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a J t 4 I closixq nouns or cox an ess. d Scene in the Loteer House that Jteggart JOcscrlptlon. Washington special: It is Improbable that such a ficene was ever witnessed in tlio house, at 10 o'clock this morning. Taper nntl tobacco quids and stumps ot cigars and other filth covered the carpet so eoraplctetely that one could not discover the color of that article. Tho members hnd been up continuously tor almost lorty-eight hours and were sore-headed, sleepy nnd uncharitable. The speaker, anticipating a stampede, had posted a trusted sentinel twenty feet in front of tho desk to nssist him in the event oi an emergency. Springer, Ilolman and Curtin were designated for this purpose, and one of them occupied a chair at the head of the center aislo in a semi-circle in front of the speaker all tho time. During the Inst half hour of tho session Curtin sat in tho chair, but lie nppoared so nearly exhausted as to be of no assistance to the speaker. The duty of these sentinels was to object to consideration of bills under a suspen sion of tho rules, introduction ot resolu tions and anything else which might em barrass tlio presiding otllcer or tho house. It wiih their special duty to seo that noth ing was considered which was to be to the disadvantage of tho predominant party. There wiin a great clamor to get recogni tion, and some members stood up and howled themselves hoarse, and in anger tore up tho bills and reports and lluug them on the iloor in full view of tho speaker. Ono ol tho most persistent for recognition was Mr. Weaver of Ne braska. Ho had a bill appropriating 5100,000 for tho enlargement of tho government building at Omaha, and for an hour lie stood beside hisseat and called for the speaker's eye. IIo tried every possible uclieme in parliamentary tacties, oven re sorting to rising to iv question of privilego, to a question of order, to make parlia mentary inquiry, which ho would turn into a plea for getting recognition for the con sideration of his bill. Then Mr. Weaver went down in front of the speaker's desk nnd spent tho remaining hour pleading, tiaduig, combining and then denouncing, but it was all to no avail. IIo finally la bored for fifteen minutes with Mr. Springer who objected to tho consideration of tlio of the measure nnd who sternly refused to withdraw his objections. When Mr. Heed offered tlio resolution on tho part of tho house thnnking the speaker for his uniform ly impartial administration of tho func tions of tho presiding officer, and tho speaker had replied in feeling terms, and when alt whs quiet and everybody else was in his seat, Mr. Weaver stood alone in the semi circle in front of the chair with his Omaha bill and accompanying report ready to ask recognition. This is but ouo of "the very many instances of hr.w hours were spent in anxious eflort to do what it had been decreed dnys ago should not bo done. In the senate there was better order. In fact, "ino could not have been impressed by a ciiMiial glnnce there that a session was drawing to a close, while in the house there was an uproar on the iloor which rivaled bed I u in and a crowd in tho galleries and corridors, making it almost impossible for one to move about and breathe. Thero was the same cold and seeming indifferent atmosphere in the senate which at all times marks it from tho order of tho house. liy to-morrow night two-thirds of tho legisla tors will be out of tho city and on their way homo, and before the end ot next week very few will be left. At least oho person will" be glad of the riddance, and that is President Cleveland. IIo says ho will bo hnppy to have a rest from tho unceasing importunities for ollico which ho has had to withstand for months. There will be a lull in Washington for- a few weeks, then it will grow breezy, statesmen nnd politi cians will como in for official business or offices, talk will begin about nominations next year, the presidential bureau will open nnd schemers will begin to scheme, so that bofure autumn the national capital Is expected to present tho most active and interesting field it has for two years. JiRIEFS JIY THE WIRE. General Mahone declares himself as unal terably opposed to the repudiation of one cent of the just indebtedness ot Virginia, and hopes to see the amount ascertained by the employ ment of outside financiers. The Illinois Central railroad has given no tice of its withdrawal from all pools on ac count of the intestate commerce law. The congregational clergymen of Chicago, at their regular monthly meeting, declined to send resolutions of condolence to the family of Kev. Henry Wurd lleccher for fear that they would be considered as an Indorsement of his views on future salvation and punish ment Judge Jackson of the United States circuit court has dissolved the injunction obtained by the Baltimore and Ohio express company against the Ohio ami Mississippi railway. A vagrant lying in jail at Augusta, Ken tucky, wiir sold to the highest bidder for seventy-live da) s. He was knocked down for $1 to the jailer, who turned him loose. Humphrey, Blake fc Co., cotton commission brokers of St. Louis, have failed with $40,000 liabilities aud ?05,000 assets. They expect to resume soon. In a wholesale drug house at Des Moines, a driver named Joseph rows killed Constable E. S. Logan, after the latter had struck and fired nt him. The officer showed no warrant to search for beer, but had evidently entered the storo for that purpose, although three mem bers of the firm hold pharmacy permits. The convention of school superintendents will be held In Washington beginning next Tuesday. The recent earthquake at Nice caused such a panic that hotel-keepers aro selling out at a great sacrifice. Tho license tar imposed In Tennessee on salesmen from other states has been declared unconstitutional by the United States su premo court, as interfering with interstate commerce. Seven thousand seven hundred and sixteen applications for pensions have already been Died uy Mexican veterans. The St. I'aul road has let a contract for an extension of its track from Merrill to Toma hawk lake, fifty-three miles, on the way to Lake Superior. Matthew A. Manning of West Virginia hai been appointed chief of a division ot tin pension office. Three hundred and fifty stove rnolders of St, Louis have struck for 15 percent Increase it wages. . MATEO WITH A LOUD. London dispatch: Miss Ellen Stager, daughter of the late Gen. Anson Stager, this afternoon became the wife of Lord Arthur Butler, brother of the Marquis ol Ormonde. Inasmuch as Lord Ormonde has no son the bridegroom is heir pre sumptive to the title, and the former New York belle is a possible inarchoiness. The bride wore a dress of white silk, with a lull, plain train. The front and panels of the skirt were made of pearl-embroidered tulle. The tullo veil was surmounted by a wreath ol orange blossoms and secured to the hair by diamond stars. There was an enormous crowd in and around thechurch. Lord and Lady Arthur Butler will pass the honeymoon In Buckinghamshire, not far from London, at the seat of Lord dies bam, who married one ot the Duke ot West minstir'a daughters. HESItY WAltl) HEECHEIt. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and DeetU of the Great Preacher. Henrv Ward lleccher was born In Litchfield. Conn., 'June 24, 1813. At an early ace he had a strong desire for a fcafarlng life, which he renounced In consequence of a deep religious Impression experienced during a revival. He studied at the lloston Latin school, in Mount Pleasant Institute, nnd was graduated at Am herst in 1834, then studied theologv at Lauc sctulnarv, near Cincinnati, O., under the tui tion of 'his fnthcr. who was president of the institution. He first settled as a l'rcshvterlan minister lu Lawrcnccburg, lud., In 1CTT, and married Eunice White, daughter of Dr. Arte mns Dullard: then removed to Indianapolis in where he preached until 1S4T. In that vear he received a chII from Plymouth church, a uew Congregational society In Brooklyn, N. V., and almost from the outset he began to ac quire that reputation as a pulpit orator which has been maintained for more than a third of a century. The church and congregation under liU charge were among tho largest In America. The edifice has n seating capacity of nearly 3.000. Mr. Reedier discarded many of the conven tionalities of the clerical profession. In his view humor has a place In a sermon, as well ns nrgutucMt and exhortation and he did not hesitate sometimes to venture so near the comic that laughter could hardly be restrain ed. He was fond of illustration, drawing ma terial from every sphere of human life and thought nnd his manner was highly dramatic. Though his keen sense of humor continually manifested itse'f, the prevailing Impression given by his dlscoutscs was one of intense earnestness. The cardinal Idea of his creed was that Christianity Is not a series of dog mas philosophical or metaphysical, but a rule of life In every phase. He never hesitated to discuss from" the j.ulolt the great social and political crimes of the day, such as slavery, intemperance, avarice and nolltlcal abuses. In 1S7S he announced that he did not believe lu the etemltv of punishment. He believed that all punishment Is cautionary and remedi al, and that no greater cruelty could he lmag. hied thau the continuance of suffering eter nallv after all hope of reformation was gone. In l&W he and his congregation formally with drew from the association of Congregational churches on account of this belief. Mr. Bcccher's theology, under the law of evolution 1ms changed from the strict Calvim ism lu which ho Has cduc.it ed to a disbelief In the eternity of future punishment. His sermons, reported by stenographers, have been printed since 1S.MI, and for several years formed a weekly publication called the "Ply mouth Pulpit." He very early became prom inent as a platform orator and lecturer, m which he had a long and successful career. His lectures came to be In such demand, even at the rate of $."00 a night, that he was obliged to decline further engagements as In terfering with his ministerial duties, and for a long llmo he refused all applications for public lectures and addresses except for some special occasion. In January, 1S39, he deliv ered an oration at the centenniiw ...liiivcrsary of the birthday ot Robert Burns, which is considered one of his most eloquent efforts, lie became a mcinlier of the republican party on Its formation, anil delivered many political sermons from his pulpit: also addressed poli tical meetings, especially In 1S.V1, when he took an active part In the canvass, not only with his pen, but by addressing mass meetiiigs throughout the northern states. During the presidential canvass of 18S4 Mr. lleccher supported the democratic candidate, and by Ids action estranged many of his poll ed admirers. In the long conflict with slavery Mr. Beechcr was an early and an earnest worker and from the pulpit of Plymouth church came many of the severest denunciations of human chattel hood ever uttered before a public assembly. In ISO'1 he visited Europe and addressed large audiences in the principal cities of Great Britain on the questions evolved by the civil war then raging in the United States, with a special view to disabuse the British public in regard to the issues of the great struggle. His speeches exerted a wide Influence In changing popular sentiment, which had been previously strongly in favor of the southern confederacy, and were published in London as "Speeches on the American Rebellion" (1804). In April, ISM, at the request of the government he delivered an oration at Fort suinpU'r on the aunivcrary of Itsfall. Though a man of peace, he did not hesitate to don the uniform of a soldier ami appear on parade as the chaplain of a regiment, an ollico to which he was elected by the 13th regiment, national guard, in 1878. "in 1S71 ono of his parishion ers, Mr. Henrv W. Sage, founded a lecture ship of preaching called "Tho Lyman Beecher Lectureship." lu Yale college divinity school, and the first three annual courses were de livered by Mr. Beecher. lu the summer oi 1S74 Theodore Tllton, for merly Mr. Beecher's associate, afterward his successor, lu the editorship of the Indqtendent, charged him with criminality with Mrs. TU don. A committee of Plymouth congregation rejiorted the charges to lie without foundation; but meanwhile Mr. Tilton instituted a civil suit against Mr. Beecher, laving his dHinages at $100,100. The trial lasted six months and at its close the jury, after being locked up for more than a week, failed to agree on a ver dict. Thev stood nine for the plaintiff and three for tho defendant Mr. Beecher was of stout build, llorld and of strong physical constitution. He was fond of domestic and rural life; u student of nature; a lover of animals, flowers and gems; an en thusiast in music and a judge and a patron of art He owned a charming residence at Peek skill on the Hudson, which he occupied dur ing the summer. In 1881) he made a lecturing tour in England, his only visit to that country since the war. His blographv has been written bv Lyman Abbott (New York, 1883.) During his theological course In IS O, for nearly a year Mr. Beecher edited the Cincin nati Journal, a religious weekly. While pas tor at Indianapolis he edited an agricultural journal, The farmer anil Gardner, his con trlhutlons to which were afterward published under the title ''Plain and Pleasant Talk about Fruits, Flowers and Farming" (New York, 185'J). Ho was oue of the founders and for nearly twenty years an editorial contributor of the New York Independent, and from 1801 till 18(13 was its editor. His contributions to this were signed with an asterisk and manv of them were afterward collected and published as "Star Papers; or Experiences of Art and Nature (New York, 18K5), and as "New Star Papers; or Views and Experiences of Religious Subjects" (1S5S). Tho latter has been re published in England under the title of "Summer in tire Soul." On the establishment of the Christian Union, In 1870, he became Its cdltor-ln-clilcf. To a scries of papers In the Xtw York Ledger he gave the title "Thoughts as thev Occur" by "One Who Keeps His Eyes and Ears Open,'1 and they were afterward published under the title of ""Ejcs aud Ears" (Boston, 1804). In addition to tho foregoing Mr. Beechcr published "Lectures toYoung.Men on Various Important Subjects" (Indianapolis, 1844, re vised edition, New York, 1850); "Freedom and War: Discourses suggested bv the Times" (Boston, 1883) ; "Aids to Prayer0 (New York, 1804; "Norwood: or Village Life in New Eng land" (1807); "Overture of Angels" (1S09), being an Introductory Installment ot "Life of Jesus, the Christ: Earlier Scenes" (1871); "Lecture Room Talks: A Series ot Familiar Discourses on Themes of Christian Expe rience" (1870): "Yale Lectures on Preaching" (3 vols., 1871) ; "A Summer Parish : Sermons and Morning Services of Prayer" (1874); "Ev olution and Religion" (1885), Also numerous addresses and separate sermons, such as ''Ar my of the Republic" (1878) ; "The Strike aud Its Lessons" (1S78); "Doctrinal Beliefs and Unbeliefs" (ISSi); "Coinmemoratlvo Dis course on Wendell Phillips (1884) ; "A Circuit ot the Continent being an account of his trip through the west and south (1834) ; and "Let ter to the Soldiers and Sailors (I860), reprint ed with Introduction, 1884). lie has edited "Plymouth Collection of HvniB and Tunes" (New York, 1885). and "ftev.va! Hymns" (Boston, 1658). The St Joseph and St Louis Railroad com pany, hav ng secured the annulment of Its lease to the Iron Mountain and Missouri Pa cific companies, has brought suit for $400,00 damages against the roads named. A Su ,onl dispatch asserts that Jay Gould Is about tu purchase or build tracks direct from Mem phis to Denver. The manager! of two Scotch collieries have arranged a compromise with the striking min ers, and others will probably follow their example. A D1SASTKOCS J17.OC7v.IOK. Several People Killed by Falling from the Seic York Elerated Itaihray. Nf.w Yoiik, MarchS. The large tailoring establishment ot "Nlcoll the Tailor" on the How cry va4 destroyed bv Arc this morning. The flames caused a blockade on the Third avenue elevated road, which extended far up above 17th street. The conductor on a train which was blocked a few hundred feet from the Seventeenth street station and several passengers left the train and started to walk over the narrow plank beside tho track and thus make their way to the station. While they were doing so the blockade w as relieved and the trains began to start The motion shook the pathway to such 'an extent that a number ol passeugcrs were throun to the street below. Three of these were Instantly killed and seven others badly Injured. When the 7 o'clock train came to a stand still between Fourteenth and Seventeenth streets, Patrick Mathews of 417 East Twenty fourth street, was standing on the platform of the third car, oHned the gate, got out on the narrow platform and started to walk to the Fourteenth street station. He was followed liy a number of men who were anxious to get to work. When they were within fifteen feet ot the station the train started. Mathews was panic stricken, and supposing that he was going to fall oil the platform to the street be low, he clutched a man who was standing be Mdc him aud thev both fell to the ground and were Instantly killed, while other men became panic stricken and jumivd into the street The greatest excitement prevailed and spread among tho passengers, and It was as much ns the train hands could do to keep them In the ears and prevent them fiom jump ing from tho tralu. Women lu the cars sci earned and fainted. At last the train was brought to the station and most of the pas sengers got oil and took surface cars down town. The distance which the men fell was about thirty feet. The dying and wounded were taken Immediately in ambulances to the New York. Bellevue and fct Vincent's hos pitals. Hundreds of people gathered around the scene of the accident, but Captain Clincher was ou hand with a squad of twelve men and kept the crowd back. The sidewalk and street were covered with blood. The killed were Patrick Mathews nnd two unknown men, one altout fO years of ngc. The wounded were George McCartney, in- Iured hip and back, Robert Shoemaker, in ured back and leg; William Kennedy, back and side hurt; James Lyon, arm, back and head injured; Jose Gradaudln, injured In the back and ribs and generally contused; Kmll Weiler, injured In the head, back and side. The narrow walk from which the tieoplo fell was about two and one-half feet wide. When the passengers left the blocked cars and opened the platform gate the men of the tralu offered no objection, as they should have done. The long cortege of men was picking Its way slowly when suddenly the trains start ed up and began to move and shook the track with n convulsive movement that nearly shook the foremost, man oil his feet. Shrinking back In fright from the moving wheels he crowded against the man oehlnd him, on the very edge of the narrow ulank walk. The man seized wildly at n neighbor In terror. The latter drew back. But the crowd behind was pressing ou, the train was moring on the right, and those behind saw a motnentarv bunching of the crowd In front, and then haff a dozen men were seen falling over Into the street below, from which arose a frightened wall, that turned Into shrieks of terror and despair as man after man struck the pave ment and lay mangled and bleeding. The men fell in the middle of tho street on the surface car track, aud lay, some motion less, some groaning faintly and one shrieking wildly In pain. The crowd of thousands who had watched the blockade from below surged around and closed in upon the scene. While volunteers were sorting out the heap of those fallen, and policemen were keeping back tho crowd, the ambulances arrived nnd the sur- rrnnim tllrnml in In rnmlnr Immmlliitj. nlil nnil the ambulances received loads nnd galloped , nacK to me hospitals, ten had lallen lrom the track and were found dead or Injured. The three at the bottom of the heap were dead, having fallen head first. MISCEI.T.ASEOVS XEU'.S XOTES. The Hon. Patrick Egan has been elected president of the Nebraska branch of the Irish national league. The Canadian parliament has been con voked for Aprii 17. The new Austrian minister to the United States will not leave until March 10. Tho Portuguese have captured Tumgl bay but the rising In Mozambique still continues. A grand military tournament Is to be held In Nice for the benefit of tho earthquake sufferers. Tho sultan of Zanzibar has asked England or Germany to mediate between him aud Portugal. Agents for the Gcrmon government have purchased 209 horses at Dungannon, Ireland, at high prices. Russia pretends to bo not In the least con cerned at the views that the ameer of Afghan istan is preparing tor a holy war. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's health Is bad aud It Is thought that he will coon resign the chief secretaryship for Ireland. The police of St. Petersburg have closed up a printing office and arrested the proprietor and have also arrested a number of soldiers. Father Bcckx, general of the Jesuits, Is dead. A son has been born to the crown princess of Denmark. Frank W. Foster, town clerk and treasurer of Greenfield, Mass., is a defaulter to the ex tent of $I4,0J0; cause, speculation. The Canadian Pacific railway has coincided arrangmcnts. tor a steamship connection with China', and three vessels will bo put on by April. Four hundred coke workers on the Hickman branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railway In Pennsylvania have struck because two carpen ters wero laid oil. The lower house of the Rhode Island legis lature has voted to submit to tho people a constitutional amendment providing for woman suffrage. Although the Ohio river at Cincinnati stauds above the danger line, the city Is threatened with n water famine from the clogging of tho pumplng-englnes by mud nnd sand. No hy draulic elevators are allowed to run. The banking capital of Canada Is $01,259, 735. Tho returns tor January show an In crease of $5,000,000 In deposits by the people. A train on an Austrian railway struek an engluc at Franzcnstadt, by which seventeen persons were Injured. A YOUTH FUL DESPERADO. A special lrom Louisvillo, Ky., says nowa has been received from a lonely farming community on Cats Fork, in Lawrence county, of a terrible traacdy. Samuel Smith, aged 10, who had had some difficul ty with a neighbor, Stephen Hammond, yesterday armed hlmsell with a revolver and went over to Hammond's, following him into the house. Hammond then reached lor his ritle, but Smith fired aud killed him. Hammond's wile and children, a boy and girl, nttneked tho murderer, but he soon fatally wounded Mrs. Hammond, nnd as the children attempted to escapo ho filled thorn with balls. Thinking he had killed the entire family he fled to the moun tains and has not yet, been cuught. Mrs. Hammond will die and the children may not recover. It was hour alter the shoot Ing before the neighbors becamo attracted by the cries ol the boy. Russia has Just purchased several large steamships for the purpose, It is hinted, of traniportlBjf troops to VUdlTOtock. t iHEXims jiktefly ix)Ld. August Fcddorson's hotel and furniture store, Andover, la., burned. Loss, ?13, 000. Tho St. Louii base ball club sold its frauchisD to Indianapolis. The democrats of Rhode Island nomin ated John W. Davis lor governor. Oscar Ncebe, ono ol tho condemned Chi cago anarchfstH, was given permission to attend his wife's funeral. Prison wardens lrom all parts ot the country met at Detroit lor the purposo ot forming an association for the better man agement ol prisons aud tracing ot crimi nals. A panic ensued in a crowd on tho ele vated railroad at New York and many persons wero hurled to tho street below. Three wore killed and many othcis serious ly injured. The Russian government sent secret in structions to all government railway in speetors on tho subject ol mobilization and t ransportatiou of troops. The foreman ot the government works at Chatham, Eng., was suspended for reveal ing i in pin-1 (i ti t secrets to the Russian uud the United .States government. Judge MeAithur, ot the Supremo Court ot the District of Columbia, banded his resignation to the president to take effect April 1. A liy wheel in the mnchiuosbop ot the Chicago Rolling mills flew to pieces and fa tally injured several woikmen. Two business blocks in Walla Walla, W. T., were destroyed by lire. Loss, $123, 000. Two men were burned to death. Matthew A. "Manning, ot West Virginia, wiih appointed chief ot a division in the pension office. Waller Jordan, ot Ft. Huford, has been sppoiutcd nn appraiser ot the right-of-way ot tho St. Paul, Minneapolis it Manitoba railroad, through the 1't. Herlhold and Blackfect Indian reservations. In the Texas senate the houso bill to pro vent pooling by riiilroads, providing lor the punishment of railway officials violat ing the act by a lino of from $5,000 to $20,000, and imprisonment from six mouths to two years, was passed without debate. Tho bill requiring railway com panies operating lines in Texas to give thirty dnys' notice, ot tho reduction in wages was also passed. Several designs have been received at tho navy department in answer to tho circular sent out last August to naval constructors of the United States and Europe, through department ami consular officers, o eriug good prices for suitable designs for two sea going, double-bottomed, arinoied vessels ot about 0,000 tons displacement, ot six teen knots Bpeed, with torpedo outfit and effective armniiient. THE VUESIDEXT'S ItJIUIT TO SIOX Can He Aftlx HI 67fiirfniv to Hill After Adjournment of Congress' Washington special: Representative Dibble ot South Carolina, who was chair man m the last congress ot the house com mittee ou public buildings nud grounds, presented a brief to tho president to-day regarding tho much-vexed question of the hitler's right to sign bills niter the adjourn ment ol congress. "Thero are thirty-five bills," Hiiid Mr. Dibble, "that passed both houses ol congrehs, and wo think tho presi dent has a perfect right to sign them if ho sees (It. 1 havo taken a great deal ot trou bio to bunt up authorities lu tho caso and especially since manyot tho bills came lrom my committee, and I naturally want to see them become laws. Tho proposition sot forth iu my brio! to tho president was that a bill passed by both houses of con gress nnd presented to tho president of tho United States during the session, might be come a law it ho approved it within teu days ot its presentation, whether congress wiih in session at the time ot his signing or not. There is but ono method in which the president enn manilest his approval ol a bill and that is by signing it. Approved bills uro novor returned to con gress, but they go from the president to tho secretary ot state, nnd consequently such bills aro not affected by any action ol congress ho lar as adjournment is con cerned. Tho bills presented to him have all ot thom passed both houses of congress. If thero is uny vicious legislation in thom ho will withhold his approval, nnd such bills fail, but ns to others which ho regnrds as meritorious he simply gives effect to the will of the pooplo ami tho states cxprcssod by their respective representatives iu con gross in mutters which uru for tho gpod ol the country. It could never have been contemplated that meritorious legislation Bhould thus bo doteated when tho seuato and house concur iu their action nnd tho oxecutivo also approves. In my inter view with tho president," concluded Mr. Dibble, "lie assured mo that ho would give my briot caretul consideration, but would not give mo oven nn inkling as to his de termination In tho matter. HLOWX TO ATOMS. Fate of a Careleta Young .Van in a Dyna mite Factory. Now York dispatch: Tho dynamite works ot Mrs. Mary A. Ditmar, at Bay Chcstor, on Long Island South, blow up for tho filth time at 1 o'clock to-day, killing ono man and loveling the building to tho ground. Tho explosion was in the mixing house. Tho only person in the houso at tho time was Henry Altingor, a German laboror, uged US. He wns adding the chemicals to a vat of explosives. The vessel was open at tho top and was lined with lead. In tho mnnulncture of this mixture it Is necessary to keep the temperatiiro down to a certain point. The operator ovldently allowed tho temperatiiro to rise too high and the explosion followed. Thero wero about 000 pounds ol glycorino in tho ves sel, enough to blow the house and everything it contained to atoms. The building was about 13x21 feet iu dimen sions and two stories high, built ot rough boards, ami thero is not a vestigo ot it bit except a small block ot splinters about threo or four inches long. Tho site of the building Is marked by a hole nbout ten feet deep and twenty In diameter. Tho deto nation was beard twenty-fivo miles. The shock wus heard in all surrounding villages nnd the people ran out ol their houses In a panic, thinking it an earthquuko. Win dows were broken nearly a. mile away. The unfortunate young man's body could not nil be found. Coroner The gathered up up some teeth, tho skull and a foot, which were put Into a package and woro viewed by the jury, which was Immediately sum moned. The will ot George Hutchlns of An cor a, N. J., bequeathing $30,000 to Henry George foi the dissemination of literature on social lib erty, has becu admitted to probate. The union labor convention at Cincinnati selected a national executive committee, with Thouiu M. GrueUe, ot Indiana, a chairman. PHOSPHOROUS POISONING. ,l IVoullur Dlsenso C'ontrnctetl In n Match 1-iietory A Critical surgic al Operation. Charles Perkins, a young man, is a jntiunt in tho Chanty Hospital oti 3:fkvcll's Island, snysa special to The Cincinnati Enquirer, When ho vas first r.dmitteil to tlio Hospital, ibout two months npo, his lops ami )ody wero covered with stratiejo-look-nj; spot, which in some places bad impressed into an ulcerous formation. !t has been suspected by a physician, vlio had been treating tho caso, that ho disease was leprosy. As this dis in.so is never met with hore, relianco Kill lo bo placed upon tho pnplislied loseription of tho svniploms. anil there .vero many of the chanicleri.stics. The liajronis was believed to statu! on a airly otnul basis, as thero was no his orv'of a syphilitic complication. Tho Kitient was put under treatment in an solatcil ward in the Hospital anil losely watched. There was no cliano or tho belter, anil tho ellect of meill uno of any kind was aggravating to he symptoms. The ulcers anil spots mil been upon tho body for about two ears. Tho mouth and neck of tho Kitient wero greatly swollen, but tho cal cause of this was not discovered at irst. as tlio condition was thought to io a manifestation of tho disease. Thero were no teeth in tho lower jaw. Tho patient said that they got so oose that it was no trouble to pull hem out with his lingers. A portion f tho teeth on tho upper jaw woro also nit, but these had not dropped out like ho teeth on tho lower jaw. Tho pa tent's breath was so foul that it mailo lis own life a burden, and the stom iches of his attendants wero rarely in rood working order. Tho lower lip wing depressed, tho symphisis of tho nferior maxillary could bo seen. It vas entirely necrosed and in a horrible londition. Phosphorous, it is claimed, vill cause necrosis of tho jaw-bone. This patient worked for several years n a match factory, and the first trouble hat liu had with his jaw was while hero. His teeth had never" been good, mil tho phosphorous had an excellent ihanco to demonstrate what it could do n the wa' of necrosis. Thero had lover been any bodily sores until after .lie trouble with tho jaw began. A careful examination showed that he disease had involved the entire ower jaw and extended to tho right irliculatiou. Thero is only one remedy 'or necrosis, and that is the extirpation if the lione. Hut the system of tho latient was in such a condition that it nado it a dangerous complication, and iillicult lo determine what the oM'oot of ho operation would be. Ilowover, as he patient was gradually getting .vcaker, and the question of a fatal .erinination was only a matter of time, md short at that, if leliof was not giv 5ii. it was decided to operate. The patiunt was placed under the in liiencu of ether, in the large amphi theater of tho Hospital, in the presence Df a largo number of students and jhysicians. Dr. Hodino handled ttho inil'u. An incision was made from the point )f tho chin to the lower lip. the red oorlion not being touched. Prom tho point of the jaw tho incision was ex ;ended lo the right, along tho under tide of the bono, to tho protuberance a in I or the ear. A similar incision was nado off tho right side. Then the lieoks on both sides of tho face woro lisseetcd from the bone, and the loos Mied llesh was turned up over the faco. l'liis exposed the bono iu all its hitloous icss. Forceps woro applied to the aono at its middles portion, and even antler a light pressuro it crumbled. Die odor given out.was almost unbear able. As the bono would break away i new hold was taken, until it had been removed up to tho limit of tho incision. To get at all the diseased bone tho shook had to be cut again, the knife bo ng run through the tissue iu front of ilio ear. The right articulation was removed with hut little trouble, as it was badly nflected. The attachment of Hie bono at tho left articulation was linn. Sov- eral tendons had to bo cut, during which proceeding tho maxillary artery was punctured. Tlio blood spurted into tho throat, and before pressuro could be put on tlio artery tlio crimson Quid entered tlio trachea. Tho patient was lu danger of stitlocatiou. lho operating surgeon turned tho head of the patient downward, forced his hand into tho throat, and absorbed the blood with a sponge. It required n largo amount of stimulant, given hypodorm ically, to bring tho patient to a condi tion whero it was deemed safe to go on with tho work. As the muscular at tachment was divided, thotonguo drop ped back into the throat. To provent the closing of tho glottis, a threaded nccdlo was run through tho tip of tho tongue, nnd it was drawn out and held by an assistant. Tho lacerated artery having been tied, tlio tendon holding the bone iu position was sovorcd, and by rotating the bono with forceps the articulation was brokon and tlio bono removed. AH tho tissue iu tho neigh borhood of tho bono that had been af fected was cut away, and tho wound was thoroughly washed. Tlion began the dolicato task of put Ling back the flap aud fastening it in position. A largo acupressure pin was introduced near the sub-maxillary glands into the integument by which the severed muscles wero pinned to the neck. The wound was a frightful look ing nfl'alr, and was closed with inter rupted sutures. Tho union of tho ver milion lip by sutures was inado with great skill, and it is a very diflleult thing to do so as not to draw the lip out of shape. The wound was bandaged and tho patient put to bod in two hours after the ether was given. Caroful at tention was given to tlio subsequent dressing, and uny sloughing that ap peared was immediately cut away. Tho pins were removed in seven days, and the muscles wero joined almost us well as if they never had been cut. Tho wound healed slowly, and thero was a persistent flow of pus. At tho end of u month tlio llesli hung naturally from :ho upper lip, uud in suoh a manner as to glvo the face u constant smile. The marked fouluro of tho case is that the ipots and ulcers on the body healed and pod nwav ns the wound n lho mouth bcoanio iii-tier, and now at the end of three mouths there are no marks on tho body and o'.lv a few small ulcers on the'legs, that are gradually diminishing' and wiil Soon disappear. Tho patient's health is good. A earlilago is forming in the mouth in place of the jaw, nnd is already quite liriu.aiid tho disfigurement is so slight as not to bo noticeable un less the head is upturned and tho scar on the ch :i is shown. THE RUSSIAN AUTOCRA A Ituler AVbo AVI11 Xot Admit tho Least Concession to lho Spirit ot tlio Age. An occasional correspondent of The London Times, writing from St. Peters burg, gives some account of the czar and his surroundings from which tho following passages aro taken : Wo know from tho last work of Count V , and from llussian opinion in general, that Alexander III, is a very temperate man. a model husband aim lamer, ami sucii a lover ot noncstv and dotester of self-scekinsr oillcinls that he has sacrificed many persons of political worth to a preference for men iu his entourage, who, although not brilliant, aro at least irreproachable as regards honesty and devotion to impe rial interests rather than to their own. Ho works hard to master tho smallest details of govermont, examining every paper with the greatest attention; and this absorption in minor matters, it is said, is often taken advantage of by his councilors to keep from him tho direc tion of tho greater quostions of state, at least as for as concerns homo afl'airs. His knowledge is now believed to bo far moro oxtensivo than was generally supposed but ho is extremely reserved, and raroly converses with any of tho personages admitted almost daily to ids presence. Ho keeps his own coun sel as much as possible, and it is very evident that his most distinguished generals have not yet made tip their minds as to tho best way of approach ing him. Tho reservo which for many reasons was forced upon tho czar while yet heir-apparont seems to have grown into a settled habit. In society during tho St. Petersburg season which, how ever, plainly bores him as much as it visi bly delights tho empress thero is noth ing moro striking, as Count V puts it, than his majesty's mild and sovorc look at ouo and the same time. It is curious in this connection that among all his portraits painted .since his acces sion there Is no uniform and settlod stamp of expression given in tho face. For somo time past, however, tho gloomy cloud that used to hang about tho brow long after the terrible death of his father has been gradually woar ing away. In order to bo seen perfect ly at "case ho should bo observed with his children in the grounds of Gatehina, whero ho is much moro at homo than in St. Petersburg. His physical strength, it is said, fully re cords with his enormous size of body and limb, nnd often one hears it said that ho can easily broak an ordinary horse-shoo with bare hands. Of ono thing thero can bo but little doubt, and that Is certainly his tenacity and ob stinacy of opinon and purpose. Both the Afghan frontier and Bulgarian questions have bornu witnoss to this quality. Tho emporor is soniotinios brusque, and not only says sovoro things when necessary, but occasionally writes somo sharp comments upon the margins of reports. Having entered upon his great inheritance with a declared de termination to maintain tho absoluto power, and with tno Keen sense of tho dishonor brought on Russia, both at homo and abroad, by tho weakness and wavering of tho last regime, ho will not admit the least concession to the spirit of tho ago, nor the slightest compro mise with the autocratic principle, and ho is naturally very suspicious of being overruled by "any interested inlluonco. No ono expects any important reform during his reign: but tho relinquish ment of this hopo Is somewhat counter balanced by tlio proud satisfaction felt at his majesty's now doparturo in for eign allairs. IIo will never, it is con stantly repeated, yield up tho fruits of victory once war is undertaken, as was dono by Russia under Alexandur II. at the Herlin congress. It does not follow, however, that all who go with him in this diruetion are sincero in their admira tion: for it is ovidont that many whoso desires and aspirations liavo now no fu ture at home would, Kussla-likc, throw tliemsolvcs enthusiastically into any movement, wltorovor it might bo made, in tho hopo that avos, as thoy say, somo good and somo chango may porhaps como out of it. Somo Mitigating Circumstances. "Seo hero, Jones, I want to talk to you n moment," said an Austin philan thropist; "don't you know that you aro not doing your duty by your children iu not Bonding them to school? That's not tho way a fond father should treat his children." "Well, now. I don't know about that," replied Jonos. "I don't believe you fully roallzo what you aro talking nbout. Now, I havo a brother whoso oldest son was sent up for two years for horso stealing, and tho judge, m sentencing him, said that his ignoranco and lack of early education woro strong mitigating circumstances in tho case; and instead of making tho sontonco ten years, which ho would havo dono had tho boy nover received any education, ho would mako it only two. Now, do you suppose I am going to rob my boys of those mitigating circumstances that havo already boon such a bonanza in the family? No, sir; before I do, I hope my right arm will cleave to the roof of my mouth!" Texas Silings. Nover For Tliemsolvcs. Said tho saleslady at tho chair store: "Womon aro funny things. Whoa thoy como to purchase falso hair it is nover for themselves. It is invari ably for a Irlond. Thon thoy take out a lock of hair as a sample for matching;, Ulght from tholr own heads, of course. Thoy can't fool mo, Iv'o seen toe many of cm." This is what tho sales lady said. Of course we do not bulbs va a word of it, Boston Transeript.