Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-12
Morning kilograms.
Passengers GOing south.

Passengers GOtSg south.
MoJAvE, Oct. 11.-Miss Ham
mond, w w Allen, H M Newhall,
q I'll Tungate, III M Mitchell, Miss
Austin, H Thrift, Jno Blake, M
Garaty, Judge VIM 7 Wallace and
wife, Lieut.. Gov J A Johnson and
wife, Atty.Gen Hamilton, Hon
Paul Shirley and wife, Hon G Cole,
Col Chas A Sumner, d B WOolf,
Mrs Herman Levy and daughter,
Hon J V Coffey, Thos F O'Connor,
A Haraszthy, Henry Finkler.
San Frsnci.cO Items.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lit is
feared that the embalming process
of the remains of the late d. D..
Cotton will not prove successful,
and the result will not be known
until tom orrow. Should it be sue
cessful, the funeral will be post
poned until after the arrival of
Mrs. Cotton, who Ia expected Mon
day. next.
The Grand Lodge F. and A. NJ.
were addressed yesterday by Rev.
1hos. Guard, Grand Cha plain. An
amount of routine business was
transacted. The election of grand
officers takes place to-day.
Won Schmidt's case for killing
the hoodlum Merkle was before the
Police Court to-day. Tomorrow
the witnesses will be examined.
The Convention
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1.-THE Con-
vention met at ten o'clock. The
roll was called for delegates to SUBJ
NIT propositions, with the follow
ing result:
BY Ayers. that the right of emil
nent domain shall exist to all
frontage on pavigable waters; also
that homesteads not exceeding
S1.500 in value be not subject to
forced sale for non-payment of
taxes.
By Beersteeher, no abridgment
of the right OF the people to assem-
bile, except for improper purposes;
also providing that, in mortgage
sales of lands, there shall be no
right of entry until one year after
sale.
BY Bell, malfeasance in public
Office shall be felony.
BY Edgerton, Heydenfeldt's sys-
tenn of judiciary.
Wyatt, of Monterey, offered q res
olution that the Surveyor G General
present to the Convention the full
particulars concerning all grants to
the State by the Federal Govern.
ment. Adopted.
Winans offered a resolution that
the Constitution shall be offered In
the following order: First-Pre.
amble. Second-The twelve articles
of the present Constitution. Third
ANY additional articles to be in
serted the instrument. Fourth
Schedule. Winans spoke at length
of the necessity of maintaining reg
ular order and consistent proceed
ings, otherwise all would be en-
tauglement and confusion. Laid
on the table.
Reynolds submitted resolution
that no member of the Convention
shall receive per diem for any
week day on which he has not act
ually attended the Convention ex-
cept in the case of sickness or alb
sence on committee duty. The
Chair then ruled the resolution as
contrary to the Act under which
the Convention was assembled.
Reynolds, Barnes and Stedman ap-
pealed from the decision of
the Chair, when Eagan drew atten-
tiOn to the fact that similar reso-
ton bad been indefinitely post-
poned. This, the Chair ruled, set
tied the whole business as out of
order. Ultimately the sense
of the Convention was taken by a
viva voce vote on considering Rey-
nolds's motion, when the Chair de-
clared that the noes had 1t and the
subject was then dropped.
A motion by Ejgerton, to ad-
journ until Monday at two p. NJ,
was defeated by 81 noes to So ayes.
Recess.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11th.-A
special train started eastward this
morning carrying Mr.. Crittenden
Thornton, Gen. Colton's son-'n-
law, Mr.. z. A. Green, his Private
Secretary, and several sympathiz-
ing lady friends of Mrs. Colton's, to
meet that lady and her daughter at
Ogdon, or beyond, and escort her
to this city. No arrangements have
yet been made for the Generals
funeral 1t will be deferred until
Mrs. Colton's arrival.
Father Matthew CeiebratiOu--
Preparations for Receiving
a. O'DOOOvaW. AUssw.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1lth.-The
birthday of Father Matthew was
celebrated last night by a literary
and musical entertainment at st.
Joseph Hall, under the auspices OF
the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of the Arch, Diocese of San
Francisco.
At meeting last evening of the
committee having In charge the
testi imonial to O'Donovan- Rosa in
this city, number of collection
books were handed In showing a
total amount subscribed of $3.50.
An I"terrupti"" Of Chs"ese Ju.tiee.