The herald., 1897-03-17
RIVERSIDE
commutatIon Of cunmings' ssntsace Not Well
Received

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RIVERSIDE. March 16.-There is not
the best feeling here over the prospect
that the sentence of the Cummings
brothers. Caesar and john is to be COM
muted. There never was more cold
blooded, premeditated murder commit
ted In the history of the state than the
taking of the life of T. G. Naramore,
near this city the last Saturday in Aug
ust, 1885, for which these men were SEN
fenced to be hanged. The people here
are familiar with all the circumstances
surrounding that horrible crime, and are
excusable for their sensitiveness in the
matter of their proposed Communication
of their sentence. 1t is not so much that
the people want to see the Cummings
brothers hanged that stirs them as 1t Is
the attempt to excuse them by the
prison directors to show that Juan Lo-
peg, the Mexican who turned states
evidence, was more guilty. 1t was plain
from the beginning to the end Of the
trial that the part taken by Lopez was
forced upon him by threats. 1t was
shown by the testimony even Of the de-
fense that Lopez ran away twice at the
time of the murder and by the prosecu-
ton that the reason he returned to the
work was because of threats Of being
killed. The murder, according TO out
side testimony, had been planned for six
months before, man by the name of
Jack Broaded having been first taken
into their confidence and offered share
In the $500 which was to be taken from
the old man Naramore. Broaded was
feared by the Cummings boys and was
shipped to another part of the country,
1t was supposed, out of all reach, but
he was found by the officers and gave
damaging testimony against the ac-
cused.
George Frost returned from Sacrament
to Sunday evening, where he went in the
interest of the citrus fruit growers Of
Southern California. He says that Fri
day afternoon. in just time to allow him
TO catch the train for home, he had the
pleasure Of seeing his joint resolution
pass both houses of the legislature en-
dorsing the state fruit growers conven-
tion's request for tariff on fruits. The
ways and means committee of congress
had construed the meaning of the tariff
asked for by the convention to be the
maximum while the resolution passed
set forth that 1t meant the minimum
tariff desired, and that the minimum
tariff was inadequate to protect the cit
rus fruit growers. The resolution fixes
40 cents per cubic foot on oranges, lem
ons and lines, IS per thousand for loose.
80 cents per cubic foot on grape fruit
and $25 per 1000 on loose; Is cents per
pound on citric acid, rs cents per pound
on orange and lemon essential oils, 8
cents per pound on candied lemons,
oranges and citrons.
J. F. johnson Of Riverside was San
Bernardino visitor Saturday.
A Riverside orange grower yesterday
received letter from friend in Phila-
delphia who handles Florida oranges to
whom he had sent box of Riverside
Washington navels. The Phifadelphian
said the Riverside fruit was as nice as
any he had ever handled from the Indian
river country in Florida. and had the
advantage OF no seeds.
The Riverside Fruit exchange Is now
shipping an average Of fifteen cars OF
oranges per day and the packing houses
are all filled with the fruit awaiting ship
ping, mostly OF the Seeding variety.
The demand for nave1s Is greater than
the supply.
The military company has asked Geo.
Frost the owner Of the armory building,
to have a staging put in for use In en-
tertainments. Mr.. Frost has reserved
his decision In the matter until plans
and specifications are submitted by the
company, y. ~
J. s Westerned is in from Banning.
He rays the people out there are con-
siderablT worked up over the discovery
OF gold IL south Yuma. He alqo says
the grain Heidi look dne..
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