Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-22
WIRE WAITS.

Boston Saturday morning.
The National league of musicians has
adjourned at Milwaukee, to meet in
New York City year hence.
Memorial services were held in New
York, Saturday forenoon, for the eleven
Italians who were lynched at New Or
leans.
Gold coin to the amount of $500, 900
was ordered Saturday morning for ex-
port to Europe, making total for Sat-
urday's steamer, $1,775,000.
Private Secretary Halford says: The
president is going west if he can, but
will abandon the tripi the state OF pub
lie business makes it necessary.
On petition of the Mercantile Trust
company, at Baltimore, Colonel Mont
gomery has been appointed receiver for
the Birmingham, POwderly and Bes-
semer railroad, in Alabama.
The levee in East Carroll parish, La,
morning. The crevasse is fifty feet
wide. The water from the break will
run direct into the ,Tensas river, which
will carry it off.
Robert Willink, who was knocked
down by Burnie Murphy in an amateur
prize fight in Savannah, Ga, died from
concussion of the brain. He was son
of Henry e. Willink, owner of the Sa-
vannah Marine railway.
At Suspension, Ala, Hannah Dennis
shot and instantly killed her brother-in-
law, Manuel Dennis, while he was at
tempting to force an entrance into her
house, under disguise. He was only at
tempting to frighten her.
The funeral of Lawrence Barrett will
take place Monday morning, from the
Windsor hotel, New York. The body
will be taken to Cohassett Beach, near
Boston, where it will be inferred in the
cemetery, there, near Barrett's country
seat.
A southbound passenger train on the
Louisville and Nashville jumped the
track in the outskirts of Louisville. En-
gineer George Burgess was instantly
killed, and Fireman Erkstine fatally in
jureh. None of the passengers were
hurt.
Major Drum, one of the largest of the
Cherokee Strip Livestock association,
says range cattle have wintered fairly
well. and with the possible exception of
the far onrthwest, he considers the out
look in the cattle business quite prom
ising.
The commissioner of internal revenue
has received telegram from Green's
boro, North Carolina, saying that R. j.
Barnwell, revenue officer, was killed
and Deputy Marshal Brim mo rtally
wounded bv moonshiners in Stokes
county.
A worlingmens cooperative society
has been formed in Chicago. The first
stores opened will be for the sale of
meat and groceries, only, and it is in
tended to extend them to other
branches, as the growth of the society
may warrant.
The exports of beef, hog and dairy
products from the United States during
the month of February, as reported by
the chief OF the bureau of statistics, are
valued at $11 1921 900, an increase OF
$4,000 as compared with the CORE
spending month of last year.
Judge Blatchford, OF the United States
supreme court, has granted a writ of
error which will operate as stay of
execution in the case of PeterJ. Classen,
convicted OF embezzlement of the funds
OF the Sixth National bank of New
York City, and sentenced to imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
John Teemer, of St. Louis, has posted
forfeit of $500 for a match race with
Edward Hanlon for $1,000 side, to be
rowed at Point OF Pines, near Boston,
May 30th, or any other place Hanlon
may prefer, the course to be three miles
and turn. The challenge will remain
ten days, and if not accepted by Hanlon,
is open to O'Conner or Goudaur on the
same conditions.
(. The suit brought by citizens of Omaha
to restrain the city from delivering $780,
600 in bonds to the Union Depot COM
pany, has been decided by the district
court against the railroad. Judge Doane
in granting the injunction, took occa-
sion to denounce the Union Pacific
management, saying the road had al
ways taken everything offered, but al
ways failed to give anything in return.
Eleven large green houses belonging
to the celebrated Idle Hour farm OF
William X. Vanderbilt at Islip, l.. l.,
burned Saturday. The loss is estimated
at 800, 600. Only a few plants and
ferns were saved. These greenhouses
contained many plants and ferns, some
of them 200 years old. The celebrated
rosehouee was also included in the loss.
This was said to contain the finest speci-
mems Of roses in the country.
The Foothills.
Three-quarters of an inch of rain fell