Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-08
Late kilograms.


SAN FRANCIsCo, June IA
Virginia City dispatch says that
yesterday james Malone. Patrick
Hunter and Gerald Landers. em-
ployed in the four hundred foot
level of the Andes mine, were suf-
located by gas supposed to have
been generated in some of the
abandoned workings of the Con-
solidated Virginia. Several miners
were made i'll ty gas in endeavor-
ing toirecover the bodies. Landers
was u nephew Of John Landers of
San Francisco, n well known bro
ker. Malone was formerly chief Of
the fire department.
sheriff se-ars"aH ss".as" J.,'.
SAN FRANCISCO, June fudge
Halsny to-day sent Sheriff Des-
mot,d Ia jail for sixty days and i'm
posed che hundred dollars fine for
contempt of Court in refusing to
deliver certain property seized Oh
attach ment Oh the order of the
Court
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hNLAbre.
SAN FRANCISCO, June AT u
meeting of the Railroad Commits.
siopers to-day Il petition was re-
ceived from San Rafael to rescind
the order reducing the fare on
steamers from San Francisco to
twenty-five ceuts. This is owing
to the fact that on the reduction
the Company put on cheaper and
slower boats. Action was deferred
till the July meeting.
Complaints were recaived from
Soiano, Contra Costa and San Ber-
nardino shippers of discrimination
AMI unequal charges on merchan-
disc of similar value.
Rules were adopted for govern
ment Of the Board and guidance of
shippers in making complaints.
Rain IN sns Northern aud Ceassai
pAFs Of ~. siaie.
SAN FRANCISCO, June with.
in the last twelve hours quite
general rain has fallen in the
Northern and Central parts of the
State. Some damage to cut hay
and barley is reported, and in some
localities injury to the standing
wheat is feared, though the later
planted crop ia generally benefited.
The Silver King declares u div
idend of twenty five cents.
This DyinE STATEMENT Admitted.
REDWOOD CITY. June I'm the
Gray case argument on the admis'
sibility of the dying evidence was
resumed by Jones on the part of
the people aud Thornton for the
defense, occupying the greater por.
ton If the forenoon. Both made
able arguments. Judge Head de-
cided to admit the dying statement,
which the witness John p. Stearns
proceeded to repeat substantially as
in the former trial.
A sn,.r"form Robbery AZ Tomb
TOMBSTONE, June IA daring
robbery was perpetrated last night
ut the Golden Eagle restaurant.
ChlOrOform was used and five hum
dred dollars taken from under a
lady's bed. The burglar left II
stocking filled with sand. No
trace of the robber.
Democrats "n sne Qui.vive.
ALBANY, June THE Joint
Democratic Committee Of the Leg
islature issues the following: "TO
the Democratic members of the
Legistotuye:-In view Of the fact
that exigencies may at any time
arise In the pending Senatorial
struggle, we earnestly recommend
Democratic members to abstain
from pairing, and so far as possible
to avoid absence frorA the sessions
of the Joint Convention"
Tnreo Men Iast .nt,s K.iisd.
BUENA VISTA, Col, June IA
freight train on the Denver, South
Utah and Pacific Railroad jumped
the track near here this morning.
II. Black, engineer. J. F. Lehman
snd VIM. Arnola, .brakesmen, were
instantly killed.
An Exciting conference vita sne
Utcs.
Los PINos AGENCY, Col, June 4,
via Lake City, Colorado.-The Ute
Com missi0ners met in conference
with the head chief, Sapovonora, Of
the Utes, and his sub.chiefs, Sha-
vona, Prah, ALEXANDRA and others.
There were at least twelve hundred
Utes around the Agency, and the
scenes within Agent Berry's office
were excitingly dramatic and peril.
GUS in the extreme. The Ute Iu.
dian Commission, Messrs. Meeks,
Russell and Mac Morris, were pres.
ent. Each Indian was heavily
armed, and when the talk began
the building was surrounded by
Utee, who occupied every available
spot, to listen to the conference.
It being the regular Nation day,
together with the fact that widely
circulated Information was spread
among the Utes. . larger mum Der
were present than usual. The Utes
wsre told by the Commissioners,
Through an interpreter, that the
CommissIoners had come to the