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0NEE0FsTHREE AGENTS,
Gas, oVNpowoER Or DYNAMITE
The cas,s Of tbs Explosioag at Victoria Railway
StAtlon--rhs Extent Of tho Bhoek-yArIous Z
f5 4htofsts a. to tho Ptrvtssators OF Tho Deed Y
W Adiasetd-Two French dtnerAia Dead.

LONDON, February eG,-The explosion al
the Victoria station shattered tho windows
Of the Metropolitan underground railway
depot, slxIyyaris distant, and tho fronts 0
HOUSES some distance in other directions
wero badly damaged. Tho Victoria re-.
lre'hment room wss wrecked, and the
clock, eight feet high, blown from the wall
and thrown six yards away. The streets
IN the neishborhood arc completely strewn
with broken glass. Alarge police force and
tho fire brigade quickly reached the ppot
and extinguished the fire, saving the de.
pot The debris Is lett untouched til The
arrival oi the Chief Inspector, who will
make thorough examination Of the sxpit-
sion. Detectives are actively inguiring
into the matter. All three hypotheaes,
."gas, gunpowder. and dynamic" are aa.
vanced and discussed, dynamite being the
favorits theory. 151 gt.siSlt ,,}H=
TIiEoRlE1 qTo THE CAU3E OF TiIE EXPLOSION.
COL lMajendic, who critically examined
the ruins, thinks the explosion due not to
gas but some powerful compound. a re-
port is current that a parcel left In The
cloak room was intended for use against
the House Of Parliament tonight, and that
It exploded accidentally. The theory thut
the explosion was canaed by dynamite
gains further; confirmation from the lac.
that the greatest damage WAS done lat.
terfy. Only two persons were irjlred and |
they slightly Officials oi the railway dis.
credit the idea that the explosion was the
result OF private malice. l.! Is generally
attributed to the persons who caused the
explosion in the station Of the Under
ground ,Rsilway aome months ago. A clerk
states that man deposited a heavy rvalise
last evening, and cautioned him to be- care.
tul with it. S ,me time alter the clerk
heard a noise like All alarm. n. 9sg3 z;555Js.,
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meeting aud ordered number more
men, principally friends Of Flynn's to oleave
the city. The Sheriff telegraphed 10 the
Governor for military, but that official do
clined to interfere, as there is already ono
military company there. '{3tl
The Sheriff this afternoon organized a
special posse Of his own. Both parties pa.
raded tho streets this afternoon, heavily
armed, and gavo matters quite a military
appearances. Robert pruitt and J. II, L,i.
cins gave bond in $4,000 each to, day ard
were released. Doron and Dave Pruilt,
larry Lanning and John Allison will be
taken to the peniten.iary8 tomorrow for
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IKet:Ouftfnst fiefnff..

!: ST. LOUIS. February 2G.-Governor Crit;
tenden, who has been accused often lately
Of never dsing any wise thing, has i'm:
proved his reputation, according to story
told by Patti to a reporter to-day. She was
at the time d. seribing the favorable recep.
ton Of her air ging "Home, Sweet lIome!''
She salt: .Sow, everyone seemed 80
pleased when sang Home, Sweet H ONE,
that is,male me feel good 10 sec them.
Such funny thing happened in conpee;
ton with that that I'll tell you. Your Coy!
ernol-Csiuendep, / think his name lie!
yes, Governor Cfiltcudtn, came 10 see me
utter lhNt night; and what do you think be
did? Wtll, he klsstd tne. iiee eeaid, Madame
Patti, Iimay never see you again, and;
cannot help ii and beiore knew 1t ht
tbraw bis ar1ns around me aud was kissin.
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A STRANGE tXrERfENCE
AZ hca-A Betear Exf,!odes anu Leaves u
NrimStOpe' pc, fu,nc. "a 2.= M

At sca-A besear, TX f,iotles ana Leayes u
HrimStone Pc, fuMc.
NEw YonH, February 20 OiliceIa Of the
steamship Egyptian Monarch, which left
London February; !, and arrived to-day,
report very heavy gales. For more than d
week the matches were battenel down and
the scared passengers kept below. "Oa the
second day out" said the third officer, II
was on watch at 1880 =. NJ, and I was
standing ou the bridge. The night was
very dark, a heavy gale was blowing aud
the atmosphere was charged with electric
ity. could feel it in my bones. Suddenly
there was a loud report, like that Of a GS.
pounder. A meteor exploded Just above
the bridge, I received violent electric
shock, and then felt as il I had been
knocked into corner under feather bed
and could not BREATHE The shock knocked
the helmsman away from the heel, and
where it had passed the place smelled tf
birthstone over five minutes. The air
seemed full Of brimstone" Some OF the
sailors cay they saw red bali above the
mainmast just before the meteor exploded,
and when it did explode sparks Of FIRE
ieeped Ia every direction. $,,i:yS4i. +:
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INSULTED DIGNITY !
ofITHE HOUSE Of, REPRESENTATIVES,
To he Rtssntsd-Sp'aktr Carlisle In Receipt OF 4
( Friendly letter from Gsrman Llbsrals In Reg
gard TO tbs iasker iitsoiution-Co -CoHgrtss.
ionAl ProcssdInss- DAnvIile Riots, VI
From Our Special COrcspol4.ent,

| iV"f W" EPttths SWICsVVNNht. F'' '.ttf- VI
WASHINGTON. D. c., February oG.-A
member Of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, who has held diplomatic positions
Of prominence, says that the House canno
fail TO ok'upon the return Of the Laskel
resolution--notwlthstandi the alleged re-
spectiul message OF Prince Bismarck-in
any other light than M insult to lis inteiii-
yence. Said this gentleman: "Dismarck'a
couftly measuge Is not even as much as the
sugar coating to Il bitter physic. X Il Is an
open and intended sheer and one which
The American House OF Representatives
cannot fail 10 resent, unless II
chooaes;;'- rot only to acknowledge
that this particular resolution .wa III cot.
sidered, but that the O'Donuell resolution
was, rs it WAS claimed that Mr.. Hewitt in.
formed The British Minister, nothing bns
the bombastic catering Of a Democratic
body to the sentiments Of an alien con-
stituency." " ..ii1'l "a ttf :
&"What will your committee do about the
matter?" ~ 4! 1l 4,'g5F
That question I, OF courRe, cannot an
swer fully, but you may safely say that the
whole subject will be carefully and fully
considered, and that the aim Of the COM
miHee will be TO uphold the dignityo the
United Ststea without jsopardizing our
Commerca.1 .,g.s oH's#.-..F ~ -. 'r.
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4 DEAi,l.Y FEuD
HctWPCn tho InhnblInntS OF Islands or
Il r. 'R Tho p,,cIti ~ Gse4,, ~ !. + z-.F' "a

ri t5-A-E IhG FnciNc Ocean. =, .E, !. !
SAN FRANCISCO, February GA repotl
comes from Auckland that the Govern
ment schooner Julia, which is regularly
employed in procuring laborera from the
different groupso Islands in the Pacific tc
work on sugar plantations i'll the Sandwich
1slands, recently landed at the Island oI
Nanouti with about thirty returned labor.
ers belonging to the Islands Of Turawa and
Apiang in the same group, people which
have been at constant warfare with the in.
habiianis Of Nanou!i.
The returned laborers on landing seized
Il numoer OF young girls and rayished
them, which provoked the inhabitantf
who were armed with clubs and spears
Twenty Nanouti were killed and many
wounded, while Others escaped 70 the
Island OF Apawamas, short way oti, re-
inforced their number and returnt d 10
Nanouti and renewed the fight, in which
several were killed on each side and three
or four assailants carried to Apawamas. ,
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cd to answer the question about the civil
service. The other two.thirds are cmphat.
10 In their approval OF the movement, and
adu that throughout their counties the peo.
pie are Of the Same way Of thinking. tit

d sa .
The manner In which the foregoing ilg.
ures we're arrived at was by taking the
average expression OF each county In tue
iiye states, as indicated by the several re.
plies received from each. !. From some Of
the more sparsaly settled eounties but one
opinion was obtained, whila from countics
like Cook, Illinois; Hamilton and Cuya.
hoga, Ohio; Marion, Indians; Allegheny
and Philade'phia, Pa; Erie, Kings aud al.
bany, New York, from two toa dezsn opin-
ions were obtained. A majority Of these
delermined for whom tho county or city
should DO counted. 4 Great care was exer.
ciged and where IN opinion came unsigned
no attention, was given 1t. Several weeks
have been given to the work, and 1t Is be.
!ieved to be the most elaborate and ex.
haus:iye Of anything Of the kind eyer Mt.
tempted. The central idea throughout 1t
all was to get the expressions Of the people
mot the politicians. l! is thought this
has been accomplished. la.!.'55 D -! .,a!g
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TIE DANVILLEN NIOrH. T;
Summary 0i Yc.tcria3'H Testimony BE
. NJ fOrG the eluveNtIeutiux COmn,iftca.G ~

Summary oi Yc.ter,iay'S resti,nouy BE.
forc the clnvestigatinx Committee.
WAsnISGroS, February 2e-stephen
Long (colored) testified before the Inycsti-
eating Committee to-day. He was in a
hardware store the day before the {, ,ht
and saw.two white men loading about i %
double.barreled guns; went to another
hardware store and white man was load
ing d oub)e barreled guna.
Rufus Hatch (colored) heard q white
man say at the posto1ice, '".The white folks
arc going to rule this town il they. have 10
kill all the niggers." - G. ~ =
John Holdernefs (colored) described the
riot and the events which proceeded If,
He waa.a;driver for Basil Graves grocery
Btore.- He went TO the back door OF the
store in the course sot his business and
found it locked. "A clerk let him in. Els
asked why the door Was locked and the
clerk said, "H-l was to bay, and Z in "a
short time he would see more dead nirrera
than he had ever seen before" There were
200 loaded pistols lying on tho coun,sr.
Just after the firing. eight4or ten colored
men ,ushed Into the store. 4 Busch and
other white men came in with empty! p;s
tolls and exchanged them for loaded ones.
Burch got behind the ,colored men and or.
derad them out. go 80 - isl, F Ri
Warrick Read, (mulatto), was called.
He keeps a private boarding house in
Danville. He was asked with respect Ia
the proceedings OF the Democratic com.
mittee OF fifteen or sixteen men, Which fe
had overheard: lie asked the committee
excuse him from answering. IIa said he
was a resident Of Danvills and must &C
back there. His bread depended on his
patronage at DanyIlle, and to testify would
be to risk bis living. u Finally he related
what he had overheard. It was to the eiIecl
that the election must be carried by fair 0,
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LOUISVILLE. KY, February 26.-Two pas:
sengcra trains on the St. Louis Air; Line
collided near tho bridge this morning.
Both engines were damaged, but neither
train was otherwise injured i Severrl paa.
sengera were, Slightly bruised by being
thrown againsti the seats. The accident
gwss the result Of ,carelessn ess. is
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13"WiTHOUT las SrkuUrlOnS.,
Something New 10 tho Political II Ixtory

eEst st Of EnusaN. 51 sft
New York, February 90 "A Topeka,
Kansas, special nays: The leading Repub-
licanB Of Kansas gay that the IS delegates
who will represent the State in the Chica.
60 Convention will so 10 that Convention
without instructions. "This will be some
thing new for Kansas" said ono tf the
most il ttlontial Of tfese gentlemen, Mfur
in 1850 our delegates were inttructed for
Seward, in 1854 for Lincoln. in 1865 for
Grant, in 1872 for G Gtaut, in 1875 for Blaine,
and in 1880 for Blaine, although OF the
10 broke away in that ycsr and persisted
in voting for Grant Our voters have
their favorites, OF course, and the delegates
will havs preferences, bu, all will 10 ready
to join Tho majority in selecting the strong.
est candidate" The party in this Stats
does not seem to be deeply interested ut
; present in tho Presidential problem.
The tariff issue, M presented in the
contest Between 4 Funston anI Riggs,
In 4 the z Second District; urohiG;.
ton, and the States attempt to bring
the railroads 10 terms, absorb the
attention Of the people, l have not discoy-
ersd u particle OF evidence showing that any
Republican candida,e Q is at work h, re, or
that the friends Of any Republican candi.
date nre trying TO nisnntac,ure u "booma
or striving to getvolt for kim. 1T would
be easy, l think" said one prominent Il !.
publican, "ta take an Arthur delegation
out Of kansas, and WIS asked, not long
ago, 10 work in tina. direction, but il
wouldn't pay rogat UP = delegation for
the President would do him more harm
than good, and the uen who made the sug-
gestion nowsBee this plainly. Kansas Re.
puhlicans like Arthur, but If New York isn't
Tor him We don't want him" Another
Republican, who hos been u B aine man,
remarked ttat at ode tinia the S ,ate's rep.
resen,a!ivts ct Washington thought ot get
ting up an Arthur delegation but had
since changed their minds 3g"If there Is a
strong sentiment in favor Of any one,"' said
he, lit is for General Sherman. Think he
has more supporters hero than Logan hns,
although there are many Illinois men and
Illino soldiers in Kansas. and no soldier
would opposs Logan S,ms talk about
Edmundp, and my ticket would be Ed
munds aud Lincoln. Raine's distribution
plan lusts him in this State, where three.
fourtEs of the Republicans are Prohibi.
tionists, and although Kansas haa been q
I Blaine State, / don't think she will get
much support in the delegation this time ;
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,Galveston's Big Jamborec,

GALVESTON, Tex, February eG,-The
Mardi Gras celebration drew more than
10000 strangers 10 Galveston. The feature
Of the celebration was gorgeous pageant
tonight by the jewellers OF Naxos, repre-
senting twenty striking scenes OF the Old
Testament. The streets were brilliantly
illuminated and packed with maskers Of
all classes. The Opera House and Cotton
Exchange were transformed into hand
somely decorated ball rooms and crowded
to the utmost capacity. Invited guests OF the
city were given over to furious merry max.
ing. There'waa comparatively little drunk.
nees, and no disturbance. 5l,i,i5}
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Col, Ropr. CAMPBELL and Mr.. Lartin
were there, and their words li!ly spoken.
fell ou willing ears. Now, let ua have q
good deal OF pulling together, and see
whether the State Fair can't be pulled into
shape. We don't have devastating food
Hood every day, and We shall not always be
able TO find State Fair lying around
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Disturbances in n nda.n>car,

sLosDoS, February. .2G.:-Adviees state the
Hoyas succeeded yiu secretly landing in
Madagascar number of Krupp cannon
and other munitions Of war. and have
gone To project the T.nauariyi capital.
An English Colonel named lvilloughby has
obtained chief command Of tho Malayass
army and number OF other, Englishmen On
hold other commands. The arsenhIs are
busy in the interior Of the Island and the
Hovas hope soon TO be able to make an
attack upon tTamatave,j now held by the
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DIR. ANEpIN GREEN
Rc1nhcs 10 Ah*Wer, Questions Put by ~.
NJ scnnte Commit ee,F ji' z z u

Rclnses 10 Ans"er tsnc~'ions Pat by The
Senate Committee. n
a WASHINGTON, .. G., February oG,-When
Doctor Noryin Green, President Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, ap-
peared betoro the sub. Committee OF the
Senate Cemnittee on Post. illces and Post
rcaas, to-day, Senator Hill asked that all
contracts with the press associations be
laid before the Committee. Dr.. Greer, re. e,
quested that tho question furnishing the
sub Committee with copies Of contracts
with rallroad companies, cable companies e
and press associations bs referred 10 tbs
whole Y Committee, He claimed & thai
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,Thc Ye,,ou,.toue Runs ont.

4 4 St. PAUL, MINI, February 20 Tie
Minneapolis Journals Glsndive, Montana,
special says: Tie Yellowstone river broke
here at s s&A. NJ. to-day, running out with a
gorge. The river was higher than airce
the spring ci 1881, owing to the great
amount ,ot Gnow, which 5almost entirely
melted Ia the last three days. Tronblej %
feared further below when the food breaks
up the Missouri below Buford. Il !; Z I
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Mn. JARRETT hits it exacsly. There are
members Of tie Ways and Means Commit.
tee who pay no attention 10 arguments be-
cause they are not open to conviction.
They have struck for lower tariff, ana
they will Rsht it out on that line. n
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MAEISsDvRG gets through with hor pub.
lie festivities in good time to enter upon
the Lenten SEASON with due humility oil
spirit. The new Postmaster has received
many evidences Of the esteem Of his iellow.
citisens. The debt is 80 great that it can
be paid only by faithful discharge OF hif
duties. The lSTgLLIGgScER is assured thai
MI. Evans will leave the partisan outside
while he attends to the business Of his
n{1ira 81 'a1 .-5-.F
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I'll, r,,,e, Co,,iai, In,yes,ixa,io,,,.

<, NEw ORLEANS, La February 20 In tho
Copiah county, Miss, investigation today
the testimony was arepelition Of yesterday,
imp aching the characters Of Burnett,
Lewis snd +Hls,thews. Thu; Iast named, It
was claimed, corrupted tho 3 ,nrd ol Snper.
yisira And boas, cd III. rsby he made ulunty.
Tho election 81 Arcen's s:orc was declared
pcnceAble, hntisfwas believed the lnde-
penaen's stuffed the ballot box. ". II T.
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TIE weatern preacher who jumped into
print with crooked version OF private
conversation with Mr.. Conkling ought to
attend course Of lectures in well regu
lated newspaper Office. The professional
journals. who hopes to "get there" and TO
stay there holds confidence as sacred rs a
nnckat hook. -.sIs ~
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1r ,icesu't matter what it was that ey'
plodsl iu London; the main point is that
i, WAS hardly an accident, and frequent oc.
cau,nces Of thia kind indicate organiza.
finn md desperate determination. L.
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Irmus.huye been 4 beautiful sighttohave
eeeu Richelieu Robinson and Sunset Cox,
both professional Irishmen, fighting over a
resolution Of thanks to Her Majesty Of
England. The Irish party in Congress
seems to be on the brink OF an abyss. $
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\ iscourge 4 M nons Tho zuni Indians

z DRSyER, Col February, 96-Tho 7ti-,
Dunes Albuquerque, New Mexico, special
says:4A terribls scourge Is raging among
the Zuni Indians, Over one hundred chill
dreh have z died with measles The past
month. Tie disease ia still raging. The
scenes about the Indian villages is sicken.
Ing in the extreme. n Z y tlEsi'3gl I
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rwo nisr aGuisuED aExsKAls

Or the FIcnet, a rny Dcnd-a story 0i
The Disaster III Sc.iMn. 50
PARIS, February .G.-Gsntralsa Sarainon
and DeWimpG=r are dead. !, The former
entered the army in 1909, when only len
years Of age, aud before completing his
twenty.lourth year he was Brigadier Gen.
eral. DeWimpfler, during the Franco.
Pruislan war, received m order, August
eeS:h, appointing him C,mman der. in. Chief
in case Marshal Meditation would bs dia.
On September LIST, during the battle
OF Sedan, hearing Mcmahon wan wounded,
he produced his con,migsion aud assumed
chief command. Hs ut orce reversed the
orders Tor capituiation. The order direct.
ing retreat came from the Emperor and
not from him. Genera! WinFTrr there.
upon proposed to the Emperor they should
try and snve themselves by eudeavoring to
cut their way through to Caricuan. The
Emperor would not consent: Tie General
then offered his resignation, but the En-
peror would not accept it, and all that was
left for him to do was to conclude and
sign the capitulation Of tue great army un.
der his command, Sgt1 IL Il . }s52g
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The Iut'ciri..s,nte Comm cree nlll.(

fIQW our spccidt CorfftIt0ndchL 49, g'ei'
iWAsulSaroS, February 2G-Chairman
Rehgan, Ct the Commerce Committee, rec.
ogn!zes this as his golden opportunity TO
get bis Inter; Slate Commerce bill before
Congr s, to make it a law, II such thing
bepossible, and he ID omi.!ing no effort to
bring it about. He is holding the com.
mittee down to The work constantly,
Nearly all iof lis sessions arc given to tie
consideration OF this bill. /. The work, is by
no lneana aa yet completed. and it is pretty
evident that the bill will be s.arcely rec.
equitable by the time it gets through the
committee and into the House. There ia
strong feeling in The COMMITTEES in favor OF
commission which shall have control OF
railway sfaira and it ia quite probable
that the mejority will decide against Mr.,
Rssgau's system and III favor Of a comris.
zion. This, however, will DO opposed in
the House by the class Of people who
always oppose anything which creates new
government Offices. The commission plan
would create Board OF Railway Commits.
sioae,s with autocratic power and large
force of snbordina.es, q bureau which
would perpetrate itself indefinitely and
would, after all be inaccessible to the gen.
erAl public. Tue bill will have pretty
hard time before it becomes q Law.
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5"What will your committee do about the
a Erie l. tiiy Letter.

WASHINGTON, D. o., February 26-speaktr
Carlisle received a letter addressed to him
personally by several Of the most promi.
nent membess OF the Liberal party in the
German Reichstae, expressing their high
sense Of the appreciation taken by the
House ef Representatives as token respec,
for the memory OF the late Herr Laskes.
The letter expresses the hope the two na.
tions may develop and continue in friend
ship. Among the signatures are Bunger,
who visited America last summer, and
members Of the Executive Committee Of
the Liberal party. ,;fs.- n n ls,55i f.a-sg,.y0
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Tur Rev. Mr. Fulton, oil Brooklyn, gives
this turn to his pent up feelings: d

UTE tutH 20 TIC PeHt VI 1ee11uSo' I-----1-
P!aca me upon polar iceberg, where no
reraare gseess the eye, where naught bat
the whiIs hears growl can be heard let
HE live where no friend shall cheer me
with his smile; bar me in prison; but do
not, oh, do no. compel inc to mingle with
the uneodly crowd OF theatre. i9- s
That's all right, Mr.. Fulton. ''The free
list ia suspended" a.l@