Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-11
A Large Excursion of Wis.,
itOrs from the East.
A Raymond -WhitcOmb Party
Of 100 People.
The Body of an Unknown Man Found
in q Well.
Miscellaneous News of the Rail-An Over
land Delayed by Washouts-A
Brakeman Injured.


nouncement that section foreman had
found the dead body of a man in well
three miles west of Walters's station.
Walters is located fifteen miles east of
Indio, on the line which runs to Yuma.
The we'll is 200 feet from the track. The
body was reported to be in an advanced
stage of decomposition, showing that
the man had been dead for several
weeks. 1t is supposed that some tramp
has drowned himself. The coroner of
San Diego county was informed.
Yesterday morning Brakeman Kin,
kade, of the Southern Pacific, while
coupling cars in the yard at Yuma,
caught his hand between the draw
heads, and as consequence will lose
his thumb and two fingers.
The overland on the Santa Fe was de-
layed twelve hours yesterday by wash
outs at the Colorado river.
The Los Angeles and Pacific railroad
has not yet succeeded in solving the
problem of how to get into the city.
The work on the line is for the present
postponed.
]. A. Whitcomb, of the Raymond
Whitcomb excursion agency, is in the
city.
A Raymond -Whitcomb party of ex-
cursionists arrived in the state yester-
day from New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and other eastern points. The
party consisted of about one hundred
people and they occupied six palace
cars. G. H. Wilson and G. A. Cooke were
in n q rpQ hv II Hut h
ins. The list of the excursionists is as
follows:
Miss H. A. Atkinson, Newburyport,
Mass; Miss L. Baker, Dorchester,
Mass. Henry G. Barnes, F. Irving
Barnes, Canaan, Conn. Miss A. S. Bar
ton, Miss L. M. Barton, Newtonville,
Mass; Miss M. A. Bisbee, Boston,
Mass. Charles H. Bissell, Miss Marion
B. Bissell, New York, N. Y; H. A.
Brewster, Mrs. H. A. Brewster, Roches-
ter, N. Y; Mrs. G. w. Brown, Barre,
Mass. Mrs. A. M. Clemens, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Mrs. Charles A. Cooke, Chel-
sea, Mass. Mrs. J. R. Cowing, Brook
lyn, N. Y; Miss A. N. Darling, Miss II.
A. Darling, Dorchester, Mass. Miss j.
w. Davidson, Newville, Pa. L. M.
Davis, Fitchburg, Mass. G. w. Day,
Mrs. G. w. Day, South Royalston, Mass.
Fred H. Drury, Northampton, Mass.
Miss Ellen A. Dexter, Miss Mary L.
Dexter, Miss Sarah V. Dexter, Boston
George Eastman and wife, North Cam
bridge, Mass. ; Miss Elizabeth. G. Erben,
Miss Rebecca Erben, Philadelphia;
Enoch Everitt and wife, Watsontown,
Pa; G. A. Fon Der Smith
and wife, Lancaster, Pa; Miss Kate
Fox, Boston; Mrs. Ann Fry, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Rev. George w. Gile, Fall River,
Mass. Miss Ada J. Glenn, Miss Tessie
Glenn, Carlisle, Pa; Miss Mary S.
Goodell, Lancaster, Pa. H. G. Grafton
and wife, Worcester, Mass. Henry
Grew, Hyde Park, Mass. Miss L. T.
ciuilford, Cleveland, Ohio; G.. T. Han
ford, Schenectady, N. Y. DIR. S. G. Han
ford and wife, Brooklyn, N. Y; Miss
Olive Haynes, Roxbury, Mass. Charles
Heilman, Watsontown, Pa; Miss X.
H. Boston; Mrs. B. B. Hotchkiss, New
York; D. M. Hough and wife, Roches-
ter, N. Y; Miss o. E. Jameson, Brook
lyn, N. Y; Hon. A. j. Jennings, Fall
River, Mass. Mrs. S. J. Keim, Phila-
delphia; Miss Hattie Keller, Lancaster,
Pa; Miss Lille V. Keller, A. d. Ken
nedy and wife, Philadelphia; Miss G. P.
Latimer, Miss Julia w. Latimer, Brook
lyH, ~. l. Eullulu hllCOlIl, uTS.
Thomas Lincoln, Dennysville. Maine; !;
tucket, R. L.; Mrs. j. r. Lothrop, Bos-
N. Y; G. D. Marcy and wife, Boston
Rev. II. A. McKelvey, Miss S. M. Nc
Kelvey, Bridgeport, Conn.,. DIR. Alfred
Mercer and wife, Syracuse, N. Y; Mrs.
M. Misener, Mrs. Philip J. Mitchell,
Misses Adelaide, Adella r. and George
Sharpe, Philadelphia; Mrs. A. E. Morey,
ST. Johns, Mich; Miss M. G. Myrick,
Miss NJ L. Nichols, Dorchester, Mass
Prof. VIM. H. Niles and wife, Cam
bridge, Mass. j. B. O'Brien and wife,
Boston; James NJ. Osborn, Fall River,
Mass. B. H. Peabody and wife, Pitts
burg; J. w. Peek and wife, Scranton;
Mrs. Charles B. Peddie, Miss l.. A.
Peddie, Westfeld, N. j.; Miss 6. Phil
brick, w. Somerville, Mass. Rev. G. F.
Reed, Haydenville, Mass. Miss Emma
Rowland, L. Rowland and wife, Chel-
tenham, Pa; Frank X. Sener, J. F.
Sener and wife, Miss Rosa A. Sener, Lam
caster, Pa; Mrs. VIM. Sharpe, Mrs. H.
A. Stetson, Misses G. H. and Mary 1.
Thompson, S. S. Thompson, Philadel-
phia; Miss Kate w. Shepherd, New
York City; Daniel Simonds and wife,
Fitchhurg, Mass. G. F. Simonds, Miss
@. G. Thomas, Miss E. H. Walker, Miss
A. NJ Whiting, John L. Whiting and
wife, Miss Susie A. Whiting, Mrs. G. H.
Wilson, Boston; Hon. S. I. Smith and
wife, Waterloo, N. j.; Edward Sterling
sud wife, Bridgeport, Conn.,; John
Turner, Rothwell, Eng. S. B. Vreeland,
Jersey City, N. j.; Mrs. d. V. West
brook, Hampstead, n. Y; Mrs. p. E.
White, st. Johns, Mich. ID. Willers,
Fayette, N. Y; Miss Sarah Williams,
Yonkers, N. Y.
The above party will make tour OF
the northwest, with visits to Colorado,
New Mexica, Arizona. California, Ore
gon, Washington, the Columbia river,
Puget sound, British Columbia, Idaho,
Montana, Dakota, Minnesota and the
Yellowstone national park; also Incl
dental excursions to the Yosemite
valley and big tree groves and to
Alaska.
The following party, in charge OF F. q.
Aver and H. 2. Kent, visits the pic
turesque regions of the Rockies and
Southern California.
Miss Mary E. Barton, Philadelphia,
Pa; Miss A. Brown, Mrs. Charles
Brown, Mt. Holly, N. j.; Miss A. L..
Candee, Mrs. John d. Candee, Bridge
H. Nov