Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-01
LATE TELEGRAMS.
SPECIAL TO THE HERALL.

rhe Central Pacific Submissiv..
SAN Francisco, October 3l-The Cen
tral Pacific Railroad Company have I'll. d
waiver, accepting the freight reduc
tors ordered by the meeting Of the
Board Of Railroad Comuiissie Der- heli
ON October I'D The inmedin tt III si
Of The order wilt bercdacfi u. oa iiu,i-e,nl-
p.iative inland rates. The date the
application viii be fixed by the Boafd.
tie company asking that it be accorded
necessary time in which to do the work.
The waiver imposes ON it plus twenty
days allowed by law after service Of the
Boards printed schedule.
Counting Their Chickens.
San FRANCISCO, Oct. 81 "A Chrenicie
New York special says the Republican
State Committee are hard ut work.
Great confidence is expressed in the suc-
cess Of the State ticket. the differences
between the Democratic factions encour-
aging them to think SO. General Sharp
says assuring reports are coming in from
all quarters Of the State, prompting him
to believe the Republicans will elect the
whole State ticket Tho denisDd for
Republican campaign documents 10 I'M
precedented.
A Terrible Railroad Accident
Barely Avoided.
CHICAGO, October 81. "A dispatch
from Hawley, Mimi. reports an acci-
dent ON the Northern Pacific Railroad,
ari-ing from an economical order pro-
mulgated BY the conpany~to remove
headlights from the switches. The en-
gineer Of the 0:45 east-bound train, con-
tanning about two hundred persons, saw
the switch open only twenty-five ahead.
He reversed the engine, put ON the air
brakes and jumped. The engine was
ditched but the train was saved.
The FASTING Horse Thief
EAsrox, Pa, Oct. 3l.-Small, the
horse thief, Is in the twenty fourth day
cf his fast In Belyidere, N. j., jail. His
pulse is 81; he gets very little sleep and
has lost thirty pounds since his incar-
ceration. Small intends to surpass Tan.
ner's record by ten days.
Rnving Rossa.
New YORK, October 3l.--O'Donovan
Rossa states that the explosions yestcr-
day in the underground railway in Lon
don were the work Of the Fenian Broth
erhood, OF whose movements he Is ap.
prised. He says London will be in
asbes probably before long.
The Germans for the Democracy.
ROCHESTER,, Oct. 3l.-Infiuential Ger
mana. including representatives Of the
brewing interest here, have resolved to
support the Democratic State ticket at
the coming election, with the exception
Of Isaac II. Maynard, their candidate for
Secretary Of State.
Trying TO Blow Up Railways.
LONDON, Oct. 3l.--At eight o'clock
last night nm explosion occurred near the
Praed street underground station A
passenger train ut the s,ene OF the ex-
plosisn was considerably damaged and
sbout forty passengers burned and
wounded, some dangerously. Railroad
officials express the opinion that the dis
aster was caused by explosive material
placed in one of the carriages Of the
train for the purpose Of producing the
catastrophe. simultaneously with the
Praed street affair an explosion occurred
on the undereround railway between the
Charing Cross and Westminster stations,
with effects similar to the Praed street
explosion. Both explosions are matters
Of the greatest mystery. 1t is generally
thought 70 be Of Fenian origin.
LATER.
The excitement over the explosions on
the underground railway last night is
very great. A largo number Of police
men, under special inspectors, were on
duty all night at the various railway
stations, and guarding the line was q
heavy force. The explosion at Charing
Cross occurred distance Of two hun.
dred yards west Of the station There
was no train there at the time. The
walls Of the tunnel were battered but the
rails were not misplaced. The windows
in the station were blown out, but the
roof was not damaged and no person
was hurt there. At the Praed
street station the force of the ex-
plosion was terrible. The tunnel there
was not destroyed, bat a deep hole was
excavated in the road-bed; the bricks
were blown out and the gaspipes and
telegraph lines broken. The refresh
ment saloon was wrecked and the win
dows OF the other rooms in the station
were shattered. The explosion occurred
Immediately under passing train, forty
yards from the station. All the persons
injured we're in the last two carriages.
Twenty-eight persons wounded were
taken to st. Mary's Hospital; four of
them are seriously hurt but are expected
to recover. The others were able to go
to their homes tonight. Both explo-
sions occurred at 6:l0 last evening.
More OF the Explosions.
LONDON. October 3l.--All the detec-
tives Of the metropolitan police are
searching for the perpetrators of the
outrage, and the railway officers are as
sisting them. The police deny that any
rocket cartridges were found near the
scene Of the explosion. No trace, have
been discovered of the nature Of the ex-
plosives used. 1t has been ascertained
that the explosion could not have been
caused by coal gas, and no clue to the
persons causing the explosion has been
obtained. Major Magendie, Of the
Board Of Trade, is now IN A. NJ. y making
an examination of the scene OF the ex.
plosion at Charing Cross. and trains are
running as usual this morning.
DeBrazza Defunct.
PARIS, Oct. Silt is reported that
DeBragxa, the French explorer, has
been killed in fight in the Congo coun-
try. Africa.