Nebraska Newspapers

    TlRcbrasta Uotesl
Lare fat morquitoes. and plenty of
Item, are organized all over the ftat,
tor a full attendance at tUe Chautau
qua. The county jail at North Platte is
pret y well deserted now, there leing
tinly one prisoner, w ith a prospect of
bis being released goon.
The philosopher of, the Elm wood
Echo ays a man can have conviction!
nf lis own and a whole lot of common
ense at the lame time though some
people douht it, seemingly.
The IVvry boys of St. Paul found a
huge pair of buffalo horns ou the hank
6f the North Loup the other day, They
had evidently been buried for a long
time but were unearthed by the flood.
While Mike Foster of North Platte
wag engaged in breaking a bronco yes
terday afternoon he had the misfortune
lo get his finder in the infuriated ani
mal's mouth, ant an a re.-ult he is
tarrying a broken linger in a sling.
A men near Thedford has planted
thirtv acres to watermelons. Unless
the small boys of that community are
different from thore of uitst placer., he
wdl soon have to establish one of Gi n
fral Weyler's celebrated trochas aruund
that Held.
A gang of hoodlums at Ravenna weie
out on a rampage until a late hour one
oight last week, and the follow ing morn
ing one or two glass fionts on main
itreets were found to be punctured witti
bullets about the size commonly used
in target rifles.
A gang of men have been tramping
through the community about Aurora
pretending to be ped.llets, but the least
to be said of them is, that they are very
suspicious characters. Peddlers do not
usually come to the house with the
goods hid in their clothing.
Tom Sargent wag in Nelson Tuesday
rejoicing over big immem-e crop pros
ct. He has ju3t harvested ten acres
of rye that stood over six feet hib. in
the field. He claims it will make him
more straw thau was put up in the
whole precinct last season.
The city marshal of Du Hois has a
scheme that benefits both sides, when
some fellow cornea along asking meals
at his expense. A weed scylh is Hashed
lo his vision and the idea presented,
"cut weeds or cut dirt rightaway quick"
The plan works all right.
I The absence of the small boys of Nor
folk from off of Main street ia probably
accounted for by the fact that a large
number of them are at work in the beet
fields, while others put in most of the
day fishing and swimming. They mean
to make the best cf their vacations.
Norfolk News.
Mark Hawkins has explored tine
Loup at the point near the Cedar, and
found a molar tooth of a mastodon,
whick was brought to the surface dur
ing the recent flxtd. It is a Brie erieci
uien, and the tubercles are plainly vis
ible and petrified. It weighs ten and
three-fourths pounds.
Joe Shoestall of El wood discovered
a den of cayotes in his pasture the
other day, and forthwith dec ared war
on the usurpers. He went forth to bat
tle, armed with a spade and a sharp
ened stick, (very formidable weapons)
and came out victorious, the enemy
leaving six dead on the field.
' Dennis Daley of Wahoo raised the
American flag above his hotel Monday,
June 15, and nearly every man, wom
an and child in that cultured village
came to d'jmand wherefor. Of course
you know at once that that date was
the anniversary of the appointment of
George Washington as commander-in-chief
of the American armies.
The city of Hastings hag been re
duced to dependence on natural agen
cies for street i.lumination, and a bolt
on the part of the nioon and stars ia
exacted at any time. Therefore the
Tribune urges the citizens to put a lamp
or a lantern or any old kind of a glim
up in front of their residences.
Landlord Pord of Stockville had a
very Interesting time one day last week
with one of his boarder trying to po
way on the train without paying up.
He succeeded in keeping the fellow
from getting on the train and after
ramping with him for several hours he
Induced the fe.lbw to pay up.
, Tuesday afternoon one of J. B.
Thompsiin'g boys; living southwest of
Hubbell, while at play barefoot stepped
on a piece of glass, which passed en
tirely through Ida foot, coming out of
the top. A piece of glass nearly two
Inches long was found among the bones
and recovered.
Constal.e McCoy of Campbell ar
rested two tramps on suspicion Wednes
day, They were wanted at Fremont,
Nebr., for grand larceny, and the sheriff
bf that county was telegraphed, but he
did not answer until the next day, and
(McCoy turned them loose before he re
ceived word.
i While out hunting recently Otto
TheoUcke of North Platte ran across a
badger of unusually largesizeand after a
desperate fight Otto and hit dog suc
ceeded in killing the badger, but not
until one of the dogs was ba lly lacer
ated about the jaws and throat from
the teeth of the badger.
' The Stella Press thus comments on
the appearance of a contemporory :
The Brock Champion of last week was
the rockiest specimen of the black
smith's art ever itsued as an excuse for
i newspaper. We have heard of papers
filing horse shoe nails for type, mud for
nk and a clothet wringer for a preaa, but
Cin pared to last week's Champion such
ere examples of mechanical neatness.
(Von can't run a newspaper without a
printer and a blacksmith never will be
come one.
ULNEY RELIVES THE STRAIN'
Seoures Hii Point in the Venexuelas 1
Commission.
YELLOW FEVER RAGING IN CUBA
Sum Dead ard Many Wcfc Sanitary
Arraogemanli.
Wabhinotos, June 27. Senor Roja's
dispatch announcing Harrison's release
relieved the state department and diplo
matic circles of the tre Jiendo'is tension
they have been under for several days,
notwithstanding the prevailing confi
dence that the blame would not be
found to rest altogether with the Vene
zuelans. The main question w hich is
underrtood to have caused Secretary
Oluey the most concern as the exact
location of Harrison's defiance of the
w ritten Vent r.uelan protest. All doubts
on this point were set aside when the
geographical experts consulted decided
that the proposed line of roa. I from the
upper Barima to the Cuyuni, where the
surveying party was stopped, was clear
ly west of the Scbomburgk line and
therefore in territory which the British
had hitherto refrained Irom violating.
The Acarsbisi river and the Schom
burgk line are identical at ami near the
Cuyuni, the Venezulean district in
which the arrest was made being named
for the river. A number of Englishmen
and Americans are engaged in mining1
and other pursuits in this district, but
they recognize Venezuelan jurisdiction
and operate under Venezuelan licenses.
The British Guiana police militia has
not attempted to exercise authority in
the district.
It is thought among officials that in
view of the latest developments public
clamor in England againit the Vene
zuelans will promptly subside and that
in a spirit of fair play the authorities
of the South American republic will be
treated hereafter with much greater re
spect. Under aucb ci'cumstances con
fidence is expressed that the incident
will give a strong impetus to the move
ment in favor of settling the whole ques
tion by arbitration instead of undoing
all that had been accomplished through
Secretary Olney's firm and persistent
jdemand that all boundary disputes on
theAuurican continent must be in
cluded in any general arbitration treaty
between England and the United States.
ir Julian Panncefote, the British am-,tasi-aHor,
had an interview with Secre
tary Olney this afternoon, presumably
on that point.
Jfavar In Cuba.
Washington, June 27. The most
alarming report from Cuba with regard
to yellow fever cornea from Sagua la
Grande, where the marine hospital ser
vice is advised by its last report that
there are forty-one cases and four
deaths. It is expected that within a
very short time the fever will become
epidemic and if it does not become vim
Jent in the city of Havana all previous
experiences will be set aside. The de
partment haa, however, received no
advices to the effect that cholera has
appeared anywhere on the island.
The present war and its relation to
the sanitary condition of Cuba is re
f rred to in the last annual report of
Surgeon-General Wyman, and the state
ments then made will renreavnt th
! conditions of this summer only in a
more aggravated form. On this sub
ject General Wyman then said that the
insurrection had interfered to a great
extent in the transmission of exact
information from the disturbed pro
vinces and the normal condition ol
health in the island had been largely
modified by the presence of a great
body of non-immune Spanish soldiers.
These persona have taken the disease
and added -to the natural number of
cases annually prevalent in that inland.
The difficulties experienced last summer
will be met with again this year. Ac
curate knowledge as to the number ol
troops stricken - with the disease is
denied by the Spanish government.
The reports from Havana last year
showed a total of 1,593 cases and a mor
tality of 30 per cent. This summer
special precautions w ill be taken to pre
vent the introduction from Cuba into
the United States of yellow fever.
Each of the four revenue cutters patrol
ling the Florida coast carries sanitary
inspectors to intercept Aching smacks
ana other vessels coming direct from
Cuba with no intent to enter legally
any p rt of entry and also for the pur
pore of intercepting any returning fili
bustering expedition or refugees seeking
to land surreptitiously, Sanitary in
spectors either have been or will be
stationed permanently in Havana and
Santiago and snch inspectors will be
sent to every seaport to "report to the
marine hospital service of the preva-
I lence of yellow fever.
To II Mold.
St. Louia, June 27. Today at noon at
a little section house in the western
suburbs the St. Louis & San Francisco
railway will be sold to the highest bid
der by order of the United States cir
cti't curt. This court decrees wai
made on the 30th day of last week. Tb
sale is to satisfy a consolidated mort
gage held by the Metropolitan Trust
company, which covers all the propertj
of the company's main line and branch
es. No bid will be received for lesi
than f 1,250,000 in cash or $3,000,000 in
par value bonds of the company.
' Kocelror Discharged.
New York, June 27. -Judge Lacouibe
of the United States circuit court South
ern district of New York, has issued an
order finally discharging T. F. Oakea,
Henry F. Payne and Henry 0. Rome
as receivers of the Northern Pacific rail
road and releasing them from all liabiN
ity upon their bonds, which are can'
celled, all existlnk liability to be as
sumed by Edwin H. McHenry and
Frank O. Bigelow, the present receiver
and the purchasers of the property.
T M-t Cor bait. J
Nxw York, June 26 In an inter
view with a representative of the United,
press last night Denver Ed Smithy
speaking of the Corbett-Sharkty flht
Wednesday night, said:
"I knew Corbett was overrated and
is only a newspaper fighter. I have
b.'en after him for years, but be has
made all kinds of excuses, say, ig
among other things that I am a second
rater. Corbett's class must now i a
ten rater if I am a second rater, wheal
he could not lick a novice like Shark y.
If Corbeit don't cover my money a d
Will make a match with Sharkey, it
shows he is afraid to fight me. A id
should they fight, they cannot fight
the championship unless they meet e,
as my money is up, and under the rues
of the ring I am the only champ.on
pugilist in the world. I will meet C -
liett anywhere or any place and villi
figiit him with bare knuckles or glov-.j
Now, if he is a uian and not a cowt d,
let him show the public that he ill
tiuht and I wilt guarantee to punch his'
big head off I would also like to have,
a few rounds with Tom Sharkey eit lei
in the Madison square garden or Cli'
fornia, to show the admirers of boxing1
that I arn a lietter man than Corbeit."!
Smith ia backed by Hilderbra'ndt and
baa $1,000 poste-" at the Police Gaz- ttej
office to fight Corhett for the champion
ship of the world, under the recognised
championship London prize ring ri.les
with bare knuckles. Corbett, however,'
has not as yet covered the meney. j
Sam Francisco, Cal., June 26.
Thomas Sharkey, who fought Jim Cor
bett to a draw in the four round congest
Wednesday evening, in an interview
yesterday Morning offered to put i p a
side bet of $5,000 to $10,000 to fight Cor
bett to a finish and meet him when ver
in wherever he desired. A mori ng
paper states that Corbett has accepted
Sharkey's proposition.
Talk of Ljnouing.
St. Pai l, June 26. -Infuriated citi
zens of southern Minnesota are trj.ng
to 1nch the two tramps who ye eiJ
day killed Sheriff Rodgers of McLeod
county. A posse of 250 men chased the
desperadoes all day and caught them
in a swamp five miles west of Arling
ton early yesterday evening. As soon
as the news spread mobs began to move
forward from Glencoe, New Auburn,
Green Isle and Hutchison. The pris-i
oners were hastily taken to Glemoe.
This saved them for a time, at least,
but the governor was wired that the!
deputy sheriff in charge at Glencoe
could not prevent a lynching. All the
militia com pan es of that part of the
state nere taking their regular sum
mer outing in camp at Lake City, and
were unavailable. Governor Clough
therefore ordered out Company C. First
rejim'nt, stationed in St. Paul, and
that company left St. Paid for Glencoe
at 10:40. It will anive there at 1
o'clock, but the news from .Glencoe at
11:30 indicates that there will be a
lynching before that time. I
Sheriff Rodgers of McLeod county
was murdered by tramps yesterday
afternoon. TUe sheriff anu a deputy,
who were trying to arrest them for
stealing a farmer's dog, overtook the
tramps and demanded that they sur
render. The vagrants opened fire,
stiooting the sheriff four times, death
resulting in a few minutes.
or a Maw I rial.
CiNciKNATr, 0., June 26.- Judge Helm,
yes erday afternoon heard arguments
for a new trial for Alonzo Walling, one
of the alleged murderers of Pear Bryan.
The defense produced affidavits show
ing that Jurors Ware and Miles, after
being summoned as jurors and before
being examined as such, stated that the
defendant ought to be hanged. This
was quite a surprise and Judge Helm
said he would not pass upon the motion
for a new trial until next Monday.
Subpoenas were issued for tbe two
jurors and affidavit makers to appear
in court on that day. If it is proven
the jurymen made this statement. Wall
ing will undoutedly get a new trial.
By a Saaall
St. Pai l. June 26 By the capsiz
ing of a sail boat on Clearwater lake,
near Annadale, Minn., three Minnea
polis young people and a St. Paul wo
man lost their lives yesterday morn
ing. They were John U. Putnam, book
keeper for J. Q. Adams of the corn ex
change, big sister, Miss Anna T. Put
nam, a kindergarten teacher, employed
in the Minneapolis kindergartens; Miss
Bessie Newball, Minneapolis, and Mrs.
Herman, of St. Paul. The party had
proceeded not more than 100 yards
from shore when a squall struck the
boat. It capsized and all went down,
no assistance being close at hand.
Kaorianliailoa.
Boston, June 26. The international
Sunday school association yesterday
adopted a plan of reorganization. The
organization will be called the interna-,
tional Sunday school field worker as
sociation, and auxiliary to tbe interna
tional Sunday school convention. The
members shall consist of international,
state and provincial Sunday school
field workers.
Pound Dead Togcthor.
Wilkksba rre, Pa., June 26. Da
vid Arnold, a miner, and a woman,
supposed to be a Mrs. Grimes, who
belongs in Ollphant, were fonnd dead
in a disreputable house in 'this city
yesterday morning. They piad been
asphyxiated by gas, which escaped
from an open jet. The police believe
the deaths were the result of an
accident Arnold haa a family In1
.Walts- The woman has no known
relatives.
JIM COl'LDV. D0W.N Mil
Bailor Smith Holdi His Own Easily.
THE CONTEST A DRAW.
Sovoral Other
C.ntt
tiofura Tula
Sajc Francisco, Jun 26. Champion
Janus J. Corbett and Thomas Shark v,
the ex-sailor, met in the ring at 1.
ebanic's pavilion laet night under t e
aufcpices of the National athletic club.
The articles of agreement ca.led for a
four-round content, 50 per cent of she
jfrofs receipts going to Corbett, win or
lose, Sharkey receiving 35 per cent of
ttie net receipts in the event ol hi get
ting the decision. It was Corliett's fi.t
puhlic appearance in his home city since
his memorable sixty-one round drw
with Peter Jackson at the Califori.ia
athletic club five year ago, a:;d as was
to be expected the oavilhon was crui'"d
fully 10,000 eople being present. B. 'h
men had trained faithfully for the c n
tett and entered the ring at 179 pound3
each. Corbett's eeandg ere Billy De
laney and George Green (young Corbett)
while Danny Needham and Tim Mo
(jrath were behind Sharkey.
The preliminary buta brought out
Charles Rochette and Ed Howard, was
called at 9:20 and given to kocheU at
the end of the fifth round by Keferee
Choyneki, Rachette, having been the
aggressor from the start, hitting his
man almost at will.
Australian Billy Smith and Jack Da
vis of Omaha, heavyweight, were the
next to lon the gloves. It was an
nounced an an eight-round contest.
Davis assumed the aggressive as soon
as the men had advanced to the centre
and landed several times on his oppo
nent's face, one of his blows drawing
blood. The work was light during the
rest of the round. He rushed Smith to
the ropes. The Australian then woke
up and retcned blow for blow, forcing
tbe Omaha rran across the ring, both
going down through the ropes. When
both had regained their feet some viqi
oai work followed, Smith Bending Davis
down ru his back with a left hnd
Swing. Davis aroe after three seconds
and then fell over on big knees. With
one great effort he finally stood up, only
to receive another biow that sent him
acrors the ring against one of the pad led
poets, just about knocked out, and Ref
eree Choynski gave Smith the decision.
THE eRINCIPLB APPEAR.
At 10:20 p. m. MaKter of Ceremonies
Jordan announced tha, Corbett and
Sharkey would enter the ring in ten
minutes' time. Sharkey made his ap
pearance with his attendants at 10:38.
He was cheered by the crowd. Corbett
followed at 10:43, just five minutes
later, and was given a great ovation.
. Jim Carr, an old time pngili-t, was
Introduced to the audience as referee
Both men were called to the centre
by Raferee Carr and received instruc
tions at 10:4-1.
. First round. Corbett was first to
lead, his left reaching Sharkey' wind.
Shat key lead wildly. Corbett has him
guessing ; lands on left cheek ; several
Mincbes jollow. Corbett swung left and
landed on Sharkey's forehead. Sharkey
leads with the left and misses. Several
more clinches. Referee has difficulty
in making them break away. Sharkey
awlnf left and right and misses. Cor
bett reaches Sharkey under tbe right
eye and raises a lump just as the gong
sounds.
. Second round. Sharkey aggressive
and swings wildly. Sharkey clinches
Corbett and holds on. Now a wrestling
match. Sharkey, to avoid the cham
pion's punches, throws his arm around
his neck repeatedly. Corbett lands on
Sharkey's chest and face and hits at
will. The sailor is very tired at the
conclusion of the round.
I Round three Snarkey comes up with
a jump and rushes at the champion.
Corbett was ready for him and got a
stiff punch on the chest After a few
feints Corbett reached Sharkey with
his right Rapid exchange near the
ropes. Corbett uppercuts with bis
right and follows with several smashes
on chest and wind. Sailor fights des
perately; lands on champion but not
effectively. Just as the gong sounded
the men were at it hammer and tongs.
Round fourth Sharkey leads and
Corbett ducks cleverly. Both men
clinch. Sharkey strikes at Corbett vi
ciously. A general mix-up and clinch.
Referee seemingly unable to separate
them. Sharkey fights viciously. He
throws Corbett heavily. There is little
or no leading done and the men finish
the round in a clinch. Referee de
cides thtt contest a draw.
Shaikey's right eye ia closed, while
Corbett is without a scratch. Sharkey
put op a game fight and after the call
of time required three policemen to
keep him from Corbett. Sharkey strug-
?:llng in his corner and Corhett protest
ut to the referee.
Corbett was seen immediately after
the encounter by the United press rep
resentative, to whom he said: "Why,
It was no fight at all. There was not
even one round of fighting. That fel
low made a wrestling match of it. He
hang on me for all he was worth. I
couldn't get in on him. Call it a wrest
ling match, will you?"
Diwaiid an Acaoantlnf.
InDUKArotiB, Ind., June 25. The
ODg expected sensational exposure in
!he alleged wrecking of the Indlanapo
ti Citlxens' Street Railway company
'earns yesterday when the lawyers for
the froien out stockholders issued a
statement to the holders of 60,000 shares
In Chicago, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and
Fe York saying the present maaage
nefit should be called on at once to
snepnot for $7,813,000 in stock, bonds,
& and floating djtbJL. ...... -
Ikuiahafous, Ind.. June 24. Ea
Preaiient and Mrs. Harrison were in
sxtreme danger of beiug crushed be
tween the electric car and a trolley
pole on East Washington street Mon
day afternoon. They were in their
carriage, drawn by two spirited horses
and driven by the colored coachn an
When the driver essayed to -cross the
street he evidently did not observe an
electric car that stood on the north
street, a few feet distant from an
electric pole. Ai the driver turned upon
the track the horses became excited
and at the game moment the gong of
another car sounded, a few yards dis
tant, going in an opposite direction
upon the other track.
The driver evidently realized his per
ilous position and t-u Idenly t irm d the
horses, so that they would pass be
tween the pole and the car, though the
space was so narrow that it seemed
impossible to make the paskage with
out striking one or the other. The
horses plunged forward, and by a lucky
chance ran the narrow iiamnlet without
striking either the pole or car.
Mr. Harrison evidently recognized
the danger at the same moment that
it became apparent to the driver, as he
grasped the back of the seat in front
of him and rote partly from a gitting
posture. He did not evince any degire
to jump from the vehicle, but was ap
parently prepared t ) take tbe lines, if
the emergency required, and w hile the
horses were makim: tbe run of the
gauntlet he leaned forward, as if
ready at any moment to render assist
ance in their management. As far as
could be seen, Mrs. Harrison either did
not recognize the danger she was in, or
was not in the least disturbed by it.
Still Mi-slng.
Sak Francisco, Cal., June 24. A
larae number of firemen and volun
teers are still engaged in searching the
ruins of the wrecked building at the
corner of Fifth etreet and Mint avenue,
which collapsed yesterdav afternoon,
killing two persons outright, fatally
injuring a third, eeriously wounding
live others and slightly injuring ten
more.
Five persons who lodged in the build
ing are still missing. They are:
John Conner, laborer.
Ed Duff, engineer.
Henry Dwyer, carpenter.
Gus Biglex.
All residents of San Francisco.
It is believed that their bodies will
be lound underneath the mass of tim
bers and debris which fills the excava
vion beneath the site of the structure.
With the exception of Dennis Griffin,
a laliorer, who is beyond recovery, the
injured victims will probably all sur
vive. Freight Train Derailed.
San Francibco, Cal., June 24. A
Call special from Spokane, Wash.,
avs : Word has iust reached here that
a freight train on the Great Northern
was d railed yesterday near Kootenai
Falls by a landslide. Twelve cars were
carried down into the river arid over
the falls, where they were ds-ehed to
pieces. All sunk but one, which had
lost its trucks and floated on the water
over the fa'ls to be rent to pieces when
it struck the seething whirlpool below.
( In one of the cars carried into the
riwr were twelve tramps, and not one
escapea. Those of the luckless tourists j
who were uninjured succeeded in gain
ing the top of the floating car. Persons
on shore attempted to cast ropes to
them, but failed. Several of the tramps
leaped into the water, but could not
breast the swift current, and all were
carried over the falls. None of the
bodies have yet been recovered.
.
Til Veneiuolan Commlillon.
Washington, June 24. The Vene
auelan government haa presented to
Venezuelan commission tbe second vol
ume of its certified copies of Spanish
archiveg bearing upon the boundary
dispute and hag promised the tbird and
concluding volume in a few days. These
books are so exhaustive of the material
belived to exist among Spanish his
torical records that the commistion has
concluded from their examination that
it will be superfluous, in all probability,
to send an agent to Madrid for original
research as was at first thought to be
necessary.
The commission is expecting further
important results from the investiga
tions of its representatives in Holland
and Rome and has decided in view of
the character of evidence now being de
veloped to wait a few months longer
before arriving at a decision of the
dispute.
Con rent Ion at Toledo.
Toledo, O., June 24. The first na
tional convention of the credit men of
the United States was called to order in
the auditorium here at 9 o'clock ester
day morning. At that time there were
upwards of eighty representatives pres
ent. At least 100 more are expected.
Mayor Majors' address of we'.com
was responded to by M. E. Bannin of
New York, T. J. Ferguson, New Or
leans, and W. H. Taylor, Kansas City.
W. H. Preston of Sioux City, Ia., was
then elected permanent chairman. At
the close of his address outlining tbe
objects of the convention, a receBS was
taken.
Rtruek by Llalitnlog.
gioux Citv, Ia., June ?4. Mrs. Si
mon Paulson of this place was killed
by lightning during a violent thunder
storm yesterday morning. Her hus
band In the same room and her two-year-old
eon, whom she was holding her
arms, were stunned, but not seriously
hurt. -
. Several houses were struck and the
government river steamer Josle, in the
harbor at the month of the Sioux, four
miles above the city.
CRUSHED BY THE WALLS
Taiee-Story Building Collapses at
San Francisco,
THE UNDERPINNING GIVES WAY.
Wall Known to I e J. recti and ( bang-
tielng Had.
San Fkancibco, Cal, June 23. By
the collap-e of a three-story building
rt the c-Titer of Filth etreet and Mint
ivenue yesterday afternoon three peo
were tilled outright iud eleven others
more or less wriouely injured. At least
two more victims are known to be in
'.he ruins.
The dead are :
Mrs. Hilvemteiri, San Francisco.
J. Mays, San Francisco.
Unidentified woman.
The injured :
Mrs. McKeown, manager of lodging
house, badly cut and bruised.
Patrick McKeown, husband of the
above, neriously injured internally;
may die.
Mrs. Joseph Byrne, cut Bnd bruised.
Mrs. Sarah Byrne, arm and thigh
broken, ualp cut; may die.
Richard Bucking, face and scalp cut
and body badly bruised.
Eniile Luinberger, internally injured
and badly cut.
H. Shepherd, leg broken, body cut.
Dennis Griffin, severely cut and in
ternal'y injured.
Sim"n Deane, scalp wounds and limbs
bruised. "
John Lyons, badly cut and bruised.
Mrs. Davie, arm broken, body bruised.
Cornelius Crcning and Thomas Ma
landy, slightly it jured.
All of the above reside in San Fran
cisco. The building wag occupied as a res
taurant on the lower floor, while the
second and tbird stories were utilized
as a lodging bouse. Samuel O'Keefe,
the owner of the premises was recently
informed that the foundation was de
fective and on the advice of an archi
tect the ground had been entirely dug
away from beneath the building in
erder that new underpinning might be
get in. Owing to some mismanage
ment on the part of tbe contractors
the structure was left insufficiently sup
ported, with the disastrous results stated.
The ruins took tire directly after the
accident occurred, but the flames were
subdued with little difficulty.
An unknown lady who was passing
by the building at the time of tbe
collapse wa struck by falling timbers
and instantly killed. The mangled re
mains of an old man, which have not
yet been identified, were removed from
the top of the wreckage, together with
the remains of an unknown male oc
cupant of the lodging house. Tbe em
ployes and occupants of the restau
rant, eleven in number, have all been
rescued, ouik of them are seriougly
injured. It is known beyond doubt
that two and possibly more people, are
still buried in the debris. The work
of rescue is being rapidly carried out
and at this hour (8 p. m.) it is believed
the death list will not exceed six.
No more bodies had been removed
from the ruins up to 10 o'clock, though
it is believed that from three to five
lodgers, who are missing, may be buried
in tbe wreckage.
The lodging house was yianaged by
Mrs. Patrick McKeown, who with her
husband is among the injured, A. C.
Christensen, the pro jrietor of tbe res
taurant, escaped without injury.
The property loss is estimated at
about 16.000, with trifling insurance.
The blame for the accident has not yet
been fixed.
Cuban Affairs.
Washington, June 23. There was
a rumor here yesterday afternoon that
the tate department would issue a
statement about Cuban affairs, apropos
of the announcement that Consul-Gen-eral
Lee had sent a report to the presi
dent which would form the basis for
action on the situation in the island.
The rumor was erroneous. It was
learned, however, that the Btate depart
ment was confident that no report on
which a deciaive policy could be framed
had been sent. General Lee has been
in Cuba a few weeks only and has not
left Havana in that time. It was re
marked by an official that the president
would not have gone fishing if he ex
pected critical dispatches. Mr. Cleve
land's delay in starting for Gray Gables
is pointed to in some quarters as giving
color to the story, although it is ad
mitted that he and Secretary Olney
could consider the report, if such a thing
existed, quite as well at their adjacent
summer homes in Massachusetts as in
Washington. Mr. Ryan, the supposed
bearer of the dispatch, now in quaran
tine at New York, went to Cuba of his
own volition and had no official connec
tion with General Lee or with the stats
department.
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On IW War to Lincoln.
Knoxvills, Tenn., June 23. A big
block of marble, given to Nebraska bf
east Tennessee operators for the status
of Lincoln to be erected at Lincoln, was
yesterday shipped to its destination.
Matter Lratail,
Buffalo, N. Y.,June 23.-The two
welterweights, Tommv Ryan of Syra
cuse and "Shadow" Maber, the Austra
lian, met at the Lyceum theatre in
this city last evening, under tbe aus
pices of the Empire athletic club, for 1
twenty round battle. The men entered
the ring about 10 o'clock, Maber weigh,
ing 162 pounds, while Ryan tipped thi
beam at 147. Both men were in good
condition. Ryan had the beet of tin
fight from the start.