Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-01

SAN FRANCISCO, oct. 3Utn.-Ine
following Is the list of passengers
by the Senator for Los Angeles:
Mrs L Morris, Ed Ayres and wife,
TIP Armstrong and wife, Robert
Burgess and wife. w B Tedford,
David Crowley, D Wallace, A
Mendirose, F Tess. Mrs Moloney
and two children, A II Voigt.
Jsmes's Term.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Post-
master General James denies the
report that he will leave the Cabi-
net on December 1st. He says that
he will rem ain certainly till Jan.
uary let and possibly longer, or I'M
til some result has been reached in
the Star.Route casee. He remains
this long ia Difference to the Presi-
dents wishes.
OoDSedere,s Ra.u. sSaosea.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-An Or
der was received in this city to-day
for one million dollars of Confeder-
ate bonds.
Col. Geo. Cowie, Chief of the d.
plomatic and Consular division of
the Fifth Auditors office of the
Treasury Departmental has resigned.
Cowie recently passed claim for
~, 900, which was pronounced lille.
sal by the First Comptroller.
Aaotner Mmracrnu. Gr,"a ,n
Wssbsnxso.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3I.-A man,
apparently insane, made his ap-
pearance at the. White House to-
day and demanded admission.
After some .parley it was found he
WAS armed with seven.barrelled
revolver and evidently bent on
shooting somebody. His arrest was
accomplished after some difficulty,
1t requiring three men TO over
power him.
STAR Route Fr#uds.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31-The argu-
ment in the Star.koute frauds will
begin next Thursday.
NOS Accepted.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The IfS-
) busae's special says. The President
has decided not to accept the resig-
nation of McVeagh for the present.
Bsynson's Great ssin.
OMAHA, Oct. 3O.-Captain Paul
Boynton arrived here this after.
noon from Sioux City. Hisarrival
was Witnessed by at least 10000 per-
s0Ds. B0ynton was accompanied
by Crellman, correspondent of the
New York Herald, who rode 10 a
canoe. They will remain here q
few days and then start for st.
Louis. Soon after the arrival of
Boynton an unknown man stripped
off, and stating that he was going
to give public swimming exhibit
ton, plunged into the river. He
soon sank and was drowned. 1t Is
thought to be deliberate case of
suicide.
QUINCY, Ills, Oct. 3O.-The large
planning mill of Menke. Grim m &
Co. was destroyed by fire to-day;
loss, $4,000.
The river at this point is 10 feet
above low water mark and rising
slowly. All the railroads have
suspended except the Hannibal and
st. Joseph. The water is spread
ing over thousands of acres OF fer.
tile farms and doing great damage
to property.
Extensive Fsre.
CLIFTON, Staten Island, Oct. 81.
"A fire began at IL O'Clock this
morning in Mayer & Bachman's
Brewery. It destroyed that build
ing and then began to destroy
the small houses adjoining, from
which the occupants fled in terror.
At noon the fire was still raging,
and there was danger of q boiler
explosion. The loss was then es-
timated at half million.
MemOriss services In Berlin.
BERLIN, Oct. 30.-Ths funeral
services In memory of Gen. Gar
field were celebrated to-day in the
principal saloon of the Town Hall,
which was draped in mourning.
Many persons were present, includ-
ing members of the diplomatic
corps and Of the scientific and
learned societies, the Ministers. of
the Interior, of Public Works and
of Justice, and the high military
and. v,nuoSolDol oufhnritiae D,ar