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| — oe FO OE EE Ee . THE SCHILLER. (SeEctAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY Canty.) Lonpon, May 26, 1875. ‘The latest report from Scilly etates that a strong current prevents the divers from working around the wreck of the steamship BSebiller. There are three divers and two agents of the Board of Underwriters at the scene of the |° disaster. A BODY FOUND. The fishermen have found a body, which is apparently that of one of the petty officers of the Schiller, FRANCE. TRE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE OF THIRTY RECON- STRUCTED—A GAIN FOR THE PARTY oF THE LEFT—M. GAMBEITA BETIRED FROM THM CANDIDACY. Panis, May 26, 1875. ‘The reconstruction of the Committee o1 Thirty ‘was completed by the Assembly to aay, CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW COMMITTER, The commit'ee is composed of twenty members of all sections of the Lelt, four supporters of M, Wallon ens six Deputies of the Right, Among the membe.s elected to-dayare MM. Waddington, Albert Grévy, Simon and Onristophie, TRE VOTE OF THE PARTIES. ‘The Le:t voted in the six Deputies of the Right, 80 that the majority might be represented in tno committee, but itis believed that five will deciine to serve, M. Gambetta was not elected, having withdrawn | his name as a candidate, ENGLISH OPINION OF THE FRENCH LEGISLATIVE VorE, Lonpon, May 26, 1875. The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says the preponderance of the party of the,Left in the new Committee of Thirty 1s due to discord in the conservative ranks, ENGLAND AND AMERICA. DRITISH OPINION OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Lonpon, May 27—6 A. M. Tho Standard, commenting on the projects of reform submitted at the meeting of the American Social Sciencs Association in Detroit, say: Thinking Americans are competled to acknow!- tise that waste, corraption and inefficiency pre- vail im every branch of administration and igno- trance and persoat: worthlessn*ss predomi- pate In legislation. They begin to ad- aut sadly that the grand experiment began a centory agots atatlure, Remedies mast be devised quickly if revolution and disaster are to be averted, It is conceded on all sides that uni- fersal sulfrage, Whicb, however, it 18 now impos- bible to abolish, is the root of the evil.’? JOHN MITCHEL’S ELECTION. FODICIAL DECISION AGAINST THE IRISH PEOPLE— THE PARLIAMENTARY CASE OF THE DECEASED PATRIOT. Dusiin, May 26, 1875. The Court of Common Pleas, to which the ap- peal in the case of the Tipperary election was re- ferred, has unanimousiy decided that the late Jobn Mitchel was disqualifea, and that Mr, Moore is entitled to the sear. W. J. SHARKEY. Havana, May 26, 1875, Wiltam J. Sbarkey remains in prison ‘There is no change in the aspect of his case. THE BOSTON DEFAULTER. HiS MOVEMENTS SINCE HIS FLIGHT—HIS AR- BEST AT KEESEVILLE, RUTLAND, Vt., May 26, 1875, Abraham Jackson, the defaulting Boston lawyer, was im this vicinity last week. He left Fair Haven oa Monday, the 24th ist., for Whitehall, N. Y., where he took a Lake Champiain boat for the North, A Boston detective arrived at Fair Haven on Tuesday and followed bim to Whitenall, but came back and took tne train for the Nort, via Rutland, noping to overtake Jackson. Whtlc in Fair Haven he was periectly cool, and when shown the articte tn reference to his defaications he said it was a news- paper scandal, and was false from beginning to end, He was Treasurer of the Scotch Hull Quarry oi Fair Haven, and owned stock in the com- pany to the amount of about $8,0u0, He wiso owned «some real __ estate sume place, AN attachment deseph um. Caurch, of Boston, served on this property to-di obe day in Orwell, in this looking for blooded stock, and was supposed to be on ms way to Canada when news Oi his arrest was received this evening. in THE ARREST. BURLINGTON, Vt., May 26, 1875. Abraham Jackson, faulting Boston lawyer, ‘Was arrested at Ki ‘tile, N. Y., to-day, by a. RK. Wood, of the Boston City Hall detective fo and brought to thi are stopping at the American Hotel. Ja son engaged board fur tne seasbn at thi House, Keeseville, and was fitted out for a season fishing. Detactive Wood apd his prisoner wiil Jeave jor Boston to-morrow moraio, og at eight o'clock, A CONVICT SHOT. & REVOLT IN NEBRASKA STATE PRISON AND THE LEADER, A DISTINGUISHED CONVICT, SHOT. Lrncoun, Neb., May 26, 1875, Four months ago there was a State Prison re- voit here, To-day the long threatenings caimi- nated in an attempted revolt, in which William MoWaters was shot through the neck and killed. The Warden received information througn one trusty convict that an attempt would be made yesterday and ldcked all the prisoners ap, It was then known that there wouid be assistance from the outside. To-day tae prisoners were put to work a8 usual and MeWaters, while ailowed to go irom bis work, picked up a stone to ‘throw at the guard. The guard nad iustructions to fire on the convicts making the least demon- stration, and fired with « fatal effect. Other guards rushed in with "levelled Fisee, auaienng | tne matiny at once. Warden Wyma purty and Inspector Gould deserve ail p ae for waren fuiness, as three of tne most noted dexperadoes in the West were concerned in the ae, ag Waters was in ior twenty-one years; he fered three men. He has & wie and two yenularen ving. A NEGRO MURDERER. Sr. Lovrs, Mo., May 26, 1875. Philip Pfarr, a German, living what is known as Skinker road, several miles from this cl'y, Was murdered about hali-past nine o’ciock Jast night by an unknown negro, and his wise, wno was about to become @ mother, was ray- ished. It appears a negro m: about tweney- five years old, called at Pfarr’s house avout five o'clock last evening and asked for work. Mrs, Plarr told him they did not want help. He calied again about seven ovclock, after Mn Piarr pad returned from his lavor in the fields, and was again told ho help was wanied, About halfpast one o'clock Plarr and his family were aroused by toe barking of thelr dog in the yard. Pfarr Went out to see what was the mate of and was he who had visited the house im t ig him & Violent Klow on the ti pine Olunt Instrument, ff: Mrs. Plarr, who followed her ty ‘Was then savagely sezed oF 10 her to give him what money wi afterward = brutally ravisned her, negro hod fed Mrs, Prare dragged ner in- seusinle husband to the house and aroused the neighbors, Everything possibie was done for bom but he rematued unconscious antil neon to- fay, when he died. Intenss excitement pb in the neighborhood, and twenty mounted po! nico have been scouting the woods ana fields ‘ail dog, Dut at last accounts bad found no trace of the. marderer, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1875. —TRIPLE | A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION A House in Boston Blown to Atoms. .THE CAUSE A MYSTERY. The Inmates and’ Passers-by Bu- ried in the Ruins. FEARFUL DEATHS---NARROW ESCAPES. Was It a Soda Foun ain, Sulphuric Acid cr Nitro-Glycerine ? A HORSE CAR BLOWN OVER. Experiences of Eye Wit- nesses. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON. Still Digging for the Dead Bodies. FIVE KILLED AND SEVENTEEN WOUNDED. Boston, May 2%, 1875. Boston is in a state of feverish ana anxious ex- citement to-nignt. At abouta quarter to seven o'clock an alurm of fire was sounded from the corner of Washington and Lagrange streets, and in the course of fye or ten minutes | two other alarms were sounded in rapid succession. Then immediately alter there were special alarms for the presence of nearly all the nook and ladder companies in the city. Vistons of a sweeping conflagration tn that part of the town which was spared, but adjacent to, the terrible November fire of 1873 was in every- body's mind, and there was a general assembling of the community at the point sup- posed to be threatened. It was early manifest | that the fire was of small account, and that a terrible accident had occurred, | “ak building ba been blown up on the corner of Lagrange and Washington streets, and a large number of people killed and wounded,”? was about all that could be learned. The extent of the calamity, s0 far as it related to casualties, was and is now variously estimated, and cannot be definitely ascertained until the débris is cleared away. The number of the killed was rumored all the evening as high as @ hundred, but fortunately it does not begin to approach such a terrible magoi- | tude, as the subjoined jist will showj— LIST OF THE KILLED. Clompton, Annie, child, five years of age, Frazier, daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Frazier. Trawley, J. M. Lord, Mr., No, 61 Easterchester Park. b A colored boy; name unknown. LIST OF THE WOUNDED. Ackermann, Morris, in a dyiog condition, Bailey, Mrs. Lizzie, badly braised and scratched, | CoMp, Mrs, W. A., not seriously, } Conney Thomas, badly cut. Farley Mr., skuil fractured and otherwise in Jured. Frazier 8. D., slightly injured. Frazier Mrs. Lizzie, severeiy Dut not danger- ously wounded, Farwell Samuel, head badly cut; otherwise in- jured, | Gardner, Mrs. Levien, badly bruised. Garnder, son of Mrs. L., not seriously. Getney, Miss Lizzie, slightly injured. Hersey, Mrs. Lizzie, not seriously. | Lenden, Martha, arm and leg broken; fatally | Mme. (clairvoyant), badly brutsea, Mahoney, Jonn J., fatally injured. Stetson Jonn A., slightly injarea. Vaivis Jacob, bad cut wound, A German (name unknown), seriously Injurea. PERSONS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, Richardson Dr. ‘The list of bodies removed is alone comple te, and there are unquestionably very many more buried beneath the ruins. The po- lice are dilligentiy engaged im search- but they will nardiy accomplish mucn betore | morning. Many of the wounded were taken to their homes, and therefore their names cannot be ascertained to-night. Mrs, Crompton, one of the kided, was the wifo of an absent sea captain, and was about to become a mother. Her daughter, who was also killea was dangerously tll of typhoid fever. Mr: Yrawley was @ book agent and roomed in the butiding, and the colored boy m ployed in the drag store. THE HOUSE AND ITS INMATES, The bduilding in which the singular explosion occurred was & substantial but insignif. | cant four story brick structure om the northwest corner of Lagrange and Wasn- | ington streets, It might be called ancient landmark, dat witnin a few years it haa been strengtnened and exterior rendered | somewhat modern in appearance. The lower | | against “pruised and cnt, but the injuries are not serious. | folly that the accident occurred. Mr. Dow says | tine throngh the roof near him, This ga | floor was occupied by G. D. Dows & Co. as a drug | store, and jost at this particalar season and at the | particular moment when the explosion occurred it was chiefly resorted to by those who thirsted | for soda. The upper floors were occupied for | various purposes; the extreme attic being occu- pied, im part. by & family, and @ tatior doing a smail business, The intervening “floors to | the lower one were filled witn a perfect medicy of tenants, In one room a dozen | or more girls were engaged as tatloresses and in | other parts of the building were apartments oc- cupied by clairvoyants and fortune tellers, At the | | hour Of the explosion it is belteved a great many of the oreupant: e109, and inasmuch as they have not been found since, it is probable that they are buried im the débria, avd this can- not be cleared away fully before to-morrow, RYR-WITNessea, Ihave seen a dozen or more eye-witnosses of the terrible disaster, and their descriptions of the scene do not materially differ. There was at frst a bright fash of fire, which seemed to leap out ot all the doors and windows sima@jtancousiy. Then there was 4 cloud of biack smoke, which was followed simost instavtiy by anotaer light ning Uke flash, and immediately succeeding | tos the whole building settiea down gin | terrific explosion occurred im. D. Dow's drag | tro was still raging at t one conglomerated mass of ruins. It did not topple over into the street, either on the Washington, or Lagrange street corners, but seemed to settle down on itsown cireumference or territory like & ponderous pile of brick @ropped from @ nigh eminence. Neither was the explosion of any particu- lar loudness, but a sort of a deat ening that was sensibly elt throughout the immediate vicinity. Tne street at the time was full of pedestrians, and all were stunned ana some injured by the shock and the flying pieces of wood and brick which were rushed out after strik- | ing the earth. A HORSE CAR BLOWN OVER. A Metropolitan horse car was passing down town at the time, and this was blown bodily over the curbstone on the opposite side of the street, Every window was broken, and the passengers, some twenty in number, were renderea momentarily insensivlo by the coneussion. Some of them were also ‘The horses, too, were rendered inseneible and for @ time it wus believed that both of them had been killed, The windows in the stores in the imme- diate vicinity were generaily broken, It is not improbable that some of tie ouiidings Slonely ad Joining were seriously weakened. 4 NEW TORROR. After all this there came a new horror in the shape of fire. Almost instantly fames darted up through the ruins, and irom the few wooden iragments of framework of the building which bad been spared. It every one to the building had not been Killed outright, 1t seemed certain they were to suffer the more terrible fate of bemg burned to death. Every- body lent a helping band to extricate and assist the wounded, and not a few were taken bleeding to their homes, and, of course, have not been heard trom since, The fire ai 8 soon brought the department to the sceme of the dis- aster, and the flames were early subdued, al though at one time many adjoining buildings were seriously threatened. THE FINANCIAL L088, The financial losses are hardly worth mention- ing, not amonnting to over $60,000 or $70,000; of course it is weil covered by insurance, THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION, It 18 @ disputed ques as to the cause of the explosion, and 181 doubtful if an inves, tigation, however thorough, will ever expiain it satisfactorily, Mr. Dow, the druggist, says there Was nothing whatever in his store suMiciently pow- erful to demolish the building so effectually. Many are under the beilef that it was the power- {ul soda fountain which burst under a too heavy charge, but it is claimed by scientific men that nothing of that kind could have effected such utter demolition of the building, The theory of a explosion seems hardly worth considering, for noone has noticed any gaseous odor about the premises either beiore oF after ta calamity. Itis rumored that some of the clerks im the drug store have recently been engaged in experi- menting in o cellar with nitro-glycerine | and that it was through their criminal he is ignorant of any such experiment having been made, and furthermore he is equally at a loss to know what possibly coult have been the cause of the explosion. None of the clerks have been seen since the calamity, and itis generally believed that they are in the Toins, THE SCENES IN THE STBEET. There was tle wildest excitement in the streets all the evening, and now, at one o'clock in the morning, it bas, scarcely abated, In the neighborhood of the explosion there was probably a concourse of 50,000 people assembied within haif an bour, and the crowds are still lingering to learn the fate of missing friends. All the theatres and other elty enter- tainments were almost wholly deserted during the entire evening. NARROW ESCAPE OF A TAILOR. } When the roof fell in over the débris of the demolished building, a portion of tt ‘seemed to remain unbroken, From beneath tals section were heard the cries | of @ man, apparently in great distress. | One of the firemen was attracied to the place, but | the cries ceased a moment after. The fireman in the meantime had obtained an axe, and com- menced cutting through where he thoaght the unfortunate man was. While thus engaged his attention was sttracted « few fect distant by a board being | forced up through the fragment of the roof, Operations were then commenced there, and ina | Jew moments the poor fellow was reieased from | his horribie position. He had sustained a few flesh wounds, bat beyond this bis injuries were not serious, He says that he had given up al hope of arescne until he heard the fireman cnt. | tim courage and he resolved upon one more effort, and fortunately it attracted the attention of a rescuer. BEWILDERMENT OP A WOMAN. : Among the wounded, who were taken away on stretchers, was & woman who said she sived on ‘Harrison avenue. Bat of her and the pumber of her residence sne was perfectly ignorant, One of her arms was broken and she was also injured about the head. The latier wounds probably affecting her mind and memory. She seemed periectily calm and rational, but of the nature of what had happened she was totally ignorant, She had no recollection of leaving home ana did not Know that she was found among the rains of the prostrate butiaing. On account of not being able to tell where | she lived she was taken to the City Hospital. | Upon being told where she was co be carried she expressed her thanks to the officer, and said she hoped he would ask the doctors there to take good | care of her. A LUDICROUS SCENE. One of the women who was taken ont of the ruins and carried to one of the stores opposite was so blackened in the face as to rene dev it impossivie (to tell whether sie was « white woman or ® negress, Sne was apparently insensible and fatally Injured. | | | Upon being laid down tn the store she made an | effort as if to breathe, woen she suddenly ejecteda | fail set of upper artificial teeth. Notwithstanding | the sadness of the occasion there was a ripple Of laughter among those persons, and none joinea | ta {t more heartily tban the woman herself. She | was found to be curned slightly and to nave sus- | tained a jew shght flesh wounds, but there was nothing dangcrons in her injuries, ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Boston, May 26, 1875, | At twenty minutes (o sevem o'clock this evening | | corner. | Was otherwi: SHEET. store on the southwest corner of Washington and Lagrange streets (No, 525 Washington street). At a late hour nothing definite was known of tne cause of the explosion, thouzh Rumerous theories are current and the wildes; rumors are in circulation, At the time of the ex- Pplosion there were known to be about twenty-two persons in the building proper, nearly all of whom | were more or less seriously injured, The first in- timation of the disaster was a deep rumbling sound, similar io the report of an eartn- quake, and almost simultaneously the walls of the butiding burst outward in every direction, and, falling In one confused mass, presented a scene of wreck seldom be:ore witnessed—more complete than thatof any of the buildidgs blown down by gunpowder during the great fire. The force of the explosion was almost beyond description, and the flovring and other inflammable materials, which at once took fire, made such an undertaking for the firemen as tney are seldom called upon to fece, while the fact that a number of huinan beings were buried in the burning ruins, created the wildest excitement, thousands rush. to the point from every direction, An alarm was at once sounded and the Fire Department were promptly on the ground, and when there the fire- men went heroically to work to subdue the flames and rescue the imperilied lives in the ruins. THE DEAD BODIES. At this writing two dead bodies nave been taken out and three others nave been extricated who will undoubtedly aie. A dozen or more have been sent to the City Hospital, more or less seriously injured, The building in which the explosion occurred 1s a four story building, with a tront of thirty feet on Washington street and as depth of seventy feet on Lagrange street. The ground floor was occupied by P. OD. Dow, apothecary and manufacturer of soda water. it Was one of tbe most complete and well arrangea establishments in the city. Mr. Dow was not in the bullding atthe time, and it ts not positively known who were, At .the time of the disaster the streets were crowded with people, anda street car passing wes thrown from the track and upon its side, but none of toe occu pants were seriously tnjared, TAE CITY PHYSICIAN'S IMPRESSIONS. Dr. Samuel Grier, City Physician, was passing | along the east side of Washington street. His first impression was that an eartnquake hed takeu place. He felt an irresistible force pushing him along for thirty feet or more, and then heard the explosion and was coverod by the falling glass, Then a cloud of smoke burst into the street, fol- lowea by the falling of the building, while the smell of sulphuric acid was stifling, A HORSE AND BUGGY FOUND. In removing the mass of brick the firemen first came upon the body of a horse attached to a buggy, boried near the Lagrange street front under the dé¢bris, The wildest excitement prevailed @mong immense crowds of people present as tho dead and wounded were being-taken from the ruins, A large force of police kept back the Populace, none being allowed in any direction nearer than a block, The adjoining bulidiogs are more or less shaken and damaged from the eflects of the explosion, OCCUPANTS OP THE BUILDING. The second floor of Dow's builaing was oveunied by S. D. Frazier, merenant tailor, who, with a workman, was taken out slightly injured, ‘The next room back was occupied by Mrs. Lizzie Frazicr and het little daughter. The latter died soon after being taken out. Mrs. Frazier was severely but not dangerously injarea. The next room was occupied as a lodging room by @ gentieman who was out at the time cf the explosion. Anoluer room was occupied by James Frawiey, Agent of toe Binie Publishing Company. It ts be- lteved he was also out at the time of the accident, ‘The third floor was occupied by Dr. Richardson, and he fs not accounted for. Another room by Mme. Ltille, clairvoyant, and her busbaod, who were both saved; but a brother of the husband, who lived with them, is not ac- counted for, The fourth floor was occupied by Annie Cromp- ton, a widow lady, who bad a number of shop girls boarding with ber. The widow was takea out dead, but none of the girls have been ac- counted for. In addition to the above, the following have been taken from the ruin: Mr. Lord, of No. 61 Chester Park, In a dying con- dition; Mr. Dantel S. Fraser, not seriously injurea; Mrs. Lilie Hersey, not seriously injured; Mrs. Loring Gardner and her‘ little son, not seriously injured; Mrs. W. A. Coffin, not seriously injared; John J. Mahoney, probably /ataliy injured; Morris Ackermann, in a dying condition. Farley, skull fractured ana otherwise injured; Jobn A, Stetson, slightly injured; Jacod Valois, | badly eat. 4 | | the republican party tn Alabama, and, tn fact, | cord Centennial. SHINGTON FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, May 26, 1875. The investigation into the Spencer .Senatorial election in Alabama excites much interest in ad- ministration circles here, and Spencer ts losing ground, It begins to be believed that he Is too heavy a load to carry. If the democrats can make @ good case against bim in the Senate next Octo- ber, he will be expelled at once, for little sympa- thy is feltior bim here, The Postmaster General, Who feels sore over the frauds of Hinds, who is one of Spencer’s chief managers, threatens to turo out all the Spencer Postmasters in Alabama, He 18 disposed to dellove, it 1s said, tnat to be an Appointee of Spencer is to have a bad record. It 18 notorious that Spencer has neretofore suc- ceeded in filling Alabama with bis creatures tn the federal offices, Some of these are already under the charges of wrongdoing, and it is not tmpos- sible that the Secretary of the Treasury may also cicar out the Spencer men. The report that Sheats 1s to be made Consul at Rio Janeiro excites laughter among those who know Alabama politics. ‘The present Consai ts Hinds, a brother of the re- cently detected Hinds and a livery stable keeper inasmall Alabama town when he was sent as Consul to Rio Janeiro, Sheats was in 1874 candl- date for Congressman-at-Large, and was defeated largely by the efforts of Perrin, the Deputy United States Marshal who testified in the Spencer case thas he shot @ hole through his hat and then called for troops. Perrin scratthed the name ef Sheats from the republican tickets and foroade the negroes to vote for him, and colored men have testified that they refused to vote for Sheats because Perrin told them he was not fit to goto Congress. Letters from prominent | republicans of unquestioned honesty in Alabama, received here, express great gratification at the Spencer exposure and hope ‘hat he wil be ex- pelled from his seat, They say that Spencer, by bis corropt mismanagement, almost destroyed caused its defeat in 1874. Tuey express the rope that the administration will no: favor or shelter Spencer, and assert that his defeat ts necessary to @ reorganization of the repubiican party in Alabama, ‘THE QUESTION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS ARRIVING AT INTERIOR PORTS. , The ireasary Department to-day submitted to the Attorney General a question as to damage allowauces In custom cases, which materialiy affects the interests both of the seacoast and interior ports of entry, Tho case aris 's in this way:—The Revenue act of March last increased the duties on certain articles, The First Auditor of the Treasury desired to know whether mer- ehandise imported as a seacoast port previons to the passage of such an act and arrived atan interto# port subsequent thereto without appraise- | ment, under the Immediate Transportation act of July 14, 1870, was Hable to the increased duties by the Revenue act 0: Marchlast. The department held that the importation was complete on arrivat of the importing vesse! within the limits of a port of entry with incent to unlade; consequently that the increased duties did not attach to the goods in question. A logical sequence was to order the damage allowances suspenaed on goods which had arrived at the Western ports. To this the Western importers protested. They seemed to | wish that the Secretary of the Treasury shoud construe the law (Oo mean that the voyage ter- minates at the seacoast as regards increase of duty, but terminates at the tnterior port as re- gards damage allowances. Upon this question tne issue was made. HIS EXCELLENCY'S WHISKEY. THE GREAT BOSTON QUERY: HOW MUCH WHIS- KEY DID PRESIDENT. GRANT DRINK AT THE | LEXINGTON AND CONCORD CELEBRATION ?— | ACTION OF THE STATE TEMPERANCE Al- LIANCE. Boston, May 26, 1875, The inquiry of how much whiskey General Grant and his party drank on the occasion of his visit to the Concord and Lexington cen‘ennisls prom. ises to be an interesting and dissurbing questior Ata meeting of the State Temperance Alliance | over be fell back upon his priow and died, this aiternoon, presided over by ex-Governor Trask, a Mr. A. D. Cushing stirred up the meeting by offeriug a resolution to the effect that acom- | mitteé be appointed to ascertain and report | whether liquors were farntsied by the State to its | guests on the vecasion of tne Lexington and Con- Mr. Cushing explained that his reason for offering the resolution was the fact | that the newspapers have published a bill, from | the Revere House, giving as one of the Items in | | the entertainment of Martha Londen occupied an apple stand on the | arm and @ leg broken, ‘Thomas Coney was badly cut. Samael Fa blown into the treet; had his head badly cut, ana injared. Miss Lizzie Wetney was rescued with great dim- enity. Ske was found to have received but slight injuries, THR LOMSES. The above embraces the casualties as far as can be ascertained at this late hour. It is dificult to estimate losses. That to the building proper is about $40,000, In view of the terrific explosion and general shaking of adjoining buildings, it 1s thought the losses will aggregaie $100.000, CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. Various thevries are advanced as to the nature, nd cause of the explosion, but nothing as yet is defintiely known, The most plausible idea, and that most generally accented ts that it was a gas generator in the cellar that | exploded. It 1s rted, however, that there Was oltro-giycerine in the house, and that no other substance could have caused such an tn- stantaneons and utter cemolition of the building. | | mercial says reports from Grand Haven, East BODY OF A BOOK AGENT. At forty-five minutes past twelve o’clock the She was blown into tne street and nadan | | tor cigars. eli, manager of Dow’s store, was | ‘he President over $400 .or wines and cigars, matrer on,ht to ve toquired into. T. W.! ‘Hodges suggested thatit might have been found neces- sary to purcoase & quart of liquor for vathing pur- poses, and the rest of the money might have been I, however, it was found on investi- gation that the wines were used as a beverage, the State 1s wader no obligation to pay tor tavai | and pay could vot be collected for them im court. He Woud tirow away the moral aspects of the case entirely and pat tt on this plato, simple basis—if (he Mtate or its servants had encouraged crime, Mr, Cushing aeclared that woenever the State or city nad refused to furaish liquors for tts guesis it bad been raised in the opiuton ef the guests, and he called upon Mr, Hodges to state Geneiai Sherman’s views on the matier. | Mr. Hodges thereupon said that when General | Sherman was entertained oy tl were furnished, and there Is irom General sherman expr: tion at (hat fact. Mr, Cusming resumed his remarks by declaring that he nad itirom the tntimate iriends, not the enemies, of President Grant, that there 1s danger of Grani’s jailing back into the condition he was in preceding the war. Alter a little more debuie the re-ovntion was adopted, and Messrs. H. D. e Ot Dis gratifica- | Cushing, J. W. Hodges and J. HB. Roberts were | body of & book agent was taken from the rnins, | Other bodies are thougnt to ve there. There isa Jarge force still at work. The ruins are lightea by poweriul calcium lights. FIRE ON THE MONONGAHELA. Prtrspuna, Pa., May 26, 1875, Two river steamers and three whart boats have been burned on the Monongahela River. No par- ticalars at this writing. AN INCENDIARY FIRE. RUTLAND, Vt., May 26, 1875, An incendiary fire was discovered at three o'clock this morniug in an open shed attached to Verder & Co.'s brick bakery, in Centre street. From the shed the fire spread to a barn, in which was stored «@ large quantity of four, put which was removed and the fire in botn ouildings extin guisned. The damage done is about $5,000; fully fosured. Tne village trustees met this morning and adopted vigorous measures for the preven- | ton of these fires, which have become so frequent | of late, and offered an aaditional $500 reward. ‘There is now $1,500 offered for the detection ana conviction of the incendiaries. COTTON MILL BURNED. Hantronn, Conn., May 20, 1875, The cotton mill of D, B. Smith, in Pine Meadow, Was burned this morning, The loss is estimated at $100,000; insured for $40,000, About 200 hands are thrown out of employment by the fre, TOWA. Cntcago, TIL, May 26, 1875. A special despateh to the Ties says \hata fre FIRE IN broke out in the Liboey Elevator, Brook- |iyn, lowa, to-day, which consumed that | building, together with a warehouse, corn cribs, the large elevator of W. E. Small, Conkling’s lumber yard and a number of small batidin The loss 1s estimated at $59,000. The Jast report, | cable. It | anti tne existing political uneasiness has sub- constitated the committee. THE CROPS IN MICHIGAN. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 26, 1375, A special despatch from Michigan to tne Com- Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Traverse City and the surrounding country all say that the wheat and small crops are doing well. The recent heavy rains bave prevented the farmers from putting in crops. At St. Joseph a vy rain SF arene! millions of grasshoppers. The st. J “p ira beit will have peaches, pears, cherries a ppies, but the berries are badiy damaged by tro: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Advices from Panama of the 16th of May report as follows:—The United States steamer Canan- daigua remains at Aspinwall awatting orders by s likely she will be ordered to stay there sided. the United States steamer Om: Peru, on the 2ith of April, and ona cruise northward along the co: The Unitea States steamer Richmond (flagship) Was at Vaperanee April 17. 4 RAILROAD LAWSUIT. One po the greatest hardships to travellers on the New Jersey raiiroads is the refusal of the com- panies to permit them to “lay over” on their tickets. | On Monday inst Mr. George H. Magee, of West Virginia. bat now stopping at Madisoo, purchased _ & ticket from that place to New York. On the way | he stopped over at Newark, ignorant of tne rules | {ihe company, Upon resuming his ride tne con- | ductor refused to accept his ticket and demanded | another one of fare. This Mr. Magee refused, | whereupon he was forcibly ejected from the cars. | He has since piaced the matier in tue hands of a | | | was at Arica, — to start jawyer, «na declares his firm determination to fight the company in the cour He lays his qumages at $5,000, RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning the tr: which left Spring Vailey on the New York and New Jersey Ratiway at five o'clock, met with an accident about half a mile from River Kage station, One side of the track sunk witn the id whe otner side rose up, throwing tne locomotive off the trac engineer had suMfictent presence of mind of the steam. dragging the cars matter ed. None ¢ track Was so obstructed tl travel was de- 2: In ed for three hors. The track on this section | ow bas been for several years in @ neg- fected couatt on. OBITUARY. POLICE JUSTICE THOMAS D. SHERWOOD, Police Justice Thomas D, Snerwood died sud eenly op Tuesday night at tne Gramercy Par& Hotel. He had been ill for # long time, but rad seldom failed to attena to his duties in the Tomus Court. He was on the bench as late us last Mon- day, and at that time bis. condition aid not inde cate that death was near him. EF riyon Tuesday evening be was overcome, while sitting im hit room, with violent retchings, and in the condition of suferiag which resulted from these distressing troubies he was found by Justice Kiloreth, wha had come to his room to mak iriendly visit, ‘Tne latter Justice procured a physician, who gave the suffering magistrate a uypoiermal injection of morphine. After this Was ddwiaistered Justice Sherwood reposed for several hoars, but at about eleven o'clock was azuin attacked by retchings Whose action way So ViOleut Liae Wheu they Were attendant physician considers that Brig aisease of the Kidneys was the immedtat ol death, Justice Suerwoud was about fill ofage and was a native oi New York, He ated from Yale Gollege in the class of 1846, ane then stuaied for the Bar, Upon his admission t¢ ractice law he formed a partnership With Bi rother, Mr. Jonn D. Sherwood, and contiqued 16 associate With iin in business until iont or five years ago. when he became a partuer with the jate Judge Joun D, Edmonas. He was appoited a Police Justice by Mayor Havemeyer tn Nove ber, 1873, and has ever discharged bis duties wita fdel ity to the interests of Jus: . Justice Sherwood was 2 widower. ide leaves beuind lim tore children, two daughters and a son A meeting of the board of Po! Justices wae heid yesterhay afternoon, af which appropriate resolnUous were passe DR. JOHN A. VORD, Dr. John A. Ford, @ physician of prominence tn vhis city, and at one time a professor of clinica at the College of Surgeons, corner of Twenty-third street and Fourta avenue, died at nis residence, No. 108 West Forty-second street, on Friday last, im the sixty-third year of age. Dr, Ford was very highly respected, not as a poysician Dut as a gentleman Oo} cuiitre, and his Kind and genial Manner mace Mima favorito With all. As tutor he was beloved by his pupils, mauy of Whom: yet remain tn this erty to mourn § CHARLES 8, PELL. Mr. Charles S, Pell, whose death 18 announced to have taken pace at his residence iu Seventy- fourth street yesterday morning, Was at one time & pronitoent auction merchant of this city, doing business under the frm name of Pell & Co. Mr. Pell at the time ol his aeatn was in tho fity-eighty year of m3 ave. He leaves a willow and several enildren to mourn his Lo: THE NA TIONAL GAME. A MUFFING GAME ON THE UNION GROUNDS A one-sided game was played on the Untos Grounds yesterday between the New Haven an¢ Atlantic ciubs. Both nines distinguished them selves by a serps Of InexXcusabie errors, the game lasting over three hours, to the great disgust o1 the one hundred jovers of the national game whe had assembied on the grousds, Appended ia ths score :— ATLANTICS. Playes#. AE. | Plauers, RABP. AE Barlow,s. % & 2 Kensier, s. 8... 2 } Gear, 2d b 2 2 Nicuolls, 3a 0: ! 0 0 Bor ee & 0 Lb Panor, 0 0 1 Cassid’s 0 4 2 Clintod, 1 0 1 Knoueil, c * Keewanad b 0 8 crane, Ist bo o Banker, ¢. 3.8 Clack, Lf... i Totals......06 Totals... ow Clubs, id, - be (a am 8A, 9th, New tiaven. 0 Atiantics . oa 8 2 oO 3 ‘uns curied-—Atlanties, 8: New Haven, 0. ‘irst base on errors—AUantics, 8; New Haven, & Umpire—Mr BSloagett. ‘me ot game—(nree hours and ten minutes. " OREEDMOOR. In the ninth practice or the American Rifli Team yesterday, at Creedmoor, the following totals of scores were made ;—Colonel John Bodine 162 points; Major Henry Fulton, 158; General T. S Colonel H. A. Gildersieeve, 149; L. nied, Jr, 1 . & Coleman, . Yai fae av rage per man (eign! shoo! oe), was ‘143% points. Toc american team have 1uvitea the Mayors of New York and Broo Mr, A. Alford, of the firm of Remington 4 ns, aod Mr. John A, Bird to accompany the team to Ireland, YACHTING OTE. Yacht Wanderer, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Stillman, from City Island for Greenpoint, passed Whitestone yea terday. BELIEVE IN NO OLD WOMANS RECIPE FOR 4 bad cough. ynot anhourin using Hare's Hoxm oF Horgnooxd axp fan. It is iniailible. Pike's Tootmacus Drors cure in oue minule. A.—ESPENSCHELD’S VARIED ASSORTMENT OP light and dashing summer bats challenge the closes scrutiny of connoisseurs in articles of Vertu. ‘he fabries he offers tor the present summer reflect credit ne" merely upon the manuineturer Wao has the pleasure hes “i American art. ts slesroo: B. ANNERS or 0 and 22 A.—PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS, ROUGH SKIN. The system being put under the iniuence of Dr. Pierce's GOLDEN MeEDICAL LiscovExY tor a few weeks. the skin becomes smoot soft and velvety, ang being illammated with thy Within, true beauty stand effects of all medicines which operat upan the sys thraugh the medium of the blood are necessarily some what slow. no matier how kod the Foun emplored e While one to three bottles cle bi nes, eruptions, ellow “geubs,’? a dozen inay cases where the syste Jent blood poisons ever, trom the coiamon imple to th with the use of a m ne Sold by; alors ia ‘me ae ines COVERED Witt ¥ of pimples m eatiired to ct is rotten with serotu worst seremtilay only a m@tter @ ‘ume. Draw t rs of age, and have boen aMicted with Salt Rheum in the worst form for a great vought your sant « iders t alse Twas likewre matiam, so that | walked with « aftlicted with chew at dulicuity, and tha isentrely cured. May God » on a long ‘ilfe to re main a biessins to mankind. % in untolt 4 ‘atitude. \. W. WILLEAMS ALASKA ruby. 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