Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-13
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CALIFORNIA.
PASSAGE or THE CHINESE TAX BILL.
DEATH OF H.. J.. MONTAGUE.
A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Dc.tructIy Fire I'm Shasta.
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PASSAGE or THE CHINESE TAX BILL.
DEATH OF II. J. MONTAGUE
A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
A Destructive Fire I'm Shasta.

San Francisco, August II.
A Victoria dispatch says the Parliament
has passed the Chinese tax bill. The dis
cussion was acrimonious. Both sides ad-
nit the necessity of the law. but differ as
to the mode Of collecting 1t, and the
amount the Government proposed, S6O per
annum; but, being strongly opposed, they
have reduced the rate to $40. The Colo
mist, an anti-Chipese paper, declares That
the bill will make the province the laugh
ing stock throughout Christendom, because
of its absurd provisions and charges; That
it was drawn by heavy employers OF chi
nese labor, to insure Its dlsallowance at
Ottawa. The Colonist attacks the Govern
ment for insincerity and bad faith.
II. j. Montague, OF the Diplomacy Com
bination, who was recently playing an
engagement at the California Iheater,
died last night at the Palace Hotel. 1t
will be rem mbered that Friday evening
he was taken with severe hemorrhage
while on the stage. Yesterday he seemed
much better, and during the evening he
was making preparations to join the
troupe in a trip eastward. This morning,
while chatting and laughing, he was sud
denly seized with another fearful hemor-
rhage spouting in jets from his mouth,
from the effects of which he died in a few
moments. His body will be embalmed
and taken East, accompanied by the re-
naming members of the Diplomacy troupe
to-day.
BLACKS, California, August -.
Last night a shooting affair occurred
near this place. Hugh Kilcher was shot by
Thomas 0'Connor. The ball entered the
.I..ll oo,,.,x q x,arnl xbaf 10 amHal1x.
fatal, the brains oozing out. The assault
was caused by an old grudge. O'Connor
gave himself up to the authorities.
SAN FRANCISCO, August -.
Bachelor, the leading spirit in the
Police Brokerage cases, was to-day SEN
fenced to one year in the County Jail. His
case will be appealed. His tool, Hen
ringer, was sentenced to six months in the
House Of Correction.
The case of Silas A. Stone, against tGs
Geyser and a number of other quicksilver
mining companies in Sonoma county, came
up in the Fourth District Court to-day.
The amount involved is about million and
a half. A great array of eminent counsel
is engaged and the trial bids fair to last a
month.
SHASTA, California, August u.
A destructive fire occurred here this
morning, which destroyed about one-third
of the town. The fire started in the tailor
shop Of J. T. Simons and spread with
great rapidity, destroying much property.
The following are the losses L. Lewin's
block of buildings w. A. Scott, shoe
maker j. Simons' tailor shop, Peter
Hooff's meat market and Mrs. Green's no.
tel. No damage has been done to any of
the business firms except those named.
The losses by the fire are $50, $50, as far as
can be ascertained, but The actual loss and
damage to Shasta is over S100.0 900. The
Sheriff has appointed q committee to keep
down the fire and prevent its spreading
farther.
SANTA CRUZ, CAL, August 70.
Last Saturday morning, at unnel No. 8,
on the Dumbarton Railroad, q man named
John Williamson, while tamping a blast,
which went off prematurely, was blown a
distance Of forty feet, and fell into a ravine
thirty feet deep. Both eyes were burned
out, and he fingered in an insensible con
dition forty-three hours. A Chinaman,
who was working with Williamson, was
blown eighteen feet, but escaped with a
few scratches.
MAsYsyILLE, CAL, August IL.
A fire occurred yesterday, about IL O'Clock
a. NJ, in the grain field of James Clark,
about eight miles south of this city, de-
stroying $50 sacks of wheat, 100 sacks Of
barley, and a large quantity Of stubble.
The loss was about 81 400. The fire
occurred during the owners absence in
town, and was undoubtedly the work OF
an incendiary.