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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

said she was standing at the rear of the
 store talking to a travelling salesman | when the explosion occurred. What be-
 came of the salesman is not known. One of the worst finds among the | debris was the head of an adult The | hair is burned off and the features un-
 recognizable. So far 1t has been i'm possible to tell the sex. The remainder of the body was not found. Daniel Dooley was in the yard when the explosion took place. He saw the two Rittenburg children in the rear room and rushed into the flames for them He got one of them and carried 1t out and tried to go back for the other, but the room was then one mass of fire. Duly was badly scorched in rescuing the first child.
 From the front of the building Mrs Jessup and her husband jumped to the sidewalk. They were seated at dinner and together they ran to the front win dow and leaped. Jessup says the eX- ploson seemed to force the fire right through the floor under their feet
 Others of the tenants were mean
 
 to drop. The firemen came within a few minutes and twenty persons were rescued MT and Mrs John McGlone escaped to the top story of the tene- ment. McGlone then climbed out of the front window and hung on with one hand while he held his wife with the other until a life net was secured Then he dropped his wife into the net and followed himself. Both were bad ly burned as they fell through the flames bursting from the windows be- low
 While the firemen were endeavoring to extingush the flames the upper DOT tion of the building, wrecked by the force of the explosion, sagged outward and fell upon the heads of the men.
 Two streams of water were instantly turned on the wreckage, Out of it in a moment crawled Captain Allen and Fireman Delaney( Both were bruised and burned, but instead of seeking safety, they at once attacked the de- bris with their hands to rescue Ed ward Slingland, their companion, who was still beneath it Others rushed in and although another section of the building threatened to fall on the res cuers, Slingland was finally dragged out badly injured.
 The flames had the building doomed long before the firemen arrived, and for a time 1t looked as if they would not only wreck the building, but burn on down Main street and swing into Slater street, and there was stom- pete of the inmates. The firemen fin- ally succeeded in checking the flames though the building adjoining the ten ement house were damaged. The tene- | mant house was completely destroyed | by the explosion and fire. Rittenburg | will probably be placed under arrest | bending an examination into the causes 1f the explosion.
 At first it was. thought but three per sons were lost, MT and Mrs. Williams md one of the Rittenburg children But it soon became apparent that | others had perished and finally it be- ,ame almost a certainty that more than | dozen lost their lives The bodies aken out were almost unrecognizable. md are burned and torn by the fire md the force of the explosion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
FIREWORKS KILL TWELVE
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(Continued from First Page.) | noon when many of the occupants of the building were out for dinner. The building in which the explosion took
 pace was frame tenement house, four stories high, with stores on the ground floor The middle store was occupied
 by Rittenburg Ten families occupied
 flats in the building.
 Had the explosion occurred a half
 an hour later a death list of hundreds
 might have been rolled up for adjoin-
 ing the wrecked building was No. 3
 school, in which were hundreds of chill
 dren. Not only was the school dam aged but large quantities of wreckage were hurled into it.
 As it was some of the school children playing near the school house were in- jured. So great was the force of the explosion that a boy playing in the street half a block away was lifted from his feet and hurled against an iron fence, and one of his legs broken. There was a trolley car in front of the building when the explosion oc- cured and the burst of flame scorched the side of the car and slnged the hair of the passengers.
 Those who were on the upper floor of the building were either stunned and then burned to death, or found escape cut off and were suffocated. After the first explosion there were a series of smaller ones, and then came the second big explosion which was muffied and deadened and probably occurred in the cellar,
 Every building in the neighborhood was stripped of glass. Families in them were thrown from their chairs to the floor while at dinner. Then there was an exciting scene in the streets. Parents lost control of their children and were soon rushing about looking for them. Rumors spread that score of little ones were being carried away from the ruins by the police wagons, the ambulance and grocers' wagons which were pressed into service. Mean while the flames were bursting from every part of the tenement building A woman appeared at one of the win dows a mass of flames She leaped out and fell through the fire to the yard below At great risk she was dragged away, but it was too late for the flesh was dropping from her bones, Later it was discovered that she was Mrs. Will Hams, who is numbered among the dead.
 Mrs. Williams husband was a crip- pie. His wife is supposed to have re- nainad longer than she could with safety in an effort to save him. He | was found burned to a crisp on his bed. |
 Mrs. Zimmerman, mother-in law of 1 is known to be dead. It is |
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
GUILTY ON FIRST BALLOT
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lCOntlnueQ rom F1rSC HaBe.) 000 Had his crime been committed a few days later than 1t was he would
 have been liable to ten years impris-
 onment and much larger fine, for the last legislature made the crime of which Barker was convicted still more .seri- ouS one.
 Mrs. Barker was not in the court room to hear the verdict. She was in another part of the court house. In fact there were very few present, for the crowd had scattered to get a breath of fresh air, not supposing that the jury would come in within an hour at least. When Mrs. Barker was told that the case had gone against her husband she showed considerable emotion and was cared for by friends. However, she did not collapse, as was feared.
 MT. Keller was also absent and show ed no emotion when told of the verdict Barker himself took the decree of the jury without faltering. He had expect ed an acquttal, although his friends had told him that disagreement was the best he might expect. He based his hopes upon the strong plea or his counsel, who advanced the "unWrtten law that a man has right to Kill ln defense or in revenge when his wife's sanctity is assailed. Whatever effect this line of pleading may have had up- on the jury was swept away by the cold charge of the judge. The court charged the jury that ''the story of the alleged outrage or the outrage itself, If true was no justification of the defend- ants assault"
 The court explained that he had ad- init ted the fact that Barker had been told of an assault, not because that had to do with the case, but be- cause it was for the jury to determine if the telling of the story had anything to do with making the defendant crimi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
YALE SHoWS IMPROVEMENT.
Satisfactory Practice Last Ntght-Har-
 yard Also Displays Better Form.

Yale Quarters, Gales Ferry, June 21. Under good weather conditions the Yale varsity crew worked up the river as far as Norwich tonight, practicing starts and stretches. The work was the hardest since the time row of Tues day and the men stood it well. They showed a marked improvement over former days in the matter of not stop ping the boat between strokes The freshmen and varsity four were out for a short time tonight for the usual practice. Payne Whitney, of New York, came to- day and will remain until af- ter the races.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22
RUNAWAY BOYS

New York Youngsters Caught Here
 Last Night.
 Policeman Foley, of the central sta ton, found two runaway boys from New York last night on Grand avenue and they were taken to headquarters. They gave their names as Richard Clark and Harry Gilman, and said they were sixteen years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

Equal to the ccasion.-Antiquity dealer" Madame, the Spanish coin is old-more than 100 years old" Madame -"H'm; it is stamped 1870" Antiquity dealer-"Is that so? We'll that of course is misprint, Chicago Record Herald.
 At the Apothecary's. - Poet-"How much for this prescription?" Apothe- cary-"Two dollars, please Poet (so- liloauizing as he pays)-"And the pub- fishers tell me that poetry is a drug
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06


The Mexican government has just
tions and of an exceedingly delicate
nature, that of suppressing the prac-
tice of polygamy and of promoting
marriages. In many parts of the Re-
public there is little or no observance
of the laws relating to plural mar
riages and in some districts there is
practically no such thing as the mari
tai tie For some time the authorities
have been investigating domestic re-
lations in the smaller pueblos and
settlements and they have discovered
a state of affairs that is appalling.
The recent taking of the census in
particular served to bring to light
many instances where the natives in
the mountainous regions lived more
like animals than human beings. In
some of the pueblos there has not
been a marriage in years. In the min
ing camps of southern Chihuahua, not
more than 200 miles from the city of
Chihuahua, a hamlet was found
where, in the twelve families compos-
marriage from the Oldest generation
to the youngest. Neither had kinship
been regarded and families had inter-
married until the people showed
marked signs of degeneration. This
settlement, known as San Felixo, is
reputed to be the most lawless in the
/ State of Chihuahua and nearly all the
! serious crimes in the region can be
traced to this pueblo. The efforts of
the Catholic priests toward correcting
this condition of affairs in San Felixo
and in many other places have been
unavailing. So isolated are many OF
the settlements that communication
with the outer world is difficult and
infrequent. President Diaz is person
ally interested in the reform move
ment and it is at his earnest request
that the strictest measures are to be
taken to check the evil practices. Not
alone in Mexico do these evils exist.
Across the line in the Mexican colo
MES in southern Arizona similar con-
thorities of this territory are just
awakening to the fact. Territorial Of
ficials are making wholesale arrests
and forced marriages. One Of the
largest colonies, where marriage is not
generally practiced, is near the town
of Tempe, only few miles from
Phoenix. Last week officers raided the
villages and since then fifty marriages
have taken place among the inhabi-
tants OF the village.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
DECLINE OF ENGLISH pUeLrsM.

OF late years there has been a pain
full dearth of good men in the heavy
grades of English pugilists. Since the
days when Mitchell was in his prime
not single middle-weight or heavy
weight who would be accounted better
than a third-rater in this country has
come to the front in the land where
pugilism was born. Good little men
there have been in plenty, although
during the past few years even the
lighter classes have betrayed signs of
retrogression, as is evidenced by the
fact that at the present time the cham
pionships of every class, from heavy
weight to bantam are held by Ameri-
can boxers. During Charley Mitchell's
last visit to the states he expressed
hiMSelf as thoroughly disguised with
the lack of ability shown by England's
present heavyweight representatives,
and wound up by remarking that Ter
ry McGovern could go over there and
trim the best of the big fellows with
ease.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
MCCOY AND MAHER.
ease.

The Louisville authorities having sat
down on the proposed match between
kid" Mccoy and Peter Maher, it is
extremely unlikely that the two men
will be seen in the ring, at least not
for long time. The principal reason,
it is said, for stopping the contest was
that the Louisville officials had sus-
picion that all would not be above
board This came about through Nc
Coy's alleged fiasco in New York with
Corbett, but which both men declare
was a square battle. Mccoy has lost
the great hold he had on the public
heart and 1t will be hard work dor him
to win it back again.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
A SENSIBLE PLAN.

Marvin Hart, the Louisville middle
weight who has come to the front with
bound, announces that he will not do
any more fighting until next fall. He
gives as his reasons that he does not
iare to take any chances Of hurting his
reputation by fighting top-notchers at
me present time. There is hardly any
sne who will accuse Hart Of not being
game, and 1t looks as though he is do
ing the proper thing in taking rest
after making such creditable record
Tor himself in such short space OF
Time. He is said to be a hard worker
In training and lad who takes great
pride in his profession. He should
give grand account of himself when
the proper time come. Hart had a
chance to tackle kid" Mccoy, but
modestly declined, saying he was too
recently out of the kindergarten to
run up against such a hard PROPOSE
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06


r. A. Pearson of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington. says:
The dairy industry has not been
backward in making changes in the
past few decades. This is a fact of
common observation, and it is plainly
shown by statistics. In 1860 the cheese
output of the country was about 1OO.-
of this was made in the five factories
then in existence. 1t is estimated that
the census just completed will show
that the amount of cheese made in the
United States has increased to 100000
900 pounds, IS per cent of it now being
made in factories. Thus we see that in
cheesemaking the change from farm to
factory methods has been almost COM
plete. In 1860 the butter output was
nearly 460,000,000 pounds, all of which
was made on farms. 1t is believed the
last census will show the annual output
of butter to have increased to 1,400,-
100000 pounds, one-fifth of which was
made in factories. There is yet an i'm
mense amount of farm dairy butter on
our markets and much of it is sold at
low price, which means tremendous
loss to those who make it. High grade
butter is made in some farm diaries,
but large part Of farm dairy butter,
packed in various forms is purchased
by dealers for renovation.
Every dairyman is more or less IA
miliar with changes in apparatus and
methods which have been made in his
own line of work. The method of but
termaking is being almost revolution
lied by the centrifugal cream separa-
tor, the Babcock tester and new meth
DDS of ripening cream.
With few notable exceptions, there
has recently been but little change in
the method of supplying milk for city
use. We think that the system of SUI
pervising city milk supply, as followed
in some cities, is radically wrong. Milk
consumers are often informed through
the pubic press that certain dealers
have been prosecuted for selling adul-
terated, preserved or otherwise impure
milk and they get so much informa-
ton of this kind that they are led to
believe that milk is dangerous article
of food and should be avoided as much
as possible. 1t seems to us entirely
practicable to give prominence to the
well-conducted diaries, so that the
public will also be occasionally re-
minded that 1t is possible to obtain
pure milk, In doing this. it is not
necessary to lessen the vigilance over
the dishonest dealers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
reovERN QUITS ACTING

Terry McGovern has quit tho stage
and returned to the profession where
he is, indeed, star-boxing. Terry
has made considerable money from his
play and is grateful to the public for
the way he has been treated. TIL won
derful Brooklynite will undop stedly
be seen in several matches oil the
Pacific coast in the near future. Oscar
Gardner being booker for his fiji It an
tagonist There also seems every like
lihood that Frank Erne, the light
weight champion, will be given to
chance he has long looked for-of wip-
ing out the defeat Of last July in Madi-
son Square Garden
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06
rroruREs 1N rHE HOME.

When we enter a home, among the
first things to attract our attention are
the pictures, and from them we can
read the taste-or lack of it-of the
lady of the house, for they give US the
keynote to her character. If we find
gaudy chromos, and cheap oil paint
ings made by lightning artists" we
know at once that refinement is lack
ing in that home. Pictures should be
selected always with an eye to the
surroundings in which they will be
placed, says the Woman's Home Com
panion. If the house is very large and
handsome, and money of no considera-
ton, then, of course, oil paintings by
the best artists are preferable. People
of moderate incomes who wish taste
full homes should choose water colors,
engravings or etchings If they can be
afforded. Artists signed proofs are
most desirable, but no better than
good copies, with the exception of the
signature. which is supposed to add
value.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

States. He is Mr.. G.. H. Sutton,
well-known Westerner Of medium
height, 81 years of age. He has been
without hands for % years and has
played billiards for nine years. Among
the knights of the cue he ranks as a
third-class player. This means a great
deal in billiards, for third-class play
er is a good deal better than a third
class jockey, pugilist or baseball
player. In fact 1t means that he could
not hope to defeat the great masters
of the game such as Slosson and Schae-
fer, who are rated in the first class, or
such men as Cation, Carter, Gallagher
Morningstar and Mclaughlin, who are
grouped as second-class experts.
Against all other men. however, in
Guiding the amateur champions, this
"armless wonder as he is called,
would stand an even chance.
Sutton is comparatively as good at
pool as he is at billiards. He has de-
feated John DAILY, the champion of
Chicago, and many other noted play
ers Sutton prefers billiards. however,
and intends to make 1t his specially in
future.
Considering how he is handicapped,
he executes his shots with wonderful
rapidity. Necessarily he uses a bridge
frequently. One of the things he can
not explain himself is the ease with
which he executes the most dificul
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

George H. Blake, in his book on
Common Sense Ideas for Dairymen,"
says:
"The cans, pals, dippers, in short.
every utensil that comes in contact
with the milk, should not only be
thoroughly washed, but they should be
! immersed in boiling water for several
minutes. The seams and joints in all
utensils should be filed with solder
plumb with the surface of the vessel,
as these small receptacles form excel
lent breeding places for all kinds OF
germs. To many these precautions
may seem unnecessary, but they are
not, for analysis shows that milk put
into cans that have been treated in
this manner, contains a much smaller
number of bacteria per cubic cent?
meter than does milk from the same
lot put into cans washed in the usual
way; and it will remain sweet from six
to twelve hours longer. In many
communities the same cans In which
milk is taken to the factory are used
in carrying home sour milk and whey.
While this Is a custom that should not
be encouraged, it cannot always be
avoided; but when practiced 1t Is
doubly important that the cans should
be thoroughly boiled before they are
again used for milk Milk is often
taken to the factory in cans covered
with green coating inside of the neck
and along the seams; such cans are
alive with destructive organisms; and
to have them in such condition shows
objectionable neglect. Milk put into
such receptacle for single moment;
besides, its mixing at the factory with
other milk is sure to infect the whole
lot, often resulting in much inconven-
fence and pecuniary loss. Where the
cans are taken home empty it is ad-
visable to wash them at the factory,
where steam can be used in steriliz-
ing them. 1t should not be necessary
for the creamery management to en-
ploy an extra man to do this work; a
wash box and steam jet can be pro-
vided, and the farmer be permitted to
wash his own cans. When this is
done the cans should be closely COW
cred with canvas to keep out the
dirt while returning from the factory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

When young poults are about three
days old, l always grease under the
wings and top of the head with IN
sailed lard, writes Thomas in Golden
Egg. Do this after shutdown is the
heat of the sun seems to affect them
if creased through the day. Young
turkeys are the most helpless fowls
Matched. They are born with the firm
determination to die at the earliest OPP
portunity. They have languid die
away look which is very discouraging
to the amateur. This is owing in a
great measure to poor stock, and it is
absolutely impossible to get vigorous,
healthy poults if the turkeys do not
possess these qualifications. Like be-
gets like" is always true of poor stock.
Guard against dampness and overfeed-
ing. A wet poult is a dead one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

There is coming a decided change
In the whole character of dairy work.
Every year dairymen and butter and
cheesemakers are becoming better
posted and no cause is working to this
end with better results than the dairy
associations and schools. These agen-
cies, which are similar to influences in
other states, are helping to lift the pro-
fession to more dignified position
than 1t has held.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-06

draw shots. He plays the Zine nurse"
from the lower rail, the balls being on
the upper chalk mark, in a way nc
other expert can initiate. He uses a
21-ounce cue of the regulation size. An
idea of his game can be gathered from
the fact that he averages about seven
at 14-inch bald line billiards and fire.
quently gets as high as IA. At the
straight rail game he plays to score
100 points or no count.