Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-03
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PACIFIC COAST.
Passengers south and East.

Passengers south and East.
FRESNO, May 2-The following Is a
list of south bound passengers passing
here to-day:
Mrs Shepard, maid and child, J W
Bacon, Capt N Mason, w ) Clarkson,
DR. S T Sprecher and family. P McMan-
mis-, Thos Clark, j J Mclaughlin, G 7
Thornton, G Carpenter, W z Hum.
phreys, w w Foote, G Carpenter, J 7
Carroll, j ? Hoge, + A Givin, DIR Il
Nicholson, Eli Dennison, L l. Chandler,
Richard Grey, San Francisco; w Late
and family, Sonora; b Loomis, Mich;
j w Calkins, Miss l. G Davis, J Nj
Wadsworth, Louisiana; Mrs and Miss
Jones, New York; G w Stout, Mrs w
NJ Grey and children, Oregon; L Jack.
son, Tombstone; Walter Symmon, Den
yer; W r Andrews, Oakland; W Eng.
lish, Contra Costa.
san Francisco News Items.
SAN Francisco, May 2.-Dickie Bros.
the largest firm of ship builders ON this
Coast, failed to-day. Liabilities $780,.
900.
The jury, to day, in the case of United
States Land Register, W. H, Crane,
charged with issuing forged receipts in
the name of Receiver, Andrew Miller,
brought in verdict OF not guilty. I'm
mediately after Crane was placed on trial
on another indictment, charging him
with fraudulently converting public mo-
news to his own use.
The Standard Con. Mining Company
has declared dividend of 25 cents er
share-S25, 5,000-payable on the 18th.
The Total Wreck Mining Company
has declared dividend of $50, 900, pay
able on the 5th,
Mining stocks to-day were in good de.
mand. The Comstocks advanced from
5 to zoe.
Paul Vandervort, Commander in Chief
of the G. A. R., who is accompanied by
Abel Jones, Jr,, Nj. D., of Boston, Sur
geon General OF the G. A. R., was ten
dered an address of welcome and pub
lilo reception this evening. Lincoln
Post No. will give them reception
Thursday. Saturday evening there will
be grand reception at the Opera
House. Sunday he will leave to make
official visits to posts in Oregon and
Washington Territory He says he will
then have officially visited every depart
ment in tho United States, having trav.
eled $500 miles. The National En-
campment meets at Denver next month.
Jones 4 Co., of this city, to-day paid
into thee stom House sos, 400 duties on
one shipment of opium, the largest
amount in one payment made for years.
They state that they expect to receive
consignments next month exacting large
duties as the duty on opium has been
raised from Sc to $40 from the end of
the fiscal year.
The steamer Granada, for Panama,
yesterday, carried among other freight
76, 900 gallons of claret.
Alfred A. Pardow, a well-known at
torney of this Coast, u native of New
Orleans, died this morning,
Protestant Episcopal Convention.
SAN Francisco, May AT Il o'clock
this morning the delegates to the annual
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal
Church met at Trinity Church and
listened to the opening sermon by Rev.
Il. H. Ward, of Stockton. There was
large attendance, mary of those pres
ent being ladies. The sermon was elo-
quent and appropriate and the singing
was unusually good. Tomorrow eve
ming the Bishop will give reception at
his residence. This evening there was
missionary meeting in which the diff.
ferent Sunday Schools participated.
small wheat and Flour ship
ments.
SAN FRANcIsoo, May 2.-The whea
shipments from this port for April are
the smallest for the past three years
showing decrease of 400,000 centals
Flour shipments, AZ, 800 barrels, against
90. 600 for April, 1882. The presen
months shipments are the smallest sine,
October, 1851. The total value of ship
ments of -four and wheat for April wa
$40, 900, against 81, 1900 in March
The lowest wheat freights for April wer,
37s Cd and the highest 45s
The Mystery Clearing Up.
SAN FRASoIsco, May 2.-The coroner
has not vet received the report of tn,
chemist to whom was given the stomach
of the late Lottie Hunsinger, for an
alysis. The Coroner's deputy, in thu
absence of the Coroner, stated that {
report was expected in a day or two
II is insisted, however, that the condi
ton of the lungs was such as to show
almost beyond doubt, that the death o
the girl was from natural causes. Yet
the course pursued at the Coroner
office was such as to at first throw mys
terry about the case, which was entirely
unnecessary and which has resulted il
great annoyance to persons who wer'
thereby left to appear as interested IL
one way or another with case which
did not at all concern them. The young
woman died at the rooms of Seth Cook,
No. % Montgomery street, and outside
OF the Coroner's office there was appar.
emily no desire or attempt to conceal
the fact. The employees OF the Coroner
professed to know nothing more OF the