Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-17
PACIFIC SLOPE.
A DEPLORABLE EVENT IN WASH.
INGTON TERRITORY.
Pioneer Dead-Railroad Tax Cases
The Donneily Murder
Salt Lake Items.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE HBooED-us1os.l
CALIFORNIA.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN.I
CALIFORNIA.
The Railroad Tax Gases.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 16th-Judge
Sullivan, TO whom the Supreme Court re-
ferred the railroad tax case of John
Rooney VS.. Attorney General Marshall.
Controller Dunn anG Treasurer Oullahan.
to find the facts of the case, has completed
his task. The question at issue is in effect,
Shall the Controller certify to the Treasurer
money in the hands of the Attorney Cen
eral, which was paid to him by railroad
companies for taxes?
Judge Sullivan finds that on February
%, 1884, there were sixty-three railroad tax
cases pending in the United States Circuit
Court. transferred then from the several
counties in which railroads are operated
On that day judgments were entered in
each case by consent of counsel. There
was then due for taxes levied in 1896 S1-S2.
the sum of 1902, Al % for taxes, and with
penalties added the amount would be
$1,014,675 81. The amount of the Attor-
ney-General's consent judgments was $470,-
40 OS. The Attorney-General still holds
evidence of $140,GS5 20 of this sum. As to
the tax cases of 1888 and 1884 the records
of transactions are the same as the above
named cases, except in amounts and minor
details. In those cases d. NJ Delmas was
employed by the Controller to represent
him, but the Court allowed the Attorney
General to retain control. The several
railroad corporations paid over to the
Attorney-Geleral 60 per cent. of the face of
the tax for 1888 and 5043 per cent. of the
taxes of 1884. The total amount received
hut In I
the two latter years was 1862, 897 70, while
the claim was for 81 $40 1893 So.
Judge Sullivan also finds that d. NJ.
Delmas was substituted for Messrs. WAY
mire and Baggett as attorney for the Con
trOller, and that he never consented to the
Circuit Court judgments.
The Transcontinental Association.
SAN Francisco, December 16th.-When
the general meeting of the Transconti-
mental Association convened to-day it was
expected that the Reorganization Commit
tee would be prepared to submit new articles
of agreement and plan of government.
The committee, however, was again COM
PEELED to request further time. having not
yet completed its report The request was
granted, and the general meeting adjourned
until o'clock tomorrow, at which time il
is hoped the committee will have COM
pleted its labors. The question which is
understood TO be chiefly instrumental in
preventing the members of the committee
from coming to an agreement, is the matter
of removing the time limitation lately
placed upon through tickets to and from
the East. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe demands change, which the Southern
Pacific is understood to be perfectly willing
TO grant, as far as its own incinations are
concerned, but as the regulation was really
put in force at the request of the Iowa
lines, with which the Southern Pacific
connects, the latter road, of course does
not see its way clear to granting a too posi-
tive an acquiescence to the demands made.
Upon the other questions at issue, it is
understood that full agreement has been
reached, including the important point of
division of pool earnings. The per-
centages are said to have been all figured
out and agreed upon, though the schedule
will not be made public until after it has
been acted upon in the general meeting of
the Association. 1t is well understood,
however, that the complaining roads have
had their percentages increased, though
not to the extent that they were at first in
clined to demand.
Signal Service Indications.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 16th-S PM
Indications for the succeeding 50 hours {:
North Pacific, cloudy weather and rain,
with southerly winds, brisk to high along
the coast. Middle Pacific, cloudy weather
and rain in the northern portion, and fair
weather, followed by increasing cloudiness
and rain, in the southern portion, with
southerly winds, brisk to high along the
northern portion of the coast South Pa
citic, fair weather, with variable winds.
generally northweSterly.
Released on Bail.
SAN Francisco, December 16th.-Henry
Weisman, one of the four dynamiters ar
rested last night, was released to-day in
$1,000 bail
San Jose Notes.
SAN JOSE, December 16th.-No indlct-
ments were found by the Grand Jury,
which adjourned to-day after an eight days
session.
Matte Beattie a woman of the town,
claims to have been robbed in her house on
Orchard street this evening of gold watch
and chain and diamond rings, worth sew
eral hundred dollars, by three young men,
who blew out the lights, choked her and cut
out her pocket
John Smith, aged So who, with his fam
lily, was elected from a Sixth-street tene-
ment yesterday for non-payment of rent,
and who afterwards found shelter in barn
attempted suicide IN the night by cutting
his arm. He will recover. He is a sober
man, and was formerly a merchant, whose
poverty is due to physical disability.
The DonnelIy Murderer Still at Large.
AUBURN, December 16th.-Tim Mckay,
charged with the NJ. Donnelly murder, was
discharged at the close of the examination
yesterday. There was not sufficient evil
dence to hold him.
Another Pioneer Dead
SUIsUN, December 16th.-Samuel Mar
tin, one of the oldest residents of the Sui
sun valley, died at Rockville last night,
aged "A years. He leaves a widow, several
children and a number of grandchildren
UTAH.
Admitted to Bail.
SALT LAKE, December 10Th Deputy
Marshal Collins applied to-day to be adj
mitted to bail. The request was granted
and 81, 800 bonds were fixed He shot Nc
Murrin, which was the origin of the recent
excitement in this city. McMurrin will
recover. His statement, made when he
thought he would die in short time of the
hurts, was read in the course of the pro-
cedure to-day, to fix the grade of Collins
crime In this McMurrin admitted as
saulting Collins in the alley-way leading
from Collins house, but does not say how