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The herald., 1894-04-15
THE TEJUNGA JOHNSONS
END OF A SPITEFUL CONTEST BE
TWEEN RELATIVES.
They Are PerpstuAIIy Enjoined by the
Court from Interfering with Mary
AIMS Irrigating
bitches.

Judge Smith yesterday handed down
his findings in the case of Mary Ann
johnson against f. A. johnson and
John ]. Johnson. This case is some-
what interesting, because Mary Ann is
the wife of Alva Johnson, who was
some time ago arrested as one of the
Roscoe train robbers, on information
volunteered by the two defendants in
this case, who are Alva's father and
brother respectively. Alva Johneon
was discharged from custody, after an
examination which sdduced no in
eliminating testimony. 1t was inti-
mated at the time that AlYa's kinsmen
had procured his arrest as a piece of
spite work, directly trsceable to the suit
of Mrs. Mary Ann johnson against her
father-in-law and brother-in-law.
Judge Smith found that Mary Ann
johnson is entitled to take through her
south ditch 100 inches under four.inch
pressure from the Teiungs river, and
through the north ditch 66 inches, also
TFs4ifFrFi5sasat F0e 4ifFrFissatiHHpe HEsfts,p pUHdesygd
in the Tejungs canon, which have been
in her exclusive possession since 1888.
The defendants are perpetualiy enjoined
from diverting the water of the Tejunga
to the prejudice of the amount of inch 3s
to which plaintiff is entitled.
Finally the court finds damages for
the plaintiff in the sum OF 81 and for cost
of suit,
The herald., 1894-04-15
A UsURY LAW THE REMEDY.

Our evening contemporary is taking
time by the forelock in announcing the
candidacy OF G. w. Pendleton for the
assembly. 1t is stated that he is a law
yer duly admitted, and if elected to the
legislature again will go for repeating
the tax on mortgages. But this same
Mr.. Pendleton was member of the last
Legislature, and the people would like to
know why something was not done in
reference to this mortgage tax at that
time. He knew very well, as every
body else does, that mortgages escape
taxes entirely. He knew that it is the
uniform custom in this state for money
lenders to add to their interest enough
to meet the taxes on their mortgages,
and thus to compel the poor borrower to
pay all the taxes on both. Mr.. Pendle-
ton must know, if he knows anything,
that this vicious custom is in direct con-
fict with the constitution, which recog-
nizes in terms the payment of taxes
upon mortgages. The proposition 20 re-
peal the tax upon mortgages is delu-
blOu ~ WEAL aObOAh pAloh AObHAABs GAN
only way to correct this great eVil-to
remedy this most gross injustice e-is TO
enact usury law, and Mr.. Pendleton, as
we'll as other members of the Legislature,
were reminded OF this at the last ses-
sion, but they did nothing. The wishes
of the extortionate money-lenders, the
u and Is per cent Shylocks, were more
potential than the distresAful cries Of
the poor and unfortunate. The mem
bers of the Legislature were content tC
draw their handsome salaries out Of 6
treasury replenishsd by such unjust ex.
actions, and yet could find no remedy.
Other states, nearly all of them. in
Guiding the great money state Of New
York, have their usurY laws. and in
most places outside of California il il
impossible for the mortgage to pile
upon the top of his enormous interest
the tax which he Justly owes to the
public for the protection the state
affords him and his property. II the
people know what they are about they
will elect legislature next time tha
will do its duty, and put q stop 10 {
practice that is public disgrace. Whs
everybody in this state, except a feW
Shylocks, wants is q good, stringent
usury law. Mr.. Pendleton may be q
very nice fellow. aa were other members
OF former legislatures, but what vi
want now is men OF backbone who vii
stand up for the people.
The herald., 1894-04-15
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SUNDAY. APRIL I5. 1894.

NOTHING so much portends return
to the decsncy OF former days as the
appearance of the Australian pugilist,
slavin, in a London bankruptcy court
with debts at 9700 and assets nothing.
Three years ago he was hero, and the
young sprigs of nobility were soliciting
introductions TO him. A few years later
he was outrageously thrashed by a
negro named Peter Jackson, since which
time Slavin has. in turf parlance, "sold
In the field" A few more downfalls of
fistic idols like these and there will be
q chance to read something in the news
papers concerning the doings and
whereabouts of more interesting and
important people.
The herald., 1894-04-15

The colossal fortunes once realized
out of the whaling traffic. which built
up the cities OF Nantucket and New
Bedford in Massachusetts, and Provi.
dence and New London as we'll, are now
only a vague tradition. The men en-
gagged in that traffic, while hunting the
most colossal quarry that ever invited
q hunters courage, amid hsrdships and
privations unknown to any other legiti-
mate business under the sun, gave their
game no "close season." but attack
ed them on their breeding grounds
in New Zealand and the Hawaiian
islands as we'll. The female whale casts
her young in the summer months, and
the youngster does not seek the frozen
polar waters till it is yeRrling. Hence
the killing Of pregnant females in the
winter months 30 decreased their num-
Der that, had it not been for the dis
coveries of petroleum in Penney ylvanie
and Ohio, sperm oil would now have
been worth IS per gallon. The liquida-
tion OF whaling 6rm, established in
Nav Bedford forty years ago, but now
located in San Francisco, throws some
light upon the decadenGs of the whsl-
ing industry. This firm had eight ves-
sells in all, OF which two-the bsrks
Helen Mar and TamerlRne-were lost in
the Arctic ocean in 1892. and were the
only ones of the feet that had been in
any wise successful. Their entire car
goes were likewise lost. The six remain
ing vessels are the barks Stamboul and
Lydia, brig HidalRo and achoonsrs Ro-
sario and Jane Grey and these six in
two seasons only took 700 barrels OF oil
and $500 pounds of whAlebone. The
ste am whaling feet owned in San Fran
cisco has nine steamers, which burn
The herald., 1894-04-15

President Lincoln was assassinated by
Wilkes Booth. In 1853 Mr.. Ford was
advance agent for troupe OF minstrels
known as "Kunkel's Nightingales, of
which Billy Birch and Harry Lehr we're
the two funny men. The company got
into difficulty with Mr.. Kunkel and
were about to break away from him
when Mr. Ford's name was suggested as
manager by way of compromise. He
took hold of the concern and IL made
money for the five years that ensued,
but the death of Mr.. Kunkel and Harry
Lehr, and the departure Of Birch for
California, broke up the band. Mr..
Ford then turned his attention to
dramatic management, at which he
made q neat little fortune and retired in
time to enjoy it. The book is to be edited
by his daughter.
The herald., 1894-04-15

The ordering of private railway car
for his own personal comfort in travel
ing, by John R. Mclean of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, is another proof OF the
magnitude of American journalistic en-
terprises and the rewards they bring to
m en- who aim to make money by spend
ing money. In no ether country but
America have such things come to pass.
The London Times has been the greatest
paying newspaper property in the world
for years past, but it's proprietors have
never felt the need of a personal railway
vehicle in travelling. The Melbourne
Argus cleared in excess OF 100000 per
snnum for the five years preceding 1892,
but nobody ever heard OF either Mr..
Wilson or Mr.. Mackinnon ordering a
private railway car, although Melbourne
lies nearly in the center OF a railway
system over $500 miles ia length. on iss
main trunk alone. The truth is that no
other fair land OF earth compares with
America. No other land has five par.
allel lines of railway OF over 1000 miles
in length, on which car can be changed
from one to the other without shifting
An axle or changing wheel, Mr. Nc
Leans car will be built by the Pullman
company, and is to be finished by the
26th day of June. One end of it will be
q parlor and the other kitchen and
dining room, with an additional section
in the middle. The cost of the car has
30 far been kept an inviolate secret.
The herald., 1894-04-15

Now that a verdict has been rendered
in the Pollard Breckenridge case for the
plaintiff, 1t is to be hoped we have
heard the last of it. Let all the decent
people who have had anything to do
with it now make a complete cleaning
up OF the filth and mire it has spread
around. The best way this can be done
is to bury it fifty fsthoms deep in the
sea Of oblivion. There should, however,
be q lustration of the defiled temple of
justice into which this mass OF slime
has been exuded, and nothing but
thorough iumigation will restore it to
such condition of moral health ss will
make 1t safe against the contsgion Of the
foul atmosphere sngendered in it by this
na useous trial.
The herald., 1894-04-15
THE STEAMER LEONE.

Her Owners Are Fighting About Her
Engine aud Her Boilers.
A. W. Sepulveds yesterday brought
suit against Alexander Smith in the su-
perior court in connection with the
steamer Leone OF San Pedro, owned
Jointly by them. Sepulveda alleges that
he owns one-iourth interest in the boat
and Smith three-fourths. He complains
that the latter last month dismantled
the machinery of the boat without his
consent, thereby rendering it useless,
and now threatens to sell the engines
and boilers in order to pocket the pro-
ceeds. Plaintiff prays for the appoint
ment of receiver to take charge of the
Leone for the purpose of selling her and
dividing the proceeds between the liti-
gants according to their interests. Plain
tiff also demands that the court allow
him $500 out of the proceeds of the sale
as attorneys fees.
The herald., 1894-04-15
UNANIMOUS vERDICTs.

The two mistrials in the Heath case
at Fresno, for the murder Of McWhirter,
give rise again to the inquiry whether
the ends OF justice are not defeated In
conspicuous trials oftsner than they are
subserved by the requirement that the
jury should all agree in their verdict in
criminal cases. The great object OF the
law should be to do justice, and GER
tainly that object lie not always attained
by the unanimous verdict principle. 1t
is admitted that the jury stood ten for
conviction to two for scquittsl in this
last trial of Heath. 1t would have been
enough to make the trial failure for
only one to have held out against the
other eleven. Now, is there good reason
to believe, where such a result occuss,
that the conclusion OF the eleven men is
wrong and that the one is correct? Is 1t
not very often the case that this weak
principle in our trial system is availed OF
by the lawyers in order to save their
client? 1t is notorious that in desperate
cases the lawyers make their real fight
in the impaneling OF the jury, and de-
vote their utmost power in the effort to
get in the box at least one juror upon
whom they can rely to produce mis-
trial? This happens so often that it has
come to be generally believed no promi-
nent criminal can be convicted in our
courts. The machinery OF the courts
and the laxity of the laws are so
much in favor of the accused that the
most heinous offenses 90 unwhipt
where the accused has money or inhu-
ential friends. The public does not want
any man deprived OF mis- rights, but it
wants the enforcement OF punishment
for crime made more certain than it is.
None OF the material safeguards that
surround innocence should be with
drawn; but where experience has shown
that any practice, however long estab-
lished or revered. lie operating constantly
to defeat justice, it ought to be reformed.
In the course OF conversation with some
of our most prominent judges about the
result of the last trial of Heath they ex-
pressed the belief that the abuse result
ing from unanimous verdicts would be
cured il the system were so changed that
two-thirds or three.fourths of the jurors
in criminal cases could render q verdict.
They we're of the opinion that such ver-
diets would be in the interest of justice,
would expedite the criminal business of
the courts and save the counties from the
great expense now incurred In frequent
re.trisls. No innocent man would be
afraid to trust himself to the judgment
Of nine out of twelve men, or even less.
1t would only be tine guilty ones, whose
only hope of escape is through tho ioop--
holes of the law and the ease with which
one or two friends can be placed on q
jury, who, would have reason to fear
any reform in the jury system. The
public, however, ara interested in the
enforcement OF justice, and as the unani
mous verdict has bsen found to be very
often an impedimsnt in it's way, they
are willing to zee a method adopted less
subject to abuse. Public sentiment is
becoming very pronounced on This
reform, and a few more miscarriages of
Justice will make it imperative in its
ineistence.
The herald., 1894-04-15

The second contingent of the Indus
trial army, that started from this city a
week ago, has had hard time in San
Bernsrdino county; but the dispatches
inform us that it started eastward from
Cotton yesterday afternoon. How it
will ever cross the desert, if it persists
in its liberalization to proceed to Wash
ington, is a problem difficult OF solu-
tion. These men are perfectly desti-
tute, and if they have to walk how will
they manage to find subsistence through
the long stretches OF uninhabted coun-
try in Arizona? 1t is possible that the
Southern Pacific Railroad company will
do as the Union Pacific company did
with the STRANDED UvnSS@.~at at Osdan
leave a convenient freight train for
them to get over the crucial part OF the
road. 1t is certain that the only hope
for these ''armies" that once start out
to go to the Atlantic side is to keep on.
But the difficulties they have all en-
countsred and the h&rdships they have
had to endure ought to make those rash
people still here, who contemplate fol-
lowing them, reconsider their design.
1t is useless to tell them that their mis-
sion to Washington will be fruitless !;
but it may do some good to assure them
that the journey across the continent
will become more and more involved in
perils, uncertainty and suffering with
every successive attempt at this kind of
overland trip.
The herald., 1894-04-15
POLICE COURT CASES.

Petty LarcenIsts in the Toils-sOme
Minor Cases.
James Higgins, whom Judge Seaman
found guilty of stealing brass hose
nozzle, was given 80 days in the chain
gang.
Merry Carter, 15-year-old boy, was
arraigned on a charge oil stealing plug
of tobacco from ]. Lsvagnini, and had
his case set for next Friday.
Robert Monroe was arrested by Officer
Mcguire on a charge OF soliciting for
fallen women. He will be tried to-
morrow.
John Sweeny will be tried Tuesday for
disturbing the peace.
James Monthillit, an alleged pick
pocket, was arrested for disturbing the
peace.
Ike Ernst and J. ]. Foley were given
20 day ''tlosters" for vagrancy.
The herald., 1894-04-15
MINISTER THURsTON,
Going to Honolulu to Assist in the Devsl-
opmont OF Hawaiian Plans.

Going to Honolulu to Assist in the Devsl-
opment OF Hawaiian Plans.
SAN Francisco, April 14.-Among the
passengers on the Steamer Australia
this afternoon bound to Honolulu were
Lorin A.Thurston. the Hawaiian minis
ter, and his bride.
Minister Thurston declared that he
was making the trip principally for
pleasure and incidentally to assiet in
the development of the provisional gov.
ernment's plans, which would assume
shape in the coming constitutional
convention. He saw no reason why the
affair should not be carried through as
successfully as anything the new rulers
of Hawaii had undertaken so far.
Among the other passengers were
United States Vice Consul Boyd and
Hon. Cecil Brown.
The herald., 1894-04-15

Mr.. Manuel Ordoqui, the Democratic
independent candidate for councilman
OF the Eighth ward. has taken umbrage
at the statements circulated against him
in order to beat him at the coming cleo
ton. Mr.. Ordoqui desires it distinctly
understood that he ia now in the field I;
that nis name is on the ticket legally ;
that be will stay in the fight until he is
elected or fairly defeated; that the talk
by some interested parties that if elect
ed he would not be permitted to serve
because of Irregularities in his election
petition ia untrue, and that if he ID
elected he will, to the best of his ability,
at ali times, represent the interests OF
his constituents of the Eighth ward.
The herald., 1894-04-15

POLICE authorities in the several states
should be given carte blanche in dealing
with the organized rufiRnism which
prevails under the name of gang rule''
in our larger cities. Single ruffians can
be dealt with by ordinary methods. but
when gang" undertake to down q
cop" as they call it, he should not be
censursd for defending himself by ex-
treme means. New York, Boston and
Chicago have been terrorized by the
gangs" for years, but San Francisco is
the only portion OF the Pacific coast
where rufianism has so far attempted
anything like organization. Thanks to
the efficiency OF Chief Crowley, the Tar
Flat" hoodlums and the Valencia-street
toughs did not remain long under any
one leadership or in any regularly or
ganized discipline. Just now the stsid
old city OF Buffalo, in western New York,
has been visited by gang" headed by
two brothers named Driscoll, aged Is
and 15 years, respectively. They have
robbed inoffensive men and women in
broad daylight, beaten everybody who
resisted their demands for money, and
held q whole ward in condition of abb
solate panic by their misdeeds. Three
saloon licenses have already been re-
voked for selling liquor to ''the Driscoll
gang" one of which is girl of less than
10 years. There is only one remedy for
this evil of metropolitan banditti known
as "the gang" and that remedy is the
strong arm. As rule they are worth
less and dissolute youths, who, in the
language of Koko, "never will be
missed"
The herald., 1894-04-15
The TeleRraphers.

DENVER, April lathe local commit
tee of arrangements for the national con
vention OF the order OF telegrapherI
which will be held in this city com
mencing May 21st, held meeting las
night and designated the Windsor hote
as the official headquarters. About 3O(
delegates will be present and the visit
ors will be given an opportunity to SCI
the scenic beauties of the state.
The herald., 1894-04-15

their scrap cske' and other refuse OF
the whale in steAmins from one place to
another, and which have done moder-
atsly well. Had they been compelled
to purchase coal for fuel they would be
in bankruptcy too. The dogish (a sps-
cies Of shsrk) oil. made in the Alaskan
archipelago, is now the only lubricating
oil in sight at moderate prices, and even
this supply is quite limited.
The herald., 1894-04-15

Yesterday our old townsmsn, J. c..
McInerny received the sad news of the
death of bis mother in Ireland. Mr..
McInerny was arranging his business to
pay his mother a visit this summer,
after an absence of over 20 years.
The herald., 1894-04-15

NOBODY thought before it happened
that the Los Angeles fiesta would have
30 jolly and grotesque wind-up. on 80
large g scale, as burst upon ths town
last night. Thousands of merry-maksrs,
masked and in all conceivable costumes,
appeared upon the streets, and parsded
in pairs, in groups and in long proces.
sions. Every conceivable costume under
the sun, ancient, modern, and of no
epoch or country, broke forth from all
directions. Momus was on top, and
good-nature was the rule. The only
thing that occurred to mar the merri-
ness of tbs grotesque scene was the
presence in the crowd OF few fat tilted
fellows who thought it funny to dash
-four over the spectators. This mean
amusement was tolerated, but not rel.
ished. Barring this, all was enjoyable.
The scene was certainly one Of the most
comical ever witnessed in this city.
The herald., 1894-04-15
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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The herald., 1894-04-15
The MAYOR Acquitted.

HoT SPRINGS, April 1.-the trial OF
ex-Mayor Loughran, who WAS indicted
for assault with intent to kill upon
James Rsmey, private secretary of Su-
perintendent Richardson of the Hot
Springs railroad, was concluded in the
circuit court this afternoon. The jury re-
returned verdict OF not guilty after
being out only 20 minutes.
The herald., 1894-04-15
PERSONAL.

John H. Bohen. Chinese inspector for
Arizona and New Mexico, is in the city.
Hon. A. G. Baker, chief justice of the
supreme court OF Arizona, and Mrs.
Baker, OF Phoenix, are in the city, and
will remain here for few days. They
are on their return trip TO the territory
after doing the midwinter fair.
The herald., 1894-04-15
n win be AM agreeable surpriae to

1t will be an agreeable surprise to
persons subject to attacks of bilious
collie to learn that prompt relief may be
had by taking Chamberlsin's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In
many instances the attack may be pre-
vented by taking this remedy as soon as
the first symptoms Of the disease APP
pear. % and 30 cent bottles for sale by
of & Vaughn, Fourth and Spring street I;
c F. Heinzeman, 222 N. ksin street,
druggist.
The herald., 1894-04-15
workman Park Tract.

Lots for next 10 days at auction prices.
Terms one-fourth cash, balance one, two
and three years.
EAsToN, ELDRIDGE & Co.,
III South Broadway.
The herald., 1894-04-15

The Rev. T. W. Haskins, D. D., has
returned from the Msnzana colony, and
will preach and assist Rev. D. F. Mack
enzie, M. A, at the Church of the As
cension, on St. Louis street, Boyle
Heights, this Sunday morning.
The herald., 1894-04-15

A FORTHCOMING book that will not be
devoid of interest will be the remlnis-
ceness of the late Washington theatrical
mansgsr, John 7. Ford, in whose thea ter
The herald., 1894-04-15

Henry Wenzel, The wrestler, and Sc
bastian Miller, the strong man, were to
have wrestled last night, but owing to
some difficulty the match was declared
off and the money was returned to the
spectators. Mr.. Wenzel Gays he will
stay here until Saturday and hopes to
make a match with Miller by that time.
The herald., 1894-04-15
SOCIETY.

Mrs. A. B. Anderson, who has been
visiting her parents, Major and Mrs.
Horace Bell of Figueroa street, for the
past two months, left on the overland
for New Orleans on Thursday morning.
At the Crescent City she will meet her
husband, Captain Anderson, and they
will return to their coffee plantation in
Costa Rlca.
The herald., 1894-04-15

The engagement of Miss Minnie Men
dslson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A.
Mendelson of 1042 Temple street. to
Mr.. Julius Hoffman, is announced. A
reception will be held at the parents
residence on Sunday, April 22d, to which
all friends are invited. No cards.
The herald., 1894-04-15

For fine meals at moderate rates go to the
Nadeau Cafe