The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 27, 1906, Page 2

Rescuers Worked Continuously foi Nearly 16 Days to Save the Entombed Man. VICTIM IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION Surprised Attending Physicians by Walking to Mouth of Shaft—Rode Horseback to Hospital — Hicks, Flooded With Offers from Theatri cal Managers for Engagements. Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 24—L, B. Hicks, the Edison Electric company MMR HRS, RLERSED TO HELP THE CHINESE President Roosevelt Issues Proclama n Calling for Aid for Starv. ing Millions in China. Washington, Dec. 24. — President Roosevelt Sunday issued a proclama tion walling on the people of the Unit ed States to contribute funds for the relief for the million famine sufferers in China, who are on the verge 0! starvation. The president says that he will ask congress for authority tc noo government trarsport ve Ss carry food to the faminestricken re gion. The proclamation follows: To the People of the United States: “There is an appalling famine in China. Throughout a district cover ing over 40,000 square miles and sup porting a population of 15,000,000, the tunnel digger, has been released from! crops have been destroyed by floods the living grave he has occupied for} anq millions of people are on the verge nearly 16 days. He was taken from) of starvation; thousands of dwellings his hole in the ground at 11:25 o'clock} have been destroyed and their in Saturday evening. mates are without homes, An urgent The last cut on the second rail was made at 11:12 p. m, and no sooner was the section removed and the way left open that Hicks began to scrape aways the rocks and dirt and crawl toward the opening. Then the man of fron moved a few inches further toward freedom and his arms were seized by Dr, Stinch- field and a miner, The two exerting all their strength pulled the miner into the main tunnel, where he was placed in a sitting position, The blindfold had been removed as the tunnel was lighted by candle only and the light was dim, There was great rejoicing among the rescuing party that had worked day and night for nearly 16 days to release Hicks from what for a long time seemed to be eertain death, Hicks was not emaciated as was expected. He was strong and the stimulants that had been prepared for him were not needed, His beard was thick and stubby, but not grown out “as might have been expected. His face and hands were dirty, but other- wise his clothing was fairly clean and in good aondition, In less than twelve hours after he- ing released from his tomb, where he was confined 15 days and a half, Lind- say B. Hicks mounted a saddle horse, and rode to the hospital at the camp unmber two, a mile and a half from the scene of the disaster. He will spend Christmas at the hos- pital the guest of Dr. Strinchfield, the phvsiclan to whom the praise for the remarkable physical and mental condition Hicks was found in when rescued, is due. After Christmas Hicks believes that he will have regained bis strength to ullow him to leave the care of the physician, but Dr, Stinch- field has suggested that a week at least be spent there, The remarkable condition of Hicks Was a great surprise to Dr, Stinch- field, The doctor said: “IT found that his temperature was normal just after the rescue and his Pulse a trifle high, which “was un- doubtedly due to the excitement under which the miner was laboring. His face is free from any lines or furrows, and to look at him you could not see any difference from an ordinary work- man who had just done a few days work in the shaft. He is weak in the legs and knees and his legs are sore, ed by sitting in one position un- able to move. What little nervous- ness he displays will vanish just as son as he erccvs stronger. Wer the ressue Hicks with a slizht “Bupport walked the 200 foot incline from the mouth of the rescue drift to the watch station at the head of the :Bhaft, where he sat for several hours ‘conversing with Dr. Stinchfield, Super- Wiiendent Frank Miller, Foreman Clark and others. Hicks smoked a cigar and talked tifely of ais adven- ture and the interesting incidents con- nected with it. “Yes, I had a long seige of it, and now it is over, he said. “From the iest I knew that I would be brought eout a right. I just had that feeling. To everyone connected with the work 11 owe something more substantial than thanks, and the best I can do is to say that I appreciate the efforts made in amy behalf. The only fear 1 had when 1 found that I was closed in was that I might suffer from the lack of air when the timbers crashed in and a cloud of dust filled the space and near- ly suffocated me. This dust in my opinion caused the death of the two men above me. I heard them strug- gling frantically for about three hours and I know their death was caused by strangulation. “The tobacco was my staff of life. T don't know what I wouldd have done witfout ft. Every piece of it 1 chewed 1 made last as long as I could and ‘when no more could be got out of it I swaliowed it. “The milk was great and certainly worked wonders with me. When I went into the tunnel I weighed 150 pounds. Sunday night I tipped the scales at 149%. I really believe my stomach is larger than ever before. drank so much milk. It reached the right spot. One disagreeable thing was the stench, that filled the shaft. The rats also came close to me, and I hit some of them a number of times in trying to get them away. I am glad that T am out and | am feeling fine.” | Hicks is being flooded with offers from ‘theatrical managers and others ‘who want him for exhibition purposes. Russian Officer Killed. Lukow, Poland, Dec. 24—Col, Obrow: appeal has been mage for the assis tance of the United States, “Our people have often under simi lar conditions of distress in other countries responded generously to such appeals. And our abounding prosperity and in this holiday season of good will to man assuredly we should do our part to all the unfortu: nate and relieve the distress among the people of China to whom we have been allied for so many years in friendship and kindness, “I shall ask congress upon its next day of session for authority to use our transport vessels to carry flour and other food to the famine-stricken re- gion. “I recommend that contributions for the purchase of such food and other appropriate relief be sent to the American National Red Cross which which will take care of the expend! tures, “Such contributions may be made either through the local Red Cross treasurers, or through the department of state, or may be sent directly to Mr. Charles Hallam Keep, R21 Cross treasurer, United States Treasury De partment, Washington, D, C. Assured of Positions. Washington, Dec. 24.—Ninety-six of the Filipino students now in this country will complete their four years course in different colleges, technical and high schools next spring and all of these students who pass the required civil service exam. ination will be given positions in the public service in the Phillipines, Da- vid P. Barrows, director of education in the Philippines who left Washing ton for San Francisco Monday after conferring with President Roosevelt and the officials of the war depart- ment has fssued a circular for the benefit of the students who will ap- ply for givernment positions at the conclusion of their period of study in the United States. Murdered New-Born Infants, Paris, Dec. 24.— Amid-wife living in the Vivienne quarter has been ar. rested on the charge of the systematic murder of new-born infants. The at- tention of the police was attracted by the fact that no deaths of children were reported from the establishment and an investigation resulted in the discovery that the mid-wife, with the complicity of a servant had cut up and burned the bodies of the children in a big stove in the dining room of the mid-wife’s residence. The evidence obtained nidiGatee that 125 children were murdered by the two women. Engineer Dead at His Post. Toronto, Ont., Dec, 24.—With the engineer dead at his post and his hand on the throttle the Canadian Pa- cific Railway Hamilton express tore through Parkdale station Saturday afternoon. The fireman, alarmed at the increased speed made for the en- gineer’s box and found the man dead. He applied the emergency brakes and the train came to a standstill. The engineer was John Paul. It is sup- posed he was struck by a semaphore, A New York Wreck, Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 24.—A light locomotive collided with a passenger train on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad near Eagle early Monday. Michael Lynn of Rochester, engineer, and Henry Gath of Warsaw, fireman, of the passenger engine were killed; George McNally, engineer of the light engine was badly injured and BE, Palmer, fireman of the light engine, is reported to have been killed. Christmas Greetings to Pope. Rome, Dec, 24—The members of the sacred college went in a body Monday morning to the pope to pre- sent their Christmas greetings. The pontiff received them in his private li- brary and conversed cordially with all the distinguished prelates, especially with Cardinal Oregilia, dean of the college. The chief topic of conversa- tion was the situation in France. Cold in New York, New York, Dec. 24—The coldest weather of this winter came Monday when the thermometer went down to eight degrees. A keen northwest wind blowing 20 ny an -hour, added to the discomfort. Bishop McCabe's Funeral. of the Sist infantry | secretary of war made a direct argu- ment in favor of the administration position. He has since expressed pride in this argument and stated that it represented his conviction on the case. The president was s0 pleased with it that he ordered it made public as a distinct document in advance of the publication of the balance of the report. ly taken the administration end of Chicago, Dec. 24.—The funeral of PRESIENT TOTO PT Will Not Recede From His Position Regarding the ‘Discharged Negro Troops. WILL USE VETO POWER IF NECESSAR} Said to Have Declared His Intention to Veto Any Bill Paszed by Con gress for Relief of Those Con cerned—Washington Rife with Ru morse . Washington, Dec, 24.—All Wash- ington was agog Monday over the defi which the president is accredited with having uttered to the congress and more particularly to the senate and the members who are urging that the military records of the men of the battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry who were discharged with- out honor be cleared. The public men who remained in Washington for the holiday recess are not permitting themselves to be quoted in the crisis which is threatened by the utterances of the president, but they were f- quiring with eagerness with a view to satisfying themselves of the au- thenticity of the published assertions as to the attitude of the president. Among those taking the keenest in- terest is Senator Foraker of Ohio, who very naturally accepts a portion of the defiance as directed against him, as he has led the fight in the senate against the action of the ad- ministration in dismissing the colored troops. . Foraker has been primed for a cam- paign of opposition to many recent acts of the administration and if he continues in his present humor until the senate meets again, there can but be the most interesting develop- ments, The strong statements made Sunday by the president, were made to but four men, three of whom he sent for and the fourth happened to be at the executive offices on another matter. How far the president went ig still a matter of some doubt, There seems to be no question but that he stated he would veto any bill which might be passed, clearing the records of the men and restoring them to the army. It also appears that he either vol- unteered the information that he would seek a way to get around the passage of such bills over his veto, or that he assented to the suggestion of such a possibility made*by ,one of his callers, The same thing ts true as to the report that he would persist in his course in the Brownsville matter up to the point of braving his own im- peachment, There are all sorts of rumors afloat as to the situation created by the recent attitude of the president and his strong assertions. One of them Monday night is to he effect that Mr, Taft, the secretary of war, under whose department the troops were placed, is so worked up over the whole affair that he proposes to leave the cabinet. This can be strongly discounted. It is true that Secretary Taft suspended the order of the presi- dent relative to the troops while the president was visiting the isthmus of Panama, It is equally as true that when he learned that the president would not permit the suspension of the order and that he would insist upon it being carried out to the let- ter he voluntarily and before hearing from the president ordered that it be carried out. Again, in his annual report, the Again, in the recent reports to con- gress, Mr. Taft has flatly and decided- the case. For him to withdraw from cennection with the administration at this stage because of the Brownsville matter would mean his own stultifi- cation. Some of'the closest friends of the President wro have noted with alarm and surprise the attitude assumed by him, are hoping he ‘will take a differ. ent stand or at least that he will re- serve further action and utterances until he has some definite action by congress, on which to base it, or un- " POINT FOR THE STANDARD. Ohio Judge Decides That Information Against Oil Company Was Filed in Wrong Cort. Findlay, O., Dec. 24.—Judge Duncan of the common pleas court Monday de- cided that the information filed in the probate court against the Standard Oil company on the charge of violating the Valentine anti-trust law was illegar and that the case should have been filed in the common pleas court. Judge Duncan upholds the conten tion of the Standard Oil attorneys that the probate court has no jurisdiction in the matter ;that if there should be a violation of the law the prosecutor should have proceeded against the company through indictments. The verdict returned in the pro bate court against the Standard, viz: Guilty of violating state and trus laws is therefore annulled, but Mon- day’s decsion in no way affects the 1m: dictments recently returned in com mon pleas court by the grand jury against John D. Rockefeller and the other officials of the Standard Oil company charging them with violating the anti-trust laws, . Capt. Macklin Will Recover. Bi Reno, Ok., Dec. 24.—At the fort hospital Monday morning it was state that Capt. Edgar A. Macklin, who was shot at his home here on Friday night by a negro, had passed a good night. The physicians reported him alightiy improved. Capt, Macklin’s assailant has not yet been apprehended, al- though officers are following up a number of clues, President Castro's Condition. Trinidad, Dec, 24-—Advices re ceived here from Venezuela are to the effect that the health of President Castro, who is at Macuto, is becoming more and more alarming. An opera- tion is deemed necessary but the weakened state of the sick man does not permit of an attempt in this re spect being made, Henry Watterson in Spain, Barcelonia, Spain, Dec. 24.—Henry Watterson and Mrs, Watterson of Louisville, Ky., have arrived here and will remain in this city a month after which they will go to Egypt. Former Duluth Mayor Dead. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 24.—Horace B, Moore, 63 years old, secretary and treasurer of the Duluth Board of Trade, mayor of Duluth in 1885, and customs officer for Duluth during Cleveland’s first term, dropped dead at his home in this city Sunday, Frank N. Hair Dies Suddenly. Kansas City, Mo., Dec, 24.—Frank N. Hair, 13 years in charge of the musical department of Baker unil- yersity at Baldwin, Kans., died sud- denly at Excelsior Springs Sunday afternoon. MARKT REPORTS, BCH Meee Stok. , Dec, 24.—Cattle—Receipts 3,000; market strong to 10c higher; native steers, $4.0@t.50; southern steers, $3.00@ 6.00; southern cows, $2.00@3.25; native cows and heifers, $2.00@5.00; stockers and feeders, $3,0044.60; bulls, $2.25@4.00; calves $3.0007.00; western steers, $3.60@5.50; west- ern cows, $2.25@4.00, Hogs—Receipts 4,000; market 5@10¢ higher; bulk of sales, $6.27%@6.35; heavy, $6.30@6.37%2; packers, $6.25@6.35; pigs and light, $5.6v@6.25. Sheep—Receipts 2,000; market 5@10¢ higher; muttons, $4.50@5.75; lambs, $6.00 @7.50; range wethers, $4.75@6.25; fea ewes, $4.00@4.25, Chiengo Live Steck Chicago, Dec. 24.—Cattle—Receipts 13,- 000; market 10@20c higher; beeves, $4.10 @7.00; cows and heifers, $1.65@5.30; stock- ers and feeders, $2.40@4. @4.60; westerns, $3.90@%. @7.50. Hogs—Receipts 30,000;, market 5@10c higher; mixed and butchers, $6.05@6.35; good heavy, $6.20@6.37%; rough heavy, $5.90@6.10; light, $5.9006.630; pigs, $5.50@ 6.20; bulk of sales, $6.10@6.35. Sheep—Receipts 12,000; market 10c mi sheep, $3.50@5.70; lambs, 4.60@ St. Leute Live “te 8t, Louis, Dec. 24,—Cattle—-Receipts, 1,- 800; market higher; beef steers, $3.25 7.00; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.50; cows and heifers, $2.40@6.25; Texas steers, @%5.50; cows and heifers, $1.76@3.50. - Hogs—Receipts 3,500; Py ed higher; pigs and lights, 9.906.365; i yearlings, %.50@615; wethers, $.0000-50; 14.50@6.. ; lambs, 96.50@7.60, Chicage Cash tive ee ee E WANT to add to our increasing business and todo so we aim to sell the best goods for the least money, and call your attention to our large and complete line of Home Made Harness, made of the best oak leather tanned. Cow Boy Steel Fork and Kentucky Sole Leather Tree. Ladies astride and side The celebrated Columbia and Sayers and Scovill Vehicles. Lap Robes, Horse Blankets and Stable Sheets. GENUINE RED ROPE AND RUBBER ROOFING. Tents and Tarpaulins for sale or rent. — Johnson’s and Mica axle grease. And don’t forget that you can Trade your old Harness for New Ones. McParland & Sons, SOUTH SIDE SQUARE. eee ee eee eae a A Result of a Year of Law Enforcement. While 16 may be impossible to make men good by legislation, the operation of the Sunday closing law’ in Missouri during ‘the last year has demonstrated the possibility of e- curing a marked improvement in co- clal conditions by the enforcement of statutes. According to the sta- tistics of the state labor bureau Gov- ernor Folk’s policy has secured to Missourt in the last year a reduction of 20 per cent in the number of arrests for crime and of 40 per cent in the Sunday arrests, while it has saved the atate more than $100,000 in criminal costs. These, of course, are only the di- rect benefits. The indirect gains are beyond computation. For a large share of the offenses for which Sun. day drinking was formerly responsl- ble must have involved moral disas- ter to the persons concerned and must have brought suffering and sorrow on tens of thousands of At best, figures can give only an indication of the truth behind them. To say that crime hae been reduced to a certain pre- centage and that there has beena saving of so muny dollars op crimi- nal coste is not to tell what has been accomplished for the welfare of Mis- sour! by the law of enforcement of the last year.—Kansas City Times. Made Sane By a Legacy. Grundy Centre, Ia., Dec, 24.— While attorneys for heirs of the late George Wells, o millionaire, were to fight the will beca use it lets $150,000 to Ralph Wells, an in- When the Dear Sex Votes. New York Times, Ernest Lamaon tells of a Colorado woman who presented herself one day atthe registration booth of a town fn that statefor the purpose of qualitying to vote upon the school question at the next election. “With what political party do you affiliate?” asked the clerk. The lady blushed und otherwise showed con- fusion of manner. “Ie it obligatory that I anewer that question?” she inquired. “Certainly, madam; the law re- A dlepateh from Omaba saya his new butidine ‘imaalf, Ta! Qoires A. MoNuts, of ‘Kanes 0 mee, | fg worth more tha $25,100 extra, = ‘pecking ned & white eutt, and with trowel in das int : Hongda ter ES ‘ “Then,” said the woman, “I don’t think Icare to vote ifI must men- tion the party’s name. However, I don’t mind saying he is one of the nicest men I ever met.” Ready to Marry at Age of 85. Louisville, Dac. 24—Willlam P. Booker, aged 85, obtained a license to marry Mrs. Amanda Clapham. The clerk who fasued the license asked whether {¢ was his first ven- “Yes” replied the applicant. “I’ve never been married before, but I find T'll have to doit. I started out at the age of 12 with a mother and five sisters to support. The last slater . died eleven months ago and I am both free of obligations vo them and onely without a family. I can’t get along alone andI am going to join the married men on the p that its better late than never.” Jett Admits His Second Cythiania, Ky., Dec. 24.—After ing on the stand 15 minutes in