Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-25
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Westwater, Mrs II Book and daugh-
ter, Miss Ida Donovan, San Franc isco;
+ T Homer, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a
Klauber, San Diego; Mrs A Eckstrom
and child, Mrs w w Ross, Mrs $ B
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Duffen, Los Angeles; Mrs c M Holiday,
Mrs S NJ Garvey, Topeka, KS; j
Sterme and wife, N Y; Mrs J Rea,
Miss Susie Ford, w J Goodfellow, Chas
McKinnon, Oakland; c II Chamberlin
and wife, Burlington, Iowa; Chas Scott
and wife, Walla Walla, w T; NJ G
Rourke, Tombstone; Mrs McWilliams
and child, Salinas; IL Meyers and wife,
Tombstone; Mrs II A Davis, Miss Myra
Davis, San Bernardino; A q Hayden,
Henderson, Texas; Geo w Moore and
amily, Rochester, MINI.
Opinion OF Judge Fieid-Hfe De-
cides Against the Right OF
Hong Kong Cinnamon TO En-
ter the United states.
SAN FRANCISCO, September pa
Judge Field, of the United States Su-
preme Court, sitting in Banc with
Judge Sawyer rendered a decision
to-day in respect to the right claimed by
Chinese born in Hong Kong to land in
the United States. He rules that the
fact OF Chinaman being born in Hong
Kong does not constitute him n British
subject. and enlarges on the fact that
Congress never intended to disregard
the requirements OF treaty with Il
foreign government. An act OF Con
gress, he says, must be construed
according to its manifest intent, and
must bs so enforced by the Courts of
law. In respect to the restriction act,
no consideration was deemed necessary
as to the position of other governments
regarding the Chinese within their
bortlers its object was to exclude
Chinese laborers from any part of the
world Ii was known that Hong Kong
would pour Chinese laborers into our
country every year unless covered by
the restriction act. The act declares
in the first section that. from and
after ninety days from its passage, until
the expiration OF ten years, the coming
of Chinese laborers to the United States,
without any limitation OF the eoun-
tries from which they might come, is
suspended. During such suspension it
shall not be lawful for any Chinese la
borer to come, or, having come, to re.
main in the United States. The twelfth
section declares that any Chimes person
found uulawfully within the United
States shall be removed therefrom by
direction of the President to the coun-
try from whence he came. Not neees-
sarily to China, but to the country he
came from. He concludes that all pro.
visions of the restriction Act were con
sistent with each other, and that the
full purpose of the law, to exclude Chi
nese labors from the United States, would
be defeated by any other construction.
A Mysterious Murder.
CHIco, Gala, Sept, 24.-Dorn &
Sprague, farming the C. l.. Wilson
place, near Nord, while on their way to
Chico, at about 6 o'clock this morning,
found their foreman, William James, at
the gate to the ranch in n dying condi-
tion. No blood or abuse could be seem
Mr.. Dorm, asking him: 'Bill, what's
the natter" he simply replied,
+" Cramps, cramps" Dorm, asking again,
s'How long have you been here?" An.
swer, "Only since five That was all
James said. He was brought to Chico,
but died before arriving here. At the
morgue, after being stripped of his
clothes, n knife wound was found in his
left side between the fifth and sixth ribs,
but very little blood outside. The circum-
stances, as far can be ascertained, are
that William James played cards with
one Barney d. Finnegan, saloon keep
er, at Nord, last night, got into row
with Finnegan, and handled Finnegan
pretty rough. How James came to his
death in front of the gate, that being two
miles from Nord, to drive with buggy,
or how he drove the two miles with the
stab between his ribs and bled internally,
is a question yet undecided and a
mystery, although DIR. Mason
who held the autopsy on the body,
| stated that q man with such a cut may
live twelve hours. Finnegan and one
b. Sullivan came to town about two
| O'Clock this morning, Finnegan to enter
a complaint against James, but before
he could do so he was arrested on sus-
picion. On further developments this
afternoon the officers arrested Sullivan,
who, it is stated, had knife in his pos
session covered with blood. A Coro-
ner's inquest was held but nothing def
mite was developed. Deceased, it is
said, was Past Grand of Gridley Lodge,
|. o. o. f. He has a wife and child
residing here and one brother. Finne
gan and sullivan will havea an xamina-
ton this week.
The HiII-Sharon suit.
SAN FRANcIsco, Sept, AT is stated
ON good authority that Nelson, acting as
attorney for Miss Aggie Hill against
Senator Sharon, declines to assume any
responsibility with respect to the au-
thenticty Of the alleged marriage con
tract, published some days ago, Miss
Hill claims, under contract, to he the
Legitimate wife OF Senator Sharon, and
as such preferred against him the charge
of adultery previously telegraphed She
entrusted Nelson with copy of this
contract, with instructions to publish it,
which he did over her signature, but be-
yond the assertion OF his client, he does
not pretend TO vouch for the accuracy of
the document.
u. n. Justice Field Grants Ezur.
tadO and Raten Another Respite.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.-Supreme
Justice Field granted the petition of Jose
Hurtado and Simon Raten, convicted of
murder and sentenced to death, for a
writ of probable error to the u, S. Su-
preme Court. The petition was on the
ground that petitioners were tried under
the form of information and not indict-
ment by grand jury. 1t was therefore
oontended that it was not in due process
of law. Judgment was ordered suspended
until decision had been reached in the
United States Supreme Court.
wheat and Barley Market,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 24.--Wheat
steady and quiet; seller, Sl.705@
81 .704; buyer, Sl77i. Barley, steady
and active; seller, 30; seller, season,
974@0s3; buyer, season, Sl.l29@
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