Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-14
Morning kilograms.
PrssenxeEs GoinE sau,h

Prsssnxess Going s"u,h
MoJAvE, August I'D w Park
hurst, wife and son, S Cline, John
Dargll, f Daniels, II B Murray,
Mrs Charles Martin and son.
stricken Memphis.
NEW YORK, August l2.-Mem-
phls specials say fully five hundred
persons atten led the funeral ser
vices of ]. II. Ridley, the coloreh
clergyman. The outlook does not
present a hopeful appearance. The
fever is spreading in every direc-
lion. 1t has invaded the Post
Office and stricken one of the letter
carriers. A clerk in the Western
Union office was also prostrated to.
day. The sick show no material
sign of improvement. The only
lively place in the city is the How
a.ds' depot, where several hundred
idle negroes congregate daily,
waiting to be detailed as nurses.
There appears to be no thought
now of stamping out the fever, and
the only alternative is to await the
coming of frost. Fully thirty
thousand people have left the city.
Yes,erda3's Cases.
MEMPHIS, August 11.-Five new
cases were reported this morning.
Four deaths have occurred since
last night.
A telegram received from an au-
,hentic source positively denies the
report of one case of fever at May
er-ville.
E.-Das's C~acs.
MEMPHIS. August i2.-Eight
cases were reported this morning
five whites. tisee colored Four
deaths from yellow fever have oc
rsrred within the city limits since
last night. Two additional deaths
are reported beyond the corpora
tion line.
A case of fever has developed at
White Haven, Tenn, eight miles
south of Memphis. An inspecting
officer has been sent to isolate the
dwelling and prevent its spread.
rae Conking. sprax u Affair.
NEW YORK, August ia Times
Providence special repeats the story
uf the Sprague scandal substan-
TALLY as at first told in the Associa-
tel Press dispatches, making the
German musician, and not Conk-
ling, the object OF Sprague's wrath.
It says it was the second attack to
injure him. A fortnight ago at
Watch Hill, Sprague ass4iled the
same person with stick. The
teacher Is German from New
York, who is passing his vacation
near Nsrragansett pier, and was
hired to instruct Sprague's children
during certain hours Of the day.
New YORK, August lSth.-The
Times says: Without attempting
to make any differences from the
still incomplete body of evidence
bearing upon this affair, it may be
pointed out that the episO ie of
Sprague. Conkliug and the German
tutor derives Its Importance from
the rather iDi-judged efforts of
Coukiing's friends to secure the
acceptance of u version of the affair
which violates both probability
aud fact. Consideration for the
feelings of the parties chiefly con-
cerned may justify u proper reti-
csnce In regard to the details of ill.,
cIdsnt In every way deplorable;
but in dealing with q matter which
was certain to become the object of
general gossip, entire frankness
was the safest way of avoiding i'll.
natured comments. The frIrDds Of
Conkling should have initiated II
chivalrous disregard OF appearances
which seem to have distinguished
his dpmeanor toward his enraged
assailant.
NEW YORK, Aug. l2.-The Star
of this G. revives the family
scandal prague and Conkling,
publ ries current months
age gives 1e following as the
r. Ia 7pt TO interview
lp. .a Nt-.sH " A reporter
t y card to
>.... isritF Vi The Fifth
A A saG uap who
des Hf - Gardner,
an .a.A... 4f ise Neuator,
and 81 r.pH,a 1reta.
ry, gre, '.-." ru- aid:
"The SeL sor
lllut thoo
or explain irl
per men and L H
so. He does MT
thing on the subj la fsH
which l suppose 20 HaF, st'..
| will say myself tha. as,e D. u'
anything in this matte AZ au.
arose from the Senator fian..G
between Sprague and lpc H
prevent blows being s.
Sprague was drunk when it o,
ed. She Senator was not hil
threatened in any way" I
trouble with this statement Is tina.
Professor Luck, in his very diffuse
statement of the affair, does not
mention any such rushing be-
tween.
political Prospects IA Ohio.
NEW YORK, August liza Times
Washington special says: Gov.
Grosvenor arrived here from the
West this morning and left Tonight
for Maine, where he has agreed to
deliver twenty-four speeches dur
ing the pending campaign. He
repYeeopte that the Republicans OF