Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-06
Condensed ,TeIeRrams.


against Texas was raised Monday.
The San Jose electric railway began
operating Tuesday, and is a success.
Frank E. McGurrin, of Salt Lake,
broke the type writer record at Chicago
on Tuesday night, by writing los 3-5
words minute, and 107 words blind
folded.
Thomas NJ. Naught, Secretary of the
Scottish Home Rule Association, has ar
rived in this country to solicit funds for
that cause. He will make tour of the
United States and Canada, going first to
Salt Lake and San Francisco.
Edward Connolly, foreman of the San
Diego and Coronado Water Company,
fell from second story window OF a
lodging house while in somnambulistic
state, and broke three or four ribs, also
sustaining internal injuries which may
prove fatal.
The casting Of the prov Of the new
United States cruiser, San Francisco,
which took place August 9th at the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, has
been removed from its bed. The casting
was found to be complete success. The
PROV weighs $4,000 pounds.
A New York afternoon paper says a
mail robbery has taken place between
Albany and Chicago, of west bound mail
dropped into the post Office at New YorlA
Friday, that contained many valuable
packages, including notes for SIS, 1000,
mailed by Blake, Bros. & Co.
The boss brewers have succeeded in
getting every employee of the breweries
in San Francisco and Oakland to with
draw from the Beer Brewers and Malt.
sters' Union, which had declared boy
colt against the United States Bre very
for employing non-union help.
Mrs. Pierrepont Morgan, of New York.
and friends, while out among the Thou.
sand Islands, Tuesday, were thrown into
the water by the capsizing OF their boat
Mrs. Morgan lost jewelry to the value of
$4,000. An expert diver is searching
for the valuables in twelve feet of water.
The Department of State has received
word from General DENLY, United
States Minister to China, in re-
sponse to an inquiry from Wash
ington, to the effect that he has no
positive information in regard to the
action of the Chinese authorities respect
ing the treaty.
Information has been received from
Rock Springs, Wyoming, of the murder,
by an unknown person, of S. NJ. VAIN.
OF Philadelphia, and G. L. Strong, of
New York; both were wealthy young
men, who had been spending the sum-
mer in hunting. 1t is supposed the mur-
dered men were robbed by their guide.
Judge Sawyer, when asked his opinion
OF the new Chinese bill, said: "It is
Very effective measure and one likely to
solve the Chinese question" He thought
though that it conflicts with the existing
treaty, but that fact does not render it
invalid. When Congress makes the law
it can abrogate the treaty. Judge Sabin
concurred in these views.
A Washington special says: A great
scare has been caused in the War De-
partment over information to the effect
that young British officer who has been
IN this country penetrated the secret of
operating our torpedoes, on which we
mainly depend for coast deferses, and
that he has secured complete drawings
and forwarded them to England.
The majority of the State Railroad
Commissioners, NIessrs. Abbott and Rea.
have decided in the case of communication
tickets on the Oakland ferry boats, that
only one round trip can be made per day.
Up to year ago as many trips could be
made per day as were wished, one DAVIS
date being punched for each trip. Since
then the case has been disputed one be.
fore the Commissioners.
The block burned at San Diego was
owned py Dr. Bakesto, of San Jose. The
origin of the fire is mystery. 1t was first
discovered by clerk when he opened the
door in the morning. The flames then
seemed to be confined to the basement.
The general supposition is that the fire
started in stock of matches kept in the
notion department, either by spontane-
GUS com oustion or ignition by mice or
rats. Twenty minutes after the fire was
discovered, the flames were bursting out
OF every window or other vent in the
building. Within the space of five min
utes all four walls fell with a crash, but
as they all fell inward, no one was hurt.
BY hard work the fremen succeeded in
saving the surrounding buildings with
the exception of two small frame struct
ures. The Bakesto block was built in an
unsubstantial manner. and, it is said, had
there been b i,k division wall back
OF the store, the building would not have
collapsed go completely. Several firemen
were more or lass hurt durip0 tbo rror