Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-23

ouFance ol Tue passage by the sen.
ate of the House bill making an
appropriation for the expenses of
the investigation, the funds being
wholly exhausted. This question
went over till tomorrow.
A CaIiforuia Man tn CnIcngo uar-
bed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-J. E. Gill, of
San Francisco, and formerly of
Santa Barbara, where he was con-
nected with the press, was the VIC
tim of skillful and cleverly exc.
cuted robbery here yesterday. In
turning a corner he slipped on the
icy pavement and received a heavy
fall. A well-dressed young man
aided him to his feet and relieved
him of wallet containing 1925 In
money, and, before Mr.. Gill had
recovered from his fall, the thief
had escaped.
Hait Carpenter Sure Of an Election.
MADISON, Wis.,, Jan. 22.-The
Republicans nominated Matt HI.
Carpenter for the United States
Senate by acclamation this morn
Ing. This secures his election.
Mnst Carpenter Eiecieh.
MILWAUKEE. Jan. 22.-The Joint
convention of the Senate and AS.
sembly at Madison to-day elected
Matt Ii. Carpenter for United States
Senator, to succeed J. O. Howe.
ayouU~asala.ar
WASHINGTON, Jan. .22.-SENATE,
Garland, from the Committee on
Public Lands, submitted a minority
report on the claim of McGarra-
han, together with q bill placing
all claimants to Rancho Panoche
Grande in California in the Court
of Claims, with the right of appeal
to the Supreme Court. Laid on
the table, bill and report to be
printed.
The House bill reported from the |
Committee on Finance yesterday,
to facilitate the refunding of the !
national debt, was passed unani-
mously. The House Committee
on Appropriations has finished the
Postoffice and Legislative, Judicial
and Executive Appropriation bills.
Representative Hewitt had a con-
ference to-day with Senator Burn.
side, who requested the postpone.
ment for the present of the Army
bill in the House.
Edmdnds msved to take up his
resolution declaring valid the 18th.
18th and 10Th amendments. 1t was
rejected by the Senate and consid.
Grafton of the naval appropriation |
bill was resumed, Blaine speaking
in favor of his am mendment of yes
terday.
WAsnINGToN, Jan. 22.-HoUSE.
"A bill was passed apEropriating
sixty thousand dollars for the trans
of coin and bullion aud
forty thousand dollars for miscel.
laneous expenses of the House.
The Senate amendment to the
Indian Appropriation bill was not
concurred in.
A stormy debate arose in regard
to the Southern Claim bill, in the
course of which Bragg stated that,
if the South was solid for the Dem.
ocratic party simply for the purpose
of getting money out of the Treas
ury, IL would be we'll for the North
ern Democracy il Southern Demo-
Gratis went over to the Republican
party, and he hoped they would
10 so.
VIII Investigate the CIphers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Potter
says that subcommittee will be
sent to New York to take testimo-
ny in the cipher dispatches investi.
cation. A number of cipher tele-
grams are in the possession of Gen.
Butler.
The Reno Inqu.ry.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Iu the Reno
Lieutenant Vernum testi-
lied that he thought Reno took the
best possible position after he left
the woods with his command, but
there were hardly enough men to
hold 1t. Reno, however, created O
diversion in the Indian village.
The Indians must have attacked
Custer about the time Reno left
the woods, but witness thought the
main fighting force of the viii
lage was opposing Reno. He
saw CusteI's gray horse company
moving along the bluffs down the
river at about the time the skir-
mish line. formed. 1t was three
quarters of mile away. An hour
later Col. Benton Joined Reno over
the hill and, at about the same
time, witness heard firing away |
down the stream, but it
was crash-did not sound !
like a continuous engagement.
At that time he did
not think it came from Custer, but
thought 1t might be the Indians in
the village. When he saw the
gray horse cavalry he thought
Custer was making q detour to
strike the other end of the vii.
lage.
Robbed and Murdered by Drigauds.
BELGRADE, Jan. 22.-Col. Cola,
station member Of the Servian
Boundary Commission, was robbed
and murdered by Turkish brigands
near Plevna.
The Austrian and Hungarian
Governments have arrived at an
understanding in regard to taking
precautions against the plague.
Drank from POISONOUS spring and
Died.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The colonial
officer communicates the following:
Capt. Patterson, two Europeans and
five natives, while returning from
a mission to native Prince, all
died from drinking from a poison
GUS spring near Victoria Falls,
Zambezi river.