Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-07


Crossing Our Northwest Frontier p
General News OF the Continent.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO The kscoRp-uSIoS.l
How shall the Chinese be Prevented from
Crossing the Northwest Frentier9
WASHINGTON, August 6sh.-The Treasury
Department begins to perceive that it has q
grave problem on its hand in securing q
proper enforcement of the law restricting
Chinese emigration. The point to which at
;ention is now being chiefly directed is that
of the extreme northwest frontier of Wash.
ington Territory, as it impinges on British
Columbia. By-and-by it will extend along
tie whole frontier line to be affected by the
construction of tie Canada Pacific. At
present the point of vantage for the dealers
and managers Of Chinese labor is where Van
couver Islsnd touches the waters of Puget
Sound, By the Straits of Juan del Fuca, and
the shores adjacent thereto. There are,
it is said, about 1900 Chinese in
the colony of British Columbia. Six thou
sand of these are employed in the construc-
ton of tbs Canadian Pacific Railroad. The
white population does not exceed %, 0C0, and
the balance are Indians and Chinese. At
Victoria the ''comprsdors," or middlsmen
among the Chinese. have already associated
their class, controlled by an organic alton such
as the Six Companies of San Francisco. 1t is
averred that shrewd managers Of these COM
panies have for long time been represented
at Victoria. The Gazette to-day, in a long
article inveighing against Chinese labor,
says: "The frontier must now be watched
against the illegal interest of this alien pop.
ulation. 1t is not very extended. but the
sork of devising plans and executing them
will require activity and sagacity. In this
matter what does seem to be apprehended,
even fractionaiy. is the fact that there exists
rich and powerful combination Ct alien
dealers in alien labor, who neither oh.
tain nor preserve any interest in the
land they seek to occupy, except only in so
far as there exists any accruing profit to
them. This labor migration is conducted
wholly through the British colony of Hong.
kong. 1t is evident that Chinese labor deal
ers propose to make Vancouver Island their
Hopgkong OF reception. Take Mercator's map
of the world, and i. will be seen that Hong.
kong, Vancouver Island aud San Francisco
make three points of an irregular triangle
| Chinese labor is to be driven from the lower
| point, and proposes to assault its base from
above by turning the flank from Vancouver
Island through Washington Territory and
the other west Territories. There is also
something to be said "a 10 the design of the
/
| us in that direction"
A Plea for the State OF Nevada.
WASHINGTON, August h.-Representative
Cassidy, of Nevada, took occasion in q
speech yesterday on bill to provide for the
erection of public building in Carson, TO
give Congress some information as to the re.
sources Of Nevada, and to reply to some
structures on that State, and its insignificant
voting population, made so often In the course
of debate in Congress. He said Nevada had
been admitted to the Union to aid in sup
pressing rebellion, and to give the Union
party the aid of two additional members in
dissolubleness of the Union. The State was
not admitted on q basis of population.
Since her admission, the population has
increased from $1,000 in 1864, to 81, 00(
in 1880, under adverse circumstances
including a severe blow to the principal in
dustry of the State, by the demonetiz alton OF
silver in 1873. The General Government, he
said, had done practically nothing for the
State, which had neither river nor harbors
and which had not received dollar for pub
lie improvements, except the United States
Branch Mint, which is run at profit to the
Government. In nineteen years the State
had paid into the Federal Treasury S., 600, 0O(
in internal revenue. and had contributed
$1,000, 600 more in payment for lands
valueless to the Government until
operations of the State had made them
valuable. Hardly dollar of this money
had found its way back to the State Agains,
this sort of treatment he protested. He
showed by figures that more than forty mem
bers of the House represented districts con
tanning as small voting population as be
represented. After going at some length
into a discussion of the silver question, q,
affecting the interests of Nevada, he spoke Of
the needs of the State, the principal Of which
was, he said, moe water, and made vigor
Gus argument in favor Of the sinking OIL
artesiau wells, g work which he wanted car
ried on by the Government through the geo
logical survey.
New tOffce-Change In Routes.
WASHINGTON. August 6sh.--A Portfolios
has been established at Gubserville, SAINTS
Clara county, and put on route 46,002 be
tween Santa Clara and Saratoga. A chang.
has been made ia the star service on routt
46, 207, from the Mountain House to Allie
ghany, increasing the se.vice between Fores
City and Allegheny to six times week from
May LIST to October 1st of each year, begin
ming on the 10Th instant. On route 46 03,
the railroad service has been extended from
Temecula, by Riverside, to Cotton.
Secretary Teller Expresses HIS Opinion
WASHINGTON, August Oh. = Secretar,
Teller emphatically denies the report tina
he advised the passage of the river and har
) Dor bill over the Presidents veto. He say
he happened to be in the Senate Chamber
on business concerning his Departments
shortly before the vote was taken but 80 fa
from saying anything in favor Of the vetoed
bill, he incidentally expressed to several Sen
ators his opinion that the veto ought by al
means to be sustained. The Secretary fur
Their remarks that he voted against ever,
river and harbor bill that came before tn,
Senate while he was member Of that body
and that he made speeches against four O
them; that, as matter of fact, he regarded
the last bill as much worse than any of it
predecessors.
Yellow Jack.
BROWNSVILLE TEX |, August 6.h.-Abou
fifty cases of fever now exist. The fever i
incl easing rapidly. The death of German
named Qusste. recently from Europe, is an
/ nouncsd. There are COL hicting reports abou
the existence of the di ease in the country o
various points.
GALVESTON, August 6.h.-The echoone
Henrietta remains at anchor five ard q hal
miles from the city under strict quarantine
, The Captain declines sailing uniil orders ar
received from the owners. No yellow feve
/ is reported on the vessel by the medical fii
GERS in charge, or any Increase of sickness.
Is II Yellow Fever, After All.
{ ST. LOUIS, August 6.h.-A San Antonio
: TEX special says the latest reports from
Brownsville up to P. NJ, when the militar,
telegraph line failed, state that nothing ha
been heard from Matamoras regarding tn
4 fever. Another death occurred in Browns
| vile last night, and several new cases are re
ported: Among the latter, DIR. Happersett
United States army, Post surgeon Of For
.. Brown. There Is still o great diversity O
opinion as to whether il is yellow fever O
not, leading physicians, including the sicl
Post Surgeon, still claiming that It is o ma
lignant type OF malarial fever.
They Violated the Law.
A NEW YORK, August 6sh.-The corporatio,
counsel decides that contests such as the re
cent glove.fght between Sullivan and Wilson
are prize fights, within the meaning of tn
law. and the police have ample power to pre-
vent any such exhibition, and to arrest an,
; parties concerned. principals and spectators.
Freaks Of the Lightning.
KIcxApoo, August 9Th Mrs. Huber, will
her sixteen year-old SOD, little child and
colored girl, were ON tie porch Of her resi-
r dence yesterday, when the lightning struck
; tree several feet away, and ran down tn
; trunk. 1t then followed an exposed root O
the tree to the porch. instantly killing tn
bay aati colored girl, who were at the opposit
. ends Of the veranda, and severely shockin
, the woman and child.
WORCESTER (Vt.), August 6.h.-As Phil
) ander Young, his son Charles and two grand
sons Willie and Morton, with Charles Corey
were getting in hay. lightning struck the loa;
!, and killed Morton Young, aged IA, and pros
trated the other four. 1t killed enc horse sn,
burned the load of hay and the wagon. Phil
ander recovered consciousness in season L
!. rescue the body Of Morton and the othe
three persons from the flames Of the burning
. wagon. Charles Young is badly hurt, bu
, may recover.
Burned 10 Death.
II ABILENE iKan.l August cha lag
| barn ard oragary and other nuk .bf,idinos