Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-07
SAN DIEGO SECURITIES ARE IN
GREAT REQUEST
MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT OUTS
Resignation Of Sole Remaining Library
Commissioner Received, but Coun-
ell Still Abstains From Confirm
Ing New AppoIntees
Special to The Herald.


Of new high school bonds for the San
Diego high school to N. w. Harris
& Co., represented by VIM. r.
Stats of Pasadena who offered
premium OF $11,911. This offer was
considerably larger than had been ex-
pected, but the general faith in San
Diego's pledges as shown by the bids
was nearly as great. two other bids
being over $4,000, and several more not
far below the f1ve-figure mark. The
premium is nearly per cent-a very
high rate for any city.
The contest between the mayor and
the members of the library board is
approaching a crisis. Yesterday, Mayor
Sehon asked for and received Library
Commissioner Wangenheim's resigna-
tion.. He had previously removed Com
missioners Stearns and Wright "for
cause"
In place of Messrs. Wright and
Stearns, Mayor Sehon has appointed
H.. E. Mills and e. B. Gould. but the
council has thus far failed to confirm.
Last night he sent in the name Of
Rev. w. B. Hinson in place of Com
missioner Wangenheim, but the coun-
Gil postponed consideration of it for
30 days. Meanwhile Messrs. Wright
and Stearns have continued to act, ig-
noring the alleged removal because of
it's illegality. They have passed upon
the regular bills and pay roll of the
library, and these bills have passed the
board of audit, of which the mayor is
a member. without question. The city
attorney has given an opinion to Mayor
Sehon to the effect that none of the
members of the library board were
legally appointed, having been named
by Mayor Frary just before he retired
from office.
James MacMullen, manager of the
Union and Tribune. has received word
of the death yesterday morning in San
Francisco, of his brother who has been
i'll for several months. He left immed-
lately in order to be present at the
funeral.
The house of o. c. Jilson at Coro-
nado was burned to the ground yester-
day, the blaze having been caused by
gasoline stove, on which Mrs. Jill
son was cooking. She was badly
burned about the hands and her cloth
ing caught fire, but she was saved by
the quick action of her daughter in
wrapping a heavy curtain about her.
Twenty-four Cinnamon out of the
thirty who were arrested on Sunday
night for visiting a gambling Joint
were before the court this afternoon
and entered pleas of mot guilty" The
others forfeited $40 bail each.
Y. M. C. A. to Give Banquet
Plans are completed for the luncheon
to be given tomorrow evening by the
directors of the Y. M. c. A. to the
members of the Citizens Building COM
mittee, which has charge of the cam
paign for funds for the new Y. M. c.
A. home. A. B. Cass of Los An
geles has accepted an invitation to be
present and will speak on 1.-THE Asso-
citation from a Business Standpoint"
The San Diego County Poultry as
sociation has filed articles of incor-
poration.
At the regular meeting of the police
commission last evening Sergt. Frank
Norton. who has been on the desk at
night for the past three years, was re-
duced to the grade of patrolman AMI
r. A. johnson was advanced to be SER
geant. There were no charges pre-
ferred.
On the petition of the Federated
Trades and Labor council the matter
of hours of work and rate Of wages to
be paid on city improvements for which
bonds were recently voted was referred
b. the city council to the special COM
mittee The petition asks that the
working day be limited to eight hours
and that the minimum wage be fixed at
81 per day. The city attorney explained
that contracts would indicate the pro-
vision that eight hours should consti-
tute a days work but that he was not
sure of the city's right to stipulate the
amount of wages to be paid by con-
tractors.
Col Benjamin T. Du Val. veteran
of the Confederate army and one of the
best known lawyers of Arkansas died
yesterday afternoon at the st. James
hotel, where he was residing temporar-
lily. He was a native of Virginia, over
So and old age was the cause of death.
Coroner Morgan held an inquest yes
terday over the remains of Joseph
Ryan, who killed himself in the Naza-
rene mission Sunday night by drinking
carbollc acid. The jury returned a ver-
dict of death by taking carbolic acid
with suicidal intent