Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-16
NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial To the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Comrany.l
Pacific Coast News.
Money Marx ef.

legal tender 992 buying, selling at
par. Brokers are buying half dol
lars at q per cent. discount, selling
them at II and 2 per cent. dis
count; trade dollars 974 buying, 97A
selling; Mexican dollars 93a buy
ing and "a selling.
Meeting OF Mine superfntendcnts.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18TH
The Superintendent of mining
companies at Virginia held meet
ing to-day and appointed Com
mittee to confer with the Mechan-
ics' Union and, If possible, agree
on scale of prices. The Superin-
tendents will meet next Monday
evening to receive the report of the
Committee.
Kearuey TorchIignG Procession.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-The
Kearney torchlight procession has
just passed and was quite an i'm
posing demonstration. The crowd
gathered at the Sand Lots and
marched down Market to Kearney,
to Montgomery Avenue, to Mont
gomez street, to Market and back
to the place of meeting. Crowds
lined the sidewalks and cheering
was frequent along the route of the
procession. About thirty-five hun
dred were in line, including a good
many boys. Several military
companies, some with, some with
out guns, were in the ranks. The
procession was orderly and quiet,
except for the cheering and groan-
ing with which sundry newspaper
offices, ETC., were greeted. No dis
turbance has occurred.
Mu, ers ana Lynching In ArizsnN.
PRESCOTT, A. T., June 15.-From
Mr.. Caldwell, who came in on the
Tip-Top stage to-day, we get the
following particulars of the shoot
ing and hanging at Gillette on
Wednesday. 1t seems that one
Setright, while on q bender, hit q
man over the head with bottle,
for which Deputy Sheriff Burnett
arrested him. He was released on
Sam Weir's promising to take him
away. The two started down the
street and had walked about $50
yards, when, without any apparent
cause, Setright pulled pistol and
shot Weir through the head, the
ball entering just above the eyes.
Setright went back and told his
account of the affair, mounted a
mule and put out. Half the town
mounted and went In pursuit, cap
turing the offender somewhere be-
low the mill in the brush and
bringing him back. Deputy Sh eri IF
Burnett got possession of the pris-
oner, and he and his assistant, l..
G.. Taylor, fortified themselves in
a house against the mobwhich soon
gathered, firing pistols and induIg-
ing in loud threats. During the
shooting Taylor stepped out of the
door and almost instantly received
a bullet In the head. The mob
then took Setright down into the
creek below town and hung him.
Sam Weir was known to every body
in this portion of Arizona as q
peaceable and orderly man. L. G..
Taylor was man of whom little was
known. lie was considered
prominent witness in the stage
robbery case which is before our
District Court and il is believed
that his death was caused by som g
one interested in the persons
against whom he would soon have
been called upon to testify.
Robert Hastings came into town
yesterday and gave the following
particulars concerning the killing
of the man recently found by Of
ficer Behan and others in the
Chavez Pass, on the road to the
Little Colorado: Hastings had gone
from the Moqui Agency to Rock
Springs Station, on the Santa Fe
and Prescott mail route, to deposit
letter for the Moqui Agent, and
there met John Hamilton and Tom
House, the latter the mail carrier
from that point to Navajo Springs.
He also overlook two Texans in q
wagon coming towards Prescott.
Hastings, Hamilton and the Tex
ans started on the road and when
they had travelled few miles they
saw House coming on a horse. He
travelled with them and left them
next morning. Hastings and
Hamilton left the wagon party aud
Travelled on toward Chavez Pass
and had gone but short distance
when House approached from q ra-
vine and Joined them. They trav-
eled on into the pass, where they
stopped to take some wafer and as
Hamilton was replacing the can
teen upon the saddle, House drew
a revolver and shot him in the
back of the head. For his own pro
lection Hastings lost no time in
getting to the brush and out of
reach Of House, leaving his horse,
provisions, etc., which have not
since been heard from, and came
on to report the crime. When
found by Beham and party, de-
ceased still had the canteen in his
hand. House was a young man of
great size and strength. He had on
II lcng fringed buckskin suit, two
pistols and bowie knife. Cause of
the murder not known.
Latest from thc Indian War Froos
BOISE CRY, Idaho, June 18TH
Nothing important has transpired
or been learned here since yester-
day. In military quarters prepar.
ations for the coming campaign
are going forward quietly but earn
estly. Gen. Howard and staff are
at Sheep Ranch and Col. Bernard's
command are in the same neigh
borhood.
The body of the stage driver
killed by the Indians near the
Owyhee ferry on the 10th has been
found and buried. The body was
found about 500 yards from the
spot where the stage was burned.
Maj. Downey, who was on his
way with the troops from Fort
Harney to join Gen. Howard at
Sheep Ranch, upon learning that
the Malheur Indians under Chief