Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-19
LOsAMGELES WEEKLY HERALD
Morning kilograms.
Passenxers Going south.

Passengers Going south.
MoJAvE, Dec. 1S.-J w Story and
wife, N II Core, Charles Fuller, p
Paddock, Mrs E Lincoln, II A
Smith, N p Thorson, e w Couff-
man, A p McKenney, E A Archer,
r P Hammond.
The COnventtOn
SACRAMENTO, Dec. lS.-The Con-
vention assem- bled, 1l6 members
present.
A communication was received
from the Sergeant-at- Arms, report
ing that the salaries of employees
of the Convention amount to $500
per week.
A motion to reduce the number
of pages and doorkeepers was in.
definitely postponed.
Debate on Section Of the Arti-
Gle relative TO the Legislature was
resumed.
Wyatt, of Monterey, advocated a
plan of giving each county IL rep
resentative.
Walker asked whether San Fan
cisco wanted the Chinese counted
in as a basis Of representation.
O'Donnell replied that San Fran
cisco waited representation on a
basis of population according to
the,census, and would repudiate the
Constitution if it was denied.
Section was reported back to
the Committee of the Whole.
On motion of Barnes, the Presi-
dent was requested to sign a memo
rial to the Governors Of Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory
and to transmit the same to said
Governors, and to forward copies to
the Governors of all the States of
the Union.
The resolution by Bowling, to
request Congress TO amend the
mining laws to prohibit the Chi
nese from working, holding or
owning mines, was debated and
laid on the table.
Consideration of the legislative
article was then resumed in Com
mittee of the Whole.
The amendment, giving to each
county one Assemblyman, was re-
jected.
The question of apportionment
caused another long discussion,
when the Committee rose. The
pending amendment is by Mans
field for the Convention to adjust
the representation between coun-
ties on the basis of the last Pres-
Dental election.
stock Exchange.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-The
San Francisco Stock Exchange
held an executive session to-day at
noon to consider the question of
printing official quotations, which
has been bone of contention for
some time past. The Committee
of Three appointed to decide upon
the course to he pursued was to re-
port. 1t is said that there was a
strong sentiment in favor of print
ing free lists, the Board to pay for
the same on the best attainable
terms.
The Churehii, rriaI.
SAN BUENAvENTURA, Dec. 49,
The prosecution in the Churchill
case SO far have placed on the stand
George Ferguson, foreman of the
ranch at the time Of the murder,
Jim Tot, the Chinese cook, Juan
Rodriguez, a ranch hand, and DR..
Isbel, all of whom were present at
the time of the murder. Their
testimony did not vary in any
essential point from that given on
the former trials. Rodriguez
said the murderers were masked,
but one of them closely resembled
Churchill in stature and figure.
These witnesses were cross-exam-
ined at great length, counsel evil
IDENTIFY laying foundation for
something not yet developed. The
questions applied to the exact To-
calities and positions of the differ
ent parties at the time of the mur-
der. Just before noon Jesse Jones,
the States evidence, was placed
upon the stand amid considerable
excitement, as it had been loudly
asserted that the witness would not
stick to his story. To the first
question touching the facts the wit
ness declined to answer, on the
ground that it would criminate
him. The Court peremptorily Or
dere him to answer, saying that
the witness knew well enough that
his declination after the testimony
he had previously given was mere
pretext and subterfuge. Witness
then declared that he had forgotten
the facts, but, under the ruling OF
the Court, MIR. Ganahl proceeded
to read his previous testimony, to
which the witness assented, and
finally went on to tell his story
much as befare. He added that,
before he turned States evidence,
q detective told him job had been
put up to hang him (witness) any
how, and he could only get out OF
1t by telling what he had. The
witness is still ON the stand.
PORTLAND w. J.
Shapklin, nt ID, aged
A years, co de las'