Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-04
Morning kilograms.
Passengers GuiHg suuib.

Pas.snx.rs GUiHg souib.
MoJAvE, March 2.-Jas Johnson,
Il 0 Hills, Mrs Fletcher. e L
Mayberry, N G Hills, r A Findley,
F Meinerck, N G Campbell, G H
Phillips, Mary Bridget Braheny,
Jas Baker, Mrs Lester.
MoJAvE, March 3.-F J Worley,
Mrs Trigue and children, D Law.
son, Rosenberg, Chas Woolvick,
Mrs Solomon, children and one
servant, Miss Della Simon.
Reno swept by Ere.
RENO, March 3.-About q quar-
ter to 6 o'clock yesterday morning
fire commenced in some wooden
building at the west end of the bus
mess streets back of Masonic Block.
A gale was blowing from the west,
and before water could be got the
fire was beyond control. The
flames leaped from house to house
and from block to block. Panic
stricken, half-cIothed people
caught the esmost valuable articles
ohN iCft Ola CioC ~ 0CoII uCIlODs 1l6
firemen were helpless. The fierce
ness of the wind and the intensity
OF the heat rendered it impossible to
get close enough to do any good. In
three hours all of the business part
of the town was in ashes,
the only house escaping
being the Masonic Building.
Among the bull lings destroyed
were the freight depots, Bender's
Bank, the postoffice, Davidson's
and Frederick's jewelry stores, Pin
niger & Oslesme's and Shoemaker's
drug stores, the passenger depot,
Pollard's International and the
Arcade Hotels, both telegraph
offices, Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office,
railroad baggage rooms, Baptist
and Catholic churches, Hammond
& Wilson's stable, Academy of
Music, Barnett's, Prescott & Gray's
and Isaac's dry goods stores, Abra.
hams and Nathan's clothing
stores, Manning g. Ducks and the
Farmers Cooperative Associa-
tion's grocery stores. Two or three
Central Pacific trains, including
the lightning train, were de-
stroyed. The condition of the tracks
made 1t necessary to transfer pass.
engers to Virginia and Truckee
train across the river, to get to
Virginia. The loss, as near as can
be calculated at this time, is about
$l,000,0O0, with only about $3.50, 900
insurance. Five lives are known
to be lost-Mrs. John Beck. John
Riley and three tramps. A num-
ber received injuries but, at this
writing, it is impossible to get cor
rect Information. The gale car
ried blazing pieces of timber for
miles. Several farmhouses situated
two miles down the meadows were
burned by this means. After
working until exhausted, the
whites forced the Chinese to work
on the engines. Already several
people are having lumber hauled
upon their still smoking grounds.
Citizens are throwing open their
doors TO the homeless, and are do.
ing all they can to relieve distress.
The fire only stopped when all was
destroyed Reno is now suburb
without a town, and great fears are
entertained as to the ability of the
place to survive the shock.
The Convention.
SACRAMENTO, March 3. - The
Convention met at $3.50 A NJ, Pres
ident Hoge in the chair; one
hundred and thirty-oHe delegates
present.
Ayers, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Enrolment, presented copy
of the Constitution on parchm ent,
correctly enrolled. The reading
was then commenced.
ing be dispensed with. rAad
Biggs Insisted that the document
should be read.
The ayes and noes were demand
ed and the motion was lost; ayes,
Sc, noes, 70.
After several articles had been
read, Edgerton moved that further
reading be dispensed with.
Some members shouted Tor the
ayes and noes.
LarlSin made a speech, wherein
be said that Edgerton could 20 If he
did not want to stay and hear the
final reading.
Edgertou said he returned the
commitment to the horny-handed
Buu OF toll, ann thai i (Larkin)
euHl 90 al once without tle regret
of ha Convention.
Toward, Of Los Angeles, said it
Vas yond the power of .he Con.
yention 90 change anything except
by unanimous consent, that the
Enrolment Committee lad care
ully examined the document and
reported ! correctly enrolled; there
was no use in reading It.
AZ. NJ Eslee said some of the
delegates wanted H1otller days
pay.
The motson wag carried, "a ayes;
IS noes.
The question then was, Shall the
5as,itudon be adopted by the
yentiGU}
re roll wGs called yes 1l2,
l5. The aunounCeuent of the |
was hailed with applause.
delegates who voted in the
i've were Dudley " San Joa-
IsaFaat Edgerlln, Hayes,
~, Martin ~ Alanieda, Nc.
nd, Porter. Euliian, Reddy,
naker, purnsr Voters and
ans, I,RiDe and ShR ter would !