Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-23
LOS ANGELES. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 23 1878


financial distress by repellins
public and private confidence.
Congregational.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-HoUsE
Harrison offered, as u question o.
privilege, a resolution extending
the Potter investigation TO Oregon
and South Carolina, and declaring
that it is not the intention of the
House, through such investigation
to annul or attempt to annul the
decision of the Presidential ques
ton as made in the Fort fourth
Congress.
| PerRiss on Another s.oss Ride.
New YORK, May 22.-Francisco
peralta began at 4 o'clock this
morning at Fleetwood Park his at
tempt to ride 305 miles in Is con-
seculive hours. At noon he had
made 175 miles, when lie retired
from the track for rubbing, resu.
ming the ride at 1922.
Ready for she Fenians.
North TROY, VT, May pa
correspondent of tho Associated
Press visited several towns on the
Canadian border and finds excite
ment prevailing every where. The
Dominion militia are supplied with
arms and ammunition, aud are
ready at an hours notice to con-
centrate their forces TO repel inva-
sion.
a Lively a,thqunLe IN yenezutin.
HAVANA, May 22.-An earth
quake in Venzuela occurred on
April 14th. The town of Crea was
destroyed, as were the surrounding
farms. The river Tuy became
heated to such degree that fishes
sought refuge outside the water.
Shocks were felt in Caracas, and
were the heaviest which have oc-
cured since 1872.
rwrnt3 -oae IKiitcL aud stveatcrn
Wounded.
LONDON, May "a special from
Pera says that twenty-one were
hlilSd oONCutScu Ill
the emeute at Constantinople.
nussin's Fleet Again.
LONDON, May %. -- Two unar-
mored Russian war vessels from
Cronstadt passed through the
Sound clandestinely Monday night.
II is supposed their destination is
America, and Russian agents are
in Sweden inspecting shipping
with q view to the purchase of
cruisers.
News Of the stsikes.
LONDON, May 22.-There have
been no further disturbances in the
strike districts in Lancashire in
consequence of the precautions
taken 10y the military and police.
Hopes of settlement of the
differences have not been abau-
doned. SINNERS and cardroom
hands opposed ballot on
the questions at issue, but the
weavers at Blackburn and other
towns will vote Tomorrow. Ii is
believed that the result of the
voting will have an important
effect on the other strikers. Mean
time the strike is extending. No
tices of the 10 per cent. reduction
expired at Todmorden and Rams.
bottom last night, when the opera.
tives resolved to resist reduction.
a MI To Suppress soctnIist EEK.
cesses.
BERLIN, May pa bill for the
repression of Socialist excuses has
been submitted to the German Par.
lament.
Count snouvaiOH Givcs ~ Hint.
BERLIN, May 22.-Count Shouva-
loft, in conversation with other
diplomatists, described the propo.
sails he was carrying to England as
pacific. He seemed confident that
they would not be rejected. Baden
Baden is again proposed as the
place for the Congress to meet. 1t
is thought that the last proposals
will be generally accepted.
The P"pc seehiue u Summer Re.
tsrGt.
ROME, May 22.-Ihe Pope Will
not go to Monte Casino. The
Jesuits are endeavoring to keep the
Pope in Rome, but some other
place at which he may pass the
Sumer is being sought.
Must Have Kars ana ArdHhan.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 22.-It
has TRANSFERRED that the Car Insists
on the possession of Kars and Ar
dahan, but is willing to renounce
Batoum. This is the utmost limit
of the concessions he is prepared to
make in Asia. With regard to the
limits of Bulgaria he is perfectly
satisfied to leave the decision to
the Congress.
Assistance for Turkish re fugees.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 22.-Five
thousand refugees have sent a dep
utation to the Porte asking relief.
The Porte promised that rations
would henceforth be regularly dis
tributed.