| Show LATEST TELEGRAMS baw by V U telegraph to the tile ALD an atmer may 25 abe now sa says ii iii I judge ac is courtroom thys this is morning orning were gathered together all the parties to a quarrel that a little less lum than two years ago ago turned san franciaco Fran circo upside doi down t ili involved one newspaper in california another in chica chicago go and was the sensation of the day on oil the slope tile parties to the suil arc jolin john Cli clifford froid an all irishman who argues as is complainant and IV 11 II drake J C cochrane Cochra iio and a nu number n of other chicago architects who aro are the defendants in 1879 john Clif clifford rord a it chicago architect left this city to compete forthe for alio contract to build the S san 1111 francisco custom house competing plans lans f for or which had been beell ill invited in some sonic way or other tl the 10 chicago irishman was successful whether through liia his diplomacy tho the brillian brilliancy r of liis his promises to th alic e ring riuo or because of his professional ski skill ll 11 has never been settled but liis his initial success was his ultimate ruin A storm was raised about cliffordd licad head the Chr chronicle onide opened its broadsides broad ides sides of mud upon him chicago was ransacked for information derogatory to him interviews ter views from all the architects who were hostile to him were t telegraphed e I c ra h to OW paper owned by taw the DC e youngs the rn result alt was that a popular feeling against clifford difford was worked up his bondsmen were completely plemely withdrawn and cliar clifford ord himself was ejected by the police from liis his office he lie returned to 11 and instituted libel suits for against the men who were interviewed here by the chronicles Chronick correspondent I S SK X alloch was a member odthe of alie board that awarded clifford the contract and when lie was appointed kalloch was mayor these were the days of Kearney too and cliff clifford ord was identified with the sand lot orator the Cli chronicle ronicle is said to be making ilia the defense defens cin in these cases st stiles iles is for the defence mayor kalloch was brought brou glit all the way from san sall Francis coas witness and it is for this purpose that lie is now in this city clifford is now a very poor man more Ex extension tenion SAN FRANCISCO may 25 the daily stock exchange learns from an official of the southern pacific railroad who is authorized by president crocker Crock cr to make it p public ab that chief engineer montague with a party of su surveyors wi will leave for yuma in a day lay or two to survey the tile line of the road from that point to point isabel at tile head bead odthe of alie gulf of california alic ter minu the road will be at deep water in the gulf where wha ife s sand a n d warehouses are to be built andoch and other shipping facilities established when the road is ready for business A line of fast fist steamers will be placed on tho the gulf to run ruil to guay gay mas Maz atlan and other mexican ports the road is expected to be in ill complete running order by the tile first of october next A I fearful wreck LONDON oat ont may 25 this evening at the steamer ater victoria with over excursion excursion ests on board returning from spring bank and when near cove covo railway bridge mile below the city the boat suddenly collapsed like an all c egg eliell and ayamo a total wreck to tile w waters edge Allt aletho lio p pat acm were instantly plunged hinged into tile strait more than tal hal f of them being bein I underneath the debris the fi first news which reached the city was brought brou glit by survivors who struggled through the straits wet and weary the news fell like a thunderbolt and a stampede took place for the spot arriving there a horrible I eight met the tile view of the tile people fitly fifty to sixty badica had already been recovered and were lying on the tile green cell sward some distance up ill tho the g bank ank thoe those arriving from oin the city from every direction crowded around anxious to sec see if all any relatives were on oil board several hundred red families were represented on tho the excursion a and n d the wail of anguish that arose at tile sight of the victims was heartrending fathers mothers brothers and sisters rushed about panic stricken endeavoring to identify relatives by seven eighty bodies were recovered from under the wreck where the water was twelve feet deep almost every minute some victim was brought to the surface and conveyed to the boat the tile steamer teamer princess louisa was early brought brou glit to the spot an and d the victims were placed upon the upper deck fires were lit ht on the banks overlooking the river and petroleum torches were brought brou glit and the search continued up to the present resent hour about corpses have been acen recovered lost washington may 25 A number of the nominations sent to the senate having to be acted upon the places to which these nominations be filled immediately by die tho president in most cases by recess appointment of the same men whose names were not acted upon commissioner raum rauni says lie he expects x tile breake breaking out of moon shiners all over le the country where illicit whiskey is made the manufacturers rs of eliat article keep keel quiet he says while congress is is in session but get to work vork as soon as the body adjourns more I ions it is reported that similar investigations to that now going on in the treasury will be entered upon by y w aa lie president in ill other departmental if the tile heads thereof think such investigations adviga advisable ble or necessary y for the tile protection of that pub public IC treasury |
