Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-01

clcnchts faltct GU iei Z ihS uP'h t'o
danger Of dumping the "riffraffn
of all nations upon our shores, he
maintains that we should properly
begin by excluding Coolies. He
closed with an eloquent appeal for
the passage OF the bill on behalf of
American institutions and Anglo
Saxon civilization.
win Press tns Chinese BIi.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2Sth.-The
Senators from the Pacific Coast in
tend to press the Chinese bill for
passage. They say that o thous-
and to fifteen hundred Chinese are
landing at San Francisco daily and
the people of the Pacific Coast are
urging the passage of the law to
stop further immigration.
AFTER COnniiax.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28th.--Ex-
Governor Sprague, who reached
here to-day, says he has come to
oppose the confirmation of Conk-
ling.
SARGENT so he on a. q 9 IN al.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2Sth.-The
Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
lations will recommend the con-
firmation of the nomination of
ex-senator Sargent. John @. New,
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
ury, entered upon bis dutios this
morning. The Indiana Congress.
sional delegation called on him in
body.
surveyos-aeue for U.an.
WASHINGTON, March 2Stb.-The
President, nominated Frederick
solomon, of Missouri, as United
States Surveyor General for Utah
to-day.
The nominations Of Conkling
and Sargent will be reported favor.
ably at the first executive session
Of the Senate.
The Appornommsms Bnt "sgasd.
WASHINGTON, F. b. 2Sth.-Presi.
dent Arthur has approved the APP
portionment bill.
| Coltis,ua az Eretshs Erains.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb, 2Sth.-
The westward bound freight DASH
ed through freight train on the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdens-
burg Railroad at a crossing north
of here this morning. No person
was injured. The Central locomo-
tive is lying in Onondaga lake.
The wreck took fire ana was to.
tally destroyed.
Gss ExpIOs,es.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2Sth.-About 8
o'clock yesterday morning an ex-
plosi0n occurred in the Union
building in which the general Of
fees of the Associated Press and
Western Union Telegraph Compa-
MES are located, by boy named
Jones entering one of the vaults
with lighted candle where gas
had been escaping since Saturday
Crushed by .anr"nd rrasn-ae-
cidensas Shooting.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 2Sth. Mrs.
Fitzgerald, who left Grand Island
on the Union Pacific freight train
for her home, near Chapman's Sta
ton, was found dead Oh the track
this morning, four miles east of
Chapman. Che was all cut to
pieces, having been run over by
some train while she was walking
along the track to her home. She
was q widow and leaves six chill
dren.
Near Benton, yesterday, Clifford
Ellis Was accidentally shot aud
killed by his brother Charles.
They were out hunting.
Charles SCHUYLER, of Carroll, Ia,
was accidentally shot this morn
ing at that place, by his room
mate. Herman Burhman, while
carelessly handling revolver.
The ball entered his right eye and
penetrated the brain. The injury
Is fatal.
Destructive Fire.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Feb. 28th.
The dry goods house of E. NAL
ley was burned this morning. The
loss on building aud stock Ia esti-
mated at 100000; insurance not
known.
Perishca in she kI~snss.
KE0KUK, Feb. 2Sth.-At Nau.
VOC, ILL.,, to-day, the house of John
Wilthelmy caught fire and his two
little children, who had been left
alone In the building, were burned
to death.
| Rough an the TramDs.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Feb. pa freight
car, loaded with brick, was ditched
eight might from here yesterday.
Ten tramps were secrsted in the
van at the time. Two were killed
and the others 80 badly injured
that their lives are despaired of.