Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-11
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f MerX and wife, r II Prince.
MoJAvE, Feb. 10.-H Bernstein,
HC Gashwildes and wife, Mrs j
Brown, Mrs A w Banning, G. A
House, Callendei's Georgia Min
strels-20 people.
w~'ir, FnrEo d Co.'S Dana Ex-
aintned.
SAN. FRANCISCO, Feb. l0.-The
Bank Commissioners have finished
their examination of Wells, Fargo
g. Co.'s Bank and find 1T in an eX-
ceIlent condition.
snu Francfscp u"skess.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-Wheat
The effect of the rainstorm has
not yet been manifested and there
IL no change; no round lot of
choice will bring ST. rs, although
small lots, forced purchases, of
milling are quotable at ST. 700
! 723; shipping, 81 65@l 10. Bar
ley-Purchases for Australian ship
ment continues; range for coast
feed is s74@92lc. No change in
oats or corn. Hay is quotable at
$8@10. Potatoes - Humboldts
81 25@1 35; early rose, s 75@1 S71;
river reds, 100000.
san FraucIaco News.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-Wil.
liam A. Macondray, of Macondray
& Co., died Saturday night.
Three men attempted to burg
I.,, ,i,,o tho -ao;.1anoa cf u Horrir,
last night. They were surprised
by officers, at whom they fired sew
eral Intellectual shots and escaped.
Tine Convention.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10.-The Con-
vention met at $3.50 A. NJ, Waters,
of San Bernardino, in the chair, SO
members present.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of the article on rev.
enue and taxation.
A motion was made to concur in
the action of the Committee of the
Whole in striking out section nine,
which levies an annual poll-tax OF
two dollars on every male inhabi-
tant of the State. The Convention
concurred in the action of the Com
mittee in striking olt the section;
ayes 81; noes 35.
Section IL was next considered.
1t reads: "rhe Legislature shall
have power to provide by law for
the payment of ull taxes on real
property by installments."
Ayers moved to amend by max
Ing the section mandatory. The
section as above given was adopt
ed, ayes so, noes Al. This leaves
the whole subject to the Legisla-
ture.
gection IA, which was stricken
out by the Committee of the
Whole, was next reached. 1t pro-
vides that the State tax, exclusive
of such tax as may be necessary to
pay the existing State debt, shall
not exceed forty cents on each one
hundred dollars for any one year.
The Convention concurred in the
action of the Committee of the
Whole in striking out the limit; /;
ayes, so; noes. 80.
Section Is, relating to the State
Board of Equalization, consisting
of two members from each Con-
gressional district, TO be elected by
the qualified electors of their re-
sptetive districts, was next con-
sidered.
White offered an amendment
providing that only one member
shall be elected from each Con-
gressional district.
Pending argument, recess was
taken.
The Merchant Marine.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The esti-
mated loss of the merchant marine
in the four principal gales during
the past season is over $4,000,000,
which is a heavy drain on the un-
derwriters of this and other cities.
One hundred and twenty.seven
lives were lost. In the storms oI
October and December 224 vessels
were lost and 500 damaged.
General sher man Writes a Letter
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-General
Sherman has written to the editol
of the Atlanta Constitution a long
letter, warmly commendiBg the
soil, climate, healthfulness and re.
sources of Northern Georgia tc
emigrants. No other single
region on this continent holds out
as strong inducements. HI
depricates class distinctions ant
and says the attempt to build vi
an aristocracy on the ground O.
slaveholding ancestry will result
in ridiculous failure. He advises
the people to let up on carpet-bag
gers. Not one in fifty of the mel
who built San Francisco and othel