The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-13
More of the Interesting Subject.

column editorial, inveighs against the spirit
shown by California over the appointments
on the Chinese commission. The President
has conceded great deal to the anti Chinese
element in California in the nomination of
Swift as the California member OF the COM
mission. This gentleman represents the most
extreme views Of the anti Chinese party,
stopping only just little short of The brutality
OF the men of the sand lots. His appoint
ment as minister plenipotentiary or minister
resident would have been mistake. Never
in the history of this country has so much
been made from so little as is the case in the
United States. 1t is a pitiable thing that it
has been thought necessary for the protection
Of hundreds of thousands of stalwart and
intelligent American citizens. against hand
full of foreigners, that the whole pow" Of
the national government be invoked. H.
light of the facts of this business, the T. Aig-
ious hullaballo which has been ra (. over
the invasion of the " Asiatic hordes ~, ~ ID
ish. 1t is not now necessary to say d word in
favor of the general character of Chinese i'm
migrants to this country. we are prepared
to admit that it is as bad as has been
charged by the China prohibitionists, but,
while insolently denying the right Of the
eastern people to take issue with them in this
business, the California newspapers have
steadily refused to consider any aspect of the
case except that which relates to the oflen-
siveness and general bad character of the
Chinese. After reviewing the statistics of
Chinese immigration and the present 81 ate of
labor in California, the Times concludes:
Surely there is something fallacious in the
state of things which demands protection
against g Asiatic hordes and which cannot
protect itself against home competition in
labor.
Railroad vs.. TeIe;. raph.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-.The sat of the Allan
tic q Pacific Telegraph I"npany Us. the
Union Pacific Railroad Com, ny, referring to
one of the lines of telegraph between Omaha
Nebraska, and Ogden, Utah, which the rail-
road company attempted to take into its own
possession, came up in the United States
Circuit Court here to-day, before Judges Nc
Creary and Treat. About month ago Judge
McCreary entered 4 restraining order by
which the telegraph company has retained
possession of the line, and the question now
comes up on motion of the telegraph COM
pany for preliminary injunction having the
same effect, but to continue in force during
the long litigation which is now likely to take
place. Before opening the argument, VIM.
Ii. Bliss, United States District Attorney,
stated that under instructions from the Attor-
ney General, he desired to call the attention
of the court to the provision of the law
showing the interest which the government
might have in the litigation on account Of the
large employment by the government of the
property in question, and the law reqI,.ring
payments to be made from the earnings in
liquidation, also to the Indebtedness from the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to the U nj
ted States. His instructions were that he
should not take sides for or against either
party, but simply call the attention of the
Court to the matter. After some discussion
as to the proper mode of appearing in the
,0,otl,
otherwise, the Court stated that the District
Attorney could make his application hereafte,
in such form az he chose, and all parties
night be heard if deemed necessary. The
case was then opened for the telegraph com
pany by Hon. j. II. Woodworth, of Omaha
who occupied about three hours, and i" As fol.
lowed by A. j. Pappleton, for the railroad
company.
Outrage ON n COlored Student,
PoUGHKEEPsIE, April 6.-At six O'Clock
this morning johnson G. Whitaker, colored
a cadet Of West Point, class of '76, was founC
bound hand and foot in his room at the bar
racks, with I. piece of one ear cut off; the
other ear was slit and his head bruised. lie
stated that three masked men attacked hin
while he was in bed, some time after mid
night, and committed the outrage, and Gen
, Schotielu and Commandant Lusette are inves
tigating The affair, which is believed to hav,
, been committed by cadets. Student Whit
taker says the men jumped Oh and gagget
him in bed, threatening to kill him if he made
= noise. Then they put him on the floor an'
tied his feet to the bedstead. One said, "Let'
mark him as they do hogs down South
: They then slit his ears. As yet 10 clue ha
9 been discovered, but each cadet has bcel
questioned,
S Double Tragedy.
ST. LOUIS, April GA Jefferson City spe
cial to the Times says a double and blood,
t tragedy occurred there this afternoon result
e ing in the death Of two conyicts, Martil
| Bodenck, from st. Louis, and John Smith
= from st. Francois county. While working il
. the prison yard they got into a quarrel AM
= Smith struck Boderlck twice over the hea,
t with spade fracturng the skull. Smith thel
\ started for the ool-house, with the design O
: escaping from the yard, but was met by TIL
0 guard who demanded his surrender. He re
' fused and continued to advance. One of TIN
I deputy wardens then appeared and ordere
4 Smith to yield, but he again refused, sayin
:. ne would die first, and raising his spade in
r defiant and menacing manner, started towar
a them. They tnen opened fire upon him, tire
a balls taking effect and killing him almost in
II stantly. Boderick lived about All hour.
3 Jessie and BeIva.
u WASHINGTON, April 6.-The case of Jessi
Raymond against Senator Hill came up in tn
Circuit Court of this district to-day Of
I motion made by Senator Hills counsel tina
: the case be stricken from the docket OH til
l ground that it was instituted by the plaintiff
a attorney without the plaintiffs consent AM
y against her protest. Later in the day Mrs
+. Lockwood appeared with Miss Raymond an,
. the latter swOre to the affidavit that she ha
e authorized the Institution of the suit and still
: authorized its prosecution, and that her claim
, for damages was a just and true one. TIN
: Court took the motion of Senator Hill
e counsel under adviSement.
China and Russia.