, 1888-01-12

dINNEAPOL!S, Jan lU.-lE5 theT~
mometer registered 81 degrees below
zero AT i a. m. to-day.
LEGISLATIVE.
OLYMPIA. Jan. 10.-The proceedings
in both houses are slow and uninter-
esting. The house has adopted a
calandur system for each days pro
proceedings, after a Wragle over a
point Of order, and then adjourned
The council passed few bills, but
none O. importance i special order
was made for tomorrow, IL 4 M, in
the council, for discussion On Whites
suffrage bill.
OLYMPIA, Jan. lot was commonly
reported this afternoon that Hon. ".
4. BHccy. representative from the
seventh district, had died at his home
at Sprague. Many expressions OF
sorrow were heard from Mr. Bucey's
hosts OF friends until Eugene J. Eel
lows OF Spokane received a telegram
| tonight announcing that the report
was unfounded Mr Bucey is seri-
ously Ill and has not been present at
the session since the holiday adjour-
mant.
| KALAMA, Jan. 10.-The county treas
urer of C0wlitz county was robbed of
$1,000 last night. About Ii o'clock
while county Treasurer J. c. Martin
was busily engaged working at his
| accounts, some one knocked at the
back door. Upon opening the door
/ he was confronted by a masked burg
/ lar who thrust revolver into his
/ face and following him into the Office
demanded his money The safe be-
ing open at the time, he had no
! trouble in securing it. After having
| taken the contents OF the safe, he
gGiotly backed out the door and dis
appeared, leaving 10 clue to his iden-
ity OF whereabouts.
| WAsuIvGrov, Jan. 10.-A decision
was rendered by the Supreme Court
to-day in the habeas corpus case of
Mayor and City Council OF Lincoln,
Nebraska, who are now in the Gus
tody Of the United States Marshal
there for contempt OF the order of
| the Circuit Court. The Court in
long opinion of Justice Gray, holds
that the United States Circuit Court,
sitting as Court of Equity has no
! jurisdiction whatever over criminal
cases, or cases involving the appoint
ment or removal of State and muni-
cipal officers. The proceedings of
! the Federal Court in Nebraska there
fore were from the beginning in tho
natnro of usurpatiou. The functions
OF a court of law were beyond its
jurisdiction and wero null and void
The detention OF the Mayor and City
Council of Lincoln in custody Is il.
legal, and they are entitled to dis.
charge.
SAN FEANoIsco, Jan. 9-The Amer
lean ship Alfred d. Saow, whose loss
at Waterford, ireland, was reported
today, was cleared from this port
August 81 last by VIM. Dresbach,
and was one Of the Nevada banks
fleet of wheat ships. Her cargo was
valued at $4,000, and was insured in
the Anglo-Nevada and Thomas and
AIersey companies. The vessel was
owned by parties in Maine, and was
| fully insured. Her crew consisted of
/ Captain W. III. Wiley, mates p H.
Sullivan and John Child, and 26
seanlen. Capt WiiIey's wife also
accompanied him. All hands are
supposed to have been lost
Following are the names of the re
mainder OF the crew: j. Lermond,
II. Barrier, j. p Leager, L. Thomas,
J. johnson, T. McMahon, George f.
DUwnes, j. G. Wiley, c. McDougall,
L. Miller, W. Bost, T. Taylor, James
Walker, I. S. Stevenson, A Simon, +.
Dent, j. Hansen, Ed. Pughing, Ed.
Douglas, L Floyd, j. ". Tinkleman,
B. Kellogg and G. H. Flack.
GLoUcEsTER, Mass. Jan. 9.-Seyeral
men from Twiilingate, Green Bay,
Newfoundland, arrived here today,
en- route to Seattle, to engage in seal
fishing. They report the Goldfish and
herring catch this season on the New
fcundland coast as poor and the Lab
rador catch as fairly good. The sto-
ries Of starvation in that locality they
say are false and the people aRe quite
comfortable.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-FeIton of
California introduced in the house
yesterday bill providing for termin.
alton of the treaty stipulations be
| tween the United States and China,
and to prohibit Chinese immigration
into the United States. This is the
bill. with some notifications. which
MIR. FELTON, introduced two years ago
1t absolutely prohibits the coming of
any Chinese, save diplomatic repre-
sentatives and students who intend
to enter public colleges of the coun-
try. and il provides that the master
of any vessel who shall attempt to
land any Chinese except those who
are excepted by thisl act shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con-
Yiction thereof shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $500 for each
Chinaman so brought, and also may
be imprisoned for term not exceed
ing one year.
The bill also provides that within
six months after the passage of the
act all Cinnamon residing within the
United States shall be required to
register in some of the United States
courts, that any person so registered
who wishes to depart from the United
States shall give notice of such in
tention, and shall surrender his Ger
tifcate of registration, in lieu of
which the Chinaman shall receive a
certificate of leave to depart; and
that any Chinaman found in the
country who does not possess q Ger
tifcate of registration shall be de-
ported. This latter clause is intended
to apply to Cinnamon who may be
smuggled in over the border.
WAsH1NUToN, Jan. 9.-Mr Morrow
will introduce tomorrow patition
from citizen of Port Townsend and
jefferson county, Washington terri
tory, against the reduction OF the
tariff on lumber, and also a resolu
ton of wool-growers of California
against the reduction OF the duty on
wool. Both resolutions will go to