Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-10

San Quentin for criminal assault
was taken to that institution from
Sacramento yesterday. An appea
will be taken from Judge Van Fleet
decision refusing Domentini a new
trial.
| W.. J. Hunter, and employe of til.
A lantic and Pacific Railroad Com
pany, was run over by an engine a
Williams, Ariz., this morning, ant
died in twenty minutes. A coroner
jury rendered verdict of Academia
death, attaching no blame to any
person.
The election at Pasadena, of Trus
tees. Marshal Clerk and Treasurer was
held to-day. There were two tickets
the Citizens and People's-no politi
cal issues at stake. Ihs platform o1
both is anti-saloon. A legal contrc.
versy may arise out of the circulation
of bogus tickets.
The twentieth annual session of the
Grand Lodge Of California Knights Of
Pythias, convened this evening,
Grand Chancellor Farrar presiding.
The Committee on Credentials re-
ported, after which ranks were con-
ferred upon about 250 delegates. The
Grand Lodge then adjourned until to-
morrow.
Great interest is taken in the city
election at San Jose to day, and a
large vote is being polled. The elec-
ton is for mayor, members
of city council, board OF
education and other municipal
officers. The Prohihitionist have
ticket in the field. The contest is
close between the Republican and
Democratic candidates for Mayor.
The Chief of Police at San Francisco
received telegram from Officer Gill
len at San Antonio to the effect that
Big Bertha, the confidence operator,
and her accomplice, Willis, were re-
manded to his custody this morning,
by the local magistrate, but an appeal
being taken, they were again given
over to the Sheriff to await the action
of the appellate court. This will take
ten days. time
Word is received by the steame,
Parthia of the annual meeting of the
Hongkong Chamber OF Commerce
held on the 9th of March. The re.
port represented that a subsidiary
special service, via the Pacific and
Canadian route, would be advanta'
geous to the mercantile public. II
was especially desirable on political
grounds, provided the Colony was not
called upon to contribute to the pro-
posed undertaking.
The city election at Riverside yes.
terday was very hotly contested.
$50 votes were cast. The officers
elected were two trustees, city treas
urer and marshal. The contest was on
the saloon or no saloon, the city having
been without me for three months
past. There was much scratching
done and it will take several hours to
complete the count. The prospects
are favorable for most if not all an
anti-saloon ticket.
THE decomposed remains of Samuel
I. Shreves, son Of George Shreves,
one of the leading jewelers. of the
city, was found partly buried in
the sand on the beach near the
Cliff House, San Francisco, to-day
with bullet hole in his head.
circumstances lead to the belief that
he committed suicide while under
temporary alteration of mind, caused
by ill-health. He owed ranch at
Mountain View. He had been miss
ing for some days.
A French sheep man came into Ba-
kersfeld this afternoon and reported
that he had found the dead body of a
man at White Wolf Springs, twenty
four miles east of that place. The
head was severed from the body, and
at some distance from the remains,
which were in an advanced state Of
decomposition. Papers evidently be-
longing to the deceased were scattered
about. The Justice of the Peace has
gone to investigate.
G. w. Baker of San Francisco, was
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury
some months ago for completely in
Benson survey cases, but the in
dictments were squashed. Baker
then brought suit against the Govern
ment to recover certain sums OF money
on contracts alleged to have been per.
formed. Saturday he requested United
States Attorney Carey to dismiss
the suits, confessing he never had a
contract from the Government, but
Benson agreed to pay him $500 for
the use Of his name. The Benson
syndicate claim about 500, 900 due on
contracts in Bakers name. M2
Passenger train number 10, east
bound, which left Salt Lake over the
Denver and Rio Grande last night,
was wrecked this morning between
Pleasant Valley Junction and
Price, in Emery county. The
rails spread, throwing off the
engine followed by the tender
and a couple Of cars. The engineer
Ben Estes received a severe fracture
of the frontal bone, and Fireman
David Webb also narrowly escaped
death. Estes injuries are supposed
to be fatal. Webb, in addition to
sustaining fracture, is injured in
ternally.
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