Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-11
ANOTHER CONVICTION.
The Chinese Quarters are Charlottesville
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would be inside Of the case of J. D. Tate, a
landlord in Chiaatown charged with having
violated the health ordinance. The following
jury was obtained and sworn in to try the
cause: G. L. Clark, P. II. Wall, 8. DRyer.
o. o. Laraway, Issiah Duulap, Tom Cook,
Johu Friend, G. Iser, Jerry Payne, NJ Fay,
+. n. Mott md j. L. McCord. Henry
| Eigerson appeared for the defense, and the
prosecution was represented by City Attor-
Dey Anderson and S. c. benson.
Health Officer Ferral was the first witness
| Counselor Edgerton objected TO almost every
| question, but the objections vera oyerruled.
| Witness had found dirt ard slush and filth,
besides an ovsfowing privy. After further
! objections by Edgetton he bunched them al
| together into the general enc that he objseted
| 10 sll questions under the complaint, as it did
not set forth facts sufficient TO constitute an
action. In the cr0ss-examination Edgerton
! submitted Witnesses to number of questions,
running eli the way from the subject OF Chi.
nese etihles 10 to boarding house,.
L. +. Bassett-Am Cisy Engineer. Made
examination of east half Of lot 8, II and I,
Second and Third streets, August l, 1888
| the drainage is bad, anu Stops aud such mat
ter run to the ground and lie upon the
grouad. The water spreads out aud lies
| there Ia the has sua in a body of water,
/ ard the stencil Is awful The privy WIS
! ovsthowing and drained out on the ground,
| and was filthy. The who's surface Of the
| ground under the house was damp and filthy.
| The water WIS kitchen Stops. l. was very
filthy and nauseati0g, and sickening, and a
| disgrace TO civilization. Ihsre was filthy
| slime there. There IS no oUtlst and no cess
| pool for kitchen Stops. did not examine
| the floor above.
Mrs. Mary Gregory-Own the corner.
| Tate's lot adjoina my lot. Tate is the one in
| charge of the property, and l always under
stood hiIn to be the owner. The premises ere
| fl5ay, and the stencil is uabsarable, and no
one .uld stand it. The wster-closst is not
| il order and runs out on the top OF tae
ggouad The Chinese tenants throw out all
! theig fish, aud create fOul stencil.
Eugene GregOry-KuOw the premises in
question. j. d. Tate is the person who has
control Of the premises. They are in g very
/ bad condition and the smell is exceedingly
bad and filthy. Sickness has been occasioned
to myself and family. We hsvs to close our
windows and doors to kesp out the stencil
and smell, and Cannot eat. Have been CON-
palled 70 get up from the table without eat.
ing. The whole yard was a cssspool.
W. T. Brissell-Kuow the Tate lot. Have
examined it. The premises send out foul
smell end stencil. There was foul water
ClDsts WHICH eLDtAEA Ulb O1 hub EEOuUp, anu
is would make q man sick TO get smell L
examined the premises IL June and July
was there several times.
A. Kaufmsn-Rsside next TO the premises
Of Tate. The premises smell snd stink. The
privY Is always open. The Cinnamon all go
in st all times and leave.
David Cooper-Rsside on Second ard l
streets. The premises are very filthy, The
stslch ia from ali kinds of decsyed vegeta-
bles The smell was bsd and stencil was
great Everything that is nasty is in this lot.
It is ugly to look ct as well as to smell.
E. Faischid-KnoR Tate. / know that it
belongs to Tate, and he has the management
Of thu property jake Tats has had the
management of the property Tor twenty years.
THE DEFENSE.
Counsel for defendant made an opening
statement of his defense. The defense is that
defendant had leased the premises to COM
psny of Cinnamon, who sub-let the same to
the present occupants and that the present
uss could not be helped by defendant.
Tae counsel agreed TO submit the case to
the jury without argument. They were in
stTucted the same as was the jury in the
Chandler case, placed in thu hands of an Off
Ger, aud sent 20 the jury.room. The fist
ballot stood ten for conviction and two for
scquittal. After few ballots the store
and verdict Of guilty vas arrived at and re-
ported to the Court. Mr.. Tate will be SEN
fenced with Mr.. Chandler on Monday next.
KNIGHTS COMING. A lis OF Communicates
en- route to San Francisco frcm the East to
attend the Conclave, was received yesterday
by Ticket Agent John Talbot, and they are
as fellows: ST. Elmo. from Merideo, Conn,
two cars left Meriden July 29l picnieking
by Southern route reached Los Angeles Au-
gust 10sb, and win arrive az San Francisco
August 10Th. Boston Commandery, Boston,
eight cars left that city August 4th COM
ing By the Southern route will be at San
Francisco August 14sh. New York Com
manderY, New York. four cars left that city
August 7eh, and will reach San Francisco via
Central Pacific on 15sh inst. Aseaiop, st.
Louis, seven cars, and will arrive at San
Francisco via Central Pacific August 18th by
special train, Communicates from Baltimore
and Washington, eight cars left home Au-
gust 75h coming via the Central Pacific by
special train. to reach San Francisco August
18Th. ST. Bernard, Chicago, nins cars; left
Chicago August 9th coming via Central Pa
cifc by special trsin, ard will reach San
Francisco August 1Ssh. Mary Commandery,
Philadelphia, eight cars lett that city Au-
gust n via Central route, and will reach
San Francisco August 18Th by the regular
overland route.
SEEKING INFoRMATIoN.-Colon J. NJ. VIII
son, of the Office of Chief Engineer, o.. S.
A., at Washington, was in this city yester.
day. He has been sent TO this coast under
orders from the Secretary of War to ascer-
tain the exact feeling of the people upon the
subject of building the proposed restraining
dams upon the Yuba and Besr rivers to hold
back the tsilings from hydraulic mines. He
states that so far as data UPON the debris
subject is concerned tho authorities at Wash.
ington are nost amply supplied, and that his
present visit in no way relates TO, nor includes
thst branch Of the question. He hes been
to San Francisco since his arrival in Cslifor-
mia, and left for Marysville yesterday ia the
afternoon. In this connection it may DO
stated as a fact known for some days past, in
we'll informed circles, that proposition has
resently been forwarded to the Secretary OF
War from the Miners Association, to furnish
$4,000 towards the construction of dam
above Smartsville, on the Yuba, at the point
frequently talked of, provided the Secretary
OF War would allow ike amount to be used
upon the same structure from the sppropri-
alton made by the Government for the Sac
ramento river.
THE ALvARADo. George o. Bates, few
days s,acs, bought the trading boat Alva-
RADIO of Woodland & Lowell. The steamer
has been sent to Stockton, where she will be
thoroughly repsired and put in order for the
upper river trade. She. in the future, viii
be run SIS trading boat exclusively, and
will leave Sacramento for the upper river
every other Sunday. The Alvarado is boat
of so tons burthen, 20 feet in length, and
was built in San Francisco in 1872.
liz DEMAND. -Thele has been remark
ably large demand for the New Stockton
Wheat Cleaner this season, which is I'M
questionsbly the best wheat cleaner thus far
manufactured. It is made by L. G. Thomp-
SOP, on California street, near Main. Thus
far this season he has manufactured forty
eight cleaners. These were made to order.
Two of them have been sold to parties in
Mexico, two were shipped TO Ventura county,
eo1 tho othar a. r,arhinas hava hasn sol1 N