New-York tribune., 1885-01-28

living m the floor near the entrance 1t was wrapped
in The Norning Journal, and curiosity tempted Mt.
Merritt to look into it, He found beneath tlc
paper a red powder canister about eight lhches
high by five in diameter Through round hole III
the top ran fuse two feet long, covered WIN white
cotton which smeled of terpentine. In the canister
were about three pounds of black pow
der, little of which he poured cut anu
examined Apparently behind the times as
far as dynamite is concerned he didnt ee'
scared at ELL He thought the thing
must belong there so he left it and went about ms
business. BY and by young Frederick Henson,
clerk of spofford Brothers, who occupy the first
floor, came in f1om luncheon and he saw the CAMS
ter and fuse immediately He called the janitors $
bow and together they took the Internal machine
ont in the sidewalk and looked through 1t. Then
they took it into tho office where f. r. Hull,
broker and Daniel Cronin, plumber. were sittlDg.
Mr. Hull turned pale when he saw the machine ana
registered mental vow to MAKE less on his mar
gins Mr.. Cronin was not a moment in making up
his mind to put his next bill on less than
ream of paper. Both got behind
the desk while Henson ran up stairs after
Consul General Booker, Consul PieIrepon'
Edwards and Second Vlce-COnsul Hoare, whose
offices are on the second floor.
When he said dynamite" the three Engishmen
got right up in hurry. They went down to spof-
tord's office and saw the machine and didn't know
what to say or think of it, Mr.. Booker poured out
some of the powder, dynamite, and threw 1t into
the stove among the red-hot Goals There was
scattering of coDsus and brokers and plumbers. but
there was no explosion. Then they grew cour-
ageous. and went out behind the Office on the snow
and tried to fire off the stuff, but 1t wouldn't fire.
They smeed it and rubbed it tenderly between
their fingers and tasted it. and couldn't tell how
dangerous it was. They found the fuse to be
niece of No IS copper wire twisted around a piece
of insulated telephone wire. The two were COW
cred with cotton. but the consuls didn believe
to the powder. Mr.. Booker smiled and went
home: Mr.. Edwards laughed and said that he Pc
lleved it was a hoax and he went nome too. MI.
Hoar took some of the dynamite home with him 10
have il anayzed COnsu-General Raffo OF ltaiy,
in the same building, heard of the internal machine
He didn't think the dynamlteurs were after hlin so
he went down and examined the. thing.
sui Petersen, Of Russia, didn't think enough
about il TO investigate it. o. A. Sjostrom. the
scandinavian emigrant agent. has an office IN the
basement under the spot where the machine was
found Second Vice Consnl Hoare was shot at last
summer hy a crank who entered the office on pre-
mark. -,
The dynamteur who took the pains TO rig mp the
Internal machine will no doubt be surprised to
learn that his powder is only little sand. DIR. X.
Ogden Doremus favored IhE TRIBUNE by making
a careful examination of the substance at his
of eruginous sand all fears were set at rest. Tur
pentne had been poured on il, but had evaporated
before the fire test tried, else there might have
been some combustion.