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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
THE POSTOFF,CE.
Another Proposition Near the
Center of the City.

Center of the City.
Nothing further was heard yesterday in
relation to the intention of the Postoffice
Department at Washington, in regard to the
temporary site for the postoffice. AS stated
in yesterdays HERALD movement has
been on foot to secure the court house for a
postoffice site, and in relation to this the fol-
lowing telegram has beea received:
WAsHINGToN. D. c., February 13, 1888.
shown to Dickenson. He has a long dispatch
signed by thirty or forty names, saying forty
per cent, of the people approve the proposed
location. He will stay proceedings until
you can properly present your y ; proposition
On the same afternoon as also announced
in the HERALD, Postmaster Preuss received
the following telegrom:
WASHINGTON, February 13, 1888.
E. A. Preuss, Postmaster, Los Angeles.
Direct Mr.. Dol to proceed at once under
his proposition. L. w. NICHOLS,
Chief Clerk.
These kilograms were generally discussed
yesterday, but it was the general impress
sion, SO far as could be observed, that the
postotfice would go on the Fort street lOca-
ton. Mr. Joseph Mesmer was seen yester-
day afternoon, and he said that those inter
ested in having the court house taken as the
site were still at work, Notwithstanding
the telegram to Mr.. Preuss. There were no
new developments as yet, but there might
be some soon. The members of the Board
of Trade had received no news, but were of
the impression that the Fortstreet sitew ould
be the location.
1t was stated that there was another site to
be offered either as postOffice or for use as a
court house in case the present court house
is chosen. The owners of the Means pro-
perty, 6Ox200, fronting on Fort and on New
High streets, adjoining the COuoty Jail, state
that they are willing to erect a brick build
ing either for postoffice or for use by the
county until the new court house is finished.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15

started for the house in q roundabout way,
entering the rear door, and also took q shot
gun. The girl had told the mother of the
heinous affair. and the three started back to
the field, LOOKING. for the vile wretch. When
suddenly upon Smith, when the enraged
mother accused him Of the terrible crime.
He told her to go away or he would kill her,
and raised bis gun to thoot, but the angered
father was too quick for him. The first load
Smiths left hand, and the other went
where it would do the most good-taking
effect In the neck and head of the unnatu-
raj fiend, producing instant death. A Cor
oner's jury was impanneled the next day,
which rendered verdict of justifiable hom-
icide-[COlton Semi i-TrOpic.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
Los EeliZ.

The auction sale of 1900 acres at Los
Feliz will take place to-day, the cars leav-
ing the Sisters Hospital every twenty min
utes from 12:4O to LAO O'Clock P. N. Mr..
9. J. Griffith, who has determined to part
with the above amount of property, has had
streets from sixty to eighty feet
wide laid out and has secured water
sufficient to supply all parts of the
tract offered in lots, ranging in size
frSm aa one to !30 acres each, Ine 10, Los
the ostrich farm and four and half miles
from the court house. The Temple street
motor road goes within quarter of a mile
of the tract and it is comparatively easy of
access There will be band in attendance
and the transportation will be free.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15

THERE ARE MANY LIVING SPRINGS ALONG THE HILLS.
neighb0rs opinion
South ifornia
Every interest adjacent Los Angeles equally accessible
The Soldiers miles Los Angeles County Court House
half miles
limit the city The Los Angeles County Railroad eight trains
through the the
tickets There will be train hour to the Soldiers Home the road
The Temple
half Temple
You buy anything than lot Lots
25xl25.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
FROM MANY SOURCES.
Items Reported by Representa-
tkves at Home and Abroad.

tkves at Home and Abroad.
Ex-Sheriff Patrick Connolley OF
San Francisco, has commenced action
for libel against w. H. Hearst, editor
and proprietor of the daily Examiner,
based on an article which appeared in
Saturdays and Sundays issue of that
paper, alleging that Connoiley was
implicated in the opium seizures.
Plaintiff claims damages in the sum
of $4,000 for the publication of each
article, $l0O, 900 in all.
It is reported on Wall street that
the Rock Island Railroad proposes to
extend it's line 1900 miles. running
the extensions to Denver and the
Gulf of Mexico, for which work $780,
600, 600 of New York bonds are to be
issued.
The Republican League Of Brooklyn
| on Monday night gave dinner in
commemoration Of the birth of Abra-
ham Lincoln. Many prominent men
of the party were present and letters
of regret from many more absent were
read.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
The Snlendfd.

The Hotel splendid" is progressing very
rapidly and Mr.. Denker is now ready to re-
ceive bids for proposals for the granite and
stone work. The plans for the work are 10
be seen at the Architects Office on tt Q
grounds. At the present time the Archi-
tect, 8. F. Thayer, is represented by Mr.. VIM.
F. Goodwin who Is recommended very high
ly and will take charge of the construction
until Mr.. Thayer arrives. At the present
rate of construction the Splendid" will be
ready for occupancy almost before the cit
liens can realize that such an ennrmus un-
dertaking has been constructed by the en-
ergy and enterprise of its managers.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
California Horses ON Eastern
Tracks.

California is represented in the Suburban
by volante, Firenzi, Ben Ali, Guenn, Hi
dalgo, C. H. Todd, Oriflamme, Grisette,
Aurelia, Miss Ford, Golah, Triboulet,
Grover Cleveland, Cheviot and Wonder
land. The most of these horses are also en-
tered in all the great Eastern handieaps.
A local bookmaker accepted the following
bets on the Suburban during the past week:
$4,000; Kingston, 500 to $4,000; c. H.
Todd, 800 to 10000; Grover Cleveland,
800 to Sic, 900; Elkwood, 5000 to $1O,-
900; Joe Cotton, 800 to $500.
Eolian, Goliah, Firenzi, Linden and Kins-
ton are being heavily backed by the boys
with the local bOokies.
Dan McCarty has backed his horse C. H.
Todd to win 800, 900 in the Suburban.
The above from the San Francisco Ernm-
iner will prove interesting to Los Angeles
turf men, as many of the horses have run
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
Alleged Wise.Bcater.

Robert WeatherspoOn was arrested yester-
day on charge of battery preferred by his
wife who stated that her husband had beat
en- her and afterwards threatened to kill her
with hatchet and an iron bar. This har-
pened a week ago and she left her husband
followed by him and finally to escape him
she was placed in charge of Mrs. Watson.
After the present battery case Is disposed of
it is intended to place the man under bond
to keen the peace.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
JUSTIFIABLE MURDER.
A Brute Outrages a Child and IL
Killed.

The cajon Pass was the scene of shock
ing affair last Wednesday afternoon. James
Smith, an old settler in that region. owned
. large ranch, which was worked by a
man named william Freimmesdorf, who,
with his wife and family resided on the
property. On the day in question the two
men he'd been planting potatoes. Freim-
mesdoi returned to the house to procure
4 fresh supply, leaving his seven.
year-old daughter in the field
with Smith. On his return he found that
during his absence Smith had ravished the
and secured adouble.barreled shotgun, tax
ing the little girl with hin, Smith also
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
Bullets vs.. electricity.

Considerable excitement was created near
McGinnis saloon, on Main street, last night
about 7:30 o'clock, by the report of pistol
shot, and hundreds Immediately flocked to
the scene. IT proved to be a harmless affair,
being the effort of an inebriate to put out
the electric light over his head by means of
a 44-calibre revolver, and the excitement
soon subsided.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15

Don't forget to call on C. F. Heinzeman.
25 Temple street, to have your prescriptions
compounded,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
The Streets are Graded 90 and SO Feet W

The high foothills Los Felz form perfect barrier against
the tempered delightful mness
tervening valley.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-15
The Following Letter Explains Itself:

Los ANGELES, CAL, February l. 1888.
G. ] GRIFFITH ESQ.,. Owner of the Los Feiz Rancho:
DEAR Sl hereby beg notify you that accordance with
entered into this by with the Los Angeles Coun
ty Railroad Company will be prepared your disposal
Wednesday, February 18TH all the coaches
Of road the visitors who will attend
AUCTION SALE Of the "LOVELY LOS FELlZ FOOTHILLS"
that day. and Los Fez Los Angeles Our full equipment
standard coaches will be waiting terminus the Sisters
Hospital Baupy Avenues day.
subject your ORDER when shall be complete readiness furnish
transportation for 2ooo PEOPLE, with perfect comfort and
o and from the SALE
Very respectfully yours, R. 9. SHAW Superintendent
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14

A CONGRESS OF AMERICAN NATIONS
One of the acts passed by Congress at
the last session, to which a brief refer
ence has already been made in these col
umns, provides for a congress OF Ameri-
can nations to assemble, ON the invita-
ton Of the United States, on October 2,
1889.
The scope of the proposed congress as
outlined in the act is very comprehen-
sive. Among the matters to be consid-
cred by it are measures to preserve the
peace and promote the prosperity of the
nations represented, to establish a sys-
tenn Of arbitration for the settlement of
disputes, as well as 10 introduce uni
fUrmity tn a number of matters affect
ing trade and commerce. Among the
latter are mentioned a uniform system
of weights and measures, a common
legal tender silver coinage, uniform Gus
toms, appraisement and quarantine regu-
lations, and laws relating to copyright,
trademarks and e%xtradition.
This is indeed a ~far-reaching and i'm
posing program. 1t co%ntemplates moth
ing less than a gigantic commercial
union. Whatever the outcome of the
congress may be, its proceedings will be
watched with unusual interest.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
ANOTHER LONDON HORROR.
A Repetition of the W~hitechapel Murder
in all Essential Details.

A Repetition of the W~hitechapel Murder
in all Essential Details.
LONDON, November 9.-The murder fiend
added another to his list Of victims at IL
O'Clock this morning, when the body OF a
woman cut into pieces was discovered in q
house on Dorset street, Spitalfeld fields.
The police endeavored to track the MUIR
derer with blood hounds.
The remains were mutilated in the same
manner as those Of the women murdered
in Whitechapel. The appearance OF the
remains was frightful, and the mutilation
WAS even greater than in the previous
cases. The head had been severed and
placed beneath one OF the arms. The
ears and lose bad been cut off. The
body had been disembowfed, and the flesh
torn from the thighs. The womb and
other organs are missing. The skin had
been torn off the head and cheeks, and
one hand had been pushed into the
stomach.
The victim, like the others, was q prosti.
tute. She was married, her husband telng
a porter. They lived together a~tspasmodlc
intervals. Her name is believed to have
been Lizzie Fisher. but the most OF the
habitues of tho haunts she visited knew
her as Mary Jane. She had q in the
house where she was murdered. She CAL
ried a door key, and no one knows at what
hour she entered the house last night, and
probably no one saw the man who accom-
panied her, therefore, it is hardly likely he
will ever be identified. He might easily
have left the house at any time between 1
and 6 o'clock his morning without at.
tracing attention.
The doctors who have examined the re.
mains refuse to make any statement till
the inquest is held.
The three ~bloodhounds belonging to pri-
vate citizens taken to the place where the
body lay were placed on the scent of the
murderer, but were unable to keep it for
any great distance, and all hope of RAINING
the assassin down with their assistance
will have to be abandoned.
The murdered woman told a companion
last evening that she was without money
and would commit suicide if she did not
obtain a supply. has been learned that
a man, respectfully dressed, accosted the
victim and offered her money. They went
to her lodging. No noise wal heard during
the night, and nothing was known of the
murder until the landlady wentto the room
early this morning to ask for her rent. The
first thing she saw on entering the room,
was the woman's breasts and viscera
lying on the table.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
WOOL PRODUCTION OF THE woRl

WOOL PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD.
Among many other interesting particu-
lars given in a report recently issued by
the Constantinople Chamber of Com
MERGE, is an account Of the total annual
wool production Of the world, which. as
summarized by London industries,
amounts to 100000 cwts.. of an esti-
mated value of e2OO,OOO,OOO. Australia
supplies 100000 cwts., of a value Of
e24,OOOyOOO, and the Cape of Good Hope
furnishes 100000 cwts., amounting to
100000.
The United States, with its 100000
sheep, does not grow sufficient wool to
meet its requirements, but is obliged to
obtain the difference from La Plata and
Australia.
The number Of sheep in Europe is
estimated at 5OO,OOO,OOO, which furnish
100000 cwts, of wool, of an estimated
value of 3 100000. Morocco, Algiers
and Tunis grow a considerable quantity,
while France produces 81 per cent. less
than it did forty years ago.
The European countries rank in the
following order: 1, Russia; 2, England;
8, Germany; 4, France; 5, Austria-Hun-
gary {, Italy; !, Spain The East Indies
and China produce about 100000 cwts,
of wool per annum.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14

AGNES REPPLIER, in an article in the
Catholic World" writes very interest
ingly ON suicide. Eight years ago, she
says, an English writer on suicide an
nounced to the startled world that of
the $1,000 Europeans who annually took
their own lives, 1900 were children. The
youngest case then recorded was that of
a boy Of 9, who drowned himself for grief
at the loss Of his pet canary. Since 1880
we have beaten the record many times.
The number of suicides has increased
enormously, and America alone IA point
to more than one baby Of Z who has
wearied of its hardly tasted existence.
From ~ to is however, appears to be the
age at which children are most prone to
sel f-destructiOn, and if we examine a few
of the instances 50 persistently brought
before the public we shall see but too
plainly how links are wrought in the sad
continuity of crime. Just as one dash
ing robbery or brutal murder gives birth
to a dragon brood of sins, SO each miser-
able piece Of childish folly leaves behind
it the germ Of another tragic develop
ment.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14

WINTER CLIMATE FOR INyALID6.
Gen. a. W. Greedy, in "ScribneIss' for
November. discourses Of climates and
those best adapted for invalids, particu-
larry In winter. He believes that the
elements which constitute q perfect
winter climate IRE not all meteorological.
While ideal weather is the predominant
ing partof a perfect climate, yet the ply
steal characteristics OF certain localities
often n~eutralize the effect OF blue sky,
balmy breezes, end equal temperature.
A friable ask-like soil, which easily
lends itself to fill the air with fine dust,
the presence Of low-lying swamp and
morass to send forth noisome e%xhalations
and poison the otherwise pure air with
germs Of malaria or fever, are important
elements in winter climate, but their
description and limitations belong rather
to the domain Of the chemist and physi-
cal g~eographer than to that of the
meteorological. It is the meteorological
phases with which his article particu-
larly deals.
This line Of research excludes, then,
two important climatic essentials: The
purity Of the air and the relative dryness
Of the soil-essentials which for any
health-resort must be chronicled by the
local scientific and medical authorities.
Other very important qualities are
moderate warmth, small variability OF
temperature, with less than the average
daily range, freedom from excessive
phases of either absolute or relative
humidity, genial, gentle winds, frequent
but not heavy showers of rain, and a
large proportion Of possible sunshine. In
short, a moderately temperate, fairly dry
and sunny climate is the desideratum,
the difficulty of finding which in perfec-
tion has we'll been termed an idyllic
quest.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14

In their jubilee tonight, the Republic
cans who wish to have "joy unconfned."
will probably not st0p to ask how the
victory they celebrate was gained,
whether by fair means OF foul. Indeed,
it would seriously mar the pleasures of
every one Of the many honorable and
right-thinking persons in that party to
shout hurrahs in the face of a realization
of the means used to secure that victory.
Those to whom the truth has not yet
dawned can Ego wild" in their exulta-
tions, ignorance in this case being bliss
full. But those who know more of the
''true inwardness' Of things will doubt
less temper their joy to the conditions
under which it was evolved.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
HE PUNCHED.
How Balm Was Poured On One Mans
Wounded Spirit.

How Balm Was Poured On One Mans
Wounded Spirit.
One OF the humorous, features of the cleo.
ton in this county cropped out yesterday.
It appears that Judge Herbert, OF Walker.
vile, was arraigned before Judge Dingevon
last summer for a case OF assault, in which
he was fined SO and costs. The evidence
in the cas- was too plain to be ignored,
even had Judge Dingevon been so disposed,
but he let his WalkerviIle brother down as
easily as he could, imposing the lowest fine
allowable.
The fine remained uncollected until
after the election, in which Judge D~ingevon
was defeated for Probate Judge. He ran
behind his opponent in VAUDEVILLE 40
votes, and traced the fine Italian hand OF
Judge Herbert as the prime cause of being
so badly left there. Yesterday he be-
thought himself OF the fine and costs
against Judge Herbert still uncollected,
and in a spasm of virtuous indignation
at the Walkerville Justices dilatoriness in
squaring up with the county, he tele-
phoned to Judge Herbert that he
was going to issue an attachment
at once unless the ~county's little account
with MI. Herbert was not adjusted in
%stanter. The latter, OF course, lost no time
in saving the additional cost of an attach
ment and sent the amount down by a
special messenger, thus %squaring himself
with the county and in q measure soothing
Judge Dingevon's rufled dignity.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
A JUBILEE.
The General Has Suddenly Become Tired
of Receiving His Friends.

The General Has Suddenly Become Tired
of Receiving His Friends.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 9.-Arrange-
ments are nearly completed for a grand
ratification meeting tomorrow night, and
it is probable General Harrison will be
induced to participate in the demons ira
ton in some way.
The General has expressed a decided op-
position to the coming OF delegations for
the purpose OF congratulating him. Con-
gratula tions by letter, he says, will receive
prompt attention.
A delegation from Madison county called
this afternoon, and tonight he was sere-
naded by the law makers OF this city. In
response for a call for a speech, he said:
thine for speech-making is over. Debate
is closed and also the polls are closed. 1
thank you for your call tonight"
General Harrison's mail has suddenly
doubled. He is receiving all sorts OF curl
GUS communications, including a few from
Republican headquarters closed to-day.
Huston and Secretary Dill were
each presented with a gold-headed cane by
the clerical corps OF the committee
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
AN EXPLANATION NEEDED.

While the returns from the various
precincts on the Manitoba road show, in
many instances, a reasonable majority
for Mr.. Clark, in other instances they
show a small majority for his opponent.
This would be a natural result of a free
and unbiased vote throughout the
territory, and it shows conclusively that
those corporations exercised no undue
influence in behalf of MIR. Clark.
On the other hand people.-are earnestly
inquiring by what means the wholesale
and almost unanimous vote vas obtained
for Mr.. Carter on the line of the North
ern Pacific railroad from one end to the
other.
We do not allege that this is q result
Of orders, but it is a matter that needs
some explanation.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14
AnaE4Dr D1seUs7ED RErUsLIcAss
More Missoula Returns-The Flasnea'
Lake Country.

More MissouIa R~eturns-The Flatneau
Lake Country.
MIssouLA, November 9.-lSpecial g Ing
Miner.l-The returns are now all IN eAcepo
two precincts in the Flathead Lake coun-
try. VIM. Berry. the Democratic canui,
date for assessor, is the only one elected on
that ticket. The better element OF tne
Republicans are already disgusted with the
result Of the election Of some OF their ticKeC.
While the result was a Victory for Them
they openly acknowledge it was an ignople
one, and do not hesitate to say that they
claim no credit for the result.
Mr.. Carter's majority will be upwards o.
500.
The farmers Of the Bitter Root valley
are thoroughly disguised at the defeat O
Walter M. Bickford, the most popular man
and one of the ablest lawyers in the county
for Councilman. They ara now venting
their spleen ON the corporations and the
wrongs and hardships they are compelled
to endure on account OF their power. Yet
on election day many OF these same people
walked to the polls and voted for the very
men that the corporations wanted elected
Now, after the horse is stolen, they want to
lock the barn door.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-14

SUCH scenes as those which occurred
at Wolyerhampton, England, yesterday,
when Gladstone attempted to speak,
would be considered most ~disgraceful in
any community in America-America
which Dickens and subsequent English
writer's loved to c~aricature for uncOuth-
ness, ill manners andimpetuousness. An
audience that cannot listen respectfully
to an address from Gladstone, whether
composed of undergraduates or any
other class of snobs, is lacking in culture
most lamentably. Such scenes as those
at Wolverhampton and Snowfall will
hurt the Tory Conservative Party in
England more than it will the Liberals
and Home Rulers.