| Show IN A COLORADO MINE TWO MEN killea AND Building a mile away terribly shaken doc 11 shortly before two this morning an espilo sion took place in olivers oatmeal mills a three story brick building on halstead street near fulton the mill was surrounded by a number of frame buildings and the roof of the mill was raised in the air and fell upon several of the buildings crushing them no lives are known to have been lost however outside of the night force employed in tha mill of these charles miller engineer john smith and earnest caster millers are known to be in the ruins john holmes another miller was blown out of the second story into the street and picked up fatally injured the fire which ensued lasted an hour the greatest damage next to the building itself will be in the destruction of the window glass in the vicinity the entire fronts of the buildings for a block on either side of the mills are cracked and tho windows broken A rough estimate places the loss at A battalion of twenty firemen and over a hundred volunteers are at work clearing away the ruin of last nights explosion earnest casper one of the three irown to be dead was at work on the engine in the cupola at the time the cupola was lifted almost entire and thrown a distance of sixty feet upon the south side of the street the ed form of casper is somewhere under the wreck joha christensen a kiln man is the second known victim his body has not been found charles miller the engineer is also buried under the debris the proprietor and manager of the mill were on the ground early this morning but have been unable to leam positively the causa of the ex sion each thinks the oatmeal may have caused it but tho ter riffia force is unprecedented if this theory be accepted no other reasonable explanation is offered however plate glass was shattered and buildings shaken a mile away tho loss will be A body supposed to bo that of engineer miller was unearthed at 11 badly burned and mangled it had been thrown a distance the boilers were uncovered and found intact so that the explosion was certainly one of mill dust the police say no dynamite was used the body of earnest oar per has been dug out of the ruins deo 11 miss mollte boss an aged lady living near union town was horribly tortured last night by burglars for the purpose of securing money she was supposed to have in the house the rascals bound iier with heavy cords and applied lighted candles to her feet inflicted severe bruises upon her body with clubs A the white CHICAGO dec 11 A times special from hockford Bli noia says mead holmes an alderman from the second ward of this city who has been fighting the liquor interest and who is the projector of an ordinance now pending which absolutely prohibits the sale of liquor hero today to day received a communication signed white caps of northern dimois asling him to resign his position in the city coun eil and threatening him with bodily injury in case ha did not do so the police are investigating the matter twenty lu tiiu aeu m dec 11 chas P henderdon Hend ereon a vete nary surgeon was sentenced today to day to sweaty eight years m the penitentiary for torturing forty five horses with sulphuric jicie and crotea oil during the progress of a political meeting held hero november ad henderson made a confession ia court there was much excitement when the sentence was pronounced henderson was hurried off to chester this afternoon A whole inelly murdered ST louis dec ll 11 special from mount pleasant texas says news was received from cook villo tonight to night that the dwelling of john B king was burned early this morning together with kang his wife and six children it ia believed all the family wore murdered and the house set on fire to conceal the crime more trouble nt ST loins dec 11 A special from bevier mo says the striking miners are becoming ugly tonight and further trouble is anticipated they threaten to build stockades stac kades and defy the militia only forty five of the latter are in town and considerable uneasiness prevails tap to 2 a m however all is quiet and it is hoped no collision will occur tonight to night the murderer J miss dec 11 As a sequel to the murder which occurred on saturday night last near harrison burg la the murderer noah taylor colored has been lynched tl will YOEK dec ll 11 tho will of mahlon sands the patent man which was submitted to the surrogate for construction has been sustained it disposes of several million dollars his widow lary M sands is the niece of vice cleat morton all his children mabel a child by the first wife whose mother is provided tor are well taken care of by the testator killed by lions ViE iRTA december 11 during a performance at Jo hemia tonight to night a female lion takuor was attacked by the brutes and fearfully lacerated she died soon after being rescued krucli tru cli by n LLE tenn december 11 miss bynum and miss lewis aged 20 and 18 respectively were struck by a train while walking on the railroad track near alexander last oven ing and instantly killed |
