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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.