Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-17

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lcvee was held BY the militia, aud a
rouaine reception given the COM
fnandlng officer.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
WAsHINoroN, Sept. IL July lS,
the United States commissioner at
Detroit, In the case Of Chinarnan
found unlawfully in the United
States. ordered him to return to
China as being the coentry whence
he came. The case Was appealed Ia
the district court, ard the treasury
department has received a dispatch
that Judle Swan has reversed the
decision of the commissioner, and
found that Canada was the country
from which the lnan came, and bad
directed bis return there. Acting
Secretary SpauldinR telegraphed the
deputy collector at Detroit that 10
case the Chinaman came before the
court on habeas corpus proceedings,
to request the district attorney to
take an appeal. II the proceedings
were under the exclusion act Of 1888,
the decision will be regarded as final
At the treasury department with
the Information now before II, the
decision is regarded as one Of great
importance, and IL Is said the prac-
tical effect, If the proceedings al
Detroit were under the exclusion
act, will be to render imperative the
provisions Of that act. The attorney
general has heretofore decided that
under the provisions Of that act the
country whence Chinamen came
means China, end the department
has been sending all Chinamen COD
vlcted Of being unlawfully in the
United States back to that country.
LOST IN SPECULATION.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. l7.-Claren.
CO t. Jenkins, middle aged and a
prominent member Of the First
Presbyterian church here, broke
down and wept piteously when he
was placed in Jail last evening on
warrant charging him with en-
bezzling $i4, 900. He stole this money
from bis employees and has confess
ed his guilt. For some years he has
been the trusted cashier of Arm
strong, Gilbert q Co., cork manu-.
facturers. As a reward for his faith
ful services he has been given a
long vacation each year, and 1t was
during his summer holiday that his
wrong doings were discovered. II
is the old story of false entries to
cover the thefts, small at first and
made with the intention of return
ing them. Jenkins did not live a
fast life, but be speculated in min
ing stocks and this was the cause of
his ruin. He is member of several
benevolent societies, and agent In
st. Louis for the American Salt
Company. He was released on
bail.
HE KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. Ill. Q.
@. Lamar, son of Justice Lamar, of
the United States supreme court,
who came here on Monday In the
interest Of the Hamilton Brown
Shoe Company, of st. Louis, as the
attorney in the assignmentof Grind
berg and Morris, had fight with
the junior member of the firm yes
terday. Lamar desired an interview,
aud Morris assaulted him. At the
courthouse Lamar again requested
an interview. Morris used insult.
ing language, and Lamar struck
him two heavy blows, knocking
him down, and then stamping his
face. Lamar was arrested, tried
aud acquitted.
WILL OF JUDGE SAWYER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE
will of the late Judge Lorenzo Saw
yer was filed for probate yesterday,
together with n petition of the ex-
ecutors, Leland Stanford, Timothy
Hopkins and Charles Crocker, A
number of bequests were made, and
IL is stipulated that when his two
sons become 25 years of age one-half
their shares Ii TO be paid to them,
The balance Is to be put at interest
in good real estate. 1t is said the
estate Is worth about 100000,
RENEWAL OF AUSTRALIAN MAIL
SERVICE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l7.-R. J.
Creighton, local agent for the New
Zealand government, has received
cablegram from the postmaster gem
eral OF Now Zealand notifying him
that the New Zealand parliament
has authorized a renewal OF the
mail service via San
Francisco and New York for the
further term Of three years. The
renewal Is for n four-weekly service.