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4 FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION
Five Men Killed and Half Dozen
Injured.
Happened In the Leather Factory OF Lori
ing and Jones at woburn, Mass,
Early This Morning-TheS
Cause Unknown.

woburn, Mass, April lat 6:5S
o'clock this morning just as the men in
The leather factory of Loring & Jones
we're preparing for work, the h7ilers IL
.he engine room at the northeass corner
Of the building exploded tearing out the
end of tiis building and burying in the
ruins a dozen men. The huge CHM
aey which was over eighty feet IN
height, came down with a crash.
Quickly as possible an alarm was rungi
N, Immediately followed by a general
alarm which summoned the whole de-i
oartment. AT the same time telephones
messages We're sent to the police stationl
.or doctors. The force of the explosions
was such that one of the boilers was
thrown clear across a heavy partition.
INTO the main part of the building. The
following men are known to be dead:
Austin Clements, foreman. =
Patrick Lally. v
Patrick McGonigle.
Frank Maclahon.
-. Patterson.
Among the injured who were reported
to the adjacent residences n cared for
are.
Patrick Kelly.
John Kenny.
John Tracey.
Patrick O'Keefe.
octavio Saunders (colored).
The efforts of the firemen wers% at
once directed to the huge mass Of de-
Iris. The ruins did not take fire and
ttft% work of the firemen was thus rem
defed easier. The big timbers of the
structure We're piled In such a manner
on top of the unfortunate men that it
was a difficult matter to remove them.
About fifty men were employed in the
building. Had the accident occurred
two minutes later the loss of life would
have been muc more serious. 1t is
impossible to tell at this hour just how
many are dead, as there are many
missing. The cause OF the explosion
has not yet been determined.
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New Telephone Company,

Boone. Ia, April LA company Of
Boone business men has filed articles Of
incorporation of the Boone County Tele-
phone company, and will apply to the
city council FOR a franchise tonight.
They propose to furnish business tele-
phones at $50 a year, and residence al
SIS. This is much under the Iowa Union
which now operates an exchange here.
They have already secured about 100
contracts, which is nearly double the
numhe of the old
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

Pau Lubbers up to today has issued re-
ceipts covering nearly s25, 900 on the mulct
tax. the first half of the levy for 1894. All
those who paid did so under protest, and
Treasurer Lubbers states that the money
will not go out Of his keeping except by or
der OF the court, CIR until there Is a de-
cision en- the mulct law affirming Its con-
stitutionality. The cities which had hoped
to have their share of 1t at once trans
ferred are therefore considerably disap-
pointed, and access will likely be taken to
the courts.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Patrick Kelly.
John Kenny.
John Tracey.
Patrick O'Keefe
A BOY AS A
David Churchill, Aged 10, of St. Joseplt
Mo. Exercises His Art Successfully


Mo-, Exercises His Art Successfully.
st. Joseph. Mo, April 1.-David Church,
III, a boy of 10 years, was loating around on
the streets a few months ago when he was
picked up by a professional hypnotist,
Prof. -. A. c. Stephens, who came hero
from California, and was used as n SUBJ
ject before the class. He could be easily
hypnotiZed. After he had been with
Stephens awhile his mother said his mind
was becoming affected, and she desired to
take him away. She called on the police
for assistance and ended his engagement
as a hypnotic subject.
Young Churchill then began to practice
he art on other people and his mother
says that 1t has enabled him to get pos
session of a new suit of clothes and other
articles which he did not buy. She says
he has hypnotized many of the children In
the neighborhood of their home and has
caused moro trouble than the family ever
had before. When she found she was un-
able to control him she determined to IA
him sent to the reform school. He has
disappeared, however, and the police can,
not find him.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
A Wisconsin nsnk Closes.

Stevens Point, Wis, April 1.-The
Commercial bank Of this city, owing to
an extended run. closed its doors this
morning. Byron B.. Parks was ap-
pointed receiver. The bank closed its
doors last summer during the panic
but opened up again The assets are
put at $10o,0o and the liabilities at
$50, 900.
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A locker on In Washington says thai
poker is all the rage just now among the
younger element of society women In
Washington; but, of course, it Is played
under the rose, and only those in the
swim are permitted 10 sit at the green
cloth and daily with the seductive
chips. The ladies play like men-that
Is. they put their none up before they
sit down, and cash in their chips at the
end of the game, according to the rules
and regulations provided. There has
been a good deal of comment and gossip
recently about the stiff games played
by some of these women. and it Is pre-
dicted that if the practice keeps up a
scandal of huge proportions will be the
result.
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Toledo Nearly democratic.

Toledo, o., April Guy G. Major. re-
publican. has been elected mayor by a
plurality of 6S votes, Notwithstanding
most formidable opposition from within
his own party. Last fall the city went
$500 republican. The only democrat
elected was Charles Stager, for police
commissioner, which e q liberal
administration. The women did not
vote to any extent, the bad weather
being against them.
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Turf Congress at Memphis

Memphis, Tenn, April 2.-The mem
bers of the turf congress are in session
today, by adjournment from the meet
ing held at Cincinnati in November
iast. Since that meeting the congress
has cut loose from the Jockey club, al
though it recognizes all the rulings.
suspensions and expulsions made by
that organization. The special object
of today's meeting is to receive and con-
slider a report prepared by ]. A. MUIR
ply and Lewis Clarke and l.. p. Tarle-
Ion, a committee appointed TO revise the
racing rules. This committee has per-
formed its duty and has prepared an
elaborate report.
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THEY STOLE $4,000.
Two Cousins Went Cahoots and Robbie,
the u. s. Express.

Two Cousins Went Cahoot and Robbed
the U. $. Express.
Jersey City, N. j.. April 1.-Two men
are locked up at police headquarters
who, it is alleged, for nearly a year
have been robbing the United States
Express company. 1t is roughly esti-
mated that the company has been VIC
timized to the extent of SIS, 900. The
prisoners are Herbert C. Harding and
Clarence Warbeck. They are cousins
and were until yesterday employed by
the express company. Harding was a
receiving clerk at the depot in Commu-
nipaw. and Warbeck was a helper on a
wagon. 1t is alleged h a the prisoners
stole goods in transit, Harding. In his
capacity as clerk being able to conceal
the thefts for a long time.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Charles johnson has invented a pat

Charles johnson has invented a pat
ent hens nest thai Is a very great con-
~venience to Biddy, and Is an automatic
~persuader fo- her to do good work.
When the hen approaches the nest a
wicket door gently opens and after she
passes in it closes and the hen has pri-
waite apartments all to herself. The
egg Of it's own weight opens a trap
door and rolls noiselessly out of sight.
Then, when the hen arises, pats her
hands in her pockets and gets ready
to walk out, not seeing the egg, thinks
she, made a mistake and lays another.
h sort of thing is repeated until the
heft of the chicken bud in the box be-
low touches off a spring and Biddy is
fired out of the APARTMENT.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
THE MlNTYRE REVELATIONS
New York Dynamiters Subsidized by tho
British,

London. April 2.-Mr. Labouchere's
charge, that O'Donoyan Rosa received
money from the British government
while his now famous subscription list
'or dynamite ond other incendiary pur-
poses was raking in the dimes and dol
ars of the Irish race all over the United
States, is corrobrorated by eX-Detect-
We Patrick Mcintyre, who knows all the
secrets of the government end of the
Irish prosecutions or prosecutions.
Mcintyre writes today. II canno say
that / believe that Rosa knowingly
touched a penny that came from a
source so detestible to him. But I do
that the movement in which he
had a hand in New York was subsi-
died to no small extent by cash that
came through Red Jim McDermott and
others who We're in the employ of the
British government. McDermott is now
living in the south of France, and APP.
parently enjoying all Injuries that
money will purchase"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Mlchig,n Renubllcans yIctorlous

Detroit, April 2.-The latest returns
from the stae do not show much change
from last night. 1t is probable that j.
B. Moore. republican, for justice of the
supreme court, has carried the state by
$4,000 plurality I'VE Justice McGrath,
democrat. The two republican candi-
dates for regents of the university,
Roger w. Butterfield and Charles II.
Hackley, have run slightly ahead of
Moore. h republican state ticket has
probably carried Q county in tho
state. In the local elections the repub-
leans have carried a large majority of
the towns and cities.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Tensions Granted.

Washington. April Extensions were
granted as follows:
Iowa: Original-John Berstler, Keswic1,
1ncrease-Myron j. Myllett. Delmar: I1Zai
Barker. DIN: Habart Il. Crofts, Oakland
Reissue-Nernon NJ. Clary, Norwalk: John
Burke. Granger. Original Widows-Mary
L. Bishop, Davenport; Jane NJ. Cooley,
DECORATE; Annie Ryan, keoknk; C~iarissa
j. Conwell. Abba.
South Dakota: Original-collin Fox. Ma
plies. Additional-Sarnuel Dunnell, Big
Stone City.
Nebraska: Original-Kellogg C. Bartlett,
Shelby: Noyatus e. Tifftney, Beaver CITY.
REPRESENTATION Pitman, Lincoln: vii.
liam II. Phillips. Lincoln. Original Wild
ow-Laura ". Fenner. Omaha.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

Marker-The spread Of the opium
habit is something terrible. l am told
that women of the highest class have
been seen going into opium joints.
Parker-Oh, that's all nonsense. La
dies of fashion go to such places to
watch the Cinnamon use chop-sticks.
They want to learn how to eat soup
with a fork.--N. Y. Weekly.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
no prexent sn1a of pakotn Kepnrts.

Pierre, S. D., April 2.-Temporary In
junction papers issued from the United
States circuit court were served today
upon A. l.. Carter of the Carter Pub
fishing company and Judge f. G. Smith
of the Yankton judicial circuit against
the further sale or disposition of Vol
ume 4, Dakota territorial supreme court
reports. Judge Smith was supreme
court reporter for the territory during
the period for which Volume 4, Dakota
reports, was published and the only
compensation for the reporter paid dur.
ing territorial days was the privilege OF
the publication of the reports. The right
| Of publication on Volume 4 was sold to
the Carter Publishing company of this
city, who published the volume in ques-
ton and the injunction against the SALE
Of the books is based upon the applica-
ton of the West Publishing company
Of st. Paul. The hearing will be held
at Sioux Falls on April 10, at which
time Judge Smith and the Carter Pub
fishing company of this city will be
called upon to show cause why the sale
Of such publications should not be per.
manently restrained.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
A Sion. city Man witt, n sebcn,

Sioux Falls. S. D., April 81. A. Mil
Ter of Elk Point and Attorney Gantz Of
sioux City are together working a
scheme by which they hope to make
some $4,000. What they are after is to
secure a title to POS acres of land near
Elk Point In section So. Ii what is
known there as the cut off, across
from Riverside park. This section is
now claimed by the state of South Da-
kota as a part OF Its school lands, but
Messrs. Miller and Gantz hold that the
land in question Is In Nebraska. and
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Ten lnches of NOW at 1,,crrc

Pierre, S. D., April IAN electrical
storm here Saturday night was fol-
lowed Sunday by ten inches of snow.
The snow crushed several buildings
and stopped street car traffic. The to-
tai precipitation of the twenty-four
hours was LAO inches. This breaks the
drouth and assures a good start for veg
citation in this part of the state.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Tic Blessed Rain.

Iowa Falls, Ia. April IA good rain
set in here Saturday night and has
done incalculable good to the country.
The spirits of all classes are raised, as
many had begun to fear that another
dry season had set in and We're fearful
of the '95 crop. The a will do much
to draw the frost from the ground and
so hasten spring blowing and seeding,
very little of which has been done as
yet in this section.
Rock Rapids, Ia, April Lone and
five eighth inches of rain fell here last
night and old settlers say that the indi-
cations are that there will be plenty of
rainfall this year to insure heavy crops
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
CHARLES A. DANA CASE.
\ Matter of Great Importance to News.
~
paper Men.

FL.
paper Men.
New York, April Argument upon
the motion for the Issuance of a var
rant for the removal to Washington of
Editor Charles "A. Dana of the New
York Sun, who has been indicted at the
capital for printing a criminal libel af-
Getting Frank b. Moves of the Wash
ington Evening Star. is the special order
before Judge Brown in the United States
district court today. Apart from the
question of libel, the case is one of i'm
portance to newspaper publishers
throughout the country. If the warrant
for removal be granted, it will establish
a precedent under which a San Fran
cisco publisher, charged with libel. can
be dragged to New York, or a New Or
leans editor to Duluth, If ii can be shown
that any papers containing the alleged
libel found circulation in the cities
where the person affeetqed resides.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

A revolution in typesetting machinery
is announced, says London Invention.
The machine, which is an English in
vention, will. it is claimed, increase the
speed Of composition six fold. In deal
ing with ordinary type, it is said to have
o of the disadvantages inherent in
the machines now on the market for the
same purpose, as it affords the usual
facilities for correction and alteration
of matter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

An old steamer was sunk in the Mis-
souri, river near Elk Point. above Sioux
City. before the war. Included in the
cargo were 100 barrels of whisky. The
liver has since shifted its channel, and
the wreck is buried twenty five feet
under a sandbar near the banks. Two
young mon recently leased the site and
nave just sunk a shaft and reached the
deck. They expect to have a choice lot
of old whisky in a short time.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
A Sioux

Chamberlain. S. D.. April 1.-The Sioux
weather prophets predict that there will
be heap big water" this spring. They
base their conjectures on their past expert
ences with open winters. and claim tina,
a winter with little snow Is certain to be
followed by immense foods in Tie spring
and summer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

The average cost of power for the
manufacture of a barrel of flour in Min
neapolis is said to be 2 1-2 cents for wa
ter and 6 to Z cents for steam, while at
Duluth, where steam is used exclusive
ly, the cost per barrel is 81 cents to
3 IL cents a BARREL, the coal used be-
ing the refuse from the docks.
A young Bath, Me-. couple, New
Years Eve, at u company, joked each
other on the fact that neither was we'd
ded. The young man went home with
the maiden and proposed that if neither
of them found anyone he or she liked
better during 1895 that they become en-
gagged to each other next New Years
Nicholas Hallock. of Queens, L. l..
in 1914. 1t continued in circulation I'M
til Il few days ago, when it was taken
in change by the railroad agent at
Queens. As the name was still deci-
pherable after the coins fifty years of
wandering. the agent turned it ove to
Mr.. Hallock.
The experiment of cooking dinner for
$500 men belonging to the guards in a
single field kitchen ut the M~uncheberg
station. near Berlin, took place the 9TH
er day, before the troops left for their
headquarters. The affair was complete
ly successful. Thirty : five hundred
pounds of beef and 1900 pounds Of
hams were cooked.
In the Sitka district, Alaska, the ca
noes are each cut from n single log Of
wood. The log is first dressed and hol-
owed out and then steamed and spread
open. Many of the canoesa are models of
form. Great care is expended on them,
and if the maker were paid good wages
their prices would be fabulous. Agood
new canoe, able to carry three lei aud
100 pounds Of baggage, is worth $3.50.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Leach, of New Bos-
ton. N. H., recently gave a friend a
silk quilt made by herself of a "crazy"
pattern, that is decidedly unique in col
ors and design, intricate in needlework
and complicated in the arrangement of
its more than 400 parts. Each piece is
distinct in its shape and arrangement,
no two pieces resembling each other in
outline and very few of like color. Mrs.
Leach is 81 years old.
For coloring iron and steel n dead
black of superior appearance aud per-
manency the right article has long been
sought, and. TO meet this want, NJ. Ma.
zure now proposes a fluid, of which the
following is the formula: One par
bisinuth chloride. two parts mercury
bichloride, n part copper chloride,
six parts hydrochloric acid, five part:
alcohol, and fifty parts water, these be.
ing of course, well mixed.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Killed In an Election Row.

st. Louis, No, April Am an election
riot at noon today on the corner OF
washington avenue and Twenty-first
street, Frank Thorn was shot twice and
fatally wounded by Frank Day. The
murderer vas arrested and taken to pc.
lice headquarters. Thorn was employed
as a Waterman at the polls to guard
against illegal voting and was shot
while in the discharge OF his duty. One
Of the bullets entered his left breast and
another. entered his heart. A mob pur.
sued the murderer and In the chase I'VE,
twenty shots were fired.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
An Old Irish Town Burning.

Dublin, April "A fire is raging in
Tuam, county Galway, which threatens
the destruction of the town. The place
IS situated inland, and the water supply
IS Insufficient to cope with the flames.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
FIGHT TELEPHONE MONOPOLY
Mutual Company Prepares to War With
tho Bcll Corporation.

Mutual Prepares to War WITH
tho Bell Corporation.
New York, April 2.-An immediate eff
feet of the recent decision Of the United
States supreme court in the suit Of the
Bate Refrigerating company against
Sulzberger & Co., that an American
patent expires at the same time as the
foreign patent on the same invention.
Is the organization of a company backed
by Brooklyn and New York men with
enormou capital to wage warfare
against the Bell Telephone companies
in the sister cities. The Mutual Auto
matte Telephone company recently
formed proposes to begin the fight at
once, and as soon as the necessary
franchises have Jeen secured for a tele-
phonic system the Bell companies will
find a fully equipped rival in the field
and prepared to cut prices just one
half T.. W. soy
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Good Rain Mt Huron

Huron, s. D., April IAN inch of rain
followed by e light snow fell here yester-
day, putting the ground In condition for
seeding. There is a foot Of fine snow q,
Pierre and heavy rain at points west and
north. Reports indicate the storm was well
distributed over this part of the state.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Grand Army Encampment

New Orleans, April 1.-The twelfth
annual encampent of the department of
Louisiana n Mississippi of the Grand
Army opened here today. Commander
In Chief Lawler, Adjutant General
Jones and Q~uartermaster General
Burst being present. There was a fair
attendance of delegates.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

The North German Lloyd company
started in 1855 with three small steamers
running between Bremen and England.
On the first voyage it secured the not
very remuneratiye patronage OF one
saloon passenger. From these small
beginnings it heads the steamship COM
panies of the world in point of size, its
fleet having an aggregate homage of
e42,367. the Peninsular and Oriental
having 227.060 tons.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Congressman Curtis, Father s,c,.

Clinton, Ia, April III. s. Curtis. the
aged father Of Congressman George NJ.
Curtis. is seriously Ill at his home in this
city and his recovery is considered ex-
tremely doubtful. He was struck by q
train about a year ago and he has never
fully recovered from tie effects of the acci,
dent. His three sons are all at his bed,
side.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
Another machine, which is expected t

Another machine. which is expected to
revolutionize type setting. is described
by NJ. Mazereau. According to the in
ventor, the Rev. Pere Calendoni, C.
Sicilian Dominican, 1t can compose 3d.
600 letters per hour, a task equal to the
labor of t~hirty-six compositors. h
difference in speed, as compared with
the existing machines, lies in the fact
that instead of each letter being made
20 fall separately into the composing
stick, entire. words can be composed in
ar instant by the simultaneous appli-
cation of the fingers of both hands. M.
MaZereau states that he has himself
manipulated the instrument on a small
scale with complete success. f.
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an war office has decided to

The Russian war office has decided to
use henceforth exclusively gray horses
for artillery purposes, the reason given
for the innovation being that animals
of this color have been foundry expert
ence to be stronger II more enduring
than the brown ones now used.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06

, The emblems Of royalty of the queen
of Madagascar consist of four scarlet
umbrellas, which are held over her maj
esty when she sits in her palanquin Of
state-this latter a present, oddly
enough, from the late emperor OF
the French.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-06
The American Lonn.

Londons April 2.-The American loan
opened at 81 per cent premium and on
continued buying for New York account
rose to 6& per cent premium. at which
figure it-cfosed. The bonds are becom-
ing scarce here.
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Two and a Half Inches Of Water.

Mitchell, 8. D., April 1.-Heavy rain and
snow has been falling for the past forty.
eight hours. Two inches and a half Of
water fell. The rain is general through.
out the state.