Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-25
Herman Uphoff, at Grass Valley. He was
held to answer in the sum of $1,000.
The Chinese Question, in San lose,

Ahe thinese question IN san Jose,
SAN JOSE, November 24tlr.-The Mayor
and Common Council met this evening TO
consider the ordinances prepared by the
Anh-Coolie League, and approved by the
CITY Attorney and the Ordinance Commit
tee OF the Common Council. Two ordi-
nances were adopted. one of them relating
10 the sale of opium. IL provides that it
slanl be unlawful for any person to sell or
Ssye away any smoking opium, except for
scientific purposes or medical purposes, on
tne prescription of practicing physi-
clanr without having o license, the
price for which shall be So per
month. The penalty for a violation
OF the ordinance is 500 fine or thirty days
imprisonment in the city prison. The other
ordinance provides that it shall be unlaw-
Iui lor any person to establish or maintain a
laundry within the corporate limits of San
Jose, without first having obtained the con-
sent OF the Mayor and Common Council,
except the same be in brick or stone
building. Section provides that all build
lngs used as laundries in said city shall be
constructed OF but one story in hight OF
Drlck or stone walls, not less than twelve
inches IN thickness, and provided with a
metal roof and metal-covered doors and
window shutters. Section provides that
1t shall be unlawful to erect
any scatfOlding, or posts, or racks, with
ropes, wires or Stats attached on the roof
OF any building without the consent of the
Mayor and Common Council The peti-
toner for such permission must state what
use he intends to make of such scaffolding
or other erection, and the same shall not
be used for any but the stated purpose
This section is not to apply to buildings in
course OF erection or repair. Section / pro-
vides that no person employed in laundry
shall wash or iron clothes between the
hours of 10 P. N. and A. II, nor on any
portion OF Sunday. The punishment for
violating this ordinance is Sl00 fine. or
thirty days in the city prison.
Disappeared Mysteriousiy.
AUBURN, November 24th.-MichaeI DON
nelly disappeared from his home near
Lincoln on the 7th and has not since been
seen or heard from. He is middle-aged
man, bachelor, and lived alone. He left
a number of stock in great need of atten-
ton, and the belief is general that he was
murdered. The Sheriff is organizing a
party to scour the country in search of his
body.
Railroad Washoat.
REDDING, November 24th.-A special
train started for Delta to-day with a load of
cattle, and found forty feet of the track
washed away at the junction OF the Pit and
Sacramento rivers. No damages to other
property are reported
a Test Case.
SAN JOSE, November 24th.-A suit was
begun to-day by the city against Carneajke
& Graham, proprietors of variety theater,
to collect $517 unpaid city license, at the
rate of $40 per night, under an ordinance
specially aimed at places of amusement
where liquors are sold in the audience
room. The suit is TO test the legality of the
ordinance.
ENcursionists En- Route-Fell Dead
DAGGETT, November 24th.-Six hundred
Chicago and Kansas City excursionists have
passed here in the last forty-eight hours.
James McCuen, master mechanic of the
Atlantic and Pacific, dropped dead of heart
disease at his residence in Albuquerque on
Saturday night.
Narrow Escape of an Editor and His
Wife.
SANTA BARBARA, November 24th.-Dun-
can Mcpherson, editor Of the Santa Cruz
Sentinel, who is travelling in the interests OF
the Order of WOrkmen, with his wife. left
Gaviota on the 18th and arrived this side of
Elwood Coopers Sunday, a distance of only
2S miles. While crossing the bridge there
it fell in, precipitating the buggy and occu-
pants some 10 or 20 feet into the creek. The
buggy was smashedto pieces, but McPher-
son and his wife miraculously escaped.