Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-30

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Professor Edwil
 David Sanborn, of Dartmouth college, diee
 to-day at the Rossmore Hotel, aged seventy
 seven years. He was a native of Gilmanton N. H., and was graduated from Dartmouth 1 in the class of 1883. He was identified with l the college through the greater part of hii | life. He married niece of Daniel Webster | and one of his children is Miss Kate Sanborn l the writer and lecturer.
 A FrIghtful Gas Explosion. ATTAINING, Pa., Dec. 29.-A terrible gas
 explosion occurred this morning in East
 Franklin township, two miles distant, by
 which three men were seriously burned. Gas well No. 2 being drilled by the Kitan-
 ming iron company was just completed and some of the mill officers were examining and l testing it's pressure. By some means, sup posed to be from the fire under the boiler, l the gas became ignited, resulting in fearful | explosion. The flames shot upward for al | most two h:,ndred feet in the air, completely destroying the derrick and all the woodwork in the vicinity and seriously burning H. A. Colwell, manager, Charles T. Neal, superin- tendent of the Kitanning iron company, and
 James K. Myler, the driller.
 THE WATER WAS TOO LOW And the Boiler Went Up With Fatal Results to Eight Men. MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 29.-This morning just after midnight one of the boilers of the Gulf City oil works exploded with terrific force, blowing out the east and west walls of the
 building and destroying the adjoining sheds. At the time of the explosion J. s. Staunton
 of Social, Ga., the fireman, and twenty four colored hands were at work. A crowd soon
 collected and began extricating the wounded whose cries could be heard from all parts of the debris. Early this morning the
 work was finished and it was found that eight men were killed or injured as follows:
 J. s. Staunton, fatally injured; Israel Bra 1 cey, fatally scalded; Archie Hicks, fireman, l fatally injured; F. P. Jones, fatally scalded. Morris Waller, Willis Black, Daniel Jackson and Peter Chasteyn were burned to death. Their charred bodies were found in the de bris. Richard Hunter and William Borden were also seriously injured. The explosion l is attributed to lack of water in the boiler. l It occurred just after midnight. The whistle had just blown for lunch or the casualties might have been greater The coroner is Investigating the cause of the explosion, assisted by experts. The in jured are being taken care of at their homes. Homes For The Poor In Ireland. CORK, Dec. 29.-The poor law board of guardians of this city are about to make
 interesting experiment in providing homes poor people, They propose to erect 273 cottages at cost of e1OO each, the ea7, 300
 being borrowed from the government board of works at low rate of interest. The houses are to be rented to deserving heads of families at one shilling per week.
 Quarter of a Million Loss.
 GREENvILLE, Miss, Dec. 29.-At 1:30 this morning fire broke out in William Stead & Co. $ oil mill. A stiff wind was blowing and owing to lack of water the entire building was soon in flames. On the north and west side there were ten dwelling houses occupied by the employees which were also burned. A cotton yard near the mill containing about twenty-six hundred bales also caught and only two hundred bales could be saved. Ill this yard was cotton seed house which was destroyed The loss on the mills is as follows: Building and machinery $75,- 900; sheds and oil $55, ,000; insurance $32,- 0O3. The cotton was owned by a local and New Orleans merchant Loss $75,OO0; in surance $55, 900. The loss on the residences is not known, but the to.sl joss amounts to $250,0G0
 Evarts on the Silver Question.
 BOSTON, Dec. 29.-A Washington specisl to the Transcript says: Senator Evarts says that his course on the silver question will in wise deviate from the position ho assumed at the international silver conference in Paris. He says that but for the interference of his government this question would have been settled at the conference and thus all the present agitation might have been avoided. MT: Evarts says that when the debate is fair ly open and the proper time has arrived for views on the question. He therefore declines to be interviewed or interrogated in any way in regard to the matter"
 Another Call For Three Per Cents.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Secretary Man ming late this afternoon issued call for S10,- 900, 900 of per cent bonds payable Febru- ary next, interest to cease on that date. The bonds included in the call are as fol lows: $50, original number 299 to original No. 303, both inclusive, and original No. ,314 to original No. 1867, both inclusive; S100 original No. 2, 166 to original No. 2,204, both inclusive, and original No. 9,534 to original No. 9,963, both inclusive; $500 orig inal ,O76 to original No. Il ,090, both inclusive and original No ,0S0 to original No. 4,200 both inclusive; S1 ,000 original No. g, 7S7 to original No 10 012 both inclusive, and original No 23 oil to original No. 25, 3S7 both inclu- sive; S1O,e original No. 17;401 to original No. Is, ,364, both inclusive.