Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-02-22
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.l

Especial to the Herald by the Western
Union Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast News.
She Elections la SANTA Clara
County-Nip ana Tuck Between
she WorkingmRa's ana Cttizens
Tickets.
SAN JOSE, Feb. l9.-The election
to-day passed off very quietly, both
sides working like beavers. AS
soon as the polls opened this morn
ing, a large delegation of the Work
ingmen's party were on hand and
remained studiously at work until
sundown, never losing point
where it could be made. A very
large vote was polled in the city.
First ward sos; Second Sis; Third
SIS; Fourth GA; total 2,543. S. w.
Boring, citizens candidate for Sem
ator, carried the city by six major
ity, ]. E. Clark, Workingman's
candidate for Assembly receiving
104 m ajority. Returns are in from
Santa Clara, Gilroy, San Ysidro,
Evergreen, Soils. Almaden, Berry
essa, Mountain View and May field.
These give Boring majority of
100; Clark IS. Nine precincts are
to he heard from and it is probable,
as there is no Geographic connect
ion, and the roads are nearly i'm
passable, that the returns will not
all get in tonight. The election of
Boring on the citizens ticket is yet
uncertain and, either way, will he
very close. 1t is conceded that
Clark will be elected to the Assem-
bly, by the Workingmen as against
Williamson.
Iucendiarisn- Forgery.
SAN JOSE Feb. 2l.-The residence
of DIR. Bryant about two miles
South of the city was destroyed by
fire about midnight last night.
Loss about $4,000; insured for
$4,000. About four months ago
DR.. Bryant, who is a trustee of the
State Normal School, received an
anonymous note as follows: CDR.
Bryant: If you do not discharge
Prof. Allen from the Normal
School your house will be burned"
Similar warnings were sent to the
remaining resident trustees, Hon.
G. T. Ryland, T. Ellard Burns and
DIR. b. Corey. 1t is thought by
some that this is an,outcropping OF
Kearneyism, but it cannot have
any connection, as the letters were
written In the same hand and were
dated four months ago or before the
present agitations commenced.
An audacious and successful for
gerry was perpetrated upon the Off
,rs OF the Commercial Bank yes
terday. The forger presented a
check drawn payable to the bearer
for $3.50. signed l.. Archer, which
was paid. Noticing that Judge
Archer's account was overdrawn
about 500, notice was sent to him,
He answered in person and the
forgery was discovered.
Nothing further is known re-
garding the election matter. 1t re-
mains in statu quo until the Super.
visors meet, next Monday. The
latest returns give Boring, for the
Senate, 16 majority. Clark is
elected.
Business Suspc0deu Henrney
ThreRtens 10 Contest ths SAINTS
Ctarn Election - WOrktngmer
ANA Citizens EACH Eject Ont
Candidate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2lst.-To
morrow will be legal holiday ant
business will be partially suspend.
ed. The banks will not be opened
and there will he no session OF the
Stock Board or Produce Exchange.
Dennis Kearney, who has re-
turned from engineering the Work
ingmen in the Santa Clara elect.
ion, says he will go down tomorrow
to contest the Almaden vote on the
ground of intimidation, whether
his party wins or loses. He claims
that he can bring a hundred men
who have been discharged from the
mine for not voting as ordered and
that the vote there was said to be
against the Wo-kingmen because
the miners had to vote so or receive
their walking papers. Unofficial
returns from all the precincts give
Boring, tax payer, for the Senate,
A and Clark, Workingmen, for
Assembly, 1874 majority. The Off.
cial returns will not change the re-
suit.
Trying 60 UnraveI she DuHcan
Mystery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21st.-In
the case of J. G. Merrill in the Pc.
lice Court to-day, H. F. Middleton,
the supposed companion Of Duncan
in his attempted flight, was placed
on the stand but nothing could be
got out of hun. He refused to an
swer questions Of counsel on the
ground that to give true answers
would tend to secure his own con-
viction of felony. This refusal ex-
tended even so far as to refuse to
recognize photograph of his own
mother and others. The remarka-
BILE course pursued by Middleton
and other Witnesses in this case
has confirmed the belief in the
minds of the public that Duncan
was attempting to escape by the
schooner e. J. McKinnon and that
Merrill, jerks, Redmond and
others were his assistants in the at
tempt.
A Model .PO,iceman and Attorney.
VIRGINIA, New, Feb. 2I.-Con-
siderable excitement was OCCASION
ed here to-day by disclosures i'm
plicating Breen, Chief of Police.
and l.. Il. Cowie, an attorney; in
aiding prisoners to escape. 1t is
charged that Breen and Cowie took
a Chinese murderer to Reno and
changed him for another China
man for $1,000. District Attorney
Drake, who went down to investi-
gate the matter last night, tele.
graphed up this morning for war;