Tombstone epitaph., 1891-03-01
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the CalK.-l N0gales Herald.
 A dispatch from Prescott announ. ces the death of Joseph Reynolds, familiarly known as "Dlamond Joe" He was the owner of the Diamond Joe line of steamers plying between St Paul and St Louis and was the sole owner of the Hot Springs in Arkansas and had large mining interests in Col. orado and Arizona.
 A special from Arkansas City, Kas. says: Thursday morning the Traveller, a daily paper of this city, in an edito- rial, said that letters had been received from Congressman Perkins and others saying that settlers in the Cherokee outlet could legally hold their home steads. As result thousands of people have gone in.
 This morning the Twenty-eighth street wall of the Fifth Ave. theatre, New York. fell in with crash and broke the water mains running through Tweuty.eighth street. That thoroughfare is flooded as far as Sixth avenue and east of Broadway, It is reported that two or three men are injured, but at present no further particulars are known.
 Owing to the illness of MT. Pow derly the conference of labor organiza- tions to arrange plans and perfect measures for aggressive educational and political work in 1892 has been temporarily postponed. The real ob- ject of the conference will be an at tempt to organize athird party, carry ing out the scheme proposed at the convention of the Farmers alliance.
 About nine last night a thief broke into the window of the pawn shop of Wm. Schwatz in San Francis. co and seized tray containing 45 diamonds valued at about $3,5OO. He emptici the diamonds in sack and Jumping on horse, held by two cor. federates, escaped.
 The direct, rs of the California Athletic Club held meeting on Mon lay {" consider the question of award i :, the victory in the Mitchell-La Blanche fight which took place at the club last Friday night. The decision was postponed until next Monday night as charges have been made that he fight was sold.
 There was a regular cloud burst at San Carlos on Monday Two and me half inches of rain fell in six hours and sixinches since the 17th The Gila river is booming higher than ever known. The Indian farms and iitches are all destroyed. The agency flour mill is partly inundated and its machinery ruined. The mill is liable to go down stream at any moment The agency miller, William Cornwell, and family narrowly escaped from browning, Hts house and contents were washed away and he had tt wade to the shore with his wife and babies.
 -The Brazilian election of mem bers of the chamber of deputies passed off quietly. The government gained -everal seats. Four opposition papers have been suppressed.
 An exodus of negroes to Oklalho- ma from Arkansas is in progress. Last night 100 left Pulaski county and next Saturday 500 more will leave and the end is not yet.
 -Contracto for the grading of Jackson Park for the Worlds Fair resumed work yesterday. About LOG men were at work in the trenches when a mob of 1000 idlers gathered about and ordered them out. The mandate was obeyed with alacrity.
 Senator E. K. Wilson, who has been indisposed for the past two days, died suddenly at Washington last evening of heart failure. He was Senator for Maryland. Senator Will son was born in Maryland, December P, 1921.
 -Washouts continue to prevail along the line of the Atlantic < Pacific. with Southern Cal l is completely shut of owing to the washing away of several miles of track and numerous bridges on the S. !. about Mojave and in Soledad can yOn north of Los Angeles.