The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 24, 1895, Image 1
VOL. XVIII.
BARNWBLL, 8T”C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896.
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BUTTER AN!) CHEESE,
HOW TO MAKE THE DAIRY PROFITA
BLE AND ENRICH THE FARMER.
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Prof,
>r Hart Tell* the Way to Start a
Cheese aad Butter Factory—-Wise and
Timely A Way to Get Talue
from Cows. —
Before establishing any enterprise
it is at first necessary to find out il the
requisite conditions are present to en
sure its maintenance. For any manu
facturing enterprise, plenty of raw
material must oe in sight before a
foundation stone is laid. A creamary
or cheese factory is no exception to
this rule, as many neighborhoods
where large and costly creameries
have been erected have found out to
their cost. Before building a creamery
or cheese factory the milk of a suffi
cient number or good cows should be
pledged for a year or more. In prac
tice, it has been found that three hun
dred cows, within three miles of the
factory, are as few as will ensures
successful business.
To pav the running expenses of a
hundred cow creamery would require
such a large percentage of the receipts
ihatJh^re wpuld he no money in the
business for the producers of the milk.
The site of a creamery or cheese
factorr should be easily accessible by
good roads, should have a large sup
ply of good water, and sufficiently
elevated to secure good drainage.
There are many different ways in
which cheese factories and creameries
are conducted which for the sake of
convenience may be classed ufader one
of the following heads> proprietory
and co-operative, which names ex
in themselves. In the latter class
the farmers who supply the milk
usually own the plant, elect officers
from among their number, hire the
lobor and conduct their business.
Another way is to employ some res
ponsible maker to handle the milk
who charges a certain price a pound
of cheese or butter for manufacturing,
which w somewhere about li cents per
pound Tor cheese and 4 cents per
und for butter. The proprietory
into the receiving vat, where it is
heated by steam to blood heat. The
parator is now started, the skim-
nlk being returned to the patrons to
be fed op the farms, while the cream is
cooled and afterwards ripened and
churned. While the separator is
running, the cream from the previous
day’s separating is churned. At the
same time the butter from the churn
ing of the day before may be reworked
and packed,. . y- ^
The old way of buying milk or
dividing the net receipts of a factory
was to pay eacb patron according to
the number of pounds of milk he had
delivered without regard to the quality
of the milk; the new and better way,
wth in cheese factories and creameries
is to prorate the proceeds accordin
to the amount of butter fat contain
in the milk furnished by each patron,
which makes as fair and satisfactory
division as would making up the
milk of each patron separately.
I have before me a opppy of the ag
ricultural statistics of the province of
Ontario for 1892 and from it I learn
hat the gross value of the product bf
100 pound (nearly 12 gallons) of milk
was: \
n creameries 84.2 cents
n butter and cheese factories 96 6 cen ts
n cheese factories. 91. cents
The comparison is useful in showiag
iow desira "
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and
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lairies are run on the railway mana
ger's maxim—‘•all the traffic will
stand.” The co-operative basis has
naturally jiroved to be more satisfac
tory to the farmers as all the proceeds
less the expenses go to them.
To start a co-operati ve dairy enter-
jrise there must be one or more pub-
spirited citizeiiSj who possess the
oonndenoe of the community, and
who are- willing to spend a little time
in posting themselves upon the re
quirements of, and working for the
business. A public meeting might be
arranged for to which all interested
in cows and cow products should be
invited. Specially invite the ladies as
-acreamery will relieve them of the
drudgery of making butter in a dasli
churn. After full discussion, lists can
be opened for the subscriptions of
those who are ready to put their mon
ey and cows into the business. A
canvass should be made of any others,
not at the meeting, who might wish
to take part. Before proceeding very
far a meeting of the stockholders
should be callwl, a constitution, by
laws, rules and regulations adopted
and ff-pcrtuunoiit organizutiu
ed. Co-operation means a working
together, and is found in all- trades
and professions except farming.
Should the elements of co-operation
be lacking, should opposition, or
worse still, indifference, be met with,
it is better to encourage the further-
ence of private dairying and wait for
o
the growth of a more healthy public
sentiment.
Neighborhoods, attracted by the
glittering bait held out to them oy the
agents of certain dairy supply houses,
kc o
sometimes make the mistake of build
ing and equipping too expensively at
the start.
It is better to commence in a modest
way and enlarge the premises and
hint as the circumstances of the case
mand; and the building and ma
chinery should be planned with this
end in view. Many creameries carry
on profitably a trade in cream, fee
cream, buttermilk and even eggs. Ice,
or artificial refrigeration, wilfbc indis-
pensible for makingbutterin summer;
and, whether to get a small refrigerat
ing plant, Vhich can be had as low as
$650, or to buy ice is a question that
ffiust be decided.
A cheese factory is a ve*y clieap and
simple affair. Trie building need be
only a one story plain frame structure,
having the walls and ceiling of one
room well insulated by the plentiful
use of building paper so the tempera
ture can be controlled. The outfit for
manufacturing the milk of three hun
dred cows into cheese need not .cost
over $500, and the total cost of build
ing and outfit woul<J not exceed $5 per
cow. In aXcountry district, with the
surroundings favorable, cheese fac
tory could De r niade highly profitable
if tne patrons would bend tfieir ener
gies to tne production of cheap milk,
but in a town a cheese factory itsel 1
might prove a failure. Taking such a
large quantity of milk off the market,
as a cheese factory does, would create
a shortage in the local supply of milk
and butter and an advance in prices to
the detirment. where t here is considera-
bble demand for milk for family use
a creamery or imbined creamery am
cheese factory will be found more
e ofitable, though costing considera
y more at the outset. In the North
there are two kinds of creameries,
gathered cream and centrifugal sepa
rator. Gathered cream creameries are
adapted to sparsely settled districts
where considerable territory has to be
covered to collect cream. Unless farm
-earn separators are used, gatherec
creameries are uot adapted to
ithem conditions.
, centrifugal separator creamery
milk is either collected by the
it or delivered by the pat
as the milk arrives at the
it is weighed, the weight is
ite the patron’s name
is reserved to be tested
BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT YOUNG
MEN OF EDGEFIELD.
e it is to be able to c
readily from butter to cheese making
and vice versa.
Take the case of creamery. In sum
mer,'when butter is plentiful it is not
wise to force more goods upon an
overstocked market, nor to store large
quan,titles of butter to compete with
! reshly made butter later, but to make
cheese. The milk “from which one
xmml of butter is jnade will make
two and a half pounds of cheese,
which will*sell at 30 cepts at least. A
: r actory manager needs to make both
edges cut and either way according to
the demands of the market.
A 300 cow factory for the manufac
tore of butter and cheese can be built
and equipped for $3,000 or $3,500.
The -extenttiou -of dairying incite
jroadest sense will aid in the diversi
fication of agriculture, will increase
the direct income of the farmer, and
improve the productivenes of his farm
The farmers of an exclusively cotton
growing district, where every few
cows are kept can not, of course im
mediately revolutionize their methods
and commence dairying upon a co
operative basis. They can however,
gradually build up productive herds
as they are able to grow the feed for
these at home. With a few modern
dairy appliances the butter can be put
up ifUan attractive form, which, wnen
marketed fresh, will bring the top
price in the market.
No effort has been made to paint
gorgeous picture of the possibilities of
the dairy industry, or to induce those
uot qualified by natural fitness and
experience to lay hold of it in hope of
safvaaonu
In a creamery a farmer can reckon
on getting the «nne price for his but
ter as good dairy butter brings in the
market without the labor of makin
and marketing .iL Then it is probabl
that a creamy, by the use of improved
macliinery, will make from one-fifth
to one-quarter more butter from the
same amount of milk than the pro
ducts of the milk could have done.
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erttret*?** Wirt TtTrttTW
and, as the operations of a dairy en
terprise are extended the difference
between the cost and the selling price
of the product will be increased, bring
ing prosperity to the farmers, whic
will reilect upon all other classes o;'
the community. J. w. H.
Member* of the Famllle* of- the Haling
Power* Bong Away at One Another In an
Edgefield Law Office-* A I'emoual Mat-
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Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 16.—It does
seem strange to hear of members of
the Tillman and Evans families pop-
>ing away at each other with revolv-
vs at short range in an impromptu
t uel, especially when one considers
iow intimate ex-Governor Tillman
and Governor Evans have been in
their political life, it was therefore
matter of the keenest surprise to.
many yesterday when the news reach
ed Columbia thatCapt. James H. Till
man, the nephew of ex-Governor Till
man and son of ex-Cpngressman Geo.
Tillman, and Mr. Barnard B.
! Cvans, the youngest brothel of Gover
nor Evans, had had such a duel in the
aw office of Attorney .8. McGowan
impkins, in Edgefield, and that both
he combataiits nad been wounded.
The shooting had taken place on Mon
day afternoon about 5:30 o’clock, yet
no news of it was sent out from Ed|
:feld by wire*
TF
ed
None could be ob 1
i yesterday in that way.
'fhe first news of the affair was im-
larted to (governor Evans by a rela-
ive, who came from .Edgefield on
Monday night, and the Governor
went over on the early train yesterday
morning.
During the day several gentlemen
came in from Edgefield—friends of
xith parties—and from them several
stories of the affair were obtained.-
he stories on opposite sides conflict
in most material particulars. Last
night The State received a story by
wire from Edgefield, the informa
tion in which is incorporated below.
The State endeavors to present below
l:he Substance of all these stories, with-
difficult undertaking, but then if there
ye shortcomings, none but those in
the room when the shooting took
ilaee can give a true version, and
doubtlest the version of each man
present would vary greatly.
For a long time there has been bad
dood between the two young men. It
originated during the noliday season
of 1893-94, over a year ago, at a ger
man given in Edgefield bv the «lub of
which Mr. Evans was tne president
and Capt. Tillman a member. This
trouble was purely of a personal na-
.ure. And .it was the direct cause of
the shootiitg, the feeling having
Ifrown more intense on account of ut
terances on the part of each, since the
affair occured.
Tlie young men were brought to
gether thus: Prior to the affair men
tioned above Capt Tillman had en
tered into a financial obligation to
Mr. Evans. He had very nearly dis
charged the obligation it Seems, when
le failed to meet a certain date
Omit Mln« Horror,.* ^
London, Jan. 15.—Throughout the
night relays of men have worked des
perately at the Diglake colliery, Aud-
ley, North Staffordshire, where a large
number of miners were entombet
about noon Monday by a sudden rush
of water from the old -workings. By
m. 150 men and boys employed in
the mines had been rescued. It was
thought that 20 were in the lower
workings when the mine was Hooded,
and that they were drowned. From
the time' the disaster was signalled,
the rescuers have been doing their ut
most to save those who may remain
alive and recover the bodies of the
drowTied. The work of rescue, how
ever, has not made much progress Anc
it is now believed that there.are stil
between 90 and 120 men and boys in
the mine. The sorrow stricken wives,
daughters and other relatives qf the
imprisoned men have been gatherec
around the pithead ever since the
news of the disaster reached them
They have been patiently facing the
bitter cold wind since the accident,am
many of the men have been withou.
food since that time. All of them
brought dry clothes for the men, am
they stand in groups hoping and pray
ing for the safety of those dear to them
The water so constantly fluctuates that
the rescuersare well nigh discourage *
They found the bottom of the snaf.
choked with piles of timber swep,
there.by the torrents of water which
loured into the mine. The greates
ear is expressed that the waters wil‘
so undermine the galleries th&t there
will be a cave in. The rescuers work
with difficulty, standing in four feet
tty,
of water, and only 15 yards proj
was made during The--ni^ht
dreds of miners nave arrived at the
Diglake colliery from other collieries
and they all volunteer to go, down
and assist in the work of rescue. Four
ngs of men are thus supplied to go
own every time.
„ Defaulter and Suicide.
Dover, N. H., Jan. 14.—Cashier
Isaac F. Abbott, of the Dover nationa
bank, committed suicide this after
noon, thereby confirming the rumors
which have been circulating all day
that a very serious defalcation in his
accounts had been discovered. The
bank examiners have been at work on
the bank all day but refuse to make
any disclosures and the officers of the
institution are equally reticent. The
general impressiep is that the bank
will lose from $60,000 to 90,000. ‘A
notice of .suspension was posted on
JM
from the weight can j the door this morning,
AN IMPROMPTU DUEL
l up
Till-
had tried to shoot him in the back;
that Tillman was out on the streets
esterday ; and that both men had
in placed under arrest by the town-
marshal.
Another story is to the effect that
Evan’s first shot went through. Till
man’s cheek, coming out at his chin:
that Capt Tillnym turned and fired,
the bullet entering Evans’ arm; that
the two next shots were fired simul
taneously, Tillman’s bullet piercing
Evans’ left breast, ranging around the
body and lodging under the Inf t shoul
der made, while Evans’ ball entered
Tillman's right hand and ranged
the arm; that on the third lire
man’s bullet entered Mr. Evans' hat at
the band, and had not Evans dodged,
the shot would have been fatal; that
the ball from Evans' pistol passed
through Tillman's trousers; that Mr.
N. G. Evans fired a shot or two hann-
essly as he came upon the scene v the
>u lifts finding resting places in'the
wall; that Capt. Tillman was at bis
aw office all day yesterday, that Mr.
Ivans was-in bed lastrevening and
ihvsicians were probinjf'for the ball
in his shoulder. - - _
.Now these are the several storiSs of
all sides obtained yesterday, and they
are given for the information of the
lublic, and in order that justice' may
ie done to all the parties, so far as the
■means of obtaining information are
iroductive of results)
Considerable of a stir was ereated in
Columbia by the affair.—State.
The Horror* of III*- Tort Arthur Mmutncre
Depleted.
certain date. Mr.
Evans then placed the matter, in At
torney Simpkins' hands, instructing
lim to bring suit. Capt. Tillman
signified his desire to discliai
obligation and end the matter, provi
ded Mr. Evans were present. Mr.
Simpkins on Monday afternoon went
> Mr. Evafis and imformed him that
Capt. Tillman was at his office and
said he was ready to end the matter,
but insisted on Mr. Evans being pres
ent. So far all the stories tqrree. ex
cept that one says that Capt. Tillman
‘was asked” to meet Evans in Mr.
Simpkin’s office.
Several stories agree that when Mr,
Simpkins went to Evans and told him
of Capt. Tillman’s statement, Evans
said that there was bad blood between
them, and it would be best that they
should noi meet. They say, too, that
Mr. Simpkins said that it 'was only a
business matter And that alone was
concerned. Anywav Mr. Evans went
to the office. While Mr. Simpkins
and Capt. Tillman were talking, it
s, Capt. Tillman, jtsrryjie story
marked that ihi thing would
ave bCao settled smjlier, but Evans
had insulted him-ar^ear ago and had
acted the d—n scoundrel all the way
through. This story then goes that
Mr. Evans, who was behind Tillman,
fired, the ball entering the cheek and
coming out at the chin.
Other stories say that Tillman
brought in the reference of the oh
difference, when Mr. Simpkins said
that was not tfie matter to be settled.
Evans said that if Tillman felt he had
been insulted, he was ready to give
him satisfaction at any time, but that
this was another matter and he hat
come there to settle it. According to
these accounts Tillman then whippet
out his pistol and with the remark
that if Evans was ready to give satis
faction, the time and place was imma
terial, and they might as well settle it,
fired a shot, the ball going through
Evans' hat.
Another story is to the effect tha ,
when Tillman made his remark about
the scoundrel,EvansgaVe it the “d—n
lie,” and thereupon the shooting be
gan.
It is hard to tell much about the
shooting itself. Some say each man
shot four times, and some say three
Some say Evans fired the first shot
and Bopie say the coptrary.
The first story was to tne effect that
Tillman fired first; that Tillman was
going out of the office when Evans
fired his last shot, hitting him in the
chin, and Tillman turned and fire(
his last shot, - hitting Evans in the
shoulder.
Another story goes that Tillman
says Evans shot him from the rear
when he was not expecting it; that
Tillman's first shot went through
Evans'hat; that Tillman next ran
along Evans' arm and came out back
of the shoulder; that Tillman was
shot in the chin and had his pistol
hand disabled; that each fired four
shota; that George Evans was in the
same building in another office, and
when the snooting began, hurried
into 8impkins’ office, but no further
shooting- took place; tfiat Tillman
stood at the door for some time after
he left thq office, declaring that Evans
' A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
SEVERAL ACRES
DISMEMBERED HUMAN
STREWN
LIMBS.
WITH
Seorcfitna For tlie M anglnt Bod la*
the Debrli—Who are Reaponalhla for tha
Awful Calamity—30 Ton* of Vowrier Ex
ploded.
JAPANESE BRUTALITY.
Vancouver, B. C., Jah. 16. -Among
the passengers by the Empress of Japan
Frederick Villiers, war corres-
fioudent and artist, who arrived
straight from the seat of war. When
asked by the Associated Press eopres-
londent regarding tlie truth of the
itories of the massacres at Port Arthur,
Vijliers said .that unfwt nnatejy it^s
omy v too true. <Tn tne Twenty first;
when Port Arthur was captured,
Oyama decided that the Japanese
should occupy the town, and the
Yamagai's regiment was ordered to
perform this duty. They entered the
town, Villier's (London Standard)
Creelman, (New; York World) and
Cowan, (London Times), being with
them. . *
Just inside the city were three muti
lated heads of Japanese stuck on
poles, and ,ho sooner had the troops
seen these than they lost all control
and indiscriminately butqhrmbevery
body they found- Oyama had issued
a proclamation that none of the inha
bitants should’be molested, so the na
tives Were standing in groups on the
Streets watching the entry of the soldi
ers. They were driven like sheep into
groups and shot down in cold blood.
That was kept up all of the first day.
On the second day the soldiers broke
open stores and houses and shot down
men, women and children who were
hiding. No one was spared, neither
young nor old. The third and fourth
days the butchery continued, officers
not even attempting to check the men,
and many of the bodies were horribly
mutilated.
On the third day of the massacre the
Japanese nfiivers recognised that the?
had made a mistake, and attempted to
conceal the butchery by throwing
clothes of Chinese soldiers oyer the
bodies. Villiers. Creelman amLCowan
witnessed the killing of many, and
Villiers has taken several snap shots
which bear undeniable trulh of the
butchery. When shown statetnents
Butte, Mbnt., Jan. 15.—During a
fire at the Montana Central Railway
yawls this evening several cars of
powder caught fire and exploded with
tremendous force, killing a number of
firemen and spectators and, maiming
many others. Several men are known
to have been killed outright. There
were three separate explosions, the
first two breaking nearly every win
dow within a radius of two miles.
Owing to'the excitement the extent of
the casualties cannot be ascertained.
The fire attracted a ^large crowd and
hundreds were standing near when the
ftf-st explosion occurred. Men and
women were mowed ' down like grass
before a sickle but many arc only
stunned by the force gUthe explosion.
Debris from cars and adjoining build
ings were scattered high in the air for
half a mile away, many of the Hying
articles striking people in the crowd.
Every ambulance vehicle, and doctor
in town was soon on the scene carry
ing off the dead and wounded. The
ground was strewn like a fisld of bat
tie with the injured and dead. Owing
to the fact that there were still several
cars of powder on the track and the
rejxirt that one of the burning w-^re
muses also Contained a quantity of
•ppwiter, fiusyafter the first explosion,
ami to venture assistance to the in
ured. When they did, they were met
>y the second explosion, like a raking
fire from an army. The second was
soon followed by the third, and the
leavens were lighted with flame. The
reports were heard and the shock felt
l or miles. After the third explosion
ie hospital corps and the police liegan
work of picking up the dead and
ur for fhc woiirmedv Fifteen dSaiT
funeral, but ft will be a publte affair U g^J) STATE OF AFFAIRS.
and union services will be held by the
clergymen of all denominations. The
fafnilies of the firemen and policemen (THE OHIO COAL MINCi|8 A PH IN
who died in the performance of their
duty, will lie taken care of by the city.
ItohHc subscriptions will be started for
the relief of otnera. —
There is the greatest popular indig
nation over the storage of nitro-glycer-
ine. giant powder and rack-a-rock in
the heart of the city, which is responsi-
me for last frights horror. An in-
11 be instituted to dia-
Thalr Condition too SartoM to WWoglMMI
tfc* Foe#, and Con Only
Prompt Art!an/*
Columbus, 0., Jan, 13.-A
ie
caFing
as no resistance was offered. The first
day was excusable, as the soldiers lost
all control on seeing the mutilated
bodies; but after they had time to r®'
Meet there was ao excuse. Villiers said
the town had a population of 1,000 to
2,000, arid from 35 to 40 were left alive,
and those had ticket signed by the
Japanese officers signifying that they
ware not to be killed.
It was a terrible sight, and it made
them very depressed as the correspon
dents hail formed a high opinion of
the Japanese from their previous con
duct. At Kinchow, the inhabitants
welcomed them and called them “an
gels from heaven,” and everywhere
else they had acted in a civilized man
ner. Their conduct at Port Arthur,
however, showed that they were still
savages... DeGuerville, The Herald
correspondent, m as strongly denounc
ed by Yillers, who, he claims, is in the
pay of the Japanese government to de
fend them from their conduct at Port
Arthur. DeGuerville, he says, was
not at the front at all, but stayed with
Field ^larshal Oyama in the rear, liv
ing in comfort and obtaining hearsay
reports. He also denounces him for
informing the Japanese government
that Creelman was a Chinese spy, as
thereby their lives were endangered
He promised to expose him on his ar
rival in New York. All DeGuerville
did, says Villiers, was to collect tro
phies and drink wine. -WeiHaiWei
Villiers says, will be captured this
winter, but Pekin will not be reached
Creelman returns home on the next
Empress. _ >
Stabbed to Death.
Rome. Jan. 17.—Signor Celii, attor
ney general of the Province of Milan
was stabbed to death in his office to
day. • The assassin, who was capturet
by a policeman onguard at the door,
is an anarchist. The doorkeeper says
that he gained adfiiission by professing
to have legal business with the attor
ney general. The motive of the assas-
sination is clear. This whole district
has been for a year a hot bed of anar
chistic and socialist conspiracy, .anc
there has been qd end of trials for
sedition. Many revolutionists are
now awaiting trial. Among the agita
tors, Celli isknown as the “Anarchist
Kiler.” At the opening of the judicial
year, he delivered an tuidress denounc
ing the anarchists and pledging him
self to bring as many as possi
justice. After making this speech, he
received many threatening letters.
ley, and is pretty familiar
condition of the miners there was nere
today. He says the miners have been
in deetitute circumetanoee for eome
time, and the matter was brought to
the attention of the officials of the
United Mine Workers, but they practi
cally ignored the matter, probably be
cause thev did not comprehend the
real situation. When they neglected to
take action the miners themselves ap
pointed committees who have for the
past two months been going quietly
I about the country soliciting aid which
they claimed was for the Hocking Val-
SSlglgRtion. ,wi
cover who is responsible for it, and if
it is found that any public officials
are to blame for the violation of the
city ordinances, they will find this
climate too warm for them. On the
other hand if the mercantile firms
who owned the explosives are found
to have violated the law deliberately,
they will suffer financially and other
wise. The people are thoroughly
aroused over the catastrophe and will
make some one answWior it. From
all that can be learned, the total
amount otexplosives that went up in ^ _
the three explosions was nearly thirty ley Railroad men who lost their situa-
tons. There were twenty tons of giant | lions by reason of the strike on that
¥
iwder
ast.
alone that went up inJ
man
lias
A Prophet’* Prerilrtloa.
New York, Jan. 15.—For a nu
Imt of years past, Samuel Bennes
issued an liually a prophecy t in regard . f
to various markets during the ensuing I''“"‘Sl/*.
year. His prophecies have been right' er ® omcu
in a sufficient number of cases to have
summer. This the _
claimed was done in order that
the public might not know that the
miners were in impoverished circum
stances.
The gentleman said he had heard it
that the United Mine Work-
ers otncials had advised that the mat
ter be kept from the public, but ha-
doubted the truth of it However.
etr
Ixxlies were piled together, many of
leni being mangled to such an extent
that they were not identified irrthe ex
citement. Every house in the vicini-
was turned into a hospital. The
scene after the explosion was beyond
all dcscrintioj. Men and women
wrung their hands and cried in agony,
t is said that every fireman was either
rilled or fatally wounded. It is be-
jeved that the numoer of dead will
reach ait least seventy-five.
♦ BuTTE, Mont., Jan. 16,—When the
stn otorcmwpfi try ttic yrirregsit e explo
sions of giant powder at the hardware
warehouse last night had cleared a way
the sight which presented itself to the
survivors was sickening in theextreme.
he ground for a block around the
scene of the accident was strewn with
quivering flesh of the dismembered
men aminorses, pinned down by frag
ments- of fire engines and burning
minds from the demolished ware
louse. The warehouse was literally
down to pieces and a hole seventy-
five feel deep was excavated in the
pound by the force of the explosion,
t is feared that some Ixxlies were
thrown into this chasm by the foree
of the explosion and that they have
jeen cremated.
kwifkg t/k tlift cd
s r w i ii t i/s r ui lx - I irvt/tA i ^/ » xt
its dangerous locality, the entire.fire
1’orce were called out to prevent the
spread of the flames to the adjoining
buildings. Three ixilicemen had been
detailea to keep the crowd back and
they were also killed. Many of the
spectators were instantly killed and
several were hurled hack for some dis
tance from the scene of the fire, and
were rendered unconscious by the force
of the shock. Numerous persons liv
ing in distant iiarts of the city have
ost the powerjof speech from the force
the shock. The list of the dead will
prabablv reach 75 and the damage done
created curiosity yearly as to what he
would say.
His forecast for 1894, declared that
there wouldlxLCOUtinuedeuiliarrassed
lusinesK, -bankruptcies, unemployed
alxir and ruined-fawners.
For 1895, be says -..There » ©q
iso or sign of lietter times for the com
ing year ’ . ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ *
any permanent improvement in gen
eral business.
Wheat at 54 cents a bushel at Chi
cago; cotton 5| cents jier pound at Cin-
cirihati: and pig iron at $10 a ton at
Fittsburg denote impoverishmenffor *k^
farmers, cotton planters and furnace I ^“ rn -^ f __ , '
luetf.—-The inqreasa last-year of $100,4
000,000 in the bonded debt of the gov
ernment,
ile are
and making money.
Ever since 1873, values have been
shrinking in consequence of the estab
lishment of the single gold standard
and no one can fathom the depths to
which prices will fall.
There is no evidence that wc afe'af
lowest point of depression. There is
no property, except gold which is not
depreciating.
Au-average crop of grain in this
country this yean with fair crops
abroad, will send the jirice of wheat st
Chicago after the next liarvest down to
40 cents per bushel. Prices for
next fall will decline to 25 cents
kiMlwlf _ j ■ -liT --- ■ ■
Fat hogs will be $3 per hundred
pounds gross for next winter's packing
seqson. Prices for wool, cotton, iron,
cattle and horses will be on the down
grade during the present year. Com
mon sheep after the wool is taken off
next year will sell for what the pelt
will then bring, 25 cents.
To the anxious inquirer, 1895, will
be the proper time to make invest
ments in property or to engage exten
sively in enterprises.
f 1
hi
to property will be more than $.1,000,,-
000. In all three car loads of powder
exploded.
At 2 o'clock this morning forty-three
dead Ixxlies had beeli found and re
moved to the morgue. Many of them
were shockingly burned ana so muti-
ated as to be totally unrecognizable.
A small boy, whose name is not
known, about ten years of age, was
found dead in the street a block anc
a half away from the scene of the ex-
losion. One woman was killed in s
ouse half a block away by an anvi
thrown through the roof. Human
heads, legs and antis were scattered for
several blocks from the scene of the
greatest of three explosions. It is be
lieved that the complete list of the
dead cannot be secured for severa
days.
The first explosion was caused by
nitro glycerine stored in the private
warehouse of the Kenyon-Connel
Commecial Co., which was burned
The second came from a car loado: 1
powder on the railroad track and the
third from the warehouse of the Butte
Hardware Compay, which adjoinec
that of the Kenyon-Connell Company
At 10 o’clock this forenoon thi
known number of the dead was fort)
those officials are now being criticised
for not taking an active interest in the
| matter since the condition of affairs
has been made public. So far as
known they have not attempted to do
| anything for the benefit of the suffer
ers He further savs the destitution in
W, in vain /»r VaU.^,^
ley or in and aboutNelsonville, where
the first appeal came from. He thinks
the destitute there will have to be
| cared for till spring at least.
A newspaper man who baa just re-
I turned from the scene says destitution
voi iignirrthiuh. jio-1 “j?
nnninnUKl. k&pi„W ot£Z, I
could! exist in a civilised ommtnr and
that it is a disgrace to the State of Ohio
which will not soon be blotted out In
view of this fact he thinks it is well
the real conditions should be presented
to the public. When he asked the
miners how they would guard against
such circumstances in the future, they
almost invariably answered that they
would work more and strike leas.
The well-to-do citizens in the im
poverished district charge that much
of the suffering there can be traced to
the drinking habit. They say many
times l
mm I of the miners in prosperous times seean
lt8 a to have ho other dews than to enrich
the saloon keepers and make no at-
the saloon keepers and
tempt to prepare for ad 1
better classes of
true in a great many
and chil'
The
thkis
w but the
wives and children of such men—who
are the sufflerers now—are noi r&
sponsible for this condition. But
while these charges are made those
making them proclaim that this is not
a time to inquire after causes The
effect alone must be considered.
APPEAL FOB AID.
Columbus O., Jan. 13.—Tonight
Governor McKinley read a_ telegram
HArB|aNffe-VMlesp4<Naifcnr-H^P
Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 17.—It never I commission at Nelsonville urging that
rains but that it pours, and thechancea I supplies be sent to Shawnee and!
are that Columbia will aeciftB a big I r-extjgp at once, as well asto Nelson-
starch mill, which is desirous of niov-1 ville. Immediately the Governor sent
ing South also. The man, who writae Mayor Blee, of Cleveland, the follow-
about it is a New York manufreturer, | ing telegram: “There is muchsuffer-
for provisions and cl
miners of the Hocking Vs
unday Creek Valley, of inis
wrote to Secretary of State Tompkins,
letter to Mayor Sloafi,
ipl
who referred the fetter to Mayor Sk~...,
who suggests that the' committee will,
wait on him when it goes on. It is
needless to say tha^this will be done,
and a letter will be addressed to him
iiiuuadiately. Tlie letter reads thus:
New York, Jan. 14, 1895.
D. H. Tompkins, Esq., Secretary of
State: '
Dear Sir—The enclosed was no doubt
placed in the money envelope v for
which reason I return same to you. I
shall be glad to hear from some one
of your big capitalists at tne soonest
possible time, before it is too late, and
the industry goes to another State,
which I am sure your people would
afterwards foreved regret. Surely it
would also be in the interest of the
large cotton mill owners to have one
or more starch factories located in
lit ia of such a character that I feel
constrained to call upon thefenavona
people of Ohio to render aariatanee
The carload of supplies seat last week
has been already exhausted. Colum
bus will send a carload tonight and
Cincinnati will commence
contributions tomorrow,
lions can be either money, provisions
or clothing. Can Cleveland be ready
to ship supplies by Wednesday, or
otherwise contribute as may deem
beet by that time. 1 will later indicate
to what points the shipments should
be made. The carload of provisions
that was to leave here this morning
was not sent, but will go to Gloucester
tomorrow morning.
their neighborhood; they would bene-,I Mixon. Mr. D.
fit in vanous ways by such an under-1 monsville no longer holdi _
taking. What will your city do for able position as the head of the offl-
Hr. Trular**
Columbia. 8. C., Jan. 17.—It is now
State Liquor Commissioner Frank M.
" ~ W. Traxler of Tim-
holds the respon-
g
us and also your State? It is of great
importanee to both and for the public
in your State generally to have this
industry come to yofir State. Once
started there it will soon increase con
siderably. Many thanks for the book;
only sorry it is so old and does, there
fore, not give any reliable informa
tion. Hoping soon to hear from you,
I remains yours respectfully,
B. Kcmmus.
S
seven. This list will undoubtedly
increased when the debris of the ex
plosion is removed, as it is almost cer-
tain that bodies lie hidden in-the ruins
of the demolished warehouse. Of the
dead thus far recovered, twenty-six
have been identified either wholly or
partially. In some cases the identifica
tion lias been by articles of clothing or
jewelry-, the bodies being defaced and
HnlTeraiag In >ewfaunSland. _ .'.
St. John’s, N. F., Jan. 13.—The off
fleers of the mail steamer Virginia
Lake, which arrived here to-day, re
port intense destitution along the nor-
cial liquor business in South Carolina.
The new State board of control, in re
sponse to a call issued by Governor
Evans; the chairman, held a meeting
at 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the
Governor’s office, and the resignation
of Mr. Traxler as liquor commission
er having been received and accepted.
Col. Frank M. Mixon, the present su
perintendent, was nominated and
elected. Col. Mixon, the new com
missioner, will take charge at once.
He came here several yean ago as
cleric in the office of the Superinten
dent of Education. CoL Mixon hails
from Barnwell county, where he is
well known. When the dispensary
icweir
blacke
to
ened so as to render personal
identificaiton impossible. It is not
impossible tliat in “ some cases
mistakes have been made, but,
in general, there is little doubt as
to the identity of the bodies. Some of
the bodies or portions of bodies, will
never be identified, because of the
frightful mangling they have under
gone. Headless trunks without a
vestige of clothing adhering to them,
dismembered limbs and pieces of ilesb
are in some cases all tliat is left. The
dead are now distributed among tlie
various undertaking establishments,
but some time today or tomorrow all
will be collected in one place so that
identification may be facilitated. No
arrangements have been made for the I
them coast of Newfoundland. The 1 system wa s put in operation CoL Mix-
steamer recently carried five hundred OQ wa8 mo/te superintendent of the big
barrely of flour to the north for dis- gtate dispensary. He has held this
tribution among the needy families, position ever since, giving much satas-
but as this amount is totally inadequ- faction. Col. Mixon nas many friends
ate to meet the widespread starvation j n the city, who will be glad to hear
existing there the Government will | Q f hi* promotion. Mr. Traxler, dnr-
ig
dispaten her again to-morrow with an
other supply, this being the last op-1
portunity for sending relief to the in
habitants of those parts until next _
April. From now until that time pable and courteous busmeesman.and
they will have to support themselves discharged his duties as oommia-
' eycan. At to-day's services .inner with marked succmb. Manv
ing his residence here has made many
friends, particularly among the busi
ness men with whom he has been
thrown in contact He is w aaeat «Me
as best they ■
in all
the churches man
were made by the pre
nece-sity oi their
imm'-diately donati
clothing or food 4 for
y references
:hers to tlie
parishioners
ng money.
the., relief of
their'impoverished brethern, and 0t :
tention was called to the fact that the
resources of the local committees. on
relief will be exhausted this week un
less more generosity is exhibited by
citizens.
will be sorry to see him leave.—Stats.
Augusta, Ge. Jan.
sn, formerly
Georgia Boea i
this moi
left Auguste
home in a w _
rect to his hodse
the wagon daai*
18.—Guy Har-
i agent on the
at Sawdust, wee
to