Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
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Telegraphic Report.
| Fire started by fre-crackers destroyed
| Weidner's opera house and the Garden
buildings at Dayton, o. Loss, $25, 900.
The celebrated criminal libel case of
Postmaster-G General Villas against VIM.
Welch, of Minnapolis, has been discon-
tinued.
Two carloads of California fruits were
sold at auction in Chicago, Tuesday.
Pears sold at $3.50; peaches, $1S5
plums, $2.40; and apricots 1925.
| The coroner's jury in the case of the
murder Of Joseph Kneebone, rendered a
verdict exonerating Moore and Williams,
who were arrested on suspicion of being
concerned in the crime.
The certificate of incorporation Of the
| Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
with the Chicago, Rock Island and Colo
RADIO Railway Company has been fled at
Denver with the Secretary of State, with
a capital OF $3S, 100000
| An extensive cave-in occurred at
| Bellevue Slope mine at Scranton, Pa,
forcing the miners to fly for their lives.
One man and a number of mules are
known to have been crushed in the fall
while seven mine laborers are reported
missing.
The National Association of Music
Teachers began their annual convention
at Chicago on Tuesday. Over thous-
and professional musicians were in at
tendance from all parts of the country.
The sessions will continue over Thurs
day.
John H. Vanlong, for the last ten years
employed at the Second National Bank
OF Jersey City, went to the Catskills on
his annual vacation Saturday last.
Since then his accounts have been over
hauled and a shortage of $15, 400 has been
discovered.
A part of Lucky Baldwin's string has
been shipped from Chicago to Long
Branch, to participate in the Monmouth
Park races. The lot embraced Grisette
Estrella, Los Angeles, Lillita, Alada,
Zacatecas, Gladiator, Rosebud and Cali
fornia.
AT 2:30 Monday afternoon a tremen-
dous meteor was observed to pass across
the southern sky from east to west, at
Appleton, Wis. 1t rivalled the sun in
brightness, and lefta long train of spark S
in its wake. The meteor moved very
slowly, and was evidently a very great
height. 1t was visible for half minute,
and finally faded away without noise.
Charles A. Ashburn, of the United
States Geological Survey, stationed al
Pittsburg, has received an offer from the
Shah of Persia to take charge of the
government engineering corps now being
organized in that country. At present
nothing but turquoise is mined in Persia,
and the Shah expects to discover val
liable deposits of coal, iron, petroleum,
and possibly the precious metals. Ash
burn has not yet accepted.
/ G. R. Carter, who was starboard stroke
in the winning Yale boat at New London,
Friday, was presented by his father with
check for $2450 Immediately after the
race. The father had promised to give
the son 500 for every boat length Yale
was ahead of Harvard at the finish.
Yale had twenty-four and one-half
lengths on her old rival. Young Garter
comes from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
and has been chosen to captain the
Yale crew in 1889.
Seligman Bros. & Co., cloak manufact.
urers, have made an assignment. It fol.
lowed close upon, and was caused by
that OF Seligman, May & Co. The for
mer had endorsed for the latter $4,000
of accommodation paper. 1t is an.
nounced that the other liabilities of the
firm are about $3.50 900, making total Of
$240,000. The suddenness of the failure
is shown by the fact that checks to the
amount of from $40 900 to $45, 900 were
ready to send out when the failure was
announced. The principal creditors are
banks.
Richard Nevins, Jr., ex-resident Gov.
, ernment architect of the United States
Court House and postoffice now being
, built at Pittsburg, has been arrested
upon charge preferred by United States
Special Agent Brooks, of making fraudu.
lent claims against the Government. II
is claimed that Nevins approved and
presented false bills for work on the
Court House and postoffice alleged tc
have been done by one B. Donovan, but
which was never performed. Donovan
it is alleged, never signed the bills, and
his name was forged to them. Nevins
, asserts that he will be able to satisfac
torily explain the charges. He waived 9
hearing and gave bail. Hon. Chris. l.
Magee went on his bond.
FOREIGN.
The Newmarket July meeting opened
/ on Tuesday. Donovan won the July
stakes.
A heavy gale has been blowing on the
Mersey at Liverpool. A brigantine wal
caught in it and wrecked. It is feared
all on board were lost.
Il Prince Henry, Emperor Williams
brother, becomes Commander and Chic
of the German Navy Admiral. Morris
; who commanded the il.fated iron clad
Grosser- Kuefurst, will probably be made
chief Of the navel department.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has refused
to allow Jockey Woods costs in hi
libel suit against the Licensed Victualers
Gazette in which he was allowed one
| farthing damages. Woods has appealed
Il 1t is believed that after definite un
derstanding with Russia has been es.
| tablished, Emperor William will propose
that the European powers reduce theil
armaments. The Emperor will arrive a
st. Petersburg August Sd, the Czarina'l
J fete day.
Count Apponyi in speech at Pesth
said: Foreign papers again predict thai
we will be forced to yield to Russia in re-
gard to Bulgaria, but the whole Hunga.
rian Nation insists that it cannot allow
even hairbreadth's infringement on the
treaty rights of its Balkan neighbors.
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