Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-25
Morning kilograms.
Passengers Going somth.

Passengers Going south.
MoJAvE, Aug. 24.-Ben Truman
S Silverstone, J l. Marsne, All Loo
Dnnean in Caurt-The clay street
Bank Becosning Prudent.
| SAN Francisco, Aug. 24.-In the
Municipal Criminal Court to-day
the case of ]. G. Duncan, of the de.
funct Pioneer Bank, came up on de.
murrer, on eighteen charges. Or
fourteen of these, viz: eight cases o
falsifyiDg accounts and six cases o.
forgery of certificates of the Safe
Deposit CompaDy's stock, demur.
rers were sustained on account OF
technical errors in the indictments
which will be referred to the Grand
Jury for further consideration. In
two cases of forgery of Safe Deposit
certificates, one case Of grand lar.
ceny and one case of felony, demur-
rers were overruled.
Asaprudential measure, the Clay
Street Bank is demanding regular
time notice from depositors desiring
to withdraw their accounts.
Fns.i accident 10 ~ Lishi-sIouse
| Keeper.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. H.-E. X.
Barnum, keeper of the lighthouse
on the South Farrallone Islands,
came to the city last evening on
q visit and called at the home of a
friend on the southeast corner of
Front and Vallejo streets. While
there he fell down stairs and sus-
tanned injuries which resulted in
his death in an hour after the fall.
The Coroner was notified and took
charge of the body.
snn Francisc" Mnrhe,s.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24th.-
Flour, unchanged. Wheat, better
feeling; shipping, S1.7O@1.75; mill
ing, SL724@L774. Barley, firm but
quiet; brewing, $l.15; good feed,
$1.05@1.10. Oats. Oregon, fair; to
good feed, $l.40@l.60; California,
SL25@1 @1.50. Corn. Eastern yellow,
ST. so; white, $2.40. Rye, held at
$L25. Potatoes, white, $l.@l.20;
red, Sl.30@l.379. Hay, dull and un-
changed.
Fell Down a shaft.
SONORA, Cal, Aug. 24.-Yester-
day morning about 10 o'clock Mi
chael Ryan, Superintendent of the
New Albany mine, near Summers
vile, was killed by falling down q
shaft about 80 feet. His body struck
and lodged on some timbers across
the shaft. The remains were brought
to Sonora last night, and will be
buried tomorrow.
Fr.tsh ht Contract Extended.
NEW YORK, August "a THE
freight contract between the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and the
Union Pacific Railroad, which
would have terminated the last day
of this month, has been extended
for sixty days longer on the same
basis.
New OsiruuS.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 24-New
cases, 1893; deaths, AZ. Hugh Ir-
vine, chief operator of the Western
Union Telegraph Office of this city,
died this morning of yellow fever
after six days of illness.
Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 24.-rhe fever is
largely on the increase, and matters
look quite panlcky again this morn
ing. The applications from the
poor to be sent out of the city are
numerous. For the twenty-four
hours ending at noon, 105 new cases
have been reported and Is deaths.
or the new cases about IS have been
reported this morning. A scarcity
OF nurses Is beginning TO be felt,
especially of females.
J"s. sal -Mrs. RaissOm Heiuru-.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-It is re-
ported that all differences between
the Union and Central Pacific
Railroads and the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, about freight
and passenger contracts, were set
tied last evening, and matters will
continue to work harmonious as
heretofore.
Mrs Ralston, widow of the Cali.
fornia banker, arrived from Eu-
rope yesterday, accompanied by
two of her children. She is here to
look after her interest in the estate
of Mr.. Ralston.
DR.. N. r. Davis, OF the Pacific
Mail service; died here yesterday,
aged SO. He was for many years In
charge of the United States Marine
Hospital at San Francisco.
The Hara Times InvestigasI0n.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-J. J..
Henchman, of Brooklyn, gave his
views to the Labor Congressional
Committee. He did not think the
depression of business was so great
as reported, and he believed that
| the Government should not inter-
fere by legislation. We have
altered our manners of life and
now absorb the attention of the
statesmen Of the day in adjust.
ment of the organic law to meet
the changed condition of the age
in which we live. An overstocked
market means commercial crisis
with all its attendant phenomena,
with declining prices, idle manu-
factories and distress among the
operatives. The only remedy for
this is to wait until consum ption
catches up with production again.
F. B. Thurber, q merchant of this
city. testified that he believed the
primary causes of the ills of which
both laboring and other classes are
complaining are the development
| of sta u II, q nd nlantrinltu xphich In