The Kosciusko star., June 21, 1895, Image 1

About The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898

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Vol. 30-
No. 25.
KOSCIUSKO, MiSSISStpPI, JUNE"iS95."
itt
). J. Hammond Narrowly Es.
capes Dentil from a Jioiler
Explosion
Eight Pages.
as
WHILE IS NEW OKLEAXS.
One -Han Killed, Ten Woumlert
A Boiler That Was to Have
Ueen Useil in Kosciusko
Explodes.
Mr. W. J. Hammond was in
New Orleans last Monday morning
with a party of gentlemen from
Ellisville testing the compress and
boiler that had been bought for
Kosciusko; but which will not be
located here. Soon after steam
was raised the boiler exploded
with terrific results, killing one
man in three feet of Mr. Ham.,
rnond; stunning and bruising the
latter, and wounding nine others,
two of them fatally. Mr. Ham
mond returned home Tuesday
morning with a bruised leg and a
heart full of thankfulness for hie
narrow escape from an awful death
There are conflicting stories
to the
CAl'SE OK THE explosion.
The one which became
current immediately after the ac
cident was that the boilers wi-w.
unable to stand thp
them, and had blown up when!
ui iti was a piessure of little more
than eighty pounds of steam up!
"iieieu ip.ey were guaranteed to
stand 150.
But after the first excitement
f'K.ti .1......U ; ...i i ...
,. .v- vincipeu wnicn would in
dicate that there might have been
other caus' s for the disaster. Some
of the men acquainted with the
Lnion press think that the ma
chinery might not have been in
proper order yesterday when the
test was made, and if h-uc, was
case uiey say that the boilers
were weak.
press in operation before moving
it to Ellisville. Mr. Hammond
telegraphed to Mr. Benedict to
have the place put i.i order and
the steam raided, so that a V
it be n:
-.
'ice on
i.
Mom
morn-
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Litest U. S. Gov't Report
BftJcirtcr
i!.e 1
tl.o cky
o'clock.
!;.r..
o c.
ississippi party readied
yesterday morning at (j
it consisted of Mr. XV. f.
oi Kosciu-.K-o: . i !
turner, oi osburg; L. 13. Shelb'v
and S. i. Inlincnn of v'H;,.,.;n..'
J j VI JJl" 1.1 111.,,
to the
i:et
VBmuywmiM posse
After breakfast thev went
Reynolds Iron Works
M
to
press in the Mississinni town in
. I' . T. 1 ' .
The occurrence is thus related by T , n ,vas by a very
the Times-Democrat: ' Y T "h"h . making
While the Union Cotton Press I the I V'Z ,h Vlden4 n
mg about 9:40 o c ock lor the in-1 -invthir, i, i "IV,uVm n,lu
Action of a committee from Mit ! Z
aippi representing recent pur-! mium, but none of the s cklmld en
chasers, an explosion oecuned n : would sell Z , n ?
Clem B. Penrose outright and se- i
riously wounded a number of oth-1 AN or,,,smo-' Oo.mi'kkss.
ers. and Mr. Hammond, who had man-
The building was badly wreck-j agu onu with such mark
ed. A section of the massive boil-1 e(1 .success! v,'as one of the most
tr, ten feet in length, was blow n f,ctive organizers of the new coin
across the street, piercing the i l'ai,y- AH the merchants in the
1'iiek wall of the independent I barnnS 01ie. Ascribed to
branch yard of the Shippers' press ; !'ie strtcfc atui ndveriisements were
lik paper, and 'continuing on its ' l)S!J, te in the New Orleans, Mo-
; uiuim', i:m two massive posts in v OUM iUI11P'il papers lor a
! tn . lu,!-.. Rner.dintr its . f.Mvn nnd ! sewnd-hancl press. This adver-
lailing an the vard. jxiiement m the Ytmes-UenKHu -il
The New Coini icss.
Some time ago the attention of
Messrs. Boyd & Benedict was at
tracted bv an ad VPl'tisptripnt in t),n
rr; -p.- - , IU1U luc ifverman cauea out to th
limes-Democrat of parties in K'os. fir.-mn : ,
there was but one Cotton com- bale was iust about to Vnr,,,,
exn;r; ;o go with them to examine
the press. Upon securing the ser
vices of the expert, they 'went to
the press, reaching there about
io o'clock. George Lynn, th-:
leverman of the Shippers' I'rcfis,
and his son, John, got up the steam
and one bale was pressed; the
press worked handsomely, and
then another bale was rolled up
and was about to be compressed,
when a holt on the lever broke 1
appeared to be only a slight defect,
and the leverman called out to the
cr-'-: politics ix mmm
on : Out. Hi. lioxikvvCo
otsf km- thv Sv:mU
when the explosion occurred.
What was the cause of the ex
plosion? If any litigation ever
grows out of it, there promises to
be a very complicated fight, on
which expert testimony will phy
a very important part over this
question.
Mr. Hammond says that there
is in Mr. Kelly's bank in Koscius
ko a certificate from the- boiler in
spectors to the effect that the boi
H. Tur
Miss., iniurrd
1 1
"" oLinieiuer, nt'.rns.'d on
face and cut on back of bead.
i i.aura Jones, colored, injured
! tlie h.cad.
Mr. Inkster, iSn Carondolet
street, hurt on right arm.
. Preston Keaghey, injured se
riously on the head' j
George Lynn, arm and head. !
j. Johnson of Ellisville, Miss., j
slightly hurt Who Populites Call a State Cen
. -V L- Shelby of Llhsvillc, Miss.. I v... .r..... .,
lie Is for Free Silver, lint
Vituiieiathe.
Not
TIIH MiVv WAItlSANTS.
Have I5een Ilia ived by the Air
litor and June Distribu
tion ISegiui.
The new special warrants, the
issue of which is $150,000 have
hetn received by the Auditor, and
the June distribution of th
school fund is being made in half
casn and haft warrants, which bv
the way bear three per cent, inter
est and are passing in Jackson at
par.
mi. iuii- -..v-.v. uiouiuuiniiis. us jirovmeu
erS Coil ( Kfnnrl n nrrar,,,,, l I iv 1,,,.. l- V
, " riv-M" 150 ij uiH mauR iu January and
IH Mil C fit rtnni TT . . f'vi,l ,
pounds of steam.. Mr. Hammond
says that he did not have his glas
ses on at the time, and r.m.h! "nnt
see what pressure the steam ' indi
cator registered. He was Ukl.
however, shortly before the rxplo
sion that it was about So nonU;
A number of other people said t!at
June. n me pvj.hH tnus ex
pended, two-thirds is sent out to
the several counties in January,
the remaining one-third in June,
so that the amount now to be dis
tributed is 8-',07. (i:J:j.
These warrants were printed by
loot ik. Co., and Mr. Hazen will
The force was terrific. The
walls 'of ,he compress tottered and
Sell iinvard, burying Mr- Penrose
tanenth the debris, while flyiiui
briuk injured number of specta-
lurs wiumi a :jw teet hm.
it was about 80 pounds, and ih'nt Ihardlv ehdm ihev nri. imii;tn,l.'
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li thp lIRJ.Wlirf !llcntlflnfl,1 l.v. il. '.n V., 1 1 D....1 ..,.4 1 ,
. r , .,- ' , vu uic i " '"""in j-JULuv uuies its e aid
WM flip imiicn nf a , .1 - nn ire . o tl,o -ili-.o .-. r .. i ...... .
" "-- lui i L-p(iuufiiee i ' . "K ivpuic oi the lauoui mo lirst lsstu
between Messrs. Boyd & Benedict
aim t:ie Mississippi promoters,
and Mr. IlamiGond was induced
I to -ocm-io to the -city and exarni?ie
me V. IMU1I. lie W IS Vl-rV TilVrtf l
Mr. Clem IVnrose-reniarked tc ! ''Iv impressed with it, and tele
his lu'other tnat he did not like the ! -.raliflfcd -uaf' home his irnpres
appearance of the boilers, and said !Mfr,s- Lt tb;', owners of the. ex
ihev IhiiI U.t.y. ..... .i I istin" roniin iii iv", ..;,,I.i- 1.,.
better get mt of
isting coinintts in Kosdusko. b
cimi- !
KVic; ut.vmI.I ....-,.f.v;l l 1. .i l J
f'rn the position thev
accident.
When the
Mr. Hammoni
ing ly the pre
cotton leing j
utes befoie tl
CNpIosio.'i occurred
I said he -was staul
s matching a halo 0f
eased. A few ;nin-
expiosioii a bolt
Ml
place. Bv a istrnriw. (at b..'
uk oriv one ot the nartv nnl. t. (" "i'pos.uon wi u-.h tu.- nev
act oi: hisowa advio:, f.nd bv foil
Hre to do so die was the orilv to
me to meet fc.ith. " A
n was leaving the place an ac
quaintance said: "Air. Penrose.
"How me to introduce Mr. Htm
mond." Mr. IT
".vv ,.u ,1U. j;..-,;imi tne lever
man told the engineer to '-open
uer .up, nitnning to u;h:ii the
doors, llH! engineer di.l this, and
tht Jever man then lixed the brok
en press, using
stead of a
wine .Mississippi gonUenien v;ho
Ms -examining the press. Mr.
lenrose stopped to cht, alter ex
muunng the visual courtesies, .tnd
jvlnle so engaged a slight defect m
"ie machinery caused a teinporary
JJP. It was the broking oi a
wlt,hich.was repaired b die
wvman with a piece ef wire, siid
letc-f-t was resumed. The signal
"resume, however, had harfJv
given oektre tliere was
4 TKRIUM.E KXMM3IOX.
Mr. Penrose was standing unier
Searched wall, and a mass of de
tos buried him. Mr. Hammond,
wo wafe standing onlv a few feet
on luw, was .U'hind a krge post,
--wi M tne only thing that sav
JHH from being similarly man
As it was, he lookefup on
jeanng the explosion, and saw a
'age piece of timber falling in a
me to strike him on the head,
yeaned forward .and saved him
?u but again saw a uiece ofifirinor
er descending, and had to wake
2 ";r jump, i orjer t0 ,a-oid
e nShit. ne was Btruck by other
, miwever, - and . knocked
;njeleB, and when he recovered
Jas lying on the lloor in an
f oihtcary shop, while soothing
I' ons were being applied to sev
painlul wounds on his right
ed. in order to keev. the new''iwji and .'was be
press away t-key offered to allow
aK who wanted stock to secure it
at -a saeritice, and in this -Manner
the tbreaterievl opposition 'v,-as ef
fcctuallv killed.
fJut Mr. -JJelly, a jx-omincnt and
wealthy gentlomai) of that place.
kss. deterniiaod up-on i)it;cbasii?jg
a press and going iuto the bus?
nefs, and daily letfc-rs were re
ceived irom Idterent quarters of
feitng indunements to have the
press located in them. Some of
these were from Tejct s, ani frora
this citv. Mr. Hammond .was sent
to Texas to tike a survey of the
new. but the inducements held
out there wtese found, uponcarefuJ
investigation, not to be sufficient
to warrant the gentlejiien to em
bark in the enterpnsein thai State.
It wa3 decido.1 to locate some
where in Misstssiom instead
lisvilie, Miss., on the .Vartheastern
Kauraid, was a bidder for the' en
terprise, and tlwi Kosciusko gen
tlemen went over there with the
result tkit witlicn a quarter of 'n
hour after reaching the place a
stock company with ample capital
was formed, and all the stock sub-
sen bed to. ,
Mr. Hammond described the
Union press which had been pur
chased last month from Messrs.
Boyd & Benedict. He said that
two successful tests had already
been held, and that the purchase
price had been Ssoo. It was de
cided to send a committee to the
city with Mr. Hammond to see the
j this free school distribution of
'over three hundred thousand dol
lars will prove quite a boon to the
teachers of the State, a good many
of whom are awaiting a reniiltanco
from the capital before they can
attend any of the sumnisr normals.
There are in the State nearlv
rw(l,0()i) edueable children and it
can readily be seen that a large
number of teachers are nen-ssai'v
i piece of wire in- j to their proper instruction.
He then canu? i There is no reason whv nnv
teacher .diould have" to '-shave"
these warrants; they bear three
per cent, interest, and are redeem
able in i months, so that thev
readily pass current. The former
issue of warrants are now worth a
small premium. Ther ;in .,11 !
receivable at any time by the State
Treasurer for all dues to" the State.
Clarion-Ledger.
Jackson, Miss., Tunc if,. Hon
Chas. E. Hooker, of this city, who
j for many years ably represented
! the Seventh district "m Congress.
nas authorized the announcement
that he is a candidate for United
States Senator to succeed Senator
George. General I looker, while
be favors the free coinage of silver,
has never publicly or privately as
persed President Cleveland, Secre
tary Carlisle, or any other Demo
crat, or attributed unmanly or un
patriotic motive? to any man. He
is an able, clean man, was a gal
lant soldier. r.nd is an eloquent
orator, and has always fought for
his party, whether lie war, a candi
date or not. General Hooker has
been earnestly solicited by' friends
throughout the State, and espe
cially in this congressional district,
to make this race, and his friends
insist that if a free silver advccr.te
is elected Gerund Hooker wi.'l be
the man. Genera! Hooker, it is
stated, will take the stump at enco
and make an accrcscive ca;r.oaiirn.
I'oimHO-s Cali a t'onvci:
nn'n.'.'' to nn
UK.viaie ag'jfji. Mr. Hammond
walked ar.kind the press and was
gojag up In front of the boiler
when he hnivd a re-port as though
a-canium ,'iad been hot under him,
and looted up and saw pieces of
t'.Eiberla),'ing all around. Onu
lece Was coining .tiroctlv at 1dm
and ashe dodsred it. nnntlnT
a-ight liilttnd, and .while trying to
dedgeftius last lie fcll and did' nr.t
.know Iffj thing rre until he woke
v.p in he drug fre some minutes
later. He said .that he could
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jen wr.v nc naa Jsot i.-r-n
S'U as toe Jool
.i
lilt Ma (a I a ' 1 II -r
'tnrlugh many battles and linen
-D.aPc" dose Waces, but I came
Xovv Oil 31 ill to jJe Liuiit.
Giccpvili,', ;Mi?s,, J,.m?
Jackson. Miss.. June
l'onulites of Mississiiipi
sued an oiiicial call ior
vention to nominate a Si;
ulite ticket, to assem'.-ieir.
on oitnesvia-, ulv y. i is.
call is sigiii;d bv V. 1'. K
chairman, and S. Y. Kobi
secretary pro ten;, h pro
that count' cor.vt r.iMiN ;. i.e.
each of the stvv;:tv-ave cei
in the State on Sai;;:h
to select de iee'ates to
convention, and tlii.se .Kb
leeted are- to be em;-iv;-their
respective co::'.ltv :
to nominate candi.bites ir
attorney for tb.e nir.. t
tn'i't.: ui' - ! ,'..! :; 't,
so recoaimenils li!iat ij,.,
lists of the State nominate
count)' ticket in t ach countv
State, and make a vigoroin
for the cause of reform ar.V
!(). The
ha
i. State
ve
acKSon
t;.
Id in
nties
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t'ne
tc
ca."
:! the
rood
Populiti.
i . : 1 1 . j i ilie eonfmef tM-!:. ji
ed jip. the piece of ! Jers' Oil Mill was let yesterday to respondent as'.."?'
niuk straight at him. j eal. There were il vj liI- nlites anticipated the
contract for machinery had alreadv
boon let. The buildi'n-s and mi
chmery ft-ill cost S.'O 000 ' '.
, l '4v.:-s, iiu i came , , .- it c.umuhi.
neaifr being killed this time than j eoniitieiiced ' at ' c
J t-vr was befo,re. I want "to'.cet I yery'thihg'.wiJl he reat'Iv
oijee am
out.M tins towili .as omVk- ns nnc,;.
bAeJto.r.1 have, bad erwntri, ; . nil
Uia last mea life . time, and I
uwjt .care nejw q-mck the train
CQiiee. -This was the third trinf
llwold .hoileir.. lunt- tho
uie pressure and someth'ing
ation by September "next..
for, .oper
a
nonmiatio,.'
convention
of
ha
te;
be
i r "will v. im H
to go. "1 have been a Presby
lan all bv, life. snA T 'k
i t, -. " iv ix
tr one lironi now on.
iiljedCSjem. B. Penrose.
, woi;nhki.
fV. i'Haniniond, of Kosciusko,
(, sngntly wounded on the left
VIbert Frankenbush.
unded on the left leg and head.
A l-ebcriniia cf..'
..p. ...... y (-UNH,s jr0m
way down in Georgia. 'It Wems'a
I resltjderian' mlhister" received a
visit from, a cblored pastor who
wanted counsel. "UVll ct.
just this way," said he, "Is'e
wo.rked on election, sanrtinw;,,..
Dredestiriation ti'l T
another word to tsave my life
His white brother suggested that
he" should breach 11 SfM'mrtri I...
1 v . .uv.ii n y 1VHV
ot a chance, on "Tlmn ki; v.
Steal," for a text. "Vei( boss;
oat' eertninlw i'c o .1 i .
luons'ous 'Irani t will ..
coolness in the congregation."
In conversation with a to-,,);,,,
to-dav. the Pic-iv.-,.,
'"aLj;n whvth.
i'emoeracs
in its date ior ho h bno- n , "'C cxn
vention and makimr
the State Democrat i-
l
naving neon called for Au- -He
replied that the populites" pro
posed to take the aggressive. am
to anticipate a so tlio ,,tt..
a - iiuuam.1
rce suver Democrats, should that
, faction be in control, in the matt, r
oi nuances; that the Populi'e par
v w.e xmiv partv which b
ever favored the free'
t i' V li lt i 1 iil 1 lt.'t.I
coinage at the ratio of 16 to i
without ' international agreement;
uiai mey proposed in this cam
paign to be first in the field with
both their candidates and platform
that while they expected to reiter
ate their position on the financial
question, that this question, as
this-was a State and not .i inim-'i
election, would be subordinated to
oiau-issues, which he said, fairly
bmtlrd- He said that lbnkitt
:ad
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