New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-14
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TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES
SAN FRANCISCO.
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SAN Francisco Oct 13.-The reports of earth
quakes which sent East must have been greatly
exaggerated, judging by the comments of some
New-YOrk papers, One of the shocks was sharp,
but the stories of people rushing out of hotels and
other tall buildings at dead of night tigments
of reporters imagnatOns. One newspaper here
gave what was intended as a burlesque account Of
it, but everywhere in the Easti to have been
accepted as a fact, to the serious detriment of the
city.
Signs have been posted about the streets by the
Chinese "Six Companies" Offering a reward of $40
for the arrest and conviction of any white person
committing an assault upon a Chinese. According
to Chinese reports cases of battery and maltTeat-
ment by "hOodlums" are increasing, and the Six
Companies are determined to put an
end to them. 1t Is needless to say that
the reputable portion of the people deplore
the stone throwing and other maltreatment
of the Chinese, but the police, who as a rule are
Irlshmen, never see the tagrant cases OF abuse OF
the heather" by the young hoodlums of the quar-
ter known as "Tar Flat" Nlne-tenths of these
| boys are American-Irish. They hear their fathers
and mothers denOunce the Chinese, and they have
deep-seated hatred of race which they have been
taught to regard as dangerous rival III the labor
market.
1t Is a singular fact that despite Irish hatred of
Chinese in all cases of mscegenatiOn in this Statl
between Chinese and whites, the women have ln-
varably been young Irish girls. This is an anomaly
which no one yet has been able to explain.
The increase of wages Of Chinese, a result of the
Restriction Act, has had the effect of swelling tho
number of Celestial visitors to China this year.
The steamer which left for Hong Kong on Thursday
carried over 1000 heather, who go back to attend
the New Year festivities in the mother country. Ii
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this port.
The return of "Edn Scheifln and his party
from Alaska puts an end to the craze
about gold diggngs in that frozen region.
Scheillin was the founder of Tombstone, which no
named in dersion of the false prophets W no pre-
dicted that the Apaches would take his scalp, and
he would find onIya grave. He is probably tha
best equipped man for prospecting on the coast.
He fitted out a schooner for this Alaska expedi-
tion and sailed far up the Yukon River, but failed
| to find the tabled placers There will be NO mora
Alaska gold fever after his discouraging report.
The conviction of Leroy, who murdered old
Nicholas skerrett, proves that Pacific Coast
| justices are Rot at all fat witted. The evil
| dence in the case was wholly crcum-
| stantial. but so clear that there was no loop
hole of escape for the prisoner Indeed, his counsel
made no defence, but submitted the case without
| testimony. The convict cannot be hanged, how
| ever, any more than the score of other convicted
murderers until the Supreme Court has decided a
| legal point in the new Constitution. All these men
were convicted on information and belief" in
| stead Of on indictments presented by the Grand
| Jury. The lawyers who drafted the new Constitu-
ton held that this was in conflict with the Federal
Constitution, and the United States Circuit Court.
to which the case was appealed, took this ground
also. 1t now remains for the higher tribunal to
pass upon it, If held to be unconstitutional, it will
save the necks of as precious gang Of Tascals as
| ever cat throat
In amusement5 everything is dull. Mr.. Bouci'
| cault received good patronage here. One MEMBER
of his company, who plays small part is son OF
| Bret Harte