Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-04-22
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Budget of p oliti cal and other NJ WI
from Warrington.

WASHINGTON. Apri. 21.-There
having been rumors to the eff ct
that the late Minister Hulbut was
poisoned, which accounted for the
suddenness OF his deaths post
mortem examination was held.
The result plainly indicates death
from aneurism of the beart'
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate Republicans this
morning had caucus on filling
the vacancies caused by the T, Her
resignation. Van Wycke (Neb. }
will probably succeed him AS
Chairman OF the Pension Commit
tee. The Chinese bill was discuss
ed. The general sentiment favor
ed a bill to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton, but some thought the
House bill was not drawn to obvi.
ate the objections Of the vetoed
bill and ought to be amended, The
discussion was informal aud no de-
cision was reached, so that Senator
Millel's programme 10 call up the
House bill the first opportunity
and offer the amendments Of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee will be carried.
aoING FOR THE ROGERS CREW.
The Revenue Cutter CoraVin will
probably leave San francisco on
Monday next for the Arctic Ocean,
| to relieve tho crew of the RODGERS
SUSPICIOUS DELAY OF THE RAIL.
ROAD GRANT BILLS.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-Unless
there Is some expedition soon,
people will imagine there is some
thing wrong In the House commit
tee on judiciary holding back the
lapsed railroad grant bills. The
Critic of yesterday afternoon says:
Very ugly rumors are afloat as to
the reasons why thejudiciary com.
mittee of the House continues to
smother the land grant b,lis that
have been referred TO il. Gentle
men of responsibility, who claim
to be III n position to prove what
they assert, charge that certain
members of the committee have
been retained by the agents of the
railroad companies involved, par
ticularly the Northern Pacific.
These gentlemen even uame mem-
bers whom they charge with euch
cOnduc but an assertion of that
kind Is very grave, and much
easier to make IMAM to prove We
hope it Is not true, but coupling
the circumstantial grounds for sus.
picion, which are apparent to all,
with the alleged existence OF
crookedness, we must admit that
if vote Is ever reached in the
committee, those members who
vote in the interests of the rail-
roads will be thrown OIL the defen-
sive, and that at disadvantages.
CHILE sLAPs US IN THE FACE.
The State Department has in.
formation that the Chilean author.
tiles have given notice to the Off
GERS of the United States vessels al
Cailao that they will only be per-
mitted to receive mail by British
vessels, and not by regular mail
packets from Panama. This action
is regarded as q very strange pro
ceeding, and cas- hardly be other
than an intentional insult.
PROBABLE FATE OF THE DE LONG
PARTY.
George Kennon, the Siberian
traveller, says that De Long and
his party, without supplies and
disabled as they were, could no,
have found game enough to subsisl
on for any length OF time in the
wilderness they were in when last
heard from. He concludes: 81
think that within three weeks OIL
the time after the two sailors left
them De Long and his party per
ished. think their bodies will be
found in some of the abandoned
huts which the natives use when
fishing in the Summer"