Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-03
The O'Leary.Huxhes Match.

~" III tuc uduUS VI lue officers.
An Attack ON Butler.
LOWELL, Mass, Oct. 2.-In the
Republican Convention of the
Seventh Congressional District to-
day, Mr.. Dargen, of Reading, Of
fered a resolution denouncing Gen.
eral Butler for proving false to the
district and to pledges made by him
In 1875, and demanding his imme-
diate resignation as a mem Der OF
the Forty-Fifth Congress. The
resolution was adopted unanI.
mously. BoutwelPs name was
Withdrawn as candidate.
Democrats and lirer nbacke ers Z ON.
bintd.
CHICAGO, Oct. "A special from
Des Moines, Iowa, says that the
consolidation of the Democrat tic
and GreeDback State ticket, an
nounced last night, is received with
great satisfaction by both of these
elements.
The Legisisturs Of vern In sss.
sion.
MONTPELIER, VT, Oct. 2J.-The
Legislature met to-day and the
House organized by the election Of
Jas. M. Martin, as Speaker, and
Henry s. Newell, Clerk.
| Repwbitc.n Nomination.
LOWELL. Mass, Oct. sin the
Republican Convention, on the
third ballot, William A. Russell. of
| Lawrence, was nominated for Con.
gress.
Bancroft, the Historian. Injur~d. :
NEWPORT. r. l., Oct. 2.-While
George Bancroft, the historian,
was driving yesterday his hcrses
ran away and he was thrown out Of
his carriage. The left side of his
head was badly cut and the left arm
and shoulder injured, probably dis.
located. He suffers great pain this
morning.
President Hay cs 4" New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-President
Hayes arrived here this morning,
and after breakfast and drive at
tended meeting of the Trustees of
the Peabody Educational Fund.
The soush-rm Death Rate.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2.-From noon
yesterday until to-day 3S deaths
are reported.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-Deathe,
Sc; cases reported, 1856; total cases,
$500; deaths, 1856.
Colorado Elections.
DENVER, Col, Oct. 2.-Forty-one
towns and precincts, including the
three Democratic counties of Huer.
fanO, Bent and Pueblo, give q net
Republican majority of 1904. The
remaining towns and precincts will
probably increase this majority to
1000. The Greenback vote, so far
as reported, was 800, and will not,
1t is believed, exceed 1000. The
State Legislature in both houses
will undoubtedly be two.thirds Re.
publican. John G. Wilson, acting
Chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, estimates the
majority in the State at $500.
Cei-brated B,Ilisrd Player Dead.
MONTREAL, Oct. 2.-Cyrille Dion,
the celebrated billiard player, died
of congestion of the lungs en- route
for the Courtney y.Hunlon race.
Yellow Fever In Madrid.
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Madrid news.
papers state that there are three
cases of yellow fever in the hospital
in that city.
A PIebsscise PrOposed for France.
PARIS, Oct. 2.-Le Telegraphe
says rumor is current In political
circles that the French Cabinet, on
the reassembling of the Chambers,
will bring in a bill proposing ple-
biscite for the purpose of form ally
affirming the legality of the Re-
public. -.-.-
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Five batteries
of artillery leave Portsmouth on
the 18th inst. for India. The sec.
ond battalion of the Fourteenth
Regiment at Currah will embark
at Queenstown for India Saturday
night. A dispatch from Simla says
that all preparations are advancing
with the utmost speed. Several
iCB hoNO atICduy Occu LlO-
bilized, but the com missariat depot
requires reasonable time for its
completion. The army Is enthusi-
astic and the esprit de corps of the
native troops is admirable.
the suItan's intervention Ash ed.
VIENNA, Oct. "A Constanti-
nople dispatch states that Schir
Ali Kahn, the Secret Envoy Of the
Ameer of Afghani-tan, is instruct
ed to claim the Sultan's interven-
tion in the pending difficulty, in
order that England shall not de.
clare war against Afghanistan. He
has further convinced the Sultan
that an alliance with Russia Is ad-
visable for the Mussulma race.
The Socialist Bill.
BERLIN, Oct. 2.-The Committee
on the Socialist Bill have COM
menced a second reading. Count
Won Eulenburg, Minister to the In-
terror, said that the amendments
made on the firstreading appeared,
on the whole, acceptable, but the
Government wished that some
minor alterations should be made.
The Emperor must have the unre-
stricted right to appoint Presidents
and Vice-Presidents of the organic.
ations. The Limitation of the op-
Grafton of the law to q period ex-
piring on March 3lst, 1881, was in
admissible. The term was too
short; the Government preferred
that no definite time should be inn
posed. ~
Ths Amser hes . Chance 70 Apollo.
g1ze. saf
LONDON, Oct. 2d.-A dispatch
from Bombay says the latest news
from Simla is that an opportunity
has been offered the Ameer to make
amends for the affront offered the