Chinese and Chinese-Americans Lynched in Washington and Idaho

SEATTLE, W.T., Sept. 23.—The Chinese quarters at the Black Diamond mines were raided Monday night by a mob armed with repeating rifles. Each man was disguised by a sack drawn over his head, with holes cut for mouth, nose and eyes. The Chinese fled in terror from their houses, which were then burned. These Chinamen had already been discharged from the mines and expected to return to Seattle.

There is much excitement over the Chinese question here. A convention, to consist of delegates from all parts of the Puget Sound country, has been called to meet here September 28, to devise means of ridding the country of the Chinese. The feeling is increased by the fact that the Federal authorities hardly make a pretext of stopping the Mongolians from crossing the border into Washington Territory from British Columbia, and the anti-Chinese law has thus become a dead letter.

LEWISTON, I.T., Sept. 23.—Five Chinamen, implicated in the murder of Daniel Fraser and a robbery in Pierce City, were taken from jail by citizens Monday night and hanged to convenient trees.