Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-20
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PACIFIC COAST.
For Los Angeles.

TUE AOs fth5SlCS.
CALIENTE, April l9th.-The Tele-
graph Stage on time with the follow
ing passengers for Los Angeles: Mr..
Duties, one Spanish lady, Mr. Cuddy,
J Gall, Miss Lombard, FL r Luke, Mr.
Ka tzenstein, Mr. 1.-Two and Mr. Dry
den.
Weather clear and calm.
San Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, 19th.-Henry
Graves, a butcher, 19 years old was
shot through the arm and head yes
terday at Bay View shooting range,
and instantly killed. Capt Burns and
others were practicing at a thousand
yard range. and Graves was marking
for them. A shot had been fired and
he marked it, on going back to shelter
he saw that a disk had fallen, and
without displaying the danger shingle
he went out to replace it, when stoop-
ing over, shot was fired without his
being seen, with the result noted. 1t
is not known certainly who fired the
shot, but it is supposed to be Captain
Burns.
The Pacific Coast Centennial Com.
miUtee met last evening for the pur-
pose of permanently organizing. 1t
was stated that $4,000 had been ap-
propriated by the Legislature for the
Centennial celebration. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
General Coey; Vice-Presidents, ] D
Stevenson and Col. Peter Donahue;
Secretary, Frank Murphy; Treasur-
er, James G Flood.
The burglar arrested last month for
robbing the Selleck House on Jones
street, who has been so reticent about
himself, has at length been identified,
and has an interesting history. His
real name is Hiram Vickery and he
was sent to serve in San Quentin
from Eureka, Humboldt county, for
"a years, for grand larceny and burg
larry. His sentence was committed by
Gov. Booth to five years. He entered
a large number of houses in Eureka
and was accustomed to chOloroform-
ing the inmates of sleeping rooms.
He became terror in the city, and
precautions of the most circumspect
character were taken to guard against
his visits.
Yesterday noon Mr.. Connally, a
jeweler and watch maker on the cor
nerof Fourth and Folsom streets went
to lunch, locking the door after him.
While he was absent thief unlocked
the door, walked in and pocketing
about 81, 900 worth of jewelry, carried
it of, leaving the door open.
Another raid was made on the Chi
fish n n inf
yesterday and six viOle.tors of the law
were arrested.
The harbor commissioners have de-
cided the italian fishermen the Vale
jo street wharf for their boats and the
bulkheads in front of Vallejo and
Front streets.
At meeting of the Democratic
County Committee last evening all
business done was to resolve an ap-
pointment of ~ delegates to the State
Convention. The committee appoints
40 and the 40 so appointed select the
81 from five senatorial districts of the
city.
A call has been issued for a conven-
tion of women's suffragists in this
city May 10th.
1t is said that Captain Gherardi late
of flagship Pensacola will be tried by
court martial for whipping boys on
board his ship, as soon as Spaulding
Matter is through with.
A Coroner's jury to-day in the case
of young Graves killed yesterday by
Capt. III. J. Burns at the Bay View Ri
fie Range, returned a verdict of acci-
dental death.
Thomas d. Dunn special officer
who killed a Chinaman on Monday
morning has been held by the Police
Court TO answer before the Grand
Jury for murder.
The State Medical Society convened
to-day, DR.. Nixon, President in the
chair. Only business relating to the
organization was done. The question
of admitting females as mem bers of
the Association will be discussed to-
morrow.
At the Chinese investigation to-day
several witnesses were examined but
their testimony differs in no respect
from the evidence already obtained,
all agreeing that the Chinese were fl
thy and treacherous people.
The Republican primaries promises
to morrow to be lively as several tick
cts are already in. the field. The Goa
ltion ticket between the old line Re-
publicans and Independents will be
run in all the wards supposed to be op-
posed to the Custom House cliques.
o. F. Cook, proprietor of the Grand
Island flour mills at Colusa began
suit against G. Mitchler commission
merchant for $4,000, which the for
mer alleges has been wrongfully with
held by the latter on the return of
sales offiour made by him.
A suit of the central Pacific Rail-
road Company against A. Cohen has
been postponed until the middle of
July.