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vienna, May 1.-THE Investigation
against suspended American Commits.
sioners has been completed and the
details forwarded to Washington. In.
quiry shows the Congressional appro.
priation to be nearly exhausted, and
that $1,000 we're charged as expended
on the roof of the sewing machine de-
partment, when the actual amount
should not have been more than one
tenth that sum. The charges of bribery
are also proven. Goods are arriving
rapidly and it is expected the American
Department will be ready by the 10th
of June.
ROME, May 1.-THE health of the
Pope is improving rapidly. He gave
q grand reception in the Vatican to-day.
A large number Of pilgrims is expected
tomorrow from Florence. Disturb
ances are feared, and the garrison has
been reinforced.
Tho Polaris Mystery,
CHICAGO, May ia Washington
special says the arrival here of the sur
vivors of the Polaris disaster is looked
for with much interest, because it is ex-
pected that they will be able to settle
the question whether or not there was
characterization or mutiny on board the
ship prior to as well as after the death
of Captain Hall. Stories and explana-
tons already published are far from
satisfactory to the Navy Department,
and it is the purpose of the Secretary
to put the survivors through sharp
examination. Old naval officers are Of
the opinion that there may have been
something like INSTRUMENTATION among
the crew. Though the letter of in
structions addressed by Secretary Rob
inson to Captain Hall stated that tho
rules and regulations of the navy should
be enforced on the Polaris, the crew,
however, were not regularly in the naval
service, and, of course, could not be
subjected to the punishment visited
upon refractory sailors in the navy. 1t
is the opinion of the Secretary of the
Navy that the Polaris is safe, and that
she will be heard from toward the close
of the Summer.
OTTAWA, May ia correspondence
has been brought to the attention of
the House of Commons, duplicating
Sir Hugh Allen in charges in connec-
ton with the Canada Pacific Railroad.
It is represented that letters have been
discovered which passed between him
and his associates, and which also for
merly secured the Pacific Railroad con-
tract from the Government, by expend-
ing various sums of money, amounting
in the aggregate to $500, 900, in carry
ing the election. The House to-day
ordered the immediate reassembling of
the Special Committee of Investigation
into the affairs of the Pacific Railroad,
to receive and consider this correspond
ence.
Terrible Calamity IN . Coliiery.
HALIFAX, May 13.-An explosion oc-
Cured to-day in the Drummond mine
in Pictou. The Company's manager,
assistant manager and forty men are in
the pit. The slope is OH fire, and there
are no means Of egress from the mine.
Great anxiety is felt for the safety OF
the men. The greatest excitement pre-
walls. Crowds of people for miles
around came rushing to the scene of
disaster, mothers, wives, sisters, child
rem and friends, crowded around the
burning pit, moaning pitifully over the
terrible fate of those below, their heart
rending cries being heard at great
distance. Every effort has been made
to rescue the men, but SO far without
success, the fire up to this time g P. N.Y.
is still raging. Assistance from PictOu
and New Glasgow is at hand, and siren
nous exertions are being made to sub
due the confagration and rescue the
buried men.
May 14.-News fron the Drummond
Colliery this morning represents the fire
still raging in the shafts and slopes.
All hopes of rescuing the imprisoned
men will be abandoned now. It is
stated TINT there are sixty men in one
pit. Another heavy explosion occurred
in the mine about 2 o'clock this morn
ing. It is thought to be almost impos-
sible that any Of the r1en in the pit can
be living. Four or five got out before
the explosion. The fire caught from a
flask Of gunpowder, and the men re-
NAMED to put out the flames. One re-
port says Mr.. Dunn and thirty men
went down to assist in putting out the
fire, about twenty minutes before the
explosion occurred, at which time it is
supposed thot all the men were near
the flames. and that many, il not nil,
were killed by the explosion.
Tho Mtns Disaster.
HALIFAX. NAV 16.-At the inquest,
held yesterday, several important facts
came out in the evidence, which show
recklessness or carelessness in the work
Of the supervisor of the dangerous
Thomas Lawthier, testified that the
mine was carefully attended during the
time the miners were out on strike, so
that there could have been no accumu-
lation of gas when the miners returned
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