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Show Tho Iiuiut'st. The curl iiii-rH1 ii mont on the hudii a of tin.,,. Lil'ed by tbu oxpUicn uf Wediie.-day, as eulitiiiuevl y.itt idiiy J pinrniug, when a number id wilueem : ! wero examiind. Kx-Mayor Well testilled that mi one oci'rtftiou lit winter, Mr. Jiimeus had culled bin attention to thti fact that a bullet (nut been shot through tlui door of hi Diagonal und into a ke-ii of powder. The mayor (iugi;eled the hanging of stronger doora on tin nun; uii nes, und aUo indtructed the polieo to ascertain if possible who klid the shixuing. The maaiinos were built by the powder companies, permission being given by tho city council; witness bad iusideml them as sale frvm exphtsion though he wanted them located ten mile horn tho city. Mr. Woodward, ul 0. M. Retitt A Co., agents for tho Hercuhw powder, testifu-kl that the latter only exploded by i-oncussion, not by spontaneous combustion. tliant powder wviuld expKile, without any apparent cauv. At the time of the explosion there wore about 2,000 pounds of Hercules , in tho magazine. Witness considered that tho magazines were well ami sulwtantially ivnslructed, Mr. M. H. Walker, ot Walker Brothers, agents for tho California and Oriental powder companies, staled that his linn had ajxmt 30,tKH pounds ot black powder stored in the magazines. Tho firm, some yeais ago, gave up the agency of giant powder, on Account of the danger in handling it. He thought il a bullet tired through tho door of the magazine maga-zine should strike Hercules caps, it Tould cause them to explode. Mr. H. i. Clawson, auperinlendtmt of 0. M. I., agents for tho Hazard company, testified that about 10,000 pounds of Hazard p jwder, and no other, was stored in tho magazine. He thought Hercules and" giant powder pow-der were liable to explode lro:n spontaneous spon-taneous combustion. All of the above wilmtaes tfjtilicd that the magazine were built by permission per-mission from the city council; they were substantial buildings, aud lire-proof. lire-proof. Col. Winder, of tho city council, Evo evidence, in regard to the location loca-tion of the magazines, etc. Mr. J. Nicholson testified as to the ex-ploaiou, ex-ploaiou, which he nituesc-d from a diitauce. The jurors Messrs. J. Goriiuaki, S. W. Sears aud E. T. Mum ford returned re-turned a verdict to the etleet that 1 1 1 1 1 , diaries Richardson aud Joseph Raddon came to their death by the explosion of the powder magazines; it was the opinion of the jurors that the explosion was occasioned by a: paper wadding fpni a gun setting fire to a train of powder leading into one o( the magazines; that it was purely accidental; aud the verdict exonerated, alt Iroua blame; but recommended re-commended the adoption of greater precautions with reference to the powder kept in portable magazines iu the city. |