The copper era., 1901-12-12
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MORENCI NEWS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent. A5s55s,. E: hs F"'.1 has returned to Los
 H. J. Deney of Butte, Montana, is in the shoe department of the D. (. NJ. store. Other additions 10 the store force are w. Il. Teasley of Norfolk, Va, and Henry Warren of Dallas. Tex. N. w. Chapin is working in the supply department.
 NJ. w. Moore has returned 10 Dem yer. 5. w. Thompson and brother have gone to fTexico where they ex- pect to engineer d cyanide plant. II. $. Lourie has resigned his position, and returued Th~sday morning to his home in Reokuk, Iowa. He expects to spend some time hunting in Arkansas.
 Henry Foreman and wife of Quiato- vac. Sonora. Mex. spent couple of day. in Morenci this week. Mir. Fore man was negotiating for his company the purchaseC7f some of the NJ. :. en- zines. A couple of years ago MT. Foreman was employed in Morenci. He went to Mexico and after suffering great hardships struck it rich. MT. Foreman is now on his wedding trip. having recently taken unto himself d wife in Los Angeles.
 Felix A. Montenie. who has been resident of MOrenci for the past eight months. died very suddenly the mOrn- ing of Dec. :, of heart failure. The deceased had been apparently in good health. and there was no warning ot I the end. Mr.,Montenie was about 6l years of . s.slHis wife survives him. The remains were taken to Chicago by Mrs. Montehie and Mrs. Harry E. Las | key, daughter Of deceased.
 The Morenci Presbyterian church
 was formally dedicated Sunday morn i ing, Dec. s. Rev. R. NJ. Craig of Al 1 buquerque, syuodical missionary for ! Arizona and New Mexico, conducted | the dedication services and preached ! the sermon. which was very forceful. | The topic was "The Fire on the Altar, and the main thought was that the l church building furnished the altar, and the congregation must provide and maintain tue fire of true worship. chorus choir led the music, and a male quartet, Me.srs. Clark. Rae, Brighton, Bermetts, rendered a selection. In the evening song service was held. led by l the choir. The church building is one Of the best in the Territory, although small; inside and out it is ha ndsOme and attractive. and credit to the com panies who have erected it. The bet l ter and fo>9asanter the church building l the greater usually is the reach Of the influence, and the new buildin. will doubtless bo great blessin. to the community. At the Sunday evening services resolutions were adopted | thanking the companies and the con- structor. Mir. DeLancey.
 About l:30 a. m. Monday, the whole camp was shaken by tremendous ex- plOsiOn, which occurred on the north east hill of the camp, popularly known as the Italian quarter. Those who | hurried to the scene found that the house of one Peluso had been blown to pieces, and one of the inmates, Giovanri Peluso. had been instantly killed by the explosion. Several houses round about were badly wrecked and | fragments were hurled all over that part Of the camp. That more were not killed seems & miracle, for the owner of the house with his wife and child were within at the time. These were protected from injury by the fact l that their bed was blown over on top ! q. sSfr II, a -. The dead man. was thrown about forty feet. Life was extinct when the body was found. The cause of the explosion, as finally decided by the coroner's jury, was dynamite which had been placed on a little platform outside the house and igniUed by un- known persons, probably for revenge. Certain parties are being sought for and will probably be captured. The dead man was buried Monday after noon.
 Such hateful decd should be most severely punished and it is to be hoped that the greatest eXertions may be made to bring the guilty parties to justice.