Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-22

fhs SSaNse AdIourasTili Monday.
WAsHINGToN, April 2lst.-SEN-
ATE.-Harris moved to adjourn to-
day to o'clock Tuesday. Conk-
ling hoped it would be IL. For the
sake of unanimity, carried.
The Heath Peopsrty-No Quorum
F-robsbie.
+. WASHINGTON, April 21st.-Gov.
McEnry to-day telegraphed to
Jonas regarding the destruction of
the Heath property in Louisiana.
1t was insured for $4 200, but val
ued by the insurance company at
only 81 400 and Heath was charged
with burning the property to get
the insurance and 1t is now being in.
vestigated. Jonas will speak on
the matter this afternoon.
Slater is paired with Platt, of
Connecticut, and is going to Ore.
gon. Frye will be absent some
time and other Senators desire to
leave. 1t begins to look as if there
would be no quorum.
After the "StRk' kOuse Ring.
WASHINGTON, April 2lst.-The
enforced resignation of Assistant
Postm aster. General Brady con.
tinues to be prominent topic of
comment. RumOrs'are af1oat that
it is soon to be followed by a Grim.
inal indictment of Brady and q
number Of prominent mall con.
tractors for conspiracy to defraud
the government and by civil suits
to procure the restitution of the
large amounts of money alleged to
have been thus fraudulently &C.
quired by them. 1t is further inti-
mated in seemingly we'll informed
quarters that the resignation of
several other department officers,
whose relations with the star
route ring have been Of question
able character, will also be de.
manded and that several clerks in
the contract department are
marked for dismissal. A full
statement of the results of the in
vestigation now in progress is
promised to be given to the press
by PostMaster.General James as
soon as it is complete and there is
strong reason to expect that the
developments will be very start.
ling.
Export Of Hr eadstnHs.
WASHINGTON, April 21st.-The
total values Of the exports of do
mestic breadstuffs for the nine
months ending March, 1881, $2O4,.
692, 100, against $2l1, 1873 .432 for
the corresponding period of the pre-.
vious year.
Bruce to succeed Tya'r.
WASHINGTON, April 2lst.-It is
reported that Bruce, of Mississippi,
Will succeed First Assistant Post
master General Tyner and that the
latter will probably go abroad.
The E0ec, OF Frye's speech.
WASHINGTON, April 2l.-South.
ern Democratic Senators are great
ly displeased with Frye's speech Of
yesterday and attach great signifi.
cance to it on account of his init.
mate relations with Secretary
Blaine. Many of them also charge
it upon the administration in gen.
eral, as several Of the depart.
ments had apparently been ran.
sacked to furnish the material of il,
and the consequence is that mum.
ber of Southern Democrats, hither-
to favorable to the confirmation of
Judge Robertson, now talk of vot-
ing with Senator Conkling for his
rejection. They argue that Frye's
utterances concerning the South
indicate q spirit of sectional ami.
M osity on the part of Garfield's ad-
ministration and that they have
even less to hope for from that
quarter than from the COnkling
faction, because by their joining 10
his fight against the Presidential
nominations they may help to es.
tablish the Senatorial courtesy
doctrine and thereafter reap advan-
tage from it. Whereas, if they
confirm these nominations they
have nothing to expect from either
faction. 1t will doubtless be ascer-
tanned ia good time, however, that
Frye made his speech upon his
own responsibility and that the in.
formation obtained by him from
department records was simply
such as any other Senator would
be entitled to receive upon appiica-
tion.
Tho Gear Prosected by u ssrOug
Guard.
NEW YORK, April 2lst. "A Ber.
lin correspondent Gays: The Car
still resides in the diminutive
chateau of GOtschima, guarded by
six cordons of soldiery. His Maj
ssty is never seen outside the inner
circle of the Antischkoff Palace.
His town mansion has been en-.
trusted TO the guardianship of three
hundred men of the Paulowski
Guards. A Nihilist manifesto an
nouncing the approaching death Of
Alexander III. has been received
by all the Russian ministers and
court officials.
TsrrIno Nisro-GIycsrins Expiosion
BINGHAMPTON,N N. T., April 81 -
About half past seven this morning
two terrible and almost imultane.
Gus explosions occurred from nitro.
giycerine in the nitre vaults Of the
Dittman powder works, in this
city. About five minut tes after
wards ten thousand pounds of
sporting powder, in a house about
one hundred feet from the nitre
vaults, ignitsd and caused another
terrific explosion. The buildings
were demolished and scattered In
every direction and property de-
stroyed for miles around. Build.
ings were blown to splinters, trees
uprooted, many buildings in the
neighb0rhood badly shattered and
windows three miles away blown
out by the concussion. The shock
was distinctly felt forty miles
a