| Show py TE TELEGRAPH L EG rlph I 1 AMERICAN washington 17 the following ietter letter hus bus been addressed to jo the PreM president dent of the united states b I 1 tte tle representative page of california WASHING TOX dec dee 10 IM to the president I 1 desire to call yolar to the question of bf chinese chinesa e ini immigration which now and has his been fora fors fon for a it fe w ayears years past agitating the people of california 11 fornis fornia I 1 would respectfully ask aek trayou boix gye eye the ku subject ett elt auch BUCQ cons idera lin tin ia as yonn youn valuable je time will ermit permit tou it are aware tha there are now bwl id d the state of bf california more thata of these people about one fifth of nhom whom are fe malce brought biere here for immoral oral orai purposes and are now held aud and suc ke the regla regia remaining ining lulng four ethl alq in e equal jual ia number to the population buon br bf the state and are fi with rew few exceptions coolies or slaves e brought here under cun contract tract for berylle pur our purposes poses many of these thebe cocq from nung hung honk nong H ong ong an in english h port under the treaty with ith ohina china of 1863 that you yon may more folly understand this mai mat matter maiter terl teri I 1 send bend you ing in this letter ietter a report of the stale senate committee made at the lasi last las cession of the state legislature on this subject t I 1 ala ilo aia hlo cl call cali joun jour attention to the dini dino committee of the senate known as lie senate document no gsg I 1 desire suil eull further to state that in california there is no division of opinion 10 as to the evils of chinese immigration and 1 I therefore on behalf of tb the peo people pid of that state tite very respectfully an t that 2 you 0 u malce make this matter the sat jea fea 1 t of ot a special to cog Cop congress gress grebs when it chuven convenes in january axt per hapa I 1 ought to add that the tha condition if cf affairs in the thi city of bf sah francisco for the pait past re few W months has alarm throughout the seste and while leit it is true that some irresponsible persons personal enciu raged aged by disreputable newspapers are endeavoring to excite a riot which would be a diba di baster basler rier ater to to the tile state the better portion of the community aided by t abere be re potable pc apte table tabie and rn press is I 1 endea boring to suppress anything like ilke Ti violence olence and ind confidently appeal to the executive and legislative powers of the wot gaT ernin ent for relief I 1 cannot in a brief com muni cation go further than 1 have done into luto the reasons for thi this thie s sequent but fully believing that you are t with the dangers now threatening the people of california on account of this great evil I 1 close by asking arking your early and earnest attention to this t trusting that soine plan maybe may be det dev dated edi to td the end that negotiations may be en into bet between our alid aid ard bid the chinese government which w ill lii y this vexed question 1 have the honor tobe to be very vry respectfully tour most moat it signed A representative mills t ing liag received the follon following ng dispatch patch daled dated last night gu hubbard of texas exah y the chmir of el ej paso county telegraphs tonight to night that our state troops aud and will all be massacred uniel a ft relief cari uati be had at auve amk ask the secretary tec tee rotary of wr wor to plebe please order lil lii hh troops in new mexico to make forced marches for their relief they are american citizens answer mills was at the war department this th ia moriAl morning ng afia by authority of filo the st dietary ot of war replied to gov li as ol ollowa lowb lows troops are now moving under ordera orders from here with all po db e peed weed norm horn forts baard saard ll Stan iun tuo davis bavis and bania hania fe the war department has lived information that tb atthe thie thle local difficulties in el et raso paso county lexas texas which grew out of the right aud and ti tie lie to certain salt cities chas chaa has assumed quite 3 threatening aspect the tew few united states slates troops i and state militia in thu the iho county have havo ur rounded and unless i koon oon rell reli relieved eved eged it Is s feared neared they will fare A dispatch bom rom governor hubbard inking assif bauce from the tue Pre president aident wa th set sel detary y of war var an and d by filin u nu to gen sherman telegraphed genelar sheridan to mend hend all the troop troupe he could the latter replied this biorn morning that he hd had ordered hll all ble to the scene seene of thu tha difficulty it la is thought the troops from fort stanton have already y reached el paso and will probably be believe rel rul leye the troops ivow auw rounded surrounded aur b by the mob afi the i troops coops flom foit hajar t irwi ir wi wilf lif wit do no doutt doubt reach san rian Ell Elf marlo to morrow and with ah fon bon ritan ton sou will be sufficient to keep tile trie peace the affair in purely local and no serious complications are anticipated CHICAGO 17 jour Zour journals naile nalle wa washington h int in t n for several yeara government M ent eni has the tho feasibility bf of obtaining the money and other diber property in europe belonging to the southern confederacy at the time of its downfall fall several agela were sent to europe 0 to o inv dinv fatur ta ts and report as to the amount df uch euch e such property still lu an lile me lawe ruine bf the confederacy but nothing den def definite nutte lutte was ever during the closing mouelia of granta ants administration on the question the properly property waa eai eil d in the cabinet and the matter aits assumed umed je finite joreg orn lna 4 a submitted to the c cabinet py y jile ilie then N 0 OC the tra sury eary it was intimated that the he value of efthia this thir property properly would woud reach from OW lo 10 15 1 ind it n d it was believed beli bell evet the united government could recover the same bame un on account of the tho approaching chanab lff iff th the thu 0 administration the matter was allowed to remain in taftt guo quo the present administration have considered is behl to be done and ib it I 1 is s understood that contracts will be entered into with lawyers to collect the molloy in n the banks hanks and the pio to belonging to the confederacy ay it is understood th tint at under the terms of the propped cont contract radt jhb lawyers will be allowed 50 per cent of the amount collected col coi lecieJ ail the information called for by the davis divia virginia investigating committees of the senate has been by th bettem ury the officials odthe of the department say eay E ay that every charge against the of keeping heaping the books hooks will b bo a mt met mut t a and u d the apparent fully explain t PATERSON W 7 J 17 A disastrous tire occurred liere lire tonight to night light A coal oil car on the erie track alre and the tank burnt and the flaming liquid ran kau ran into and flood d 1 the street communicating the flames to tive five or six houses soine boine of them half a mile away three oil earsl carsi m bu burst rat in a and t t J 1 seve beve several ra I 1 other cars cara were dt destroyed royed many fa millea families bave have been rendered homeless when wian of the oil carm care flames shot feet high ligh lighting tIne up the whole city the tha paint was blistered on houses houps a mile miler distant the excitement and in the gor for safety many mapy persons were vere t lightly injured the railway tracks are blocked tbt the loss to the erle erie road is ii on the housea houses about D V T 17 via chey obey enne annea A bottle of petroleum N yas bou brough tinto this ci city today to day from an oll oil well weil that was discovered few fews weeks lago jago ago eight mil mii miles ea from jennys stockade 6 an and loo milea auth of Dead lead deadwood lendwood wood the tio e petroleum is pronounced by experts to beau be superior peri reri otto orto t that of west virginia no indian depredations have been this vicinity 0 or r on any of the routes leading to th the e billhi hilak for some soine time i 17 in f n an affray at erville this state yesterday a man mail amed named was horribly y beaten by james bury the latter iatter resla reaia ted arrest and was wagi shot by an officer both men will probably die 17 on saturday eight men were tried for and convicted of riot they interfered with the running of the pumps at briggs near tou last september atila afternoon ou judge haudley handley sentenced the leader thomasl moran to one year and nine nino months bard labor in ini the penitentiary and nine fine and costs three others were fined 10 each and sentenced to three throe months imprisonment in the F philadelphia HIA hla pa 18 john i jr rj optician died yesterday aged aired aj 91 he was the oldest living graduate of the university of pennsylvania new NEW YORK IS 18 the manage men meu t of the closed national trust co is pronounced infamous and scandalous louil the bank examiner haafeen ha twice before the grand rand jury john reilly beilly wa wah wat arrested here bere yesterday for the murder of policeman obrien 13 yearb years ago reilly has lived eight years of that time in bani francisco and admits having nerved served two terms in the california states prison cincinnati 18 the liabilities of tolle tulle holten avo who assigned last night are estimated at thea the assets mets are nominally about that amount but with a forced sal sai saie sale would woul drun run far fan below GALVESTON 18 au an austin special to the News says the mexicans atel at el paso several hundred strong have havo nave navo the state troops surrounded rounded d and the rangers are doomed unless they comply with the dem demands andia of the diex blex mexicans leana thede the demand la Is that howard shall be do livered to them to be be headed this manner of execution having been determined upon beforehand the courage and devotion on of orthe the rangers will bettit be put toa too to a strong test the thu sheriff of the county despairs of assi asel assistance in time to prevent a mass masA ma massacre macre macro acre geu grin steele thinks that the howard but will defend him with their lives ilves IS 18 the oyster pun gy hamud was cap sized on Thu thursday aud and the crowy including the Cip C taiti cephas brussels and four mep bep were drowned Bu BOSTON buston ston sTox 18 r A nire fire in the music hall 1 Hi Bro bru eton last evening damaged the building and glod of the occupants to the amount of insured BT ST ig 18 gen ord and staff will ardive here inthe in the morning andrii and wall leave at once for the texas border borderi SAN sax frano FRANC FRANCISCO ICOy idoy 18 I 1 the senate atei ahei at doo u elected J T farley fakey united states slates senator by a strict party vote tote |
