Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-05


Agent Williams against Speaker
Randall, Carlisle occupying the
chair as Speaker pro tenn. The re.
port, which was read, affirms tha
every statement of wrong made il
the letter was without even q sem
blance of truth.
Butler offered q resolution recit-
ing that the semi official letter oi
Williams, Special Agent of the
Treasury Department, showed him
unit for public service and request
ing his dismissal.
The session being resumed, q
number of condemned cannon
were voted to the Williams Monu.
ment Association of Detroit.
"A message from the President,
transmitting the report of the Cen.
tennial Commission, was laid on
the table.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-SEN.
ATE-Upon reassembling, q note
was received from the Vice-Presi.
dent, saying he would not preside
again during the present session;
that q President pro tenn might be
elected.
Anthony submitted resolution
declaring Thomas w. Ferry elected
President pro tenn.
Bayard moved to substitute the
name of Allen G. Thurman. Re-
jected; yeas, &c, nays, %.
Ferry was then declared elected,
and he was escorted to the chair by
Thurman.
A number Of private bills were
passed.
Sargent submitted resolution
directing the Secretary of the Navy
to furnish for the Information of
the Senate reports of the survey of
the Panama and Nappi litter
Oceanic Ship Canal routes made in
1870, with accompanying papers.
Agreed to.
stuck orr the appropriation BiItA-
An Extr@ sersian uG C.ngr, ~
CaiysI.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-After
a continuous all-night session all
the appropriation bills passed ex-
cepting the Army bill and the Leg
islative bill. The President con-
venes an extra session OF Congress
for March 18th.
The Upited States Supreme Cuurf
Recon vened.
WASHINGTON, March 4-The
Supreme Court of the United
States convened to-day after re-
cess of four weeks, all the Justices
present except Associate Justice
Hunt. Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood
was admitted to practice
rae Tweed sRau-iua so,d.
NEW York, March 4.-The
Tweed mansion at Greenwich, Con-
necticut, built with money plum.
dered from New York, was sold by
Mis-. Tweed to-day to n New York
broker for seventy-iive thousand
dollars.
M.isa s;,eci,vmr.
NEW YORK, March 4. 4.-Munici-
pal elections held throughout
Maine to day show the usual gen.
eral Republican victories except in
where the Democratic
Greenback combination candidate
for Mayor squeezed in by forty.six
majority.
An Important H.nw suit.
Ne. YORK, March AIN the
suit of Henry w. Olmstead, as
signee of Oiiphant & Co., China
merchants, and who
also held contract with the Peru
Wan Government, against Drexel,
Morgan & Co., and others, Judge
Laneworlt to-day gave q tempo.
rary Injunction, restraining the de-
fendants and all Others from pay.
ing over to the Peruvian Govern
ment any portion of the proceeds
from certain sales Of nitrate of soda,
in the complaint.
sh"chiug saisndveaaure.
GLENN FALLS, N. Y, March 4.
Rev. Sidney M. Stray, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at East
Lake George, while exhibiting u
revolver to his wife last night, dis
charged it accidentally, woundiug
her. Thinking he had thus killed
his wife, he placed the revolver to
his own head and fired. The
wounds are not thought to be fatal.
aere Trouoso far sac rrenen Cab
PARIS, March 4.-The Cabinet
has experienced a severe blow. 1t
knows that all Moderates in the
Chambers and in the country eX-
peet it to openly repudiate the die
tation of the Radicals. Unless it
can do so it had better fall en- bloc
than to succumb piecemeal.
saved from she Buruins Castle.
BRUSSELS, March, 4.-EX- EN-
press Carlotta, widow of the late
Emperor MaXimillian, of Mexico,
who has been insane for many
years, resided in the Castle of Tero-
ven which was destroyed by fire
yesterday. She was safely re-
moved from the Castle aud Is now
at the Royal Palace at Lucken,
near Brussels.
Poiisicai .Csssss 1. Spai".
MADRID, March 4.-.The resigna.
tion of the Cabinet is considered
inevitable. 1t is stated that the
King agrees with General Martinez
Campos that change is necessary.
Eo Iayestfsase Diptherin
ST. PETERSBURG, March "A
medical commission has been APP
pointed to investigate the alarming
prevalence OF Diptheria in South
Russia.
InsuFreesionary Agitation.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, March 4 An
insurrectionary agitation has COM
menced in Thessaly aud Epirus.