Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-18
signal Omee.

Ietter OF congressman 0umueT afkluX
for the establishment in San Francisco OF
special signal Office for the Pacific Coast
Indications, General Hazen replies that
1t is and has been his intention to estab-
lish an office here, but he has been pre-
vented by lack Of q sufficient number Of
skilled officers 10 do the work. He also
points out that lack Of competent officers
Is mais1y due to insuficiency Of ray al
lowed by the Government.
ale = tiNeatien ef the MAN Fsund
In the Les Angeles Reservoir.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IL Reading the
dispatch received from Los Angeles Of
the body of o man found in the reser-
yoir, the Examiner learns through Rob-
ert Harrison Of this city, aud friend Of
the deceased, that his name was f. H.
Prey, native Of Georgia. He came to
California last Summer from Chicago
where be was In business. He had been
in bad health and in poor circumstances.
Failure or Kelly. GiIehrist 4 Go.
San FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE fail
urs Of Kelly, Gilchrist 4 Co., Wholesale
liquor dealers. Vas announced to-day.
Liabilities, ~, 900; Of which ~. 900 is
due Eastern houses. Their assets are
estimated At 80. 600.
Death IN yail sf Andy Crsueh.
SHASTA, Cal, Jan H.--Andy Crouch.
who was confined In jail here awaiting
his trial for murder. died yesterday from
the effects Of shot through his lungs
received ct the time Of the mur-
der. He Is the half-breed In-
dian who shot and killed his
father .in-law, one Ward, four months
ago. Ward, while fatally wounded, rs.
turned the FIRE. shooting Crouch through
the lungs. The Coroners jury gave
verdict yesterday In accordance with the
above facts.
Portland Outrage Reduction OF
Chinese Wages.
PORTLAND, Jan. H.-An East Port
land physician was charged to-day by
Mrs. Overhalx with having drugged and
outraged her when she visited bis Of
fee. He waived examination and was
held under $500 bonds.
The several railroad compani,s cen.
tered here will serve notices on the
Chinese labor contractors that after
February lst the wages Of ell Chinese
laborers will be reduced to eighty cents
per d,y. An agent Of Sisson Wallace 4
Co., California contractors, is in the
city and is understood to be offering
thirty dollars per month for laborers.
Wsnen suffrage In Victoria.
VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. II The House
to-day passed . measure giving women
the right to vote for school trustees and
making them eligible to sit as trustees.
A married woman whose husband is .
voter may also vote, giving two votes to
each family.
MeetlnG sf Directors Or the Nsrth-
era Pacific.
New YoRK, Jan. l7.-At a meeting
Of the Directors of the Northern Pacific
to-day the apecial committee appointed
to consider the question Of o successor
to Willard. reported Is follows:
GsSfLKNES-The special committee
appointed by you at your last meeting
to recommend what action should
be taken by you relative to the
Vacancy existing in the office
Of president Of the company, after CIV
inG the matter their most careful con
alteration they have unsnimously de-
cided to nominate to you Robert Harris,
1T present Vice President Of the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Com any, IN ill the vacancy eaused by
the resignation Of Henry Willard. Your
committee are satisfied from the we'll
known reputation Of Mr.. Harris as
railroad manager and his intimate
acquaintance with the requirements Of
Western roads from his long connection
with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
that his appointment will be accepted
by the share holders and the public gem
orally IS an evidence the management
Of the Northern Pacific will be in the
hands Of an executive officer csp~bIe Of
developing the property and securing
for the stockholders tho returns TO
which they ere entitled. [Signedl
J. Pierpont Morgan, +. Billings,
B. P. Cheney. A. Belmont, J. G. BuIlitt.
The report was aeceyt,d and Hsrris
unanimously elected. Harris thauk ed
the directors for the honor aud aeumed
the duties Immediately.
A Briber sestenced.
NEW YoRK, Jan. l7.--Judge Carter
sentenced ex-Speaker of the Assembly
John Egan, to imprisonmen and hard
labor onS month in the penitentiary and
five hundred dollars fine for an attempt
to bribe Assemblyman Arnitage. The
Court took into confederation the plea
Of the guilty prisoner's health and a
petition for mercy; also the fact Of
Egan's being forever disqualified for
holding Office Of trust and profit under
the State.
new steamer Line 70 Austria.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 1.-THE Austrian
Minister Of Commerce has approved the
scheme for merchant line Of steamers
betwesn Trieste and New York. The
Southern Pacific road has arranged for q
direct lins OF steamers between Trieste
aud New Orleans.
CHICAGO, Jan. ia private dispatch
from New York states that Robert Har.
ris has been selected for President Of the
Northern Pacific road. The enterprise
is soon 10 BE- fitted out with . receiver.
President sf ths usrsAsr. Rasiae.
NEW YoHk, Jan. l7.-Robt. Harris,
Vice. President Of the Erie Railroad, wal
to-day elected President Of the Northern
Pacific. Harris accepted. He was form
erly connected with the Chicago, Bur
iington aud Quincy.
DIg Fire In LsnAsn.
LoNpeN, Jan. l7.--Silver 4 Co.. firs
was subdued ct seven O'Clock, but fftssn
eng Engines s are re- Sun playing on The buildine,