Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-01-05

IL. IL Is COnStOofou Cnat the near
approach of the election next Tues.
day helps Fairs chances.
EASTER n.
The reb u .nsepec snip KnsSwsy.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4th.-The zri.
bune says: Capt. Eads has com.
pieted negotiations with Mexico
for the construction of q ship rail.
way across the Isthmus of TehuAn-
tepec aud has received the most
liberal concessions Mexico has
ever given, being q strip half q
mile. wide, with q mile wide for
stations, leaving him untrammeled
as to the plane and the execution
of the work, which is to be COM
mencsd within two years and com.
pleted In twelve years. The gov
ernment also grants Q subsidy
equal to million acres of public
lands. 1t also gives him the right
to consolidate the Tehuantepec
railroad now being constructed by
Learnard and others with the ship
railway on such terms as may be
agreed upon between them, and In
such event the location of the Te-
husntepec railway may be altered
- desired by Eads. The Tehuan.
tepec Railway Company has sub.
vention Of $l,5OO, 900, to be paid by
the Mexican government In Gus.
tom house certificates and has also
o large land grant. In case Of the
acquisition Of this railroad its obIi-
cations TO the Mexican govern.
ment are to cease and the subyen-
tion would then attach to the ship
railway. The dur,tl0n of the grant
10 90 years, at tho terminate n of
which the government is to take
possession OF the works and pay
two.thirde their value. Permis.
sion is given to Esds to hypothe.
cate The revenues Of the railway to
any other government which he
may select to aid him by money or
guarantees In its construction, the
intention being to SECURE the CO.
operation of the United States
with Mexico in the control of the
works, as this is regarded by lead.
ing men in Mexico 40 the Ameri.
can route across the Isthmus, and
the one 10 which these two Repub-
lies are most vitality and directly
interested.
Nsne Persons Barne0 - Death.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4th.-A fire
broke out this morning In
the rear Of 35 Madison street, four.
story tenement house. Nine lives
were lost, as follows: Ellen Sheri.
dan, aged 43 years; Kate Sheridan,
IA; Maggie Sheridan, s; Martin
Sheridan, 3, John Walsh, 13; Thos.
Cassidy, 6; Charles Cassiday, 8; q
girl named Egan, aged 2, and Mrs.
Sheridan, age unknown. Several
persons were Injured.
spusioussess Of sue MOEey Lester
Observation-Disclosures from rsusb.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4th.-The 7rl-
bune's New York special says: The
Gsrfeld-Morey letter comes to
light once more In plain confes.
sion on the part of the paper that
published 1t to the world that it is
. forgery. The Star contains the
following particulars which will
no doubt be the means of settling
the vexed question forever: A.
previously published in the Star
1t is now clearly established fact
that the Over-zealous friends of
Garfield in subjecting Kenuard
Philip to arrest and indictment on
the charge of maliciously libslling
Gen.. Garfield, only placed them
selves further away from the real
culprit. B. J. jayne, formerly
special treasury agent and expert
detective where presumable forger-
les were involved, has devoted
much time and labor towards un.
raveling the Chinese letter mys.
terry and he has ascertained not
only that the published letter was
. forgery, but In what particular
office 1t was concocted, by whom
aud the names. Of the men who fos-
tered and encouraged Ito distribu-
ton. Some time ago, the
proprietors of the "Truthh news.
paper, becoming convinced that
the letter was . forgery, they
wrote to Garfield 80 decla-
ring and desiring that the
correspondence should be withheld
from the public until all the facts
in the case could be secured. That
mission having been successfully
accomplished, the proprietors OF
"Cruth" have written the follow
ing:
TO Jas. a. Garfield, Presid cnt
elect. Sir: After y searching in
vestigatiop, In which we have
spared neither time, energy nor
expense, we have traced the Morey
letter to its origin aud ascertsined
that 1t 10 forgery. This acknowl-
edgsment 10 due from the journal
in which the letter first appeared.
1t 10 made Voluntarily and 10 an
act Of simple justice, Tor, while we
believed, ~ we did until few
weeks past, that you were the
author Of the letter, no bribe
could tempt, nor threat intimidate
~ Into making . contrary state
meat; but having sscertained our
error, II 10 . grattfication to us to
give the same prominence to this
acknowledgement that We gave to
the forged letter itself, and thereby
make all the amends In our power
for the wrongs Of which ssTruthp
Wne TIE unoonsoioue inste1ment.
upon ne insteet oue lnvestjgat:on
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