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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
UNION MINERS CHARGED
 WITH BLOWING UP MINE

that the destruction of the property was part of a scheme to cast discredit on the Western Federation of Miners. Twenty non-union men were working on the eighth level of the mine at the time of the explosion, but none was injured.
 The damage caused by the explosion amounts to several thousand dollars.
 After a meeting of business men tonight BOO men of Idaho Springs went to the city jail and took fourteen men who had been arrested for blowing up the mine building, marched them to the city limits and told them never to return. The men driven out include the president of the local miners union, and some of the subordinate officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
A. B. YoUNosoN DEAD.
Engineer Who Succeeded P. M. Arthur
 Follows HIm to the Grave.

Cleveland. July so.-A special dispatch received early today says A. B. Young son. who succeeded to the grand chief tainship of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers on the death of P. M. Ar thur, died at Meadville, Pa.. this morn- ing (Thurday)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
FURNITURE MEN ADJOURN.
Convention at New York Comes to Close After Election of Officers.

New York, July 29.-The first annual convention of the Furniture Association of America, which has been in session for five days, closed tonight with the elec- ton of officers. The new officers are as follows:
 President, W. H. Koech, Plttsburg.
 Vice Presidents, A. J. Conroy, CincIn- nati; Frederick B. Smith. Detroit; J.. Niles Bacon, Rochester.
 Secretary. Robert Miller, New York
 Treasurer Benjamin F. Burns, Harris burg.
 The 1904 convention will probably be held at the St. Louis exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
LOWELL FlREMEN
 COME TO RESCUE.

The property Is situated over the Lo- well line In Tewsbury, but the Lowell fire department aided in caring for the wounded. Before stream of water was started from the engines the hose from all the wagons was taken out and the bodies of the wounded were placed in the wagons and hurried to the hospital. Ambulances soon appeared and assisted the firemen, and all sorts of vehicles were pressed into service. Nearly forty pers- ons were taken to the two hospitals within half an hour, while many more whose injuries were slight had their wounds dressed and remained to assist in caring for the less fortunate.
 The explosion shook Lowell and within half an hour there were at least 5O,00c persons on the scene of the catastrophe. The crowd so hindered the work that the mayor sent out militia call. Three companies responded and three hours later had a cordon of men around the disaster and cleared the place of every one except those immediately engaged in quenching the flames and searching for victims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
ALL WAS OVER IN
 FIVE SECONDS.

This magazine was followed immediate ly by the gunpowder on the wagons and several seconds later by the second mag azine. The entire catastrophe occurred in the space of scarcely five seconds, but In that time the surrounding property was swept as if small volcano had broken forth. Every house within two hundred yards collapsed Trees were blown down, the grass within a hundred yards was moved as if by lawn mower, while bricks from the two magazines were hurled far across the river and alfover the neighborhood. For several minutes after wards the air was filled with smoke and dust illuminated by the glare from the already burning debris.
 The work of rescue began at once, but in many cases the flames had already gained full sway over the crumbled ruins and several persons were burned to death before the wreckage which covered them could be removed,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
They Join Orthodox Pilgrimage.

St. Petersburg. July 3.-The czar. the czarina and their suite left last evening to- join the orthodox pilgrimage to saroff, province of Tamboff where the orthodox church is to celebrate the canonization of lthe hermit, Prokhor Moshnin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30

sion tore a patch fifty feet wide for a distance of nearly 300 yards. The four boys were caught in the center of this path and were killed.
 Most of the property destroyed consists of small buildings, constructed of wood and the property loss will not be heavy. The select men of the town of Tewks- bury believe that s75,000 will cover the entire loss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
Chadwick to Be Coach.

New Haven. Ct, July 2s.-captain Raf- ferty of the Yale football team announces today that George B. Chadwick of Brook lyn. captain of last years team. had ac- cepted the place ef field coach for the football squad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
Maehen case comes up Auaust 5

Washington. July 29.-The district su- preme court today affixed August for hearing on the demurrer of August w. Machen. formerly general superintendent of free delivery, to two indictments a ga inst him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
MAGAZINES WERE
 BUILT OF BRICK.

The magazines were the property Of the Tinted states Cartridge company of Low ell. They were built of brick, about ten feet high, with rounded roof of corru- gated iron. They were constructed some thirty years ago. in what was then broad, open field, on the banks of the Con cord river. During the last decade, small wooden houses have sprung up In the vicinity, crowding near to the two maga- zines, until they surrounded them except on the river side. The nearest house was scarcely fifty feet from the powder depot.
 One of the magazines was just within the roadside fence, while the other one was just hundred feet behind 1t. near the bank of the river. Both magazines ordinarily contained two or three tons of gunpowder in tin kegs, each keg being about IS inches high and a foot in diane ter. The company has for some time been desIrous of strengthening the floor of the magazine nearest the street and this morning three employees of the company. were sent there with three wagons to take out the powder and mend the floor. Two of the trucks were loaded when the explosion occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
BOYS KILLED WHILE
 PREPARING TO SWIM.

Two hundred yards further down the river from the second magazine the fro men came across the bodies of four boys who had been about to have a swim. A fifth boy was in the river when the ex- plosion occurred and escaped injury. Ap- parentiy the force from this second magazine expended north and south On the north 1t demolished the house of William Riggs. about fifty yards distant, almost burying Mrs. Riggs and severely injuring her son. Mrs. Riggs died. On the other side of the magazine was a grove of trees through which the explo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
Suburb OI Lowell, Mass, is a Mass of Ruins, Not a House
 Being Left on Its Foundations
NltrogIycerine Was Leaking and Man Attempted to Dilute it With Waterbut Used Nitric Acid by Mistake
DWELL, Mass, July 2s.-Two

I DWELL, Mass, July 29.-Two l. small gunpowder magazines, sit uated in the midst of the cottages of fifty mill operatives, exploded today, killing more than score and injuring nearly fifty persons. Half a dozen men who were loading kegs of powder from one of the magazines were blown to pieces; four boys, 200 yards away, fourteen frame houses, within radius of 400 yards went down as though they had been built of cards. Seven of these houses immediately caught fire from overturned stoves and burned. At least three persons were caught in the ruins of the houses and burned to death, while seven or eight others who were taken from the fire died subse- quent1y of their injuries.
 In all, seventy buildings were de- stroyed, while windows for five or six miles around were pulverized. The re- port could be heard distinctly more than fifty miles away The known dead:
 George Finn.
 John MoMasters.
 Louis R. Richards.
 James L. Grady, all employed by the United States Cartridge company.
 James B. Sullivan.
 Charles Moore.
 J. L. RoIIeau, all employed by the Stanley Forwarding company.
 Gilbert McDermott, fo years old. Michael McDermott, f2 years old. Thomas HouIlgan, ii years old.
 Joseph Houlgan, 10 years old.
 William Galloway.
 Robert Galloway.
 Robert Galloway, Jr.
 Alfred Lebrune.
 Mrs. Catherine Riggs.
 Eddie Rogers.
 George A. McDermott, years old Josephine Perusse.
 sephrlam Perusse.
 The last-named were killed by the fall of their houses or. burned to death. Unidentified man.
 Four persons are missing, two car penters and John Riggs and Patrick Spencer.
 Fatally injured: .Amadee BouIanger, Clarendon Good win, both employees of the cartridge company; Mrs. Howard 6urkett, Miss McDermott, EIIze Galloway, Clara su- pernau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
TWO MEN HAVE
 MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

Clarendon Goodwin, foreman of the men who were loading the powder. and his assistant, Amadee Boulanger, escaped death, although within fifty feet of the magazine. Boulanger was injured and taken to a hospital. He said the men went down to the magazine nearest the street to fix the floor. and after two wag
 ons had been loaded with powder, it was discovered that can of nitro glycerine which was stored in the magazine was leaking. Mir Goodwin picked up what he thought was jug of water and began to pour 1t onto the nitro glycerine with the Idea of dluting 1t and washing It up. As soon as the fluid from the jug struck the floor he found that 1t was nitric acid. The floor at once began to smoke. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
WEATHER FORECAST.

: For Alabama Showers Thursday |, and Friday: variable winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30

when the men saw 1t, they rushed from the building, but had not gone ten feet when the explosion occurred.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

The man of muscle may carry a
bod, dig a ditch, or even man a
pillow, and have a dollar a day for his
labor, and he is worth every cent OF
it. The man of skill may not have
half the strength of the other, but he
gets S. a day, and often more. One
works with his hands and legs and
the lumbar muscles; the other works
with his mind. The mind is the Of
fcer in command, the boss OF the
job; the muscles are the prlVateS'
who come and go as the mind Oil
reefs. Skill is entitled to more pay
than physical power, because 1t Is
a higher and rarer function. AZ
piled to farmers, this principle holc'
good. The plodder laborS InduS'Il
ously, but to bad advantage, gatn5Is
his corn and cotton and reneWS VDt
mortgage of last year, for ne mus
have bacon and coffee and sugar anu
salt and baking soda and a sack ~
two of flour, and his crop has PARE Tbo
ly paid his last years bills, n%
farmer Of skill breeds and sells SoIo
fine stock, or he grows markei 5;n6
fruit and vegetables that bring nLS
prices in their season; or. ne gid ond
a nursery of trees and plants is A4 to
makes his acres Weld him so u
800 each, and at the end OF the % SS~
son he has a surplus when ne 90 or
utilize in charging his business
lend some of it to the pI0dde[ a. 90,
good rate of interest, with gooT men
curity~ The world wants more lrrbere
of skill on the farms and every"D''
else.-Farm and Ranch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

be carefully set out two feet ono..
on the ridge after all blooms o~S
young berries have been ron,ouo5
The sooner Strawberries are nlar+oI
in the spring, provided the land =.
in good working condition. the Soon
er and better the crop for the s,,o
ceeding year will be.
LIVESTOCK.
Livestock of all kinds should bo
in good condition during this month
It is an excellent period for gettino
the most Objectionable steers and
COWS in good condition and ~selIino
them to the butcher. Early lambs
well grown, bring the highest prices
in the Northern markets the latter
part of this month. By that time
they should show an average WEIGHT
of at least sixty-fve to seventy
pounds. Good, fat pigs, kids, early
chickens, are all in active demand in
the great markets of the country,
Tomatoes should be planted in the
field for a commercial crop as early
as possible during the month, and
protected, if possible, against the
very cool nights by using a cold
frame. Apple trees should be
sprayed with a bordeaux mixture
composed of four pounds of copper
sulphate, five pounds of lime and
fifty gallons of water just before
dropping the bloom, and again after
the fruit has well set. The greatest
success in the growing of fancy ap-
pies has been attained by spraying
several times during the summer
with this mixture. Melons of all
kinds must be planted in May and
protected against the cool nights by
the use of cold-frames. The work
for May is so varied in character
and so necessary to secure good
crops in the fallthat a whole volume
would not be too much to indicate
everything that should be done and
how to do it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
A WORK FOR Nay

LII peas A4dJ " 0O"A az
any time from the LIST of April I'M
til the 1st of August, the best time
of all is about the goth of May,
especially in the northern part of
the border States. Land should be
well broken, thoroughly pulverized,
and as much preparation given to it
as if it were intended for the SOW
ing of wheat. a bushel of peas TO
the acre drilled with an ordinary
wheat drill will be sufficient. No
other work is required. When the
purpose is mainly to obtain a large
yield of peas they should be sown
In drills two and one-half feet apart
and cultivated like corn. They may
be sown broadcast and covered with
a harrow or brush if the main pur-
pose is to make hay. Pea hay may
be cut with a mower and treated
In all respects like clover hay. It is
more difficult to cure than clover
hay, for it has a large ~succulent
stem that requires several days to
dry sufficiently to prevent molding.
If a farmer is provided with open
sheds, the best method is to hang
the pea vines over beams or tier
poles where they can receive the
free action of the air. After a few
days the hay may be packed down
without any danger from fermenta-
ton. Pea hay is as nutritious as
clover hay, and both are more nu-
tritious han timothy hay, the stand
ard to which all others are referred.
Peas sown in a corr field at the
last cultivation of the corr some
times prove a very profitable crop,
especially if the weather should be
favorable for their growth. When
sown with corn the peas will fur
nish a large quantity of excellent
food for cattle, sheep and hogs dur
ing the winter months after the corn
is gathered.
There are many varieties of peas,
all of which have their good quail
ties. If it is intended to ameliorate
the condition of the soil by plow-
ing under the crop, the black pea is
unquestionably the best. 1t is pro-
life in vine and makes a very thick
mat, although it does not yield as
many peas to the acre. The Whip
poorwill yields more peas. The I'm
known and Clay peas are the favo-
rites with many planters, especially
in the extreme Southern States. The
Unknown resembles the black in its
tendency to make a luxuriance of
vine. The Clay pea yields very
abundantly. These varieties are of
ten intermixed and sown together.
The Carolina and Eureka are we'll
established varieties in the Southern
States. Of all the crops no one is
of more general Importance than
the pea crop when its value as a
forage and as a food and as an i'm
proven of the soil are considered.
Cowpeas are indeed the clover of
the South-having this advantage
over clover, that there is never a
failuro In q orOn when n~rOnpr1v
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

peas Is W COuNS1G JIG N1AC0 LII hoJ
The next best is to permit the peas
to ripen and gather them or pasture
them. The poorest economical re-
suits will come from turning a pea
vine under as a green crop.
GLOVER HAY.
The latter part of May is consid-
cred by all farmers living south of
latitude of SO degrees the best time
for cutting and making clover hay.
It should be cut when about one
third of the blooms are beginning
to dry. The best plan for making
clover hay is to begin to NOV the
clover early in the morning and con-
tinue throughout the day. The sub
sequent morning, before the hay be-
comes entirely free from dew, it is
raked up into windrows, then put
into shocks, where it should remain
twenty-four to. thirty-six hours. It
should never be allowed to remain
spread out on the ground until it
becomes dry and crisp from the heat
of the sun. In this case the leaves
crumble to the touch, and the value
of the hay is much impaired. Put
into shocks while yet green and half
cured, fermentation sets in imme-
diately, but this fermentation is not
excessive, because the circulation of
the air through the shocks keeps the
clover hay comparatively cool. It
should be rehandled after it begins
to heat and aired well. Treated in
this way it is bright and sweet, and
may be stored in barns or put up in
ricks without any danger. In threat
ening weather the hay may be put
in a barn after one days sun, but in
this case it should be rehandled af-
ter thirty-six hours and aired thor
oughly. Fermentation Injuries hay,
because it usually induces mold,
which is very Objectionable to stock.
PEANUTS.
Peanuts, a most valuable crop,
should be planted as early in May as
possible, provided the ground is
warn and the apparent danger from
frOC+ - norcoJ IT, -I;+o -oo--+z
or the spreading variety, the land is
checked off in rows two and One-half
to three feet apart, and two kernels,
after being carefully hulled by hand,
r dropped at the points of the
intersection of the burrows like corn
and covered with a hoe to the depth
of one and one-half to two inches.
In Smelling the nuts care must be
taken not to break the delicate mem
brane that surrounds the kernels,
for this will impair or totally de-
stroy their vitality. If the land af-
ter planting should become com
pacted by a hard rain, a light harrow
should be run over it when the land
is dry enough to pillow in order to
break the obstructing crust so that
the very delicate shoot can make it's
way to the surface. Red peanuts are
planted in ridges like cotton. The
rows are run off three feet apart and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

OSSO
the proper depth, and to drop the
kernels at the required intervals and
at the same time cover them. About
two and one-haIf bushels in the hull
are required to plant an acre. The
brown miIlipede, the-cutworm, the
wood mouse and the mole r all
great enemies of the peanut when
just planted. Replanting should
begin if the plant does not appear
above ground in ten days.
Many peanut-growers object to
the use of any manure whatever, but
in this they undoubtedly commit an
error. The application of a large
amount of stable manure would
prove detrimental, but in small
quantities it is highly beneficial. The
best fertilizer for the peanut is an
ammoniated superphosphate of lime,
with some potash. An application
of lime in it's caustic state on other
than limestone soils during the fall
previous to planting would be ben
efcial. The peanut must have lime,
but not too much of it. The heavy
limestone soils will produce a great
quantity of pops. No top-dressing
of lime of any kind should be made.
The superphosphate and the nitro
genous manures may be streWn in
the burrows at the rate of 800 pounds
to the acre. Ashes or kainit will
supply potash, and a greater amount
than $50 pounds to the acre is not
necessary. C~ottonseed meal and
barnyard N in limited quaint
ties are excellent fertilizers for this
crop. Being a Ieguminous plant, the
peanut has the power of extracting
nitrogen from the atmosphere.
STRAWBERRIES.
May is the time for harvesting
strawberries in all the Southern
States and parts of the Southern
States north of the 18th parallel.
The immense strawberry plantations
in Norfolk and Hanover Counties in
Virginia; Hamilton and Gibson
Counties in Tennessee; Duplin, Pen
der and Sampson Counties in North
Carolina; Anne Arundel, Wicomico
and Somerset in Maryland, and
Washington, Crawford and White
in Arkansas become the scenes of
extraordinary activity in the pick
ing, packing, and shipping of this
most delicious and beautiful of all
fruits. There were 61,486 acres in
strawberries in the Southern States
reported in the last census, which
produced 81,667,962 quarts of ber-
ries, an average yield of 400 quarts
to the acre.
The following will show the
ties in the South producing over
100000 quarts:
Quarts.
Anne Arundel County Nd. .7,O31,38O
Norfolk County, Va. 1907 3O
Duplin County, n. @. .4,498, $50
Somerset County, Md. .4,254,11O
Wicomico County, Md. .4,136,71O
Gibson County, Tenn. .4,O59,O3O
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

If not done in April, strawberry
beds should be set out as early as
possible during this month. Low
ridges three and one-half feet apart
thrown up after the land has been
heavily MANFRED and thoroughly
pulVerized by frequent plowings and
harrowings, make the best prepare
ton for a bed. The plants should
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-09-17
The Roots of Trees.

The roots of tree do not cover the
same area beneath the earth as they do
above. A gardener of many years ex-
perience, having had vast deal to do
in digging and transplanting trees
says he has found that the roots OF
trees cover On an average about two
thirds of the area of its branches. The
tree which has the largest area under
ground is the weeping willow. This
trees roots spread to such an extent
that should there be any trees or shrubs
planted within thirty feet of them in a
few years the roots of the willow will
be found interningled with them. Fruit
trees, such as apples, pears and plums,
have very small roots in comparison
with their size. The roots of eurrant
bushes do not occupy more than quar-
ter the space their branches cover.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-09-17
POULTRY POINTERS.

Everything in the poultry house
should be dry.
Ducks will not thrive on sloppy food
nor ON cornmeal alone.
Boiled potatoes, turhjps and other
vegetables may be fed to ducks TO adj.
vantage.
A good food for fattening fowls can
be made by mixing cornmeal with
mashed potatoes and milk.
In dry picking poultry the picking
must be done while the fowl is warm
as soon as possible after the fowl is
killed.
The nests should never be fastened to
the poultry house in such a way that
they cannot be readily removed and
cleaned.
Fowls are very fond of raw yegeta-
bles. Beets, carrots, turnips and espe-
cially cabbage may be fed TO advan-
tage The best plan is to chop them
fine
A dressed fowl may be made to look
plump by dipping it for ten seconds in
water that is nearly boiling hot and
then holding it until chilled in cold
water.