THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, JOLIET!* ILLINOIS. FRIDAY. MARCH 27. 1003.rCfeJury in Famous Ward DamageCase Declares for Defendants.TESTIMONY WAS CONFLICTING‘‘‘■ys-'AU'wuin ..frmasfegWilliam Ward Was Killed in a Runaway-Liquor Said to Hiyc Been Responsible lor Deilh — ActionAgainst Dealers./After deliberating for several hours, the Jury in the famous Ward ease brought in a y* nlk t :thiv mutoiug In favor of the defendants, declaring them not guilty.a Thp rnsA -has hlt;*en necunvinsr the at-CAUSE OF CARDIFF. MINE DISASTERCharles M’KWen, m2 Boltins stfeet.who for many year^ has had experience in mining, and at one time was a nilne inspector for The period of fifteen years, has returned from Cardiff, where he examined the causes which led to the recent explosions and fatahtiGs.-Having AFtfeto* the “and gone to the mine where the ex-ple^ioh took place, 1 learned that it wag caused fey ’gob-fire’ generating carbonic oxide gas. *—u**In this series of accidents by which nine lives were sacrificed,-did carbonic* oxide gas cause ,the explosion?“1 maintain that the gas is not explosive* and that there must have turn an accumulation of caTbundcd-ltyriro-gen* gas, which is. known as fire-damp.“It appears, that after the tlrsLexph* sion on Thursday night. Hutchinson,Wfteoi# HurhrtJ\rey and Alderssoh went down the shaft Sunday at rp. 111,, forroadsthe ]unpose, of repairing tin*putting up doors and repairing stoppings, as they had been blown out by the, explosion and destroyed the air cut*BnFather Tonello Tells the Chicago Women ol Joliet Colony.PRAISE FOR THIS CITY’S HELPDeclares Joliet Italians Comprise Best Colony in United States —Seeks Good Will ol Americans Predicts Great Future.Rev. JoS pll T«Aiel% fchr r.itlmfir pi/Tst^ who mincers t'o-tlniJndik «'dItaliab colony in Joliet* p-c-niK. Icr-,^.r—VvyWffBgr«?r9yg-. , raw - p-rr-FTlured before the nileago y* omatt s cluband pleaded eloquently for the Italianin America.FTorentV, What inlt; gTbty imr•' And vvi glorious planted II could-sj wish to s Italians i the Amer1 || 1ir\Italians i groa t pa r and ftppij pier The cion ntwl .ruepfc areIlk- the 1vesVtublcIt1!’ llOW -j dw hot. frrundah wat mod 1 cannot b crop ion 1 j cold \\inlt; it is not •it'll at ten wtHr rs ti. The Its every yet