Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-19
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Randall and Townshend in opposition
thereto, but the Chair ruled against his
party friends and sustained the point Of
order. Tow1shend took the floor TO
close the debate in defense OF the bill.
lie said he had an opportunity yesterday
OF conversing with a leading member of
the Senate, who said he had read the
bill and it was fair and liberal one. He
said further that he was glad to know
that he tTownshend) had exposed the
hypocrisy practiccd by the Republican
party In the House, last Congress, In cut
ting down the appropriations Tho SEN
ator himself was Republican. There
were several shouts Of Name
him /" from the Republican side,
but Mr. Townshend declined to do SOL
He went on to say "Since the
bill had come into the House every
clown ON every side had been brought
to the front to ridieule it. Every advo-
cate Of extravagance. every defender of
jobs and railroad corporations had been
taxing their ingenuity to the utmost in
order to raise a false clamor against the
bill. He was not surprised at the action
Of the other side in endeavoring to throw
odium on the bill. He was surprised 1T
the action Of the gentleman from Maine
(Reed). II peculation even had been
charged on this floor; II even an extrava-
giant appropriation were suggested, that
gentleman was found to be its defender;
and II even the interest Of railroad
company was at stake, that gentleman
was its defender.
Hiscock demanded that the words ut.
tered be taken down as unparliamen-
tary.
Reed made denial Of the charge and
Townshend reiterated il and said: His
cock wa, always to be found defending
those charged with such offences"
The Mail Service bill passed; yeas 100,
nays II, and the House adjourned.
Opposed 10 IA second Inyestiga-
WAsHIS0ToS, March 8.-Secretary
Chandler has written a letter 10 Repre-.
sentative Cox, Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, strongly op.
posing second investigation Of the
Jeannette Arctic Expedition. lie says
the friends of jerome Collins had every
opportunity before the Court of Inquiry
to ascertain the facts in the case.
Billiard Challenge from Sl0ss0n.
CHICAGO, March ls.-'Thomas Foley
to-day, ON behalf OF Geo. +. Slosson, is
sued challenge and deposited $500 for
felt in each for series lof three games
each, with William Sexton and Jacob
Schaefer. for $1,000 side in each game.
The games with Sexton to be one cush-
ion carom, 400 points; one Bake Line,
400 points, and champion game TO bo
played about April goth and 30th and
May 10th. The game with Schaefer
the same as with Sexton, except the
cushion carom, which is omitted. The
game In its place to be tossed for, the
series to be played about May Goth and
June LIST and 10Th.
The Coming ThompsOn-kuliiva
Match Thompson Confident
CLEVELAND, March l8.--Duncan G.
Ross, backing Thompson, expresses graf
fication at Sullivan's agreeing to fight.
He Gays his money is up in bank here
and will be forwarded to any responsible
stak Q. holder when Sullivan is ready. lie
does not propose to allow quibbling, be.
ing ready to concede anything reasona.
BILE to assure the meeting OF the two
men TO settle their superiority. Thomp-
son is anxious to face Sullivan in the
ring aud mnnfests impotence to have
the preliminaries arranged. While not
boastful, he speaks with confidence and
determination.
shifting the Responsibility.
TOLEDO, Ohio, March IS. - Charles
Werner, an insane German, who has
relatives here, arrived recently from
Hamburg. 1t is believed here that his
friends in Germany shipped him here to
get rid of him, as he is dangerous at
times. An inquest of lunacy was held
and he was found insane and U. s.
Commissioner Hall will send him to the
German Consul at New York TO be re-
turned home. This will open nice
point in international law as to whether
q foreign country can send her insane to
America, to be cared for at public ex-
pense.
Abolished.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March Is. The bill
abolishing the convict contract labor
system az fast as the contracts expire,
became a law to-day, making radical
change in the Ohio pepitentiary.
First Through h Train to the city o
Mckee.
TOPEKA, March lS.--A special to the
fr,,,, III pagn oavu. Nha
first through train over the Mexican
Central Railway left the Union depot of
the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe Rail.
way this morning, and will be four and n
half days making the trip to the City of
Mexico, but this time will be reduced to
half that period when the new schedule
is prepared. The Mexican Central is
prepared for business.
Two children Murdered.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March IS. Two little
colored children were brutally murdered
this morning and two others mortally
wounded, on the place of 0. +. Usher.
The father and mother were in field at
work when the crime was committed.
sterling, Exchange and BOnds.
NEW YORK, March lS.-S,erling bills
on London, 60 days, Si.SS; Sterling
bills on London, sight drafts, Si.90a; U.
s. AIS of 1891, interest quarterly, 81. l3s;
U. s. 4s OF 1907. interest quarterly,
81, 232; us. 3s, optional interest quarter
ly, Sl0la; w. U, Tel, 75s
Not the Contagious Foot ana
Mouth Disease,
WArELLo, Iowa, March lS-Dr. N.
II. Pareu and Simon Beattie, experts
sent here TO Louisa county, by the
Breeder's Gazette, of Chicago, to-day
visited the herd of cattle belonging to
Jonathan Drake, short distance west
of this place, this herd having been said
to be affected with the contagious foot
and mouth disease They found fifteen
of the herd of 80, affected with foo! rot,
all being calves but two. The disease
was found in various stages, from those
just beginning. to Others that had lost
the entire foot. The condition Of the
affected cattle here is exactly the same
as those described as existing in Etiing
ham county, Illinois, the various stages
being identical with those. The herd
of Mr.. Drake is the only one that can
be learned of in this section that is in
any maaner diseased. The malady with
which these cattle are suffering has no
relation whatever to the contagious foot
and mouth disease.
FOREIGN.