Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-21
Eastern Echoes.

Sid Pitts, blind negro, was hanged at
Clayton, Ala, Friday, for the murder ol
his roommate.
General Thomas Young, ex-Lieutenant
Governor and exCongressman from
Ohio, died Friday at Cincinnati.
General Sheridan's mental faculties
activity; otherwise his condition has not
materially altered in the last three days.
Lester Howe died at Cobleskill, N Y,
aged 7S years. On May %, 1912, he dis
covered the now famous Howe's cave,
said by some to be next in size to Nam
moth cave. All his children were mar
ried in the cave.
w. E. Ellsworth for fifteen years a
popular conductor on the New York and
New Haven railroad, is under arrest for
and has confessed to having pilfered
from the company hundreds of dollars
by selling unpunched tickets to scalpers.
The Northern Pacific Directors had a
long session at New York Thursday, but
the officials of the company, after ad-
journing, refused to make any statement
for publication except that, the meetin :
considered the plan OF several extern
sions.
A Trinidad, Colo, special says the
man who represented himself as Reming-
ton, an artist for Harper's Weekly, and
suicided last week, has been fully
identified as Raymouet, Baron Won
Rohowski of Germany. His father is a
colonel in the German army and Of
noble family.
Engineer Cooling, one of the alleged
90" dynamiters, gave bail before United
States Commissioner Hayne, Friday, but
like Chief Bauerisen, was immediately
arrested on State warrants. This required
Cooling 10 answer in Aurora and he was
taken there Immediately.
Marshal Maratta brought to Yankton
Oak, Thursday night, E. H. and S. W.
Jacobs, president and cashier of the
National Bank of Madison, Lake crunty
Oak I, arrested for falsifying accounts
with intent to defraud depositors. Then
bank was closed some time ago by the
Public Examiner.
The Executive Committee of the Ma.
tional Association of Democratic Clubs
will hold its first meeting at the Hoffman,
House, New York, August I'd. The plaI
of campaign will then be mapped out
The State Convention of the Colorado
League OF Democratic Clubs will be helC
at Denver, July 26th.
The final preparations for search fol
the treasure of the British sloop-of-war
Brook, sunk near Delaware Breakwater
in 1893, are completed, and the expedi
ton has started from Camden, N. j., OF
large vessel, with ocean charts, map'
and nautical instruments. The hulk il
believed to contain $40, ,000, 900 in Spanish
gold.
The announcement was made at th'
opening of Thursdays session of tn,
Prison Association that the old officer
would be continued and that the mex
meeting would be held at Nashville, il
October, 1889. Chas. E. FELTON,, o
Chicago, then presented the report of th'
Standing Committee on Police. Th'
report Of the Committee on Discharge.
Prisoners was presented and debated
after which the Association adjourned.
At Monticello, N. Y, Jack Allen wa
hanged on Friday for the murder OF VI
sura Ulrich, at Jeffersonville, last Octo
Der. Allen. had iron nerve, and sam
and prayed under the gallows in a strong
clear voice. He asked for glass {
whisky, which was refused him. II
put the moose around his own neck, an
said, .Let lier go, Gallagher" Th
Sheriff then pulled the lever, and Allen
body swung into the air. He was a
Englishman, "a years Of age, and cam
to this country two years ago.