, 1878-05-11
GENERAL NEWS.

statement that the outbreak which they
anticipate will occur first in San Fran>
cisco and thence radiate. The move
! ment is said to be strongest there. and
in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts it
has the next strongest supporters.
ST. LOUIS. May 1.-Socialisis are
arming here under recognized head,
claiming they only intend to protect
their meetings from being broken up by
the police. The party is from five to
six thousand strong here.
New YORK. May Ia correspondent
of the Evening Post. writing from
Toxic, sends the following under the
date of April 5: The famine in northern
China RACES with increasing severity,
and the most dreadful reports come
from the afflicted regions. In one town
a man opened shop for the sale of
human flesh, and did good bushes
in cannibaIists' joints and roasts, till
the mandarin authorities caused the
shopkeeper to be arrested and beheaded.
Minister Seward telegraphs the de-
partment of state that the famine in the
northern provinces OF China will cons
tinue six months longer. Funds for
the relief of sufferers, if transmitted by
telegraph, can be disbursed by foreign
committee or by the committee at Pc
kin.
CHICAGO. May 2.--The Journals
Washington special says Blair's friends
in the house are engaged in preparing
plan to bring the presidential question
before the house. Private conferences
have been actively carried on between
these members and Blair. Further de-
velopments and additional documents
are promised soon.
The senate Judiciary committee yes
terday took up the Blair memorial and
discussed it informally. The committee
is unanimously in favor of making an
adverse report to the senate. Even the
Democratic members opposed further
agitation Of the question and were in
favor of indefinitely postponing.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-Owing to
the forwardness of the general ap-
preparation bills, it is thought by
number of members of congress that
an adjournment sine die can take
place toward the last of June. They
do not suppose that the discussion
of the tariff bill will occupy more
than a week, and say that time will
be afforded for consideration Of the
Pacific railroad bills and other
prominent public measures. Strenu-
Gus efforts will be made this week
either to lay the tariff on the table
or postpone it until next session,
which result would be equivalent to
its defeat. Wood, however, is still
sanguine that it will become a law
at the present session. There seems
to be some uncertainty as to whether
a movement will be made tomorrow
or Tuesday.
AS to the Florida presidential
frauds Springer is mentioned as au-
thority for the statement that the
resolution opening the presidential
questions has been prepared by the
committee on Judiciary. He has
not seen the resolution, but pre-
sumes it will be similar to Blair's
resolutions calling upon congress
to order an investigation of the alle-
ged frauds in Florida and Louisia-
ma, and authorizing the appointment
of committee to send for persons
and papers. 1t is not thought such
an investigation, if ordered, would
occupy much time, as the committee
on Judiciary during the former con-
gress thoroughly examined the sub
ject of the presidential canvass in
Louisiana and Florida. The most
important addition to the facts as
certained by that committee would
be the dispositions Of McLinn and
Dennis, together with other authen-
ticated papers in that connection,
which it is claimed can be readily
produced, and are the first admiss-
ions of frauds by parties directly
concerned in participating in them.
Few if any of the Democrats antici-
pate that congress will take any
action disturbing the official posi-
ton of President Hayes, and many
of them desire to go no further than
place the records of frauds that may
be produced before any committee