Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-06
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CALIENTE, May 4th.-The Tele-
graph Stage Oil time with the follow
ing passengers for Los Angeles -
S Majors, G o Davis, Miss A McGin-
mis-, Miss Breeding and A Burgess.
san Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5th.-Freder-
ick w Swiss committed suicide yes
terday by swallowing quantity of
cyanide of potassium. He had been
addicted to gambling for some time,
and had lost considerable money most
of which he took from the till of his
employer, whom he promised to re-
pay when called upon to do so. On
Wednesday evening his employer re-
quested him to get some money for
the payment of some bills, and he
promised to return yesterday morning
with it. He didn't have the money
yesterday, however, and went out
when requested again, saying that he
would return in few minutes with
it. He failed to return, and latter in
the day was discovered dead in his
room. On the table was found bot.
tie which had contained pound of
the poison, of which he had taken a
third.
Consolidated Virginia dividend two
dollars per share. Belcher will not
declare any dividend this month. CAL
ifornia will probably declare a two
dollar dividend payable on the 2lst.
On Wednesday as the steamer
Amador was about half an hour from
the dock on her way to Sacramento,
an unknown man fell overheard and
was drowned.
The Grand Encampment, 10. o. F.,
met to-day, fifty-three out of fifty
five Encampments were represented,
and all the Grand officers were pres
ent. According to the Grand Scribe's
report, during the past year the gain
in membership has been 372, making
a total of 1904. S14,055 was paid out
for relief.
AT the Municipal Court to-day Har-
rington, who tried to murder boy at
the Palace Hotel last Fall, was SEN
fenced to IL years in the State prison.
Thomas Laddie, the Third street
hoodlum who some months ago assis-
ted in the bombardment of a store
and them stabbed the officer who at
tempted to arrest him, was fined $500
in the Police Court to-day and went
to Jail for five months.
James Smith pulled a boy off a
horse because he declined to give him
a ride, knocked him down and then
kicked him, was fined $500.
The slander case of r. F. Parshall
VS. Z. ID. Summer, was decided in the
Third District Court by verdict of
S3O, 600 against Summer. The defen-
dant is in New York.
The Australian steamer Zeleandi ar
rived from Sidney to-day. Austria
liam, New leland and Honolulu news
is unimportant. From Somoa intel
ligence is important. 1t will be re-
membered that the last accounts from
there Steinberger was close prisoner
on board the English man of war
Barracuda. A few days later the
Captain of the Barracuda determined
to compel the natives to accept their
King, MalieUoa, whom they had de-
thrOned for concerting to the arrest of
Steinberger. Captain Stevens landed
with a file of marines and sailors
armed, and met Tipula, the native
ruler, at council. To Captain Stew
ems demand that the receive the King
they positively refused. At this june
ture, Captain Stevens observing that
the native guard was lying on the
ground near the council house under
the trees and armei, ordered an officer
and file OF marines and sailors to
disarm them. The first man they en-
countered was Chief whose gun they
undertook to wrest from him. He re-
sisted, whereupon one of the marines
or sailars fired and shot him dead. At
this the natives sprang. to their feet