Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-09
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Of she Legislature
Next saturday.
SACRAMENTO, May S.--There is now
a determined talk In the Senate OF vote
on adjourning sine die next Saturday.
The Assembly -- SENATE Amend.
ments 20 the Barry BILL Nom
Csncurred In-Other business.
SACRAMENTO, May S.-Speaker Laruc
called the Assembly to order at 10
o'clock.
Wharton's bill to amend the code re.
latng to the powers aud dutie,of Boards
of Equalization was passed.
Granger's resolution respecting AT.
tornoy -tieneral Marshall was tabled.
The resolution to adjourn ON the 10th
was refused taking from the table.
The Senate amendments to the Barry
bill were considered. and unimportant
additions OF words TO bring out more
clearly the meaning OF the original bill
we're coBcurred in. None Of the amend
ments that change in any way the inten-
tion of the original bill were concurred
in. On motion of Johnston, the bill was
ordered sent to the Senate with request
that that body recede from the amend
ments that were not concurred in.
Cutter introduced IA concurrent resolu.
ton ordering the return to the railroad
companies OF the money paid by them
on judgments in the tax suits, On eondi-
ton that the railroad attorneys will stip.
ulate to put the suits in the same condi-
ton that they were before any legal pro-
ceediDgs were taken. Referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
The Capital Club Races.
SACRAMENTO. Gala, May S.-The
largest attendance of the week was pres
oni this afternoon on the occasion OF the
third day of the spring meeting.
The first race, the Sacramento Derby,
for three year-olds, had only two
starters, Harry Rose and Phillip y.
The race was mile and half dash.
Harry Rose won after pretty race, in
2;46, by four lengths.
The second race was mile and repeat,
running, for all ages, in which Patsy
Duffy, Trade Dollar and Haddington
started. Trade Dollar led to the half
mile pole, but the other horses soon
came up and all came down
the stretch iu bunch under vigor-
GUS whipping. Patsy Duffy pnlled
ahead, winning by length, in l;45l.
Trade Dollar won the second heat in
l.45. Duffy won the final heat and
race, time l:4S3. Trade Dollar cast a
shoe or would probably have won the
last heat.
Respect TO JuniperO aerrn.
SACRAMENTO, May 9.-Judgs Wallace
moved, and the House unanimously
adopted, u resolution requesting the
Governor to declare the Doth day Of
August holiday, in memory Of the
burial of Jur.ipero Sierra, hundred
years ago.
The Miil-SharOn Case-W illnesses
DO Back ON Althen.
SAN Francisco, May S.-'rhe Sharon
divorce case was productive to-day Of
startling and unexpected development.
Mrs. Martha Wilson (colored), who had
testified in behalf of the plaintiff, Miss
Hill, that she had seen the marriage con.
tract in 1880. and when on the stand
recognized the document produced as
the same, acknowledged to-day, when
called by the defense, that. she had per-
jured herself aud that she had never
seen the document until shown her by
Miss Hill short time before the trial
opened. She says Miss Hill promised to
pay her $4,000 TO swear she had seen the
contract in 1850. Her husband. after
reading the contract. also agreed to
swear that he saw IL the same
year. He was to receive $1,000
additional. The witness, Miss Hill, and
Mrs. Snow (colored) were together at
Miss Hills when the agreement was en-.
tered into to testify falsely about the
marriage contract.
Cross s-cxamination-rhe q witness said
she had only testified previously to what
Miss Hill had instructed her, and did
not know she was committing perjury.
On being closely cross questioned the
witness became so confused that she
could not recollect the date when she
had the meeting with plaintiff.
This afternoon Mrs. Vesta Snow was
put upon the stand. She told Mr.
Barnes that she saw the marriage con-
stated when she was on the stand be.
lore. MT. DlrltS lHen Culieu hODcfb
Wilson, husband of Martha Wilson, WHO
testified that Miss Hill had promised him
and his wife $1,000 il they would say
they saw a marriage contract in 1850. He
stated that he had not seen the contract
in 1880. The conference at Laurel Place
formed the next subject of inquiry. Sarah
Althea had asked him and his wife to
stand by the contract, and he had agreed
to. She had told him that Sharon die.
tated it and she had written the paper
She wanted him to say that he had seen
il ia 1880 aud 1881. Sarah Althea furth-
or told him that the contract was written
at the Oakland Ferry depot. 1t was
written on herkne while she was sitting
in the overland train going to Virginia
City. She did not tell him where she
got the ink. That was all he remem-
bcred about that conversation, except
that he had agreed to swear that he saw
the document in 1850.