Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-04

the third instalment OF $500, COO
indemnify to American citizens
due this month.
ChRrtes FraBcI. Adams Jr. Re
WA3HINGToN, Jan. 3.-Charles
Francis Adams, Jr., has resigned
as Government Director of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
1t is expected that the Secretary
of the Treasury will tomorrow
issue another call for the REDEEM D.
! tion of 10000, 900 five-twenty bonds,
consols of 1867. 4
| A Cabinet ~e>siun.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sat a meet
ing of the Cabinet to-day members
were much pleased with Incl.
dents connected with resumption
narrated by Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Hawley. The Pres
ident expressed his satisfaction
with the result and predicted u
more general return of prosperity
to the country. The question of
funding the national debt was dis
cussed as the present chief finau-
cial aim of the treasury. The large
subscription to four per cent.
bonds was considered a good indi.
cation of success. The Chinese
question was briefly discussed, and
It was decided that the Secretary
of State open negotiations with the
Chinese Government for modifi-
cation of the Burlingame treaty,
with view of restricting Chinese
immigration.
GRseei"ss r. sctrd q v'rn1s Oi
Mai"..
AUGUSTA, Me-, Jan. 3.-Alouzo
Garcelon was to-day elected Cover
nor, receiving 81 votes to 10 for Jos.
l.. Smith. Every Republican Sen.
ator voted for Garcelon.
nuw Resumption" DOES On.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Up to noon
to day, at the Sub-Treasury, about
Sl1 900 of legal tender notes had
been presented for gold. while S40,-
900 gold certificates had been eX-
changed for legal tender notes.
Cold Weather tn New Y0sk-Rrnk,-
men Frozen 40 Death.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3,-At noon to-
day the thermometer marked seven
degrees above zero. Two brakemen
on freight trains on the Central
New Jersey and North Pennsylva
II do 70 Iaatl tIis
morning.
Chiaam An Refsseu Natasaisxasion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The Clerk
of the United States Circuit Court
at Boston has refused the applica-
tiOn of a Chinaman for naturaliZa-
tion on the ground taken by Judge
Lowell that Mongolians do not
come within the provisions of the
statute rsa.Ingf ssl 5f * t9.rnfHaaba natbHarnl'7At'
Heavy snow stor,n at BuHa.o.
BUFFALO, Jan. 8 "A severe snow
storm RACES at East Buffalo. All
business is suspended. The storm
is more severe than that just before
Christmas. Sn0w-pIows are of
little use as drifts fill as fast as
clearances are made.
Second Baptist church, 81 Louis,
Burning.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-The Second
Baptist Church, corner Beaumont
and Locust streets, took fire this
morning and is now burning, with
a prospect of being wholly de-
stroyed. st. Maiy's Institute, sit
uated on the opposite corner, is
now said to he on fire. Both build
ings are entirely new and among
the finest in the city.
LATER.-The fire is now fully
under control and nothing RENAME
of the church except the walls, the
entire inside of the roof and spire
being totally destroyed. The
church cost about S175, 900 and was
of rough hewn stone, and was one
of the finest and most imposing ed.
itices in the city. The loss is esti-
mated at 500. goo; insured for $780,
900. st. Mary's Institute was only
very slighIy damaged. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
The weather is intensely cold.
Tue C"id iu Chicago ana the N"rth-
west.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Tbe tempera-
ture, after midnight last night,
gradually lowered till this morn
ing the mercury stood at 22o below
zero. In exposed places in the city
several cases of freezing are re-
ported, but only one fatal. Reports
from points in the Northwest, show
that the cold is continued and
severe, with the thermometer re-
cording from 150 to 800 below zero.
Trains are delayed on all roads.
Bursting OF q Gun ou the Thun-
| derer.
LONDON, Jan. ga thirty
eight-ton gun burst during prac-
tiee on the Bridish man-Of-war
Thunderer. The vessels turret
was destroyed and seven men
were killed and FORTY wounded.
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