Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-03
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CLERICAL KIDNAPPlNG-MUZ-
FLING THE PRESs-IKE BRO.
laws DRFENsE-sHURRLING
OFF THE COIL - THEATRE
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SAN Francisco, May l, 1871.
The disgraceful scene that have
marked all the Sunday military picnics
hitherto held this season have at length
attracted the attention of the authori-
ties, and Governor Haight intends to
issue q series of orders prohibiting the
State militia from participating In or
holding any excursions OH the Sab
bath, under penalty of being mustered
out of service. It is also said that the
Young Mems Christian Association Is
so nightly vexsd in spirit at the desc
Grafton of the Lords Day by worldly
pleasure-seekers that it intends to Pc
tltion the Legislature to pass an Act
making Sunday picnics illegal. The
chances of the Biblical camel, and an
elephant to boot, bobbing through the
eve of a needle, would be as Mount
Davidson to a grain Of sand compared
with the troubled career of that little
bill if 1t tried to get through the House
| of Assembly, SO there Is not much dan
ger that this pious recommendation
will be attended to. ...sr.
Muxzling the Press.
It is going to be dangerous work to
publish a newspaper in San Francisco,
If every adverse criticism on a public
officer results In a libel suit; yet that
Is apparently the consequences Of say
ing anything that d~ispleases our city
officials. On Saturday the Grand Jury
returned four distinct bills of indict-
ment against the Chronicle, for COM
menting on the conduct Of X. II. Sin
ton while he was, q member OF the
Board of Education, and one against
the Alta for daring to assert that the
County Treasurer had been remiSs in
the collection Of licenses. There was
certainly nothing severe il any Of the
articles said to be libelous, and 1t Is
not likely that another jury In the
State would have considered them so.
OF course the oomplainants do not ex-
pect to secure a conviction, but their
revenge is gratifled by putting the pro-
prietors Of the Chronicle and Alta to q
great expense, and that without cost
Ing themselves 4 cent.
Clerical kidnapping.
Some of your readers will probably
remember the painful excitement
caused here a few months ago by the
mysterious disappearance of n young
| school teacher named Matte Richie.
A reward of $500 was offered for any
clue to her whereabouts, but from that
time to within the past week not the
slightest trace of her could be found.
Her friends have now good reason to
| believe that she Is az inmate of of
the converts of this city, and that she
has been concealed there from the day
of leaving home. II this Is the case,
and from inquiries l have made | think
there Is no doubt Of it, public attention
cinnot be too earnestly directed to the
matter. The girl is probably n volun-
tary inmate Of the establishment, but
running away from her parents under
such circumstances shows that she was
either weak-minded or under undue
influence, most likely the former for
no daughter with q proper mental bal
ance would let her father and mother
suffer such M agony Of grief rs she has
done. But whatever the girls mental
condition, the superiors Of the institu-
| ton who received tho runaway, and
remained silent when search was made
for her, should be held criminally re-
sponsible. Matte Richie Is not the
only girl who has mysteriously disap-
peared from her home In this city with
out apparent reason, and perhaps an
examination would disclose more cases
of clerical kidnapping.
Tho National Medical Convention.
The American Medical Association,
u representative body composed Of
physicians from every State In tho
| Union, will meet here during the
present week, and OH local medicos
are busy organizing for their reception.
The Association numbers over 5000
members, and 1t Is expected that about
300 delegates will take part In tho
Convention. One of their principal
objects in selecting San Francisco for
the annual meeting Is to enable them
to make inquiries and personal OBJ
servations on the climate and hygienic
condition of California, and its adapta-
bility as n resort for consumptives.
Another reason Is the selection Of n
proper site to make experiments In the
cultivation of the cinchona or Peruvian
Bark tree. The usual programme of
Cliff House rides, trip to Hunters
Point visit to the forts In the harbor,
and excursion to the Heads, has been
arranged.
Ike Brskaw's Defense.
The non-success Of the plea of mo
mentary insanity in Mrs. Fairs case
having deprived several worthy indi-
viduals, at present languishing in Jail,
of a most excellent line of defense,
legal ingenuity has been much exer-
clsed in finding out some other plea to
account for the homicidal p~ropensities
Of their clients. Ike Brokaw's attorney
Is the first one to strike out in n new
direction, and he certainly deserves
credit for his boldness. D%iscarding
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