Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-23
Pacific Coast News.

A Many Mines PresideSs ARRESTED
More Of Dunca.'- w..k-
EsrseQuake.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22I.-J.
w. Tripp, President ana Treasurer
of seven mining compa nies, was
to-day arrested on charges of fell
opy in connection with five OF
them. AS President of the Jo
Scates Consolidated he Is charged
with fraud in connection with the
sale of delinquent stock. The COM
plaint alleges that there was no
bid for the stock. but that he new
ertheless caused bid to be entered
Of $4,000. the amount delinquent for
twenty thousand shares and issued
q certificate for that amout to B. F.
Hicox, trustee, which he pock eted !;
in the Sabine Mining Company he
is charged with entering a bid for
thirty-four thousand and fifty
seven shares at IS, 105, when there
was no bid, aud pocketing the GER
tificates; in the George Douglass
Company he is charged with enter
ing a bid of $7,735 for 80, ,943 shares
and apprepriating the stock; 10
the DeHar0 the amount of stock
delinquent is %, ,4O4 shares and the
bid footed up to 1000; in the Polo
Company the amount of stock is
1854 and the bid $5,03l. The COM
plaint was sworn out by J. l..
Shields, Secretary of the Gem.
nauiea
J. B. Armstrong has brought
suit in the Twelfth District Court
against the Safe Deposit Company
Of San Francisco to recover $780,
900. 1t is alleged In the complaint
that, in May, 1877, the plaintiff
was the owner of six hundred
shares OF the capital stock of the
company, which he held AS
security for an advance of $40, 900
made to ]. G. Duncan, he giving
his promissory note in acknowl-
edgment. The certificate for the
stock was not genuine, having
been raised from six shares. The
plaintiff also advanced SIS, 900 to
Duncan aud again received q GER
tificate of 600 shares of the capital
stock of the company. This was
dated November I'd, 1877, and, like
the other, was raised from six.
There was also, it Is alleged, q
third like transaction, and plain
tiff holding defendant responsible
for Duncan's dishonesty, brings
the present suit to recover dam
ages.
The bark Enoch Talbot, which
arrived to-day from Seattle, w.
r., reports that on the 10Th inst,
at 9.15 P. NJ, when about 80 miles
northwest of Cape Mendocino, q
heavy earthquake was experienced.
The shock is reported to have
lasted about ten seconds, causing
the vessel to tremble violently.
0SshweiIer Arressed-NOn-Avr
Of the ehiness AMbassador.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22d.-J.W
Gashweiler, a we'll known stock
operator, has been arrested at the
instance of Samuel III. Brooks, a
broker. The complaint charge.
that Gashwiler represented te
Brooks that he was a man Of
means and desired plaintiff to buy
on his account 1900 shares of Julia.
Brooks bought, paying about $I3,
600. Cash wiler failed to come Sp
with the money, and Brooks was
obliged to throw the stock on the
market, at loss of $2S00, which
he seeks 10 recover. Gashwiler was
released on bail. The case is SET
for Thursday.
The Chinese population are
greatly exercised over the non.ar
rival of the Pacific Mail steamship
City of Toxic having on board the
Chinese Ambassador. Chin Ii Pin,
accompanied by his suite and Con.
sular corps. A Chinese soothsayer
has announced that he has re-
csived q revelation that the steam
er has gone down with all on board
At the various Joss Houses and
other places in the Chinese quar-
ters religious ceremonies are in
progress, whether for the purpose
Of securing the repose of the soul
of Chin Ii Pin, ct al, or for the
purpose Of staving off the calamity
Is not quite clear to outside barba.
rians.
Money MarGes.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 22.-Legal
tenders, 99s bid, 995 asked; Mexi-
can dollars, 80 bid, SO asked; Trade
dollars, 81 bid, 974 asked; half dol
lars, $3.50 bid, 98 asked.
The More Murder Trial.
SAN BUENA VENTURA, July %.
Hon. Creed Raymond occupied