Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-04-06
PACIFIC COAST.
CALIFORNIA.
JUMPING LANDS,
The Ten-cent Tax on Certificates
- OPEN-LETTER IN TROUBLE
/. OPEN-LETTER" IN TROUBLE.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 5.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.
A morning paper printed a report to
he fleet that about forty citizens al
Oakland held a meeting last Wednes.
day evening to consider the course to
he pursued with regard ocertaln lands
in tie city, which parties meeting as
sumo are held by certain individuals
aud corp ,ratiOns without legal title.
/ is now determined to jump lie lands
IN question. aud the hrs, movement
| will be made upon those he d by the
Central Pacific and II. W. CARPENTER.
tn, Sc present ut the meeting signed
he roll, pledginv tn, mselves to OBTAIN
tir. arms and defend bv force the land
jun ped. THY claim to be in cores
POI dence with parties in San Francisco,
and state that within a few weeks they
will nunter 1000 men. ready to dis
pute lneir claims with their lives. The
Oakland Tribune will this afternoon
print an article based o IN authentic in
formation, that in fact a
number Of workingmen have been
considering the feasibility OF getting
up a colonization scheme to purchase
a tract of baud aud divide it up among
members of the company; that cert in
communist leaders seized upon the oc-
casion to announ q that the lands
above referred TO were not legally h-ld
by Il g possessors, and urged those en-
gagged IN the movement To take them.
A few credulous men concerned in he
original movement believed The state
meLt. and there may be a half a dozen
of them who would tie willing TO try
the Experiment OF jumping claims.
judges Dwinelie, Daingerfield and
Morrison met this afternoon and or
ganized, preparatory to selecting the
new Board Of Police Commissioners.
Judge Dwineile was chosen President.
and Judge DaIpetItieid as Secretary:
they adjourned, subject to the call OF
the President.
The new law taxing each certificate
issued from the books OF mining corn
pauies ten cents, which has 10 be paid
ny the brokers, Il preventing a great
deal of necessary transferring. What
is proving of considerable annoyance
10 the brokers is the late action of rom
panies controlled by Flood IL O'Brien.
in requiring a power of attorney at
every transfer of stocks on the books
in accordance with the letter IF The law.
The San Francisco Stock Board has
appointed commit zee to work The
removal of the obstacle ii possible.
The attorney OF the Board j. of opinion
that he can defeat the matter in the
Courts. as each stock certificate bears
on it's face the words '.Tran>ferable ON
books Of the company by Endorsement
herson. and the surrender of this Ger
~titicate." The attorney Of the mining
COMPANIES takes a different view. and
in all probability a test case will BIZ
tried in the Courts.
The Yellow Jacket Company this
afternoon levied an assessment of 81
per share.
Pursuant to a call OF Dennis Kear-
new, the stockholders of the Open
Letter Publishing Company met at
Charter Oak Hall this afternoon, to
hear the report OF the committee AS to
the financial condition OF the company.
A. A. Stout read a report. which
showed in brief that the paper was $500
in debt. with about 5000 worth OF out.
sanding bills Of difficult collection,
and that unless something Was done ! n
the way OF furnishing the sinews of
war, the concern could not run a week
longer. A committee OF three was
appointed to visit the office of the com
pany, overhaul the books and report
ou ouuId uthJ. luis ailtTiitbfn VT.
kearney called at the Civ Hall. ~ he
said, to learn what was going on. On
learning of HE presence of he agitator
in the building, Chi-f Kirk patrick
sought him out, and the two we're
closeted in The Chiefs office for a long
time. What occurred at the interview
is ~ yet unknown, as the Chief is very
reiicent about the matter and kearney
had not been Interviewed.
SAN BUEvA VENTURA. April 5.
The Moore murder trial commenced
this morning. On motion Of the pros.
ecuiion. witnesses were excluded from
the room except when te-rif, ing, and
provision was made for keeping them
from communicating with zach other.
The defense then demanded that the
-pectalors and reporters he also ex-
Guided. which was so ordered. The
c0nrt oom WAS cleared. and Corder
and other witnesses examined as TO
the tact of the killing.