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Show LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. Reported Kp,--'ti!y for th ST Lakl U.-3t.UJ) bj tVtW-'-ri Union 'IVieruph. I The Wan Dominyo Invest. -; Ration. c- "ictinsr Reports fuitl rau?e Disclosures. The late Terrific Explosion in Massachusetts. Another Fearful Explosion iu Philadelphia. GENERAL. The Late Terrible Explosion. Worcester, Mass., 25. The inquest commenced yesterday, on the body of Cronan, killed by the explosion on Thursday last. The investigation brought out the fact that the car which exploded contained one box of a thousand exploders, used in blasting, and ten cases, contents unknown, but suoposed to have been a valine, an ex-plo ex-plo ive sixty six p.rts of which are nitro glycerine. Several clerks in the Boston freight office were examined as well as the conductor of the train and tho.-e t ear at' the time of the explosion. ex-plosion. The. inquest will probably last several days. It is determined the ra tter shall be sifted to the bottom. The boxes mei tinned were directed to Stanley, North Adams, one of the Hoosac tunnel contractors, and he will be eximinQ before the jury. No deaths have occuned among the wounded. The ruius were visited by thousands during the cay The San Domingo Investigation. Chicago, 25. Washington specials give a synopsis of the majority and minority reports on the San Domingo investigation committee. The former completely exonerates Geueral Babcock from all the chaiges made against him. and states that Hatch was imprisoned by Baez becau-e he (Hafjh) sided with Cubral when the trouble commenced between him and Baez; that there was no lack of promptne-s on the part of this government gov-ernment in interfering fur Hatch's re lease, and there is no evidence except that of Perry, who, the committee claim, is unworthy of belief to show that Babcock prevented or delayed his iclease. As to the pr. ceedings attemJ ing the negotiations of the treaty, there is no evidence to show fraud, underhanded under-handed dealing or bad faith on the part of : ny agent of the government. B ibeock conducted himself throughout as befitting an officer holding the relations rela-tions he dues to the president, not exceeding ex-ceeding in any way his instructions I he majority report is signed by Howard, How-ard, who prepared it, and Warner, Williams and .Nye, and is an exceedingly exceed-ingly lengthy document, covering eighty legal cap pages. The minority report, drawn by Gen. SchuiZ is briefer. The paperis signed by himS'-lf, Kerry and the two VicKers It is very sharp and decisive in language. lan-guage. and luu.st attract attention when published. If starts wilh the direct di-rect statement that the charges of Hatch against General Babcock iiave been fuily substantiated It ad ui its that t eiry is not wholly consist ent with himself cu some minor points, but holds that tne essential tacts in his evidence are substantiated by official offi-cial documents and what was drawn from Babcock and his f iends on cross examination. Reference is made to the fact that he (Peiry) was endorsed in liith terms, when he went down to San Domingo by Geu. Sneridan, the I resident and others, as a man whu had done good service in the at my and was of truthful, honorable character. The report quotes quite feely from his testimony, jinu brings what Babcock Bab-cock says into comparison, to show that ce tain things sworu to must of neces sity be in tne main t ue; and the evidence evi-dence ot Captaiu Queen and Admiral Pour, and letters rroui Casenau and the Dominican minister of state are quoted to sho-v that Babcock was early informed of all acts about Hatch, and was in complicity with Baez and his cabinet t keep him confined outot this couniry till the treaty had been passed upon by the senate. One ot the points against Babcock is, that he actively and vigorously interfered to get the release of an ex rebel sold er wh'o had been convicted of murder and used a vessel out of our navy to pursue one got out by Cabral that Baez winted to capture; and the ml nority thinks if these things could be done Without instructions it was very strange Babcock couid do nothing to aid such a person as Hatch, woo had been arretted and tried on trumped up charges before an illegal tribunal Another point is that while Bab'-ock was warned againsi CaseniU by Secretary Secre-tary Fish, ho at odcc put himself on intimate terms with that speculator, I and did what he eon'd to bring Perry under t!." control "I the ring. The mli-ial aliments in the case : ! are numerous and of ihe highost j importance. Admiral Poor write? 1 delai.ing a conversation that he had , with T'd'?. in which the Dominican I pre.-ideiu openly avowed his purpose to keep Hatch in confinement, fur the reason that he was inimical to him a-wil a-wil a to rhe treaty. Captain Qu en wr tes saying he would have tried to do something for Hatch, but was prevented pre-vented by the fact that Babcock had control of his vessel, and declined to allow him to go where Hatch was confined. con-fined. There are various letters from B.ibcock showing his relations with Baez and those around him, and diplomatic dip-lomatic dispatches from the Dominican minister of state, proving that he also thought it well to keep Hatch out of the way for a season. There are letters let-ters from Oasenau, who is a naturalized natural-ized American citizen, with large grants in San Domingo, wherein he also re-veal re-veal that he heartily approved of the plan fur the imprisonment of Hatch ; and a long report from Perry in which he details the course of the negotiations, negotia-tions, speaks of the relation of Babcock Bab-cock to the Dominican authorities, and tells of the suspicious things he said and. heard. There is also one document of most singular character, that alone and in itself throws a whole flood of light on this San Domingo business, and it is thought by some of those who have seen it that it will furnish a key to the Piesident's anxiety to have the treaty ratified. It is the original protocol made by the Dominican minister minis-ter of state, and general Babcock, who takes the title of aid de-camp of the president, and was made on the fourth of last September. In the first article of this document he pledges privately to use his influence in tavi r of the annexation an-nexation of San Domingo among the senators, and submit no treaty till be feels sure it can command votes enough to secure ratification. Another Explosion. Philadelphia 25. An explosion occurred oc-curred eary this morning, in the store of Jimes Bussick. on the wharf. The building was filled with fireworks, and in a few minutes the entire establishment establish-ment was destroyed. A boy passing along was hur'ed a great distance, his eyes destroyed, and it is feared he is fatally injured. Charles Rhodes, a fireman, who entered the building with a hose, was terribly injured by a second explosion and has since died Seveial other firemen are slightly injured. The explosion is attributed to spontaneous combustion. |