Show PROTECTING CHINESE p Gov Oraiau of Colorado Appealed toby to-by Secretary Kay 4y Denver May 15 Gov Ornian tonight t tsf received the following telegram from John Hay Secretary of State Washington D 1 C May l5Jamcs B Onnan Governor of Colorado T ho UU nest Minister asks protection against threatoneU Violence and forcible expulsion expul-sion of Chinese at Sllverlon and says at proacnt one lIfe husj been lost olluJis Nr I badly beaten and a honui occupied Dy Iy1 BOHIC of them broken into and robbed H i the facts arc as uncUrslooil and iLpro auntid by the Minimir I should be 1 q pleasid If you would take active measures meas-ures for the protection of the Chineseas i a1 I you may llncl proper anil other action you may deem appropriate for tho prosecution ss prose-cution and punishment of the guilty pur tics IO1 IN hAY L1 Secretary of State Gov Ornian immediately wired the I Sheriff at Silverton requesting him to tend the facts In the premises H I ht not L known here that any Chinaman bus been ifl killed at SIR eiton as the Secretarys z niuMsagu would Indicate The Chinese Imvo been warned to leave the town |