Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-29
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B Rawson, Miss M J Herring.
CHICO, CAL, Oct. 28.-The sash
and door factory of the Sierra
Flume Co. took fire this morning
about $3.50 o'clock, and In less than
half an hour the building fell in.
All the machinery and a considera-
BILE part Of the stock prove a total
loss. A few hands were at work
dressing lumber when the fire brok e
out. A large fore of citizens is
trying to save the lumber piles, but
a large quantity will necessarily be
destroyed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The lumber piles are now in o
blaze, and the fire Is beyond control
and Will have to burn itself out.
1t Is impossible to estimate the
loss. There is no adjacent property
that it can damage.
R"hbsry Of Nearly Three
Millions.
NEW York. Oct. 2S.-The Man.
haitian Savings Institution was,
on the morning of Sunday the 27th,
robbed of securities to the amount
OF $2757, 200, of which $2,505, 700
were registered in the name of the
and are not negotiable.
The sum of Sl6S,0O0 is made pay
able to the institution, S7S, 900 is
IN coupon bonds, and $11, 600 In
cash.
Ab0ot s"usneru Tervorixi.g.
NEW York, Oct. 2Sth.-The
Tribune, reviewing its specials
from the South, says: The perse-
cution Of Republicans continues IN
South Carolina. Two Republican
leaders have been shut up in Jail to
keep them from holding meetings.
A meeting In Louisiana WAS broken
up by an armed mob and, in one of
the counties OF Texas, the Demo-
Gratis will not permit anv political
activity whatever on the part of
theiropponents. The state of things
In South Carolina, as described by
an old Union soldier, shows that
this State, as well as others, Is to
be carried at the coming election
by military power.
The Halifax Award.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28th.-The
Worlds Montreal special says: If
the American Government should
refuse to settle the Halifax award,
the Canadian Government will be
put Into anawkward position ;and If
the responsibility for this is thrown
upon Newfoundland, there will be
trouble, perhaps, of a serious char
acter with the maritime provinces.
The matter is engaging the atten-
tlon of Sir John Macdonald.
The Gigantic Robbery.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2Sth.-The al.
gantic robbery Of the Manhattan
Savings Institution Is the sensa.
lion IN banking circles. Notice
has been posted In the bank saying
hat, for the purpose Of preventing
loss to depositors, 1t Is ordered that
no payments be made without the
sixty days. notice, and that the
surplus of the bank Is more than
sufficient to cover any prob
able loss that may be
by reason of
robbery. A great number of de
positors have given the necessary
notice. The directors were In
secret session to day. 1t Is said to
be rule for janitors of bank build
'ngs I'm this city to have the com.
DiDation of vaults. Every avail
able detective In the town has been
assigned to the case, so faras can be
No arrests have been
made yet. Superintendent Wall
ing said this morning that he
nuld give no new information
bout the case, and denied that he
ofessed last night to have a clue
tbe robbers. II lie had one, he
I, he would not admit It. The
,itor and night watchman are at
l9 bank to-day helping to
out matters. Au-
yustus Schell says the bank would
have surplus Of $500, 600 II all the
coupon bonds stolen were counted
as lost. Great crowds continued all
he morning about the bank. The
robbers left behind q skeleton key;
also three pairs Of handouts. OIL
forty or fifty boxes stored away
about twenty had been opened and
their contents ri1ed. 1t is possible
that the amount taken may be
more than three million, since the
contents Of number of tin boxes,
gold and Government
bonds, with which the sides of the
vault were lined, have disappeared.
"A Fund fur ths Nobfe omcsr's
Family.
NEW York, Oct. 2S.-Postmaster
James announces that contribu-
lions for the relief of the yellow
fever sufferers made at the post
office during the next three days
will be added to the fund to be held
In trust for the widow aud children
ef Lieut.. Benner, U. s. A., who died
while In charge of tho relief
steamer, J. M, Chambers.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. % Wealth
pr, 1le willud pleasant; deaths. %: