Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-08

General, and lizard money!
Nichol, indian Commissioner"
New. From sns Cap.sa,.
WASHINGTON, March 7th.-
With the exception Of Lincoln, all
the new Cabinet officers qualified
this morning at the Executive
Mansion, before Judge Cartier.
They took charge of their re.
spective departments this after.
| noon.
The Committee appointed by the
Democratic Cancus to arrange the
Standing aud Select Committees
being not ready to report, another
cancus was held after the session
adjourned. They will probably re.
port tomorrow ami the Republi-
Cans be asked TO fill the minority.
1t was the unanimous opinion of
the caucuses that business shall be
expedited by arranging the com.
mittees at once.
The President has nominated ex.
Secretary Nathan Golf, Jr., United
States Attorney for West Virginia.
Judge Bancroft Davis, formerly
Minister to Berlin, has accepted
the Assistant Secretaryship of
State.
Aao her Psdrssr;na Contest.
NEW YORK, March 7th.-The
pedestrians. At 9 O'Clock the score
stood: Rowell 66, Albert SO,
O'Leary 46, Vaughan 4S.
Seesring ns san Diego.
NEW YORK, March 7th.-The
Times editorially says: Certain
Boston capitalists, who are largely
interested in the prosecution of
railway enterprises in California
and the South west, are said to be
actively engaged in a scheme for
making San Diego, the southerly
seaport Of California, the entrepot
for q vast system Of transcontinen
tai railway traffic. 1t ia by no
means the first time that the an.
cient town Of San Diego has been
made to do duty as scare crow for
San Francisco One would cup
pose from the animation which
this new scheme has infused into
railway circles, that San Diego had
just been discovered AS q matter
Of fact, San Diego has long been
threatening to snatch the palm of
commercial security from San
Francisco and yet 1t remains an
isolated and poverty stricken town.
Nothing short of being made q
Pacific railway terminus will re-
vive its ancient splendOr,
| Progress Of the E.~mps.
NEW YORK, March AT 9P. M.
the score stood: Rowell 1903, Albert
So, Vaughan II, O'Leary 81.
Tho Iutsrnatiopat Walking a .tch.
NEW YORK, March GA great
crowd of people witnessed the start
last night in the GO as you please
between Albert and Rowell, and
the square heel.and-toe between
9Leary and Vaughan. O'Leary
and Albert represent the United
States and ROwell and Vaughan
England. The first mile was made
by Rowsll in 6 minutes and 81 sec.
onds, by Albert in 6:33, by Vaughan
in 9:29 and by O'Leary in 9:57.
the sou,hern Route East Com.
ST. LOUIS, March 7th.-It is
now otticlall, announced that the
Atchison, Topeka aud Santa Fe
Railroad made connection with the
Southern Pacific on Saturday last.
Another Eeformc- sAsps.
TOLEDO; O., March 7th.-A Raj
mensnyder, u prominent member
of the late general reform party.
which elected him Treasurer aud
Secretary of the City Water
Works, has absconded for Europe,
leaving deficit of from $4,000 to
$4,000.
the Rev secretary or Was--stars.
| ling Bsasemons.
CHICAGO, March 7th.-Robert T.
Lincoln, the newly appointed Sec.
retary OF War, leaves tomorrow
morning for Washington to assume
the duties of that portfolio. His
wife, who is daughter of ex-Sen-
atOr Harlan, of Iowa, accompanies
him, and their three children fol-
low in few days.
The Chicago Lumber Exchange
held its annual session to-day.
The Presidents address contains
the startling statement that owing
to the enormous growth of the
lumber business, it will take only
twenty years to exhaust the great
pine forests of the country, ii the
present rate ofdepletiOn continues.
Another British 0eueraI Kinea.
CHICAGO, March 7th.-The fol-
lowing, dated London, to-day, has
been received: 1t is reported by q
special dispatch that General Sir
Evelyn Wood was shot and in
stantiy killed while attacking the
Beers yesterday.
Important sleetSDG Of Raj wny
Officers.
OMAHA, March 7th.-It is assert.
ed that General Manager KimbalI,
General Freight Agent Vining and
General Ticket Agent StebbMs, of
the Union Pacific, went to Topeka
to-day to hold q conference with
the officials of the new Southern
route, the object being to arrange
friendly basis of doing business
and agreeing upon passenger and
freight rates or, in other words, to