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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY. DEC EM BEK 18.1888-TWELVE PACES
Skyward to death.
terrible Explosion in a Chi
cago Oat hi cal Mill,
01 MEN BLOWN TO ETERNITY.
fourth
Fatnll/ Wounded and Many
‘“ioc.lj -I lrfl Add! 11. Hor-
' ror. to S«ue-A Family
lle.caetl liy Odo Man,
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Three men are known
i, aT e been killed, one fatally injured and
* amber 0 f people badly bruised and shaken
*° e>rly this morning by an explosion of
" P J dust, which completely wrecked the
Tree-story brick building on North Hal-
' . |tree t occupied by David Illiver as an
meal mill. Several adjoiiflng buildings
«re also badly shattered.
Tlic explosion, whicli occurred shortly
tfter two o’clock, was a terrific one, the
,!,ock being felt a mile away. The buildings
. the immediate vicinity were bombarded
tith fly‘ n 8 bricks and timbers, and nearly
(Te rypaneof window glass within a radius
,j 6 ix blocks was smashed.
A BLOCK OF ROARING FLAME.
Almost before the rumble of the explosion
Jitd away the flames sprang up from the
wrecked mill, and the whole place was in a
blaze in a few minutes. The fire spread with
incredible rapidity, and when the first fire
companies reached the scene they had ablock
of roaring flames to contend with. A gen.
end xlsrm was at once turned in. The en
rjnes were stationed at every available point
around the blazing block, and the buildings
tbit did not take fire at the outset were
saved after the hardest kind of a fight.
Sparks were carried through the air
bv the wind, ignited buildings two blocks
(iray, sod for half an hour the firemen had
all they could do to prevent a halt dozen
serious conflagrations.
TUB SUFFERINGS OF THE FIREMEN.
The streets were filled with debris for a
block on every aide of the burned block,
tnd this seriously obstructed the firemen in
their work. They stumbled over boarding
iml timbers and debris until their clothes
were torn, their hands and faces cut, and
their limbs so badly stiffened that they could
■ezreely walk. It was nearly two hours be-
iire the flames were under control. When
the fire was at its bight the wildest rumors
were advanced regarding the loss of life. It
was known that four men had been at work
in the meal mill and about twenty in the
planing mill next door. Besides these the
neighboring houses contained many men,
women and children. Atone time it was
userted that twenty people had perished,
but later this estimate was found to be great
ly exaggerated. The men at work in the
planing null all made their escape, a few of
them badly hurt, but the majority only
■lightly injured.
seawwiing fob the missing. H
Hundreds of men searched nnxionsly for
the missing millers, and, after some time,
one of them, John Holmes, was found lying
in on alley across the street from the mill
terribly burned and lacerated. He was
working in the second story of the mill
when the explosion occurred, and was
hurled tiirougn i'ne window and across the
lie eunnot live. No trace cun be
found of the other three men, Charles Miller,
tbsrles Cooper and John Smith, and it is
believed their bodies are buried in the
debris.'
The firemen are hopeful that no more lives
»fn- lost, but the people living in the vicin
ity of the explosion are sure that more
bodies oili be found when the debris is ex
plored. This cannot be done thoroughly
lor several hours yet.
Persons who were asleep in the buildings
iljscent to the wrecked mill were thrown
i-b'.ir out of llit-ir bi ds by the force of tin-
explosion, and most ol them were more or
leu injured during the terrific bombard-
meat of brick and otiier debris.
EXPERIENCE OF THE MURPHY FAMIY.
Charles Murphy occupied rooms over a
saloon at the corner of Fulton and Halstead
streets. With him were his family, consist
ing of his wife, two children and mother.
They were all iu bed when the.explosion oc
curred, and were all asleep. The force of
the concussion swayed the house from side
to side, and all the members of Murphy’s
fsmily.were thrown violently from their beds
upon the floor or against the walls. Within
an instant the house was enveloped in
flames, and the cries of the dszed occu
pants reached the people on the street.
Charles Bleu was among the spectators
•nd upon hearing the cries from the Mur
phys, rushed into the building at the risk of
his life and carried out the women and child
ren, making tbreo trips into the burning
house. Murphy was so dazed as to be al
most unable to get out of the house. Ail,
however, were rescued without serious in
jury. Bleu was badly scorched and braised,
lbs inmates ol Hssg’s heerrtfwg hofcM,
across the street, and Charles McCormick
and his wife, who reside at the next door,
c::z;ed from the shattered buildings with
met difficulty, several of them being badly
bruised and all losing their personal effects.
A battalion of twenty firemen and over
100 volunteers arc at work clearing away the
rains.
DURIBD UNDER THE DEBRIS,
Ktraest Casper, one of tbe three known
to be dead, was working'in the cupola at the
time of the explosion. The cupola was
lifted almost entire and thrown a distance of
sixty feel, upon the south side of the street.
The mutilated form of Casper is somewhere
under the wreck.
John Christenson, kilnman, is the second
known victim. Ilia body has not been
found and he may have been blown some
distance by the force of tbe explosion.
Chas. Miller, engineer, is also buried un
der a mass of debris and, it is thought, his
body will be found near the boiler. *
David Oliver, proprietor, and Peter M.
Minnie, manager oi the mill, were ca •>»
K und early ibis morning, hut as yet have
■ a unable to learn
tbe explosion.
CAUSED BY OAT MEAL DUST.
Each thinks that the oat meal dust may
have earned it, but its terrific force was uu
precedented, if the story be accepted. No
other reasonable explanation isoflered, how
ever, and the explosion of dust is accepted
Until a better reason can be fonnd.
A vast crowd surrounded the ruin. For a
distance of a mile in some directions plate
glass windows were shattered and buildings
violently jostled by the ttrriflc force of the
explosion.
ibelo-'-s will aggregate about $11
Tbeloaaonthe mill 1 u filing la abou .
000. Jacob Press proprietor of tbe mill,
loses about $50,000. l fie estimated oth
losses will be fl&HMl
al cap
AN IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED.
Subscribers to Atlanta anil Ilau ktnsvllle
Stock Must Fay—Atlanta Notes.
Atlanta, Dec. 11.—[Special.]—The suit
brought by the Georgia Improvement
Company ngainBt A. P. Youngblood and
Thomas W. Hall for $150, taken up in the
city court yesterday, was concluded this
morning. This was quite an important
suit, as upon the result depended about
one hundred others, cases of the same
character.
Youngblood and Hall subscribed $250
to the Georgia Improvement Company for
the building of the Atlanta and Hawltins-
ville railroad, but they eventually refused
to pay the money, claiming that the char
ter of the company had been changed by
the action of tne legislature, which re
leased them from the payment of the
money subscribed. The evidence was all
introduced, but before the argument was
heard Judge Van Epps rendered a decision
in f.ivorol the plaintiffs. The total amount
of money represented in suits of a similar
character which arcsettled by this decision
foots up about $30,000.
THE ROME AND CARROLLTON SUED. ,
J. Gunby Jordon of Columbus, by an
ointment of Judge Newman, of the
Inited States court, is sitting as master in
chancery in the case brought by the Chat
tahoochee Brick Company against the
Borne and Carrollton Kailroad Company.
The Chattahoochee company is suing for
$150,000 which it claims as the balance due
for work performed in constructing the
road; also for $100,000damages it claims
to have sustained in the work. The Chat
tahoochee company are convict lessees and
the work was that ol building the road
which was performed by convicts.
Chief Enginneer Green of the company
and Lessees J. W. English, William B.
Lowe and George AV. Parrott will be
amoDg the most prominent -witnesses who
will take the stand. A large volume of
testimony will be introduced and the trial
of the case will consume the remainder of
the week.
THE RAILROAD FORFEITURE BILL.
The special committee appointed to
bear argument on the Olive bill providing
for the forfeiture of the charter of tlie
Central railroad held nn.ther session to
night. Geo. T. Fry, president of the At
lanta, Atlantic ami Great W’estern rail
way, appeared before the committee and
made an argument in favor of the passage
of the bill.
N. J. Hammond, an counsel for the rail
road, followed, and submitted a legal ar
gument against the measure.
The committee has concluded to give
the investigation such wide scope thas it
may be several days before a report can be
made. Mr. Olive, the author of the bill,
thinks that it will be reported favorably
with slight amendments.
' a kind of waking trance (this for lack of
Ii ru . * a better name) I have frequently hid,
HUGH 1KI) FOB LIFE.
Terrible Results or it Dng-Catclie. _
tnitty. 1 quite Op f/orn boyhood, when I have liven
From the St. Louis Globe-Demoor.it. I** 1 a '° ne ’ , Thi “ ‘ ,as ofteu co,ue u l'">
A story of outrage came to light vester- • 1116 trough r ?P ea V n ** 0VNn n,ime
ay. which will excite the strongest"indig- • 10 F'-’ 3e “ sjlently, till, at once,
nation and the deepest sympathy wherever ■ as 11 wer<? > ont °* 'he inte
it Is heard. It is the’ story of a life
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ig, and
lit the clearest
f the
where death
as it were, out of
of the consciousness of individuality
blighted almost in infancy "by brutality. I 'he-individuality itself seemed to dissolv
At No. 1023 North Broadway lives Mrs. I a ' ld *“• 8 "' a ? int ° booodless bein;
Maggie Maiers, a widow, who conducts a I l , u “. aot , a conf “, " tate > 11
boardinghouse. Shehas two little boys. c J eares ^ the surest
Willie, aged 13 years, anil Freddie, a;
LOUISIANA LYNCHERS AT WOItK.
ly the cause of
They Hang a Murderer to a Tree In tke
Jail Yard.
New Orleans, Dec. 11.—A Timcs-Demt-
crat’s Natchez, Miss., speeial says: An a
sequel to the Stegaii murder which occurred
on Saturday night last near Harrisonburg,
La., the lynohing of the murderer has beeu
recorded. Searching parties had a clew
whicli led them to the house of Noah T«y-
l»r lcolored). The few articles bought by
StegtiU at Harrisonburg were found in this
bouse, and Taylor’s wife being closely ques
tioned. made a statement showing that tier
husband committed the deed. I-ast night a
body of men entered tliejnil, took Taylor
and hanged him to a tree iu the jail yard.
Count Tolstoi mid Henry George.
Pall Mnll Gazette, Nor. 22.
I told Count Tolstoi of the discussions I
had held with Henry George, in London,
and the sore point of ibe Ten Command
ments. “1 quite agree with George,” said
Count Tolstoi, “that tho landlords may be
expropriated without dishonesty, without
compensation, as a matter of principle.
But as a question of expediency, I
think compensation might facili
tate the necessary change.. It will come, I
suppose, 03 the emancipation came. The
idea will spread. A sense of the shame-
i u I in—s nf private ownership will grow.
Home one will write an ‘Uncle Tom’s
Cabin’about it; anil there will bo agita
tion, and then it will come, and many who
own land will do os did those who owned
serfs, voluntarily give it to their
tenants. But for the rest a loan
might bo arranged as to prevent
the work being stopped by the cry of con
fiscation. Communalization is belier than
nationalization, although no doubt the
nationalization of land did not answer
badly in Turkey; but it is better to vest
the land iu the commune than in the cen
tral government. Of course, I do not hold
witli George about the taxation of the
land. If you could get angels from hea
ven to administer the taxis from the land,
you might do justice and prevent mischief.
I am against all taxation.”
A Narrow Escape.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Mr. William Wiley, a wealthy retired
merchant of Philadelphia, came very near
being swindled out of $10,000 a. few days
ago by bunco men. Mr. Wiley, it seems,
was accosted in that city by 'a pleasant
young man, who pretended to be an inti
mate friend of one of Mr. Wiley’s nephews.
In a little while the usual game was rc-
sortclto, and the old gentleman was in
vited to step into an office and receive a
complimentary copy, of of Bancroft’s His
tory. After receiving the volume, Mr.
Wiley was induced to take a chance in a
drawing, and was soon informed that he
had drawn $10,000. But, before being
paid the money—tbe old, old story—he
was requested to give some tangible tvi-
dence that he was worth a like amount.
I-’ull of his supposed coo.I fortune, Mr.
Wiley started off to draw the necessary
money from the bank, when he fortunately
dropped in on the way at the office of tbe
chief of police. Oi euuiee a scon a* the
bunco men observed where he had stopped
they fled. The office in which they had
operated was in a boarding house, the
room having been rented for the day.
DimOCItlTIC SFN Alois t CM 1 11.
No FnctlouaOppii-ltloii Will be IMa.le to the
Tariff Itlll.
Washington, Dec. He—A conference, of
democratic senators was held last evening
at which the senate substitute for the Mills
bill was under comideratlon. The conference
was cal!e>< to learn whether or not any aena-
tor hail any suggestion to make of a ch
in the i lanner of treating the me isr—■ 1
tofote pursued in the senate, but t
8. They attended tho St. Joseph School,
on Eleventh street, between Cass avenue
and O’Fallon.street. Willie is now a piti
able looking sight, being a sufferer from
daily spasms, and witl, in the opinion of
his physicians, be either a cripple of a das
tardly outrage committed by a number of
dog catchers in the employ of the city
marshal. It is the business of these men
to go about the streets with a cage on a
wagon and with a wire loon catch ail the
unlicensed dogs tiny can find, which they
deliver at the city pound. Tltey are ah
unusually unpopular class, being credited
with unnecessary barbarity in the execu
tion of their duty, and wherever they go
are. followed by a retinue of infuraleil ju
venile followers, who hoot at them and
sometimes pelt them with stones. On the
13th of last October the little Maiers boys
went to school, as usual, and when dis
missed in the afternoon started home.
Till CRIME.
Near the corner of Eleventh and O’Fal
lon streets they came upon a large crowd
of boya who were following a dog-catcher’s
wagon. The dog-catchers about this time
were chasing a dog and crowd of boys.
The two Maiers hoys also chased the dog,
and, as was claimed by the dog-catchers,
the crowd threw stones at them while they
were trying to run down the dog. The
dog-catchers, upon seeing that they were
b.-ing tie’ted with stones, gave up the chase
after the.dogs, and, turning around with
the wires in their hands, they ran after
tbe crowd. The boys, not one of whom
was over the age of 14, quickly dispersed
in all direction. It appears that Willie
Maiers ran east, and when the alley on
O’Fallon, between Ninth and Tenth streets,
v/a- reached, ran into a private yanl
in the rear of the St. Ann's
Asylum. Daring his light he was
pursued by. one of the dog catchers, who
overhauled him in the yard, and throwing
the wire over his head, caught him about
the neck as if it was a dog lie had. In
this way he pulled the screaming boy to
where tiie wagon stood, and it is said hv
many witnesses that he was seized as if a
dog and thrown into the caged wagon
This, however, the boy says he can not re
member, for his eyes were blinded and he
was entirely out of his head from fright.
But it is the statement of.many reliable
witnesses to the mother that the hoy was
hauled in thia caged dog wagon for tbreo
blocks, and after this was taken hold of by
two of tho men, pulled out of
the wagon in . S bretal way
and thrown on tho sidewalS.
THE TERRIBLE RESULTS.
The b-other, upon seeing the fate of his
older brother, ran hose end informed his
mother that the dog-catchers had Willie. noi
The mother went to the police station at
Seventh and Carr and told the officers
what had happened to her boy,and he says
she was told in a gruff way io go home
and attend to her work. The boy readied
home in a dazetl condition, and immedi
ately complained of iii.s head aching and
his eyes being dazed. The mark of the
wire about the boy’s neck was also visible.
The mother put her boy to bed, thinking
that he had only been frightened and that
the next day he would be all right. The
next day came and lie grew worse, and bo
on until the 16th, when he began trem
bling. Ills entire heed, bodv : arms, hands
and legs were constantly shaking. This
was kept up until tho 20th, when he was
suddenly seized with a fit, which lasted
for about an hour. In this fit the boy
would display all the movements
of a dog, lying* on tho floor,
barking and snapping at everyone.
These fits hejwouid have from two to
seven a day, and,from Oct. 20, up to the
present time has had them legularly.
^While in one of these fils, jumping and
roiling on tho floor, he always wants to
have something in bis teeth. At first the
mother refused to give him her dress or
apron, and the resalt of this was that, for
many hours after getting over one ot the
fits, he could not open his mouth. When
the mother became aware of this she al
ways gave him her dress skill or her
apron to bite at. This he does like a dog.
All his movements are like those of a dog.
At night the mother slates that when in
t ie bed he bundles himself up like a little
dog, and in the center of the bed. His
appetite is good at times, hut he can not
eat for some time after being seized with
one of these fits. ,
Mrs. Maiers becamo alarmed at first
and called in Dr. France, who lias an
office on 'Fourteenth, between St Louis
avenue and Warren street. The doctor
was amazed at the boy’s actions, but lie is
now treating him for the fits. The boy is
taking medicine, but it appears to have
no cflect on him whatever.
nrest
utterly beyond word
almost tangible impossibility, the loss of
personality < if so it were) seeming uo ex
tinction, but the only true life.”
As if conscious of the incredible signif
icance of tiie statement thus compacted,
he adds: “lam ashamed of my feeble
description. Have 1 not slid the state is
utterly beyond words?”
This is not a vulgar table-tipping
spiritualism. It is the most emphatic
declaration that the spirit of tiie wr ier is
capable of transferring itself into so .tlier
existence, is not only real, clear, simple,
but that it is also infinite in vision and
eternal ill duration. For, he continues,
that when he conies back to “sanity” l.e is
“ready to light for the truth” of his ex
perience, and that he holds it—the spirit
whose separate existence lie thus repeat
edly tests—“will last for eons and eons.”
It is pointed out by Prof. Thomas Dav
idson, who bus seen the letter, that the
same conviction, if not the same experi
ence, only witli another, is described in
“In Memorium,” xcv. The stanzas are
generally passed over as referring to a
mere poetic frenzy of grief. But reading
3
RElIABEABLi: supgukv.
'« Larynx 15m
L i - Ilcis Nov
them in the light of the calmly penned
prose puts an entirely different aspect on
the incident contained in the lines:
A hunger seized ay heart; I read
Ot that glad year which once had been
In those tali’cleaves, which kept their green,
The noble letters of the dead.
And strangely on tho silence broke
The silent speaking words, and strango
Was love’s dumb ery defying change
To test his worth, and strangely spoke.
The faith, the rigor, bold to dwell,
On doubts that drive the coward back;
And keen through wordy snares to track
Suggestion to her Iumost tell.
So word by word and line by lino
The dead man touched me from the past,
And mine in his was bound and whirled
About empyreal bights ol thought. .Tig
And came on that w tilth Is, and caught
Tli* deep pulsations o! tbe world,
Eonlan music measuring out,
The steps oi time—tbe shocks ot chanco—
Tbe blows of death.
The idea of the actuality of the unseen is
conveyed in the letter in terms which cor
respond. nearly to those in tiie rliyth
expression. That “which is” is certainly
a confirmation of the state "surest of the
surest;” and the lasting “eons upon eons’
finds its coenterpart in “Eonian music.”
If Tennyson has never been connected in
any way with psychic science or spiritual
ism, the letter, not to mention the now
clearer reading of the poem, will create
LACES THAT ABE WORKS OF ART.
i liere-
Xo vote was taken at any til.
lotting,the gathering being me
-during the
LORD TKNNYSON
Gives Evidence ThAt He Relieves Inspirit,
nnllsni.
From tbo Chicago Tribune.
Chicago, Dec. 4.—It is well known
that among tiie higher scientific circles of
England spiritualism made a few years
ago rapid and remarkable progress. Wal
lace, the co-discoverer with Darwin of the
principles cf natural selection; Prof.
Crookes, the eminent chemist on whom
tiie French Academic dts .Sciences con
ferred n golden medal with an honorarium
of 3,000 francs for his discoveries in mole
cular physics; Kergt. Cox, the noted
p6ychist,and Prof-Huxley. himself, askeptic
of skeptics, were concerned in a aerie* of
cipcrrr-ft*. chiefly with the Medium
Home, which attracted wide attention at
the tinm. None of the scientists could ex
plain the phenomenon produced by the
medium, and tiie report tuado by Prof.
Crooki - i- held by the profe -or- of the
spiritualist belief an overwhelming testi
mony of its genuineness. The name of the
poet Tennyson has never before liecn con
nected witti spiritualism. A letter writ
ten by him has ceme into the posse
the Tribune, which shows that h
the conviction that consciousne-i mu;
pass from the body and hold cummunio
with the deaJ. This is essentially spirit
alls in, hut in Tennyson’s c.i-e, at le s
far s- i In 1< tier ii.i' ic .1, in- i. hi- i,w
medium. Tiie statement he make, i
carious.
Tho letter is in the port’s it i ad writing
It i- dated Farringfotrd, Freshwater, 1-1
F-on wrile-; 1 I have never ir
elation.- i.rou,-h anesthetics but
Soros Woagerrnl nail Costly Patterns Wilt
Add Ueauty to Hall Costumes this Year.
From the New York Mall and Express.
in spile of the cry of “Hard times,” the
sale of evening ami wedding finery seems
little aiiected, in fact the ili-|iiay this year
of laces and nets is larger than ever, ami
the exquisite designs oi the new importa
tions are another proof of tiie artistic
tendency of the age and its ever increas
ing demand for novelties. For the delec
tation of our society hellesaro offered filmy,
seductive tulles, in all imaginable shades
and tints jetlieivwl not;, covered with span
gles, or sprayed witli blossoms, and the
gauzy, delicately embroidesed mousselines
do soie. The beauty and effectiveness oi
these grods for evening wear have never
been surpassed, and in conjunction with
the rich and ever popular lace flouncings
form a variety from which the most fastid
ious may choose. Beal laces still hold
their own, especially fsr wedding gewns;
for what bride feels her toilet complete
without a hit of point or duchessc. Bridal
scarfs in either of these laces, or what is
perhaps still more popular, u combination
of the two, are much in vcgtie, os they can
be utilized in a variety of ways without
cutting into tiie precious material. Point
d’Ani'ater re amt Alenwins are antiques,
Slid like Mechlin and Iv g i-li thread, are
seldom bought, excepting by con-
noitsiours who know their worth,
and are able to squander
a small fortune for their possession. Valen
ciennes is never out of style, and, though
less showy than point or duchcsie,i» al
ways popular with lovers of fine iaces. For
all purposes, dinner, evening and street
wear, ure-se.-, capes and scarfs, no other
material equals the popularity of the
black thread and Chantilly flouncings. It
is predicted that they will bo worn more
thin ever next season, and that tho long
cloaks, mr.de of marquis flouncing, nml in
troduced ai the Grand Prix last May by
Baroness Bothschild, will during the com
ing summer he much used in America.
Imitation and trimming laces arc
not in us great demand as fotm-
illy (or the .ration of i’ri
ribbons having been substituted
in their stead; hut for underwear Torchon
and Mediae* are still considered the most
durable and salable trimming. There is
also a growing demand for the fancy neck-
weal, to universally used five or six vears
ago. For the manufacture of these dressy,
Airy little articles are u-ed the Oriental
Breton laces, principally in while. Lace-
bordered handkerchiefs, neatly tied In lit
tle lw,xes and ranging in price from $2.50
to$23 apiece, will tak.- a conspicuous
pla.e among holiday goods, as fancy hand
kerchief- Were never more ;u-*d than
at the present time. The days of bomo-
■quin »ml UtMMWOolirv have assuredly
gone by, and < f all the fine, soft materials
now in vof*e, none bid fair t > he mo{6 uni
versally and ia-tinglv I'oimiar than lice
A RHtuil Tei.ne.a,.,.
rely Remove,1 for Can.
Apparently Well.
Tiie New \ork Herald tells tiie story of
tiie extirpation of the larvnx which was
performed at tiie New Yorlc hospital upon
a German laborer named Joseph Leibreicii.
The cause was a cancerous growth similar
to that of the late Emperor Frederick,and
tiie operation was successful. Tracheoto
my was first resorted to, and then on April
2b, 1888, two and one-half month* from
the time tracheotomy was performed, the
complete extirpation of the larynx was ac
complished. At this time there were no
enlarged cervical glands, the larynx felt
larger and fuller than normal, but its out
line was not disturbed, though its whole
interior was filled with a growth ap
parently starting from the right
side. The epiglottis was not involved,
nor the wall of tiie pharynx. The anas-
thetic used wa« chloroform, aided by two
ltypodermic i jectione of morphine. "Then
a vertical incision was made in the mid
dle^ line of the neck, crossed opposite the
level of the hyoid bone by a transverse
cut through th.eskin only. The prominent
thyroid cartilage, or “Adam’s apple,” was
first split in two in order to ascertain the
extent of the growth. After opening tho
interiorof the larynx the trachea about
the tube was stalled tightly with small
sponges attached to strings.’ This device,
together with keeping the head lightly de
pended, effectually excluded all blood from
the trachea or windpipe. The two halvei
of the larynx were removed separately,
the separation being made first from the
lower end. There was trifling bleeding, it
being necessary to tie only two or three
arteries.
AFTER THE OPERATION.
For forty-eight hours after tho opera
tion no food passed Liebreich’s lips. He
was conscious, but did not appear to suf
fer much. The mouth, pharynz and wound
wero tightly plugged with guaze, satur
ated witli iodoform. Thirst was relieved
by wetting the lips and tongue, and
nourishment was injected into the lower
bowel, while the patient breathed easily
through the tracheal tube, which passed
through the packing oi guaze into the
trachea. Gradually the packing was re
moved and a rubber tube inserted, through
which liquid nourishment was pas—d. lly
the end of eight weeks the wound in tiie
neck was healed, leaving a circular open
ing three fourths of an inch in diameter
opposite the Bide of the removed larynx.
This hole opened downward into the
trachea or wind passage and upward
into the mouth. It ifaa fitted
with a silver tube having two
branches. It was shaped like the letter T,
or two inverted letter L'a plased back to
back, only one of tiie tubes Blips inside tiie
other. The vertical arm ol tho T thus oc
cupies tiie front part of the neck and the
horizontal arm lciyls from tiie mouth to
tiie windjiipe. When the tube is in place
the opening of tho msophagus, or foou pas
sage, is behind it. On closing the upper
branch with a plug attached to a small
wire, a task the patient can easily accom
plish, the food in the act of swallowing
parses over fha end of tho tube nml inside
tho cesoDhagus to the stomach. By plug
ging the outer end of the tube the air
passes directly from the mouth or nave
Into the lungs. When eating, Liebreich
consequently has to breath through tiie
tube projecting from his neck, just below
tiie chin, hut ut all other times through
hie moiltii or no—-. The presence of the
tube, no larger than a nickel in diameter,
was easily concealed by n cravat.
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MANAGES TO CONVERSE.
But ho wu- unable to make anv loud
sound, an l the plan wgs to furnish the
tuble leading to tiie trachea witli artificial
chords, whose vibration would supply the
icza of the n«t»ra! voca! organs. This lias
been done successfully in buveral ca-e- in
Europe. But the clearness of Liebreich’s
articulation seemed to increase. He gained
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ble several feet away, anil ho could urake
himself understood in German with littl
difficulty. In view ol this improvement
the idea of providing an artificial appa
ratus or set of vocal chords, whicli would
be both expensive and complicated, and
easy to gel out of order, has been for the
present given up. He is now nliie to per
form n great deal of work about the hos
pital. spending a good part of his time in
the dispensary, where he washes hollies
and makes himself generally useful. His
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hospital has constantly improved. He
looks robust and happy. Seven full months
have elapsed since the operation, and there
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At least a year must elapse before one can
be sure that it will not reappear. Lieb-
reicli himself appear* to have no fears.
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Roberts of tiie schooner Eunity K. Dyer
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running out an anchor during n gale.
The anchor caught on the gunwnale and
sunk the boat. The remainder of the
boat’s crew nearly perished, but were
picked up.
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