, 1888-11-29
KILLED HIS .PARD.
Gamblers Do-Up a Farmer and
Quarrel on the Rake-Off.
ROMANCE OF A HALF-BREED BOY
Ne Lays Claim 70 . Big Estate at Frisco
"A Portland sensatisn Nipped
In the Had.

another gambler, In front Of the Baldwin
hotel on the 3lst ult., was held without
bail to-day 10 await trial for murder The
men had quarrel over the division of the
spoiIs obtained from country man whom
they swindled out of considerable money
by means Of 'aure thing" game. The
defendant called Q number OF gamblers ~
witnesses 70, prove that Perrin wa
OF very troublesome nature and had q
few hours before the shooting threatened
to cut out Lewis heart.
Considerable surprise is manifested over
the arrival 10 this city Of q young man
Who demanded To see Com modore @. II.
Harrison and his wife, who had been the
wife of Captain II. G. Bates, reputed before
his death q few years ego to be one
OF the rich men of British Columbia,
Bates. Jr., demanded at once an account.
ing aud his portion OF q large estate left
since been Ia the hands OF Commodore
Harrison and Mrs. Harrison, formerly
Mrs. Bates. This property includes. in
addition TO the country seat held BY Har-
Tison, so 1t IL said, large properties Ia
British Columbia and elsewhere. Captain
Bates was the owner of several steamboats,
which he used in carrying on trade on the
Fraser and in other waters Of British CO.
lumbia. He also bought the steamer
Wilson G. Hunt and employed her in the
coast trade, eventually selling her to Cap
nadia, Pacific Steam Navigation Compa-
ny. At the time Of his death the
Bates estate realized about $780,
600 The young man, Otis Bates,
now on the scene, claims TO be son OF
Captain Bates by an Indian woman with
whom he ived . in bis youth. Otis
was brought here by the captain and lived
at Oakland with him for several years, but
the boy. one day, sailed before the mast.
As nothing more was heard OF him 1t was
supposed he Was dead. He now returns
gin suit for division of his alleged faith.
Toe bark Tsmplsr. which grounded on q
shoal while entering the harbor yesterday,
was drawn of TO- day by the tugs Sea
King and Wizard. The hull was not darn.
aged.
The bark Lizzie Williams, which ar.
rived to-day from Karluk, Alaska, brought
the body of Captain Peter Olsen of the
schooner Seventy.Six. who was drowned at
the mouth Of the Ksrluk river while at
tempting to make landing.
The jury In the case Of Julian Portelli,
day after sixty.eight hours deliberation,
failing to agree. They stood eleven 70 one
for conviction.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. %. Special. 1t
10 estimated that between $500 and 5000 |
sailors are idle IN port to-day. Fifteen |
hundred of them are returned whalers. and |
the rest come from deep water ships, coast. !
ers and fishing craft. Owners say they can |
get crews for o35, $50 aud o25 q
month, with s5 additional on
steam schooners and the men are glad to
70 at that. The union sailors. however,
say they are firmly resolved not TO 20 to
see unless they are paid 945 q month 70
outside posts and eS5 TO inland, with e5
The Chinese six companies are contem-
plating the organization OF u private police
force OF twenty.four white men 10 patrol
and prevent the high binder
A fund will be raised by sub.
scription from among the Chinese mer-
chants to defray the expenses.
The viii of Bert W. Sesson, q we'll
known resident OF 6an Francisco, and
senior member Of the old firm Sesson,
Crocker & Co., was fled for probate. II
tisposes of the estate valued at e400, 900.
and the other half is to be divided equally
among bis four sons.
Rev. DR.. q. S. Abbott, q Baptist clergy
man OF this city is 10 receipt of a letter
rom Rev. George Campbell, Baptist mis-.
'ionary in Swallow, China, In which
le gives the recent utterances of
! PekinR official which he thinks
,epresents the purpose Of the
Chinese government. Speaking Of the act {
It congress prohibiting absent Chinese I
rom returning TO the United States!" ,
ldopt retaliatory measures by preventing
he citizens of the United State. from
coming to Ch ma. II this step be not {
'oticed by the United States it will be u {
question for China 10 consider whether it
. not time for her to cancel her treaties
With that country, to call her subjects
RON there, expel all United States citi- ,
lens from this country and cease all rela-
ions and intercourse, diplomatic and
with that country"
Sen .tor Stanford will leave for Wash
nat next Wednesday.
Peof S. I. b iiley, of Howard Univer-
ity, will spend the winter in California
or the purpose OF making astronomical
He will then 70 to Peru
or two years.
Captain r. H. Cook of the whaling bark
.ucretia, indicted by the grand jury for
'eating and wonnding Caesar Burton on
he high seas. pleadedlguilty in the United
;tatss district court this morning and was
The barkentine w. H. Edwards, feom
avsaii. brines nevs that the rice mill of
!. H. Hopper at Honalulu, was totally de-
troyed by Gre together with large guam
Ity Of rice. Toe loss is $4,000.
The contest for congressman in this dis.
'ict il very close Cluni, democrat, 10 230
ehind. with two counties TO hear from.
he democratic claim these will give him
"a msi,fisy and that he will defeat I
n.lpe. repuhlcan. III
Oh! Saturday last there was published
ne ( pathetic letter from Annie johnson, {
+1SSsar-old Kentucky girl, to the