The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1900. ‘DRAMATIC THE CLOSING SCENES AT SANTA CRUZ WINDING UP WORK AT THE GATHERING Business of the Last Day Is Fol iowed by Spirited Speeches by Two Party Veterans. Special Dispatch to The Call. 1L EEADQUARTERS, SAN- | there as you bave come here, TA CRUZ, Sept. 6.—The Re- ® Convention rs to-day and : and been growing n of Inde- adjourned with enthusi- eonven- by | We, my comrade and myself, stood by the birth of the Republican party order ing irto the stalwart giant, until un- der p of our martyred aham Lincoln, it met sident, Ab and settled greater questions of civil and political government than ever came before any political Dr. McLean Is Facetious, Fleet 1 elect it*by a an ticket h ion of the speech three the veterans. 7an Fleet de- urned With 1eers for Mce- - - BELSHAW NAMED FOR SENATE IN THE ELEVENTH ons and ¥ " = e Seven Members Is Selected by E State at the Chair. = recom- | gpacial Dispatch to The Call DQUARTERS, SANTA 6.—The Eieventh Senatorial n, comprising Marin countics, held a_smesion zht and nominated candidate for rtinelli an G After listening to Mr. Belshaw the f the Platform. pHior - report SENATORIAL NOMINEE OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT It Was an Intercsting Contest, Al- though Conceded That Placer County Should Get the Honors. M ey 2t CALL HEADQUARTERS, SANTA “escorte 38 Cheors te oy CRIW. 6.—W. B. Lardner is the e g > th 5 =, o e btk | torial nominee of the Republican Electors | party for the Fifth Senatorial District. orde: < convention In which he was nomi- Francisco | nated was one of the most interesting held et V| sembied B. B. Deming of Placer was Then the candidates for electors chosen | eiccted chalrman, and A. L. Smith was by e wvarious Congressional districts chosen as secretary. W. B. Lardner, we announced and the convention unan- | John M. Fulweiler and Charles A. 1r 1y nominated them. | Bwisler were placed in nomination for the oveted honor. Several votes were taken, but in every - | instance they stood five for Lardner, four " Resolutions of Thanks. |e Judge McKinley, chairman of the com: mitiee on platform and resolutions, sub- | for Fulweiler and one for Swisler. It witted the following resolution, which | was conceded that Placer should have the ed: | nomination, and the delegates from El Dorado sought to force from Placer an expression of its preference, the under- standing being that EI Dorado would indorse the candidate selected by Placer, however, declined to indi- reference until several ballots ken, when El Dorado, tiring of st, cast its five votes for Lard- as made the nominee of the was adopt ce?, That the thanks of this convention 3 v are hersby tendered to the citi- t1ee and the people of Santa Cruz | jent arrangements mede for 4 the hospitable treatment of the | Pla thetr friends owing resolution was also this convention recommend ption of an amendment - intermediate appellate B ing phase of the contest was ful battl aged by 8. D, Wood | for the Congressional nomination from the avis seconded the resolution | Sccond District. The influences which adopted without a @issenting | were supporting E. A. Forbes for Con. etermined to deal a_double blow ardner in his The railroad does not like & the con- | Lardner, as he has never been subservient = g for pri-| to its inte 1t determined therefore doc- | to throw Harold J. Power into the fight i contained such a | ggainst Lardner for the Senate. « ¢id not deter him. He | The plot fortunately was discovered in 1 a favorable vote on his | time and Lardner friends came to his assistance. Se or John F. Davis of Amador was the first to discover the scheme and with Duniap he made a de- termined effort to defeat it. He was ro- warded with a splendid success. S TYRRELL NAM: FOR SENATOR IN THIRD DISTRICT iy | Contest Was Highly Exciting, the * Former Defeating W. 8. Robin- son by Two Votes. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SANTA CRUZ, Bept. 6.—Nearly a dozen ballots were necessary to dedge th‘e c&r‘:te-_,ch for a 4 the Senatorial nomination in the Third TTohS e e i Distriot. 3. 1. Tyl of Wisase Villey fleo- courteous recognition of what s left of the feated W. B. Robinson of the same place corvention of 1856, We might be considered survival of the youngest and not the survival ©f the fittest of that convenilon The men Who went to that convention in 185 did pot go | Republican he thanks | d to Chair- | r the impartial and | he presided over the dy and had extend- ers the utmost cour- carried unarimous- me ved that t endered Two Repubiican Warhorses. A% th earnes: request of the delegates of Santa Cruz and Dr. John ameda, two survivors of can convention of 1856, ke the platform and ad- s legeotes As the two g $ aded men walked hand in hand to the rum they were greeted with cheers. aptain Brown was first to speak, and he delivered a speech full of fire and elo- in this State. We saw it in its swad- dling clothes; we witnessed it grow- | Senatorial Committee Consisting of | natorial as- | { | | 1 | ! but two fell by the wayside before the B dav, the Ist day of O inate candidates for the following oub filled by ela n Franelsc to be hel Superfor Court, full term; one unexnired term; five | State Senmator in each neteenth, Twenty-first | Twenty natorial d tricts; member of the Assembly in each of th | | PO DOV EIE 400D SHEPEIDIEIEDIIIDIPIDIDODOST OO B R R S O O O e S IS PIIOPIIIDIIOPRIVPEPIIEDIPODIPIPIPIIBIODeDrde Lo o S R S [ S R O I e S e S e o e A i A SHADOW THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AT SANTA CRUZ COULD NOT DISPEL. Ot 6000640000600+ There were four candidates in the fleld, fifth ballot. CITIZENS’ REPUBLICAN | COMMITTEE IN LINE Issues a Call for a Judicial and Legis- lative Nominating Con- vention. Republican Committee, such prominence in the st campaign, has again organized with a strong roll of member: The first as held last The Citizens’ which attained 1 C. H. Forbes presided and blan building. John Jackson acted as secretary. The following resolution for a conven- tion call was passed unanimousl Call for a Citizens’ Repubiican Judicial and Legislative nominating convention The Citizens' Republican County Committee the city and county of San Francisco, rep- resenting the political organization known as the Citizens’ Republican Party.baving met to call a convention of its members, takes this rtunity to declare our devotion to the po- litical orinctples outlined and advanced in the platform of the national Republican convention | and to pledge our unswerving support to the Regublican candidates. A convention of the Citizens' Republican of San Francisc party of the city and count State of in th ¢ Callfornia, is here =ald city and county of San Franci: L S PLATFORM OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS ANTA CRUZ, Sept. 6.—The text of the platform ad Convention in this city 1s as follows : . The Republican party of California, hereby indorses the platform adopted tratfon, and which, under continued ment than the past. We pledge our loyal support to th statesgnan, Willlam MecKinley, who ami. ing problems has consistently pursued made him the very exemplification of ‘With such a leader, associated with the hearts of our people, perity during the ensuing four years. jeal manner in which the State govern ducted by our Governor, Henr; Senators and Representatives in Congre performance of their trusts. country of the construction of the N Government ownership and control, and pledge our party’'s earnest and Pledge the continued efforts to se- cure the early commence- Party to Build the geotnil oflity adulen r::‘e:nt u;d completion of | Nicaragua Canal. el A e Fe favor the con- fornia the gateway and servation of all avallable irrigation of arld lands and liberal app: gress for that purpcse, supplemented by the co-operation of the States Interested. Such policy to be initiated by the collaboration of the Federal and State governments in a thorough investigaticn of our water supply and the best msathods of utilizing the same. ‘We indorse the action that has been taken to secure as a permanent possession of the whole people the great for- ests situated in our mountain range, and earnestly recom- National Convention at Philadelphia as enunciat- l Indorsement ing a declaration of prin- ciples, the wisdom of | Tt e e il has Diein Sy Platform. strated by the successful e e home and forelgn policy of the present adminis- promises a national future even more brilliant in achieve- American statesmanship and earned for him and the coun- try that he loves and serves world wide respect and honor. American, Theodore Roosevelt, whose courage in war and brillfant political record in peace have given him a place in we may well look forward to glorious victory fn November and continued national pros- We indorse and approve the abie, fearless and econom- T. Gage, and commend our We recognize the importance to this coast and to the SRR A waters for the reclamation and districts located n Francisco. on shall be an organized assem- at a primary elec- tizens' efghteen Aasemb city and county aid conven! tlon representing cald party of the city clsco. The apnortionment of delegates to said con- vention shall be: In each Assembly district in | d “ofty and county of San Franclsco, one | deleante for each 400 votes cast for Joseoh S. | Spear JIr the Presidentlal elector nom- inated for this party in 18%, and one additional ate for each fraction of 200 votes or over. The aprortionment of delegates to each As- s district under the call shall be as fol- in sata Republican | of San Fran-| and county third District fourth Distri fitth District There is hereby aprointed a committee con- sisting of W. S. Scott, D. J. O'Brien, Peter | Kelly, John Jackson, Thomas Kendrick, Peter Hammond and Charles H. Forbes, to be known | as the primary election committes. Said com- | mittee is hereby granted full and complete | power and authority to hold and supervise the | primary election for delegates to said conven- | tion and shall act for and in the place and instead of this county committee in all mat- ters relating to sald primary election, and | bereafter in making all necessary arrange s for the proper conducting of sald Citi- Resublican convention. Bear Club Meets. The Bear Club met at 121 Eddy street last evening. Thomas W. Collins, the president, presided. Dr. J. G. Crawford, Who arrived from Santa Cruz, where he attended the State convention, sald it B P P by its convention, by the Republican Republican econtrol, blackmail. We demand the preventlon of the importation of cheap allen labor, the continuance and re-enactment of the pres- e wise and upright d new and perplex- a policy which has the highest type of — that typical young | 3 Ry ment has been con- ess for the faithful icaragua canal and o revenue of the State ropriations by Con- Confldent in the dates, we sul polls. R R IR S D S S AP S lopted to-day by the Republican - Stat: mend that Senators and Representatives in Congress sup- port by their votes and n national reservations in order that these forests may be saved from destruction and our water supply preserved. We favor such legislation as will prevent the acquisi- tlon of lands chiefly valuable for petroleum, asphaltum and other minerals, under the guise of lleu land and forest re- serve exchange selections, and we request our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use all honorable means to prevent fraud in that way and secure such legislation as will protect the miners of the State from oppression and Demand Prohibition of Importation of Labor | From Asia. tional amendment providing for the regulation of primary elections and the enactment of such laws as will make it effective and insure fair primaries. ‘We favor appropriate legislation for the permanent im- provement of our roads and highways. ‘We fully recognize the importance of the great work that the State University is doing toward the intellectual and industrial development of the State. also that the demands upon It in both these directions have S0 outgrown its income as to seriously threaten its useful- We therefore pledge our party to an increase of the lature sufficient to maintain its efficiency. We congratulate our State and its people upon the semi- centennial of its admission to the Union, and rejoice that center of Orlental trade, developing our resources, creating markets for our products and portending for our State a future more glorious than its golden past. of our doctrine, In the. bmit the faith to the voters of Calif D e e e B B R A S e e S S S was the most enthusiastic convention he had ever attended. He predicted the elec- tion of McKinley and Roosevelt by a large majority in the Electoral College. Cap- tain 1. P. Kincaid, vice president, and J D. Brown made remarks. when the club adjourned. The club will parade on the 14th and attend the great mass-meeting in the pavilion. BIG POTLATCH PLANNED. Warring Alaska Tribes to Smoke the Pipe of Peace. SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—The olive branch of peace is to wave where for six hundred years the skin of the rattlesnake has dangled at the tent door of the Sitka and Wrangel Indian tribes. There is sched- uled for Monday next, September 10, the greatest potlatch in the history of the two tribes, according to news recefved from the capital city of Alaska by the steamer Queen. During the potlatch Kodowatt will endeavor to settle a feud that has existed among the warring tribes of the | Indian district for generations and cen- turies. DR. GARDNER'S SUCCESSOR. |Dr. F. W. HAtc);-tt;ATa.ke Charge of the Napa Asylum. SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6.—It is stated here that a change is to be made soon in the management of the State hospitais by which Dr. F. W. Hatch, now super intendent of State hospitals, will be put in charge of the Napa Hospital as medical superintendent, to succeed Dr. M. Gar ner, who will establish a private sanitar. jum. There is nd talk as yet about who ucceed Dr. Hatch as superintendent WE ELLS, N Herald bullding was burned to the ground last Nev., Sept. 6.—The Nevada State night. The origin of the fire is unknown. of the plant was saved. surance. Part Loss $2000; no in- > e - & k3 o influence the establishment of ent Chinese exclusion laws and appropriate leg- islation prohibiting the immigration of Japanese and other contract la- borers. We favor the adoption of the proposed constitu- — We recognize University through the coming Legis- Congratulating the State and People on the Semi-Centennial. S A S 2 justice of our cause, In the wisdom abllity and triotism of candi- tonr'wln.a dedlaration of our poiitical a for their approval at the | hona CHOOSING THE NINE MEN FOR ELECTORS Glowing Tributes Are Paid by the Sponsor Delegates to the Candi- dates at Large. Special Dispatch td' The Call. DQUARTERS, SAN- Sept. 6.—When the for _electors £ the need of He therefore Angeles in - ¢ this con in a brilliant address placed his place and Samuel M. Shortridge in nom- ination one of the coveted ‘The of Shortridge was re- ceived with che nd a series of hearty seconding speeches were made from « ferent countie ; Mr. McKin- those prin. of the J ate e find our nciples o friends deserting This wiil be a e When an adrm ot and Joe Wheeler hould it The questions of trusts and imps we m id expansion arise, therc? e these great principles and plac our ticket one capable of understand swaying the judgment of the peop new lines It was with great satisfaction that this con- vention t listened one ver delivered in the e Bf our fellow Republica tives of the great our competitive Shortri . 1 do not need to recapitu! L s € e- the south and second tie It has been known to this State since | pomio: oy e ored as a boy in the mines of Nevada ticket ty. we place him at the head of our electoral «t he will go before the people and pay 1 2 to all parties and be a credit submit his name to Again Alameda County insisted on be- ing heard in the person of Delegate bocker, who seconded the nomina- f Mr. Barrett. address con : onding spe electors at large. and unanimously luded the nom hes for Pri It was moved, sec herefore I nded that the secre- sles seconded Delegate Oliver of Los An; nomination. He had no sconer finished | 3¢ ¢ ition for Samuel M than Delegate Adams of El Dorado, a vet- of J41 francece, snd, Wil cran, arose and paid a splendid tribute to | 4¢ |arge. the nominee. Nominating the Other Electors. And then Alameda County was heard | SERN g from in the person of Dr. George C. Par- | Chairman Va Tost anmounced (he dee, who sald the nominated Presidential el “Alameda County gladly, heartily and | each Congressional distriet unanimously seconds the nomination of | Judge Angellotti of d that the delegat sional _District._h: W. Ryan of Humbol¢ ge Davis Amador arose and said the Second nETes; Distriet pad chosen Harold J. Po Senator Luchsing Sam Shortrt In order that the porthern part of the e might not be unheard from State ator J. N. Gillette in behalf of Hum- t and other northern counties paid his ate, saying in part: n: 1 ha It is with great pleasure at this time that I | the Third Congres District a rise on behalf of the northern part of this | nounced to the convention the name ¢ State to second the nominaton of the Hon. S. | W. R. Davis of Alameda. Shortridge. We have watched his case for s past and know him to be a true, earnest 1 honest Republican. The speech made by terday satisfles our people that he is rthy to lead in this coming campaign; that the princinles he enunciated are close to us With him in the front—with his earnestness and big heart, you may logk for a large and rousing majority for Californfa. so that William M Kinley and the administration in the East can extend their hand to us and say, well done across tke Rockies. Eulogy of Barrett. J. J. Sullivan _of nounced that the District had selected C. Francisco. Max Goldberg informed the delegates that the Fifth Congressional District unanimously selected ex-Senator Frank McGowan. W. H. Galbreith of SantaCruz announced | the name of Warren R. Porter of Santa Cruz for the Sixth. Dr. Chester Rowell of Fresno submitted | the name of James McFadden of Orangs s San Francisco an- Fourth Congressional B. Rode of San When the enthusiasm for Shortridge | County for the Seventh District ad subsided, when the delegates had All nominations having beem made, rased their cheers and order was re- | Judge J. W. McKinley of Los Angeies stored J. W. McKinley of Los Angeles | moved that the arose to place another elector at large in | of the conven the field. He spoke of the commercial | which formality secretary cast the ballot on for "~ the candidates, was duly observed. MADMAN’S TRAGIC SUICIDE FOLLOWS WANTON TMURDER Manager of a Centerville Ranch Slays a Japanese and Ends His Cwn Life With Dynamite. Special Dispatch to The Call. RESNO, Sept. 6.—Frank Browning, | body has not been established. A forest a yvoung Englishman, in a fit of | fire was recently raging in that region madness to-day emptied both bar- | "*‘n" it is thought the body is that of some rels of a shotgun at a Japanese em- ;“;g;{fl'fig- uf’{'fil g:';:;ge exhausted and ploye, mortally wounding him. He e flam then walked a quarter of a mife to a powder-house and blew himself and the TIED HAND AND FEET bullding to atoms with dynamite. The AND PUT TO DEATH double tragedy took place on the orange ranch of W. G. Uridge, nmear the little town of Centerville. Burglars Murder a Montana Rancher This morning Browning went hunting g with a double-barreled shotgun and was by Binding a Towel Around away for several hours. He returned to His Face. the house at 2 o'clock and as he came up = BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 6.—Bullus Parrot, pehind the barn, fifty yards distant from | an old-time resident of Deer Lodge Cou the house, hé met one of the Japanese , was murdered at his ranch R hers mamed Okonoro. Okonoro was | pireteen miles from here last night. W A oAding & wagon and_placing its con- | discovered this morning Parrott lay tents In a_bunkhouse. Browning walked ' the floor of his store with his hands and up on the Japanese from behind and when feet bound and a_towel bound tightly L around his face. The money drawer was open and the cash gone. The robbers did hin a_few feet of him raised the gun not make a thorough search of the plac on fired. The first shot took effect in the small of the back and the second shot ¢ the victim's right arm off near the | as nothing was disturbed but the cas :l!::lldvr blade. He died at 8 o'clock this | drawer. %‘h re is no clew to the mur- evening. derers. rming's sister and brother, who were 1nBlrho:hO\§s& did not see what had taken place, but supposed the young man was shooting at doves. After committing the terrible crime Browning quletly entered 4 put his gun away. He then | walked a quarter of a mile to Uridge’s | power-house and went into the bullding. A few minutes later a terrific explosion shook the_country for miles in ever!};!:iel; S e INTERESTS THE COAST. Fruits and Plants From Hawaii and the Philippines to Be Inspected. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Postmasters appointed; Ellen Ford, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, Cal., vice William rection. Browning's brother e e S T {g:h;%utl:)sfl:&:g;nme fl;“’sc‘ao;lt'; le:;‘:or?: | E]lmim. elfi::‘;e goumy. Or., vice 8. E. Mec- building. The legs and | Clure, T % ; R S o biown off and the trunk of | Pensions lssued: Califorsia: Original— Bead R4y lay fifty feet from the spot | Lewis Mellert, Oakland, 36 am ¥ ‘here (Ke ower-house had stood. e | o Eres, w?:‘ lnse ce):. ! ;cruse: il *xplosion shook the town of Centerville WL;;;‘EM e O ’513‘3'. . Original and frightened the inhabitants. Oregon: N LW e v that Browning was men- e eI cred when e committed his rime. For several days he ha 2l Cnhis brother and sister about the hpanese working on the ranch and his janguage seemed to indicate that he be- Ieved they were conspiring against him. A week ago his relatives suspected that he was becoming mentally unbalanced and prevailed upon him to go to San Francisco, thinking a change of climate and surroundings would do him good. As doon as he arrived in San Francisco he onsgmu omas Walterville, Additional—James R. Dunlap, Shedds, $12. Increase—George W. Kelley, Cottage Grove, §3. Reissue—Wil- liam A. Robinson, Athena, $8. Washington: _ Additional—Newell D. Senford, Lyle, $8. Supplemental—-Emri N. Friend. North Yakima. $6. ‘The State Board of Horticulture of Cali- fornia, having represented to the Postof- fice Department that dangerous insect pests exist in Hawall and the Philippine Islands which are not known in any part tally deranged 3 e of North America and which if introduced called upon Mr. Urldge, the onner Bt e'e | therein would do great to_fruit T A racs the Japanese had formed and plants. and the Sec Fl i against him. Uridge decided that he was | 7% SIS, (05 FREL os o A v and pald no attention to him. Yon._fhe Ful ¥, s ot B whing Teturned to the Centerville | dered tha wast intercept and for- ranch, where he was foreman. and en- ward in California to the Posimaster at 4 into an agreement with his brother :lefin;ttend to his work for him. He said he did not feel capable of managing the ranch any longer. Sacramento, in Oregon to the Postmaster at Salem and in Washington to the Post- master at Olympia all mail matter con- taining fruits or plants emanating from v had two brothers and a sister ing Jiants 2 5 e R cighhorhood where the kill- | Hawall o the Philippine Isiands, * These Ina fook place. They own considerable | PoStmasters will submit all such matter property. The young man was 2§ years | o of horticulture for inspection. old. ssistant Secretary of the Treasury e - s | Taylor, who has arge of the enforce- PERISHED IN FOREST ment of the immigration laws, in an inter- —— | view published here favors the repeal of Charred Body of an Urknown Man | the Chinese exclusion law. Found Near Whiskytown. | sacraMENTO. Seot. s—Edward O. Stons. N t. 6.—The decomposed | an eiectrical lineman, was killed shortly after bggz?‘:g‘nnsegnll burned to .;he,wdp 3 o'clock this afterncon by coming into contact | with a live wire. He was about 32 years of age vold of clothing except shoes, was found | snq leaves a wife and two children. h on the road leading from the Mount FP I A PTG PG + FIRE. Shasta mine to Whiskytown this morn- g - ewsome find was made b ‘15:1 Abcmeat ¥ 1“-\';“’ Joe Shnf;‘er. o boyé ) #Valda,” the sensational + of Shasta. ey were hunting an ¢ court life at Peking, + i leading to the mine. story of cot 3 i&‘r};"fifa ‘-:ep‘;o:he brush lguy.‘ Near begins in next Sunday’s Call, : the road was a pile of ashes and from it September 9. 3 - protm‘}:d ll qm{ loomgdom:ut. Ap- t B < i S L R l P R a1