Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-01-30


motion was made to admit Charles T.
Lawrence, the great forger, to bail on
one of the indictments against him.
The Court fixed his bail at $4,000.
There are twenty-one indictments for
forgery against Lawrence, the total
loss to the Government in all the cases
being about S360,000 gold. There are
also twenty indictments for conspi-
racy, &c.
Europeans intending to visit this
country when the Centennial exhibit
ton opens are already looking up their
quarters here through agents, prepar-
atory to their arrival. Numerous
apartments have been engaged in the
various hotels, and applications con-
tinue to be received by agents.
The Inman steamship City of Ant
werp is now five days over due from
Liverpool, and as she carries the mails
her arrival is looked for with anxiety.
A meeting was held here to-day be-
tween committee of the College Re-
gatta Association of American colleges
and a committee of the Saratoga Row
ing Association. The latter commit
tee agreed to pay the College Regatta
committee 1000 for expenses land the
regatta will be rowed at Saratoga.
An Old Man Gone
HOBoKEN, n. j., January 29th.-
Adam Williams, of DeMott street,
Hoboken, died to-day of general de-
bility. He was one hundred years
of age.
Chicago Crooked and Other Items.
CHICAGO, Jan, Goth. The whisky
business still occupies the attention of
the L. S. District Court. Louis w.
Nelke, an indicted gauger, applied to
Judge Bangs for reduction of bail
from 1000 to $4,000 His bail was
reduced to $4,000. The parties in
d!cted yesterday appeared to-day with
their bondsmen, all of whom were
satisfactory to the Court. The Grand
Jury returned two other whisky in
dictments at noon to-day, one of them
against VIM. Cooper of the Blackhawk
Distillery, and another against Her.
man J. Pahlman and David S. Rush
of the Chicago Alcohol Works. The
charges are of the same nature as
against other distillers, the allegations
stating that the parties have removed
from their distilleries without paying
the tax large quantity of distilled
spirits, amounting in the case of Coop
er to 200, 700 gallons, and that of Bush
and Pahlman to $4,000 gallons. The
bail was placed at $50, 1000 each.
The clearings of the Chicago banks
for the present week up total of
So, 140, $50, $50, being anpu three mill
lion in excess of the responding
week last year.
Chicago packers from the first of
November to the present time have
killed |, 229, 1870 hogs against 1858, 800
for the same period last season.
The exhibition ofpoultry, dogs, ETC.,
in this city finally closed this evening
after proving very successful attrac-
tion for over q week. --
Crooked in st. LouIs-Floating Ice.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29th.-Never before
in Western country trial that has
created an excitement like that of Me-
KEGS. Long before the hour of open
ing of the Court the entire half Of the
floor on which the Court room is loca-
ted was packed. The doors of the
Court room had to be closed to prevent
the crowd from rushing in, but the
noise on the outside was so great when
the time arrived for Hon. d. w. Voor-
hees to commence speaking for the
defense he could not proceed. Judge
Dillon ordered the hall cleared, but
it was impossible to so until squad of
policemen arrived. VOORHEES, made q
powerful and eloquent plea which had
a visible effect upon the Jury. He de-
nounced the witnesses for the Govern
ment as self convicted thieves and
peijurers. He claimed that Fritz Ray
perjured himself in saying before the
Grand Jury that he knew of frauds
and was actuated by malice against
Mckee because of articles in his paper,
and argued the defendants honorable
record and stainless character for thir-
ty-four years in this city should not be
blasted by such testimony. Col.
Broadhead claimed for the prosecution
what he read from the testimony Of
the witnesses for the Government,
and claimed that in all the essential
points they agreed. In referring to
Mckee telling Mervill that the ring
was larger than the Government, he
said it was because Mckee knew to
what extent it had spread taking high
officials at Washington.
Paul BoyntOn swan from Alton to
ST. Louis to-day, distance thirty miles,
arriving safely at the foot of Vine
street at 3:15 p. NJ. There was much
floating ice which made the trip diff
cult and dangerous.
BERLIN, Jan. 29th.-Count Won
Arnim's family have presented their
petition on his behalf to the Emperor
for pardon.
PEsTH, Jan. 29th.-M. Deak, the
Hungarian statesman,is lis dead.