Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-13
ALONG THE COAST.
A Cargo Of Chinese that Did
Not Arrive.
Major Powell Going to be
Impeached.
San FranciScO's Chinese Ordinance
About to be Tested.
Other Bay City Gossip-The Santa Fe's
Other Bay City Gossip-The Santa Fe':
Worlds Fair Exhibit--Ancient
Skeletons Unearthed.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

SAN Francisco, May 12.-There was
some surprise among the customs Off
GERS when the steamer China arrived
from Hong Kong yesterday, and it was
found that there were no Chinese
aboard bound for Mexican ports. To
day it was ascertained that 1870 Chinese
had engaged passage on the China for
Mexican ports, but before the steamer
sailed from Hong Kong a cablegram
was received there announcing Secretary
Windom's order refusing such Chinese
permission to transfer to another steamer
in this port. The steamship officials at
Hong Kong accordingly denied them
passage and refunded their money.
The Belloc Bank.
The creditors of the private banking
house of Belloc q Co., which failed re-
Gently, met today to arrange a settle
ment and elect an assignee. Some time
ago Charles Mayne, the largest creditor,
proposed to assume go per cent. of the
Indebtedness and pay it off within eight
months, if the head of the firm in Paris
would liquidate the remainder within a
year. The announcement was made to-
day that the head of the firm had agreed
to do this, and as Mayne is prepared to
carry out his proposition, settlement
will be made on this basis. A. H.
Loughborough was elected assignee.
To Test the Ordinance.
Chief of Police Crowley and Pros
ecuting Attorney Gunne state that the
first arrest will be made tomorrow, un-
der the ordinance recently passed by the
board OF supervisors requesting the re-
moval of all chinese to district Oh the
outskirts of the city. The ordinance
went into effect Saturday night. The
prosecuting attorney says that Chinese
merchant, of the middle class, will be
arrested tomorrow. His case will be
used as test of the constitutionalitv of
the ordinance.
Powell to be Impeached.
A morning paper states that Major
j. w. Powell director of the U nited
States geological survey, will probably
be impeached for permitting thousands
of dollars appropriated for the benefit of
arid lands, to be wasted. Senator Stew
art is said to be the chief complainant.
The waste of the money is attributed to
the fact that Powell put subordinate
officer, who was not an engineer, in
charge OF the surveys.
Bay City Briefs.
The United States circuit and district
courts adjourned today out of respect to
the memory of Judge Sabin.
The trustees today passed an ordinance
calling an election in two weeks to vote
on the proposition Of issuing 100000
bonds to pay for proposed street i'm
prOvements.
The trial of John f. Naughton, charged
with the murder of M. A. Herr, on the
night of the Sd of February last, in the
office OF the Guaranty Endowment Asso-
citation, of which Naughton was secre-
tary, began today with the impanelin g
OF the jury.
The impaneling of jury in Judge
Murphy's court, to try d. II. Arnold for
the murder of Samuel w. Garness, on
the 3Oth of last January, was resumed
this morning. Seventeen talesmen were
examined during the day, and only one
! juror was obtained.