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DATES 10 APRIL az.

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New FORK, April 20.-The steamer arizona
has arrived from Aspinwall. A fearfal ex-
plosiou occurred on the steamer European, at
Aspinwall, ON the Sd inst, destroying the
ship and four hundred feet of the wharf. The
supposed cause was nitro-g lycerin. About
fifty persons were killed, among them the |
captain and officers.
Fire Marshal Baker, under the instructions
OF Mayor Hoffman, to-day seized about three |
hundred pounds OF nitro-glycerin stored up |
in the town; also, large quantity on board |
u ship in the harbor, and arrested Col. Otto |
Burtinbinder for shipping quantity Of the
same to California that exploded there. The
damage caused by the explosion at Aspinwall
is esumatel at one million of dollars. The
officers of the Panama Railroad Company in
this city estimate the loss of that company at
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Chicago, April 90 The reported death of
Ole Bull, which has caused most extensive
obituary notices, is now denied and it is
stated he is not In the country.
Washington, April 2O-The rewards for the
arrest of Booth are divided as follows: Capt.
Dougherty, of the Sixteenth New York Cav
airy, $75 900 LIT. Conger and l.. D. Baker,
$4,000 each Detective Gen. l.. G. Baker,
S3,7o0; Boston Corbit, So 600; the privates
of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry about
$3,0U0 each.
San francisco, April 20, 9:45 P. M.-The
coroner's jury found verdict that Samuel
Knight and other victims of the explosion
came to their death on Monday last, by the
explosion of nitro-glycerine, shipped in
wooden box from New York city to W. H.
Mills, Los Angeles, by express. The said
box arrived in leaky condition, and had
no marks to inlicate the character of its
contents. That this atro-glycerin is a highly
dangerous and very explosive compound as
appears from the testimony of experts, ex-
ploding not only from conclusion and per-
cussion, but from spontaneous combustion.
That it is an article which should not be
shipped by sea vessels, more especially upon
such voyage as that from New York, and
that the party that shipped this partic.
uar box unmarked was guilty of crime
equal to manslaughter. They urge the in
dctment and punishment of the shipper, II
he can be found. They exonerate the Pa
cifc Mail Steamship Company and Wells,
Fargo b Co. from blame in this particular
instance, but condemu the practice of express
companies and other carriers, in endanger-
ing human lite by receiving without ques-
ton, packages, the contents of which they
have no knowledge. The same verdicts are
returned in oooh case.
Frank Morris, second clerk of the Union
Club, died last night from the effects of the
late explosion. This is the twelfth victim
known to be dead.
Dates from La Paz, Arizona, up to the 18th
inst, were received last evening Major
Miller, of the 18th Infantry, and four mer
were killed by the Indians between Sar
Pedro and Tucson. DR.. Tappan was dan
gerously wounded and temporarily left be-
hind somewhere near place called Picahico
It is said he will not live.
Summary justic was meted out to the mai
who committed the murder near Fort Yuma
He was taken, tried and hung, all in regula
form and without entailrg the expense o
long detention to the thinly settled country
Fort Steiiacoom, April ll.-Last Sunda,
night, the 18th inst, courier arrived at F,
Steilacoom, about midnight, with an urgen
request from Superintendent Waterman TO
thirty men and two bowitzers to proceed i'm
mediasely to Cape Flattery, as the Govern
ment property and the lives of the employee
were in imminent danger from hostile In
dians one murder having already been com
mitted. On Monday morning, the l6th, Com
niandant Ross star ted the detachment, which
Lon arriving at Neah Bay, attacked the Indiani
and in short skirmish captured thirteen Q
the uglest rascals ever seen, who just mo-
arrived in charge of Sergeant Walker. Lieu
Kistler, twenty.six men, aud two howitzer
are still retained by Agent Webster, of th
Neah Bay Reservation.
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