Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-13
Nea..in a NmIsheII.
FOREIGN.

Temple, an American, won the pro
fessional bicycle race at Berlin.
Carnegie and bis party have arrived at
Grantham. So far their tour has been
an enjoyable one.
SeHor saqasta has induced several Of
the Spanish Cabinet Ministers to post.
pona rosigning until the colonial budgets
are disposed Of.
Prince Conrad, Of Hohenlohe, was
married on Monday to the Countess
Fanny, OF Schenhorn. Leading diplomats
and arstocrats were present.
In the House OF Conmons, to-day,
Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, an
nounced that all the licensing clauses in
the Local Government bill would be
abandoned.
A shoemaker named Albert Wettber
has been arrested at Crimmitzschan,
on the charge OF having murdered ban
ker OF Watertown, United States, on
August 25th, 1886.
Leopold Steiner, q member OF an ex-
tensive corn firm in Pesth, has abscond-
ed, forging bills to the amount OF five
hundred thousand forms. All the Pesth
banks are sufferers.
Locusts are advancing in a compact
mass over twelve miles long by six in
breadth in Algiers. A panic prevails in
the province of Constantine Valley.
Muema has been completely devastated
by the locusts.
At the sitting of the Counsel General
Of the Seine, Valiant gave notice that he
would introduce resolution in favor of
the organization of the people into Ma
tional standing army, with the object Of
counteracting the efforts Of the monarch
ical coalition.
EASTERN.
The annual Convention Of the Inter-
national Typographical Union is in ses-
sion in Kansas City.
The body of I. Harris Garrett, who
was drowned Thursday at Baltimore
while on yachting excursion, has been
recovered.
A telegram from Fort Riley, Kansas,
announces the death from heart disease
of Mrs. Forsylhe. wife OF Col. James w.
Forsythe, OF the United States Army.
The directors of the Manhattan Ele-
vated road have declared quarterly div
idend of one per cent, reduction of one
half per cent, which iJ said to be in ac-
cordance with Gould's wishes.
The Executive Committee of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company have de-
cided to recommend a dividend OF IL
per cent. out OF the earnings for the cur
rent quarter. Tho directors will act on
the recommendation to-day. President
Green says the statement to be published
to-day is splendid one.
The thirteenth biennial conclaye OF
the Supreme Lodge OF Knights of Pythias
| is in session at Cincinnati. Probably
| 900 10 10000 Pythians have arrived.
1t is understood the Supreme Chancellor
will recommend in his report the expul-
sion OF the rebellious Pennsylvania
officers.
| The first meeting of the Irish-American
Anti-Freetrade League was held at New
York last night. 1t is stated that the
League consists of twenty-seven clubs
with total of 1000 members. This
movement is headed by A. L Morrison,
of Chicsgo, in the interests of the Repub-
lican party.
Red River is eighteen feet above low
water mark at Crookston, Minn. Some
sixty-five inhabitants have had to leave
At Clogue the st. Louis River is still
| iioihEs AiC biiNES UCbMctlt
and Thanson was swept away this morn
ing and the big log boom is in great dan
ger.
PACIFIC COAST.
The California Division of the Sons Of
Veterans are holding their encampment
at San Jose and nearly all the camps in
the State are represented.
| A controlling interest in the San Diego
Union has been sold TO John Monteith
an Eastern party by John Il. Berry, ed.
itor and principal owner, who now retires.
Articles have been signed for three
mile rowing race, on the river at Port
land, between Jas. II. Sseley, of Port
land, and L. Stevenson, Of San Francisco.
The race will be for $3.50 side.
| The body Of John Kennedy, an old
| pioneer OF Portland, was found floating in
the river on Monday. lie had been MISC
| ing for week, and it is supposed that he
fell from the dock at night and was acci-
dentally drowned.
A clairvoysnt and medium known as
''youug DR.. Hammond" made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to shoot DR.. Haley, q
magnetic healer, in San Francisco. The
shooting was the outgrowth of certain
publications about Mrs. De WestYood on
Saturday and Sunday.
The report that Solon Humphreys, Of
| New York, bas about closed an impor-
| tant deal for the sale of forty thousand
acres Of land in the State Of Chihuahua
Mexico, TO Salt Lake agents of the Nor
mon Church, for colonization purposes,
is denied editorially by the DeSeret News,
tn official organ OF the Church.
w. t. Talley, who, in April last,
sought an interview with q prisoner
named Wadleigh at Folsom prison, and
on this being denied fred into line OF
conyicts, wounding one, was acquitted at
Sacramento, of the charge OF assault to
murder. The wounded man, he claim
ed, was too intimate with his wife.
A coroner's jury held an inquest on the
remains OF Henry Weiss, the Chicago
drummer who committed suicide in Col
den Gate Park several DAYS ago, and
whose body was found yesterday. No
new evidence was produced, and YER
diet Of suicide was rendered. Relatives
Of the deceased have telegraphed that
the body be buried at San Francisco.
l. Trumbo, w. II. Brown, George Bur-
CESS and J. w. Creagh are the directors
OF the newly incorporated Salt Lake and
Los Angeles Railroad. The road will
run from Los Angeles through Kern.
Tulare, Inyo and Mono counties, and it
is expected that it will ultimately reach
Salt Lake City. The capital stock is
$40 ,0CO, ,oO0.
Investigation into the accounts OF w.
Al =.