Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-31
PACIFIC A ST.
CALIFORNIA.
THE PINNEY- SPALDlNG HIGGINS CASE.
A PRIVATE Commission FOR NEGO-
TIATING.
CALIFORNIA.
Annual Election of the c. p. n. n.

SAN FRANcIsco, July 80.
In the United States Circuit Court this
morning, ill the Pinney, S~palding, Higgins
case, a jury was obtained without difficult
ty, very few being challenged. i. w. Burr.
the President OF the Clay Sire ct Savings
Bank, was first placed on the stand. His
testimony was to the same effect as at the
Spalding court-martial and subsequent
legal proceedings. Germany, cashier of
the bank, was also sworn, but nothing new
was developed. Spalding, ex-Pay Inspec-
tor, was then placed on the stand, and gave
a detailed account Of the manner of con-
Quoting business in the Pay Department,
and the reason for starting a system of pay
certificates, which were got up to enable
the contractors to raise funds for the pros
ecution OF work. He stated that when he,
with Pinney, went to the Clay Street Bank
to see Burr about raising money on certifi-
Gates, he %(witness) informed Burr that he
must look to borrowers for his money and
not to the Government. He further testi-
lied that Burr said to Pinney, in witness
presence, Il will loan you the banks
money on these certificates, but you must
pay me private commission for negotiating
the loan." The prosecution is represented
by District Attorney Teare and Deputy Van
Duzer, and the defense by ex-senator Stew
art and Judge Foote of Sacramento. Tnere
is a great crowd present and much interest
is manifested.
At the annual election of the Central Pa
clfic Railroad Company, the following gem
tlemen were elected Directors for the en-
SUING year: Leland Stanford, G. =. Hunt
lngton, Il. W. Hopkins, E. II. Miller, Jr.,
Charles +. Crocker, David D. Cotton and
Charles Croker. The election of officers
takes place tomorrow.
Alfred Gross, a druggist at the corner
Of kearney and Washington sire cts, last
evening waylaid George Frankfort, the ed
ltor of LIZ Petit Journal, near the ~latter's
residence on Park avenue. and fired two
shots at him, neither of which took effc ct.
Gross was arrested and held in 81 600 bail.
The cause OF the attempted assassination
was something Frankfort had published
concerning Gross.
A Portland dispatch of the 10th, saws a
fire in East Portland destroyed nearly an
entire block, including the City Building
and most OF the Records. The loss is
about S15, 900. Ex-Governor Curry died
last night, after a prolonged illness.
John E.. Ross, Assistant Engineer of the
Fire Department, fell from the roof of a
building, at 249 Clara street, yesterday
morning, a distance of 40 feet, and was
dang rously injured.
Alex. v. Maltaret, o native OF California,
aged ID years, was drowned last evening
while bathing in a pool Of water at the
corner of Harrison and Nineteenth streets.
The motion for a new trial in the case Of
Bachelder and H~enninger, convicted of
%swindling, in connection with. police bro
keraSe, is on argument in the City Grim
inal Court to-day.
SAN B~UENAvENTURA, July 30.
The whole forenoon has been occupied
by Col. Howard for the prosecution, and
Hon. Greed Raymond for the defense.
The defense have evidently become more
familiar with their case and have managed
to get together a number of apparent con
tradictions of Jones, which are used to
good effect. This afternoon Mr.. Fay will
follow for the defense and Mr.. Ganahl
will close. Twenty days and nights of in
cessant labor are telling on the counsel,
and the speeches are shorter than on the
trial OF Sprague. Tomorrow the Court
will impanel a jury for the trial of Lord,
which will be the last case this term, as the
court must be opened in Santa Barbara on
the 18th, having already been postponed
once.