Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-18

took place in the Joss house in this city last
night About dozen representatives OF the
faith of Coufacius were present from different
parts of the State. and more than forty CHINA
men belopging.to the Carson parish, all taking
a great interest ip the proceedings.
ABAeg RANGERS VIEWS.
The meeting was opened by Base Range
Chnaman from Eureka, and he mounted
the rostrum there was strong smell of anti
mony and arsenic about his clothes. Brushing
back scAnt growth of snow white locks which
here aud there asserted themselves about his
pate, he called the Synod to order and began
his remarks La his Discourse he got down t"
his subject at oace and there refreshing
absence Of the usual preliminary sparrlng oo-
servable in the efforts of Caucasian dlvlnes.
He said that he was panied to notice the lack
of RELIGIOUS zeal in Nevada and If some decided
steps were not taken he believed the country
would be entirely given over to the Christian
devil In Eureka he knew man named
George Cassidy, who, while cl Il aing TO run d
paI or devoted to progress and cvi!iz .ti"n, was
enc Of The " erst men he ever saw. He had
5 yen him on one Sunday evening acting az
| referee at a cock fight Such men set bad
example to the Chinese and should be dis
csnntenanced by all right thinking followers
| Of CunfuciGs
A CoMSToCK TEROLOaIAN.
| All Git. a Colnstock gospeizer, was the next
speaker. He had listened to the remarks OF
| Il ! thnr had 4
surprised him. He had seen Dennis Mccarthy
and Arthur McEwan of the Chronicle shooting
lack rabbits on Sunday and judge Goodwin
had praised the immoral leg shows OF the
Richmond troupe in his paper. Some of the
Chinese could read English, and the perssal
of papers run by such ne was bound to have
| a pernicious effect.
TIE APPEAL ENDORSED.
! Ho Buno. = Carson Chinamaa, arose to re-
| mark that, while such sweeping denunclatlens
of the press were being mad.. he hoped that
| the Sunday APPEAL, a thoroughly religious
nevsnaper. would net be included. He read
it carefully and its broad doctrines Of human
ity, charity and equal rights to all, met his
|
| in it's Sabbath morning Sermons unmlstakabe
echoes of the Fundamental principles of good
which glow with divine luster IN the lmper-
islable doctrines of Confucieus. The only
| drawback noticeable was the fiavsr OF self
righteousness which sometimes lmpregnated
the articles, but this was weakness partly
| s1cu.able in an outside barbarian and 20 be
regarded more as subject for pity than dis
approval. Here voice Incurred If the speaker
proposed to endorse this ILL timed abuse show
cred upon Mr.. Yerington and Bill Sharon
Ho Buag admitted that he hated to see such
good men attacked and was at a loss 80 under
stand how such things could be-
souR DELINoUENTs BOUNCED.
Cam Pung, the Senior Warden Of the Car
SON Parish, next got the floor and read list
of names embracing some fifteen ChlnaHan
who had neglected to pay their slip rent. He
for one was tired of the bummers Who tried
| to sponge their religious nourlshment % the
temple If a mans soul was worth savlng 1t
was worth paying for, and he proposed to east
out the deinqaents by forcs If necessary
Thsrs should be ao free passes on the road to
salvation The plaza met with approval from
| all sides, ard he SAID he proposed to ire out
Hong Ice. a wash house keeper, for starter
Lee he said made the longest prayers and
put up the least cash of anybody, while the
samblesoms keeper of the tan game made no
fuss at 81 90 a month for the Joss house ser
vices Hong Lee sprang to his feet and SAID
he did not dare TO put money Ola the plate tor
fear that the Senior Warden would steal it.
| A CARNAL ROW.
In ala instant the insultsd Warden, selzlng
a vanished pig from the altar, hove it square
IA Hong Lees face. Al Bong grabbed a gol-
den candlestick and began belaborlag the
nearest pew holder with it. TIE Bass Range
theologian reached for some bronzs IDOLS
which were handy and sent them into the soa-
gregation with lightning rapidity and unerrinS
aim Ia few minutes the fight beca@e gen
eral, he eatire Synod taking hard Nearly
every member Of the congregation draw a
Ratchet or club from under dis bloass aud fell
to sark on his neighbsr The arrival Of the
Town Marshal with . squad OF Police alone
prevented the riot from Becoming sarlous-
All ha4ds we're taken before Justice Cary, aad
Ls case Will be tried en- Saturday Rsxt.