Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-13
WIRE WARS.

AhtcIcst III tiottiuS iaccss uob uoreJO-
fore popular form of Irish sport, is
growing in Ireland.
Miss Kate Drexel has taken the black
veil of the new Roman Catholic order
OF the Blessed Sacrament.
The deficit OF Cashier Spaulding OF
the North Middlesex, Mass, Savings
bank will reach at least $25, 900.
At Lafayette, Indiana, two people
were fatally and two others seriously
injured by an explosion Of natural gas.
At Aurora, ILL.,, the largest business
building in the city, occupied by about
twenty-five tenants, was almost entirely
burned. The loss is fully $l0O, 1000.
At Minneapolis, Mimi, former jani-
tor OF the building attempted to rob the
Citizens bank. He secured the money,
but was captured before he had gone
far.
William III. Sistare, OF the New York
banking firm OF Sistare Brothers, has
been arrested, charged with swindling
August Hecksher, OF Philadelphia, out
of $50, 900.
Rogers and Heft, arrested at Sacra-
mento, on suspicion of having murdered
Mrs. Greenwood, have been discharged.
They proved to be two painters from
Davisvi!le.
AtAnacortes, Washington, the steamer
| Union was released from her moorings at
the wharf by unknown persons, and she
sank in thirty-tive fathoms of water, near
Hot island.
/ GayJewitt, son OF Representative Jew
lit, of Worth county, Iowa, who for
a number OF years has been museum
wonder, is dead. He was 30 years old,
and weighed 740 pounds.
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, upon
their arrival at Folkestone, England,
from Boulogne-Sur.Mer, voluntarily
surrendered themselves to the police
authorities and were taken TO London.
At Pineville, KY, Judge Wilson
Lewis, who had been aiding in the pros
ecution of desperadoes of that region,
ney Lewis. The Judge had put his son
under bonds as one of the unlawful gang.
The report of the joint investigation
committee, finding shortage. in the
treasurer's Office of $640 900, and recon-
brought against ex-Treasurer Woodruff,
has been adopted by the Arkansas legis-
lature.
At Columbus, Ohio, the national
miners convention adopted resolu-
tion that all miners and mine workers
OF the United States, strike for eight
hours day, May 1st, next, and that no
miner remain in mine longer than
eight hours.
The Western Baseball association met
in Chicago Thursday morning, to ar
range plans for the coming season. The
following clubs are represented: Kansas
City, Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Milwau-
Washington, st. Louis and Chicago.
E. M. Cross, veteran ball-player, is
getting up club at Chicago to 60 to
Tacoma, Wash. He has secured the
following players: Silver Flint, Bill
Phillips, Rudolph Kemmler, Jack
Horan, Spiney Haley, Jim Hillery,
Fred Joine, George Rocks and Tony
Suck.
1t has been ascertained that the con-
spiratOrs recently arrested at Sofia on
suspicion Of being engaged in a conspir-
acy to overthrow Prince Ferdinand, OF
Bulgaria, are friends of Major Panitza,
who was shot some time ago for taking
were engaged in the plot, but three es-
capped.
Richard Mandelbaum, of the firm f.
Mandelbaum & Sons, wholesale liquor
merchants, San Francisco, left suddenly
for Australia last Saturday. leaving the
| firm embarrassed to the extent Of $780,
600. 1t is supposed that the money was
lost in gambling and stocks. The assets
of the firm have been attached by the
London, Paris and American bank.
| At Chattanooga, Tenn, the Tennessee
river has passed the danger line (33 feet)
and is still rising steadily. Thousands
of logs have drifted past from the wreck
of boom at Loudon, entailing loss of
more than $4,000. The stream is al
most out of it's banks. People in low
places are taking shelter elsewhere. A
big rise is coming drown from the head
waters.
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