Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06
LOskNGELES WEEKLY HERALD
Morning kilograms.
ea.senx ers aoipg south.

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eassen.ers GoiDg south.
MoJAvE, Dec. Or II Estill and
wife, J T Lassan and wife, Miss M
l. Scott, J G Carr, B + Colber, J G
Fairchild, w s Grayam, A H Pay
son, ] Miguel Castanada, d w
Taylor, r Mitchell, Capt Tillnay,
A H Simson, l. Jilson, E Will
hanson and daughter, Geo Lard, A
NJ Hobbs, 7 Wagner.
Judge Fawcets Will Nos Preside.
SAN BUENAvENTURA,D Dec. 5.-A
gentleman from Sacra mento, now
here, states that Judge Fawcett
Informed him that he should not
preside at the term of the District
Court which begins on Monday, In
which four murder trials stand OH
the calendar. From other sources
1t is learned that Judge benson, OF
the Sixth Judicial District, will
probably preside. According to
the mysterious Outgivings of coup-
sci on both sides, some new devel-
opments may be looked for in the
coming trials. Each side claims
that the new evidence will be in
their favor.
Toe I"vsa'gatiom 'n,o Creek eked
Questions.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-rhe ex.
animation into the fraudulent pro-
curement of examination questions
was continued by the committee of
the Board Of Education last night.
J. w. Anderson, Principal of the
Spring Valley Grammar School,
aud teacher of Normal school
for training those desirous to be-
come teachers, testified at length
and exhibited a list of questions,
problems, etc., to show the recur-
renee OF many questions and to
account for the similarity between
questions used by him and those
prepared for examination purposes.
Edward Ewald, who is under
stood to be the party in this city
from whom the questions were
procured, desired till tomorrow
evening. He expected to make
grave statements and wanted bis
witnesses on hand to support the IN.
His examination was laid over.
Frank J. Heney said that q
friend of his named Williams had,
on two occasions, purchased ques-
tions from Mr.. Saunders, Superin-
tendent Of Marin County.
Thos. P. Clery, who has acted as
a kind Of go-between in the busi-
ness, said that the certain, myste-
rious, veiled lady who had ques-
tions to dispose of at each examina-
tion, told him that she obtained
them direct from the son of State
Superintendent Carr, and she be-
lieved Ewald got them from the
same place, paying $500 per set for
them. 1t now looks as though the
committee has got on the hot scent,
as the veiled lady is, beyond
doubt, identified.
The DerauIsimg witness Sub
poenned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.-J. B.
Armstrong, defaulting witness in
one of the Duncan cases, was found
at his home In Santa Rosa by ar
officer, Tuesday, and served with o
subpoena to appear In the Munici.
pal Criminal Court on the 18th in
slant.
the Convention
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 5. - The Con.
vention met at $3.50.
A communication was read from
the Transportation Commissioned
giving detailed statements of the
several statutes passed in relation
to railroads, and the same wa!
ordered printed.
The Convention went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the article
on corporations, the pending sec
ton being that In relation to thu
bond of the Com issioners.
johnson obtained the floor, stat
Ing that if nothing better could bt
devised he should vote for it. HI,
criticised Hager's substitute as be
ing ambiguous, but endorsed th,
Campbell amendment, which hat
been voted down, as not requiring
Interpretation by Courts and being
at the same time self-executing.
Hager followed johnson, assert
ing that the substitute clause, a
reported by the Committee, woult
be imperative. He had alway
contended that the powers of Com
mislonsrs should be, in the main
ministerial; that the powers q
Courts should be evoked to enforc
their decisions; that no legislativ
powers should be given them be
yond such as are necessary for tn
performance of their duties. Hage
continued his address by insistin
that the section should have bee
confined to railroads alone.
Estee stated that other transpoI
tation companies had been includ
ed to reach the White and Re
Star lines and Wells, Fargo ,
Co.'s.
Hager contended that the Stat
had no right under the Act admit
ting California into the Union to ir
tsrfere with transportation comps
MES doing business on the high sea
and yet the section authorized tn
Commissioners to supervise a
transportation companies.
Indictments Dismissed.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 5.-Parti'
lust arrived from Colusa repo
that the indictments found againi
several persons for the German
town murder have all been di
missed by the District Court an
tha defandanta dfacharQed.