Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-31
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DAN It haNCloCOt MAY oOth. -DcSO
ration day was celebrated as holiday
in town. Buildings and shipping
were decorated with national flags al
half mast. Members of the g. A. r
turned out in large numbers and were
escorted to the Cemetery by the Sec.
ond regiment.
George p. Fischer, permanently
identified with the Good Templars and
the knights of Pythias, has abscond-
ed with funds of both orders entrusted
to him.
AT present there are 1,172 persons at
San Quentin, the largest number ever
there at once. Among them are foul
women.
Nearly all wholesale houses have
agreed to close ut two P. NJ. Saturdays
after June first.
Andrew J. Mayo, a butcher, COM
mitted suicide this afternoon by TAX
ing strychnine.
Three new cases of smallpox were
reported to-day, one Cinnamon who
died this morning. The disease is
quietly spreading.
Decoration Day.
CHICAGO, May 30th. decoration
Day has been very generally observed
throughout the city in a quiet man.
ner. The banks and leading business
houses have been closed and the at
tendance at the various cemeteries has
been much larger than usual. The
First and Second Regiments turned
out and visited Rose Hill and Calvary
cemeteries, where the usual exercises,
in charge of the Grand Army of the
Republic, took place. Addresses were
delivered by Bishop Cheney and 9th
ers. Reports from all the important
points in the North go to show that
Decoration Day has been very gener-
ally observed, in many cases with
more than the usual ceremony.
The report that Geo. Washburne,
Chief of the United States Detective
Force, would be again appointed Su-
perintendent of the Chicago police, is
denied by that gentleman, who adds
that if the place were offered him he
should not accept.
PHILADELPHIA, May 30th.-Deco.
ration Day was generally observed
here. The banks and public buildings
were closed. Crowds of people accom-
panied the hosts Of the Grand Army
of the Republic to the cemeteries. The
attendance at the Centennial Exposi-
tion to-day was larger than any day
since the opening. There are crowds
of strangers in the city. The parade
of the Knights Templar on Thursday
promises to be an imposing affair
Hundreds have arrived and are hourly
arriving. The Centennial grounds
were decorated to-day. About 500
Representatives of banks from all parts
of the country were present. The de-
coration was followed by vacation
in the Judges hall.
Plot 10 Murder Disc Overed.
BOLIVIA, May 30th.-A plot to as
sassinate the President and his
Ministers and to rob the bank was
discovered at Lapasten in time to be
frustrated. A number of prominent
officers and others have been arrested
and will probably be shot.
| Great Fire In Quebec,
QUEBEC, May 30.-The fire was still
raging at o'clock p. M, strong
wind was blowing from the West.
Nearly the whole of st. Louis SUBJ
urbs are consumed, extending from
near the lower field d to st. Louis. 1t is
almost impossible to state what pro.
gress will be made. The Good Shep-
herd Convent is surrounded on all
sides by the fire, and efforts are being
made 10 save it, the police and Bat
| terry ID, and all the fire brigade and q
number of citizens are working hard
to save property. The Woodlers Fac
| tory is in flames, and it is feared that
the fire will enter inside the city walls.
| Hundreds of houseless women and
children are camped out, presenting a
most desolate scene.
Foreign Intelligence.
ECUADOR, May ga revolution
was attempted at Quayaqull on the
I'd of May, but was frustrated through
the vigilance of the government Off.
cials. The administration OF Presi-
dent Barrero is becoming unpopular.
GUATEMALA, May 23d.-The treaty
| OF peace between this Republic and
Salvador was signed at Chalchuahua
on the 25th of April.
From Panama.
PANAMA, May 21st.-The Costa
Rjca Congress opened May lst, Don
Aniceto Esbuirona was declared elec-
ted President on the third, and was
inaugurated on the eigth, with the
following cabinet: Foreign affairs,
Don Juan Rafael; Finance, Don
Braillo Moral; Government War and
Marine, Don Sathurne Lizaronini;
Public Works, Manuel Cargo. The
boundary question with Nicaragua is
still unsettled. The government has
issued degree prohibiting the expor-
tation of grain from the Republic. A
force loan of sixty thousand dollars
per month mas been levied for the pur-
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