Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-29
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD UNIoN.
KEARNEY ON THE STREETS.
Rejoicing Among His Followers Over
His Release.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Litigation Over the Estate of the Late
Mark Hopkins.
PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST BY RAIL.
Tribute Of Respect to the Memory of Paul
Norrill.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
CALIFORNIA.
the Estatc of M,rk uonI,ins

The Estate of Mark Hopkins.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2Sth.-The petition
of Samuel L. Hopkins of st. Clair county,
Michigan, for the removal of Mary F. Hop
kins, widow and administrative of the late
Mark Hopkins, was filed yesterday. The
grounds claimed are: That she failed to file
an inventory and appraisement and an
account in the statutory time, and also that
she failed to collect the sum of 50, 500, coo due
the estate from the Western Development
Company, and now, with accumulated inter
est, amounting to nearly 81 200, 600. The
petitioner further sets out that all the in
debted persons at the time of the intestate's
death were perfectly solvent, and, according
to petitioners information and belief, are
still so but the petitioner has reason to fear
that unless said indebtedness Is collected
within reasonable time, the estate will sus-
tain heavy losses by reason of the neglect and
delay. That, according to petitioners in
formation and belief NO effort has been made
by the administrative to collect any part of
said Indebtedness, or in any manner enforce
the payment OF the same, the Indebtedness
being due from corporations of which adj
ministratrix is a large stakeholder. and the
future prosperity of which persons and cor
porations materially affects her own interests.
That administrators failed to file an exhibit
in the Probate Court, November, 1853 show
ing the money received by her, and the claims
presented against the estate, and the condi-
ton of the estate. The petition further sets
out that the estate is entitled to one-fourth
of 49, 1888 additional shares of Central Pacific
Railroad stock, issued January 16, 1880, or
to the proceeds, If the stock has been sold.
The petition asks that this stock and other
bonds and stocks, be added to the inventory
It is alleged that a large portion of the bonds
and stocks have been divided between the
heirs, according to their respective interests,
but that there yet remains about 81 900, 000
besides certain stocks and bonds, undivided
The petitioner, as one of the heirs, prays for
the revocation of the letters of administra-
ton, and the removal Of the Administrative,
and such other relief as may be proper. The
usual citation has been issued to the admin
istratrix, to show cause Wednesday, June I'd.
Tribute of Respect Ca the Memory of Paul
Morrill,.
SAN Francisco, May 28th.-At meeting
held at the Custom-house to-day, Collector
Shannon presiding. series of resolutions
were introduced by Naval Officer Waite and
unanimously adopted In presenting the fol-
lowing resolutions Mr.. Waite paid an excel
lent tribute to the memory of deceased
WHEREAS, By fiat that countless millions have
obeyed, and to which in the course of nature all
must bow, another, and beloved one, has passed
"that bourne from which no traveller returns, and
deeming it fitting and in accordance with custom
that just tribute should be paid to the worth Of
our late official brother and friend we the officers
and attaches of the Custom house for the district
and port Of San Francisco, assembled to give test
mony Of respect for the Hon. Paul Morrill, late
Surveyor Of the Port, and to express for
his loss do resolve:
That in the death of Paul Morrill, the customs
service has lost of its most honest, conscien-
tious and gentlemanly officers.
That the State Of California mourns one Of its
earliest, most prominent useful and patriotic cit-
zens.
That with him dies the last Of that trio who made
the Sacramento Union the most powerful newspa-
per for good published on the Pacific coast and
their own names historic
That host Of friends will miss warm hearted
amiable, Openhanded, generous, sympathiz;ng
spirit whom none can replace
Resotued, That copy Of these resolutions be ten
dered to the family of the deceased, also trans
mitted TO the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury and
preserved among the records of this ustom-house,
and that we attend the funeral in body.
Appropriate remarks were also made.
Kearney's Release Rejoicing Over the
Event.
SAN Francisco, May 2Sth.-Kearney was
liberated from the House of Correction this
afternoon. and this evening he was escorted
through the streets by the Workingmen's
military companies and a couple of thousand
men and women. A hundred guns were fred
on the sand-lots in rejoicing over the event.
The Bonanza Suit.
SAN Francisco, May 2Sth.-Argument in
the case of Burke against Flood ct al to re-
cover over $40 900, 900, the value of Consoli-
dated Virginia stock appropriated by the
defendants, was resumed in the Superior
Court to day. Counsel for plaiatiff occupied
the time entirely in rebutting the claim of
defendants counsel that the action was barred
by laches, acquiescence or lapse of time. F.
II. Cossett, having 500 shares, and S. 2,
Dewey, 1000 have petitioned the Court to be
allowed to join as plaintiffs with Burke.
Los ANGELES, May 2Sth.-The Railroad
Commission met in the rooms of the City
Council at 10 A. NJ, all present During the
morning session four persons appeared before
the Commission preferring complaints.
The first witnets was i. Il. Girard, general
agent of Sherman, Hyde Il Co., San Fran
cisco, who read a written statement repre-
senting that freight on pianos and organs
from San Francisco to Los Angeles was
81 65 per 100 pounds, or SGT per piano, while
under special contracts certain San Francisco
music dealers shipped pianos from New York
to San Francisco for 81 and some IS 30 per
100 pounds, or about $40 per piano. He held
that pianos are heavy freight, and ought not
to be charged more than other merchandise,
and alleged that large business houses who
can make special contracts have a great adj
vantage over smaller firms or private fam
lilies, who have TO pay more than double the
freight. Pianos of different values, witness
said, are now charged the same freight His
house imported their goods round the Horn
by sailing vessels, and the freights from New
York to San Francisco were S11 per ton, and
from San Francisco to Wilmington by steam
er $40 per ton. He was willing to pay first
class freight provided all were treated alike.
He did not complain for the house. He
represented only the people of the southern
counties. At present there was no chance
for the small dealer, who would not be al
lowed special rates. The railroad company
offered to make special arrangements with
his house, for which there was correspond
ence at San Francisco to show, offering to
charge say $50 per ton and rebate $40. He
estimated that one hundred pianos a year
were shipped to the county.
Herman Waugenheim, local agent for the
same house, Endorsed Mr.. Girard's COM
plant.
William Declese, marble worker, said
that last year the railroad company charged
So per ton for TRANSPORTATION of marble from
San Francisco to Wilmington. Since the LIST
of January the rate had been raised to SIG
per ton for rough to So per ton for finished.
Having inquired of Mr.. Smurr, the local
agent, what was the reason or the advance In
freight, he said the new Constitution re-
quired it. The steamship company some
times charged by weight sometimes by
measurement. He cited case where the
steamer Bell charged him 2. 500 pounds and
the railroad bill 2,375 pounds for the same
shipment I; also q case where seven cubic feet
and few inches had been charged 81 cubic
feet. He also submitted case where mar
BILE receipted for in good order by the railroad
company was delivered broken, and he could
get no redress. He was also charged 81 "a
per pound on marble from here to Bakers
field.
G. H. Simpkins, manager of the Los An
geles gas works, appeared. The substance of
his complaint was that his company's coal
vessels were charged the same rate for the
transfer of coal from the wharf at Whining.
ton to the cars as if the collier were discharc-
ing at her anchorage, and all her cargo were
hghtered. The lighterage, witness said, was
under the control of Phineas Banning, and
81 90 per short ton of coal is charged with
ont regard to the position of the vessel when
discharging. He said that if allowed to work |
his own men on the railroadwharf at Whining
ton, it would not cost him more than 10 cents
per ton to transfer it from the ship to the car.
The charge for transporting'coal from the yes
sci to Les Angeles was IS 20 per ton. Before |
Banning was placed in charge OF the lighter
age it was only 81 80 per ton. Lime was
treated in q similar manner, being charged |
1S2 cents per barrel, whether carried by /