Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-21

Another Lester from BIaime.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-A letter
from Blaine to Prescott, Special
Commissioner to Chile and Peru,
: has beenj sent to the Senate. II
corrects the press report that the
government is encouraging the
claims of citizens against Peru
which would enable the govern
ment to pay an indem unity to Chile
and In return practically assume
O ownership Of Peruvian resources.
= An AWKWARD Coouudrum.
8 NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Oficial
society is now being much exer-
cised over the fact that while the
new British Minister, Hon. Lionel
Sackville West, is q bachelor, he
has family Of children, two Of
whom he wishes to live with him,
The World heads the item fought
! we to Visit Him." and concludes as
. follows: "It must be admitted
that It cannot fail to be awkward
for heads OF families to explain to
their families how foreign min
lister can at once be q bachelor
and the head of a family"
Johes... .n H. RD.v.s,
CHICAaO, Dec. 20.-Specials
say Joe johnston 10 an interview
says he regrets having spoken so
freely ON, the question of jeff
Davis's stealing two millions of
Confederate gold, and says he did
not know he was talking to q re-
porter. The latter he claims b as
distorted bis statement. His story
Is denied by Col. Harrison, an ex-
| Confederate, who was cOgnizant of
the facts at the time of the alleged
stealing.
Plain Talk for Buisesu.
| CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-The IYmes's |
Washington special says: Gui-
teau's failure to carry out the
threat to rip up his divorced wife's |
record on the witness stand lie ow-
Ing to the fact that Mr.. Dunmire
told Scoville that II the prisoner
attempted to blacken his wife's
character he would shoot him on
the spot. Dunmire 10 u big Lead.
william and looks as though he
would make his talk good.
Texas Crimss.
CHICAGO, Dec. ia special
from Brownsville, Texas, says:
Charles Leebarrone was ebot
through the heart by an unknown
party near Laredo. Nicholas Paez
recently captured near Cuerented
wss hung to grapevine. In gam.
bling difficulty at MatamOras be-.
tween SeverianA Arredbude aud
Felipe Gonzales, the latter killed
the former aud the father of AIRED.
bude killed Gonzales. A Mexican
has been found murdered OH the
road near Rio Grande City, max
ing the seventh murder in this To-
cality in six weeks. Joseph P,
Lindsay, Of the Indian Territory,
was found murdered and robbed
twenty miles from here. Marcus
Bruno, owner of a wagon train, was
murdered in the field where he was
taking care of his teams. II
rsrrib,- EspiossoD.
&. LONDON, Dec. 2O.-An explosion
occurred about noon in the Orrel
pit, belonging to the Abram Min.
ing Company. The Orly pit ad-
jacent was also terribly affected by
the explosion. OF over sixty em-I
ployes in the Orly pit only twenty
five We're brought to the surface
alive. 1t is feared the remainder
persisted The superstition is that I
one hundred and eighty persons
have been KILLED in the Orrell pit,
as two hundred descended into the
pit this morning. Ten injured per.
sope, SO far, have been recovered.
The. work Of exploring the mine
and rescuing the victims continues. A
LATER.-It is now believed that
only forty persons were killed.
The Orrell mine is 100 yards above
the Orly mine and the effect of the
explosion in the former, impris. :
oDed 150 miners in the lower mine.
These were subsequently rescued.
Those rescued from the upper
seam were seriously injured.
LATEsT.-Thirty-four were killed
and thirty.six others Injured by
the explosion In the coal mine at
Bolton. Q
The J~~nuesss Found.
LONDON, Dec. 2O.-The finding L
OF the Arctic-exploring steamer
Jeanette was reported to the Roy
al Geographical Society to-day. i,
News Grsm shu J eanms,ss. :,
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. Co.
Lieut.. General Duocclve, Governor
General OF Eastern Siberia, who :
has just arrived here, brought the
news that the steamer of the North
American Polar expedition, which
has been lost since 1879, has been
discovered aud assistance rendered
to the crew. 1t IL believed here
that this refers to the Jeanette.
The crew Is said to have suffered
no loss.
L""d"" "r''nss" "n the Trial.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The Times inI
speaking OF the Guiteau case says:
Nothing In criminal procedure
ever equalled the laxity of this tri. G
al. What should have been a
grave Investigation has become
sort OF entertainment. Although
a murderer and cheat, Guiteau y
has produced the most farcical trait
ever heard of. Now ms he has
gained notoriety as a criminal, he
is bent on showing his i'm portance. !.
The laxity of the procedure 10 nei- y
ther mended by the conduc. of the
prosecution nor by discretion on
the part of the presiding Judge.n \
A Busssea ReservOtr.
ALGIERs, Dec. 20.-It lie reported I
That four hundred people were
drowned by the bursting of o res
ervoir.
a S~ssuinsry False Prophes. III
CAIRO, Dec. 2O.-A false prophet Of
10 Soudsn, with his followers, =
massacred the Epvtjan punrd ofI