Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-24

California. The Senate rejected
Mike l.. Waldron as United States
Marshal for Western Tennessee,
vice Eaton, resigned.
baicide Of Csptatn L..S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.--Captain
A. X. Long, Commlssary of Sub
sistence at this post, committed
suicide to-day. He went home at
the usual hour this afternoon, en-
tered his wife's room, had brief
conversation with her and imme-
diately afterwards passed into the
adjoining room and shot himself
near the heart, causing death al
most instantly.
PostOmce Cheeks.
CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-The IriJune's
Washington special says: Persons
who have oanvassed the House say
that close count shows less than
ninety votes for the Texas Pacific
bill.
The Postmaster General recently
received numerous complaints that
merchandise packages are taken
from the mails. Investigation
shows that they were stolen before
being deposited in the department.
The Postmaster General is now
in correspondence with Eckell, an
official Of the London Posto flee,
who has prepared system OF
checks which he thinks will pre-
vent these losses. The Postmaster.
General will recommend Congress
to authorize the experiment.
DistinguIshsd Visitor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23d.-Sir Ed.
ward Thornton, accompanied by
Lord Dufferin, Governor General
of Canada, called on the President
to-day.
Acquitted of Drunk ennoss.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 23d.-The tria
of Judge George Ysllott, Associate
Judge of the Fourth judicial Dis
trict, indicted for drunkenness
on the bench, took place here to-
day. The prosecution failed to
sustain the indictment aud the de-
PENDANT was acquitted.
Election Frauds in Nc. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 23d.-The repor
of the grand jury of Ramsey coun'
ty, made to-day, finds that syste
matte and enormous frauds were
committed iu the registration OIL
voters for the November election
in 1877, by classifying the poll book!
in the Office Of the City Clerk, in
which largo number of fictitiou,
names were skilfully and carefully
checked, as they would have been
checked had they actually vOteC
at the election in 1876, Of which
these books purported TO be true
record. Five hundred and sixty
four such fictitious names were
found. The City Clerk, NJ. ]
OConnor, Assistant Clerk, w. J
O'Connor, an Alderman, and the
Judges of Election are severely
censured. Several indictment.
were found.
Additional Appropriation Asked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23d. - TIL,
House Committee on Apprapria
tiops to-day heard the Secretary o
the Interior, the Commissioner o
the General Land Office and the
assistant attorney for the interior
Department in advocacy of AN ap.
preparation of $4,000 TO continue
operations against depredators OF
the public timber lands. Repre-
sentatives Hooker and Jones, o
Alabama, opposed the proposed ap
preparation. They claimed that
many of the recent actions OF the
government regarding timbe
seizures, etc., in the Gulf State
had been harsh, oppressive and
illegal.
Tho CrisPius' strike Weak ening
LYNN, Mass, January 23d.-Th,
strike Of the Crisplns is weak eni ne
and the position of the manufac
turers il strengthening, anothsI
large firm having Joined the coali
ton.
Crooked Philadelphia Failures.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28d.-The Post
in speaking of the failures yester
day in Philadelphia, says: 1t ap
pears now as il there was some ar
rangsment between all the firm
by which paper was made and sole
in a way that proper business man.
agement does not recognize. W.
know of one buyer here who Dough
fifteen pieces Of this paper, eact
piece of which was drawn by some
one Of the smaller firms and en-
dorsed by 80 stocks. Out of fifteer
pieces only one piece turns out
good. 1t il estimated that between
100000 and $4,000 of the paper
of these firms was sold here. One
of the Oldest bankers here says
he never knew SO distrustful a
time; that while the number
of failures is large. the worst feat.
uurs is that almost every one brings
to light some new form of decep
ton or fraud and that it is more
difhcult than he ever knew it to be
to use the money Of the bank SO as
to get anything. like fair interest
on it without sndangering the
principal Of tho loan.
Tho Venezuelan Nike Commits.
stsn.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-Tht
question of the Venezuelan Mixed
Commission of Claims was taker
up to-day by the sub Committee
of the House on Foreign Affairs.
1t was determined to have the ties.
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