Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-06


terday destroyed the greater part Of the
business portion Of this town and ,igbt
cars of wheat. besides damaging the deck
and 1000 sacks Of wheat. Two 8 ips,
Allonby aud Lord Barnes, had cisse
call to get out into the strtam without
damage. The total iuss 10 estimated al
100000 The insurance rs not deiern-
ined. No accidents, as lar Gs 10 known,
have occurred. Tho homeless sufferers
have been provided with shelter in ware
houses; some have been sent to Benicia
and Martinez.
Important Meeting or shippers
Whaler sunk by Ice.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. "a meeting
OF American shipping merchants will
be held tomorrow at the Chamber Of
Commerce for the purpose Of presenting
. memorial 10 the coming Congress ad.
vocating the passage Of laws that will
enable Americans TO sail ships in compe-
tition with foreigners.
Captain Nye, of the whaling bark
Fleetwing, arrived last night from the
Arctic Ocean He says the present sea-
son has been the poorest for the last
twelve or fifteen years. He reports that
on September 22d the bark Louisa, Capt.
Koon, was stove in by piece of ice aud
sunk In seventeen minutes. One boat
from the wreck, containing six men, was
capsized and all drowned.
A Fire NJ whipple BARRACKS.
PREscorT, A. T., Nov. GA fire broke
out in the kitchen Of the headquarters
of Whipple Barracks Last night about II
O'Clock. II consumed q row Of build
iuRs used for company quarters and
small house in the rear. The soldiers
saved their blankets and personal prop
erfy. A considerable amount Of goods
was destroyed. The loss is $1,000.
A asrribIe stsry Of Murder
PnrscKroN, Wis, Nov. 9. Mrs. Ellen
Long, q widow, and L. 3. Whittemore.
the father Of the boy found in the river
with his throat cut, have been arrested
for murder. The detectives who took
the case bad their suspicious turned to
Mrs. Long because Of rumors that she
once attempted to poison Whittemore's
wife and failed. Searching her house
they found bloody the clothes which she
had been wearing up to the time OF the
murder, and also butcher knife and
two razors stained with blood In a
we'll was found club with bloody marks
on it. The neighbors say a criminal
intimacy existed between the widow and
whittemors, and that 1t was known to
his ll-year-old son, who was probably
thus disposed OF TO stop the scandal.
The boy was missing len days. but the
father made little effort 10 find him.
The theory is that the boy was killed by
Mrs. Long in her cellar and that the
father carried the body to the river end
hid it in the place where he pretended to
first discover il ten days later. Mrs.
Long is the daughter OF ex County Judge
A. II. Myers.
Menored fer Her Humnnitaria.
Works.
NEW YoRR, Nov. 5.-Mrs. Anna 0s-
tenderier, the owner Of the Staats-
Zeifung, has received from the Empress
Of Germany an autograph letter and
silver decoration as q recognition Of her
Humanitarian works." especially in
favor OF her countrymen and women il
America.
The Dinicult Passenger Problem.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The passenger
agents of the Pacific lines and their Mis-
siouri river connections, have spent "a
number Of days cndeavoring to find So
luton for the complicated western pas
senger problem and have fiua!ly sd
jhurned without accomplishing any.
thing. The General Managers Of the
lines interested tried to render assis-
tance, but they gave it up as bad job.
Mary ChurchiIi Found.
ISDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Nov 5.-Mary
Churchill, the missing ST. Louis girl,
daughter OF wealthy merchant Of tnat
city, and about whom so much has
been said, was discovered in this city.
She was engaged as domestic in the
laundry department OF the Insane Hos
piial and says she wants TO make her
own living. She has been taken home.
Republican Hopes
CHICAGO. NoA. 5.-A Times Boston
special says the indications are that
Robinson will be elected Governor Of
Massachusetts tomorrow by from 20, 900
or 1900 majority, and that the Re-
publicans will gain largely in every
county but Berkshire.
The End OF q Sensation.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5.-Mary Churchill.
in charge Of her father, arrived this
morning from indianapolis. She still
refuses to state why she ran away from
home. This ends the Churchill sensa-
tion.
Women out OF their sphere.
AsBURY PARK, n. ". Nov. 5.-The
members Of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union have decided TO turn
out tomorrow and work at the polls in
favor of the prohibition ticket.
The Cholera.
LONDON, Nov. 5.--Two hundred and
forty deaths occurred at Mecca in one
week.
The War or Races.
DANvILLE, Va, Nov. 5.-Two more
negroes, who took part in the war of
races, died to-day. This makes seven
negroes dead Of about twenty in all on
both sides reported wounded.