Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-25
Morning kilograms.
Passenxers doing soush.

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Passenxers Going soush.
MoJAvE, Dec. 24.-J M Tiernan,
Mrs 8 Dousmau, Mrs A B B
Hamilton, A d Cushing, wife and
'wo children, J Rich and wife, j M
,cco, Jessie Walter, G. w Cole,
4 w Bishop, Il s Sanchez, John
Johnson, p Russell, B Jones.
rhe nan Francisco Grand jury at
work-Other Notes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24-The
grand Jury were to-day investigat-
Ing charges preferred by Denis
Kearney against District Attorney
Murphy, City and County Attor-
ney Burnett and Auditor May
nard in connecl..n with the affairs
of the late Alexander Austin. Con-
siderable testimony was taken
tending to show that Austin
had been carrying stock and loan.
ing money to parties against
whom the charges were preferred.
The evidence was much to the
same purport as that taken shortly
after Austin's death by the Finance
Committee of the Board of Super
visors.
August E Cans, member of the
County Committee of the anti
Kearney wing of the Working
mems party, was before the Grand
Jury to-day, he having prepared
charges of perjury against Kear-
ney, based on the latter's testimony
at the trial of charges preferred
against Sergeant Harmon of the
police force in connection with tho
attack of the police on the crowd at
tie Horticultural Hall meeting.
Cans was directed to bring in his
witnesses and substantiate his
charges.
The New England Society cele-
brated Forefather's Day by large
ly attended banquet at the Cosmo-
politan Hotel, last evening, ex-
Governor +. f. Low presiding.
Greetings were exchanged by tele-
graph with similar gatherings in
New York.
AT meeting of the training
School Investigating Committee of
the Board of Supervisors, in con-
nection with the State Advisory
Board, 1t was decided to report in fa-
vor of abolishing the training ship
jamestown In case the, city and
county attorney is of OPT aion that
such action can be legally taken.
The invention.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 24th.-The
Convention met, ninety-three
members present.
Dudley offered an amendment
concerning revenue and taxation,
which was referred to the Commit
tee of the Whole. 1t provides that
all property, the income from
which is not taxed, excluding
growing crops, and private proper
laws of the United States or any
municipality thereof, and property
used exclusively for charitable pur-
poses not exceeding one thousand
dollars, shall be taxed In proportion
to its value. 1t also provides that
the Legislature shall pass laws for
the assessment and collection of
taxes upon incomes derived from
investments in bonds and notes,
whether secured by mortgage or
not, and upon the gross income
or railroad, navigation, bank
ing and insurance corporations,
foreign or domestic, or any other
corporation formed for profit
Exemptions from ad Valorem
tax are as follows: Notes, bonds
af lind fhn N
come from which is taxed, and all
property owned by and necessarily
used by corporations in producing
incomes which are taxed.
A resolution providing for ad-
journment until Thursday after
noon was adopted. The Conven-
ton went into Committee of the
Whole on future amendments and
recommended its adoption without
amendment.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of the article on rev.
epue and taxation in Committee OF
theSWhole, but as no disposition
was manifested to consider the ar
ticle, a quorum failing to vote on
amendments, Estee, of San Fran
CISCO, IuONcu thut tho SOAhhittCc
rise, Carried.
Haskell submitted minority re-
port from the Committee on Edu-
cation.
On motion of Edgerton the Con-
vention went into Committee OF
the Whole on the article relating
to the right of suffrage.
The first amendment offered was
to strike out the word male, from
the Ist section. A slight burst OF
laughter greeted the motion and
the advocates of female suffrage
Immediately came to the front.
Rolfe made a long speech in ia.
yor of the amendment and in advo-
cacy of the right of women to vote
IL they desired to exercise that
privilege. He desired considera.
ton when the house was full and
at q time when he should be pre-
pared to speak as the question de-
served.
McCallum said that in the Com
mittee 1t had been deemed mex
pedient to submit an article on wo'
-.,s-,eFefra0e to the people inde
lggested that i
llow the Legis
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