The herald., 1898-11-07
LICENSE OR NO LICENSE
RIVERSIDERS AGITATED OVER
THE SALOON QUESTION
Socialists Scarce in the Orange City.
Hartman Fails to Secure an Audi
ence-News and Personal

RIVERSIDE, Nov. 6-The proposition
of saloon or no saloon license will be voted
on Tuesday in this county, and the women
of the county are doing some very active
campaigning against license. The following
petition has been circulated throughout the
county, in order to obtain the sentiment OF
the residents of the county:
Whereas, the honorable board of Sill
pervisors decided to submit the ques-
tion whether the saloons OF the county
OF Riverside should be licensed or not,
to the electors OF said county at the com
ing election, to be held Oh the 8th day of
November; now, therefore,
We, the undersigned residents of said
county, do petition the fathers, hus-
bands, brothers and sons, regardless of
party atfiliation, to see that they each
cast a vote at such election for mo
License"
The petition has been largely signed, botl
in this city and in the towns of the county
The signers at Perris, where there is al
open saloon, numbered IS out Of total vote
OF l25; at Highgrove 40 signed; at Wildomal
}S, and so on through the county. 1t is be
ieved the vote of the county will be agans
license, and if it is 1t is expected that the
new board OF supervisors will refuse t.
grant licenses
Job Hartman, Socialist candidate fol
governor, was here last night and tried tt
get crowd TO which to speak, but failed
MIR. Hartman was at hand at Y Nj. c. A
hall, but the crowd he expected to see ther,
did not show up. Socialists are not yer,
plentiful in this section.
Eleven documents were filed for record il
the recorders office yesterday, and eight O
this number were deeds, while there wa.
but one mortgage in the lot, all of which
goes, to show that real estate is changing
hands here, and also that buyers are payins
cash tor purchases.
Ihere is movement on foot here anon,
the many friends of George Engelke ane
Peter Edmiston, said to have been murdered
by John Hancock, to assist in the prosecu
ton OF the accused double murderer. Th,
murdered men, who were well known in thi
city, have many friends, who will spar
the man who foully murdered them.
Members of Co. M are awaiting Novem
Der 18th with considerable anxiety, for OF
that date the company will return to Lo
angeles to be mustered out The bows hop,
that the work may be completed quickly
as many of them have secured Jobs. 4
large majority of the company saw the,
have had all the soldering they want fo
some time to come, and when once released
Will not tie themselves up again soon. Th
company will give an exhibition drill a
4Ao,ic.iS Puih VII IIiudy next before 9OlnI
to Los Angeles, for the benefit of the loca
He'd Cross society.
Sheriff johnson arrested l7-year-old bo,
named John Weitzell, who is an escape from
Whittier. Weitzell came here with TIN
circus, but local boy who has been in tn
school and who knew Wetzell, pointed tn
latter out to the officers. Weitzell wh,
admits his identity, will be taken to Whit
| tier tomorrow.
The Wallace circus management dis
| charged about twenty men here yesterday
and they are hard-looking outfit. The DO
lice are after the gang and the most of then
| have been ordered to get out.
Hoboes set fire to Santa Fe compan,
fruit car at the depot last night and the ca
was badly damaged before the blaze wa
subdued.
A marriage license was issued Saturday t
Charles Rees Lloyd, aged So, resident O
Berkeley and native of England, and Mar
Crossley, aged 33, a resident of New York
Although there have been no indication
that the coming winter will be wet one
yet large number of ranchers in the PERI
and Moreno valleys are hard at work plow
ing land getting it ready for seeding. Th,
impression among the farmers is that tn,