Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-12
NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
Pacific Coast News.
The Con venti0n


yention met at the usual hour, one |
hundred and six members present. |
Wellin introduced a resolution
that Delegates who absent them
selves for three days shall receive
ne compensation.
Harrington submitted an article |
on water and water rights, which |
was referred to Committee of the |
| Whole.
The first section provides that the
only property that can be acquired |
In waters of the State by appropri- |
alton or condemnation is a use, and
such use shall ever remain subject |
to the control of the Legislature |
| for the common benefit.
| Section two makes the right to |
collect rates for water a franchise, |
which can only be exercised by the |
authority of law.
Section three provides that cor
poratioDs engaged i'll supplying
water to cities or towns shall not
discriminate between persons and
shall furnish water in case of fire
or great necessity free of charge.
| Section four provides that water
rates shall be fixed annually by
the Board of Supervisors.
Section five declares that viola
ton OF the law shall work forfeiture
Of the franchise.
The Convention then went into
Judiciary Article.
When section seventeen was
. reached several members instantly
j. tried to get the attention of the
Chair to offer amendments.
An amendment was offered by
Stedman to reduce the compensa.
tion of Supreme Court Justices
from $4,000 to $1,000; also, to re-
duce the salaries Of Superior Court
Judges.
Inman offered all amendment
that the Supreme Court Justices
: shall receive $1,000, and that each
!, Superior Court Judge shall receive
!, $1,000, from the State Treasury,and
such additional compensation, to be
paid out OF the County Treasury, as
! each county mayailow.
, Shafter moved the previous ques.
, ton. Sustained.
, The amendment reducing Su-
preme Court Justices salary was
! lost. All amendments reducing
3 the compensation of Superior
Judges and the amendment to pay
from the County Treasury were
also rejected.
Blaokmer offered an amendment
t to strike out Kern from the second
class and insert in its place San
Diego.
Smith, of Kern, resisted the at
, tempt to place his county in the
county than. San Diego and its liti-
CATION was very important.
An amendment simply placing
, San Diego in the second class was
adopted. Several more changes in
classification were made, every
change increasing the cost of tue
system.
McCallum asserted that these
changes would make the new judi
cial scheme cost one hundred
thousand dollars more than the ex-
isting system. He argued in favor
of the amendment leaving the
counties to pay the salaries.
. The committee then rose and the
Convention adjourned.
Rain Throuyhout she sinse.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1lth.-Dis-
patches, covering the State from
the extreme north as far south as
Santa Clara aud Monterey coun-
ties, report fine rain, with heavy
fall of snow on the Coast Range
and Sierra Nevada mountains, ex-
tending low down on the foothills.
The Weeks Mortality.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IIth.-I
This week there were 129 deaths in |
this city, the highest during one
week since January, 1877, when |
the smallpox epidemic prevailed.
The most fatal diseases were con-
sumption and pneumonia, twenty |
three dying from the former and |
twenty-five from the latter.
| Indian enters Hanged.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1lth.-A |
!. dispatch from Pendleton of the |
10th, via Walla Walla the 11th,
reports the executions of the In |
dians White Owl and Quail-Ti- |
Numps, who were hanged at half
past 2. NJ. A strong squad of reg
ulars and militia were on duty to |
prevent possible rescue, but
nothing of the kind was attempt
ed. The chiefs were dressed in full
Indian costume and preserved
throughout the stoicism of their
race, both dying with the death |
chant on their lips.
4 san FrRnc1sco Markets.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11th.-l
Wheat-No change; sales of 260
tons strictly choice milling at
ST. 10; carload for Salt Lake at
81 IS, and 200 tons of choice ship |
ping at ST 72t. Barley-An ac-
tive demand for choice brewing
barley for overland shipment stim-
ulated the market yesterday and il |
is firm to-day; sales on '0hange
this morning Of 100 sacks choice |
brewing at ST. 20; 754 sacks and 700 |
sacks, the latter yesterday; choice
coast feed at 973; 900 sacks and 100
tons brewing at ST. 25 and $50 tons
do. at 81 224; 200 sacks coast feed
at 924c., silver. Oats-NO change
and market dull; sale to-day Of 100
sacks very poor feed at 81 OF.
Corn = Market changeless; 1S4
sacks large yellow sold for 81.