Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-14
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An Unfortunate Publisher.
NEW York. July l3.-Orange Judd.
the publisher, assigned for the benefit of
his creditors. His debts are individual
and do. not affect the Orange Judd Pub
lishing Company
killed by a Powder Explosion.
WILMINGTON, July Is Twenty five
hundred pounds OF powder exl loded In
the press room Of the Dupont Powder
Works this morning. Thonas Pearl,
the foreman Of the press room, and
Nnrick Haley. laborer, were killed.
Alexander Billingsly, another iaborer,
was slightly injured.
Terrible Accident.
LEMoNr, Ills., July 10. The Eureka
Stone Quarry, four miles south OF this
city, was the scene Of another tragedy
yesterday afternoon by the falling Of
the high derrick while raising block OF
stone weighing three tons. The support.
ing wire guy ropes slipped, causing the
derrick to fall among the crowd OF fifty
workmen beneath 1t, four Of whom were
caught directly under the timbers and
instantly killed.
A seat sf Learning In Flames.
BLooMrxoros, Indiana, July b.
Last night the new department OF the
Indiana University was discovered to be
on fire. The laboratory was soon In
flames, and shortly afterwards, the
library and museum. The latter con.
tanned the famous Owen collection, DR..
JorJan's collection Of fishes. The library
had fifteen thousand volumes. The
building was entirely destroyed. The
fire caught by lightningon the telephone
wires. Loss $lO0. coo; insurance $780,
600.
Rock and Rye Making Trouble.
CHICAGO, July ia Washington
special says: ".AdministratIon." as Com
missioner Evans calls his office, IL in an
other pickle. Rock and Rye has been
manufactured for years and sold under
the proprletory stamps. Commissioner
Evans has now decided that it IN bever-
age, consequently the proper tax should
have been that Of Wholesale dealers in
liquors, that Is, 5000 year. The diff
ference between these sums will be very
great aud the opinion is expressed by
experts in Commissioner Evans Office
that this difference will, under recent
decisions, prove a valid claim against
the government.
galste Ms Erruns Niece Attempts
saiciae.
Cu1cAoo, July l3.--Last evening
Lizzie Robinson, niece of Ralston,
the San Francisco banker, made the sec.
one attempt at suicide. Early last night
she was found lying in the basement Of
the building At 100 Soath Clark street,
almost inanimate, with bottle partially
fiiled with laudunum clsnched tightly
IN her hands and when re-
moved to the hospital 1t was
supposed her case admitted of no
remedy. She revived. however, and at
Q O'Clock this morning, though net yet
out Of danger, the chances were said 10
be in favor Of her recovery. She Is
about 20 years Of age and for the past
dve years has been an inhahitant Of
Clark street. For the past two years
she has lived at 204 South Clark street,
4 place. until lately, freqaented by
women of the town.
A Madman's Horrible Crime.
pw,oHT, III, July l3.--Andrew
White, . wealthy farmer, living near
this piace, was recently placed in a pri'
vate insane asylum owing TO the impare.
msnt Of his mental faculties caused by
I o close attention to the details of bis
business. He there became strangely
possessed with the hallucination that his
wife and children desired to rob him Of
his property. He escaped from bis retresi
few days ago and proceeded to his
home. Arriving there tn the middle oil
the night he watched till morning, when
be called to his wife TO come and vel
come him. The wife and two children
aged ten and twelve years respectively,
came at once. He allowed each t.
oarsss him and then drew revolver,
shot and instantly killed his wife and
followed this by numbering his two
children. He made the tragedy com
plete by killing himself.
Chambord Dying.
LosDos, July ia telegram fron
Vienna dated one o'clock this morning
says that Count Chambord Is uneonscioui
and the end is approaching.
DeLesseps Endorsed.
PARIS, July l3.--The directors Of til,
Sues Canal Company unanimously ap
proved OF the agreement relative to |
second Suez Canal arrived Ut between
DsLesssps and the British Government
A Russian City In Flames.
81. PETERSBURG, July ia dis
match from the town OF Rastor, on tn,
bon. in the Government Of Nckatol
Nostir, aays that large fire IL raginI
there and the whole town is menaced
Rastor has population OF $4,000.
pe Iesseps' scAeme-Matter. /,
Tonquin.
LONDON, July lathe newspaper
here say that they believe that the nc
eeptance of The agreement entered int
by the Government with De Lesseps vii
not be forced upon Parliament,
A dispatch from Hong Kong, date
the 18th instant. reports Tonquin in
state Of anarchy. The French have car
tured and hanged many marauderi
bands Of whom have lowered about an
fred upon foreigners. Nevertheless tn
latter are still bred upon nightly.
Trying 70 lynch . Murderer.
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