The herald., 1898-02-15
STATE NOTES

The hearing of the Injunction suit insti
tuted by the foreign insurance companie
against Commissioner A. j. Clunie has beel
deferred today until March 7th.
Fresno city trustees will call an election
to vote on bonds to improve a public park
Messrs. Preceding & August Weihe having
offered 200 acres of land near the western
limits of the town.
Late last evening the remains of William
]. Murray of Modesto were found under the
railroad bridge at Waterford. 1t is not
known whether he committed suicide OF
| accidentally fell from the bridge.
| John L. Boone, the recently disbarred
patent attorney, appeared in the United
States circuit court of appeals at San
Francisco yesterday and applied for a
rehearing of his case. The matter was
| taken under advisement.
The trial of Geo. c. Owens at Modesto for
shooting and killing his wife on December
18th has commenced. At the time of the
murder Owens attempted to kill his
daughter Mrs. w. F. Tiedemann, and then
commit suicide. Owens will plead tenn
porary insanity.
The supreme court has handed down an
opinion for the second time in the case
of Kendall VS.. Porter. originally suit to
compel City Treasurer Porter of Sacra-
mento to pay the principal on certain
bonds. BY the decision today the city Of
Sacramento loses.
At meeting of Hanford fruit growers
and citizens yesterday 1000 tons of fruit for
canning purposes were guaranteed to For
tuna a. Co. and a site for their cannery to
be built in Hanford. The plan: will cost
$4,000 The cannery will employ between
500 and 600 hands.
A rumor that Governor Budd would re-
fuse to certify to the election by the last
legislature OF the new board of trustees
to manage the state library on the alleged
ground that they had given a pledge not to
retain any Democrats in position is rid
!culed by lawyers and public men.
Mrs. j. Cole dropped dead at Santa Cruz
yesterday when told that her son, ]. S. Cole,
found guilty of killing his wife at CASTRO
vile. had been taken to San Quentin to
serve life sentence. Mrs. Cole was born
in Monterey seventy-three years ago and
had resided In Santa Cruz for fifty years
Z. j. Robinson of Selma is in the county
jail at Fresno with charge of arson
against him. Robinson Is an attorney.
Last evening his office was discovered to
be ON fire. 1t was found that the room
had been saturated with coal Oil and Rob-
inson's books, upon which there was s4OO
insurance, removed.
flow of gas that makes blaze four
boring for arteslan water fifteen miles
south Of Hanford few days ago The
well flows 100 gallons of water per minute
also. The owner will utilize the water for
stock purposes and the gas for lights ana
heating. The well is 277 feet deep.
George j. Mccormick Of San Francisco
brought suit against the Union Park Land
company to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged breach Of contract. The defendant
agreed to give the plaintiff a lease of thirty
eight acres of land in San Mateo county
for use as a coursing park anG then exc
cuted a lease uf the property to the Union
Coursine Park association.
On Tuesday the property of the Royal
Consolidated Mining company, located
about three miles from Copperopolis Cal
averas county. was purchased by j. C.
Kempvan, well-known operator of Lon
don. 1t was an out and out sale, the price
paid to the owners, I. n, Wilbur of San
Francisco and ]. D. Peters and Mr.. Cassell
OF Stockton, having been Sl000CQ
Superior Judge Hunt has sustained the
demurrer interposed on behalf Of Sheriff
w Whelar of San Francisco in the suit
brought by Claus Spreckels to compel the
sheriff to obey the order of Notary Lee d.
Craig directing the Incarceration of A. M.
Lawrence for contempt. Notary Craig adj
]uoged Lawrence in contempt for refusing
70 answer certain questions during the
taxing OF a deposition In the Spreckels
iioei suft. Judge Hunt held that the notary
nad no power to make the order of commit
ment