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4 j -i m . The Cititen s preta room and , circulation book are always open to advertiser. 1 The actual circu lation or The ; t'ltiaen on Wed- ' nesduy was. . . . 'I J. vci. xix r:o. 44 ASHEYILLE, N. C, THURSDAY t3HNING, JULY 30, 1803. FHtCE FIVE CDT3 IEATE1 OiDISHSTER FOLLOW WAKE OF FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION OF POWDER IGAZIilE AT LOWELL. Six Men Are Blown To Pieces And Four Boys, 200 Yards Away, Are Killed by Force of Concussion. Seventy Build, fngs Are Destroyed. Seven Houses Catch Fire And Three Persons Perish In Flames". Reports of The Explosion Was Heard Fifty Miles Away. Men Were Handling Kegs of Powder When Fatality Occurred. U. S. Cartridge Company Heavy Losers. -, - -- 1 Lowell, Mass., July 29. Two small . gunpowder magazines, situated In the midst of the cottages of fifty mill op eratives, exploded, today, killing more than a score and Injuring nearly fifty persons. Half a dozen men, who were loading kegs of powder from one of tne magazines, were blown to pieces four boys, 200 yards away, were killed by the concussion, and fourteen frame houses within a radius of four hun dred yards went down as though they naa Deen mint or cards. Seven of these nouses Immediately took fire from tne overturned stoves and burn- ea. ai least tnree persons were caught In the ruins of the houses and burned to death, while seven or eight others who were taken from the Are died subsequently of their Injuries. In all seventy buildings were de stroyed, while windows for live or six miles around were pulverized. The re port could be heard distinctly more than five miles away. The known dead: George Finn. John McMesters. Louis E. Riohards. Jamei L. Grady, all employed by the United States Cartridge company. Jamas B. Sullivan. Charles Moore. J. N. Roleau, all employed, by the Stanley Forwarding company. Gilbert McDermott, 10 years old. Mchatl McDermott, 12 years old. ' Thomas Houligan 11 years old. Jas. Houligan, 10 years old. Wm. Galloway. Robert Galloway. Robert Galloway Jr. . Alfred Lebruno. Mrs. Cathorine Riggs. Eddie Rogers. George A. McDermitt, 4 years old. Josephine Perusse. Zephriam Prune. The laRt named were killed by th.1 fall of, their houses, or burned to death. . ... Unidentified man. . ' Four psreons are missing, two car penters and John Riggs and Pa tt rick opencen , . , Fatally injured ' Amadte Boulanger. . Clarendon Goodwin, both employe of Cartridge company. Mrs. Howard Burkett. Miss McDermott. Eliza Galloway. C.lnre 8upernau, The magazines were the property of the United mates Cartridge company of Lowell They were built of brick, about ten feet high, with a rounded roof of corrugated Iron. THey were constructed some 30 years ago, In wnai was men a proau upen neiu on the hanks of the concord river. Dur ing the last decade small wooden houses have sprung up in the vicinity crowding near to the two magazines untoil they surrounded them, except on the river side. The nearest house was scarcely GO feet from the powder depot. One of the magazines was just within the roadside fence, while the other was 100 feet behind It, near he bank of the river. Both magazines ordinarily contained two or three tons of gunpowder In tin ' kegs, each keg being about eighteen Inches high and a foot In diameter. The company has for some time been desirous of strengthening the floor of the .maga zine nearest the street mid his morn ing three employes of the company, three expressmn and two carpnters were-sent there with three wagons to take out the powder and mend the floor. Two of the trucks were loaded, when the explbsion occurred. Clar endon Goodwin, foreman of the men who were loading the powder and his assistans, Amadee Boulanger, escap ed death, although within fifty feet of the magazine. Boulanger was Injured and taken to b, hospital. He said the men went down to the magazine, nearest the street, to fix the floor and after two wagons had been loaded with powder, It was discovered that a can of nitro glycerine, which was stored in the magazine, was leaking. Mr. Goodwin picked up what he thought was a jug of water, and began to pour It on the nltro-glycerlne with the idea of dilud Ing It and washing It up. As soon as the fluid from the jug struck the floor he found that It was nitre acid. The floor at once began - to - smoke and when the men buw it. They rushed from the building, but had not gone ... ten feet when the explosion occurred. This magazine was followed Im mediately by the gunpowder on the wagons and several seconds later, by the second magazine. The entire cat astrophe occupied the snace of scarce ly five seconds, but In that time the surrounding property, was swept as If a small valcano had broken forth. Ev ery house within 200 yards collapsed. Trees were blown down, . the grass wlthfn a hundred yards was moked as If by a lawn mower, while, bricks from the two magazines were hurled far across the river and all over the neighborhood. For several minutes President Roosevelt Pardons Prisoner After Three Years "Washington', . July 29. President Roosevelt has pardoned Bmlllo Vllla mor, .a prominent Filipino, who In De cember, 1900, was sentenced to be hang ed, for murder. This sentence was af terward commuted to ten years impris onment. ' Vlliafflor was a member of the Insur gents operating In Luton. They cap-, tured Marcllo Gadung. a native eor fwal of 'police, who, In addition to be ing a corporal, acted as a spy for Ihe American army and this fact was gen : aiterwaras the air was filled with snioKe ana dust Illuminated by the gmre irom me already burning debris. The work of rescue began at once, but In many cases the flames had al ready gained full sway over the crumoiea ruins and several persons were burned to death before the wreckage which covered them could be removed. The property Is situated Just over the Lowell line In Tewks bury, but the Lowell fire department aided in caring for the wounded, Be fore a stream of wnter was stnrtefl from the engines the hose from all the wagons was taken out and the bodies' of the wounded were placed In the wugons and hurried to the hospital Ambulances soon appeared and assist ed the firemen Hnd all sorts of vehicles were pressed Into service. Nearlj forty persons were taken to .the two hospitals within half un hour, while many more whose Injuries were slight, had their wounds dresHed und remained to assist In caring for the less fortunate. The exploslori shook Lowell and within half an hour there were at least 5,000 persons on the scene of the cat astrophe. The crowd so hindered the work that the mayor sent out a militia call. Three companies responded and three hours later had thrown a cordon of men around the disaster and clear dd the place of every one except thos Immediately engaged In quenching the flams and searching for victims. Two hundred yards further down the river, from the second magazine. Ihe llremen came across the bodies of four boys who hud been about to have a swim. A Ilrlh boy was in the river when the explosion occurred and es cape'! Injury. Apparently the force from this second magnzina waB ex pended north and south. On the nortr It demolished the house of Mr. Riggs about 50 yards away, almost burying Mrs. Kigga and severely. Injuring hef son.. Mrs. Itlggs died, on tne otnei side of the magazine was a, grove oj trees, through which'.' 1 the . explosloi, tore a path BO feet wide, for a distance of nearly 300 yards. j T, P. L PRESIDENT HIGHLY HONOR' D Mackinac Island, Mich., July 29. The fourth annual convention of the Inter national federation of commercial trav elers organizations closed today at th John Jacob Astor house. The federa tion Is composed of eleven dlfferem commercial travelers' associations which have a membership of over 150, 000. Through the efforts of the railroad committee, the western passenger as sociation has adopted an interchangea ble mileage boo kgood on trains in thel. territory. This Is regarded as a grea; victory for , the traveling men. The fol low In gnftlcers were elected: President Louis LaBcaume, St Louis. Vice-President Chas. C. Daniel, Co lumbus, Ohio. ' Secretary Arthur L. Sheetsc, Omuhu. NV1. Executive committee R. A. Cave naugh, Chicago; F. E. Haley, Pec Moines, Iowa; George S. Dana, ITtlca. N. T. BUSINESS IS TO BE RECOMMENCED Trenton, N. J., July 29. A decree wa? Issued In the United States circuit courl today provldlhg for the discharge of receivers of the American Cycle Man ufacturing company and permitting the company to resume business. The company is one of the constituent concerns of the American Bicycle com pany, which Is being re-organlzed, and all the stock of the company is now owned by the Pope Manufacturing com pany under which name the American Bicycle company is to be re-organlzed. Provision has been made fore the pay ment of all the debts of the America. Cycle company, which at the time of the appointment of receivers amounted to $358,000. The claims are now ail held by the Pope Manufacturing company and the Central Trust companyof New York city. erally known. On one occasion, whlli within the enemy s lines he was cap tured, tried by courtmartlal, for being a spy, convicted and shot. , Vlllamor was an (officer of the Insurgent army and was on the court martial that tried and disposed of Gadung. It was for that Vlllamor was tried and sentenced. He has served a term of nearly three years. His pardon was recommended by army officers and the secretary of war on the ground that Villumor's of fence was 'really political. REFORM IN LAWS TOUCHING MONEY 18 DECLARED TO BE ABSOLUTE' LY IMPERATIVE BY GOV. CUM MINGS, OF IOWA, 'May be Compelled to Welt Until the Throes of Financial Distress are Upon Us," He Intimates. Davenport, Iowa, July 29. Governor A. B, Cummins, addressing the bunk era of Illinois and Iowa in convention here today, said Ih part: "A reform In the laws touching cur rency Is one thel things so necessary that the tortured body of business attests it In the agony of Its move ments. "The real spirit that stands like a giant In the way of progress in this arction is the conservatism of pros perity. ' . , "We may be compelled to wait until we nre in the throes of financial dis tress before we can do what ought to be done. 'You can help to refute the greatest fallacy of the age, which is that bo cause we are prosperous under certain laws, that those laws will keep us prosperous." GMMZM CL7MLAND The above picture is from the r 1 fk tv-HV?9 -r-n arrivul. Although the ex-President has suggested thnt does not hanker for re-nomination, he may luxe seconu mougiii nuw 'u'"e . stead of. one o struggle for "Uuby Ruth" was born on the eve of her father's second Presidential campaign and proved a very strong mascot for him, afterwardH becoming the "baby belle" of the White House, when her father was elected for a second term. Ihe second mascot is nere win warms prove wlllln"."' Dentists In Executive Sessions Working With Might And Main The dentists put in a day yesterday that was devoted entirely to technical matters. In the morning there was a discussion of etiology led by Dr. J. D. Patterson, of Kansas City. In the af ternoon clinics absorbed the attention of the dentlss and In he evening there was a stereopticon demonstration In X-ray work by Dr. Edmund' Kelts, Jr., The following clinics wore given in the afternoon: ' - "Hygienic Fillings," Levi C. Tayldr, Hartford, Conn . , . "Sharp Seamless Crown Outfit," S. Hldred Gilbert, Philadelphia, Pa. "Something in Porcelain Work," R, C. Brophy, Chicago, 111.. 'Advantages of the Hollow Post, Combined with he Inlay Principle for Cantilever and Rrldge Abutments," Garrett Newklrk, Los Angeles, Cal. "Modern Porcelain Art, and Oil Col ors, as Applied to Dental Prothesis," D. O. M. Le Cron, St. Louis, Mo. "Pyorrhea Alveolarls," Wm.-H.iG. Logan, Chicago, 111. :.:-., "Partial Removal and. Decaliflcotion of Omentum in Treatment of Riggs' Disease," Howard T. Stewart, , Mem phis, Tenn. . "A Demonstration of the Applica tion of Dr. Edward H. Angle's Frar ture Bands in Fracture of Maxwell's Superior and Inferior," F. Leo Hollis ter. Wilkesbarre Pa. "The Cementation of Crowns and Bridges with Gutta Percha Cement," Geo. Evans. New York. . "Demonstrating the Advantages of an Improved Flask In Investing and Packing Vulcanite Dentures," J. H. Feao-an. Spartanburg, S. C. "Administration of Nitrous Oxide with a New Nasal Inhaler," Robert J. Cruise, Chicago, III "The Use of Non-Cohesive Gold," Kdwln C. Blalsdell, D. M. D Ports mouth. N. H. "Porcelain Crowns," Russell Murk- well, Galveston, Texas. , TARIFF BILL HAS DONE WORK" EXPRESSION OF jTHE LATE PRES IDENT WILLIAM M'KINLEY IS RECALLED. By an Englishman! Who is Wrestling in a Whits Heat With the Moot ed Currency Question. London, July 29. Governor F. O. Schuster, ut a meeting of the Union bank of London, limited, today made a lengthy reference to the British fiscal controversy, which met iwlth the ap proval of a large gathering of city men. While he welcomed an inquiry into the fiscal policy of the. government the whole tenor of MrJ Sehusler'a remarks was opposed, to tampering with tret trade.' He expressed the belief that the United States was Within "measurable distance of adopting free trade" tnnd' lu support of this said he had a private Interview with the late President Mc Kinley two years ago, In which the latter said: ! "My tariff bill has done Its work. We have been able to build up many great industries in a short time and now gradually, but Inevitably over tariff must be reduced." Mr. Schuster contended that Ameri ca's indstrlul :posltlon under protection was "not entirely attractive nor are Its working men contented." VON ROU8E PERISHED. Lexington, Ky., July 29. Hiram Steele, the manager of the Maddcn Hamburg place confirm the report that John A. Drake's horse that perished In the recent fire there was Von House, Von Bouse was by , Ben DOr out of Venue and one of the best three year olds In the country.- latest portraits taken of ex-President "Specimens of Torcelnln Work and a Method of Makinn Seamless Gold Shell Crowns," Paul W. Evans, Washington, D. C. "Porcelain Drowns, Sections and Inlays," F. T. t'upon, .Toronto, Can ada. "Cavity Preparation In Natural Teeth," Alfred Owre, . Minneapolis, Minn. "A Method of Protecting the Cer vlcul Margin in Cement Fillings." Burton Uee Thorpe, SL Louis, Mo. , "Combination ' Cohesive and Non Cohesive Gold," D. J. Mlllen, Kansas City. . "An Improved Modification of the Richmond Crown," H. Herbert John son, Macon, Ga. "Models and Appliances Represent ing Artificial Vela imd Obturators fur Cleft Palate Cases," It. Ottolingut, New York, f . ' "Porcelain Flllilnt-'S and Furnace Construction," Dr. Wllllnm Leon El lerblck. Suit Lake City, Utah. "Root-canal Filling Using Sandarac VarnlBh and Gold Wire Polns," Chos. P. Pruyn, Chicago, III. "Restoration of Facial Deformity by Means of Pnrafflne ILnJection," Rudolph Beck. Chli igo, 111. Porcelain Inlays." W. T. Reeves, Chicago, 111. To be announced, Joseph Head, Philadelphia, Pa. "Gold Inlay, Ustn Copper Amnlgum Matrix," H . 11. Tllestone, Loulsvilo, Ky.. To be announced, Harry P. Carlton, San Francisco, Cal. "Porcelain," W. A. , Capon, Phila delphia, Pa. ' o "Horcelaln," L. E. Custer, Dayton, Ohio. "Some Novel Attachment for Re movable Bridge and Metnl Plate Work," B. Holly Smith, Baltimore, Md. "Abutments for Esthetic Crown and Bridge Work," W. E. ' Grant, Louis PROCEEDINGS OF CONFERENCE O.K. Action of Peoples Party Heart' ily Endorsed BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ORGANIZATION Proclamation of Tuesday Was Also Endorsed NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE IS CALLED TO MEET AT ST. LOUIS Denver Colo.,. July 29. iivmiiii I m mmii n 1 1 1 cut iP -The national the United People's party niet tcxlay and endorsed all the proceedings'" of 1 the conference of the reform parties, which has been In session for the last two days. The pro clamation Issued yesterday was also en dorsed. f A resolution was adopted calling i meeting of the national executive com mittee of the United People's party at St. Louis February 22. 19W. It was also resolved that It was the sense of the committee that the nomi nating convention should be held early In 1901, before the conventions of elthor the Republicans or the Democrats. A committee on organisation was ap pointed with J. A. Edgerton, chairman, to organise the reform parties In every state. Cleveland, his wife and eldest son, uicnuru, jum ""or ' ;""" ville, Ky. "Some New Things In Gold Work," A. It. Begun, Des Moines, Iowa. "ReplHCHble Facings, for Crown und Bridge Work and Repairs." Emory A, Bryan, Washington, 1J. C. "Porcelain," Henry C. Raymond, Detroit, Mich. "Method for Constructing a Contin uous Gum Upper Set of Teeth," Table Clinic, Geo. W. Schwartz, Chicago, III. "Will Exhibit Models Showing His Method of Extracting Impacted Third Molars; he will also give a demonstra tion In X-rsy work," C. Edmund Kells, New Orleans, La. "Implantation," Robt. E. Payne, New York. "Poreciain Work," Wm. K. Blater, Kimxvllle, Tenn. "Porcelain Inlays," Thos, P. Hln man, Atlanta, Oa, "Gold Inlays," C. L. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C. "Oral Clinic on the Management of Children's Teeth. Also on Manage ment of Mouths of Very Aged People," J. Y. Crawford, Nashville, Tenn. "Will Demonstrate a Method of Painless Pulp Extirpation and Pain less Extraction of Teeth, and Painless Surgery Within the Mouth," W. Clyde Davis, Lincoln, Neb. "Apparatus for Administering Ni trous Oxide alon or together," Charles K. Teter, Upper Sandusky, O. . "Removal of Calculus with Special Set Instruments," II. F. Arrington, Goldsboro, N. C, Two Bsnauets. Among the enjoyable social features last evening was a banquet by the alumnae of the Louisville Dental col lege, 'which took place at the Batery Park. The Ashevllle dentists, who were obtests, were Drs. Gorman, Hall nnd VniicpM. The annual reunion of the graduates of the University of Pennsylvania took (ontlnued on Page 2 ) MASS FOR PONTIFF AND DEPARTED KINGS WAS CELEBRATED AT ROME YESTERDAY MORNING Procession to 8treets to Tombs King Humbert and Victor Emmanuel. of nome, July 29. Rome this morning was the scene of one of those dramatic contrasts -which are now so character-' Istlc of the eternal city. While at the Vatican, In the Blstlne chapel, a solemn' requiem mass wus being Intoned, with all the solemnity that the Catholic church can impose, for the repose of the soul of Leo XIII. the spiritual mon urch who claimed Rome as his capital, another and no less solemn requiem mass was being celebrated in the mag nificent Parthenon for the repose of the soul of the late King . Humbert, the temporal monarchy the capital of whose kingdom wus Rome. King Victor Em manuel and Dowager Queen Margaret came here to attend the annual mass which is celebrated on the anni versary of the assassination of King Humbert, which occurred three yean ago, The king drove to the Parthenon the , well known red liveries of his coachmen and footmen arousing much Interest among the people - in the streets, and arrived there in time to meet Queen Margaret, who was dressed in" deepest black. After a tender etri brace, mother and son entered th Parthenon, heard the mass and placed wreaths on the tombs of King Hum bert and King Victor Emmanuel. The entrance and exit of their majesties was witnessed bv a larire crowd. ' In the evening there was a public procession through the streets to trie tombs of King Humbert nnd King Vic tor Knimanucl. It passed off quietly, though thousands of persons witnessed the demonstration, and the procession Itself was over a mile In length. Throughout the route, the piazzas and streets were thronged with orderly spec tators who heartily cheered the red shlrted Clurlbaldean veterans and other representatives of Italian liberty. All the shops were closed and there were more outward signs of mourning than have been seen In Rome during recent years. PERSUASION IS SAID TO BE LEGAL Chicago, July 29. Judge Kavanaugh In a decision handed down today in the habeas corpus case of four strikers for violation of an Injunction granted to the Illinois Malleable Iron Works, de cided that labor unions' have the right to place pickets about the plant where a strike Is in progress and he also de clared that workmen have the right to persuade workmen to quit work. The Jurist furthermore held that sending men to jail upon affidavits that they have violated an Injunction Is, illegal. Judge Kavunaugh's decision Is directly opposed to decisions rendered In the Superior court. ' Miss Anna. Poston Refused To Believe in EternaJ Punishment Chicago, July 29. Miss Anna Poston, an actress, 24 years old, shot and killed herself today In a room at the Inter Ocean hotel.' Miss Sally Price, her room mate, said that Miss Poston had been grieving for the last two weeks and had made frequent references to suicide, asking what would become of TM! rriTfro 0 Wild -MllliCCJ SAW SHADES Nearby When ftarcum Received His Death Wound EWEN SUBJECTED TO RIGOROUS EXAMINATION He Was Afterwards Escorted From The Town TESTIMONY OF THE BRAVE CAR. TAIN WAS APPLAUDED BY THE 8PECTATORS Cynthlana, July 29.-Whlle the de fense has subpoenaed over an hundred. witnesses to Impeach these testifying for the commonwealth and prove alibis : for Jett and White in the Marcum mur der case, the prosecution Is also seeing many valuable witnesses that could not be interviewed during the first trial at Jackson. Officers arrived today from Breathitt county with Samuel tittle, who is considered a Stronger witness than either B. J. Ewen or John L. Patrick, tt is stated that Little not only saw Jett and White just before Marcum fell and again after the shoot Ing, but also that he witnessed the shooting in the court house. Little was arrested last night by the soldiers while In hiding and brought here today by a deputy. Little is related to Curtis Jett. John Freeman, another lmpor tant witness for the commonwealth, who Is said to have fled to the moun tains during the trial at Jackson last month, was also brought In by a deputy today. Both will be held until they are called by Commonwealth's Attorney Byrd. - ;;:,-.." Capt. Ewen left the stand at i:J9 p. in. after he had been subjected to a rigorous cross-examination by the At torneys for the defense. After his tes timony Judge Osborne asked Mm if he desired guards to take him across ihe river to the camp. , He said that he desired guards to escort him and lie was temporarily placed In one of the Jury rooms until the mlNtta was called for and they took him to camp Licking. On the witness stand It developed that he had made different statements to Judge Horgls and other immediately after the killing of Marcum, In Breath itt county. He gave as Ms reasons that he was afraid to say otherwise, as he was afraid of Harglg anlOHahan. He said that Harglss and Callahan and Combs had called him Into consultation Immediately after the killing and told him what to say and that he had agreed to do so, as he was afraid of being killed then and there. This created some stir in the court room, and Imme diately after he had left the stand, soma applause was started am Judge Os borne promptly squelched it. J, P. MORGAN & GO. RELIEVE HOOLEY New York, July 29. J. P. Morgan A Co., as financial agents of the Rock Island of the St. Louis and San Fran cisco railway interests, today took over from Edwin S. Hooley ft Co. Mr. Hoo Hy personally, and H.H. Porter, enough stock of the Evansvllle and Terre Haute road and Its subsidiary lines, to give the first mentioned parties control. The price paid for Evansvllle and Terre Haute stock and Its affiliated property was not disclosed, but rumor placed the average at $57 a share. The deal hard ly involves more than UtOO.444 In all. Just how much cash hoc already been paid over by Mr, Morgan A Co. Is not known, but It was said today that the holdings of Hooley A Co. and Mr. Hoo ley personally had been paid for in cash. No statement on this point was obtainable from the assignee of Hooley ft Co. REFUGE PROVED A DEATH TR.P Pittsburg, July 29. During an elec trical storm this afternoon, a number of Italians took refuge in a building, No. 788 Kelly street. The building was Btruck by lightning and two men were Instantly, killed. Three others were In jured, but will recover. The dead; Serafano Coanlco. J Joseph Greco. IMPORTANT REPORT MADE. Mackinac Island, July 29. The re port of the committee on agencies snd directories, the most Important business to come before the ninth annual con vention of the commercial law league of America, was made at the first ses sion today. Action on tt wae delayed until the afternoon session. her soul If she destroyed herself. Miss Price replied that such an act would result in eternal punishment. Miss Pos ton then asked, "What have 1 done that my soul should be tormented on earth and go condemned Into the next world, I don't believe It" Then Ihe shot her self. .
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