Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-28

which other nations shall partiei.
pate In the use of such canals or
other ways, either In peace or war.
Dawes OH jected to the resolution,
not so much on account of the SEN
timeDts contained Ia II as on &C.
count of the fact that it needed the
concurrence of the House Of Repre-.
sentstives.
Morgan modified his resolution
and 1t was referred to the Commit
ee on Foreign Relations.
Harris moved an executive ses-
sion. stating that there were three
hundred nominations awaiting the
action Of the Senate. Lost, 23 to
% After snme fiiibustering the
senate adjourned, and the RepubIi.
cans met in caucus.
Senator Slater left for home to-
day.
The ~ b ,rd NAT o. nOa Ivrespousibrs
NEW YORK, April 81 The
Herutd'S Washington ep -cial says:
The President told French this
morning that the reckless aud un-
lawful expenditure of public money
on the Star routes must have been
known tOthose occupying subordi.
nate positions Of trust In the office
Of the Ssc0n l Assistant Post m aster-
General and In his opinion the pub.
lie service demanded that subOrdi.
mates should not cnunt-nancs or
conceal such inexcusable waste Of
Government funds by their
silence. The remark of the
President is Understood to
amply with greater force to
the sixth Auditor Of the Treasury,
through whose Office all accounts
OF the Star route contractors passed
aud who also failed to call atten-
tion to his annual reports to the
facility with which the Second
Assistant tPostmaster.General was
getting rid of millions Of dollars
without evidence before him of
this lawless expenditure.
DorseS's Op,o,"a "f Brody-Frss,.
d-", q .rh .ia Propuses su Probe so
t.S u. tt"n
NEW YoRK, April 27.-The Her.
AIDS Washington special report Q
that ex senator d ,rssv calls ex.
Sec nd Assistant POstm master-Gen.
eral BRADY u suoundrel.
The President says he 10 deter.
N nsd that the whole m ass of Cor.
ruption IN the Postoffics Depart.
ment shall be pr0bed to the bot.
tom; that he does not care who is
hurt in the process, and he has
given the most positive instruc.
lions to P0sf master. General James
that nobody is to be spared. The
Inquiry 70 far has disclosed great
irregularity and looseness in the
managenento of the con ract system
and The evidence Of perjury on the
part Of contractors and their dunn.
IN les Is accumulating rapidly, that
having been one Of the agencies In
securing increased pay.
safe ~ s"e Pas~mn R.nway,
New York, April 27. - AT a |
meeting at the office If J. 4 w.
Seligmau yesterday, J & W. Selig.
man, Drexel, Morgan g. Co., aud
Win.lo v, Hamer & Co., represent.
lug the American Comm'ttee Of
the Panam. Railroad Company,
All agreement for the sale of the
Panama railroad to the Pan.
anna Canal Company was sub
st,n tally perfected, and viii, be
formally RATIFIED to day. II is un-
derstood that the price Ia not far
from the market price of the stock
about $24O per share. There are
seventy thousand shares. making
the transfer price about SIG 800, 600.
Ax.s"s, Fra- O ,nn,s.
ALBANY, N Y, April 27.-|
Resolutions providing for the sub
mission of the question of free
canals to the people were defeated d
10 the Senate.
R~p"rs~a K,,issg OF Gov. Oyevsan
ST LOUIS. Mo, April 27.-The
Republicans Denulson, Texas,
epeLial says: A rumOr I revails to.
night thst Gov. Overton, OF the
Iud an Nation north Of here, WAS
killed Sunday. The rumor is dis
credited. but owing tn tho fact
that the Governor has been ir the
field with his militia for tome time |
driving out trespsssers, and has
thereby incurred the enmity of q
large number OF cow boys and
others, 1t Is thought by some that
tue report is we'll founded. II is
known that u party Of cowboy Q
ltf. Cook county, Texas, within a |
fs v days for the Territory with the
nv"wed purpO.e of giving battle to !
Overton's troops.
MeE,o.n Oppossssou 10 Ra,,roars,
SAN ANTONIO, April 27.-Parties
from Laredo say that great trouble
IL imminent from conflict be.
tween he Mexican National Con.
struction Company and Mexicans
engaged in running skife across
the Rio Grande. The building of
the railroad bridge will deprive the
watermen Uf their business, aud
they will not submit. The opposi.
tinu Vt this element has arouse d
Others, ahi quite q strong feeling
against rai'ro ads has sprung up
with the n asses.
A F.OUd Ia its Psogress Dawn
esrrsm
ATCHIsoN, Ks, April 27.-The
Missouri river Is twcpty-one feet
seven iuches above low water
mark. Nearly all Of the White
river bottom opposite here IL sub
merged, and many houses in E ,st
Atchieon have been flooded. The
main portion of the town Is in no
danger. All railroads terminating
here have been cut of excepting
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe, aud The central branch of the
Union Pacific.
Br~diruxn So she House Of Csm.
m~ns.
LONDON, April 27.-The Com.
nous were crowded to-day. Brad.
laugh presented himself at the
Speakei's table and claimed the