Show I A PROCLAMATION r I Oa the Seattle Chinese Threat J ened TIOubler t 1 l 1j THE END OF THE STEAD TRL 1 iJ r r Tke Verdict of the Jury Is that the fc + Armstrong Girl was Taken 3 2 Ji Against Her FatnerBSWill C Jlf IMf T a J < j jf t fp The Chinese s H j 1 i PORTLAND Ogn November 7All was quiet at the surface at Seattle last ini ht though no one can fathom the undercurrent Many have left by steamer for Victoria The leaders of the antiChinese say there is an element among their number that cannot beheld be-held back The Knights of Labor held a meeting tonight and trouble is feared then No troops have started for S tfle The sheriff is inclined to the opinion that he will be able to resist violence though this feeling is not severally shared by law abiding citizens citi-zens WASHINGTON November 7Tht President today issued the following proclamation = Whereas It is represented to me by the Governor of the Territory of Washington Wash-ington that domestic violence exists within said Territory and that unlawful unlaw-ful obstructions and combinations and the assemblage of evildisposed persons it has become impracticable to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings pro-ceedings the laws of the Lnited States at Seattle and other points and places within said Territory whereby lite and property are there threatened and endangered en-dangered end U lieteas I tie Legislature of said Territory Ter-ritory cannot be convened and in the judgment of the President an emergency emer-gency has arisen and a case is now presented pre-sented which justifies and requires under J un-der the Constitution and laws of the United States the employment of the military to suppress domestic violence and enforce tile faithful execution of the laws of the United States if the command and warning of this proclamation proclam-ation be disobeyed and disregarded now nowTherefore 1 Grover Cleveland President Presi-dent of the United States of America do hereby command and warn all insurgents in-surgents and all persons who have assembled as-sembled at any point within said Territory Terri-tory of Washington for the wrongful purpose aforesaid to desist there from and disperse and retire peaceally to their respective abodes on or before 12 oclock meridian on the 8th day of November inst and I do admonish all good citizens of the United States and all persons within the I limits or jurisdiction thereof against I aiding abetting countenancing or taking tak-ing any part in any such unlawful acts or assemblages In witness whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed Done at the City of Washington this 7th day of November in the year of our Lord 1885 rand of the Independence of the United 2tat4o the one hundred and + ntb GBOVEI CLEVELAND By the PresidentT T F BAi ARDI Secretary of State |