Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-28


Courts Of New York, Pennsylvania and
other States.
The Assembly COMMITTEES on Judiciary
met this evening and had the Attorney
General before them. The conference
was on the subject Of the so.called com.
promises, the object Of the committee
being to ascertain whether tine States
claim for penalty AMI interest had
or had not been imperilled by the
action of the Attorney General. No
decision was arrived at. Another con-
ference will be held at an early day, aud
ex-Attorncy General Hart has been in
vited to attend. The Assembly Com.
mittee on Corporations met this evening
and agfet d to report favorably Berry's
bill Of last year prohibiting dlscrimina.
tion by railway companies and c0nsoli.
dation Of railroads within or outside Of
the State. A resolution calling for an
investigation Of the railroads was laid
over.
A Committee OF Inquiry Peti.
toned For.
SACRAMENTO. March ga petition,
Of which the following is copy, will
tomorrow be presented to the Assembly
by San Francisco delegation, consisting
Of Messrs. O'Neill, Zoolar, Cahill, Dew
ereux and Dorney, representing the Cal
ifornia Anti.monopoly Democracy. The
petition states that Hon. M. Kelly,
member of the Senate, and Hon.
s. s. C. Bowers, j. J. Callaghan,
=. Hall and w. J. Simon, men,
bers Of the Assembly, have been up.
pointed to offices contrary to the intent
Of the Constitution Of the State; that
Hon. Jno. s. Enos was appointed by the
| Governor, Commissioner Of the Bureau
Of Labor Statistics; that said appoint
mea,s were made in pursuance OF cor.
rupt bargains made with said members
Of the Legislature to secure their votes
and otherwise, and that some of them
were known to participate in such bar
gains, and that the carrying Of them
out was knowingly assisted and pro.
NOTED by Hon. J. V. Coleman. member
Of the Assembly, and by J. H. Wise and
VIM. Irwin, who were appointed Har-
bor Commissioners by the Governor.
Your petitioners pray that inquiry may
be made into the matter and right and
justice done.
(Signed) w. II. GAGoN, Secretary,
MAXWELL A. MORGAN,
President.
Can't AHOrd to Wait 80 Long.
SACRAMENTO, Gala, March 27.-Sena-
tor Cross to-day introduced resolution
that no Legislator should draw pay until
the railroad had been compelled to pay
its taxes. 1t was rejected.
Bill to Regulate Licenses.
SACRAMENTO, March 27. - Senator
Brooks introduced into the Senate to-
day a bill taking away from county su.
visors the right Of charging arbitrary
sums for licenses and requiring their
charges to be uniform, except that they
are to be graded according to the amount
Of business transacted.
The MiIl-SharOn Divorce Suit.
SAN Francisco, March 27.-In the
Hill-Sharon divorce case to-day, letter
from Governor Reighart, of Wisconsin,
to Miss Hill, dated Sept. 18th, 1888, was
introduced, in which tho Governor wrote:
81 supposed the Senator'S and your in.
timacy would result, of course, in mar.
riage, and that it woull have done so
publicly am well satisfied, had not his
relations interfered." Reighart further
testified that, on his arrival in this city,
Miss Hill said so him she would give
! anything in the world If he would say
that Sharon had introduced her to him
as his wife. He replied that his state.
ments were op record and that it was
impossible. Further hearing is post
poned to Monday next.
Donations to LOmbardeIITs
widow.
SAN Francisco, March u Maple
sons Opera Company sub cr;bed S2300
for Lombardelli's widow. Mapleson
gave 5000, Patti $3.50, Gerster $1,000.
| Confessed His Guilt.
SAN ANpREAs, CAL, March 27.--
Burton Greeley, who was arrested in
| Fresno county by Constable Driscoll,
for robbing the Sonora and Milton stage
on the Goth of last month, was examin.
ed before Judge X II. Kean, and adj.
mitted his guilt. Great credit is due
Constable Driscoll for his detective
ability in procuring confess on from
the robbor, as it saved the county sever.
al thousand dollars. He will be sen.
tened by the Superior Court in ten
days.
The Patti Craze AbatIng.
| San Francisco, March 27.-The at.
tendance at the Patti concert this even
ing, at the Pavilion, was not so large as
was expected, not more than 5000 per.
sons being present.
The Rain Mt san Francisco.
SAN Francisco, March 27.-The Sig.
nal Service reports the rainfall to-day a.
ninety-seven hundredths of an inch.
Weather fair, with indications of moro
rain. The rainfall is reported general
throughout the State.
Drowned While Foraing salt
| River.
Tucson, March 27.--On the afternoon
of the 25th, as number Of citizens oi
Tempe We're repairing the dam on Salt
river, above Hayden's Ferry, which had
been badly damaged by the food, Isaac
Cosner drove into the stream and acci-
dentally got into deep water. Some OF
the timbers being loose, hoated down
against his horses, at tn, same moment
the wagon was upset and Cosner, it ia
thought, seriously injured. Both man
and team were foated down the river.
A rope was thrown to Cosner, but he
seemed unable to grasp it, One Of his
brothers seeing that he was drown.
ing, sprang into the stream and
swan to him, but as he grasped him
by the hair, he sank for the last time
and was lost. The water being very
swift. the brother was obliged to save
himself. Cosner did not again come tc
the surface. The team was also swept
down the rapid stream and drowned
Cosner was highly esteemed citizen Of
Tempe, about As years of age. He wai