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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
An African King
fwall Street News.

In one OF his recent lettera from the
Congo, Henry M. Stanley tells Of his ar
rival at Manyanza, and adds: Shortly
after my arrival one Of the neighb ring
Kings made call on u.s. avowcdly to see
the new white man, and probably also
with the idea that there might be little
"c'oth" to be given away. King Mlongo
Mako, as he is called. very nearly fell a
victim to the superstitions Of his pc PIE
short time ago. A wife Of one uf his
sub-chiefs fell i'll and died, and, as is al
ways the case in this country, the mcdi-
cine man was called upon t, say who had
"bewiiched' her. He assembled a sort
Of coroners Inquest, aod they came to tae
unanimous conclusion that King Mlongo
had killed the woman with his lsoroeries.
The wretched monarch would have had
to take poison water had not an Eng
lish missionary opportunely arrived at
his village and laughed the people out
of their foolish supersiition. To pl,as.
the white stranger the King was pnr
doned by the felish rnau. but pirdoned
reluctantly. for his real fin was not hav-
ing bewitch, d q woman, but for being a
miser. Avarice among these peop 0 is
cons dered the blackess Of crimes, and
had King MIongo been in the habit Of
freely lavishing his gin and his Cloth on
his subjects his loving people would not
have fixed upon HIM as q .orcerer nor the
heir apparent have been so active in the
prosecution.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
Opening Japan to Foreign Trade.
A Judge on Divorce.

Sir James Hannen, OF the English
Probate Court, was interviewed in Now
York ON the subject OF divorce. He was
OF the opin on that there should be
uniform divorce law IN the United states.
The present laws werc entirely too lax.
He said in prof OF this that he had
known man who fed from his wife in
England to institute proceedings and
obtain divorce in one of our Western
States. He secured divorce before the
woman bad tine to receive the taper
containing the notice OF the beginning OF
proceedings. He held that divorce was
q thing to be discouraged, and added:
"Nor do ! approve the practice which
prevails in some Of the States Of allow
ing the Court to exercise discretionary
powers. This often leads TO man and
woman obtaining q divorce simply be-
cause they are tired OF living together.
1t seems TO me that the best plan for q
well organized State would be to dis.
courage instead of giving greater facili-
ties for divorce. Divorce should only be
permitted as a reparation for grievous
wrong"
He did not approve Of the suggestion
that the guilty party in snit should bs
prohibited from marrying during the o
OF the injured party. That would had
to a worse state of immortality. But he
would not permit guilty wife to marry
her paramour after she has obtained o
divorce. and would grant absolute di-
vorce for adultery only.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
sIlIcr xMIcMrs, a. Q. .. ".

Stated meetl .gs Of California Legios, No 1. Q
X, A. o. q. W., are held the fret and third Sat
urdas evenings Of each month At Odd Fellows
Hall. Spring street. Al. coBLER, 8 Z.
@, H. WHITE. Reser novas In
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
Betrayed by a Picture.
New York Herald Nov. IS. j


Isaac N. Winters, man about forty.
five years of age. was yesterday ar
raigned before Justice Massey, Of Brock.
lyn, on charge OF bigamy. His arrest
was brought about in singular nannrr.
Winters, it Is alleged. married his first
wife in lS47. and had eleven children
by her. Four are still living. The
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Winters was
at Sag Harbor, and some ten years
ago Mr.. Winters, it is said. d sarpsared.
The efforts OF his wife to tind him were
unsuccessful. 1t is further sad that al =
ter roaming about for some time Mr..
Winters settled in Brooklyn, ani be-
came frequent attendant at several
churches. AT the tabern acle he made
the acquaintance # a lady who, 1t IS
alleged. became his second wife. This
lady was recently visit, d by lady
friend who, upon being shown a photo
graph Of Mr.. Winters, exclaimed, "Why
That looks like the picture Of tho hus
band Of Mrs. Winters at Sag Harb ,r,
who disappeared long time agol" The
suspicious of Mrs. Winters number two
were aroused. aud she sent letter with
. photograph Of h~r husband TO the Sag
Harbor lady who. rs a result. visi' ed
Brooklyn. Mr. Winters pleaded not
guilty yesterday, and he examination
was adjourned for week.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
Human Monstrosities.
lJacksonvills Times.l }

About two years ago Charles Lewis
discovered, about fifteen miles below St.
Augustine, family OF white persons.
consisting Of John Mcdonald, his wife
and live children. Two Of the children
Ne found tn be half human and half ali
gator. These children are now nine
years of eye. Their bodies, arms and
heads. from their hips up, are perfectly
formed, while from the hips down they
present the appearance Of an aliga-
tor, having q perfectly formed
tail about five feet in length, together
with the bind feet and legs Of the gator.
They crawl around on their hands and
feet, converse intelligently, and seem to
enjoy life very much. They live part Of
the time in the water and enjoy it very
much, using their tails while swimming
the SAM as the alligator, to propeI their
bodies. . are healthy, good-looking
and well.devt loped chlldren, and outside
of their love for the water their general
mode OF living Is the same as that OF
other human beings.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29


Be 1t resolved. by thu Mayor and Council Of ths|
city OF Los Angeles, as follows;
SECTION l. That q punicip.l election be u
by the qualined voters Of the city of los anxuI44
in the said city, on the frs. Mouda Of uscsi4befk
1888, the same bling the third day Of said MN b,
Tor the following officers to-wi:
Three members OF the . lard OF Education.
Also, by the qualided voters 4 the respective
wards in said city. the following melubers OF tic
Council Of said city. that Is TO say
Two (z) members Of tho Council, 70 represent
Une ~ member Of the Council. to represent The
Second Ward.
the Thiri Ward
One ~ member Of the Council, +, represent the
Fourth Ward. for the full term
Two ~ members of the Council. to represent
the Filth War,i.
Also, one az member Of the Council, to repre-.
resent the Fourth Ward for the unexprsd srzr.
The polling Plhc-s hsll BE- as follows;
For the First Ward--Store Of T. 0. Herman.
10 San Fernando street.
For the Second wsrd-ofice Of the Chief II
Polioe, No. 81 SIP ing street.
For the Third Wa d-rurnverein EaiI
for the Fourth Ward--No Engine House.
T the Filth ward--rsvilion. Washington
Gardens.
The following named persons, residents Of the
respective wards, are hertby appointed US otsoefs
70 mold, conduct and make returns Il sid sise-
For tho First ward-fnspector, Oscar Macy:
Judges. J. A, Cline and Wm hughes ".
For the Second Ward InsI ecs, r, A. a.. Napqa.
Judges, John Burns and Thomas Atsell
For the Tliri wsrd-insp,c or. teA 4 ritQ
Judges. NJ Morris and J. r. Lamcree.
For the Fourth Ward insps ctor, q. II. Bliss:
Judges, J. G. Brown and John Lenac-
For the fifth Wsrd-inspeet-s. Geo ]. Clarke:
judges, j. @. Mcdonald and j. a Phiibr,
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the Council 81 u Ger y
to the ADOPTION OF this resolus On, and sl.sA
cause Tia same to be publisne Tor at lszsf t-p
times In the Los ANGELES DAILY HtRAlD, iu|
such manner that the last publication s1@li b
prior TO said third day Of December, 10
sac. 8. This resolution shall take cfe,5 4n1
be in force Immediately upoa tts alop-4sa. 441
provai and publication. 5. q.
hereby certify that the foregoing res,io<'G1
was adopted by the Council q the city q 81
Angeles, at its meeting Of Novembef sith A. l&
1883. W. W. kollN30N& '
Clerk Of the Council Of the CITY q Los A'g.lse
Approved this 10Th day oi November, A. rI
1855 y. y TH0A. dayck
hereby certify that the foregoing iosolux;.1
is full. true and correct copy a tho ofI4ia<1
resolution adopted by the Council oi the ~ "
the city Of Los Angeles. at its session Of Noylz1r
Der ifth. A. D. 1855.
W. ". ROBINSON.
Clerk Of the Council II the city Of LIS Autul5s.
Los Angeles November 18th, a. u. 1855
nov2Od
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
A Little ssame OF Draw.

New YoRE, Nov 2S Henry J. Rice.
manager OF the Mace-Slade combination.
was arrested on the arrival Of the
steamer Servia on charge Of cheating
Robert Solomon out of S2755 duiing the
vnya oe at nraty nnkAr
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
A Horrible ConressIon.
O'DonneIps Trial.

LONDON. Nov. Is S--Justice Denman,
Of tie Court OF Queens Beach, presides
at ODonnell's trial, which began on Fri
day. 1t is expected that the trial will
be concluded on Saturday as only nine
witness for the prosecution and four for
the defense will be called.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
MashInrtnn Notes

WAS lTTtSttu OI -tur ufllNdi vi tAt
steamer Servia on a charge Of cheating
Robert Solomon out of S2755 duiing the
voyage, at araw poker.
washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-The Post
Office Department has advices that all
mail matter going West over the North
ern Pacific is now distributed before
reaching Portland.
Secretary Folger has designated Port
land. Oregon, and Port Townsend, ports
by which imported merchandise will be
shipped in bond in transit through the
United Statesand from British provinces.
suppressiug Crime.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2S.-The State Legis.
lature at the last session passed hibit-
ual criminals act, which provides il any
one commits crime after conviction for
q first off-nsc, be shall be punished the
full extent allotted by law for such
offensc, and for the crime committed
after the second conviction shall receive
not less than fifteen years. The first
conviction under the statute was that
of VIM. Sullivan. who had served terms
for shooting at polioa officer and for
burglary. He was tried for burglary
this time. The Judge awarded him
twenty years.
A Horrible Confession.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. PA hartford
dispatch says: Mrs. Ellen Long, whose
trial was in progress for killing Harry
Whittermore, aged l i years, to-day con-
fessed the crime, at the instance Of her
father, Judge Myers OF Princeton, who
hopes to gain the leniency of the Courts.
She does not tell the cause Of tho MUIR
der, but 1t is supposed that the boy knew
OF her criminal intimacy with bis father.
Attempt 20 XIII Gladstone.
LONDON, Nov. 2S.--Eight blocks of
stone have been placed upon the railway
track near Wolverhampton, it Is sur
missed for the purpose of wrecking the
train in which Gladstone was expected
to travel.
O'DonneIPs Trial.
LONDON, Nov. rs Justice Denman,
Of tie Court OF Queens Beach, presides
at UDonnell's trIal, which began on Fri
day. 1t is expected that the trial will
be concluded on Saturday as only nine
witness for the prosecution and four for
the defense will be called.
The Game or Governments.
LONDON. Nov. 2s.--The Spanish pa
pers assert that the visit OF the
Crown Prince Of Germany is associated
with project for the annexation OF
Portugal to Spain as the price Of Ger
man-Spanish alliance. The Crown
Prince Of Portugal. who is now visiting
England. has had an interview with
Earl Granville, and the object Of his
! visit is said to be opposed to the in
trigue.
Opening Japan TO Foreign Trade
LONDON, Nov. 2s.-A Toxic corre-
spondent had an interview with the
Japanese Foreign Minister, who stated
that the Japanese government is most
ANXIOUS to open the interior Of Japan
to foreign trade, stipulating only that
foreigners availing themselves OF the
privileges granted shall be under the
Jurisdiction of Japanese courts This
will involve a revision OF the present
treaties and the abolition Of all foreign
legal Jurisdiction in open ports.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29

Has the right hand Of the average
paragrapher forgot It's cunning. or what
is the nature OF the washoat down the
iine, anyway As yet we have seen 10
reference TO the fact that the move.
mcnts Of Hsnry Irving on these shores
Y Y accompanied by considerable Miss
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN R.R.
DIRECT RAIL cOMMunlcATvoH WIN
NATIONAL CITY AND sAN nuHc0.

On and after Monday october lst, 1855, trains
Of the California Southern Railroad going sonth
will leave San Bernardino daily. Sundays ex
cepted, at 10 40 A. NJ Cotton at Ills A. NJ. or on
arrival Of East-bound Southern Paciic train,
and Riverside at 1l;s6 A. NJ, arriving at San
Diego ct 7:15 I'm.
Going north, win leave San Diego az $40 A. n
Riverside at 2:22, arriving at Cotton at 2;42P NJ,
and San Bernardino at 1926 ?. n.
North-bond train makes clio o connection with
Southern Pac o. train for Los AnReics and San
Francisco. Tho aSove IL National City time,
which is 70 minutes faster than San Francisco
time. Passengers will save from ten Q0) 70 sixty
(o0) cents BY purchasing their rckots Of the agent
before ,nter>ng the cars.
Eound "Trip tickets cannot be purchased on tho
t1iu-
For information for freight or fare address
Agent uallfornln Southern k>ilroad, Colton, or
:. N.yICToH,
saQqsintsndsat, and oen- m end rasa ~
naPpnAi NV ~ eaaa
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29

A few short weeks ago and the pitcher
OF q baseball cub couldn't walk down
the street without having bras baud
and crowd Of admiring ei'iz, M chas-
ing after him, begging for bis aut graph.
Aud now he gets jostled on the SIDE
walk, people trample on hi toes on the
opera-housc stairs, and Il he complains
he is called SOS ar' and t IL to 90 out
on the prairie and back lis feet around.
So goes the vanity Of the wolll.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29

Callow youth before looking glass.
stroking chin)--"Sis, think / must get
me razor Sister-"Do, Bob. beard
raiser.''
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
Santa Monica Hotel,
A SUMMER AND WINTER RESORT.
City Election PrOGlamati6l
RESOLUTION NO. 2o4.

A resolution providing for the holding Of mus
ncipal election in the clty ot Los Angeles u
tho first Monday in December, 1884,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
Foundrymen and Capitalists attention.
ON JANUARY 10th. 1884.
At II o'clock, on tho premises, unis,s disposed Of
AZ private sale. will sell at public auction the
foundry Known As the
ALAMEDA FOUNDRY,

On Alameda street, TO the highss. bidder without
reserve; as follows: The foundry builofnK, with
steam engine largest sized lsthc, bhsh tufnaes,
patterns, tools, etc, and everything epnr acted,
necessary to cast from the largest TO thesnialest
castings. complste In all It's sppolntmenS
NoTE.-The foundry business Is one OF the
most profitable businesses In the state. There
arc orders enough on hand to run night aud day
for the next year.
Turufs at sale.
For further particulars enquire Of p BAL
LADE, or Of
JOHN q. BELL, Auetionsef
o2<td ofiice hours, irsm TO 2f.M
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-29
WEEKLY HERALD.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
SPECIAL re rus HERAL,..
Majors Appeais.

sAS fRAScIsco. Nov. 2S. Lloyd l..
Majors, Of San Jose. convicted Of the
murder Of Renowden at Los Gates,
Santa Clara County, has been sentenced
by Judge Green, OF Alameda, to be
hanged. The date Of the execution is
not yet fixed. An appeal will be taken
IN tba gunreoae (,ourt
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06
A Strengthening DilutiOn.

What shall it profit a milkman if he
owns $4,000 Jersey COW and lives on
a dairy farm twenty-five miles from the
nearest river? Only few weeks ago
such man moved to a new farm down
on Egg Harbor River, which is a tidal
stream. He wasn't used to that sort of
a thing at all, and was amazed beyond
comprehension when his customers
mobbed him the second day and encom-
passed him about and entreated him
roughly and smote him sore and danced
all over his person and wounded him in
divers places. '''Y gaul," he said to
the policeman who rescued him, Il
hope to die if 1 can understand it at all;
I've sold the same kind of milk on the
same route twenty-three years, an, they
never got on it afore." Salt" said
one of his victims, with a howl of re-
newed wrath. ''Salt?n queried the be-
wildered mixer. what thunder's salt
got to do with it? You're too amazin'
fresh yourself" And when he went
back to the farm he told his hired man
to put twice as much water in the cans
next morning, ''and," he added, ''don't
you give them kaows another grain of
salt for two months" Tie continuance
of the telegraph troubles prevents us
from giving an account of the next days
seance, but we do know that man has
mystery to struggle over that will make
him grow old.--PurlingtOn HGUEeye.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06
Oklahoma Decision.

In the matter of the application of David
L. Payne and others for an injunction re-
straining General Pope and the Secretary
of War from interfering to prevent settlers
from entering upon and occupying what
are commonly known as the Oklahoma
Lands, Judge McCrary, in the United
States Circuit Court at Topeka, recently
rendered his decision denying the injunc-
ton. After citing the preliminary
facts in the case and describing the territory
in dispute, the court said: SIS the land in
question subject to entry under the pre-
emption and homestead laws of the United
States? This is the controlling question in
the case. 1t is to say the least, a question
of doubt and one concerning which there is
serious dispute. The Executive branch
of the Government after investigation, and
being advised by the Attorney General of
the United States, has decided in the neg
ative, and has accordingly issued orders to
the defendant, John Pope, who, as Major
General of the army, has military command
in the Indian Territory, to prevent
by force the occupation of the dis
puted territory by white settlers. Under
such circumstances, all that this court can
at present be reasonably asked to do, is to
preserve the status quo until the final adj
judication of the controversy. Where the
parties are at issue upon question of legal
right and an injunction is necessary for
the purpose of preserving all existing rights
until final hearing, preliminary injunc-
tion will generally be granted; but in the
present case the existing status would be
destroyed, not preserved, by granting the
writ. The sole purpose for which the in
junction is granted in advance of final hear
ing in such cases is to preserve the rights
of the parties pending the suit, so as
to leave the subject matter intact to
be dealt with by the court in the final decree.
1t is to compel the party against whom it is
granted to maintain his status merely un-
til the matters in dispute shall by due pro-
cess of the courts be determined. To grant
the preliminary writ in this case would be,
in advance OF hearing upon the merits, to
open up the disputed territory for settle
ment, and thus in effect to predetermine
the controversy as well as to destroy the
present situation. To refuse the writ is to
preserve, or at least not to disturb, the ex-
listing status. Without, therefore, consid-
ering other questions, the motion for pre-
liminary injunction is overruled upon this
ground"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

IHE public debt statement for August
showed: Cash in Treasury, $S51, ,503, 1856;
debt less cash in the Treasury, 1885, ,51S,-
765; decrease during August, $6,671 ,S51; de-
crease since July 80, 1883, $14 ,572, ,442.
THE official report showed there had been
27,31S deaths from cholera in Egypt since
the outbreak Of the epidemic to September
1. There had been 14O deaths among the
British troops stationed in Egypt.
AT a meeting ofthe Executive Committee
of the Democratic State Committee of
Massachusetts call for the State Conven-
ton, to be held at Springfield, September
26, was drawn up and accepted. 1t was
authoritively stated to the committee that
General Butler had decided to run for re-
election this fall.
Hon. E. N. CUTS, member of Congress
from the Seventh District of Iowa, died the
other day at Oscaloosa.
A SPECIAL from Peoria, ILL.,, says it has
been definitely ascertained that States At
torney Loueck is short $4,000 in his public
capacity and as custodian of private funds.
1t is stated that an ignorant peddler, named
Jacob Mendelshon, in 1879, placed S4 900 in
his hands and Loueck gave him bogus
mortgages for security, the nature of which
was discovered only few days ago, and
resulted in the disclosure of all his short
ages. Loueck claimed to have lost money
in gambling. He is under arrest.
THE authorities of Port Townsend, Wash
ington Territory, have been notified of the
smuggling of Cinnamon to this country
along the coast.
JOHN PoNNELLY, watchman at the Treas
ury Department in Washington, recently
shot himself owing to domestic trouble.
+ THE difference between several west
bound routes as to passenger rates between
Cincinnati and st. Louis, eliminated last
week in an announcement of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad that frst-class pas
senger tickets would be sold for S1.50 The
regular price is SO.
THE mail train bound west on the Wa
bash road the other morning ran over and
killed Mrs. Allen and her daughter, a
Mrs. Johnson, at Sampson Greek bridge,
near Pattonsburg, Mo. The body of each
was fearfully mangled.
EVIDENCE in the Frank James trial at
Gallatin, No., closed at noon on the 1st,
and the court adjourned until Monday in
order to give counsel time to prepare their
arguments.
| A FREIGHT train on the Chicago & North
western Railroad was recently wrecked at
Crescent City, Iowa, and Conductor Wesley
Mum and Engineer Wabin instantly killed.
| A STEAM engine attached to threshing
machine exploded in grain field, six xmiles
north of Frankfort, D. T., instantly killing
| W. Bonnell, Clarence Reed, Geo. Strom and
an unknown man, and injuring five others,
four of whom were in a critical condition.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06
Miscellaneous.


THE other evening the prisoners con-
fined in the Wyandotte Jail attempted to
escape by overpowering the jailer as he
locked them in. Sheriff Bowling, who only
few moments before had reached the jail,
went to the rescue and ordering the pris-
oners to halt, Peter Hogan, alias Dunbar,
under sentence as a confidence man, ran,
when the Sheriff shot and mortally wounded
him. The others were secured with the eX-
ception of Allen Johnson, a colored cOun-
terfeiter.
JOHN ALLEN (colored), widower resid-
ing in Shawnee County, recently left his
four children at home, and went away to
attend to some business. About night two
of the smaller children, little girls, at
tempted to kindle fire in the stove, using
kerosene oil to assist them. The result was
an explosion, which threw out blaze that
set the clothing of both children on fire,
burning one of them to death before she
could get out of the house, and the other Sc
badly that death ensued soon afterwards.
The other evening Henry Draschler, of
Ellsworth, attempted to draw a gun by the
muzzle from under his bed when it was dis.
charged, killing him instantly.
In the case of Craig VS.. Morgan the
Acting Secretary of the Interior recently
decided the settlement made on the Usage
Trust and Diminished Reserved Lands in
Kansas, where each settler had arranged
to sell land to others, does not give the
right of entry under act of May, 1890, pro-
viding for the sale of these lands to actual
settlers only.
A SPECIAL meeting of the Kansas Wool
Growers and Sheep Breeders Association
will be held at Topeka on Thursday even
ing, September 18th. Various topics of in
terest to the wool growers of Kansas will
be brought before this meeting.
THE railroads will take parties to the
Leavenworth Soldiers reunion at one fare
the round trip.
the week ending August 25ht, 1888: Estab-
lished-Parnell, Atchison County, James
G. Hotham, Postmaster; Washburn, Bour-
bon County, Loring B. Washburn, Post
master; Yankton, Harper County, Stephen
c. Oliver, Postmaster. Discontinued-Val.
dor, Graham County.
A MAN named Hypfield, while drunk, sat
down on the railroad track at Marysville
and was killed by a train.
WOLVES chase boys at Topeka.
JOHN DoBBs, who recently shot his.
brother James while employed on Governor
Clicks farm in Atchison County, was re.
Gently arrested for stealing watch.