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    THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER f > , 1002.
Dig suinnicr rnlns nro qulto apt to bo
the forerunners of deep winter snows.
r The prospective fine crop of corn la
stimulating the demand for young cattle -
tlo for feeders.
The cnnna roots should be taken up
Just before the first frost and set on
the floor of a dry cellar.
One can Judge pretty well what sort
of people live In a house by noting
where they throw their slops.
Don't try n new set of store teeth on
the baked heart of an old farrow cow ,
for you'll get Into trouble If you do.
One of the finest looking apple trees
\vo have among our top grafted trees
Is a Fameuse top on a Brier Sweet
trunk.
Missouri , Kansas and Nebraska will
each compete with Iowa this year for
the honor of raising the biggest crop
of corn.
A low temperature and great humid
ity of the air have this season done
great thlnga for the cabbage and caul
iflower crops.
Two old stag hogs weighing over
600 pounds each were sold by a farm
er for $84. The navy department prob
ably got them.
1 A sparrow pie Is quite a toothsome
delicacy , and If It was not for the
trouble of getting the birds ready It
( Would become a very popular dish.
' It has been a great year for the
growers of alfalfa , three big crops at
least , equivalent to four or five tons
of the best dry fodder to be had any-
iwhere.
Too mnnv farmers understand the
term co-operation to mean profit and
not sacrifice , when it really means
fully as much of the latter as the for
mer at times.
A neighbor of ours sold In August
100 head of hogs which averaged him
$25 per head. If this 13 not rooting
cash out of black soil , we would llko
to know what Is.
Wo found while clearing up a brush
patch Aug. 12 the nest of a song spar
row containing young birds Just hatch
ed. But few of our blrda nest so late
in the season as this.
Thrashing from the shock is all right
If you are well up at the head of the
list of names which compose the cir
cuit If at the tall end , one Is quite
likely to wish he had stacked his
grain.
It. Is about an even thing between
the wind when It won't blow and the
gasoline engine when it won't go. The
wind quits from purely natural causes
iwhllo the engine quits because of pure
cusscdnesa.
The heavy draft horse cannot stand
'hard work on a hot day nearly so well
as the medium weight horse. It is a
Tery easy Job to kill a sixteen hundred
. pound Norman when the mercury
stands at 100.
Hailstorms prove the best natura
method of limiting the sparrow pest ,
; these birds being killed by the thou
Band lu all communities wbero tbo
leaves of the corn get shredded into
ribbons by the hall.
It seems a pity that the southern col
'Ored girls and women could not be bet
tcr educated as housekeepers am
cooks , for there Is almost an unlimited
demand for this class of help al
ithrough the country.
A friend writes asking why his eel
ery plants set out in July are going to
eeed the first year. We cannot answer
this question. Wo have raised celery
Tor many years and never recollcc
noting such a phenomenon.
It Is said that the presence of goat
will ward off animal diseases on th
farm , but as between a vigorous billy
and blackleg give us the latter. Even
microbes , if the statement be true , are
'thus proved to have.a little self respect
One South Dakota creamery paid to
Its patrons for Juno milk the large
eum of $12,123. Six of these patrons
'received over ? 100 each and seventy of
them between $50 and $ GO each. The
.cow is revolutionizing the agriculture
of South Dakota.
The net profit upon the capital In
vested In their forms by very many
farmers In the northwest the past year
has been from 20 to 25 per cent This
helps out some of the poor years when
the farm bad to bo mortgaged to pay
tunning expenses.
-iWJ
tlio Hlatl ) of South Carolina haw only
ono creamery , and fiirin land * UHTI >
are worth from $10 to $ ! 10 per ncro.
The state of Iowa has S. 0 creameries ,
and farm lands are worth from $70 to
$100 per aero. There may bo no con
nection between thoHO two tlilngu , iiiuJ
hen again llicro may be.
The reed or rlco bird of the south ,
which Is really only our sweet singer
obollnk of the north , In counted n
real table delicacy by the epicures
vho patronize the high toned restuu *
ants of the largo cltlca , and it Is glv-
ig no trade secret nwoy when wo say
lint the plebeian sparrow is made to
o a good service us n substitute.
We find the rubdockla ( golden glow )
oo ponderous n plant for garden cul-
ure in ( lower beds well fort 111ml. It
has n place , or should have , In every
garden , but a fence corner Is a butter
> lace for it than a ( lower bod. Wo
hall try It In a blue grass * sod next
year and BOO If we cannot keep It
down Inside of four fool In height
It may be well for you to look and
eec when your Insurance policies rui >
out and also Inspect the family well
to be mire that the household water
supply IH all right A dond policy In
case of a lire mid a dead child In the
lomo as a result of Impure water nro
real troubles , i specially hard to boar
) ccause they might have boon avoided.
That mink which lives down by the
jank of the creek Is likely to bo u
worse enemy of the poultry than all
the hawks , owls and Hkunks which
you look after so closely. A mink In
ho hencoop Is a four footed Herod , a
wholesale slayer and sucker of blood ,
lie should bo watched for closely and
shot or trapped , If it Is a possible thing.
The production and sale of oleomar
garine under the now law had by the
middle of August fallen off more than
ono-tMrd. The shrinkage will bo Btlll
greater as each mouth goes by , aa
some of the methods now used to color
iho stuff are sure to bo ruled out by
the revenue department The effect of
the law has been to Improve the mar
ket for the lower grades of store but
ter and has not , so far as can yet bo
seen , Increased the price of flue cream
ery goods.
He was tow headed , raw , green , Just
from Norway , with $150 In his pocket ,
[ t did not seem as though there could
bo much to him outside the sphere of
a digger and grubber. This was ten
years ago. We saw him the other day ,
now thirty-five years old. He owns
1,205 acres of land , worth $75 an acre ,
and was on his way homo from Chica
go , where ho had sold five loads of fat
cattle , which brought him $107 per
head. This tow head got there In great
shape.
There Is n marked revival of Interest
In the silo question all over the coun
try. The silo as it may now bo built
Is about ns cheap a protective cover
for forage as anything which can bo
put up and is entirely available for
even the small farmer with limited
means. Added to this Is the fact It
affords a means of securing a supply
of most palatable and nutritious win
ter food for stock from a small area
of land , and wo often wonder why
more men do not use it
We have known one or two absolute
ly uneducated men the neither read
nor write sort who , because of an in
herited talent for business , have been
able to make their way In the world
and accumulate fortunes , but for f > U
that their lack of education prevented
them from being anywhere near as
good , successful and useful men as
they might have been had they been
educated. The way the world is run
ning today the more a man knows the
more of a man he can be , assuming
that he has common sense enough to
properly apply his knowledge.
It seems queer that on the average
farm the thrashing outfit and the
stacked grain are always placed lu
the open stubble Held with sole refer
ence to the shortness of haul of the
cut grain and never with any reference
to the fact that the placing of a straw
stack In the middle of the field Is a
serious Interference with plowing and
almost invariably , whether the straw
be burned or fed out leaves a quarter
of an acre of ground worthless for crop
bearing for two or three years. Why
not have this muss at the corner or
end of the field ?
In looking over the decisions of the
courts on the bee tree question wo
flnd that the courts hold that a man
has no more right to enter upon the
promises of his neighbor and capture
a swarm of stray bees , unless they
have escaped from his own hives , or
take the bees and honey from a bee
tree than he has to enter his neighbor's
orchard and steal his fruit There is
nn old belief among people , growing
out of the customs of pioneer days , that
bees and their honey are anybody's
property who first locates them , but
there is no law to Justify or warrant
any such belief.
It Is Impossible to account for such
a tremendous growth of weeds ns ev
ery man has had to tight this season
eave on the theory that a vast amount
of weed seed remains In the ground
from one year to another without ger
minating , to later spring up when soil
and weather conditions are specially
favorable to plague the tiller of the
soil. With us land which was kept
absolutely free from weeds of any kind
last year , not one being allowed to go
to seed , Is for aught we can sec Just
exactly aa badly pestered with a weed
growth this year as though a full crop
of weeds had boon allowed to go to
seed on the ground lust yoar.
Wo liavo n friend who Is Ihc owner
of a line farm and hi euiyviiy a
very Niicmwfiil farmer. The lit linn
taken him that ho would llko to neil
bin farm and go Into the dry goodn
huHlno.sH. Men get queer Croak * OP
ImslnoHB iiiuUefH HomutlmoH , but not
of ton as bad a freak IIH tlilH. If ( hero
IH any business on earth which a man
needy a special training for It Is the
dry goods luminous , and hardly a Blnglo
thing which our friend has boon learn
ing the past twenty-flvo years on Iho
farm would bo of any use to htm In
the buying and Rolling of dry goodn ,
The radical change of employment
from the farm Into commercial linen
Is hardly over a HUCCOSH , and In all
too many canes men ntop from the
pence and pro perlty of farm life Into
the fret , turmoil and ultlmato failure
of mercantile life. ThlH may bo mild
to bo the rule almost without excep
tion.
MKN AND ItOUH.
Mo.st of the people are of the com
mon sort , live commonplace liven and
have to get their living In a common
place manner. The few who make
their mark are those who , dlHmitlHllod
with commonplace conditions , make
now and better ones for thciiiMclvea.
General Incompotency and lack of am
bition are the calinen which keep HO
many on the commonplace level. Al
most any man could do better , live bet
ter and climb higher If he only would.
The differ * .ico In value between a
trained dog and one which IH just Him-
ply a dog Is anywhere from $ . " > ( ) to
$100 , the untrained dog iiiHtlncllvely
learning enough to obtain his living
and bay at the moon , while his trained
colleague IH of some real use and ben
efit to the world. It is with men Just
as It Is with dogs.
LOWICII iMiicrcs.
It Is not with regret that wo note the
falling In prices of some farm prod
ucts. Potatoes at over a dollar n bushel
become luxuries utterly out of the'
reach of the poor man. Thousands of
poor families have been denied the use
of them for the past year. Poor men
depending upon teaming for a living
have boon put in a hard place to keep
their teams because of the high prlco
of horse feed. The salaried men get
ting from $35 to $50 per month and
there are lots of these have most
keenly felt the past high prices of all
food commodities. While the farmer
has had his innings , and n good long
one , the men who have been compelled
to contribute to his good fortune arc
ready for a chango.
WHAT AI.FAl.FA WIMj DO.
A grower of alfalfa who has been in
the business for twenty years sums up
the merits of this plant ns follows :
First , Its feeding value In the form of
hay Is far superior to that of any other
and nearly equal to corn , pound for
* irti il e nn/\Tir1 I to itnlrl nnr * o r trt Id
much larger than any other tame
grass ; third , It combines excellentpas
turage with Its value as hay ; fourth , it
Is one of the best possible fertilizers of
the soil ; fifth , once established In the
soil it will last Indefinitely ; sixth , a ton
of well cured alfalfa hay contains al
most as much protein as a ton of wheat
bran and Is worth for feeding almost
as much. These facts ought to set men
to thinking and experimenting.
POST THu II-AIIM.
Every year more and more land
owners are posting their farms that
Is , arc notifying pot hunters with their
guns and dogs to keep off their prem
ises In their pursuit of gamo. We do
not blame any man for so doing. No
other method will preserve even n
small remnant of the wild game of the
country. Wo would gladly give $10
each for six bevies of quail if they
could be allowed to live unmolested on
our farm in a practical way for their
value as eaters of weed seeds and ex
terminators of noxious Insect life and
In a sentimental way because they arc
the most engaging and attractive of
any of our birds.
A STERILE CROSS.
The attempt to produce a hybrid , a
cross between the native buffalo and
our domestic cattle , has proved a
success so far as the first cross is
concerned , such hybrid possessing
many very valuable qualities ; but as
is qulto often the case with hybrids
BO produced , these arc Infertile , and
this fact necessarily bars the way to
the establishment of such a distinctive
breed of cattle. It is the same way
with the cross between the wild Can
ada and domestic goose , the product
being a very handsome but sterllo
bird.
SUCCESS FROM A SMALL BEGINNING ,
This man commenced in a very small
way ten years ago. Ho had only one
small town lot for a garden patch , but
ho know what to raise and how to
raise It At first ho peddled his garden
stuff In a basket , which ho carried on
his arm. Now ho has twenty acres In
a truck garden and Is making over
$2,000 a year. It docs not make any
difference where you put some men ;
they will get to the front and the top
anyhow.
TUB MAN IN TUB STRAW.
The man In the straw at the end ol
tbo carrier has the hardest place ol
any man In the thrashing crew , and II
matters not whether the old rigid car
rlcr Is used or whether It bo a blower
or swing stacker. When the help h
all of the neighbor kind , changing
work , It Is not an easy matter to gel
this place filled. Wo think that a mar
Is well entitled to double pay who flllf
this place.
Fort Guns Outpoint Those of
Attacking Fleet ,
MARINES tANDED DY ENEMY.
Admiral Hlgglnson's Squadron Seizes
Martha's Vineyard and Block Island
and Captures Telegraph and Cable
Stations Operators Escape.
Fort Trumhiill , Now l < onitnn , Heart-
Quartern Army of IMonao , Sept. 2.
Al just 10:20 : Inat night the big K n
of Forts Wright , .Terry and Mlvlilo
belched forth almost oliutillaneifhnly
and tlioro wna no longer doiiht that
the IIrat juttuck In the war gatno won
In effect. For nn hour the cannonad
ing continued and the result from the
army standpoint la bent tttalod In this
ofllclal bulletin , posted at headquar
ters nt 12:20 : :
"Movement to pnsn through tha
rneo began nt 10:20 : p. m. Form
Mlcuto , Wright and Terry ongngod
fifty mlnutfiH. Apparently the nhlpii
entorlng hnvo been put out of action
by points scored by the army gunn. "
The result , hownvor , will bo ( Intel-
mined later by thn board of arbitra
tion , All wait quiet at army headquar
ters , when Hiidilcnly the reports of the
big Kunn worn heard and General Mac-
Arthur listened attentively. The at
tack was on , but It eamo soonur than
was expected by the major general
commanding.
Wheii the booming of the big guns
signalled the beginning of the attack ,
for the moment nil communication
with the forts bolng cut oft by tele
graph and telephone , General Mac-
Arthur hoarded his yachtKnnawha and
proceeded to Fort Wright. Far out In
the races , the ships commanded by
Admiral Hlgglnsou were sighted , It
seemed the fleet of the enemy had
been divided , the squadron under Ad
miral Coghlau not being soon during
the 11 rut attack. Admiral Hlgglnson
came from the cast to the nice and
there the light commenced with all
the realism as far as possible of ac
tual war. The ships' lights were out ,
and it was evident the admiral hoped
he could get nearer the forts lioforo
ho was discovered , but In this nti wan
foiled , so the army olllccrs , claim , and
his ships , Including the Mu.snachuHett ?
and Indiana , were put out of action
the ships hurrying to the westward
out of the flrluc zone. Just exactly
where the fleet went Is not known
definitely at headquarters.
Army Wins Another Victory.
Just before midnight four vessels
tried to storm Price's Neck signal Hta
tlon , and their gunfire against thai
point was followed by ninety-six shot ;
run. AiiuuiB. au wuu pmuuu wuiu
the latter that It IB believed at the
fort that two of the vessels were put
out of action. The vessels .retired
toward the westward. l
i Admiral Hlgglnson did not long de
lay after the declaration of hostilities
to cut out work for the Jackles and
marines of his fleet , accomplishing
by daylight , but under cover of fog ,
two things that General Mat-Arthur's
I army had nntlcpated. The.se were the
seizure of Martha's Vineyard and
Block Island and the capture of the
army's signal station at each place.
Two Signal Stations Lost.
The army ofllcors hero were kept
posted In regard to the movements of
the enemy , oven after the signal sta
tions at Wood's Hole and Block Isl
and had been captured. The detach
ment of signal men at Block Island
t was in charge of A signal officer of the
I Connecticut National guard , who cs-
1 caped with all of his men hut two.
I He afterwards established a concealed
station and sent Information of value
to the defending forces. Information
'
, was also received from Wood's Hole
by a line other than that which was
nuppposod to be destroyed hy the
enemy , thus showing the efficiency of
General Qreoley's corps of signal men
and the. completeness of their work in
I preparation for the game of war now
on.
I General MacArthur Informed an As
sociated Press reprosentatlvo last
evening of his extreme satisfaction
i with the working of the wireless tele-
1 graph. The messages received were
' by that system , this being the first
j time the system had been used In the
maneuvers.
Butchers' Strike Blows Over.
Chicago , Sept. 2. The possibility
of an Immediate strike- among the
butchers at the stock yards has been
'
averted by an agreement between the
heads of the packing houses and their
, men. The details of the settlement
1 were not given oat , as It was said the
, matter had not been entirely adjusted.
I Officers of the unions waited on the
I managers of the firms , and It Is said
neither side desired a strike and cf-
, forts will be made to bring about a
settlement within a few days.
Mining Congress Meets.
Butte , Mont , S pt. 2. Out of defer
ence to the Labor day celebration the
International Mining congress held no
morning session yesterday. When the
congress assembled yesterday after
noon there were 2,000 dele
gates present. Many more are arriv
ing on trains. Governor J. K. Toole ,
after delivering the address of wel
come , was followed by President E. L.
Bhafner of the mining congrosa.
Turks and Bulgarians Clash.
Athens , Sept 2. A telegram re
ceived bore from Larlisa reports an
encounter betwoeu a detachment of
Turkish troops and a band of thirty-
flvo Bulgarians , under Captain Potroff ,
near Dreklci. Nineteen Turks and
twenty Bulgarian * , the latter laclud-
lag Captain Potroff , 'woro killed.
LABORERS GREET PRESIDENT ,
Roosavelt Payn VWrklnumon Many
Compliments. ,
Hast Norllilleld. MIIHH. , Hept. 2. |
President Koosevoll concluded hln
lour through Vermont yonlordny nt
Rnittloboro and spent the nliht at
Kant Northllnhl. The rocnp'Jon at
tlratllnlioro was among the prettiest ,
best conducted and moat unthutiliuitlo
of hln tour of New Knjsland. Upon
arriving at the Htallini ha wan met by
a company of Infantry , headed by n
bund , and escorted to the common ,
where ha delivered a hrlnf nddroHH
and Hpolio of Abraham Lincoln an tha
man of the hour lit the civil war. Tlui
proHldonl'B nlay at Hrattlehoro wax u
cuntlnnuurt ovation. From the balcony
of the leading lintel , men , women mid
children tihoworal IOOHO Unworn and
boutiuetn on him ,
Arriving at the common , where ho
delivered hn ! nddroHR , the pavilion
stops were iitrown with flownrn by lit
tle KlrlH. I.uhor day wan generally
celebrated throughout the ntate and
wherever the train Htoppod holiday
Crowds were out to extend the presi
dent u welcome , lie oxpronued hln
plonmirn at being greeted by organized
labor , "liccnuno Iho typical American
IH the man who wortcn. "
The proHldont apuko at every utop ,
but moHt of ulH tuldruHHon were brief.
That of Kroiitcflt Import wan delivered
t Proctor , the homo of Senator Proc
tor , wlinruln ho defined bin policy of
the Monron doctrine , concluding an
follow * ; "Shame to IIH If wo unnort
the Monroe doctrine and If our aH er-
tlon Rhull be called In question nhow
that wn havr only made an Idle boas ! . ,
that wt ure not prepared to back up
our wordH hy deedii. "
FUNSTON HONORS CARRIERS.
Furnished Military Escort for Parade
at Annual Convention In Denver.
Denver , Hept. 2. The delegated to
, the National AiiHoclatlon of hotter
| Curriers and other visiting letter ear-
i rluru , together with the entire force 01
I the Denver potUofllco , paraded yester
day aftciuoon , for which the unusual
honor of an eneort of lour companion
of Intantty and two trnopH of cavalry
front Fort Logan , with the pout band ,
i wiiu accorded by order of lirlgadlor
i General FuiiHtou , commander of the
Department of Colorado ,
i The procession was headed by the
Now York letter carriers' band of
sixty-five pieces and the St. Louln
curriers' band was ahio In lino. Over
1,000 men took part In the parade ,
after which the visiting letter carriers
attended the Labor day picnic.
Arkansas Election Results.
Llttlo Uock , Sept. 2. Yesterday's
gubernatorial election passed on
quietly. Returns from twonty-flvo ol
the novunty-flvo counties In the state
ludlcato that the victory of the Demo
cratlc ticket Is complete. Only one
county BO far heard from is In doubt ,
Jefferson DavlH ( Dom. ) , for governor ,
sweeping the ether twenty-four coun
ties by a largo majority. The Hopub-
llcans had two nominees for governor
In the field Greaves and Myers and
the former Is leading his opponent.
KImball , the Prohibitionist candidate ,
indorsed hy the Populists , received n
very light vote. The feature of the
election was the extremely light vote
polled throughout the Htuto.
Another Colliery In Operation.
j Scranton , Pa. , Sept. 2. The open-
I Ing of the Bliss colliery at Nantlcoko
yesterday makes flvo collieries and
five wanherles that the Delaware ,
Lackawanna and Western company
has in operation. The dally output of
coal Iroin the Lackawanna district ,
according to a rough estimate by Su
perintendent Bryden of the Ontario
and Western coal department , Is 15,000
tons a day. Richard Williamson , a
watchman at Richmond No. 3 colliery
of the Ontario and Western company ,
| while returning from work , was sot
upon by a crowd of strikers and given
a brutal beating. He was left on the
roadside for dead , but will recover.
Debs Talks at Davenport.
Davenport , la. , Sept. 2. Eugene V.
Debs spoke at the joint celebration ot
Labor day by the labor unions of Da
venport , Rock Island and Mollne , 111 ,
yesterday. Discussing the coal strike ,
ha said that It was a struggle between
thousands of men on ono side and half
a dozen on the other , who really rep
resented ono man , J. Plerpont Morgan ,
However the strike may end , Debs de
clared It would bo a success because
of the manner In which It called atten
tion to the danger of one man power
In the business world.
Object to Pastor's Transfer.
Springfield , III. , Sopt. 2. Bishop
Fowler of the West Nebraska confer
ence has ordered the transfer of Rev.
Dr. David Howe , pastor of the First
M. E. church In this city to the First
M. E. church In Omaha. Dr. Howe's
congregation has entered a vigorous
protest against the transfer. A com
mittee was appointed to go to Chicago
to ask Bishop Merrill , who is the pre
siding bishop of this conference , to re
turn Dr. Howe to this charge.
Moseley Declared Elected.
Ardraore. 1. T. , Sopt. 2. The Chick
asaw Indian legislature yesterday , ID
Joint session , declared Palmero Mose
ley the regularly elected candidate
for governor ot the trlbo by a major
ity of forty-four votes over William
J. Byrd , and Moseley took the oath ot
office. An appeal to the Interior de
partment Is talked of.
Sclntlllant Sets New Mark.
Chicago , Sept. 2. A now world's
record for running horses was set at
Harlem yesterday , when Sclntlllant
won the Twentieth Century handicap ,
at a rnllo and three-sixteenths , In
1:572-5. : Tha previous record for the
distance was 1:58M : , and was made by
Boauargoa &t Wuhlugton park.la 1893.
Negroes' Excursion Train Goes
Over Embankment ,
EIGHTY-ONE OTHERS INJURED.
At Least Twenty-nine of Them Arc
Fatally Hurt Four Cars Are Splin
tered aa They Reach Dana of Cliff.
Three Whites Amonu Victims.
Birmingham , Ala. , Sept. 2-Whllo
rounding u curve near Perry , Ala. , at
8:110 : a , m , the unglnu and four earn
of an excursion train on a branch ot
the Koittlutrn railroad loft the track ,
rolling nvitr and over , nmnHhliiK the
coarlicB and catiHlng the Instant ilnnth
of thirty pormniH and the Injury
of tlihty-ont ) ! others. PhyHlcliuiH way
at leurtL twenty nlno of the Injured
rntinnt live. With the exception of
II. M. Dudley , tralnnmtttor of the
Southern railway ; J W. Crook , ongl-
icor , and Roticoo Shelby of Culiimhun ,
Mlfw. , all of the dead and Injured tire
M , who had taken advantage of
excm-Hlon ratort from polntn In Mlit-
I to Ulrmlnghnm.
The dead nogrous nro : .Urn Smith ,
Lllllo Martin and child , Charlen Carp ,
Kzol Patterson , Kd Clark , Nuto Green ,
Willie Thompson and nineteen othorn.
whoso bodloH have not been Identified.
All of the dead and Injured lived
In MIsHhislppl.
Four Coaches Are Crushed ,
When the wreck occurred the train
WIIB running nt n rnto of thirty inlleii
an hour and had JtiHt started around
a curve on top of a sixty-foot embank
ment. Without warning the tender of
the engine middenly left the track ,
jerking the engine and the first , four
earn with It. There were ten earn In
the excursion train , but the fourth
broke loose fioin the fifth and with tbo
heavy engine plunged down the st op
Incline. The earn , which wore packed
with paHHengcrH , turned completely
over Kcvoral Union and wore crushed
llko egg shells , killing and crippling
the Inmates. Persons who have re
turned from the HCOIIO of the wreck ,
eay It IH Indescribable. The ( load bodies
ies of the negroes worn Hc-nttered In
every direction anil the moans and
appeals for help from the wounded
wore heartrending.
BALLOON WRECKED IN STORM.
Three Denver Aeronauts Have Terri
ble Experience Above Pike's Peak.
Denver Sopt. 2. After a lapse of
more than twenty-four hours , during
which no word was received from the
tin ee aeronauts who left Denver Sun
day to try for n transcontinental bal
loon voyage , a telegram came an
nouncing that the airship had been
wrecked In a storm twenty miles
north of Florence. Colo. Although
Bovorely bruised and somewhat frost
bitten , the occupants were not seri
ously hurt.
The Btorm first struck the balloon
at 9:30 : Sunday night and between that
hour and daylight the experience of
the aeronauts waa terrible In the ex
treme. Three Minus the balloon was
carried over Pike's ponk ami the last
time It was necessary to throw out all
the water , provisions and Instruments
In order to clear the rocky summit of
the mountain. At daylight a landing1
was made and the men reached Flor
ence. The adventurous men aro-
Thomas Baldwin nirl Percy Hudson ,
both experienced halloonlsts , and C.
L. Sherman , a Post artist.
DYNAMITE PLANT BLOWS UP.
Luckily It Occurs So Early In MornIng -
Ing Men Had Not Commenced Work.
Louisiana. Mo. . Sopt. 2. A terrific
explosion occurred at C:30 : n. m. at
the Hercules dynamite plant , ton.
miles north of here. The shock was.
felt distinctly hero. The acid recov
ery house was the scene of the explo
sion , which utterly annihilated the
building and all Its contents.
Owing to the early hour of the ex
plosion men had not yet commenced
work and no one was hurt.
Accident at Denver Horse Show.
Denver , Sept. 2. By the collapse
of a temporary stand at the horsu
aUow yesterday 200 persons , promi
nent society people occupying boxes ,
were precipitated a distance ot flvo
feet. Three were seriously hurt and
many were slightly Injured. The seri
ously hurt _ : C. E. Whlttaker , Mrs. H.
C. Woodwfird and Mrs. Edward Wood
ward. Ten thousand persons crowded
the stands to view the broncho bustIng -
Ing contest. The stand suddenly ana
without warning gave way In two
places.
Ur. bwan urownca.
Topeka , Sept. 2 Dr. W. S. Swan ,
secretary of the state board of health
and n leading politician of Kansas ,
was drowned at Ludington , Mich. , by
the canslztnc of a rowboat.
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