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Show WESTERN. Oestrucl ive t'i re. San Francisco, L'-I. A destructive lire occurred at p.m., to-day. on the corner of Ma.-ou and 1-Mdy streets. II caught under the sidewalk and in loose material, communicating at once to the building's almve. The wind was blowing a gale at the time thPMtenhig to cause tin extended conflagration, us all ofthehuildings in the vicinity were -wood. The alarm soon brought the firemen lo the spot anu ny strenuous exertions inuy soon had the Haines under control, but not till five buildings, owned by P. Xigro, on Mason street, and one cottage cot-tage on Mason street, owned hy Mr. Sullivan, were desl roved. Thc aggregate aggre-gate loss is probably 610.000. Mr. Dufly, cigar dealer, Mrs. Savory, Jno. Snyder and Van Housen. were also losers to a considerable extent. I. eg lfrokeii. Calaveras Big Trees, 24. Ben McDonald, Mc-Donald, employed at herding sheep two miles beyond South Grove, met with n severe accident early Sunday morning. Before returning on Sat-urdav Sat-urdav night, he, with two other men, concluded to burn a, dead tree near the camp and considered dangerous. They set (ire to ij and (.bought themselves them-selves at a safe distance, but U fell during thc night and, reaching to where thev slept, a limb struck McDonald, Mc-Donald, breaking his leg in two places. Seriously Injured. Colusa, '2i. San ford Cartwell and wife were thrown from their carriage by a riujuway team near Hubbard's ranch, between Coluhuand t;rincci,qn, to-day, and both seriously but not fatally fa-tally injured. Uottoe "Hurilcrers Mot Found. Salrm. Or., iM. The two masked uic-n h,; J'il'ed four Modoc prisoners not h;i ing been yet. 'dcniijied. Gov. drover has given directions Ibr a searching examination to be made, in order to bring the ollenders to jus-ic. N;i n Francisco ItemN. San Francisco, 24. Henry Waiil Beecher declines to deliver an address iit the commencement of the state university. He says he fpeeially uecdri icsj, couldn't get it In going to California, Engineer T. B. Arnold has -ubniit-ted to the lioard of state harlior com-ini.-ioners the nuip and plans for thc improvement of our city. The front lie iiropo.-cs to extend to the sea. with u Wad IV.jj.; P;!;:i;f and K;ist Struts to Black Point; south' ib China BaJn. with a street or levee the entire length. 20'feet wide, and whitrves extending from that into the buy as neeiUiL with Itail Koiid liiick- ;md wan-houses jh,e ejci:- K-nglh ol the wjill. ciicioLcL- "Ja; h;tK gr;i;e! .Mining Co.. ha- increased its ciipiud -ioce ! from S('ki.0x to N-'kl'JAHt. The iiunouiit of ciipital aclually paid in j San Franei.-iV. 24. All l (juiet ut 1 Fort Klamath. All the trv-p but Mcndcnhail's iire there. Th- two makid men who killed the torn .ibdi-c t-ri-..jneis- no' having li-eii ideniii'ud. (.iuvcrnor Grour. of ; Oregon, orders a searching invtvtiga- tion. hoping to bring the part it- to ' juticc. |