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BY WIRE. : SAN FRANCISCO - The Chronicle prints an article to the effect that , bloody highbinders' war is about to 8 break out in Chinatown. Placards were posted throughout the Chinese quarter, offering a reward of $300 for the life of Gam Lee, president, and t Sam Yup, two of the most influential members ot the Chinese Six Com. t panies. Gam Lee immediately notified the a police and placed himself under their b protection, and beside caused counter placards to be put up offering $500 for D information leading to the discovery, arrest and conviction of his pursuere. The grievances of highbinders against GAM Lee are numerous, but his particular offense consisted in advice to all Chinamen not to register under the Geary act. Now that deportation is to be the consequence of their failure to comply with the law, and that highbinders and the criminal element to be expelled from the country, they propose to hold Gam Lee accountable for their misfortunes. SAN FRANCISCO-Gen. W. H. Dimond expressed great surprise when informed of the dispatch from Washington last night announcing that President Cleveland had reappointed him superintendent of the mint here. He said he had heard nothing about the matter at all, and was inclined to believe the report was incorrect, though, in view of the fact that he had sent in his resignation two months ago, he thought it possible the president had appointed him temporarily until his permanent successor could be named SAN FRANCISCO-The Chronicle says a compromise has been effected over the disputed physicians' bills preferred by Drs. Keeney and Morse against John W. Mackay for extracting Rippey's bullet and attending him during his resultant illness. Keeney's charge was $7,500 and Morse's $5,000. The former ag.ees to accept $5,000 and the latter $3,000. Keeney made 45 visits, Morse 26. It is said the settlement was reached through the offices of Richard Dey, private secretary to Mr. Mackay. The milli naire at first declared in most emphatic terms that he would not pay the bills nor anything like them. NEW YORK-A morning paper has received authoritive information that the Six Componies had and still have agents at work throughout the country collecting $5 from every Chinaman on American soil. This collection is independent from one recently made openly, whose ostensible purpose was raising funds to defray the expenses of counsel in fighting the Geary act in the courts. BLOOMINGTON-The Exchange bank of Normal, a suburb of this city, has closed its doors. It was a private bank conducted by W. F. Sclueraman The cause of the failure was, doing a large business without any capital, It has been expected for some days. The deposits averaged $90,000. The capital stock was supposed to be $25,000. CHARGESTON, S. C.-The doors of the Bank of the Carolinas, with the home office at Florence, this state, are closed, with the notice of a temporary suspension until the meeting of the directors. The capital stock of the bank is $60,000. MINNEAPOLIS-The Citizens' Bank suspended payment this morning. A notice on the door says that depositors will be paid in full. Officials declare the bank is perfectly solvent and the suspension is simply due to in.
