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Show r' '-p'- VV 'K: M't T- - COALVILLE TIMES MINORITY N. JACOB PETERSON, Editor and Manager. . ms , Entered at the Poetoffle'ln Cn.ilvllls, I I ah, Utjr 7, 1194, fc Matter. - m Tutas or ibschi mo. Para'iie la Ad ear. One Tear Fix Month Three Month 6in(l Coptee - I nm IE Are Jubilant of Downfall of the Leader Extemive SprcuL'ijn on Course of tl 75 1, Copenhagen and Tight Money 4T"p Market the Cause. - t pidemle of rtnalliaox ban again broken out at Hnop r Wi lin' county A brass band is being organized at Wlllaid tin Instruments being alAn t ready ordered Over 300 men are now ,it work at the site of the new llarrtuian di pot In Salt laike City The annual convention of the health Officers of Utah will he held In Salt Lake City on April 2 Two free soup klfihens have been opened in Salt ake City for the hen eflt of the unemployed Not a bank In Ctah reo lm awards of Panama bonds uudt r the recent issue for the relit f of the money market.. was John Sullivan of Park City splitting wood whin the ax slipped and severed the forefinger front the left hand A Creek who hus been working at Lakeside wan caught underneat. l falling rock one day last week, and had both legs broken A coroners Jury at exonerated Officer Trane for the killing of Roy Johnson, a hrakeman who was shot by Trane while resisting arrest Cbarlea Smith, a member of Salt Lake Citys chain gang, attempted to escape one day last week and was ahot by a guard. Smith was not aerl oualy Injured A bill to enlarge the Grand Canyon game preserve has been Introduced In the senate by Senator Smoot. The preserve was created in the last congress by a bill offered by Senator finioot Ira E. Hayden, 27 years old, an eni ployee of the Boston Consolidated mill at Garfield, while filling an oil cup, was caught In a rapidly revolving shaft and literally beaten to pieces. While attempting to couple some cars of the Oregon Short Line near Hot Sprlnga, a few miles north of Ogden. Patrick M. Stiles, a brakewan. was painfully Injured by having hi blp crushed. A cat saved the family of Philip Kopp of Salt Lake from death by nre one night recently, the family escaping from the burning building In their (light clotbea after being aroused by (he family pet. Robert Ormon. a Salt Lake team-wa1 J Mffhk,e4teUMMWiMMk loaded with cement, when the vehicle overturned aa the result of the horses becoming unmanageable, and so seriously Injured that he may die. Backed by some of the wealthiest men of the intermountain west, nn organisation has been formed for of, within the next live months, providing Salt Lake City with a summer race track one mile long. 8teve Boblch and three other Austrians, charged with riot at Bingham. In May, 1907, were discharged last week. It --was claimed that a number of witnesses had left the ctfuntry and it was considered Impossible to con- There Has Be'n a Run on a Numbe-oBanks anc( Two Have Been Forced to Suspend Payment Government Will Aid Banks. republican jijprs In I tgi! ar. i m ixtremely Democratic Leader Introduces Measure Agreed Upon, by Minority Members of Committee on Banking. House Committee Reject Recommendations of President That Four Ships be Built. Io v as-e- What will be known Washington as "the minority curreiiiy bill" was Introduced on Friday by Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, the Democratic leader of who drew the measuie as a result of a harmonious conference of Democratic members of the bouse committee on banking It repeals all laws permitting ot banks to keep three-fitththeir reserves In national banks of cities and similar laws permitf of the ting such deposit of reserve amounts It provides that not less than one-.haof the reserves now requned to be kept In lawful money in central reserve cities shall be hereafter held in gold or gold certificates. It does away with the payment of national bank examiners by the fee svstem, and substitutes salartis not less than 3 I'OO nor In excess of 5, OlH) ) early, with actual expenses It provides that the total liabilities of any national bank, exclusive of tbo liabilities of its members, shall not h of the banks p.iul-iexceed and and unimpaired capital stock, of Its Impaired surplus funds, and that In no event shall the liabilities exceed 20 per cent of the capital stock. No national bank shall loan In the aggregate more than seven times the amount of its paid-ucapital plus Its unimpaired surplus Any national bank may keep 50 per cent of Its reserve in United States bonds or bonds of states, or In the bonds of certain municipalities, of the tut not more than total reserve may be kept tn state or municipal .bond's; and the bonds shall be acceptable only of such municipalities as have maintained their bonds at or above par for six years precedexlst-ens- e ing, and have been In corporate ten jears, and have never1 defaulted In their funded debt, and whose net Indebtedness does not exceed 18 per cent of their taxable property. The comptroller of the currency, Immediately after the passage of the bill, shall furnish a copy of the new law to each bank In the country and inquire if It will accept the provisions. Consent shall be binding and the liabilities attaching to consent may be enforced by the comptroller. Agree-- , ment to accept the provisions shall entitle state banks and trust companies to the benefits of the new law. The elastic currency feature of the bill is contained In a gectlon which provides that these Interconvertible bonds may be deposited In the nearand the depositing est bank shall receive in lieu thereof United States emergency treasury potes subject to taxation, redeemable at any time, and legal tender. For the creation of a fund of for the payment of depositors of failed banks, operating under the provisions of this law, there Is authorized the Imposition of a tax of of 1 per cent on tue deand posits of banks so operating, rhose consent to be so taxed hai been obtained. The final section of the bill provides that no bank officer shall mak r loan for the purpose of stuck gam spir-- i rt now a matter of ytai- line of the h quo'' d as say lug ' m i n tin, in' lal mii .11 ' (Illlll ill l Copenhagr II t.i re I'll nuiiity in.ii ki t, ,ind ixNnvivt Hons on wo mu V rtl IM I lit-- t tori id afit(ld n to iiii-1- and i i . ii1 of n! lias liein a mu on no ml ot 'I be mil. Mi i of linaiii banks m ti Sunday cm, ft h d 4 r h ihfive of Ho ,M'ii i,a! banns in t an It was derid'd that llie nmumi'i. in mrtjinirrton wHli tin- hading bain -t lor lie I, ,1 guarantee Hi tin i , i i . -- i - u In liffeitedi Jilai lug tin ip i whii !. at Hull d. sjiu-i.i- l in a.I 111! D.tni.a an IindlaHly ba'i-itton ign i ri di'oi . -- tiind-- I v SAYS Statements Made Regardmj Ue of Federal Patronage for Taft. Prenldciit Roosevelt Washington on Sunday made answer io the recent public statements that he has niaibi Use of federal patronage to turtle r the pie'sldetitldl Interests of Secretary Taft The answer Is in form of it ter addressed to William liudlev Foulke of Richmond, lud , and In t hides a letter from Mr- Foulke to the president suggesting the need of sik h h statement The president begins by characterizing the eharges as "lalsu He follows this with and malli Ions. an analysis of all appointments sent by him t the senate for Its actum to show that In no case has the proxlm tty of a jiresldential contest lntiueiiced bis action b-- i Between 40,000 and 50,000 Mysteri- ously Disappears from Salt Lake Bank. Salt Lake City it has Just been discovered that some time during the month of January, some one, presumably an employe, abstracted between 40,0(10 and 5(),U00 from the vaults of the Utah National bank of this city. 1 here Is a theory that some employe of the bank, who had access to the unsealed envelope, got the corabina- nl,-n- a at a time that waa favorable worked the combination and made the biggest haul that Is known to local banking circles. The directors have made good the loss, and detectives are working on the case. GRUESOME FIND IN i i - one-tent- 1 one-tent- h Answer util lf , LIED CRITICS Ae Claim is Made That Letter Intended to be Misleading and a Whltv wash Was Prepared at Suggestion of Pennypacker and Others. s if Ui-tu- a i ROOSEVELT ' Former Chief Executiue of PeniK )T vania Placed in Unfavorable light by Witness. Harrisburg, OAKLAND Body of Woman, Sacked and Buried, Onklgnd, f, th-ln- one-fourt- h sun-bathe- d Ia The trial of Cun tractor Sanderson and three forinei state oflbtrh chained with conspiiacy one-hal- - on- ne it i. ii I HOUSE THE confident 4 Jut a ongfiiths, The Appropriation Bill, a Agreed T$,Iiran Upon by the Committeemen, Cari end 101 000,000 for the Naval rie t the nioi,ati I v is near Itwilcofne Establishment i for the unexpi eti dly as did the a, jijer of Next Fiscal Year. 'w k,ng and the ciown pfii c anil Me world wl'l wake up on nrning ' find a republic In Porteglu We eonviipid that the revoltit. u( will Washington By a vote of 13 to 3, i a pan ttil one It is a mli .je for one member abaHit and nyt voting, b flrnen, to Imiglne that tin yople the house committee on naval afiairs t Imtugal are not awake. Taae is on Mondiy rejected the presidents I a ! piildn an oiganlzatlon rverv urgent recunmu.ndation tlfat congress iwn and dm tors, lawyers tnjgeven authorize at this session the building villige pi tests are sending ifctkes of four battleships at a total tost of ih ir adlieri nee by .be scoie and 38,000, coo, and by a unanimous vote Mon aie avowid republican fleets there was included in the navy ap' at my j propriation lull an authot iz.ation for King Manuel is a the cunsjtuetmrr of- two. fo cost ffe stalls hla regime wlifair J boy each to be of the Delaware - and the restoration of i, (plural type. These' tepn sentativ es voted In acits, but it is Inevitable tfyt bo I. .nil fill into the bands of cordance v. it,i the president's Old M uft'dis of the two fiities mendivtion illev. ot Connecticut, .ibo-- . hankmpti v was proclaltntt by ( Republican I Thomas, Ohio. (RepubKing Carlos and Premier Francii fho lican); Mver. Iamisiana (Democrat). about the throne know tibi tthii Talbott, Maryland, (Dumicrat); and jei is near, and when the time i met Hobson. Alabama, (Democrat) that they realize that they "c mot Hobson announcecl Representative light tht y will surrender as did Run alter the committee meeting that he a aol intended to make a minority rejiort f dro in Brazil 1 don't will be fired King Carlos knee hs lecommending authorization for four was making his last fight. Heliad buttle ships tt msferud every dollar he hadf to The naval appropriation bill as J. England L amended and agreed upon by the comlie financial situation is viewed mittee. carries a total appropriation with great alarm The country to of 101.000.000 for the navy establishstaggeiing under its foreign deb ad ment for the next fiscal year, about commerce Ib almost aralyzed bf (Be 24,000,000 les's than was asked for fluctuations in the gold prealim. in the department estimates. Conservative bankers consider tle Under the head of new authorizafinancial situation to be more crit tions for whose fulfillment congress than the political is bound to appropriate money at the next session If the bill as recommendASSASSIS VICTIMS AT REST ed passes the house and senate, the committee included two battleships to Funeral of King Carlos and Priija cost 19,000,000; ten destroyers, $8, Lulx an imposing Spectacle ubmaf.n 600,000; torpedo eight With the church bells t S hosts, 3,040.000; total, 30.540,000. oi Ing continually, the bodies of the a it (J8.730.000 less than the total for new lred king and crown prince, in t .I authorizations asked for the navy de golden chariots shrouded In black V ! partment. vet and drawn by eight hooded horm were escorted by a glittering funtm TAFT GIVES WARM WSELCOME. pageant on Saturday across Lisbon ti the Portuguese pantheon and laid i; Missourians Pay $2.50 Each for Attending Banquet With Secretary rest beside their ancestors of the Bi of War. ganza dynasty. Seven hours elap from the time the foreign princes ai d Kansas City. William H. Taft, secthe special ambassadors of all tl retary of war, was given a memorpowers gathered at the palace for tl i able ovation by 15 000 people In Conceremony there until three salvos ll vention ball Monday night, when he twenty one guns and three voUeytrlr Var the guest of honor and principal musketry, reverberating over the te- speaker at the most elaborate banrraced and hills and quet ever attempted in this city, by the British warships In the given by the Association of Young harbor, announced that the last rites Republicans of Missouri, and attended were over. by 1200 persons, many of whom came Kansas. Oklahoma from Nebraska. ATTORNEY HALL FOUND GUILTY. and distant Missouri cities The demTaft onstration accorded Convicted of Conspiracy In Big Land when he entered the Secretary great banquet Frauds of Oregon. hall and again whert he rose to speak welPortland. Ore Former United has never been surpassed by the in the history man come any given States District Attorney .John H. Hall, of the 1200 banindicted for conspiracy with the Butte of this city. Each Ming. 2 50 for the privilege paid queters Creek Igind, Livestock & Lumber of attending, but the balconies of the company to maintain an Illegal fenee Lall were free to the public iurlington Is Bound for tho Ceast. which enclosed 20 OuO acres of pubfio Cheyenne, Wjo That the Birlng land tn Wheeler county, has been Western Pacific Begins Operations, (on railroad directors hive approved found guilty, - The trial has been In of a new transcontlnc Hal route Inn Reno. Nev. Within the next thirty-day; progress since January 13, and his through trains on the Western Its connection with tl.e Northern been bitterly fought on both sides. Pacific railroad, between Salt Lake termini- - nl In Montana to it The offense Is punishable by a fine not City and Ely, will be In operation. For Kearney, Neb, was stated by Gon-r- al exceeding 10.000. or by imprisonment the past several weeks the road has Manager Holdredge of thz liurlii. ;ton not exceeding two years. Sentence been handling ore cars, but not until In a hearing before the state c..neer has been suspended for the present, Monday did the officials In charge of of Wyoming on Friday The hearing and Judge Lionel R. Webster has the work announce that the line was was for the purpose of llrtening to a taken sixty days In which to file no nearing completion to handlp all the protest by the Burlngton against th tlee of appeal, and was granted until traffic obtainable. The Western Pa- erection of a power (lam on the Bid Horn river by Asmus Boysen. May 1 In which to prepare a bill of cific connects with the Ely Northern exceptions. about forty miles from Ely. BURN TOBACCO BARNS. i Unearthed by Workmen. Cal. Workmen, making an excayatlon for a sewer at the corner of Ulbson and Kimball avenues in Elmhurst, discovered the dead body of a woman In a sack, burled about three feet under ground vict the men. A quantity At a metdlng of the board of park of quick lime was also in the sack, commissioners of Ogden, plans for and the remains were so badly decomposed as to be unrecognizable The beautifying the city were discussed body was found not far from home by the members. Final arrangements of A. Wilkins, who la now In tile the Alawere made for the planting of trees meda county Jail, charged with the And shrubbery in the city hall square murder of Mrs. Verna Carmen, forand at Lester park. merly of Kansas City, with whom he The t'nlon Pacific railroad has dis- lived, and whose body was dug up Incontinued the operation of the Ogden side a shed back of their residence and Coalville local train because the Wilkins admits that he buried this company claims that the cost of oper- woman, but asseits that she comation is In excess of the revenue de- mitted suicide. rived from the number of passengers Hors Racs From Denver to Ogden handled on thla branch. Ogden, Utah Particulars have been A Concerted movement, the avowed received reagrdlng the horse race to of which Is "to make Salt purpose Lake a safer place for boys and girls," be run from Ogden to Denver from F has grown out of recent meetings G. Bon fils, publisher of the Denver held In the Interest of social purity. Post The race will be more of an It Is expected that hundreds of women endurance test between eastern and western horses. Six prizes will be wllLengage in the work. 8. W. RIter, a member of the firm given by the Post, aggregating 1,000, of RIter brothers, druggists of Logan, for the successful contestants. The died of heart failure, while on his way winner of the first prize will receive 500. Cavalry horses Trom the United to the postofflee. He was 73 yeararold, StateB army will be entered In the and was one of the pioneers of the contest. The Judges will be selected state, having crossed the plains with from Utah. Colorado and Wyoming one of the first parties In 1847. After falling from the porch at her Land Fraud Sleuth is Dead. home in Ogden, Mrs. ,C. F. Robinson Portland, Ore. Frank Michael died a few hours later from a fracagent of the departture of the skull without ever regain- ment of special the Interior, died In this city Just how the de- on Sunday of ing consciousness Bright's disease plorable accident happened Is not who was of noble Polish Mrs. as Robinson was known, alone Iilrth. achieved a splendid reputation at the time J. E. PettlL state coal mine Inspec- for his work In connection with the tor for Utah, has filed a report with investigation of coal land frauds In Utah. Wyoming and Colorado In 190fi, the governor showing that during and It was through hla knowledge of 1907 the fees collected by his office the situation that "enabled the Interamounted to 8378. He also states that state commerce to bring all mines In the state 'have installed the offenders to commission justice Meyendorff the latest appliances for the preven- was 68 yean of age. tion of accidents. The Good Roads association of OgCrops on Minidoka Project. den has filed articles of Incorporation Washington Crop reports for the with the secretary of state. The ob- Minidoka irrigation project, southern ject of the organization la to promote Idaho, for the first year show gratithe building of good road In Weber returns. The total area on the of other fying county, but the north side of the river was 14,273 counties In the state will be sought acres, and 6,507 acres produced good in the movement. ctopa and 6,798 fair. On the south James Halvorsen of Richmond, waa beaten into insensibility by Glenn side the acreage was 629. of which 80 Lewis there two weeks ago, following per cent gave a fair yield. On the a drunken quarrel at a dance, still lies north side of the river 648 farms were cultivated and nearly a third had good in, a condition in a The remainder, or over half, Salt Lake hospital, with no apparent cropse fair bada yield, and the failures were in his condition. His recovChange T6 per cent. only 1 uncertain as yet , ery s m I I f Rospect Meiishy Financial Crisis an ant Factor, , I' UTAH STATE NEWS 0trt II CURRENCY fumi-diinot the new capitol, turn on Friday, took a sensational when Stanford B IOwis, assistant to Ardutect Huston, declared with dramatic earnestness that Hustons letter to fornii r Attorney General Carson, explaining bis part in the contracts. had betn prepared at thff Penny-packeof foiiner Governor former Auditor General Sny-der, one ot the deli lidants, and Mr. Carson, and that it was misleading and intended to he a "whitewash" according to Lewis' stoiy, when it came Hustons turn to write an answer to Mr Carson, Lewis was tele-j honed to come ever to Harrisburg by Pennypacker and Snyder and the let iter was pieparcd at a conference witb those two officials and the former attorney geneial, to dovetail in with others prepared by state officers con- and construction nected with the equipment of the cfepitol. The letter to which Lewi's referred was one of I Beries written during November and December, 1906, In response to tha Carson Inquiry Into th capitol scandal. In the g n 1 I I DONT AGREE WITH PRESIDENT. Slaim Made by Treasury Department That Roosevelt Has Exceeded His Authority. Washington. William S. Rossiter appointed as acting public printer in place of Public Printer Stillings, went to the treasury department on Friday The deto have his bond approved matconsider the to refused partment ter, on the ground that the president bad exceeded his authority In appointing Mr. Rossi ter; that under the law the associate public printer, Captain H. T. Brian, succeeds to the vacancy Under this Informal ruling Mr. Ro alter later In the day stepped aslds and his place was taken by Captain Brian, who will administer the government printing office as acting public printer for the time being. Mr. Rosaiter, however, does not relinquish the work of Inquiry laid out for him by the president. His position in the government prinftlng office becomes that of the presidents personal representative. and he is proceeding with the Investigation. SON OF PRIEST A MURDERER. Leader of Band Which Assassinated King Carlos Came From Good Family. The leader of the band Rio Janeiro that inuidered King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz, at Lisbon, is Manuel Res Silva Buissa, and he was bum in the province of Braganza, Portugal. He waa a son of the. Abbe of Vinhaes and as a boy he went to the Lyceum He had nine brothers at Braganza and sisters and one of his sisters, named Belmira. lived until a short time ago in- this city. Manuel was not the first criminal in the family. One of his aunts killed a servant in her employ when she found that her husband was making love to the woman. She was arrested and sentenced to a longterm of imprisonment In Africa. During the last few years Bulssa was a Republican In politics, and he Night Raiders Continue Outragei had friendly relations with members Down In Tennessee, He became a free of his party Adams, Tenn. Night riders, we'l thinker and It was his custom to dearmed and mounted, visited the farml fend his political Ideas in open disand Wash T cussion In the streets and In the cafes of Hugh C. Lawrence of Lisbon Vlcker, Friday nlghL and destroye,' Bulssas friend, who supplied the their barns and 20,000 pounds of tc foregoing Information, does not think Lawrenc wounded and shot barco, he accepted money for the comthat uc. a and his son, and whipped negro mission of his crime. Manuel Buissa opene mercifully. The Lawrences was vicious 'and wicked in many It fire on the riders, who returned ways, but he was above taking money wounding Lawrence In the cheek an for murder Bulssas family Is well Law off. hand and bis son In the leg. not to rence and Vfcker never Joined the at Vinhaes say wealthy, and still lives union. Considered Needs of Larger Navy. City Is Held Responsible, General Bell, chief of Washington Los Angeles, Cal. An unusual ver coroner's staff of the army, by lnvttatton of diet was returned by th jury that Investigated the collision o, Representative Hobson of Alabama, I Salt Lake train with a Brooklyn spent three hours on Friday with the avenue ear, in which the conductor of house committee on naval affairs distire latter, after giving th signal tn cussing the needs of a larger navy go ahead, was killed by the crushed In relation to the Pacific coast fortificar toppling over on him. Respons! cations and defense. The fortification blllty for the accident Is laid at the of Sublg bay near Manila, and the door of the city of Los Angeles, the need of a dry dock at Pearl harbor, verdict charging that the municipal near Honolulu, were considered. A bili watcha to failed provide government 200,000 for commenceappropriating man at the crossing. ment of the latter project has been Introduced. Ralsull Forces Mighty Nation tc Come to HI Term, Thaw Isnt Satisfied and Want to Tangier. Cald Sir Harry MacLean, Move, who has been held in bondage for the' Fishklll Landing. N. Y. With the past seven months by the bandlL Ral- purpose of seeking an asylum more sull. has been officially turned over to congenial to K. Thaw than Harry the British charge daffaires here, in where iie is now confined unbe der accordance with the agreement observance. Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt the British govern- Thaw and Daniel tween Ralsull and one of OReilly, ment. under which Ralsull Is to re- Thaws counsel, will inspect the Ina and as a ransom, ceive 100,000 sane asylum at Mrs guarantee for protection for himself Thaw and Mrs Poughkeepsie. Macl-eaO'Reilly visited Thaw Is In good and family. on when the contemplated health, but he seems to be weaker visit Friday, to Poughkeepsie was discussed and older than before his capture. Joslah Thaw wak also a caller on hto brother. ' s PREPARING FOR FRUIT BUSINESS Imports Into the United States From Germany Show Heavy Decrease. Berlin. The exports to the United States Invoiced by Alexander H Thackara, the American consul general, since the beginning of the financial disturbance in America, are from 20 to 40 per cent less each month when compared with the dorrespond-lnmonth of the preceding year. In December, 1907, .they amounted to 849,133, aa compared with 1,077,479 in December of 1906. For January, the figures are 813,886, as compared with 1.265.354 for January. Railroads Making tof Preparations Handling the California Crop. Ogden Owing to the fruit crop of California being the heaviest In many years, the Southern Pacific. Union Pacific and San Pedro roads are making preparations to handle the large ship, ments which will begin In a tew weeks. All of the fast freight engines in the local yards are being put in first-clas- s shape and refrigerator xnd fruit cars are being rushed to the const to receive the perishable freight for the eastern markets 1907. g Lands Withdrawn Frdm Entry. Washington Certain lands, approx-matin22.500 acres, withdrawn subject only to homestead entry In connection with the Truckee.rarson.iril-gatio- n project. Nevada have been eg. regated under the forest form of withdrawal, which provides that they shall not be subject to any form of dDuost-tio- n whatever under the public laad laws. These lands lie in townshipa 17. 18 and 19 range 23 and 26 east. Mount Diablo meridian They are required for the Carson reservoir - Attempt to Wreck Trains. Butte, Mont Ajfter two attempts to wreck two Oregon Short Line expresses Monday night, train wreckers succeeded in derailing a freight. Two suspects are In custody. The northbound express from Salt Lake, pulling out of Silver Bow at night, hit a pile of Mes. The engine remained on the rails. A few moments later the southbound train hit another bunch of beams. An hour later a southbound flung freight .was derailed by a switch while the train was passing over It. Franco Wants to be Left Alone. Bordeaux. Joao Franco, the form tr premier of Portugal, who arrived he'e on Saturday with his family from Madrid, spent the day In his room at a hotel near the railroad station. II Is only answer to repeated requests f r Information as to his future mot e. treats was that he had abandoned p and he prayed all questioners o leave him alone with his great s " row. Franco did not leave the hote l either during the day or night, reived no one except the vice consul. Nina Miners Killed by Gee. Central City. Ky Nine miners (two white and seven negroes), were killed and one other fatally Injured by an explosion of gas In the mine of the Moodv Coal company at South Carrollton, threemles from thin city. The mine is a Monday afternoon. small one, and only thirteen men were at work In the diggings at the tltne of the explosion The accident was caused by a slow blast setting off the gas, which had evidently accumulated In considerable quantity, aa the interior of the mine wisjtrecked and the cages gmashed. g ill Mat-teawa- n ? ' t . A - |