The herald., 1896-02-20
SAN BERNARDINO CITIZENS
Will Choose q Trustee at all Informal
Election
Church People Active In Efforts to Retsin
Their Pastor - Death Of
Judge Hathaway

San BERNARpiNo, Feb. 19.-The board
of city trustees has determined to refer
the question of a successor to Fl. M.
Barton to the voters Of the Second
ward.
The question was the one which at.
tracted most interest at the city hall
last night. "A number Of citizens of
the Second ward were in attendance.
and the matter was brought up as soon
as the meeting WAS formally opened.
Trustee Firth announced that during
the day he had talked with a large
number Of people from the Second
ward and that he was now satisfied the
election was desired and should be
given.
Chairman Lawson, while willing to
grant the election and to agree to be
bound by its provisions, was still con
! vinced that it was an impolitic thing to
do, and that the vacancy ought to be
| filled by the board.
The question was discussed as to the
length Of the campaign, and various
other collateral matters, and resulted
in the following resolution being
adopted:
Resolved, That the members Of the
| board or city trustees hereby agree to
support for member of the board of
trustees for the city Of San Bernardino
from the Second ward any qualified
resident of that ward whom the legally
| qualified electors of said ward may
select at an Informal public election
held in the said ward of the city of
San Bernardino on Monday, March 2,
1896, the result of said election to be
reported to this board on the 3D. day of
March, 1896; and this board further
recommends that the method of pro-
cedure at said election conform as
l nearly as practicable to the general
election laws of the state.
There WAS number of citizens of
the Second ward at the city hall, and it
was at once determined to call mass
meeting at the city hall Thursday
night at o'clock to take preliminary
action with reference to the special
election. This is to be a general meet.
ing Of citizens. no lines of any kind
being drawn.
Already number Of candidates are
mentioned. There is growing senti-
ment that George M. Cooley will &C.
cept the place if it comes to him as
| Ju6 kllU VI Juo pcOpAo AA tiiO WoAu, olN
he has many supporters. John Il.
Barton is talked OF as much as is MIR.
Cooley, and he will be we'll represented
in the ward meeting. q. A. Atwood,
who has once been voted for in the
board by Messrs. Firth and Lawson, is
also being urged to so into the con-
test, and is counted strong candidate.
Among others mentioned are Q. ID.
Whitcomb, Il. +. Garner, J. O. Coch-
rane, A. Horowitz, James Fleming,
Judge Damron and Harry Lesher.
THAT METHODIST TANGLE
The prayer meeting at the First M
L. church tonight will probably be the
most largely attended of any held III
recent years. At the meeting the for,
NAL protest against the removal of Rev.
i. O. McJntier will be presented, and
with unanimity that is at once sur
prising and gratifying. The member
ship is in line to prevent such action
OH the part Of the church authorities.
DEATH OF JUDGE HATHAWAY
Judge. M. j. Hathaway died at
o'clock pm. today at Cotton. His homo
was at Rochelle, ILL.,, but he had been
spending the winters here for six years.
He was at one time attorney for the
Chicago and Alton railroad. He was
at one time the principal owner of the
Cotton water works and had invested
here about 100000. He was worth
about $250,000. He was an original
Republican, but left the party with
Lyman Trumbull. His remains will be
shipped to Chicago Friday.
NOTES or THE DAY
Mrs. j. HI. Ward, OF 94S Fifth street
was the victim of an accident yester-
day morning which very nearly re-
suited in the loss Of an eye. A can oi
concentrated lye fell from shelf, and
as it struck the sink below, the lye
splashed and drop struck her eye.
OF course the injury was painful, but
the physician in attendance does not
think the sight will be permanently in.
jured.
AS Mrs. Sidney Waite was driving
past the corner of Sixth and E streets
this afternoon, pole belonging to the
Sau BsrnRrdino Electric COM pany fell
crashing against another pole which
carried an electric light wire, and bott
poles came to the ground, one Of them
hitting Mrs. Waite's buggy and wreck