Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-07

carry it on board. When Thomasen
was leaving the vessel at New York,
the portmanteau had become so light
that little boy might have carried it.
Spots of grease were found in Thom-
asen's room, and it is supposed he sat
up at night and took out the contents
of the portmanteau, which it is
thought must have been one of his
Internal machines, and got rid of it
by throwing it overheard, having fail
ed to obtain an insurance on his pre-
tended shipment of specie. He had
no motive for destroying the vessel.
Shooting Boiler Ex piosion.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 6th.-Mar-
shal Rollen, at Latonia, Ohio, shot a
saloon keeper, Thos. Naughton, whom
he was arresting for selling liquor
without license. Naughton escaped
wounded. The marshall shot at him
but missed.
The boiler in steam mill in West
Virginia, five miles from Gallipolis,
Ohio, exploded, killing Luke Cofile
and John Fry, employees. The mill
belonged to Wright & Co.
Suspended Work.
RIPLEY, Ohio, Jan. 6th'-The coal
mines near Logan, Ohio, have sus-
pended work and are discharging the
miners. There is no demand for coal.
Failure in Boston.
: BosToN, Jan. 5th. Rich
ardson & Whitney, dry goods jobbers
of this city, are reported failed. Liza
bilities stated to be S250,000.
LeavenwOrth Newspaper Fight.
TOPEKA, Jan. 6th.-A dispatch by
Col. Anthony to the Chicago Tribune
dated Dee. 10th, referring to the trial
of Mr.. Embry for shooting Anthony,
says no respectable man swore on the
trial to anything derogatory to the
character of Col. Anthony, when the
facts are that nobody swore anything
in favor of his character, but those who
We're asked about it swore that his
character was bad, that he was quar-
relsome, had killed his man and had
tried to kill others. I'D.
Chicago News.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6th.-There is moth
ing new in whisky business except
speculation and not much of that.
The Grand Jury here have returnedno
indictments against whisky men, as
yet, though the matter is now before
them.
Indictments We're returned to-day
against Hon. J. \. Scammon, former
President, and Reed, Cashier of the
Mechanics National Bank, for mis-
conduct as such officers. Two of them
are against Mr. Scammon and Mr..
Reed Jointly and the other two against
Mr.. Reed singly. One of the joint
indictments charges that as President
and Cashier Of the Mechanics Nation
al Bank, Messrs. Scammon and Reed
made the Bank Liable for $40 of
their own personal Indebtedness to
the Metropolitan National Bank, of
New York. The indictments let
out at great length the man.
ner in. which this was : done.
The Mechanics National Bank was
really indebted to the Metropolitan
Bank in, u large sum Of money, and
the former bank guaranteed to the
latter q large amount of certificates of
deposit in the Marine company. The
guaranteed certificates amount to S47,-
600 more than the actual Indebtedness
of the Mechanics National Bank. The
second joint indictment charges sub
stantially that these two bank officers
ppropriated- a large amount of
money belonging to the bank to the
amount of S20,700. The indictments
against Mr.. Reed charged that he en-
bezzled the sums of $6S, ,0O0and $4,000
respectively belonging to the Mechan.
ics' National Bank. The offences
charged against Messrs. Scammon
and Reed are misdemeanors, and pun
ishable by imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary.
lt4 Another Failure.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6th-Phillip Stein
er, one of the leading retail dealers in
tea and coffee in this city, failed to-
day and made an assignment
in favor of his brother-in- law,
Isaac Smoers. He had eight
cen stores in operation in this city,
besides others in Brooklyn, Jersey
City and Newark, all Of which were
closed to-day. His liabilities are
placed al sos, 900, and his total assets,
according to the schedule, amount to
1890, 900.