Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1878, Page 2

4 MINNEAPOLIS. Further Particulars of the Qreat Explosion and Conflagration. The Roof of the Immenso ‘Washburn Mill Raised 700 Feet. Instantaneous Levoling of the 8ix-Foot Walls of the Big Structure. The Loss of Life Now Sup- posed to Have Been Sixteen. Six Great Flouring Mills Envel- oped in the Disaster. The Total Loss Estimated at $1,000,000; Insurancs, $887,800, The Burning of tho Mill-Dust Delleved to Have Generated the Terrifle Force. * Theories Advanced by Ohiongo Millers— What European Chemists Have Discovered, THE RUING. SCENZS ATTER TNE CATASTROPHE. Bnectal Dispated to The Tribune, 8r. PAvL, Minn., May 8.—The Wushburn ¥ A" Mill stood on the insido of the water-power eannl at Minneapolis, ahout a hundred yards he- low a street leading into *'the saw.mill plat- form™ over St. Anthony Falls, In front of it, ncross the canal, on the bank of the river, stood a stona block of three flourlng-mills, viz,, Dettit, Robinson & Co.'s, tho Zenith M, and the Galaxy Mill. Below it stood Miller's Elevator. At thelr rear, ncross the track of the Minneapolis & 8t. Louis Road, on which stood twenty-clght cars toaded with wheat flour, wero the Humboldt & Diamond Miits and other bufldings fronting on the frelght yard of the Milwaukee & 8t. Paul Railway, To the right of these last buildings stood the Washbuen *B" MUl All the above- named Mills wore run to their full capacity yosterday, except the Pettit and Galaxy, The \Wasliburn A Miil, run by water, was TIE LARGRST PLOUNING-MILL IN AMERICA, having forty-one run of stone, and all the appliances for manufacturineg the. finest grades of flour. It was owned and opernted by J. A. Chrlatian & Co., Cliristian belng manager, and €. C. Wasburn the prineipal awner. The bollding ~ was 100x133 {fcet on tho ground, seven and a half storles Nigh, with stono walls aix feet thick at the base to cighteen Inches at the caves, and was sup- mlled with ample apparatus for extinzulshing fires, including hivdrant end hose on cach ooy, The management had inslsted upon every pre- cautlon, including prohibition of the use of open lights, EXTRA CATTION waa recently enjoined because of fire having been narrowly escaped through flour dust from the mill-stones coming in vontact with the flame fnslde of an opon lantern, At 7 o'clock last evenlog the day honds went off and the night furce came ou, being fourteen at the Washburn A" Mill, ten each ut the Diamond, Zouith, and 1lumboldt Mills, and one watchman each at the Pettit and Galaxy Mills. At twenty minutes ofter 7 TINREE NOT QUITE INATANTANEOUS EXPLOSIONS were hieard In parts of Minneapolls, the flrst and third of which were plainly ieard ten mifes away, and sensibly farred buildings at that die- tanco in every direction, Al accounts of those nearcst the sceno ogreo that tho first exploslon occurred fn the Wushburn “ A" Mill, and most that all threo accurred fu the eame mill. Thoe force of thu exnlosion was enough to move every stone to the lowest foundations, All the walls of the Washburn MIl fell outwardly, thu western walls ogainat the Humboldt and the Diamond Millx and adofnlng buildinga, alt of which wern {nstantly prostrated, falllog from the Washburn DIl {n the direction of the round-louse across the Mllwaukee yard, The rouud-house was split by the concussion aud partly wrecked, THE PLAMES immeniately enveloped tho ruins of tho mills and the ndjolulug wreeks, Parties standing on Ligh ground on the elevated side, several blocks away, saw from belilnd the tall cleyvator spring up columns of whitlsh vapor, like steam fn ap- pearance, mmediately followed by a dense black cloud, which was qulckly filuml- nated by tho reflectlon of o great fire, Slmultancously the clevatoe bulldinig appeared to part fu the mlddlo trom top to bottown, and tlastied out 1n & muss of bright flawes, At the samu time the flames rolled across the canal throuzh the crushed doors and windows of thy Pettit, Zenlth, and Gulaxy Mills, setting the futeriors of all three on fires Tho samo apocur- ances wero observed from other diroctions, and those who notleed TUR LIFTING OF THE ROOF OF THE WASUBUON MILL Dy the explosion suy it went not less than 700 feet higk, ‘That this not an exagueration may be judued by the fact that kmail pleces of roof- timbers and pleces of tarred rool-covering fell o few minutes afterwards In different purts of Bt. Yaul, one stick -fallug ou Wa. bashy street, In the centrs of Bt. Paul, fully scven miles from the mil fn aw alr-line, The wind was blowlng down tho river away from the otlier millsand closely-bullt scetions of Miuucapolis, The leaping fumes passed over the Folisade milis to euvelop Cooper's wara: house beyond, Jumped a small bulldlne used fur u luwber-yard office, and set in 4 Dblaze 3,000,000 feet of lum- ber, Eeveral framo bulldiogs, three and four Bquares away, were sct on fire by fiylnge cinbers and cousumed, while many other buildings which caught wero saved. ‘The fire mieantime raged with uncontrolluble fury where It had tIrst wiarted, until it had consumed everything which would Lura, leaving buskles the cmpty walls of the threo river alde mills notllng but heaps of stone aud massus of wrecked wae chiuery. UNDEZR OR IN TUESE DEDRIS 1oy the remiatus of 8 pumber of huwan belngs. OI thirteen men fu the Washburn 3101 not oue escaped. A fourteenty uan, who belouged Lo tho vight force, was accldentally twenty mine utes late, and 80 saved bis life. From the Dia- woud Mil, at the time of the explosion, oue wan bad gous out for u pall of’ water, uud cs- caped. A HORRIDLE StauT. Ilis companlon, Jobu Boyer, was seen by thosa who rusbied to the scene of the fire, patue fully struggling over the rulus througl the Lluzing Ore and smoke. Ho reached the side of the gulway bed ana crawled til o could alnost touch the il with the already-charred stumps which cnded bis arme. Twenty wuien, barred from bim by o wall of ferce flames, waw bim, burned aud Dbleediug from gusstly wounds, grasp feebly und valuly ut a ropy thrown toward biw, and thew slok back dead, Au Lour passeil befure his Mmbless budy und Lasedaliull, all that was Jels of Llu, coild Le THE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1878—TWELVE PAGES. SCENE O_F‘ THE MINNEAPOLIS MILL EXPLOSIONS. e - : WEST = WASHBURN MILL.B {rLourING MILL ) 13 ST | l g g 3 8 8 o S o StoryStons, | By CANAL : i b 5 | B g ol s * b 3 i Boventh.Avenuo Sonth T il Stona Offfeq 2 & i g i imsusunu MILL.A & i i l . FLOURING MILL ¥ irecounma mitLt) i K .|| Stonedstory P { i i o ? Q1| and Busement, ) 6 Story,Stons, | 4 ’Mhldllngs?uflncr! | ¢ ¥ et oinson & G 3 Fuctoty | ! 85 feel kigh, { [FLOUR,MIL| | o ‘WDOD‘;?;’RK[RE : | 05 Middlings Purlficrs 24 Story and L) 4l \ y H g 2 Story, Frame: I i J.A.Chrlstian & Co. an;noll!n!&Co.Zenl { “ B e B i 1 1 Stone,3 81 7] FL:)BI: NSQ e Hojnopin Ml H { nrtr';"lsnncm'::n){ i . vy Blone. ' | WP Arkony & Br gmn | Thompson & Hoyt| [eriDiamond QUCC LLIAR g Galaxy Wil 1} 15 Story,Stone. Humbolgt[FLOURTNG MILL| 4 Story,Stone Bell,Newton & Co. PLANING MILL 2 Story,Stone. W.ILEldied 1ifted out, thoueh a steady atream of water was kept playing on the spot where he lay. FRED GRONGR, badly burned, leaped from a window of the Ze- nith Mtll and eseaped, 118 companions perfsh- cd. 1le says that at the moment of the explo. slon a pile of Larrels to be flled last night moved bodlly npon him [from tho front room. le climbed over them through the rapidly spreading flamnes and dropped from the windoty, JO1IN MONTE, a watchman In the Galaxy Mill, jumped trom s third-story window. Fortunately, the exploston had ripped up the timber covering of the canal, and ha fell fn the water, rocelving only slight injuries. Two men perlsbed In the Humboldt Mills. Inall the lost were elghtecu, of whom all but three were married, ONE WIDOW, crazed by her sudden loss, imagining sho henrd or éaw her husband, would hovoe rushed into the fire when burning fts fercest, but that atrong men reatrained hier, DANIEL A. DAY, SECOND MILLER, acting as watchman at Pettit & Robioson's mills, was in the mill aflice on tho firat fvor, by a window on the north side, with his back to- wards the front window, and near it, and at his right against the partition was a heavy desic. Ho beard uo suund, Tho fiest he know he was hurled azainst u stone wall and the desk after hitn, Recuvering, ho instinetively rushed to o window, when he was agaiu thrown back. By this thue the oflice was full of flying debrls. Somewhat stunned ho scrambled to a sideé window. The wull was plainly rocking, and waves from the canal rolled severat Inches deco into thuofice. Still hehad heard nonotse. By this time an atmosphere of flame had awept through the mill. He trled to turn on the water, but found he had not time. Hedropped from a alde window, aud eicaped with many Lruiscs. OF THE DEAD, Charles Tlennluw, aged 80, leaves a widow and onu child. Fred Merritt, aged 28, single, was a Minncapo- s buse-ball umplre losc year. Clark Wilber, aged 45, leaves a widow and two chililren in Vermont, 1/\u(: Smith, aged 45, leaves a wifo and onc bl William Leslle, aged 28, lcaves o wife and ono child, Cyrus Ewlng, nged 84, was single, Ole @, Lee leaves a wife and one child, Walter Savage, aged 23, leaves a wifo and two chblldren, Patrick Judd, aged 23, leaves a wife aud two children. Ed Merritt, aged 20, was slugle, flo was o brother of Fred. Charlea Kimbnll was aingle, 11, Hicks, agred 23, divorced, E. W, Burbank, aged O, lcaves o wite and two duughiers, Jubn Roslennus, 20, leaves a wifa and an in- fant child, Johin Boyer, nged 25, leaves a wife, ; };l;l(‘l’ alberg, aged 25, leaves a wife and one chilil, "I'wo othier men nro reported missing, FETRI TUND, first reported as huving perfshied in the TTum- boldt, wus outside, and cacaped unbarmed, He asserta that tho expluston occurred only In the Washburn Mill, and that the Humboldt and Die- mond Mills wero blown down by concussion. Per contra, Alex Bradley and George Hind, who wers twico prostrated by explosions, wheu walking from the vicinity of the mills, be- ing twico luld on thelr backs und a second timo showercd with stones, say the second explosion ueeurred in the Diamond mill, just behind them, but the welzht of cvidence fs that all the ex- ploslons werw {n the Washburn mill, TUY DODIES RECOVENED those of John Boyle, C. W. Burbank, Clark Wilber, and four other bodies not identlfled. All the remalus were burned rocognition, Boyle was {dentifled by the place where be was found; burbank by a kmfe aod key, and Wilbur by o pask-key. The other bodies sre doubticss burled under the yet hot stone-plies, whish cannot be removed o s week, TOTAL LOSS OF PROPERTT, csthnated to-day at 1,000,000, The burned mills und four wmall manufacturing establishe ments destroged will 'ba rebullt. The city has temporarily Jost eighty-seven run of fouring atoue, but has 130 left, ulthough several mills aro so shattered Ly tho cxploston as to nced repalrs. As to tho cause of the explo- slon, the most positive are millers. Thelr theory (s that fine wheat aud flour-dust which is thrown out o varlous pro- cesaes of flouring Is highly Inflainmable, aud at the touch of & flame developes 8 powerful ex- ploslve gas more forcible than the explosive gases of mines, or than steaus, 1N ONE NOTADLE INSTANCY, Intho destructlon of the Trade-Stone Mill at Qlasgow, Scotland, o few years ago this theory scemed contrmed by all the clrcumstances. ‘That some sort of an explosive vapor or unpal- vable powder is creuted In flouriug, cspeclally fu the high grinding of the patent process, s an undoubted fuct which Los had numcrous (Hlus- tratlons fu’small explosious, but that an ex. ploslon stroug cnough, or fu quantity sufdl- clent, to rend snd Jevel wassive walls, and throw * stoucs sud timbors ws if they had been propelled by nitro-giycerine is only to be proved by the Glasgow Mtll destruction sud Ly tue circumatances of this Minoeapolls dis- aster. Ju this cuse o tremoudous fore was cxerted, aud Its operation was, fur soytblog ke un explosive gas, ECCENTUIC TO SAY TIR LSABT. The walls of the Washburn MII ol fell out- wardly, but on threc sidcs thoy merely fell, while on the other they seem to have been pro- pelied across the Minncapolis & 8t. Louls Rall- road track sod wrainst tho buildingy above, + which welw weo thrown dowa by the FRAME ELEVATOR U}‘ 100 feet high, i | ; Mjnncapolis Ml Co. | | I ! EAST explosion, whila thelr walls were thrown from the Washitnten Mill. Beyond theeo, aud also some distanco above the tracks of the Milwau- kee & St. Paut Company the full furce of the concussion struck, and shattered the railvoad round-houses. In opposite’ dircetions, thut is towards the Riversido Mills ncross the canal from the Washburn M, tho concussion drove 1n windows and doorways, and the sweep of the flames set the interlor of theso mills on fire, but thelr walls are yet standing, and there DOKS NUT APPEAR TO AVE DEEN ANY BXILO- 10N in cither of these three inllls, although one of them (but the smallest onc) was in operation, the same as those the walls of which were blown down. There were two or three cxploslons, which one of the most fntelligent and coolest of practical miilers, who was earlyat thescene, thouwht they occurred Iu successlon on the different floorsof the Wash- burn mills. That all the cxplosions occurred In tho Washburn mills appeared to be the opinion of most of those who were outdoors and near by and the timo otbiers suggested that the successive explosfons were in different miils, and that the second one, which was no- tived a8 much lighter than the others, occurred iu the smallest mill, but thero is NO ROOM FOR DoUBT that the first explosion ccenrred in the Wash- burn mill, and, as the third explosion was by tar the heaviest of all, according to all who noted any differcunce, it woula not agree with tho miller's theory,that it occurred in the small mill} Therefore it s most probable that all the ex- ploslons occurred n the big mitll. But If there were none In tho others, why should the force of the explosion have teen so strongly mani- fested in one directiont Questions llke these lc% many to believe there was some other cause, an NITRO-GLYCRRINE was suggested. The ready rumor was qulck to convert sugeestion (nto assertton, and conjure up ashow of eyldence. It was reported that n quantity of that dangzerous explosive had been brought fn one of the cars Atanding behiud the Wastiburn Mill. A laborer waa reported to have sald he assisted In unloading packages of ultro-glyreerine for use fn sinking o shatt in thevicinity, but tho shaft fs near to the old Washburn mill, which fs still standing. The walls of the nmew Washburn Mt fell ocutwardly, es i€ forced from the Inside, and the wall mext to the rallroad track on which the uaitro-glycerine was suld to bu standing, camo outward fartheat and with greatest Impelling force. Rallway ollicinls ara positive there wasno nitro-glycerino on the cars, and debrls standing where they wero burned proves the fact, They were loaded with wheat. Weo must then conclnde that the millers' theory i correct, and that ¥ THE EXPLOSION REIULTED FROM FLOUR-DUST. helugz somehow brought into contact with fiep or flame, It1s at lcast rensonable to assunie this on the testlmony of flouring experts, in tho absenco of any other plausible explanation. But this conclusion sumgests the yuestion whether a flourlug mill, especlally whero high grinding patont process 14 follawod, 18 not ALOUT A% DANGEROUS TO A NRIGHIONIIOOD s would be a store-room for nitro-glyeerenc It will not paas to sy that somo carclessness or defect of construction caused the disaster, The new Washburn mill was guarded ogainat care- lessuess or aceldent by every precautfon which long experience and skilful mili-wrights could sugiest, aud its maungewenut was particulurly careful, RESUMED, Hpecial Dirpateh to The Tribune, MINNEAPOLIS, Miun,, May 8.—The North Star Woolen Mill started azain this aftwrnoon, EXCITENENT, To the Western Ausvetated Dress, Minnuavorss, Minn, Moy 8.—During the whole day the sceno of yesterday's egploston s hieen the contre of futense excitemont, pers vading the whole city and surrounding places, ‘Tne ruins this forencon presented only ahape- less heaps of stone whers the six mills destroyed had stood, which sti) smouldered, and upon which streamns of water wers kopt playing from several fiso-engines all day, Upon the Platforin on tha south slde of tha canal the ruln Is complete, except os to the Washburn ML B, which stands g slight distance from the others, On the other slde the walls of the Pettlt & Robinson Mill remain standing, while the Pailsade 3111, at & little distauce, escaped by s singular freak of the fames. The mills destroyed, with THB NUMUER OF RUNS OF STONX of each are: Wastiburn A, 415 Pettit & Rob. nson, 15; Galaxy, 12; Zenith, 63 Henoepln, 63 Humboldt, 63 total, 0. Hesldes these were do- stroyed Pettit & Hobinson's lumber-yard, with 1,000,000 feet of lumber; the Eldred Planinge. Mill, owned by W, D, Washburn, toss, $75,000; ‘The MIll Company's elevator, Joss $01,000 on butlding snd 80,000 busheis of wheat, twenty- seven curd on rallrond track, and several small machine-shops and buildings. This s by fire alone. Tho loss to surrounding buildings by the sbock of tho explosion Is material. ‘The round-house of tue Chicago, Mllwsukes & 5t. Puul ltoad was blown down by the force of the concussiou. Thero was an {nsurance of $1,800 on tho bullding, The total loss s ngw :-u(mned at $1,000,000, which mny be fncreased ater, TUB SEARCL FOB TiIE DEA| has progressed all day as fust as the'fire could be extingulshed ond the rulos covled. Up to 11 o'clock tbis morning the black und unrecogulza- blo remalus of seven of the unfortunate victims of the Wasbbwn Bl bad Leen recovered. These wers carcfully covered and corrfed to tho mackiuc-shop of the Milwaukce & Bt Pat, and deposited o the floor ot the southers wud of tho bullding, where a crowd of rolutlves were waltiug to RAND MO NALLY & €O, EHORAVENS,CHICAGO: } ol | SRR ) i~ ! i i _—aa a0y = Sdentify tho lost. The anpearance of the bodies, or what remained In the shape of charred bones or little heaps of black ashes which emitted o mckentoy odor, WILL NRVER NE PONGOTTEN byany one of the spoctators. But ono body bore any semblance to the human form, and even this was horribly distorted, with head, arme, and legs burned to & crisp or removed, and tho trunk partfally eaten away by the mctlon of the terriic boat. Thls 18 Lelleved to be that of Joho Doyer. Smnaller fragments of bodles were ranged In close proximity. to the larger trunk sbove deserlbad, untl] seyen were deposited olf to- mether, ons of which was brought la In nn clevator bucket, Scarch was Industriously continucd through the afternoon. ESTIMATES OF THE NUMDER OF TILE DEAD, boased upon the bodles recovered, those known to be in the mill, and Inquirles for the missing, plaze it at sixteon, of which the followlng lsa lst: . Washburn Miil—Charles Hennlog, August Bmith, Clark Wilber, and Fred Mililer, griudera; Willlatn Lesle and Cyrus Ewlng, ollers; Ole Shie, Walter Savage, Patrick Judd, and *Ed Merrill, machine-mens Rarey Hicks and B, W, Burbant, watchmen.and Charles Klmble, Diamoend Mill—Jolin Boyer, Zenith At!—Jobn E, Rosiennus, Jlumboldt Atii—Peter Holberi, The swaller casualtics, burns, brulses, and wounds are numcrous. and furtber develop- ments may increase or decrense the number of tho dead, 1t isnot lkely that all the bodles will be reeovered from the rulns, Nearly all of those nuw recov- ered are mere tautllated fragmonte, lucapable of Kieutifleation, Lator fuquiry con- firms tho (irst theory that the cause of tho ex- ploaion was the igoition of inflammablo milt- aust floating {u. the alr, and the consequent wencration of and cxpansion of fnflammable frascs. REPORTA OF EYE-WITNESSES as to the power sud suddenncss of the explo- alon aro slmost Incredible. An instant ofter tho first flash and explosion and all the build- fuge were wrapped {u flames, showing tho air all around to bo full of Inflaminable gas. A. P Lunw, first supposed to bo s, gives the following account of hls experionce: o waa locking directly ot the Washburn Ml at tho time, and says the entire roof of the great bullding shot upward like a rocket, eaveluped fn smoko and flame. The tmmense walts seemed to rise from thelr very foundatfous, especinlly on tho northerly side of the Dbuilding, quivered bo- tween heaven and carth, aud then fell outward with a deafentng crash, and the rulus wero fnatantly enveloped fu samoke. 1o did not obseryve any further explosion, but the Dlamond and Humboldt Mills gud the Minne- apolis planing-mill crumbled and fell to the ground fustantiy, and, as hoe helioves, from the shock nnd concussion of the exploslon in the Washburn Mill, ond at tho very fustant of the vxplosion, as it uppeared to him, the mill company's clovator below the Washburn was cumpletely wrapped tn flames, ALL THE BOOKS OF THE MILL are burfed fn tho rulns, Lut soma may bo found Intact. Tho account of in- suranco glven elsowhere s - obtalned from the compantes. The proprictors all say thov will rebulld at once, in timo for the new erop. Gov. Washburn, of Wisconsin, will arrive Lo-morrow to take measures rulative to N property, ‘The othier mills in the city num- ber six, all comparatively small, with 180 run of stone. Bome sre infured, but will be speedily perfected for work, IDENTIPIED, Minxnaroris, Minn., May 8.—Theonly bodles fdentitled aro thosa of Jacob Rhodes, John Doyer, and Charles Witber, VALUE OP THE MILLS, Followiug 1s the valuution of the mills de- stroyed: Washburn “A," six-story stono bullding, 8300,000; Humboldt, 860,000; Dia- mond,$50,000; Galaxy, $35,000; Zenlth,§60,0005 Pettit & Robluson, $125, WASIIBURN, UNHUPFLED, Hpeclat Dispases ta The Tribune, Mapisoy, Wis., May 8.—Ex-Gov, Washbarn, In company with several of the University Re- gents, lorated to-day tho site for the observato- Ty which he has endowed and douated to the 8tate. The obsorvatory will bo located on the extreme sumamit of the hill bevond the Preste dent's house, which is one of the highest pulnta i Dauo County, commanding s wagolticent streteh of country, OFP POR BT, PAUL, Uoy, Washburn left this alternonn for Min- veapolis, where ho suffered so much pecuntarily by thu awlul disaster In that place last evonlug, by which s loss will reach fully $300,000, il will rebuild both il and elevator at ouce, TII INSURANQE, A NEAKLY COMPLETE LUST, 87, Pavi, May 8.—~Thu following {sa com- plete statemaent to be published in the Jiunser- Prezs to-morrow of adl the pollcles licld upon the mills aud other property burucd ot Minncapolls yesterday by companics dolng businees fu tho btute. - About 100,000 additional fs beld by coinpauies uot represcoted fu tho Btate: London Bcottish Commareial Lintlt Americs . Hurtford Plzoiz.. Roger Williams. Notthwestern N Imperial & Northern Tihode Ialand. Tennaylvania ., srrlnunuld.......... St Panl Fire & Marine, Vestchesto a w Ttoyal Canadian... Otlent. Mannfacturors’ Peoples, New York. Buffato Qlenn ¥t Hochester Germ: American Central, Narthern,., Connectlent . 8t. Louls London Total The fullowing statement shows the amounts of indivkinal Insurnnces: Washburn 3i ** A, baliding, Washburn Mill *¢ A" Pettit, Robinson Block.iyouine Stock of lumbee.,.. ... Entato of W, P, Ankeny. miil.... Cahill, Ankeny & Co,, stock Bull, Nowton & Co,, mill Block oo irerseres City fiank, on maq Day, Rolifns & Co., Blockesee. o C AL Plllshury & Crocker, Flak & Co., 'wheat In elevator. Lowrey & Morrison, frane buflding on Fuurteenth avenue Tiali & Donn, stock. , 1. I, Barber & For‘l‘ wi Gorton, liaywood & Co. Stuck, ovass A, It Gullder, bullding, Btock, : 00! Minncapolls & §t, Louls Rallway, b cars. 2,000 Smith, Parkes @ Covee saavans,ien « 1,000 T\ A, Harrlson... cane o . 7o MITI, ‘A DESCRIPTION OF THE WASIRURN MILL. Chicaga Fire-Inadrance Guide, Maren. The great Washburn Mil, is named after its owuer, C. 0. Washburn, of Wisconaln, one of four romarkabla brothers, respoctively of tho four Btates of Malne, Massachusotts, Lllinols, and Wisconsin, distinzuished not only in those States, but in the councils of the natton, and oneuf them our lute worthy Mintster to France, The bullding of the Washburn Mill {s of stone, 100 feet wide by 138 feet deep, six storles high, walla six foot thick at bottom, running out to twenty inchies ot top, with gravel root and iron cornfee. Thers nro forty-two run of stoho, which make obout 128 revoluttons per minute, driven by wheols of finmenso size, which aro moved by two large columns of water brought from the river into the inill, and whick AN two fron tubes six feet {n diamoter ‘at top and five at bottom, with o length of tubs and fall of water of forty-five feet, cach column turning twenty-one rin of stone. It fs thoroughly pro- vided with a1l the mndern finprovemunts and provisions for the provoution sud extinguish. went of fira, TIIZ FLOUR OF TRE WARIDURN MILL, beariug its famnous trade-mark, 18 made from the best auality of Miuncsota spting wileat, In which there is o far greater proportion ol gluten than In winter wheat, and 18 from this fact ad- mitted to be nuch wiore nutritious than flour made from the laster, and {3 also greatly moro cconowical, us from actual experiment it is found to yleld per barrcl from forty to Oty pounds more bread tban winter whoae flour, These lmportant fucts, broucht to the kuowl- edge of the Eaglish public, through the roputa- tion of tho Washburn Mill andits superlor flour, have caused quite o scnsation among the millers of Old England. Hence we notice ln o recent article of the London (Hobe, under tho head of 4 Cheaper Flour,” It 1s sald: * Our fllera among others are approhicusive that the ag- gressive Yaukee Is cuulumrlntlng a raid fu their preserves, and something Hko consternation is the result, Now markets must be found aud a swoop down on Eng)ish trada by TAL PREDACIOUS MILLENS OP MINNESOTA 1s gravely noprehended. Minneapolls, the Cap- 1tal of Minnceota, would appear to be the heads quarters of the milliug fraternlty In the States, It {s sltuated in the inidst of a corn-growlnir re- elon, aud its numerous streams give It the ad- vaneages of unllinited wn\or-pnwur, of which It takes udvantage to drive 200 pafrs of mfll- stones, ‘Tho Bngileh Afiler says that somo iden of the amount of whent dealt with fn these miils may bo found from the fact that, from the 1st of Beptembor to the 1st of Novembier last, nearly 183,00 buahels pnssed into theso cstab- Ishments. Reorcsentatives of Amerlenn mill- ers” (agents of Measrs. Christian & Co.), * are already smongst us, it {4 sald.” Instesa of theso ‘mills grinding 183,00 bushels in tiweo montha, i the above estract repreacnted, they izeind 00000 In one month. he Washburn Mifl Itsolf grinds 150,000 bushels por month, und lnnnkca Jer day from 900 to 1,200 barrels ol our, TR JILL 18 NOT NENTED, hut s operated and controlled by the firm of J, A. Chrlstian & Co., of which Mr. Washburn is o member, The value of the bullding nud ma- chinery, excluslve of fund, water-power, nud foundation, s esthnated ut 8300,000. ~The Messrs, Christians, who are the practical man- awers of the mill, are two lirothors, men hignl quallfled for such o charge, and of tho strictes {ntegrity, ao that widlo tho busiuess Is conduct- vd akllifully, sa It 1 most honoradly, All honoy uml suecesa thorefora to the wanagers of the wreat Washburn 3111 CIIICAGO MILLERS. TILIR THEORY OF THE BXILOSION, A Tuisuse roporter yesterday made an effort to get from the millers a theory as to what coused the terrible mlli-oxplosion In Minucopolis, The dispatclies stated that thy cause assigned was tho fgnitiug of she stufl which was thrown from the middiings-puritler, which fs used tn making tho patent flour. This fuvention has n French origin, thoueh It has been greatly perfected fn tho United States, cspecially of lute ycurs, Tha middlings- purifylng procesa has facilitated the turning out of & more nutritious flour aud of o tiner nad botter quality, which s unld to retaln all tho llfe-sustaining qusiitivs of the wheat, Nearly sll the mills in the West uso thess purifiers, which are composed of a zig-zog serios of sleves, made of bultlng-cloth, through which the middlings pass, und & heavy current of alr, driven by o fun, blows uwsy the fmpuritics,. Tho origtual Frouch system pro- vided for u fan under tho sleves, which causes the dust to blow upward, laden with the flufly pollen thrown off, which may be desiznated as the wuody particlcs of tho Interlor of the hull or bran o tho wheat-berry, Under tha French syatem there is 1o escape for thisrefuse, vxeept through the windows. Bomne willers segurd this stuff as very exolosive in its nature, und the rovins in which tho widdllugs sre purjtied are kopt well veutllated by the windowa belug kopt open antd tho dust allowed to blow out. In other mills the dust Is forced through a plpe to cither the ground fooror the top of the |ulrl. where a series ot pits or sleves carry It through anothier artificlally-created or o natural dmug?n to the outside air, lhI.Iurlmg the afteruoon the reporter called at e STAR AND CUESCENT MILL, at the weat ond of the Raudolph streot bridge, owned by Cliuton Brigire wnd Heersuans, The mill has” a copacity of 700 terrcls a dav, runs fifteen sety of stoue, and has teu purifiers. Mr. Ed Cumpball is the willer o coarge. o sald that tuero was a combustible materfa) turown off frum the wniddlines-puritier, It was what mlht be calied o dark, tlufly substauce—the n'wd&r fibre of the Iuterivr of the brau. It woul igolte if, Hdoatiug In tke alr, it came fn coutact with a flamo of auy kiud. It was quits barmless and Inno- cent ‘when It was lylug ina pile apywhers by itaclf out of doors. “However, where the atull wus taken through a pipu by & fau to & room by ftacl, it was ull rizht, should be no lghit of au urtiicial charactor thero st ull, Bomu wills Lad the roomn where thls cxplosive mate- riu) was recelved boppered, so that ull of 1t was blown away by the alrcreated by yeutilation and o fur. ~ Bome swply received tho stulfon o toor, which was cleaued off vnee or $wlcc s Weelk, or whenever the mifl was not runniug. - Bome willa had thelr puritiers tu the sanie rootn where the dust accumuluted, which mude such miils excealingly dawecrous. He thousl totbe wivacut Leartul disester would result alter alt -aclentlsts, ‘The insurauco companies at first fn a henefit to tho milllag interest, alnce it would Iend mitlers to fnrther inveatization and to cxerclsa inore care. Mr. Campbell {8 an ex. ceedingly practienl inan, who ts nlao considered an expert and authority in the busincss. ANOTIER VIRW similar to the abovo was glven to Tns Trinuxs reporter by an expert and practical mitler. The gentleman knows well the Washburn mill ¢ A, whera the terrible explosion tovk placo, It was a remarkably welt-built will, compicte in all its details and appointments. Tho puriiiers oceti- pled two atorfes In the mill, and the impuritics created by making tho patent flour were blown in the samo room, whete ths only. systom of ventilation was from the windows, ‘These might have been closed. Tho substance was oulv ignitible while fvating In thealr, 'The ex- ploston took place just at the hour when there was a chanea of men for the nignt watch, The rlldflcl’l ueed were ot the French pattern, with hie fan underneath, which required constant attention, dnd the Lulting-cloths bad to bo fre- quently cleaned. He believes that elthor n lamp \as broken or sume one atruck a match to lght a plpe. Tho result was Imme- diste. The explosion tenk place, the mill wxas In_ruins, and all hands were khiled. ‘Thia fufl ho renrds as more powertul In its dastructive exvlostys prupertics than nitro- @iycerine, and the only thing which ignt ap- proach {t {n strength was dinnmite. There was nothing else equal to 1. There are frequent egploslons of u minor chatucter in fioite-salils, Whore this refuse s propersy guarded thero Is no dantzer, but, where thare I8 little or no care taken ol it n.lner[vdnweruunludeml. e thinks that the oltier milfs exploded from nqunth{. ‘Tho shack caused by the explusion of the Wash- burn miil * A’ shovk down the walls of the tyo adjolning nillls, utd they too beingz flled with the sane flufly stutl, shinred the Iute ,of the firet, Holuuks upun the explosion as tho re- ault of carelusancss, MR, OLINTON DR10GS thought the ellcct of the expluatun would be to maka mill-uwhees more watchinl, 1t would leadl to Investivutions which would prove of frreat Interest and beneht to the insuratice com- panies, and which, he thought, would reduce he Insurance premfutn-rates on mitls which took the ll\‘t:trihl\(f;‘pl ecautiuns (n handiing this” stuff, Ie thought thers would te a thorough investization futu the cattses of this catastro- ghe. aud much speculation nsmn all sides, The linneapolis mills did mostly an export busi- ness, and thelr desteuction wonld not atfeet this market. Tho milling futerest alestroyed con- auned ubout GO,UX0 hushels of wleat a week, which uld have to find a market in Chicago, Milwau nd elsewhere, Mr. C. 8. Marple, uf the Orlental Mills, west end of the Madisun street bridue, sald that he had no theoty Lo adyanee n regard to the causes of theexplosion, Thelr il had nine run of stone and five puriticrs, and the capacity Is .about 300 barrels of flour aday, The alr ‘nod dust fromn & punifler might fenite on coming In contact with fire, but he thought it could not exvlode, nud would not causs the eifect pros duced by the Minneapolls explosion, e had never heard of 8 siallar aceldeut, PRUP. BLANEY was asked If ho had any theory as to the causo ot the Minneapolls disaster, “1 have not had much time to think about it to-day," sald he, **but in general teems I may say thut 1 don't kuow whut produced the ex- pluslon It 1s suggested In the press dispatches that olthur thero waus svuntancous combustion, or materinls used 1n the manufacture of fluur were formesl fnto some explosive combinntion,!” “I don't sev how that could Lo posaible. It wotlld be o much stinpler theory to suppose that the graindust touk fire, aithough even that would hardly protiucs so tecritle a shock as the ono described tn the papers.!? “lave vou heand of any siwllar accldents happening hieretofore!" " Yesd it s not uncotnmon for flonr-miils to explode. I remeinber an instance that oce curred roma years ago, where the {ing dust in the mill was iznited by sparks from the stones, sunl the flro being earrfed up the flues to whera A large quantity of grafn was stored, » terriile explosion took place, This ts probably a simi- lar case.” “11ow do you account for the cxplodlnzl" “No one van account for it satlsfuctorlly, Tt fa trio that the dust in the infil is Righly charged with gas, but it {s inflammablo rather than exploalve—or, at least, 1t would scem to be. My own impression (s that the ignition of tho gruln dust is not sullicient to canse an_ ex- loslon, ‘but that somo other element must be et loose to produee ft. Perhaps there was o leakaga of (ras irom the pipea with whleh tho bullding was 1it."” " But a sufliclont quantity of gas to produce an explosion of that foreo could hardly escape without attracting attention.’” “Trua; and, ns I soid, thero fs somothing mysturious fu this zu:mul'u fores which scema tu generate undar certaln_conditions, which aro 08 yet usknown and undofined." MILTL EXPLOSIONS. EXPLANATION OF 'murmunnu'm.ls CATASTRO- 1k, Ameriean diller, Avril, 1878, Althiough theorios had been previously con- structed to account for the phenomena of flours mill explostons, tho subject wus first brought uto prominance in 1872 by the explosion of the Tradeston Mltle, at Glasgow, Bceotland. De- structive flres had befora that date happencd in different parts of Germany, but the apoatling magnitude of the disastor that overtook the Tradeston Mills tn July, 1872, at onco elicited a genvral discussion and attracted the notics of refused to pay the insursnee on thu property, but afterwards pald the full amount, as ft was known tust the causcs leading to the explosion wero wot within the con- trol of tho vwners of the mill, A almilar ex- plosfon occurrea at the “City Mills,"! at Port Dundas, Scotiand, on Sept. 15, 1874, attendud with less disastrous results; but It aerved to keop frosh In the minds of the Dritlsh people the poasibllity of exploslons taking place, even in such peacoful establislinente ay flour-mills, Tho livet opiuton as to the CAUAR OF TILUSH MIBNOMENA which we shall notice I$ that ,of Dr. Smith, of Manchester, England, who gave conslderable attention to tho sublect. Ife relates how an oxplosion was produced in the Ofen-Pesth steam-mill at Budapest, [lunaary, which blew oll the roof of the building nud caused othor damaye by workmen inising sotne fine varictles of flour, - The dvor of the mixing-room was left ooen, und o thick cloud of dust be- came fguited from alight, A similar exploston took place et Friedict, Germany, De, Smith atutes his opinion as;follows: ** It has beon demne onstrated that fourand bran Intlinately mixed and fu a fino staty of divislon, gives vl n gas ut 450 dozrees Fabrenheit, which, when mixed with nine volumes of air, forms an cxplosive mixture, lHable at any timo to he fired by a spark or flame,”” e retommends that the use of ox- pused portable Hehts in wills sbould bs pro. uibiteds Wiche, a Gerinan chemfat, bas advanced the theory that flour fn the formn of kunalpable powder undergocs rapld combuation when Iy nited, and that durlug th process of combus- tan A WIGNLY EXPLOSIVM HYDRO-CARDON GAS 13 HENERATED, which, when mixed with sir, becomes highly ex- ploslve. W shdil notice this opinion further o, Porhaps tho most generally received opinlon 15 thut ndvanced by Prof. Stevenson Macadam, Whan the "Fradeston-Mill oxploston took place, Profs. Macadan and Raukiune were requestudd to take un active part In luvestizating tha causes that led to the exuloslon. Prof. Macadum pub- Maticd tils views in Zron, an Enchsh perfodical, from which wu extract the following: * Tlhie chem!stry of grafn and flour may aseist us fn_arriving 4t an understandiug regarding thzso fire gxplogtons, 'The chemical components ure principally starch and eluten, with small propurtlons of gu, suzar, uil, woody fbre, and ash, The starch and wuody fibre ara com: posed of curbon, bydrogen, snd oxverew (U ll 0 O3} 80 ure arc all tho gum, sugar, snd ud; aud the cluten contains these clements ac companied by npitrogen, sulphur, and phose phorus. Ail i THESK PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS are combustibla when burned tn the ordinary way, and are consumed with greater rapldity when diffused a3 a cloud through the afr, * When the flour I8 showered frum & aleve placed souie distunce above & gas Batue, rapid cawbustion tukes place; fndeed, the lour burny with explosive rapldity, and the hune licks up tue flour-shower somewhas fu thesame way that {4 Haslics through o mixturs of eus snd that 3t travels along @ truln of gun er, slmilarly, the lour, biown futo a cloud by s paie of bellows, at once takes o oud burns with a audden sud vivid flash, Tho smut takes from tho gralu during cleavslug, und the shorts sepa- rated from the tlour, BUKN WITH BRUAL READINEIS, Y Probably the Lest way ol showlug the ex- vloslve combustibiiity of “flour particles is to rhw somo flour fu & box Iying laverted ou its i, {ntrodice o lizht, und blow the flour fnto 3 ¢loud by bellows, wheu fustautly the box i hit- edirom it Hd und much flame rushvs out. ‘Pio tine divislon ol the dour bus uecvswrdly a0k (o du with e racld cowbuations swl. i deed, coarse gunpowder can ba passe nfl‘nrre”lfilhuutl hflm(nw. wllflle ?mn fiuf.'}'.”l’.’n" not fall through tho sume tlam, belne D e withont Deing “ \Wn’f_? hrnl;cd, fflm flonr resolves gases. The carbon, by nniting with the air, becomescarbonicoxits (¢ ) o k5ot acld (CU2), and the lydrogon md wx et water, y or steam (H32 0), ‘f‘nu mlu‘"n of theao gnses 18 much [nereased by thelr hrn. temperattires at the moment of commbustfon, Kh THE JONDITIONS RRQUIRND TO nRing A A FIlN BXDLOSION b are somewhat siinilar to those wi itrell gy P el gns explosion. Conl as Is comhxuul:l‘:: ::(‘1“:“: explosive when unmixed with afr, becomes explosiva whon It s ized Wi oo clent air to burn it, The pronortion Is ohtapnt in the most powerful dearee when one v[fln” of gns Is mingled in ton parts of nfr, A Iumu or larer proportion of alr lessens the Dower tha explosion by L'Dl!lllu{ the as to bury | oree, o hus tending mote to ordi X O erer to bring about th e *In orier to ing aboul e ex necessary also that the flowr.aly '.'L'T}'{'J'm“&: confined within a given spaco; hence, ity flour be {ncased In n box with the 1 'fasten .l down, and the bellows be brought into ul:."m produce n cloud swhile & Hight 18 ‘Introduce, 'u‘° boz il bo forced open wlth a Toud exsioars noise, aud thoe elie be split up, whil placed on the box ata thrown oft." o welghity SUCHL 13 THK TIEORY OF FROP. MACADAY, whoso emiticnca as & scientist ontitles it to'ty, hichest conslderation. It fs cerlalnly m‘ plausible, and has many facts o suzpory of j Though his view scoms to ha the prevaljin, ong nt present, thero ars other thnorleu}. vanced which we sball tako up in our next | rue. We shall then be propared to nx:uun: Into the order nttonding flour-mill explosian, aml perhaps deduce therefrom sowe valua) hints rospocting the arrangement aud carg o‘( ills. Sy TINANCIAL. NTW YORK. i Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Nrw Youx, Moy 3.—E. Remincton & Gon manafacturers of the Remington breech-lasging rlites at Illon, N. Y., and at No, 281 Brosdway, have submitted thelr affalrs o thelr crediign. The Company proposa to Isaue bonde (g run five years nt 7 per cont interest for the amount of thelr claims, socured by & mortgage op the property at Ilon, Tho Mabilities Amount to $1,000,000 in round tumbors, while their nasety aro valmed at 84,000,000, but are poy immedlatoly ~avaiinble. Tho fmsets cop. st of the. nrmory at Ilion, which, with the real estate and machinory, 15 valoed a 8. 800, 000, fAnfslicd arma valuad at about 800,000, clalms against the Egyptian and Mexican Govern. ments for $00,000; also bills receivable, bonde, and materlhl4, raw nnd In process of manutactare, Tho Mabllitles nro malnly on promlssory notes and are xl|‘lrllmled All over the country, No meot. ing of creditora hos heen eallod yot. “Tho matter wax to-day submitied to tho New York ereditor individually, ‘and cvery ono at onco accepted the vroposal of the ’Company, Mr. Chatles ‘Taylor bas been appointed 1o roprescnt the Company to arrange matters, Ie lahrla-dt et tha princlpal causo of tho troncio was the fnapiiy of forelgn Governmeuts to nay at present tho claims for arms fuornished. The esi. can Covernment owed them $200,000 and the Eeyptlan Covernment was indehted to them. loan was Im!n¥ negotated, which, if snccemsful, Xonld change fhe whole con. dition’ of affaire, and, In the event of another Europenn war, thoy woulit bo nblo to pay off their ontire debt In lews {han five years, Thero asbeenno cesration of business, The (rm havetranencted an immuneo business for most of the foreign tiorern. ments, txrlnclplll{ Egyot, Mexico, ani the South American Hepublics, "They havs had branches in all the prominout cittes, bot lately hava rotronchied, and now have brauches only in New York, laltlmorc, Chicawo, ang London, They omploy ot thn | pree ent thne about 400 mca at Ilion, and jnbasy times they have had as hiany as 1, 200 employed, Among other notable failitres s tnat of Wilifam C. Moure, formerly a wtock-yard owner, 1lls fae bilitios are 330,000, all unsecurod; assets nom. nal, llenry B. Margrave, of the lato fiem of 8, A, Castle & Co., dry-guods morchants, hax gone inta h:u]krnplc + Hahilities 8103, 000, and no aasete, Homer A, Joslyn wuaa adjudleatod a volunts bankrupt; Hablilties = $41,000, Georgo B. Kd- tvards hiad a claim for 332,242, secured by 3 mort. g8ge on 114 lots in Indianapoits, valuod ot $08,400, MILWAUKEE, Spetlal Dispatch to The Tridune, Minwaukee, May 3,—A potition of voluntary bankruptcy has been filed by Charles Whitiaker, 1Lia necurced debta amount to $17,000; unsecurea debts, ta $4,0003 gflpcr out, to $2,000, Asselaln real estate, about 35,000, Bpeclal Dispatch (0 TAe Tridune. Minwavkns, \Wis,, May 3,—Tha cradltors of W, B, Guodman, gaa-ftter of this aity, luve agresdto A wettlomout uf 25 cents on tha dollar, NEENAI, WIS, Spectal Dispateh to The Tridune, Nzexan, Wis., May 8.—At Mitwoukes yestet. duy C. W, Moss sdjudicated s bankrupt upon bl own potition. Tlls labilltics are only 81,600, IHARTFORD, WIS, Special Dispateh vo The Ty!dune. lanrronn, Win, May 8,—The crediton of Wheolock, Dennlson & Co., bankrupts, will accept the offer of thu Arm (o pay 40 contaon the dollar. ‘Tho llrm of J, 0. Kondill & Co. Las not yetmade au ofter, ROOK ISLAND. Rack Tsrany, 1L, May 0,—F. C, Coss & Co., boots and shioes, Bled A petition In bankruptey to- day, Liabllitics, $17,000; nuscts, §7,080. Juho Patk ia the Provislonal Assignee. pratintlliy NEWTOWN, I'A. Newrows, Hucks Co,, P'a., May $,=The New- town Banking Company, of thls placa has falled, 11s caplial wos 100,000, Its President, Barclay Brnth, has aleo vurpended. CASUALTIES. KIOKED TO DEATIL Bpectal Diwatch lo Tha Tritune EAat BAaiNaw, Mich., May §,—0n the 20tk dsy of August last, at Kdoaviile, Midiand County, Dt E. A, Rockwell got Into a quarrel with a fanmer named Benfamin Wilbor about a hore irsde knoeked him down, and kicked him under the chin, breaking his neck, from which ho died in ftecn intuutos, ~Jockwell wa d sequantly lot uut on 85, 000 ba: Inst month the Jury disagreed. The second nh. commenced Monday, nud went (o the jury h‘d night, Tho Jury was out six houry, and ‘rendore: a vordict of maustaughtor, BUNX, Spacial Dispatch to Ths Tribune, Detnotr, Mich., May ,—Tho steamer Prince Aluert, of tho Windsor & Laka Superlur Une."“: at hor ‘dock at Windsor to-day, It s sopjio! fiat the engicer left thy sos-cock open, The mate, cugivcer, snd cook wore un l»“; und ‘got “oft ‘vafoly, " Hho ~ was recentls overhauied and rofitted. and had It ucmgl x“« cluding a wrecking apparatu; Bhu lies lo thie {fl of fivo fuot of water, nnd 1t Is fosred that nw;ll diflicult to ralvg her, - George Campbelh Windsor, is her princioal owner, RUN OVER AND KILLED i IXp1aNavorlss, Iud,, May 3.—Epeclals }o o Daily News topor inat. v studenta of Wabtsy College, —Xoabert Dailey, of Carliaville, Tk ll¢d 18, and Qeurge I, Dodye, of Falr lavea, 0.y + 21 —woro killod by & train on tho Loulstille, B¢ Alhany & Cuicage Rullway, near Crawfordsvhile this moraing. TFOUND A REVOLVER. 1l Kraxsvieis, Ind., May 8.—~A Journdl m;“ ways Mr, apd Mrs, John Heller, living Dear ol Carnul, L., left B- 40 2y old daughter in the 1 1 arled govelver In the dre: r, and the be? d ravwe -‘I’w‘t‘hll tor through the head death, Teauiting 13 five houss, THE CROPS. Specict Dispateh {0 The Tribuns Fox Laks JuxcrioN, Wia, May .L—A‘:'lml four fnches of water has fatlen durlog ¥ e tweaty-four bours, sud sll low places Ar; e flowed. The storn was nob Sccompanie i wind, #0 the effect is not as bad as lasl ¥ Qrain oud grass of all kinds are lookiog :vm. ‘ont aud furwers ure buvpy. 17 the result (U0 o equal to present provpect, cropa witl bo big crap of 1841, The san ¢ r. %, ~The weather 8 huyluvlua- arra has azmn made ity appeazsnco, and bids dry spell. et OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. 5 Lowpoy, May 8.—Steamahips Somerset -:’L l::; ola, from Now York, and Therion, from "“fi‘.:"\‘-‘..';i‘.‘“‘s.., 3, —-Arrived, Weser, [r03 ::fi:‘::ffluu. May S.—Arrived, Austrion, (2 ¢ 3 Butyrol, May 3.—Steamer Scsadizatlsy I Now York, bas arrived HYMENEAL. Houctat Dipatch to The Tribuste o Erom, 11l y 8. —A rising younuy pus? cL’lli“ thlacity was welied last oveuins & Mt B E. Greyory, iater of Clarles Hremrt, ool 3 K detcs of 1o betacs wotucr, sad 108 sun uisd icyaut