Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-21
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General Superintendent R. G. Jackson
of the New York division of the Railway
Mail Service, and Chief Clerk E. L..
Chapman, have been removed by the
Postmaster General.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men installed their newly.selected off,
GERS at Atlanta and adjourned. Their
next session will be held at San Fran
cisco on the second Monday of Septem-
Der, 1889.
: A wreck of Wabash and Western
train occurred Wednesday night. Geo.
Hendrick, engineer, and George Kottler,
fireman, were killed; Charles Williams,
conductor, and Rudolph Stoufai, shipper,
were badly injured.
The Territorial Republican Convention
at Tucson nominated General Thos. l
Wilson delegate to Congress by acclama
ton. During the war Wilson was Consul
at Bahia, Brazil, and participated in the
capture oi the Confederate man-of- war
Florida, in that port.
The venerable Pardee Butler was
thrown from his horse at Atchison, Kan,
and received probably fatal injuries.
Butler became famous, owing to the in
dignities heaped upon him by the pro-
slavery people. He was tarred, feathered
and set afloat on frail raft on the Mis-
souri, river.
A Cleveland and Thurman Colored
League in New York City, paraded Tues
day night, one hundred and thirty-seven
in number. Republican colored men
expressed their disapproval by Kisses,
throwing bricks at them and rolling paw
ing stones against their shins. The
police had to interfere and club their as
sailants severely.
In the first, second, fourth and fifth
Congressional districts of PENNSYLVANIA,
the present incumbents have been re-
nominated, respectively as follows
Henry II Bingham, Chas. O'Neil, VIM. D.
Kelly, Alfred G. Harmer. The third
district convention (Randalls district
adjourned over without selecting a can
didate.
A young man named Frank P Martin.
who came to Portland, Me-, from Hollis.
ter, Cal, few weeks ago, committed
suicide at the Quimby House Thursday
morning by taking morphine. Among
his effects was a certificate showing that
he was member of the National Educa-
tional Association. Tho cause of his
suicide is not known.
The Navy Department has been in
formed that one of the intermediate
cylinders designed for the cruiser Balti-
more has been found to be cracked and
will have to be replaced. It was made
for Cramps by the Southwark Foundry,
Philadelphia. This will probably not
delay the completion of the vessel, and
will have no effect upon the launching,
which will take place next Saturday.
The Supreme Court of Arizona has
affirmed the decision of tha lower court
in the case of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railway VS.. Apache County, claiming
that it's road, Improvements and rolling
stock were exempt from taxation. The
court holds that the road and all its
property in Arizona connected Herewith
is subject to taxation. The decision is of
great Importance to Arizona.
The Railway Agents Association held a
meeting at Chicago Wednesday. Seventy.
i've delegates were present, representing
seventeen States and Territories. Presi-
dent La Clare, of Carlsbad, Cal, said in
his annual address, that the Association
has always been opposed to strikes, but
in view of certain local opposition, he
recommended an amendment to the con-
stitution to prohibit the support of any
strike, or attempt to dictate to any rail-
way by any member OF the organization.
The first meeting OF the newly organ
lied Amateur Athletic Association OF the
United States was held at Detroit
Wednesday. One of the events was a
l20-yard hurdle race, which was won in
one heat by Jordan, of the New York
Athletic Club, in Is 1-6 seconds. beating
his own record by l-5 of second. The
onemile walk was won by Burkart, of
the Philadelphia Athletic Club, in min
utes, "a 1-5 seconds, beating Lange's
record by 9 AS seconds. In throwing
the sixteen-pound hammer, Barry, of
Queens College, Cork, won with 127
feet inch.
S. H. Knowles has begun an attach
ment suit in the Circuit Court at St.
Louis to recover $3.50 200 from Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., a well-known Oregon mining
speculator. The petition states that
plaintiff in May last sold an undivided
half interest in some Baker county, Ore
mining property to Bourne for $3.50, 900,
and alleges that Bourne is about to dis
pose of the property without paying
therefor. The attachment bond was
fixed at $4,000 and given, and the at
tachment was executed by levying on
100000 of mining stock at the Cont
mental Bank, just placed on deposit by
Bourne.
Bubear, the oarsman, sailed Oh Thurs
day from Queenstown for New York, on
the steamer City Of Rome.
The German Australian Steamship
Company has been founded at Hamburg
with capital Of 100000 marks.
The London Chronicles Berlin CORE
spondent says that France has submitted
to the Gar the draft of treaty of alli-
ance.
A dispatch from Brisbane, Queensland
says: Two warehouses in Eagle street,
Crowns and Bakers have been DESTROYED
by fire. Loss, 100000
The International Literary and Arts
tic Congress at Venice, has declined to
authorize that copyright should include
the right of translation. The congress
expressed the wish that the United States
would accept the Berne convention.
The Vienna Political Correspondence
says that Bishop Strassmayer has been
summoned to Rome by the Vatican, and
that if his explanations regarding his re.
cent course prove unsatisfactory, he will
be removed from his See.
At meeting of the French Council of