Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-03

tlon Of stocks which are only rep
resentative OF value, is double tax
alton. Roll called and the bill
passed. ayes Al, noes 81.
Afternoon - Moreland insisted
that the Assembly messages had
been taken up and the fight on the
Whipple bill was renewed by some
senators. The question at issue 10
whether the railroad company
shall escape payment Of taxes
amounting to million dollars by
an error Ia the.revenue bill OF last
session. The motion to take up
messages prevailed, ayes 10, noes
Is. After the bill was read the first
and second times, the third read
ing of the file was taken up and
the following Senate bills finally
passed.: To provide for additional
Judges of the Superior Court OF
Alameda; to amend the Code Of
Civil Procedure relating to the
writ of prohibition.
Wendel's motion failed to receive
two.thirds majority and the bill
was referred to the Finance Com
mittee with instructions to report
tomorrow morning.
Assembly bill 1888, relating to
public schools, was recon- Matted
for am epdment. All other bills
passed to third reading yesterday
were finally passed. The list in.
cludes the County Government
bill.
Adjourned.
AssEMBLY-Paulk moved to re.
consider the vote by which Assem-.
bly, bill ATS, amendatory of the PO'
litical Code relative to the assess.
ment and taxation Of railroads,
was passed.
Cameron moved to lay the motion
on the table. Carried.
The sharpest skirmish of the SEES.
sion occurred on the proposition to
take up Assembly messages and
reach WhippIe's bill, which has
reference to the taxation OF rail-
road property. The motion pre-.
vailed aud then q motion to recon.
slider was made. Motions for q
new roll call and a call of the
senate followed. Pending discus
sion and before the announcement
of the vote, the hour of recess ar
rived.
Del Vale moved to suspend the
rules and take up Senate bill 1877,
providing for a branch Normal
School at Los Angeles and appro.
priating $50, 600 therefor. Carried.
The bill was read and ordered en-.
crossed.
On reconvening, on motion OF
Mcclure, Assembly bill 1893, rela-
tive to the defect In the titles of
lands owned by Veterans OF the
Mexican War, was declared mat
ter of urgency, taken up aud final
ly passed.
Patterson, of Nevada, moved to
reconsider the vote by which
Dickeneon's Water bill was yes.
terday passed.
The Speaker said the bill had all
ready been transmitted to the Sen.
ate.
A Parliamentary tangle ensued,
it being finally held that the Sen.
ate would have to be requested TO
return the bill. Patterson 30
moved and the motion, amid much
confusion, was carried.
Wheat sim strong.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3D.
Wheat, strong; No. !, $1374@l. 40;
No. 2, $l.323@l.35.
Tho K~iiech Trsss.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2d.-In
the Kalloch case to-day, q number
Of witnesses testified for the de.
fence, among them the we'll known
sporting men, Con Mooney and
Abe Gentry, both of whom swore
that being in the saloon at the cor
ner of Bush and Kearney streets,
opposite che Chronicle Office, they
heard six shots fred, tue first two
being almost simultaneous. P. J.
Whalen testified that he witnessed
the shooting at q window, and whom
the first shot was fred he saw two
flashes about q foot apart. He did
rot, however, see De YouDg's pis.
toll until he had got past the gate oil
the counter.
Farther Of che KaiiOch Tflsl.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2d.-Ir
the Kalloch trial this Afternoon
the witnesses who testified thit
morning were crOss-examfned al
length, but their evidence was moi
impeached. One new witness wat
examined, but his testimony was
unimportant.
Telegraph Wines D0wn.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2d.-Tht
lines are down east of Omaha.
Conssnsien Declares n Dividen
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2d.-Th.
Contention Mining Company, o
Tombstone, declares dividend o
rs cents.
EASTERN.