Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-22
FOR EIcM.
Mseilax Of EOsi1sh st"ch hoiders tn
the Eric Railway.

NJ seilax Of EDsi1sh stnch II oiders la
tine Er,c Railway.
LONDON, May 81 The bopdhold-
ers aud shareholders in the Erie
Railway Company to day received
the report of the recOnstiu ucti' q
Trust ees up to September, 1878 Re. =
oiullons were unanimously Adnp' ed
approving the report and acco n e;
q so, expressing the sati faction OF
the English proprietary that u
large interest in the company's
bonds and stocks is being taken by
American holders, from whom the
meeting trusts the Board may be
gradually strengthened by the ad
dition of a high class of business
men having u substan.
t'al holding in the company
There was no dissent from the
generally favorable view taken by
the Trustees of the present condI-
tion of the property. Sir Edward
Watkin aud varlous speakers ex-
pressed their friendliness towards
an arrangement with the Atlantic
& Great Western Railroad Com
pany, If 1t can be made withoul
prejudice to the Erie Railway pro
prietors.
Ss.tus Of Pard0med Communists.
PARIS, May 2lst.-Leroyer, MIN
lister of Justice, to-day Informed
deputatiOn of Radical Deputies
that the government had decided
not to grant amnesty to members
Of the Commune, but simply to
pardon them after Juue o. h. Roche.
fort, Wallis and Blanqui will be
thus pardoned, but a simple pardon
does not include restoration to
civil rights.
rhreateaiag Manifesto OF the Ma.
BOMBAY, May 2lst.-Dacoity, or
robbery by armed gangs, is assum.
ing alarming proportions In the
Deccan, especially in Poouah dis.
trict. For some time past bands of
Dacoits have been securing the
country committing daring attacks
on holees aud villages. They seem
toforn part of an organization
under the command of one Was
sado Bulwund, lately clerk in the
Financial Department. They are
suspected of having set the fire
which destroyed the government
school, Bojar Palace, Law Courts,
Postoffice, Palace office, and fifty
houses IN Poonah the night of the
18th inst. In their remarkable
manifesto to the Bombay govern
ment, threatening another meeting
and TO cut off the head of the Gov
ernor unless distress Is relieved,
they inform the government that
unless extensive public works are
at once opened, employment pro
vided for the people, native trade
encouraged, taxes reduced and SAL
aries of highly paid Europeans cut
down, they will not cease To plum
der, and they will extend to Eu-
ropeans what they have hitherto
confined to natives. They will kill
the Governor of Bombay, hang the
Judge of the Court of Sessions, cai-
ry murder and rapine throughout
the country, aud engage in the
massacre of Europeans. The man-
ifesto ends by warnix the Governor
that unless he at oLce complies
with the requisition, The price OF
Que thousand rupees will be put on
his head. Four persons, including
Wassado Buiwund, append their
signatures aud seals to the maui
festo.
The government, which at first
was Inclined to leave the matter in
the hands ofthe police, is now taxi
Ing more energetic measures. A
considerable number Of troops pa
troll the country, and reward Of
one thousand rupees has been offer
ed for the capture of Bulwund.
Incendiary fires kindled by NAL
contents continue in Poonah dis.
trict. The Indian police killed
ring-leader and four men belong.
ing to band of Dacoits near the
CITY OF Poonah. Several Others
were wounded.