The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-20

BUTTE, Jan. 19.-It is not believed that
any additional circumstances could be re-
vealed which would add to the utter hor-
ror of Tuesday nights crime. If it
were within the range of possibility to
make the horror more horrible, ii would
be the finding of bunch of charred and
burned bones in the ruins early this even
ing. The silent bones tell the story of an
appalling death. Tue bones were almost
burned 10 ashes. yet enough were found
10 nearly fill slX-quart pail. They were
picked up in overhau.ing the ruins of the
Royal Milling compauy's bull ling. There
is, of course. nothing to in licaJe which
one of the victims the bones may repre-
sent. Some witnesses have sal that
Chief Cameron entered this company's
building just before the explosion. Others
deny this, and there is a great deal of un-
certainty as to where Chief Cameron was
located when death came. 1t may be that
the body was hurled from one of the ware
houses and fell into the -four building to
be there cremated.
1t may be regarded as reasonably GER
tam, however, that the bones are the re-
mains of either Cameron, Ash, Moses or
Noring. The bones were taken to the
fire station and later were given to Coro-
ner Richards. The bones will be kept un-
til after all the rest of the ruins have been
overhauled and then tho bones, with
other stray human relics that may be
found, will be buried in the grave in which
are buried the fragments supposed to
represent Chief Cameron and the other
three firemen.
Among the other relics of particular
moment found IN overhaulng the ruins
to-day was battered silver watch p cked
up near the Butte Hardware building
| The watch is battered and the face and
hands are gone. Apparently it was an
open faced watch. There is nothing to
indicate to whom the watch belonged.
Sam Ash carried watch something after
that style.
There was also found to-day in the ruins
under the debris. by Street Commissioner
/ Macarthur and his men. about 20 pounds
of powder unexploded. The powder was
turned over 10 the authorities to be used in
evidence aud much reticence is shown as
/ to the particular spot where it was found.
BUrrE's THREE GREAT DUTIES.
! Butte inherited three duties from Tues
/ DAYS calamity. The first duty was TO see
/ that the victims of the fire were buried de-
/ Gently and with the respect and honor
/ they had so we'll earned. The second
/ duty was 10 see that those dependent on
/ the victims OF that night are relieved of
/ their immediate wants at least. The
/ third duty was TO find out who is the man,
/ or who were the men, guilty of the death
| of these men, and to sec that the punish
ment ll;s the CRIME.
/ Butte has almost completed the per-
4 formance of it's first duty, and tonight
/ only six bodies of victims remain in tho
/ city.
The performance of the second duty
! has been delegated TO good hands ami the
/ relief fund hourly mounts higher. Inter
/ est seems now TO be turning generally to
the third duty aId Butte pledges its
honor that this third duty will be per-
formed as faithfully as the other two du-
ties are being performed
/ THE INQUEST.
| The inquest is 10 begin al ID o'clock
Monday morning. During tho past few
! days, while the General public has been
more deeply concerned with the efforts to
| identify the victims. 10 recover the bodies
anl to care for the dead, there arc many
who have been busy in preparing them
selves for the inquest.
John Forbis will represent the Kenyon
2 IOule.4 ttaFuAaFe com IDAllN. NJ. L. W ines
will represent The state, George Haldorn
! Will represent the relief committee, and
/ the Buite Hardware company will also he
represented by an attorney. There will
also be four stenographers present. 1t Is
the general opinion that the inquest will
I only be the starting point of a legal con-
/ test that Is likely 10 prove as long as tho
/ Davis will case. There are likely 20 be
| damage suits without number, and the
/ make of powder, the testimony rs 10
where the explosion was from, its dIrec.
| ton aud ali that, will keep the courts
/ busy for q long time.
THERE WAS \ LOT or POWDER.
II is v4juog; question that there was
/ more powder. a hundred tines over. ia the
/ ey8 as.on Ju4u IS pcgm.ttul by iuc law tc
/ bc kept in tl1 city. There is no question
either .lat the explosions we're from ono
or 5a.a ot tae Warehouses, and what is I,
/ be determined IS which warehouse had the
great quantity Of powder, or dii aota have
t. BON hardware companies have been
I arranging for the defense and a yast
/ number of Witnesses have been subpoe