Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
A PETALUNA STEAMBOAT
BLOWN UP.
NO TlDINGS OF GENERAL
CROOK.
EATH OF A VALUABLE
HORSE.
GENERAL NEWS.
GENERAL. NE VS..
Steamboat Explosion.

PETALUMA, May 25.-At elGhe
! o'clock this morning, news reached
| this city that the steamer PILOT l.,
which left this city OF seven O'Clock
this morning for San Francisco.
has been blown to atoms about
! three miles this side of Lskeville.
| An engine vas dispatched from this
| city with surgical aid, since which
time the following is gathered by
parties who have visited the scene
of the disaster: J. Shattuck, fire.
| man, and c. Pilmer, pilot, seriously
injured; Mrs George McNear, A.
j. Blackwell, G. ". Grawn, and
four sons of W. T. Matthers are
missing. Several are killed and
wounded whose names we're not
ascertainea. The latest dispatch
states that Mrs. McNear was found
q mile and half from the wreck
still alive. The number Of pas
seneers on board is estimated all
the way from sixteen to twenty
five. All. on board except four
were injured.
Horse Killed.
NEW YORK, Ray 25.-Among the
number of horses which arrived
yesterday from Los Angeles, Cal,
under the care OF 0. A. Hickok,
was very valuable fonr-year-old
colt, purchased by Edward S.
Stokes OF the Hoffman House, from
|J. W. Mackay of San Francisco.
While on the way from the boat to
he Hof.n.n House stables, the
colt became frightened g. train on
the Sixth avenue elevated road.
and in running struck q Sixth av-
enue surface car. The driver was
thrown and received no injury, bnt
the colt broke one OF its legs.
When Stokes arrived be ordered the
animal shot. The colt was sired
by Sultan, and his dam was Ham
bletonian mare once owned by Chas.
Kerner of this city, and sold by
him a few years since to }. w.
Mackay. Stokes valued him at
S., 900.
The Indian Raid.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-General
Sherman said to-day that he has no
fear but that General Crook will
turn up right side with care, and
that he is acting under direct in
structions from his superiors. The
object of the movement, said Sher-
man. is to give the Indians to un-
derstand that whenever in the
future they go on raid it will be
with full knowledge that it will
be followed by swift and sure pun
ishment by our troops, even if they
do retreat over the Mexican border
or the Canadian border.
An Enamored Prince.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Tha theatri-
cal gossips say the Prince of Hayti,
who has been in the city for some
time, became enamored of Miss
Lillian Russell comic opera singer,
and after spending considerable
money in buying bouquets for her
sent her a note offering her his
heart. She has not yet accepted
him. mainly for the reason that she
is already married.
PORTLAND, May 26.-The North
ern Pacific Railroad was opened for
traffic yesterday to Jacko, 6s9
miles cast of Portland, end the
Baker City branch of the 0. R. and
NJ. Company was opened to Mix
ocha, 2A0 mic east of Portland
The long tunnel through Grave
Creek hills, on the Oregon and Cal
ifornia extension, will be finished
July 4.
The Chinese Consulate.
New YORK, May N.-Members
of the Chinese Legation ere CONT
dent that the establishment of o
Consulate in New York will tend to
increase the commerce between the
United States and China, and that
i. may be of importance to China
intending to restrict the export
alton of bad teas.
A Happy Hunting Ground.
MAcK1NAw, May 26.-At st. 1g-
nance two Indians made their ap-
pearance with two great bears. One
of the Indians was drunk. The
! party laid on the railroad track.
and one Of the Indians and both OF
The bears were killed. The other
! Indian was fatally injured.