The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-05

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CLEVELAND, May 4-Crete's sommer
resort. near this city, was burned today.
Boss Si5.O OO.
IS ISD1ANAPoLrs. May f. Colonel r II
Good win shot and killed bis brother,
DR. John Goodwin, in Brookville Ind.
today. Col Coed win was recently dis
charged from the inssne asylum. DR.
Goodwin was prominent citizen of the
eastern part of the State, and lay dele
gate to the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopsl Church, now in
session in Cincinnati.
ST.. LOUIS, May 4-The Seventeenth
Quadrennial sess'en of the General Con-
ference of the African II E Church
opened here this evening.
WASHINGTON, May 4-Rsplying to
an inauiry from the Secretary Of the
Treasury as to whether The 4th section
of the act of June 81. 1874, Was repug
nant to the previous statutory provision
in reference to the deposit OF bonds by
national banks, the Solicitor Gineral.
in an opinion approved by the Attorney
General and rent to Secretary Sherman.
says upon tina whole the opinion, taken
kith Its context Of section of the act
Of 1874, for all the purposes connected
Herewith, is repugnaut to section $3.50
Of the Revised Statutes. Ali the other
previous legislation requires the national
banks to have and maintain in the
Treasury United States bond dep ,sit
to the amount of one-third of their
capital.
Postmaster General Key has extended
the time for Wells, Fargo b Co. to
make An argument against the breaking
mp of their postal business until to-
morrow.
Ia WASHINGTON, May 8. Minister
Angel writes to Commissioner John F
Swift that his Michigan engagements
will not admit of his coming on to
Washington before the middle Of Nay.
He has therefore invited Mr. Swift to
make him . visit at Ann Arbor for the
purpose, Of exqhaasing views As to their
prospective work together and Swift
will do So an route to California, leAv-
Ting Washington probably next Tues
day and arriSing Sc San Francisso on
Tor about the Goth inst. Minister Angel
and Commissioner and Minister Trescot
hexpects to reach San Fmncisce toesthef
between the LIST and 9Th Of June. Mr.
Swift has had several long talks Nth
the Secretary of State duriug the past
week. He finds that the various as,
poets of the Chinese question a. they
present rthsmselves 70 .ths people. Of
Il the Psei6c; essbt have been the subject
of careful consideration on the part of
Secretary Evartss and that the eeuity
of the claims Of our people for relief
and the duty Of the federal govern.
ment to give the question proper
treatment .afe 'unhesitatingly acknowl-
edged. The Secretary, while taking
the ground that all &he interests of the
country should be considered in the
proposed negotiations, does not sntici-
pate that there will be any serious OBJ
stacles in obtaining for the pre-emi.
nently important topic of Chinese i'm.
migration disposition by tho Chinese
government comphable with the iust
interests of the Pacific coast Mr. Swift
has also found the attitude and tempe,
of Secretary Evarts in laying out the
proposed action of the commission
| ACubCly OOoCh v0ob VI tuO BCI1Ou8 0Doul
and prospective effects of unrestricted
Monaghan immigration upon social
industries and other public interests Of
the people of the Pacific coast a. un.
derstoed by themselves; and be (Swift,
has no doubt that when Instruction.
are prepared they will bs such as viii
be entirely satisfactory to the bes,
opinion Of the judicious people Of th,
Pacific coast. and that if satisfactory
treaty be not madethe fault will bt
with the Chinese government and no
with ours.
It may be safely predicted frou
what is already intimated in officia
quarters that the instructions vii
: DEARLY and explicitly express the desir,
and purpose Of our government to OBJ
tain suo6 : modifcs,iUn Of the Barlin
game treaty - will prevent inmigra
ton or importation OF Chinamen to thi
country merely ~ labOssrs. The CON
paratiyely. very small number OF th,
better classes who may desire to com,
to the United States for the purpose o
trade, education, curiosity and Of com
merce, are not, considsped iaimicat {,
our constitution. but tho Mot oltsl
oeolis class Is to be excluded By all tn
barriers that diplomscy can secure.