Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-23
Latest Eastern News.


GALEsBURG, ILL.,, April ODD
Last night terrible rain and hail
storm struck this city, the hail
being of prodigious size. Much
glass was broken and many fruit
trees were badly damaged.
Faiai TORNADO.
WALL LAKE, Iowa, April ODD
A fierce tornado struck this town
yesterday, destroying part of it.
Several persons in this vicinity are
reported killed.
Pursuit of IsaiGing Indiaus.
New ORLEANS, April 22d.-A
Galveston NeaUs Laredo special
says the raiding Indians have re-
turned into Mexico where they are
being pursued by Mexican troops,
who may possibly overtake them
before they reach the Sante Rosa
mountains. Nine men have been
killed in the vicinity of Laredo and
400 horses carried off.
| BIatr's RssoIWtions Referred,
CHICAGO, April 22i.-The Jour
mails Washington special says:
Montgomery BIair's resolutions on
the Presidential title were allowed
by the Republicans to go to the
House Judiciary Committee to-day
without discussion, the understand
ing being that they will stop there.
Mitchell made long speech ia
voring the bill extending the time
for the completion of the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
The river and harbor bill was
passed in tho House. Itappropriates
$2,000,000.
Another D,sirmc,ive auh Fatal
Storm.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 22d.-A
storm at Pomeroy, a small station
on the Illinois Central, in Iowa,
blew down number of houses,
killed the son of George Wallace,
the son of Mr.. Pearce and wounded
fifteen or twenty other persons.
Details meagre. Miles of telegraph
wire was blown down.
Zhe New Orleans Mint
WASHINGTON, April 22J.-The
House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures has agreed
to report favorably the pending bill
appropriating $4,000 to repair and
put in operation the Mint at New
Orleans, authorizing the coinage of
gold and silver thereat, and maxi
ing an appropriation therefor.
NUMBER of Men Drowned.
MEMPHIS, April 22d.-On last
Thursday night while a party of
men were engaged in cutting back
the levee, near the lower end of
Lake Bolivar, in Bolivar county,
Mississippi, to let off the heavy
body Of water caused by the I'M
precedented rains, the whole party
were caught in the sluice and, with
the exception of Capt. Briseoe, all
were swept out in the vortex. Bris-
coe was rescued after being more
than an hour in the water and
quick sand.
The Southern Pacific in Arizona.
WAsHINGTON, April 22d.-The
Senate resolution diapproving of
the act of the Territory of Arizona
in regard to Incorporating the
Southern Pacific Railway Company
was passed by that body to-day.
Three Men Hanged.
FRANKLIN, La, April 22.-Jack-
son Edwards, Wesley Turner and
Alexander Brown, all colored, were
hanged to-day in the presence of a
large crowd. A priest offered a
prayer on the scaffold, to which
the condemned men listened atten-
lively. Edwards spoke briefly,
acknowledging the crime, which
was caused by whiskey. Brown
confessed his crime, and believed
God would forgive him. Turner
DECLARED his entire innocence and
placed the charge of guilt on an.
other man. When the drop fell
Browns knot came united and his
bsdy fell to the ground. He was
taken back to Jail until the scaffold
was fixed, when he was swung off q
second time. Good order prevailed.
Resignation of District Attorney
| COEbi Pacific Coast Matters.
| WASHINGTON, april 22d.-News
of the resignation of District Attor-
ney Coghlan has been received by
the California delegation and the
appointment of his successor was O
subject of considerable conference
among them to-day. Senator Booth
announced that he would recon-.
mend John Lord Love for appoint
ment. Horace Davis is inclined to
recommend second assistant Van
Duzer. Sargent and Representa-
tives Page, Luttrell, Wigginton
and Wren have united in signing
a letter to the Attorney General
recommending that the place be
given to Thomas Teare, the present
Assistant United States Attorney.
In this letter they say that Mr..
Teare is an able and finely edu-
Gated lawyer, is familiar with the
duties of the place, is of excellent
personal character and his appoint
ment would be recognition of the
principle of promotion of worthy
persons in Office. In conversation
several of these gentlemen say they
have no objection to Van Duzer,
but they regard Teare as having o
prior claim.
With the exception of Jones and
Sharon, who are absent, all of the
Pacific Coast delegation III Congress
have signed paper requesting
the House Committee on Ed
ucation and Labor to press
to its passage the joint reso.
luton, already reported from
that Committee, providing for ne
gotiations with China and Eng
land to restrict Chinese immigra-
tion and also to report for passage
the bill introduced by Wren, which
is duplicate of Sargent's bill, pro-
viding that not more than ten
Mongolians shall be admitted by
any one vessel. The delegation