Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-09
Late kilograms.

Rag ~aii"n al sn@ reem,sY "f she
state ESsyess:,S.
GAN FRANCISCO, June s AT
meeting OF the Regents of the, Uni
versity of California to-day, the
resignation Of President LIE COnte
was accepted, to take effect August
1st. The resolution of the students
Of the class of 1881, accusing Pro.
fessors Moses and Sill Of seeking to
GUST Le Conte and Welcker was
tabled. 1t was resolved that the
Presidents Office be separated from
any special chair in the University;
that the Instructor OF Physics and
Mechanics be merged with that OF
the Superintendent of the Physi.
cal laboratory in the person of f.
Slote, or, the present Superintend.
ent; that the Chair of Mathematics
anu the offices of Instructors in
Spanish, Hebrew aud Chemistry
be q, ciared vacant, and so remain.
The rev scale Of salaries proposed
was af~,re'i 10 n special committee.
The ,ssigoatiOn of Secretary
s3tearns was accented ne Board
adjourned without going into the
election If fresi >;cDt.
ACBi,x ...' ~ ",s.,"n,,ss aseves0
Or, Iiea~'s si,ta"asi"n.
SAN FRANCISCO, June s. in re-
aponse to the call Of n small mum.
Der of citizens, the committee of
two hundred, organized during the
previous campaign in this city,
met last night and decided to nom
mate u city ticket. Capt. w. l..
Merry, of Merry & Fault, was Sc
lected for Mayor. The intention is
to make nOn.partisan nominations.
In reference to the suit against
DR.. Glenn, mentioned yesterday,
the friends of the Doctor assert that
there is no truth whatever in plain.
tiff's complaint. They say that
DR.. Glenn has been threatened with
this suit for some time because he
wouldn't pay money to silence GER
tain blackmaiieis.
The A1csa.ai at DBs raimas.
COTTON, Cal, June SAT about
1880 A. NJ. yesterday, while the
construction train was distributing
telegraph poles about six miles
west OF Dos Palmas, Bruce Nc.
Hugh, lsborer, fell and was run
over, both legs being cut of. A
special was dispatched from this
place with surgeon, but before
the doctor arrived the unfortunate
man died. His remains were
brought to this place, and an in.
quest was held over the body this
morning. The jury rendered ver-
dict that the deceased came to his
death as above stated. He was a
young man about twenty five years
of age and stated before he died
that lie had an uncle bearing the
same name in Urbana, Ills. The
remains were inferred here to-day.
Clarence Grsy's TRIAL.
REDWOOD CITY, June S.-Dr. E.
w. Crooks testified that on the
night of the first articles appear.
ance, Gray came into the Morris
House, aud calling attention to the
article, said II CLANCY was RESPONSE
BILE, he would cowhide or horse.
whip him. II Stearns was re.
sponsible, If he were not an old
cripple, he would shoot him. Mr..
Swift followed Gray to the door
and as Gray went out he raised his
hand and said: "ff you see CLANCY
tell him I want to see him. mean |
what l say" Gray might have
said something further at the door
which witness did not hear. David
Green testified to writing O state.
ment for Clancy before Justice
Holt. The defense introduced
this statement, although they
when offered by the prosecution.
The statement differs from the
separate dying statements only in
the fact that Clancy is silent upon
the subject of his being unarmed.
Clancy did notsign the statement,
saying his arm was disabled. N.
]. Malay testified as in the former
trial regarding the meeting of
Clancy and Gray after the first
article appeared, when Gray made
threats of shooting Stearns II the
Press printed anything further.
N. Shrewsbury testified as in the
former trial, except that Gray had
one hand partly behind him at the
time that Clancy said "You shall
not pull pistol on me-"
jose Dominguez, being absent,
his testimony as given at the for
mer trial was, by consent, read.
Henry jenkins testi ed as before,
except that he was greatly con.
fused during cross.examination by
Jones. His evidence conflicted re-
garding the position in which he
stood at the time Of the shooting.
He now claims that he was on the
sidewalk and did not see Clancy
open the door; did not see the fash
OF the pistol; does not locate Gray
as before. Took q drink with Gray
Just before the shooting. The cross.
examination 10 continuing and the
witness 10 badly embarrassed. Jenk-
ins was theimost prominent witness
~ Aha afo n In tho formnp trial