davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-14
TEN PERSONS KILLED
Frightful Result of A Boiler Elk.
plosion in a Chicago
Laundry.
FATAL ToRNA5o IN THE SOUTH
A Number Of People Killed in Texas
and Arkansas and Much Prop
erty Destroyed.

Chicago. March 12.-Ten persons
were killed a number probably fatal
" injured aud a score wounded by the
explosion OF the boiler Of the Doremus
laundry. los West Madison sstreet, at
STA O'Clock in the morning. The
building was formerly known as the
Waverly iheater, the adjoining section
on the west being occupied by the Vol
unteers of America as divisional head
quarters 1t was almost wholly shat
tered. leaving tie walls in lettering
condition and rendering the work Of
rescue both hazardous and slow. Pc
lice patrol wagons and ambulances
were soon on tile scene and into them
were placed the MANNED victims.
They were takn to the county hospital.
They were taken 10 the county AoSpi-
fnl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-14

Princeton Ind. March ll.-This
city WAS struck by tornado last
night one dwelling was totally
wrecked. several others We're moved
from foundations and hundreds IL out
buildings were demolished Fortu-
nateiy no lives were lost. Many large
hulldlmes Mere .lamagea
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-14
nnh stnrm ln ,Iichirnn.

Grand Rapids Mich March IL.
Dispatches % Tile Herald from yari-
nus points I'm western Michigan iudi-
cate that Yesterdays wind S.eet aud
rain storm almost paralyzed the state
telephone Sery iep.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-14
Explosion BADLY Felt.

The noise and shock of the cXplo-
sion We're widely felt. buildings in all
directions having been shaken and in
many instances tile heavy plate glass
windows in ntighboriug shops We're
shattered Thousands of persons We're
attracted TO The scene hundreds pour
in- cut IF the cable cars which Vera
blocked east and west for many
blocks
Aided by the police and tiremen and
the corps of city police and Red Cross
ambul3uceS. physicians from the
Deigbborhoul rendered effective Scrv-
ice IN the rescue dud proper handling
Of the wounded Al sorts of rumorS
few thick and fast. An early report
was that most ct the loo employees
Of tile laundry were carried down and
killed under tile boiler
One Man say - -Four Girls.
William Nusyut So sheldon street,
who WAS among the first ou the spot.
brought credit 20 himself by quick
~ removing four young women from
places of danger Be tEc second floor
Of tie laundry He rugged up board anI
tackle and lowered Jhem u the ground
The defamation WAS heard aS fir
east as the river ana Is Western ave
nue. ON the west. Fhe excitement WIS
intense and Jpn 4 short me West Mad
isou street from Elizabeth rs Center
avenue was crowded. flo add ra the
confusion and danger hre started O.
the building III was quickly tNtu
cUl~hed. however.
81 II HarcmuS. owner of fhe lauu
dry. wa> arrested shortly latere naHn
7, IS ~aid thIt he was warmed y I'll,
CTS boiler Inspector not ,q u>e II,
boiler iu His establishment.
fav rs fvfae fob printing ta
.t-e uea and eur tstes.e- lfe
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09

or trees, including their chief char
acteristics. time Of growth. distribution.
reproduction and repression. Problems
Of fires, numbering. grazing, tree plant
ing ana the flow and erosion Of
streams are studied. thus furnishing the
scientific basis upon which the practical
work of the bureau is done. The third
DIVISION. that of records. has to do with
the office work, the routine collection Of
hgures and the library.
At the present time. the work Of the
bureau covers seventeen States, with a
force OF 10 persons. Included In the
force are eighty-one college assistants,
students who will take up the work for
n living. The forests of the new insular
possessions furnish a likely field for the
young men now training themselves for
the work Not less worthy is the cul-
tivation OF trees in areas that have been
of the forests. The spring
Hoods IN the Ohio Valley show the need
OF this work, while the drought Of the
western States would be greatly ameli-
GRATED II there We're a greater area Of
forest land TO retain moisture.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
wORLDS-19O3-FAIR
TINE FOB ACTION.

To-day's meeting of the House of Del
egates should be a busy one. Much
work will be accomplished between the
time of calling the body to order and nd
journment IL the members do their duty
to themselves as servants Of the city.
The New st. Louis will be kept back
unless they take action that has been too
long delayed.
1t is UP to the combine" After such
strenuous professions Of friendship for
smoke abatement, the Council bill now
lies apparently forgotten In committee.
Likewise, the bill providing for the re-
newal Of the garbage contract waits to
be acted upon.
Then there are several street improve
ment bills that have been held up by
Chairman Geraghty and his friends in
the Committee o Public Improvement.
Ii is time that the rumor Of cement
deals should be made to cease, through
a prompt passage of the bills.
Of course, the House may not take ac-
ton on any of these matters. II the
combine considers that the public pa
thence is exhausted, some Of the meas
ures may be moved along a peg or SO.
IL not-but why discuss disagreeable
imprObabilities?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
FULFILLING PROMISES.

In the reported notable increase in the
assessed valuation Of street and steam
railway properties in Missouri there is
a gratifying indication that the State
Board Of Equalization has made an
equitable adjustment Of the burden of
taxation as between private citizens and
corporations In SO far rs is possible
through recognition Of the growing val
ue of railway properties.
The boards report of its work in this
field, now shortly forthcoming, will be
received with profound attention by the
people of Missouri. 1t is believed that
the ground has been carefully and con-
~scientiously covered and that the new
valuations established by the boards
findings will show that a just appraise-
ment has been made. 1t Is, perhaps. in
evitable that there shall be vigorous
protests voiced by certain of the cOrpo-
ratiOns affected, but this is always likely
under such circumstances.
The duty of the State Board of Equal
ization Is to make q fair assessment of
the valuation Of taxable property. IL
this has been done in the present in
stance the board has no cause for ap-
of a misjudgment Of the
worth Of its services. 1t il the people
who will pass final judgment upon the
merits OF such services. And popular
judgment Is safe judgment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
ERV

Commodore NJ. ]. Steffen of Chicago.
in asking that photography be given
greater consideration by the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition than has been
heretofore accorded to that branch of
art, has a proper appreciation Of the i'm
portance that should attach TO such a
display. In an interview printed in The
Republic he proposes a separate build
ing, connected with the main art build
ing, In which examples Of the best work
done by means of the camera may be
shown.
Both the Columbian and the Pan
American expositiOns showed to this art
q certain neglect. The photographs have
generally been hidden in a corridor or in
an obscure room, their importance being
minimized and a handicap placed on the
approval that might justly belong TO
them.
photography in the last few years has
developed from a mechanical process to
a distinct art. Within the last month
there have been printed in The Re-
public reproductions Of photographs
aiken in this city that will class with
the highest productions Of paint and
brush. Portraiture of the highest class
Is now done by means Of q amera in
the hands of an operator whose chief
thought is not of mechanics, but Of COM
position, pose, character and finish,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
HOW TO L CORN

The Globe Democrat would be a won.
der In the grain pit.
1t remarks with feeling that Mr.. Cor.
win IL. Spencer does not tell the trutb
when he says that he bought corn last
winter for a rise. The Globes sapient
reason Is that there was no drought in
the winter and that Mr.. Spencer could
not have known about the rise in price.
MIR. Spencer. like several other able
operators, believed last winter that the
worlds grain conditions called for a rise
In corn prices. The drought increased
the price still more, but had nothing to
do with the early calculations of the
bulls in Chicago and st. Louis.
The Globes conception is that a bul,
waits until the top price has been
reached and then goes long on corn.
If the Globe would 60 on the floor
morning and announce its discov-
cry the ~jocular brokers would pour
enough wheat samples down its back TO
teach 1t the difference between Missouri
wheat in the spring and Dakota spring
wheat-a difference its lubberly intellect
has been struggling with for six months.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
PORTO RICO'S EXHIBIT.

Mr.. Fred L. Cornwall, formerly Of st.
Louis and an enlisted man in Battery A
during the war with Spain, but now a
resident Of Mayaguez, Porto Rico. and a
member of the Porto Rican Legislature,
assures h Worlds Fair management
that the Porto Rican exhibit at the
Worlds Fair will be Of SURPRISING merit
and interest.
Ii Is to be supposed that the mer-
chants and people of Porto Rico plain
~ perceive the great and certain benefit
that VIII come TO them from such an ex-
hiDit. Their island, under the adyan-
'asecus conditions of free trade with the
rest OF the United States, is entering up
on an era Of prosperity such as it has
never before known. With a free-trade
advantage over Cuba, the tobacco and
sugar Industries of Porto Rico must in
evltably receive a tremendous stimulus.
other lines Of trade will be correspond
ingly benefited.
Every step taken by the Porto Ricans
acquaint this country with the re-
sources Of their islands will be to their
advantage. A supreme opportunity for
advertising is offered by the
Worlds FAIR. Mr.. Cornwall should
have no trouble in securing from the
Porto Rican Government a liberal ap-
for a Porto Rican exhibit at
the Worlds Fair Of 1903. Every dollar
thus expended will be returned a hun
ired-fold in the consequent increase and
extension of Porto Rico's trade.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
CHESTS

Springfield could entertain no more
loyal host than that which is now gath.
cred there for the annual reunion of the
Confederate veterans Of Missouri. That
the old soldiers Of the State promise to
make this years gathering more notable
than usual is evidence Of the fond mem
cries cherished Of the days spent in the
nedd fighting for the lost cause.
Special significance attaches to this
years reunion because Of the unwilling
OF the monument { the Confederate
dead that has been erected by the
Daughters of the ~Confederacy. 1t is a
memorial to the thousands of brave men
and boys who left their homes In Mis-
souri, for the sake Of conscientious con-
victions.
The intensity OF their devotion to the
~Confederacy in the Civil War has in the
years since that struggle been turned
into the channels Of private life. The
veterans now assembled in Springfield
are Of the best blood and stock in the
United States. Their impress has been
left on every good work done in Mis-
souri,. They and their sOns helped to
furnish the six regiments for the Span-
ish-American War, n member of
which would have willingly died for the
Stars and Stripes as for the old Con-
federacy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
DEATH PREVENTED.
SIGNING OF WILL.
Legal Document Arrived at City
Hospital Too Late for Mrs.
Mary Petherick.

Mrs. Mary Petherick's death at the City
Hospital. yesterday afternoon. occurred a
few minutes too soon to permit her to sign
a will dividing property which she had in
herited but two weeks age. Her death was
the result OF burns and a~sphyxiation In a
fire early Wednesday morning at her resi-
dence, No. BOIL Lawton avenue.
Her daughter ard son-tn-iaw. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Julius Peterson, arrived at the hos
pital at 40 D. m. with the document.
which had been drawn UP by q notary pub
lie. and which Mrs. Petherick wished to
sign. But life had passed from Mrs. Peth-
erick ten minutes before her daughters ar
rival. The property will now pass through
the hands Of the Public Administrator.
Wednesday night. at the hospital. Mrs
Petherick expressed q wish TO make q viii.
Mr.. and MIRA Peterson were present A
oocument was drawn up by 9 n9eptai pny-
property equally divided between Charles
Petherick, who Is the testators husband.
and Mrs. Peterson. This viii was signed.
But yesterday morning. when mrs. Peth-
erick took the win to a aver. u vas pro-
nounced Illegal Preparations we're made TO
nave Mrs Petherick sign another VIII. but
II was then too late. The property involved
amounts to about 500. 1t was inherited
from Mrs. Petherick's mother.
MIS-; Petherick was sleeping when the fire
wse uncovered in her mouse. Wnen sne
sSone ner room was full OF smoke. and IN
me attempt to reach a window sne Tell un.
she could not survive the shock She was
81 years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
EASY ISSUE.

1t seems to be the Globe Democrats
aim to create an impression that the
Democratic management Of MissOuri's
financial affairs between the years 1879
n 1901 has been characterized by
c~rookedness and dishonest practices and
that under Republican rule preceding
1919 honesty and wise financiering pre-
| vailed.
III the Globe Democrat insists upon
THIS comparison between Republican and
Democratic control in Missouri there will
assnredly be no objection on the part of
Missouri Democracy. The issue ill be
giadiy accepted and the facts be; ring up
on 1t will be laid in detail before the
people. The results of Republican DOM
nance in the State will be presented
from the official records. The condition
In which Missouri was left as the penalty
OF Republican management of its affairs
will be plainly shown. The dark story
OF h railroad looting under dictator
snip OF Republican policies, involving a
loss OF many millions of dollars to Mis-
souri, taxpayers, will again be told.
This Is a fair and logical procedure in
lighting out the issue raised by the
Giobe-Democrat. If that paper is will
ing to enter such a contest it will find
Missouri Democracy ready. The Globe
Democrat Is cOntendiLg that Democrat
ic rule in Missouri is corrupt rule, and |
that for this reason the State Offices |
should be filled by Republicans. 1t is |
SO insistent upon this latter requisite |
that 1t refuses to submit proof Of its |
charges Of Democratic ~crookedness, de-
handing that a Republican administra-
ton be first elected as the condition I'D
which Democratic crookedness will
be exposed. Carried to its logical con-
c%lusion, the Globes argument is that the
party in Missouri is the dis
honest party, and the Republican party
Is the honest party.
As a matter of course, the only way to
settle such a question is to go back to
The records. What happened to Missouri
when the Republicans We're in control
Mt Jefferson City? What has been the
effect Of Democratic control since the
were Ousted? In the an
swer to these questions must be found
The claims Of the two parties for the es-
feem and confidence of Missouri voters.
the Globe-D Democrat agrees to
abide by the logic of this test of party
merit the Democracy Of Missouri will be
'oLnd prepared for the encounter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09

the simplest proposition to be faced by
the management. With the Presidents
proclamation to foreign Governments is
sued on the authority of the documents
submitted by the Worlds Fair envoy
the actual building of the Worlds Fair
VIII begin and all the nations of earth
VIII coincidently enter upon their prep
arations to participate in that great Ex-
position. The phase of Worlds Fair
progress now being reached cannot be
contemplated by loyal st. Louisans
without the most sincere satisfaction.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09

Much In a humorous vein has been writ
ten about Doctor r. ]. Hyatt and the
Weather Bureau. Not alone does 81. Louis's
weather forester suffer in this respect.
Men occupying Ike positions in other cities
are subject to the same attacks. Most
weather men are good fellows like the St.
Louis official. and seldom do they object to
the newspaper stories that are written
about them.
But taking the serious side Of the ques-
ton. Doctor Hyatt performs q greater pub
lie service daily than many persons give
him credit for. The people are SO used to
hearing Of 'Hyatt's weather." "Hyatt's
guessing" and numerous other little refec-
tions or the part of the weather man that
they rarely stop to think Of the serious
side Of the question. Doctor Hyatt takes
all these little jokes In good humor and
goes ahead with his work. He's q jovial
Fellow and Is wont to joke with his callers
about the weather and such things. But
when It comes to preparing maps. taking
and checking up the telegraphic reports he
is seriousness personined. There 10 no jok-
ing then. for Uncle Sam requires all his
reports absolutely correct.
The Weather Bureau Of the United States,
1t Is said. originated from a system at one
time in vogue in the regular army. Each
day from the army posts OF the country
came telegraphic reports Of the weather on
that date. The work was done under the
direction Of General Miles. Then Hazen,
Greedy. Harrington and the present incum-
bent. Professor Willis l. Moore. came to
have charge. Professor Moore was the only
one Of these to work himself up from the
rank OF observer. Each year improvements
been made. Better telegraphic facilI-
ties were put into use and the result is
that no country has a better weather ser
vice than the United States.
OF course the predictions sometimes fail.
1t is readily seen by close observation and
a talk with Doctor Hyatt that this is un-
on his part. When he makes a
prediction of rain. his instruments and all
telegraphic conditions have indicated that
Louis was to have q rain. These instru- |
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09

ments have stood the test and are pro-
nounced perfect.
Doctor Hyatt has been in the service Of
the Weather Bureau twenty-one years. He
was reared In Washington. d. c., and was
admitted to the practice of dentistry. He
had charge of the Offices at Petersburg.
w. Va, Cincinnati. O.. Vicksburg, Miss,
Pensacola, Fla. Hannibal. Mo-, and worked
in the Washington office before coming to
St. Louis.
Doctor Hyatt depends entirely upon his
instruments and Geographic reports for his
forecasts. The storm center Is located, and
twice a day he makes his deductions from
these. Then he prepares his weather map.
The weather may presents an outline map
OF the United States and Canada. showing
the stations where weather observations are
taken daily at s a. N. These observations
consist OF readings Of the barometer, Their
mometer (dry and wet). direction and We
locity Of wind. state Of sky whether cloudy
or otherwise, and amount of rain or snow.
The general movement of storms I'm the
United States Is from west to east, similar
to a series Of atmospheric waves Of which
the crests are designated on the mar
highs" and the troughs or depressions
lows" These alternating highs and lows
have an average easterly movement Of
about 800 miles per day.
BY bearing In mind a few general rules
as to the direction and rate of movement
or the low and high. with the blowing Of
the wind from the high toward the Low,
coming weather changes may be forseen by
a glance at the map.
speaking OF the drought now prevailing in
this vicinity. Doctor Hyatt said: "A drought
Is liable to happen at any time. II Jupiter
causes II, that Is for the astronomers 10
say. not the Weather Bureau officials. 1t
depen1s entirely upon the course Of the
storms. There have been good rains in both
the North and South. We have had none
and there Is the cause of your drought. |
Last year the Northwest had very little
rain. In North and South Dakota they bad
no more rain than We have had this year.
In the present summer they have been hay-
Ing good rains. My territory covers a dis /
lance of twenty miles around ST. louis. bu, |
IL no rain falls In my pans out on the roof |
of the Federal building I get no credit"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
FIVE HUNDRED
CARS OF PEACHES,
This 1t Is Estimated Will Be the
Crop in and Near Howell Coun-
ty-Ripening Fast.
BLTC ST ECTAL

REL sFECTAL
West Plains. Mo-. Aug. s.-The peach crop
IN this section is beginning to ripen. and
Of the fruit will begin within a
lew days Fruit men from all over the
United states are coming here to buy. All
along the line of the Memphis route prepa-
rations have been made to rush the crop to
market: Tbs shipments from the different
points In this section are estimated as fol-
lows Cedar Gap. 10 cars: Willow Springs,
~ ears, Mountain View. % cars; Pomona,
40 cars; Olden. 60 cars: West Plains "a
cars; Brandsville. Is cars; Koshkonong, go
cars: mayer. Is cars; Mammoth Spring, 20
cars; John q. McNair Of St. Louis, owner
OF the American Orchard Company at Kosh-
konons: mas bought all the crop at that
point. Inc Armour refrigerator line will
handle the fruit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-09
BUREAU OF FORESTRY.

1t II well that the new Bureau Of
Forestry of the Government is meeting
with the general encouragement II de-
serves. A few years back and a plan to
preserve the trees from destruction
would have received scant encourage
ment In any Of the States. The lessons
Of q few foods and the present drought
are having their proper effect on the
public estimat. Of the value of forestry.
This years appropriation for the
bureau is $1S5 ,440, or more than twice
the amOun appropriated last year for
the forestry division Of the Department
Of Agriculture, $SS,52O. The growth in
favor Of the work may be judged
further by the fact that for the fiscal
year 1S9S-99 the sum set aside for the
work was only $2S,520.
There are three divisions in the new
bureau-forest management, forest in
vestigation and the division Of records.
The work of the first named division is
to assist owners Of public and private
forest areas In developing the best pos
sibilities Of their property. The divi-
sion will send an expert to discover the
condition Of standing timber, the facili-
ties for marketing, the prospects Of re-
production, the best methods Of cutting
the timber 80 as to insure the highest
present and future yields, and the fnan-
cial possibilities under a systematic
management.
After the expert prepares his prelim-
mary report, the owner, IL he decides
to follow the suggestions, is given a
working plan by which he may be
helped toward an Intelligent manage
ment of the property. The work Of the
experts will cover every section Of the
country, SO that the administration of
the bureau calls for an extensive and
knowledge even greater thar
that necessary for a successful forester
in Europe, where conditions are not a |
of experiment.
This is not al entirely new field of |
work for the Government experts. Up !
to the present time, private owners Of
with IN area Of 100000 acres !
have applied for advice, and about IT,
900 acres have been placed under man.
agement. Aside from this, the Interior
has put the 100000 acres
belonging to the Government under the
care Of the bureau.
Porest Investigation eoyers the study !