The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-21

CHICAGO ovNAMlrERs.
Egsse % Destroy she shsessae ceupsey's
Dlsel1lsry with Ugnn mite Seine - the
neu4 Failed 20 Coouecl. n0sl the DAN 80
was Comparatively light tbs frsprse-
tors Think 70 che week - shs Wsishy
Trust.
CHICAGO. Dec 1l.--Shortly After siz
o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was
made - destroy the shufeldt CompAnyb
distillery, In the northern portion Of tho
city, BY dynamite. Enough facts arc nos
known 70 justify conclusion - 70 wheth-
er IL u the work Of Anarchists or OF some
one who has personal grievances against
the shufeldt's. At tho hour mentioned
tho neighborhood was shaken BY tres
mendous explosion, shaking the buildings
| In the neighborhood. breaking many panes
IN the surrounding houses and causing
people to rush into tho street IN great
| alarm.
An investigation showed that . bomb
had been thrown, probably from the
street, into detached warehouse used
| for storing highwines. This building was
shattered, the hoops were burst on T'lany
| OF the casks, and the heads Of some Of
them were driven In. Very soon after
ward package wrapped in paper was
discovered lying in the street. IL con-
tanned several sticks Of dynamite and
some Illuminating caps. A fuse connect :
cd with the packet showed evidence OK
having been lighted, but had gone out
prematurely. These articles are now In
the possession Of the police, who are q
work or the case.
A Jagged hole about three feet square
was torn In the roof, and In various other
ways the structure was damaged. An ex-
animation revealed the fact that some
person, evidently standing on the high
sidewalk on Hawthorne street, had thrown
upon the low roof Of the building pack
age Of dynamite sticks, tied together and
attached ~ fuse. which had been ignited'
These sticks consist OF compressed dyna-
mite, wrapped In pasteboard and provided
with Illuminating caps. The combination
had exploded, and it was only owing 70
peculiar chance that the entire structure
as well as the surrounding buildings, were
not instantly leveled. The aim Of ths
man or men who committed the deed wa
evidently to hit the skylight on the roof
and the mark was missed by but few
feet. Underneath the skylight arr
eight large tubs or vats 81
highly -infiammable liquor. Had thu
dynamite sticks exploded on the skyligh'
the liquor would have been instantly ig'
nited and terrible explosion would have
resulted--an explosion, Captain Schaacl
thinks, OF sufficient violence TO have tori
/ down score Of buildings. As 1t was, thu
damage was comparatively small A 10
or barrels OF wines underneath the spo
where the explosion occurred, had theil
. hoops torn Oh, but none Of the contents
was spilled. On the roof, about fifteel
. feet from the spot where the first explo
sion occurred, was found another bundle
Of dynamite sticks, seven IN number
These had not exploded on account o.
some defect in the fuse, which has
evidently been ignited- Fortunatel,
; no one was in the building
the time, and no loss Q
life or limb was caused. James y
Lynch, one Of the proprietors OF the dis
tillery. says he believes II 70 be the WORT
Of the Whisky Trust. 1--WE are not In tn
! trust" he said, "and that organization
! has on numerous occasions threatened g
: sdo US up.' To show you the desperate
: character Of the deed let me call your at
, tenfion 10 the fact that there are fifteel
: thousand barrels Of whisky stored unde
. the roof that was torn open, and II thes
had been ignited a terrible fire would hav
!: been added to the horrors Of the explo
= sion. One OF the representatives OF tn
: trust was here shortly after the explosion
2 but the feeling among the men ngains
his organization was 50 great that he ha'
+ to skip out for fear OF being violentl
dealt with.
Z ssThere is no doubt in the world that
y Is the work Of the trusts' said Mr. Lynch
. ssThey have been threatening us with ven
geance for some time past, and the othe
y day We received word 10 look out for dam
(. ago. We supposed they meant to Gu
y prices. and we told them to damage ava,
J, never thought they would Be guilty
Y such an act as this"
p "was there any cause for the taking 9
Y such desperate measures BY the Whisk
= Trust?v
y awell, should say there was. Ever
= one knows the war they have wage
y against us without success. They haS
= tried TO force US into the trust, and the
e played their last card when they froze !
ont Of feeding cattle. When they 81
= that had no effect, they began 20 iss'
y vague threats, to which we paid no atteI
y tion.n
ne s.Now. last week there came the nev
" that house was about completed In s
- Paul with a capacity Of ten thousaI
- bushels day, and only o short time b
fore another antitrust house Of one tho
y sand bushels daily capacity was start
9 in rekin, Ill. Anothdr house Of sever
q bushels in capacity in Danville renounc
!, allegiance to the trust, and then the Ke
- lucky distillers began changing the
u product from Whistles to highwins
Y. which brought them into direct compel
- - ton with the trust and raised the ant
- trust capacity 70 seventeen thousal
~ bushels day."