Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-12
wheat ana barley Market.
EASTERN.
Hill 10 suspend the Coinage of
silver Dollars

Biii 10 suspend the Coinage Of
silver Dollars
| WAsHINaToN, ID. c., March ll.-A
bill was introduced by Miller. Of New
York, to-day, providing for the suspen.
sion OF the coinage OF silver standard
dollars for two years, and the issue Of 81
and $2 dollar treasury notes.
The Mexican Treaty Ratified.
WASHINGTON, d. C., March 1.-THE
Senate has ratified the Mexican treaty.
Killed by His Father-in.Law.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, March ll.-At
the Coroner's inquest it was developed
that ex-Marshall Edw. 8. Wheat, was
shot twice and killed by Wm.Spence, his
father in.law, at s o'clock A. M, as he
was in the act of crossing College street
Spence had followed Wheat for more
than block. Ho called Wheat once,
when the latter turned his head, but
did not stop or reply. Spence over.
| took him on the street crossing and fired
| the first and fatal bullet into Wheat's
back. The bullet penetrated his heart
and Wheat fell on his back on the cross
ing in front of the Exchange. Spence
walked round him and fired shot into
Wheat's breast. the bullet shattering q
watch in the upper left pocket and en-
tering the body between the seventh and
eighth ribs. Wheat groaned after the
| first shot, but never spoke and died in
stantly. The body was Immediately re.
moved to the undertakers. An inquest
was held with verdict in accordance
with the above facts rendered, declaring
the murder mrlicious and unprovoked.
a Town swept Away by an Ava
Innche = seventeen Persons
Buried Under the snow.
DENVER, COL, Feb. ll.-At six o'clock
last night snow-slide descended on the
little snow bound station of Woodstock,
on the branch of the South Park Rail
road, seventy.five miles southwest OF
Leadvillo, carrying away every building
in the town, including the railway. A
station hand on snow-shoes arriving at
two o'clock this afternoon, reported that
seventeen persons are known to have
been caught, including Mrs. Doyle,
widow, who kept the station, and her
| six children, another woman. name un-
| known, and ten section men. The two
women were rescued last night alive, but
seriously injured. The body of one of the
section hands was recovered this morning
No Others can escape alive. As soon
as the news reached Pitkin the fire
bells sounded the alarm and large
number of citizens started on snow shoes
to the scene. Among the missing are
Jasper NJ. Caswell Of Tomssch; j.
Brown, telegraph operator at the station;
Geo. Alexander, Horace Alexander and
Mike Shea. A large number of snow
shovclers leave in the morning:
The snow fall in the mountain districts
of Colorado the present winter is with
out parallel in the history of the State.
Many mining camps west and south
have beeh ow-bound since No
vember The San Juan country is
the greatest sufferer. Durango, Silver
ton and Rico, containing from 1000 to
5000 inhabitants, are still blockaded, NO
trains having reached either town for
several weeks. Breckenridge, so miles
north Of Leadville, is nerly destitute;
Montezuma, 10 miles distance, is in a
pitiable condition; Gunnson, situated a
few miles from the largest coal mines in
the State, is suffering from coal fam
inc. The snow is eight feet deep on
level over the whole country; in the
ravines and gulches so to 100 feet. The
only means of communication is by snow
shoes, and but few men are heroic
enough to brave the bitter storms.
When the spring thaws move these
mountain SHOWS fearful results most fol-
low
Gave Themselves Up.
RALEIGH, n. c., March lid. Ray
and w. A. Anderson, revenue officers,
who recently killed three mon in
Mitchell county, surrendered and are
now in Jail at Ashville. Nearly $500
reward was offered for their capture.