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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
THE CoUNTRY'S MONEY.

The Treasury Department estimates
the population of the United States
on June l, 1904, at S1,752,000. The
circulation per capita is $1,000. That
the United States is we'll able to lose
some of its gold is fully indicated by
the figures Of the gross amount in
circulation on June l, which totals the
enormous sum of $1,095, 528,477, or
two-ffths of the entire amount of
money of various kinds in circulation.
As compared with year ago, there is
total increase in the circulating me-
dunn of $127, 105,092, of which in
crease in gold and gold certificates
contribute over $9,0O0,0OO and nation
al bank notes absolutely secured in
redemption by the gold bonds of the
United States) nearly $37.000.000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
MEN DIE In
EXPLOSION
THREE THOUSAND HEAD OF
CATTLE BURNED.
DISILLERY DISASTER
Thirty Thousand Barrels Of Whiskey
Destroyed at the Plant of the Corn
ing Distilling Company. Property
Loss is Two Million Dollars.

Peoria, Ill.-Ten men were killed,
score injured, 10000 barrels of
whiskey destroyed and 5000 cattle
burned to death as the result Of an ex-
plosion at the plant of the Corning
Distilling Company Saturday evening.
The immense warehouse in which the
explosion occurred was destroyed and
three other buildings were Quilted by
flames. The property loss is over
81, 100000. 1t is thought that the
list will be increased. The Corning
'Distillery plant is said to be the sec
ond largest in the world.
The ten men were buried beneath
the ruins by the explosion and burned
to death. Six others were seriously
injured.
The loss to the distillery will APP
proximate $1,000,000. The fire spread
to the stock yards, where a dozen
large cattle barns, filed with cattle,
were burned. The loss to the stock is
$25O,OOO.
Explosion occurred in an eleven story
warehouse, the third catastrophe in
less than year to overtake the dis
tillery.
The plant was soon surrounded by
thousands Of persons who were I'M
able to get close to the structure on
account Of the heat.
The warehouse containing in the
neighborhood of 10000 barrels Of
whiskey soon was seething cauldron.
The warehouse, in crumbling, set fire
to the smaller structures; while whis-
key from the burning barrels flooded
the street and ran in streams toward
: the river
In a short time there was foot of
whiskey in the cattle pens east of the
warehouse. This was buring furiously
and the bawling of the 5000 steers
chained fast, was pitiable. Their dis
I, tress lasted only few moments, how
ever, for they were soon roasted or
suffocated by the flames.
| Two large fermenting houses were
soon destroyed by the flames. The
fremen made a gallant fight against
great odds. A high wind was blowing
the flames in the direction of the Mon
arch distillery. For time it was fear
ed that the fire would sweep along the
entire river bank.
Elmer Hogan was at work in the
warehouse when the collapse came.
/ He was washed out through break
in the building by the big stream Of
whiskey. He was carried rs feet to-
wards the river before being lodged
against fence from which he escaped
before the fire overlook him. He can
not recover.
The warehouse where the first ex-
plosion occurred was an eleven-story
frame structure covered with CORFU.
gated iron.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
NEGROES GUARD A WOMAN.
Charged By Police Reserves Mob is
Scattered.

New York.-A charge by police re-
serves has been necessary to drive
away thousands Of persons blocking
Central Park West, in front of the
home Of Hannah Elias, the octoroon,
who is charged by John R. Plat, an
aged millionaire manufacturer, with
having secured from him by blackmail
nearly 100000 in cash and real es-
tate. Mrs. Elias has been beseiged in
her splendid residence by deputies
seeking to serve warrant since suit
was brought byPlatt. AS it is a civil
case, the officers are not empowered to
break in the doors, SO they have wait
ed about patiently, expecting the wo-
man to attempt an escape. Meantime
scores of private detectives, employed
by numerous persons interested in the
case, have stationed themselves near
by shadowing all who enter or leave
the house, and serve as an added at
traction to the curious. Finally the
crowd became so dense that Central
Park West was packed block In both
directions. From the sullen attitude
Of the negroes, it is surmised that
they, or at least some Of the leaders,
had an idea Of protecting Mrs. Elias
should she endeavor to leave the
house. When the police reserves were
called the negroes became extremely
sullen and were driven away with
much difficulty, jeering and insulting
the white men as they went.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
German Exhibit Robbed.

st. Louis. 1t has been learned that
gold and precious jewels to the value
Of $1,000 have been stolen from the
German colonial exhibit section Of the
palace Of agriculture at the World s
Fair. A reward Of 5000 has been
offered by the German imperial COM
missioner for the return Of all the
Jewels or the arrest and conviction OF
the thieves. In all lis pieces Of jew
elry were stolen from the exhibit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Killed By Accident.

Lebanon, Tenn. Jim Hackney, son
Of White Hackney, near here, acct
dentally shot himself while out hunt
ing with some boys. It is supposed
that the hammers Of his breech load
ing shotgun were hung in his suspen-
ders and both loads were discharged
into his stomach in his effort to take
the gun down from his shoulder. He
died soon after the accident.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Suicide by Poison.

New York. -Peyton Wyeth of Phil
adelphia, an insurance man, said to
be temporarily unemployed because Of
losses incurred in the Baltimore fire
by the company for which he was as
sistant manager, committed suicide in
Brooklyn by taking cyanide of potas-
SUM. He went to Brookly for medical
treatment for nervous troubles. His
wife was with him and tried to pre-
vent him swallowing tic poison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Merger Fails.

New York. The negotiations which
have been going on for the last six
months looking to consolidation OF
the leading steel and iron companies
of the South, have fallen through. II
was officially learned that investiga,
tons which are being made into the
resources of the different companies
viii be stopped, and The negotiations
regarding consolidation will be per.
manently dropped.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
DYNAMITE NON
UNION MINERS
CRIME COMMITTED AT RAIL
ROAD STATION.
A MOST HORRIBLE DEED
Twelve Men Blown Into Bits and 9th
ers Injured Near Cripple Greek,
Colorado. Station Was Wrecked
Most Horrible Deed.

Cripple Creek, Col.-Twelve men
were killed by the explosion of an in
fernal machine at the railroad station
IN independence Monday and seven
others were seriously injured. Elev-
en- men were killed outright and one
died later from wounds. All the killed
and injured, with the exception Of two
men from the Deadwood mine, we're
non-union miners employed on the
night shift Of the Findley mine, were
waiting to board suburban, train on
the Florence and Cripple Creek rail
road and return to their homes in Grip
pie Creek and Victor. Just after the
engineer OF the approaching train
blew his whistle as a signal to the
miners, according to custom, a ter
rife explosion occurred underneath
the station platform on and near
which twenty-six men were gathered.
The platform was blown into splint-
ers, the station wrecked and a hole
twenty feet in circumference and
about as many feet deep was torn in
the ground. Fragments Of bodies
were hurled through space for several
hundred feet and later were picked
up still quivering.
Some of the bodies dropped into the
pit made by the explosion, but heads,
hands, ears, legs, arms and trunks
were strewn about on all sides. Pieces
of flesh were found on buildings 500
feet away and bloodsains covered ev-
erything within radius of fifty feet.
The force Of the explosion was felt.
throughout the camp and the crash
awakened everybody. The approach
ing train was stopped and the train
crew were the first men to reach the
scene of the disaster. They were join
ed in a few minutes by hundreds of
persons and relief was begun at once.
A special train was sent from Grip
pie Creek carrying physicians, nurses,
officers and many others, but when it
reached independence the injured had
already been placed on board the sub
urban train and removed to the hos
pital in Victor. The mangled bodies
Of the dead, pieced together as well
as possible, were removed to the cor
oner's office.
The internal machine with which
the diabolical work was done consisted
of quantity of dynamite estimated at
100 to 800 pounds, loaded revolver
and long slender steel wire attached
to the trigger. The revolver was fas-
tened so that the pulling Of the trig-
ger would not draw it away. The wire
ran from under the station to the crib
bing Of the Delmonico property, about
400 feet away, where its end was fas-
tened to the rung of chair. The dy-
Mantle was placed close to the muzzle
of the revolIE.Sr: which was discharged
by pulling the %fre when the engineer
blew his whistle. The ball from the
revolver exploded the dynamite.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Lockout Ordered.

Chicago. Eight hundred cigarmak-
ers employed in twenty-nine Of the
largest union cigar factories in the
city are to be locked out this week.
The employers, members Of the Chica-
90 Cigar Manufacturers Association,
declare it is impossible for them to
continue paying the wages expected
by the union workers under the new
schedule that went into effect May /.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Cabinet Members on Stump.

Washington. President Roosevelt
is mapping out a programme of cam
paign spellbinding for members of the
cabinet. Each Of the nine members
will be expected to make at least one
speech. Every effort will be made
to give these addresses the widestpub-
licity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Music Cure is the Latest.

Boston. -"The music cure, has been
taken up by Boston society and its de-
voices are said to be numbered by the
hundreds. It's advocates assert that
music has an extraordinary power to
cure many ills. No particular instru-
ment is favored, but violin is more
frequently employed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Marietta Leaves Gibraltar.

Washington The Navy Depart
ment is advised by cable that the Ma
rietta left Gibraltar for Tangier, hav-
ing gone to Gibraltar for stores for
the combined squadrons now at Tan.
gier.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Japanese Not Paying

Lao Yank. Merchants from the
south complain that the Japanese are
not paying for the supplies taken by
them as they did in the early part OF
the war, and assert that they are even
ill-treated and insulted when they ask
for the money.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Gas Explosion.

Fairmont, w. Va.-An explosion by
gas completely destroyed Fairmont
Coal Company's house early Sunday.
The eight occupants were injured,
four fatally.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Loss Leg in Midair.

New York. While at work on q
twenty-story building in lower Broad
way John Sullivan, laborer, fell five
stories and lost one Of his legs in mid
air through striking a girder.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

Judge j. G. Pritchard Of the Fourth
United States Circuit Court has grant
ed a temporary writ Of habeas corpus,
ordering the release on bail of jose
plus Daniels, president of the Ra-
leigh IN. CO. News and Observer, who
has been held in contempt Of court by
Judge Purnell, of the Federal court.
Attorneys for Daniels presented their
petition and affidavit in the case at
the home of Judge Pritchard in this
city. Judge Pritchard declined to
sign the writ in Washington, which is
out of his jurisdiction. Accompanied
by the attorneys he went to Alexan-
der, Va, where the writ was signed.
Supplement orders intended to pre-
vent repetition of conditions which
existed on the battleship Missouri at
the time Of the disastrous turret ex-
plosion, on April IA, have been issued
by the Navy Department. Although
the court Of inquiry on that accident
found nothing culpable i'll the pres
ence in the turret Of one partly loaded
charge and in the handling room of
two charges for the one gun in use,
the orders now issued limit the total
amount of ammunition to two charges.
In carrying out it's purpose to retain
control of the wireless telegraph along
the coast of the United States, the
Navy Department is establishing sta
lions at intervals along the coast, fit
ed with a German system which is still
in an experiment stage. Admiral
Nancy, chief Of the Bureau of Euip-
ment, who is in charge Of the work,
admits that the apparatus works with
difficulty beyond seventy miles.
The theory entertained by the mil
itary experts, influenced by dispatches
from the region of war, is that the
japanese attack on Port Arthur, will
be made by such force as is now at
the command of the invading army.
The battle is destined to be a desper-
ate one, every military man agrees,
with opinion divided about equally as
to the immNliate result.
The request Of the New York Mari
time Exchange that warship be sent
in search of the Conemaugh of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine Com
pany, now six weeks overdue on its
trip from Honolulu to New York, has
been received at the Navy Depart
ment. The vessel nearest to the Chill
can port where the Conemaugh was
last sighted is the Boston.
1t is as yet impossible to predict
what subjects will engage the atten-
ton Of the health officers assembled
here, but quarantine matters and how
best tc safeguard the states bordering
on the Gulf against invasion from yell
low fever will undoubtedly take up no
little part in the discussion.
The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during May, 1904
amounted to 81, 551 500, as follows
Gold $44, 100000, silver $3S0,0O0, min
or coins $62,565.
A new postoffice has been establish
ed at Halcyon. De Soto parish, La,
and Joseph Plunkett commissioned as
postmaster
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
TIE difficulties that the United
5tskes government has experienced IN

the matter of paying salaries and
compensation to its employees bid fair
to be unraveled as result Of pro-
vision contained in the sundry civil
appropriation bill which was passed
NJ the recent session OF congress. For
years there have been differences of
opinion between treasury officials and
5isbursing officers Of the government
az to the proper method of calculating
and paying the annual and monthly
salaries drawn by thousands OF en-
ployes. Various officials have had diff
ferent ways.
Secretaries Hay and Moody held a
conference over the latest advices
from Tangier regarding the Perdicaris
ease. Consul General GUNNER has
been called to inform the Moorish gov
eminent, the United States govern
ment would insist that the bandit Raj
suli be held personally responsible for
the safety Of Perdicaris, and that
IL any harm come to the captive our
government will demand the capture
and execution Of Raisuli.
Reports that other tribal chieftains
are talking about kidnapping Europe
ans tends to confirm the officials here
in their original reluctance to, COM
pound a felony by paying ransom and
thus. encourage kidnapping. When the
European squadron, commanded by
Rear Admiral jewell, joins the South
Atlantic squadron, commanded by
Rear Admiral Chadwick, at Tangier,
Admiral Chadwick will have command
of the combined feet Of seven vessels.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during May, 1904
amounted to 81, sol ,565, as follows
Gold $44, 100000, silver $3S0,OOO, min
Or coins $62,565.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

A new postoffice has been establish
ed at Halcyon. De Soto parish, La,
and Joseph Plunkett commissioned as
postmaster.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

1t is as yet impossible to predict
what subjects will engage the atten-
ton Of the health officers assembled
here, but quarantine matters and how
best tc safeguard the states bordering
on the Gulf against invasion from yell
low fever will undoubtedly take up no
little part in the discussion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-06
AFTER THE QUARRIES
Aid. RohIand Offers Ordinance,
but 1t Is Referred,

At the meeting Of the board of alder
men last evening Aid. Rohland made a
determined but Intellectual effort to Sc
cure the passage of an ordinance I'M
der suspension of the rules regulating
the quarrying of stone within the city
limits.
The Fifth ward member thought the
regulation as necessary as the recent
ordinance relative to lumber yards, and
argued that it should be enacted at
once, there being a large number Of
Quarries in the Fifth. He said:
$50 many people have been taking
out stone that a great amount of prop
erty has been. made comparatively
valueless. The owners of the quarries
come along and in taking out the stone
dig great hole in the ground, making
the lots in the neighborhood COMPARE
lively valueIess for residence pur-
poses"
Aid. Rohland's motion that the meas
ure be passed under suspension of the
rules failed to receive a second, and
the measure was referred to the COM
mittee on streets.
The proposed ordinance provides
that the operator of any stone quarry
or stone crusher used within $50 feet
of a private residence shall first secure
a permit from the city council, the
operator being required to give a bond
of $4,000 to indemnify the city for
damage that may be done and to
guarantee that the excavation will be
filled after the quarrying has ceased.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-06
TEACHERS WILL SAIL
VIII Go to St. Louis on Char.
tered Steamer and Barge.

The teachers of Minnesota will char
ter steamer and barge for an excur-
sion to st. Louis, where they will st.
TEND the annual convention of the Ma
tlOnal Educational association. J11ne
% to July z. The poat will leave ST
Paul June %, and will remain one week
at st. Louis. The party will return
In time to reach Minnesota before the
summer schools open in July.
The teachers decided to charter the
steamer and barge on which they Will
be provided with accommodations
while at st. Louis as we'll as on the
way up and down the river so as to
be relieved of the uncertainty Of secur-
ing hotel accommodations while in the
exposition city.
A great many applications for res
erVatons have already been received
by w. f. Kuntz, state director of the
National Educational association.
The convention promises to be of
especial interest to the teachers, as
many important educational matters
will be considered, among them the
school systems Of other countries.
Sessions will be held on the exposi-
ton grounds. The board of managers
of the Minnesota exhibit have given
the teachers the privilege of making
the Minnesota building their head
quarters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-06
BODY OF MURDERED
MAN FOUND IN CAR
Freight Train HaulS Man Killed
Near OWatOnna to St.
Paul.

Lying cold and stiff in the blood
soaked dust of freight car the body
of Louis Moberg, the man who was
murdered by tramps while on a freight
train near Owatonna Monday night,
was found at the Minnesota Transfer
yesterday morning. Rock Island train
men located the freight car and Cor
oner Miller was summoned. From pa
pers found in the clothing Of the man
he was identified as Louis Moberg. The
body was removed to the morgue.
Through the long Monday night,
While searching parties from Owatonna
and Mortified We're securing the rail-
road bed between the two towns the
body of the murdered man was being
carried rapidly away from the scene of
the crime. The two youths arrested at
Mortified and held for the murder on
complaint of the OWatonna police re-
fused to admit the crime or tell any
thing Of their missing companion and
the searching parties were still out
yesterday morning when the train and
its grewSome freight reached the Min
nesota Transfer.
Joe Lewis and Alexander Stewart are
the names given by the two boys held
for murder. Stewart is but fifteen
years old, and Lewis claims to be but
Mortified reported last night that one
of the boys had confessed the crime
DriScoH and st. Martin, the two men
who saw MOberg murdered, tell a story
of most brutal killing. The two
boarded the freight train at Albert Lea
and at the same time Lewis, Stewart
and Moberg caught another empty
freight car.
From their car Driscoll and st. Mar
tin claim they saw Lewis and Stewart
hold up their companion. The two de-
manded Moberg's money and without
resisting he started to surrender his
property. AS he was about to reach
into his pocket one Of the murderers
struck him on the head with revolver
and as he started to reel the other man
fired, striking the victim in the back
of the head
DriscoH and St. Martin concealed
themselves and when the train slowed
down near Owatonna jumped to the
ground and hurried to town, where
they reported the matter to the police.
Little IS known of MOberg. The Min
neapolis police have discovered that
several times in the past few years he
was employed by Winston Bros, Min
neapolis firm of railroad contractors.
He had but few friends in Minneapolis
and the police have been unable to To-
cate his relatives.
Lewis Makes Confession.
Special to The Globe.
NORTHFIELD, Mimi, April s.
Policeman Svien, who arrested Joe
Lewis and Alex Stewart for the muir
der Of the man in the freight car near
Owatonna, says that the oldest of the
two murderers confessed to the killing
and said that the victim of the bloody
assault was left in the box car which
was going to ST. Paul.
Svien says that Lewis story was to
the effect that the murdered man was
intoxicated on the car and that he
Newis) and Stewart demanded his
money and a diamond he was wearing
They told him to deliver before they
could count three and upon his failure
to do so Lewis blew his brains out
with his revolver.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-06
COMMISSION WILL GET
TO WORK ON CHARTER
Real Task of Revision to Begin at
Tonisht's Meeting.

At the meeting of the charter COM
mission this evening it is promised
that the real work of revision will be-
gin, and that frequent sessions will be
held until the work is completed.
Upon this occasion the commission
will cast aside the so-called makeshift
amendments adopted when it was
thought possible that the new charter
would be submitted at the spring cleo
ton, and start will be made upon the
first chapter of the charter.
1t is admitted by all concerned that
it will be impossible to carry the
amendments unless a special election
is called, and the apparent purpose is
to make them so numerous and bulky
that this will be necessary. AS several
of the members of the commission are
either Republican nominees for office
or expect to be so in the fall it is
expected that there will be consider
able political agitation injected into the
next few meetings. There are fifteen
members of the commission, ten be-
ing classed as Republicans and five
as Democrats.