Grass, J.

Baxter Springs Kansas, Sept 1--J. Grass of Joplin Missouri and William Provance of Hammond Kansas, were killed instantly at 11:50 last night in a dynamite explosion at the Liza Jane Mine, a half mile west of Baxter. The bodies were so badly cut up by the explosion that recognition was impossible.

According to M. Wilbur, ground foreman of the mine. Grass was loading a hole with dynamite and tamping it at the time of the explosion. The explosion blew off part of Grass' head. One arm and the left leg of Provance, who was standing behind Grass, were blown off. The bodies of the two men were taken to the Porter Clark undertaking company's morgue.

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J.. Grass, mentioned in the foregoing dispatch, was machine man of the hard rock lead and zinc mine. He resided at Baxter Springs Kansas on East Ninth street. His only relatives, his mother, sister and brother, who reside at Richmond, Missouri, were notified of the accident. Provance was Grass' helper at the mine.