of itwhen the explosion occurredAbout forty five or fifty minersfrom the Shurtloff Findlay andLast Dollar mines had gatheredat the depot platform and theywere blown into the air in everydirection One mans body cutin two was found one hundredyards from the scene of the ex¬

plosion Seven bodies were laidout together and the remnantsof others were secured as fast aspossible On account of the ter ¬

rible nature of their woundsidentification was difficult

Story of the Crash

Oharles Rector of the Shurt ¬

loff mine described the explo ¬

sionThere were about fifty orsixty of us said he waitingfor our train which was coming-up the track a few hundred feetdistant A number of minerswho had not yet reached the de ¬

pot were running toward itwith their dinner buckets inhand The train approached thedepot at a moderate rate andthe crowd on the platform beganto move around to secure pointsof vantage in getting aboard assoon as the train stopped Atthis moment an explosion occur ¬

red right under our feet Theimpact shook the buildings in

and everything becameabsolutely dark A few momentslater the groans of the injuredwere heard and people camerunning from residences andstores to the scene I was unin ¬

jured The depot platform andthe wererent into splinterTime workof rescue was begun at once Sixbadly wounded miners werepicked at different points nearthe scene and were quickly car ¬

ried to the train and sent toVictor The dead were foundafter much difficulty Therewas almost total darkness in the

iIt that at leasttwo hundred pounds of dynamitemust have been used to producesuch an explosion The depotwas entirely destroyed Theground on which it stood showsa great gash as if an earthquakehad torn up the country and leftthis yawning cavity to remindthe people of a great upheavalThe impact of the explosion wasfelt in every direction Theminers who stood on the plat ¬

form were literally shot into theairThe theory of accident isscouted by every one

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INTERESTING CEREMONIES

Programme for Kentucky Day at WorldsFair Full of Stirring Events From

Early Morn Until Late at NIght

The plans for Kentucky DayWednesday June 15 at theWorlds Fair are rapidly matur-ing

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Indications point to thisday being one of the greatest inthe history of tho Louisiana Pur ¬

chase Exposition There will becheap rates in effect from allplaces in the State to St LouisTwo special trains will run fromLouisville one on the night of w

June 13 carrying the KentuckyPress Association and one onthe night of Juno 14 made up ofthe Louisville business men fromthe Board of Trade CommercialClub and Merchants and Manufacturers Association This trainwill have a private car attachedwith Governor J 0 W Beckham his staff and State officialsboard together with a committeeof three from the BattleshipKentucky This business mens 1

excursion is under the immediatesupervision of a joint committeeconsisting of Messrs John HBrand Baylor Hickman OhasF Huhlein Theo Ahrens Al ¬

fred Brandois Ohas D Camp ¬

bell W C T Cross Charles BNorton Peyton B Bethel V HEngelhard E Weinstock WmThalheimer Douglas Barclay JE Moses and Ed Rowland Boththe editors train and the busi ¬

ness mens special will run overthe Henderson Route to St

LouisTheeditors as has been before

stated will spend a day verypleasantly before Kentucky Daysightseeing The business mensexcursion will run direct to theWorlds Fair GroundEMiWabash and will parade Headedby a band to the KentuckyBuilding early on the morning ofKentucky Day Breakfast willbe taken at the German Restau¬

rant adjoining the German Gov-ernment Pavilion

The exercises pf the day willbegin at 11 oclock at the StateBuilding by the singing of ThenGreen Kentucky Pastures asong written by Mrs KatoSlaughter McKinney a formerKentuckian now living at Birm ¬

ingham Ala The music of thisLsong was written by Mr X O iGalloway of Montgomery who °

is coming to the Exposition es¬

pecially to play the accompani-ment

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to this song which will besung by Mr Oamden W Ballard of Shelbyville Ky one ofthe States best known tenorsImmediately following this songthere be a presentation ofthe homecoming colors of theBattleship Kentucky by a ro+

committee from this good oldship to to the Governor of theState There will be addressesby a Kentuckian now in the navyand a Kentuckian now in thearmyThe regular exercises for Ken ¬

tucky Day will be held in Festival Hall and will include a re ¬

cital on the big pipe organ thalargest ever built President AY Ford of the Kentucky Com¬

mission will preside andispeeches will be made by Preeirdent Francis of the Expositiona former Kentuckian by HonHarry B Hawes of St Louise tiformer Irent ckian who isthe y

president of the Kentucky Soci ¬

ety of St Louis by

nightfrom8tobe a reception at the KentuckyiBuilding admission by card Aspreviously stated no invitationsto Kentucky Day will be sent in ¬

to Kentucky Every Kentuckianis invited All events of theday will be made as distinctive ¬

ly Kentuckian as possibleytonsa bunch of bluegrass in thehead will be pinned on each visi¬

tor Of course refreshmentswill be served both during theday and at the evening reception

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