Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-25

survivors of "a Burnt Steamer,
New ORLEANS, Oct. 23.--The
steamer Louisa H., from Algiers,
Africa, has arrived. The captain
reports that on the night of the
18th he picked up in the Bahama
Channel seventeen survivors of
the burned steamer Nuevo Pajaro
del Oceano, including Capt. Diaz
and two mates. The steamer had
n crew of forty-two men and about
twenty passengers aboard when
the calamity occurred. The res
cued passengers are in q terrible
state of exhaustion as they had
been clinging to the debris eighteen
| hours.
Justice FIeia's Partially 60 Over
Swallowing Corporations.
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 24th.-
The Sun says of the late Supreme
Court decisions: Justice Field has
made great mistake in seeking to
raise an issue In favor of State
Rights by defence of those over
shadowing corporations, especially
of the Central Pacific, for which
he exhibits extraordinary interest.
Thurman, the author of this Act
now sustained by the Supreme
Court, is perhaps the last man
In public life to be accused of maxi
ing any surrender on that point,
while professionally considered he
has nothing to lose by comparison
with the Judge who has challenged
its constitutionallty. Future con-
tests in this country between
parties are likely to turn
very much on the restraint
of corporate power, which is
now aggrandiEed beyond reason
and right. Whoever espouses the
cause of these big monopolies, of
which there is none more audacious
in its greed than the Central Pa
cific, must expect to share their
fate when the people come to speak
through the ballot-box.
Ee,hany college, Rnssia,iy hes
troyea.
BETHANY, w. Va, Oct. o.
Bethany College was partially des-
troyed by fire this morning. The
building was valued at $4,000 |
The fire broke out at 3 o'clock this
and owing to the scarcity
of water and effective means for
putting out fire the wing was
totally destroyed. The wing con-
tained three society halls of the
college and the library. The only
property saved was three oil paint
ings presented to the societies by
Mr.. Keene Richards, of Kentucky,
and were valued at $4,000, and
some of them were considerably
damaged The societies lose all
their property, including their IL
brarIes, not IL book escaping the
flames. The wing was valued at
$50, 900, Oh which there was an iu-
surance of $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
Gradual Emancipation las cuba.
MADRID, Oct. pa bill for the
abolition Of slavery in Cuba, to be
presented to the Cortes, provides
that slaves aged Is years and over
shall become free Immediately;
those aged so in September, 1880;
those aged 45, in 1SS2;th0se aged 40,
In 1884; those aged So, in 1886; those
aged 80, in 1888; and all others ia
1890. From 1880 one hundred thous-
a nd piastres will be charged on the
Cuban budget for defraying the ex-
penses Of emancipation. Three
hundred and fifty piastres will be
paid owners for each slave. The
will, as much as pos
sible, favor the immigration of free
laborers.
The Committee on Reforms in
Cuba has unanimously approved
the bill providing that trade be-
tween Spain and Cuba shall only
pay coasting duties, which shall be
reduced one-third from the 1st of
July, 1880, and entirely abolished
In 1883 in favor of a moderate differ
entail duty. The bill also proposes
to reduce by one-third for the period
of three years the duties on articles
for consumption imported into |
Cuba, and to establish relations
with the United States with the |
view of developing the Spanish
maritime trade between Cuba,
Porto Rico and the United States.