Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-22
EASTERN NEWS.
New York News.

NEW YORK, June 21st.-The failure
of Cameron, Rye d Co., dry goods
dealers and importers, of 10 Franklin
street, is announced. The iIrm has
made an assignment in favor of its
creditors. The majority of their in
debtedness is abroad, and they decline
to give any statement of their liabili-
ties or assets.
A run on the Dry Docks Savings
Bank has been going on for three days
caused by foolish rumor. The bank
is known to be perfectly sound, and
the President states they will not take
advantage of the sixty days notice
rule, but will pay all depositors desir-
ing their money.
The Graphic this afternoon says
that Overtures have been made by
prominent and influential capitalists
of South America, well known in the
United States and Europe, to the Gov
ernment of Nicaragua relative to the
building of the Inter- Oceanic Canal
by that route. The Government of
Nicaragua has received the PROPOSE
tion with great favor and promised to
grant the privilege after the arrange
ment OF certain preliminaries.
1t was reported on Wall street this
afternoon that the railroad war is
being cooled, and scheme for the ad-
'ustment of the difficulties is under
consideration by the roads interested.
This caused. a general advance in rail.
road securities.
WHEATON, ILL.,, June 2lst.-Mrs.
SGoddard, daughter of President Blan-
chard, of Wheaton College, was run
over by train of the Northwestern
road to-day and killed.
Raflro sd Accident.
CINCINNATI, June 2l.-The north
ward bound passenger train on the
Kentucky Central Railroad, due at
Covington at 6 o'clock, ran into
drove of cattle about two miles north
of Cynthiana this afternoon, wrecking
the engine and express car. D.
Parshall and Ed. Thomas, both Ad-
ans express messengers, were killed.
No one else hurt. The express and
baggage cars were thrown into the
river.
From Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 21.--Alderman Hill
dreth, of this city, who recently con-
fessed in the U. s. Circuit Court to
criminal implication in the whisky
ring as gauger in the revenue SER
vice, has left for parts unknown to es-
cape sentence. He is no doubt in
Canada.
The attention of the U. S. District
Court in this city still continues to be
occupied by pleas in behalf of whisky
men who have been convicted, or have
confessed. AT the present rate it will
be some days before sentenced is pro-
nounced on any of them.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Christian Association, opposed
to secret societies, is in session here.
The attendance is small, and nothing
of general interest has transpired.
Reports from Springfield where the
State Democratic Convention will be
held tomorrow, state that the Tilden
interest is in the ascendancy among
delegates who have already arrived.
The prospects are that the Convention
will have very warm time.
The Finance Committee of the CITY
Council this forenoon arranged with
the Merchants National Bank to ad-
vance the money necessary to take
care of interest and coupons on bonded
debt, falling due on July 1st. The
amount necessary for this purpose Is
about $500,000, for which the bank
will receive seven per cent.
Comptroller Hayes sent in his resig-
nation to-day, and the Council recon-
sidered the vote abolishing the office
and appointed Farwell, Chief Clerk i'm
the Comptroller's office, to the Comp
trollership.
A special from Bismarck, DIT. saws
that business men of all kinds are
gold crazy and leaving for the hills.
The entire force in the Bismarck Tri-
bune office this morning gave fifteen
days notice of intention to advance
on the auriferous region. On every
hand homesteads are deserted, and i'm
many instances the growing crops, the
owners having gone in search of gold.
Probably three-fourths of the home-
stead and pre-emption claimants in
the county in which Bismarck is situ-
ated have gone on this mission.
European Affairs.
BERLIN, June 21st.-A Captain and
twenty.one Lieutenanta of the Chf.