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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
HUNDRED INJURED
IN POWDER BLAST
AWFUL HAVOC AT BOULDER, COLO,
WHEN QUANTITY OF DYNA-
MITE LET'S GO.
TWENTY-FIVE CANNOT LIVE.
Explosion Followed Fire and Spectators
and Volunteer Firemen Are
Hurled in All Directions.

BOULDER, Colo, Aug. 1o.-Fire
that started in the Colorado Il South
ern freight depot here early today en-
veloped the powder house, containing
1000 pounds of dynamite, which eXplod-
ed with tremendous shock. injuring per-
haps 100 persons. The force of the blast
broke hundreds of windows throughout
the city. The property loss is estimated
at $25O,oOO. The fire originated from
some unknown cause and is believed to
be incendiary. 1t was placed under con-
troll at $3.50 o'clock after the depot and
large quantity of freight had been de-
stroyed.
Twenty-Five May Die.
Twenty-Five of the injured two of
whom will probably die were taken to
local hospitals
The fatally injured:
Roy Lafayre, volunteer fireman, Boulder.
Ike y. wilson, volunteer fireman; Boulder
Family named Ramsey, living In n small
house near the station; house wrecked over
their heads; four members Of the family
badly injured.
The explosion came without warning
when the sheet iron shack containing the
dynamite was attacked by the flames
and the men manning the fire hose and
every person within a radius of 100
yards were hurled to the ground La
Favre and Wilson, who were nearest the
storehouse. were frightfUly mangled
Wilson, cripple with an artificial leg,
had his right leg torn off. Fragments
OF the artificial member We're driven into
his body.
Every Window Broken.
Across the street from the freight de
pot big tw0-story brick warehouse had
great cracks rent in its walls and its
root blown off Several shacks along
the tracks, occupied by ,luatters, were
reduced to splintcrs.
In the business section not q whole
pane OF glass remains. Guards Of armed
men were thrown about the banks and
mercantile houses TO prevent trouble
Volunteers Prompt and Brave
Scarcely had the smoke from the ex-
plGsion drited away wlpn band of
volunteers rushed into thr powder house,
and lighting their way through the
flames located aeN eral kegs of giant
powder which had failed TO explode and
carried them to a safe place.
On side track ut the platform of the
burnlngdcput stood car containing eight
tons Of dynamite. Despite the fact
that cinders were falling on It's roof a
switching crew backed AN engine down
and pulled the car two miles into the
country.
Rigid Inquiry to Follow.
The Boulder clubs weekly reception
had just ended and many men and WON
on were standing on the Sidewalk few
blocks away waiting for their carriages.
y half hundred of them were blown of
their feet by the force of the explosion.
Thirty teight ears were completely de
stroyed with contents consisting Of val
liable merchandise.
fnn a.,
wer. stored so near the depot, and that
few persons were aware Of it will be
made the subject of rigid inquiry by
the city officials Railway officials ca
plain that the storage was only tenn
pOrary pending shipment to the mines.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

Magazine. Though photographic
record constitutes true picture Of the
voice, it IS not distinct enough to be
decphered by mere inspection.
This Photographic photograph or
photographophone invented by Herr
Runner affords n far more character
istic graphical rendering Of spoken
words. In this apparatus an electric
are lamp inserted in the circuit Of a
microphone is made to give out a radI-
alton the intensity Of which CORE
spondes to the sound vibration in the
microphone, this radiation being fixed
photographically on the film running
past In front Of narrow slot Rv
convenient inversion Of the whole
process, the original sound can then be
reproduced from the Photographic
record"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

print the news that the cooling" MlZ-
nor had already begun to ask saucily
for money. Numors waited out of the
portals Of the art palace that Wilson
demanded cool milIion-thats all.
Separation followed and the six-foot
bridegroom went back to the mines.
Mrs. Yerkes Miner, too disappeared,
hut the directions taken by the es-
traugel couple We're not the same. 1t
was said that Miner tried to effect
reconciliation that he again and az lin
bombaricd his wifes abode in Chicago.
but her love had cooled. She sued for
divorce but the papers suddenly dis.
Vague hints Of the return
Of the dove OF peace waited around the
public prints only 10 vanish in thin
air. The divorce went on-Mizner
went to Europe and to his whilom wife
was restored her e.stwhile name
Ttica Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
Birds Rout Army Of Locusts.

4 battle occurred III Hop Hollow. near
Alton, H.. few days ago such as han,
never before been known in this country.
About month ago tile l1.ycar locust,
appeared iu Hop Hollow aud drove the
fculhprcd suugStur, trom lhrr nests aft
rr fierce fight The birds for days
maryhalcd their hosts from tht surround
ing country, and one morning at sunrise
swaopcd down On the burdc~ Of lpoust>
that were making the woods ring with
their huzzug Tie dormant IocusJs. mot
expecting the sudden attack were SLAIN
by millions The onslaught was fierce
and the din Of the forest battle was
deafcniug Thousands OF the sweet
sonrstcrs fatally -tung, fell shrieking
to tic ground The locusts were eNter.
minated Many bands Of the fcathcred
warriors returned greatly diminished III
numbers, uut those which formerly hal
their homes in Hon Hollow are rebuild
ing ana restoring the forest to it, uatu.
raj beauty, The birds that came from
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
FAMOUS LIFE ROMANCE.
Divorce Ends the Hnsty Marriage of
Mrs. Yerkes-Mfzner.

Mrs Yerkes- Miner is again Mrs.
1erkes, having secured decree Of di-
vorce from her second husband, Wilson
Miner. Her sudden marriage to the
latter and her speedy divorce have add
ed sensational denouement to a famous
life romance. Mrs. Ycrkes was Mary
Adelaide Moore, the daughter Of a
chemist. She was the second wife Of
Charles T. NerkeS, the multi-million-
aire. banker and traction magnate. At
the time of her marriage Yerkes was a
broker in Philadelphia. When his firm
failed 1t was found that he WAS in debt
to the city for bonds sold on account
Noglecting To make the city a pre-
ferred creditor. he was sent to Jail but
subsequently released and the sentence
declared illegal.
He made fortune out of Jay
Cookies failure and went to Chicago.
There he exploited street railways,
bought newspapers and manipulated
the municipal government TO a degree
that the town became unhealthy as a
residence for himself and his wife.
Mrs. Ierkes went to New York, built
a palace on 9th avenue and tried to
break into society; Mr.. Yerkes went
to London and captured franchises for
underground tubes constructed electric
railways and heaped up more millions
and mere scandal. He estranged his
wife. who remained in New York and
surrounded herself with a circle of
friends, none of whom was able to
open the charmed door of social recog-
milton. Her house became the Mecca of
artists and writer's, politicians and rail
way officials. and her entertainments
We're lavish. Suddenly her truant hus-
band returned to America to die. A
beautiful ward watched over his last
moments and shared his dying hour
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
NITRO GLYCERINE BLOWS UP.
Two Killed, Many Hurt and Essex, Ont,
Is Badly Shaken.

DETKOIT Mich Nur n -'Tvn TIInn
We're killed three moro nrobohIy fotnIy
Injured and scores Of pconIn wnre slirhtiy
hurt by thc eyplosion az baif y r9r ~
ujtro-rjycnrinr NJ thr Nichiran Cnntr,,I
railroad station nj E.,ry Ontario Seven.
tran milns ,nlpul from thn Dntrnit riv,.
today prhcticaI,v rr",y buiIJinc IN ,En
little town Of MOO rr1nIc v,as ininrnJ
many of Them bniur blown to Hinr.s
TLn sbocl, of thr n<7,rosinn WINS nI,inIy
felt for twenty miles around The drnj
N,NARy HRAKrll\N JnSrpIT NJ A.,
hGrstburr, ont,
CONLON. BRAKEMAN LEO, Of Am
herstburg. Ont,
The other members Of the train crew
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
GIRLS DEADLY ANGER.
st. Louis Girl, Angered Over Broken APP
pointment, Slabs Her Fiance, Who
Bleeds to Death

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Aug. l0,-As the re-
suit of u quarrel over an appointment
which he claims her sweetheart failed
to keep, Theresa Sullivan, aged - years.
Is under arrest, charged with the killing
last night Of Michael Sanders. She
stabbed him with "A pocket knife, sever
ing his iugular vein aud he soon BLEED to
death The woman surrendered herself
to the police.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

they in rebellion against is favoritisn which gives
chance to his goods and not to another;
which gives set of terms and another set to
his rival; which makes man rich by giving him
access to the seaboard and drives another into bank
ruptcy combination with his successful COM
pettor.
1t Is a revolt against all the influences which have
grown of unlicensed freedom and Of failure
recognize that these great privileges necessary for
public welfare have been created by the public for the
public benefit and primarily for private advantage
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

L. HUGHES just effort 10 make THESE possible
We want more; want extension; want greater
facilities We want every opportunity afforded to enable
the people to remove their produce and want fair
those who engaged in this very necessary
activity.
Yet it is said that, despite the prosperity of the
try and great benefits that have been derived from
the extension of transportation facilities there Is
unrest; that there is general condition of dis
throughout the country. Why? Is it because
extension of means of communication? VIII any one
suggest intelligent audience that American citizens
are in revolt against their prosperity?
What they revolt against is dishonest finance What
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

the future and the final triumph of scientific med
cine will be the suppression of disease In this struggle
with the Of disease need not only the earnest
and united support of the medical profession in the front
this but the encouragement and nan
cia aid of the governments general, state county, city
and village A and much needed specially in medi-
should be ated-scentic sanitation. But to
compsh final object In public sanitation must
be provided for popular instruction in hygiene and sani
taon In schools and by popular lectures, in order
reach the Of the people, and by doing enlist
their interest and secure their cooperation
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

with the rishtful spouse. Ic.aes left
his ward a palace III New York ANA a
huge fortune; his wife, a life interest
in many millions.
1t was just after Christians day,
1906, that Yerkes died at New York
hotel. In a little over month the
tongues were set a-wagstng by the an
nouncement of the rich widows sudden
marriage to the young California mine
prospector and gentleman Of fortune.
Wilson Miner. The ceremony was Sc
cret, and was not revealed until two
days after it occurred.
The papers hummed with the affair,
but within week were obliged to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
FAIR DEALING IN RAILROAD MATTERS
BY Gov Charles E. Hughes of New York.

am fully conscious, as Is every
one who processes to have a modi-
cum Of intelligence, Of the tremen-
dous advantages which the country
and every community in it have de
rived from the extension of our rail
road facilities.
They are the arteries of com
MERGE; our communities would be
lifeless, our trade would collapse, we
would all be worse than dead were
it not for these opportunities of
communication and these facilities
of trausporta ton.
We honor all that has been done in
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
Photographic the Voice.

After the problem OF obtaining a
record of the human voice had once
been solved by tho invention of the
photograph, many inventors turned
their attention toward some suitable
process for photographing spoken
words SO writes Dr. Alfred Ora.
denwzitz Ii the Technical World
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
I.xcuIpated.

The regular patron was indignant as
the waiter spilled the soup.
You're tlpsy!" he exclaimed.
Couldn't be on your lips. Seer" re-
sponded the walter AT least not 50 In.
ebriated as to impede his mental proc
esses. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
FINAL TRIUMPH OF MEDICINE.
By DR.. e. 6. Sweet.

Victory has followed victory, and
many of the most dreaded diseases
have become powerless in the con-
quest with preventive medicine. The
clientele Of the physicians is growing
smaller and smaller, but their glory
as humanitarians and scientists Is
rising and will reach the zenith after
coming generations of more erudite
physicians have conquered and laid
at their feet the two worst enemies
of mankind Tuberculosis and cancer.
preyentiye medicine is the medicine
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

other sections to aid the battle have re-
turned to their homes. \ good job was
done for the farmers in the destruction
of the locusts, and the value OF birds will
he more highly appreciated in that To-
cality than ever hcfore.-I'tica Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

pdy hence the mechanical piano players monographs,
etc.
That these machines tend to disseminate knowledge is
unqueSonabe but that they bring into close touch
with the refining influence Of music which comes with
actual association and study is not quite clear. To
have music at hand is certainly to enjoy it, but
close relationship with each thought the
composer is to love it.
There may be many reasons for machine music, but
that does not for alter the fact that this
country needs who willing years Of life
the furtherance of music do this we must
and for all time Danish the spirit of haste-Etude
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
VENEER INDUSTRY GROWS
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW OUTPUT OF
1906 DOUBLE THAT OF
1905
TWO BILLION FEET PRODUCED,
Scarcity of Lumber and New Uses for
Veneer Cause Great De
mand.
TWO BILLION FEET PRODUCED,

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tn" significant fact that the output was
almost double last year It rose from
one billion SQUARE feet produced in 1903
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Forest Service issued the first official re
port concerning if in this country. This
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Nc"eel VI superior Vu"i'ty'
Most people probably think OF veneer
ing as process nl WHEN a. 'u,"p "5,,
nnr ! common figure of speech CON
trgsfs ~ .inu veneer. us of good man
urIs. civilization. etc. with the solid,
rral ding. In r1iut If fact au article
made ,l yrurrr ia often 4uurriur to and
moro. pyuru-Iyr tuau. one made solid. 4
yru,rrrI door is the proper article for
use in a ,yru built house because ~
solid door is more likely to warp.
Tbe main Iutppius 10 the use of We
urrr. however. is the necessity for r,uuo-
MIXING in the use Of material forces by
Tho rrowin, scarcity ana rising prices
of wood in this country. Naturally the
riurh .vn- frif first i'm mn woods most
GENERALLY u.rd and most highly priced
Ior IIurs bIurk walnut. white oak, vel
low nancr tor .'NhitpVoud" as the con
sumner generally knows it,. etc In the
rnsr of white oak. for example. So much
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15
MENACE OF MACHINE MUSIC.
BY Carl q. Schmidt.

The one thing Americans have been repeat
eddy accused of is a lack of thoroughness. We
are told that we seek to accomplish in months
that to which other nationalities devote years.
We are in a hurry with our arts and business.
These criticisms are in many respects true AS
q people we seem no longer content to enrich
our lives by years of careful study; we prefer
rather to obtain our music with ease and ra-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

Early 70 bed and early to rise gives
the average mans wife a surprise.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-08-15

two billion to four billion three hundred million dollars
increase of 10 per cent Meantime the reserves have
been reduced from 10 per cent to Ii per cent
Wages have gone up rapidly as prices have risen
therefore increase in wages should be made If
people purchase goods rising prices they must
have higher wages l do say this from any humani-
motive, but from the knowledge Of the cold fact
that prosperity is to increase must give OF the
money earned to the common people
believe that the old United States bank could be
tabshed to advantage if charter like that Of the
Bank of France conferred upon it. If cannot
find twelve honest hnancers for the president to appoint
manage its affairs then think had better have
panic. If industrial crisis Is the slate 1t WILL In
all probability be like that of 1857 from the effects Of
which the country recovered almost completely within
year The most serious factor in the present situation
Is the loss of confidence occasoned by the break In Wall
street There Is popular impression that Wall street
discounts future events and that the March panic
that railroads will be forced to dividends within
year two.
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NEXT PANIC DUE IN 1918.
BY Prof. Joseph F. johnson.

II an Industrial crisis is on the slate it will,
in all probability, not come before 1918. That
would seem an appropriate year. In England
there Is panic about every ten years, in the
United States every twenty years. During the
last ten years prices nave risen ~ per cent
while the amount of money has increased 10
per cent During that same time the national
banks have increased their loans and discounts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-23

of business or industrial activity But if the
federal government is to license corporations,
whether state national whenever they con-
troll a certain proportion of output, what be
comes Of the sacred theory of decentralization
and non-inIerference with the rights and Sow
ereSnty Of the states? 1t is just as reasonable
TO license corporations of less magnitude, those
controlling or 10 per cent Of output. Why,
in fact. should not the federal government, ac-
cording to Mr.. Bryan's logic, license all corpora
tiOns doing an interstate business: That IS q
proposition far less federaIistic than his 1905
proposal for the taking over and operation by
the government of all the Observation-Disclosures Of
interstate commerce.
Mr.. Bryan should not be astOnished if Northern
audiences refuse TO recognize in him reconVert-
ed and therefore doubIy ardent advocate OF state
rights. He is no Calbounite by temperament
and he generally talks in strange and difficult
language when he begins 10 invoke Jefferson IN
order to confute Hamilton On Monday night
he was himself again. His heart viii never be
long buried in the graves of Jefferson and Cal
hOun. When his political travels bring him into
this quadrant OF the circle he can be depended
upon to indulge his native and congenal bent
for daring and undiluted federalism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-23
LLnrLD EEEL ROE NArLES.

n is announced that more or less use of oil
as fuel will be made in the British navy Ac-
cordng 10 The London Standard" the report
that it will entirely displace coal on torpedo
boat destroyers is well grounded, but the opin-
ion is expressed that petroleum will be adopted
as auxiliary TO and not a substitute for hard fuel
on larger vessels The value of oil as a source
of power has been studied carefully by most OF
the governments having large naves, and all
of them were led by their earlier Investigations
to hesitate to adopt liquid fuel Engand'S de
termination to go ahead, even though cautiously,
may therefore be Interpreted Indication
that some Of the objections at first existing
have, in the judgment of her advisers, been over
come
It long ago became manifest that If the space
usually devoted to coal on warship were filled
with oil the vessel could be driven much further
without fresh supply Of fuel. Anything which
will increase the radius Of action of torpedo
boat cruiser or battleship strongly recommends
itself. Furthermore though employed only in
limited quantities and in combination with coal,
oil facilitates an increase of speed very much
a forced draft does. During recent British
naval manGuvres it is said this second advan-
tage illustrated by the success with which
a fleet escaped from its pursuers. In addition
to these merits oil has at least one other 1t
can be taken board more quickly and con-
yeniently than coal If burned in the right
manner. moreover. it does not produce much
smoke
In some Of the British Admiralty tests a few
years ago oil seemd to be unsuitable for service
with the modern type of boiler, which is rad
ically unlike the locomotive Scotch boiler.
Continued experiments however, said to
have lessened this embarrassment. Another OBJ
lection has been that coal is so stored
warship that it serves as armor 1t shields the
machinery. Completely to dispense with it
would make the vessel more vulnerable than
otherwise, but as coal is evidently to be the
chief resource battleships and large cruisers
the second criticism loses its force. The limited
use to he made of oil also minimiZes the diff
/ Guilty of obtaining adequate supply. Exactly
how England will deal with the problem of
curing enough petroleum for her needs has not
yet been fully revealed. but it is believed that
she will store large quantities in time of peace
certainly at Portsmouth and possibly other
convenient stations.
oil can he employed for the generation of
power either by burning ii. in the form of
spray, under steam boiler or by converting it
into yapor for consumption in an internal COM