Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-10
STATE NEWS.
Breezy Budget from the
Bay City.
THE DONAHOE INQUEST BEGUN.
Beef Cattle Condemned.
A Strike Inaugurated.
Other Items.
STATE NEWS.
THE DONAHOE INQUEST BEGUN

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
SAN Francisco, October 9.-At the in
quest in the case OF David Donohue who
died recently from the effects of a pistol
wound received at the hands OF VIM.
Harrington in the Republican County
Committee rooms, last month. Thomas
Flynn. assistant secretary of the Com
mittee, said he was keeping tally when
Harrington came in and protested against
the returns from the twenty.nint pre-
cinct. In the hubbub which followed he
saw Harrington draw revolver. Mar
tin Kelly then raised his arm as if to
strike him and Harrington fired. Kelly
staggered forward and Harrington fred
second time. Just as he did so re-
volver was discharged back of his neck.
Witness did not know who fired the lat
ter shot. He found pistol next morn
ing on the floor among some papars. II
had three of the five chambers empty.
F. L. Tenpin witnessed the shooting
and though it was done by Harrington.
The first time the latter fred, witness
thought it was at Donahoe and then at
tall man, somewhat poorly dressed.
After the first shot Kelly called out to
Harrington and raised his cane. Har-
rington then fred at him three times.
Witness heard seven shots in all before
he left the room. He did not see Kelly
have pistol. Harrington seemed to
have his back against the wall or the safe
SO no one could attack him from behind.
A. j. Healy, reporter, testified that
after Harrington made his protest the
crowd began pushing toward the wall.
A young man attempted to strike Har-
rington with his hand, but was pushed
aside. Harrington again applied vile
epithet to Boss Higgins, and Kelly then
raised his cane and struck Harrington on
the right shoulder. A shot was imme-
diately fred and Kelly fell to the floor
On the second shot Donohue dropped
to the floor exclaiming he was
shot. and at the third report Christensen
fell. A number of other shots were fred
when the policemen rushed into the
rooms and seized Harrington, placing
him in hack and taking him to the re-
ceiving hospital.
Other parties testified as to the circum-
stances OF the shooting, but differ as to
whether Kelly or Donahoe was first shot.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET COMPLETED.
The Democratic City and County Con-
vention met this evening and completed
the municipal ticket as follows: For
Tax Collector, Joseph Spanier; for Treas
urer, Christian Refs; District Attorney,
P. F. Dunno; City and County Attorney,
George Flournoy, Jr. City and County
Surveyor, S. Harrison Smith; Public
Administrator, j. G. Pennie Recorder,
John B. Mcintyre; Coroner, DIR. w. f.
Taylor.
DRESSED MEAT.
At special meeting of the City Board
of Health this afternoon the question of
diseased meats was discussed. DR.. G.
R. Mercer, United States Agent of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, was present
and laid before the Board some results
Of his investigations in this State.
He said the condition of cattle in the
entire Valley of Salinas is one of rotten
ness, and the same conditions existed
down to Santa Barbara and San Diego.
Animals have died near these
towns from anthrax and Texas fever.
DR.. Boswell, who assisted DR.. Mercer
with his investigations, was instructed to
draw up an ordinance which will be pre-
sented to the Supervisors, providing that
only stamped meat can be sold in the
city.
DRIED FRUIT MARKETING.
At an executive meeting of the Cali
fornia Dried Fruit Association it was re.
solved to-day to instruct General Man
ager Cutting, in Chicago, to Immediately
appoint agents in all the leading Eastern
cities, so that goods might be shipped
East by growers here. Already 100
carloads of dried fruit have been pledged
for shipment by members. The General
Manager reports that, owing to the pres
ent demoralized condition of the Eastern
dried fruit market, except as far as raj
sins are concerned, he would recommend
that the auction plan be not adopted for
some time. He believes that prices will
be better and the market in settled
state before long.
PILOTS STRIKE.
The Pilots Protective Association has
ordered strike of all it's captains and
pilots in the employ of the California
Steam Navigation Company. This is
owing to the discharge Of Captain B. G.
Turner from the command Of the
steamer 7. G. Walker, which the COM
pany states was due to his increasing
deafness. The pilots allege, however,
| that Captain Turner was dismissed be-
cause he is prominent member of the
association, which recently made an
order that all steamers of certain ton
| mage should carry an extra pilot, which
order, it happened, affected only the
California Steam Navigation Company.
The officers of the company say that a
member of the association has been ap-
pointed to succeed Captain Turner, and
that the complaint Of the pilots is, there.
fore, groundless.