, 1876-06-01
for the vacation. lasting until July

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Some interesting additional evidence
was taken before tho Senate Committee
yesterday. F. L. Gordon's testimony
was continued. He stated instances in
which Cinnamon had women held 9
Rev. Mr.. Gibson's establishment, pay,
ing from $S to $40, besides a marriag,
| fee of $40. The women were taken
thence to houses of prostitution. De-
tective Rogers, who has been working
mp matters. made report as to the
number of Chinese engaged in the diff
ferent departments of industry in the
city, including $50 cigar makers, 1.5OC
laundrymen, zoo household servants
and great numbers in the manufactures
Of boots. shoes, slippers. ladies' under
wear, etc., eight opium dens are known
to exist, and are patronized day and
night by white men and women.
Next Tuesday will be Decoration
Day, and will be in q great measure
observed as holiday. The banks will
be closed, and most of the business
houses will be suspended for this day.
A procession will take place to Lone
Mountain, escorted by the Second In
fantry, under the command of Col. 4.
H. Savage. The address will be de-
livered by Major S. W. Baccus. In the
evening Col. Savage will deliver an
Grafton.
Grave charges have been made
against tie Prosecuting Attorney of tbs
Police Court, Noah Flood, alls ging
collusion with gamblers to defeat the
ends of justice in its efforts to suppress
their calling. The efforts of the Chief
of Police and his subordinates to put a
stop to gambling it is represented are
neutlalized by the conduct of the Pros
ecuting Attorney.
A communication has been received
by the President of one of the Chinese
Companie> and by him handed to the
Chief of Police, dated Headquarters
San Francisco anti Corlie Secret Soci-
ETY.. May 17lh, stating that for the pur-
pose of abolishing Chinese immigration
and clearing this city and State Of
Coolie population, unless q system
of emigration is in full force
within 81 days from this date, and o
sufficient number of coolies shipped
from this port to satisfy US OF your in
tention to clear this city of the same
it is our decided intention to do SO, by
force of arms. The presidents of the
Chinese companies, have prepared 6
memorial to forward to the President o.
the United States, setting forth theil
views on the subject of Chinese immi
grafton, and the present movement.
sgainst their countrymen. 1t is a tenn
perately written document fall of shary
points, sense. satire and sarcasm.
DETROIT, May PA fire at Bay City
this afternoon, destroyed two ware
houses owned and occnpied by Gpsten &
Merrill, and c. Schurman. VIM Drake
and others. Their stock and propert,
we're total loss.
A fire at Midland Michigan this after
noon, destroyed the International and
St. Nicholas hotels, two grocery stores
one dry goods store, two barber shops
two saloons. several nnoccuried stores
the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodge
rooms, and about twenty dwellings
The burIt district comprises few en-
tire blocks, and several buildings II
other blocks The total loss is estimat-
ated at $150 600.
New York, May 81. The Sun pub
fishes letter dated Augusta, NJ, Nov
26th 1876, from James G. Blaine to
Warren Fisher of Boston, offering fol
1926, 900 to procure for Fisher the one
hundred and ninety second part of the
entire franchise OF the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad, including the land com
pany's. Atock after. describing the pros
pectlve profits of the transaction
Blaine says he cannot avail himself of
the opportunity. and following the
first and best impulses offers to Fisher
In the concluding paragraph Blaine
says, keeping my name quiet, mention il
to no one, unless to Mr.. Caldwell. The
Sun also published Blaine's receipt to
Fisher for $50, 600 and the agreement to
deliver as above. Failing to deliver af-
ter more than year. Adams, one of the
pool for which Fisher acted, reclaimed
from Blaine So, 900 his interest aud OBJ.
tanned it. The corresponds nee seems
to have been furnished the Sun by
Adams, a letter from whom is also pub
lished. Parties here familiar with the
Northern Pacific Railroad Co. organi-
zation, claim that Blaine purchased the
interest claimed by the Sun. it was as
eeitimate transaction as the pur-
chased of good bonds would have been.
Jay Cooke & Co. obtained the five mill
ions for organizing the company by
making pool divided into twenty-fonl
shares. The members of the pool sub
scribed to the bonds, to an amount
equal TO their proportion IN the poo
paying for the bonds at par in money.
They also tor their proportionate shares
of an additional six hundred thousand
dollars received as bonus large inter-
| aSt in the sinnl1 of The Cnmnany to be