Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-06
Great walk,

NEW 0Rk, OCT. 5th.-At eleven
o'clock last night O'Leary COM
pleted $40 miles and one lap. o.
Leary was unchanged in appear
ance. Hughes was nearly exhaust
ed. When he gave up for last
night he had completed 302 miles
and one lap. Hughes only walked
twenty-five miles and rested about
eight hours yesterday.
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| NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The matches
on the steamer City of Chester that
came into port yesterday. were
opened last evening to allow the
unloading of freight. When the
men descended into the hold they
found a man lying OH a pile Of
freight in q famished condition.
He had been there during the en-
tire voyage across the sea, eleven
days. He secreted himself in the
hold with the purpose of coming to
this country, having no money.
Crickss Match.
| PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-In the
cricket match to-day the Austral-
ian club scored a total of $50. The
game WILDE resumed on Monday.
Co" fess-s Z" Poisoning Hts wife
NORWICH, Conn, Oct. 5.-Wes.
ley w. Bishop has made q third
confession, in which he admits
having himself administered NOR
phine IN a fatal dose to his wife.
4 a."er~, Order Tsom the war De-
| pntsm~as.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-A gener-
al order has just been issued from
the War Department which calls
the attention of officers of the
army to the section in the Army
Appropriation bill, passed at the
last session of Congress, prohibit
ing the use of the army AS a posse
comitatus, except in such cases as
may be expressly authorized by the
Constitution or acts of Congress.
The Mortality in sne south.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5.-Deaths,
81; cases reported, s5; total, deaths,
3,1l2; cases, 10;3O3.
BATON RoUaE, Oct. 5th.-Deaths
for the past tweDty-four hours, 8.
Over eighty new cases daily for the
last four days. The city is now a
hospital, almost every house con-
tanning some sick.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 5.-Dr.
A. w. Michel, Medical Director
of the Howards, to-day received
the following telegram from Ger
mantown, Tenn: "Send Doctor
to US at once. DR.. Thompson is
Frustrated. Ten new cases devel.
oped in the past twenty-four hours
and no physician to help u.s."
From noon yesterday until noon
to-day the uEdertakers report
thIrty-nine interments. Twenty
seven of these were reported this
morning.
On sho Verge IF Hustiifties.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-A dispatch
from Bombay says: Four of the
Amser's Infantry regiments and
six guns are stated to have arrived
in front of Ali Musizid, a short dis
tance from the Khyber Pass, and
have advanced within three miles
of Jamrud, at which place a detach-
ment Of British troops has arrived.
Much larger bodies of Afghan
troops are on their way down.
These threaten to attack the Khy-
beress for having allowed the Brit.
ish Mission to penetrate the pass.
This would throw the hill tribes
into English hands. 1t is expected
that the British forces will assist
them If the Ameer should attack
them. Probably the first English |
advance will be into the Korum
Valley. The Afghan troops and
guns may be taken from the Ali |
Musijid fort, and the troops will oc.
cupy some of the minor passes. |
Hostilities may begin at any mo.
ment.
GLASGOW. Oct. 5.-Potter, VIII.
son & Co., ship owners and Colon
ial merchants, have failed. Liza
bilities, estimated, $3,OOO,OOO. Pot.
ter is one of the directors of the
City of Glasgow Bank.
officer shot by burglars.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5th.-Oficer Rice,
of the police force, was shot and
instantly killed by burglars while
making away with stolen goods.
No arrests.
Insurgent War in Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 5.-The
insurgents in Santa Cruz are burn
ing estates. Frederickstadt has
been reduced to ashes and several
leading planters have been mur.
dered. The Governor has arrived
from st. Thomas, but only fifty SOL
diers are available. In engage
ments at Anashope Estate the me-
groes were routed and 200 killed.
The town of Bassen il threatened,
but is yet safe. English and |
French frigates are daily expected |
at the Island.
iEassern Intelligence.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 5.-The |
Government has received intelli-
gence that Saad Geten Pasha, on
announcing that he had received |
orders to surrender Podgoritza to
the Montenegrins, was killed by
the Albanians, and 156 officers and
men under his command massa-
cred.
VIENNA, Oct. 5.-The following
official telegram has been received:
Serajero, Oct. 4.-The Austrians
entered Visegrad this morning un-
opposed. The insurgents evacuated
their intrenchments, abandoning
tents, cannon and ammunition.
The Austrians entered Goradeza
unopposed, and to-day occupied
Cadjudica. The district of Focha
is cleared of insurgents, and the
whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina
is subdued, and the country is in
our hands.