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The herald., 1897-06-16

week and the days clear and warm. The
temperature ranged in excess of the aver
age, the highest being so and the lowest
Sc degrees.
Verdugo-The continued cloudy weather
Is proving favorable TO all crops. Irrigators
note great increase of moisture in the soil
as compared with last year. Strawberries
are yielding fairly; blackberries are ripen-
ing.
Pasadena-Continued cloudy weather re-
tards crops; warm weather is much needed
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
North Ontario-The prospects of oranges
and lemons were never better at this time
of the year. While some are dropping,
there are more on the tree than they can
carry. Peach trees are very heavily load
ed; apricots are light. Highest tempera-
ture SS, lowest "a degrees.
Crafteon-The small oranges are drop.
ping quite freely, though enough are hold
ing probably to make an usual crop. High
est temperature 9S. lowest temperature 81
degrees.
ORANGE COUNTY
Santa Ana-High fogs with dews con-
tinued the greater part of the week. Citrus
and deciduous fruits are doing well. April
cots and peaches are about a full crop:
walnuts, apples and pears will be light.
Highest temperature rs, lowest 81 degrees.
Observation-Disclosures temperature dur
ing the week so degrees, lowest GA degrees.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
San Diego City-The mean temperature
was one degree less than the normal, a con-
dition which has characterized the weather
since the beginning of the season. Highest
Temperature 10, lowest 60 degrees. Straw.
berries are excellent in quality; apricots
are beginning to ripen; the peach crop will
be heavy. Gardens are looking we'll and
green corn is ready for market.
Valley Center-The weather through the
season was favorable; grain matured in
good condition though late rains did not
come yet high fogs at night with twenty
four inches of rain was sufficient for all
purposes, including good crop of honey.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, June 15.-The wool market
here shows tone this week, although the
sales of domestic wools continue to rule
SLOW. Fleece woods are in a slow position
with prices nominal. Territorial woods
are moving only when prices quoted are
not too high. New woods are coming in
moderately, but they are costing too high
to sell on the present market Australian
woods are selling we'll and prices are firm
with an upward tendency
Territorial wools-Montana,' fine medium
and fine 1O912c; secured, 34@35c: staple,
96@SSc. Utah, Wyoming, ETC., fine medium
and fine. 9R911c; secured. 34@35c: staple,
36G37c.
Australian (scoured basis)-Combing. su-
perf1ne, 4945Oc: combing. good, 44&46c
combing, average. 42@44c; Queensland
combing 43M47c.
The herald., 1897-06-16

Hay-wheat, s.0O61O.oo: wheat and oat.
7.O0010.00; oat. 6.00QlS50; alfalfa, 5.00aS.00;
clover, s6.0O9s.00; stock. 5.00a60O: COM
pressed wheat, 6.5091O0O New crop
Wheat. 700@7.5O; oat 6.009650; rover bar
ley. 5.00@5.50; best barley. 6.00Q6.50; alfal-
ia, $50
Straw-Per bale, 35050.
Potatoes-New, in sacks. 40G75 per cent
al; do in boxes. 501S0 per Genital.
Various--New red onions. 50160 per sack
cucumbers, 35m60 per small box; dried pep
pers 60J7 per lb.; garlic. 1902 per h.; COM
mon asparagus, 6o@1.00 per box; choice do,
1.25G1. So; green peas, 1HM2 per lb. string
beans, 1@2ih per Ib.; bay squash. 90a1.25
per box: tomatoes, 75Q1.00 per box; rhu-
barb, 2596O per box.
Fresh Fruits-Apricots. royal. 25d60:
Peaches. 25@40; pears. 50 per small box;
Longworth Strawberries, 3.50I500 per
chest; large do. 3.00d4OO per chest; goose
berries, 1G2 per lb.: blackberries, 4.00a70t
per chest; white cherries. royal Anne, 2Oa
40 per box: currants. 2.00d3.00 per chest.
Citrus Fruits-Ordinary navels, 2.00G12 81
per box; choice naves, 3.50@5.00 per box;
Seeding oranges, 1.25120O per box; Medi-
terranean sweets. 1.50G2.50 per box; Mexi-
can lines. 55006.OO; common California
lemons, 7511.50 per box; choice do do, 200d
225 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, 100I2.O0 pei
bunch; pineapples, 2.0O674.00 per dozen
Persian dates, per lb.; Smmyrna figs. 13d
IA per lb.
Butter-Fancy creamery. II per h.; com
mon do, 16h617 fancy dairy. Is; good to
choice. 14614ha; common. 11G13.
Cheese-Fancy mild new 81S1s fair tc
good. 7@7k; California creamer cheddar
11M12: young America. 500; eastern, 14d
151a; western, 12M14 per lb.
Eggs-Store, 1N1111s; ranch, 121a@15; duck
eggs, 10 per dozen.
Poultry-Turkey goblers. 11612 per lb.
turkey hens, Hop; old roosters. 4.0064. .25
young do, 6.O0a17.50 per dozen: small broil-
ers. 1.75M3.OO; large do,4.001450: fryers 400
1450; ducks, old. 3.25dl3.50; ducks, young,
3.50G5.0O; geese. 75Q1OO; goslings. 7591.O0;
pigeons, 1.2541.50.
The herald., 1897-06-16

There Is little or no change to report in
the local produce market. Eggs and butter
are very firm at present quotations; in fact,
some fancy local creamery was yesterday
sold at 4I1ac per two-pound roll, although
that is above regular quotations. There
are hardly any old potatoes in the market,
and the few that remain are being disposed
of at almost any price they will bring. Re-
ceipts of cherries and small fruits from
the north yesterday were 400 boxes by
morning and $50 by afternoon trains.
Prices remain about the same.
EGGS-Fancy ranch. 121s@13; fair to
good, 12@12R.
b. square, 421; fancy coast creamery.
per 2-lb. square, 37lz@40: dairy, 1%-lb. rolls.
30QS2A; fancy 2-lb. square, 35Q371s; tub.
fancy, 17@1S
CHEESE-Local factory, large size, 10;
do Young America, II; do 3-lb
hand, 12; G1ac extra per lb. when cased
for shipment); northern full cream, S1aG9.
QSh.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, per 100 lbs, TO-:
cabbage. per 100 lbs, 6Oa65; chiles, dry, per
string, 5OQ60; Mexican, per lb., 1O@11; green,
per lb., 1920; garlic. 3@31s; new onions,
S09S5; beans, string, lb., 4@5; cucumbers,
dozen, 25@35; lettuce, dozen, 1562O; green
peas, per lb., 466; turnips. 100 lbs, 759S5;
artichokes, c5G30 per dozen; rhubarb, 800
% per Dox, asparagus, oUi per ID, parSntpS,
per 100, 75@S5; green onions, per dozen, 40;
leeks, per dozen, Is; parsley, per dozen, 25;
radishes. per dozen, 20; spinach. 20; sum-
mer squash. per lb.. 4G6: egg plant per lb.,
49,
GREEN FRUITS-Y. N. P. apples. 1.750
200 per box; Strawberries, common. 60S;
fancy. 1902; bananas, bunch, 2.Oo62. 80;
crates extra; cherries Tartarian per box,
6Oq65 choice, 5O@55; Royal Anne 6Oa75:
loquats, 2@4; blackberries, per box, 500;
gooseberries, per lb., 1904; apricots, per
crate, 1890; currants. per crate, 50@65
raspberries, per box, SQ9.
FIGS-California white, per lb., ~:
California black per lb., 6; California
fancy. per lb., SQsk; imported Smyrna,
12a16.
CITRUS 'FRUITS-Oranges, st. Mich
aels. 2.5Od3.00; Mediterranean sweets, 2.25
@2.5O; Malta Bloods, 2.5Oa2.75; seedlings.
1.50a200 lemons fancy, Eureka, 15O; Eu-
reka and Lisbon, 1.50; uncured, 60@75;
limes per 100, 5OI60.
HONEY AND BEESWAx-Honeycom
S@11 per lb.; strained. 514Q6; beeswax, 1900
20 per lb.
POULTRY-Hens, 450@475 per dozen: !:
young roosters, $50095.50; broilers. $500
800; old roosters, 4.oo04.25; ducks. s.5o94.50;
The herald., 1897-06-16
INSURANCE

According to news received from r. 8.
Hicks. who Is now in San Francisco, the
executive committee of the Board of Fire
Underwriters of the Pacific has agreed to
recommend that the local agents be re-
duced to one representative for each COM
pany; and further, that no overhead writ
ing be allowed. On the point Of reduced
commissions, however, which is the chief
question in dispute, no recommendation
will be made. Consequently the differences
existing seem as far off settlement as ever
Meanwhile rates in Stockton have been de-
clared off, proceeding which appears to
have been adopted for. the purpose of
the signing Of the agreement to accept the
reduced commissions.
+ + +
Thomas Goodwin Of New York goes to San
Francisco as the general agent Of the Pre-
ferred Accident for the Pacific coast, to
take the place Of Edgar s. Fowler, de-
ceased.
Soliciting to commit arson Is the crime
of which Robert e. Hutchinson, the lead
ing merchant Of Ripple, Blair county,
Pennsylvania, was recently convicted. and
for which he was sentenced to pay a fine
of $50 and to serve a term Of six months
in jail. He hired two men to burn the store
u ASuSuht * w dSHSA' his klNdiS III DuSl-
ness. This conviction and sentence are the
first Of the kind in the state. The case
has been appealed to the supreme court.
+ +
The gas explosion in Boston on the 4th
OF March last, with the attendant loss Of
life. injuries to persons and wreckage of
property. has been attributed by Judge Ely
to the neglect and carelessness of the Bos-
ton Gaslfght Co. Fire Marshal Whitcomb
however. holds that the transit commits
sion was inexcusably at fault in omitting
all precautionary measures after the gas
company had disavowed all responsibility
for damage to its pipes from the operations
In the subway construction.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Building Permits

The superintendent of buildings has is
sued the following permits:
A. Burns, repairs, 2503 Bellevue avenue.
500.
J. Burnwood, barn, 275 North Sichel, $50.
w. H. Bowman. three-story brick, Third
and Stevenson, $4,000.
E. Kregler, cottage. Hellman and Eighth,
500.
c. Banter, shed, Pearl near Third, $780,
E. Carr. repairs Maple and Twenty
ninth, $50
F. Coulter, dwelling. 1015 Pearl $3O00
Sunset Telephone company, one-story
brick, Hope and Lane. $4,000.
g. ". Pernot, building, Santa Fe, be-
tween Pacific and Atlantic. $500.
w. D. Deeble, cottage. Eighth, between
San Pedro and Clark, $3.50.
c. Adams. repairs, sos west Twenty-frst
street, $50.
The herald., 1897-06-16
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices Of Cereals and Shil
ments Racaixad

SAN FRANCISCO. June 16.-Wheat, in
low. s1.ooQl.ozsAs, California bran. si4.oo@
1450.
Flour-Family extras, $75@4.S5; bakers
extras. $4.50Q4.65; superfine, $4.1Oa435.
Wheat-Shipping, s1.221a@L25; milling,
81. 30@1. .S5.
Barley-Feed, 671s@711lc; choice bright.
721ac; do new, 6712@70c; brewing S5Q9Oc for
old.
Oats-Common white, s5c@@slO71s; good
to choice, $1.1OQ1,2O; fancy feed, s1.25@1. 80.
Receipts-Flour quarter sacks, II, 7OS;
wheat, centals, S15; barley, centals, $500;
beans, sacks. 1877; corn, sacks, 357; do
eastern, 400: potatoes sacks. 1909: onions,
sacks, 26O; bran, sacks, 1850; middlings,
sacks 410; hay, tons, 1885, wool, bales. IL:
buckwheat. sacks. 25 hides. number, S5s;
wine, gallons, 5000.
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Receipts. Shipments.
Chicago Live Stock

CHICAGO. June 15.-Cattle-Sales were
on the basis of s3.S5@4.0O for the poorest
dressed beef. steers up to s5.OO@52O for
choice to prime shipping cattle, the bulk
OF the steers finding buyers at s4.3O94.S5.
Some prime steers sold at S. Is. Stockers
and fe'-ta-., $3.9O@4S5; bulls, s2.25@a75;
cows nd hsifers, $1S5Q4.25; choice calves
sold around S6.25.
Hogs-Sales were largely at $345@3 55;
heavy packing lots fetching $32503. 40,
while prime light weights brought $500.
Sheep and lambs moved off slowly at
s25O@4.O0 for inferior to choice sheep; west
! erns. $S.4oQS 80; yearlings, $S.50Q4.5O; spring
lambs, s4.0065S5.
Receipts-Cattle, $500; hogs. 25ooo sheep,
10000.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Available Grain

NEW YORK, June 15-The following re.
port of Bradstreet's. covering the principa
points of accumulation. indicates the fol.
lowing changes in available supplies OF
grain last Saturday, as compared with the
preceding Saturday:
Wheat-United States and Canada cas-,
OF the Rocky mountains, decrease $685.
600 bushels; afioat for and in Europe, de-
crease. 100000 bushels; total decrease in
worlds available supply, 3.S6S, 900 bushels.
Corn-Uhited States and Canada east OF
the Rocky mountains, decrease, zoos, ,0Ot
bushels.
Oats-United States and Canada east OF
the Rocky mountains, decrease, SS,OOl
bushels
The herald., 1897-06-16
Silver Bullion

NEW YORK, June 15.-Money on call
was easy at and ~ per cent. last loan at
1 per cent, closed offered at per cent.
prime mercantile paper. 3@4 per cent; ster-
ling exchange, firm, with actual business
in bankers bills at $4.S7A for demand and
81. S5M@4S6 for sixty days; posted rates,
81. 4.S61s@4 S7G4.SS; commercial bills $.S5A
SAN FRANCISCO. June 15.-Drafts
sight. 171A; telegraphic, 20.
LONDON, June 15-Consols, 112N.
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Liverpool Market

LIVERPOOL, June 15.-Wheat-Spot No.
] red northern spring, 5s 91ad. Corn-Spot
American mixed, new, firm, Is sgd; June
steady, Is sgd; July firm. 2sSA: August
firm. Is sgd; mixed old firm, 2s 9Ad Flour
st. Louis, fancy winter easy, rs 9 d.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Money! Quotations

NEW YORK, June 15-Bar silver, 6Oc
Mexican dollars. 47Ac.
LONDON, June 15.-Bar silver, q 9-16d.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 15-Bar silver
$3.50; Mexican dollars, 499491ac.
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r G w lists. ..... 74s
Northwest Con. .1441z
do s f deb 5s. .11FiA
st Paul Con rs. 1864
do c e. p w 5s. III
st l. e I M gen IS n
st l. & 8 F gen 6s1147s
Texas Pac 1sts.. 81
do 2ds. s........ 24as
u p lists Of '96. .103A
w Shore As. .1091s
l. & N As.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK. June 15.-California dried
fruits quiet and steady; evaporated apples,
prime wire tray, 43s@41sc per pound; wood
dried, prime. 41Ac do choice. 4kG4ac;
fancy, &c.
The herald., 1897-06-16
CHICAGO MARKET
Yesterdays Transaction on the Board
Of Trade

CHICAGO, June 15.-There was search
ty of July wheat for few minutes at the
commencement of trading, but plenty of
September The first transactions in July
were at from 7Gas6701s, about yesterdays
closing prices, and 70A few seconds later
September was for sale at from 651sn65
and dropped quickly to 64%6647s When
September got down to that price pressure
began to be felt In July. and at the end of
the first fifteen minutes July was down to
69ss and September to 64ss. There was
nothing startling or unusual in the news
from the outside but what leaning 1t had
was toward the bear side. Foreign mar
kets were quoted somewhat higher. but did
not show the advance expected. New York
clearances of wheat and flour equaled 43O,-
900 bushels, 36S,000 bushels of which was
wheat. These heavy clearances caused a
reaction of 1ac per bushel, July recovering
from $685. to 697s, but as none of the other
Atlantic ports added anything worth men,
tioning to swell the total of the days ex-
ports and nothing else occurred to revive
the spirits of the bulls. the price began to
sag. and July got as low as 60 by 1890
o'clock. During the last half hour there
was a little revival of buying demand.
enough to cause an advance in the price of
July to 69ss, which was the price at the
close.
Corn acted fairly steady. considering the
decline in wheat, whit market always
has more or less influence.
Oats were inactive and little interest was
displayed.
Provisions were weak from the start
heavy receipts Of hogs west and perfect
weather for corn causing weak opening
prices and liberal selling by packers fore
ing prices still further down.
The leading futures closed a g follows.
The herald., 1897-06-16

Round trip $500, tickets good return
ing within 80 days. Trains leave La
Grande station a. M, 2 p. m. Tickets
and parlor car seats can be secured now
at Santa FeF Office, 200 Spring street.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Boston Quotations

BOSTON, June 15.-Atchison, 1915; Bell
Telephone, 23O; Burlington, SO% Mexican
Central, 81; San Diego, 0.
The herald., 1897-06-16
Petroleum
Local Quotations

NEW YORK, June 15.-Petroleum, dull
pennsylvania, crude, steady; July, S5c.
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
The herald., 1897-06-16

d & r g Is. ITO
do As. SSA
Erie 2ds. 661s
G H & s A IS. :. .107
do Is. 100
III & T Cen 5s. Ill
do 6s. LOB
M K & y 1st 4s. .. S3sz
do I'd As. 81
Mutual Union IS 107
N J Central IS. Ill
N Pacific lists. .1191z
do 2ds....... 56h
DO A.......... -@
The herald., 1897-06-16
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK, June 15.-The followine
are the closing stock quotations:
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of $4,000 per cent Corinth, VT, funding
| 10
THE PUBLIC PURSE

DEMANDS approved by the city council
at its meeting held June 14th. 1897, as fol-
lows:
PAY ROLL Of city engineers department
for the month Of May, 1897, on the following
The herald., 1897-06-16
.losed as follows:


CASH. QuOtat1ohs We're as foIIOWs: Flour,
quiet; No. spring wheat. 7O7s@71h: No.
8 spring wheat, 714: No. 2 red 74ss1773s:
No 2 corn, 25@251s; No. 2 oats. 1874 No.
white, 22A@23A, f. o. b.; No. 8 white. 2O1s@
%. +. o. b.; No. 2 rye, ,331a; No. barley, nom
inal; No. 8, 2s@32. f. o. b.: No 4, 26I29, f.
o. b.; No. flax seed. 751a; prime timothy
76O;lard,. per 100 lbs. 3.65@3.671a: short ribs
sides Qoose). 4.35d4.6O; dry salted Shout
ders (boxed), 4A05; short clear sides
(boxed) 45s@4a4; whisky distillers' finished
goods. per GAL, 1.19; Sugars, cut loaf, $50;
erapuloted 4Q7
The herald., 1897-06-16

20 80 80 IN
U 8 n As coup. .1251s
U s IS coup....11SN
u s n 6s reg...113N
u S As coup...111
u S As coup3. lib
u s Is reg...... SO
Pacific 6s, '95. .101h
Ala Glass A. .107
Ala Glass B. .107
Ala Glass c.. 100
do Currency. 100
La new CON 4s. :. 96
Missouri 6s. 100
N Carolina IS. .1271k
The herald., 1897-06-16


Already special bond elections have been
called for days in June by 27 different
municipalities, asking authority to issue
H5S0.000 in bonds.
The showing for the month is more en-
couraging than previous reports regarding
the sale of securities of Southern and
western states. There were sales by 10
dinerent municipalities aggregating s656,
200. or about Ia per cent of the total sales.
Many OF these bonds went to the large
dealers of the North and East for perma-
nent Investment in the moneyed centers.
Minneapolis, Mimi, has sold the follow
ing issues of per cent bonds to Blake
Bros. &c Co.. and r. L. Day & Co.. Boston,
jointly: 100000 waterworks bonds and
100000 school bonds. The next highest bid
was 106.793. There were twenty-eight diff
ferent bids.
Richmond Hill, N. Y, has sold s15o. 900
per cent sidewalk bonds to D. A. Moran
& Co.. N. Y.
Wilkesbarre Pa, has sold an issue of
100000 sewer. fire department and street
improvement ~ per cent bonds at public
auction in nine different lots.
Scotland county. Mo-. has sold three is
sues of AZ per cent funding bonds, ag-
gregating 1900. at an average price Of
102.50.
Fort Madison, Ia, has sold an issue of
$4,000 refunding. AZ per cent. bonds to
N. W. Harris & Co.
Bristol, Conn.,. has sold an issue of $780,
600 per cent funding bonds to E. H. Gay
& Co.. Boston. Next highest bid 106.677.
Eighteen bidders.
Butler county, Neb.. has sold an issue of
$4,000 8 per cent refunding bonds. Next
ohighest bid 100.S37. Twelve bidders.
Fhe National Life Insurance Co., Of
ptpelier. VT, has purchased an issue
The herald., 1897-06-16
BONDS

The total sales of municipal bonds off,
cially reported to The Bond Buyer during
the month of May aggregated $10316S64
This is far below the monthly average for
the four previous months of 1897, and a lit
tie less than the sale for the corresponding
month Of 1896. The average for the five
completed months of 1897 is $12, 1896, ,091, CIV
ing renewed assurance of total sale
for the year of about $3.50, 900, ,0OO previous
estimate of the years output of bonds.
Following are the figures of comparative
monthly sales during 1896 and 1897.
. MONTHLY SALES OF MUNICIPALS
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San Francisco Produce
.5o02o.5o per ton; California
bran, ~14.o00tl.50 per ton.
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The output for June promises to be large,
the table of sealed bid openings published
in The Bond Buyer of June 7th, including
notices Of 70 different Offers aggregating
1882. .407
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Bond List

NEW YORK, June 15.-The following
were the closing quotations on bonds today:
U s n As reg. .124N C lists of '95. 103
IT 81 n 4s cour, 1o51L n &. ID n ~. ,,N
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>IRECToRY OF CALIFORNIA Ho.

| u 'EEIaoNh TEIs. o' oAAiNoNNiA Ao
GRAND HOTELS. F. THORN, Manager
Cor. Market and Montgomery sts.,
San Francisco.
European Plan
HOTEL GREEN-J. H. Holmes manager
Pasadena.
HOTEL METROPOLITAN Catalina Isl
and.
HOTEL ARCADIA-santa Monica.
Rheinhart proprietor.
HOTEL HOLLENBECK-Sp and Sec
ond streets. Los Angeles.
HOTEL RAMoNA-spring and Third
streets. Los Angeles.
ABBOTSFORD INN--Corner Eighth ano
Hope streets. Los Angeles. -.
HOTEL PORTLAND-i44 South Spring
street. Los Angeles.
HOTEL. BRUNSWICK-Senta Ana; Amer
lean and European plan.
HOTEL YROOD-Riverside, Cal-B
Cochrane, proprietor.
THE ROWELL-Main and Ninth streets
Riverside; E. ]. Davis. proprietor.
HOTEL CARLTON--13 to 27 East Colo.
rado street. Pasadena.
HOTEL LAVALON-AVALON. Santa Cata
lima Island.
HOTEL BREWSTER-J. E. O'Brien. pro-
prietor; Fourth and C sts.. San Diego.
HOTEL BELLEVUE TERRACE-Cor
ner Sixth and Pearl sts.; F. A. Urban
proprietor.
The herald., 1897-06-16

Thomas Goodwin of New York goes to San
Francisco as the general agent of the Pre-
ferred Accident for the Pacific coast, to
take the place Of Edgar s. Fowler, de-
ceased,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-17
WHAT TO EXPECT.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLLABUS.

Grim, No. 136-- Department One
Filled March IS, 1879
The People, etc, respondent; James
Eagan, appellant Violation of purity
of election law. Felony. Reversed.
The evidence did not support the YER
diet of the jury. There was no evil
dence aside from the error in the re-
turns that the accused had any intent
to desire to falsify the vote.
Circumstances relied upon to estab-
lish the guilt of one accused of crime
must be consistent with any other ra-
tiOnal conclusion. Ordinarily the de-
dUction to be drawn from the circum-
stances is for the jury, but where it is
manifest that every fact proved is
consistent with the reasonable conclu-
sion that the false return resulted with
out the appellants connivance, from
the acts of persons who had equal OPP
portunity with him, and that there is
no evidence tending to exclude this in
ference, there is failure Of proof in a
particular necessary TO conviction, and
the question is one Of law for the court.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-17
THE CONTEMPT CASES.

When the Record Union last week
Senate contempt cases, it considered
the matter purely and solely from the
legal standpoint of State sovereignty.
The status Of the Senate as rep
power in the State was examined and
treated also. What We then asserted
TO be the law and the reason of the
cases was distinctly affirmed by the
Hughes and Hart sitting. The prison
ers then took the case to the Supreme
Court, and again the principles of law
and reason as treated by the Record
Union have been affirmed, and the
prisoners have been remanded. Thus
the authority of the people as the gov
erning body in a free and sovereign
State has been asserted and estab-
untenable doctrine of newspaper priv
Aege," so called. has been rebuked.
What the Record Union" most cares
for in this or any other case Of the
kind is the maintenance of the princi-
pie contended for by the Senate of the
State, and the establishment by the
courts of the State of the negative OF
the claim that a newspaper is privi-
legged to utter libel and refuse behind
the shield of privilege" to give to the
representative body of the people the
authority upon which it bases its
charges, that the State may then pro-
coed to uncover the truth and punish
the guilty or vindicate the innocent.
The decisions of the Senate, the Supe-
Tfor and the Supreme Court constitute
distinct triumph for orderly self
government and for decent journalism.