Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-14

ceries. The father jumped from his bed
aud pushed young Brad.haw toward the
door. Walter drew pistol and warned
his father to keep away. The father
again started toward him and the pistol
was discharged accidentally.
The Alaska BiIi Passed,
| wAsnrSaros, May l3--The House
went into Committee Of the Whole, Cox,
OF New York, la the chair, ON the bill
providing civil government for the Terri
tory of Alaska After q short discus
sion the committee rose and the bill was
passed without amendment. As it Is a
Senate bill, 1t now only requires the ap
proyal Of the President 10 become law.
BiII Regulating the Admission Of
states.
WAsnIsaroN, May ~. HoUsE-The
measure considered was the Townshend
bill, providing that, her, az er, no
| territory shall form n constitution or
apply for admission as State into the
| Union until it has certain permanent
populst on equal 10 that required in a
congressional district, IN order TO entitls
| it Ia representation in the House.
Kasson criticised the bill os useless
and in violation Of tho spirit Of the con.
stitntion, in that it denied to the people
of the territories tho right Of petition in
its highest form.
Hardeman denied that the bill touched
upon the right OF petition, bat declared
that 1t merely said that in Justice to tue
l "A t.Ia . x..,tll .Af fl.a ..a,,,,Ia
of the territories a basis OF representation
which the old States did not have.
Cox, Of New York, favored the bill
because ii would have moral emphasIs
and because it was nothing but II fair
and inst restriction ON the right OF
popular or sqnatter sovereignty.
Brents protested against the bill as
working injustice to the people Of the
Territories.
Keifer opposed Il rs unconstitutional.
Horr characterized IL as nothing but
buncombe.
Hammond thought Is an unwse aud
futile attempt by this Congress to bind
another.
Potter expressed himself in favor OF
the bill. 1t was, he thought, time for
Congress to announce that it wac the
policy of the country that the people OF
the great States were no longer to be
ov, ridden by admitting States on the
frontier when they had u population in-
sufficient to make respectable town III
ono Of the older States,
The BiII Placing den. Grant ON
the Retired List Passed BY tho
| Reuate.
WAsnINaroN, May l3, - SENATE
Logan, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported favorably tho bill t.
place Gen. Grant on The retired list. I.o-
gan asked that the bill be put at once
upon its passage. Unanimous consent
was givea and the bill at once read II
thiid time and passed without debate or
remark. except that Logan said he pre-
sumed there would be no objection to it.
| The bill provides that in recognition of
distineui. he'd services rendered to the
United States, Gen. U. \, Grant, late
General OF the army, be placed On the
retired list with the rank and full pay OF
General of the army.
The President this morning returned
from New York.
Getting up an Arthur Boom.
New YORK, May l3-The following
will be published here Wednesday morn.
| ing, together with several other sigma.
tures:
To Messrs. John Jacob Astor, LIE Grand
B. Cannon, John A. Stewart, Jucob d.
ver,niIye, Cornelius N. Bliss, Benja-
| min IL. Bristow, Cornelius X. Agnew,
| M. D.:
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned re-
spectfully ask you to act as committee
to designate the time and place at which
the fellow otizsns of President Arthur
may express their approval Of
his administration aud their wish
that he may be nominated for President
at the Republican National Convention.
1t is believed this is the widespread feel.
ing among those who manage and have
control of the general interests which
center here aud involve the prosperity
of the whole country. 1t is fitting that
such sentiments should find means Of
public expression, both for the welfare
vi the country and III justice to good
President. Very respectfully,
II. b. Clahin & Co., n. :. Jaiiray &
Co., Sam Sloan, Lewis Bros. Il Co.,
David Dows, Josiah NJ. Flske, Charles
q. Lardon 4 Co., Bliss, Fabyan Il Co,
II. II. Perkins, Jr., president OF the
Importers and Traders Bank) William
Jenkins, president Of the Bank Of
America), Johnston, Il. Taft, Tiffany &
Co., +. :. Whist III, \. ID. Tappan, John
Il. Parsons, Jesse Selig,nan. d. b. Hatch.
j.. II. Herrick, Leonard Hazelline, md
several hundred others.
Attachment Against Hudson d
Go. Granlrd.
New YORK, May l3.-An attachment
has been granted against the property
here of Hudson 4 Co., of Tombstone. Ar
,zona, in the suit Of the Anglo-Califor-
MIA Bank, San Francisco, to secure pay
ment Of $4,000.
sterling. Exchange ana BOnds.
NEw YORK. May l3.--Sterling bills
on London, GO days, St.SS; Sterling
bills on London, sight drafts, $3.50; u.
s. AIS Of 1891, interest quarterly, Sl.l24;
U. y. 4s, 1907, interest quarterly 81 22l
U. s. 81, optional. optional quarterly,
SI.OO!; w. U. TEL, So.
Prize Fight In Colorado.
OMAHA, May ia prize fight took
place this morning near Clear Greek,
about forty miles from here, between
James Felt. q miner from Rich Hill,
Mo-, and Jack Hanley, champion OF
Colorado, for purse of $500. Aspecial
train left Omaha about . o'clock for the
scene. There were over 100 sports m
board, who paid $40 ticket, and also
quite a number of newspaper men. On
arrival ut the battle ground u 24.foot
ring was pitched, referees chosen and all
other prelminaries arranged. At 6
o'clock Felt and Hanley, who had
been in training several weeks in
Omaha, and were in iine condi-
ton, stripped, went into the ring
and the fight began. Twenty-Five rounds
was fought. both men being badly pun
ished, Hanley about the face aud Felt
about the body. Hapley was inclined to
make foul breaks, and several times
kicked Felt with his shoe, aud also would
not let go when they clinched lie was
warned to stop this, but finally, ON the
twenty. second round, made bad foul
and the referee decided the fight in favor
of Felt. Both men showed considerable
silence and endurance The fight lasted
| one hour.
The crowd on tho return trip get TO
fighting on the train and finally there
was a general exchange of shots, result
ing in three men heing wounded. One
man was shot in the head dangerously,
another in the chin and another in the
arm. Upon reaching Omaha the wound.
ed men were quickly taken from the
train in carriages and removed to differ
ent places. Their names have not yet
been ascertained.
| StiII Cutting Passenger Rates.