Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-20

has become very prosperous, had
induced them to hope that the
United States would gradually
lower their custom house duties
on the different articles of impor-
tation and, in lowering the rates,
would increase the revenue by in
creasing trade.
An EmbezzIer Arrested.
NEW YORK, April 1sth.-H. A.
McIntire, President of the Lake
City Bank, Colorado, charged with
the embezzlement of 500, 900, was
arrested to-day by the Central Of
flee Detectives on requisition from
the Governor of Colorado. The
prisoner was arrested at the Aber-
deem Hotel and started for Denver
direct this evening.
The saint PAM aud Pacific.
OTTAWA, April 19th.-It is un-
derstood that an arrangement with
the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad
Company is now virtually made
with the object of utilizing the
Pembina branch railway. 1t is ex-
pected that by the first of Novem-
Der there will be rail com munica-
ton with Winnipeg from the head
of Lake Superior.
Indemnify 90 DO Returned.
WASHINGTON, April 19th.-In
order to induce Japan to take
greater interest in the proposed
treaty with Corea, efforts will be
made to have returned to Japan q
million and a half of dollars now
in the United States Treasury,
known as the Japanese indem nifty
fund, retaining small sum only to
compensate for actual loss to Amer
lean citizens resulting from dis.
turbances some years ago in that
country.
Heavy storms ns Memphis.
MEMPHIS, April I9th.-There
were heavy storms in this section
last night and to-day.
Meeting Of Starving sainers.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, April 10TH
Five hundred miners and laborers
met here this afternoon for the pur-
pose of consulting and proposing
plans to ask the authorities of the
State to legislate in their behalf for
immediate aid to enable them to
provide for themselves aud suffer-
ing families. The meeting was Or
derby. Petitions were signed ask
ing the State to appropriate several
million dollars to purchase iron
and withhold it from the market
for several years so as TO enable the
iron interests to resume and there
by make demand for coal, or take
any other prompt measures to Gre
ate work in the coal region. Res.
olutions were passed requesting
the miners, laborers and workmen
of other sections Of the State to ad-
| dress the Legislature on the same
subject. Meetings are to be held
throughout Mahonoy Valley by
working people generally for the
same purpose.
| The Chinese QUESTION.
WASHINGTON, April 1sth.-Ow.
ing to previous business engage.
ments most of the Pacific Coast
delegation in Congress were unable
to meet their colleagues today tc
determine which OF the pending
Chinese measures shall be pressed
unitedly, and the conference has
therefore been postponed until
next Monday morning. Sargent,
Davis, Page and Wrenn talked the
matter over to-day and agreed tina,
it will be advisable to urge the
House Committee to report, in ad.
dition to its joint resolution fol
limiting Mongolian immigration
by means of negotiations, the bill
originally introduced by Sargent
which proposes to allow only ter
Chinese to be landed from any one
vessel. They came to the conclus.
ion, also, that they would allow
the free entry of one Mongolian to
every one hundred tons of freight
age capacity and permit others to
land on payment of capitation
tax of 500 each.
The Secretary of the Interior to.
day affirmed the decision of the
General Land Office In the matter
of the surveys Of various deriva-
| tive claims.