The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20
LATESp NEWS SUMMARY,
BY rELEaRApH no DArE.

Louisville, KY, the defeated party to
pay $1,000 expenses and donate $4,000 to
the Polytechnic institute.
German citizens of San Francisco have
started q subscription list for the relief
of sufferers by the recent food. Some
$500 have been collected so far, and ar
rangements are in progress for an enter
tainment, the proceeds of which will be
sent forward at once.
The superior court at Indianapolis gave
a decision on the 18th which, ii the prin-
cipel announced therein is carried ont,
will cost the state $500, 900. It is that
the state must return the money paid by
counties to the state treasury, by mistake
or otherwise, in excess of balance due.
Paddy Ryan, who is spending week
in Omaha, says that he proposes to chal-
lenge the winner of the fight between
Sullivan and Slade, as soon as the match
is made. He saws he is IN better condi-
ton now than he ever was in his life,
and he is anxious to meet Sullivan IN the
ring again some time this year. He says
Mace's judgment as to SHADES ability as
q pugillst is worth something and the
probability is that Sullivan will find Slade
hard man to whip.
Considerable excitement was caused in
San Francisco on the 18th by large
crowd which collected in front of prom
inent bank on Montgomery street and
the impression was created that an exten
sive run had been inaugurated. Rumors
to the effect that the bank had collapsed
were circulated but an Investigation re-
vealed man with placard on his hat
bearing the inscription, IT want work. =
This method of cheap advertising was
successful, for the man was soon given
employment by gentleman who saw the
conspicuous placard.
Some years ago an cid childless couple
near Ulysses, Neb.. adopted boy and
girl from different families. When the
children grew to maturity they indulged
In undue intimacy. When the exposure
was made it was suggested they should
marry. The old lady grew excited about
| the unfortunate matter, and finally be-
came insane. On Jan. 7th she prepared
the tea and put poison IN it. All rartoob
except the girl. The old man was taker
sick and the girl was sent to a neighbol
| for assistance. When she returned al
three were dead.
| A Milwaukee, Wis, dispatch of Jan
L
| brick hotel was burned to the grount
| this morning. The fire was discovered
| at A.. NJ. In less than half an hou
| flames. The first alarm came at BAT
4 followed quickly by general alarm. B.
this time almost the entire south front o
| the Newhall house was one sea of flames
In moment every window in the larg
- G11al ~rskh oil.
Cling guests, frantically and plteousl.
beseeching the few below for aid, whicl
it was impossible to render. But few o
the unfortunate inmates gained the from
entrance on Michigan street, although
more might have been saved if some I'm
mediate attempt at systematic rescue hat
been made. In the halls was scene 0
the widest confusion. Men, women an'
children rushed mp and down the hall
in the dense and suffocating smoke
avoiding the binding flames and roarin!
blaze, and in their frantic efforts rushin,
by stairways and windows leading to fir
escapes. stumbling over bodies lying un
conscious on the carpeted walks. Th
scenes during the confagration were ter
rife in the emtreme. The hotel registe
was burned so that it is impossible t
state definitely the number of guests q
the time of the disaster. but all account
agree that the dead will reach 100. TIL
scene at the morgue few hours after tn
fire was sickening. Thirty-two bodie
of men and women lay upon the floor
many burned to an undistinguishabl
mass, while the efforts of a strong polio
force were required to keep back tn
agonized crowd who were franticall,
searching for missing friends. The col,
was intense and many wounded suffered
from both the extreme of heat and cold
The hotel was built IN 1857 and has lon,
been regarded as death trap" Th
elevator and passage ways were almost a
the first alarm enveloped in flames cut
ting off all retreat to the frenzied guest
and employees. kilograms from all part
of the country are pouring III asking fo
J missing friends. Inquiry has been mad
! by at least dozen wholesale houses i
the east regarding their travelling men
who were due here Tuesday. Not one @
those inquired for can be found, and
is safe ito assume there were great man
. more transient guests In the house tina
at first reported The finding of the tw
bodies so near the edge, that had not be
fore been seen, has given rise to the ide
that there are at least 100 bodies in th
ruins. It will take several days to re
move the debris, with as large force a
can be worked, and as the register is pre-
served in the safe. it will be impossibl
for long time after the bodies have bee
recovered, before it will be known VII
all the victims are. A further dispatc
on the 11th says: At daylight this morI
! ing large gang of laborers resumed th
awful work of hunting for the dead i
the ruins of the Newhall house. Th
streets in the vicinity of the ruins al
| packed black with people. The creates
excitement prevails. The fire departmer
is engaged in pulling down the remnant
of the walls, and with each succeedin
crash, the excitement increases. Th
police and firemen are confident that full
| so people are buried in the ruins, inclut
| ing q number of guests not mentioned
| the published list Crowds of people al
arriving on every train. The hotels Al
!. filled with fearful and anxious peop
seeking friends or relations supposed
J have been IN the fire. The telegrap
wires inclosing the buillingon the sout
and east sides played sad havoc wit
those who m ade the frightful leap frol
the windows for life. Several bodis
were fairly cut in two by the wires, an
{ the torn and bleeding forms would lrc
: to the ground Others would hit th
wires crossways, rebound and be hnrle
. to the ground with dreadful crash. I
the unfortunate waiter girls, all lodge