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LOS ANGELES HERALD.
VOL. 37.—N0. G-
GREEN GOODS DEPOT
The Counterfeiters' Head
quarters Unearthed.
An Important Capture by New
York Detectives.
Six Thousand Incriminating Letters
Seized.
Some of Them Will a Tale Unfold—ln
spector Byrnes Will Conduct All
Future Correspondence.
Oeneral News.
is o ~: ■ ' Pross Dispatcher
New York, Oct. 25.—The central
office of detectives has juat unearthed
the of the "green goods"
business in this city, together with a 1
cyplier code, bookg of reference, lists of
names and some (>OOO letters received
from people in every state in the Union.
They have also arrested Frank Brooks
and Terrence Murphy, head operators
and leaders in the business. They also
learned that the combination had just
sent out 500,000 circulars and letters
preparatory to the winter's work. In
spector Byrnes has the names of the
people to whom the circulars were ad
dressed, and will look after further cor
respondence in his own way.
Among the many letters seized is one
from Superintendent Reid, of the Home
Stock farm, Alpine, Ind. He incloses
$50, for which he was to receive $550 in
green goods. He asks that they be ex
pressed him alOonnorsviile, and naively
says: "I presume it wouldn't be wise
to attempt to pass them on banks.
United States Treasurer Huston lives at
Connorsville. He recently resigned,
you are aware, but he would be apt to
he very shrewd and well posted, would
tie not?"
A SI'EOTACULAU WEDDING.
The Coming Marriage of Minister flrnbb
to a Scotch Lady.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25. —It has just
come out here that the coming wedding
of Hen. K. 15urd Grubb, American min
ister to Spain, to a beautiful young
Scotch woman, whom he wooed and won
at Madrid,is to be a decidedly spectacular
affair. There sailed with General Grubb j
on the steamer Normandie for South
ampton, last Thursday, six young men,
all members of thatfamous Philadelphia
cavalry organization, the City troop.
These young men are to act as ushers at
the wedding, arrayed in all the splendor
of the magnificent uniform which is the
pride of their troop, and the most elab
orate worn by any military company
in fie I'nited States. It iB white, scar
let and silver, With high boots ana silver
helmets, curniounted by enormous bear
v skin crescents, and in general magnifi
cence is exceeded by but few uniforms
in Europe. General Grubb is an ex
captain of the City troop, he having
resigned at the time'he was running for
the governorship of New Jersey.With his
manly form aTrayed in a captain's uni
form, and six masculine beauties to back
him up, the wedding ceremony should
be long remembered by Ediuburg so
' ciety.
COMMERCIAL ITEMS.
Increased Export of Coil'ee from Itrazll
to the I'nited Slates.
Washington, Oct. 25. —The Bureau of
American Republics has information
from Brazil that the total export of
coffee from Santos the past eight months
amounted to L,038,081 bags, of which
133,248 went to the United States.
This is a great increase over the corre
sponding period last year, when the
amount shipped to the United States
was 2U?,705 bags.
The new port of Ceiba, recently es
tablished in Honduras, has entered into
active commercial relations with the
I rdted States. In the first two weeks
of September it shipped tc this country
39,000 bunches of banan'.s.
BRUTAL KORDBB.
A Woman Tramplod to Death by a St.
Louis Tough.
St. Loins, Oct. 25.—While Mrs. Sadie
Kicker and a friend, Mrs. Daly, were
passing the corner of Tenth and Clarke
avenue tonight Joseph Farley stepped
out from a crowd of toughs and struck
Mrs. Daly in the face with his clenched
list. Mrs. Kicker interfered, whereupon
Farley threw her down and commenced
beating her unmercifully with his fists,
and finally trampled her to death. He
then jumped into a buggy and escaped.
Brazil at the World's Fair.
Washington, Oct. 25. — Captain
Rodgers, commissioner of the world's
fair in Brazil, states in a letter that
among the estimates '-resented to con
gress by the government was an item
equal to $550,000 American gold, for the
; purpose of making the best possible»dis
play of the resources, products and in
dustries of that country at the Chicago
exposition. This amount is intended
only for the federal exhibit, and is in
addition to the appropriations made by
the various states for their respective
exhibits, which have been very liberal.
A Good Man Uone Wrong.
A*an Buekn, Ark., Oct. 25. —A sensa
fin has been created here by the report
I 'tml J. M. Weaver, a well-known church
7/nember, who has hitherto borne an ir
/ reproachable reputation, is an embez
zler. He had been land agent for the
Little Rock and Ft. Smith railroad for
I years, and it is asserted his shortage
will run into the tens of thousands.
Salvation Army Notables.
New York, Oct. 25.—The Hamburg-
American steamship Columbia reached
the dock at Hoboken this morning. She
has been watched for for some days past
by the Salvation Army leaders all over
the country, as among the passengers
were Mrs. Booth-Claborn, leader in
France and Switzerland, and her secre
tary, Mme. Pevron.
Able to Support Himself.
Nrw York, Oct. 25.—Isaac Terkow
sky, a Russian Jewish immigrant, when
questioned by inspectors at the landing
bureau today as to his financial ability
to take care of himself,greatly surprised
the officials by producing $1,500 in cash
and $25,000 in letters of credit.
tail-end collision.
A Bad Accident on the Canadian Facliic
Railroad.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 25.—The Can
adian Pacific freight train due here yes
terday at noon did not arrive until mid
night, owing to an accident between
Keely and Brandon. An east-bound
freight train was pulling on to a side
track, when the west-bound freight, run
ning twenty-five miles an hour, came in
sight. The engineer of the west-bound
train reversed his engine, but could not
stop, it being down grade. The engine
dashed into the caboose of the east
bound train, which was yet on the main
track. Six passengers in the caboose
jumped. W. Joll was killed and James
Bell is supposed to have been killed, but
his body has not been found. D. Bunt
ing was badly mangled and will prob
ably die. The other passengers escaped
uninjured. The engineer and fireman
escaped by jumping.
AKOTHEB IMBROGLIO.
American Citizens Summarily Executed
by a Mexican General.
Rio Grande City, Tex., Oct. 25.—Two
of the men shot October 10th by order
of General Garcia, because of their al
leged revolutionary proclivities, are now
known to have been Juan Bazan and
Jose Angel Vera, and it is clearly set
tled that they were American citizens
and voters in this county. What they
were doing in Mexico at the time is not
definitely known, but the American
consul at Matamoras is making a thor
ough investigation. These, it, is assert
ed, are only a few of the number exe
cuted by Garcia very summarily.
A CARNIVAL OF CRIME.
JACK THE RIPPER MAKES HIS
DEBUT IN BERLIN.
An Operation of the Whitechapel Order
Performed in the Slums of the City.
An Epidemic of Murders and Suicides
in the German Capital.
Berlin, Oct. 25.—This city has been
treated to a Jack-the-Ripper sensation.
The horribly slashed and mutilated
body of an abandoned woman was found
at her lodgingß in the squalid quarter of
the town. The assassin escaped.
The woman was seen to enter the
house with a man at 1 o'clock this morn
ing, and within ten minutes the man
ran out. The woman was found on the
floor fully dressed, with her throat and
abdomen cut open. Her name was Hed
wig Nitsche. Portions of the woman's
body cut oft' were carried away by the
brutal murderer. Flood was spattered
all over the ceiling and walls of the
| room, and the murder seems to have
been tiie work of a madman. Several
suspects arrested during the day had to
be released for lack of proof.
The body of the woman was nearly
severed and ripped from.the neck down
ward. It seems that another woman
tried to enter the room before the
awful crime was committed. Her at
tempt disturbed the assailant, who sud
denly rushed out, pushing aside several
who were in his way. The inmates of
the house were awakened by screams,
and the unknown man was hotly pur
sued, but succeeded in making his
escape.
There have been many other crimes,
including suicides, within the past ten
days, in the lower quarters of the city.
THE FISTIC WOULD.
The Champion of Wisconsin Vanquished
in Five Rounds.
Milwaukee, Oct. 25.—Ed Kinney,
middleweight champion of Wisconsin,
was knocked out today by Joe Tansy, of
Memphis, in rive rounds. The light took
place at Allenton, Washington county,
and was for $250. In the first round
Tansy landed a soaker on Kinney's jaw.
The latter fell and was down thirteen
seconds, but there was such a hubbub
among the spectators that the call of
time could not be heard, and Tansy con
tinued to punch his man until the fifth
round, when another blow in the neck
sent him to grass and he could not re
spond to the call.
A THKEE-ROUND KNOCK-OUT.
Kansas CiTY„Oct. 25. —A prize fight
took place tonight just across the state
line in Leavenworth county, Kansas,
between Nelson Golden, of this city,
and Dick Moore, of St. Paul, for $500.
Moore was declared the winner at the
end of the third round. He had the
best of the fight from the start, drawing
first blo«d and knocking Golden down
twice in the third round. Two hun
dred people witnessed the fight. Both
contestants weighed 145 pounds.
A STEM WINDER.
A Traveling; Man Has His Wife's Para
mour Arrested.
Dknveii, Oct. 25.— W. 11. Burges, trav
eling agent for a furniture company at
Cleveland, 0., arrived this morning and
secured the arrest of C. E. Stem, ex
paying teller of the National Exchange
bank, of Cleveland, on the charge of
eloping and living in adultery with his
wife, Cora Burges. Stem had been
here three weeks, and admits that
he had lived with the woman, but
denies that he eloped with her. They
left Cleveland together on September
29th, coming direct to Denver. Stem
declares that Mrs. Burges left here four
days ago for Seattle, where she has a
sister. Burges believes she is hiding in
Denver, and he will endeavor to find her.
In any event he will prosecute Stem.
CHILDREN CREMATED.
The Old Story of Little Ones Being Left
at H Alone.
Penetanguishene, Ont., Oct. 25.—The
I children of John Cummings, a farmer
, living near here, set fire to the house
• while the parents were absent today.
'. The parents arrived in time to rescue
, one, badly burned, the mother being
.. fatally injured in getting; it out. Three
other children perished.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 25.—A Birtle
dispatch to the Free Press says two
young children of Robert Newsham were
■ left alone iv the house yesterday and in
i some manner set fire to it. Both per
; ished.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2<i, 1891.
POINTS FROM PARIS.
The French Government's
Tariff Tinkering.
The United States Not a Favored
Nation.
Prospects for American Pork in
France Improving:.
French Army Maneuvers — Boulanger
Said to Have Been a Dope Fiend —
Great Floods in France, Spain
and Italy.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Paris, Oct. 25.—The new tariff act
cannot be promulgated before the end of
the present year; therefore there will
not be sufficient time to make it the
subject of negotiations between the pow
ers before the treaties with them lapee.
The government accordingly will intro
duce in the chamber of deputies a bill
to authorize them to establish commer
cial relations with foreign countriesdur
ing the year 1892. The minimum tariff
will be applied to Belgium, Holland,
Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and
Sweden, the treaties with which will
expire in February, on' condition tl/at
those powers grant France their lowest
tariff rates. The minimum tariff will
also be conceded those nations now
having the most favored treatment,
which include Great Britain, Russia,
Mexico and Turkey. On the other
hand the United States, Italy and Rou
niania are subjected to the maxiura
tariff.
The French government will request
the powers to revive during the year
1892 the treaties relating to navigation,
trade marks, etc.
AMERICAN PORK'S PROSPECTS.
The history of the debate in the sen
atorial committee, in regard to the
proposition for rescinding the prohibi
tion of American pork, goes to show
that the senators who are opposed to it
first urged a duty of 35, and then of 80
francs per 100 kilos, in lieu of rescinding
the prohibition. The measure was at
length passed, when amended to 25
francs, and the opposing senators think
it ought not go lower than
Germany's rate. The government
however, will demand that the senate
vote a 20-franc rate, so as to agree to the
proposition as it has already passed the
chamber of deputies. The senate is
likely to ultimately support the govern
ment's demands. Senator De Cauville,
in an interview with an Associated
Press representative, said the fact that
the hygienic objection to the introduc
tion of American pork had disappeared
would greatly help the measure through
the senate.
FRANCE'S WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONER.
The government is about to appoint
Eugene Spuller, a well-known politi
cian and formerly minister of foreign
affairs, to the position of chief commis
sioner for France at the Chicago Colum
bian exposition.
FRENCH ARMY MANEUVERS.
The opening maneuvere of the French
army began at daybreak this morning
with a sham attack ou Paris from an
army having its headquarters at Poissy.
Gen*. Edon was intrusted with the de
fense, which is the practical mobilizing
of all the forces of the garrison available
by railway. The general engagement
begins tomorrow.
A SOCIALIST LEAGUE.
LTntransigeant today publishes a
communication signed by Laisant and
Roche, members of the present cham
ber of deputies, and Michelin and I'lan
teau, former members, as well as a num
ber of well-known Revisionists, an
nouncing the formation of a league aim
ing to establish a socialist republic.
BOULANGER WAS A DOPE FIEND.
It has just transpired that Bou
langer was terribly addicted to the mor
phia habit. The most dramatic
incidents of his life were passed
while he was under the influence
of morphic injections. It is also ascer
tained that Madame Bonnemain was a
victim of the drug.
A YANKEE HORKE TRAINER'S DEATH.
Fred Carter, the American trainer for
the well-known horse breeder and turf
man, Paul Aumont, of Chantilly, died
there of typhoid fever yesterday. Carter
came here from Boston, from which city
a number of the Carter family came to
manage French horse-breeding estab
lishments during the time of the second
empire.
PERE HYACINTH ATTACKS THE POPE.
Pere Hyacinth, in an address today
before an immense andience, including
many senators and deputies, condemned
superstitious abuses, such as the Lord's
vißion and the holy coat, and made a
vehement attack on the Pope's temporal
power agitation, as inconsistent with
his priestly office. He said the pope
would do well to heed the wiil of the
Italian people and submit to the
country's laws. The address was loudly
applauded.
WIND AND FLOOD.
A Terrible Gale and Deluge in France,
Italy and Spain.
Paris. Oct. 25.—The climax of the
gale which has been raging three days
was reached yesterday, when the wind
blew with terrible violence over the
Gulf of Lyons and the island of Corsica.
An immense number of vessels have
taken refuge at Marseilles, many of
them in a damaged condition. The
towns in the valley, of the Aude have
been great.} damaged by Hoods in that
stream. The troops were called out to
assist in saving property, and two of
them were drowned while at work.
There are grave fears of disaster along
river valleys in France, Spain and Italy,
which are greatly flooded.
LOSS Orf LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Great floods have occurred in the
streams fed by the mountain torrents of
the Eastern Pyrenees. Many valleys
have been inundated, and crops and
buildings washed away.
At Limoux the floods undermined sev
eral buildings, which subsequently col
lapsed. Twenty inmates were killed
and nine other persons are still buried
in the debris. The railways have been
washed out, and much other damage
done.
FLOODS IN SPAIN.
Madrid, Oct. 25.—Reports from all
parts of the country say floods continue
in all directions. Telegraph communi
cation with Paris is interrupted. A rail
road tunnel between Vilches and Santa
Ciena was undermined by the flood and
collapsed. i
DILLON'S SOUND LOQIC.
He Dilates on the Stupidity of Quarrel Ing
With England.
Dublin, Oct. 25.—John Dillon ad
dressed a demonstration of workingmen
at Dundalk yesterday, and made a flat
tering appeal for their support. He
dilated upon the stupidity of trying to
quarrel with England alter all the
trouble and time that has been occupied
in securing her friendship. It was a
terrible thing to ask Ireland,«with her
steadily dwindling population, to break
with Gladstone at the risk of postponing
home rule another decade. It this spirit
of faction is permitted to spread, before
two years were over they would have as
many parties as there were Irish mem
bers, and be in the same position as
fifteen years ago, when every man was
fordiimeelf.
What the Czar Should Do.
London, Oct. 25.—The czar's contin
ued absence from St. Petersburg is much
resented in Russia's famine districts.
It is contended that he ought to make a
tour of the Btricken provinces instead of
going to the Crimea, in order to stimu
late local activity and palliate the over
whelming distress.
THE VALPARAISO AFFAIR
SAILORS OF THE BALTIMORE WERE
BRUTALLY ASSAULTED.
The United States Has a Prima Facie Case
for Demanding Satisfaction, but Should
Not Act in Hot Blood, Is the London
Thunderer's Opinion.
London, Oct. 25.—The Times, referring
to the Baltimore affair at Valparaiso,
says it is clear that a brutal outrage was
committed and the Washington govern
ment has a good prima facie case to de
mand satisfaction. But the time has not
yet come when such a demand could
properly be pressed. If made now it
would be made in hot blood and based
upon incomplete .information. It is not
for a great and powerful nation like
the United States to deal in this
highihanded fashion with a weak
neighbor. Arguing that Chile is re
covering from a regime of bad govern
ment, the attack on the Baltimore's
sailors may be regarded as not in the
same drama. America's strong aggres
sive policy will tend to enhance the dif
ficulties the government is having—
already hard enough—to maintain law
and order.
WIPED OUT BY FIRK.
A Swiss Village Suffers a Terrible Con
flagration.
Paris, Oct. 25.—1n was learned today
that the village of Meiringeu, in the
canton of Berne, Switzerland, has almost
been wiped out by fire. The flames
were fanned by a gale, and the local fire
department could do nothing to check
the progress of the conflagration.
Nearly all the business places
and residences were utterly de
stroyed in a brief space of time, the
Victoria and Wildremann's hotels be
ing the only structures of consequence
left in the prosperous village of 3000 in
habitants. The town was reduced to
ashes in three hours. The wind was so
strong that partly burned papers were
carried as far as Interlaken, nineteen
miles distant. The inhabitants of the
burned town are in a dreadful condition,
and relief parties have been started.
UNHAPPY HKBKKWS.
Particulars of an Anti Jewish Riot in a
Russian Hamlet.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25.—The anti-
Jewish riots at Starodoub arose from
the people's resentment of the action of
the municipal authorities in granting
permission to Jews to open their shops
on Sunday. In the midst of the
riot a Jew struck a young Rus
sian, and the leport spread
that the latter had been killed.
This greatly increased the fury of the
populace. The rabble sacked a number
of wine shops and many became drunk.
Suddenly a fire broke out in the Jewish
quarter. The mob prevented the Are
brigade from getting to work and ten
houses were destroyed. The mob con
tinued the work of pillage until a late
hour in the night.
CABLE FLASHES.
Adolph Dupins, the well known
French actor, is dead, aged 86.
The ameer of Afghanistan has sent a
mission to St. Petersburg to conclude a
Russo-Afghan commercial treaty.
Advices from Damascus state there
were thirty cases of cholera and fifteen
deaths from the disease in that city on
the 20th inst.'
Steamship Arrivals.
Havre, Oct. 25.—La Bretagnc. New
York.
Queenstown, Oct. 25.—Lord Gough,
Philadelphia.
New York, Oct. 25.—Ftruna, Liver
pool; Illinois, Antwerp; Columbia,
Hamburg ; England, London, and Den
mark, Liverpool.
The New German Minister.
Washington, Oct. 25.—1t is authorita
tively announced tonight that Dr. yon
Holleben, German minister to Japan,
has been appointed minister to the
United States, to succeed the late Count
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