Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-11
Proposed Anendnent to the Ceu.
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Proposed Amendment to the Ceu-
st1tution.
WAsHISoTos, March TO- Senate. =
Bayard submitted resolution instruct.
ing the Committee on Judiciary to 70.
port A. to the expediency Of amending
tho constitution so as to provide that
Congress shall not have power to make
anything but gold and silver coin as
legal tender for the payment Of debts,
nor pass any law impairing the obliga.
tion OF contracts.
Garland submitted joint resolution
proposing the following amendment to
the Constitutions Article lG-That por-
tion Of the public debt of the United
States represented by notes issued under
tho authority Of law with the quality Of
lawful money and as legal tender for the
payment Of debts. shall mover exceed the
sum OF $3.50, 900. 900. unless bill or bills
providing for such increase Of issue shall
receive the concurrence Of two-thirds Of
each House Of Congress. and votes on all
such bills shall be recorded by yeas and
nays on the journals Of ench House.
Housg-Hewitt, OF New York, pro-
posed tho following constitutional
amendment Congress shall not have
power to make nything but gold and
silver ooin legal tender In payment Of
debts"
Tucker. by request, bill granting
copyright to newspapers. This 10 idcn.
tical with the bill introduced In the Sen.
ate by Senator Sherman, and limits the
time Of the copyright to eight hours.
Deuster, o resolution reciting that the
United States Minister to Germany has
been assailed by seini.oflicial newspapers
at Berlin, and calling on the Secretary
bf State for copies Of any communica.
tions and official correspondence which
he may have on this subject.
The Lnskrr Resolation Formally
Ret Grnec.
W.s-ssasoros. March I0..-Herr Won
Eisendecker, German Minister, called
presented to Secretary Frelinghuysen
the returned Lasker resolutions together
with the accompanying letter from
Prince Bismarck. The President will
probably send communication on the
subject to the House Of Representatives.
sharp Dodge or German Brokers.
WASHINGTON, March lO.--The Treas.
ury Department has been informed th at
foreign brokers are making heavy pur-
chases in the United States Of silver
trade dollars at = discount OF ten per
cent. or more, for the purpose Of dis.
posing Of the coin to emigrants about to
sail for this country As American coin,
worth its nominal value. 4
Rob berry by Coiored COaehman.
NEw YORK, March l0.--During the
prominent wealthy couple. last night,
Jessie Williams, the colored coschman,
entered the room OF Miss Maggie Har-
vey, sister Of Mrs. Sloan, and demanded
the keys Of the place where the money
was kept. Failing to get them, he
gagged and bound the young lady. He
was subsequently found under the bed
of Gertrude ASH oolored servant, In
whose pillow 5000 were found. Both
were arrested.
sterling. Exchange and Bonds.
NEw YoRK. March 10. Sterling bills
on London, 90 days, S4.87h; Sterling
bills on London, sight drafts, $4.90A; U.
s. 4As Of 1891, interest quarterly, $l.l34;
U. s. A. Of 1907, interest quarterly,
Sl.23s; U. s. IS, Sl.Ol; Western Union
Telegraph, 744.
Extending Fast Mail to Omaha.
CHICAGO, March O.--Postmaster.G Gen.
eral Gresham, who arrived here last
night on the fast mail train from New
York, to-day completed arrangements to
extend the fast mail to Omaha. The de-
tails, as obtained by an Associated Press
reporter, are as follows: The new service
will be over the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road, the first train leaving tc.
night at 3 o'clock A. NJ. and reaching
Omaha at 8 o'clock in the evening of the
same day. This train will take the mail
brought by the fast train from New
York, which leaves there at $50 P. n.
and arrives here at 1890 p. NJ.
the next day. The new train will
catch and deliver mails at all
stations en- route. The result will
be saving Of twenty-four hours' time
between New York and Omaha, and al
points west Of Omaha to the Pacific
Coast, as the fast train connects at
Omaha with west-bound train on the
Union Pacific one day earlier than here
tofore. Heretofore the Chicago mail
and morning papers have left the city
about noon, reaching Omaha at 10
o'clock the next forenoon. Now, by 60
ing to press half hour earlier, the pa
pers will be put on the fast train and
reach Omaha fourteen hours earlier, and
intermediate towns in the same proper
tion.
The First Fast Mail Train.
CHICAGO, March lO.-The first train
Of the new fast mail, which left
New York Saturday night at $40, due
in Chicago the next night at l2:35, ar
rived seven minutes ahead Of time.
Four Years at Hard Labor.
BosroN. March Jonathan P.
Pratt, formerly treasurer of the
Reading, Massachusetts,, Savings Bank,
convicted Of embezzling funds in
1879, was sentenced to-day to four years
imprisonment at hard labor. Pratt is 73
years old and pending the proceedings
was confined in Jail five years. The
original defalcation was 800, 900, but q
portion of the money was recovered and
the loss to depositors is about $40, 900.
The Longfellow Memorial.
BosToN, March AT the Lougfel-
low Memorial Association meeting at
Cambridpe. tonight. the treasurer re.
ported that he has received nearly
| $4,000. The association holds land for
| the monument worth $4,000. and
$3S, 900 additional is needed.
Heavy snow storm.
MONTPELIER, VT, March l0.-The
worst snow storm of the season has been
prevailing since Saturday. Trains are
blockaded and the highways closed.
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