Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-27
WEEKLY HERALD.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
spscIAIsro THE HEaALb.l
Home Trouble.

Central Committee Of the Union of Vet
Grams Of the Democratic Legion have
presented resolutions calling upon the
Veterans Home directory to dlsiDcor-
porate. la their report they ask that
in view Of the present unsatisfactory
condition Of affairs of the Veterans
Home. the control Of the association be
given to the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie, and that until such change be con-
summated, 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that the collection Of public SUBJ
scriptions to the fund be viewed with
grave suspicion. The report was unani-
mously adopted.
Geld In Alaska Pronounced Myth
The .ChronIcIev ON Willard.
San FRANcIsco, Sept. 26.-H. d.
Wolfe, who has been visiting Alaska.
in lecture before the Geographical So
ciety Of this city, said that the reports
about the large gold discoveries made by
Schieffelin, in Alaska, were utterly false.
That there were but poor prospects for |
miners in that country, and those who |
20 there will suffer great hardships. The |
schooner Kodiak. in the Alaska fur COM |
pany trade, on her last trip from the |
north, brought down four Alaska mum
mica in an excellent state of preserva-
lion and several centuries old. Three Of |
them are for the Berlin Museum. The |
other has been retained by the Fur Com
pnny. 1t Is that OF the body Of o woman |
wrapped In mantle Of furs. the entire
weight not exceeding fifteen pounds.
The Chronicle, in an editorial, draw
ing attention TO the exorbitant local
rates established by the Northern Pa
cific, says: "What Willard designs to |
do for California has also become appar-
emit by his offer to the Central Pacific to
pool the rates on through freights, he !,
taking the lions share OF the business.
While consenting that they shall re-
main at their present high figures, he
offers no hope Of relief If matters are to
be settled on that basis, and he must
not expect any sympathy in California
ON account OF his Wall street trouble.
Unless the Northern Pacific can see its
way 10 independent action, looking to
the relief Of the whole Pacific coast, let
Could and Huntington have the road
md so encompass under the weight of
70 monstrous monopoly their own de-
ltruction Fl"
y suing the G. r. n. X.
STOCKTON, September 26.---Several
propositions have been made to the
and their counsel for
compromise Of the case Of this county
against the C. r. X. K. for Western
Pacific bonds. This county subscribed
for two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars worth but allowed the stock to pass
into other hands, and suit for the stock
sud dividends is now in the Supreme
Court. About three hundred and sixty
dollars will make the connty
even. and it is reported that through
the act OF Cohen the railroad will pay
that sum in full settlement.
An Insane lrishman's Crime.
NEwYoRK, Sept. 26.-An insane man
attempted the life Of W.R. Hoane, second
British Vice Consul, by firing two shots at
him. When the prisoner was taken to
the station house he described himself
~ John A. Feeney, aged 26 years, an
Irishman by birth, coachman by trade.
is known about Feeney in this
city and no doubt Of his insauity is ex-
pressed.
Banquet to Lord Chief Justice
Celeridge.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.--The leading busi-
ness and professional men OF this city
rendered banquet to Lord Chief Justice
at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Three hundred and fifty representative
people Of this city were present. Judge
OF the United States Courts.
who presided, introduced the guest of the
evening. Lord Coleridge. who replied in
; most happy vein OF mingled humor
and wisdom upon incidents and impress
sions connected with his visit to Amer
Ica, and at the conclusion was greeted
m ost heartily, the guests rising and APP
wildly.
rhe Herald Reduces-New York
stocks.
New YoRK, Sept. 26--The Heraid
his morning. without ilourished edito-
rial comments, puts the words "two
cents" on its margin where hitherto have
been the words s'three cents"
Wall street, 1880 A. M.--Stocks
opened fraction heavier. then advanced
10 IL. Last evening Oregon Trans
and Northern Pacific pre-
Ierred, opened at 63f against 625s, at
ihe close last night. They fell to 8,
then rose to G}. Common opened at 35s,
z, but sold as low as 1884 and
then rallied to 33a. Chicago, Burlipg-
ton & Quincy and Northern Pacific, pre-
Ierred, lead at l-64. New York Central
and Union Pacific are fiat.
Reducing the Death Roll.
ROME, Sept. 26.--The official report
Of fatalities consequent upon the late
at Ischia states that 800
persons were killed and 374 were in
jured.