Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-30
Latest Eastern News.


A Crooked Disarict Attorney.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29th.-A quiet
fight Is going on between the Gov
ernmsnt and attorneys for the
whIskey men, who have the moral
support of District Attorney Bangs.
1t is quite probable that the latter
will be removed for his inefficiency
as prosecutor in these cases, and for
his sympathy extended to them in
their efforts to get pardons and inn
munity from civil prosecutions.
Geld Rising.
NEW YORK, Jan 29th.-Gold
closed at 24 to-day.
Railroad Maguases fn Conference
SILVER Meeting Postponed.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29th.-Col.
Scott, VIM. II. Vanderbilt, VIM.
X. Vanderbilt, Messrs. Jewett, jar
rett, Cassad, Blanchard and Com
missioner Fink met to-day in
reference to the freight question,
but owing to the absence Of Bliss,
of tho Boston and Albany. and
Hioksop, of the Grand Trunk, no
definite action was taken. They
have Appropriated to a settlement
and hope at tho meeting tomorrow
to settle the matter.
The mass meeting in favor of the
reconciliation OF silver, which
was to have been held tomorrow
night, has been postponed until
Friday evening in order to accom-
modate some Senators and Con-
gressmen who could not leave
Washington tomorrow.
sitting Ban SSH In Canada.
HELENA, Montana, Jan. 29th.-
The Independent publishes the fol-
lowing: Major Walsh, Of the
Northwest Mounted Police, com
mandant of Fort Walsh, Canada ,
near which Sitting Bull and other
hostile Indians are now located, ar
rived in Helena to-day, eight days
out from Fort Walsh. When Maj /.
Walsh left, Sitting Bull, Little
Knife and fifty-five lodges were at
the east end police post, Cypress
Mountains, whore they intend to
remain during the Winter. The
night before leaving Maj. Walsh
received a message from Sitting
Bull saying that he had heard that
the Americans were coming to
fight him and disturb his
peace; that they were tired
Of blood and would move nearer
to the post. He desired Major
Walsh to speak to the White
Mother for him. Spotted Eagle
sent him a message at the same
time, saying he was awaiting the
arrival Of 100 lodges Of his people,
who were coming from the Spotted
Tail Agency; that il they would
obey the requirements OF Major
Walsh they could remain with
him, and If not they must 60 by,
and he, too, would move to Cypress
Mountains. 1t is not improbable
that these latter are the Indians
reported to General Miles. Major
Walsh says that at no time since
his arrival has Sitting Bulls camp
crossed the line to American soil,
as he has received daily messages
from him since the Terry Commits
sion returned. Their movement
across the line without his knOwl-
edge would be impossible, and he
would promptly advise General
Gibbon in that event. The Sioux
camp is now scattered. Spotted
Eagle, with 100 lodges, is at Pinto
Butte, and the others are scattered
along the White Mud river and in
the Food Mountains, where buffalo
are plenty. Their condition 10 ire.
constable with warlike intentions.
Colonel Macleod. commander OF
mounted police, is here. and cor
roborates the above. No credencs
is attached to the rumor that Sit.
ting Bull has crossed the line.
Major Walsh's statements are
deemed in the highest degree
trustworthy.
Committee Reports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Goth. The
Senate Finance Committee to-day
authorized Senator Allison to offer
with its sanction, as an amend
ment to the silver bill, his provis.
ion for an international money
conference to fix a common ratio
Of value to gold and silver. The
deter minatiOn Of this ratio is not,
however, o condition precedent to
the provisions of the bill. On the
contrary, the bill, if enacted, goes
into effect Immediately and the
conference, il agreed to, will be
held subsequently,.
The House Committee ON Bank
ing has agreed to recommend the
passage of a bill disseminating the
coinage of twenty cent pieces.
The House Naval Affairs Com
mite has decided to report ad-
versely upon the claims of Becor
& Company, Nathaniel Mckay,
Secor & Co., for extra
compensation for building steam
rams, etc.
DarEcncs suggsstlOn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29th.-Sena-
tor Sargent to-day, in conversation
WIN JOaA NOAAODp1AaOAtf kAOobOo
that the California Legislature
should do som ething to protect Cal
ifornia from the grasp Of the Chi
nese by amending section 667l of
the Code SO as to provide that an
alien, debarrsd by treaty from citi-
zsnship, shall not acquire title In
fee to real property, or SO rs to pro-
vide that no alien shall acquire 1t.
This latter provision Is the law in
New York. Sargent remarked
that, during the late war, aliens
holding real property gave much
trouble by continually applying to
their Ministers to interfere in our
mode Of taxing such property,
in enc instance, at least,
that the Queen OF Great Britain
should protect q British subject