Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-14

prescott by 1900. Republicans
claim the House by 80 majority anc
the Senate byS.
Tho Rife sean ANA iis Trophy.
| NEW YORK, March 13th.-The
American Rifle Team of 1877 have
voted permission to Tiffany & Co
to place the Centennial Palma tro.
ply in the Paris Exposition, pro.
vided no foreign teams accept the
American challenge to q contest
for its possession. The National
Rifle Association has ordered the
Creedm0or ranges open the 1st oil
April, and has arranged for the
erection of "a hotel upon their
grounds.
The BI"ckads Raisea-Ea,al Ere.
CHEYENNE, March 18th. The
blockade has been raised. Three
trains arrived this afternoon, and
two more will arrive at II O'Clock
tonight. They continued west
and met party from the western
division at Sherman. This leaves
a clear track from Omaha
to Ogden. The Colorado Central
& Denver Pacific are still obstruct.
ed. The storm to the northward
has been very severe. Freight
trains have lost much stock frozen
and stampeded. Many persons are
missing. Two or three known to
have perished in the storm. Pas
sengers on the trains have been
well supplied and made comforta-
BILE.
SHERMAN, Wy, March 13.-
Since the storm subsidized the bodies
eff number of people have been
found who perished from exposure.
Great loss of stock is reported.
:he Prn.Rsfe Measure.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-The
House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads held session this morning
for the purpose of hearing further
argument on the bill introduced in
the House by Crittenden to compel
tue Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany to pro-rate with the Kansas
Pacific Railroad Company. Shell
laberger. on behalf of the Union
Pacific road, argued against the
bill.
Cong sessfOuai.
WASHINGTON, March 13.-SEN-
ATE.-W Window, from the Commit.
tee on Appropriations, reported,
without amendment, the House
bill making appropriation for for
tilicatiOns and other works of de-
fense and armament during the fis-
cal year ending June 30th, 1879.
Placed on the calendar.
Merrimon introduced bill to
provide for and regulate the count
ing OF votes for President and Vice
President and the decision of ques.
tions arising thereon. Referred o
special committee.
Kellogg introduced a bill to aid
the New Orleans and Pacific Rail.
road Company. Referred.
Kellogg also introduced bill to
establish mint at New Orleans,
authorizing the coinage of gold
and silver, and making an appro-
priation therefor Referred.
Matthews called up the motion
submitted by him yesterday to re-
fer the communication OF the Sec.
rstary Of the Interior in regard to
timber Expectations, to the Com
mittee on Public Lands, and have
it printed in the Record. He asked
to have tho document printed in
the Record as matter Of justice,
as the department from which it
emanated had been attacked yes
terday in the Senate.
Blaine thought the Secretary of
the Interior should be heard, but
the Senator from Ohio must be
aware of the fact that he was ask
ing an extraordinary privilege to
have this document so printed. He
reserved to himself the right to re-
ply to 1t, because the document
was in reply to what he had said in
the Senate upon recent occasion.
Sargent opposed the printing of the
document in the Record, as setting
a bad precedent, and not because
the contents Of it were so very
creditable to its authors that he
feared them. He argued that the
document was made up from the
statement of spies, who followed
men into their places of business
and reported their conversation.
He referred to the action of Con-
gress in abolishing spies in the Gus.
tom services and that Congress then
put the stamp of condemnation
upon using Fouch's method of spies.
After some further debate Mat
thews read the reply of the Secreta.
ry of the Interior as part of his
remarks.
WASHINGTON, March 13th.-
HoUsE-Hale's amendment to the
Diplomatic bill, increasing the
salaries OF the four principal Min
listers from $4,000 as provided in
the bill to SIT 800 the present sala-
ry, was rejected, So to 10.
Further New IEaunp.hire Returns.
CONCORD, N. H., March l3.-Re-
turns from lS4 towns give Prescott
(Rep J .35,694; Mexican Dem
81, 1854; scattering, 392. The towns
so far heard from give the COM
plexion of the House as 1Si Repub-
licans and III Democrats.
Coiiiery Explosion la England.
LONDON, March 13.-In colliery
explosion near Bolton forty men
perished.
War News.
LONDON, March l3.-The Rus
slams have occupied q number of
villages around Constantinople and
are still advancing. The British
fleet has arrived in the Gulf of
Ismid. A quarter of q million
homeless refugees, in a starving
condition, are around Shumla. The