Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-17
Explosion Of a Powder Mill.

SAN FRANCISCO A.ril I6.-The Giant Pow.
der Works in the district OF Brkely, across tho
Bay, exploded This afternoon. killing twelve
wtite man ace twelve or fifteen Cinnamon.
This is the third explosion this company has
sustained, all attended With loss OF life. The
explosion otc11red 10 the pickiog room and all
the men at work thero were killsd. There was
about 600 pound9 Of powder in the room. Al
tho victims were blown TO atoms. A large pOr.
ton OF the skull of Chinsman WAS foubd with
tho queue attached. There we're six houses
inside OF the works ADD they wore ell blown to
pic COS. but tho workmen in them escaped with
the exception Of one man in tho magazine OF
whom nu trace has been fouod. Outside of the
works are six houses including the boating
hous, OF the hands, all of which were more or
less damaged but are still starding. The ex-
plosion is supposed to be the result of csrtless-
n:s' Tbs wokmen are hired by the piece
aud directed to use wooden mallets 10 pickiog
Cartridges but they found they could work faster
and make more money by usins iron hammers
dangerous practice. tits supposed that some
man 8 ruck bis cartridge once too often and it
| went CIT lgDitlrg the powder before him which
communicated with The aejlcent package With
| the eblVe terrible result.
HEALING BY FAlTu-A dispatch from
| Wythevle, Va, dated April Is. to tho Ciocin
| natl Enquirer, says: "For sone weeks psss the
| people OF Scott csuatY have becn terribly cx-
Cited ever the miracles which have beeu per-
formed by Richard Miller, Ct tia: county.
| Hundreds Of the illoted arc daily visiting him.
Miller is nliddled sged man employed as the
rnnr MoA1 ulli ~
| is deeply religious aud claims t. have had
dream moth ago 10 which the idea WAS i'm.
pressed upon him that, with Goods help be
could perform wonderful cures simply through
| faith He states that tho M It day, after fer.
vent prayer, no healed sick man by touching
| him. The intelligence of the miracle went ali
| over tho county and the S I'll tctsd Ct all kinds
| camo to him and Wero healed simply by the
| touch of his baud.
| yesterday e. n. Weriz o photographer at
! Abins dJn, visitod Miller in company with
| psralylic uncle, the seat of paralysis being in
| tho mouth, which deprived him beth OF the
powers Of speech and hearing. Miller looked
| touched hic and told him that before he reached
| homo he would b we'll. Last night, as Mr..
Wer,z entered the door of bis house on his re-
turn, his hearing and speech came back TO him,
and to-day he is apparently hale and hearty.
Miss Irene Newton, beautiful young lady CT
Bristol, Tenn. helpless from rheumatism, was
brought to Miller last week, and when an At.
| temp. wss made TO lift her 10 the csrrisge she
| rose from the sedan chair and said sho was On.
| tirslY we'll.
"One of the most wonderful miticles of Mil.
| ler WAS tho cure of Mr.. Pater Whitesell, who
has been for somo years I'll cted with cancer.
The cancer WAS touched, and in three days had
| disappeared. The miracle worker is sn x.
ceedlnsly modest man. ard always Indignantly
| declines any compensation for his SERVICES al
lF Of hn 70 h,,t hn HIM
God. He takes no credit 10 himself for the
performance of these mificlcs. All the people
| IN his section believe firmly in His miraculous
| power"
LITERARY MEN IN PoLIrlcs. -Ony q few
literary men 10 this country have ever entered
the arena If pclilios. and the prevailing idea
| seems TO DO that their stulious habits and ideal
tastes uah, Thorn Tor ooltac! with the practical
duties Of public life. This belief, howeVe is
not justified by the facts Within tho last bali
| century somo of Eoglsud's greatest statesmen
have been Just such drcamers. Beacons6eld
| coud lay aside his Dreams which are pictured
in Tanc'cd and the Ycuag Duke, and graphic
With tho most Intricate problems 10 political
| economy; Gladstone, fresh from Homet's Lid,
| plunged Into the my SERIES Of national finance,
aud bulwfr Lytton. poet and romaucist, did
srrV!cestl, work in PROCURING a repeal Of the
stamp duty on newspapers AID amt nding the
law OF c)Iytisht 10 tho cleo ions now btiog held
10 Orobt Britain journalists have been sucoaas-
| in candidates for seats 10 Parliament, Mr.,
John Walter, proprietor and editor of the Lon.
don IimoR, has been returned for Berkshre;
justin MCCARTHY, editor ofthe London Morn
! lrg Sta-, and A. NJ. Suiivao, former editor Of
tha Dublin Nation, have been returned as home
rulers while Henry Labouchere, of the scandal.
loving Truth, has been elected for Northam pton.
| In company with Charles BradlauQh, mouth.
piece snd leader Of the English ireethinkers.
SIR Edward Watkin. who, in company with
John Bright, founded the Manchester Examin.
or, Il member for blythe, and Mr.. j. h. Pule.
ston, who has also done journalistic work, and
who Is known on this side Of The Atlantic, has
haen re- elected for Davenport Besides these
many others have been elected who have been
stsf ed iIors of or contributors to well.known
journals. If Congress had moro of the lcaven
OF Journalism it might become more dignfed,
and not be open to the accusation OF having cut.
lived Its enthusiastically. Sun
COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-Butt and
wife vs.. Hughes ct als. Appeal allowed to
decree oil the Circuit Court of Halifax c,uuty,
proocunced ll,h of March. 1878.
Wilson w. Branch, survivor, and others.
Appeal allowed Rnd supersedeas awarded 10
a decree pronounced by the Groui: Court of the
county OF Greenvle on the q of March, 1880,
Blackwell w. Greenhow treasurer. Petition
Tor mandamus filled aud rulo nisi aga,d,i.
Mas,n vs.. futile ct aIs. Submitted.
:, III sdmiulstrator vs.. Newman. Argued by
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