Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-12

mainly on commission. He has
also operated largely in shipping,
but that, too, has been on commits
sion.
suscide Of ~ Cierg mau- Actor.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ll.-Rev.
j. Ii. Ruby committed suicide this
morning about eight o'clock, In
STEMS pawnbroker shop, 900 Kear-
ney street, by shooting himself
through the head. Deceased is said
to have been settled as q pastor
in Marysville, also in Vallejo.
He has also been on the
stage of late years. He acted as
q Bible canvasser, but got on the
down grade and finally brought up
in the Home of the Inebriate,
whence he was discharged a
few days ago. He entered q
pawnbrokel's shop and asked for
a cheap, serviceable revolver. One
was handed him. He inquired par
ticularly as to its effectiveness, and
being assured on that point, had it
loaded. AS the clerk turned to the
money drawer for change, Ruby
placed the pistol to his head and
fired, falling dead in his tracks.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ia
Chinese caravanserie on Sullivan
alley was gutted by fire this morn.
ing; loss of property small; no cas-
ualties as yet reported.
The Hebrew Coumcn.
MILWAUKEE. July 1lth.-The
Council CT American Hebrew Con-
gregations re.assembled at 10 A. NJ.
The special committee to whom
was recOmmitted Article vi, Sec.
tions l3 to Is inclusive, made a re.
port recommending that a commits.
sion of competent scholars shall be
appointed by the Council at each
meeting who shall have general
charge of all the educational insti-
tutions under control of the Union;
this commission to report to the
Council. The President of the
Board of Governors is authorized
to fill vacancies. The report was
adopted.
Tho Potter l0quIry.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE
Potter Investigation Committee
resumed its session to-day and
Senator Kellogg was examined by
General Butler. He testified that
the election in Louisiana in 1875
was entirely legal. A great many
people in New Orleans thought
that the Returning Board had
acted improperly in refusing to re.
turn as elected certain persons
whom they claimed ought to have
been elected. At the request of
Butler, witness gave q detailed
statement as to the composition of
respective Houses of the Legisla-
ture, and, after citing the laws of
Louisiana at considerable length,
stated that Governor Packard was
legally inaugurated on the 9Th of
January, 1877, at which time there
was Republican quorum in both
Houses.
General Butler produced tables
compiled from Returning Board
figures which showed that after the
Board had thrown out sufficient
Democratic parishes to elect Gen.
eIal Assembly, 1t was found that
there were still two Hayes Elect
ors defeated, whereupon the Re-
turning Board threw out Parishes
and precincts until they had sue.
ceeded In securing majority of
Hayes Electors. Witness stated
that, assuming the figures TO be
the correct findings of the Return
ing Board they left the General AS
sembly Republican in both branch
es and still left the Hayes Electors
in the minority by two.
Butler-WhereupOn the Board
proceeded TO give the screw another
twist?
Witness-That is not my testi.
mony.
Q.-How much Of the returns are
returned by the Returning Board :?
Did the lowest Hayes elector run
behind Packard?
A.-These tables show majority
for the Governor of 401, while two
Republican electors, Levisse and
Joseph, were in the minority.
How the Diplomatic Deal Is Re.
Enrded Ia EaKisnd.
LONDON, July l1.-There is much
agitation in England among polit-
ical parties regarding the Anglo
Turkish alliance. Only O small
majority of the opposition favor
challenging the Governments pol
icy. Lord Harrington, the Liberal
leader, will to-day, in the House
of Commons, call for papers and in
formation on the the subject OF AN
glo-Turkish Convention, and when
these are produced the opposition
will decide what course to take.
The Conservative press continue to
support the Governments meas
ures, and the Times argues that
the task undertaken could not have
been practically avoided, and
would be inevitable sooner or later.
Some of the Liberal papers, how.
ever, claim that there Is more
acute anxiety among Conservatives
than can be estimated by reading
the Conservative papers.
Dissatisfied with the Cyprus Treaty
LONDON, July 11.--A Berlin dis
patch says that news from italy,
and especially from France, seems
to indicate that public opinion re-
CARDS the Cyprus treaty as serious
ly affecting the private interests
of these nations. On this subject
one of the plenipotsntiaries
of Great Britain said that, if France
and Austria at the end of the
war had declared themselves ready
to act together for the maintenance
of the integrity of Turkey, Eng.
land would havejoined them. Un.
fortunately they could not or would
mt Than ENGLAND from, oo,s;J