Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-13
PACIFIC COAST.
Details .of Lusk 4 Co.'S.
Failure.
H0TEs FROM THE METROPOLIS
Welsh Escapes From His Escort.
Close of the Woodland
Re-UniOn.
Associated Press Dispa tc hes to the BsnALp


SAN Francisco, May 12.-Thos. D.
Carneal, President Of the Lusk Can
ming Company, has made statement
which includes the following !:
lowing to the Company s paper
| argely held by VIM. T. Coleman &
Co., having been discounted by the
latter firm and. the Company being
unable to ascertain by whom it was
held, any arrangement with its
creditors for the benefit of the canning
factory was impossible. As its con-
tracts we're of great value, an assign
ment was necessary to prevent the
Company and its business, which is
at present profitable, from being in
volved in litigation. The factory is
being thoroughly reorganized."
The company deny that they have
speculated in fruit; and regarding
the statements which have been
made that they had contracts for the
larger proportion of the apricot crop
and Of the peach crop as well, say
they bought no more than was neces-
sary in view that the apricot crop was
short, and by early buying obtained
lower rates than are now current.
It is estimated by outside parties
that the liabilities of Lusk 4 Go. are
5000, 900. Coleman Il Co. had en-
dorsed much of the canning COM
pany's paper floated in the East. The
entire apricot crop and most of the
peach crop of California has been
contracted by them, and if the can
merry is closed serious results may en-
tail. 1t is thought, however, that the
assignee will carry on business until
matters can be Strengthened out. This
is said to be the largest cannery in
the world.
LOSSES BY FIRE.
The losses by fire Friday night were
as follows: Hooper & Hubbard, cigar
box manufacturers, loss $50, 900; in
surance $1,000; A. Jewell, general
saw and planning mills, $20, 600; insur-
ance 81, 900; Pope Il Talbot, lumber,
$4,000; Fair weather Sash and Blind
Factory, $1,000 to $4,000; insured !;
Jesse & Drew, stair builders, $4,000;
insurance $500; California Box Fac
tory, $1,000; partly insured. Five
poor families occupying tenement
houses lost most of their furniture.
The furniture factory of A. Free was
damaged by water, $4,000.
COURTS AND CRIMINALS.
J. w. Pitcher, who recently pleaded
guilty to the, charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses by
swindling f. M. Porper, an Oregon
farmer, out Of $4,000 by means Of
fraudulent transfers OF real property,
was sentenced to-day to years inn
prisonment and $1,000 fine, which,
il not paid, will make his imprison-
ment nearly fifteen years.
John l.. Crawford, convicted Of
murder in the first degree for shoot
ing Martin Van Buren, Burke, was to
have been sentenced to-day to life
imprisonment, but Judge Murphy
granted weeks continuance, in
order to consider the question Of a
new trial.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
John +. Swift left here to-day for
Oregon, where he will remain until
the election next month, and stump
the State in the interest Of the Repub-
lican party.
United States Marshal Franks left
for Los Angeles tonight with Thomas
Pendergast and w. I'll. Gibson, ar
rested for receiving stamps stolen
from the Lordsburg Postoffice, whom
he will turn over to the United States
Marshal in that city.