Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-31
BY Wyckes, concerning the State

Board of Education.
BY Dowling, Offering a reward o
900 to any person discovering q
lode of gold.
BY Hale, concerning the duties
of Railroad Commissioners.
By Winans, respecting taxation
OF corporations and for taxing theiI
capital stock.
By Harrington, relating TO
municipal government.
/ Casserly offered resolution re-
quiring the Controller to furnish
certain information on the indebt-
edness of the State, its cities and
counties. Adopted.
The Convention authorized the
appointment of an enrolling clerk
at a salary of $5 per day.
The CGpvention went into Com
mittee of the Whole ON preamble
and bill Of rights.
The substitute offered yesterday
by Barbour to section 2, declaring
that the people of the State have
the sole and exclusive power to
regulate internal government and
police powers thereof, was mega
tived on division, and section 2
therefore stands as In the present
Constitution. Section 8 recon-.
mends recognizing the Constitu.
tion of the United States az the
charter of our liberties and the
paramount law.
Howard, of Los Angeles, Of
fered substitute to tue last
named, declaring that thes soTer-
eighty was divided between the
Union and the State, each sover-
eign in Its sphere. This raised u
general discussion ON state rights.
Smith, of Kern, offered further
amendment, recognizing the Con-
stitution of the United States as the
charter of perpetual union between
the States and paramount law
between States anu foreign powers.
The Committee then rose and re-
ported progress.
Recess until p. NJ.
indictments Against the susi;s
MIrderers.
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 30.-The
Grand Jury to day presented par
tial report. Among the true bills
found were those for murder
against Troy Dye. Edward Ander-
sou, A. F. Clark and Thomas Law
ton, the Tullis murderers; also
against Henry A. Caulfield, the
murderer Of VIM. G.. English. Dye,
Anderson, Clark and Caulfield were
arraigned in the District Court
this afternoon, and Monday next
fixed as the day on which they
must plead to indie. .ments.
rhe i'oiygsmygrrsai.
SALT LAKE, Oct. S0.--In Miles's
examination this morning, John
Taylor, President of the Mormon
Church, appeared as a witness. He
avowed himself a polygamist, and
admitted that be had children and
grandchildren by polygamous
marriages. He said that Miles
came to him for advice. The story
Is as follows: Miles knew Miss
Owens in England when young.
He went to sea as sailor. In Aus
tralia he met Mormon mission
ary, BECAME member of the
church and went to st. George,
Utah. Previous to this he
had written to Miss Owens, offering
her marriage. He claimed that he
had received no reply, but under
stood she accepted him. While at
st. George, Utah, he had made
marriage engagements with two
young women, sisters. Miles and
the two young women from St.
George came to Salt Lake, where
he met Miss Owens. from Eng
land. He asked Taylor's advice,
which, as given, was, that If the
two marriages were performed,
they must be 10 the order of
the ages of the young
women. Miss Owens was not
the eldest, and she felt aggrieved
with this arrangement, but it was
insisted upon as a rule of the
church. Other testimony shows
that the elder Miss Spencer and
Miss Owens were introduced and
acknowledged afterwards as wives
of Miles, but that the younger
Spencer sister backed out of the en-
gagement. The investigation is
still in progress The Grand Jury
meets early in November and will
be composed of about an equal
number of Mormons and Gentiles.
The Returning Tide OF Refugees.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 30.--The quar-
antine in Southern cities having
been raised, the Louisville and
Great Southern Railroad has COM
menced running double daily trains
to Little Rock, Memphis, New Or
leans and all Southern and South.
eastern points. Hundreds of re-
turning refugees are passing
through the city southwark bound.
O,t Refinery nurn.a-Three Men
Perish.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.-The refin-
cry of the Consolidated Oil Co., No.
2 Alcon, formerly Brown & Ham
ilPs, was burned yesterday after
noon. Robert Dinsmore, VIM.
Smith and Stephen Lebruns, en-
ployes, were burned to death.
latest from Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 80. - From Q
o'clock last uight until noon to-
day, the undertakers report orders
for eight interments of parties who
died in and outside the city limits.
All incoming trains last night were
crowded with returning absentees.
| New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2O.-Deaths,
Is; cases reported, "a.
Another stage Robbery.
GALvEsr0NF Oct. S0.-A Fort
Worth special reports the robbery
of the stage from Yuma near st.
Mary's Yesterday by two masked
men. The passengers concealed
their valuablss. Tie robbers OBJ
tanned from tie passengers twenty