Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-16
Santa Barbara's New Officers
Take Their Seats.
Progress Iand Political Notes From
Redlands.
Long Beach Still Discussing the Last
Election.
The Santa Barbara Bigamist in Vain
Calls Mills Wife-Long Beach.
Gossip from Santa
Monica.


afternoon the mayor and new city coun.
Gil, elected Monday, April 4th, took the
oath of Office and their seats, and the
old mayor and councilmen, who have
served the city to the best of their abil-
ity for the past two years, stepped down
and out of office, after disposing of what
unfinished business was before the
old council and to which the new coun-
Gil could not attend. The old board
finished canvassing the votes, and de.
clared officially elected: Mayor, E. w.
Gaty; city marshal, w. w. Hopkins;
city assessor, Alfred Davis; tax col
lector, VIM. Maris; police judge, Whea-
ton; councilmen, G.. G. Welch, F. P.
Moore, M. F. Burke, j. M. Holloway
and C. M. Gidney.
The proposition of the County ma
tional bank to purchase $25,500 worth
of boulevard bonds was accepted by the
old council, and this being the, end OF
unfinished business, ended the
official duties of the retiring city faith
ers. The city clerk administered the
oath of Office, and the newly elected
officials took their chairs and proceeded
to business. Ex.Mayor Barber made a
neat Introductory address, which was
responded to by Mayor Gaty in such a
dignifed and pleasant manner that the
audience fairly shook the chamber with
enthusiasm.
THE BOULEVARD WORK.
Contractor Mahoney, who was award
ed the contract for building the boule-
ward along the beach, has been pushing
his work with great activity during the
past week, and progress has been quite
rapid--so much 80, in fact, that the
contractor was compelled yesterday by
the city to tear down some of his "rapid"
work and replace it with new.
Much ill-feeling also exists among the
workmen and teamsters against Con-
tractor Mahoney for the manner in
which he is ignoring his verbal contract
with the city council in not hiring citi-
zens here to do the work that he is now
having done by imported laborers. Ma
honey's contract price is sufficient to
warrant him paying good wages, but in
stead he is hiring inferior laborers at
from $1.25 to $1.75 per day. This not
showing justice to Santa Barbara work.
men, who are paying out of their pockets
their share of the means for builing the
boulevard.
THE OFT-MARRIED KNAVE.
Douglas w. McWalters, alias A. H.
Nave, alias S. w. Waters, and goodness
knows how many other aliases, the oily
bigamist and all-round deceiver, was
visited today by the HERALD reporter at
his temporary residence at the Hotel de
Broughton. He was found calmly seated
behind the iron bars in company with
Timothy Hill, the notorious 'Peeping
Tom," ard the Chinese murderers who
were lately captured at Lompoc, where
they killed a defenseless Chinee for re-
sisting them in their efforts to commit
robbery. He was quietly twisting his
pretty mustache and longing for his
mutton-chop whiskers 80 ruthlessly
taken from him by the strong hand of
the law.
He evaded all questions put to him by
the reporter, his only answer being:
''Mr. Kelley, my attorney, will tell you
all there ia to say"
Your reporter then endeavored to get
hold of his letters written to his two
wives here, but was again unsuccessful.
He learned, however, that they were of
such character that McWalters would
surely be placed behind the bars at San
Quentin.
Last night Waters requested an inter-
view with Mrs. A. H. Nave, nee Miss
Emma Boole (formerly given as Gould),
but this wife refused to give him hear
ing. The request was then made of Miss
Carrillo, wife No. l., but she too snubbed
him, and now, poor fellow, he must
await the time Of justice to get hearing.
FRIENDLY SCRAP.
Ex-City Marshal Martin and Consta-
BILE Kelton had little Misunderstanding
this afternoon in which Dan received a
severe blow in the face and Clarence a
sprained thumb. Kelton was arrested
on warrant for battery and was given
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning to
plead.