Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-09-24

Topeka, Kansas, Sept. pa confer.
ence was held with st. John tonight by
members of the Prohibition State Cen.
trail Committee, when they discussed the
question of nominating another candi
date in place Of A. I. Jstmore, who was
nominated but declined. II was agreed
that the party shall put up another can.
didate but whom was not decided. There
are three or four aspirants for the honor.
Mr.. st. John leaves here tonight for the
East and will make speeches in Ohio,
New York, Pennsylvanis, Indiana and
Illinois until the Path Of October. Then
he will return to Kansas, and from that
time until the day Of election proceed ia
stir up the situation here. The Cover.
nor says he will receive more votes in
Western New York and portions Of Ohio
than either Blaine or Cleveland, and
feels confident that his vote throughout
the country will reach one million.
Blalne's Pregramme.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 23.-The Re
publican State Committee announces the
following route of Blaine's trip through
Ohio. He enters the State on Friday,
Sep ember 26th, via Ashtabula and
Painesville to Cleveland, thence to
Elyria, Norwalk and Fremont, to Tole.
do, thence to Sandusky via Fosteria,
thence to Dayton via TiffIn, Kenton,
Bellefortaine. Urbanna and Springfield,
thence to Cincinnati via Hamilton,
thence via Xenia to Columbus, thenoe
to Bellaire via Newark and GAINESVILLE,
passing out Of the State ON October 4th.
He will pass one night in Cleveland,
Sunday IN Toledo, Monday night in
Sandusky, Tuesday night at Dayton.
Wednesday and Thursday nights at
Dayton, Wednesday and Thursday at
Cincinnati, Friday night at Columbus
and Saturday at Bellaire.
A Canada Failure.
MONTREAL, Sept. 23.-The failure Of
Fawcett, q well known private banker,
at London. Ontario. has had the effect
Of depressing the local stock market.
The Bank Of Montreal has fallen five
and half points since yesterday.
Smithers, the President Of the Bank Of
Montreal, states that the amount of lie.
bilities, according to the latest informa-
tion would only amount to half the sum
mentioned, or at the outside $500, 900.
Indicted for EmbexzIemsnt.
RUTLAND, VT, Sept. 23.-John B
Page. ex-President, and J. NJ. Haven,
ex.Treasurer Of the Rutland Railroad
Company, were indicted by the grand
jury of Rutland county for the embez
element of $45, 900.
starving Laherers.
PARIS. Sept. 2a.-Lord Lyons, tn.
British ambassador tn France, recently
made an appeal to Prime Minister Ferry
to open government ship building yard
in order to provide work tor starving 10
borers, Ferry in response to the appea
informed Lord Lyons that he had no ju
risdiction over the matter, but would re
fer the matter to Waldeck Rosseau, tn.
Minister of the Interior. 1t is stated
that thousands of workmen are out O
employment, and serious rioting Is feared
China to be DIVIDED.
LONDON, Sept. 23.--A Shang hal dis
patch to the Times states: The Franco
Russian allegiance means the disintegra
tion Of China and its partition between
those two countries. France taking TIE
three southern provinces and Russis
having China as recruiting ground fol
her armies, the two countries beins
connected by railways. II also means
the extinction Of China trade and i'm
perils all of the English possessions in
the East.
The Panama Canal.
PANAMA, Sept. 23.-Sunday last the
engineers of the Panama Canal Compa
ny made an attempt with dynamite te
displace about ten thousand cubic metrei
of rock in hill sixty feet high, at Bos
0bispo. The attempt however was .
failure, owing to @ defect in the elec
trical connections. Another ateempl
will shortly be made.
DynanIters.
VIENNA, Sept. 23.-An explosion O
dynamite to-day In the town hall caused
considerable damage. The Mayor re-
oeived menacing letters from the Nj
hilists stating that reprisals would hs
levied for the executions of the anarch
ists, Stelimacher and Kammerer.
A Rev q. Russis.
Moscow, Sept. pa desperate con
fict took place to-day at Rowndie, Ii
the province OF SArAtov, between Ger
mans and Russian peasants attsndial
the annual fair. Eleven persons wsr,
killed. including gen d'arms, and thirt,
people were wounded.