Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-21

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portion of the Inhabitants against
.he special agent of the department
who has discovered gross frauds in
the stamp sales of the village Post
master and procured the latter's
arrest upon a warrant from the
United States Commissioner. The
agent reports that, in consequence
Of this action, he was himself
speedily arrested on q charge of
libel and bound over for trial next
April. After q nights detention
by the Sheriff he procured bail and
is now at liberty, but he informs
the department that the friends of
the Postmaster declare they will
fix the jury when the case comes to
trial and are already exultingly
promising that he shall break
stones for the county.
stewsrt's body Probably Recovered
New YORK, Nov. 2O..An extra
says that from Information receiv-
ed to-day from sources which do
not admit of question OF their
veracity, it is safe to say that the
remains of Mr.. Stewart are now In
possession of the estate. OF the five
principals in the affair, four are
now in custody and the leader re-
mains to be captured.
vigifant Officers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The police
are making many arrests of sus'
picious persons. One explanation
of their zeal is that they are
anxious to possess the 500, 900 to be
paid upon the conviction of the
thieves who stole the body of A. T.
Stewart. 1t is not necessary now
to find the body to secure the re-
ward.
No CIae 10 siewaIrs Gony.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20th.-Super-
intendent of Police Walling states
that he has neither knowledge of
the recovery of Stewards body nor
any clue.
Ehe Ciydo ship Builders sIiike.
NEW YORK, Nov. goth. "A Glas.
gov special gives talk with q
workingman now on strike. He
| say tbt vi Tic StJuC
Ship Builders Engineers Associa.
tion, which went into force the 21sl
of October, reducing our wages moi
less than seven and half per cent,
has been the cause of the bitterness
of feeling between master and men
Their motto toward us has beer
"nO mercy" and we will give a:
good as we get. We number ovel
10000 members in England, Ire
land and Scotland and we have a.
, the present time over 100000 in
the general fund. 1 hope we shal
not see labor riots. but things lool
as If they were drifting that way
very quickly.
8 Providing for His Family.
t NEW YORK, Nov. 2Oth.-The lif,
D insurance companies are considera
8 bly, excited by the death, at Bing.
hampton, Saturday last, of Col
Walton Dwight, who within tht
three months previous, had sue
eeeded in getting policies in favo
of his wife and son amounting tt
$3.50, 900 and had paid only abou
. So 200 for premiums since. He wa
financially embarrassed and it il
: thought could have raised only
e with the greatest difficulty th.
e So, 900 necessary to meet the pre-
e miums due on the next quarter. 1
5 is the theory in some insurance of
! fees that Dwight intended, whel
he took out the policies, to be {
, dead man before another premium
was due.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20th.-The re-
! port of the Yellow Fever Commits
: sion, composed of doctors Bemis
, Cochran and Howard and Col. T.
] S. Hardee, sanitary engineer, made
to the Health Association Conven.
ton in session at Richmond, gives
, the result of the Investigations in
} all the fever-stricken cities of the
South. They believe the disease
was imported to New Orleans, and
. show by maps that fever cases in
; variably form in groups. unlike
malarial fevers, which shows q
tendency to occur In disconnected
cases. They conclude: "First-
Not a solitary instance was
found OF yellow fever which
we could justlfiably con-
slider as indigenous to its local.
} ity. Second-Most of the towns
visited, which were points of ep;-
mic prevalence, the testimony
showing importations was direct
and convincing in its character.
Third-The transmission of yellow
fever between points separated by
any considerable distance appeared
to be wholly due to human inter
course. In certain Instances II was
carried in clothes or about the per-
sons of people going from infected
districts. In other instances it was
conveyed in cotton, bagging or
other goods of the same description.
Fourth-The weight of testimony is
very pronounced against the fur
ther use of dlsinfectants. Physi-
clans in Infected towns, al
most without exception, state that
they are useless agents to
arrest the spread OF yellow fever.
Fifth-personal prophylactics by
means of drugs or other therepeu.
tic means have proved constant
failure. A respectable number of
physicians think the use of quinine
of some use in prevention. Sixth
Quarantine established with such
degree of vigor that absolute non.
intercourse Is the result, has eff
fectually and without exception
protected subjects from attacks of
yellow fever.
Coal OIL Operators in Conference.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2Sth.-A very
important conference of coal oil
producers, manufacturers and re-