Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-11
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No news has been received of the Ma
tional steamer Denmark, which left Lon
don for New York twenty-five days ago.
Steve Brodie, the bridge jumper, an
nounces his intention OF going over the
Genessee Falls at the point where Sam
Patch lost his life.
Hon. James G. Blaine and William
Walter Phelps spent Wednesday night in
Trenton, N. j., the guests of General
William Stryker, Adjutant General OF
New Jersey.
At East Saginaw, Mich, Charles H.
Dixson, deputy county treasurer, left the
city four days ago, taking with him a
considerable chunk of the county funds.
E. Woodford, the Iowa Central station
agent at Sheffield, Ia, has disappeared,
leaving heavy shortage in his accounts
with the company.
At Hartford. Conn.,, both houses of
the Legislature met in joint session
Thursday forenoon to elect STATE officers,
the election by the people having failed.
Governor Bulkley and the remainder of
the Republican ticket were elected.
At Baltimore, Md, the Coroner's jury
in the case of Margaretta Schneider, the
aged woman murdered last Tuesday,
found sufficient evidence to justify YER
dict charging Kunigunda Betz with the
crime.
The deadlock in the West Virginia
Senate still continues and the work of
the Legislature is at a standstill. Pro-
ceedings and counter proceedings re-
garding the Kanawha returns are being
argued in the courts.
| A passenger train on the Fulton county,
ILL.,, narrow gauge railroad has been fast
in snowdrift ten miles south of Gales
burg, since Wednesday night. A relief
train has been sent out. There are sew
eral passengers aboard.
Luther Tallman, dealer in seeds and
| fertilizers at Fairport, N. Y, came to De-
troit, Mich, Tuesday, for the purpose of
buying seed. Wednesday night while
returning to mis- hotel from the theater
he was held up by two men and robbed
of "a 500 in cash and 81 1000 in drafts.
The National Convention of Marine
Engineers at Baltimore elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: A.
l.. Boyes. New York, President; D. O..
Martin. San Francisco, Vice-President /;
]. II. Harris, st. Louis, Secretary; and
John H. Galway, Detroit, Treasurer.
Among the passengers in the Steam
ship Thingvalla, which has arrived at
New York from Copenhagen, is DR..
Phil. Carl Lumholtz, the Norwegian
explorer and traveller, who has lived for
the last four years among the ssvages in
Central Australia. He intends travel
ling through this country.
| Ward McManus, q well-known capi-
talist and real estate owner, of ST. Louis,
was called to the door of his residence,
Thursday. by Henry Kriz and shot
twice. His wounds are not serious.
Kriz had invented q car motor and ap-
piled to McManus for financial aid in
bringing his invention before the public.
McManus declined and the shooting is
the result. Kriz escaped.
William R. Foster, father of William
r. Foster. Jr., who recently robbed the
New York Produce Exchange Gratuity
Fund of $198, 900 and then decamped,
has sent check tor $50, 900 for the ben
eft of the Gratuity Fund. In a note en-
closed the old man said he had intended
to divide his fortune among his children,
but has concluded to give his sons share
to the Gratuity Fund as a partial pay
ment of his stealings.
The suspension bridge destroyed by
the storm at Niagara Falls, is the new
carriage bridge between Niagara Falle
village and the Clifton House and should
not be confounded with the railroad sus-
pension bridge over which trains are run
ming as usual. The bridge was built
lin 1870; its original cost was
$4,000 and fully half as much again
has been expended on it since in i'm.
proving it. It was considered one of the
strongest structures of its kind in the
world. The gale destroyed much Other
valuable property in this neighborhood
and the total loss will reach millior
! dollars.