, 1878-07-27
General News.


= fseapsss il in co,nrnanicaticn with thu
navy department regarding the Artit
exploration proposes converting ths
!. yacht pauniless int4 screw steamer
and sead,ng hen u the north pole by
way of Spitzenburg. asking only thai
the navy department furnish officers,
men and provisions for the voyage.
The Jeanette, which Bennett has fitted
out for tie artic seas by the way Of
Behring Straits is now on the way to
San Francisco.
SAN FRAxc1sco. July 22.-J. W. Trip.
president and treasurer of seven min
ing companies. was to-day arrested On
charges of felony in connection with
five of them. As president of the Joe
Gates consolidated, he is charged with
fraud in connection with the sale of
delinquent stock.
The Chinese population is greatly
excited over the non-arrival of the Pa
cifc Mai! steamship City cs Toxic, hav-
ing On board the Chinese ambassador.
Chen LIE Pin, accompanied by his suite
and consular corps. A Chinese sooth>
sayer has announced that he has re-
ceived a revelation that the steamer has
gone down with all on board. At the
various Joss houses and other places in
the Chinese quarter, religious ceremo>
nies are in progress, whether for the
purpose of staving off the calamity Is
not quite clear to outside barbarians.
The bark Enoch Talbot, which ar
rived here to-day from Seattle, reports
that on the 10Th inst, at 9:l5 P. NJ,
when about 80 miles northwest of Cape
Mendocino heavy earthquake was ex-
perienced. The shock is reported to
have lasted about ten seconds, causing
the vessel to tremble violently.
San FRANc1sco, July %. Late Satur-
day night the combined mission and
Hayes valley gang of hoodlums got on
the rampage and stoned bakery on
Valencia street near Market. The
proprietor held the fort and shot one Of
the hoodiunas 81 ,wn as Syksey Nc
Kenny, the ball Penetrating the bowels
and Initiating a probably fatal wound.
The row WIS stopped by the arrival of
the police.
A grand send-off was rendered Kear-
ney by the workingmen on his depar-
ture yesterday morning by overland
train, en- route to Boston. About Z o.
-19ck, several military companies of
ngmen. agg1egatirg about one
d men and so muZz'e-loadors,
i in battle-arrag to the residence
agisasor. los Fell street, and
to the ferry boat, followed by
hundred men. kearney did
not address his followers, taking his de-
parture in silence save for few cheers
from his adherents. At the sand lots
not mora than about 500 were present.
Wsllock and others officisted.
4 iritnalist lecturer. calling himself
d a5enport announced q meeting at
slipn nall last evening, and during
ez5sly and Sunday sold tickets to the
eia. OF several hundred dollars. A
ilsgs azowd assembled around the clos
sd doors Of the hall. After a long wait
lug q messenger arrived with the an
LouLooment that the lecture was post
poned until further notice. The bilked
crowd struggled away il bad humor.
Chief OF Police Cook, of Alameda.
while attempting to board moving
train, at Masticll station, yesterday was
thrown under the wheels and both legs
and one arm we're crushed. His inju>
ries are fatal.
SAN JOSE, July 22.--Yesterday after
noon, Willie A. Kinds. son of the local
preacher, jos. W. Kinds, was accident
ally killed at the University of the Pa
cific. The lad had entered Sunday
school on the third floor OF the building
and when the class was dismissed he,
with others, were crowding down the
stairs, when he fell to the lower floor,
about As feet, striking on his head. and
was instantly killed. He was years OF
age.
LONDON. July 23.-In the house OF
commons this afternoon the chancellor
of the exchequsr announced the betroth-
al of the Duke of Connought, Queen
Victoria's third son, with the Princess
Marie Louis Of Prussia, daughter OF
Prince Frederick Charles. The chan
cellor said he would move on Thursday
the provision OF q grant for the duke.
Sir Charles Dilke RadicaD gave nc
tice that he would submit an amend
ment, reciting that there is no constitu-
tional precedent for such application.
A return match between Capt. A. II.
<Bogardus, American pigeon shot cham>
z piou. and Pennell of Nottingham Park
and the gun clubs. took place tn>day.
They shot at one hundred birds each
FOR one hundred dollars side. The
match was won bv BcgarduS by two