Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-08-08
signs OF war.


San FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.-Information
received yesterday shows that for over
year past large shipments of ammuni-
tion for the Chinese government have
been secretly made through this port.
It is stated that two hundred and forty
thousand rifles and twenty five million
cartridges have been forwarded from
here to Shanghai during the past eigh-
teen months. 1t is also said that each
steamer leaving for China has on board
from five hundred to a thousand bales of
heavy cotton duck used by the Chinese
for making soldiers tents. These and
shipments Of other material show that
that the Chinese have been quietly pre-
pairing for trouble with France.
A Bcientific Sensation Exploded.
SAN Francisco, Aug. THE Carson
footprints, about which SO much has
been said, both in this country and in
Europe, were last evening, in the Acad-
emy Of Sciences, pronounced by DR..
Harkness to be nothing more than the
footprints Of big.footed man. Hark-
ness was the one who first promulgated
the theory of their being the imprint Of
some huge quadruped, but later and
more careful examination of the subject
has convinced him Of his error.
An Opium-ssmuselers' Ruse.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 7.-Chinese
Consul Bee, speaking Of the smuggling
OF Chinese across the British Columbia
boundary into Washington Territory,
characterizes 1t As neatly disguised
scheme on the part Of white men to
divert the attention Of the authorities
from opium smuggling, which, he is OF
the opinion, is being largely carried on
in that section.
Red Men I'm Council.
SAN FRANcIsco. Aug. THE Eigh-
teenth great Sun Session of the Great
Council Of California Of Improved Red
Men opened this morning in this city.
The attendance is large. At ten o'clock
the Council was called together by
Charles T.. Spencer, Of Sacramento,
Grand Sachem, and at once proceeded
to business.
Mining Troubles In West Virginia
WHEELING, Nv. va.), Aug. There
il great excitement at Siaterville, Tyler
county, on the Ohio River Railroad.
Some negroes and Italians were working
together, blasting. The negroes put in
a blast, aud, being notified OF the dan
ger, ran TO safe distance. The Italians
ran only short distance and two of
them were killed. The Italians pur-
sued the negroes with revolvers, picks
and dirks. The negroes drew razors.
Serious troubles are anticipated.
Anxious TO stay.
WASHINGTON, Aug. There is going
to be q funny fight in army circles when
General Sheridan comes to Washington.
1t is said at the War Department that
General Schotield, who is now at the
head Of the Department of the Pacific,
and Pope, who is at the head Of the De.
partment Of the Missouri, under Sheri-
idan, will both try to stay where they
are. neither OF them wanting to remove
to Chicago.
The San Anent the strike.
New YORK, Aug. THE San says:
The Brotherhood's action in calling out
the railroad operators is wrong and IN
iustifable, and the fact that they have
ordered them out amounts to a declara-
tion that the telegraph strike has failed.
yellow Fever.
HAVANA, Aug. 7.--Eleven uf twelve
persons, left here sick with yellow fever
by the steamer City Of Merida, sailed on
the steamer British Empire yesterday
for New York. First Engineer West
was the only one who died.