Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-02
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BristOw and Belknap.
WASHINGTON, September 29.-Sec-
retaries Bristow and Belknap returned
to-day.
Sentenced for Life.
WORCESTER, Sept. 29.-Robert Tenn
pleman, of Dudley, shot his wife dead
on the 5th of May last, after a pro-
tracted debauch. This morning in the
Supreme Court he was allowed to plead
guilty to murder in the second degree,
and was sentenced to the State Prison
for life.
Military and Naval Force at New Or
leans.
NEW YORK, Sept. ga New Or
leans dispatch says: 1.-THE military
forces now in Louisiana consists of the
Sd Infantry, three companies of the
18th, seven companies of the 22d, one
company of the I'd, and two companies
of the 4th Artillery. Major-General
Emory is in command of the depart
ment and troops in New Orleans and
vicinity.
The ships of war in the harbor are
the Worcester (the flagship, COM
mander, w. d. Whiting; Canandal-
qua, Commander, r. b. Lowrey; Wa
chusett, Commander, r. B. Taylor;
Shawmut, Commander, II. l.. How
ison, and the Kansas, Lieutenant
Commander, Alfred Hopkins, and two
monitors, temporarily off1cered and
manned. Rear Admiral Mullaney
commands the squadron.
1t is thought best to keep the fleet
on war footing. No officer or man
is allowed to leave his ship after night
fall, except on official business, and
for the present the guns are kept load
ed, in order to be ready for any emer-
gency.
Matters in New Orleans - Plan to be
Virtually Adopted.
CHICAGO, Sept. ga New Orleans
special says Congressman Durrell told
your correspondent this evening that
General Emory, in reply to his Dur
relPs) personal application to have
troops sent to st. Martin parish, de-
clined upon the ground that the num-
Der of his command now here could
not be decreased.
The compromise conference met this
evening at 6 o'clock, and is still in ses-
sion.
The Conservative members to-day
received authority from the Democrat
ic State Central Committee to act in
the matter. They have accepted the
Republican proposition, giving the
State Retiring Board three Republi-
cans and two Conservatives, and an
Advisory Board of five, two Of each
party, and the fifth to be appointed by
them, who shall suggest alterations in
elections, etc, as they may indicate,
Kellogg promising to be governed by
their advice.
The Committee of Seventy have not
yet given the Conservative members
the power given by the Democratic
Committee.
Railroad Collision.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 30.-A collision
occurred to-day, on the Allegheny
Valley Railroad, east Of New Bethle-
hem, Pa, between mail train going
east and freight train going west.
James Esle, engineer, and NJ. Kittler
of the mail train, and passenger
named Henry Doyle, were killed. H.
Wertz was fatally injured. J. NJ.
Tarr, baggage-master, John Rason,
news-boy, and John Garrison, passen-
ger, We're seriously injured. A bag
gage car, containing baggage, mail
and express matter, was burned.
Child Murder.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 30.-Mrs. Julia
Perkins, wife of Chas. Perkins, of this
city, after cutting the throat of her
only daughter, all infant, made an in
eftectual attempt to kill herself in the
same way. Domestic trouble is the
alleged cause.
Murderer Sentenced-Missins Steamer
Heard From.
Boston, Sept. 30.-Louis Wagner,
the Isle of Shoals murderer, has heen
sentenced to be hanged on the last
Friday in January, Governor Main
having finally decided to carry out
the recommendation of the State
Council.
PORTLAND (Me.), Sept. So - The
missing steamer New York, of the In
ternational line, arrived to-day, hav-
ing put into Machias and into PenOb-
scott to avoid a storm which was very
severe.
The Sweetwater Expedition.
CHEYENNE, Sept. 30.-Buffalo Bill,
one of the guides of the Sweetwater
expedition commanded by Col. Mills,
arrived at Rawlins yesterday. The
Commander was in good health. No
Indians seen.
Accepted.
DR.. Geo. f. Seymour, recently
elected Bishop of the Diocese of Illi-
nois, has accepted in a letter received
here yesterday by the Chairman of
the Committee appointed to notify
him of his election.
Cuban Patriots Fighting Among Each
Other.
NEW YORK, September 29.-Pio Ro-
sado, the Cuban who fought the duel
recently on the Belgian frontier with
DeConto, the editor of the Spanish
newspaper Cronistd, has arrived here.
The conflicting elements in the Cuban
Revolutionary Society here have again
broken out in open warfare upon cash
other. The League of the Daughters
OF Cuba at meeting yesterday adopt.
ed strong protest against the contin-
uance of Aidoma as general agent of
the Cuban Republic.
Fire at Long Branch.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 29-Atlantic
Block, formerly Helmb bold's Block,
was totally destroyed by fire last
night.
The loss by the burning of the At
lantic Block is 100000.
Verdict for platntin