Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS 4 HT western asad aress to the the afghan problem LONDON march 10 A persian paper says ae A t a cabinet council at cab babul ua at which the ameer and several generals were present it w was decided i to ask the enell english h gye G government ye rement to make a treaty with russia for the restoration of tuli tull and but not make th tho Russian 0 occupation a cama belli the places not being of strategic importance zulal gar pass however it was decided must bo be recovered ered by force of arms if it I 1 necessary j dry oje another 0 the r pere persian ian paper says z several herat nobles have a at su j achs to present a petition to the russians to annex herat the times states the russians have advanced farther into afghan territory to and a collision is imminent the afghans are prepared to withstand an attack and the british govern ment has general sir peter lumsden to organize a 8 y 6 te id of de tense the ameer of afghanistan has requested england to fortify herat so that it can be defended by afghan troops ST petersburg march 10 lo the lt 0 oe eremya y expresses the opinion that t th the e dispute on the afghan question arises alises from an sion in E england 13 gland as to the tile true post tion of russia in central A asia sla england now recognizes her mistake and wishes a modus to avoid occupying herat russia willbe will be compelled to interfere for the sake of prestige abige russia will not surrender a er hairs aars breadth of her hei present possessions nor will she abate her moderato moderate demands other russian papers haie hafe aim similar jar comments glycerine explosion CLEVELAND march IO 10 tho alti branford pa wera startled today to day by a terrific explosion which shook the houses in all parts of tho the town inquiry revealed the fact that the nitro nitroglycerine glycerine manufactory of the bock glycerine Company located at howard junction three miles away had bail been the scene pf af a terrible casualty tha the magazine containing pounds of glycerine had exploded and IV 11 harrington one 0 of f the proprietors and H V pratt an employee were killed the factory twenty five feet iway was blown into fragments pratts body was found tet away all bis bones were broken but the skin waa waz intact ir errington weighed one or two pieces of aebli was the 0 only illy trace thai that could be fond of chiw trees were toru torn up by the roots and creat holes made in the earth loss i humorous meron lAp application i march 10 some appointment clerks of the departments were kept up all last night indexing applications for office which came in by the thousands tho tile pressure at the postoffice Post office and interior departments is very great at the latter bureau applications aro are coming in at the rate of a day callers at ade executive mansion with more or lees lets disguised purposes pur posea of furthering the interests of applicants conti continue nub to be very numerous but are still promptly and politely referred to tho the conous heads of departments as tho the persons to whom all such persua persuasive siye utterances should now be addressed |