Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-29
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DeInocrasic Caucus-Ansi.Chin ESQ
Resolutions Adopted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-A Joint
Democratic caucus of Senators and
Representatives was held in the
hall of the House of Representa-
tives last night. The principal OBJ.
ject of the caucus was to take acs,
tlon on the question of Cbi,sso In,
migration. Mbestnton offered two
fesoIu..0i1ath rss. the first declaring that
gnfness immigration should be re-
stricted and in favor of q modifioa-
ton of the Burlingame treaty, and
the second urging the passage of
the bill reported from the Commit
tee on Education and Labor by
Willis, Of Kentucky, which prohib
its the landing in the United States
Of more than fifteen Mopgolians by
any one vessel. The resolutions
were adopted without division.
Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2Sth.-The
Secretary of the Treasury, in an
swer to inquiries csncerning the
amount of four per cent. bonds that
can be issued for refunding pur-
poses, states that under the refund.
ing acts there was authorized an
aggregate amount of ST., 100000, 900
in bonds to be issued for that pur-
pose; that there has already been
issued of five per cents $500, ,0o0, 900,
of four and one-half per cents $lS5, :
900, 900 and of four per cents $685.
200, 900, and in all $3.50, 200, 900; leav-
ing of four per cents still to be issued
$546, 500, 900. OF bonds at present
redeemable there is now outstand-
ing: Consols of 1865, $26, ,085, $50; of
1867, $3l0, GA, 900; of 1868, $37, ,465,. Z.
300; of ten-forties, $1s4, 566, 300; in
all, $56s, 731, $50; showing that
there are more than enough four
per cents authorized to take up all
bonds which will be redeemable.
The Cipher IuvesiIsation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2ss+h}r=The
Potter CopHaiitttteee,in in the cipher
dispatch business. did not yester-
.day bring out anything very inn.
portant, except couple of tele-
grams that passed between Zach
Chandler and James A. Tyner, AS
sistant Postmaster-G General, refer
ring to the appointment of o couple
of "Indian Agents." who were to
contribute toward saving the State
of Indiana to Hayes. Tyner ex-
planned to the Committee that the
term "Indian Agent" was O cipher
for SIS, 900 and couple of "1ndian
Agents" meant $4,000, which
Chandler was to furnish for cam.
paiga purposes.
Advice TO iho Democracy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25th.-The
Post, the national organ Of the De-
mocracy, urges the Democratic
party to abandon all other issues
and plant itself squarely in favor of
establishing the supremacy of the
United States on the seas.
A bill to change the names of the
steamships George w. Elder and
City Of Chester, to Portland and
Columbia, respectively, has passed
the House of Representatives and
is now pending in the Senate.
Triple Murder by an Iusane Man.
BELFAST. Me. Jan. 2S.-At Mort
Vile, Saturday, Jno. Mcfarland,
wife and granddaughter, were killed
by an insane man named Powell,
who was later shot dead by neigh.
bors whom he had attacked.
Caleb Cushiug's Will.
NEwBURYPoRT, Jan. 2Sth. The
will of Caleb Cushing directs that
his property be divided into two
equal parts, one for the children of
John N. Cushing, and the other for
the children Of the late William
Gushing. The will was made in
Madrid in 1876.