, 1877-03-31
PACIFIC COAST


SAN Francisco, March 22.--Gen.
Bidwell, of Chico, has telegraphed
that there have been five persons ar
rested on suspicion of completely in
the Chinese murders SO far, and
three of them are still in confine-
ment. The last arrest was that of
q man Who was seen to mail an an
onymous letter to j.. G. Noonan,
which threatens him with six inches
of cold steel if he offers any reward
for the arrest of incendiaries. The
General also denies the statement of
leaders of the Caucasian League,
that white men had been discharged
from the mills of Chico to make
room for Cinnamon.
SAN Francisco, March 22.---The
Chronicle and Mail this morning pub
lish what purports to be an abstract
of John D. Lees confession con-
cerning the Mountain Meadows mas
sacre and other matters connected
Herewith. This is taken from con-
fession made by Lee to his attorney,
w. W. Bishop, Of Phoebe, shortly
after his conviction, in September
last, and was made at time when
Lee had hopes of escaping the SEN
tence of death. Since that time he
has written another and different
confession, with the certainty of
death before him, and it will not be
made public until after his death.
1t is said to vary materially from
that given to Bishop. which was
written in the hope of effecting di-
version in his own favor; while that
which will be published after his
execution will contain the true facts
in the case, subscribed in the pres
eDce of the certainty of his fate.
This confession throws the respon-
sibility for the crime upon the Nor
mon priesthood, by whose orders it
was committed; but does not direct
ly implicate Brigham Young as Or
dering the massacre, though it says
he subsequently endorsed it,
SAN Francisco, March 22.-The
Injunction suit between the Eureka
Consolidated and Richmond mining
companies is to be argued in this
city before Judge Sawyer on the first
Monday in May. The testimony
will be submitted on affidavits. The
change is made from Carson to this
city to suit the convenience of court
attorneys and witnesses.
The suspension of Franklin Burnett
from the inspectorship of steam
boats is the first removal from office
made by the President.
News is received here that S. j.
Lansing, defaulting cashier of the
Kearn Valley Bank, who was re-
leased on bail shortly after his ar.
rest for robbing the bank last May,
and Immediately left for parts un-
known. died February 9th in St.
Mary's Hospital. Shanghai.
SANTA Rosa, March %. = The
Santa Rosa Coal Mining c.. have
developed a we'll defined coal vein.
The quality of the coal is pronounced
by experts to be the best yet found
in California. On Wednesday ar
rangements were made to work the
mine on scale commensurate with
its merits. The company is COM
posed of some of the leading capi.
talists OF the country, who will start
at once a double track, working q
tunnel to develop the mine. The
San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad Co. have agreed to put on
branch track from the road to ter
inmate at or near White Sulphur
Springs.
SAN Francisco, March 23.-The
firm of Callaghan, Lynch & Co., bro
kers, No. LOG Leidesdorf street, do
ing business in the San Francisco
stock and exchange board, have sus-
pended, the failure being almost en-
tirely caused by unlucky operations
in Savage. Caledonia and Union
Consolidated, with liabilities of
5000, 600. This is the heaviest fail
ure of any firm of brokers dealing
in mining stocks ever known on the
coast. Their liabilities are princi-
pally distributed among the personal
friends of the members of the firm
and are distributed, as far as could
be learned, as follows: About $780, !
900 of the debts of the firm are Sc
cured. This amount comprises
large amount of money borrowed of
Jas. r.. Keene. C. D. Sullivan, of