Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-02
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singalar Character sf the Sick
uess at The needles.

fingnlar Character ef the Sick
uess at The Needles.
San Francisco. August 1.-The pc.
culiar sickness which attacked the bridge
builders at The Needles IL attracting
considerable attention. w. T. Knox, Of
Sacramento, who has just returned from
there, says tho sick men, even those
not yet dead, all looked like corpses.
The malady was at first thought to
be due to and 10 measure
unused by the sudden falling Of the
river, leaving the soaked ground
from which poisonous exhalAtions arose
under the boiling sun. One Of the men
when question as to how he felt when he
was first attacked, replied that be re-
member nothing until he came to his
senses. The heat during the period was
intense, the Thermometer registering lis
degrees in the shade.
PFegfess and Probable Cost Of
the Pauama Canal.
Ban FRANcIsco, August l.--Theodors
4. Grewney, engineer on the Panama
Canal, just returned from there, in an
interview says that according to the
engineers statements SO, ,OOO, 600 has
already been expended on the canal
and that before It il completed
Il would cost the full amount set down
In the estimate made in 1850 by the
United States typographical engineers,
viz $1,000. 000,O0 He says there has
been great waste Of money.
FrIshsfal Cepnagsatlsn ana Loss
Of Life
New York, August IA six-story
building at SO Water street. the upper
etoriss occupied by two families while
the rest il devoted to business, caught
fire this morning. Bartholomew OK sefe.
the janitor. was fatally burned. Ann
Gibbons snl her children, George, aged
8. and John. 2 years, were terribly
burned. James Gibbons, aged 4. was
burned TO death. Janitor OKeefe was
20 badly burned that he will die. Mrs.
Gibbons climbed tie stairway to the
roof with two children in her arms. All
her clothes were burned. Tho police
found them on the roof with their
clothes burning. They tore the cloth
ing of, the hesh coming OF with the
clothes. They we're taken to the hos
pital after tbs fire was extinguished.
The body Of Jas. Gibbons, year old
boy, was found burned to : crisp.
entaslsn sf the ssidlers Hen
uuent at Dayton.
DArroN, Ohio. August In the
procession Of the old soldiers Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. two
hundred tattersd hags saved frou,
the war were carried by men In
the line Of the procession, which was
two hours passing = given point. The
Boldiers' Monumenf, accepted by Cover
nor Hoadley ON behalf 'of the citizens.
was unveiled amid cheers and hundred
gan salute.
National Cssventisu sf Phstsgra-
Vhers.
CTEcIssATI. Aagust lat the ma
tional convention Of photographers reso-
lutions were passed censuring the Post
master General for declaring photo
graphs fourth class matter, and they ap.
pointed . committee to present him with
copy with the request to reconsider.
TIE next convention Is to be hold at
Buffalo.
Msre ef the ysuthwest hallway
PeN1.
GALVESTON. Aug. 1.-The Gull Of
Colorado and Santa Fe Railway will TO-
morrow announce the cousumation ofre-
ciprocal traffic with the Gould lines
throughout the southwest. Several
changes OF time schedule on the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines 10 into effect to-mor-
row to meet the Santa Fe train.
War Between shsna ana France
1nntnent.
LONDON august 1.-The Times dis
patch from Foo.Chow, July. 2lst, says
China refused to pay the indemnity de-
manded by France. The time granted
China by France TO decide the matter
has been prolonged. A secret edict has
been issued. ordering the Chinese not
TO molest Foreigners. French civilians
and mandarins, however, assert that the
lives Of foreigners are not safe. An Ea.
Glish nag ship is landing sailors to act
IN defense OF foreigners It Foo Chow.
The Chinese merchants feet has been
sold to an American tor 8. .25O, 600 taels.
nearly o.. 300, 900. War, to all appear.
ances, is Imminent.
Pense Stricken Fereiguers at Fee
Chow.
LONDON. Aug. Later dispatches
from Foo Chow to-day state that great
panic exists there. Foreigners are arm
ing for defense. Ladies' are leaving aud
the French Consul is preparing to 20
aboard the gun boat.
ChsleFa ssbsiain9 at MarseilIes.
MARsKILLEs, August There IL q
marked decrease in the number Of cholera
cases throughout the district Of this mu-
nicipality. The Council resolved to
erect tablet to commemorate the mem
ory Of the noble sacrifice Of the doctors
and Sisters Of Charity who were victims
OF the epidemic. DR.. Potras, who died
yesterday, will have street named after
him. There has been seven deaths fror,
cholera in the department Of Ardeche.
Chslera en q French steamer at
Penarth.
LONDON, August Lit is reported
from Cardiff that man died Of Cholera
on the French steamer Gravilla, from
Marseilles. as anchor in Penarth roads.
The body was thrown overheard. An
other man aboard the ship is very i'll.
Driganas Demand 1 MeaHy Raa-
CoNsrASTSoPLE, Aug. LA son Of
the British vice-C Consul, at Rodosto. was
captured BY briggands. who demand T.
600 pounds ransom.