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Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
BURCHELL,S STORY.
He Is Careful Not TO Incrimin te
Himself.

WOODSTOCK, Ont, March ID Bur.
chell was induced last night to make a
statement concerning his coming to Can.
ada, but could not be- persuaded to sav
anything that would throw light on Ben
wells murder, or his own movements on
that day. He said he came to Canada
as pupil farmer. The firm of Ford
Rsthbone & Co., England, took e70
from him and promised to secure him a
first class place on fine Canadian farm.
AT Woodstock he met Farming Agent
Mcdonald, who sent him out to farm
near Springfield. Burchell could not
stand it, however, and two days later
came back to Woodstock. Pickthall ie
also pupil sent out by the came firm.
This firm, Burchell says, is making piles
of money, and have agents in several
States in America. Burchell's counsel
say the principal line of defense will be
that the prisoner could not possibly have
walked the distance from Prince station
to the place where the body was found
committed the murder, cut out the
names from the clothing, and got back
to the station between II and 3 O'Clock
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
Am Insane MAN and His Knife.

PLEASANT HILL, Mo-, March IA This
evening Mrs. Eli Stahlnecker called al
the Office of Constable Prater and told
him her husband was laboriug under an
attack of acute mania, and had driven
her and her children from the house with
a butcher knife. The Constable went to
the house, and on entering was fatally
stabbed. He managed to make his way
to the house Of ex- Sheriff Hanley, and q
posse OF men proceeded to the house as
quickly as possible. They broke open
the door and just inside found the body
of Stshlnecker, who had stabbed him.
self to death. Stahlnecker was 72 years
old
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

A NE " TEL EGG kAPH HEMEs
A syndicate willing TO Help Wanas
maker Out.


WASHINGTON, March IA A ne props
osition in connection with The proposed
postal telegraph was made TO the House
committee today by j. M. Seymour, of
the New York stock exchange, who
stated that he represented number of
capitalists willing to build lines
and maintain a postal telegraph
eystem under Government supervision,
in accordance with the provisions of the
Postmaster Generals bill, or to operate
on a uniform twenty-five cent rate. The
company propose to use the Patten
multiplex telegraph system, build and
maintain the lines needed, furnish
operators, power and stationery, and to
have the right to build over all postal
roads They ask exemp ption from Federal
and State taxation. In cities where
he postoffices are crowded, the syndi-
cate will furnish it's own offiees. It
would make contract with the Govern
ment for fifteen years with the privilege
of renewal, unless the Governments
would take the lines at the end of that,
time at a value appraised by experts.
The syndicate expects to be allowed to-
do private business outside the Govern
ment work. To maintain the lines under
the Patten system would cost 75i
per cent. less than the present
system. 1t proposes to lease
wires to newspapers at nominal rates and
reduce press rates 33 per cent. To estab-
lish the system under the provisions of
the Postmaster Generals bill, would cost,
Seymour thought, about 81 900, 900. A
complete system covering the country
would cost $25 600 600.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

BUSINESS people, and the real and in
telligent working people will do best for
their own interest today by voting against
the bonds for the outfall sewer. II the
interior system is bailt this year, and no
more done, the money involved will not
be sufficient bait to draw gang of out
side contractors here, who if they secure
any contract will do the work With inn
ported laborers, herded in tents and fed
on imported stuff. The interior system,
If built by local contractors with resi-
dent laborers who occupy houses in the
city and support their families upon sup
plies bought here, will be of more bens-
fit than twenty times that amount done
by outside contrastors using cheap labor
from the East.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
SCATTERED REPORTS.
Great Damage DOae at Newport.
Arkansas


Arkansas
NEWPORT, Ark, March Ia The river
commenced running over the levees last
night, and the whole own, except Fort
street, is now from four inches to two feet
under water. Business is entirely sus-
pended. The rise was sudden and with
out warning. Everything movable is
gone. The country south of Newport,
which mbraces some of the finest farms
in the State, is also inundated. Between
Helena and the mouth of the St. Francis
river there are very few spots of dry
land, and rise of two feet will certainly
cover everything. In some places the
river is from i've to seven miles wide.
LEvEEs IN DANGER EvERYwMERE.
VICKsBURG, Miss, March 1.-The
Captain of the Levee Board steamer re-
ports the condition of the levees critical
everywhere. He considers that Louisi-
ana will inevitably go under, even if the
Mississippi levees were down. Great
gangs of men are hard at work trying to
save the levees.
AN IMPROVED SITUATION.
New ORLEANS, March Ia "A dispatch
from Greenville, Miss, late tonight, says
| he situation there is much i'm proved,
and that the weak spots in the levee
have been strengthened, so that the fear
OF breaks is much lessened. The Ar
kansas levees, opposite Greenville, are
| also all right.
| A STREAM FIFTEEN MILES WIDE.
CAIRO, Ill, March 14-The width of
| the Mississippi at the mouth of the Ohio
| ia about fifteen miles, but this vast body
of water is slowly receding.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
RAN INTO A ROCK.
Vestibule Train Wrecked While
Running at High speed.

MANSFIELD, Ohio, March 14.-The fast
vestibule train ON the Baltimore and
Ohio ran into landslide this morning.
The engine was thrown into the river.
Fireman Thomas Boland was killed
Engineer John M. Mccoy and En-
gineer John Hart were seriously injured.
The passengers were severely shaken
up.
At the scene of the accident is high
hill on one side of lthe road and the
river flows on the other. The train was
going forty miles an hour, when the en-
CINE struck huge rock. The engine
was thrown into the water, while the
cars we're all ditched. There were about
one hundred passengers on board, and
the accident was remarkably fortunate
IN it's results. considering the speed OF
the train. The passengers were badly
shaken up and FIVE or six seriously in
jured, among whom we're Edward Steven
son, of Bloomfield, Illinois, and A. P.
Dickson, of Canton, South Dakota.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
THE FLOOD AT mEMPaIs.
The Highest Point Reached and
SILL Rising.

MEMPHIS, March IA Tonight the
river is thirty-six feet, the highest point
ever reached, and still rising. The opin
ion here is that the levees on the Missis'
sippi side will be able to Withstand the
pressure of the great food, but the situa
ton on the Arkansas side below ArKant az
City Is far from reassuripg, although the
damage, should the levee give way would
be slight compared with the destruction
which would ensue should the east bshk
break.
Passengers on the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas rail sav arriving here
report novel scenes along the road. The
low lands and lagoons in the Mssissippi
delta are flooded until the only dry land
visible is the ridge on which the track
runs and few promontories protrudinp
above the water. These places afford
shelter for hundreds of squirrels and
other small game. The huts and cabins
on the lower lands are submerged several
feet in water. Tied to the doors are
skiffs and dug outs which afford ths oc.
cupants the only means OF transit from
one place. to another. Everything pre-
sen g an air Of wa ter and desolation.
Between Vicksburg and Lula, Mics.
the water is the highest and farmers who
have not already moved are making
every preparation to do 30. Along the
line OF the Memphis and Little Rock
railroad the same state of affairs EXISTS.
Unless the waters in the Mississippi an
Arkansas recede more rapidly than be.
fore, the unfortunate people will suffer
great privations.
A correspondent of the appeal tele-
graphs from Arkansas City that the con-
dition of the levees between Memphis
and that place is now alarming. The
circle of the river back of Laconia. he
says, will break before Tuesday next
There are 1900 people living inside the
circle, nine-tenths of them negroes. The
destruction to stock and other property
will be enormous. The levees on the
Arkansas river are washing away.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
a uIan.nn.Cnel CalI.

CHICAGO, March IA The full text o1
what purports to be call for q
National Convention of the United
Brotherhood (Clsn- ma Gael), issued
by the Executive Board of that
organization, was published here
this morning. The document reviews
the events in the history of the orgsniza-
ton the past few years, and takes the
ground that the order is better off with
out the secoders who took their departure
recently at Philadelphia. The call ex.
plains that the places of the four mem
bers of the executive board who deserted
have been duly filed by the majority of
the board. The place and date of the
convention are lef! to be indicated later.
The call was issued February goth.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
v.u, MT Extravagant?

Our City Engineer is q most popular
officer. According to the patriotic per-
sons in possession OF the city govern
ment he is also competent-and especially
competent on sewers. So much is this the
case that greatsystem was proposed upon
his estimates last summer. One item OF
this was an outfall sewer to the sea.
This competent and reliable officer set
the cost of the outfall at $420, 600. 1t
was voted down by the people. Now, a
few months later, we are asked to vote
for the same sewer, OF the same capacity
and over the same route-but not for
the same money. 1t is to coet now some
500 900, difference of over quarter
of million dollars.
The engineer is either competent or he
is not. He is either a reliable man to
head this great work or he is not. Ii he
is competent and reliable, it is impos-
sible that he should make an official,
deliberate and studied mistake about
one line of sewer to the extent of 30 vast
sum of money! difference of 66 per
cent. AS we all accept Mr.. Eaton as
competent and reliable, We are driven to
| the other horn of the dilemma. This is
that the present estimate of some $780,
600 is an extravagant folly; that it is 6
bold strike for clean steal on the part
of some one of at least a quarter Of q
million dollars from the people.
We are said to bs governed by a ring.
"Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know,
But leech-like to their fainting country cling. =
The bank business looked like this.
The outfa!l sewer appears like it. Upon
what possible grounds can such differ.
ence have been made? We must remem.
ber that in both cases it wss no prelim.
mary or superficial estimate, but a COM
plete, studied plan presented to the
people for final action.
In the matter of sewer to cost $420, ,00C
difference of quarter of a million on the
side of economy might be winked at, but
when it is on the side of extravsgance we
should lock into it.
Our City Engineer is insulted by this
surprising departure from his careful
estimates, and all his friends should rise
up to reprove this gross wrong to him.
Above all, the taxpayers should rise
up today and rebuke the extravaganza
of the gang that asks for this sum Of
money at this time to do work that is
necessary on no earthly account.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
ILL LEGAL FEES.
Mayor Grant. of New York, Threat
eMed with Indictment

New YORK, March 14.-Accordipg to
the World this morning rumor was
current yesterday that the present in
vestigation of Ludlow street Jail affairs by
the Grand Jury is reaching out in extra.
ordinary fashion, and the outcome Of the
whole affair will be the indictment OF
Mayor Grant for the collection of illegal
fees while he was Sheriff. The
rumor is received seriously in some
quarters, owing to the recognized
attitude of the Mayor towards the Dis
trict Attorneys Office, which is in charge
of the opposing faction, and the District
Attorneys Office towards the Mayor. The
District Attorney refuses to talk OF the
matter. Mayor Grant last evening,,said
81 have never taken any illegal feet
while in the Sherff's office or any other
office,n
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
THERE is no reasonable controversy

THERE is no reasonable controversy
that the bonds for the extravagant and
needless outfall sewer ought to be voted
down today. But all indications point
to great effort to carry them. If they
are to be defeated the taxpayers must
come out in force and vote them down.
So important matter ought not to be
decided by the vote of one.third of the
people, among whom figure one-tenth of
the taxpayers. Unless the intelligent
and Independent part of the people take
the trouble to vote the bonds will be
carried through the efforts of the
ringsters.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

A BIG English syndicate has bought
the entire Gage real estate interest near
San Bernardino. The purchase includes
5000 acres OF land, the Gage canal and
the entire water rights attaching to
these. The tract is to be colonized with
intelligent farmers from England. Who
was that fellow who said in his paper,
there would not be another speculative
movement in realty in this section dur
ing the preeent generation p What was
his name?
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

DURING the past win ter the excessive
and unusual rains prevented the farmers
from getting in as much barley and
wheat as they desired. But the ground
| is thoroughly wet to depth seldom
reached. Here is the opportunity for the
intelligent farmer to change his custom
sry methods of husbandry and strike
out in new fields of enterprise. Advan-
tage should be taken of this condition of
the soil to plant no end of trees of all
sorts. Those set out this spring will get
a hold on the ground that will tell in
their growth for years to come. Another
new departure the intelligent farmer will
make will be in planting many more
acres of corn to make up for what he
missed in his SO wing of barley. The i'm
preston has been general until recently
that damp land or irrigating facilities
were necessary to the production of corn.
The impression was not a correct one
1t has been fully demonstrated during
the past few years that mesa lands gen.
orally in this section will produce excel
lent crops Of corn if the ground is properly
treated. All that is necessary is to plow
the lands thoroughly, keep the weeds
down and the top of the ground soft.
To succeed in tree planting or in corn
growing this is a condition absolutely
necessary. Ground not plowed hereto
fore this season should be turned over at
once, or the rank growth of vegetation
will soon draw all the moisture from the
top soil and exhaust the supply that will
be needed for any crop put in the
ground.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
FIRE COULDN'T STOP THEM.
A TOUGH GANG

Occasions All the Trouble ON the
Ship Enterprise.
New YORK, March 14-In the Nc
Gala inquiry today, Michael Gallagher
first sergeant of marines, told about the
various punishments on the vessel
Under cross-examination he said most OF
the trouble aboard the Enterprise was
occasioned by "tough gang" of which
Walker was one of the toughest. Ser
geant Monroe, relating the Walker Incl.
dent, said the man used bad language
would not stop it, and the captain struck
him Several other marines and seamen
testified to the same effect.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
Bure hell as a ord,

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 14-The Bur.
chell murder case has furnished another
sensation. Philadelphia detectives be-
ieve Burchell is none other than the
famous Lord Hugh Leslie Courtney, !"
who was received with open arms by the
elite OF Philadelphia few years ago,
and who lived like king on other pee.
ple's money. Suddenly he disappeared.
only to turn up at Long Branch, New.
port, Buffalo and other places where he
proved himeelf to be the most successful
swindler who ever worked society.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
A Atveiy Se.xiO,n ,

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The usual
Friday evening routine in the House was
enlivened tonight by the discussion of
bill granting pension of forty dollars a
month to Francis Dsming, of Michigan,
on the ground of blindness. This is one
of the bills vetoed by President Cleye-
land. The discussion was participated
in by Stone, of Missouri, Cooper, of
Indiana, Tarsney, of Missouri, Lawler.
Of Illinois, Kilgore. of Texas, and Lane
of Illinois. Finally this bill and one
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
THE vice. president of the Chamber of

The vice. president of the Chamber of
Commerce at Jacksonville, Florida, is in
the CITY. He visited the citrus fair yes
terdag, and was enthusiastic in his ex-
pressions of unreatrained admiration CT
what he saw. He says he has seen
svery such fair held in his section OF the
United States, but none of them could at
all compare with ours. The fact is
Southern California is by all odds the
fineet section in the world for orange
culture.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
THE RIVER AGAIN SWELLING.


A northeast storm prevails. The river
went down to 161a feet, but is again
swelling, and the water is now running
over Bienville, Cont and St. Peters
streets; but the oveifJw is not enough
to cauee much inconvenience. A tele-
phone at 10 a. m. from Nta plantation
says the crevasse there is 100 feet wide
There is wide batture in front If il, and
the crevasse will be closed by the Missis-
sippi-valley railroad. Several small
breaks in the old levee in that vicinity
aggregating fifty feet or so, are reported.
9p. m.-The condition of affairs on
the river front this evening is much
more salts factory than at the same time
yesterday. The city authorities, aided
by the railroads, have strengthened the
weak places in the levee, ann Constructed
temporary levees with bags filled with
earth from St. Louis to Hospital street
and other points, but from st. Louie
street to Canal, where go much water
came in yesterday, nothing has yet
been done. The levees in this section
are injured mere just now by wind and
weather than by the food. Today the
wind was blowing from the nGrth Titn q
velocity of thirty miles an hour.
Governor Nichols has Issued a. proc.
lamation requesting all steamers to keep
as near the inidetream 30 possible, and
run as slow as circumstances will permit
during the present freehet in the lower
Mississippi. The waves from passing
vessels have done good deal of damage
to the temporary work on the levees.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
Pete Jackson,s Modestv.

CHICAGO. March 1.-THE Fishing and
Hunting Club of this city some time AGO
expressed to Parson Davies their inten-
tion to give Peter Jackson rousing re-.
ception on his arrival here. A letter re-
csived yesterday from Jackson begs that
they will not do so. He says he is per-
sonally opposed to ostentstious display,
and furthermore, thinks such receptions
entirely out Of place when greeting
man in my profession"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
Mrs. Harrison I'm the soutb.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 14.-The
Presidential party reached here this
afternoon and were taken to Fort Sumter
and shown around the harbor. Tonight
Mrs Harrison and her friends had re.
ception. Democrats and Republicans
We'd with each other in paying their re-
spects. The party will leave for Florida
in the morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
IMMINENT DANGER.
Levees on Both Sides the River
IN q THREATENING Condirian

LeVeeS ON BOth sides the River
IN a Threatening Con dition.
ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Additional ad
vices from Lower Mississippi regard.
ing the food are that the country be.
tween the Arkansas line and Vicks burg,
on both sides of the river, is in immi.
nent danger of inundation. The Arkan.
sas levees have been abandoned. The
water ia running over them in several
places. This means that the Tenses
basin in Louisiana will be inundated.
All efforts are being concentrated to
save the .tevees in Louisiana between
Vlcksburg and the Arkansas line, and
those on the Mississippi shore between
Vicksburg and Greenville. II Louisiana
goes under, Mississippi may be safe, and
vice versa. On each side of the river
the most heroic exertions have been
made for weeks and are now being re-
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
A Preacher acquitted of Murder.

Nicola, Iowa, March 14.-Rsv, D.
Helmick, a Methodist minister, was to-
day acquitted by the jury of the murder
of Ed. Palmer last summer. Helm ck
had prosecuted vigo,o GUS crusade agai, at
the saloonists and disorderly element.
and had been warned that his life was in
danger. He armed himself, aud or q
night when returning home was met bv
party of mon who began to rotten. 90
and stone him. He drew a revolver snd
fred at random, MORALLY woundjng
Palmer. The verdict meets publ ap.
proval.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

other were reported from the committee
of the whole to the House, but before
action was taken Breckenridge, of Ken
lucky. moved adjournment. Perkins
protested vigorously, but the hour of
1880 having arrived the House ad-
iourned.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
The American Baseball Schedule,

SYRACUSE, N. Y, March IA The
American Baseball Association today
adop ed schedule. The season opens
April 18th and closes October 18th. An
amendment is made to the constitution
giving the visiting clubs 40 per cent. of
the gate receipts instead of 20 per cent.
except July 4th and Memorial Day.
when the receipts are divided equally.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
The lfuck Ewing Gasa

New YORK, March 14.-The New York
Baseball Clubs application for an ip.
junction against Buck GIVING, came no in
the United States Court this morning.
Decision reserved.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
DELIVERED BY CARRIERS
Al 2Oc. per Week. or soc. per Month.
The "Daily Heraldn

May be found in San Francisco at the Palace
hotel newsstand; in Chicago at the Postoffice
at Smith Sons newsstand. Fifteenth and
Lawrence streets.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15
AT THE CKE~CENT CITY.
The situation Slightly Improved
but Stiil Dang gerOus.

New ORLEANS, March 14.-rhe Gov
ernment gauge at 7 80 q. m. read l66
feet, fall of four.tenths from the ligh-
est point reached yesterday afternoon.
The streets are free of overflow water
along the water front, except at ST.
Peters street, where the flow will soon be
stopped. 1t Iained slowly all night and
is drizzling this morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

Entered at the postoffice at Los Angeles "a
second-class matter.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-15

Yesterday afternoon all was quiet
among the boomers. Six hours later q
scene of excitement was Witnessed equal.
ing that which accompanied the inva-
sion of Oklahoma year ago when the
news was received from Washington that
the Oklahoma bill had passed the House
The news spread quickly, and by II
O'Clock the male boomers were making
hurried preparations to move at once
over the border. The sun was just rising
when the first team started. The inva.
sion came with rush. No one expected
it, not even the settlers themselves.
Telegram-herald., 1890-01-03
BURGLAR BAILEY
Meets a Fearful Death IN Cattle
Guard
4 DESPERlDOS LEAP II TIE DARN
he Accidentally Boards irai@ "a
which ars 4e8 Ohcers Leokins t9f
hm u CApturea but ksssPes
aHa Jumps ~ nis Death.

John Bailey we.l known burglar
leaped from a trau coming % ths ciiy
late yesterday evening and vas n-
stauUy killed Bailey has been con-
hUed Tor some tmt IN jail al bls hap
.d. lor burglary. and Was only released
q few DAYS ago. hut since then be- man
aged 10 get.n some more crooked work.
He LETT Hg Rapids carly yes
terday afternoon WITH MS plum
der. and t was thought thai he
Wa, coming direct to this city. The
authorities were telegfaphed 10 watch
for hm.
he did not, however, come stra ght
through. hat got oh al Morley where
re- lett his p.mder with q female ot
that place. lie then took thc next
tram Tor til, city. which arrived AZ
O40 last nlgat. A. Il happened Deputy
Sherhs Shaw and Merritt, from Hlg
Rapids. were on the tram coming here
10 hunt hm. They nabbed him but by
deXterous TWIST he loO>ened their
grasp and sprang from the tram.
I'm failing he struck the fence OF a
cattle guard. breaking ms neck. back
and one of hs arms. He SAID 10 nave
been general al. round bad man.