The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
"NO PEDDLERS" NOTA
SIGN TO LAUGH AT
ANNOYED AT BEING ASKED TO
BUY SCENTED SOAP.
A Police Court Jury Has Already
Shown That It Is in Sym
pathy With the
Measure.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.

sos Broadway, Oct. 4.
City Attorney Dow has reported that the
ordinance making 1t misdemeanor for
peddlers to annoy residents who have
sign prohibiting them from attempting to
sell their goods is legal and can be en-
forced as a police regulation.
This ordinance has been under consider
alton for some months and by a strange
series of circumstances nearly every
Councilman was led to favor it because of
personal inconvenience. When Mr.. Wood
ward announced that he favored
the ordinance and had sign
on his steps, "Peddlers are forbidden
here several of his brother Councilmen
laughed at him. But a week later Mr.
Hoffman and Mr.. Girard had both been
disturbed WINE taxing an afternoon cigar
and they were won over to the ordinance.
Still later Councilmen Earl and Cuvellier
were annoyed by peddlers and still an
other Councilman threw one down his
steps because he persisted in attemptine
to sell him some scented soap.
Eight out of the twelve Councilmen
have been thus converted to the necessity
of such an ordinance and now the Council
has ordered 1t to be printed preparatory
to its final passage. There is an idea at
large that the annoyance to which the
Councilmen were subjected was not alto
gether accidental, but was a preconceived
plan of two or three citizens who were
determined to secure relief from the
hordes of peddlers that work in the resi-
dence portions of the city. Another theory
is that some storekeeper having a lot of
peddler signs on hand thought this would
be a good way to get rid of them hut
President Hoffman declares that no such
ruse was worked off on the unsuspecting
About two months ago police officer
in East Oakland was aroused from
his slumbers after being out ali
n ndTed tS y sg1 on his sate w6o g
took summary vengeance on the disturb
er and later had him arrested for dis
L IL A
Court convicted the peddler and declared
that the officer had behaved very prop
erly The ordinance will become a law in
about two weeks.
Located Chinese Leper.
OAKLAND. Oct A Chinese who has
Badgers Park, near shed roof which
some boys had constructed for him has
attracted the, attention OF the health au-
the man by Health officer Dunn and DIR.
Kitchings disclosed the startling revela-
ton that he is suffering from leprosy. Mrs.
sam Cloxton, who lives near Badgers,
saws the Chinese came there last Monday
A guard has been placed over him
The Sentence Staggered Hodges.
OAKLAND, Oct. 4-Bert Hodges, orig
inally charged with assuming little Ger
trude VIII, which charge was subsequent
ly reduced to simple battery, TO which he
had pleaded not guilty and. demanded a
jury trial yesterday changed r nus mind to-
Aliens court, evidently expecting to get
the minimum sentence; He was stag
gered when Judge Allen pronounced
Sentence of six months.
Lady Yarde-Buller Objects.
OAKLAND. Oct 4-Lady Yarde-Bull
has written to Mayor Thomas declaring
that she "has not dedicated one foot of her
property to the city of Oakland" The
letter presumably refers to the opening
Of Gallon street, which street runs
through the property of the late General
Kirkham, of whom the protestant is a
daughter.
The Water Front Trial.
OAKLAND, Oct. 4.-The trial of the
water front case was resumed before
Judge Ogden to-day. About one hundred
exhibits were introduced in evidence, and
the attorneys for the city rested their
case. Barring further delays the case will
be submitted within two weeks.