The herald., 1896-08-30
SAN DIEGO
An Early Closing Movement Begun-Poiticai
and Personal

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.-By general agree
ment the commission houses and banks
in the city will close every Saturday after
noon beginning September >.
James Boyd of Riverside accompanied
by his wife and two young girls, have been
spending the past three weeks in this city.
Thursday afternoon their adopted daugh
ter. Ethel Mckenzie. disappeared. and after
two days diligent search the girl was To-
Gated at Oceanside. Mr.. Boyd left this
morning for Oceansde and returned on the
noon train with the girl
Seventy-iive children connected with the
Order OF The Eastern Star celebrated the
fifth anniversary OF children's day at Unity
hall FRIDAY evening. An excellent musical
and literary program was rendered during
A party consisting Of Gov p. j. Franklin
or Arizona FRANK Cox, attorney for the
fog{hern r. roe paciIiG' hG G. T Lint9n Ed Put
here yesterday evening by special ear. They
say, their visit is simply one of pleasure.
The coroner's jury in the inquest on the
bodies of Nellie Bailey and Geoge Fox
who We're burned to death last Friday. re-
turned the following verdict yesterday af-
titled case find that the deceased persons
came to their death by being burned, and
also by foul means unknown to the jury.
The Democrats held their primaries in
the city and county last evening for the
election of delegates to the county conVen-
ton, which meets september 4 in this city.
today and much interest is taken in the
result as upon the completion depends
much of the success Of the proposed ion
The Democratic campaign will be for
mally opened in this city this evening by
prominent speakers from San Francisco
This arrangement is made in accordance
with the plans of the Democratic state cen
tral committee, and similar meetings will
be held in seven other cities in the state.
The county auditor estimates the total
value of all properties in the county avail
able for taxation at $l45SS, 335 and the
total expenses for running the county for
the fiscal year 1861 at Sl14 034.7S.
The police commission has spent three
days investigating the charges preferred
by Mayor Carlson against Chief of Police
j. w. Brenning. They are in session again
this afternoon and from present indications
are likely to be in session several days next
week.
over three thousand people assembled
on the public square this evening Wnen
the Hon. w. p. Stradley of San Francisco
opened the Democratic campaign in this
city. The audience was a representative
one of Democrats. Populists and free silver
dition to the members of the Democratic
county central committee We're several
prominent members of the Peoples party
and several members of the Republican Sill
yer league.
For over two hours the speaker addressed
his audience on the issues of the cam
pagn. The major part of the speech was
devoted to the financial question: and the
arguments advanced in support of this
plank of the Democratic platform We're in
terrupted with frequent and liberal APP
History of this and other nations was
quoted in support of the arguments adj
Vanced in favor of the free coinage of sill
YER and supported the statement of the
speaker that of the two metals silver was
the more honest dollar of the two. As an
Illustration of the dishonesty of the gold
I~iia, ~ e.s-o'-er mid that ~iros $50 g2Si1
had advanced 100 per cent thus reducing
the price Of prouucts % per cent. ms was