, 1883-10-25

recall OF the Bishop.
CHHlfOr; GIE' SAN FE'anri. 90.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2O.-TThe Alta
pointedly remarks that before the North
ern Pacific was opened all immigrants
arriving were bound for Oregon and
Washington Territory, whereas now that
ii is opened many Of the immigrants ar
irving at Portland are bound for San
Francisco.
The strike Of Miners
The great yard of the Wellington Coal
Depot on East street Is empty, and has
been so for two months The cause is
the strike of miners at Nanaimo. The
prices of coal this year as compared with
last year show marked Increase. That
this advance Is caused as much by the
anticipation of a short supply as by
higher inward freights is shown by the
receipts of the past nine months, which
| aggregated 605,0O0 tons for the current
year, against $4,000 for 1882.
= schcEIe 10 sEduce e'i.iucse ImI,:IEra-
tfOu.
San Francisco, Oct. 19.-GeOrge W.
Ashland, wEo has resided III China for
the past six years, stated to your cores
| pondent this afternoon that a very profit
| able business was done in China by the
representations of parties there that, on
! the payment of fee, they Will notify
agents in British Columbia to convey
them across the border. This story ap-
/
the necessary Certificate to enable them
TO land on arrival III this city The plan
held ont is that a ticket may be purchased
at the usual rate from agencies of steam
ships for Victoria, and here they are
transferred to a Sound steamer, and, ac-
cording to the tale told them, are met in
Victoria by an agent of a Chinese com
pany, who, when an an opportunity offers,
takes them across the line, and sees that
they are safely landed. They are also
told that no trouble is experienced in OBJ
| tanning work on the railroads. Whether
the programme is carried out on reaching
the north he is unable to state.
RumorS of E-iIIara'S Resign.
| New YORK, Oct. 19.-Rumors that
Willard has been asked TO resign the
presidency of the Northern Pacific have
doubtless some facts as basis. 1t is
SAID that Drexel, Morgan q Co. were not
favorable to the retention of Willard as
president. They were not satisfied with
the way in which he has managed the
finances, and admitting that money was
necessary to pay off the floating debt and
and provide means for the prosecution of
further work of the road and its branches,
they did not desire anything to do with
the new bond issue unless they conld have
a new man to conduct the company's af-
fairs. They proposed, it is said, to form
Il syndicate which would take at a fair
figure the entire S20,000,000 of second
mortgae bonds on condition that Willard
would resign, and A. j. .Cassatt, late vice
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
be made president Cassatt is said to
agree to take the position should it be
offered him. The plan met with decided
opposition from Villard's friends, and
the matter was finally compromised by
allowing Willard another year of man
agement as executive of the company. 1t
is now improbable that Cassatt will ever
become president of the Northern Pacific,
as Indications strongly point to his elec-
ton before another twelve mouths to the
/, presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
President Roberts has been in i'll health
for some time. He is now robust, and
the duties of president of trunk line
are exceedingly wearing. In view of
this, railroad men, and those closely
identified with the Pennsylvania interest
aver that he will soon be compelled TO
resign, and that his successor will un-
doubtedly be Casssatt, who only a month
ago was elected to the board of direc-
tors.
Land Frauds.