Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-27
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OrI.aba passe eneer hl.t.


San FRANcIsco. May 26. The passen.
gers by the Orizaba, which sailed Nav
10Th, were: Miss Carrie Edy. Ell
Etdy. Sam Newniark, Sam Bervin
w jackson. Miss Isabelle KshIer. Peter
iyerson, a L Briggs, Miss Il Hamilton,
Miss Lashbrooke, Il P Stafford, Mrs j
. Hanlon, J Spangle, II Burg. wife
and chtld, Il N Jackson. II J Fouts, Sam
Koweli, y Moss. | Mahoney, I A Pas
San Dego--Miss Belle Chickerjno
Miss Hattie e Floyd, J Bush, N q
Turhey and wife, A w BirdsalI Ri
Evans aud wife, John A Lowe and wife
Miss L Bailey, Miss L Webb, EW
bushyhead, Robert Bailey, L B Gushing.
landslide ut CAIlente Cause or
the Delay.
CALrENrH, May 20. A landslide
eighty fee, long and thirty feet deem oc.
cnrred near tunnel No. s. about six mi! "a
south Of Caiente. Work trains with Iii
tne force that can be worked are at each
end sloing their utmost TO clear the
track. II Is thought that it will require
from thirty-six to forty-sight hours to
opsn the road.
sharon on the witness stand.
San FnAscIsco. May 28-This morn
ins Senator Sharon, defendant in the
Sharon divorce case, was put on the
witness stand. He denied having met
Miss Hill in the spring Of 1888 in front
Of the hank Of Calif,rna. He testified
that the first time hs knew
her was tue first Of August, 1880.
when she visited him ut his Office ana
asked for points in stocks. A short time
after she again visited him and asked
him to call OH her at the Baldwin Hetel.
which he did. This was ia September.
1880. lie further stated that lie had not
received $500 from her. III reply
to questions of General Barnes he
denied having signed the alleged mar
riage contract: that he ever proposed
marriage to plaintiff that he dictated
the contents Of what Is now claimed
to be the marriage contract, containing
be said, the first time he |, armed of the
plaintif claiming to be his wife was
when he saw the marriage contract in
court. Being shown ons OF the swife
letters" he stated the word "xife" in it
was forgery.
CalifornIa and Nevada Delegates
ON the Way.
San Francisco, MAY 26.-The Cali.
fornia Republican delegates to the Con-
vention at Chicago leave today by spe-
cial train for that city. AT Reno they
" IL be joined BY the Nevada delegation,
In all 2j5 passengers will be carried on
this anceial fratp
heavy showers throughout the
the state yesterday.
San FRANCISCO. May Goth III. avy
showers of rain were reported generally
Throughout the State yesterday. Little
damage is reported.
lneendisry Arrested In Oregon.
PORTLAND, May 28.--several months
ego the town of Weston, Oregon, was
almost totally destroyed by fire. Att
that time the lire was thought to be the
result OF incendiarisin, and facts bave
recently come to light pointing out
strongly Isaac Sylvester aud James
Dimmick as ths persons who started
. the tire. Sylvester has been arrested
and charged with arson, bat
Dimmick suddenly disappeared from
the couotry. Sylvester was the pro-
plietor Of hotel in Weston in which
the firs originated. 1t ia claimed that
Sylvester paid Demmick certain SUN
to set fire to the hotel. The loss by the
fire reached nearly 500. 900. There is
great public Indignation over the dis
ciossre ~ many poor people were ren.
dered homeless by the ire.
A lasth~r MA rders her two Babies
asa Attempts suicide,
ST. Louis. May 26.--Mrs. Alexander
EdmoDf. living at 1910 South Compton
avenue, left her bed about 80 O'Clock
this morning and procured her hus-
hands razor. Returning to her bedroom
she cut the throats Of her three.month.
old baby and her four-y ear-old daugh-
ter, and then passing to the next room
ahe drew a razor across the throat Of her
daughter Emna, six years old, but did
MT make q very deep wound. The child
xwoke and screamed. which awakened
her father. who rushed into the room
While he was caring for the child his
wife went back TO her owl room, lay
down on the bed beside her d .ad babies
and cut her own throat. A physician
was called, who restored the woman to
consciousness and dressed her wounds,
which proved to be not necessarily fatal
Tie child Emma will recover, but the
two babies are dead and there is scarcely
any hope for the mother.
The Presidential Prospects
ERiE, Pa, May 26-The Dispatch of
this city will print tomorrow the result
OF thorough canvass OF New York
State by congressional districts. The
Dipatch finds Edmunds leading in the
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seven
teenth and thirtieth districts; Arthur in
the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth. tenth,
eleventh, thirteenth, eighteenth and
thirty-second, and Blaine in tine remain.
ing seventeen districts. IL seems the
results thus far shows Edmunds is weak
ening. being absorbed by Arthur. al
though the President was not greatly
benefited by the late business meeting
II New York. The lesser candidates have
all been dropped. Lincoln is promising
as the dark horse. The Blaine senti-
ment Is till strong.
The PcnpsyIvasia Bank Closed
AGaln Great Excitement.
PrrsBuRoH, Pa. May 26.-The Penn
sylvania Bank closed its doors again at
twelve o'clock to-day and posted the
following notice ON the door: "Mr
Riddle. the President and chief execu-
tive officer OF the Bank having become
suddenly and seriously ill and un.
able TO communicate with the Board
OF Directors it is dee,sed proper to close
the bank under existing circumstances
until he Is sufficiently recovered to be
present In the adjustment Of its affairs
by order Of the board Of officers placed
In charge, who refuse to permit an sndi-
ence with any Of the board" There IL
great excitement.
Tne Bank Crash In wiseonsIn.
GREEsBAy, Wis. May 26th.- -strongs
Bank closed its doors, this morning no
particulars.
Jas. ID. Fish, or the Marine Bank,
Arrested.
New YoBx, May 90. James ID. Fish.
sx. President Of the Marine Bank, was
arrested to-day upon warrant issued
py United States Commissioner Shields.
The warrant was issued upon the affi-
davit made before Commissioner Shields
BY Augustus Serbia. the National Bank
Examiner. He deposed that after q
careful examination he had .iiscov q rad