| Show BY TELEGRAPH AMERICAN washington 5 9 the commission which has been inquiring into the new yew yolk post rost office disaster report to secretary sherman that the accident was caused first by an imperfect trus truss which was not the kind approved or contracted for second that the truss was not examined by a competent person before put to the strain the secretary of war today to day issued an order directing t hat that 2500 enlisted men of the army bo be discharged between this thia and july in lit order that they may be paid out of the appropriation jor for the cur rolt fiscal year NEW YORK 9 the co ronert verdict in the post office accident is death through irh the incompetency of treasury officials als ais and that the united states government is responsible for the calamity the roof was over loaded with wilh concrete supervising architect mullett and his hla local employees are arv responsible for thib thia the civil engineer m who alone aro competent to such have apparently no authority mullett is especially re probated by name and the liaa lira is that intelligence f cy 21 loal IGI I 1 la regul ete ate tto tte and this has hhas not been eee bee secured ared by bi government in this ca gae case cae e POUTS VILLE 9 the following are additional of f tile the fatal mine ex explosion thomas conners among the last 0 of the men brought out our had bad bid hid head bead and both legs blown off herbert IN moore foore another of the vic tims pre presented anted a frightful appearance his face oace and body being dreadfully burned and unit jno juo durkin vas was thrown with great violence e against the P props add and walls and aud instantly insi antly autly killed kii kil jed edward wb who escaped describes the gas after igniting as flying through the mine mino with lightning rapidity destroying everything jn iks its path hearing the tho first rep report ort quickly lay down and the tho gas passed over him it koan became necessary to un fresh air into the mine sa S foul had the gas gaa that those sent to rescue the men could only work at short intervals jas leady was badly burned it isi s doubtful if it he can recover two miners have just come up and report ta anata at a large quantity of coal has fallen on benj mosely andja and it will ba be impossible to get at him for some bome time no hopes are arb entertained for his recovery alive latest in formation indicates that seven men have bave been billed and six ser sei seriously injured CHICAGO 9 the tribunes springfield Dak Dakota tp special says a council was he held heid 1 today to day by poncha indians indian at agency near springfield and their purpose of resisting the government was abandoned they fenall finally concluded to go to the new reservation in the indian territory peace peaceably aby NEW BEDFORD mass MaESS 7 9 z uto to night a ter terrine rilia explosion occurred in the wholesale oil store of W E dunham on pocasset Po casset street arousing the entire tiro city A A vast volume of flames shot up immediately the building was entirely destroyed also the adjoining one occupied by hendrie hendrick ls loom co and a french weekly paper la eur cur the losses are not yet known but very large the cause of the explosion is unknown NEW yoek YORK 10 the berat Beral beralas ds london special ecial confesses that the sultan ab abdul adul ham hamid id refuses to al low the herald correspondent to a accompany the turkish army the times jeays says conrad ealler one of the sharers in tho the old tarm tarn ivany ring spoils has been for a week jeus his liabilities are thero there is a woman in tap case ee who tho says sass tweed is 14 maidby gaid said by his hid to be a gnat at ikuo and to be bo breaking breaking down fast it is ii not nut thought that ho he will survise survive anything like a long imprisonment or even will ilvo live 10 lo loog dg after a speedy release ills his intention bo delbet be le ie 1 is 8 t to 0 r remain e h la yn in new york until h he e wil sti can cap dono farther selvlee ervice to the city and i kl hinte a te as a witness s and and und then leave the city eity forever dispatches state that the fib steamer zak bak dakota ota was ashore on point limas forty five miles from liverpool the passengers passenger g and crew creg we berell adall saved swed but the vessel and will wih probably be a total loss at limas the coast Is steel r rocky ck and unit dan dangerous 9 gerou y s point is where the mo noar roal w 1 ai chur Char chutter charter Cr an australian enli enil emigrant 43 gram clipper was waa wrecked on october otil when nearly persons perished and about a year ago the kreimer Ab botsford a splendid ocean steamer was also wrecked the rho dakota was about tons burden and valued at she was commanded by captain james price who has the reputation of being a thoroughly skilled and experienced perien ced mariner the ship and cargo are bupp supposed oed to bo be fully insured the dakotas passengers will sail on saturday in the steamer wisconsin counterfeit fifties on tho the central N national bank of this city have been CLEVELAND 0 10 this morning a sharp encounter took place between the striking coopers and the tho police about strikers accompanied compa nied by of their women assembled at the df different ferent entrances to the cooper of the standard oil company to prevent the men from going to work the chief of police polled ordered them to disper seand upon their refusal al to doso boso do so ordered h hla hia uton 9 men to disperse the mob by force which wa was done A number of the strikers werm were severely injured the of the standard oil company regard this aa as the last attempt of tho the strikers to prevent the men from going to work pottsville POTTS VILLE pa 10 the T last of the victims of the wadesville Wa desville disaster benjamin Moseley was found at midnight his body was neither burned nor scarred and it is sup i posed that he was wai smothered by choke damp the senator woodin committee I 1 ha has hab made a rep cit conal concurred burred in by every member and adopted unanimously by the senate stating that they were unable to find anything to 0 substantiate the testimony of bvm bvm ba M Twee tweed dand and the tho charges are pronounced Nt latterly terly without foundation philadelphia 10 public an and private buildings are ato covered with bunting and fla fia flag and banners are everywhere seau the 1 he interest taken by the people in the present and permanent exposition is not les iee s than was manifested a year igo go at the opening of the grander though tian centennial exposition at ten I 1 the president and his cabinet officers ad and boker united states 31 minister ti to russia breakfasted with col eol mcmichael the tho Editor of the orth america american I 1 at atone one tho the president dept and party drove from the tho hotel to the exhibition Pr grounds escorted by the first city pity troop the city councils committee having in irl charge the arrangements for ex president grants reception waited on him at the reAl residence dence of J W paul west chestnut street and accompanied him to the union league feague house where governor hartranft and other state Off meers officers were gathered and from there the party started for the he exhibition grounds tho tile pro ro gramme grammo of exercise sat tho opening was made up of music prayer address and benediction during tho the performance of the prelude governor hartranft and staff nied filed upon the platform followed by hy president hayes the organ play ing lug hail hall to the chief after the festival overture the right stevens offered a prayer and an address was delivered by clement IL biddle president of the exhibition the company introduced the choral the angel of peace when Pres president dent hayes made the following proclamation rocla rocia mation matlon 1 I now declare the linter international national exhibition for the season of 1877 open the hallelujah chorus was waa followed by an address from john welsh and the march of the men of Colum columbia biawas was sung alfred T goshorn made an all addres address when the tho chorus orchestra and organ united in riving giving the centennial hymn 11 bishop simpson bestowed tho the benediction which closed the inaugural ceremonies NEW orleans 10 in tn response to the proclamation of nicholl A today to day is celebrated as thanksgiving service is held in all the churches and a general hallda holiday is observed flags are arc displayed throughout the cit yand city eity and tonight to night many buildings are illuminated the visiting I 1 companies from rio mobile moi were ip at the st cb charles irles anu and city hotels the grand reception ball given glyen them at st SL patric patricks ls hall hail tonight to night was ely efy at atten ended dedi ex governor 1 packard toi to i ight sent the f following to lo senator blaine t the ovel throw of the lawful state slate government was appropriately celebrated eb rated today to day Detachment detachments 8 of the army and navy of the united states participated with the white league of alabama and louisiana in this celebration of democratic suc success cess cees did poetic justice require that the honors cf this achievement should be thus equally divided in the absence of a commission the gray was accorded the post of honor to the blue and asked no apology apo legy the custom house and post were closed iu in admira tion of the event it is probable that united states stales interference will not be required hereafter signed abd AED philadelphia 10 L Large arge waited for the 0 to the thie exposition grounds and rand from noon until two poured steadily the gates until forty or fifty thou thau thousand people had entered the building flags of all nations adorned the speak ae erlis plat form the president reached the building at p m when the battery on bu georges georgea hill elii fired a salute of twenty one guns in his hollor seated about him on the platform were ex president grant bishop thop shop simpson L 1 handall randall gen Go goshorn james G blaine and other laties including olty organizations 10 the exer clees ches of laying tle tho the corner stone of the tho monument enu enc dedicated to the confederate dead wore were conducted by rna masonic onie onic rites lites A detachment of united states troops headed by the second infantry band participated CHICAGO io 10 in rn a sale of short horns today to lo day the duchess of airdrie brought the fancy price rice of E lippincott of illinois being the purchaser the duke of aird airdrie rio rie brought the purchaser being bvm Babco clr cir of canton ills washington 10 an order by gen sherman announces that the instructions will be followed in reducing the army to men as directed by the secretary of war NEW YORK 11 the heralds washington special says the lecture of fred douglass delivered in baltimore on washington city is exciting no little amount of local indignation there is some talk about getting up a petition to the president asking him to remove Dou douglass glass glase in the lecture he characterized the old residents as indolent and ignorant he declares the city is filled with duplicity and servility and occupied by people who endeavor to get something for nothing who wear their hats pulled down over their eyes like thieves and robbers aud and who do this lie he mildly added to give them a congressional gress grest ional lonal look he charged them further with aiding treason of standing between impeachment and andrew johnson and of bf hatching the plot that killed billed lincoln in n blan elan slandering dering the people of this district the lecture could hardly be excelled and it would pass unmolested mol moi ested estea but for the high official position which the lecturer holds NEW yobu YORK 11 the heralds salt lake special says there is at present more real danger to the tenure and necks of the mormon chiefs in this territory than ever im over them before and they strive by all means available to sti stimulate mutate their followers to drive the people of the united states i during the he last laa three weeks the coun counsels keis kels of bf tho the pried pries priesthood chood throughout 0 it utah have been belligerent and orders from tile the commanders of all the nauvoo legion have summoned that body toge to theady for action brigham young has ln dilated to an immense c congregation of mormons cormons at the tabernacle in a paraphrase which necessity long ago taught him to use his willingness that they should be ready to defend him and the chur church cil ell from impending danger yet he dise dis likes to have the tiie meaning conveyed to the outside world whilo while the mormons cormons are arming he desires the tho authorities at washington and anil the people beyond utah to believe that they are organizing merely for a holiday and the newspapers here which are edited in the interest of the mormon church describe the opposite view as sensational gov emery who has had his attention called to the facts fact still deliberates whether or not to take action in regard to them one crucial before him is thattie th be yau legion is a military organization utterly dissimilar to an any other in the tho united states being composed exclusively of MorrI mormons Mor mons OES who were bran branded deml deil for treaSO treasonable Dable resistance to the united states troops under general Ge ueral johnson and it was subsequently aly disbanded or rather forbidden to assemble without his order by governor shafer in 1870 11 A number of citizens here presented to hon A T goshorn director of the general centennial exhibition a valuable library consisting of volumes in testimony of respect for his valuable services during the four years of the exhibition work in this city the tho presentation took place in independence hall today in presence of a large largo number of ladies ladics and gentlemen washington 11 petitions are circulating among the people of this city for tile the removal of fred douglass from the position of marshal for the district because of his animadversions against the people of washington alleged to have been made in a recent cent lecture delivered by douglass in baltimore it is reported today to day that columbus alexander one of the most prominent bondsmen of douglass has asked to be released from the bond CHICAGO 11 ll A tribune special ills liis bays says a pall has fallen over what this morning waa was a happy community the go county court house eouse which this morning when our citizens commenced the days fays labor was the pride ef of their hearts ls isnow banow now a desolate ruin a monument of criminal competency incompetency Ih some families which bade adieu to their loved this morning re received their corpses tonight disfigured by the ruins from which they were drawn piecemeal the building was not yet under roofard roof and the massive stone cornice which preceded the roof was today being put on just as the keystone was waa being weing placed edin in the dome of the main pavillion papillion pa the brickwork between tile the lion iron and 8 tone stone gave way and the entire dome andt h 0 interior walls walla of the structure came tumbling down with a terrible crash that was heard nearly a mile away A brief description of the structure will aid hid in understanding the accident tho style of the build ing is french venetian of the renaissance rena issace designed by henry S gay of chicago the contract for building was let iet let lel to W D richardson of springfield who in the spring of 1876 began the work it was two illions and a centre dome over the front entrance the two illions on each side rise about thirty feet above the level of the cornice the dome is feet from the ground and supported by the front walls on the north side of chete are columns from ten to twelve inches in diameter on the inner side these columns rest upon a brick wall going up from 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