Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-07
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stated the argument in support of his PROPOSE
ton with such clearness, force and earnest
ness, that when he took his seat not single
objection arose, though any one might have
interposed fatal point of order, and the
amendment was agreed to unanimously. 1t
will therefore remain in the bill, unless the
Senate should strike it out, of which there is
no probability.
The amendment adopted in Committee OF
the Whole, requiring the Postmaster General
to relet on the LIST of October all star routes
expedited at an increased cost exceeding sc
per centum of the original contracts, will be
made the subject of q separate vote by ayes
and noes in the House tomorrow, and the
final result is still considered uncertain.
To-day's session of the House was assigned
for consideration of the debris bill, but this
special order was set aside, as usual, by the
pending appropriation bill, and on Berry's
motion next Monday was assigned for the
debris bill, when a similar postponement Is
very likely to be recorded.
The Senate Commerce Committee to-day
reported favorably on Farley's bill creating
new customs collection district in Cali
fornia, with Wilmington as its port of entry
and Santa Barbara as q port of delivery
The bill provides for Collector and Deputy
Collector, with salaries of $4,000 and 81, $780,
respectively. 1t also empowers the Secre.
tary of the Treasury to appoint such number
of inspectors in San Diego district as he
may deem necessary to enforce the customs
law along the Mexican boundary. The Sen
ate Postal Committee to-day recommended
the passage of Farley's bill to establish q
dead-letter office in San Francisco. Both
these measures were placed on the Senate
calendar for future action.
Senator Mcdonald to-day introduced bill
directing the Secretary of the Treasury tc
pay Colonel Henry Deahna 1000 " for the
value of information obtained and furnished
respecting the resources and condition OF
Alaska" The bill is accor:. panied with pc.
tition, in which Deahna sets forth that not
withstanding that the worth and value of his
reports have been at length universally &C
knowledge, the Administration itself having
adopted all his suggestions he is still without
any reparation for loss inflicted on him by
his appointment and sudden removal from
the, Alaska Collectorship. In short, he says
1.-The wrong has been acknowledged ove
and over again, but SO far it has not beer
righted."
The Postmaster General will announce hi
decision in the Wells, Fargo & Co. matte
next Monday.
The Mining boundary Question.
WASHINGTON, May 6th.-There was al
important meeting of the Western members
at the house of Senator Jones tonight, t,
discuss a substitute for the Public Lane
Commissions bill. Senator Jones and MIR
Daggett, of Nevada, Campbell of Arizona
Maginnis of Montana, and Bedford of Col
orado, and MIR. Berry of California, wer,
present. Tue following bill was proposed
and will be offered in the House to- morrow
il opportunity allows. 1t is said to be en-
tirely satisfactory to the Western members
It provides that Section 1922 of Chapter
shall be amended by adding the following
And in all cases where the mean dip of tn,
lode does not exceed % degrees from tn,
horizon the right to follow the mineral shall
net exceed beyond the side-lines of the loca
ton drawn downward vertically, and on any
mineral land where there is no outcrop of /
vein or lode on the surface of the
ground, the party seeking to make dis
covery is authorized to locate a prospecting
claim tina same as claims are now allowed by
law, and he shall have the exclusive posses
sion of said claim so long as be shall expenC
$500 worth of work each year in exploring
for mineral and when a vein or lode shall bt
discovered, a patent may be obtained as il
now provided by law. In case locator shall
fail to perform the annual labor herein re
quired, said claim shall be forfeited, and shall
be open to relocation, the same as though il
had never been located; provided, that th,
original locators, their heirs, assignees OF
legal representatives, have net resumed worl
upon the claim after failure and before sucl
location"
The Chinese Colony In New YOrk-Gen
eraI Exodus to New Quarters.
New YORK, May 6th.-The Times says
At the corner of Mott and Park streets stands
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION, sort o
Roman Catholic shrine, amid the filth ant
fostering humanity of an exceedingly monde
script neighborhood. 1t is in the very hear
of the Chinese quarter. Across the stree
from it is block of six or eight old buildings
which, it is estimated, contained a week az
a population of from 800 to $50 Cinnamon
with restful sensation of having escaped tn
wrath of Kearney and San Francisco hood
lums The next block from Park street t,
the lower end of Mott sheltered 500 more
and had its hotel and general travellers
agency, where not less than so or 60 swarth,
Asiatics were usually quartered. The who'll
Monaghan population of these two block
on Mott street has been calculated at some
what more than l, 900, living life by Them
selves, having their own institutions and form
| ing sort of city within a city. They wer
| fully as orderly as and paid higher rents thai
! the population they superseded, and Mott
street landlords were not at all averse to lis
tening to their overtures. But in the mean
time they had completely isolated the Church
Of the TRANSPORTATION from its usual congre
CATION. There were many complaints iron
those who attended its services that they hat
to cut their way through an army of hay
thens" on Sunday to obtain access to the con
| fessional, and something had to be dore t.
| 81, ha, ~
into a grocery, with posters in strange Ian
guages dishguring the stone pillars. In thi
emergency action was taken with decision
and the moon-eyed denizens of Mott stree
| woke UP a few days ago to find that thei
domiciles had passed into new hands, ant
they must vacate ON May 1st, or at the expi
ration of their monthly holdings The cor
| poration had leased the whole series of tene
ments from Pell street to Park, and refuse,
! to let to Cinnamon on any terms. Other land
lords in the vicinity took the cue, although
! they liked their tenants, and for the last weel
a wholesale eviction has been going on. Fo
the most part the expelled tenants have sue
ceeded in finding apartments in the neighbor
hood A tumble-down old rookery in Par
street that formerly paid the landlord $50 pc
month with miscellaneous tenantry, is nov
rented for $50 per month to a colony Of Chi
nese. In several other instances rents hav
| been doubled by shrewd landlords by takin
advantage of the demand thus created Blu
the general result has been only to scatter tn
colony over wider area, without extinguish
ing it. In front Of one old rookery yesterda,
afternoon a reporter counted two drays loade,
with indescribable household goods and tire
carriages waiting to remove the inmates 4
crowd, each costumed to his own fancy. mum
herring from $50 to eco, was quartered at tn
/ door, and the jargon and gesticulations wer
| bewildering. At length each carriage tool
! up its freight of one or two families, and wa
driven away. They were determined t.
move in STYLE" said bystander, for thel
are only going few squares, and might jus
as well have walked"
Westward bound Passengers.
OMAHA, May 6sh.-The following through
passengers were on to-day's train, leaving a
1880 P NJ, to arrive in Sacramento Ma,
10th: Mrs A. Miller. San Francisco Mrs
w. L. More, Waverly. n. Y; B. r. eau
thornse, Mexico, Mo E. f. Farmer. Mrs. J
X. Luttrell. Santa Rosa H. Fuller, Noun
Pleasant, Ia; f. L. Hawley and family
Brooklyn; II. B. Terry, Chicago; Mis-
Mamie L. Terry, Milwaukee; Robert Watt
San Rafael; E. Jones, Des Moines; E. C
Garlich, H. A. Richardson, Colonel I. Bale,