The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1900, Page 9

REPLB Citizens LICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE INDORSES SPEAR AND LOUD TALKS TO CONSTITUENTS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900, C 9 Republican Party Convenes and Names a Judicial and a Legislative Ticket. SRR the Nominations Made -Are indorsements of Candidates Al- ready in the Field flf iny BiISHOP DUNCAN IS OPPOSED TO RELIGIOUS Mr GRAPE-NUTS. WRAPPED IN Bo ¥ Sonits ave e kernels aste and Tp rticies of Grape-Nuts. KERNELS. in the Little nerve tr centers a fai und to give up my oc been able to keep more work. wh marvelous. My leasure and The won- thetooth- ed up of Grape-Nuts can ted by any one who wishes to wear of brain and i EXCITEMENT A Th e first meet- 1ference of g sermon W. Duncan his text ed eloquent n vanity and kept al contemp- ounced the clergyman is a great f the gospel " he sald. physicai ¥ foolish ying and iat he is ter must , are attending M. Armstrong G. C. Pendergast, Ruddick, J. 1. M. Pratt. C. E J. C. Stmmons. W. h. . A. Lindsey. L. Vaughn, T. G. Russell, T. R T. Clark, John Moore N COAL OIL FOUND ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS ngeles University Goes Into the Los ness of Boring for Crude Petroleum. Gilbert, United yester- case of the “ollege Ofl Sree Swarth 1 from an interloc- he Swarths a tem- g the appel- the campus of as an ofl fleld. granting t raf of art niversity . party made a on September ard used as a he deed stip- be used ex- ampus of the ng_should be those devoted to | .\r.-;"‘\?r clause pro- | e of the non-usage t3 before Jan. | =hould revert to the | r t that no buildi except on the campus and ies rigged up der- | phernalia for ex- | t of the bosom | rthe won in the | Angeles and the peal. The case was | urt of Appeals yester- Yellow Fever's Spread. SHINGTC | Oct. 3 —Private Jetters | ana indicate that much | p on exists amon, B there regarding the -.uq;";:\-'::f'fi‘m| conditions grow worse instead of improv- ing. Civilian employes in Cuba seem to | be subject 1o the disease and in several | Government offices many been stricken. There is yvet no fear of the fever spreading among the troops. Republican County Central Committee Indorses Joseph S. Congressman Eugene F. Loud Makes Spear Jr. for Collector of Customs and Asks Senators to Urge His Appointment. Secretary Wilson Resigns and J. F. McGlynn Is Elected as His Successor—Campaign Committee Chosen in Spite of Action of Bergerot's Appointees. L 4 HE Republican County Central Committee at its regular monthly meeting last night adopted a res ition indorsing Joseph S. Spear Jr. for appointment to the office of Collector of Customs of ‘the Port of Francisco, left vacant by the death John P. Jackson. The re: enators Bard and Perk influence to secure Mr olntment by President McKin- to the resolution, which de- in the line of »ption of the r without fur! he table. sald Wilson, as a sorehead. with the course ee has adopt- tion was accepted, as was {‘ REPUBLICA COMMITTEE | CHAIRMAN BOUVIER, WHO | IS ABOUT TO RESK * + also that of Thomas Duff as second vice chairm As Duff's successor, Augustus Tilden and William Offerman were nomi- nated, b A. B. Truman rg as a man “who in sympathy with the major- he committee.” Goldberg was eleet- 2 unanimous vote. nothing Iike recognition.” sai “of men who have late jolned our ranks from the Democrats. T desire to nominate as secreta one of our most recent converts, J. J. Curry *"Curry retorted, * and I do man for the nomina- 1 nominated John F. Me- y elected ent of a led up by Asc d he was unanimou the_appo was Chairman Hillman, and soon got into such a snarl that for a time it looked as if it would not be straightened out. The complication arose over the fact that the purity committee appointed b Chairman ergerot of the County Convention had organized as a campaign committee. Chairman Hillman said it w: ot de- sirable that there should be any conflict of authority. but as these was grave doubt of the-validity of the purity committee’s organization as a campaign committee it would be expedient for the County Com- mittee to proceed as if h action had not been taken until the validity of it had been settled. Augustus Tilden moved that it be the sense of the meeting that the pu mittee be recognized as the regu paign committ. A. B. Truman point of order that the committe not appoint as a committee to re; Sy t men who did not belong to it. The point was sustained by the chair. Truman moved that a campalgn com- mittee of eighteen be appointed, one from each Assembly District, but the mot was lost. L J. Aschheim mo chair appoint a committee of seve - den and others were st contending th: harmony would be p noted by recogniz- Ing the purity committee as the campalgn committee. George Boyne ol ed contention and was jeered at the Kelly men present. “If a man says anything hera, B. Truman, “that is not in the views of the place-hunters. who are not members of the committee but who come here and tell members how vote, he is insulted by them. I want to know if that is the way to harmonize the party Those men on the purity committee were appointed to purify Republ olitics. They will purify it into corrupt There 1s no precedent for their acting as a cam- paign committee.’ As motion for a_committee seven prevailed hheim's of appointed the fo to serve on it: 1. J. Aschheim. John F. McGlynn, E. M. Ruckiey, L. D. McDonald, H. C. Hender- son. Frank D. Worth and Leon Samuels The purity committee, which organ- ized as a campalgn committee and which may dispute the authority of the men named by Hillman, is composed of H. G W. Dinkelsplel, A. B. Maho Patrick Prendergast, Morris Asher and Thomas W. Woodward The meeting sacting further business withou adjourned tran- Structure That Will Be a Credit to Oakland and |’ Greatly Improve City’s Appearance. NEW POSTOFEFICE BUILDING TO BE OF STATELY DESIGN/i OAKLAND, OCT. PLETED IN WASHI) CITY. THE BUILDING WILL COST $250,000. SOUTHEASTERL —THE PLANS OF THE NEW OAKLAND POSTOFFICE BUILDING HAVE BEEN COM- AND HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO CONGRESSMAN VICTOR H. METCALF IN THIS THE LOT hAS ALREADY BEEN CORNER OF BROADWAY AND SEVENTEENTH STREET. WORK ON THE BUILDING WILL BE COMMENCED AS SOON AS THE APPROPRIATION IS COMPLETED. pr— HOSPITAL STEWARD IS ATTACKED BY MADMAN Assistance of Several Strong Men Re- quired Before the Maniac Is Subdued. For several days past the queer actions | has loitering al hospi- of a stranger who been around the grounds of the g tal at the Presidio have attract, tention of the stewards and priv duty at the h entered the ward, A. S. J. Beauregard, and began acting Iy that the steward called the watch him. Tre request was evidently tes on overheard by the stranger and he jumped | for the steward. The latter got first hold however, and a battle royal ensued. At tendarts rushed to the steward’s ance and finally subdued the madman, for such he proved to be. It required the com bined efforts of a kalf dozen strong men to nold the man while others bound his arms and legs. From papers found in his pocket it was learned that his name was Edward Nie hammer, and that he was a discharg Wyoming volunteer. Acting Assistant Surgeon J. L. son _reported at headquarters and is assigned to temporary dut Presidio, awaiting transportatio: nila. Acting Assistant Surgeon Barrett has been ordered to Fort Liscum, Port Valdez Alaskz, to relieve Acting Assistant Sur- geon N. C. Trew. Acting Assistant Surgeon Hendrickson bas been relieved from duty at Fort Mec- Doweil and ordered to Fort Flagler, Washington. relieving Acting Assistant Surgeon Wythe. e e —— THE RED CROSS IN GALVESTON. Interesting Letter Sent to Local Branch by Vice President Barton. An interesting communication h: reached the Red Cross Soclety of this city from Stephen E. Barton, president of the National Red Cross So- clety at Galveston. The letter says: GALVESTON, Texas. Sept. 26, 1900. California Red Cross, San_Francisco, Cal. Dear Red Cross Friends: Yestarday the ex- sress company delivered to us eleven boxes and two trunks consigned to Mayor Jones of Galveston from the California Red Cross. For ourselves and in behalf of the sufferers. we k you for this generous contribu- Te also pleased to inform you that the citizens’ local relief committee has trans- ferred to the American National Red Cross. urder the direction of Miss Barton. who has been here for the past ten days, the entire work of distributing food. ciothing and other relief susolies. Henceforth the work will be per- formed by the local Red Cross Auxiliary- which is now under process gf organization by Miss Barton, all to be w vision of the National Red Cross. There will be no interruption whatsoever in the work: but on the other hand a more complete and sys- tematic method of carrying it on. It must con- Nichol- esterday y at_the to Ma- 1 the at- | y the man | second vice | although it is in such there 1= no distressing tinue for many mont! | comdicion How that want, all parts tematically covered Mr. Barton goes on to describe the needs | of the stricken city. He states that five | millions or more in money should be con- | tributed to redeem 25 per cent of the prop- | erty losses in homes alone. While Mr. Barton is grateful for the great assistance rendered by the immense supplies of re- | lief materials recefved, such as food and clothing. he says that such relief tends to Is ercial operations. ‘“There- “jt _can r be seen | that money d pended in the way of emplo ent of labor and the purchase of neces ies will work a two- | fold benefit.”” The letter concludes with {an earnest compliment to the relief com- ‘mll(oe. worded as follows: The local committee. of which Mayor Jones chatrman. pable and is one of the strongest. most ca- eprasentative committees that I have r known to be created atelv following such a widespread and alling dis- aster as th Miss Rarton exceedinely apore- clates the prompt action of the Red Cross aux- | | tilarfes. She was upon her ar-ival here and for | & week thereafter very ill, althouch she attend- ed daily to the direction of affairs, and T am nleased to say that she has now almost en- tirely recovered. and one to see her would hard- 1v believe that she was dangerously i1l less than » week ago. She sends her kindest re- membrance to her California associates. —_—————— POOLMEN TEMPORARILY GIVE UP THE FIGHT Harry Corbett Has Closed His Place i and Zick Abrams Will Make No More Bets. The trial by jury of John Riley, clerk with Zick Abrams, on the charge of vio- | lating the ordinance against poolselling, was commenced before Judge Cabaniss yesterday afternoon. Attorney Joseph Coffey appeared for the prosecution and Attorney Collins for the defendant. jurers, namely, D. Loftus, P. 8. Presley, W. W. Mitchell, A. Johnston and 5 enz. were secured. An effort will be | made to complete the jury to-day. | Abrams called upon Chief Sullivan yes | terday afternoon and told him that he had not been accepting any bets for weeks. He was compelled to keep his of- fice open for his correspondence with out- side places and the only one there besides himself was an office _boy. He would make no more bets. The chief, on that showing. agreed to remove the two men he had stationed at Abrams’ place. Har- ry Corbett has already closed his place and it is sald that Dan Crowley will fol- low suit. They will wait the decision of the higher court on the anpealed cases. Hayden for the Assembly. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 3—The Democratie County Central Committee to-day momin- . Emmet Havden for the Assembly n the Twenty-third district. of the city being to-day sys- | Five | PURCHASED. IT IS ON THE o :C'B.AO'I'IC CONDITIONS AT HALL OF JUSTICE | Elevators Not Working Properly and Painters and Whitewashers | Still at Work. | Things were not running smoothly in | the Hall of Justice vesterday, and it wa painfully apparent that the ck | been made too soon. Pal an washers were at work all over t 1, and in the basement it will be a week yet before affairs are straightened out. The elevators stopped running several times. to the inconvenience of passengers, | and uniess something is done to put in proper shape there will be a seripus accident. Yesterday morning, while seven male and two female prisoners were going from the City Prison to the basement en route to the Count Jail, the operator lost control of the elevator, and it struck the asphalt on the bottom with a thud thaty lifted the occupants off their feet. Chief of Police Sullivan has ordered that the matrons in the prison must now serv. | twelve hours’ watch each. The wome; cells are partitioned off from the rest of the sprison, and are entirely in charge of the matrons. requiring their constant at- tention. Before they only worked day | about. ' Monday and Tuesday nights the matron on duty and three prisoners had to sleep on the floor, as no beds had been | provided for them. Thieves are also Infesting the hall and =everal articles have been stolen. among them three elecric batteries and a bell. TR UG e | lBO!BS ATTACK A | | BRITISH CONVOY | | Twelve Men Escape but the Fate of | the Remainder of the Party i Is Unknown. | LONDON. Oct. 3—The following dis patch has been received from Lord Rob- |’ | ert: L “PRETORIA. Tuesday, Oct. 2—A con voy of twenty-two wagons. escorted b | Boers "October 1. | the men escaped. is_not known. “The Boers derailed a traln near Pan yesterday evening. Five Guards were killed and nineteen injured. PEESoRAT VISt o KomAPOOL to aseure guese territory.” JOHANNISBURG, Oect. 2.—The Military Governor on after October 10. o SRR REDWOOD CITY, Oct. 3.—The directors of the Redwood City Library Association held a meeting last night to discuss the advisability | mended, of transterring the and furniture of the Ubrary to the city. It was decided that such 'TELEPHONE MA | lady who died | evening in or | at_this time | dropped them. He has made anti-imper- sixty mounted men, was-attacked by 140 | imperialis near De Jagers Drift.| up the word because they have nothing | i while on the way to Vryheid. Twelve of | elze to ery abeut. The fate of the others | of their own. #| nounce’ with them." Coldstream | e | ciation of Fire Chiefs to-day accepted the in- "Commlsdlnl Dirksen. who has been | vitation of the Portland Elks to meet next year aget, has surrendered after al imself that Kruger had gone into Pnrlu-' September 38 informed head- | quarters that he would he prepared for | the return of M0 to 4000 refugees weekly | His Opening Address and Tells of Country’s Prosperity. Forty-first District Republicans Turn Out in Large Numbers to Wel- come - + EUGENE F. LOUD, REPUBLI- l CAN CONGRESSIONAL NOMI- | NEE IN FIFTH DISTRI( NGRESSMA LOUD made ign in Sa night at Pixley’s Hall of Pacific and Polk he offictal Republi Loud dwelt at length on osperity and declarad our country was never ndition than at Pr MeKt trade of ing from haystacks. w forced to pass the night thr idleness. To-day plentiful, 1 and prov of the general pros- war with Spain. Con- lared that he had op- nning. That n@ny < in the House McKinley mistakes w! Him. GEO. A .ENIGHT IN DEMAND George A. Knight's ab is ~ecognized in the Eas the Philadelphta conventi nomination of Presid zed the atiention ¢ the Nation v T have the Bonor al n regard Wednesday rand rail nent speakers wi DE AID TO DEATH AND THE AGENT OF SORROW OAKLAND, Oct. 3—When Miss Al- | berta Macdonald took carbelic acid on | Friday evening last members |of the family were reft of the telephone by a party at that time using the line for a trivial conversation, and the friends of the young 1 that if,they had been of th telephone that to hurry the arrival of the doctor a life might possibly have been saved. When Miss Macdonald was found dying in her room one of the visitors at the house saw at once that it was a case of polsoning and made an effort to summon | a doctor by telephone. The telephone is | on a “ten-party” line and a conversation was being carried on over the line at that | time between a woman and a man. An effort was made to secure the use of the telephone the urgency of the case was owed the use explained to the parties engaged In the conversation. The request for the use of the line was met with the information that carbolic acid poisoning. 1t took many moments of delay and atious working eat the telephone the parties would allow the famil a doctor. Dr. C. M. Selfridge. w finally called. said “Had I been called ear! have been a chance of saving the you lady’s life. Delay at such a moment most dangerous. I have heard the of the telephone and consider t of the parties in holding the line rage.” A Coroner’s jury decided Miss MacDonald came to the effects of carbolic acid taken w! cidal fntent while temporarily ins: to cal was r there might ALAMEDA REPUBLICANS OPEN THE CAMPAIGN First Rally Brings Out a Crowd—D. E. McKinlay Makes a Telling | Speech. | ALAMEDA, Oct. 3.—The Republicans of Alameda turned out in force to-night at e first rally of the campaign. A rous- | oting was held under the auspices Alameda Republican Club in the | headquarters on Park street. There were | bonfires to warm the hearts of the stal- warts and music by a brass band to stir | the patriotism. In the abs of E. R. Anthony, pres- | ident of tha club, Colonel George Bab- cock presided. D. E. MeKinlay was the speaker of the evening. Brief speeches were also made by Superior Judges F. B. Ogden and_Jobn Ellsworth and Assem- blyman J. R. Knowland. A hearty round of applause followed the introduction of | McKinlay, who made a telling ad- His speech In part was as fol- This is the most important political campaign in the history of the United States. It is the most important cam- paign in_the history of California. The course of events has changed the geog- raphy of California. and instead of beinz a State far out on the edge of the world she has become the center of the world. There will be great things for California in the future if the Republican party re- mains in power. What dn we find the principal planks of the Democratic plat- form to be? First, the 16 to 1 plank: see- ond. the anti-trust plank: tiird. the anti- tmperialism plank. an arrajgnment of the dministration’s policy with regard to the | Philippines. “The first two principal planks should | not have much attention wasted on them | Mr. Bryan himself has falism the paramount lssue. ' This is not a new ery. If we will lpok back into American history we will find that George Washington was denounced as an imper- falist. that Jefferson was an ‘mperialist and Jackson and Lincoln and Grant were s. The Democrats have taken Thev have no polley It is all ‘anti’ and ‘we de- | e —————— SPOKANE. Oct. 3—The Pacific Coast Asso- in that city during the annual carnival. Exhibits at Paris. There is a large exhibit from this country at the Paris Exposition which will prove very in- teresting to all who may attend. but mo more so than the news that the famous American remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, will pos- ftively cure dyspepsia, indi fon. constipa- tion, billousness and nervou: To all suf- ferets of fhe above complaints & trial s recom w! = assurance honeatly Toed a cure will be eeciad. It aise tones up the entire system. DYSPEPSIA Ex-Postmaster Johnson says: “It gives me pleasure to say that Dr. DeFord’s Dys- pepsia Cure gave me immediate reiief and cured me entirely of a very obstinate stom= ach disorder after all other doctors and medicizes falled.” Dr. DeFord His Homeopathic Remedies are & tried and proven specifics, plainl beled, easy to take. No failure, no delay, no experi- ment. no polsonous drugs. All drugsists sell them. A separate cure for each & ease. Mostly 25 cents a vial. See or w: Dr. Paul DeFord, the Eminent European Graduate, for free medical advice, 175 Spring St.. Roome2and 3, Los Angeles, Cal. Remedies mailed ™ any address, post paid, on receipt of price. SUMMER RESORTS. PARAISO HOT SPRINGS, The Carisbad of America. is now open for the winter season. Address C. T. ROMIE, Paraiso Spricgs, Cal.