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New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
MORE THAN FIFTY MINERS KILLED.

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN CoLoRADo-PENr Up IN
THE EARTH.
DENVER, Jan. PA dispatch to The Times from
Gunuison says: "At 8 o'clock this morning an ex-
ploson occurred at Crested Butte, in this county
in the coal mine of the Colorado Coal and Iron
Company. So far only the most meagre details
have been received but the loss of life is supposed
to be terrible.
There were sixty-seven men in the mine at the
time of the explosion. OF these, eleven. who were
lust entering, were thrown back by the blast ana
rescued. OF this number one has since died, ana
all the Others were badly injured. There are hfty-
Six men yet in the mine and the entrance to the
mine is closed up they cannot be reached Ihey
are all supposed to be dead.
1.-THE explosion was of such force as TO wreck the
engine-house which stood fully 100 feet from " t,e
explosion was caused by leak in the air-com;
pressor The people of Crested Butte are dong al
possible for the rescue of the miners Two special
trains have gone up from here with doctors ana
others on bOard.D
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
THE INSANE OF NEW-YORK COUNTY.
ARADICAL RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE BOARD
OF CHARITIES.

A RADICAL RECOMMENDATIONS By THE STATE BOARD
OF CHARITIES.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 24.-The annual report Of
the state Board of Charities was presented to the
Senate to-day. The value of the property in charge
of the Board is $i3,3O347s, of which
S752O933 is personal estate. The receipts
for the fiscal year ended September 80,
1888, were $40, 772,2 ,269, and the expenditures
S90s3O37. The number of persons under It's care
ON October l. 1883, was 52,s0i. There were H.
313 insane persons in the various institutions OF the
State on October /. The Board recommends the
purchase of the Simpson farm comprising l3O acres
adjoining the Willard Asylum at Ovid, at cost OF
not more than 800 per acre.
Alluding to the insane sylums OF New-York and
Queens counties. the Board says By long-estab-
Iished custom, New-York and Kings counties have
been allowed to care for their own insane. That
is, while the State, at expense Of 50, 1857 1872 81,
has built and furnished six State asylums,
to which asyums ifty-seyen counties are re-
bering in all 1854 patients, the ground
that those counties could not properly care for their
own insane two other counties have been allowed to
provide Us they have lit for 4,76l insane
patleuts. The results have not been such as 10
Justify this extraordinary departure from tho
accepted policy of the State. These patients
are housed in buildings that would scarcely
be suitable even were they not overcrowded,
but which arc actually so overcrowded that
there are about 1000 patients for whom
no proper accommodations exist. aud who axe,
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
REPEAL OF THE IRON-CLAD OATH.

THE EFFECTS OF THE BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE
[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUSE.l
WASHINGTON Jan. 24--It Is understood that
several Congressmen who are good lawyers have
expressed the opinion that the bill TO repeal the
20 "iron-clad OATH" which passed the House Monday
under suspension of the rules, is more sweeping i'll
its provisions than Mr.. Cox represented. He was
asked by Mr.. Kasson whether the provisions
Of the measure would apply to any
persons except members of Congress and
civil officers Mr.. Cox avoided direct
reply As matter Of fact the bill affects officers
in the military and naval service, as well as civil
officers, for 1t in terms provides that hereafter no
person shall be required to take the "irOn-clad
oath as a condition precedent to the holding of
any office the requirement Of any right under The lds
oftke United States While this provision does not
directly repeal express statutes disQualifying
certain persons who dslOyal from holding
certain Offices nor the statutes against the pay
ment of claims against the Government 10
persons who were disoyal, it is step in that di-
rectiOn.
In advocating the bill Mr.. Cox said: owe are
now approaching an era of good feeling, if not of
Democratic ascendancy. This ascendancy should
nure to the interest of public liberty i'll its largest
sbysses of civil strife as. the, Romans did,
with a bridge Of gold" The last SEN
fence 0uoted was received with honest and
hearty applause by the Representatives from the
Solid South whose constituents are prevented, by
past disloyalty from obtaining payment for claims
Their payment would build the kind of bridge
of gold" which, to use Mr.. COXs words again,
Oneht "to remove every suspicion that pOisOns
political integrity or embitters patriotic nnion."
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
THE CLOSE OF THE HAYrIAN REBELLION.
PARTICULARS OF THE SURRENDER OF JEIEMTE AND
JLCNTI.

PARTICULARS OF THE SURRENDER OF JEIENIE AND
JACMEL.
HAVANA, Jan. 24-Advices from Hayti give the
par tculsrs of the manner in which the capltula-
tion of Jereme and Jacmel was effected On De-
cember u, President Solomon informed the foreign
representatives and consuls that Jeremie had sur
rendered. The President at the same time asked
the representatives to assist him in the solida
tiOn OK peace aud TO accede to the full
flment of the clause of stipulation. The
foreign ministers and cOnsuls agreed TO send three
men-of-war of different natonalities to Jeremie
carrying as many commissioners one of each ma
tionaity, and appointed the Minister of the United
States and the COnsuls of Spain and Eng and as
commissioners. These left Port-au-Prince for
their destination on the evening of December 26,
on the American corvette Swatara, the English
schooner Foam, and the Spanish gunboat Jorge
Juan. They landed Immediately, and, after con-
ferrng with the revolutionary committee in the town
and the general commanding the government troops
witnessed at 3 p. the entry of the Government
troops into the city and forts Next day the COM
sssioners returned to Port-au-Prince in their re-
spectIve vessels.
Before Jeremie surrendered the Government
troops had taken by assault the villages of Corail
aud Pestel. Jacmel was driven TO capitulation by
want of provisions. The revolutionary committee
of this town knowing that President salomon had a
had accorded to the rest OF the insurgents, TOOK
refuge at the foreign yIce-COnsulates and left to
their military chief the task Of STIMULATING ne ne
terms of their surrender. Several days afterward
General Prophetic lOOk COtes-de-fer by assault.
The American frigate Tennessee arrived at Port
The so-c9lled Board of Haytian RevolutOnists is
still in existence at Kingston, Jamaica, but without
head OF resources.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
CHINESE GORDON IN EGYPT.

AN OPINION FROM SIR SAMUEL W. DAKER-GENERAL
GoRDON's MOVEMENTS.
LONDON, Jan. 2l.-Sir Samnel w. Baker, who
commanded the first expedition for the suppress
sion of the slave trade in Central Africa, under the
auspices of Ismail Pacha the former Khedive Of
Egypt says, General Gordon and myself recently
agreed thoroughly upon the course now forced
upon the English Ministry by the events that have
recently transpired in Egypt fear 1t Is now too
late to fulfil the programme, which would have
saved much misery and blOOdshed had it been
adopted two months ago. Our cOwardly ABANDON
mcnt of the Soudan has encouraged dlsloyalty and
has broken the spirits Of both officers and troops
The empoyment of General Gordon at this time is
like summoning fire brigade after building has
been consumed The Ministrys conduct upon
Egyptian affairs is a national humiliation
The Government is holding ten thousand troops
in readiness to embark for Egypt in case of emer-
gency.
CAIRO, JAN 2i.-GeneraI Gordon arrived at Port
Said Yesterday, where he was received bv General
Wood, commander of the British forces in Egypt.
He arrived here this afternoon and held conference
with Sir Evelyn Barring the British Minister The
Egyptian Ministry has sent circular to the powers
who participated in the International Tribunal,
propOsing he reasSembling of the Judicial Reform
Commission. The Suakim rOute to Khartoum has
been abandoned, the road by the way of korosko,
which is near Wady-Eaifa and the second cataract
of the Nile, being the only one now feasible
Clifford Lloyd, tho Under Secretary oil the lh-
terror, is i'll with fever
Zebek Pacha has been recalled from recruiting
Colonel Coctlogan telegraphs from Khartonm that
the report is revived that part of Hicks Pacha
army Is encamped near Lake Rahad, but the report
| is considered doubtful.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
THE GEORGIA KUKLUX CASES.
ARGUMENT OF THE sOLICIroR-GENEEAL AGAINST
THE PRISONERS.

ARGUMENT OF THE SOLICIroR-GENERAL AGAINST
THE PRISONERS
lBY TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBUSEl
wAsHISGTON Jan. 24.-The argument before the
supreme Court in the Kuklux cases from Georgia
was concluded to-day. Mr.. Tompkins, for the pc
titioners was shelled by Judges Miller, Gray,
Wood. Hanan and others with questions which h
found embarrassing Finally, stating that he had
great confidence i'll the court and would not annoy
them further, he took his seat.
Solicitor General Philips in reply made shore
and eloouent argument lie said that thequestons
involved enkindled the sympathy of gcneroust
minds everywhere that the laws and Con-
stitutiOn of this Government would not
hermit the spirits of its voters to be broken by the
outrages of armed cOnspiTators, but that the pro
lection of the Government would the nance
of those who assail the citizen. The rule Shall
Survive the misrue. The question affected the
vitality of the country itself. by the la6ors OF thc
counsel of the Government in Georgia ana the
rulings of the Court there, verdict against the
conspiratOrs had been obtained and the Government
of the United States had the right TO protect ITS
hnmbest voter, with equal constitutional
Court its Congress, or ITS President;
Mr.. Phillips repelled the argument that he had
abandoned the positions by the Government In the
trial in Georgia. He gave emphasis ana stress 10
the thought that it is the duty of the GoVernment
10 protect its laboring classes, and closed by hand
somely reciting the passage from Goldsmith end
ing
When once destroyed can never be supplied"
Great interest is felt in the decision, its political
consequences are thought to be marked III certain
Southern States.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
CLETELAND INFESTED WITH BURGLARS.
The HEAD or THE CITY GOVERNMENT AWAY, EN-
Gagged IN POLITICS.

The HEAD or THE CITY GOVERNMENT AWAY, EN-
GAGED IN POLITICS.
'pY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE.l
CLEVELAND, Jan. 24.-Burglars and highway
robbers have almost taken possession Of Cleveland Id
the past wentfour hours many daring crimes have oeen
committed. John Fmt, a Chinese laundryman was ROD
bed by two men, who entered his shop between ana
o'clock and all money he possessed was taken nearly
SlOO John had Just arisen at the time.
At Colnwood, a suburb OF Cleveland, early this no'h
ing two burglars entered the grocery store OF "llA
Rolf and drilled hole into the safe, which eontaheu
81 900 Rolf heard noise and surprised the thieves VINO
after firing shots fed with $50 from the drawer Roll was
uniniured Thomas Bentals tailoring establishment was
entered at o'clock this morning and large amount vi
goods taken Entrance effected by taking out pne
OF glass i'm the side door and then unlocking the doo
The thieves brought with them covered carriage; III
wich they piled fine brOadcl0hs and clothing Vaiueu u,
nearly 81 600 This burglary was committed at tae co
ner of the leading streets OF the west SIDE s SUP
posed the policeman on this beat was etner uunh VI
asleep. ., l., ,-,o,,.
Six or eight other burgares are reported IN various var %
parts OF the city Mayor John Farrey has Tor tne lst
six months spent much Of his time out OF the CITY W0k
ing for Hoadley and Payne and engaged IN oiher pou
cal schemes II is rumOred the streets tonight dhI
meeting will be held to condemn the lnefncleh
government.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
TO PAY REBATE OF TAX ON TOBACCO.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON Jan. 24.-The bill making an APP
preparation to pay the claims of dealers in tobacco
cigars, ETC., for rebate of taxes nnder the act of
March 8, 1883, was reported to the House by MI.
Burns, of the Appropriations Committee, to-day
and after a short discussion was passed II appro-
pirates So 700 900 for the purpose, aud also about
$22 900 for the expenses of session OF the lerrl-
torial Legislature of NewMexico.
In the course of the debate Mr.. Willis,
of Kentucky, tried TO make it appear that
the Conference Committee on the Tariff
bill was in fault for the delay in paying the
claims, because it had failed to report the bill IN
form that would permit them TO be PAID; lnis Us
and Judge Kelley who clearly showed that the
House and Senate and not the Conference Commit
tee were responsible for the delay.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
TIE GERMANIC TowED TO LIVERPOOL.

LONDON, Jan. 24.-The steamer Germanic
anchored to-day In the harbor Of Waterford Her pas
sengers and mails will be forwarded to-day to Queenstown
and Will be sent to NewYort the steamer Britannia
The Geranlc Is being tOwed to Liverpool All on board
were reported well
tug landed at Waterford at o'clock tonight nine OF
the Germanlc's passengers. One of them says that
after the shaft broke there was considerable
excitement on board the steamer, especially
among the steerage passengers. The vessel
behaved so well and the captain so confident that the
passengers decided TO remain on board the Germanlc
when the Western offered assistance. The sea was
very high times and the ship lay as If helpless On the
o2d there was fearful hurricane the seas sweeping over
tbe and when darkness set In the almost
gave up hope. The captain kept to the bridge
all that night and the passengers were confined In their
ouarer The gale ragged furi0usy all night ana 10 early
the next morning. On the oath the vessel drIted 70
Waterford HarbOr. The passengers hgnly praise the
conduct o the captain officers and crew OF the Gernac
The captain states that the passengers VIII De Trans
hpped by the Britannia for conveyance to ther desha
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
oDrArr cTEAnIrR TAIrNCUFD

A SMALL STEAMER LAUNCHED
PM ADEI PHIA, Jan. PA small steamer for the New
yars Cenfral Railroad Company successfully
launched from the American smp-ouluihg Company
Works to-day. .-...
HARTFORD Jan. 2i..-Among the various state Com
missOners appointed to-day by Governor waller, was
Prince H. Sanders one OF the Prison Directors Inns IL
the hrst cOOred man appointed on connecticut com
mission.
SHOWING OF A BANKRUPTs AFFAIRS.
CoSCoRD, n H., Jan. 24.-The asslgnees OF George j.
Comins, the state Prison contractor, have completed
schedule his assets aud liabilities The assets VIII az
gregate about $4,000 and the indebtedness Sl4oOOo
PLACED IN TIE FAMILY VAULT.
FAsToS PENN Jan. 24.-The remains Of the late ROD
ert a Packer OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad who died
last February removed THIS morning from sdyre 10
the family vault at Mauch Chunk
A WESTERN UNION MANAGER RESIGNS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.-Wliam G. Jones; manager In
this city OF the Western Union Telegraph Company, re-
signed his position with that company 10 accept posi-
lion with the Baltimore aud Ohio Telegraph Company.
FAVORING THE HENNEPIN CANAL
DRs MONIES, Jan. "a In the House today, resolution
i'm relation 10 the Hennepin Canal, asking Congress To a
pr0priate money for It's construction WAS adopted WIN
but one dissenting vote.
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF AN EXPLOSION.
Bos on Jan. 24.-The OF the building wreckea
by the mysterious explosion on HahoVei-sI iast 49,, W.
have instituted suit for damages against tnc
osght Company IL IL alleged that the supply pipe Ill
the cellar rust-eaten, ana eaAed suloien"! " "
the explosion.
TROY Jan 2l-A council OF the Catholic priests OF TINS
diocese Will be- held at St. Joseph froS Sely @
church rgislaton and other male" ana VIII DC tue his
one held IN Is diocese IN nine years.
RIoTOU RAILROAD LAB0kfERs PAID @ OFF Cha
CIEyELANI jan 2L-The Italian laDoiers on the
Cleveland. YDungiown and PlttsDuig hHiWhy male
more trouble to-day at Alliance ana the MAYOR vas Mas
U9id OFF n full ,hs afternoon, and all is quiet tonight.
CARELEssLY SHOT HIS SISTER.
pITTsaURG Jan. GA dispatch to The Chronicle Iele
accidentally shot his sixyearod sister this morning,
while carelessly handling revolver Iho child WILL ue
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
THE HOUSE BECOMING EXCLUSIVE.
IBY TELEGRAPH 10 TnE rRBUSE.l

WAsHNGToN Jan. 24.-The House is aping the
exclusiveness Of the Senate and in one particular
has already surpassed it. Senator may at any
time invite a friend into the room adjoining the
Senate Chamber, but Representative has no such
privilege while the House is in session. If one of
his constituents OF anybody else calls for him the
Representative must go into the open corridor,
which is usually uncOmfortably crowded by lobby
lists and others. The Senate has rule
which excludes visitors from the Chamber
for short time after the daily adjournment and
the House to-day, ON motion Of Mr.. Beach. adopted
sresolution which provides that its doors shall re-
main closed until ten minutes after the end Of the
aaly sitting.
Ths purposes of this resolution. according TO Mr.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25

Beach, is TO give members an opportunity TO escape
from the hall before visitors enter MIR. Beach has
lie has not succeeded in gaining position of such
commanding influence or prominence as 70
cause any great rush of people TO intIIde tlae
after or before the daily sittings of the House. 1t
is extremely doubtful whether Mr.. Beach has ever
been made uncomfortable in the least by the pres
ence of citizens on the floor of the liouse lmme1l
ately after the daily sttings. He, therefore c9ua
have personal interest in the resolution, ana IL
probably ought 10 be charged 10 the genera teH-
dency of certain Congressman TO ape the Amer-
can House Of Lords"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
ARRESTED F0R EMBEZzLEMENT.
my rr1rcnnrn no LIE rRrnrNE.l |

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Jan. 21-Mlchael Malth'
connected with the wholesale grocery house of umph-
reve Newton CO.. was arrested ana lodged in jail to-day
charged with having embczzled between $4,000 or $4,000
belonging 10 the firm. Martin until few years ago
leading wholesale grocer, and was quite wen knOW III
Central Illinois FOR his prominence as poiil'l N"iheI'
He failed in business aud afterwards accepted position
with Humphreys. Newton 20.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
CHARGED NTH CORRCPTING 4 JURY.

DETROIT, Jan. 24.-ProfessOr Donald Mac
Lean demOnsrator of anatomy III the medical depart
ment of the State University, obtained a verdict of
$4,000 against The ErenutO News for libel last
summer The Supreme Court yesterday denied the
motion rehearing In the meantime aeertied check
for the amount OF the verdict had been placed in the
bands NJ n third persOn az condition precedent to
sentn0 10 delay TO allow motion for reheaTng to be
made and argued. To-day injunction was applied for
10 uryent Professor MacLeans using the check on the
ground that the verdict obtained through the gOssest
Corruption in the Jury ROOM The court ordered Mac
made perDetual.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR.

LONDON, Jan 24.-Advices from Madagascar
state that the new Queen Ranavaonce III was crowned
on November %. The Queen and Premier Tas Paia
made speeches after the coronation ceremonies in when
they declared that they would not surrender an men OF
their country to the French.
PARIs Jan 24-Admiral Peyron Minister OF Marine
has received n telegram from Admiral Gaifet, dated
TaInataye Madagascar December "a, which stated that
the health OF the French troops was satisfactory Two
companies of Creole troops from the Isle Oh bouroo
eTa rendering good service one Of them was stationed
at Tamataye and the other at Maiunga Inc ateI h"u
repulsed n second attack OF the HoyIs upon MOuhga'
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
4 RINK M4NAGER DISAPPEARS.
Try TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE !

NEw-HAvEN, Jan. 24.-The New Haven Skat-
ing Rink the last years. has been one Of the popular
institutions OF the city Tho skating canNas and recep
ton held there patronzed by the best people The
success OF the rink been due to the management OF
Thomas r. Ackrin son-inaw of a prominent townsman,
L. ID. Benton.
Monday Tuesday or Wednesday night Mr.. Aclrill did
not appear at the rink To-day It has appeared that
Monday morning he left town with $1,000 OF the last weeks
receips Of the rink and has gone knows WHITTIER
Mr.. AckIfl prominent among local blcylsts, ana
was fixed by all his acquatances. he was twenty
years old He is supposed to have lived above Ills means
and TO have been unable to meet his debts.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
GERSTER REFUSES TO SING.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l

BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.-The large crowd
which went to the Academy of Music tonight to hear
Madame Gersier in Eslr d'Amore were Disappointed
by the announcement ut the box Office that she
would not appear she had not arrived from New ork
As matter of fact Madame Gestcr had left this city or
New-York on the afternoon train Colonel Mapeson
stated that she had hurried of upon hearing that hercDid
was sick Il understood however, that the break was
caused by Colonel Mapesons wanting Gerser to sing
three times in this city, after having appeared IN Ia
delphia PappenheIm had been advertised Tor one aIl
pearance and Mapeson expected Gerser would consent
ia sing on that OCCASION.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-25
RoWELDs SLUNG SHOT And PISTOL.
THE WEAPONS WITH WHICH THE BATAVIA MURDER
WAS COMMITTED.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNEI


WAS COMMITTED.
TDY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEJ
BATAVIA; n. Y, Jan. 24.-The trial OF +.
Newton Rowe was continued today before Judge
Haight There was an immense crowd of people sur
rounding the house all day. The witnesses Tor the
prosecution the mornng session were Dr. L. H. Iozer
the Coroner and W. L. Dawson, the proprietor OF he
National Hotel where Rowe formed his plans for watch
ing and catching Lynch The Coroner testified TO the
essential particulars Of the tragedy already published
He produced the slungshOt, chids striped STOCKING
containing stone the size of mans fist, which was
found in the prisoners house after the tragedy Inc
stocking was stained with what the witness sw0re TO DC
human blood. The revolver with which the shooting was
done the witness also produced. 1t is common shooter
carrying 32cabre ball. -Four OF the chambers were
empty and one ball remained Landlord Dawson testhed
that he con sidercd the prisoner irrational from his actions
on the night of the tragedy.
At the afternoon session William T. Palmer the prison
e partner testified that he had been ROwels adviser
in his family troubles lie told how he knew tha Mls
ROwc had frequently met Lynch IN Rochester ana else
where he having opened letters al the prisoners request
He testified that told him ROwell was as cold "a an
icchcry and she felt justified i'm seeking other company
The witness and prisoner had frequently discussed various
plans by which 10 absolute proof oi her nuehS
and had decided upon At this exciting point III the
testimony the court adjourned , 49,, 81,
1t Is pretty generally believed here tha the defence VIII
emotional insanity The prisoner l. calm and appears
II he has braced himself for the ordeal through "hch
he is passing. o,
Mrs Rowel has not appeared In the court yet Several
experts insanity present as witnesses Tor the oe
fence.