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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06
A FEARFUL EXPLOSION.

Twenty-Six Tons of Gunpowder Go Up In b
Flash, Carrying Death and Destruction In
Its Path--Three Men Literally Blown to.
Atoms--The Shock Felt Sixty Miles Away.
XENIA, o., March 1.-The dry house
at Goss' Station Powder mills exploded
this morning at ten o'clock, and created
the heaviest shock ever felt here. Houses.
three miles away were shattered and the
side of bridge one mile away was blown
off, Christy Mccain, who was in the
building, and Henry Franklin and Michael
Haney, transfers, who were with car
| alongside, were all blown to pieces, their
remains being gathered up in buckets.
The trunk of one of the men was found
onS hundred yards away. None of Frank
Inns remains were found. The car-wheels
were thrown one hundred and fifty yards
away. Nothing is left of the building but
! big hole in the ground.
| Mrs. John Cromwell in house some
distance away, had her arm broken and
her three children were slightly hurt.
There were twenty-siX tons OF powder
in the building at the time.
A warehouse near by, with nearly fifty
tons of powder in it, had its roof caved
in by falling timbers. A boiler that stood
alongside of the building can not be found,
Portions of clothing and flesh are hang
ing in tree tops.
The shock was felt sixty miles away.
The Little Miami Express train had
passed about fifteen minutes before.
Christy Mccain was fifty years old
He leaves wife and one child.
Henry Franklin was forty years DID,
and leaves wife and four children.
Michael Hanly was thrty-seven years
of age, and leaves a wife and three chill
dren, who are in Ireland.
The shock in this city resembled an
earthquake, breaking windows, and
turning things upside down.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE heaviest snow-storm for years Wis
tied Maine on the 9th. The wind blew al
most a hurricane, and the snow drifted
badly.
THE first snow Of the season in Augusta,
Ca, on the night of the 9th. Dispatches
from other portions of the State report
heavy fall Of snow
SERvIA refuses to accept the treaty OF
peace drafted by Bulgaria. The treaty has
therefore not yet been signed.
THE Virginia Senate on the 9th rejected
by an overwhelming vote proposition to
amend the constitution so as to repudiate
all of the bonds not funded under the RID
dleberger settlement.
AT Philadelphia, ON the 2Sth, Gottlieb
Lentz, a German, cut his wife's throat with
razor and then shot himself with a revolt
YER, both dying instantly. The tragedy
was the result Of jealv-sly on the part OF
the husband.
SAM JONES' four weeks revival season
opened at Chicago on the 2Sth at t. 9 Tab.
ernacle erected for Moody's use. Notwith-
standing the inclement weather the church
was filed before the time for service to be-
gin. Fully 5000 persons were present.
A CORPORATION has been formed known
as the Cotton Oil Company, which controls
every desirable mill west of the Mississippi
river and 60 per cent. of the mills Of the
entire country.
THE Mississippi Legislature has passed a
law to define and punish the crime Of
teaching polygamous doctrines in the
State, or of persuading others to adopt or
embrace the same,
THE United States Supreme Court rem
! dered a decision on the 1st denying the
right of a State to tax Pullman cars being
run through the State.
THE new Bridge Works Company of Bir-
mingham, Ala, have completed The plant
and begun operations.
Hon. HENRY WATTERsoN has so far re-
covered as to be able to dictate a short edi'
torial for his paper.
a NUMBER of moonshiners plead guilty
in the United States Court at Birmingham,
Ala, on the I'd, and were given an average
sentence of forty days and 500 fine.
THE President on the ID approved the
acts removing the disabilities Of Alexander
P. Stewart, of Mississippi, Edward G. w
Butler, of Missouri, and Thomas L. Rosser
of Virginia.
THE 5Oth anniversary of the declaration
Of Texas independence was generally oG
served as a holiday throughout the State
on the ID.
The Mississippi Legislature on the &c
repealed the agricultural lien law, whitf
allowed mortgages to be given on crops
fifteen months before they were planted
The repeal will take effect July 1, 1856.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06
The Chinese Must Go.

PORTLAND, Ore, March 2.-Between
midnight and two O'Clock this morning a
mob of eighty masked men visited the
Chinese working back of East Portland
and Albina, an eastern suburb of this city,
and drove them out. There were $50
Chinese in all, and all of them were en-
gagged in housekeeping and grubbing on
land lying from one to three miles
back of the towns mentioned. The
mob came to the camps where the
Chinese were sleeping, routed them
out and ordered them to pack up and
leave at once. The Chinese offered no.
resistance ard allowed themselves to be
driven to the ferry-boat and taken to.
this city. The mob worked with great
secrecy. The night was dark and the
officers of the law knew nothing of its
action until the Chinese arrived here aud
were marching up the street from the
ferry at 2 a. m.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06
Can't Tax the sleepers.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-In the Su-
preme Court yesterday decisions were
rendered in two of the five Tennessee tax
cases. The principle involved was
one belonging to Interstate commerce
and the question was whether
the State could tax the Pullman sleeping
cars which run within and through the
State. The lower court decided that the
State could not levy such tax, and the
Supreme Court of the United States af-
irmed that decision.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

MARTIN VAN FLEET, the defaulting
treasurer of Huron County, o., has been
held for extradition by the Dominion Court
at Brantford, Ont, on the charge of forg-
ing and altering the county records.
THE Lutheran Cemetery s. Cypress Hill
Railroad Company's depot at Brooklyn,
n. Y, burned ON the 9th, together with
forty cars, seven motors and a quantity Of
harness, involving a loss of 100000; par
TALLY insured.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

A FURIOUS blizzard prevailed during the
night of the Goth in the vicinity of Boston
and for long distance down the eastern
coast. At Portland twenty inches of snow
had fallen, and ice was still forming. Bus
mess was at a standstill.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE London Standards Rome corre-
spondent learns from the Jesuit portion Of
the Vatican that the Pope does not favor
the separation of England and Ireland, on
the ground that separation would be inim-
ical to the Catholic religion.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE London trades unions unanimously
reject aid from the Mansion House relief
fund. They declare they are able to pro-
vide for their own members out of employ
ment. The ratio Of their members out Of
work is only three per cent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

CHARLOTTE SMITH testified before the
House committee on accounts on the 9th
that the House paid fifty cents dozen for
washing it's towels, whereas the Treasury
Department gets the same work done for
fifty cents per hundred.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

RETURNS from various parts of the Fifth
Congressional District Of Wisconsin show
T. R. Hudd, Democrat, of Green Bay, to
have been elected by large majority as
successor to the late Congressman Joseph
Rankin
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

In the British House of Commons on
the 25th grant of $1,000 was made for
medals for volunteers who took part in the
campaign against Riel.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is said to be
very much overworked, and his friend are
suggesting methods of relieving him of
the heavy strain,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

MRS. THos. A. HENDRICKS has been
chosen member of the board of directors
of the Hecla Mining Company, to fill the
place of her deceased husband.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

NJ. LoCKREY, French Minister of Com
merce, has been urged to continue the
prohibition of American hog products, but
has decided to wait for the hygienic COM
mittee's report as to the alleged presence
of trichine in American pork.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THERE were 24S failures in the United
States and Canada reported during the
seven days ended the Goth, as against 2S6
for the week before.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended February
20 was S3OG,9SO The issue during the same
period of last year was Sl2l ,49S. The ship
ments of fractional silver coin during
February amounted to Sl66,459
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
In Difference to the wishes of its employees
expressed through its grievance commit
tee, has decided to abrogate the compul =
sorry feature in its proposed relief fund
scheme
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

IT is estimated that there has been de-
crease of S2,jOO,0OO in the public debt dur
ing the month of February. The pension
payments during the month were S11 ,OOO,-
900.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

! IT is confirmed from a Chinese source
shat China will not consent to the cession
of Bhamo and adjoining districts to En-
gland. If England does not yield, China
threatens to organize rebellion of the
tribes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

Mr.. WINSTON, United States Minister to
Persia, has reached Constantinople, on his
way to Teheran.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE total value of merchandise and gold
and silver exported from the United States
during January past amounted to $685.
5G2, against $50, j32, $50 in January, 1885.
The totalvalue of imports for January last
was S4739S, 400, against S42,22l III in jan
narY. 1SSj.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

PRINCE BISMARCK is said to be suffering
with sciatica, and will receive no callers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

SECRETARY LAMAR has requested the
Attorney General to institute suits against
parties for timber trespass upon lands re-
served for school purposes in Washington
Territory.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE Virginia Legislature passed bill
on the oath which provides that a ma
jority of voters, and not simply a ma
jory of those voting at previous elections,
shall determine whether liquor shall be
sold or not. This practically defeats local
option in the State.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE amount of standard dollars in the
Treasury, after deducting silver certif-
Gates in circulation, February 20, was
$S2j,S75546, as compared with $67,627,S42
in the Treasury July 81, 1885.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

CREOLE ladies of New Orleans gave an
elegant reception to Admiral Lacombe and
officers of the French feet at the art hall of
the exposition ON the Goth. The French
Marine band furnished the music.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

AYoUNG commercial traveller, who was
on his bridal tour and spending few days
at Monaco, was found dead on the gath at
Monte Carlo. He ruined himself at the
gambling table and then committed sui.
eide.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE President gave the second of his Of
fetal receptions on the night Of the both,
the officers of the army and navy being the
guests of honor. The diplomatic corps,
judiciary and Congress were expected to
meet them, but Congress did not partici.
pate to any extent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-03-06

THE commercial depression in Sweden
has reached crisis. The number of fail.
ures in Stockholm is steadily increasing.
The grayity.of the financial situation has
not been paralleled since the panic of 1857
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
STEVENS AND MORTON COUNTIES.

The attorney general and lawyers about
Topeka seem to be in state of mind over
the question rs to whether Stevens and
Morton counties have any real existence,
because it seems the proper officers OF the
senate and house of last winter failed
through an oversight to attest the bills with
their signatures. When it comes to mat
ters where plain common sense should gov
ern, then the average lawyer proves idiotic.
Because of this oversight or neglect, and
which could be easily Strengthened by the
coming legislature in legalizing act, or by
an enabling act of some character, the law
yers are going 10 throw the matter into the
supreme court, presumably that some fat
fees may be corralled upon the one side,
and that some dissatisfied parties in said
counties may come out on top, upon the
other side. The proposed action is an out
rage en- the settlers, the inhabitants and the
taxpayers of these counties, which have
been organized fully and expensive cleo
tons held, settling county seats and other
matters. OF course Sam Woods pestifer-
Gus hands are in this racket and costly
muddle
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
\ MAGNIFICENT WORK.

The new, revised, and greatly enlarged
edition cf the Annals of Kansas has Just
been issued. 1t is magnificent volume.
Of 1 1876 pages, the largest book ever printed
in the state, and contains q note Or annal of
every important event connected with Kan
sas, from the setting out of Coronado's ex-
pedition in 1541 to the issuance OF Prof.
SHOWS meteorological report for December
81, 1885. In this book will be found in
brief all of our pre-territorial, territorial,
and state history. Every territorial or state
election ever held in Kansas, with
full returns of the vote cast and
the name of every candidate, will be
found here. Here are the names
of every governor and other state officer,
every United States officer, every United
States senator and member Of the house Of
representatives frcul Kansas, and every
member Of the legislature, in connection
with his time Of service. Here are notices
of all the state conventions and platforms,
summaries Of all the important acts passed,
all the appropriations in detail, year by
year, the founding of all the public institu-
tons, the meetings of religious bodies, the
starting of newspapers; in short, every
thing worthy Of record in the history of
Kansas, down to the close of 1885.
This book ought to be in every
district school library in the state,
and in the private library of every inieli-
gent citizen As speciman Of book
making, the work is q credit to the state.
The type is new; the paper = made espec
tally for the work = heavy and fine; the
binding rich and substantial, as BELTS
so great work A beautiful steel engrav-
ing of Hon d. W. Wilder, the author,
constitutes the frontispiece; and the book
is appropriately dedicated to
Hon. r. Dwight Thacher, State
printer, to whose enterprise the public are
indebted for the work. At S. per copy
the book is marvel of cheapncss, contain
ing as it does hundreds of pages of costly
tabular work, election returns and the like.
The edition is limited; the book is not ste
reotyped, and will never be reprinted. 1t is
sold by subscription. The agent in this To-
cality is w. B. Hutchinson.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
A TRUE VERSION.
From the Ell Dorado Republican.


Col. A. J. Porter of Dallas, who has
spent upwards Of a month In the City of
Mexico, last week arrived home. He left
the capital Of the sister republic September
5th, at which time the Sedgwick scandal
was still the sensation of the hour. When
asked regarding the Sedgwick scandal he
said: The published reports are all true
and more than half of his disgraceful con
duct has never been made public He got
disgracefully drank and attended ball
given by the Jockey club and wound up at
Il bawdy house known as Miss MINIS. On
hearing of it, Colonel West, formerly
of Parsons. Kansas, now of Wash
ington City, having learned that
members of the Jockey club had
cut Sedgwick's hat and coat into shreds,
went to the den Of infany to take him a hat
and coat, when Sedgwick, who was still
drunk, told him to go to HI he was no
baby; he was able TO take care of himself.
Sedgwick walked to the streets drunk with
members of the jockey club and conducted
himself so shamefully that every Ameri-
can in the city hung his head in shame
II see that Secretary Bayard has stated
that he will take the word of Sedgwick as
to the truth of the reports If the secre-
tary wishes proof of his guilt, he can get
any amount of it from American residents
of tho city of Mexico.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
THE DEMOCRATS NEGRO.

The Democrats nominee for auditor Of
state, w ID. Kelly, made the EAGLE a
call yesterday Mr.. Kelly is a colored man
and so colored that the average Democrat
who is permitted TO shake his hand will be
in no danger of not making out the fact thai
Kelly belongs to the race which the Demo
Gratis so long robbed and oppressed For
a Democrat Mr. Kelly seemed quite at
home in the EAGLE sanctnm. but it WASH
his politics so much as his color which
caused him TO grasp a Republican hand
with such confidence Poor deluded soul;
he will be the worst beat Democrat that
ever ran for Office in this state and heaven
knows we are in the habit Of beating thai
crowd bad enough ordinarily. Kelly wont
know next November that he WAS ever put
up for office. The colored people will cut
him. the Irish Democrats will cuss him, the
old Bourbon Democrats will scratch him,
the whisky Democrats will mock at him.
and Mr. Kelly the confident colored man
will be made to realize three months hence
that the Democrats not only made q fool of
him but fools of themselves.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
POOR ROSE.

Rose Cleveland sends up through the
columns of the last number of her maga-
zinc wall for sympathetic appreciation
which is simply heart rending. She throws
upon her page a picture Of absolute aban-
don Of which her own dear self, crying
out. Why won't men marry, as the cen
tral figure. Dear, Rose, throw down your
pen, throw away your ambition and let
your hair grow, and some worthy fellow
may overlook all yosr mistakes and con
sent to stand by YOU in your iongings TO be
come the mother, the queen of a happy
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
OUR NEW RAILROAD.

From the Usage Chronicle
A letter received recently by Honorable
L. Finch from Mr. Long, tlAsaesncral man
ager of the Kansas, Colorado & Texas
railroad, contains the gratifying intelli-
gence that work on the new line will soon
begin. Some difficulty has been expert
enced in securing the necessary material,
and a portion Of the steel rails will proba-
bly, be shipped from England. Mr. Long
says, however, that the contractors expect
to have the road completed to Burlingame
by January 1st, 1887.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18

intimation of anything wrong; neither was
there, and as an additional clincher, Mr..
Eicholtz told the writer about week after
the convention, that he was satisfied, and
was sorry, as he claimed the convention ad-
iourned before he had time to make the
nomination unanimous, which he de-
sired to do. The trick that de-
feated Mr.. Eicholtz was that
he did not have a sufficient number of
votes, and never could have had, if the
balloting had continued infinitely. There
were three votes absent from the First
ward that were elected, instructed and in
tended to vote for Carpenter, and under
the rule of the convention he should have
been given thirty-six instead of thirty three
votes. This trick" scheme has been
gotten up very lately by a few friends Of
the defeated candidate We hope, how
ever, that Mr. Eicholtz, when he has care
fully considered this proposed move, will
abandon his fruitless scheme
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
READ THE FACTS.

At a low estimate there arc two hundred
saloons running wide open in Leavenworth.
1t has been estimated that the average sales
of these two hundred places per day is
about $15. But let us be reasonable and
put it at s. per day and figure from the
basis.-Leavenworth Times.
There is no doubt but that the average
amount received over the counters of each
of the two hundred saloons in Leavenworth
is higher than that stated by the Times.
though it may not be SO high as the esti-
mate referred to. Perhaps ten dollars per
day would be nearer the truth. Counting
3l3 days for year and leaving out the
Sunday receipts, these "wide open" saloons
in one city in a prohibition state, receive
the enormous sum of six hundred and
twenty six thousand dollars in single year
Springfield (Mo) Herald.
There is no question but our figures
were too low The Herald's estimate of
$40 per day is near correct.
Six hundred and twcnty-siX thousand
dollars taken away from the legitimate
sQuandered for the vilest kind of poison!
And yet our business men never say one
word against traffic that is daily cutting
their throats As matter of self prOtec-
ton to them, one would think they would
favor the enforcement of the law in Leav-
enwOrth
If the saloons in Leavenworth were
closed this enormous sum of 1926, 900
would be divided up among the business
houses Of the city in the purchase of dry
goods groceries, clothing and other neces-
saries of life. This being the case, what
would be the result? Divide this $626, 600
that is annually paid to the saloons, equally
between 100 of the leading business estab-
lishments of LeavenwOrth and we find that
their sales would be increased S6,2G0 an
nually.
And yet business men say ii will injure
their trade to express an opinion against
this traffic in rum-Leavenworth Times.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
A RAILROAD FIZZLE.

Kansas City is in another peck of trouble.
That town in imitation of Wichita struck
out for new railroad. The road was to
run from the mouth of the Raw northwest
so as to corrall the trade of Atchison, ST.
Joe and other up river points. As Mis-
sourians are not railroad builders they had
the scheme headed by Ex-Governor An
thony and some other Kansans. The
trouble now consists in the fact that The
men in New York who were to furnish
the money have gone back on the scheme
which was wild and foolish one at best.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
IT WON'T WORK.

Certainparties are trying to create the
impression that Charley Luling will not
support the republican ticket. We are
authorized by him to say that there Is no
foundation whatever for this report. Mr..
Luling made gallant fight for the nomi-
nation but the fortunes of war were against
him and he lost it, and while he would
naturally be disappointed, he has no inten-
tons of being untrue to his friends or his
party. He has host Of warm friends in
the party who recognize his ability and
worth to eli any county office, and they
are anxious to assist him in the future.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18

The Usage Chronicle this week publishes
a noticle of the death of Mrs. Martha Helen
Drew, wife of Captain W. Y. Drew, whose
headquarters, as special agent of the In
terror department, were in Wichita the
year past The marriage of Captain Drew
and Helen Pomeroy occurred at Burlin-
game in September, 1863, and theirs was
the first marriage notice ever published in
paper says that Mrs. Drew's closing mo
mcnts were wonderfully peaceful and her
manner collected, she kissing each member
of the family and closing with the observa-
ton to her husband, eve have been a
happy family"
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-18
WHY HE BOLTED.

In commenting on the EAGLES article
announcing Mr.. Eichholtz's desire and in
tention to bolt the action OF the Republi-
can convention which failed to nominate
him as the candidate for representative. the
Valley Center News observes as follows,
and no doubt truthfully:
The above comes with very bad grace in
deed. as at the time Mr.. Eicholtz expressed
his feelings as to his defeat, there was no