Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-04-29
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San Francisco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29th.-Early
this forenoon a party of laborers dis
covered the dead body of a man float
ing in San Antonio creek, near Sa-
ren's wharf, East Oakland. Upon in
quiry it was ascertained that the name
of the drowned man was r. Augustus
Redman, an attorney of Oakland, and
well known Democratic politician.
The deceased was at one time State
Senator from Santa Clara county,
and a man of considerable promi-
nence and influence. He was the Sec
retary of the Judiciary Committee of
the last State Senate. He was also a
candidate for City Attorney on the
Democratic ticket at the recent mu
nicipal election in Oakland, and
shared the i'll fortune of his party on
that occasion. At the time of his
death he was Court Commissioner of
the Third District Court. He leaves
wife and several children in
Strengthened circumstances. He was
40 years ofage, and of late he hal TAX
en- to drinking heavily. 1t is sup
posed he fell from the wharf into the
bay while in state of intOXication.
Caroline Hanson, while filling a
kerosene lamp, in Oakland last night,
upset it and her clothes caught fire,
and she died this morning from the
effect.
At the Spaulding Court Martial to-
day the prosecution closed the evil
dence. Spaulding then made appli-
cation to be released from confine-
ment. but the Court Martial denied
the request, but telegraphed to the
Secretary of the Navy to see what
action he. would take in the matter.
Petty thieving is rife in the suburbs,
and many complaints of thefts of
clothing, ETC., are made to the police.
The wreckers who some months ago
went on the schooner Joseph Worley
to recover treasure from the wreck Of
the steamer Golden Gate report nine
teen feet of sand over her hull. They
were unable to do anything.
There were seventy-nine deaths in
the city last week, forty-two males and
thirty-seven females.
The stock market closed strong this
afternoon. the advance on board prices
being general and of considerable
movement.
Silver coin is more plentiful, but
rules steady at q to 81 per cent. dis
count. Trade dollars are in lighter
demand at to per cent. discount.
Thirteen seamen of the steamer City
Of Sydney, convicted of disobeying
orders on the steamer when at Pana-
ma, who were convicted in the Z. S.
District Court yesterday morning,
were sentenced to twenty. five days in
jail, besides the forfeiture of all wages.
The steamer Crocus carried S253,5ll
in treasure for China, of which $2U9, 900
were trade dollars.
The unknown man who committed
suicide at the Stanford House yester-
day morning turns out to be Professor
Blake, the mind-reader.
A frightful accident occurred in a
butchering establishment in South
Sab Francisco yesterday morning by
which u young Frenchman named
Joseph BRAGG lost his life. He was
engaged in skimming vat of boiling
tallOw when he lost his balance and
fell headlong into the seething liquid.
His brother, Francisco, hearing his
cries, ran to his assistance and pulled
him out, burning himself severely in
so doing. The unfortunate lad was
burned from head to foot in q fearful
manner. The butchers in the vicini-
ty place him in a vat ofcold water un-
til the arrival of a physician, who ap-
piled proper remedies, but after lin
gering in terrible agony until five o.
clock P. M. he died. Deceased was l6
years of age.
The water commissioners met last
evening, and although nothing def
mite was accomplished the sentiment
developed was decidedly in favor of
lower rates.
Shooting ARRAY at San Bernardino.
SAN BERNARDINo, April 29.-Last
night at about II o'clock shooting
affray occurred near house occupied
by member of the demi monde,
Maria Gilmore, which very nearly
terminated in the death of man
named Bob, hostler in Gillett's sta
BILE. The facts as near as we can as
certain, are as follows: About mid
night three men named Webster,
Hubbard and Bennett, called at the
house of Maria, desiring admittance
which was refused. They then at
tempted to break in the door and
while doing this Bob who was at the
time inside, went out the back way to
investigate the disturbance. He was
no sooner seen by the ruffians than
one supposed to be Hubbard fired at
him with a revolver, the ball passing
through the abdomen and lodging in
his groin. Although shot, Bob had
sufficient strength to grapple with his
assassin and strike him several times
with club, on which there still re-
mains small particles of scalp and
clots of blood. Despite his endeavors
however, Hubbard escaped, but IN his
flight lett behing a revolver of beauti-
full design and lined hat alternately
striped with white ami black. DIR.
Evans was called soon after the affair
and succeeded in extracting the ball.
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