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chester, N. Y.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
WILL SOON RESUME WORK.
Plant May Be in Operation at the
 End of a Week,

PORTLAND, Or, April 26.-Captain John Berl ingham, president of the California Powder Works, who is now in Portland, received the first news of the accident at 7:35 o'clock this even ing, as he was leaving the dining room. His information was meager, being nothing beyond tEe fact that the army s.nokeless powdC magazine had been blown up and ten lives lost. Cap tain Bermingham said:
 We nave a contract to supply the Government with 3,O0O,00 pounds of smokeless powder, and in order to hasten it's manufacture the working force was largely increased. The pow der was being turned over to the Gov ernments agents as rapidly as made, but I cannot say how much has been delivered, although a large amount had been shipped. Work will be resumed as speedil as pos ible. We have been erecting new mach h-1ery. and $ soon as the wreck is cleared away we will start up again. Of course I cannot say how soon, but I think in about a week, for under the present circumstances it is highly important that we should keep right on with the manufacture. It may be even necessary for us to in- crease our present capacity"
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
RELIEF FOR RICHMOND.

The members of the Point Lobos I'm provement Club were in somewhat of happy frame of mind last night in conse- quence of progressive reports received from all of the standing committees ex- cept that on transfers. This committee reported that MT. Vining had refused to grant transfers from the Geary street road to the Third. This is conside red a great injustice to the residents on the line of Geary street, inasmuch as they alone are compelled to pay two fares to get to the San Jose depot or to the Mail Dock, while the residents of other portions of the city are accorded transfer privileges.
 President Fletcher reported that the Street Superintendent had promised to have the sewers flushed. A movement is on foot with hopes of success to have a sewer run through A street from Fifth avenue to Eighth, which will drain Park schoolhouse. in which there are sixty-fve children. This is the street immediately west of the French Hospital, on which there Is no sewer.
 Chairman Felix McHugh reported that the Park Commissioners had promised to make the necessary opening into the park at First avenue during the coming sum- ner.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
ST ATE BOARD
 OF EDUCATION
A committq e Named to Take Up the School
 Book Question.
Friends and Foes Ofthe Present Series Lock Horns in
 Debate.
Special Dispa tch to The Call.

SACRAMENTO. April 26.-The pro- ceedings of the City and County School Superintendents were disturbed by a slight rifle this morning. and t came as relief to the tagging spirit and monotony of the convention. 1t was on the question of changing the annual meeting of the County Board f Edu- cation to semi-annual meetings. Lin- scott of Santa Cruz, in the course of his remarks, said:
 The younger members of this con- vention will live to see the day when the county examining boards will be abolished entirely. We are not ripe for it now, and we older ones lay not live to see it, but the time is not far distant when our teachers will be taken entirely from the great universities and normal schools. Let us not stand n the way, I pray you, of this advance and improvement. It is bound to come"
 Harrell of Kern arose and said:
 While the gentleman from Santa Cruz is praying to this convention not to stand in the way of abolishing the county boards, I trust he will include in his invocation t-ie request that our normal schools may turn out teachers who are competent to take charge of our schools.
 Following this little episode came the school book question, and it arose in a most unexpected manner. The conven- tion was passing on the section which provides that no change of textbooks must be made at any other time than 'in the months of April May or June of the year in which the change is to be made" A r-Ntion was made striking out the month of April, and upon di- vision it carrie
 Linscott of Santa Cruz, who has so far been the torm center" of the con- vention, created Aother commotion by declaring that the amendment directly affected the State series.
 Mir Nielsen of Santa Rosa advised the convention not to be led by the ex- citement of the hour, and offered a resolution that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to express the opinion of this convention relating to the proper place and use of the State text books in the public schools of Cali fornia.
 When the question was finally put, the motion to appoint the committee prevailed by a vote of 29 to 24. Presi- dent Black then appointed the follow ing committee: Neilsen, Erleuine, Lin scott, Bailey, Chymonds.
 While the vote to send the matter to a committee was a temporary victory to the enemies of the Ltate series, it is believed that when the report Is made the convention will sustain the pres
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

but Uncle Sam doesn't use it to any extent. In all tn guns of the army and navy, from the one. )unders to the 13-inch guns, either "smokeless' or brown prismatic" powd r is used Even the new Krag-J -Jorgensen army rifle uses smOkeless po,.der and the black powder for the big mortars is large grained stuff made in a certain way There is not a powder manu facturer in America, aside from the California Powder Works and the Du- ponts, that has been able to make a pound of powder for the Co ernment though the Government keenly wants competition and would give a big pow der contract to any firm at any time.
 The making of both the smokeless and the brow. prismatic powders is a job requiring more delicate skill and experience than is often demanded in a manufacturing enterprise. JmokeleSs powder is a preparation of nitro glycer- inc and gun-cottOn, the pro portions diff fering for the rmy and navy respect iVely in accordance with the differing theories of the ordnance experts of the two departments and formulae count for little.
 As well might one take one of Marion Harland's recipes and expect to beat an experienced old wench at making bread, or read book and try to com pete with an old cellar-master at mak- ing and aging wine The powder must stand just so many degrees of heat with safety. It must act during the course of a few thousandths of a second with a steady and regular increase of power that knows no fitful energy. Every ounce of the big charge must be burned during the few thOusandths of a sec- ond which the shell t. '5es in reaching the muzzle, and it must not all be ex- ploded while the projectile is two or three feet from the muzzle It must develop just so much energy at the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

amount of powder ordered by the Gov ernment, as that is a state secret; but 10 Ill 1t will require running the plants at full force for many months to come. when the blowing up of the Maine was reported to the authorities and war threatened in the middle of February we first received the Government order ana immediately began to fill it. We put on an extra force of men and just about doubled the capacity of the works. A great deal of powder has already been turned out and trans ferred to the Government, but a large amount is still to be manufactured. We are at the present time making eXten- slVe additions to the plant and these are about completed. When the new mills are in working order we will be able to turn out about four times as much powder as we did before the Government order was given to us
 As soon as we heard of the explosion William c. Peyton, the assistant super 1ntendent of the works, took a special train to Santa Cruz to personally ln- vestigate the accident. As nearly as we can tell the explosion took place about 5:30.
 "Of course the accident will hamper the works to a great extent. but if it is no worse than has been reported to us there will be but little time los.. With the Government contract on our hands it is of course absolutely neces- sary for us to rebuild immediately and the work will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
 As to the cause of the explosion. that would be merely a matter of con- lecture and probably never will be known for certain. In accidents of this kind where men are killed it is gen. orally those who did not survive who know the most about it. When we be- gan the work for the Government twcn- ty-five deputy United States Marshals were detailed to guard the plant and they have been on duty constantly since the latter part of February to prevent any attempt to blow up the works"
 The president of the company, John Bermingham, is in Seattle at present and was promptly notified of the acci- dent. Several of the gentlemen en- ployed in the offices of the works were interviewed and their statements were similar to those of the secretary. None of them had any theory to offer as tc the cause of the explosion, and all seemed to think that the accident would only delay the work of supplying the Government with powder for a short time
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

muzzle and 1t must do and be lot Of other things to a nicety.
 These things come with delicate and certain manipulations like the making of rare wine. A degree of heat sec ond of time, a pound of pressure ana so on at various stages ot manlpulation have their sure effect. All this applies as well to the rown prismatic or slow burning" powder.
 This is wholly different from the smokeless powders and in composition is practically the same as black pow der except that the charcoal IS not charred so much, the brown color being due to the fact that the change from wood to charcoal was arrested earlier. Yet the preparation of this half-char- coal is a delicate operation in which an instant of time or a degree of heat has an effect. and when after various man ipulations the whole composition reaches a big and costly hydraulic press, the 250 or so automatic move ments which the press makes per min ute are affected by slight change of hydraulic pressure with a consequent result on the quality of the powder.
 Not so very long ago an employe of the Du Fonts thought he had mastered the secrets of powderm making, and he induced a wealthy milk-dealer of Phil adelphia to back him in making powder for the Government. They got a con- tract easily enough, and made some powder. When it was tested by the Government sharps at Indian Head it was found that about half way between the breech and the muzzle there was an undue expansion, which tended to swell the gun at that point. The problem was too much for the expert, and no powder was sold to the Government.
 Any one can get the formula for Government. powders, and anybody al most can get powder contract with Uncle Sam. Almost anybody can mix a mess of stuff according to recipe, that will go off in a gun, but the fact remains that but two firms in America have been able to make powder fit for Uncle Sam to use on an enemy, al- though the prices are tempting-35 cents a pound for brown powder and S3 cents for smokeless in million-pound lots. An expensive plant and long ex- perience are among the things required.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

the army smokeless plant upon the east side of the river. All the main powder works, black powder works. the brown prismatic and navy smokeless were saved, nor were they at any time in any danger. Had it not been for the fierce northern wind the explosion would have been confined to the first house altogether. The accident hap pened in the dry guncotton house. Fiji nancial loss is as nothing to the loss of life, being from $1S,000 to $20,000. The works will be rebuilt immediately, and there will be no delay whatever in filling Government contracts.
 Several of those killed were born and reared in Santa Cruz and known by all from childhood. There are many sad hearts in this city tonight
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
GOVERNMENTS LOSS.
Filling of a Monster Contract for
 Powder Delayed.

The secretary of the Califo nia Pow der Works, J. B. Nesmith. was seen last evening, but knew very little about the explosion.
 "We have had very meager reports of the accident here" he said, but what we have heard leads me to be- lieve that only one of the plants was blown up. That was the mill in which was manufactured the army smokeless powder. and was. of course. the one most needed just now. We have a large order to supply the Government with the army smokeless and the brown prismatic powder The plant in which the latter is manufactured was not in- iured, if the report l have received is true.
 T can give no figures as to the
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Leaves the Government But One
 Source of Powder Supnlv

It is hard for the average civilian to realize the significance of the de- struction of the California Powder Works at this critical time-that it means that Uncle Sam has left until the works are rebuilt but one solitary source of powder supply for all the heavy guns of the army and navy that of the Dupont establishment in the East.
 Isn't the composition of all powders we'll known and can't almost any of the powder factories of America buckle to and rush out powder according to the formula in next to no time? Couldn't the Government sharps go to mixing nitro glycerine and things by the ton in no time?
 No thev couldn't. Common black powder would be easy to at or make,
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

REDLANDS, April 26.-The Women's Parliament of Southern California con- vened in fifteenth annual session this ring papers were read by visitors from all over the United States. The session will close on Wednesday afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27

There are 5000 persons in Great Britain who pay tax on an income of more than e00 a year.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
Parliament of Women.

J. J. O'BRIEN & CO, Murphy Bldg, Mkt & Jones. sell STANDARD" shirts'
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
EXPLOSION
 SACRIFICES
 TEN LIVES Portion of the Plant Demolished and
 Burned. Workmen Crushed Un- der the Debris and
 Incinerated. Eight Charred Bodies Recov- cred From the Smoking
 Ruins. GOVERNMENT A LOSER. Manufacture of Snaolzeless Powder Delayed a Critical
 Period.
Eight Charred Bodies RecOv- cred From the Smoking
 Ruins.
GOVERNMENT A LOSER.
Manufacture of SnnOlxeless Powder Delayed at a Critical
 Period.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
The leader., 1898-11-02

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The leader., 1898-11-02

disease. Mrs. l.. A. Johnston, 103
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Of the stomach and how she was
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And l earnestly assure you that 1t
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am almost entirely relieved of indiges-
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me SO many years, and can now eat
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something acid"
To understand the scientific action
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The leader., 1898-11-02

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and you will be glad of assurance from the
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Any mother who will write about her
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The leader., 1898-11-02
Frankford Sausage at Leary's.

Last night at s o'clock the home OF
Mrs. McCown, on Main street, was the
scene of a quiet though impressive
marriage, when her beautiful daugh..
ter, Miss Roberta McCown, was united
to Mr.. Robert Jordan, the Rev. Doctor
Hillhouse, of the First Presbyterian
Church officiating. The bride is one
of our prettiest and most popular
young ladies and one whom we give up
with great reluctance. The groom is
prominent young man of Brookhaven,
Miss, and has been for six years in the
employ of the express company at that
place, but has recently removed to the
office at McComb City, which place the
young couple will make their future
home. Mr.. Jordan is in every way
worthy of the lovely bride he has won;
We trust that roseate hues may guard
their path through this life with but
few clouds to break the monotony OF
continuous sunshine.-Vicksburg DIS
patch, Oct 2Sth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan arrived In
Brookhaven on Saturday for short
visit to the groom's parents. The
LEADER with many other friends ten
ders them hearty congratulations.
The leader., 1898-11-02
From New Zealand.

REEFToN, New Zealand, Nov. %, 1896.
I am very pleased to state that since
l took the agency for Chamberlain S
medicines the sale has been very large,
more especially of the Cough Remedy.
In two years l have sold more of this
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know it's value from the use of it in
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to take that we have to place the bot
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For sale by G. E. Grafton.
The leader., 1898-11-02

The big steam gin of Joe |. Smith
near Union Hall, had narrow escapes
from fire last Friday and Saturday. A
match in the seed cotton is supposed
to be the cause of Fridays fire, which
spread over the second and third sto-
ries of the building, and was with diff
ficulty extinguished. Saturday Mr..
Smith set his hands to removing the
scorched seed cotton, when a smoul-
dering flame in the midst of the pile
blazed up and threatened the building
again. Only the hardest kind of work
saved the property.
The leader., 1898-11-02
The Fifth Sunday Meeting.


The 9th Sunday meeting of the Fair
River Baptist Association will meet
with johnson Station Church on Sat
urday before the 5th Sunday in Octo-
ber, 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m. The fol-
lowing is the program as arranged by
the pastor and deacons of that church:
What is the design of the Lords
Supper and who scripturally have the
right to partake of it? To be discuss
ed by Rev. r. H. Purser, Rev. j. A.
Sample.
What relation should be sustained
to the church by the Sunday school,
Young Peoples Union and Woman's
Aid Society? Rev. j. j. Green, Rev. S.
w. Sibley, Josephine Moak, Mrs. Jen
ME D. Chrisman, Misses Matte Furr
and Fannie Mikell.
Define church sovereignty and
and church independence. Lonnie
Kees, P. u. Jones, Chas. Chrisman and
Vernon Smith.
What are the peculiarities of the
Baptists? In what do they differ from
other denominations? Revs. j. E. Thig-
pen, E. P. Douglass and R. J. Boone.
AS Missionary Baptists-ou duty on
various lines: mission work, church
benevolence, etc. Rev. l. Fl. Anding,
Rev. w. F. Marlborough, c. P. Mullen
and C. p Breeder.
Best method of developing mission
ary spirit in our churches. Prof. JIM.
Girault, B. T. Hobbs, A. j. Martin and
d. M. Lee.
children. r. A. Holmes, j. M. Tyler
and J. E. Porter.
What is meant by being mot under
law but under grace?" Revs. w. F.
Marlborough, E. P. Douglass, j. E.
Thigpen and l. H. Anding.
Upon what does the salvation of a
sinner absolutely depend? Revs. S.
w. Sibley, r. J. Boone, l. H. Anding,
]. A. Scarborough, DR.. j. r. Sample.
Preaching by r. H. Purser; alternate
w. F. Marlborough.
The leader., 1898-11-02
THEIR---
SUCCESS.

/. Dr.. Hathaway a Co.'s successes have become q
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They are men with the courage Of their convic.
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Their reputation rests not on the cheap, trans
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long list of cured patients, visible local wit.
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complete course OF treatment and ultimate cure
by the Hathaway method unabridged, and at
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They are regular graduates in medicine from
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on a strictly professional basis, promising moth
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tho many fake and fraudulent methods that many
doctors and so-called specialists in offering free
prescriptions, cheap medicines and G. o. ID. fakec
in order to obtain few dollars from their unfor-
tunate victims.
q sufferer from any wasting disease. dlsorderet
blood. nervous collapse, Or loss Of mental vioor
kidney or urInap dlficuity, hydroceIe, pImpies