Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-18
Saturday to consider the applications for
reduction of assessments on real estate.
.no,t,ar Arrival from Honukong,

! reGuCtlOl OF aB5eSoLlcuIo Oh AOoA SoS@SS'
Another Arrival from Hongkons.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17th.-!he British
| sea tramp Malabar, which arrived to-day
! from Hopgkong, is large steamship, and 1t
| is generally Thought the Passenger Act has
| not been violated, although the vessel brought
| 795 passengers. Including these passengers,
"a. 900 coolies have been landed at this port
sinca the lst of last January. Another
tramp, the Triumph, is now due here with
another cargo of coolies.
Annual Report OF the Coroner.
SAN Francisco, July 18th. = Coroner
Weeks has prepared his annual report, from
which the following information is taken
The number of deaths reported, autopsies
made and inquests held shows large increase
in the work performed by the office In com.
parison with that of last year. The total
number of deaths reported was 400 an aver
age of 80 SO per month, aud, in number, 60
more than the preceding year. Autopsies
were held in POI cases, an average OF 1919
per month, an increase of 26 from lsst year.
There have been 1876 inquests held, an in
crease of 80 from last year, an average Of
10 SO per month in contrast with 135 the
year previous. The highest number of su-
topsies held was in June last, when 3S were
held, and the lowest in January ..
Annual Meeting of the Union ConsoIi-
dated Mining Company.
SAN FRASo1sco July 17th.-At the Union
Consolidated annual meeting this afternoon
76 $50 shares were represented. The follow
ing Directors were elected: Robert She--
wood. C. II, Fish, L. z. Drexler, G. O'Con-
nor and w. s. Hobart. A Directors meet
ing is called for tomorrow morning for the
election of officers.
Another Hummy Accident.
T,,I,y 1Ttb A hopt
o'clock this morning, as one of the dummies
of the Geary. street Cable Road was about to
run on the turn.table, at Kearny street, the
cable suddenly snapped in two. The dummy
was brought to a sudden stand-stil by the
break, and little girl, whose name could not
be learned, was thrown violently forward,
striking the front guard of the platform with
her face, which was slightly cut and bruised,
She was taken home by her mother, who was
with her at the time. TIE train was in
charge of Conductor Erickson. The alleged
cause of the accident is the non-removal of
the grip as the dummy ran on the turn-table.
The engineer James Scott, states that the
grip was removed from the cable at the
switch, some distance above kearny street.
He has been in the employ of the company
only short time.
The Municipal Election Question-Writ
of Mandate Granted.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17th.-Ts-day the
Supreme Court granted John Strouds's ap-
plication for writ of mandate, commanding
the Board of Election Commissioners to pre-
pare for the election of municipal officers.
The petition claimed that under the Act OF
March. 1881, all municipal officers were to be
elected on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1882. He further al
leges that the Board of Election Commission
ers, believing no provision existed for q mu-
nicipal election on the 9TH of November, re-
fused to make preparations therefor, and un-
less the Supreme Court ordered otherwise,
the voters of the city and county of San
Francisco would be deprived of their consti-
tutional right to elect municipal officers. As
the question was one of great public i'm
portance, the petition asked the Court to
take speedy action. The writ was made re-
turnable on the 9TH day of August, before
the Court in bank.
Test Railroad Case.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 17th.-Iu the United
States Circuit Court to-day, before Justices
Field and Sawyer, counsel argued molten
of plaintiff in the case of the County OF San
Mateo vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company. to have the cause remanded to the
Superior Court of San Mateo county to be
tried. The motion involves the question of
jurisdiction, and in fact all of the issues on
perior to the United States Court. There is
powerful array on both sides. Among the
counsel for the railroad company there ap-
peared Creed Raymond, Judge Lake. 7. B.
Bishop and Bergin 4 McAllister. For the
county, Attorney. General Hart, ex-Supreme
Justice Rhodes and others. 1t is proposed
to let this be test case. by the decision of
which the other railroad cases will abide.
Adjudged InsolveEt.
SAN Francisco, July 17th.-Charles E.
Locke, the we'll known theatrical manager,
for some years connected with the Bush
street theater was adjudged insolvent to-day
by Judge Halsey.
Inquiring Immigrants.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17th.- Secretary
Burton, of the Immigration Association, re-
ceived letter to-day form Russian Odessa,
making inquiry about the resources and capa-
bilities Of California, and other things desira-
BILE for those who contemplate emigrating TO
know.