Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-02
WIRE wAIFS.

FRANCIS r. Emery, DOOJS ana SnOeS,
Boston, denies the rumor that he has
assigned.
The would-be assassin Of the czaro-
witch, in Japan, has been sentenced to
penal servitude for life.
The czarowitch, on Monday, opened
the first portion of the trans-Siberian
railroad, at Vladivostok.
In the election at Paisley, Gum (Glad-
stonian) received 4145 votes, against 2S07
for his Conservative opponent.
The French senate has adopted bill
substantially permitting the Paris mu-
tual system of betting on races.
At New Orleans, the Hennessey jury
bribers pleaded not guilty after de-
murrer in their cases had been filed and
overruled.
At Chicago, five hundred lathers have
struck for an increase of 20 per cent. in
wages. All the big contracts in the city
are interrupted.
The increase of the public debt of the
United States, during May, amounted
to $622, 2,9l5.57. The total cash in the
treasury is $697 ,077 ,366.97.
The Pacific Coast Trottng Horse
Breeders association has decided to
claim for the date of their fall meeting,
October 9th to 18th, inclusive.
At Milford, Va, boiler in Jourdan's
sawmill exploded; E. L. Hayes, John
} ames and two negroes were killed, and
several other persons painfully injured.
Moonlighters, Sunday night, fatally
81, ,Of 20 N Il ir,o -,
Donegal, Ireland. Crawley had run a
farm from which former tenant was
evicted.
In the lower house of the Prussian
diet, Caprivi stated that the ministry
had decided against any reduction of the
corn duties, as ageneral state of distress
did not exist.
Minister Price OF Hayti has received
dispatch from Port-au-Prince, stating
that the rebellion which broke out there
recently has been suppressed, and forty
rebels executed.
Reports from various parts of Canada
state that crops are suffering greatly
from long-continued drouth. II rain
does not come within week, the conse-
quences will be serious.
Trade statistics for Costa Rica for the
last year show remarkable change in
imports, the United states now having
larger trade with Costa Rica than Eng
land, France or Germany.
The farmhouse of Valentine Beck,
near Beaver City, Neb., was burned
during the absence of Mr.. and Mrs
Beck, and their two children, girl of 6
and a boy OF years, perished in the
flames.
The supreme court of New Mexico has
rendered decision in the suit of the
heirs of David Mitchell and others, to
recover five-sixths of the great Maxwell
land grant. The decision is against the
plaintiffs.
Near Gainesville, Texas, in duel be-
tween the sheriff and cowboy named
Cope, more than twenty shots were
fred. Cope was killed, but he mortally
wounded the sheriff, who died shortly
afterwards.
Incorporation papers have been filed
at Columbus, o., for the Consolidated
Oatmeal company, with a capital stock
of $3,500,000. All the oatmeal mills of
the country are thus brought under one
management.
The Santa Cruz common council has
granted afranchise for an electric rail
way to the Santa Cruz, Garfield Park
and Capitola Electric Railway company.
The work of construction is to begin
within sixty days.
The London Times, referring to the
pope's encyclical on the social question,
says 1t is doubtful whether the ques-
tions are handled with success; yet it
abounds in remarks that deserve atten-
ton, and it breathes throughout the
spirit of Christian charity.
At Mount Pleasant, Texas, A. P. Boyd,
a local editor of the Titus county Times,
was found dead with his throat cut. He
was suspected OF being the correspon-
he was killed on that account.