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Ell‘l‘UMBED FUR 13 DAYS. THE PLUL‘KY FIGHT FOR LIFE OF MINER STEVENS. -â€".â€" Ills Rescuers ling Through ['27 Feet of Rock to Save lllm â€"â€" llc Topped with Ills Hammer Now and Then to Le! lhc Boys Know Me “'33 There â€" Donne Darkness and N0 Food. A remarkablailnstance of physical en- lurance. fins been brought; to notice in Arizona, where a mirror was eutombed for thirteen days in the Mammoth mine by a cave-in, and lhlis rescuers dug through 127 feet of hard porphyritic rock! to save his life. James Stevens, the ruminants a man of medium size. An 'Englisluman, by birth, he has lived in the: mines of Colorado for eighteen years. during wlhlioh time his 'habits were of Ullle most regular mature. it was (due to 'his past life and his sturdy constitution luhlaU he survived the orde- al of existing in a narrow drift under- ground (without food or water in dense darkness for thirteen days. Men have survived a longer fast than that he was forced to undergo, but not under discouraging conditions. "I am feeling pretty well now,“ [he said In an interview, "though kind of weak lhicre"â€"-mbbinig his hand across his stmnachâ€""and my legs are still shaky. ll’ve quid gaining in flash, now, though I still lack ten or twelve Pounds of weighting what I did before the cave-i111. But you should have seen “14ng the first days after .I was out. {I could feel the flesh coming on- ion: the same as I felt it leaving me in the mine. I weighed 156 pounds be- fore. and when they pulled me out I weighed only 112 pounds. I lost that We-ig‘ht’ in just thirteen days and ten hours.” v Steven-i Went to work on his shift In the second level of the mine at 8 o’clock in. the evening. At 10.30 o'clock the miners in camp were surprised by A_ TERRIch CRASH. accompanied by great clouds of dust arising. from the two shafts of the Mammoth] mine. As the dust cleared away fut was found that the entire ter- ritory embraced between the original location slhaft and the subsequent working shaft; had caved in, breaking down .hieavy1 timbering and permanent- ly closing drifts, worked-out stopes, and connecting passages. As the miners gathered about the scene some one call- ed out... "Stevens was in No. 2," and the men ruShed to the prospect shaft to examine its condition. "llhey found that the sides had caved in and filled with debris epithet all hope of resoue in that way» was at an end. Without loss of time it was decided to drive a slhaft as near. as possible to the mouth of the drift (in. which Stevens was buried. A few {hours proved that the propOsed re- scue shaft was in too dangerous 3. place, and the work was abandoned. ‘Ilhe miners agreed that the only way tu‘ ireacfh Stevens was by sinking a new shaft far enough away from the cave- m: to make the work safe. This meant that a depth of 127 feet through solid rock bf/a hard quality must be reached before the miner could be rescued. Ln ordinary times such a task would re- quire a month's time at least, but the miners thought; they could do it in less time; and the work began. Relays were arranged, and by working steadily night and day the shaft rapidly deepâ€" ened: through the solid ruck. As soon as depth was gained a steam hoist was rigged) over the shaft to facilitate the removal of the debris. Every blow struck was done witlhout loss of time, and: every move was calculated to ad- vance this work. Water was let down to thlel'perspiring workmen. and as soon as one set grew weary they were liftâ€" ed to the Surface and a fresh shift dropped down. . As day after day went by the susâ€" pense of the men working above was hard torbear. After the tenth day had passed and 100 feet lhiad been gained, the fears of the weary workers that Stevens. might up dead or «'HOPELESSLY INSANE. made them wonder if they could make the remaining distance through the rock Ln) tune to save him. Only at long intervals. did work cease for a moment to give opportunity to listen to faint knocking below, which was the only way they could know if Stevens was yet. alive. But theirmnxicty was nothing to the suspelnse'of Uhe imprisoned miner. In a hesitating,way Stevens told his story: ."When I went to work on Sunday night. the old timbers in the workedâ€" out Ipol‘tlull of the urine were creaking at a great rateand the dirt was flying. 'I‘hnt was nothing unusual. for it had been going on for a long time. We all kner that the cave-in must come some time. but nobody was looking for it .quLte so soon. Preparations had been made to lel in the stapes with dirt from the new extensions in order to make. that old part safe. I was work- ing alone in the second level extension into new ground, away from the old workings. - ' “About: 9 o‘clock I left the breast of the drift where. l was Working and went back to where the drift leaves the prospect shaft. My coat and dinner pail and other things were there. As I Wound my watch I listened to the creaking of the timbers. which seemed louder than ever. It sounded pretty bad, I thought, and I wondered if I hadn't better get out. But the noises did not get any worse, and I went back to work. Once in a while I would stop and listen. The noises were going right along, rumbling, crashing and groaning. Finally I decided Hint it was a pretty bad case. and I picked up any tools and started for the shaft. “Dust was now flying and the timb- ers nearest me begun to snap. The noises seemed. coming nearer and near- er. [paused a. moment to listenragain, amb that pause saved my life. I knew I would have to do some climbing over broken timber, with mighty little time tor do it in. I realized tlmt it. was bound to be a bad case of caveâ€"in, and M didn't like to mix up in it. “.As I stood in the drift". thinking what it was best to do. there c:th a. fearful roar. the ground about me trembled, and l know it was all up with 11119. I could bear the old timbers crashing as they broke under the weight of the mass of rock above them and "tha thud of THE ROCK AND DIRT falling, down into the loxver drifts and stopes. l jumpcddmck and ran toward the breast of the drift. The air blew in strong, puffed out my candle and filled my throat with dust. “Soon It was all over, and as soon as I could relight my candle I set out with my' tools to explore. I found that the dirt had filled up the mouth of the drift for twentyâ€"five feet. and I set to work‘ to dig a passage to the shaft. I. knew‘ I must have air, and if l could reach the shaft my chances were good. It happened that the air box was not injured, and as soon as I had ('lvared a space to that I knew I was safe for some. days to come. I kept on digging to find if I could get out in a short time.‘ but soon the dirt began to cave in [around me and I .had to quit. ‘ "Then I lay down and tried to think it all out. i was penned in good and tight, and there was nothing to do but to wait. and, maybe, (Lie. As soon as .1) had made up my mind to the situa- tion: I began to take account of stock. I found 1 had a piece of cake and two pieces of pie in my dinner bucket and about. two quarts of water. I ,had two candles and. fifteen matches. My tobac- co I threw away. thinking that it might cause me more harm than good. 1 decided not to eat excepting when the pangs of hunger grew too severe and then only to take a small nibble. of the pie or the cake. I might as well have eaten the food all at one time. for the nibbles seemed only to make‘ the pains more severe. “About! noon on Monday my candles gave out and the rest of the time I was in darkness. I managed to keep track of the passing of time, however. M watch is an old keynvivnder. and I dinew! that it took two turns to make the. watclh run an hour. I had wound it Iup tight at 9 o'clock Sunday night when 1 last looked at it, so that by winding it) up and keeping track of the number of turns the key made I told of the hours so well that when I was finally rescued I was not out of the we more than a half hour. " sconmade up my mind that I must save: my strength as much as possible, so QUIT ALL VVORAK and tried to sleep as much as possible. It kept close to the place where Icould hear the sound of the drilling above ma; and tried to calculate how long I must hold out. I knew the nature of the rock, and the depth they had to go. and had some doubt about their ability to reach me before death ended my troubles. . “About three hours after the cave- in I heard sounds of rescue work. First it was a rapping on the airbox. and. I knew that the men must be down in the third-level near the main working- shaft. for the airbox came up to the (new: extension fro-m there. I took my hammer and rapped back, and then they. knew that I was alive. Then they began to sink near the prospect shaft. I listened to their .working when I was not sleeping, until on Wed- nesday all sound ceased. I listened and waited. and wondered what had hapâ€" pened. Not a blow was (struck for five hours. It was then that I began to give up lhope. If ‘they could not reachI me that way, how was I to es- cape. "Ilhat was the toughest day of the whole time. I was in intense pain from (hunger and thirst. My throat hurt me very much. It was hot and stingian pains clhlased each other right along. Sometimes the stomach pains were so severe that I was helpless and after they would die away I lay back exhausted. The last bit of food had disappeared. on Tuesday noon. It was just as well that no other man was left in the drift with are, for one of us 'would lrave certainly eaten the oth- er "There was not a drop of water in the drift after my canteen was exhaust- ed. and my throat pains were fright- ful. After that awful silence of five hours (on Wednesday I heard sounds in a lnew place. I located thorn up in new groand and then I knew that they were. going to sink for me fibrouin rock. I was doubtful about it. I seized up my strength and decided Rhat I might hold. out nine or ten days altogether. Three days were already gone and they llmd] to blast through 127 feet of solid rock, ‘ “The pains now eased up, and the spasms occurred only once or twice a. day. I. realized. I was GETTING 1\VEAKERI RAPIDLY. and I fell; as though my flesh was drop- ping off. th knees grew so weak that l could hardly stand. 1 wondered if, after all, I should die easy. with no horrible pangs of thirst or hunger. I slept all I could, and the only exer- tion I made was to knock with my hamâ€" mer once or twice a day to let them know that I was still alive. The last day was t’hle hardest to bear. I was afraid that they might give up and conclude that I was dead. The pains increased. and. I was in constant agony. My mind was beginning to weaken, but I tricdl to think rationally. I hammer- ed la'mi scraped every little wihlile to as« sure them that I was alive. This made them think I was crazy, I afterward learned. “0.1 Saturday morning about '7 o'clock ll snwlitglit and tire glisten of a drill point. I jumped up and shouted. “Is that you, Joe ?" “"Iihat you Jilm’f' came back to me. “‘For God’s sake give me water.‘ I called. “ 'Caln‘t do it. old fellow,’ the answer came. and then the men went to work fasten than ever. "In a. few moments they had made at hole! and I was pulled through. They would give me no water. but some medicine. and then they put me back in the drift to wait until the sun went down. lfihisy sail-l the mercury was 105 degrees and that 1 could not stand the heat; and light. After sun- down I was hauled out in a bucket and the men. cheered. They wanted to car- ry [memo the reading room, but Iwould not. have .i't and l walked a hundred yards. Then I went to bed. For three days more they made me do without water. giving me only medi- cilnie. I had to live on chicken broth for.“ two days and still without water. Then I drank, and ate a smashing dilu- ner. The first Lllf‘é‘l‘ days I gained fif- tee-n pounds. and l mended rapidly after that. The boys got up a benefit ball for me and the company paid me full wages. {for the time I was underground. and did not charge a cent for my board.“ Stevens is 45 years of age and a thoroughly experiede miner. ._â€"._.â€"â€"â€"- LONDON IS OVERGROWN. to Decentrnllze the Mnnlclpnllty. It is rather ,uloteworthlyy that while the people of Greater New York are dfling all they can ,to forward the pro- ject of uniting the citizens of New York and Brooklyn under one muni- CIDal government. there is on foot in London a movement the purpose of which is directly the opposite of that entertained by the ambitious Amen- (‘ans who are eager to create a. city l‘roposl I lon G rea‘ whose numbers will cause it to take second place in the world's list with 8- good show of leading in the not reâ€" mote future. . Not long ago, after considerable agi- tation. the citizens of London succeedâ€" ed in persuading parliament to pass what was known as the local govern- ment act, under which the London county council was organized. For some time the new system seemed to give satisfaction. The critics of muniâ€" tlpal affairs, as a rule, pronounced it a. decided improvement. on the old plan of government by vestries. and there was good reason to believe that the effort to make a homogeneous city of the wide-spreading habitation consti- tuting London would prove a perma- nent success. It is still admitted that the bounty council has made many important im- provements but such projects as the widening of the Strand. the opening of new approaches to THE TOWER. BRIDGE. the construction of greatly needed cross thoroughfares leading out of Holborn and the clearing of narrow streets in the vicinity of the houses. or parliament must remain in obey- ance until some reformation can be effected in the method of taxation by whiclh' the rate payer, upon whom all the, burdens of improvements new fall will obtain some relief. But Mr. Chamberlain. who seems to be the foremost figure in the exist- ing government. not excepting Salis- bury. regards with disfavor the cause of London unity, and is lending his powerful support to a scheme of de- centralization, whicb if finally carried out. would reduce London to a mere geographical expression. The plan is to erect the metropolitan areas into Separate municipalities. If this is done there might be some improvement in the minor details of‘government. but there is reason to believe that the policy which won for Chamberlain such distinguished triumphs in the early part of his career. can never be [armed out, and London will have permanently inflicted upon her the private water and gas companies, and Will have to abandon all hop-e of an improved tran- sit system and many other things which could only "be secured by united action. . i The stand taken by Chamberlain is surprising when his former attitude is recalled, and can only be explained on the hypothesis that he has surren~ tiered to the powerful vested. interests which have London in their grasp. The water, gas and dock companies of London are receiving enormous _re- turns on a tremendous capitalization. and they are determined to maintain their hold as long as possible. They realize perfectly if the county council's plans are systematically carried out. that in time they must surrender their VALUABLE PRJVILEGES for it is the aim of those who advocate the unity of London toemulat'e the example of such provincial cities as Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham. Dun- dee, Leeds and Huddersfield, and pro- vide Greater Lond on with all the'facil- ities which have made the municipal governments of the places named so decided a success. That Chamberlain should be in practical opposition to such plans at this late day 'w ill not improve. his reputation. 11. Will be difâ€" ficult to persuade the people of Lonâ€" don lhat his separatist programme 13 a sound one when they cmnpare the re- lalive lval'kwardmcss of the metropolis with the progress of the provmciul cities and the cities of this continent. There may be drawbacks in the adâ€" ministration of the. political affairs of so great an aggregation of people as London has. but there ought ‘to be some mode of overcoming them 1n the Line interest of that homogeneity which Seem so essential to the futherance of broad plans of improvement. it would be more statcsxnnnlikc if Chamberlain would set himself the task of curing defects complained of instead of pro- moting a decentralization movement which will almost certainly result in the retention of all the evils, although they may be slightly disguised by spreading them over a couple of scores of municipalities. THE VANITY OF HUBIAN “'ISHES. Jonesâ€"I wis'h old Richmond would give! me a tip on stocks. Smithâ€"JI he did, yuu’d be wishing you could tell whether it was straight or not. up MYSTERIDUS AFFAIR ‘SENSATIONAL INSURANCE CASE PUZ- I ZLING ENGLAND. â€"â€" Tllomas and Harry Johnson Wont Out In a Boat and but one Returned â€" The Miss- Tbe demeanor of Harry Johnsrm af- ter the accident showed that ho was not at all anxious about sears? be- ing made for the body of his brother. The insurance company has been open from the first, and. said that Harry had been a party to the fraud. There is no escape from the situation. In- surance companies, not being able to afford to refuse, payment on policies ef- lug Mun l'ould Swim â€" The Brnlhvr’s [acted with them are daily the prey of Evlclcnce. I Attempts to defraud life insurance companies by false reports of death, hitrator's to find proof of or by producing a body procured from some medical college and swearing that is the body of some one who is inâ€" sured, have been of more or less fre- quent occurrence. In England, how- ever. a recent case has been exploited at great length in the newspapers. The London Daily Mail. in discussing the case, sayszâ€"“The award of Mr. lHoughton, the arbitrator in the Port Erin mystery Inquiry, has now been made, and it is sensational in its im- plications. It will be remembered that in this case, Thomas Johnson. a. Huddersfield boot manufacturer, went out on a boating trip with one of his brothers, in Port Erin Bay, Isle of Man. on July 23 last. The brother was rescued. having been found clinging to a rock close to Bradda Head, while the boat in which both were was found close by, Thomas Johnson was never afterward heard of, and his executors claimed the insurance. policies having been taken out in the Railway Pass- engers' Insurance Company, £1,000 the New York Mutual Insurance, £10,000, and in other companies the remainder. {making a total of £13,000, The Railway Passengers' Insuranw Company, who were the defendants in the case, refused to meet the demand, » on the ground that there was no satâ€" isfactory evidence of the death of Thomas Johnson. One of the peculiar- ities of the inquiry consisted in the allegation of fraud and conspiracy, it being alleged that Thomas Johnson had escaped up the cliff and disappeared. This was denied by the Johnson fam- ily. The arbitrator found that it had not been proved to his satisfaction that Tlhomas Johnson was drowned on July 23, 1896, or that he is dead, and he gave costs against the plaintiffs, in- cluding the cost of the award. i SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMS’I‘lANCES. Where, then, is Thomas Johnson, and why did he so mysterioust disap- pear? The matter should not be al- lowed to rest here. The issue of fraud and conspiracy having been raised, and the decision having been won by the side which. made such allegations of fraud. the matter obviously ought to be thrashed out further in the crimâ€" inal courts. Certain it is if Thomas Johnson be alive he should either be prosecuted for endeavoring to work a picturesque and wideâ€"spread. swindle, or else he should have to remain for the remainder of his life dead Ito the world. The country should never be safe for his return to it. 1 In the meantime the insurance company charged one of the brothers. Harry Johnson. with being a party to the fraud, and Harry Johnson should be put upon his trial to be either con- victed or cleared of suspicion. In addition to the insurances effect- ed. amounting to £13,000, the missing Thomas Johnson, the man who is either a corpse or corpse impersonator, visited several other offices and sought to take out policies for fatal accident-with the Hand-inâ€"Hand Com- pany, for instance. for £5,000, and the Palatine for £5,000. Both refused, the Handâ€"in-Hand's manager explaining since that he did not like the way in which, through all the negotiations, Tlhomas Johnson would not hear of any form of policy other than that for fatal accident. \V'ithin lhree days had Thomas John- son made pr0p0sals to different offices tonnsure his life for £10,000. The state- ments in three proposal forms were false and fradulent. AN EXPERT SM'IMMER. This anxiety to effect large insurâ€" ances against accident was at the time when Thomas Johnson was pracâ€" tising with his swimming machines and divulg dress. Almost every day during the bathing season in 18)£J 'Ihcmaslwent to the Huddersfield swimming baths and practised in order to be ready for emergencies. In- July he was also prepared to fit himself with a. disguise. and so the black false heard was orderâ€" ed. but why it was taken to the Isle of Man there was not evidence to show. As counsel representing the insur- ance interests pointed out during the Investigation which failed to establish Thomas Johnson’s dealh, there was much that was suspicious in the visit of Thomas and Harry Johnson to the scene of the alleged accident, and their walks to Bradda Head. and apparently careful examination of the zigzag path. The story about the boat accident does not [hold water. ’Ilhere was some SWell, but no such sea as could {pcszfiblv have. so canted the boat as to fling Thomas and Harry into the waterâ€" regard being had that the boat Mas a heavy one, with fourteen footkeel and four and one-half foot beam. ‘ All the hoatmcn concurred in sav- ing that the boat was uninjured. or only very slightly injured, and so the suggestion that the boat was upset by striking a rock was untenable. “hen .the office was informed of the “acci- Ident," they asked for a statement by one. or more of the boatmcn. but no such statement was furnished. The idlsappearance of the body under the conditions which obtained on July 23 was most suspicious. and the evidence of Captain Phillips and Captain Green ,after their experiments was conclusive gthut. with the set of the tide and our .t‘eln'ts. the body of :1 drowned mam would have. been seen and recovered. Harrison. the attendant at lhc Hudâ€" dvrsfield baths. testified that Thomas AJohnson was a strong swimmer. n. certain class of persomsramat is 'mmmon knowledgeâ€"and a progncution the n 1'â€" Thomas shoudl follow this failure of Job nson's alleged death: FUR THE HUMAN llllIllE ELECTRICITY NOW USED TO RE- FRESH AND STRENGTHEN IT. Doctor Momlcr'n Interesting Experiments â€"A Boon for all Whose Vocal Chords Arc Weak or l-‘aflgned-A Pleasant Treatment. Electricity is now being used in Paris for the purpose of strengthening the human voice. Dr. Montier was the first to use It in this way and his ex- periments in this line are exceptionally. interesting. He discovered by more chance lhat the vocal]. organs could be benefited by the one of electricity. and now he says unhcsiltatingly, that there is no greater boom for singers and all]: others whose voices need to be strengthn encd than franklinization, by which he simply means the application of elec- tricity, For tired or weak voices it is especially the ideal tonic, the "dyna- mogene" par excellence. M. Granier, a member of the Paris Conservatory of Music, collaborated with. Dr. Mon’tier in making his ex- periments, and the result of their in- vestigations was the positin discovery. that, while electricity can benefit the human voice greatly, there. are certain Limits beyond which it cannot go. For! example, in case of a lesion, it can dd no good. It cannot give speech to the: dumb, neither can it give new life to vocal chords which are either broken or utterly exhausted. It can do much but it cannot resuscitate the dead. The physical integrity of the organ is by no means all that is required in the case of the human voice, and especially of the singing voice, which is a singularly debunte instrument, and which if im- perfect is of little use. The slightest disturbance of the nervous-system, even though there he no apparent lesiom is sufficient to spoil it, since in this way are produced ailments which may be called dynamic and in some cases unma'l tcrial. . SIMPLE TREATMENT. ‘ Such troubles are usually the resulfi either of overword or of violent emo< trons, or of excesses of all kinds. or oil that depression which is produced by} certain diseascs such as chlomsis and: nieurrcsthenia. In all such cases the singer, though he may not have actu‘ ally lost his voice. seems to have for- gotten how to user-it. The fact is, hel s unable to govern: his breathing, and no one Wlhp Lacks power in this direc-v tron can hope to sing properly. The Singer wfim is unable! to control either. the miracles of the chest and throat on the sonorous vibrations of the vocal chords, or the respiratory rhythm, feels the same difficulty in singing that 31 person suffering from locomotor ataxia! feels when he attempts to walk. At this point electricity comes to the rescue, and in the simplest manner pos- sible. The patient seats himself on a. stool with glass feet, which is connected with. thenegative pole of an electrical machine, and while he is in that posi- tion the electricity is administered in‘ such. a. manner that his throat feels the immediate effects of it. This treat- ment lasts from ten to twenty-five minutes, according to the impression-i ability of the patient. After twelve or fifteen seances of this treatment; which is said to be delightful. some- times even after two] or three seances: the voice is said to recover all its scope and original power. Almost always; too. it is said. to receive a new freshlé ness and purity as a result of this treatment. Atthlesame time the sense of weariness vanishes, the breathing becomes more easy, more tractable and. more ample, and the passage from one! register to the other is made with more facility. In a word, what Dr. Mcnlier deâ€" scribes is so thorough a transforma- tion that persons are now asking who- ther it will not soon be possible to fash- ion entirelly new voices and even to give serviceable voices to the deaf. Emile Gautier, too, asks in all serious- ness whether the hour may not be closest hand when! every lyric theatre will have its eloctroâ€"thcrapeutist, just asit has its orchestar Leader, who will be always on duty and Who will on de- mand be able to furnish a new tenor or a new soprano. THE TIéER SNAKE. There! is no known antidote for the bite), of the tiger snake of Australia. Persons bitten die utmost instantlyn and the Government has a standing offer of £1,000 for any one W-ho will discover a remedy. Some lew years ago a man az-tually discovered an ef- ficacious antidote. To prove its value he allowed himself to be bitten re- peatedly by snakes in full possession of: the power to kill. One day he gave an exhibilion before some Government officials. but“ being niudh under the in- fluence of liquor. he did not recollect will-at he had done with his antidote, and he died shortly nfter the snake bite,‘ his secret perishimg with him. UP AND D1)\VNS. Betterdays has come world. hasn't lief Dccidcdly. Ho‘s living on the top floor of a tenement. WHERE THE FLIES GO. No we don‘t notice the flies so much now at our boarding house. Don't you? No; we have blueberry cakes twice 1 day. down in the