Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-01
Morning kilograms.
Passengers Goinr south.

fasseDkeFS SOlnE South.
MoJAvE, Oct. BE IL Taylor,
w b Parsons, Mrs Graft and fam.
lily, A. ID. Hermance, r A Young,
] Elsasso, J M Requa, M II Gross
mayer, II T. Arlck, + o Brien, S
Dicker, G Fl Phelps, f Lindquist,
Mrs A Havemeyer, Mrs ] G Tuck
er, Mrs A Atkinson, Miss Minnie
Atkinson, s M Scott.
! a chinese rreebaatimx Affair.
! SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.-The
steamer Gaelic arrived early this
morning from China and japan.
She brings news Of remarkable
affair which recently occurred in
Hong Kong. On the night of Sep
tember 25th a band of pirates
anded and attacked the house
of wealthy Chinaman who was
supposed to keep large amount of
treasure on hand. The plans were
evidently we'll laid and the neigh
hood reconnoitered, but, before the
pirates attained their object, they
were attacked by the police and a
fight ensued in which one of the
pirates was killed and many
wounded on both sides. The free
hooters finally made of in their
boats. Great excitement exists
over the affair.
convention Committee Dotmgs.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3lst The
Com mittee on Land aud Home
stead Exemption met last night.
James McClatchy made an argu-
ment favoring land limitation, and
DIR. Caples against it.
The Committee on Chinese last
night adopted sections az follows:
Aliens not eligible to become citi-
zens cannot sue or be sued, and the
lawyer appearing for against the
same loses his license. Such aliens
shall have no business license and
no corporation employing them can
have license. Aliens are for
hidden to buy or lease property; also
section declaring that foreigners
ineligible to citizenship are dnn-
gerous TO the State, and that our
Legislature shall discourage such
immigration by all means in its
power and provide for their exclu.
sion from the State, aud levy q
tax or provide fines for
those who get them here and give
power to cities to exclude them;
also, prohibiting pubic officials
from employing them and desig-
mating dismissal from office rs the
penalty; also, DISTINGUISHING citi-
2ens who employ them. These
seetions will be reported to-mor-
row. All were carried on simple
majority and will probably not
meet with the approval of the Con
vention.
The Committee on Education
last night decided to have "A State
Board of Education elected instead
of appointed.
The Committee on Judiciary met
last night. J. w. Dwipelle was
present, and read an outline OF he
system of judiciary proposed by the
San Francisco Bar Association. lie
argued in favor Of the plan which
has been published. He opposed
the idea of having II Commissioners
|
Court. He also spoke in favor of q
Probate Court for San Francisco,
where business would warrant such
Court. The proposition will be
printed tomorrow, aud consi cred
by Convention.
Ths CopsiitHti"aal Convention
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3I.-Hogue
presented memorial in favor OF
regulating the sale of liquors.
Miller, from the Committee oil
Chinese, made u recommendation
for the Constitution as follows
First-The Legislature shall enact
needful laws and prescribe neces
sary regulations for the protection
of the State, counties, cities anC
towns from burdens arising from
the presence of aliens who are ol
who may become vsgrants, pau
pers, mendicants, criminals or in
valids, and aliens otherwise dang
erous or detrimental to the peace
and we'll being of the State, and tt
impose conditions upon which sucf
persons may reside therein, and pro
vide means and mode of removal
provided that nothing contained in
the foregoing shall be construed to
limit the power of the Legislature
to pass such other police laws as
necessary. Secondary corpora
ton of the State doing business
shall forfeit its franchise and char
ter and all legal rights IL It cm
-,c~s foreieue~s ro. .'li;sfel" > ~
aaf1H at ans. Hu. &o aisa.