Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-13
Vide a law for the enforcement O

Vide q law for the enforcement Of
he provisions Of this article.
Htllborn seconded the substitute
as embodyiDg his views on the
Chinese question.
Miller attacked the Barnes sub
-titute as UNCONSTITUTIONAL, to
which Barnes replied.
Laine moved the previous ques.
ton, which was carried.
Amendments to section one, as
,ffered by O'Donnell and O'Sulli.
van were defeated.
The committee then rose and re
ported progress and the Convention
adjourned.
The substitute by Barnes Is fa.
vorably received by the Working
men delegates and also by many
non-partzan Democrats and Re-
publicans.
Ssn Francisco Varieties.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18th. The
trial of ex-Police Clerk Thomas ].
Dixon, was resumed in the Munich
pal Criminal Court this morning,
when Judge Blake charged the jury
and they retired. After an absence
Vt all hour and twenty minutes
they returned with verdict of not
guilty. There are three similar
eases pending against Dixon, two
untried indictments and convic-
tion on one Indictment, which is
under advisement of the Court on
motion for q new trial.
In pursuance of the decision oil
the Supreme Court, overrullng the
order of Judge Dwinnelle in the
French Bank case aud vacating
the Receivership, the present
Board of Bank Directors will apply
to the 18th District Court to NOR.
row to have the papers hitherto
held by the Receiver placed in theil
hand, and 1t Is expected that, by
the first'f next week, the present
management will be III full posses.
sisn of the funds of the bank.
1t is understood that the mem.
bers of the Board Of Education
have prepared a long list Of teach
ers now employed ia the San Fran
cisco school department who owe
their positions in some way OIL
other to the traffic in examination
papers or other Illegal means
aud that a general decapitstion
will follow at an early day.
The Merchants Exchange Bank
has declared IA dividend of five per
cent. on account of Reimbursement,
Of capital stock to the stock hold
RS. The standard dividend of
$50, 900 was paid to-day, making
$500, 900 in sixteen mouths.
The Consolidated Amadnr Min
ing Company has declared n divi.
dend of 25 cents per share, payable
immediately.
The Crown Point Mining Com
pany have levied an assessment of
ore dollar per share, delinquent al
the Board January 18th
Denis Kesrney addressed the
Grand Jury to-day, asking an III.
dictment against City Attorney
Burnett, Auditor Maynard aud
District Attorney Murphy for al
legged completely in certain trans
actions in the Austin estate. He
charged that the loss to the city
occurred through the negligence OF
these officers. He also alluded to
the French Savings Bank failure,
alleging that some Of the Directors
were responsible for the suspension.
The jury told Kearney they were
willing to go to tie bottom of af-
fairs and that his wishes for a thor
ough investigation would be at
tended to.
The Office of the Chinese Consul,
Col. F. A. Bee, was opened to-day
with all formalities.
su.ciac eff. Pr"sn,aeat Frssoasna. q.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12th.--
Robert Landry, u real estate agent
aud collector, comm tied suicide
yesterday at his residence by shoot
ing himself in the head. Landry
had been a resident of this city for
many years and was at one time in
the banking house OF Abel Guy.
He then followed the business of
q real estate agent. He was we'll
known among the French resi-
dents Of this city and State and
was recently elected a member of
the new Board of Directors to take
charge of the affairs of the French
Savings Bank. Those who had
business relations and financial
transactions with him speak of him
as a man who was always correct
in his dealings. Landry's self-de-
structiOn was probably induced by
the testimony in a Probate Court
case involving him in a disgraceful
affair.
Muraerers Confess.
RED BLUFF, Dec. l2.-In April
last A. Buck, OF this county, was
found dead on his ranch with bull
let hole through his body. The Of.
ficers have never relaxed their ef-
forts to find the murderers. Sus-
pici0n was fastened upon the fol-
lowing individuals: w. r. Donald
soDs ohm Clueky and John f. Mar
tin. The District Attorney has
succeeded in getting a full confess
sion from them all. Donaldson did
the shooting, the others were ac-
oessories. The confession develops
plot which has never been
equaIled in this county, and Is
scarcely excelled even by the fiend-
ish work of Troy Dye aud his asso-
ciates. They accused the deceased
of poisoning some horses belonging
to them, and agreed that The first
one of the three who saw him was
to shoot the "Old Badger,p as they
termed him.
Money Mnrket.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.--Bank.
ers are taking half dollars at two
per cent, discount as com pared with
gold. Nothing doing In other kinds
of money.
RHru, Beats sHe Maia's CsIifornia