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Stanley Brown, and the latter's four
children.
The recent ruling of the treasury de-
partment by which minor children of
Chinese parents residing in the United
States were permitted to land in this
country without certificate will not be
adhered to. The department will now
return to its former order, under the
decision OF the supreme court, admit.
ting only those minor children who are
of tender years and really requiring
parental care.
The triennial general convention Of
the Episcopal church of America opened
In Trinity church, San Francisco. The
presence of 90 bishops of the Episcopal
church Of America, two lord bishops of
the Church of England and $50 Ameri.
can clergymeu and laymen, really repre-
sented more than 5000 churches and
missions, having an aggregate congre-
CATION OF more than 100000 people.
The woman's auxiliary to the board of
missions of the Episcopal church pre-
sented the sum of Sl04, 900 as its united
offering to the board for the use of the
missionary bishops. This is tho largest
Offering euor presented in the church.
The jury in the case of Patrick Clancy,
who was tried for tho murder of Attor-
ney John N. L. Wilson. at San Fran.
cisco, ON May 27 last, returned verdict
of not guilty. The accused alleged
that Wilson had attacked him with
chair There were no witnesses to the
shooting.
Abe Majors, tho young man who was
condemned to die for the murder Of
Captain Brown of the Ogden police, but
was granted new trial by the supreme
court, was, at Logan, Utah, found guilty
of murder in the second degree by
jury after being out about ten hours.
Since the conviction of her boy the
mother of Majors has become insane.
The strike at San Francisco of the
transportation workers and collateral
unions, in which 5000 men were in
volved, was declared of. The Dray.
mems association agreed to take back
all Of its old employees that the indi-
yidual draymen might need, but, at the
same time, all efficient men who have
been employed to take the places of tho
strikers will be retained.
To obtain $50 John O'Brien, typical
tramp, assaulted and robbed Harry Cal
houn, another tramp, Mt Seattle. Not
content with kicking him almost into
insonsibility, he made an attempt to
throw Calhoun into the bay. .Unsuc-
cessful in this, he placed Calhoun, who
by this time had become unconscious,
ON the Northern Pacific track, where
he would have been killed by an incom-
ing passenger train had he not been dis
covered and rescued in the nick of time.
O'Brien was arrested.
"Sir Harry" Westwood Cooper, also
known as Ernest Moore Chadwick, was
sentenced by Judge Lawlor at San
Francisco to serve term of ten years
in the states prison at San Quentin.
He was convicted of having forged the
name of Mrs. Marie Schneider of Crock.
Oft to telegram that induced Norine
Schneider. her daughter, to believe that
her mother had given her consent to her
marriage with Chadwick. The infor.
nation also charged prior conviction.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall,
just before starting on their return jour
ney eastward, We're mey on the wharf
at Vancouver by Port Simpson Indians,
who were dressed in skins, and with
painted faces. Tho Indians greeted the
duke with profound yeneration when he
landed from the steamer Empress Of In
dia. Then the chief dotted his magni.
cent headdress and presented it to the
duchess. Her royal highness turned it
over and thanked the Indians as she
H. The headdress is to the In.
dians what the crown is TO a monarchi-
cal nation, and is regarded by the In.
dians with deep vcnoration. They
assert that It has been in tho possession
of their tribe for "hundreds Of genera
tions." It is smado of hairs and bristles
pulled from the boards Of sea.lions.
After travelling. nearly 1000 miles
since he left Butte, Mont, l4-year.old
George Potter was arrested in Rose
burg, Or, and taken TO the county Jail
at Portland to bo taken home. Hc
started from home Jan. without "A cent
in his pocket, and reached Seattle by
the brake beam and blind baggage
routo. Thence he went 20 Nome, where
he sold papers, and as fast as he made
money gambled it away. He worked
his way back on the Oregon, and was
on his way TO San Francisco when a
wreck occurred, IN which his knees
were injured. He was laid up in tho
hospital for "a week and was thon taken
into custody.
The residence Of Claus Spreckols, at
Van Ness avenue and Clay street. san
Francisco, was robbed between and
o'clock in the evening and several thou.
sand dollars worth Of jewelry was
taken. The burglary was committed
during the hour whom tine occupants OF
the mansion were at dinner, and 80
was the crime planned and
executed that the perpetrators escaped,
leaving slight clew for the detectives TO
work upon.
Railroad locomotives using oil as fuel
will undergo a remarkable change in
II the invention Of william
j. Thomas, head machinist Of the North
Pacific railroad, is adopted. Thomas
has made the innovation Of placing the
cab Of the locomotive in front Of the
engine, just over the cowcatchor, and
the smokestack, whose position 1t occu-
pies, has been removed 20 the rear.
The engineer is In this way enabled 10
get a full view Of the railroad tracks by
looking straight ahead, through glass
window, instead Of, as formerly, lean.
ing out Of q side window. Tho oil IL
brought from the tonder behind the
engine to the cab hy system of pipes
Henry Braydon, Harris. n. c., Gays: