Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-05-28
PACIFIC COAST.

SAN FRANCISCO, May a. Oakland
held rousing Anti-Coolie meeting last
night. Several thousand persons were
present, including delegations from San
Francisco and all the neighboring towns.
The public schools closed yesterday
for the Centennial vacation, lasting until
the 10th of July.
The Bernal Nights. the scene of the
recent quartz discovery, was visited yes
terday by large number of people, in
Guiding many California street men.
Several additional claims have been
staked out and work will at once be com
menced on some of them to test the
question. The whole neighborhood is
IN state of excitement.
There was some interesting additional
evidence taken before the Senate Chi
nese Commission. f. L. Gordon's testi-
mony was continued. He stated in
stances in which Cinnamon had married
women at the Rev. Mr.. Gibson's estab-
men, paying from $50 to $1lO, besides
marriage fee of $40. The women were
taken thence to houses of prostitution.
Detective Rogers, who has been working
up the matter, presented lengthy re-
port as to the number of Chinese en-
gagged in the different departments of in.
dustry in the city. 1t includes 3, 800
cigar-makers. 1900 laundrymen, 5000
household servants and great numbers
in the manufacture Of boots. shoes, slip
pers, ladies' underwear, etc. Eight
opium dens are known to exist, patron
lied day and night by white men and
women.
SAN Francisco, May 27.-In the Third
District Court to-day Theodore Leroy
filed complaint in equity against the
Spring Valley Water Company and Ala
media Water Company. The complaint
alleges that after the Legislature of
March, 1874, had approved the bill to &C.
quire or condemn water rights for the
city, that VIM. @. Ralston, Chas. Webb
Howard. Charles N. FELTON, and j. M.
ReydeD, who controlled majority OF
the Alameda Company's stock, conspired
to obtain control OF the Spring Valley
Water Company with view to selling
the Alameda water.works to the latter
company for price far exceeding the
value, for their own private use, then
selling the property Of both companies
to the city. The complaint also alleges
that in pursuance of the project Ralston
bribed one E. H. Deyer, Deputy Survey
General. to give him information con-
corning the water supply, contrary to his
Official duty; that he tried to bride R.
M. Beereton. Civil Engineer. to report
in their favor. and on his refusing did
bride Scowden, and also bribed a men,
Der of the Board of Supervisors to elect
the latter engineer, paying each SO
bribed i've thousand dollars. Subse-
quently it is alleged Ralston procured
an election of Board of Trustees Of the
Spring Valley Company and succeeded in
selling to that corporation for a mil
lion dollars the franchise OF the Alameda
Water Company, which was not worth
ten thousand. In consideration of
those alleged frauds the Court is
petitioned to declare the acts OF tho
trustees elected in December, 1874 void
and that the defendants b. restrained
from disposing of any of the million
dollars of the bonds issued for the pur.
chase OF the Alameda Company's Works
and that they be cancelled, also that the
claims OF the innocent bondholders. OF
whom the plaintiff claims to be
one. be held valid as against the
Spring Valley Water Company. The
complaint is very lengthy and recites
many further details of alleged bribery
and corrupt practices.
Next Tuesday being Decoration day.
il will be in great measures observed IS q
holiday. The banks will be closed and
most Of the business houses will sus-