Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-16
EaiirOad Contract Let.

Ills extension Will take The rOat
1872 miles west of this city, in thu
Solomon valley, and further pro
yress will be made during the year
CoBgressionni.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-At th,
opening of the House this morning
there was small attendance o
members on either side. After thu
reading of the journal Wood in
quired whether the Senate resolu
ton for final adjournment of the
session was not question of high
er privilege than the pending reso
luton of Potter. The Speaker, in
reply said that the question of final
adjournment was a question o.
privilege between the two Houses
somewhat analogous to the repor
of Conference Committee, whict
had been always held to be cues
ton of the highest privilege, tax
ing precedence even of q motion to
adjourn. In this instance the con.
sideration of that question haC
been postponed till to-day, and II
now came up.
Wood called up the Senate con.
current resolution for final adjourn.
ment and moved that its consider.
alton be postponed till Wednesday
the Goth of May. He also moved
the previous question. Woods mo-
tion agreed to, yeas, 1870; nays,
los. The division on seconding the
previous question ON Potter's reso.
luton showed the presence of only
11S Democrats; 20 less than quo.
rum.
Canada Scna ed.
OTTAWA, May 15.--Importanl
dispatches have been received
by the Government to-day from
their agents along the frontier with
respect to the Fenian movements
and some excitement is manifested
in this city in consequence of orders
issued by the militia department,
and preparations are making from
one end of the dominion to the 9TH
err for coast and frontier defense.
Twenty-four gunners have been
ordered to the river st. Clair and
Lakes Erie and Ontario. All the
militia on the frontier are being
supplied with arms and ball car
tridges and the interior militia
have been ordered to hold them
selves in readiness to leave for the
front at a moments notice.
For the Improvement of Oregon
Harbors.
WASHINaToN, May 18th. Bills
were introduced to-day, by Grover,
providing for surveys and estimates
for improvements at the entrance
of Coos Bay and the mouth of the
Cogville river, Oregon.
Esaats tn ihe EagIish Striking Dis
sricts.
LONDON, May l5.-Serious riot.
ing began at Blackburn yesterday
evening. Thousands of the lowest
class of operatives, including
women, paraded the streets, max
ing violent demonstrations. The
house of Jackson, Chairman of the
Masters Associa alton was burned to
the ground, and the same mob at
tempted to burn Jackson's mills.
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was partially wrecked. A strong
force of infantry from Preston ar
rived and troops of cavalry are on
their way.
The English strikers Ne, tuus
IroubIe Beginning.
LONDON, May 15.-The cotton
operators on strike in Lancashire
are greatly eXasperated at the re-
fusal of the masters to compro-
mise. When the representatives
of the operatives left the meeting
at Manchester, yesterday, with no
compromise arrived at, they indi.
Gated that the leaders would not
be able to longer restrain their
men, and disclaimed all RESPONSE
bility of what might happen in
the strike district. When the
news of the decision reached Burn.
ley, thousands of people assem- bled
in the atreets, hooting, shouting,
and smashing windows. A mass
meeting will be held there to-day.
Serious trouble is feared. The riot
in Blackburn last evening was the
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failure of negotiations. There
were also riotOus demonstrations
at Accrington, and serious breach
of peace is still apprehended there.
War News.
LONDON May ia special from
Constantinople says that General
Todleben declares that, unless the
Turkish Commissioner induce the
Insurgents to disperse, he will
adopt severe repressive measures.
A telegram from Batoum states
that the concentration of 1000
armed Mussulmans at Lazestan in
the Ardenutch District has com.
PEELED the Russians to retreat and
that the rapid gathering of armed
bands renders untenable the Rus
sian positions at Livenia and the
Choruk river.
Advices from Bucharest state
that detachments of Russian
reserves and recruits continue to
pass through Roumania for regi-
ments i'm the field. Some of these
men are totally ignorant OF mill
tary drill. Trains of ammunition
are also passing to the Danube.
The Russians are making addition
al contracts In Roumania for trans
ports, carts and animals. 1t is said
that 5000 more are ordered to be
ready in two weeks for service
south of the Danube.
Renewed activity prevails in
Servian arsenals, and orders have
been issued to the factory at Kragu-
jevatz to increase the production OF
! the Peabody-Martini ammunition
works to the amount of 10000
rounds per day. All the servicea-
BILE artillery in store has been Or
dered to be mounted and sent inn
mediately to the front.
Terrible Explosion Ia IL Paris Am