Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-20
Wire Waits.

Wire Waits.
During fire at Spokane Falls, Tues
day, many people in boarding houses
had great difficulty in escaping with thei
lives. One woman was burned tc
death.
Three or four cases of smallpox were
reported at McMannville, Ogn., a few
days ago, and specials say business is
almost suspended and the town almost
depopulated.
At Walla Walla the body OF Edward
Young was found in house formerly
occupied by Chinese opium den. He
had been missed for some days. The
Chinese had all left the house, but the
remains showed no acts of violence. It
is supposed he died from smoking too
much opium. He was the son of an
Episcopal minister in England.
Monday night Patrick Carmody, Desi.
deria Jajola and Ronaldo Gonzales, three
prisoners under sentence of death for the
murder of William Virgins, escaped
from Socorro, N. M, county Jail. The
three men were confined in the same
cell. Their escape was effected by filing
the bars and then digging through the
wall.
A fatal shooting occurred at Ty DO, New,
last Friday. NJ. NJ. Donahue fired three
shots at James Butler; one of the balls
penetrated Buffers coat and the powder
set fire to his clothing. Another shot
struck Louis Benson in the left arm.
Butler then drew a revolver and fired at
Donahue, shooting him in the head,
breast and abdomen and killing him in
stantly. Butler came to Belmont We'd
nesday morning, and surrendered him
self to the Sheriff.
EASTERN.
The report that there was collision
between the Hatfields and McCays, on
Peters Rock, in which three of the West
Virginia party were killed, turns out un-
true.
The boiler of F. w. Browns saw mill,
at Point Mountain, W. Va, exploded
Tuesday evening, killing VIM. Brown,
manager and son of the owner, and VIM
Knabenshue, a mill hand.
At Baton Rouge, La, Tuesday after
noon, the jury in the case of W. A.
Strong, ex-Secretary of State, charged
with embezzlement, announced that an
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Sheriff went out to call the Attorney
General and Strong followed without at
tracing attention and has not since been
seen. The jury had found him guilty.
A cable dispatch says the engagement
of Miss Virginia Mac Favish, of Balti-
more, to the Duke of Norfolk, is an
nounced. Miss Mac Favish is we'll
known in Baltimore. She is the daugh-
ter of the late Charles Carroll Mac
Favish, descendant of Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton. Her mother was Miss
Scott, daughter of Gen. Winfield Scott.
Miss Mac Favish and mother left for
Europe early in the spring and are still
abroad. During their stay at London
they were the guests of the Duke of Nor
folk, one of the wealthiest noblemen in
England.
A motion was argued on Tuesday in
Supreme Court Chambers in New York
city to have Elijah Smith, President of
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company, w. Smith, its Treasurer, Sid
ney Dillon and John H. Hall, defendants
in the suit of Brayton Ives, punished for
contempt of court in continuing the
building Of branch lines and bridge
ONCA ChO ohdAC AlFOi, ouo 1OI tIduoloI.
ring 81 200, 900 from the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, despite an injHnc-
ton issued by the Supreme Court. Judge
Barrett decided that the order of iniunc-
ton could not prevent the construction
of branch lines, and decided to appoint
a Referee to consider the question OF con-
tempt in the disposition of the money.
FOREIGN.
Karl Kotta, the Munich publisher, is
dead.
The Sultan has refused to sanction the
protocol defining Turkeys rights in the
Red Sea, which the Porte proposes to
append to the Suez Convention.
The body of a German gendarme with
a bullet hole through the head has been
found on French territory. An inquiry
is being held. 1t is believed to be case
Of suicide.
A long train bearing recruits collided
with freight train at Meppen, Hanover.
Four persons were killed and large
number wounded. Twelve cars were
wrecked.
Make no Mistake.
By dispelling the symptoms so often mistalz en-