Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-21

Of woman's rights might resu Il
speedily In something practical.
(ApplAuse In the ladies gallery.)
Mcdonald insisted onj . psrma-
nent committee, % the subject
lasted - long ~ the human fami-
ly, and would always demand con.
sideration.
Davis, Of West Virginia. moved
to refer 1t to the Committee on
Rules. Agreed to, 20 to 2S.
reeemess Heuss nassed-Wnoie-
sAlo Cremation Avesse0.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20th.-A fire
occurred in building on Wall
street, at 3 this morning, contain:
ing 160 families, comprising 1,5O0
souls. The scene witnessed is
without parallel for confusion In
the history Of fires in this city.
The building is known as the "big
fiat" is six stories in height, sew
enty.five feet front, and runs
through the block to Elizabeth
street, y distance Of about 200 feet:
The fire broke out on the ground
floor, in o grocery store, and the
flames. breaking through the front
Windows, ascended on the outside
up the broad front of the building
until the roof was reached. For
tunately the police and fFemen
were quickly upon the scene, and
hurried the screaming women and
children and cursing men into the
street, the policemen having to
use their clubs freely to drive the
people out. Thus was prevented .
calamity awful even to contem.
plate.
l. juaeiaOn Agatass resegrsps
CGnN0ildasi"D.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2Oeh.- fus
Hatch has begun suit In the Su.
preme Court against the Western
Union and Atlantic and Pacific
and American Union Telegraph
companies to prevent their proposed
consolidation. He has obtained
an Injunction restraining the de.
fsndant companies from entering
into any agreement of c0nsOlida.
tion and from increasing their cap.
ital stock and other matters.
TO Inv.s,tw~te Tsiegraph Cooan =
Bdsasou.
ALBANY, Jan. 1Sth.-In the As.
sembly, a resolution calling for an
investigation concerning the con-
solidation of telegraph companies,
was adopted.
HARRIsBURG, Jan. 20th.-The
third Joint ballot for United States
Senator shows small change.
A Young whsse Lady Outraged ~
N-xrosa-Ths Perpear~sors Ex'
ecuted.
CHARLESTON, s. c.. Jan. 20th.-
Bessie Wirts, q daughter Of VIM,
Wirts, of Prosperity, was brutally
outraged Monday evening by two
negroes-Spearman and Fair-and
then murdered. The negroes were
arrested and confessed. Last night
a mob took them out of Jail and
shot Spearman dead. Fair escaped
but being recaptured was hanged
to-day. near Prosperity, by a mixed
crowd. Miss Wirts was % years
old, beautiful and estimable.
A W,fr BeMser shot.
CARLISLE, Ky, Jan. 20.h.-A
body of masked men attacked
Noah Anderaon for beating hli
wife and being resisted, shot ant
killed him and bis son Samuel
who aided him.
Town Nearly Destroyed By Fire
BOSTON, Jan. 2Oth.-It IL report
ed that q great FIRE is raging .
Wilton, N. H., and that nearly tn,
entire town is already destroyed.
, .-..-s vanr~s.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 30
Capt. Geo. w. Chilson, 8th Caval'
ry, suicided by shooting at Eagle
Pass.
Coai Ls0dsa as Psxopsys.
PANAMA, Jan. 1lth.-The Sta,
and Herald saps: From a privat,
source we learn that the United
States government has recently
landed 23O0 tons Of coal at PAgo
pago, one Of the Samoan islands,
from the ship Queenstown, for thu
use of the United States navy. No
oppositiod was shown to the pro
ceedings.