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value were damaged and much furniture
was destroyed in the houses near the
scene of the explosion. 1t is not possible
TO estimate the loss all over town in
smashed glass and triflng damages.
Mr.. Kenyon estimates the entire loss to
his warehouse and stock at $4,000, on
which there was $4,000 insurance. He was
not able to name the companies holding
the insurance, but thought it would not
fall on any one company, but would be
divided among four or five.
Mr.. KIRBY, of the Butte Hardware COM
pany, estimated the losses of his company
at 1000, without any insurance what
ever.
The warehouse known as the Schlitz
brewery was owned by Caplice &c Bran
nigan, and was a total loss of $1,000, with
no insurance.
The Royal Milling company lost its
buildings and two car loads of -four.
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The Work of Aiding Tho Afflicted Sur
vivors Has Actively Begun.
Tho work Of relief has actively begun.
The committee appointed by Mayor
Dugan met at his office at IL o'clock this
morning. Henry Mueller was chosen
chairman and ID. j. Hennessy treasurer.
Twenty-four hundred dollars was raised
at once among the members of the COM
mittce themselves. The following solicit
ing committee was appointed:
SOLICITING COMMITTEE.
Anaconda Company-M. j. Farrell.
Butte and Boston-Captain Palmer.
Boston and Montana-Thomas Couch.
Parroi-Ben Tibbey.
Allce-T. w. Buzzo.
Gagnon-C. W. Goolale.
LeXington-C. {. Rueger.
Parrot Smelter-R. ID. Grant.
Heinze Smelter-F. 4. heiuze.
Butte Reduction Wogk5-A. II. Wethy.
Colorado Smeltcr-Heury Williams.
Fifth Ward-R. n. { tmpbell, L. Walsh.
). Davis. G. Eitscheu, Isaac Bechtel.
Sixth Ward-M. VI. yivion, W. E. Hall,
John Caplice, James \. Talbot, Silven
Hughes.
Seventh Ward. II. McQueeney,
AAoApu lsettltsEs 1dllAIo bgAAAM4Chs polu
Heilig, J. J. Haggerty.
T. ghth Ward. J. hnowlton. II. II.
Cook. j. II. Curtis, {. W. EllingW ood, ".
G.. Tfouts.
Walkeryille-Mayor Elliot, Denis Dris-
coll, O. NJ. Hall, J. h. Clark.
Ccnterville-Frank Wilson, Pat Null
Inns, T. J. Benuetta. ii Youlton.
FIRST Ward-T. L. Courtney.
Second Ward-W. K. Kenyon. George
Pascoe, John O'Rourke, {. $. Warren. DR..
Newton, Hank Bartlett, II. II. CaFIer. ".
J.. Naughten, II. /. Wilson, Dan Tewey, ii
Marks.
Fourth Ward-H. L. Frank, James II.
Lynch. /. Lewis, ). T. Forbis, Alex John
son. J. +. Kelly.
Superintendent libby proposed a
scheme by which any OF the men 0orl5inE
AZ the mines might contribute days pay
for the relic. OF the untoetunates.
IEETINo WIN SUCCESS.
The soliciting comm.-.es went TO work
al once and by this evening had raised
:. $50 in cash. Tue total from Butte ui N
reach $1,000. Care will DO exercised that
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the money is expended where It is most
needed. Tho suffering will be intense
and all should contribute.
Every solicitor is requested to make a
complete report of the subscribers and
the amounts to Mr.. Hennessy b. noon to-
morrow. Thursday. The committee will
meet at l o'clock and a full statement is
desired at that time.
Persons in want, growing out of the
ca'amity, are requested to give immedi-
ate notice to any of the following com
mittee: Henry Mueller, Utah street; O. X.
Lewis, West Park street; George Haldorn.
No. ID North Main street; Z. +. Shaw,
Connell Mercantile company; d. J. Hen
messy, Main street.
DISTRACTED WITH SORROW.
Messrs. Lewis and Haldorn made trip
to-day to a number of the bereaved and
distressed families.
Mrs. Cameron, the widow Of the fire
marshal, was visited. Distracted. almost
crazed. with grief tho poor woman is try
ing to comfort her five little children, all
small. The committee left a few things
with them in the hope that a little COM
fort might be afforded.
The Coleman family is'in great distress.
They live in a little shack at Welch fat.
One boy Is IN the hospital, whore his
mother is nursing him. The other boy is
at the house and the daughter left her
work to take care of him. Mrs. Coleman
being widow, there is no support for the
family. Their immediate necessities
were relieved by the committee.
FRIGHrFUL AFFLICTIoN.
Mrs. John Sloan was found sick in bed,
completely prostrated by the death of her
two sons, and the terrible injury to her
husband, who can scarcely survive. Mrs.
Jack Sloan, one of the widows made by
last nights tragedy, is sick in bed with
her. She is in a critical condition.
The family of the dead boy, Hickey, is at
the Butler house. The lad was 16 years
old, and the body will probably be shipped
to Center county, Pennsylvania.
Tho oili Gals of all railroads have been
asked to transport bolics free of charge
to any point, and the Great Northern has
already sent word that 1t will do So. L is
not likely, however, that many of the
bodies can be shipped as they are too
badly mutllated to be embalmed.
Tho Walkerville relief committee de-
sires the citizens of that city to meet at
the Walkervilie City hall at o'clock
Thursday evening, for the purpose of re-
lieving the suffering in Butte.
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Tho saddest Day Butte Has Ever Seen
Was Yesterday

The saddest Day Butte Has Ever Seen
Was Yesterday
The day has been a gloomy one indeed
in Butte. During the day the list of dead
has been corrected and revised and most
OF the recognizable bodies havo been
identified.
In the confusion last night to obtain
absolutely correct lists was imposs BILE.
The city was filled with the widest
rumors. Hundreds we're reported killed
and il was impossible TO convince most
people that the disaster was not oven
more awful than the reality.
THE SAD LIST.
SO far at least as the STANDARD was
concerned il was the ann of its staff to
err, If err it must, on the side of conserva-
tism, and the reports of death were not
accepted unless the facts seemed to bear
out the rumors. BY this means the
STANDARD's estimate of the lis, of dead
in its first edition, is remarkably near
what is confirmed by the later reports.
Last night several mutilated bodies
were identified as three or four different
individuals. Friends of c. W. English
mourned over his body, but to-day the
body was identified as that of Max
Grosser.
The report that John f. Charles and
Martin Dee were killed proved to be cases
of mistaken identity.
THE "sTAHDARD'sn GOOD WORK.
The STANDARD was appreciated in
Butte to-day. Its report of the terrible
affair created flattering comment even Oh
a day which was not cheerful when no
one smiled. The STANDARDS first edi-
tion reached Butte before daylight and
was placed at every subscribers door.
Hundreds of extras were sold on the
streets, and in 40 minutes not a paper
was TO be had. Fifty cents in several
cases, and in one case 81 was paid for the
first edition of the STANDARD. Its page
and half of news of tue awful disaster
was read by oil who could get paper.
Those who could not had to read the
Miner with its two.column meager ac-
count. The comparison left no doubt as
to Montana's greatest daily.
At o'clock the STANDARDS second
edition arrived and sold by the thousands.
1t contained the latest news up TO the hour
of going to press.
The Miner had taken advantage of the
STANDARDS first edition to enlarge its re-
port and make a second edition, rehashed
from the STANDARDS first edition. Six
thousand extras were sold by the STAND
ARD in the streets of Butte to-day, in ad-
diton to the regular subscription list in
town. 1t was the day of the biggest sales
in the history of a Montana newspaper.
Thousands more could have beon sold had
the supply been at hand.
Hundreds called at the STANDARD Office
this evening to get extra copies to send
away, but they were not at hand. There
will be fresh supply of to-day's STAND
ARD TO be had at the Office in tho morning.
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GETTING THE AWFUL NEWS.
How the standards" stnn Faced the
Cruel Task.

How the Standards" staff Faced the
Cruel Task.
Immediately after the first explosion
two STANDARD reporters jumped into a
hack and drove to the scene. They had
reached within nearly n block of tho
scene of the explosion when the second
came. Had the hack started minute
sooner, or had the explosion occurred a
minute later, tho chances are that ono or
two more would have been added to tho
list of dead or injured, and that the
STANDARDS report of the great catastro-
pine would not have been so complete.
AFTER DAYBREAK.
Daybreak brought horrible sight at the
scene of the fire and explosion. The mass
of debris was still smouldering, a tangled
mass of iron sheets, wire, rods and charred
timbers.
The shattered hose wagon and hook and
ladder truck stood where the explosion
had thrown them, and close by were tho
battered carcasses OF the faithful horses.
killed in their tracks.
\ MOUNTAIN OF FLAME.
Tho first explosion is described by those
who witnessed il all from a safe distance,
as the grandest and yet tho most appall-
ing sight they ever witnessed. noun
tain OF flame, like coming from n fiery
fountain, shot heavenward TO height of
about 500 feet, and spread out like a fan.
Then it appeared TO remain stationary
for a second or two before the awful re-
pori was heard.
The second explosion seemed TO spread
out near the ground and was what caused
the frightful slaughter. Tons of iron
plates, four by six inches in size and half
an inch thick, were scattered all over
town and moved down the field Of hu-
manity gathered around tho fire. Pieces
OF the iron plates were to-day picked up
miles from the scene of the explosion,
torn and twisted. Some of them were
perforated by the force o! the explosion
and had the appearance of having had
holes driven through them by some
Jagged instrument. IL was undoubtedly
these pieces of iron that created the great
est havoc. Apnmber of them were found
in the bodies of the dead hose cart horses.
FRAGMENTS or THE DEAD.
Portions OF human bodies were picked
up ali day long. OH rer Duheme, short
distance southeast Of the Montana Cen
trai depot, found par; Of forearm 10
which was attached tho thumb and one
finger.
About loo yards away. imbcl lei in the
ice, he picked up part of breast.
\ short distance from there were sew
eral other small bits Of human hesh. and
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Families of the Dead Who Need More
Than sympathy.
The conditions of the families of many
of tho victims are particularly sad and
heartrending. Mrs. Cameron, wife of the
dead fire marshal, is left almost helpless
with five small children and sickness in
the family. Only last Sunday she buried
one of her children.
Mrs. John Sloane, whose husband and
two grown sons were killed, is living with
her bereaved daughter-ln-law, aud both
arc confined TO bed by sickness.
The young wife of Samuel Ash is sick
and destitute at her home at 3iG Wyom-
ing street.
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MORE INJURED.
The Number OF Unfortunates Is Con-
stantly Increasing.
A number moro injured wero reported

The Number OF Unfortunates Is Con-
stantly Increasing.
A number moro injured were reported
to-day.
John Crawford, an old man, was brought
from his boarding house near South Bu'to
to the city hall this morning. He was suf-
ferinG terribly from an injury to his head
and could not secure medical attendance.
he was taken to the county jail and at
tended by the county physicians.
doc Mellinni was removed from Medin's
lodging house to the Sisters hospital. lie
was severely injured about tho head and
right side.
MS AWFUL FORCE.
The force of the explosions was felt over
distance of 10 miles in every direction
from Butte. 5. IL. Mclaughlin, who lives
in Telegraph gulch, over Il miles west of
the city. was in Butte this morning and
reported that the two first explosions rat
tied the dishes on his table and Jared tho
house.
\ number of woodhaulers arrived in town
this morning from the mountains south
east of Butte. They say they were dis
tant from town between eight and 10
miles when the explosion occurred and
they felt the shock plainly.
Fred Simmons, who lives two miles
north of Meaderville, and about four
miles fromsss-sceue of the expfostou, be.
hind high hill, reports that tho shock
rocked his house and threw the door open,
and his wife was knocked down by the
force of the conclusion.
L. Baxter, a rancher living four miles
south of South Butte. called at the STAND
ARD office this morning and stated that
the shock was very plainly felt at his
place. 1t was SO violent that he imagined
some ono had blown up his barn.
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ALL DAY WITH THE DEAD
Butte Filled With Mangled Corpses and Mourn
ing Homes.
MORE THAN FIFTY BODIES FOUND

eserdS Sun Looked Down Upon One of the Saddet Scenes
Ever Presented to Human EyeThe People Stunned
by the Awfulness OF Tuesday Nights CatastropheTh The
Mournful Total of the Dead Now Numbers Fifty Three and
Is Feared Several Others Have PerShe1 Baskesull of
Unclaimed and Unidentified Human Remains in the Under
taking EstablishmentsThe Grief of the Stricken Survivors
Is Habe Beyond All Descrption--Scores of Homes Made
Desolate by the Awful Calamty-Generous Offers of
Aid and Messages of Sympathy Coming From All Parts of
the Country.
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THE coRoSEE.

.oun,y Attorney Wines arrived on the
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THE lNJU1ED.
Complete List as Far as 1t Is Possible to


Complete List as Far as 1t Is Possible to
Obtain.
The following is a complete list of tho
injured as far as it is possible TO obtain it:
Murray & Freuud's Hospital.
THOMAS O'DoNNELL, fracture of right
arm.
MIKE O'NEIL, wound on neck.
w. L. Mills, punctured wound of the
abdomen; cannot recover.
JouN COLE, injury to the right ankle
and neck
rfENfY EARL, injured back and leg.
W. GRossEE, injured back.
Cos ST. CLAIR, wound of the thigh and
right arm.
Mel TRACEY, injured left leg and
stomach.
MIKE CoNNoRs, confused left leg.
FRANK HARr, confused face and wounds
about the body.
JAMES McELRoY. injured left knee.
NICHOLAS ROGERS, sprained left ankle
and wrist.
w. r. ORR, fireman, fractured jaw and
wounded lIp and tongue.
ANDREW SWIFT, fireman, fractured right
arm.
HARRY STEINBoBN, policeman, lacer-
ated and fractured right hand and lacer-
ated thigh.
l4bAAn botisNf AiANlhISd ltk anu
wounded arm.
W. VI. SINGLETON, compound fracture
of the right arm.
GEORGE DEvoY, fractured pelv.s and
punctured wounds.
OLE OsTINCER, lacreated wound of the
abdomen.
THOMAS McDoYALD, fractured right
arm.
Henry TIGGERMAN, puncturcd wound
of the thigh and chest.
JoHN CRAWFORD, injured about the
head.
II. Il. OWENS, injured back and thigh.
JAMES NEEDLES, injury to the right
ankle.
Four of tho injured contained in the list
above died at the hospital since last night
and their names appear in the list of the
dead. Drs. Murray & Freund are assisted
by Drs. Gum and SluItz.
~. James HospitaI
Three died at the Sisters hospital since
last night and 10 injured are still there, as
follows:
WILLIAM Bow, unconscious, internal
injuries, head cut and leg broken; cannot
recover.
ANDREW MICHAELs, unconscious, inju-
ries not apparent.
Nibi''-' I lsNHAE-l.s IVY bEOhell arm anu
Leg.
Ton COLEMAN, broken leg and confused
wounds.
I. j. HAID, broken arm and leg.
/. }. RI \, leg badly bruised.
JAMES BURNS, broken leg and arm, may
have to be amputated.
WILLIAM McANDREws, boy, back in
jured.
CHARLES ALsroN, broken leg, head in
jured; IN a serious condition.
DAVE COLEMAN was also at the hospital,
but his wounds were slight and he was re-
moved to his home.
DIR. Wells Hospital
SAN SMITH, compound fracture OF the
right arm; amputatlon may be necessary.
JOSEPH YoELBEE, compound fracture
of the left arm, amputatioE may be nee
essary.
Drs. Campbell and McCrimmon as
sisted in setting the fractured arms.
HaNttand a Blackburn's Hospital.
JOHN SLOAN. compound fracture OF the
thigh. compound fracture Of both legs
and fracture of the right elbow.
Io- NFIINE, head cut.
lhroughout the City.
other injured men are scattered IN dif-
fercnt paris Of the city. As follows;
J. p. NJ >NCHEsrFE, n. Arizona avenue.
bruised anI suffering from conclusion.
-- hAEEIs, south Montana street.
slight cuts and bruises.
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NOT MICH pnMnFR ON IIANn-
OF Small ACCOUNT.

something Abou; the Pecuniary side OF
the Awful Calamity.
The pccuniary losses are Of small mo-
menr in a time like this. The damage to
The Great Northern freight house and
passenger coaches will amount 10 several
thousand dollars, covered by insurance.
4 number Of dwellings Of not great
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JU TICE.
Butte Will Tolerate Nothing Short of a
Searching Investigation.

| Butte VIII Tolerate Nothing Short of a
Searching Investigation.
The public will be content, as will the
STANDARD, to let the authorities decide
who is the party guilty of last night s
crime, but it may be stated here that the
time is past in Butte when jurIes will pc
allowed to decide that there was no mur-
der; that the men whose mutilated bodies
will cause funeral professions in Butte
| for two days, are not lying in the under
taking rooms dead; that it was all a hor-
rible nightmare which Butte experienced
last night.
Would to God the night could be blotted
out from life, and that it were all a
dream. Tho men are dead; tho black
night was a reality; and there must be no
whitewashing in the jury's verdict.
The capful of blood which is all that is
left of brave Chief Cameron; the headless
trunk of heroic George Fifer; the bodies
of 50 dead; the anguish of their wives and
their children, will all protest that, no
matter whom it hits, justice must and will
be done in Butte, if it was never done in
Butte before.
THE CORONER.
Coroner Joseph Richards impaneled
a jury this morning which viewed the re-
mains of the victims and convened in the
parlors of the Butte Undertaking company
at ? o'clock for the purpose of beginning
/ the inquiry into the cause of the disaster.
The jury assembled at the appointed
time and the coroner then stated that
County Attorney Wines requested him to
postpone the inquest until such time as
he could be present to assist in the exami-
nation Of witnesses. Therefore the in
quiry was adjourned until tomorrow at .
O'Clock.
SEE JURY DEMANDED.
County Attorney Wines arrived on the
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WANTED TO KILL HIM.
John Krouder Brings a Largo Stone to the
Police Station.

John Krouder Brings a Largo Stone to the
Police Station
John Krowder went to police head
quarters yesterday and laid stone
about the size of a goose egg on Clerk
Charley Adams desk
He then talked in language that
was entirely unknown to Clerk Adams
except a few cusS words that were
supposed 10 be put in for exclamation
points.
John was finally persuaded to calm
himself when enough was translated
to finally determine the cause OF the
mans excitement.
Mr.. Knouder lives over on North Mos
ley near the SchnitZler cold storage
house and does some work for them.
Having been raised to habits of in
dustry probably in some of Emperor
Williams domains, he raised crop of
corn off his lots.
John Krouder also has a near neigh
Dor in the person of a colored man
named Evans who owns a horse worth
about three bushels of corn.
This colored man Mr.. Knouder says
has been in the habit of turning his
steed out at night TO feed on his corn.
He arose early yesterday morning
and found the colored mans horse in
his corn and he caught him and put
him in the stable lot.
Then the colored man came over with
that Identical rock and threw ii at
the head of Mr.. Krowder with great
force. and his deXterity In lodging
saved his life.
A warrant was issued for Evans but
he had not been found last night.
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game all the way through. not over
four errors being made in the whole
game.
Pap Reynolds, the new man on first
base. played as he used 10 pay with
the old Maroons-without making an
error. Burgess. the new short stop,
played a good game, especially at the
bat, making two two basehits- Clarke
and Taylor, who went to WINFIELD to
help them out, viii be back this morn
ing. The Blues are getting stronger
every day. and will try their luck with
Winfield in the near future II IS re-
ported that the Kansas City Blues will
play two exhibition games with the
horne team the last week In august.
and the female club are also expected
here sometime this season. The game
this afternoon will be called at p. m.
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NOTES FROM THE NORMAL
What was Done Yesterd ~ at County Nor
NAL Institute


mai Institute.
The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mr.. Anderson yes
terday.
4 pair of kid gloves and several
handkerchiefs are waiting for the own
ers to call for them The pocketbook
picked up in front of the Lewis acade-
my has not yet been called for.
The work in the practice department
includes all the work in the grades
from the first 10 the sixth, inclusive
The teachers 10 assist Miss Shuts in
that department today are: Misses
Hatton, Kaufman, Maxwell, Heining,
Coates. Gilchrist. Dilley, Clark. Free
land, Biglee, Haden and Jones.
Some of the visitors were Professor
Pence. Miss Anna Jones, David john
son. VIII Fleming, Mrs. Sturdivant,
Mrs. Ferris. John Murray. of Derby:
Miss Fishback OF Utah: Misses Flora
and BERTHE Bates OF FL Dorado: Miss
Lisback of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; DIR.
c. Newly. for several years professor
of mathematic al the Indiana State nor
NAL at Terre Haute. DR.. Newly was
accompanied by his SON.
Unusual interest was manifested in
the constitution class yesterday. The
points under discussion Were. political
parties, caucusses. primaries. ''fxers"
and "heelers." The question, should
people attend the Primaries" was en-
Enthusiastically debated and decided N
favor Of the affirmative. Then follow
ed the question. should people stay
away from the primaries and then bolt
the ticket" No" was the emphatic
decision