Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-04
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Especial to thy HnnALD By the Western
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PACIFIC COAST.
Passenger. south ana East.

EAOlrlO OCAoI.
Passengers south and East.
FnEsso, May 3.-The following is a
list of south bound passengers passing
here to-day:
DR.. T. B. Dewitt and wife, j. Wagner,
Jas w Lavery, Il C Wiedt, w II Mnho.
ny, II A Cummings and wife, Rev d Il
Cohn, j Stern and wife, II Hyde. w X
Mccullough, Thos Kelly, Albert Draper,
r Oscar Azontagh, 0 w Millen, $ Alex
ander, San Francisco; Mrs. NJ Bowlen,
ir, Belmont. New; j X Law. Miss
Laura slaven, Merced, Cal; w Il Had
ley d Seaman, G CSeaman, New York;
Geo X Merwin and wife, Cleveland; Mrs
Henson Thomas. Florence; A I; Mrs
VIM NJ Lowell, Tucson; M Salisbury,
Benson; Dr j Ii Hostetter, Jas II VIII
cox, Napa; N 8 Kinedon, Yokohama;
] NJ Bassett, John Il Knight, Oakland;
G ID Jones and wife, Topeka, Ks; Mrs
L Hamilton, V N Hoover II X 8 O'Mel-
veny, L Al; j Hough, wife and daughter,
Stockton; G I Mills, Brooklyn, Cal;
William Dean, Mrs NJ r Dean, Miss Y
Il Dem, Miss L A Dean, Melbourne,
Australia; s Richards, Iowa; j f Cohn.
M d, Portland, Or; 7 N Smith. Sutter
Creek; Thomas Stovell, L A; Mrs s C
Noble, st Albans, Vt; A M Borden,
Marshfield, Oregon; + Salbery, Tomb
stone.
Taxes on IncOrporatiOns.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.--Assessor 3.
Holtz, netting under an opinion from the
City and County Attorney, has stated
that in future bank franchises, artesian
wells and all other interpretations hold
ing franchises, shall be taxed under the
provisions and at the rates laid down by
the State Constitution.
suits for Railroad Taxes Other
suits.
SAN Francisco, May 3.-Walter II.
Levy, special counsel for this city, has
brought suit in the Superior Court to
recover sl35, 2S0. city taxes, and S64,-
1868, State taxes, from the Central Pacific
Railroad Company on an assessment OF
the track Of the company for the fiscal
year ending June, 1883. A similar suit
has been brought against the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company to recover
Sl33, i75, city, and S65, 798, State taxes
In addition to the above amounts. the
addition OF five per cent penalty, two
per cent. per month from the 2oth OF
last December, and fifty cents for ad-
vertising, is demanded.
Daniel Toobll brings suit in the Supe-
rior Court to recover $4,000 damages
from the Central Pactic Railroad Com
pany for injuries sustained by being for
cibly elected from freight train, near
MADEIRA Station, Fresno county, on the
18th of last August. He claims to have
become permanent cripple by reason OF
injuries.
Cornelius Harrington sues r. s. Church
to recover $4,000 damages, and for
cause of complaint sets forth that on
May %, 1882, his son James was riding
a vicious horse belonging to defendant.
which he did not know to be vicious,
when he e4was thrown off and sustained
injuries which caused his death in few
hours.
Heavy Sale of Stamps.
SAN Francisco, May 8. 3.--Yesterday
the receipts at the Internal Revenue
office were S25,4l5 for stamps. On
Tuesday stamps were sold for 8, l65, 900
cigars, 100000 cigarettes and ll5, 800
bounds of tobacco. Yesterday the call
for stamps covers abaut l,500, 900
cigars, $4,000 cigarettes and 100000
pounds of tobacco. single firm ordered
$40, 900 worth of stamps on Tuesday,
sufficient to stamp ,250, 900 cigars. and
another firm ordered stamps for 100, 900
pounds Of tobacco. This is stated to be
the largest amount yet paid to the
United States on account of thytobacco
tax.
Vessel Burned at Sea-sixty Per-
sons Drowned.
VICTORIA, B. c., May 3.-This after.
noon was announced the loss by fire of
the steamer Grapler, running between
Puget Sound and Alaska. and that sixty
persons were drowned.
R-Particulars state that the
news of the loss of the steamer was
brought to Nanaimo, B. c.. by man
living on the coast near the scene of the
disaster. The vessel took fire within a
few miles of Seymour Narrows on Sun
day night last, at 10 o'clock. The fire
was first suspected by the engineer and
reported Immediately to the Captain.
All the passengers, about one hundred
in number, and principally Cinnamon,
were in bed. An immediate search was
made below by the Captain, assisted by
the engineer and purser, and being salts
fed that the fire was at the back of the
connections of the boiler, the engineer
Immediately started the donkey and con-
nscted the hose. BY this time the pas
sengers were getting out of bed, and the
excitement among them was intense,
rendered more so by the frantic actions
of the Cinnamon, who behaved like q
lot of crazy cattle. John McAllister,
who was on board and who furnished
the news OF the disaster, stated that he
remained below until he saw the
fire, which had its head in
the bulkhead and canvass He then
ran on deck, called for buckets and
advised the Captain to beach the vessel
at once. The Captain ordered Pilot
Franklin to head the vessel for the Van
couver shore. The passengers were so
excited that they began crowding into
the boats, which were being enveloped
in smoke and although full details are
still missing, it is supposed that their
uncomfortable actions were the cause,
in great measure, of so many being
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