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Langdon Receives 'Nomination, by* Acclamation
Oon<la«rd From Pnß*» 4. Colnmn 5
chair. Wilson demanded th&t they be
named by the district delegations.
The reading of the minority report
followed by two outbursts of
cheering. -Taylor delegates applau>Jc"l
vigorously, but most of the no-ise <>f
approval came from the^ Spectators in
tUe closely pack.d rows of seats out
side the wire inclosing the members
of the convention.
Sheldon G. Ktlloss wanted the re
portfl dissected, and John XV. Rapp, tak
ing a suggestion from the chairman,
moved that the minority report be con
sidered seriatim. This was defeated
by a viva voce vote. Then Chairman
.Hathorn ordered a roll call on "Vyjjson's
motion to substitute the minority re
port for the majority. Before the vote
was taken, Milton H. Esberg, a Taylor
nmn from the thirty -ninth, accused
Sergeant at Arms Thomas McGee of
doing politics and ordered him to get
away from the thirty-ninth district
delegation.
The roll call was a tebt of the
strength of the Taylor forces. By a
vote of 53 ayes to 94 noes the minority
report was rejected.
STORMY DEBATE TAKES PLACE
The majority report was adopted on
call of the ayes and noes, but rchen
H. G. W. Dinkelspiel cried "gag law"
t-and T. E. Haven demanded the "right
to be heard," the vote was recon
sidered and a stormy debate was soon
in progress. Sheldon G. Kellogg moved
that the majority report be considered
seriatim, and when this was voted
down T. E. Haven accused the majority
of indulging in high handed procedure.
He predicted disaster if their plans
•were carried out and saw victory if
they favored another conference.
John Ralph Wilson offered the con
ference portion of his rejected minority
report as an amendment to the ma
jority report. Milton Esberg seconded
the motion. He wanted to know if a
conference invitation from the demo
crats \u25a0was not lying on the desk, but
received no answer.
T. R. Sullivan of the thirty-seventh
district protested against delay. He
*ald it was delay that defeated the
opponents of Eugene E. gchmitz two
years ago. Fusion, according to his
view, would raise the class Issue
again, and bring about another defeat.
E. T. McMurray of tne thirty-ninth
said that nothing but politics could
stand in the way of a conference, xxe
complimented the democrats on their
stand and asked the convention to
adopt the amendment at issue.
Hamilton A. Bauer of the fortietn
thought the republicans had performed
their duty when they offered to confer
with representatives of both the dem
ocratic and union labor parties. The
democratic idea, he said, was "Let us
have decency, , but let us have a demo
crat." He said that Abe Ruef had
fooled the merchants two years ago,
and added: "These self same mer
chants are always fooled." Then, be
coming- excited, Bauer cried:
"tcu can't force Mr. Taylor down
our throats." .
Former Judge E. A. Belcher said
that refusal to appoint a conference
•\u25a0onimittee would convince the people
that the conference resolution passed
by tlse convention at its first session
was a trick.
Charles L. Field of the fortieth ob
jected to Bauer's statement that the
merchants ; were always fooled.
Sheldon G. Kellogg recalled Daniel
A. Ryan's speech at the previous ses
sion of the convention. He could not
reconcile the attitude of the majority
with Ryan's call to them to place citi
zenship above partisanship. ";
.'„ At .this stajje of the proceedings .the
convention was one great disturbance.
Some one called on the sergeant at
arms to restore order. A voice replied:
"He's too busy doing politics."
The amendment reached a: vote at
last and was beaten, 55 ayes to 94 noes.
Ryan's friends had the convention well
in hand. The Teport was adopted with
out the formality of a roll calL .
PLATFORM ADOPTED
John T. Pldwell, chairman of the
committee on platform and resolutions,
read the platform. Milton Esberg made
a motion that all reference to placing
citizenship above partisanship 'be
stricken out. The motion was put and
lost and the platform was adopted.
The platform follows:
Tour committee on platform and resolutions
beg* leave to report as follow*:
That the following be the platform of the
republican party of the city and comity of San
Francisco for the ejection to be held Is'ovem
ber 5. 1907:
The republican party of the city and county
of San Francisco In convention assembled ce
clsreg these facts to be self-evident.
First — XI; at for many years corrupt corporate
Influences hare dominated the politics of San
Francisco and California.
Second — That the Southern Pacific railroad,
through its political bureau, tap controlled va
rious officials of the state and of Its cities
and counties and thereby has influenced largely
the legislature of the state, checking salutary
measures and securing legislation Inimical to
the best interest of all the people.
Third— That • the Southern Pacific railroad,
together with all the corrupt corporate influences
of the state of California, is opposed to the
present national administration because of the
uncompromising stand taken by President Boosa
reit and his administration against the dorrf
lnation of Americas affairs by corporation In
floonces.
Bearing these facts 5n mind, we therefore
pledge ocr fealty to Theodore Roosevelt end
his courageous administration, belle Ting that
in the continuance of his policy lies the safety,
the prosperity and the stability of our great
republic. „
We pledge ourselves and our party to an
earnest effort to secure a delegation from the
state of California to the national presiden
tial convention in 190S free from railroad and
other corporation dorsjnatlon, and actively fa
voring true republicanism as exemplified by oar
president, Theodore Roosevelt.
We pledge ourselves and our party to vig
orous, continued and open opposition to cor
poration domination or the political offices and
policy of the republican party of the state of
California.
Keeping fully In mind the responsibility of
the republican party to the people of San
Francisco, we therefor* pledge our party and
our nominees:
1. To put citizenship before partisanship.
2. To make every effort to restore the. city's
credit by a clean, honest and efficient adminis
tration of city affairs.
3. To repair the streets of the city and Im
prove the streets of the outlying districts.
4. To proceed Immediately to restore all pab
>i<- buildings.
5. To favor the prompt construction of sani
tary, well ventilated and commodious school
buildings, sufficient for the needs of the city,
and we pledge ©or nominees to aid In every way
possible In the condoet of night and 'day schools,
so that all the children of San Francisco may
hare Jin opportunity of acquiring" an education.
6. To secure an auxiliary salt water supply
for fire protection.
I. To provide an adeqaate and pure water
supply. '\u25a0
%. To fix light and water rates upon an eqult
abta basis without regard to fictitious values or
watered stock.
St. To purge the city of corporation domination
end boss control.
10. To assist and continue the vigorous prose
cution of all persons guilty of crime, in what
ever, walk of life, high or low, in San Francisco.
11. To .labor for the establishment of perma
nent industrial peace on a basis of a fair day's
Trace for a fair day's work.
t2. To a fair apportionment of parks and park j
funds to the outlying " residential parts .of the
Hry, and for the Issuance of bonds by the city \
to acquire lands for the preservation of Tele- i
graph hill. -iMtpBIHMMMnWNH
IS. To worV for our city's be«t welfare and to ;
encourage, by an honest and efficient adminis
tration, tb« great work of rehabilitation so
bravely begun and splendidly carried on by the '<
ixwple of this city. '\u25a0
14. As the people of San Francisco having
specifically declared , through their ' charter « and
In article 12 thereof for the gradual acquisition
and ultimate ownership by the city and connty
of Us public utilities, we hereby: pledge our
nominees to the carrying out of this as well as
all other parts of our city's organic law, and
we deplore the Inaction of former administra
tions in Ignoring this provision of the charter.
15. To use every legal means for the enforce
ment of the provisions of the franchises of the"
street transportation companies to the end • that .
the public may be properly and adequately ac
commodated by regular streetcar service and
sufficient seating capacity. - , •
!H. We recommend ' the ' imperative necessity
"f preserving tbe people of onr; state, fronv com
petition with Asiatic labor: we declare for the
strict maintraance of the Chinese exclusion act
without modification of any kind, and for tlieex
tension of that act so as to fnolude all /kinds of
Asiatic labor: further, we pledge all our nomi
ne**-in the coming municipal election to assist
Mich lesislatlon bj-rull honorable means.
17.". We pledge our nominees to incessant ami
enersetic war '<>n graft in every form, "to the end
that this plague may be exterminated from the
bt«lv politic. * . . .
IS. We denounce as villainous the use of- the
salaries attached to positions in the civil service
to pay the heac-hmon of corporations for working
against the public welfare. We pledge our nom
inees to the enforcement of the civil service pro
visions of the charter in letter and in spirit,
with th<> support of civil service cvmmlssloaers
In hearty sympathy with these provisions. No ,
city employe shall be asked to contribute for |
any political purpose or do politics for any man :
or any cause. We declare that officials charsred ;
vrlth the duty "• of appointments should make;
those appointments wholly on their own Judg- i
ment and be held responsible therefor. No com- 1
mittee shall in the name of his party claim any i
•'natmaage" to be u*od as a reward for political j
work done or to be done, and we protest against
I the allowance of irtich claims by any other
i party. This is the essence of what . we mean
1 when we declare that we will place citizenship
, above partisanship.
NOMINATION" OF MAYOR
"The next order of business," cried
Chairman Hathorn, "is the nomination
of a candidate for mayor."
F. H. Dam of the thirty-ninth dis
trict made the speech for Daniel A.
Ryan. What the people want, said
Dam. is a man who does not belong to
any faction or class. The city had suf
fered from the class spirit and the reas
on why money was not coming from the
east was that San Francisco was al
ways having industrial war. What was
wanted was industrial peace. Mayor
Taylor was believed to represent a
class. The city needed some man In
whom all classes, not one, had confi
dence.
"The car strike," said .Dam, "has
done more to shake c6nfldence in the
city than all the graft disclosures."
In the closing paragraphs of his
speech Dam spoke of the great popu
larity of Ryan. "I now take the liberty
of presenting his name for the consid
eration of the union labor convention.
If you, P. H. McCarthy, and you.
Thomas Eagan, take your hands off
that convention the delegates will give
him their indorsement. As for the
democrats, I say if you. Gavin McNab,
and you, Thomas W. Hickey, take your
hands off the democratic convention
the delegates to the favorite Bourbon
tune of 16 to 1 will vote for Dan Ryan."
Dam advised the minority not to be
fooled by what one class in the com
munity told them, and declared that
"citizenship above partisanship" did
not mean electing a democratic mayor.
He thought it was the duty of the
republicans, when they had in their
ranks a man of unquestioned honor and
ability, to place him at the head of
their ticket. ; C
The Ryan men cheered at every
mention of their candidate's name, but
Dam's speech was a trifle too long to
suit the patience of the crowd and the
demonstration at its close was not im
pressive.
UNUSUALLY POPULAR
Sheldon G. Kellogg placed Mayor
Taylor in nomination. In part he said:
"The man I am here to nominate at
this convention is one in whom all who
know him have the greatest confidence.
He is universally popular. His popu
larity is not confined to the small
circle of this city, but extends through
out the state and throughout the coun
try. It is just such a man as this who
will be 'the greatest boon to San Fran
cisco and at just fhe time when she
needs an able leader.
"After conscientiously striving for
the city's best interests, after overcom
ing great obstacles, almost single
handed, why should we not reward this
man as his work merits by. allowing
him to continue In the office he now
holds? Would it not be the basest In
gratitude to turn down .this man now
when He 'has done so much for the re
generation of, our beloved city?
"Dr. Taylor Is a man well fitted to
hold this .public office. He had valu
able political experience during his
service, of four years, as private secre
tary to one 'of the best governors this
state ever had, Henry H. Haight. He
is a man of the highest ideals and much
honored among -his professional breth
ren and beloved by all his* students.
So, republicans of this convention, I
place in nomination for mayor the
name of Dr. Edward Robeson Taylor."
Cheers and cries of "Taylor, Taylor,"
from\ the crowd followed Kellogg's
speech.
•Xumerous seconding speeches were
made in behalf of both candidates. John
Ralph "Wilson aroused great applause
by saying: "If the hands of certain
parties were tanen off this convention
the delegates would nominate Dr; Tay
lor."
Byron Mauzy, E. T. McMurray and A.
G. Boggs also spoke for Taylor. . W. H.
Hazell, John Gillson and A. D. Fretz
seconded the nomination of Ryan.
Hazell declared that nearly all of
Mayor Taylor's appointees are partisan
democrats. VJohn T. McCann raised a
laugh by a short and breezy seconding
speech. "On behalf of the bunch of
five from the thirty-first," he said, "I
second". the nomination of Dan Ryan."
The rollcall showed 95 votes for
Ryan and 53 for Taylor. One delegate,
"Williams Adams of the thirty-fourth
district, declined to vote. ' •
After the cheering of the Ryan men
had subsided Chairman Hathorn intro
duced the candidate as tne next mayor
of San Francisco. Ryan made a speech
that put fire into his supporters and
won many rounds of applause. After
declaring that he had -never sought
the honor that had been him,
he said: "I say to you. Delegate WII-.
son of the thirty-fourth district, stand,
in your seat and point to the hand that
Is on this convention."
Wilson arose, but did no pointing,
and Ryan soon resumed his speech.
He said that In the past he had de
clared he would not run for any office,
but that declaration was due to the
fact that then men had to take their
nominations from a boss. "Now," he
said, "it being your will, free and un
trammeled, I unqualifiedly accept the
nomination at your hands, I stand here
a free man declaring: myself to my fel
low citizens." r
Ryan spoke of the great task con
fronting the city and . its officials. "I
cannot give to San Francisco the ex
perience of winter time, Mr. Kellogg,"
he said, "but I can , give the courage
and the energy of »a young man." ;
Kext the candidate praised the labor-
Ing people, and said that if he had their
confidence he had the confidence of the
people of San Francisco. His conclu
sion was as follows: '
"I pledge ; myself, my, citizenship, '* my
birthright, my energy, my ambition and
my honor in- the- service of . the "people
of San Francisco,' and- of my'well-be
loved city/"
The business »of . nominating a candi
date for district attorney was ~ soon"
disposed of. 1 Jesse : Allan of' the for
tieth district presented the ;, name r'of
"William H. Langdon, referring: to" him
as an official' ; who had • faithfully! ob
served! his oath . of' office. ' The nomi
nation was seconded^by Judge Belcher;
T. . E. Haven and Franklin v P. - Bull.
Taylor men joined f -with Ryan men and
Langdon '-.was : made ;' the-", unanimous
choice, of ! the [convention. The district
attorney was escorted: to the; platform
by ' Jesse Allan 7 and, Daniel VA.: Ryan.
He received" ant enthusiastic reception.
for Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the /H? JjS/?*-^-*
, Signature cf t^>^V%<^^^
'VtiE : >SAJN T CALL, TOEDyESDAY; SEPTE^IBER 25. 1907.
In his speeclr he-said- that' he would
make but. one pledge, the one he made
two "years"." ago," which [ was that -He
would enforce the laws he found upon
the statute books., At the- conclusion
of LangdonV speech the convention ad
journed to meet at the call of the chair/
Eulalie Puts Approval
Stamp on Divorce
King Alfonso's Aunt Denies She
Ever Tried to Heal Breach
Between McKee and Wi'e
PARIS, Sept.. 24.— The Infanta
Eulalie, King: Alfonso's aunt, . has
further proved her sympathy with Mrs.*
Hart McKee, who Is about to sue! for
divorce on the ground, of- extreme
cruelty. .
Mrs. McKee had to dinner last night
her father, Colonel Baxter of Knox
vllle, Term.; Judge Shields, Colonel
Baxter's counsel, and United States
Senator Warren' of "Wyoming. Hearing
of the dinner, the Infanta Eulalie, who
had traveled much with: Mrs. v McKee
and been her guest often, asked* for an
Invitation, and became . one of the din-"
ncr party. She wished "to emphasize
her belief that Mrs. McKee is right'ln
seeking to sever her marital bonds.
'iV.e infanta would not permit a cor
respondent to interview, her today, /but
In reply to written questions regarding
the current rumor that she tried to
reconcile the McKees * she wrote and
signed this statement:
"There is nothing more to say than
that any. such statement is totally,
false. If ft has' been published, as you
say, it is not only untrue, but was
made without my knowledge, j I regard
Mme. McKee as one of the most charm-
Ing and beautiful of women, and I
realize, as do all her, friends, that Mr.
McKee' s actions have' forced her to sue
for absolute divorce."
Colonel Baxter says his wife's health,
as well as Mrs. McKee's, is breaking
down under the strain, and this is an
other,reason to hurry back to America.
Perhaps Mrs. McKee and her father
will sail for New York within three
weeks. The suit will be brought either
in Tennessee or Pennsylvania.
KNOWLAND LECTURES
ON TRIP TO PANAMA
Congressman Tells Guests of Stan-
ford Parlor, N. S. G. W., of Jour-
ncy With President
Stanford parlor, No. 76, Native Sons
of the Golden West, . gave ; an en
tertainment to which women friends
of members. were invited , last
evening at Lyric hall. A musical and
literary program was gi^en, the "main
feature of which was a lecture by Con
gressman Joseph R. Knowland on the
work done by the United States gov
ernment in the construction jof the
Panama canal. The lecture was illus
trated by a number of ' stereopticori
views from photographs taken by the
congressman during his visit to Pan
ama In the party of President Roose
velt. \u25a0\u25a0.'\u25a0- i
The speaker dealt with the trip to
Colon, the government hotel at * An
con, Panama as it is. President Araa
dor of , the r republic, and the ruins, of
ancient Panama. Knowland was intro
duced-bytFred H. Stanle, president of
the parlor. * -
The orchestra played a number -of
selections from 'Donizetti, Verdi and
others. Oscar H. Frank, baritone, san<?
"As Once in May" and "Love Me and
the World Is Mine." Mrs. Alvina Heuer
Wilson sang: "Love's Madrigal" and
"The Nightingale." .TAI Newman and
Tommy Branch, singing and, talking
comedians, contributed to , the enter
tainment, which closed with a dance.
The following committees were in
charge of the affair: Committee on ar
rangement, Fred H. - Stanle, chairman;
C. Leonhardt Jr. and Fred Jung;.recep
tion, J. Greenberg, James G. Conlan,
H. A. Cahalan, "William Eppenheimer,
Bernard J. Flood, James H., Lewis and
Joseph P. Lucey; -floor manager, Luke
J. Flynn;. assistant' floor manager, Jo
seph Smith ; floor committee, Thomas F.
Barry, Philip Heuer, Frederick L. Ric
comi, Ueorge L. Rlccomi, Leslie C.
Tubbs and John J. Van Nostrand.
CROWDS SEE SKATERS DO .
MILE IN THREE MINUTES
More than 6,000 persons, including
many members of f, San ; Francisco's
smart "set, were present in. the Coliseum
last night to see the | first heat | of ; the
championship skating races. Harley
Davidson, champion of the world, did
not participate last night but will be
in the races Thursday evening, when
the second heat is run. ~ '.-
T,be three contestants who , qualified
for places In the finals Friday night
are Wilfred Stoutenberg of San Fran
cisco, who finished first. George Big
naral, an Oakland representative, was
the second man, and Ord Arnold, also
from Oakland, who came under the
wire, third. \ '•\u25a0':.,'. * . • •
( The . time made for the mile was 3
minutes 4% seconds.
After the races the track was , meas
ured and it was found that, the con
testants-had raced over a mile, as; the
track had not been surveyed: properly. 5
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M'CLELLAN WINS BIG
VICTORY OVER MURPHY
Special fry Leased Wire to The Call
NEW -YORK. Sept. 24. — By cutting
the majorities -of . the Murphy leaders
in a dozen districts to the narrowest
margin and overwhelmingly,. defeating
the efforts of Murphy. -to dethrone Mau
rice Featherstone and Francis J. Lan
try, followers of Mayor McClellan -at
today's primaries, * which were the Jbit,
terest held in years,, made, progress in
their. efforts to depose Charles F. Mur
phy as leader of the Tammany organ
ization. . , -
In the twentieth district, where
Murphy and the entire organization
had centered, its Sre 6nf.Maurice.Feath
erstone, • the /mayor's ... political. ;. repre
sentative, , Featherstone received a vote
twenty-five % times' as ( large as * that of
the men opposed tohim. Murphy's own ;
candidate polled ,'orily ; 36 votes.'
. Three candidates had been put in the
field against F^eatherstone and all | the
resources .of the "organization had be*n !
drawn, upon to defeat him. The j result ]
was considered amazing. *
Failurevon; the part of Murphy's men
to make even the slightest •.inroads on
the majorities of the McCJellan lead
ers was regarded as a si gnal McClel
lan victory, and particularly when it
was found that {the McClellan forces
had reduced, the majorities of the
Murphy, rrien in, many of the districts
to the narrowest margins.
"While the' Tammany ' executive com- \
mittee remains precisely as it was be- j
fore .the . ; battle was begun, the display
of strength by the McClellan faction
puts it in an -advantageous position to
continue its fight to oust Murphy. Tn
Tammany hall late tonight the Murphy
men were trying to j appear ' cheerful
over the general result; 'but they made
no efforf'to explain the lamentably poor
showing made by them. .
MEXICAN MINISTER ILL
MEXICO; CITY, Sept..; 24.— Ignacio
Mariscal, minister of foreign affairs, is
reported' to jbe seriously ill.
This." however, will be remedied, ac
cording to Manager Moses before the
other.-, races i are pulledloff. ' /.> - : -.-".".
As*sl,ooo is the prize to the man'.wha
winsVin the \u25a0 finals, much interest is
taken in the outcome both by the
skaters and their friends.
Just "Arrived
Radke: & Co., the; Van Ness avenue
jewelers, have just received \u25a0 a. ; large
shipment- of : rich cut glass direct from
the factory. > This, -added ;to i their al
ready.' large V assortment, will make : a
dazzling c display.? Do, not fail to visit
their, crystal rooms. ' . •
NO NEW VERIFIED CASES
OF PLAGUE IN THIS CITY
No new verified cases of bubonic
plague were reported to the board' of
health yesterday and as the situation
had .improved so greatly no meeting:
was. held by the members of the board
and Dr. Hubert Blue, the federal offi
; cial. One death .was reported by Dr.
Herbert Gunn, health officer, and three
cases which showed suspicious symp
toms were taken under observation.
The authorities feel gratified over the
Improved showing:, and Dr. Blue said
; that there was nothing: further to add
to his* statements of last week, except
to say that -the "danger of an epidemic
was more remote than ever, and that
such alarm as was due to idle arid'irre
sponsible rumors was needless -anil
harmful: ' j'
.Through theuefforts .of- Supervisor
Payot, ;the health .board -was . granted
bye the relief ; corporation the use of
five refugee cottages.- which "will be
fitted up at convenient locations to
serve as headquarters for sanitary in
spectors.
It was announced by Dr. Ophuls of
the I heal th board that a meeting 1 of the
state board =of health ' had | been held in
Sacramento and that' it had been' de
cided to* appropriate. J1.500 from the
state's :funds to be : used at the discre
tion of the local authorities «and Dr.
Blue in stamping ; out \u25a0 the" infectious
disease. - A barge will be placed on the
bay by the state board, to facilitate
the examination of vegetable products
shipped to and from this city.
A conference was held. yesterday aft
ernoon .in Police Judge Conlan's court
by the police judges, the members of
H ducting the biggest Metal Bed Sale this city has ever known. 1 II
M * days and, although the stock is still intact, from now on 1
@^iS=^l^ :s 5Q *P!E^*Z This is positively the lowest price WTlf" " tft S\ &^BS. k
ffl R^^ I y^Tl " ' \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0'"• '\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0« In town for any kind of a bed. "We | J 1 fr~ \u25a0•*'*. m "f
H ll^^vl y^^J-L Jfr*^ are offering it In white or green, all I I | -\u25a0 - O
9 nCTw?/l '/Ir t^^rfX- '^~^)*%^±l^\ Roman pattern, green, white and ' /\u25a0\u25a0*\']'fvf?7\ — y^<^> ' '! '• ' j
8 I '^ llSi'|?^^4'S^C^J&^S?^ Double r size. You can't duplicate "^Ws^t^ / i 'L \ \^rfS<Zv
;|;v ,* Ira R^ ular • i^lp^^^^^
H •'",-' : iJPi : ' ' _ This is the first time San Fran- ... \u25a0 \u25a0J. I. M
\u25a0 ,rt^_-ii^* : '*£''£* Zf A * cisco has ever seen -this price quoted /^—m — gsa^v \U ***+ jfa
S fc -^T=&£i^erj£ ' on' a- full brass, regular size, 'double (S T^ J^L
iv^" ! "' E 7?r bed. Most dealers would ask $30 *i I I I <G>^ *#t#* -ai- ' |
\u25a0 ~ 5155 150 -Other Patterns
; 1 : '' Jrel . at> Keduced' Prices' -'l-- JM^^_ ™' I
H ' B Jf% \Si^r»w3^Effl 9 m s9S Snl &L itfrjf Ok Mi Aft ¥bbi Imi^S wOriSiwt^ rUltNITSftt«7 If
the board of health, Chief of Police j
Biggy, President M. J. Casey of the!
board of works and Dr. Blue of the
federal service. The co-operation of tha
police judiciary was asked in the work
of. cleaning up the streets of the city
and. the general enforcement of all
sanitary laws. It was pointed out that
the sweeping of refuse into the streets
was a . violation of a city ordinance;
that the driving of uncovered scavenger
wagons and the blocking: of public
highways were prohibited. The police
Judges were asked to • deal | s» verely i
with offenders when the laws having!
direct bearing upon the public health I
were violated.
Chief of Police Biggy said that the
city prison had been condemned by the
health officials and the works board!
as . unsanitary and unsafe for human [
habitation. He will urge upon the
board of supervisors that the structure
be made sound and clean at once or i
vacated.; , „ ; . ;
Important .Changes Soathrrn Pacific
Local Service
Commencing September 23 the 1:40 i
p. m. train' from, ferry depot (from j
Oakland Broadway 2:20) and the 1:40
p. m. train from Third, and Townsend
streets will run to San Jose only— not !
to "Santa Cruz. The 5:20 p. m. train j
from -Third and Townsend streets will
run to San Jose only — not to Santa
Cruz, i The 3:00 p. m. train from Third
and Townsend streets .will carry Santa
Cruz and Watsonville passengers . aa
well as Pacific. Grove, Del Monte, etc. •
"UXWRITTEV LAW" WIXS
CHICAGO. Sept. 24.— Aiwasa J. Camp- •
bell, who killed^Dr. Benjamin F. Harris
here last winter and whose defense was |
"the unwritten law," found mercy at i
the" hands of a Jury, which found him
guilty of manslaughter In Judge
Wlndes' court- Accompanying the ver
dict was a recommendation by .the
jury that punishment be fixed at one
year in the penitentiary. |
—LARGE—
WHOLESALE FIRM
In splendid condition
to handle large vol-
ume of business
Would Like to Borrow
Money at 8 per Gent
\u25a0
Will take loan for one
year and renew at ex-
piration if /desired.
Will Give Good Security
Address box 3431,
Call office. '
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