Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-24
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Dait Against tho North Pacific
Coast Railresd.
SAN FRxxcrsco, jan. 2a-Warreu
Dutton and A. u. Moore, formerly d.
rectors Of the North Pacific Coast Rail.
road. have commenced suit against the
present board of directors to recover ten
thousand dollars as commission prem
ised them for having induced the cred.
itors Of the eompany to accept five hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars in set.
element Of their claims, amounting to a
million aud three-qusrters.
MangIax sf wheeler. the strang-
ler. To-day.
SAN Francisco, Jan. %. Wheeler,
the strangler, was hanged IN the court
yard Of the county jail in this city at
1854 ?. NJ, under the influences Of stim-
ulsnts. He died game. His neck was
broken in the fall.
GRANTS Relatisns with isomero
of Mexico.
NEw YoHK, Jan. 23,-Geu. Grant has
written letter TO the Washington Star
relative to the Mexican treaty, it having
beea published that General Grant, as
u. 8. Commissioner, had identicsl per.
sonal interest in Mexico, which would be
benstfted BY the the passags Of the
proposed Mexican treaty. Gen. Grant
saws, Mr.. Romero aud myself never had in
our lives, any pecuniary transactions, or
transactions sf any kini since the close
OF our rebellion and since the expulsion
Of Maxinii4n from Mexico. There has
bean warm feeling Of sympathy exist
ing between Romero and myself, our
ews being co-incident as to the RIA
tious which ought to exist between Mex
leo and the United States. We have
both devoted much Of our time to bring
ina about more intimate relations b..
tween the two Republics and en-
tirely gratuitous on our part.
The argument used, that under the
treaty il would be an easy matter to
ship Cuban sugar to Mexico and reship
it fro, Mexico. thus avoiding duties, is
untenable because Mexico has . higher
tariff upon sugar than the United
States, and that It IL only crude sugar
which is admitted free under the
treaty, and the difference between
Cuban raw sugar and Mexican raw
suRar is 20 great it would not sven re.
quire an expert to tell the difference
The General says he Is writing from
Sisk bod. and hence he cannot 20 into
details, He says he has spent
Thousands Of dollars Of his own money
and ! sceat deal of time to advance tho
dsvdIepment Of Mexico by United Stat
capitnf aud by American influence. He
has no pecuniary interest in the country
save q subscriber to railroad which
lies wholly TO the south Of the City Of
MEXICO, and the success Of which is very
doubrful in these times whom il is so diff
ficult to raiss capital for any such enter
prise.
anterestlng Batsh ffsn Washisg-
ter.
WAsnrNorox, Jan. 23.-The Senate
COMMITTEES on Public Lauds decided to
recommend The repeal Of the Timber
Culture Act. usnator Iugalrs bill to
promote the efiiciency Of the general
land office, ordered reported favorably.
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
sions ordered an adverse report The
resolution introduced by Senators Jones
and Gibson requesting the President to
take steps to Terminate the Hawaiian
rseiprocfty treaty a. the majority OF the
committees will report favorabIy on the
rssoIntions. Senator Sewell, of the
Committee on Military Affairs reported
favorsbly on the bill for the relief Of
Fits Jshn Porter. Hanson Tin Logan's
= .sence) said there would be minority
report. Sherman instroduced long
presmbls and resolution reciting the
circumstances connected with the cleo
tion riot ct Danville, Virginia
and the killing Of Mathers
and Copish Of Mississippi and instruc.
tions 10 the committee on privileges and
elections 10 make full investigation Of
the whole subject reported by bill or
otherwise. Sherman asked for an i'm
fuediats consideration Of the resolution
under the objection Of Cockeral. which
went oger until tomorrow. Cockeral
thonaht that the gentleman offering IT
gould by tomorrow desire to add few
nors vheressss.
@asu. nanesek's View OF the PoIit-
ieal Outloek.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 2s.--Gen. Hancock.
on his return from California and the
Southwest, says: II have had delight
fal tour among the soldiers Of the South.
west and I find the army in splendid
condition, Do | think the next Presi-
dent will be a Democrat, Icertainly do,
unless the party commits greater blum
ders than can possibly be anticipated.
The tariff question is naturally coming
mp again and is destined to cut broad
figure in the political campaign. 1
think Carlisle Is going to make
himself the greatest Speaker Of
the House, and his tariff views
will undoubtedly beo ome the Democratic
uarty platform. Yes, there Is every
reason to believe we shall win this time"
0enersi Hancock has visited nearly y,all
The army headquarters ia Texas and Ar
kensas, rsmsiping several weeks in each
STATE. He will make call upon Cen
ersl Sherman this afternoon in order TO
nav his respects to his old comrade, and
fhen continue his journey Eastward this
evening.
paslure Of the First National
nank ef Lead VILE -sambIisx
Cashler.
DrSyrB, Col, Jan. "a. The announce.
,nsnt that the First National Bank Of
LeadvilIs had closed it doors at mid
night last Night. WAS received with con-
sidersbls surprise here notwithstf nding
their ultImate failure had long been an.
t,oipsted In financial circles. The exact
condition Of the finances Of tho Bank at
prssent ars unobtainshls. but the failure
& generally believed 10 BE- very bad
ans. Their deposits probably aggregate
e32S. 90 With no tangible assets. II is
generally known that Presedent Denoit
L an invstsrsts gambler and u il rumor-
ed his aooouut Il 90, 900 oyerdrawn.
Other Colorado banks are unaffected.
Privacy sfrelssrans Qssstls.ea.
CHrcAoo, Jan. 2s.--During ths trist
OF Jas. II. Melville for the ALLEGED en-
bszslement in the Criminal Court bsfors.
yudge Howes yesterday the prosecution
desired 70 proye prt Of the money was
sal 70 Melville through Tho Western
Unibn Telegraph Company BY money
order. The clerk Of the teIearsph com.
paay declined to produos the original
message on the ground that ulessscss
eouid not BE- made public property. The
Cosrt rulsd tslegraphic commuuicst stiour
oc1ld rot b considered more con1den-
tlo1 eAen othsfs and that no communfca.
ton oopId be exoludsd when the caosu
Of justice required " production nsses-
sary, (
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