Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-07
NEWS FROM SANTA ANA.
WORK OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD CT sUPERvIsoRs.
A Movement on Foot to Consolidate
County Omces-Mo1ina still
Alive-Various News
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SANTA ANA, Sept. 6.-The Board of
Supervisors has been in session all day,
and awarded the contracts for the build
ing of the Bolsa drainage ditch. The
ditch will be seven miles long, draining
large acreage of swamp lands and car
rying the water into the Pacific Ocean.
By the terms of the contract the work is
to be completed in sixty days, and will
prove OF great benefit to that part of
Orange county lying west of the Santa
Ana river, and in what is known as the
Bolsa district. Property owners in the
county to be drained, receive most of the
contracts.
A petition was read from leading tax
payers in the county asking that the
| offices of tax collector and sheriff; and
auditor and recorder be consolidated
again. The petition set forth that a
great saving in expense could thus be
made to the county. The matter Gre
ated great deal of discussion, but the
petition was finally laid over.
Various other matters of lesser i'm
portance were considered by the board,
which will be in session tomorrow again.
MOLINA STILL ALIVE.
The funeral of Ruis, the Mexican
killed Monday, by Jesus Molina, was
/ held yesterday, Il g remains being taken
| to Capistrano for interment. 1t was
terrible slash received in the left temple,
| hxyD D,,,c khof
Big Jesus is still alive, and seems to
be resting little more easy. The
bullet has not yet been located, and, al
though Molina is strong man, and
possessed OF wonderful vitality, it is not
expected that he can recover.
From facts learned today it seems
that Ruis was the aggressor, and that
he had purchased pistol expressly to
kill Molina.
WILL SUE THE GOVERNMENT.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 5.-Angel San
chez, relative of Francisco Torres, who
was hanged py a mob in Santa Ana re-
Gently for the murder of VIM. McKelvey,
foreman of Nine. Modjeska's ranch, is
in the city, representing the widow and
children of Torres, and is preparing to
enter claim against the United States
government for the death of Torres. He
claims he has evidence to show that
Torres was not the murderer of Nickel
vey, but that the murderer was Swede,
who is now living in Los Angeles"
The above telegram is news to most
OF the people of this city, but it is just
possible that Torres may not have killed
VIM. McKelvey. However, Francisco
Torres confessed to having killed Nc
Kelvey, and unless he was an idiot, this
bluff on the part of the relatives won't
go.
COURT MATTERS.
The superior court has been in session
today, and the following list of trial
jurors was drawn. to appear September
18th: G. W. Moore, Ledgard B. Fine,
L. Cooper, John II. Edwards, L..
Baade, o. G. Cline, G. @. Butterfeld,
Frank M. Gof, John Y. Anderson, w.
o. English, Cash Harvey, Horace Will
son, Silas Wright, Jessee Davis, Louis
F. Moulton, VIM. Murray, G. A. Clough,
Jonathan Watson. Otto ]. Buck. A d.
Bishop, F. R. Hazard. Robert E. Larter,
A. B. Tiffany, VIM. Spears, J. II. Maley.
The following list OF grand jurors was
drawn, to appear Sept II: Lyman Cha
pin, D. P. Crawford, W. III. Lamb, R. III.
Gilman, George Stadlegger, Alva Hicks,
! w. 6. Mcpherson, Tobias Billings, j. A.
Buckingham, H. D. Polhemus, Sampson
Edwards, John H. Padgham, George w.
Mack, Foster W. Harding, Theo. Ford,
G. E, French, G. W. Foedick, j. W.
Michael, Richard Robinson, F. A. Korn,
w. P. Northcross, William II. Brock, P.
D. Young, w. Schultz, B. G. Balloon,
E. G. Ware, w. W. Anderson, R. j.
Blee.
An order was made by the court fix
ing the bonds of supervisors at $4,000
each.
SANTA ANA BREvITIEs.
About seventy-fve members Of the
Knights of the Maccabees came up on a
special train from Los Angeles Monday
night. They came here to help install
Tent 8, Knights of the Maccabees, which
was organized last week. A good time
was enjoyed by all who We're present.
and Tent has large membership with
bright future.
Several rows have occurred between
Mexican friends of the two fighters of
Monday. The end is not yet, and it is
feared that more blood will be spilled
over the murder of Ruis. The Mexi-
cans living in Santa Ana and vicinity
are not of very high order, as regards
moral laws, and are banded together in
cliques. Our officers, however, are eff.
cient, and will look out well for all
signs of trouble.
Mrs. w. Cordner and daughter, of
Pomona, are visiting relations here.
A Wood, the constable of San Diego,
who captured Francisco Torres, left to-
day for his home, after receiving the
5000 reward offered by the county for
the capture of the Mexican.
T. S. Butler is down from Tehachipe,
visiting his family.
W. R. Candle, aged 80 years, died at
his home in this city yesterday of
paralysis. He was good man and had
resided here for many years. He leaves
a wife to whom he had been married for
over fifty years.