Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-27

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stufling. Such offences are
more degrading and dangerous than
resistance to the revenue laws. He
adds: "You must see that it is
difficult for the executive officers
OF the United States, crippled as
they are by recent legislation, to
meet this formidable opposition to
the laws. All they can do Ia
to try and erfore the laws
through the Courts, and If the mi .
chinery of public Justice is SO COR
rupted by local preju:!ices that it
cannot punish such offences, then
the only remedy is in combining
tue political power of all those who
will not tolerate this new form of
rebellion against national author
ity. In this way rem-
edy Will be found or
mode and its application will be
hastened In proportion as the true
state of affairs comes to be under
stood. The disgraceful incidents of
the late canvass at various points
in that section will but give addi-
tiOnal strength to the feeling that
all the rights of all citizens guaran-
teed by the Constitution must be
secured.
The Electric Light Heard From.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26.-Governor
Latham leaves here for California
Friday next. He brought from
Europe the exclusive patents for
the United States of the Jabloch-
kof and Werderman electric
candles and Gramme machine
for generating electricity, covering
all the system of eiectrica, light
now used in Europe. Edison's
inventions, however, have induced
Latham not to attempt their intro
duction for the present, though so.
licited by many large esta blish-
ments here.
Bumbert About.
PARIS, November 26.-1he Mon
iteur reports that previous to the
arrival of King Humbert at Rome
yesterday, the police seized placards
threatening all who joined in
the ovation to him. A report is in
circulation and appears to be con-
firmed that dynamite was found on
the rails shortly before the passage
OF the royal train to Rome. So
cialists have been arrested at Padua
and San Sepotero.
a 81. am.hip f"nma. red.
LONDON, Nov. e6.-The Ham,
burg-American lire steamship
Pommerania, from New York, col.
lided and sunk off Folkeslone last
night. Fifty-eight persons are
missing. The collision occurred
at midnight during fog, eight
miles from Folkestone. The Welsh
bark, with which the collision oc-
CURED, is reported to be the Noel
Eiian Of CorDovon, from Rotterdam
to Cardiff. The Pommerania was
EN- route from Plymouth to Ham.
burg, and foundered ia about ten
Glepgary saved 172 of her passen-
gers and crew and landed them at
Dover. The vessel with which the
Pommerania was in collision is an
chored off .Folkestone with her
bows stove in and her forward com
partment full of water. A tug has
gone tn her assistance.
(sECoND DIsPATCH.]
LONDON, 1890 p. MA telegram
just received by agents here of the
Pommerania says one hundred and
siXty-twO persons on board were
saved, and fifty-eight are missing,
including the Captain and the Sec
ond and Third Officers.
THIRD DISPATCH
LONDON, Nov. 26.-Agents here
of the Hamburg A merican Steam
ship Company say that 45 passen-
gers of the Pommerania were to
have landed at Plymouth and
Cherbourg, leaving 104 on board.
Four second and one third-class
passengers embarked at Ply ymouth,
making the total number of pas.
sengers on board when the
disaster occurred 109, pro.
vided At had landed as
intended. The agent at Plymouth
says the following passengers were
landed there: Miss E, Koenigs,
| MISS w anu MeooIS. biueCht
Easterbrook, Hunt, Nankeries,
Pearne, Phillips and Thomas
ten in all. A dispatch from
Dovor says that O'Helms; Chief
engineer, J. Scheduling, doctor;
G. Peters, chief stewa ard, and two
stewardesses are supposed to be
drowned. A gentleman named
| Schneider and q lady named Miss
| Amelia Newman were saved.
From ihe scat of WAR.
LONDON, Nov. 90. - A special
from Dakka, dated Monday morn
ing says: Leaving Ali Musjid in
charge of British regiment,
the head men OF the Hill
tribes coming out on the
route to congratulate him and pay
their respects. At Lundekana,
thirteen miles distant, where the
advance force bivouacked, Major
Cavagpari left the main body and
rode on to Dakka, where he arrived
at 7 O'Clock Saturday evening,
the Kahn of Lalpoor meeting him
at dawn to offer submission. Sum
day morning the British troops re-.
sumed their march, arriving in
] Dakka at noon and find
} ing that the deserted forts
had been plundered by the neigh
boring tribes. The British advance
; has now reached the frantier of AT
ghanistan proper, destroying by