, 1880-03-15
Mail and Telegraph.


Ter te-day reported bill from the Com
mittee on Territories for the organization
of the Territory of Alaska and the estab
lishment Of a civil Government therefor.
The bill provides for the appointment OF
a Governor, Chief Justice, Surveyor Gen.
eral and Secretary, by the President
These officers, together with the Collector
of Customs for the district of Alaska are
to constitute for the first years the ope
rations of a Government Legislative
Council, and are empowered to provide
Legislation required to put the Govern
ment into operation and to perfect the
necessary details for working Terrlto>
rial Government Their authority as
Legislative Council under the bill, is to
continue until otherwise provided by
Congress. The bill authorizes the Exec
utive Council to divide the Territory into
counties and to provide for the registra-
tion of voters, all male residents over 81
years of age, including Indians who speak
the English language intelligently and
adopt civilized habits. Citizens OF the
United States by nativity or naturaliza-
ton or by terms of the treaty with Russia
and who have resided in the Territory
six months prior to any election, shall be
qalifed to vote. The bill also provides
for the election Of a Delegate to Congress
on such day as the Government may ap>
point. The Judicial powers Of the Ter
ritory under the bill: are to be vested in
Supreme Court and five Inferior Courts.
Justices Of the inferior Courts are to be
appointed by the Legislative Council.
SAN FRANCISCO, March S.-The Call
this morning publishes the result of in
quiries regarding the recent movements
in military circles in this city, from which
it appears that all the arms of the end
Regiment OF the Matt onal guard have
been removed from the various company
armories and deposited in the old City
Hall or Central Police Station, where
guard Of Lieutenant and ten men of
company of the End Regiment is kept
over them. Companies B and C of the
1st Regiment have been concentrated at
the armory Of the latter company, and the
arms of company G of the End Regiment
have been placed in their charge. An
officers guard is now mounted nightly at
the armory of the Sd Regiment, which is
allowed to retain Its arms. The armory
OF the 1st Regiment is closely guarded
and no one allowed to enter The arms
OF the three cavalry companies have been
removed from their armory, to what To-
cality 1t is unknown, but probably to the
old City Hall. Camp regulations have
been established, and grand rounds visit
the various posts nightly. The arms only
OF the I'd Regiment have been removed
from the arlEories, and guards are de-
tailed every night to watch over their
company property. The Sd Regiment
has been concentrated at the Olympic
club building. and those companies of the
1st not Accommodated at the armory Of
company c are at the Regiment head
quarters, corner of Howard and New
Montgomery streets. Gen. Mcdowell
commanding the division of the Pacific
was telegraphed yesterday from Wash
ington to bring all the available troops
in his division to San Francisco, and
companies amounting in all to 500 men
are already en- route, with more to follow,
probably 1900 altogether.
1t is impossible to find out by whose
orders these movements of the National
guard are made, as the officers retuse to
give any information, but it is conjec
tured that the movements are under the
direction Of Gen. Mcdowell, and are due
to representations made to Washington
authorities by Colonel Bee, vice Coesul OF
the Chinese. regarding the supposed dan
ger IN which the Chinese stand. 1t is
understood that the present precautions
will be maintained until such time as
some settlement of the existing agitation
is arrived at, and at least until the gus
tion of the Constitutionality of the law
forbidding corporations to employ Chi>
nese has been decided by the United
States Courts and the question of the
condemnation of Chinatown settled.
The I'd Regiment are disposed to view
the removal of their arms with indigna-
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