Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-15
Morning kilograms.


Passengers G2osug South.
MoJAvE, June l4.-Miss Glassell,
Miss Norton, Mis- Thompson, Miss
LeaveD, Louis BOUCHER, II w Mo-
Night, Rev l. A Gaterald, Rev J D
Butler, H Maybe ry, G Deming,
Chas Bach, Jno A Levern.
Ruppiemenins Nomi nations af the
WorksngmsD.
SAN FRANCISCO, June l3.-The
delegates OF the Workingmen's
party from San Francisco, Marin
aud San Mateo counties, met again
last evening in Humboldt Hall to
nominate q Railroad Com missioner
from this district, and also a MEM
Der of the State Board of Equaliza-
ton.
Denis Kearney presided and J. J.
Flynn acted as Secretary.
The roll was called and flfty-nine
delegates responded.
On motion Of Mr.. Murphy of the
Seventh, the roll was .called with
the following result: Beerstecher,
81; Freud, 10; Boyle, 10. President
Kearney casting his vote for the
last named candidate. Having re-
ceived majority of the SO votes
cast, Mr.. Beersteeher was declared
to be the duly elected nominee for
the office of Railroad Commission
or. The announcement WAS greet
ed with enthusiastic cheers by the
delegates, and the friends of Mr..
Beerstecher crowded around him
and shook him cordially by the
hand. The pledge of fealty to the
party was duly adm nistered to the
nominee, and the Chairman said he
trusted now that every one would
be satisfi cd, as u fair chance had
been given 10 all. -.t..
The Convention next proceeded
to nominate its candidate for the
Slate Board Vt Equalization. At
ter considerable discussion upon
the individual merits of the aspir-
ants, The Withdrawal for various
reasons of several names previous
ly before the Convention, aud the
nomination of others in their
stead, the vote was reached at last
and resulted as follows: w. G.
Hoagland, SO; B. g. Duffy, 10;
John Clngston, 3, and M. McPhil-
lips 8. The Chair declared Mr..
Hoagland to be the choice Of the
Con vsntion, which then adjourned
sine die.
The susAsy -school Coz vsnsioW.
YOSEMITE, June l2.-There was
to-day the regular daily Sabbath
school training class at 8 A. M At
lOo'ciock the lecture by DIR. Shell
don Jackson, subject: "Alaska,"
illustrated with the black board out.
lines Of the country aud adjacent
islands. The speaker displayed q
thorough acquaintance with his
theme, and ELECTED great enthus-
asm. He closed with an earnest
appeal to Christians Of all denorn-
nations to aid the work Uf the
EvAngeiists among. the Indians of
Alaska. A unanimous and most
hearty vote of thanks was rendered
him by the assembly.
John Muir took tile platform at
II O'Clock, and fortified with
background of diagrams, proceed
ed to unfold the geological records
Of the Yosemite Valley glaciers,
He sud- he made the Yosemite
Valley glaciers one hundred tons
: to the square foot, enough to crush
to any depth, totally dissenting
from the Whitney theory of local
eubsidence. He humorously in.
quired where the little granite plug
went to that fell out. There are
five we'll defined Yosemities among
the Sierra, all plowed out by gla.
ciers, Of which he has found sixty
five between thirty-six and thirty.
nine degrees. He inspired the
crowded house With such enthusi-
asm that more than hundred
claimed the trail to the Upper 70.
semitic Falls with the lecturer.
TIE evening lecture was by DR..
Guard, on "Modern Mental Accli.
vities and the Bible, the Present
Image of Miraculous intellectual
ity." Men go everywhere and
know everything save the way to
Heaven. Only the Bible can guide
them hither. His ideas were en-
forced by a wealth Of speech Illus
tration and gesture rarely rivaIled.
Among the late arrivals Ia a sur
veying party under Lieutenant
McCom5, branch of tho Wheeler
corps, to determine the altitude OF
Yosemite walls aud the waterfalls.
steamer. "Acspuiee" Prevented
from L~sdinE her Cargo as As
p,~was.
NEW YORK, June 13.-President
Riley read dispatch to the Pacific
, Mail Directors on Wednesday from
the Company'sagent at AspinwaIl,
announcing that the steamship Ac-
q pulco, which recently arrived
from New York, had been prevent
ed from landing her cargo. The
agent expressed the opinion that
tue delay would be slight. 1t is
understood that the Acapulco car
ried as a part of her cargo q large
! quantity of munitions Of war, con-
signed to Peruvian houses. The
arms were shipped, 1t is said, as
hardware and agricultural imple-
ments. But the Govarnr'"".
/. Chile, having b. infbfn ". }
shipment of arm a. care r'M4u-
nicated with the Boliv g. a9 erin.
mept, reuuestinf tlins sue 1fs aga