Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1892-03-08
WIRE WAITS.
The grand duke of Hesse is dying.

Gen. Julius Toledo of Mexico is dead.
The population of New York city is,
according to the census just completed,
1,S00,8
A City OF Mexico special says Hondu-
ras has refused concessions to the Lou
isiana lottery.
Near Rockville, Md, an extra engine
collided with train, killing Brakeman
Testers and Fireman Buckalls.
At Waukesha. Wis, Chas. Biggs, a
tinsmith, shot and fatally wounded his
wife, and then killed himself in like
manner.
Gold coin to the amount OF $3.50, 900
was ordered at the New York sub-treas-
ury for shipment to Europe. The total
ordered since February 10th, is $685.
600.
A negro who beat two white women
near Florence, Ala, Thursday, and
identified. He was hanged by citizens
Sunday night.
Sir George Baden Powell, member OF
the Boring sea commission, scouts the
idea OF serious complications over the
settlement of the seal question.
The acting secretary OF the treasury
has sent to the house estimates for an
appropriation OF $120,718 for the ex
penses Of the board of lady managers OF
the worlds fair for the year 1898.
Robert Mcclure, agent of the Pitts
burg Law and Order league, who has
been waging war on newsdealers, car
riers and newsboys for selling newspa-
pers on Sunday, has been arrested for
perjury.
M. s. Arnott, of Syracuse, N. Y, a
stakeholder in the Reading road, has
fled bill in equity to have declared
null and void the various contracts
which go to make up what is known as
the Reading deal.
The Barringer brothers killed Tom
Talbert, founder and president OF the
International Order OF National Me-
chanics, at Florence, s. G. Talbert
believed one of the Barringers had
ruined his daughter.
At West Superior, Wis, the Allouez
block, the finest apartment building in
the city, burned early Monday morning,
and nineteen families were rendered
homeless. The loss will aggregate
$l20,00O. Insurance, $4,000.
The government expert who has been
examining the books of the Philadel-
phia Spring Garden National bank
swore out warrant charging Director
Nelson f. Evans with the embezzlement
Of 100000 and Evans has been arrested.
In a fight between negroes and Poles
Sunday night, the latter were badly
kockon Dola ~, hot
another fatally wounded, while one
negro was fatally hurt and another seri-
ously wounded.
A Boston dispatch about the Deacon
affair in Cannes, says Mrs. Deacon was
intending to come to America to get
divorce and marry Abeille. 1t is also
said Abeille lived several hours after the
shooting, and Mrs. Deacon was with
him to the end.
A Baltimore daily paper publishes the
presidential preferences of ninety-six ed
itors CT Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia. The total for Cleveland in
the three states is SO against 25 for all
other candidates. The Republican
preferences are mainly for Harrison.
An unknown miscreant piled num-
Der of dressed stones on the New York
Central tracks, west of Tarrytown. Sun
day night. The fast Chicago express
struck the distractions while running
at the rate OF fifty miles an hour, but
fortunately did not leave the rails. The
passengers were badly shaken up.
Odell Williams of Palmer's Alabama
company and Zenaide Vislaire of the
same company, were married at st.
Paul, Monday. The bride was formerly
with Daly's company. She is a native
Of Mississippi and a granddaughter of
the celebrated Princess De Beauharnais
OF the house of Josephine, wife OF Ma
poleon I.
The United States government has de-
termined upon the manufacture of
smokeless powder, for both small arms
and heavy ordnance, and Captain Pit
man, well known ordnance officer and
expert chemist, has been detailed by
the chief of ordnance to take charge Of
of the laboratory at Frankfort arsenal,
At Salem, Mass, Monday morning,
Judge Endicott, of counsel for contest
ants in the Searles will case. filed a
formal waiver, in behalf of Timothy
Hopkins and wife, of appeal from the
decree allowing the will of Mary F.
Searles. Judge Harmon, having al
ready sent up the will, the supreme
court in April will promptly affirm the
probate of the document.