The silver state., 1880-08-19
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

The New York Commercial BalletinI
says: There is need of further light
upon the subject Of. the visit of the Chi
nese Embassy to, Washington, Both
Evarts and Marsh have stated, unequiv-
ocally, that the Imperial Government
has repealed an ancient decree 3prohib-
iting Chinese subjects from engaging in
direct trade with foreign countries.
Precisely what that decree may be,
neither of those gentlemen have stated;
nor have we been able to ascertain from
merchants familiar with the China trade.
More light, is needed to show, first,
whether the decree prohibiting the Chi
nese from engaging in direct foreign.
trade has existed, and, second, whether
that decree has been repealed. Assum-.
ing the affirmative of these questions,
important changes in our treaty rela-
tions with China will have to be made
before this new liberty can be turned
to. account in trade with the United
States, for the embargoes on trade with
non treaty ports of China under the law.
as it now stands are positively prohibi-
tory.
Bloody riots are reported from many
| parts of Ireland. At Dungannon many
police were wounded, and their ranks
several times broken. They finally
| fired buckshot into the crowd. Their
! firing was returned from revolyers, and
showers of stones fell Many of the
rioters almost rushed on the points of
the bayonets in the eagerness CT the at
tack One man had his head riddled
4 with buckshot, and received bullet in
! the abdomen, from the effect of which
]. he died shortly after. at Down Pat
rick, in a,fght between Catholics and
Orangemen, all sorts Of fire arms were
used necessarily for thirty hours. Ri
oting was resumed at Belfast yesterday.
! The mounted police charged the mob,
and twenty persons were arrested.
! Some houses were wrecked by rioters.
i The Chicago Times says: 'The Pa
cifc Coast Battalion, led by the Grand
Commandery of California, was the,ob-
served Of all observers. 1t was gor-
4 geous pageant. Il was managed with
fine theatrical effect. Not many ap.
4 peared till after o'clock, allowing the
crowd to safe it's gaze upon the minor
splendors of other bodies. They came
out in compact mass, debouching up
on the street from Michigan Avenue
and marching four in ranks, close and
solid up to State street, where they
wheeled into position at the head Of the
division. The Grand Commandery was
especially resplsndant, not in loud col
ors or meretricious displays of mock
iewelry. for their uniforms were solidly
black, but everything about them was
sterling and denoted men of taste,
which they are.
Some fifty men rode to }the iailat
Fort Scott, Kansas, called up Sheriff
Rucker and, on the pretext of having o
prisoner for him, induced him to unlock
the Jail. They then seized the Sheriff,
locked him in cell, took out Thomas
Watkins, confined for horse stealing,
and departed, since when no trace of
the party or. Watkins has been discov-
cred. One theory is that Watkins has
been lynched. Another is that the
mob were his friends and took this
means to rescue him.
Miss Nelson's death is attributed to
drinking a cup Of iced milk, which a
medical writer in a.Paris journal says is
indigestible. Miss Nelson was twelve
hours in mortal agony. Her body was
claimed at the morgue by an aged naval
officer.
Charles Siebert shot and and killed
William johnson, saloon keeper. in