Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-12
Eastern Echoes.

There has been very little change il
General Sheridan's condition since las
report.
The eighth biennial session of the
American Iron Moulders' Union begar
at st. Louis Wednesday.
The Main, from Bremen, has arrived
at Baltimore, and the State of Nevada al
New York, from Glasgow.
The amalgamated scale has been sign
ed by Jones & Laughlin, of the Ameri-
can Iron Works, and also by the Gate
City Iron Company, of Alabama.
The Territorial Democratic Convention
met at Jamestown, Dakota, Wednesday
afternoon. Martin Ryan, of Fargo, was
made temporary, and subsequently, per.
manent Chairman.
A special from Wichita, Kansas, says
the Wichita street Railroad Company Is
stables were burned Wednesday morn
ing. Three employees were very seri-
ously burned, and otherwise injured
Loss not ascertained.
At Terre Haute, Ind, Hattie Debaun,
aged eighteen years, was shot and killed
by her aunt, Mrs. Saul Jinkins. The
two had been quarreling for some time.
Josiah Wilder. sixty-two years of age,
a prominent business man of Cincinnati,
committed suicide Wednesday. The
only known cause was an affection oi
the head, which gave him great pain and
rendered him respondent.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
bought controlling interest in the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic. This
is feared by officials of the northwestern
lines to be another obstacle to the opera
ton of the long and short haul clause OF
the Interstate law.
AT Anaconda, Mont, on Wednesday,
Henry Waggoner, an employee at the
smelling works, while passing between
two belts, was caught and hauled up to
the pulley until released. He was i'm
mediately taken to the hospital, but ex-
pired before reaching there.
The Western Union Telegraph Direct
ors took no formal action as to advancing
cable rates at their meeting at New York
Wednesday. 1t is understood, however,
the cable companies will make a rate OF
two cents between their terminals, and
the Western Union and Postal Companies
will add the regular line charges to in
terror points.
The National Association of Photog-
raphers has put the following officers in
nomination: Presidents, H. @. Nc
Michael, Buffalo, and O. L. Stein, Mil
waukee; Vice-P President, G.. H. Hastings,
Boston; ]. M. Appleton, Dayton, Ohio
w. H. jackson, Denver; Secretary and
Treasurer, G.. M. Carlisle, Providence,
R. 1.
At Alpena, Mich, fire originated in a
saw mill Wednesday afternoon and
spreading rapidly, was soon beyond con-
troll. All the buildings for space three
blocks wide and half mile long were
consumed, causing a loss of about $780,
600. Fifteen hundred persons are home
less and several seriously injured.
Charles M. Kittridge, private banker
from the mountains of Colorado, after a
vacation of ten days in Denver, dis
covered that he had been robbed Of
$4,000 by Arthur White, his confidential
clerk. White is youth of 19 years.
He has not been seen since. It is
thought he absconded with the money.
Detectives ale on his track.
Superintendent Clark, of the United
States Fish Commission, has passed
through Pittsburg en- route to Detroit. He
said arrangements have been made to
ship carload of CLAIMS from San Fran
cisco to be placed in the Atlantic. They
are to be experimental upon, as some
people claim they are superior to those
East. 1t is also the intention of the
Commission to take more Holsters from
the East to the Pacific Coast.