Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-12
the course of business will reach
this city next week.
Latest fram Memphis.

Times Memphis special says: Inc
recoid of cases to-day is enough TO
shake the nerves of the most con-
fident of the p ague proof inhabi'
tants of this deserted city. Even
the colored people are beginning to
believe they are doomed. This
opinion, gradually growing upon
them the past week, was intensinto
to-day when the books showed that
of twenty .nine persons stricken IN
the past twenty-four hours, eight
cen are colored people. The great
increase In the spread of the dis-
ease is supposed to be attrioutanie
to the very sudden change from
high to low temperature.
MEMPHIS, August 11th.-Up to
noon to-day fifteen cases, ten white
and five colored, have been report
ed. Three deaths have occurred
since last night. Toe weather con-
tinues cool. This morning the
thermometer dropped to 65 degrees;
it is now rs.
MEMPHIS. August 1lth.-Even
ing. six more cases of fever were
reported to the Board of Health
this afternoon, all of whom were
eolored. In addition, eighteen
cases were reported after the usual
hour for closing, which will be IN
cluded in to mOrroW's list. Two
deaths have occurred since noon.
Death from yellow Fever In Brook
Iyn.
NEW YORK, August 11th.-Fred-
erick p. King, clerk in Pratps oil
works, died OF yellow fever yester-
day evening in Brooklyn. IL Is be-
lIeved he contracted the disease on
the bark Wallace, which loaded
with oil at the works In the latter
part of July, aud to which vessel
he carried messages several times.
The Wallace came from Havana
with sugar July 10th.
The stewal dess, Margaret Cregan,
died in the hospital in New
York OF the yellow fever
few weeks ago. Physicians who
we're called i'll pronounced Kings
disease u well-marke case OF vel
low fever. His remains were
placed In an air.tight essket aud
/ outitu At ~ o'e~N
has been thoroughly disinfected.
Arbitrary Dem ."d ny s.e II. P.H
Il. a.,
CHICAGO, August 11th.-Mr. Vim.
ing. General Freight Agent of the
Union Pacific Railroad has nOti-
fi-d the Chicago, Burlington aud
Quincy Road that, on account Of
the cutting done by the Burling-
ton and Missouri River Road In
Nebraska IN opposition to the I'M
ion Pacific, the latter road will ie-
fuse to alIot any portion of the
through business to the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Road from
Omaha except al full tariff rates,
or SO per car more Il other
roads. Off1cial- of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Road here
deny that the Nebraska r ,ad has
cut rates, but say if 1t is true they
are not Responsible therefor, and
that they will test in cuurt if nec-
essary the right of the Union Pa
citio to make this arbitrary de-
mand.
CHICAGO, August 1lth.-Theo-
phillus Van De Mortel, the Jesuit
priest who recently createi q SEN
sation by publicly renouncing Ca
thoIici-m in favor of the Episcopal
form of the orthodox religion, will
Tomorrow renew that sensation by
publishing the following card:
| rba l., " ,,rapsaA oil
sides by my old friends is so true
and heartfelt that | find myself un-
able TO resist it. l retract what |
have said against the Church of
Rome, aud / am resolved to return
t. the Church that opens its arms
to receive an erring child"
Boiier Explosion on q Towboas.
PITTSBURGH, August llth.-A
terrible explosion took place this
evening on the towboat Iron Val
ley, upward bound, opposite New
Cumberland, West Virginia, sew
enty five miles below here. A sec
ond explosion occurred immed-
ately after the first, throwing frag-
ments of the wreck for a great dis
tance in all directions, destroying
the entire forward part of the boat,
Including the pilot house. The
pilot, Wise, the Captains son,
rhos. Prince, and Mr.. Prosser, OF
New Cumberland, are among the
missing. The cause of the explo-
sion Is unknown. The engineer
claims to have had sufficient water
in the boilers.
Steamer sunk.
CHESTER, Pa, August 1.-THE
river steamers Mary Morgan and
P. errepont came ia oollission last
night and the latter sunk. but her
passengers and crew were saved.
Viii Dsciine.
BOSTON, August 1l.-It Is stated
very positively that Governor Tai.
bot will decline denomination.
Pedestrian Masch.
ST. LOUIS, August llth.-The
six days "go as you please" walk
Ing match which has been In pro-
yress at st. Georges Hall here the
past week. terminated at O'Clock
To night, with the following resuu: !:
Hibbs, 1859 miles; Miller, 359; G -
,eilo, 345. II lars; Shielded, 307;
Gilcb, 295.
| Murder.
New ORLEANS, August llth.-
Anatoie Basque, u desnerado, shot
and killed Captain Joseph Boyle, OF
the steamer Heroine, at Mande-
vile, last night. b 'yle, after being
mnrtally wounded, shot Basque
twice, woundlng him In the neck
AMI shoulder. Basque declared yes
'erday that he would kill Boyle.
sn0r, fu Hts ArcOnn,s.
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