Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-19
FOREIGN.
Ship Earned.

SDAP
LIVERPOOL, l8th.-The steamer,
City of Brooklyn which has arrived
here reports passing a burning ship
$50 miles South of the Island Of Sable
on the 9th Instant. Neither the name
OF the vessel or the state of the crew
could be learned.
Crooked whisky Case.
ST. LOUIS, 17th.-The Court opened
at ten O'clock and among the Witness
es were noticatiy number of promi-
nent officers of the army. Mr.. Stores
on tine defence quickly disposed of bis
witnesses. Gen. J. w. Simpson first
called followed by Major Gen. w. T.
Sherman, Gen. VIM. Harney, Gen.
Sturges, Capt. Barritt and ex-Secre-
tary Borie.
Democratic National C0nvention.
ST. LOUIS, l7th.-A special letter
says Il large majority of the members
of the National Democratic commit
tee expressed a preference to hold the
National Democratic Convention
here.
The Case OF stokes.
NEW YORK, l7th.-A strong argu-
ment has been presented on behalf of
the murderer Stokes to Judges Pratt,
Barnard and Gilbert, reciting the or
der Of his trial and conviction and al
leging that Governor Tilden has de-
med him his legal rights. The whole
constitutes an ingenious plea for re-
hearing with view to shortening his
sentence.
Homicide n. Cnlusn Etc
CoLUsA, Feb. 17th.-A difficulty oe-
cnrred here this evening between
Dan'l Morgan and ID. Il. Graves. It
is reported that Morgan attacked
Graves by firing into his house, when
Graves took double barrelled shot
gun and killed Morgan by shooting
him through the breast. Graves gave
himself up and is under arrest. The
cause of the difficulty has not been
made known.
The floods have subsided, but the
roads are still impossible fer wagons,
North, South or West of Colusa. The
weather is beautiful and crops never
looked better.
Another Sea Tragedy.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE steamer
Franconi ran into the steamer Strath
Clyde, of Glasgow, off Dover this after
noon. The boilers of the Strath Clyde
burst and she sank Immediately. Fif-
ty-two of her passengers We're drown
ed. Five have been landed at Dover
and four others are reported to have
been saved
Smith, Sundius & Co., agents, re-
port that the Franconi has put into
Dover. She had her bows stove at the
water line. The following particulars
have been received: The steamer
Strath Clyde, which sailed from Lon
don for Bombay, had been in Dover
bay to land her pilot. AS she was
sheering out again, about mile from
the Admiralty pier, she was caught
by the tide, which turned her bow to-
ward the southeast. The steamer
Franconi, which was coming down
the channel, ran into her with great
force on her port quarter.
The collision occurred at 4:30 P. NJ.
Two minutes afterwards the boilers of
the Strath Clyde exploded and the
steamer went to the bottom. The
Franconi was badly damaged, but
kept afloat. 1t is thought all her fore
compartment plates are carried away.
Two tugs Immediately took her in tow
The weather was clear and the sea
calm at the time of the disaster. The
Dover life-boat was launched, hut was
unable to reach the scene in time to
rescue any of the Strath CIyde's pas-
sengers or crew.
Later.
LONDON, Feb. 1S.-The loss of life
by the sinking Of the steamer Strath
Clyde in collision with the steamer
Franconi to-day was frightful. Over
sixty persons, its said went down with
the vessel, only few of those on
board were saved.