OCR Text |
Show LATEST FROtVI SAN FRANCISCO. FRAN-CISCO. San Francisco, 20. During the j voyage of tho (heat licjiitlilic from Hong Kong lo Yokohama, Lieut. G. Ela, of tho United Slates navy, com- 1 milted su'ieidii by jumping overboard. 1 Cause of the suicide unknown. At Victoria.Brilisli Columhia, today, to-day, Thomas Seholey, lho slayer of Henry Foxman, was convicted of murder in the fust degree. Governor Booth, to-day, vetoed the bill providing tor the election ol Harbor Har-bor Commissioners by joint convention conven-tion of the Senale and Assembly, after the close of the term of Ihoso now in ollice, and fur the election thereafter by the people at the end of two years. Tho bill was the result of Democratic and Republican coalition, wliich this i veto has probably defeated. It struck the lobby interest hard and caused much excitement. Tho veto is made' the special order for next Monday. It is generally believid that tho coalition cannot prevent tho veto from being sustained. The steamer M'.cG'rcrrr, honCo on Feb. 2d, went ushore while trying to enter tho harbor of Kalkaua, Fiji Islands. It is thought she would bo got oil. |