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VOL. XXXIII.—NO. 170.
LEAKING LEVEES.
No Marked Chiuige on the
Lower Mississippi.
The Waters Still Encroaching
at Many Places.
.
People Rapidly Moving Out of the
Flooded Districts.
Great Damage to Railroad Property—Much
Suffering Among the Drowned-Out
Inhabitants.
Associated Press Dispatches. 1
New Orleans, March :!0. —Advices.-
from various points regarding the Mis
sissippi levees show no marked change
today, except in the vicinity of Skip
with, where the water is steadily ad
vancing. The towns of Mayersville,
Fitlew and Hayes cannot escape an in
undation similar to that at Skipwith.
The Skipwith people are moving as ra
pidly as possible. There is no danger to '
human life, and most of the stock has
been taken to safe ground.
In Madison parish the levee bank is
crumbling rapidly, but a new one is be
ing built and may be completed in time
to save the country. The railroads in
that vicinity, and all along the river
side, are the heaviest sufferers. Some
divisions have been entirely abandoned
and others will be soon unless the situa
tion improves.
Tlie town oi Rayville is in imminent
danger. Four inches of a rise will
flood it.
t.reenville an Island.
Qrfeenville, Miss., is now an island.
The town is in great danger of being
inundated. The situation is unimproved
from last night, though the levees are
not yet gone.
A new break occurred at Huntington,
this morning, and the water in town is
now rising at the rate of an inch and
a half an hour. All the railroads there
have been abandoned.
A Standstill at Helena.
Helena, Ark., March 30. —The river
came to a stand today, and stands forty
seven feet. This is three inches and a
half alwve the high-water mark of '80.
A steamer loaded with provisions
reached Laconia circle this morning.
The unfortunate people in that district
are being relieved as fast as possible.
The levees around Helena are still in
good condition, and a more confident
feeling prevails.
Orent Distress at Laconia,
St. Loris March 30. —.1. J. Hogan, of
the Memphis Commercial, arrived from
the flooded district along the Mississippi,
says in Laconia circle, Delta county,
Arkansas, comprising 20,000 acres, the
inhabitants, numbering between two
and five thousand people, whites and
negroes, are in a destitute condition.
Many have been flooded out of their
homes and.are living on thq housetops.
Live stock not drowned is maintaining
a precarious existence with their
wretched owners on the roofs and else
where. From Helena, the entire Missis
sippi delta country, reaching from Yicks
burg west to Snreveport and down to
New Orleans, seemed likely tQ be inun
dated. All the people who have realized
the true situation are moving into other
regions.
Flanters Not Discouraged.
Chattanooga, Term., March 30. —The
Times has a dispatch from a large cotton
planter at Memphis, saying to a great
extent the newspapers have heen too
sensational about the levee troubles.
The planters will call for aid when it is
necessary, but not before, as otherwise
labor will be demoralized and leave the
planters helpless, with their planting
far behind. The breaks are bad, he
says, and a good deal of country is
flooded, but the planters have not yet
found it necessary to appeal for aid.
Congressional Forecast.
Washington, March 30.—1n the Sen
ate the Dependent Pension bill and the
Florida judicial nominations are in
order; after these the Montana election
case, on which a long debate is antici
pated. Reagan will speak tomorrow
upon the bills providing for the issue of
treasury notes upon deposits of silver
bullion and the free coinage Of gold and
silver.
In the House the Army Appropriation
bill will continue to be the subject of
■consideration, and after that the bill to
admit Idaho. The Tariff bill is ex
pected to be reported during the week.
Lost In the Mountain*.
Denver, March 30.—A Cheyenne spe
cial to the Republican says: Edward
Hoppy, the son of a rich Louisville,
Kentucky, merchant, who has been vis
iting on the Big Horn, has been lost in
the mountains three weeks, and it is be
lieved be has perished. His horse, with
blankets and saddle, was found by a
searching party twenty miles from the
road on which Hoppy was traveling
when overtaken by the storm. It is
feared his body cannot be found until
the snow melts from the mountains.
Methodist National University.
Baltimore, March 30.—Bishop New
man, of the Methodist Episcopal Con
ference of California, today said : Bank
ers and business men of Washington
have subscribed liberally to the pro
posed university. One gentleman own
ing a large quarry said he would give all
the stone required for the buildings.
The grounds selected for a site will be
purchased at once.
Decreased Clearances.
Boston, March 30.—The total gross
exchanges for the last week, as shown by
the dispatches from the leading clear
ing houses of the United States and Can
ada, were $957,663,455, a decrease of 4.6
percent., as compared with last year's
same week.
Not Counted Out.
Denver, March 30.—The jury which
for the past two weeks has been hearing
the Londoner Mayoralty contest case,
tonight brought in a verdict to the effect
LOS ANGELES HERALD.
that they had, by the evidence intro
duced, found 350 fraudulent votes. A
Londoner had a majority of 427, he i
still Mayor, but by only 77 majority. I
is not yet known what further actioi
will be taken in the matter, if any.
Tltin.K MUKDEK.
Three Ghastly Corpses Inearthed in
Wyoming.
Dbnvbb, March 30.—Last Decembe
the body of a girl, supposed to be that o
Bdntt Wellson, was found buried in i
hut on tlie Enos ranch, in the Big Hon
basin. The Coroner, while invest ig.it in;
the matter last week, discovered lin
more bodies, one that of a white man
and the other an Indian woman, burie<
i within a few feet of where the girl was
: found. All three had heen murdered
' their heads being crushed with an axe
: They evidently have been dead a year
The mystery i's beyond solution by the
1 authorities.
J.lve Stock Perishing.
Charleston-, \V. Va., March 30.—1n
formation is received from Boone, Lin
coln and adjoining counties to the effect
that hundreds of cattle are dying fron
want of food. Grain is very scarce anc
the roads are so bad that no feed can be
hauled.
Shldy Fired.
Washington, March 30.—Hamilton
Study, whose record as an employee in
| the Milwaukee postoffice was one of the
features of the recent civil service mi
i vestigation, has been dismissed from tlie
! census office.
Hotel Ittirned.
Bams, Tex., March 30.—The Central
hotel burned this morning. William
Eldridge, a young farmer, was suffocated.
The other guests escaped in their night
; clothes.
P.UM'lmtl Games Postponed.
San Fkanitsco, March 30. —Owing to
i the rain the baseball games in the Cali
fornia League series at Stockton and
: this city were both postponed today.
ILL-FATED LOUISVILLE.
A WET SNOW ADDS TO THE LOSSES
SUSTAINED.
! Willing Hands Trying to Save the Ex
posed Property—No More Bodies Re
j covered—Numerous Funeral Proces
sions—Well Organized Relief.
Louisville, Ky., March 30.—Snow
began falling this afternoon, melting as
fast as it fell, and having the effect of
rain. All afternoon and evening men
have been busy trying to protect prop
erty exposed. They were particularly
active at the tobacco warehouses, and
the damage will be greatly lessened. It
is thought, however, a lows ot ncarlv
$100,000 will be sustained by the wet.
No bodies are reported taken out any
where today.
Funeral processions followed each
other in rapid succession today, and
some of the scenes were impressive.
Masses were said at the Catholic
churches, and sermons preached at
Protestant.
Oilers of help continue to come in,
and liberal contributions from home and
outside are being received.
Miss Clara Barton, president o{ the
American White Cross Association, ar
rived in this city today with several of
her assistants. In an interview tonight
she finds relief so thoroughly organized
and proceeding so effectively that there
is no need of her services here. She
added that she has never known efforts
of relief to be better directed.
$ Miss Barton and her corps of assist
ants will devote their attention to other
storm-stricken parts of this State.
A great number of strangers are in tlie
city from outside points, and many who
had friends in this city are coming to
see about them. The devastated dis
trict was thronged today with sight
seers and presented a dreary sight.
Gangs of men are working hard putting
up temporary roofs over partly demol
ished houses and replacing the fronts in
stores to secure the stocks against dan
ger from further storms.
No more missing have been reported
today, and it is believed the total killed
has been made known. The injured are
receiving every attention, and no deaths
occurred today, though the condition of
some is extremely critical.
The water supply is running very low.
Every effort is being make to complete
a temporary stand pipe, and it may be
finished Wednesday; but before that
time, probably by tomorrow night, the
city will be almost entirely without
water, except that reserved for fire de
partment work.
The Death 8011.
Olympia, Wash., March 30.—General
Robert Milray died in this city yester
day of heart failure.
Galveston, Tex.,March 30.—Chauncy
B. Sabin, United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Texas, died
today.
New York, March 30. —David Dows,
a prominent grain broker and capitalist ,
died today after a long illness.
Electric Eight War at Napa.
Napa, Cal., March 30.—Six weeks ago
the electric light company shut down
to compel the city to pay higher prices.
The Board of Trustees have now granted
a franchise to the Thompson-Houston
Company, which is preparing to put a
plant in operation. The old company,
consequently, lit up again last night. A
war between the two companies is ex
pected.
Strike Movement Spreading.
Barcelona, March 30. —The strike
movement is spreading throughout Cat
alonia. Forty thousand men have quit
work, and it is expected many more will
soon join the.strikers. There is a strong
Anarchist element among the working
men.
Won in Two Bounds.
Milton, Cal., March 39.—A tewnty
round glove contest, Saturday night, be
fore the Milton Athletic Club, between
E. J. Brady, of Jackson, and N. Hart, of
Copperopolis, was won in 'the second
round by Brady.
Fighting in Dahomey.
Paris, March 30. —Advices from Da
homey say: Colonel Terreiton attacked
the native forces on the River Ocume.
The native losses were heavy.
MONDAY MORNING, MABCH 31, 1890.
KENTUCKY STORMS.
Fearful Havoc in tlie Blue
(Trass State.
Great Loss of Life e ()utside
Louisville.
The Tornado's Course Through
Webster Comity.
Everything in the Aerial Monster's Path
Leveled to the Ground—lnnumer
able Casualties.
Associated Press Dispatches.]
Louisville, Ky., March 30. —A Dixon
Ky., special says: A terrific storm
passed through Webster county Thurs
day evening. The tornado proper laste(
about twenty minutes, and in that time
eight people were killed and abou
thirty injured, some of whom will die
The property loss will amount to $200,
000. All through the storm section, as
far as can be seen, houses are derhol
ished, trees uprooted and debris scat
tered all over the country. A large
amount of stock was killed. A number
of people are destitute, but are beinf,
cared for now. It will not be necessary
however, to ask for outside aid.
Terrible Destruction.
A special from Poole's Mill, Ky., says
that a large portion of that country was
devastated by the great storm. In its
track scarcely a vestige of timber oi
property is left. Trees were torn from
the earth, and buildings of every descrip
tion demolished and scattered lor miles.
, Debris was picked up today four miles
from the place where the havoc was
wrought. Only a meagre account of the
casualties has yet been gathered, as the
physicians have not yet returned from
the desolated districts. Some people who
have come here for surgical aid, give
terrible reports of the destruction,
and say seventeen deaths are reported
so far, with a great number of injured.
The Tornado's Track.
The storm first struck the farms of two
colored men, laying them waste. Next
Richard Williams's house waß wrecked,
and he and one child and Mr. Shelton
were killed, and several others hurt.
The farm-house of William Arnold was
next visited, and three of his family
were badly injured. Then Jackson
Brown's farm waß struck. Not a build
ing or fence was left standing. Here
three people were fatally injured. Six
other farm-houses in the direct track of
the storm were next wrecked, but the.
residents fortunately escaped harm. The
death work began again at the farm
of John Baby. Not a vestige of this
I poor man's property was left, and the
! entire family were seriously injured.
The tornado then took a course across
, Noblick flats, tearing half a mile in
; width through the forest, and leaving
!in its track not a single tree standing.
Beyond the woods several more farm
j dwellings were blown down, but the in
mates escaped with slight injuries. The
house <>f -Mrs. Walker was completely
i demolished, and all of her family badly
! hurt.
Awful Devastation.
Tlie scene of devastation all along the
: hurricane's course is the most frightful
I ever witnessed in Kentucky. The
I storm tore its way from the last
•named farms through the dense forest
of the Green river bottoms, striking the
Lovisville and Nashville railroad about
half a mile from Sebree. There a heavy
freight train, including the engine, Was
thrown from the track and piled up in a
tangled mass of debris. The engineer
and two trainmen were killed.
From this point the track of the aerial
monster stretched across the broad
bottoms toward Green river, crossing
that stream at the mouth of Grave's
creek, and there leaving Webster county.
A special from Hartford, Ky., reports
several farm houses wrecked in that
section. Three persons were killed and
a number of people hurt.
Destruction at West Louisville.
Owensbobo, Ky., March 30. —It is
learned tonight that at West Louisville,
not a business house was left standing,
and but one dwelling can be seen. Only
one person was killed. The injured
number fifteen, of whom four are not
likely to recover.
Marine Intelligence.
Liverpool, March 30. —Arrived: The
California.
New York, March 30.—David and
India.
Hamburg, March 30.—Rhineland and
Antwerp. <r
Qi'eenstown, March 30.—City of Paris,
Gallia aud La Gascogne from New
York.
Philadelphia, March 30. —The Penn
sylvania, from Liverpool.
Baltimore, March 30.—Maine, from
London.
Archer's Immense Shortage.
Annapolis, Md., March 30. —The con
dition of the affairs of State Treasurer
Archer seems to be growing more com
plicated, and it is thought now that his
shortage will not fail below half a mil
lion. Archer, it is learned, has a great
number of private debts, and it is
asserted that a number of trust estates
that were in his care have been wiped
out.
Bismarck's Birthday.
Berlin, March 30. —Prince Bismarck's
coming birthday, which will be the
first of next month, was -cele
brated at Kaiserstontein today. The
grand fete was attended by a large con
course of people. Thousands of people
visited Bismarck today.
What He Didn't Relieve In.
She (sentimentally)—l often think
that the world is full of unsung songs.
He (practically) —What's the use of
them if we never hear them.
She—Ah! we can feel them. There is
a song in the flower, in the flying cloud,
the—
He—Well, the world may be full oi
unsong songs, but I am going to take
care that it is not full of unaissed kisses.
Let the curtain be drawn.—[Boston
Courier.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Major W. H. Toler Very Badly Hurt
By a Runaway.
Yesterday afternoon at about 5 o'clock
a very serious runaway took place on
Grand avenue between Third and Bec
oud streets. Major W. H. Toler, who
residence is on the avenue running
along Second street to Bunker Hill ave
nue, had been out driving and was re
turning home. As he passed Third
street his horse shied at some object,
and the Major gave the animal a cut of
his whip to recall his mind to what he
was at. The horse ran away so furiously
that Mr. Toler was linahle to control
him, and, reaching Second street, the
beast swerved from the street and
ran into si pole by the curb.
The collision wrecked the buggy com
pletely, and the Major was thrown to the
ground with so much violence as to ren
der him senseless. He is a heavy man
and no longer young. The concussion
was severe in the extreme. Friends
Carted him to his home near by, where
tkey and the Major's family did' all that
could be done for his comfort.
The only apparent effectof the fall was
to render Mr. Toler unconscious to all
that was going on about him. He was
not able to recognize any of the mem
bers of his family. Later he fell into a
profound sleep, from which it is
earnestly hoped he may awake without
very serious results from his fall.
Portuguese Elections.
Lisbon, March 30. —General elections
occurred today throughout Portugal for
members of the Cortes. The Govern
ment candidates were successful against
the so-called "African" candidates, ex
cept in the cases of Serpa Pinto and
Ctistillos, who were elected. The Gov
ernment has a strong majority. ,
Indignant Students.
Vienna, March 30. —Letters from St.
Petersburg declare that the original
cause of the students' outbreaks in Rus
sia was indignation over the Siberian
outrages.
SNOW AT ST. LOUIS.
A REMARKABLE FALL OF THE
BEAUTIFUL.
Eight Inches on the Ground and Still
Coming Down —Street Car Traffic
Suspended—Fifteen Inches of Snow
at Saranac Lake, N. Y.
St. Louis, March 30. —The heaviest
snow storm of the year set in this morn
ing, and at a late hour tonight there
was no cessation; eight inches had
fallen; street-car travel is greatly im
peded. |
Snow in 'York State.
Kakamac Lake, N. V., March 30. —
Sn&w huß leer, falling; steadily since
Friday. It is now more than fifteen
inches deep on the level, and still snow
ing hard tonight.
SOME STRANGE DRINKS.
How a Wicked Drummer Tangled Up
the Barkeeper.
They are telling a good story on
Johnnie Farley, the handsome host of
the Richelieu, and it will probably be a
long time before he hears the last of it.
Here are the facts, according to the
Pacific Wine and Spirit Review:
''Give me a little prima facto with a
dash of angostura" said a big well
dressed drummer for an eastern cigar
house the other day, as he spun a $20
piece on the bar in front of Farley.
The latter looked solemn and replied
that the house didn't keep that mixture
as there was no call for it.
"Oh, I suppose," said the drummer,
"that the drink has not traveled this
far west. So you can give me a hie jacct
and make it soft."
Farley confessed, in a hesitating way,
that it could not be had.
"Very well, I can get along with a
cum grarto salts, if you don't make it too
sweet."
There was a bunted look in Johnnies
eve as he replied that the man who
always made that drink was off duty.
"Well," laughed the drummer, "this
is getting rather monotonous, but we'll
compromise on a horn <lv combat, with a
touch oi piarscMno, and make it quick
fori want to catch the next Oakland
boat."
This time Farley turned pale, but he
was equal to the occasion and he dodged
the disagreeable issue by looking at the
clock and declaring that he would not
have time to properly prepare the bev
erage.
"Great Ctesar! I thought this was a
first-class house," growled the cigar man,
"but I see it isn't. So you can give me a
tempisfugit flavored with Benedictine."
At this stage oi the dialogue Farley's
forehead was studded with great beads
of perspiration, and he looked as though
he could be knocked out with a feather.
"Excuse me, stranger," said he
huskily, and forcing a sickly smile,
"we've got the Benedictine, but we
haven't got a drop of the fugit or the
tempis left. Won't you please change
this deal and take a royal Pommery
champagne cocktail with me?"
The drummer looked weary, but ac
cepted the peace offering and walked
out.
"I'd give a red horse and a blue wagon
if that ttv jay from the East would teach
me how to make those Yankee drinks.
Seems to me I'm getting'way behind the
procession," remarked Farley gloomily
to a lounger at the reading table, who
had kept his laughing face hid
den behind a paper during Farley's
ordeal. When he learned that the
"fly jay" had sprung some old
stock Latin and French phrases on him
and "worked" him for a champagne
cocktail, Johnnie fainted. An hour later
be went down to the Grand and tried
the new gag on Ed. Fay. It didn't work,
for Ed. had also Buffered at the hands of
the drummer, and he not only loaded
Jonathan with a draught composed of
pepper sauce, salt and Jamaica ginger,
but made him crack a couple of bottles
of extra dry for the crowd.
Two to One on WilHe.
"It's very puzzling," said a worried
looking woman to one of her neighbors.
"What is that?"
"I can't tell whether Willie is corrupt
ing the parrot or whether the parrot is
corrupting Willie. "*-[Washington Post.
SAFE IN PORT.
Anxiety for the City of
Paris Relieved.
The Big Steamer Towed Into
Qneenstown.
The Vessel's Narrow Escape from
Foundering at Sea.
Her Engines Disabled and Water Pouring
Into the Hold—Panic-Stricken
Passengers.
Associated Tress Dispatches. |
QoHEIfSToWJt, March 30. —The Inman
line steamer City of Paris, towed by the
steamer Aldergate, arrived at Queens
town at 4 o'clock this morning. An
accident occurred on Tuesday, caused
by the breaking of the low-pressure
cylinder of the port engine, flying pieces
of metal forcing the bulkhead and mak
ing a hole in the double bottom and
disabling the starboard engine. The
passengers became panic-stricken when
they found the ship making water and
it was thought there was a possibility of
j the vessel foundering. The water which
I flooded the engine compartment was
forced through the injection tubes,
which it is alleged the engineers during
the excitement had neglected to shut.
The starboard engine was shattered al
most to pieces. The port engine-rooms
! were filled with upwards of 2,000
j tons of water, and the port engine was
entirely useless. Terrible consequences
would have ensued but for the bravery
|of the second engineer, who, at the
j peril of his life, managed to shut off the
steam, thus saving the maahinery from
| total demolition. The lifeboats" were
cleared and the pumps kept working.
I The steamer drifted helplessly until the
I 20th, when the captain sent the chief
officer and six men in a lifeboat to get
into the track of other line steamers, in
the hope of intercepting the City of
Chester or Adriatic. The boat met the
Adriatic, which declined to take the
City of Paris in tow, but sent the steamer
Aldergate. The Aldergate is a small
Steamer, unable to tow over four or five
knots hourly, and the progress made
was slow until Saturday, when the Ohio
was sighted. She stood by until 3 p.m.,
when the Fastnet was sighted. Two
tugs were sent later. The water kept in
creasing in spite of the work of tlie
pumps. An examination is being made
by divers. .The conduct of the officers
and crew was admirable.
Very scant Jcourtesy was shown the i
press by the representatives of the
steamship line, arid it has been very diffi
cult to get any details, except the stories
of passengers.
One of the passengers says the serious
feature was the fact that all the steam
pumps were disabled by the accident,
and the crew had to take to the hand
pumps. External appliances, heavy
sails and planks, also made the opinion ]
freely expressed, that if a storm had
come up, the steamer would have gone
to the bottom in a few hours.
LUCKLESS GREAT EASTERN.
East Vestige of a Venture that Cost Her
Owners *5,000,000.
We have so often been called upon in
past years to announce the last, and the
very" last, and positively the very
last of this magnificent, but gen
erally useless, ship, which has lin
gered on through an obscure but
profitless existence since her first voy
ages to New York proved a commercial
failure, that the stranded hull on the
Mersey shore, to be broken up for a few
thousand pounds' worth of old iron, may
seem but a reminiscence of the fate de
clared to be imminent and commonly
believed to be past.
It is thirty years since she first put to
sea from the" Thames, and her passage
down the Channel was marred by a
shocking disaster, the blowing up of her
steam apparatus, which cost ten lives;
but the laborious efforts to launch this
enormous leviathan, as she was at
first called, in 1857, from Mr. Scott
Russell's building yard at Millwall,
had been ominous of ill success. Men
were killed by the breaking of a gear at
tached to hydraulic engines that slowly
pushed her broadside on into the com
paratively narrow river, and Mr. Brunei,
the eminent engineer, dying a few days
afterward, was thought to !)e a victim of
sore anxiety and severe disappointment.
One serviceable and honorable per
formance, the laying of an Atlantic tele
graph cable in 1866, is set down to the
credit of the Great Eastern, but expe
rience has shown that vessels of moder
ate size can do such work just as well.
It is a sad chapter in the history of
marine architecture, and some people
must have lost, at some time or
another, nearly $5,000,000 alto
gether by this immense mistake. The
Great Eastern might perhaps have been
converted into a very commodious float
ing hotel, moored in some tranquil bay;
she could never have been a good sea
going ship, or competed in speed, com
fort or satety with the admirable liners
of recent construction. Her ' engines,
indeed, were manifestly of insufficient
power, and she rolled grievously for
want of a keel. —[London Graphic.
Herr Bismarck's Boots.
Prince Bismarck taught a Berlin shoe
maker, who was proverbial for making
promises which he did not keep, how to
be punctual. The man, after many
promises, had failed to keep them.
When this again occurred the shoemaker
was aroused at 6 o'clock the next morn
ing by a messenger with the simple
question:
"Are Uerr Bismarck's boots ready
yet?"
When the shoemaker said "No," he
retired; but in ten minutes another
messenger arrived. Loud rang the bell.
"Are Herr Bismarck's boots ready yet?"
was the inquiry.
"No." was the reply.
And so it went on every ten minutes
until the boots were ready in the even
ing. The shoemaker was more cautious
in making promises after that.—[Har
per's Young People.
C -2sB A YEARK- 1
r Buys the Daily Herald and *h
h. the Weekly Herald. J
Lit IS NEWSY AND CLEAN, j
FIVE CENTS.
HOUNDED TO DEATH.
Rudolph Mayer's Identity Established.
Ills Will Discovered.
San Francisco, March 30.—The iden
tity of Rudolph Mayer, of San Jose, who
so tragically committed suicide on Satur
day, the 22d inst., by rushing in
front of a moving railroad train, and
shooting himself in the head, has been
fully established. His will, written in
pencil the day before the deed,
came to light today. In it he
stated that he was hounded to
death hy his enemies. He states he is
of Jewish parentage. He left a re
quest to pay all his debts and give the
residue to bis young gentlemen friends-
The value of his proyertp is not large.
-WAA' I'KOVE FATAL.
An I •■lucky Cutter Has His Leg
Amputated.
1 San Francisco, March 30. —Late this
afternoon James Sim, a Scotch cutter,
attempted to board a train at Sausalito.
He slipped and fell and the wheels
passed over his leg below the knee, al
most severing it from his body. As there
were no accommodations for him there,
and the last boat for this city had
left, W. R. Hearst, editor of the Exam
iner, chartered a ferry-lxiat for an extra
trip, and brought the man to the city.
He was taken to the receiving-hospital
and had his leg amputated. The shock
may prove fatal.
British Steamers Lost.
Lisbon, March 30.—The British
steamer Tom Pyman is lost. The cap
tain and six of the crew were drowned.
The loss of the British steamer Gulf of
Aden, off the coast of South America, is
confirmed, and it is stated two of her
boats, containing the crew and passen
gers, have not yet been heard from.
Suielded.
Seattle, Wash., March 30.—Ira Hum
mel, the son of wealthy parents of this
city, who for the past three years has
been under indictment for * shooting
John Michaelson, committed suicide
today by taking morphine.
AN ORDERLY STRIKE.
THE IRON-MOLDERS CONDUCTING
A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN.
Fifth Week of the Trouble-Every
thing Quiet in the Hostile Camps.
The Men Not Yet Starved Into Sub
jection or Driven to Desperation.
San Francisco, March 30. —Today
was the beginning of the fifth week of
the iron molders' strike against the
Manufacturers' Association. Yet an air
of quietness pervades the entire district
occupied by the hostile forces. At the
strikers' headquarters, molders were
collected all day, but contented them
selves with the newspapers and quiet,
discussions as to the probable outcome
of the great strike now being made by
the Iron Molders' Union. Details of
special and regular police officers are
still on guard at the Bisdon, Fulton and
Union foundries, but their duty is a
monotonous one, and perhaps the most
discontented individuals connected
with the fight are the patrol
men. Not a sign of disturbance
has been seen since the declara
tion of the strike. The manufacturers
hold that the strikers are not yet reduced
to bedrock, and until that time will
there be much danger of violence. The
Eastern molders at work in the Bisdon
foundry do not seem to be faring badly.
They have good board and comfortable
lodgings, and appear to be contented.
.Several of them were taken out for a
ride today under the protection of
special police.
The Downey Fair Grounds.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Los Angeles Agricultural Associ
ation held on Thursday, March 20th, a
resolution was passed that the entire
property of the association be sold to
pay its indebtedness, amounting to
$.1,800.
In accordance with this resolution, a
meeting of the directors of the associa
tion will be held on Monday, March 31,
for the purpose of making" an order for
the sale of the property, consisting of
21 >o acres of ground and the improve
ments thereon, and better known as the
Downey fair grounds.
This prbperty is situated in the heart
of this city, and is worth a sum greatly
above the encumbrance thereon; but,
owing to the unsatisfactory condition of
the affairs of the association and the
delinquencies of some of the stock
holders, a moderate encumbrance on the
property has been permitted to accumu
late with no provision to meet it except
by a sale of the property.
The general sentiment of the business
men of this city and farmers of the val
ley is that there should be a reorganiza
tion of the society; the property relieved
from its debt and a sufficient portion re
served and set aside for a fair ground,
and that the plan of holding annual
agricultural exhibitions should be
strictly adhered to. In accordance with
this expressed sentiment, a move is on
foot to incorporate for this purpose.
This is a sensible view of the matter,
and should be carried out. It would be
suicidal on the part of our farmers and
business men to permit the property to
be sold and our annual fairs abandoned.
It would be a standing stigma
upon the community for its lack
of enterprise and a lasting mon
ument to the avaricious greed of
those who would profit by the abandon
ment for speculations this beautiful
park, that it should be the pride of all to
reserve for all time for public,use.—
[Downey Champion.
Not Guilty.
"Hez the joory made up its mind on
the verdict yit?" asked an Arkansas
judge of a jury that had just come in
after having been out ten minutes de
liberating on the case of a prisoner
charged with the trifling crime of killing
two of his neighbors.
"We hey, yer honor," replied the
foreman of the "joory."
"Well, let's have the verdict then,"
replied the grave and dignified judge.
''Well, your honor," replied the fore
man, "we find Hen not guilty, but if he
ever cuts up like that agin we'll not let
him off so easy, derned if we will, Hen."
"The prisoner is discharged," said the
judge.—[Time.