HERE AND THERE. Yellow Fever Spreading Be yond Control. THE SITUATION IN FLORIDA. Overland Flyer Wrecked in Ne braska—Democratic Conven tions—Eastern Echoes. I Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald. 1 Jacksonville, Fla., August29.—There is no longer the shadow of a doubt that we have on our hands a regular epe demic. Thirty-four new cases were re ported to the Board of Health for the twenty-four hours ending atOo'clock this evening. The colored people assert that ten thousand colored people will soon be dependent on the Relief Committee, and that $10,000 per week will be required to furnish them with the necessities of life. New Orleans, August 29.—A dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., to the Picayune says: This morning's list of twenty-one new cases with sixteen others reported up to noon, has again sent the people panic-stricken in every direction. NEBRASKA DEMOCRACY. Hon. John A. McShane Nominated tor Governor. Lincoln, Neb., August 29.—The Dem ocratic State Convention met at 3 o'clock and placed in nomination the following ticket. For Fovernor, John McShane, of Omaha, the present Democratic Con gressman from the First District; Lieu tenant-Governor, Frank Folda, of Colfax; Treasurer, John M. Patterson, of Cass; Auditor of Public Accounts. W. A. Paint er, of Boone; Attorney General, W. H. Munger, of Dodge. The platform adopted is a hearty ap proval of the platform adopted by the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis, and endorses the names of Cleve land and Thurman. It approves the course of Representative John A. McShane, the present Democratic Representative from the First District, in Congress; condemns the Republican party of Nebraska for being false to its pledges and for allowing Pinkerton detectives to be imported iuto the State for special police duty; favors the regula tion and control of railroads, and the en actment of laws to destroy "trusts;" op poses the system of convict labor in use in the State; favors the present high li cense system as the best means of deal ing with the liquor traffic; denounces the protective tariff and favors the Mills bill as a step towards lightening the burdens of the peosle from taxation; approves the course of the Administration regard ing the fisheries question, and denounces the two Republican Congressmen from Nebraska for their votes against free lumber and free salt. HAWKEY i: IIEIUOCRATS. < Good Candidates and a Strong ] Platform Adopted. t Dcs Moines, la., August 29.—The ; Democratic State Convention met this ' morning. Michael Healy was made tern- i porary Chairman. Committees were ap- c pointed and a recess taken. \ On re-convening the Committee on i Permanent Organization reported for ( permanent Chairman Fred Lehman, of Dcs Moines. After his speech balloting for candidates began. George C. Heber ling, of Jackson, was nominated for Sec- 1 retary of State; Daniel J. Ockenstein, of Montgomery, was nominated for Auditor. 1 The ticket was completed by the nomi nation of Amos Case for Treasurer, Pat rick S. Smith for Judge of the Supreme - Court, and Joseph O. Mitchell for At torney General. 1 The platform adopted endorses the National platform and the nominees of the St. Louis Convention. It congratu lates the people of lowa upon the pass- 1 age of the Mills tariff bill for the reduc tion of taxes on necessaries, and denoun- f es the Republicans for accepting a new I doctrine which means the continuance of the existing war taxation. The fifth plank of the platform says: ' 'The Demo cratic party now, as heretofore, declares itself opposed to prohibition, and strong ly condemns the same as imperious, alike to business interests and the cause } of temperence." 1 "We recognize in the death of Phil H. 1 Sheridan a National loss and hereby ex- j tend our sympathy to his bereaved j family." The Sheridan resolution, which was J not a part of the platform, was unani mously adopted by a rising vote. Ad journed. j DEEP WATER CONVENTION. j A Stormy Time Over the Election , Of a Chairman. < Denver, Col., August 29.—The Deep ( Water Convention was called to order ( this morning by ex-Governor Evans, i The report of the Committee on Creden- f tials was read and adopted. Judge 1 Brady, of Texas, presented the report of ] the Committee on Permanent Organiza- ] tion as follows: Chairman, Hon. G. P. ] Noel, of Kansas; vice-presidents, Gover- ( nor Adams, Colorado; John Hancock, i Texas; D. H. Armstrong, Missouri; J. ( L. Hill, Kansas; A. D. Yocum, Nebras- t ka; W. A. Culp, Iowa; G. F. Fowell, < Arkansas; J. Reynolds, New Mexico; F. ( D. Kelley, Wyoming; Lewis Wolfley, i Arizona; secretary, F. A. Dana. 1 Lieutenant-Governor Gibbs, of Texas, j presented as a substitute for the report | of the committee a proposition that the i Convention provide its own Chairman, i and then nominated Governor Thayer, ; of Nebraska,for that position. This brought the battle between Galveston and Ar kansas Pass squarely to the front, and for , over two hours the substitute was warmly debated between tbe friends of these two cities, it being understood that Thayer was favoring Arkansas Pass, while Noel was for Galveston. Gibbs' substitute was finally carried, and the roll call resulted in 217 votes for Thayer and 198 for Noel. The announcement of the vote created a pandemonium which lasted several minutes. The Convention then took a recess till three o'clock this after noon. On reassembling Governor Thayer took the chair and was presented with a handsome silver-mounted gavel from Senator Houston, of Texas, on be half of the President of the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass Railway. After a brief address from Governor Thayer, the Convention then appointed a Committee on Resolutions and adjourned until 10 a. m. to-morrow. CHICAGO'S KICK. Transcontinental Freight Rates Not Yet Adjusted. Chicago, August 29.—The freight de partments of the Western roads have re ceived a promised supplement to the transcontinental tariff. It modifies in a great measure some of the inconsisten cies that Chicago shippers are complain ing of, but only partly relieves this city THE LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1888. of the discrimination imposed by _ the original rate sheet. On many articles that are manufactured here, such as matches, musical instruments, etc., the rates are still higher from Chicago to the Pacific Coast than from New York to the same points. The majority of the Mis souri river roads refuse to adopt the new rate. Chairman Midgely will be home to-morrow and a meeting of merchants and railroad men will be held to consider the subject. THE "FLl'EBn WRECKED. A Narrow Escape tor Claus Spreckels and Others. Chicago, August 29.—The overland "flyer" on the Union Pacific road was wrecked at Kimball, Neb., early this morning by a broken rail. Three sleep ing cars, one of them occupied by Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, rolled down an embankment. Spreckels escaped, but three other passengers were seriously in jured. Eastern Echoes. 0, S. Terry, of Watterville, N. Y. has just sold his 1888 hop crop at twenty five cents, an advance of ten cents on the pound within one week. Mrs. Mary Caslick Hume, wife of Prof. Hume, well known in literary circles, dropped dead while preparing to bathe in the surf at Good Ground, Long Island. The first shipment of standard silver dollars for storage in the large new Treasury vault was received at the De partment Wednesday morning from Philadelphia by express. It amounted to $60,000. A barn at the Spring Valley stock farn, nine miles from Indianapolis, was burned Tuesday and eighteen head of fine horses perished. The fine stallion Brignoli Wilkes was lost; also Ina, valued at $6,000; Mary C, $5,000; Vassar Girl, Madam Homewood and others. The boiler of a locomotive attached to a Lehigh Valleytfreight train exploded while going up the mountains Wednes day afternoon. A brakeman named Joseph Van Horn was blown from the engine into the woods two hundred feet away. Both of his legs and one arm were broken and his back was injured. He died before reaching home. Condensed CableKrams, The colliers' strike is seriously inter fering with the movements of steamships from Melbourne. Emperor Francis Joseph has invited the Prince of Wales to witness the au tumn maneuvers of Austrian troops. Advices from St. Petersburg say that another Nihilist plot has been unearth ed. The conspirators, who had quarters near the Imperial palace, were raided by the police, who captured twelve men and three women, and secured a number of bombs. Several other arrests were subsequently made. Five hundred Dervishes attacked an Egyptian fort near Wady Haifa and cap tured a portion of it. The Egyptians re ceived reinforcements from Wady Haifa and finally succeeded in driving out the Dervishes, killing more than 100 of them. The Egyptian loss was sixteen killed and twenty-seven wounded. Sir Charles Tupper has been made a Baronet; Minister West has been given tlie grand Cross of the order of St. .Michael and St. George; and Messrs. Thompson, Winter and Berne have been made Knights Commander of the same orders. These honors have been conferred in recognition of services rendered by the recipients as members of the Fishieries Commission. Marine Intelligence. London, August 29. —Passed Sicily Is land : The steamer Bohemia from New York for Hamburg. Passed Isle of Wight: The steamer Buffalo from New York to Halle. Queenstown, August 19.—Arizona from New York. Dover, August 29. —Denmark from New York. Rouen, August 29.—Phoenix from New York. Liverpool, August 29. —Peruvian from Baltimore. New York, August 29. —Jersey City from Bristol and The Queen from Liver pool. SENDING US LUNATICS. A Crank Who Received a. Revelation 1 la Lob Angeles. 1 New York, August 15.—Among the witnesses who appeared before the Ford Committee on Immigration yesterday, . was Lewis B. Greenslade, better known ; as "Lewis the Light." He was dressed in a blouse and knickerbockers of spot less white duck, and on his chest was a ' great scarlet heart. He looked very pic- ! turesque, and was by far the most inter esting witness of the day. He was asked to take the oath, and held up his ' left hand, saying that he had as much respect for one hand as for the other. J His age he gave as 30 years, and said he came to this country first in 1876, by way of Canada. In telling briefly the story of his life he said that he started out as a carpenter, but soon left that trade to , run a news agency, and became the agent , for the National and Anchor steamship ] lines. He did not do any soliciting of , passengers, but if any one came to | his office he would give them plenty of j reading matter. He had been to this , country three times, and on his second , trip he was convinced, while in Los An- t geles, Cal., that he had an especial call to become the "Chief Jester in the Royal Court of the King of Kings," so he went at once to England and determined to i raise a commotion. He had some circu- j lars printed, and one day he went to St. Paul's in London and astonished every- j body by going through the church and | distributing the circulars. He did . the same thing at Westminster Abbey and at the Temple he jumped into Dr. Parker's place and delivered a little ser- • mon. This caused his arrest, and he was examined as to his sanity. The exam iners said he was all right and he was al lowed to go, but he repeated his feat and was sent to Hollo way Prison, where he was again examined, declared to be in sane and sent to the Stone Asylum. He appealed to tbe Commissioners of Lun acy, who ordered his release. Ihey wanted him to promise to come to this country, but he would not do' so. Filially he had a consultation with Dr. White, the Superintend ent of the Asylum, and Polydore Key ser, the present Lord Mayor of London, and decided to come here, as the Govern ment would pay his passage. For three weeks he was in London, and one morn ing a newspaper announced that he had ' taken part in a Socialistic meeting. He ' was arrested and taken to the Guild Hall, where he pronounced the state ment to be fake, but it stirred up the officials and he was shipped off at once. He came on the Egyptian Monarch, and , had been provided with a steerage pas sage. He went to the Captain and an . nounced himself as a lunatic, saying . that he wished a cabin passage. He got , it. He has been disseminating his views , of how he can beat death, while bis wife . is a barber in Brooklyn. Fresh roasted coffees can always be found at H. Jevne's grocery house. i PACIFIC COAST. The Will of tbe Late Charles Crocker. NO CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. Mrs. Hopkins Searles Smells a Mouse—The Officers of the Oceanic Exonerated. Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald. I San Francisco, August 29.—The ill of the late Charles Crocker was filed in the Probate Court this afternoon. It was executed on May 2,1887. Mrs. Mary A. Crocker, the widow of the deceased, is made executrix, and applies for letters of testamentary. The petition for the pro bate of the will states that the estate is worth $25,209,037, divided among the following property: Real estate, $2,800, --000; bonds and stocks, $12,000,000; ac counts, $8,150,000; promisory notes, $1,850,000; cash, $4,59,037. The testa tor declares that all the es tate is community property, and that Mrs. Mary A. Crocker, his wife, is entitled to one-half. In addition she is bequeathed the residences at Sacramento and on California street, this city, with all the pictures, furniture, horses, etc. Nothing is left to Charles Crocker, the son of H. S. Crocker, and nothing to bis brother, H. S. Crocker, because the tes tator gave both in his lifetime all he in tended to leave them. To Fannie and Julia, daughters of C. W. Crocker, he leaves $10,000 each, and to Edgar, the son of the same, he leaves $22,000; to Clark W. Crocker, his brother, he leaves nothing; to each servant in his em ploy at the time of his death he leaves $1,500 for each year of service; to his sister, Mrs. Sarah E. McKee, he leaves $30,000; to his cousin, Mrs. Fan nie Hoff, he gave $25,000; one-quarter of the residue is left to his two sons, Charles F. and William H., and all the balance is to be invested by the execu tors for his daughter, Mrs. Harriet V. Alexander, of New York. To his son George the deceased leaves all he has ad vanced to him for his business. A PROSPECTIVE LYNCHINU. Citizens of Nogules Thirsting for the Blood ol Kohn's Murderer. Nooales, Ariz., August 29.—Officers arrived this evening from Sonora with Manuel Verdugo, supposed to be the murderer of Louis Kobn, a dry goods merchant of this city. Verdugo was ar rested on telegraph at Ortiz station, near Guaymas, Monday last, and the evidence is very strong against him. Bloody clothing, the same as that worn by the prisoner the day before the murder, was found in a room occupied by him while here, and which he left without turning over the key. There is strong talk of lynching when the prisoner is turned over to the American oflicers. A BENEVOLENT PROJECT. The Experiment of a Christian Temperance Commonwealth. Victoria, B. C, August 29.—Joseph Spencer, of London, England, represent ing the Christian Temperance Common wealth, of this city, has arranged with the providencial authorities for tho whole of Malcolm Island, two miles wide, and twelve long, and intends to populate this with poor families from England, giving them houses and every necessary, in roturn for eight hours work per day from the head of the famiiy. Suspicious of the lHunagciiient. San Francisco, August 29. —An even ing paper publishes a statement to-day to the effect that Mrs. Mark L. Hopkins- Searles has become suspicious of the management of the Southern Pacific Company property, so far as her interest is concerned, and that the affairs 01 the company were in a very bad condition, and that through her attorneys she was instigating a searching examination. Manager Towne said this evening that her attorneys are hereon business touch ing interests in the Southern Pacific, but she is entirely satisfied with the manage ment of the company's affairs and has no desire to withdraw her investments. The Fault was the Tide's. San Francisco, August 29.—The Brit ish Court of Inquiry which has been in vestigating ihe recent steamer disaster, announced its dicision to-day, exhonor ating the officers of the steamer Oceanic, and complimenting the officers and men for the fine discipline observed during the trouble. The Court states that it can only attribute the cause of the collision to the fact that the City of Chester was caught in a strong tide, off Fort Point, which caused ber to run across the bows of the Oceanic. Sau Diego Fire. San Diego, August 29.—Early this morning fire broke out in a Chinese laun dry and soon spread to the Eureka sa loon, kept by Hart & Turner; then to George Hardy's paint shop, and Park hurst & Judge's chop-house. The total loss is about $0000. There was $1500 in surance on the saloon. During the fire a man named Hart was seriously in juried by falling timber. Santa Harbara's Ship Comes In. Santa Barbara, August 29. — This , morning the ship J. H. Bowers arrived here seventy-five days from Newcastle, Australia, with one thousand tons of coal for the Santa Barbara Gas Company, the first foreign ship to come here direct for many years. The Santa Barbara county fair is now being held here. The exhibits are un usually fine. Trains Delayed by Forest Fires. San Francisco, August 29. —During the past few days extensive forest fires have occurred along the line of the Cen tral Pacific near Summit Station. Many telegraph poles have been destroyed and some snow sheds partially burned. A large force of men are busily engaged in fighting the flames. Through trains have been slightly delayed in con sequence. A Three.! ear-Old's mischief. Seattle, August 29.—The large barn of Thos. Webb, on Hoods Canal, was entirely destroyed by fire, with two thousand tons of hay, wagons and machinery. Loss, from $8,000 to $10,000. No insurance. Caused by a three-year old boy playing with matches. The Coast Conference. San Jose, August 29.—The annual Coast Conference of the Wesleyan Metho dist Church, convened here to-day for a four days' session. Representatives are present from Oregon and Northern Cali ; fornia. Committees were appointed on ; Itinerancy and Pastoral relations. I Opium Carpetbaggers. Seattle, W. T., August 29—The Chief t of Police to-night arrested two men, Un derwood and Dessussey, and captured forty pounds of smuggled opium which they had in a valise. The prisoners are waiters on the steamer Olympia, plying between Victoria, B. C, and this port. I linger Ifloorc Resigns. Stockton, August 29. —Manager Moore, of the Stockton baseball club, to-day sent in his resignation. At a meeting of the directors last night much of his authority was relegated to them. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. I The tenor of communications appearing in this column is not necessarily endorsed by the editors of the Hekald. Tho writer who desires to be heard i a it should always accompany his screed with his full name, not necessarily for publication hut as a guarantee of good faith. ] Tax Assessment. Editors Herald—Although the as sessed valuation of the real property of Los Angeles county for the year 1888 is exorbitantly high, it is doubtful whether the State or County Treasury will realize as high an aggregate of taxes for this year as would be realized if the assess ments were not so oppressively extrava gant. The people of this county are in unison with the progressive spirit of this portion of the State, and are accustomed to cheerfully waive any ex ceptions to assessments that are known to be moderately above the actual and legal valuation of property. They say nothing about it and let it go for effect; but when the assessments levied are not only above actual values, but so extrava gantly and palpably above actual values as to appear to threaten absolute confis cation of the property, the people so assessed will see to it not only that taxes will not be paid under such illegal assess ments, but that sales of property for non payment will be stopped by writs of injunction. It is not apparent whether the asses sor was under the prevalent craze of "booms" in real estate, or was stupidly and stubbornly ignorant of His official duty. However this may be, it appears on looking over the rolls that the assess ments levied upon the cultivated farms of this county are extravagantly above actual values, and, therefore, not only illegal but oppressive. By section 3673 of the Political Code, the Board of Supervisors has lawful au thority to compare and equalize assess ments, but they have authority also to reduce the whole county assessment down to the actual and legal valuation of property; and knowing as they do that these assessments are far above actual values, and not having made such re duction, they cannot escape censure for dereliction of duty. Nor can they shirk their own responsibility by shifting this work over to the State Board of Equali zation. The Supervisors having authority by the Statute law, to make such reduc tion, and not having done so, the State Board at Sacramento will decline the work, and upon the plausible assumption that the Super visors, being local witnesses on the ground, ought to know best about it; or it may be urged in the State Board that if the people down there in the south part of the State are willing and anxious and proud to pay more than double their just proportion of the State taxes, then let them do so; but if they are dissatisfied with this, then let their home Board of Supervisors attend to it. And so it will turn out that the farmers of this county will be expected to succumb to unlawful taxation laid on under the crazy incentive of an asf.essor, and sanctioned by the weak, passive inaction of the Board of Supervisors. A speculative puffing of the ptices of real estate in market does not affect tlie actual value of the cultivated homestead farms oi the county. It is bad policy, bad statesmanship, to crush out or dis courage by excessive taxation, the set tled cultivators of the useful products of these farmß. The foregoing is apposite to the county assessments generally; but mention may he made of particular instances in which the County Assessor, whatever his name is, was grossly and corruptly personal, seemingly with the view to provoke people to dispose of their farms to speculators, under pressure of over-burdensome taxation. For in stance, on the Homestead farm of 134 acres, owned and occupied and cultivated by the undersigned for many years past, the County Assessor imposed an assess ment of $147,400, being $1100 per acre for last year, and $120,000, being $900 per acre for this year, each one of these two annual assessments being about seven times more than the actual value or legal valuation of the land, as proved by the recorded fact that prior to these last two years this same farm had been assessed from year to year at only its actnal value of from $4000 to $5000. To show the Assessor's personal dis crimination against the undersigned, let it he observed that the neighboring farm of like quality is assessed at the coi ipar atively low figure of only $250 per acre. Now, the legal proceeding of impeach ment against the County Assessor for mal-practice in office would not remuner ate the damages; and then impeachment would be conferring a kind of dignity and honor upon him. B. Ballerino. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. Callforlila Rem Sand Stone Com pany. Editors Herald—Through your valu able and extensively read journal please allow me to state that the above com pany has now completed the wagon road to the quarry, and will probably com mence shipping stone in a few days. Stone of any size, from one pound up to twenty-five ton, can be had, and the most berutiful stone ever known. The com pany is wealthy and financially very solid, always prepared to furnish any amount of bonds that may be required for all contracts; they mean business and are gentlemen in every sense. It is a pleasure to do business with such a com pany. The demand for the stone is simply immense. The company is org anized as a building and contract com pany, and will deliver the stone at any point designated at rates that defy com petition. John Long. An TJnluckv Roat. Near the hoist bridge in the Oswego Canal is moored an old and dilapidated canal-boat, the letters of whose name, Hat tie Sweeney, are still legible. A canalman leaned over the railing of the bridge yesterday afternooa contemplating her. "If ever there was a Jonah boat in the world that's her," he said. "She has been a Jonah to everybody that ever owned her. Nobody has kept her long, and every one seems to lose money on ber. I lost f3OO myself when I owned her. There is no reason why she shouldn't make money as well as any other boat, except that she is a Jonah. Then look at her record. First there was somebody shot on her deck. Then a boy fell off her deck and was drowned. Just after that she went down to New York and everybody on board was taken with the smallpox. That is a specimen of the kind of boat she is. She carries : lumber now."—[Syracuse Standard. i Children Cry for PitchersJJastoria. An Old Landmark. The Herald's Eastern exchanges bring an item of news which will prove of much interest to readers of this paper. It is to the effect that by the retirement of General Baird from the head of the Inspector General's Department of the army Major Geo. H. Burton, now on duty at General Miles' headquarters, is promoted to a lieutenant-coloncy. Old-time Angelefios will remember Colonel Burton back in 1869 to 1872 as a lieutenant in the infan try, and stationed at Drum Barracks. They will also recall his marriage in this city to Miss Minnie Larabee, of whom the local press at that time said she was the most beautiful of all the Los Angeles belles. Since that period Colonel Burton has served in many parts of tbe country and participated in various severe Indian campaigns, notably the Modoc war in the Oregon lava beds, when General Canby was killed. He now returns to his old haunts a Lieuten ant-Colonel in the most favored corps in the army, with the prospect of remaining for four or five years. Those who knew him of old will be glad to welcome him back, and they will desire that his stay may be very long, and this wish will be shared by all the community, as Colonel Burton becomes as generally known as he was twenty years ago. She Is of Age. On Tuesday morning last the Timet contained a sensational story about a young woman, whom the writer alleged was forced to live a life of shame by her "Mac." The story also stated that the young woman had endeavored to reform, but that the "Mac" forced her back to the life she disliked. Miss Carrie Blair, the young woman in question, called at the police station last night and said that there was no word of truth in the alle gations of the Times. She had not been living with one of the Abbotts and had not been forced from virtuous paths by him. She said that she was living a re spectable life and that she was 21 years of age, and that she proposed to live us she pleased. *_%\WTiie Illustrated Herald is now on hand at this office and for sale at the extremely low price of 15 cents each, or eight copies for $1. The current number has a vast amount of fresh statistical matter of great interest regarding this section. The Illustrated Herald of 1888 is by all odds the best medium through which to make known to those at a distance all the varied attractions and industries of Los Angeles and of the semi-tropics generally. If you want to keep up the boom send a copy of this splendidly embellished publication to your friends in the East. Speeches and Uocuincnts. The political campaign, which has now fairly begun, will appeal largely to tlie in telligence of voters through printed documents. Tlie Herald Book and Job Department is prepared, with new type and newpresses, to print speeches and cam paign documents by the thousand or million, in good style, at reasonable prices. The Circus Still Runs. It is a pleasure to see that the fun-lov ing people of our city know how to ap preciate a good show. Robinson & Heike's large canvas, which seats over 2,000 people, was filled last night— "standing room only;" and everyone went away well pleased, and many re marks were made about this really ex cellent performance. This is one of the best shows that ever visited this town for the money. Messrs. Robinson & Heike have been requested by many of the citizens to move their canvas further up town, so as to give the people a chance to witness the performance who live a long ways from the present location. A grand family matinee at 2 p. if., also a performance to-night. Doors open at 7 p. m. Admission 25 cents. Don't forget the place—San Fernando street, near the Southern Pacific freight depot. The Los Angeles (Hanna) College. The fall term of this institution will open on Wednesday, September sth, at 10 a. v. All students should be present at that time in order that they may be classified. • Fancy Groceries For the very best trade, at Seymour