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LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD.VOL. XXIX. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1887.-SIXTEEN PAGES.-PART I: PAGES 1 TO 8. NO. 70

PACIFIC COAST.

-Arrest, of Va' derbill, the'?WiM West.^ent."

HIS LITTLE 1) »D>.ES EXPOSED.

Dastard y Attempt at TrainWrecking in Sail Luis Obispo

County.

IAssociated Press Disnatchestothe HaaAM)ISan rosß, Dnember 10.?Htrry L

Vandorbill arrived here this afternoon.He represented himself as advanceagent for Sullivan's Wil I West show,and is charged w th procuring moneyunder fal-e pretences. His methodwas to offer to give a. contract forbtttoheifl and oth r supplies for thetroupe at. an advance on the pricescharged him, providing that he waspaid a ceitdn amount down ami thebalance when the bills for supplieswete collected. He succeeded in vic-timising several parties before be was

arrested. He admitted havin*beenat Stockton recently, and in reap mse

to a message sent there, a reply was

received that he hid tried the samegame thero ami failed. His photo hasbeen found in the Mamas' gallery.

his record.

Ii is learned that ht; had been s<mtto Sin Qiieutin from Sin Bernard nocounty for burglary, an I was dis-charged in lone, 1886. From news-paper clippings in his pos-ession it isbelieved that he ha- been in Ixn An-geles and other southern towns trans-acting the suite business. He claimsto be a duly authorized ag nt for Sul-livan's show, lie is stylish in ap e.ir-

anee and dress and carries a gold-hooled urn noil i wPh the moiogrun

*'H L. V.,'' which he says was pre-sented to him by W. F. o ly, whomho formerly ser-ed as manager.

WHAT WE KNOW OP UI.K.

[Yanderhllt was in Los \ngeles intho latter part of Oc otter of thepresent year. He sent notices to allthe papers stating that he was therepresentative of Sullivan's tt iliWest Show hut the Herald re \u25a0elvimtprivate informalioil that ho Wassail-ing Under false odors, declined topublish his communication. Afterseveral ineffectual attempts to lice cthe merchants of this city, hedeparted hir the north on Octo-ber SSI, A lIEttACD representativehappened to be on the cars at, the

time and an incident occurred whichmay prove interest ing after the pres.entcxpose. When the conductor intho cours >of his rounds an*preached Vanderbllt, the so-called ad-vance age't pro need a pockatbook,looked in it, sighed, felt in all hispock-Is ami under the seat and filiallydeclared that he had lost bis ticket.

''Can't, help that." said the conduc-tor, ' you must cither get a ticket atthe next s ation or leave Ihe train."

"The idea is preposterous, my dearfellow," said Vanderbilt, -pringingfrom his seat. "I'vealready paid myfaro, antl do not intend to pay itagain."

"We'll see about that when wo getto tho next, dooot," said tbe con-ductor, an Ia ter finishing his tour ofthe train the ticket collector returnedarvd s:tt iv the seat next to Vendersbiit. where he remained until thetrain stopped.

"Now, sir, what are you going todo?" saiil the official, tapping Van-derbilt on the shoulder.

"I'm going to stay right here," wasthe reply, hut the next moment hewas gently passed out on to the depotplatform, ami a stalwart hrakemanmounted guard-over the steps tosee

that he did not return. Vanderliilialmost foamed at the mouth with r.ige,

and uttered dire threats and anathe-mas against the blue-coated official,but at tho last, moment, when the sig-nal was given to pull out,

he "took water" and pro'needto note sary fate, after whichLe was allowed to re ;eoter thetrain. The Herald representativewas unfortunate enough to occupy thenext scat to tlu- enraged advanceagent, and was compelled lo listen tohis grievances for two lung, wearyhours. Among other things Vander-bilt staled that he was a nephew ofthe millionaire of the same name, amithat bo had interested himself iv t"egbow business partly for amusementami iwrlly for profit. "After doingCalifo nia." be said, "I shall go toAustralia," but be has apparently not"done California as well as he antic-ipate I.?[Ed. Herald].

TUE'.IU PLANA fill.'STRATHIT.

a l.tieky llisroii'ry by a SectionI areas an.

San Lots Omseo, December 10 ?

The wrecking of the south-boundtrain on the Pacific Coast Railway

was narrowly prevented to-night by a

fortunate discovery ofsection ForemanQ ligley. A mile north of lan Olivosthree pieces of iron, each over a fx* tlong, two sticks of hird woo I ami a

bent rail were arranged on the tricknear w--at is known as the big cut.

Tho plot, to wreck the train was de-tected justin time to prevent tho BO-cilent. There is no clew to theperpetrators.

uf.rel.iot an«.«".*.

a Detective Discovers. Una inFresno County.

San Francisco, December 10 ?A.C. Diet?., one of the Creighton bonds-men, who has been missing severalweeks, arrived here to-night, havingbeou found on a ranch in Fresnocounty by a de'ectivo sent to serveBubpicuas ou him for ids appearanceas witness in the McCord case. Diet it'soil warehouse has been attachedpeu ling tho result of tho suit againsthim an I John Hill for tho recoveryof $10 000 in the forfeited bond uf D.T. Creighton.

BMINBIti C II 'I I liltANTS.

Attempt lo Import More Womoufor Immoral Purposes.

San Francisco, December 10 ?

Writs of habeas corpus were issued inthe United States Circuit Court to-dayfor twenty-feven Chinese women de-tained on the steamer City of Peking,which arrived here recently. Titowritswere given to deputy marshals lor

service but Captain Dearborn of thePeking refused to allow the women toleave tho steamer, and saidthat he was acting under or-ders from Collector Efager. JudgeSawyer upon being informedof ttie captain's refusal iMueri an or-der directing him to produce thewomen in court forthwith. This wasaccording!* done. Judgo Sawyerthen ordered tbe women to be placedon the steamer San Pablo until th ircases could be investigated. Collector linger stated that he hadissued his orders to Dearborn, Incompliance with the statute, prohib-itingthe importation of women forunmoral purposes, as he bad receiveda report frnin the Deputy-Collector, tothe effect, that it win for these pur-poses the women had been broughthere.

ABCBNB AT THE DOCKS.When the women were taken to the

Pacific mail dock, Customs inspectorhorsey ref ised to allow them to goonhoard the steamer San Pablo, layingthat he was actingAinder instruction*from Collector Hayes. United StatesMarshal Pranks went to the d ck<and ordered Dorseyto allow the wo-men to go on the ship. Dorsey still re-fused and insisted that Pranks sh midshow his badge nf authority as mar-shal. 'P.is Pranks refused to do. andhe finally placed Dorset' under arreston iicharge of resisting his authority,and tbe women then went on theship.

NATION llil:U( C ITION.

sjoctiiig of (lie i.o< ol CommitteeHt Hall I-'runcisco.

San Fkancisco, December 10?Thelocal executive committee appointedat the mcc ing of the Dire tors of theNational Educational Association atLawrence, Kas., last month, met thi-evening ami orginized with Ira GHititt as PreSl lent, fames (j.KennedyVice-President; .limes W. Anderson,Tre i-aner and J. H I'ryor, Secretary.A dispatch was sent to Aaron Give.President of the associa l ion at Denver0(4., informing him of the organic**tiou ? f the co-liniittee. A letter olregret.f.n enforced absence was readfrom Siijierinteudont Frel-ner of 1.0---tngeles.and let ers and circulars from

President Gove, and Secretary Can-field.

WHAT WAS DONE.A general discus-ion as to a plan of

operation was had. and a committee,consisting of Messrs, Campbell, Wil-son and Kennedy, was appointed toprepaie an address to the teachers oithe State. Saturday of each weekwas fixed as time ol" holding themeeting.

B \LI,TWIHLDHI,

The Pioneers Kiidlv Beaten Bythe (.inula.

San Francisco, December 10.?Pureelt pitched for the Pioneetsagainst the Now Yor s to-day andwhile he was bated freely, he wasgiven good support, by Carroll. Ew-ingwts in tho hex for tha Giants,Tho New Yorks haik the field nt tbecommend \u25a0ment, hut the Pioneers dida d get a man around ihe circuit untiltiie fourth inning. Smith made athree-base hit, then score lon a hotdrive by Pierrier. Score at the clo^e:New Yorks, 11; Pioneers. I.

CUICAO. 1-IIItCADEI.PHIA.Chicago, 9; Phil idelpbia, 0.

\u25a0i iIN. V, B.

Exhibit* In lie lorwnrddl for\u25a0lisplay in l.os Angeles.

Auburn, December 10.?An enthu-siastic mcc ing «t tho Plo-er countyBoard of Trade was held this after-noon, and about $700 raised by sub-scriptions for.the p trp i-o of sendingan exhibit of Placer oi ills fruits tiLoa Angeles ut once. .More money i-gu irantoed, ami i car cotitaining -0,(100 oranges a>d a lino displ.y ofolives, lemons, persimmons and otherfruit w ill be sent oil Tuesday. Thecommittee from Placer county willhave charge of the exhibits, and willalso take charge of any fruit sent. I>)oilier northern committees if they de-sire to make a display.

'Ibe Nblp Niurbuch Sold.POBTLAKD, December 10?Today

the Anieiicin shi.i Wm. 11 Sturbti. k

wis sold to George L. Caldwell foi$2:1500. Tho vessel is of iion, 1330tins burthen, and has been lying ii.this p ire for the p ist eight months.The ship was ihe pr >perty of Wm. IIBtarbuek, of Sew York, and was bnillsome six years aio at a cost of $80---(10,1 Tne Starbnck will no placed in

\u25a0he coast lumlier trade, aud her firsttrip will probably be made to SanDiego

I'nl'isioii nt Sen.Portland, December 10?A col-

lision is reported In the Straits ol

Dmigcuess early Friday morning,between the steamer Premier and an

unknown sailing vessel. Th- Steaineistruck the veavel a glancing blow ontbe Quarter, The unknown seemedto be going in the same direction a-t'io Premier. Th- latter vessel\u25a0Topped engines and reversed asuu ckly as possible, but too 1 le Miavert the collision. Immediatelyafter the colli-iou a sailorllis.ippeare iin tho darkness. The extent of thedamage ia not known.

Illrowiied Wliile Drunk.PORTLAND, December 10 ?News has

ju-tbeen received from PortTownsendof the thowning of four sailors belong-ing to the American ba kentine, T. G.Wilder. The sailors put oil iv a smallboat which cap-ued. Four men werein the boat at the time,all intoxicated.Only one man named Peter Denial Iwas rescued. The names of thedrowned men are: Robert Henry,Audio* 01.-en gad f'harlai Bright.

I.OIIIS 1i... . ..quittedModesto. December 10.?The ca ce

of Louis Baer, formerly of Oak L.le,a merchant Charged with feloninislyremoving poods from the stale withintent to defraud liis creditors, vasgiven to the jury at 5 o'clock ihi-evening. The jury came in at 9:o0o'clock with a verdict of acrju.ttal.

Nivalin's, flea.

San Fkancisco, December 10.?Seneca Augusta Swalm was arraigned

in tho Superior Court to-day on acharge of stealing Clara Hello Mc-Donald's diamonds. Ho pleaded notguilty and tho trial was set for De-cember 20th.

GENERAL NEWS.

A Passenger Train HeldUp iv Arkansas.

DOGS TRAILING THE THIEVES.

Raid On a Counterfeiters' LairNear Fort Douglas?old

Hands at Iho Business.

Associated Press Dispatches te the Hkbalo. I

IJTTLB Hock, December 10.? Infor-mation has been received hero thattho north-bound train on iho \u25a0 St.Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railwaywas stopped last, night near Texurka-na, by three masked men. They tookeven thingofvalue from the expresscar ami relieved all the passengers oftheir money ami valuable-. Thepostal clerk in the mail car fired seve-ral shots at them with a rifle anil avolley was returned. No harm wasdone. The robbers did not molest themail.

Governor Hughes and the railroad of-ficials have Offered rewards for the ap-prehension of the men.

BbooonotmM on the trail.

Late to-night the officers ar« pursu-ing the train robbers with blood-hounds, and scouring tlie country ineven direction. Later developmentsshow that no attempt was made torob the passenger coaches,

\u25a0TAMP iMJ DIE.

I'minterfciters Neatly Trapped atlon Doaglns.

San Frincisco, December 10.?An Examiner special s:ays: "Act-ing ou information receivedfrom a sailor named Pussy,stationed at Fort Doudas, tic; UnitedStates Marshal last Thursday nightarrested Teddy Maynes, keeper of asecond - hand goods store, for offeringlo sell Hussy a quantity of counterfeitmoney, which he gaid he could pro-cure. Subsequent investigations ledto the arrest of John Eckart, one Ofthe most expert counterfeitersin the West, and who has justcompleted a sentence in the penlten-tiarv for counterfeiting. He was livingwitli Mrs. Brlgtitinore, who keeps asaloon at Ganbyvillo. When the otli-cers surrounded the place Eckart beg-ged that they would not earch tueplace, saying that he would ratherplead guilty at once. The place wassearched, however, and s >me mould-,Castings, and a lot of gild and silverfoil was seized. Kckurt and Maynesare in the penitent! iry. Mrs. Bright-more, who has served a term for grandlarceny, and a number of soldiers,who it is claimed have been in thehabit of purchasing bogus coin, ureho das witnesses to appear next week.

THE TltoKncciillSltCOS.

Slow Trucks nt liuitnnberg; andNew <>r leans.

Guttknhkrg, December 10.?Weath-er rainy, track heavy.

Seven-eight lis of a miles, ninestarters, Veto won; Oracle second,Pl.iyfair third. Time 1:41.

Five-eighths of a mile, seven start-ers, CSstiltah won; Warren Lewissec md, Fred Davis third, rime 1 :00.

Five-eighths of ti mils', seven start-ers. Frolic won; George Angus second,Carlow third. Time 1 :10.

Three-fourths ofa mile, fivestartersMarguerite won; liradburn sewnd,Nailer third. Tim- 1 iii:

L ist race one mile, eight starters,Pocassett won ; S uulersoti second, Vin-der third. Time 1:54.

AT HBW ORLEANS.

New Oulicans. December 10.?Wp.it her cloudy, track slow .

drat race, three-quarters of a mile,Dnion la k w 11; Franco second,r'estlH thir l. Time. lr>4.

Seven-eightsof a mile.eight starters,lack Brown w.im; Jan Nave second,Prohns third. Time, 1 'oft'(.

One-half ofa mile, maidens' own-ers' handicap, three starters, HobI'll imas won. Sam Wharton second,Mimln v third. Time, 60.

Last race, one and one-sixth mileshandicap. Son II rperwon; Effle Hsee.md, Little Minnie third. Time,2:00.

UIVB.> I'D TIIE JI UY.

Ail I lie I'.vldence in, lv the Uar<per I ate.

Cincinnati, Decembe" 10. ? Th"closing scenes iti the Harper trialcame tit sin .ruing. Both sides an-

nounced that there would be no argu-ments, and Judge Jack-on chargedthe jury.

Too Judge's charge ocenpied anhour and Miy minutes. It wasstro lglv against Harper, and the

declared that the prisoner hadcom nine 1wrongful acts on bis ownadm s-ioll. The jury were taken letheir room to begin their consultation,and the Court adj lUrnflI tilli o'clock

Tin verdict in the Harper case willnot bj received until Monday morn-ing.

SKITI.KII IT l.uf,

Henry i:t Al, vs. the TravellersInsurance IJimii can y.

Denver, Col., December 10.?In theUnited States Court to-day, Judge.Brewer rendered an opinion in thecase of T. C. Henry et. al., against thefiavt-llers Itisiiraiice i ompany, oiHartford, Conn., in favor of the plain,tiff. Theca«e ha- been pentling forover two years and involves the pos-session <f iho old Denver Tiitmnestock, now held by the ReputiliratiVduett at $100 000, besides San LuisValley lands, canals auT mi-cell.vie-

? >us property throughout t.'\e state.

R1.111.11U111 I.OSSIP.

Inspection of the Nintc I.lues tel ake I'lacc Minrlly.

San Fkancisco, December 10.?TheState Hoard of Kailroad Commission-ers to-day decided to inspect the rail-roads throughout, tho State, and willstart ou the expedition on January

SI.rASTBS TIME.

The Union Pad c ccntcmplates af irther reduction in its pussenger limeand intends to cut oft' another twelvei.ours between this city and Chicago.

ANOTHER. NCW LINE I'ROBABLE.Fresno, December 10.?At a ma-w

meeting to-night parties made a pro-position to build a road ifthe |K>oplewanted It. The people offered to giveall Ihe aitl possible, and a < pet ingline wltbAhe Southern Pacific, fromItakersHeld to Stockton is within thepossibilities.

A BOYCOTT OSIiggBRATION.

Success of Tratkie's Antl-ChlneseMovement.

Tkitkkk, December 10.?Truckeecelebrated the sicond anniversary oftiie boycott to-night, it having beenIwo years since the movement wasstarted. James N. liarry, of SanFrancisco, delivered a stirring addressand the largest hull in town waspo ked lo its fullest capacity. Thethermometer was 14 Agrees belowfreezing point, but a large torchlightprocession paraded tho streets andcountermarched OB tbe Sained site olold Chinatown. Hugo bonfires, thehiing of salutes and repeated cheeringlestttied to ttie enthusiasm of the citi-zens.

A STORMY TRIP.

now the »*A. B. field" Weatheredthe Becellt l.ulc.

Pobt Townsxnd, W. T , December10.?The steamer A. li. Field, belong-ing to the salmon cannery at JSestue-ca, Ogo., arrived ttiis morning after anexceedingly rough voyage. .Most o*the fuel had to be thrown overboardto lighten the vessel, and When it wasall gone, the fur..dure au I cabins, thepartition between ttie engine room, the

gallery und hatches were cut up andused, ftails were tried with a teoiiltof tlie loss of the foresail. The galedually moderated so as to allow themaking of Neah Hay harbor, wherebUpplieS were obtained.

MEXICAN BI 'TTEKS.

Trouble with the I'aquis -Con-tinued Eurthquukrs.

Noo\les, A. T., December 10.?Aband of disaffected Yaquis have booncommitting mmy robberies near LaBocanita, Sonera. Cattle have beenrun offby them every day of lale, andsugarcane fields devastated iv thenight.

Earthquakei continued to disturbthe entire western part of Mexico andthe Southern coast. Several slightchocks have been felt hero.

Accideut In a Caal Miue.WiLKB*BABRB,Pa., Ddceiubor 10.?

To-day a coal carriage at Wadded'sshaft was being lowered into a pit .".00feet deep, with ten miners on it.When within 100 feet of tho hottomtho carriage became stationary audthe rope begin to slacken. Rcforethe slack could be taken up the car-t iage descendetl with great force, anilfour men were thrown to the bottomof the pit and instantly killed. Theothers were all seriously injured.

Beared ut I.ait.

.Chicago, Decern*** JO,?Tim firstof the Anarchist benefit entertain-ments was held in the Turner Hallthis evening, and consisted of gym-nastic exhibitions, dancing and beerdrinking. Socialist T. J. Morgan an-nounced that, contrary to the pre*gramme, there would be no speechesHe saiil that it was as well, when theylooked to New York nnd saw the out-

come of the Most trial."Iletkfcie Darlltia" Hurtieit Out.StiKKi'siiKAi) B*Y,Long Island, De-

oember 10.?The resilience of S. M.Berry on Kings' highway, was burnedthis morning. Loss, $:10,000. Mrs.Perry, better known by her stagename, Bessie Darling, and her daugh

ter were alone In the houseand hare'yescaped with their lives. They leftbehind $1700 in money and |6000worth ot diamonds.

For lorgcry.

CoLtncßUß, t».. Deoetnher 10.?Theppecial Grand Jury called to investi-gate the tally sheet forgery of 1885made i s report this afternoon, return*imr eight Indictments. No names aregiven out, but three arre<ts have beenmade, Kobe t Montgomery and Dr.fi. v. Montgomery, of Columbus, andAl ;ernon Granville, nf Chicago.

Pardoned l>y the President.

Salt Lake, December 10.?CharlesLivingston, formerly Street Superin-

tendent of tho city, sentenced byJudge Zane on October 14th. to sixmonths imprisonment, ami a line of$100, for unlawful cohabitation, hasbeen pardoned by President Cleve-land, on petitition of Irs friends.

Russia's o«ffrr« Fmpty.London, December 10 ?A s . iv-

tersburg correspondent of the Unity

NtVHireports that lin-da wants .t loanan 1wiL be compelled to auCept thostringent terms of french bankers,whoso demands have hitherto pre-vented arrangements being made.The Berlin market, he says, is closedio Ruaaia. _

a HensJtsli Father.Victoria, B. c, December 10.?\u25a0

Geo. Price, lately from Portland, yes-terday attempted to give his daugh-ter, iv the employ of a merchant as adomestic, a large quantity of cant-liarMea, enclose! in sweetmeats,The doctor asserts thtt the dose Wouldhave killed or rendered her insane.He was arrestetl and remanded.

struggling »illithe Verdict.

San Francisco, December 10.?Testimony in tho McCord trial closedIbis morning and the argument ofcounsel commenced. The jury re-tired at 3 P. at. and at 11:30 bail notcreed, ami were locked up for the

nidit.o<Krieii Arraigned.

San Fkancisco, December 10.?Philip O'Brien, who stabbed andIi led Thomas Kosengravo severalmonths ago, was arraigned In JudgeMurphy's Court to-day on the chargeof murder.

Rolling II * shut Down.

Joliet, ill., December 10.?ThoJoliot Steel Company have postednotices that their riling uiills willclose on December -3d, indefinitely.

A Well Known I'am misting.Bcoominoton, December 10.?A. B.

Ives, an old ami prominent resideutof Mclean county, died hero to-night,aged 72.

NATIONAL NEWS.

Olmiiges in Senate Cominit-tte (liairinaiisliips.

A GAIN FOR THE DEMOCRATS.

mHller Debates of the FisheriesCommissioners Postponed

Until January.

IAssociated Press Disnatches to tbe Raaaba.Washington, December 10?The

follow Ing are the principal changes inthe chairmanships of the Senate Com-mittees :

Palmer, Agriculture and Fo estry;Hale, Census; Chase, Civil Serviceand Retrenchment; Frye, Com-merce ;Quay, Expenses of the severalbranches of the Civil Service; F,. -well, Expenditure of Public Money;Stockbridge, Fisheries; Paddock, Im-provement of the Mississippi River;Hawley, Military Affairs: Stewart,Mines and Mining; Teller, Patents;Mitchell, Transportation Routes tothe Seaboard: Wilson of lowa, Re-vision of Laws; Atdrieh, Rules;Piatt, Territories; Stanford, PublicBuildings and Grounds; Sibin, Rail-roads; Hiscock, Centennial Constitu-tion and Discovery of America;Chandler, Indian Traders; Davis,Pensions; Sawder, Postotlices andPostage.

HKSCLTS OP THE GUANOES.DoJph takes Harrison's place on the

Committee on Foreign Relations;How en, Mitchell and Quay take theplaces of Conger, Wilson and Mahoneon Committee on Postotlices and Poet-roads. The Democrats received eightminor chairmanships, an increase olone over last Congress. The li-t hasbeen handed to B. ck, the cha rmau ofthe Democratic caucus, who called acaucus for Monday.

ON VACATION,

Adjournment of (lie fisheriesComniiftsiouem.

Wasuinoton, December 10. ?Thonegotiations of the Fisheries Com-mission, after a few hours' ses-sion to-day, were adjourned untilWednesday, January 4th. S.r Charlesnipper will loave Washington to-morrow for Winnipeg, where he willmeet Lady Tupper, and the two willp . ceed thence to Ottawa. JosephUhauiberlaiu will leave Washingtonon Monday, December 19th, for Ot-tawa, where ho will visit Lord Laus-downe during the holiday recess.

PIELD IMis/ARM.

Report of the o, |>.< rioicni of Ag-riculture.

W \suikovon, December 10. ?TheDecember re pott of the Department ofAgriculture relates maibly to the farmprices of agriculture products. Tiieaverage value of corn is 43.8 cents per

bushel against 3d.6 last year. In 1881it was 63.8, when the cs'imated pro-duct was 1,194,916,000 bushels. Theaverage for oats is 30.7 against 29.8last year. Parley averages 52.2..33 last yeur. Ruck aneat, 1 1-7higher than last year. Its Valueis much increased. It aye aged $93.90per ton against $73.tt0 last year. Theadvance | ias been in the drouth areaof the west. The December report,printed al lite end oftne month wmcontain estimates of tho area, productand vului by states, of corn, wheatand oats.

MUIMOCHATII! CONVENTION.

strenuous Dllorm to Hnve it inNull Iso iii isio

San Fuancisco, December 10.?TheSlate Democratic Club has detailed toappoint a specie] committee to pro-Ceed 10 Washington and use every en-deavor to influence the holding of tlienext National I>emncratie Con entionin tins city. The committee is com-posed ofGeorge Hearst, Kvan .(. ColeHim,.!. I). Lynch, of the Hbbald,\V. S. Ho ecr.ns, Frank .). Sullivan,John Mullan, Thos. L. Thompson,Zacli Montgomery, L. L. Bullockand othors. Two members of theclub go Kast on the mission at once.

aistekifta Advlees.

Port Towkbbno, December 10.?The steamer Ancon, loaded with 400tons of freight arrived last night fromAlaskan ports. Sho reports that a

rich gold-bearing ledge in tho Tread-«< IImines is pauuing (6000 to the

ton.the case of Fuller, charged with

murdering Arch Bishop Softer wassubmitted to the jury 4< hours beforeihe Ancon sailed, and it liatl notreported.

Need*, Ivvi'Migatloii.Hartford, Conn., December 10. ?

In the superior COUit to-day the In-surance Commission applied to havereceivers take charge of tlie Continen-tal Life Insurance Company whichhad on January Ist liabilities of if2-,-000 000, and assets of *200,000. Thecommissioners claim that their af-fairs are in worse shape now. Thecase will lie heard on the L'2d inst.

Weather Forecast.San Francisco, December 10.?In-

dications for tlie twenty-four hoursc >mmencingat 4 p.m. December nth.For California, fair weather, followedin distri ts north from San Franciscoby local ruins, norther y winds inbi nt hern portion, wind shift ing toSouths ly in northern portion; nearlystutionaiy temperature.

I'liilcrmiitru '*> Fire.Cai.c.mkt, Mich , December 10.?The

ground caved in about the man-enginesiiaft at the Calumet andHecla mine at noon to-day.Volumes of smoke nnd gas are com-ing up, and the ground has settledfrom twelve to fifteen feet between theHecla shait and the man-engine shaft,and it is dangerous work for the men.

iiore-s Daughter Eloae*'Frksno, Dsoamber 10.?Edna Dore

aged 10, tho daughter of J. S. Dore,founder of Westpark colony, .eloped

Iwith Willam Rowp, a young'eamster,th s evening and was umrinst, Theywere arrested by the pa ents pomehome Iiter anil ptSpa ratlons are lieingmade to have tl-- annulled.

Claims lor « iimpcnsiilioii.Ottawa, December 10. ? Captain

Warden, of Victoria, B. 0., has leftf-r home, hiving completed tbe de-tailed claims of the nine Priti-h sesl-

? re, seized Ht the H< bring sea. whichamounts to about $30 ',000. Tlie doc-ument was forwarded to Washingtonto-day.

Good inn for Blmmir.San Kranctsco, December 10.?Tho

Superior Court this uf ornoon granteda writ of hulieas corpus, returnablenext Thursday, in the case of John ADimmig, hel lfor trial on a charge ofmurdering Henry lionhayon.

Not the Man Wanted.Nevada City. December 10.?The

man supposed tolas Thorn, the fugi-tive highwayman who was cjpturedyesterday c filing, prove- to be tt in. jBryan ju tdischarged from the countyhospital.

Off the Slionl*.PortTownsend, December 10. ?The

steamer Idaho, bar-hound for over a

week at the mouth of the ColumhUliver, arrived here this afternoon onher way to Alaska.

No Bare Distinction Allowed.Washington, December 10.?Judge

Snell, of the Pole Court, to-day finedGeorge W. Harvey, a restaurantkeeper, $100 for refusing to serve acolored lawyer named Hewlett.

Riverside's Winer System.RlVßasing, Decern!** 10.?River

side voted by a large majority $150,---0X) bonds for a water company to-dayto make improvements aud" extendwater privileges.

Changi a llnnds.

Daily Journal has been sold toCharles lie-seier. The price paid isstated at $0000. The present pro-prietors will retire.

Overdosed With Opium.Portland, I'ecember 10.?The iden

tity of the raving maniac who died at

tho asylum yesterday remains undis-covered. Physicians say that insanityresulted from the excessive use ofopium.

A Blj; maze.I*Hn.ADEi.PiiiA,December 10.?Will-

iam G. Penney's extensive barrel fac-tory was destroyed hy fire this morn-ing, Loss about $100,000.

FROM MANY SOURCES.

Item* Rrporlrd by AssociatedPress Corrsepondeula.

Application was made yesterday inthe Supreme Court of New York forthe admission to bail of Jehntru Most,in whose case an appeal has b. ontaken from the judgment of the C. urtof General Sessions. The ap lie itionwas granted, and Most was releasedon $oOOJ bail.I The manufacturers of rubber bootsand shoes, have after repeated unsuc-cessful efforts, concluded the forma-tion of a trust. All of the larger com-panies have signified their intentionto enter the trust, and it is believedthat the smaller companies will alsjjoin.

Wm. Taylor has been arrested formanslaughter for killing Antone, inthe redwoods, near Napa, on Sunday.The two men h id an altercation andTaylor went to Antone's cabin andshot him. Th-shooting was first saidto be accidental.

Tho Executive Committee of thoCouncil of Administration, of theGrantl Army of the Republic, ha- de-cided to hold the next NationalGrand Enc mpment at Columbus, inthe second week of September next.

At a Catholic demonstration inVienna to compile congratulatoryaddresses to the Pope, a strong fecl-ilig whs manifested in favor of therestoration of the papacy to temporalpower.

John Hutcheson. Governor of theProvincial Gaol at Victoria,B. C, leftsuddenly Monday night, it is saidthat he is a defaulter to a smallamount. lie is supposed to be at PortAngeles.

Tlie military authorities at Halifaxsay that the story circulated onThursday night of an attempt toex-plode tun colton iv the-tank atGeorge's Island was a hoax.

A Halifax special 'ays: An attemptwas made on Thursday night to blowup one of the principal forts of thecity. Serious da-.age was done andthe soldiers became fearfully excited.

In consequence of the Imprsonmentof his collogue, Lord Mayor Sextonwill abandon the usual shrievaltybanquet and distribute .£IOO amongthe poor instead.

The Czar of Russia gave a banqueton Thursday night to the Knights ufIhe Onler of St George ami offered .toast to the health ofEmperor Wil-liam.

The juryin the case of Lee Roy, forkilling F. M. Pridger nt Visalia.brought in a verdict of manslaughter.

The stakes in the Carney-McAulill'fight were withdraw n yesterday audthe tight is now en i ely off.

Another Runaway.Last nig it about 7:30 o'clock a

double team attached to a coal wagonrati away on Second street. OlficerArguello, who was in the vicinity ofof Los Angeles Btreet, heard the teamcoming and braced himself Up to at-tempt to arrest their mad career. Hegdloped after the runaway team audsucceeded in overtaking and seiz'n gthe reins of the team, thereby checking their speed ami finally"broughtthem to a standstill. Hut for thepluckj bravery of Officer Arguellothere is no doubt but that some onewould have been run over, as v num-ber of ohildren were playing on thestreet a short distance from where hestopped tho team.

? The strong ami stubborn tlbreof theGerman royal family has been tried inbattle, defeat, soeinl revolution andexile, but never was exhibited so fine-ly as in the manly encounter of theCrown Prince with death. The fam-Iilyhad not always been able tosecuregood willin success, but baa alwaysearned respect in adversity.?{Provi-dence Journal. I

JERRY SHOT.

Bold Attempt at His Assas-sination.

ARIIEST OF THE ASSAILANT.

Revolnfioni-ts Banded Tog-ethertoSfrike a Blow at the

Peace of Fr .nee.

f.tSßeclstsd Press Dispatches to the HaaALBlTabin, December 10.?Jules Ferry

was fired at three times this afternoonby a man in the lobby of the Cham-ber of Deputies. There is great ex-citement iv the city. The details ofthe shooting are not yet < tdnable,but it is reported that Ferry is seri-ously Injured.

FURTHER details.Ferry was shot by a man named

Auhertins, who appeared in the hallof the Chamber of Deputies and a-kedto see Ferry and Goblet. Goblet didnt respond to Aubertins' request foran intervie v, but Ferry did. aud onhis appearance Aubertins drew a re-volvei and fired thr c times at him.Two bullets Struck Ferry, but he wasable to proceed to toe hospital sup-ported hi bis friends. In reply to in-quiries hy friends as to the severity ofhis wounds he responded :

"ir is nothing,"Aubertins has heen a>rested. It has

been ascertained that Ferry's woundsare slight. The shots only grazed theskin after piercing the clothes. Oneshot struck iv the chest an I the otherin thethigh. The bystanders tried tolynch Auhertins after he had fired theshots, but were prevented, with diffi-culty, from carrying out their inten-tion.

A PREARRANGED PkVOT.Ferry was not. struck in the thigh,

as at first reported, hut in tho right-ido. The wounds are of ihe slightestcharacter. The real name nf t c as-sassin is Berckein. He is 20 >ears old.He states that he is one < f a band oftwenty revolutionists. Tho banddrew lots, aud it fell to him to committhe first crime. Rerckein declaresthat he swore to kill Ferry. Afterbis injuries had been attended to attlie hospital, Ferry returned to hishome on foot.

excitement in the chamber.In consequence of the attempt on

the life of Ferry, there ssVTv manyheated quarrels in the Chamber ofDeputies between Moderates and Rad-icals. Rouvier Joined in the discus-sions.accusing the Radicals oi provok-ing weak-minded per nns toil eds ofviolence. Several scuffl. s ensued andit is expected that they will load toue 'B- *

GLEANINGS FROM GERMANY.

Proposed Hovision of tbe mill,tary service.

ICoprrlKb'ed 1887 by tlie New York Auo-clated Frees J

Berlin, December 10?A preambleof the new German .Military Servicebill was issued to-night. It sets forththat the German army is composed ofmen whose liabilityto service in theactive arms? extends over twelveyears, whereas in the Russian armythe period is fifteen years, and inFrance twenty. "Besides this, itmust be considered," says the pre-amble, "th it the geographical positionof Germany exposes her to attacks bypowerful armies on two frontierssimultaneously. Her security les inher strength, ami this shut 11 begreater than it is at. present. An endmust be put to the existing unen-durable condition of things. TheGovernment, therefore, expect* that

TO SECURE THE PASS \GEOf the present bill it wi 1 be suffi-cient to appeal to thepatrio'ism of theGerman people. Hy the bill btfore(he Reichstag, the six yearly classesformerly oomposing part of ihe Land-strinn are placed in immediate readi-ness for any dangerous emergency.The increased coat of administrationinvolved in the augmented numberof men who have answered the rollCall will not. exceed 15.' 00 marks,tor the navy further measures are incontemplation. The wince tone ofthis rema kable manifesto suggeststhat'the recent outburst of the ollicialpress over the massing of Russiantroops on the frontier had somethingof a fictitiouscharacter.

TIIK ''IKON CHANCELLOR" OBJECTS.

Prince Hi-marck is known to havegreatly hurt the chances for the im-muiliale passa c of the Landstrum,bill, which the military press now es-timates will add half a million in m tothe effective force, in the event ofmo-ttihz itioti. Tlie concentration of Rus-siau troops on the frontier at the p es-ent lime, is part of a long concertedplan by the Russian war otlice. TheyeonsMer it to be necessitated hy the spe-cial dilf'nulties oi Russian mobilizing.Atthe same time the presence uf for-midable masses of Russians withinstriking distance of the frontier will beheld by the Reichstag us jusliticationfor a complete reform of tho military.

TUB "PESTER LLOYD,"In a pacific arti. le, invites Russia tostale her policy regarding Bulgariarelying upon the disposition of theallied powers to meet Russia's views,and to maintain peace with the loyalobservance of treaties, the articlecoi. cidos with the belief held in highdiplomatic quarters that Germanyand Austria will compel Prince Kerdl-n.in Itoabdicate if Russia will bringforward a suitable candidate for theBulgarian throne.

Whelan Avenaed.

Dur.i.iN, December 10.?The trial oftho seven men indicted for man-slaughter for killingConstable Whe-lan was conclu led to-day. The juryreturned a verdict of gvllty againstO'Leary and four other prisoners.O'Leary is sentenced to ten years' im-prisonment, and the other four to

seven each.A Rise la Oaal.

San Fba\c:sco, December 10. ?Thelocal coal de ler have decided to in-crease the price of coal %i per ton.The advance includes Wei ington,Catch 8 dint, Wei t Hartley, Sydneyjand Brymbo.