Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-28
EASTERN ECHOES.

The strike of the cokers is virtually
broken at Fairchance, Pa. where sew
eral hundred men are at work.
Ex-State Treasurer Woodruff, of Ar
kansas, has been arrested on charges of
embezzlement.| He gave bonds.
There are said to be twenty-five lepers
in New Orleans, and they are allowed to
roam through the streets unrestrained.
Chief Arthur, of the engineers broth
erhood, has gone to Denver in answer to
a call from the grievance committee oi
the Rio Grande Western railroad.
The danger of strike on the Penn
sylvania system has been averted, for
the present at least, the men accepting
the concessions made by the company
Ida Grove, Iowa, is greatly excited
of which have proven fatal, and ten
to recover.
The large type founders of the coun-
try have about effected consolidation
OF their interests. The capital involved
is reported to be $4,000, 900. Palmer &
Rey are IN it.
Adjutant-General McKeever will re-
lieve Colonel H. G.. Corbin, OF General
Miles staff, Monday. Corbin will report
for duty at his new post at Los Angeles,
March 10th.
The Union Pacific statement shows
that for the year ended December 31st
the gross earnings were $44 ,53S pol. an
increase of 1887 ,13S; the net earnings
were 19,9O2,274, a decrease of 81 ,412,'
223.
George G. Ingham, one OF the best
known criminal lawyers of Chicago,
died suddenly of heart disease Thurs.
day night. He was among the counsel
for the state in the anarchist and Doodle
cases.
Tie trial OF the libel suit of John H
Hollander against Consul General Baix
of Guatemala, at New York, for the re-
covery of 900 damages, ended by the
jury rendering a verdict of 6 cents fol-
the plaintiff.
The explosion of gas at the Potts
town, Pa, Iron company's steel works,
threw several tons of hot metal over the
men at work, painfully burning fifteen
of them. George Townlier and Charles
Rutter will die.
The report that President Harrison
has accepted the resignation of United
States Treasurer Huston, and appointed
j. A. Lemcke, ex-state treasurer of In
diana, to the position, is pretty gener-
ally believed.
Negotiations are under way for the
purchase of all the mining properties in
the lower part Of the Aspen, Colo,
mountain by syndicate of English cap
italists. The price is stated to be in the
neighborhood of $17, ,000,O00
DR.. Clark Gapen, who was employed
by Mrs. Carter's counsel in her famous
divorce case as a medical expert, at
tached Mrs. Carter's effects on the ar
rival of her theatrical troupe at Omaha,
for $1,000 he claimed was still due for his
services.
An Omaha special says there will be a
reorganization in all the division head
quarters of the Union Pacific system,
designed to effect reduction of twenty
per cent. in operating expenses. The
feature will be the consolidation of the
purchasing departments of the Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific, under the
supervision OF Abraham Gould.
Erastus Wiman has received more
than one hundred replies from members
of congress who were asked if they
would vote for Hits reciprocity
resolution. Wiman says majority OF
both the senate and house will be
secured in favor of unrestricted rec
iprocity between the United States and
Canada. Senator Sherman thinks, in
the face of the Canadian campaign, any
action by congress might be misunder-
stood.