Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-20
EASTERN.

show Of resistance.
EASTERN.
A Bill for the Registration OF For
eign Built steamship.
WAsHIsGToS, ID. e., April l9.-
James, Of New York, has introduced in
the House bill to authorize the regis
tration of certain steamships as vessels
OF the United States. IL recites that
Henry Graves, OF New Jersey, and
others, have organized, or are about to
organize, an American Express Steam
ship Company, with capital Of $l0..
900, 900, for the purpose OF running first
class passenger steamships, to be navi-
gated between New York or some port
on Long Island, in New York State. and
suitable port or ports in Great Britain.
Representative James says that il tho
bill becomes q law, the company will
spend S20,000,000 in carrying out the
project. He says the company will
promise to land foreign mails in New
York in six days and three hours. The
present time is eight days and seven
hours.
The SnIyel service Law to stand.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April l9.-At
the meeting to-day of the House Com
mittee on Reform of the Civil Service,
Representative Hoblitzell was directed to
report adversely on the bill for the re-
peal of the Civil Service laws. An un-
| faunraI,Ia ri alan arAarQH
Representative Warmers bill to reduce
the salaries Of the President, Cabinet
officials, Judges of the Supreme Court
and Congressman. In response to an in-
quiry from Philadelphia, as to whether
the Appropriations Committee would re-
fuse to make an appropriation for the
Civil Service Commission, Randall to-
day wrote letter saying that his Com.
mittee would not attempt to nullify any
existing law by refusing to make appr0-
priations.
FOrninst Postal Telegrnphy.
WAsHISGToN, d. c., April l9.-Er-
mentrout, of Penr sylvania, yesterday
presented to the House resolutions
adopted by the Southern Press Associa
ton at its last annual meeting. counsel
ing Congress not to pass the postal tele-
graph bill. The resolutions state that
the proposition to establish postal
Telegraph is centralzation in its worst
form. 1t will place the government in
competition with private capital, and,
by creating IL grand army OF government
employee, establish political power
that in the end nothing but revolution
could overthrow. The resolutions were
referred to the Committee on Postoftices
and Postroads.
sterling, Exchange and Bonds.
New YORK, April Is. Sterling bills
on London, 60 days, $4.SS; Sterling
bills on London, sight drafts, S4.90; U.
s. 4As of 1891, interest quarterly, Sl.l33;
us. As of 1907, interestquarterly, 81 .23i;
u. s. 3s, optional. interest quarterly,
Sl.00l; w. U. TEL, .67a.
Preference of the New York Re-
publican Delegates.
New YORK, April 1870 far the
delegates elected to the Republican
National Convention from this State are
divided thus: Blaine, %; Arthur, 81;
Edmunds or Blaine, A.; Anti-Arthur, 81;
rutHuHus UT "bHuI, - eoutcoteu =.
Blaine's strength in the State delegation
will reach at least forty.
New York city Delegates to
Chicago.
New YORK, April l9.-Deputations
from Congress Districts tonight elected
delegates to the Chicago National Con-
vention as follows: Sixth District, John
j. O'Brien, John II. Brady; Seventh D.s-
trict, John d. Lawson, Charles N. Paint.
er; Eighth District, K. G.. McCord, j. j..
Collins; Ninth District, Geo. Hillyard,
Jacob M. Patterson; Tenth District,
Michael Cregan, Bernard Biglin;
Eleventh District, John X. Lydecker,
Anson G. McCook; Twelfth Dis
trict, Edmund Stephenson, VIM. Dowd;
Thirteenth District, Frank Raymond, j.
A. Eagleson. The Ninth Assembly Dis
trict bolted the Sixth Congressional Dis
trct Convention and nominated to the
Chicago Convention Geo. b. Deane, Sr.,
and Frederick S. Gibbs. These last
named, and McCook in the Elevent h
District, are alone claimed as anti.
Arthur. All the rest are Arthur men.
Almost u Panic in a Brooklyn
IhcAtrt.
New YORK, April l9.--In the Brook
lin Theater tonight the maudlin remark
OF drunken man was taken up as the
cry of fire and panic followed. Several
women tainted, but before any serious
results, the manager and actors quieted
the people. This theatre is built on the
site of the one destroyed by fire years
ago, when over 200 lives were lost.
ma Lunutic Killed by Thieves.
New YORK, April l9.-James Ritch
inc, lunatic. herding cows on Ward.
Island, was shot dead to-day by New
York thieves, who landed to steal some
junk. John Riley, aged l6, and Thomas
Brown, not much older, were arrested at
the murderors.
Great Excitement I'm Kentucky
A Judge COwhided by an At.
tOrney.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April l9.-No
since Col. Buford assassinated Chic
'. Justice Elliott, has there been sucl
intense excitement in Kentucky as ha:
, been caused by the cowhiding yesterday
, of Judge Reid, by Lawyer Corneilson,
III Tcfeu5c lur u ueclSiOu uuiuNOraOie TO
the latter, and because of the structure.
on Corneison's conduct contained in
the opinion Of the court. 1t is ad
9 mitted now that Corneilson had nc
reason for the assault. The wife oI
Judge Reid is AN ambitious and cour
e ageous woman and has threatened tc
| shoot Corneilson in case her husband
= does not resent the outrage. AT the
> State Capital and all through the Blue
4 Grass region, the excitement is
at its highest pitch Cornell
son has been hung in effigy at Noun
= Sterling A number of Reds friends
: have telegraphed him to fight or with
n draw from the race for Judge of tn,
/. Court Of Appeals.
For Blaine and Lincoln.
A CHARLESTON, W. Va, April l9.-Th'
Republicans of the county met o-day t,
D send delegates to the Republican Stat,
\ Convention at Martnsburg. Influential
a delegates from the county say Blaine ant
. Lincoln first, last and all the time
Q From what the press correspondent cal
. learn from prominent politicians, thu
r delegates will be instructed for Blain,
and Lincoln.
r A Royal Traveller
: CHICAGO, Ills, April l9.-The Queer
!, OF Tahiti, Pomare V, arrived here thi.
" morning over the Grand Trunk, and lef
quietly for San Francisco at noon.
d Kansas Largely Tor Blaine.
TOPEKA, Kan, April l9-Report
g from nearly twenty Republican Count,
c Conventions held in Kansas to-day, l.
y. choose delegates to Congressional Dis
. trict and State Conventions, to be hel,