Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-12-02
Late kilograms.
J. 4. johnson secretary Of sne 1sss'
mtgeaSSon ASSOCIATION.

J. 4. Johnson secretary Of sne lsn
mixeAsSon ASSOCIATION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The
Directors of the Immigration AS
ISOLATION yesterday elected J. A
johnson Secretary. johnson wat
Secretary of the constitutional
Convention, editor for many year,
in Santa Barbara county, and il
now resident OF Oakland. Cyrus
III, Street was chosen Assistant
Secretary and outside manager.
Rsliroad W0rk In sns T~rrssosy.
Tucson, Nov. 30.-Ths location
Of the Benson Railroad to Gala
basas will be complete In ten days.
After this is complete the location
will be.pushed to Tucson ut once
and grading will com mence. One
hundred teams and 200 men are ct
work in the Barbacomari valley.
One hundred and forty teams and
two hundred and fifty men are
grading In the Houorita valley. 1t
is said that elk miles IN the valley
will cost one hundred and fifty
Thousand dollars. ThoS. Nicker-
son and party arrived tonight
from Sonora. He will leave for
the East on Friday. A. N. Town
and staff will arrive here Tonight
and will remain until morning 30
~ to inspect the road In dsylig ht.
~ ss..a-a pae-anaa. -
WAsHINGTON, Dec. 1st.-Guit.
eau's trial was resumed this morn
ing In the presence of the usual
throng. Upon entering the witness
box, Guiteau desired, before re-
suming his evidence, to make q
personal statement. and addressed
himself to the audience. He was
then cross examined by Judge
Porter at great length. Under
the crOss-ex amination Of Judge
Porter, Guiteau soon showed signs
of i'm patience and excitability,
striking his open band upon the
desk and en- phasizlng every sen.
tence uttered. When pressed for
answers he finally became obsti-
nate and shouted to Judge Porter:
"I know you well, and I know big.
ger men than you are. Pve seen
you shake your finger at witnesses
In New York, but you can't scare
me-" A. the crOss-examin-
alton progressed the witness
proved decidedly obstinate, and,
after fatty c0ntradicting the
testimony of General Logan,
Col. Reed and several other wit
nesses, he positively refused to an.
swsr several questions, his invarl-
able response being, II decline to
discuss that with you" The wit
ness seemed to be greatly annoyed
At Judge P0rter's habit OF pointing
his finger at him. az he frequently
did In the way Of emphasizing his
interrogati0ns, and again broke
out angrily, "Y0u need not point
your finger at me, Judge Porter
I've seen you do that before; but
you can't scare me-"
a rabses Ps~cod wn~r~ Presidsns
0srneid Was shOs.
WASHINGTON, Dec. LA marble
tablet has been placed in the
ladies' waiting room Of the Balti-
more and Potomac depot, to mark
the spot where President Garfield
was shot. The tablet Is American
statuAry marble, and consists OF q
sill resting upon two corbels, OUT
eide of which are two pilasters rep
resenting an ak and fasces and two
drAped flags form . canopy.
"James Abram Garfield, President
OF the United Slater, died July I'd,
1857 The whole Is surmounted
by an eagle with outstretched
wings, holding In it's tal0ns bum
die of rose and laurel leaves.
Ths sD.as sssn,p ausss,oD.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The
PennsylvaniA delegation will to-
morrow decide how they will vote
on the peakership question. If
they decide In favor of Hiscock, 1t
will make tho fight one Of the East
against the West, and the latter
will probably concentrate on Kie.
fer or Kasson. These gentlemen
are trying nAIu 10 Set JIG neCeeS ~
~ support for that emergency.
Pnbsse DsDs saasenens
WARRINGTON, Dec. 1.-The debt
statement issued to-day shows a
decrease In the public debt during
Novsmbef Of $7,24S, 1928. Cash In
the Treasury, $245, o42, $50; gold
certificates, $5,207, go; silver Ger.
siHcates, $50. e6s, $50; refunding Ger
tlncatss. $579, $50; legal tenders
eutstanding, $s4s. 681 ,O58; fractions
Al currency 0utstandlDg, 81; 093, 1928.
Dscrssts Of the debt since June 30,
1881, $50, 1878, All.
Bsaese Dsssn 81 an O,a Eass"v.
MONTEREY. CAL, Dec. Nv. II.
Clibperton, editor Of the Monterey
OoJifsrnS1n Of this place, was found
dead on the streets last night, cup.
posed from heart disease.
Hsv sssansnip Lss~ 60 Eavsve.
NEW York. Dec. LIT is re.
portsd that o new American steam.
ship line IL being organised to car
~ passengers only to Europe, with
JAceb LorfillArd ct the head with
abundant capital.