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THE MORGAN MONITOR
VOL III. NO. 47.
STOVES AND CROCKERY.
If you need a Stove or Range it will pay you to
come and see us. Also Crockery and China. We
i make up sets just as you want them , in plain white ,
embossed or decorated porcelain at very low figures.
W. S. BELL,
SECRETARY LONG SUBMITS RE-
i. FORT OF OPERATIONS.
INTERESTING FACTS PRESENTED.
Some Inside Information T n Ke ffa rd To
.
\ the Discovery of Cer- /era>8 Fleet In
Sar.tia-jo Harbor.
A Washi
navy ju-jt- submitted is much loSger
than t’ fte usual annual report. The
fi V of r / , explalns , . thls . as f0l,0 ... ^ s:
for the first tune since its rehabil-
hyfem, the test navy of has Years been of put patient, to the
mpr-eme war.
^ems ent. training and development
lhave brought i to a point of high
-efficiency which ^suitedin the un-
•»"paralleled victories at Manila and
ISantiago—victories which have given
the names of our naval commanders
world-wide fame and added an addi¬
tional page to the glorious naval
Mstory of our country.”
The report describes in rapid order
ithe steps that were taken to consoli-
■date the squadrons and put the navy
in readiness for hostilities. Sigsbee’s
famous telegram asking a suspension
of public opinion in connection with
the blowing up of the Maine is quoted
and the secretary says:
“This judicious telegram did much
to secure in the public mind a dis¬
passionate view of the disaster.”
The story of Dewey’s victory at
Manila is told, and of it the secretary
says:
won ‘‘“‘S without the loss of a single life
lortaVThe lory at the a verv veiy n outlet outset of^the of the Jar’ war,
with all the confidence which it. in-
fused throughout the country and into
the personnel of every branch of the
service, it removed apprehension from
the Pacific coast. The pecuniary ad-
vantages,to the United' States in the
way of saving an increase of
ance-rates and m assuring the country
■of freedom of attack on that coast is
incalculable.
The report shows that the flying
squadron Under Schley was ordered to
Cienfuegos upon notice that Oervera’s
squadron had been seen off Curacao;
but on May 20th the department
ing heard that Cervera was at Sautia-
go, advised Sampson to order Schley
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e "Regarding i
the.sinking of the Mer- !
nmac by Lieut. Hobson, on June 3d,
the secretary says-
“This attempt, although unsuccess-
fill in its object, was daringly exeou-
ted. It is now one of the well-known
historic marvels of naval adventure
and enterprise, in which Naval Con-
struotor Hobson and his men won un-
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the
-, ^ C n^ ary P<0n,? g* ve ®a complete list
• of al he merchant vessels and yachts
that were acquired by lease or pur-
ebase for the navy with the price of
each. There were 110 of these vessels,
including the warships bought abroad,
The secretary submits estimates for
the next fiscal year aggregating $47,-
088,251, increase ^___^
an of $ 9 ,869,175-over
last last year. year.
Of t’e new items the most import-
ant is $4,723,899 for yards and docks,
There is also an item of $1,620,000 on
account of the paval academy.
OUR MARINES IN CHINA.
* Mo ve to Protect the United States Ucgls-
lation in Peking.
A Washington special says: The
United States navy has landed marines
in China, A dispatch -was received at
the navy department Saturday stating
• hat the captain of the Boston had
to the white house by Acting Secretary
Alien. Secretary Hay was called into
consultation, with the result of reas¬
suring the officials and allaying their
first feeling of apprehension.
It seems that the marines were land-
ed ’ not because.of any information of
.
of the United States legation at
Pe ^ in «-
-Boston , was dispatched .. t ^ to toe „
mouth of the Pie Ho river several
weeks ago at the instance .of the
United States minister to provide a
guard for the. legation. The minister
represented that neaujy all of the lega-
tions of European powers were pro-
vided with a marine guard and he did
not consider we should be an excep-
tion in this case,
After lying at Tanka for a while, the
boston worked her way up the river to
lien-Tsin, about the head of naviga-
tion for vessels of -her class and dis-
Peking. taut about fifty or sixty miles
It ia believed at the navy de-
j I partment forward from that that the marines point in will launches be sent
or
small river boats,
Captain Frank Wildes, the com-
„ n . B , r T , , !
v_„n?,® th- b ® n vy de l P artment
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'• in Ir*7 +1 °\ Fr- ma ^ mei ;
b< ?r * a
fKcsss
sought to dissuade ,«• the United States
fatio™ nation upon upon it" it, ^hf ihe effect was to
cause a suspension of the order, but
as lias been already stated, most of
the European legations have provided
themselves with guards, and the
Chinese having become reconciled to
their presence, no longer object in our
case.
Advices that, reach the state depart-
ment do not indicate an immediate out-
break m China. But the reactionary
policy of the empress dowager has
caused a very uneasy feeling and may
afford one or more of the European
powers who have been active in east-
ern affairs a pretext for making a coup
with resul ts affecting the interests of
the United State s.___
BCTLE,t WASH IMiTOS.
s~T
General M. C. Butler, of South Car-
olina, a member of tbe Cuban evacua-
tion commission, arrived at Washing-
f on g a t urda y direct from Havana in
response to a telegraphic summons
from President McKinley, consultation and in the
afternoon he had a with
t be president at the white house. He
made an extended report of negotia-
tions for the evacuation and of terms
upon which the Spandiards had agreed
to complete the evacuation by hanu-
In addition to his report upon the
actual work of tbe joint commission,
General Butler gave to the president
much valuable information as to the
general situation in Cuba, the ability
of tbe Cubans for self-government, the
generally th tne results - sultg ot , f hi ms „ obseiva- observe-
tl0 " ciUrl “ g S ftay ther ®'
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r°n . ‘hat all the Spanish troops will
b ^ '^the^reement n 6 agreement. ^He^aid Me said the tlie
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S P . an, . ? rds , have -,“ et the Amer ic ? u
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' ,io 'V »*• oI «“ •**“ h *™
srAtxr.sc&sJ is
. reports of dissensions among
. .members ’--— of the American commission.
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ALBANY, GA.
REIGN OF TERROR PREVAILED IN
ANNISTON, ALABAMA.
NEGROES FIRE ON PROVOST GUARD
*
Volley Was a Deadly One—Great Caution
Nocessaryto Prevent Further Claslifc*
Between Knees.
[
A special from Anniston, Ala., says:
,a e Gildhart, of company B, Second
Arkansas, while going toward his reg-
imeutal camp * from town, ; was shot in
the head b _ IleRro 8old er wh „ also
stabbed him in the back 'the
Gildhart was taken to regiment-
al hospital. A little later a member
of the Fourth Kentucky was reported
to have been shot on Walnut street by
nepro so ldiers who lay in a gulley
shooting at the white men who passed.
negio "quarter oT'the^cityfwhioh^is
llot fai . from Walnut street, and a
squad of provost guards went to in-
Fifteenth vestigate. As it turned the corner of
and Pine streets a large
crowd of negro soldiers, without
Avar ning, opened fire upon the guard
with Springfields, the gun in use in
the regiment.
lne g uall f returned the fire, but
had , fow cartrid « e8 . alld soon haJ to
retreat, Reinforcements and more
ammu niti° n were sent for, but when
i- zsz?asm
arm and Privato Gravam, Thiid Ten-
' neflSee ’ “ 1,ainful b,lt not
necessarily dangerous wound in the
stomlch.
j One negro soldier was found dead
and another picked up fatally
| wounded.
, Two members of the provost guard
j are missing, and cannot be found.
for Cans.
W heu news of tbs trouble became
j known solaier8 wto we in the
j c ity gathered around the provost guard
headquarters and begged 'ftke for guns and
ammnnit!on crying children be-
i cause their req ue E ts could not be
j pranted
Citizens t armed tbemselwes o.,d
paireil 0 the scene of the battle. Mayor
Higlit had the saloons closed. Several
b ;;.”zx? 'jrtux
that the infuriated white soldiers and
1 citizens were pretented from wreaking
; summary vengeance upon them.
| Armories of the local military com-
! P aT *ies were broken into and every
! gun and cartridge appropriated by uu-
| known General parties. Frank,
j ^he troops here, who is in command
! came out and was
j 011 *he streets until a late hour. Gen-
! erid Colby, commanding the Second
brigade, ordered two companies each
of the Third Tennessee and Second
Arkansas and brought them to the city
for whatever service might be requir-
They scoured the city and carried
ad soldiers on duty back to camps,
“XT ‘ CARH0 ”~ 0RI,ERbI)
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Shi Ploa<l of ZO.OOO Tons „f Cast Iron Pipe,
from rwiadeipiua to i®ndon.
' A charter effected at Philadelphia
Wednesday, the carrying out of which
marl „ the beginning of a trade that
P ro ™ lses to figure prominently in that
city s expert trade in Highland future, was that
of the British bark to load
nzr - - ir “ * -•
TM. -ill be tbe *M full c„ B „
»«•.. h’EW JAPANESE ........- -......— MINISTER
Presented to President McKinley By Sec-
r «t»ry of state Day.
A Washington dispatch says: Wed-
nesday morning Secretary Hay pre-
ley sented formally to ___________ President McKin-
tbe newly appointed Japanese
minister, Mr. Komuru, who succeeds
Mr. Hosbi, who has retired to enter
the Japanese parliament,
The ceremony took place in the
blue room and attended by the
Usual felicitous exchange of speeches.
FIRST CAMP IN HAVANA.
Second Regiment Volunteer Engineers
linnd at MarUnao with Colors Flying.
A special from Havana says: The
United States transport Florida ar¬
rived in front of More castle at 6
o’clock Friday morning, took a pilot
on board and proceeded to Marianao
beach. General Ofeene and his staff
left the Hotel Inglaterra at G o’clock
tor Marianao in order to superintend
the landing of the American troops
there.
All four companies of the Second
regiment volunteer engine-r;-, which
arrived on the Florida, landed by half-
past 9 o’clock at the Marianao wharf
with colors flying. They forrnod at
the landing place and marched to their
camp, two miles away, tiling past Gen-'
eral Greene and his staff, who, on
h assed' ftCk ’ r6VieWed th ° men aS tlj ° y
1 TlTof
tho men, with the exception
of five who were suffering from son
b»ta?afn y “"'I W - er H taken 6 Yt 1 t ° We tbe ' e a C T P
, 1 f t r
One hundred aud fifty Cubans of
General Menocal’s division were em-
Ployed in cleaning the camp site and
..L, 11 18 Y WCre bel “?
pitched , f for the fiist fi t American camp at
MoEfi.ni contain ^'°so .i rrsigiia • . ion
ns 'f mnpviii n ,a f
,
j° ^ ? 6 R, -ccce e y
| general Jinunez T ’ (astellanos, n divis-
a
lon comman er.
~FT ', vc
WUuD FEEDING CUBANS.
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Commander at Santiago Makes a r»u
i»epoitto um nepaitment.
zissx.
».t ralions .11 Bong
seacoast and by pack trains into the
e wy eff ° rt to 8<5aUer
I the rations about . m such manner as
to enable the people desiring to ro
turn to their farms in tho interior to
do so with a reasonable assurance that
they can obtain food while waiting
the development of their first crop,
Santiago today is as clean and healthy
as any town of its size along the
American seacoast south of Fortress
Monroe. Excellent order prevails,
Thero has not been a murder in tho
city since our occupancy.”
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DETAINS THIRD GEORGIA.
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War Department Semis Important Tric¬
‘° fien ' r ' tln, "' U r ' ee '
A special from Savannah, Ga., says:
The chances are that tho Third Geor-
gia regiment will bo attached to the
Seventh army corps.
General Eitzhngh Lee received a
telegram Friday from the war depart¬
ment telling him that the Third Geor¬
gia would be detained at Savannah,
asking that a camp ground bo pro¬
vided, and stating that the regiment
would probably be attached to his
corps. In that event, the Third Geor-
gia will go to Havana instead of Nue-
vitas. A camp site for the Georgians
has been selected near the camp of
I the First division, to which water
pipes will be laid at once. The regi-
| ment will then move from its present
rather unheal thtul position.
NEW MAYOR FOR SANTIAGO.
! Gen. Wood Appoints an old Resident to
Direct Munlcipnl Amors.
A special from Santiago de Cuba
states that some time ago Mayor Me-
Leary, whom General Leonard Wood
bad “PPOinted mayor of Santiago, re¬
fluested to be relieved of his mayor-
a ty duties and to return to his mil-
P 08t -, *-his request was granted
E Heimr 11,la J. Bacardi, Geneial old Wood resident, appointed to
an sue-
i jsrssx-szzz -SttUr,
aMW. juii»lielion. Ik.
ment.
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REPAIR SHIP RETURNS.
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Vulcan and F.tomac isaek From vi.it
to the Marla Tere.a.
A A dispatch dispatch from from Newport Newport News, News, Va Va., ,
states that the United States repair
i ship Vulcan and the tug Potomac,
which left that port some ten days or
j more ago, for the purpose of pulling
! off tbe rocks the ill-fated cruiser Ma-
m Teresa, arrived in " Hampton Roads
I Friday, where they await orders.
SHOT GUNS # BICYCLES.
If you want a Bicycle or Shot Gun call on us. We
can certainly interest you. We can sell you a first-
class Shot Gun at a very low price> Don’t fail to
call on us when you come to Albany and see our ex¬
tensive line of goods.
W. S. BELL,
BOILER OF A RIVER STEAMER
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
BOILING WATER IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Besides Those Killed, Ten People are
Dangerously Hurt, and Many Others
Deceive Lessor Injuries.
The most disastrous river accident
in the history of Stockton, Cal., oc-
cured Sunday morning at 4i40 o’clock
near Fourteen Miles slough, when a
P art of one boilers of the rivet
steaMer T ' C ' Wa,ker . ^ San
Francisco about G o'clock Saturday
Iligkt ’ WaS bloWn oUt ’ kU,in « sl * an<1
tlan Kerously wounding ten porsons,
"'hile probably fifteen or twenty others
were moro or less badly hurt. The
Walker Is owned by the California
Navigation and Improvement Company
and ran between San Francisco and
Stockton.
, All Were A«i«Bp.
The majority of the passengers were
| j n bed when the explosion occurred
and were awakened by tbe report,
which was as hmd as a camion’s roar.
People rushed from their rooms in
their night clothes and found the
| | whole r’s forward portion of the steam-
e upper works blown away. The
electric lights had been put out and
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0 :..”” 11 °' ,be
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house were heartrending men’were for the un-
fortunate imprisoned roceiv-
; U£ , the full force of the steam ns it
1 f *he boilers
,. arne rom
Almost Itoastml Allyo
Eight of them were almost roasted
alive. Those who were able made
their way to the deck as best, they
could, while the more seriously in¬
jured were unable to get out. Arms
and faces of those near the main en¬
trance were frightfully scalded.
About an hour after the explosion
the steamer Dauntless hove in sight.
She rendered immediate assistance,
and all the. wounded and uninjured
were taken aboard. A telephone mes¬
sage was sent to Stockton and the
steamer Clara Crow with several phy-
I si<:i, ‘ns were sent to aid the Dauntless.
The relief boat met the Dauntless a
short distance down the river, and tho
physicians were quickly taken on
board. A terrible sight greeted them.
What caused the explosion will
probably never be known. The steam
drum burst with terrible violence. It
had split completely across the upper
portion, and the whole sheet turned
j outward.
j \ wfire Ahe demolished four walls of by the the engine force of room the
j ex pl° s ' on ' The lower deck, hurricane
I deck and Texas deck were wrecked in
j r fl °om. ie portion The direction directly over of the the flying engine de-
j j brie upward and outward toward
was
the bow. If it had been the other way
I the loss of life would have been much
greater. The forward door and stair-
wa y were destroyed. An immense
concourse of people met the Walker,
which was towed in at 12:30 o’clock
P- m. The property loss will not ex-
ceed $2,000.
OBJECT TO COLORED TROOPS.
c „ <>f „ _ .
j witl. War Department,
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not „n d t Pent I m H
J™" “jJjXSS*
1 his information ”» vxsz created sensation ^
a
among citizens generally, and has
caused ft stir which threatens to de-
veiop into a storm. Beyond a doubt
a strong protest will be entered with
the war department by the stateau-
tliorities and citizens against the occu¬
pation of the post by colored troops.
'The protest will be based on tho
feeling prevalent, in view of recent
troubles at southern camps, "where against
placing negroes in a portion
clashes with th* Ivhites aro likely to
occur,
SI PER YEA
FIRST ORDERS ISSUED
For the Occupation of Coutral an.l Wei-
torn Cuban Province*.
The war department issued the first
of the general orders Wednesday look-*
ing to the occupation of the central
and western provinces of Cuba by the
United States troops. The order con¬
templates the early beginning of the
movement, as the Spanish troops with are
expected to have progressed the
evacuation movement early in Decem¬
ber. The order is an follows:
“Commanding General Second Army
Corps, Augusta, Ga.:
“With the approval of tho'secretary
of war the First brigade, Third divis¬
ion, ef your corps will proceed fully
equipped for field service and take
station in Culm a9 follows)
“Headquarters and ono regiment of
infantry at Pinar del Rio; one regi-
meat <lf infantry at i lane, am one
1 II 0 n embark* 1
Tho tro op* wm at Savannah
and the movements will bo so regu-
lated that no regiment will reach
Savannah more than twenty-four hours
pi "“egimint
for Mariel should
land at that, point, tho others should
land at Havana and proceed to desti-
nation by rail. brigade It is not necessary at
that tile entire leave the
same time, but regiments may move in
succession as transports can be pro-
tided. The evacuation of Pinar del
Rio by the Spanish will be completed
by December 3 and the troops above
designated Hlumbl reach thoir destiiia-
tions by December 1 or earlier.
“The brigade will take as much of
its wagon transportation as it is pos-
tssr
make provisions forthirtvdavs’suit-
able rations and the medical attend-
ance and stores
“Acknowledge receipt, and direct
that commanding geneial of brigade
report to the adjutant general of the
army hours of departure of each regi¬
ment and upon arrival at destination
report direct to the adjutant general
of the army for duty.
“By command of Major General
Miles. H. 0. Corbin,
“Adjutant General."
This brigade is commanded by
Brigadier General William C. Oates
and consists of tho Fifteenth Penn¬
sylvania, Third New Jersey and regi¬ One
Hundred and Second New York
ments. They are now all at Athene,
Ga., having recently arrived at that
place from Camp Meade, Pa. Mariel
is the seaport of Pinar dol Rio pro¬
vince, on the north side. It lies
about thirty miles west of Havana and
lying inland fifteen miles is Guanajay, line
the nearest point to the railroad
running from Havana to the city of
Pinar del Rio, the capital of the
province of the same name, which is
about 120 miles west of Havana, and
is to l)o the headquarters of the Amer¬
ican army of occupation in the pro¬
vince.
f The railroad can be reached from
Guanajay by a short march.
HAWAIIAN ( OM MI SSI ON
Hold* First Meeting at Washington Since
Betarnlng From Honolulu.
The commission appointed liy the
president to recommend a form of
government for the Hawaiian islands
as a part of the United States mot in
Senator Cullom’s committee room at
Washington Wednesday for tho first
time Bitice leaving Honolulu, Senators
Cllllom and Morgan, Representative
Hitt and Judge Frear being present.
The meeting was devoted to discus-
sing details of the bill and report
which the committee will present to
congress, which had not been fully de¬
cided upon at the last meeting.
TELEGRAPH PEOPLE WANT PAY
For Cutting of cable* Off the Wovin«; of
Santiago de Cuba.
At the meeting of the Cuban Sub-
marine Telegraph company at Lon¬
don, Wednesday, the chairman, C.
W. Parish, referring to tbe cutting of
the cables off the province of Santiago
de Cuba by the Americans, said ho
had requested the assistance of the
foreign office to obtain compensation
from tho United States. Tho foreign
office, ho added, had promised to do
its utmost to assist the company, but
it was pointed out it was doubtful if
tbe claim would be admitted; .
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ON WRECKED VESSELS ALONG
NEW ENGLAND COAST.
STORMS TEARFULLY DESTRUCTIVE
Hundreds of Boatfl Driven Astioro or
Torn to Atoms on the Hock*'.;
Death Ligt Appalling'. ^ ?
L*
Special • dispatches from 7, Boston . r
state
that it is now known definitely that
more than seventy lives have boon lost
in the wrecks of tugs, schooners and
coal barges during the storm of Satur¬
day night and Sunday morning, and if
the steamer Portland has also gone
down, as now seems possible, the list
of cnusalities will rise to 140, with
over one hundred vessels of all descrip- .
tions ashore, two score of them total
wrecks and an unknown number prob¬
ably beneath the waves of Massachu¬
setts bay.
There is scarcely a bay, harbor o?
inlet from Penobscot to New London
(hat lias not on its shores the bones of
some stanch craft, while along Massa¬
chusetts buy, and especially Boston
harbor, the beaches are piled high
with the wreckage of schooners and
eoul barges. The record, although
hourly lengthening, is still incomplete,
for that ocean graveyard of Cape Cod
is still to be heard from.
The amioyanco and inconvenience
of the railroad and streetcar embargo,
covering the whole of southern New
England, suuk into insignificance be¬
fore the story of destruction wrought
by wind and wave, yet it will be many
a day before the full import of the
disaster is known or even realized.
Wreckage On All Hides.
The islands of Boston harbor are
without exception strewn with wrecks
and wreckage. No less than twenty-
nine vessels are ashore at Gloucester.
Over twenty in the supposed safe
harbor of Vineyard Haven parted their
anchor chains Sunday and are high
and dry on the beech; Nuutasket
beach saw dashed two schooners pieces and its a coal
barge to on sands;
the rocks of Cohassett claimed a staid
fisherman, Scituate, a well known
pilot boat; Manchester, a down east
lumberman; while one tug and three
barges, known to have been blown
by Cape Cod and Boston, are probably
lost.
The upper harbors of Boston, Ply¬
mouth, Salem, Portsmouth, Portland
and other places where vessels were
supposed to bo comparatively safe,
were the scenes of numerous collisions
between the ships and the wharves.
Every life saving crew performed
deeds of heroism in rescuing crews
from stranded vessels and tug boat
captains risked life and property in
their endeavor to save life.
Many Demi Bodies In ftlght.
At Hull beach, where two barges
and two schooners went ashore, more
than a dozen bodies were visible ia.
the surf, but it was impossible to get
to them. At Shag Rocks, between
Boston light and the Brewsters, where
I the schooner Calvin F. Baker was
aK * lore > two sailors were taken from
“ ie rl ™ l,) l! "I ^e life savers, nearly
; exhausted, and the dead body of an-
| other was lecovered. Three others
from this vessel were drowned, but
their bodies could not bo found,
i M je citizens of Hull say that in
fierceness the storm equaled that of
1302, except that while the sea did
not run so.high the wind was stronger,
j CATASTROPHE IN HAVANA.
I’owrter .Explode*, Killing or Injuring;
Forty Forion*, Montly Boys hii< 1 Girin,
In-'
fanta > between the Santa Clara and
! Heina batteries, Monday, injuring
thirty-eight persons, three of whom
died, while fifteen others cannot sur¬
vive. Many boxes of powder were
stored in a private house, which also
contained five rooms full of Mauser
an< * other cartridges.
The careless handling of one of the
boxes of powder, or one of the boxes
of cartridges caused the explosion,
Most of those employed in emptying
lb e cartridges were young boys and
$i r l s > aad they formed the greatest
j proport: u a of the victims;
