Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-18

sion, on the plea that Minister Del
fosse had prejudiced the case
against the United States. The
Spanish Claims Commission was
orgapized by mutual consent, to
adjust claims of damages to Span
ish and American citizens, growing
out of hostllities In Cuba. 1t has
so far done nothing of the sort, and
its dissolution would not be regard
ed by our people as calamity.
The Pix-Tsii Ordinance Decision.
NEW YORK, July 17th.-The
World has au article on Field's y
opinion in the California pig-tail
case, wherein it ridicules the Chron.
icte thus: We regret to observe
that our esteemed contemporary,
the San Francisco Chronicle,
promptly overrules Judge Fields
law. The Chronicle decides that
the ordinance which requires the
cutting off the queues of China
men imprisoned for petty offenses
is perfectly valid. The case, We
infer, viii be appealed from the
Chronicle to the Supreme Court of
the United States, and from that
tribunal to the full bench of Cali
fornia newspapers. The point of
our esteemed contemporaries opin-
ion is, that the fiue spun techni-
chalities should not be permitted
to stand in the way of doing sub
stantial injustice to a Chinaman
when you have him between your
thumb and finger. The right of a
city TO pass laws making that
which is petty misdemeanor in u
Caucasian almost capital pui ,sh
ment when committed by a L ua-
man, is held by our esteemed con-
temporary to he perfect and ludis-
putable. Que may sympathlze
with California in her desire to
ing TO such lengths in defense of
the cruelty and barbarism Of the
San Francisco ordinance, that is
nei ither more nor less justfiable than
would be a statute providing that
all Cinnamon guilty of disorderly
conduct should be burned at the
stake.
Rosy -CoIored Picture of ahe CHI
nese su New York City.
NEW YORK, July 17th.-The
Tribune describing visits of Tene-
ment-House Inspectors to the worst
places IN Baxter and other streets,
says: The Chinese have taken pos
session of South Mott street. 1t is
a curious fact that, while the most
debased among the Irish women of
this quarter live with brutal Ital-
ians, the younger, best looking and
neater of them live from choice
with Chinese on Mott street. who
it is said treat them kindly, do
most of the housework themselves
and make provident masters. Even
basement rooms inhabited by them
smell sweeter than the upper sto-
ries where Italians congregate. In
a Chinese restaurant across the
street four Cinnamon were found
at dinner. The neatness of the ia
BILE and the appearance of the
viands would have done credit to a
second-class American restaurant
at least the ware was apparently of
choice patterns of porcelain, and
the food quails and rice.
Run Over ana K,iied by the Cars.
NEW YORK, July 17th-Anthony
Y abriskie, Il millionaire living at
Central Morrisinia, member of
an ancient, historical and very &c.
centric family, was instantly killed
this forenoon at Central MOrrisiana
by the New Haven express train.
Mr.. Zabriskie b ID just left the
grounds surrounding his house,
which is in the II of the car re-
pair shop at Central Morrisania,
accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
Martin E. Green. They intended
to take the train for the city which
leaves Central Morrisania depot at
9:10 O'clock. AS he approached the
track he saw a train approaching
from the north and supposed thatit
was the train he meant to take, and
that it would stop at the depot,
which was about 100 yards distant.
He hastened across the track, but
the train, which proved to be the
New Haven Express, did not stop,
but rushed down upon him at the
rate of 40 miles an hour, and the
cow catcher struck him and threw
him a distance of 200 feet on to
side track, where he struck on his
head, and was frightfuily mangled.
Z4briskie's property is estimated
at Sl0,000,000. His sister was so
shocked that ler condition is con-
sidered precarious.
Important project.
NEwYoRK, July 17.-Merchante,
manufacturers and citizens of New
ark generally are looking forward
with great interest to the compile
ton of the canal connecting their
city with New York bay. The pro-
ject has been under consideration
since 1866. A charter was granted
and the surveys were recently fin
ished, and there seems little doubt
that the work will be i'm mediateiy
undertaken. When finished, sea-
going vessels of the largest size can
reach Newark from the lower bay.
A Hard Case, ~ True.
NEW YORK, July 17th.-An old
sailor and Mexican war veteran,
calling himself VIM. Elliott, was
committed for one month to the
workhouse yesterday for drunken
ness. He said he was one of the
first to raise the American flag in
California; went to the Yuba