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Stetson's Opera Boune Company per-
formed the burlesque Of Evangeine" last
evening at Booths Theatre. There was very
large audience present. but the performance
was not brilliant one. Miss Nellie Larkele
did not. with all her efforts. succeed in singing
in tune. and. save for Mr.. Whffen. who is an
experleneed ana competent musician, the melo-
failure. Tho acting was much better than
the singing. and perhaps nhis Is enough 10 Sc
large space In the second act with his German
SONGS.
Tho burlosque clements OF the work mot with
pOlicemans chorus was redemanded. Evan
Relne Is tho first OF native operas bouffe. ON
Saturday evening The Babes in the Wood 4"
will b0 performed which. we believe, is the last.
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MONDAY, Dec. l6.-FLouR AND MEAI-The
guotahc decline We quote No ? e. toas3. super
hne. ta2Oett Is. COMMON 10 good shipping extras.
W. e. 100 - ~ bakers and family brands
s4ss55o Minnesota patents - aOstr southc shipping
extras 81 nSSt ~, do BAKERS anal family brands - ~
es5 - Rye Hour - 9lS3 80 Corn mca-wesiern - ~
A. -. buck heat nOur "a 10 ms
GHuS-Mheat rather easier, aud only moderately
active. sales tle spot nSup1 bush, NJ Sh~efc Tor
unrr tdcd spring 81 u' tor NO red winter, slui8
T. ',''s i"r 80 = HhttF FlN@ Tor 80 req anu hWntr
Michigan. rlul fur SO = white. ~ -. Tor 80. DO
and 81 o. t0r chou do and oI luiurr delivery, 72Vrl
bush including No amher Al ~ uits for December aud
slh iur January. ana SO red winter 40 Slusa Tor De.
comb aud Sfi- eitnfur JInuarf. RNc->ulcs S 600
bush state ate 49, karlcY-Salss 22un bush including
canada al siFsi %, and chose German about 81 81
uHts va better demand hud d.Arrr, sale. d1u hus -
clIdin- mixed 90 2ta 80 &C., AMI g. ic. Tor white in
Guiding ~ graded at aisc Tor miNcd. and S' r3ic.
for Whit. Indian corn nrmcr and Iarly active the
10. but uturo~ iui. sile 5000 bash ON thc slut NJ
~ NO SEED. 49, steamer iuNrd ~ a.
anoat Tor No. a. 3d. o. inl new Suutl cru ellie A. Tor
future delivery. lu.p bush No mixed JANUARY 4T5sc..
February
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A"Woman OF the People" was produced
in the Brooklyn Park Theatre last night. with
Miss Rose Eytinge and Mr.. Cyril Searle in the
principal roles. The play abounds in strong
situations, Miss EiytinaEo' as Marie, performed
qucnt applause Of her audience aud Mr.
searle,. as Jacques Detuc was heartily
appreciated. They We're well supported es-
pecinlly by Mr., James NJ Harde as Pierre
GWdd Miss Rosa Rand as Countess dr Nor
mas and Mr.. John Z. Little Us Dr. Nichale
The pieco was VOL mounted.
On Thursday will be- presented " Led Astray"
and on Saturday oliver Twist" with Miss Ey-
tinGe US Nancy Sykes.
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steam on surface Roads.

John D. Coughln argued before the Alder
mems Railroad Committee yesterday that operated
by steam could be run the Third Avenue Railroad
with safety than they were operated on the elevated
roads and tina. they could be stopped quicker than the
horse cars John Jacob Aston and william Aston sent to
the committee protest against tie proposed project
They saj mat the elevated road and the surface road
afford sufficient facilities Tor travel In the BuNcry ana
Third avenue and that the introduction II steam other
motor than horse power the surface Of that street and
avenue would damage the business interests Oh those
tlurn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-17

William II. Webb, james p. Foster. and other
gentlemen who interested IN company that has Ap.
Piled to the Aldermen Tor permission to lay pipes in the
streets TO heat the public buildings and private dwellings
by the Pratt system heard by the Alermens Com.
mtce on Public Works yesterday Their heating /, to
he done by hot water They willing 20 give the
city for the the streets i've per cent of their
profits OF hNed sum for every loot OF pipe laid 10 heat
the public buildings Tor forty per cent less than Is
paid for that service 20 supply the steam to clean the
streets nom snow, aud 10 give a SOOOQ bond as a
guarantee 10 replace the paVements where they may
be taken up and similar bond security against acct
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-ST: On behalf
OF Edward Haske, formerly Of the Athletic Club, New
York city recently returned from England present the
following challenge am willing 10 back the said Ed,
ward HAske 10 walk with any competitor, OF any IA
uonaty any distance, varying from twenty 10 MY
miles Tor any sum from 500 TO 81 OOl ana further
ready "a deposit IN the hands OF the editor any
ading sporting papers in this city any sum within the
amounts specified on receipt OF reply ia accordance
with the restrictions OF the above chulenge-tho time
and place 10 be agreed upon signing the necessary
articles Address IHE ABHEY LuNCH
NM AOnK Dec 10 I Whitehall street
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embossed velvet and silk with point lace trimmings
train Ia nrincesse and bridal bonnet Of uncut. white
damask SILK with goldb white feathers, and plain
gold u weiry.
PALMBR-PEcKwELL-O Wednesday, Dec H., AZ
St AIMS Church. nv the Rev Dr. Thomas Oallaudet
Noble Palmer To Florence daughter Of the late WIN. IL
Pc I'll MaIl bot of CIT
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CApEwELI.--ROBRlNs In Philadelphia. on Tuesday
evening, Dc.. 49, by tur l.,N DAVID spencer Charles A
VaEwoy 70 Mary A, only daughter 0l William Robbins
CRAwLEY-wARD.-In this city. on the 18th of De.
ecmhrr by the Rev v. Ntwril, d. u, Charles u
New YORK.
HAGGlN wOOD.-At oo7 Sutter IT,. San Francisco on
Dee Z, JHnls' Zen All lltsHu. o che arm OF llAglu
Lumsenry Sew iorh a. Mis- lifhe Wood ui Lima, lo
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS t.iic go H., poc. o. hl
Bank Of Montreal, who oceupios iho position there Of
pHyg tell g. ~ Bliss Ammo huseast. niece ub MI thl,
Gossase, IAs brlS woe dIsss VI daIk sapphire blue
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Not wiling to Prove her Charges.

Mrs. @. Il. Lowell. a member Of tho State Board
Of Charities having in her report 70 the board shown
alleged discrepancies in the accounts Kent 10 the West.
chester County Ashouse and an the number inmates
FOUND IN that institution committee OF the SuperN isors
OF the county appointed 10 investigate the chargt, asked
her 10 prove them Yesterday but she declined o be-
sworn saying that she was not there nccuser hut
merely 10 aid the Committee She said nothing more
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An EnGIlshman As.asslnated In Crete.

GAMBIA, Crete. Dee. 16.-The Eastern Tele-
graph Company's superintendent here, William Ander
son. an Enghshman, and native employee Of the com
pany murdered outside the eates 81 the city last sat
urdGy evening Mr. sandwith the British Consul Is IN
yusilguflug the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-17

New HAVEN Dec. lG.-rhe cause OF the sud
den death Burton Mallory, senior partner In the ex.
tensive lock business conducted by Mallory, Wheeler
Co, which occurred last evening, was iaiy aegenera'
ton o. The heart His hense with which he had been
connected forty years. h known all over Europe ana the
I-ILLI.- IL
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To ruE Enron or rHr SrN-Sr Giving the arcut credit
orthc value Of the liquor ON hand at tho end nc
many dollars and cents, he would owe tlr town
s2iOd hui " the liquor Is handed 10 tlr town
town Wonld owe him STSl Nav STRtlI
NtN foRk Dec 10
To The EnrOR OF THF SrN-Cf The agent owes the
town S76 a. aud has stock Of hqUOr also TO hand back
valued At S3l ~. A. y IS VI
NAN iORH, Dee. l6
To Enron or TuF srV-cir, In rrswcr g. YOUR
" Something Upon which a. Figure in tins day s.le
! say the agent owes The town - II l. l. ".
NTW YORK Dec o.
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SPECIAL nOtfts.


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browns bronchial 1roches win Instantly
rcl, ,e Is cough, a cold, or hoar~ur,. -st,uts.
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rorons plns,of n YOU want the hest Bcnson's capcine
Porous flAsNT lar srpegiVr sVd BY lgpsssss-4as'
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Win Oihe's "1mstcless COD Liver OH. Lime and Wild
Cherry, seld By druggists Depot B0NeTy-Ads
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MARINE INrEILIGENCR

MINIATURE AfNANAc-rHls nay.
Sun riscs.... a. sun sct~.... - MoCnrises l. 90
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= Cough neglected may lead 10 serious re.
suits fut"rs tou,i ba-an N.ll rclcfe ~ once.
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rICTplNE for blucing SIMPLE. ECONOMICAL.
tlLAALN and ot d 81 lI.hlui. sAy -ulue color.
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ANSWERs TO 4 CLERK.
The Town and the Liquor Agent Figuring
by Cashiers, Accountants. and Lawyers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sr; Tho liquor
agents account given by CLERK IN your io-i.
lafa
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THE SEASIDE LIBRARY.

Out To-Day. IN Clear. Bold. Handsome Type.
INDIA AND HER NE1GHBORs
Nv ". T. Andrew, 20 cents
uthor OF THE Indus and Its Provinces" Memoir
the Euphratcs.' &C, &c.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-03
Lirciy Times In the ohio Legislature.
columbus, Ohio Letter, April 60.

There was ca exciting scene on the floor of
the Ohio Senate to-day, growing out Of a little
misunderstanding IN the Democratic family.
The Hon. William Bell is railroad commissioner
of Ohio, at salary of $4,000 year. His
enjoys the position of chief clerk in the Office,
at salary of 81, 800. 1t happens that, in
making mp the appropriation bill. which is be-
ing prepared with view to the fall campaign,
young Bells salary was cut down $500. The
elder Bell, who has been secretary of state, and
is generally understood to have claims upon
the party for the best Offices going, was
the floor Of the Senate to-day lobbying
against the reduction. Senator Forrest,
of Cincinnati, spoke in favor Of cutting
the salary down. He said the Office of railroad
commissioner WAS practically Of no account;
that Bell and his son were never to be found at
who usually drunk. Soon after Forrest
had finished conversation was heard in that
part of the hall. and, the next minute, Forrest
was seen lying on the floor with Bell gripping
his throat. Senators rushed in and separated
the combatants, and q scene OF great confusion
| followed Several members called out to have
Bell arrested, and the scageant-at arms took
! him in charge. He was afterwards released.
/ Forrest whose neck bears witness TO severe
/ choking says he was rising from his chair
/ when Bell grabbed him, and taking him at a
! disadvantage, threw him down. When order
/ had been restored, Senator Marsh offered res
| CLINTON, which adopted, appointing d COM
,nittee of three to investigate the matter. J.
is likely to result in expelling Bell frcm Office
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Another Description.

M1NNEApoI1s, May 8, l A. M.-The q1oBE
special which left st. Paul by private con.
veyance, was forty minutes later crossing the
iron bridge that spans the Mississippi in the
immediate vicinity of the great fire. Here met
his gaze a sight which in it's appalling grandeur
has never been equaled. and probably will
never be surpassed again in the history
Of this great mill city of the
Northwest Walls of mills. great stone
structure. four stories high, stood out in q sea
Of fire, notwithstanding the attempt of the
angry flames to further encroach upon its
rocky sides. AL else for two squares to the
east and west, had been burned over. and
black smoke and living embers. crowded with
active 6remen and hundreds Of spectators with
eighteen solid streams of water playing on the
dying embers while the raging current dashed
through the wide canal, bearing timbers that
fell through into the waters below.
The first impression was that Vesuvius had
burst forth, and these were the last evidences
Of her dying energies. Thousands Of exhausted
people were passing to and fro and nothing
was left but to walk over the ruins. Herr
were great piles of stone under which lay tn,
bodies Of the dead. These attracted most tn!
attention. A perfect network Of hose let
i from all contiguous hydrants. just in from
was the round house Of the Milwaukee st. Pau
railroad, which contained seven locomotive
J With quarter Of its roof crushed in, and one
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The only names attainable at this hour are
M. P. Shier and his younger brother, and
Fred. Merrill.
All accounts agree that tho first explo-
sion took place at the Washburn A mill,
or the big mill, as it is called. Following SO
close as to be almost simultaneous was the
explosion of the Diamond and Humboldt.
The Waterman of the Galaxy mill, which
is among the destroyed, escaped unhurt, and
gives the most connected account of the
explosion. He says the first explosion was
from the big mill, followed in quick success
sion by those from the Diamond and Hum
boldt. The explosion from the GAP mill
was so tremendous that it raised the entire
roof of the gigantic structure into the air as
zephyr would watt an autumn leaf.
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The Vido,r Olirer.

The Widow Oliver comes out in neg srrifg
snit. She prays the coart to order simon
Cameron to produce i'll conrt all The letters lao
has received fror, her, ard especial: those
written anterior to Il certain letter dated Ha.-
rigburg, Sept. %. 1873, III wiiifh be ,st'tkcs IN
offer Of marriage On tbs letter the widow \
fondest hopes are stayed. Simon never ,ail
his armor off, even in iave-raaking. but WAS
constantly on his guard. lie te,;nset.i th..
widow to write her replies on tie SINE paper
his letters were writtea on, ana tcs his lette $
were returned TO him, having served their l,ur-
pose. These letters and re 9ies arc also waited
in the case by Widow Oliver. Size ei,.iu.s that
these letters viii comet the craft. C.t.c.l
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It'll Not Hare THGen.
Charleston, s. c.. News & Courier.

Charleston, s. c., News Conrier
The national Democracy have been beaten
once by a feebleness of their leader, and
the sonth says, distinctly and positively. that
it does not mean to be beaten again. The per
son who prevented the Democracy from en-
joying the fruits of victory of 1877 sill not be
allowed to play the same game over again four
race The South bars him. Il is distinction
enough for Mr. Tilden to be the
only person elected President, since
the foundation Of the Republic.
who did not obtain his office. The position
is unique, like Mr.. Tilden, and it is not pro
him to become President. The South will not
have Mr.. TiIden.
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but very little damaged by the shock. The
mills on the other side were completely de-
stroyed. During the afternoon freight train
came in from the East and stood on the railroad
track, in close proximity to the mill. It has
been positively asserted that one box-car was
loaded with nitro-glycerine. If that
should prove the case it will account for the
severe shock.
MIR. Bracket stated further that so far as he
had an opportunity to observe and read upon
the subject Of middhngs -four dust
explosions, no such extensive ex-
plosion had ever before occurred
from that cause. In middlings dust explosions.
as usual thing. a fash followed by no great
damage to the building is the result. He did
not think that that class of explosions would
injure the walls of stone structure of
the dimensions of the = Washburn
mill. Such might be the case
but be had never heard of any. On the
other hand, nitro glycerine in conjunction with
the gas, naturally generated in mill run at
such high pressure, would not fail to produce
the results above indicated.
2:l0A A. n.
At this hour the fire is still blazing among
covered.
"A laborer residing several blocks below the
| scene of the main fire, was standing outside
his house when the explosion occurred, and
saw flaming ball descend upon the neighbor-
ing house and spread over it instantly,
as if the ball had been mass of burning oil.
This ball, he says was lust fire, nothing else,
or nothing substantial about it. The man
assured one of the reporters in tbs presence of
number Of persons, that he was at work to-
day, for the shaft being sunk close by the de-
stroyed mills where nitro glycerine cartridges
were used for blasting, and among other things
helped to carry nitro glycerine from
! cars to the shaft. The dust explosion theory,
however is stoutly maintained by those who
were in the immediate vicinity.
| One Of these gentlemen stopping at the Nicol-
let. said he was looking at the Washburn mill and
saw flames shoot from the third and fourth
story windows an instant before the first OK
| plosion. This man heard two explosions.
/ Another man, standing at the time about
four squares away on higher ground, saw q
cloud of smoke and the roof fly up in the air.
The elevator between him and the Washburn
mill appeared to part bodily from top to bot
tom, and instantly broke into flames,
as if contact with tho outer
air had ut once fred the whole.
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WHut Caused the ErDios;o,,.

Chief Engineer Bracket stated that as yet he
had been unable, from lack of time, to come
to any definite conclusions as to the cause Of
the explosion. One theory, however,
that had presented itself to him
was, that the explosion was caused by
other agencies than middlings' dust and gas
generated therefrom. This theory, he thought,
was the more plausible, from the fact that all
the buildings on the west side Of the Wash
burn mill were damaged to q greater extent
than those one the east side, while the Zenith
mill, and those in the came row, we're
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Full Graphic Details
By "Globe" Reporters
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

Special Telegram to the Globe.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 2.--At just o'clock
his evening Minneapolis was startled by
most frightful explosion, which shook the
city from centre to circumference. The ex
plosion took place in the milling centre on
tho canal that extends around ST. Anthony
Falls. and at once the question was passed
from lip to lip, What can it boz In an in
slant tho entire city was out Of doors, and
streaming toward the falls, while it became
known that the great Washburn "A'
mill had exploded and was a total
wreck The Washburn mill was the largest
mill on the American continent, and with
the exception of one in France, the largest
and most complete Of any Touring mill in
the world It contained forty run of stone,
end employed regularly from forty to sixty
men.
At this writing there is no certainty of
tbs cause of the explosion. Mill men gen
orally unite in the theory that it was &C.
casionsd by the igniting of the gas general
ed in some unknown manner by the mid
dlings purifiers.
The loss of life cannot be ascertained at
this moment, but was very extensive.
The explosion took place at the hour when
the day force of the mill had just been re-
loved, and the night force was just taking
their places. It is now thought that q por-
ton of the day force and a portion of the
night force have been killed, but as the mil
is a total wreck, leveled to the ground, and
the Ere Of Tophet raging among the ruins
there is no certain means of ascertaining thu
particulars.
The GLOBE reporter is writing in full
view of the flames, and while write. tn
wind, which is steady and strong from tn
northwest, has ignited the mill company
elevator, and no possible power of the fir
department can prevent it's total destruc
ton.
Governor Pilsbury is on the ground, an
has telegraphed to St. Paul for assistane
from their fire department., as it is feare
the flames will spread throughout tho entil
milling district, and thus destroy the gre.
industry upon which the city is entirely d
pendent.
At this hour, eight F. NJ, there have bet
burned the following flour mills
Petit, Robinson s. Co. /; Cahi
Ankeny & Co.; l.. Day & Sons; Day q RI
Inns; Buell., Newton & Co.: Diamond mi
(;orton. Hayward & Co.; Washburn "a
and Washburn "B' mills.
There is no doubt that the explosion y
eccasioned by the gas generated through
operation of the patent middlings purif
It is said that mill in Glasgow, Scotlal
blew up from similar cause.
There went on trick at the Washburn q
Mill twenty-five men, at $50 P. NJ, none
which have been heard from at this ds
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half of it's wall smashed down. Heavy ti1nbers
which covered the big canal lay in every con-
ceivable shape, while upon the elevated railway
cars, partly filed, had pitched down theincline
and were half consumed.
hefreswept everything, leaving blank space
from Washington avenue to the river Various
occupants on the above street for four squares
had boarded up their front doors and windows
and either stood guard or had moved their
property to other buildings. There was scarce
ly whole pane of glass left in any building
fronting on this scene Of desolation.
The terrific power of this explosion can be
properly appreciated by the shock felt in St.
Paul, but the smallness of the particles of
glass which seemed not larger than pea gave
the appearance of the pavement being strewn
with white sand. We counted eighteen large
French plate glass windows in Centennial
block which had been destroyed. Only one
store front in the building stood the test, and
that was owing to the fact that the doors stood
open. A citizen stood in his store door, di-
rectly opposite Harwood's four-etory block,
and saw the second explosion, and estimates
that the flames actually shot up into the
heavens not less than seven hundred feet. as it
appeared to him to be many hundred feet
above Harwood's store.
An old gentleman, who lived in a shanty,
in close proximity to the fire, says that the
elevator, which stood adjoining the big mill,
was on fire and in ruins in a very few minutes
Pieces of burning embers were showered
down all over the eastern portion Of the city.
Your correspondent saw piece of siding half
consumed, and still on fire, not far from the
Club house half way between Sc. Paul and
Minneapolis.
At this late hour but little information can
be picked up, as none but watchful fremen are
on duty, whilst gangs Of men are clearing the
railroad tracks.
Ahuge stick of timber fourteen inches square
and thirty feet long stands perpendicular, pen
etrating the large belfry. on the top of the old
Washburn mill. Where it came from or how
it got there is q mystery.
set of heavy car wheels which have lain
slightly imbeded in the ground in front of the
exploded mills, were rolled from their resting
place by the force Of the explosion.
ANOTHER .NsYreANrr STATEMENT