New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SIN FRANCISCO.
CONGRESSIONAL - RAILROADS PARDON -
CRIMINAL AND PERSONAL
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SAN Francisco, Nov. 27.-rhe result OF the
Congressional election in California shows four
Republican and two Democratic Representatives,
There may be change in this, however, as Joseph
ID. Lynch. tho Democrat who was beaten oy
Vandeyer in the With District. proposes to have
recount Ii is common talk among politicians
that the Democratic ,nana gers will count Nandever
out ms they counted out Pacheco years ago. In order
that there NAV be no danger of loss OF tho Demo
cratic majority In the House. This can be easily
done IS the Republican majority in the district was
less than one hundred This may be offset In the
CITY of Los Angeles alone where Lynch received
large vote.
The formal transfer of the South Pacific Coast
Railroad to the Southern Pacific Company was
made this week For moro than one month
negotiations have been gong on between Senator
Fair the owner and Messrs. Stanford and Croker.
The road runs TO Santa Cruz. but its chief value IS
the water froEt privileges which 1t enjoys in Oak
land and the street railroad franchise there. This
cuts of one Of the most available routes for the
entrance of the new trasncontinental line into San
Francisco Mr. Fair bought the road on speculation.
hoping to sell it to the Atchson people, but his
price discouraged the Eastern railroad.
The Governor this week pardoned John ;. Gray,
the embezzling clerk of the State Harbor Commis-
sion, who stole over $4,000 lied to Guaymas. was
extradited, convicted AMI sent TO San Quentin for
fen years. II was claimed that Gray would become
insane If left in prison and by the influence of his
relatives he was released. One of the men who
was implicated in the embezzlement has not yet
been tried and Gray's bondsmeD still owe the State
for what he stole. The prison directors have also
recommended the pardon o. the Rev. VIM. L.
Morrison who made considerable money by
certifying to the death Of dummy" members of
benevolent society of which he was secretary and
medical examiner. Whenever he wanted funds he
killed a dummy and collected the insurance money.
The weil-worn insanity plea was used IN his favor
and will doubtless secure his release.
Ths flight of stockbroker Gardner dealt heavy
blow to the confidence of small operators IN mining
stocks The original estimate Of his liabilities was
exaggerated but il will be impossible to secure a
COMPLETE list of creditors as many who lost money
will not care to have their names published as
gambling in stocks Gardner is known to have had
$50 900 in his safe the day before his disappearance
Tins with the proceeds of his furniture and sale OF
stock he held for customers equipped him well.
The detectives feel confident that he has gone to
Tapiii with which there is no extradiiion treaty
His fa ure is one of the worst in the history OF the
State. he robbed 30 many people OF small means.
p J. Whiteford has been arrese ed here for perjury
in connection with the San Diego Tlchborne
clamanIs application fOI pension. Whi:eford
declares he signed the paper as mere form without
examining Its contents. slnBnlar feature OF
terri,'s character is IKE the original "Clamant.
lie readily conViDces Intelligent people OF the truth
of his story. In this city he made convert OF
LAWYER Barnes, TIE counsel Tor Sharon in the
notorious SharOn-Hill divorce case. and received
much assistance from him. He will probably lind
his old friends slow about coming forward to his
defence now.
The falling ont between King Kalakaua and
Claus Sprecklrs recently mentioned in these dis
patches resulted the comforting of the decoration
of the Kalakaua Kn'ghthOod upon Herman Bendel,
the rival of Spreckles in the sugar refining business
happened TO I've in Honolulu at the time Sir Claus
SIRE ckles gned his decoration. On the follow
ing day he was summoned TO Kala%ana's presence
and was invested with the order of knighthood.
Goldenson. the murderer of the yonne school girl,
has already begun 10 make fight for life on legal
technicalities. His lawyer has had the Grand Jury
and Superior Judges arraigned IN court 10 Try 10
show that they were pTeludiced against the
prisoner. Despite all his efforts TO secure longer
delay the case set for week from Monday
next IL is probable. however that change OF
venue will be granted ms 10 would be well-Dlyh
impossible get jury in this city. Several other
murder cases. some of which are moss-grown with
a. q, now before the ccurfs. Luke Carly, who
killed a sailors clearinghouse keeper. will prob
ably escape because of the absence Of the chief
witness against him who IL sailor gambler
named Hamblin IA now on trial for tie third time
for the murder of fellow gambler with chances
strong for his escaping the calIow@
Thesale of several of Porter ashes racehorses has
revived rumOrs of his financial and domestic
difficulties. IL IS gossipped around town that his
wife proposes to get divorce from him. but he
denies this. He admits however that the beauti-
ful house recently built Van Ness-ave. has been
rented and that lie going to abandon the turf and
resume the practice of law. He was lawyers
clerk on a salary of 500 month when he made
runaway marriage With his vile. the only daughter
of Judge Croker. the Sacramento millionaire.