Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-14
DEADLY DYNAMITE.
MANY HUMAN LIVES IMPEKlLl.ED.
DastarsiIy Attempt =" Blow Ups t" Nasler"
at Des Moines, :"wA-Other Happen
lrGa ct tho Day.

DastardIy Attempt !" Blow Up &" N,astsr' -
at Des MOines, :owA-Other Happen.
irga ct li:c DAY.
In DesmOincs. Iowa. = profound sensa
ton has beeo caused by tho finding of
dynamite in hazardous places at the In
ternatiOnal distillcry. In the morning q
letter was recei"ed by William Smith, one
of the ioremcn, handed to him by his
son, another foreman, which reads
mir. SMITI-Dear Sir : There arc 50
pounds OF dynamite in the masher. II Will
explode at 140 degrees Fahrcnheit, or 4
sligh: jar will explode it. Notify the men
but don't show this letter to any one.
This is 10 boys play. We mean business.
If you follow Instructions there will be no
danger to ono when it is all taken out,
but to Babbitt."
Mr.. Kidd, owner OF the distillery, was
notified, and search party found several
cylinders Of dynamite in tho ingress and
esross pipes o! tho engine. The whole
building was carefully gon, over, and
nine more packages, weighin. 81 ounces
each, were found. Various warnings
scra"lcd with chalk were also found on
the walls. Oac arrest was made. and
warrants have been issued for others. 1t
seems that Mr.. Kidd and Babbitt & Co.,
the latter owning Washers and leaving
them to be used on = preccntasc. had II
dispute about tho yield Of tho distillc:y,
and Babbitt & Co., undertook to move tho
mashers, but the difficulty, it was under
stood, had been smOothed over,
Mr.. Kidd now suspects Babbi,t rs being
III tho plot, and has sworn out warrant
for his arrest. There is good deal of
mystery about thc affair, and tho end is
not yet.
Recent Casualties.
Charles Plat, 81 years of aye, tho en-
gireer ut tho acid works 1T Black Rock,
Cnun., walked out or :, s2c"'s| story
window Of his boarding house about .
o'clock yesterday morning, while asleep,
sustaining; injuries from which he cannot
recover.
The court house at Crockett, Texas, in
which were the Jail and postOtfice, was
destroyed by fire. All the records were
lost. and two prisoners perished in the
flames.
Mrs. Roughly, an aged woman who
tried to hang herself tho other day, com
mitted suicide yesterday at London. Ont,
by drowning in tho river. She tied iron
weights about her neck.
Leman Crawford attempted to board 4
Pennsylvania railroad freight train east oi
Greensburg, in tho presence of his parents
and family and was killed instantly, his
right leg being cut eff and his body il
three months ago a brother of Crawford
was killed in a similar manner.
Two farm hands employed by Mrs. Par
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found in dying condition, in lonely part
OF the estate, last Saturday night. Oat
was sEot through the body and the other
fatally stabbed. When found they were
just able to speak, but expired soon after
They lad fought each otEer, for what
reason is unknown.
Fatal I:cilsr Explosion at Cleveland.
In Cleveland, yesterday about ) o'clock
boiler in tho Forest City iron work.
exploded with terrific force killing foul
men, seriously injuring four or five others
| and slightly wounding half u dozen more
The wonder is that 4 larger number were
| not killed, as nearly $50 men We're 1T worl
in the building, which is open at tia sides
and ends, and all under ono roof, without
partitions. The boiler was eighteen fee
long and folty-two inches in diameter.
large part of the roof was torn off antl
fragments OF tho boiler hurled Il great
distance. The cause OF the explosion il
unknown. The killed are William Atkins
master machinist Of the works ID. Wrigh
Of Wyandotte ;-Caliaghcr, furnacs'nau
and John Williams, Grst engineer.
A Big Fire.
The Kuickerbocker block, valued a
| $4,000, ut Minneapolis, Minn.. wa!
burned yesterday. Ii was occupied by
the Knickerbocker furniture company
who lose $4,000, and hIiddIem ist & Taylor
who lose $1,000 The upper part OF the
building was used Cor offices. The falling
walls crushed one story wooden buiidin:
occupied by Mrs. Balcom, mi!liDer. Tb
Hurlburt block, adjoining, w.as damaged
to the extent of $1,000. Mrs. Balco:n'
loss is Sc, GOO.
Quick Eetr;OutIOn.
Last Monday eve ming near Big Bee Val
ley, about twenty miles below Columbus
Miss Pare, white woman, was outraged
and murdered by negro. The mu;dere
was captured, examined and committed t.
Jail. but he escaped, Was rccapsurcd, "a:
on Thursday night was taken from tn
custody of tho justice Of tho peace by
mob Of forty and hung.