The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-21
FROM SANTA ROSA.
General Gossip About SOnOma
County People.

Editor Morning Call l.: John p Overton
and Charles A. Wright, two of our promi-
nent young business men, have returned
from a weeks outing at the Guaala.
Judge }, w. Oates left Friday evening for
his old home in Alabama, where he will
spend few weeks visiting old friends and
the scenes Of his childhood days.
State Controller Colgan and the Hon. L.
E. MoTehouse of San Leandro and the Hon.
j. r. Hebron Of Salinas, all members OF the
State Board Of Equalization, were here Fri
day, looking after the Sonoma valuations.
Hon. j. d. Bernett's family are camping
out at Willows, near the coast w. 5. Dana
is member Of their party.
Miss Florence Nightingale of San Fran
cisco is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah
ClaypOOl Of SOnoma avenue.
The Misses Ella Holmes Bessie Riley and
Gertie Rue are guests Of San Francisco
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan p. Carter are visiting
friends at Oroyile, Butte County.
The annual school election will be held
here June 9th. Two Trustees are to be
chosen and big fight is brewing, because
on the election Of them will depend The faith
of the principal of the High School. The
! principal is the SON in-law Of Mayor Brooke
| and it is said that the Mayor. VINO is hard
| hitter when it comes to a political scuffle in
{ the primaries, will make mighty effort to
elect men who viii favor his relative. Tie
| people, Who are not pleased with the man
| agement Of the schools, will do some warm
! work to defeat any men favorable to the
| principal.
Fruit men in this part Of the county are
! realizing good prices for their products,
much better prices since they organized for
| their protection. They are preparing 10 ship
their fruit East and now when a cannery
man approaches them with anything like a
| low price Tor anything they simply laugh
at him. They will add thousands of dollars
TO their bank accounts this year by the eX-
ira returns made possible by their oTganiza-
ton.
Something Of an extraordinary nature oc-
Cured in Department 1 of the Superior
| Court here Thursday. For a week the
| court had been engaged IN trying the case
| of the People vs.. Lee Yung Chang, charged
| with the murder Of fellow Chinaman in a
| gambling house in SehastOpOl last Drcem-
| Der. Able counsel contested every inch of
! ground for the prosecution and for the de-
| PENDANT. The case was given 10 the jury.
! After delibeTatlng a few hours they re-
/ ported back with the following verdict:
| 1--WE, the jury, do find the defendant guilty
and fix the penalty at Imprisonment for
| life" The verdict was handed 10 the Judge
!
! who read it slOud. The Judge then dis
! charged the jury. Somebody whispered that
| the verdict was irregular, as it did not state
! what the defendant had been found guilty
| of. When this was mentioned to the Judge
! he had the Sheriff bring the iurymen back
| again. They were recOnVened, sent back 10
| their room, where they corrected their YER
| dict and reported II to the Judge VINO, dis
| charged them from further duty. The sec
ond verdict found the defendant guilty OF
! murder in the first degree. Now the question
! that Is agltStlnE the people IS, IS the guilty
| Chinaman to be tired over again or is he to
| go free? Some of the legal luminaries claim
| that when the jury returned their first veT-
| dict and were duly discharged that ended
! the case; that as their verdict was Illegal,
| in this that ii did not state the crime the
| man had been found guilty Of, but was duly
| recorded. that the defendant is entitled 10
| 60 free and cannot be again tried for the
| same crime. The second verdict certainly
| seems to be of no effect, because the jury
| had been duly discharged and had left the
| courtroom to miugie with the citizens. 1t
is at best very mixed up affair and one
| that will need the services Of the Supreme
| Court TO straighten out.
The Rev. 5. S. Fisk of this city has been
appointed Chaplain of tie Second Regiment
| National Guard of California, and will 90
| into camp with the regiment at Santa Cruz
| The reverend gentleman, besides being a
| very good Baptist minister, is one of the
| finest cabinet-makers in the county, an eX-
| cellent shot and TAN enjoy weeks caml-
! ing out with the soldiers as much as any
( body.
The social swim for the past week has
been more noted for its placidity than for
| anything else. There have been no parties
no receptions, no weddings and nothing but
| a little sOciability among certain church sets.
| Now and then blast of nnocuous desuetude
strikes the place, and all Of the social life
| wlthers up like corn in a Kansas field after
hot wind has lowered over it. Such a
| period we are enjoying now. but it will not
| continue long and ere another week swings
around it may give way to a perfect round
| OF revelry. TOM RYE.
! Santa Rosa June 90 1891.