Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-09
SAN Francisco Tax Levy.

the total amount to be raised for
taxes aggregates So, ,4S2, $40 20, rem.
dering the ratio of 81 9l-47 on the
Sl00 valuation necessary, the Aud
itor hopes that the Board will cut
from this years appropriation be-
tween 100000 and $5O0,000, which
would reduce the levy for munici.
pal purposes to 81 Ga. This, Mr..
Maynard believes, can be done by
chopping off $15O,0O0 from the
school fund, 100000 from the
street department., $75, 900 from the
police salary account, by not APP
pointing the maximum number of
policemen, 100000 from the gen.
eral fund and SIS, 900 by refusing to
improve the plazas, parks and
squares.
No COmDrOmise ReacheS.
SAN FRANCISCO. June Sth.-So
far as the true animus of the re-
cent action of the Comstock min
ing companies in connection with
the Sutro Tunnel Company can be
arrived at, it is about as follows:
Chollar, Hale & Norcross and Saw
age concede the right of the tunnel
company to collect royalty of So
per ton on all ore raised after the
completion of the tunnel, in ac-
cordance with the terms of the orig
inal agreement of April 18th, 1865.
This breaks up the combination of
mining companies, formed in JAM
uary, 1874, to resist the collection
of the royalty. None the mines,
however, except the three named,
concede Sutro's right to collect the
royalty, and in the cases of those
three it is an admission of barren
right, as neither of those compa-
nies have any ore to hoist and the
tunnel will be useful to them with
out any expense on their part.
The bonanza mines, and probably
others, will not concede the right
to royalty.
A Virginia City dispatch to day
gives an interview with Sltro, who
says no compromise has been arriv-
ed at. The Savage Company has
notified the Tunnel Company of its
readiness to withdraw from the
suit and recognize the royalty. If
all the companies should take the
same action in good faith every
thing will 60 smoothly, but If only
Savage, Hale & Norcross and
Chollar, which have no ore and, con-
sequently, nothing to pay, propose
to avail themselves of the tunnel,
leaving the latter to protracted lit
egation to compel payment by the
companies having ore, the company
will probably not permit the use of
the tunnel at all until an UNDER
standing is reached with all the
companies.
wife Murder and Suicide.
ORoYILLE, June Sth.-Dr. B. +.
Holsclaw, of Durham Station, who
was married week ago to Minnie
A. Holze, this morning killed his
wife and himself. Cause, jealousy.
The Iudian Trouble la Idaho.
BOISE CITY, June S.-Jas. Dunn,
messenger, left Col. Bernard's COM
mand at Fort Robinson on the
Bruneau. early yesterday morning.
He came down the Bruneau to
Dorsey's ferry on Snake river,
thence he followed down the North
side of the river forty-five miles to
Munday's ferry, and thence to this
place, thirty miles, riding all day
and night of yesterday and arriv-
ing here at IL O'Clock to-day. The
reports of the scouts out in the di-
rection of Duck Valley showed
that the Indians were in strong
force at Juniper Mountain and in
considerable numbers along the
hills, making it unsafe for the FAM
lilies on the Bruneau to leave in
that direction. Col. Bernard in
consequence Of these reports and
the indications of the presence of
Indians everywhere in the neigh
borhood of his command, decided
to wait where he was until he
could learn more definitely from
Duck Valley and other points.
Col. Robbins, chief of the scouts,
was sent forward with 20 men to-
wards Duck Valley to learn
the fate of the settlers there
and to escort them to the camp on
Bruneau, If possible. The COM
mand will remain at Robinson's
for three days, or until Robbins re-
turns, and then come to Munday's
Ferry, escorting all the families to
the post. The indications are that
the Indians are gathering in large
numbers at Juniper Mountain and
in the Battle creek country, where
they will probably await the COM
IN, Of fs, 70 1t Il 1.
issue of battle. The force in the
field is 100 men, too small even to
reconnoitre effectively, so that lit
tie can be done before the arrival
of reinforcemepts, All that can
be done is to hold the ferries yet
remaining on Snake river, protect
the roads as far as possible and
guard against surprise.
Mr.. James Bascom, brother of
John Bascom, who. with two
others, was murdered by the In
dians just below Gienn's Ferry on
the 1st, upon learning of the MUIR
der, started from Rock Creek Sta
tion. on the overland road, with
an escort of four men, for the pur-
pose of visiting the scene of the
murder and burying' the bodies of
the murdered men. When within
seven miles of Glenn's ferry they
saw some Indian scouts to whom
they gave chase until they came in
sight Of body of Indians number
ing thirty or forty, who in turn
pursued them. They were obliged
to flee in the direction whence
they came. They returned to
Payne's ferry, leaving one of their
number whose horse had become
unmanageable. The uahorsed man
remained hidden in the sage
! brush while the Indians passed
him and afterwards travelled all
night. finally reaching Payne's
Ferry in safety. Judging from this
experience and from the reports of
others that the route was unsafe
from tho presence of numerous