Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-12
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The Sloan Murder Case.

CAHSON, hpiii Inns Lioi "ino
the preliminary examination Of John
Murphy, charged with killing James
A. Sloan at Empire, commenced be-
fore Judge Witl,erell in the District
Court room. Several witnesses were
examined. Colonel A. G. Ellis and
Moses Tebbs defend Murphy. Judge
Wells is assisting the District Attor-
ney in the prosecution. 1t is likely
that the examination may last all day
tomorrow. Dave Best, who Is impli-
Gated in the murder, is still at large,
and it is rumored that he is deter
mined not to be taken alive.
Weather still cold and snowy.
Two Vessels Wrecked.
PORTLAND (Oregon). April IL
The schooner Caroline Medean, Capt.
Madison, was lost on the Yaquima
bar last Wednesday, the 9Th instant,
and was totally wrecked. She was
loa led with cedar lumber and bound
for San Francisco. The captain and
crew, after spending the night IN an
open boat, reached the shore in a
chilled condition.
SAN BUENAvESTURA, April H.
Different fragments of what seem to
be portions of wrecked vessel, have
been drifting ashore on the coast,
about fifteen miles below this place,
for the past few days. Among other
things picked up are several articles
Of merchandise, such as new clothing
and new boots and shoes; also a
board, six or seven feet long, has been
found, bearing the inscription "Yoyng
Wonder, Rio VISTA" The word "Won-
dern is very much defaced, but moth
ing else can pe made of it.
Investigating the Heather Chinee.
SAN Francisco. April 1.-THE
Senate Committee appointed to
investigate the Chinese nuisance,
began its investigation at IL o'clock
to-day in the cham Der of the Board
of Supervisors. The committee is
composed of Senators Raymond,
McCoppen, Lewis. Evans, Pierso n,
Donovan and Rogers. Governor
Low, who, in 1870, was appointed
Minister to China, and while filling
that position had ample opportunity
to study the customs OF the Chinese.
appeared before the committee and
gave his views on the question. He
stated that in his opinion, the emf
grafton from China is not enforced
in the literal sense of the word. A
majority of the Cinnamon whom we
see every day, bear in teir faces
and dress the appearance of natives
of Hong Kong, from which being :.
British colony, under the British
government, compulsory emiGra-
ton would not be permitted. The
fare from Hong Kong to San Fran
cisco is about $50, sum which no
workman in China is competent to
pay. Chinese immigration, Cover
nor Low thought, was simply the
result of demand for cheap labor
which has existed on the Pacific
slope since railroads began to ex-
| tend through the country. Chinese
capitalists ia Hong Kong saw the
opportunity to make money out of
their less intelligent countrymen
and organized bureaus of emigra-
ton. They possess almost absolute
power over members of the corpora
ton while in China, and when
translated to California, the power
is not diminished-in fact, it is in
creased. The report that the Pa
cifio Nail Company will not allow
Chinaman to return to China in one
of their ships. unless he can pro,
duce a certificate from his com
pany. stating he has fulfilled his
contract here with the corporation
Governor Low asserted that it was
true, and stated that the Chinese
trade opened up to the Pacific Mai
Co. the channel through which the
Chinese companies control is 50 ex-
tensive that steamship authorities
dare not oppose the interests of the
Morgolian guilds. He stated that
the condition Of the laboring classes
in China, judged from the American
or European standpoint, is curse OF
wretchedness. A suggestion was
adopted to open correspondence with
the American Minister in China to
obtain information concerning emf
grafton agencies, etc.
| Capt. Shaw, who had travelled ex-
/ tcnsively in China, then appeared be-
fore the Committee, Said slavery
was approved in China. The condi-
tion of the lower classes is as nearly
bestial as possible, far lower than in
this country. He gave the Chinese
a rather turbulent and revolutionary
character in affairs at home; said the
government didn't favor emigration.
The great mass of emigration was
from Canton and the southern prov
inces. The popular belief in Canton
amongst the white population is,
that the Chinaman is so constituted
that he must steal whenever fayora-
BILE opportunity occurs. .
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The SEN
ate Committee on Railroads this
morning laid over the so-called Hunt