The record-union., 1891-09-22
GROUPINGS AT THE CAPITOL.
Governor Markham Commutes Con-
Wct's Sentence.
Rewards Offered for Two Murderers-
Delegates to the Iowa Corn Fes-
tiva1-Coyote Scalp Claims.

The sentence of Henry Gerstel, con-
Wet, was commuted yesterday by Gov
ernor Markham to such an extent that
he WILDE liberated from prison to-day.
GersteI was sentenced to ten years. i'm
prlsonment for forgery, committed in
San Francisco in May, 1883. The SEN
tence is commuted on condition that he
leave the State Immediately. The Gov
ernor gives the following reasons for the
communication of sentence:
There is on file in this office recon-
mendation for the pardon of said Henry
Gerstel, signed by Honorables j. r.
Sharpstein, L. B. Mcfarland Van r.
Paterson, w. 81. Beatty and Ralph c.
Harrison. Justices of the Supreme Court
OF the State of California; Hon. D. j.
Murphy, Superior Judge of the City and
County of San Francisco, who tried the
case which resulted in said GersIel's con-
viction; e. 3. Stonehill, District Attor-
ney. who prosecuted the case; Jacoby
Brothers, the complaining witnesses, who
testified that the property obtained by
SAID GerStel was returned; Hon.
Charles n. FELTON,, United States
Senator; Hon. Isaiah Hellman, President
of the Nevada Bank Of San Francisco,
and others; an undertaking by !. II.
Sellers that he will pay the expenses of
said Gerstel from San Francisco to New
York, and pledging himself that said
Gerstel Will leave San Francisco on Sep
tember %, 1891, on one of the Pacific Mail
steamships, and that upon his arrival in
New York his sister and brother viii
send him home to Germany; certificate
ofgood conduct made by the Warden OF
the Penitentiary, showing that said
Gerstel had never been punished for any
1ntraction of the prison rules, and petit
ton OF the said GerStel in which he
agrees to leave the State of California,
never to return, and to go to his home IN
Germany for the purpose of taking care of
his aged parents, who are in destitute
circumstances"
REWARDS FOR MURDERERS.
The Governor yesterday offered a re-
ward OF $500 for the capture and convic-
tlon of the highwayman who murdered
=. GalavOtd, Superintendent of the
Derbec drift mine in Nevada County, as
he was riding along on the stage road to-
ward Nevada City last Thursday.
Galavottl and another man were in
buggy taking $4,000 gold brick to town,
when suddenly q rifle shot was heard,
and Galavotti fell dead. The bullet had
entered the left side OF his face and killed
him instantly. His friend whipped up
the horses, and a second bullet struck
one OF them III the neck, but did not dis
able the animal. The treasure was
taken to town safely, and a posse i'm
mediately organized to hunt down the
murderer. So far all efforts to capture
him have failed.
The Governor has also offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest of the murderer of
Caleb Abdalah, who was killed in Lassen
County on the 10Th of last June His
body was found in a secluded place in the
wilderness. The reward is offered at the
request Of the Turkish Consul in San
Francisco.
CoRS-FESTTvAL DELEGATES.
Governor Markham has appointed C.
{. Hutchinson of Lassen County, L, II
Buck of Solano, John p. Irish of Ala
media and Henry Lindley of Los Angeles
delegates TO the Sioux City Corn Palace
Festival, which takes place from the lst
to the 18th of October. All four gentle
men are natives of Iowa, and have noti-
fed the Governor THAT they intend to be
at the festival
NEW INCORPORATION
The following articles of incorporation
were filed in the Secretary of States
office yesterday:
Marin Index Publishing Company of
San Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000.
Directors J. Dutton, J. B. Levison.
NJ. n. Bates and r. B. Hooper.
The Manantial Company of San Fran
cisco. Capital stock, 100000 Directors
>.
Richard, II. w. Bradley and w. A.
Schadde
Ell Sueno Gold and Silver Mining Com
pany Of Oakland. Capital stock, 81 co.,
600. Directors-Manuel NJ. Ayala, Bruno
Zepeda, William Boese, Guadalupe NJ. de
Boese and Ramon l.. Briones.
Atlantic Novelty Scale Company.
Principal place of business, the States
of Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania.
Capital stock, So, 900. Directors-George
W. Sullivan, Robert w. Neal, r. A. Don
aldson, l.. w. Sullivan and l.. L. French
California Portland Cement Company
of Los Angeles. Capital stock, $500, 900.
Directors-John p. Culne, Frank II.
Jackson, Ernest Waycott, Harry r.
O'Bryan and Richard H Waycott.
The Colored Mexican Colonization
Company of San Diego Capital stock.
100000. Direetors-W. H. Hamilton, l..
Montgomery, NJ. ID. Allen, Ed Wilson.
Samuel Edmorton, James Johnson, Ben
Jamin Caddle, a. l.. Allen and James NJ.
Fowler
NorARIAL APPOINTMENTS, ETC.
The following Notaries Public were
appointed by the Governor yesterday:
A. p. Nichols, Pomona; Lyman Evans.
San Bernardino; T. II. Smith, Stockton:
L, b. Newton, Ontario.
Warrants in payment of claims of par
ties whv killed coyotes In this State will
be ready for the owners on the 26th inst
at Controller Colgan's office.
The appointment of w. b. Thorp as
Special Agent of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics has been approved by the Gov