Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
LIVE WASHINGTON WAITS.


A Chinese Merchant Wins q Case In the
Supreme Court-Ben Butler Also a Win
ner-Proposed Change Of the Natural
iza{ion Laws-Charges Against Uncle
Sans Soldiers
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Lou Ow Bew
can remain in the United States. The United
States Supreme Court so ruled, to-day, in an
opinion rendered by Chief Justice Fuller,
which directed the Judgment of the United
States Circuit Court for the Northern district
of California affirmed by the newly created
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Pacific cir
cult, ordering that Lou Ow Bew be deported
from the United States and returned to
China be reversed. Lou Ow Bew is q Chinese
merchant of Portland, Ore, who went to
China on a visit, and when he returned to
San Francisco was refused permission to re-
main in the United States because he had
failed to secure the certificate of identified
tion required by the sixth section of the
Chinese restriction act to be obtained from
the Chinese Government by merchants and
others coming to the United States. The
United States Courts in California affirming
the legality of the Collectors action. Lou
Ow Bew brought the matter here on habeas
corpus proceedings. The Court in its opin-
tions which persons assume by reason of
domicile in a foreign country, says it is Of
opinion that it was not intended that COM
mercial domicile should be forfeited by
temporary absence at the domfclle OF origin,
nor that resident merchants should be SUBJ
jected to loss of rights guaranteed by treaty
II they failed to produce from the domicile
OF origin that evidence which residence In
the domieile Of choice may have rendered it
Ow Bew is unlawfully restrained Of his lib
erty, the Court directed the lower court to
reverse its Judgment and discharge him
from custody.
On October 1. 1886, the postoffice at Chad
ron Neb was raised from the fourth class,
at 1000, to the Presidential class at $lGeo.
William Wilson, the postmaster, was not
commissioned by the President until JAN
uary 25, 1887. The postmaster claims he was
entitled to pay at the increased rate from
the date the office was raised in grade, while
the Treasury accounting officers maintained
that the increased compensation ran only
from the date of Wilson's commission by
the President. The Court of Claims decided
in favor of Wilson, for $780, and the Supreme
Court to-day affirmed tnat decision.
GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER to-day
won the appeal which he took from the de-
cision OF the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Eastern district of Massachu-
setts affirming a judgment for S15, 900 and in
terest from 1879, obtained against him in one
of the Massachusetts courts by the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
REPRESENTATIVE OATES, from the
Judiciary Committee of the House, to-day
submitted the report to accompany the bill
to change the naturalization laws. 1t recites
the shameful and illegal manner in which
aliens have been naturalized in many parts
of this country, and declares that Congress
should make laws to amply protect the
states against the citizenation of criminals,
paupers, anarchists and aliens. The name
American citizena says the report,in closing,
should be esteemed as that of a Roman when
Rome was mistress of the world. Such pride
can never be 1elt by our foreign-born citi-
zens until the process of comforting this
great boon upon him is attended with great
solemnity and scrutinized more closely than
at present.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD said to-day that
the War Department. will undoubtedly in
vestigate the charges preferred by certain
Mexican residents of Texas against Captain
John C. Bourke, Third Cavalry, growing out
of his conduct of the campaign against the
Garza revolutionists. The allegations
against Captain Bourke are that he allowed
his troops to commit depredations on the
ranches of certain Mexicans along the Rio
Grande because OF a suspicion that they
were conntving at the escape OF the revolu-
cans who visited San Antonio to complain of
Captain Bourke's acts were arrested by the
civil authorities, but were subsequently re-
leased on bonds.
The project for deep water channel
through the connecting waters of the Great
Lakes has practically received the approval
of the majority of the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors, which is framing the
regular river and harbor bill. The amount
A BILL was to-day introduced in the
Senate, by Senator Allison, to compel rail-
roads to equip their cars with automatic
coupleIs within q certain time. The bill
makes it unlawful for any railroads to use
cars not so equipped, and imposes fines for
violations of the act. 1t further provides
that the standard coupler shall be decided
by a letter ballot of all the railroads, sent to
the Interstate Commerce Commission by
July 2next The votes shall be based upon
the number of freight cars owned by each
line, and the type of coupler receiving 60 per
cent OF more of the entire vote shall be the
standard type of coupler. II the roads fail
to establish u standard type, then the type
shall be that known as the Master Car Build
ers' type.
IHE connrmatlOnS Dy the senate to-day
were as follows: Judges of Probate in Utah
-Isaac Burton, in Uintah county; James
McGarry, Beaver county; Daniel Page. Iron
county; c. c. Veille, Millard county: Lars P.
Edholm, Morgan county. w. A. Kelly, of
Oregon, Commissioner for the District OF
Alaska.
THE House Committee on Reform in the
Civil Service to-day agreed to report favor
ably, with immaterial notifications, Mr..
Andrews bill to exclude political influence
in the employment of Iaborers under the
authority OF the United States.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary
to-day reported to the Senate all of the
judicial nominations, including the nomina-
ton OF Judge Woods, OF Indiana, with the
recommendation that they be confirmed.
Chairman Hoar was present at the commit
tee meeting for the first time in several
weeks, and himself presented the report.
The nominations of the circuit judges were
not considered bv the Senate in executive
session, to-day. Under the rules they went
over for a day without action. They will
probably be called up tomorrow, unless,
Something unforeseen occurs.