Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-07
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
/ Special TO the HERALD by the western
Union Telegraph Company
Pacific Coast News
The ConvensIoe-Afi~ru.""

The COnvengIOe-Afi~r
SACRAMENTO, February G.h.-
The Convention refused to concur
in the proposition adopted by the
Committee of the Whole that tax
alton shall be equal and uniform.
The vote stood: Ayes, SO; noes, SO,
johnson offered an amendment
to section two in order to make
that section conform to the provis-
ion In section five taxing solvent
credits and mortgages. The john
son substitute was rejected. Ayes,
"a; nays, 80.
Moreland offered his proposition,
which was formally discussed at
great length. 1t was rejected.
Ayes, 54; noes. 72.
Miller offered substitute In the
language of the existing Constitu-
tion.
Adjourned.
Importsn, Bank Dects."".
oAN Il hANtlSSOj II Gu Otbs hS
Supreme Court rendered its decis-
ion yesterday in the case of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s Bank VS.. the State
Bank Commissioners. The Court
held that the Court below was cor
rect in refusing to issue an ihjunc-
tion restraining the Commissioners
from examining their books.
Further, the decision stated that as
the Court had been called upon by
the attorneys in the case to express
an opinion regarding tine construc.
tion to be put upon the act creating
the Commission, they had no doubt
whatever but that it was intended
to give the Commissioners power
to supervise the affairs of all COM
mercial banks.
Cartons Charge.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.-Some
months ago an indictment was
found against q man named Sink
ey, charging him with grand lar
ceny. Subsequently it was ascer-
tanned that the Indictment had been
stolen from the County Clerks Of
Ace and the entry in the books ef.
faced. William Heney has now
filed an affidavit charging that
John H. Hainey, Clerk Of the
County Court, purloined the indict-
ment at the instigstion of Slinkey,
receiving for his services one hun
dred and twenty-five dollars.
Hainey positively denies the truth
of the affidavit and has sworn out a
warrant for the arrest of Heney on
q charge of blackmail. The affi-
davit gains but little credence in
official circles.
Faiis Down "a shaft.
BoDIE, CAL, Feb. 6th.-R. l..
Ryan, employed as bucket man at
the Bodie, slipped into the shaft,
fell to the bottom and was instant
ly killed.
Drowned white Gathering Musseis.
SANTA CRUZ, Feb. 6lh.-Thls af-
ternoon, at Olmstead's ranch, six
miles from here, Henry Huber and
another man were gathering mus.
sells on the beach, when o wave
knocked Huber from the rocks into
the surf, where he was drowned.
Haugiug fn Oreson-SuIcide.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6th.-Jas. Cook,
the murderer of George Craig, will
be executed at the Dalles to.mor-
row, between the hours Of 10 A. NJ.
and p. NJ.
In response to petition signed
by a number of persons of this
city, Governor Thayer granted
temporary stay Of proceedings in
the case Of Johnson and Brown. A
respite was granted till March 14th.
The reprieve was allowed on the
ground that not sufficient time was
allowed the condemned in which
to prepare for their final doom.
Strenuous efforts have been made
and will be made to induce the
Governor to commute the sentence
to Imprisonment for life. There is
such strong public conviction
that Johnson and Brown deserve to
suffer the extreme penalty of the
law that Governor Thayer will
hardly dare to interpose executive
clemency, should he feel disposed
to yield to the pressure. The
doomed men appear to be as cheer
full as could be expected under the
circumstances and express strong
hopes that their sentence will bs
commuted. The scaffold has been
almost completed in the Jail yard,
| and by tomorrow will be ready to
perform the dreadful service re-
quired.
Appeals have been taken in the
cases of the two Cinnamon, Charley
Lee Quong and All Lee, and also
Jackson Grant. These cases will
not be decided by the Supreme
Court until next term, to be held
in June. Should the judgment OF
the lower court be affirmed in
these cases, the persons under SEN
tence of death will probably not be
executed till seme time in July.
Charles Brayley suicided to-day
at Corvallis, shooting himself in
the head AID causing instant
death.
The Columbia river above Celilc
! Is still gorged with ice and naviga
ton is suspended.