Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-15

Ou tuC etOChy VII thC
that, under their funding act of 1878,
the Com pany should pay five per
cent. of the earnings iuto the Uni
ted States treasury as a sinking
fund. Judge Sawyer in the United
| States Circuit Court this morning
overruled the demurrer and defend
ants not appearing, gave judgment
| for plaintiff and the case now goes
to the United States Supreme
Court.
| Tho Arrest Of Bar.e-s n ifaaX-
RasH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l4tb.-The
story of the arrest of the alleged
Bank of England burglar at Niles
| by the chief of the London detec-
tive force was palmed Off as genu-
ine on the Stockton papers. Those
papers have no doubt been the vic.
tins of some practical joker who
is now evidently enjoying the sue
cess of his hoax. A Sacramento
report says nothing is known or
has been heard at the executive de-
partment there or police headquar-
ters relative to the Bank of Eng
| land Henderson-Pinke Bur-
CESS arrest, except what is in the
Stockton paper. No detective or
prisoner of the kind described has
been seen or heard of there by the
police or railroad men and the hoax
is the subject of much amusement
there.
1t began to rain at haif-past
o'clock this morning and raj ned to
p. NJ. The rainfall amounted to
oDe-ninth of an inch, according to
the Signal Service Observel's
record.
San Francisco's property.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1ith.-The
following statement of the value of
the property and the financial con-
dltion of the city has been made
and will be forwarded to the State
Controller: Park reservations, $2,-
5C0,000; public squares, S3, 900, ,O06;
fire department lots and improve.
ments, $3.50, ,00e; City Hall, County
Jail, Hospitals, Aims House,
House of Correction and Industrial
School lots and improvements,
S400, 600; cemetery reservation,
$175, 900; other reserved lots, $l75,-
900; school lots and improvements,
50. 900. 900; total, $13,300,000
The Easterm wires Dows.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14th.-The
wires are down over the mountains.
No report tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l4th.-The
will of the late Alexander Austin |
was filed in the Probate Court this
morning, dated November 22d, |
1871, and all his property is be.
aueathed to his wife. Mrs. Austin |
died about ten months ago. No
mention is made in the will of any
particular kind or amount of prop.
prty left, the will simply leaving
the entire estate to Mrs. Austin,
who was made executrix.
The Ven seh,nidt Ex~minrtion-
Pacific Psesby byserisa Usion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l4th.-The
Examination in the cases of Ed
ward A. Won Schmidt and James
Boyle was resumed in the Police
Court this afternoon. Antonio
Monterey, a boy fifteen years of
age, who saw the shooting, was the
first witness. His account of the
affair was somewhat d lferent from
that Of the other witnesses. He
testified that, just before the shoot
ing, Won Schmidt followed Merkle
up and threatened to shoot, and
that Merkle cried "Enough;" that
he (witness) had notified officer
Doyle of what he could tell con-
cerning the affair, but had not been
placed on the stand at the inquest
nor allowed to testify. On cross
the boy refused to
wear positively to many state
ments that he made on his direct
examination, saying that he heard
others say that Merkle cried
Enough" and that he could not
say positively whether Won
Schmidt shot Merkle with der
ringer or revolver, or whether he |