Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-04

hone made speech in which he
thanked them for their public ap.
proval of his conduct and their un.
shaken devotion to the Jeffersonian
principles of government.
After the second ballot for Gov.
ernor H. III. Riddleberger's name
was presented and received with
great applause. Riddleberger stated
he was not o candidate before the
Convention, and thought the Office
should seek the man. General
Malone was next nom mated amid
the widest enthusias M. Captain
John Wise, one of the nominees,
earnestly appealed to the Conven-
tion to sacrifice everything for the
good of the party, and to only con-
slider nominations with this object
In view. He urged an adjourn.
ment, which, amid confusion, was
agreed to, and the Convention ad.
jOurned till tomorrow.
A Tugboet aad Mis lla.us Lost.
SANDY Hook, N. j., June g.
The tugboat Jake Brinds was
blown up off here this morning and
all hands lost.
General 0snut shAnpiOus Conk-
ssDs-rhs jsweiry st"sy ~ Hoax.
NEW ORLEANS, June 3.-General
Grant is greatly irritated over the
COnklipg affair and eagerly reads
the dispatches. He says that Conk.
ling has been shamefully treated
and should be re elected to the Sem
ate. He thinks that the newspaper
abuse of Conkling is instigated by
White House influences, but not
by Garfield. He re-af1irms his
letter to Senator Jones, of Nevada,
but will take 10 hand in
the fight. He denounct Governor
Y0ung's statement OF his cOnuec-
ton with the u. National Bank
and Marine Bank, and says there
Is no truth in the story about his
lost jewelry. His mission to Mex.
leo was. he says, highly successful.
He got the concessions wanted, the
only opposition being from rival
subsidized railroads. Gen. Grant
will go to st. Louis, GaIena and
Chicago after leaving here.
>p.si"x News.
DETROIT, June 3.-St. Julien's
hurt is in no degree serious. He
was out on the tract jogging this
morning and to the halter this af.
terfoon. He shows no lameness
or evidence of injury, but Hickok
thinks 1t wise not to put him down
to fast mile over this track. He
will hitch him up aud Jog him
little on Saturday, but will not
speed him at the Saginaw. That is
his present intention. Santa Clause
is slightly off, and did not take
part in the stallion race to day.
He has had no exercise here to
speak of, chiefly because OF the bad
weather. He will 20 in the Sagi-
nav and continue through the en-.
tire Michigan circuit Overman
IL seriously sick with sore throat
and will not probably do anything
noteworthy before the Chicago
date. Hickok is lying i'll ut the
house OF bis friend, Capt. Denis, In
this city, Of spinal disease. He
looks like very sick man
Desperate Aitcmrs s"E cap.
BRENNAN, Texas, June 3.-This
morning, near Scaly, as the work
train WAS switching, a number OF
cars were cut loose by convlcts in
an attempt to escape. Two were
killed, four wounded, two mortsily,
aud one escaped
A Bloody Tess Ep,s"d~.
JEFFERSON, Texas, June 3.-Last
night, in Camp county, four young
white men visited the residence OF
Denuis Brotemni (coloredJ, who
fred on them shooting Calvin Cope
dead and mortally wOunding Israel
Lagunde. The other two men
killed the negro and escaped.
Dssire-s,ax Accident.
LEADvILLE, June 8 This after
noon Walter and Lottie Smith,
aged 4 and 8 6years, respectively,
while playing on u vacant lot,
found giant powder cartridga,
which they attempted to break
open to see what was inside, when
1t exploded throwing them several
yards, and badly mutilating both
the children. Their hands were
both torn off and their eyes blown
out.
A COUPE of Burxsrrs K,,I-a.
DALLAS, June 3.-Melton and
Baker, notorious burglars and
horse-thieves, were killed by
Hayes county Deputy Sheriff while
resisting arrest.
Rassengtrs Bou0d Wess.
KANSAS CITY, June 3.-Follow.
ing are the passengers who passed
Topeka via the Atchison, Topeka
aud Santa Fe Railroad last night:
G w McNutt, San Francisco; w H
Graves, New York; Il M Roberts,
Red Oak, Ia; Il A Arnold, o; Boy.
ers, Knoxville.
The Oaks stakes.
LONDON, June 3.-The EPSON
Summer meeting closed to-day.
The Oaks stakes were won by The.
bais, Lucy Glitters second, and
Myra third,
Is It Double Tsxation?
from the 8. F. Chr0nitle.]