Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-15
WIRE WATTS.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt
at ii 40 on Monday, at Healdsburg. vi
salia and surrounding towns.
at GAINESVILLE, Texas, severe rain
and wind storm did considerable dam
age to wheat, corn and fruit trees.
Richard j. Hardman, chief of the di-
vision OF accountants of the United
States general land Office, has resigned
At Pittsburg, Pa, fire DESTROYED three
acres of sheds at the stock wards. and
cremated 137 head of cattle. Loss. $40
900. ~
AT Guilford, Conn.,, Miss Emma Leete
aged 35, was trampled to death bv a
vicious horse which she was holding by
the bride.
The members of the California press
association and their families, number
ing about one hundred, are enjoying a
social session at Napa.
The San Jose city election resulted in
the choice of j. w. Cook, Republican.
for city clerk. The councilmen and
school trustees are divided as before.
The Touring association of Leeds,
Eng. raised the price of -four one shill-
ing SIX pence per eighteen stone; this
makes an advance of seven shillings sincs
February oath.
The California fish commission has
been organized permanently, with the
following officers: Joseph D. Reddipg,
president; Ramon E. Wilson. secretarSs
Joseph Morizio, treasurer; Wells, Fargo
& Co., bankers.
The city election at Fresno Tuesday
was the liveliest ever held in that city,
nearly l4O0 votes being polled. The
re- oil fn1 ho / -
city trustee in the third ward and one
Of the school trustees.
| The temperance of influenza in north
England causes apprehensions of
serious epidemic. Advices from Paris
show that its prevalence is not yet gen.
eral there, although there is every indi-
cation of serious renewal.
At Elkton, Md, DIR. George Abram,
aged "a, and who has wealthy and re-
spectacle parents, has been arrested on
the charge OF being the burglar who
murdered Mrs. Richards and wounded
her husband few nights ago.
Near La Centre, Wash, farmer
named Holcomb, placed some giant
powder in stove. The powder ex-
ploded, demolishing the house. Two
daughters of Holcomb, aged IA and 16,
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his wife seriously, ifnot fatally, injured.
The gubernatorial muddle which has
been agitating the people of Connecti-
cut, has been formally ushered into the
courts by the filing of papers in quo
against the Republican governor and
lieutenant-governor. The writs are re-
turnable April Oath.
| IL T I, IL
Mexican International Banking COM
pany, of Juarez, was arrested at Ell Paso,
Texas, in the act OF mailing a quantity
of lottery circulars. Despite the anti
lottery act, this company has been
flooding the United States with lottery
literature and in order to save postage,
mailing it at Ell Paso.
Page Mcpherson, OF the firm of Nc
ers, on Third street, St. Louis, has been
missing since last Friday. 1t is stated
that his disappearance was caused by
financial troubles, and that he left debts
behind amounting to fully $40, 900. Nc
Pherson has been leading society man.
J. c. Clayton, implicated in the kill
ing of t. H. Cavitt, the we'll known
cattleman, at Juarez, Mexico, over a
year ago, has been sentenced to be shot.
He has appealed to the higher court at
Chihuahua. w. S. Bolton, who was the
| principal party to the killing of Cavitt,
escaped from the Juarez Jail last Decem-
| Der.
| The preliminary survey of the Coos
Bay Eastern railroad will be started this
week. The road willSrun up the Coos
river and across the range, direct to the
town OF Winchester, six miles north of
Roseburg, Ore. This is one of fouJ pro-
posed roads with Coos Bay as terminal
point. The line will be sixty miles
| long.
! The Arapahoe county, Colorado, grand
jury has returned indictments against
the president of the Rio Grande South
ern railway; his associate, Jerry A.
Rantz; Fred Walsen, ex-state treasurer
State Senator A. M. Stevenson, and
Hon. Edwin Mitchell. The indictment
charges them with bribery during the
last session of the general assembly.
1t is announced that the German gov
ernment has decided to conclude COM
mercial treaties with Belgium, Switzer-
land and Italy. in addition to the COM
mercial treaty now in progress between
Germany and Austria. This action upon
the part of the German government is
understood to mean that Germany is
aiming at customs coalition between
herself and the countries mentioned,
against France.
Frank McGrath, president of the
Kansas Farmers Alliance, has addressed
letter so the southern alliances, urg-
ing them to attend the Cincinnati con-
vention, and be prepared to act with
the third independent party. In the
letter he intimates that unless the
southern branch of the order takes this
step, the northern states will go back to
the Republican party.
A freight train standing at the Star
buck, WASH, depot was crashed into
by runaway engine, to which were at
tached two cars and caboose. The
runaway engine crashed into the other.
tearing out the whole front of the en-
gine, which exploded, setting fire to the
cars attached, which were totally con-
sumed. 1t was with the greatest diff
Guilty that the Starbuck hotel was pre-.
vented from burning down. No one
was injured in the collision. A bridge
was broken down by the runaway en-
gine.