Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-09
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Enstcrn Echoes.
Austin Fields & Co., of PHILADELPHIA.
wholesale shoe dealers, have assipned
Liabilities, S250,000; assets, STAG, 900.
Rev. James Freeman Clark. a we'll
known Unitarian divine, died Friday
night at his residence in Jamaica Plains
aged 7Syears.
| Ezra IL. Baker, President OF the Amer
ican Loan and Trust Company, and Di-
rector oil the Union Pacific Railroad, ed
at boston Friday night from blood pois-
oning.
In Bloomington, Dakota, Friday night
two young farmers named Bailey and
| wilson quarreled over an old grudge.
Bailey fired at Wilson, but killed his own
iatiiar. Wilson iii turn shot young Bill
ley dead.
William Little. a lumber merchant, of
Montreal, has made judicial abandon
ment OF his estate. His liabilities are
between 100000 and $200,00O, ssaota
about $125,OO0.
Commencement day exercises were
held at the Naval Academy at Annapolis
on Friday. Governor Knott, of KEN
lucky, delivered the oration, and Socre-
tary OF the Navy Whitney presented the
diplomas.
The Paine- Bennett revolver match has
come to an end. Paine entered q formal
protest against the sights OF Benefits
revolver, claiming they should be strictly
military pattern, and the referee refusing
to allow the protest, Paine Withdrew
from the match.
| General w. t. Sherman has been con-
fined to his room at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York, for some days, with
rheumatism and asthma. lie WAS some
what improved on Friday night and is
anxious to have it understood that his
illness is not serious.
The Commissioners of Aloghany ccun-
ty, Pa, have been notified by County
Comptroller Speer that there is deficit
OF $l5,6 $50 in the accounts of Sheriff
Joseph Gray, who retired from office a
few months ago. Colonel Gray has been
unable to attend to his duties for several
months on account Of sickness. He does
not deny that there may be deficiency
arising from unbalanced books. At his
request an expert is now at work on the
accounts.
The Journeymen Bakers Of St. l., Il
are very indignant at the treatment ~
received at the hands of the Bakers } rJ-
tective Association, who refused TO rerJg-
nize the union or sign any cont act
whatever. The result of this is thai the
union calls out the bakers, aud there are
now about 1000 bakers on strike.
Nearly all the bakers whose men have
gone out have got new men, They say
they will not reinstate the old men.
The General Synod of the Reformed
Church In America, in session at Cats
kill, by resolution uttered an emphatic
protest against the traffic in Intoxicating
liquors as now carried on by civilized
and nominally Christian nations with
heathen lands, and recommended united
action with other churches in the effort
to induce the Governments which are
parties to treaties under which the
iniquity is perpetrated to put an end to
it.
The trial OF Madame and General Diss
de Barr was continued on Friday. Geo.
7. Solomon resumed the witness-stand,
and was cross. examined by ex-senator
Boyd. He made impertinent answers to
many questions asked, and became so
unruly that Judge Gildersleeve threat
ened him with extreme measures Wit
ness eaid he wanted Madame put into
the insane asylum. Inspector By,nes
testified that Madame had acknowledged
TO him: that Solomon was her brother.
Sevefe artists were called, who testified
th9t$ BIadans's alleged spirit pictures
Nere miserable daubs painted in the
ordinary way.
The Bell Telephone Company threat
ems to quit business in st. Louis owing
to the recent ordinance passed, reducing
the annual rental Of telephones from 500
to $50. Already they have taken out
many telephones, and Commissioner
Turner proposes to follow the letter and
spirit Of Mayor Francis recent order to
take down the wires. The Bell Com
panys while assuring the people they will
20 ont Of business, at the same time are
preparing to resist the removal Of the
wires and poles, as they received the
right TO establish the service from the
|. State and not from the municipal gov
eminent. They assert they will not take
advantage of any scheme to evade the
law, though many subscribers, whose
contracts have expired, are willing to pay
the full. rental demanded, and will do it
by donation or otherwise, just 30 they
can have the use OF the wires.
A thrilling accident occurred at the
Brundages, Whirlpool Park, elevator, on
the Canada side of the Niagara river Fri
day morning. Four South Americans, ac-
companied by an interpreter, stepped
into the car to descend to the rapids.
The descent is 800 feet, at an angle OF
forty-fve degrees. The car suddenly
| started and rushed to the bottom of the
incline, where it was dashed into splint-
ers and its occupants thrown with great
force upon the platform. Before they
could escape the other car reached the
top with such force that it was detached,
and came down upon the shocked aud
bewildered victims of the first car with 2
tremendous crash. Mrs. Santa Ana had
fser leg broken and was terribly shaken
u y and bruised, and her daughter badly
b urt. The lady's husband and interpret
te r fortunately escaped uninjured.
Harrison Garrett, brother of Robert
Ga rrett, and manager oi tie banking
ho, se OF Robert Garrett Il Sons, Bslti-
mor e. was drowned on Friday night in
the Pztapsco river. His yacht CLEAN,
in which he and party OF friends were
going to- Baltimore from Annapolis, was
run d own by the steamer Sopps and
sunk, being struck amidships and al
most cl1t III two. The rest of the party
were re scu, ID by the crews Of the Joppa
and ths CLEAN. Mrs. Garrett is COM
pletely proatrated by the news OF her
husbands death. The guests OF Gar
rett were General R. Snowdon Andrews,
George A.. Won Lingen, German Consul;
Joshua G. Htarvey, President Of the
Western tSatio nal Bank, and William IL.
Blackford, President OF the Maryland
Life Insur ance Company. The party
left Bsltiu lore on Friday morning for
Annapolis to witz.ess the exercises at the
Naval Aca, iemy.
.yidcnxfy Insane.
CHrcAeo, June S.-Madan Clara
Caxalas &c uzcena, French lady, who
reported to the police on Thursday night