The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-16

fouri,bed. or why they were thus
named. Nevertheless Jscobin' has a
delightfully."- melodramatic sound. and
i. we'll COMFORTS With the object Of the
society. which is avowed to be to
hang every ard any merchant who
should employ Chinese. or in any way
encourage Chinese labor" A, the
recent election in California, out Of a
total poll Of l6l 294 votes, ss3 were
cas-. in favor Ct Chinese immigration.
The Jacobin Society Of San Francisco
will not have an extensive banging
match. II the vote above mentioned
represents the actual strength Of the
American Chinese element in the State,
Denis job will be speedily performed
snd as the men who favor Chinese i'm
migration are in hopeless minority.
their resistance will no. te protrac,ed.
When tyranny Is thIs summlriIy dis
patched on the other side of the ont
rent. let Us hope that the Jacobins Will
come this way. Our tyrau;s also are
foreign. but they do not come from
Asia.
CAIRO. Nov IA tornado. accom-.
panied by hail and heavy rain. struck
the city at / Pm demo,i.hiug the
African Methods. Church on Eigh-
teenth street aud Brad!ey's colored
Baptist Church on Fifteenth street, and
partly unroofed the Custom House and
severa! small cottages in the northern
part Of the city. Alex Morris. aged IL,
was blown through a door of the hub
factory 70 the ground and killed.
NEW YORK. Nov IA Regarding Pa
citic Mail affairs. it is rumored that the
company will soon make a more favor
able contract with the Panama Rail
roal Company. and that it is possible
that no arrangement will be made with
the Pacific roads for working in har-
mony on through freight, but that
they will. with the support Of the Pan
anna Company. continue as Al indepen-
dent line.
AUGUSTA, Nov 1.-THE rumors in
regard to the Governor and Council in
tending to count out the Republican
majority in the Legislature. are ex-
citing general attention. They come
from sources that entitle them to be.
lief. Messrs Baker / Baker have filed
notice with the Governor today to be
heard in the disputed cases in Frank.
lin. Lincoln and Penobscot counties.
and II NJ Heath did likewise in regard
to cases in Washington county. It is
reported that no hearing will be al
lowed in disputed cases. but that GER
tltiyatcs will be issued on Monday. rs
has already been determined. A care.
fully compiled list Of the Legislature
shows that the Republicans have 80
mem bors in the House and one vacancy
by death, while the Democrats have
81 in the snme branch. In the Senate
the Republicans have 10 members and
the Democrats l2.
ST LOUIS, Nov 14-Reterring to the
repeatedly reported consolidation OF
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway and tine Texas Pa
cific, Thomas Allen, President of the
former road. said today that consolida-
ton Of the two roads has been under
consideration for some time but has
not taken place yet. The Texas Pacific
people. he said. are buying all the Iron
Mountain stock they can get, but as a
majority of it is not for sale they can
not purchase controlling interest.
NEWPORT, KY. Nov IL Charles
Scheurer was shot and instantly killed
today by Miss Annie Hoff. She called
on him. accompanied by her brother,
and demanded that he fulfill his prom
Use to marry her. He contemptuously
refused. when she fired a pistol which
she held under her shawl, and be fell
dead. Miss Hoff gave herself up. She
says that he ruined her under promise
Ct marriage and she does not regret her
act, Scheurer was q saloon keeper in
Cincinnati.