Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-21
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Another Terrible Nitro.rIyceriue tx.
ploai0n-RinX Raraana KilIsd.


Another Terrible Nitro-EIycerine Ex.
Piosion-Etny Persons Killed.
NEW York, April 20.-1he Arizona
just arrived from Aspinwall. A fearful
explosion occurred on the steamer Euro
pean at Aspinwall, on the 18th, destroy
ing the ship and four hundred feet Of
wharf. The explosion is supposed to
have'been caused by nitro. glycarine.
About ffty persons were killed by the
explosion, among the number being the
Captain and other officers and men Of the
vessel.
Nc Hope for Speedy Settlement OF tho
Chilean Dimoulty.
The advices from the southern coast
give little hope Of a speedy settlement Of
the Chilean difficulty. Little progress
was being made by either Of the belliger.
ents. There was some talk Of lombard.
ing Valparaiso, but 1t was not considered
likely. No attempt was made by tho
Spaniards to take possession of the Chin
chas.
Niiro-Elycerinc Seizure In Now York
City.
New York, April 20.-Fire Marshal,
Baker, under instructions from Mayor
Hoffman, seized about three hundred
pounds of nisro-glycerine which was
stored up town; also q large quantity on
board a ship in the harbor and he ar
rested Colonel Otto Burstenbinder, for
shipping . quantity 70 California. The
same that exploded there!
Further Particulars Of tho AspinwalI
=. Explosion.
The damage caused BY the explosion AZ
Aspinwall is estimated at $1,000, 900.
The officers Of the Panama Railroad, in
this city. estimate the loss Of that COM
pany at $4,000.
The nisro.glycerins was shipped on
board the European BY Gion & Co.. Of
Liverpool, as ~Rlonoine.
Tho New York soisure.
The. nitro-glycerine seized by Marshal
Baker, as above mentioned, arrived about
a week ago, from Hamburg.
At the time the authorities did not
know the dangerous nature Of the article,
and It was placed in = public store.
The whole amount seized has been
placed in q safe magazine, where there is
no possibility Of is exploding and de-
ssroyins life or property in the future.
No moro ~nitro-glycerine will DO admit.
ted to any of the public stores.
Colonel Burstenbinder formerly COM
manded an Ohio regiment.
Ole Bull Nss Dead.
CHICAGO. April 2o.-Tho reported
death Of Ole Bull, which has caused the
most extensive obituary notices, is now
denied; and It 10 stated that he il not In
the country.
The Canadian Pariiamont.
The meeting Of the Canadian Paflia-
ment Is postponed till June.
An Annuity Granted IN Aged Here.
WASHINGTON, April 2o.-The House
passed a bill-ayes LOG. noes l3-giving
J. Day Of Baltimore county, Md, an an
upity Of S42l so, for hsroism in defend
ing the national flag against Gilmore's
rebel raiders in July, 1884. 1t appeared
that he was "a years old, and he defended
the flag while rebels, in retaliation, de.
stroyed his property, valued at 800 or
$500.
Division. OF Rewards for Bseth's Ar
-T rest.
The rewards for the arrest Of Booth are
divided as follows: Capt. Dougherty, Of
the Sixteenth New York Cavalry, $1,000;
Lieut.. Conger and L. D. Baker, $4,000
each Detective and General Lafayette C.
Baker, $500; Boston Corbett, $4,000;
and the ~privates of the Sixteenth New
York Cavalry about $4,000 each.
Br'Hdw'' S Sii R ! Railroad
CHICAGO, April 20.-The New York
Senate killed the Broadway Underground
Railroad Bill, and also the cross.town
railroad bill. This is understood as FORE
shadowlng the defeat Of the whole batch
of New York street railroad bills.
Niagara ship Canal Bill Passcd-ts
Death.
The Legislature passed the Niagara ship
canal bill, amended 50 as to kill it by pro.
viding that the Act shall not 60 into efec.
until after the enlargement Of the Eric md
Oswego Canals.