New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Republicans and Democrats Unite
on Nayoralty Candidate.

TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
San Francisco Sept 15-The caucus Of the
Republican League has decided on the rrf7oina,
candidates who will be nominated At the coming
Republican convention. What makes this sAIae-
ton very important in this campaign is that the
Democratic leaders have agreed to tndorse those
candidates, thus making a combination between
the two parties to drive Mayor Schmitz and his
crowd out Of public life. At the last rnunicfpsl
election. two years ago. there were enough Re
publican and Democratic votes polled 70 defeat
Schnitz but they were divided between two
candidates.
At that time Schnitz received 2GO50 votes
while the aggregate vote Of the two parties
against him amounted To 32.1S9 The Republi-
can caucus has chosen John s. Partridge. As
sistant City Attorney, for Mayor Partridge IS
an able young lawyer who has been prominent
in local politics for the last three years. HE'S
graduate of the University Of California. and
was chairman Of the last Republican municipal
convention. He has a clean record and he has
shown so much ability as City Attorney that h
can be counted on to give a strong administra-
ton. That the feeling against Schmitz and his
discreditable administration is very strong IS
shown by the heavy registra ton which already
exceeds that of two years ago by 14.34S Al
the last election more than twenty thousand
people did not vote for Mayor Il looks as
though this year viii see full vote cast.
The news of the marriage in Toxic Of Martin
Egan. Associated Press correspondent in that
city and Miss Eleanor Franklin. Correspondence
"Leslie's Weekly in the Orient. came as a sur
prise to Egan's many friends here They are ex-
pected here on the 27th on the way TO London
where Egan is to take charge of the Office Of Tia
Associated Press. recently made vacant by the
death of Walter Neef. Egan has had remark
able success as a newspaper man and CORE
spondent. His first service in the orient was for
| THE San Francisco Chronicle" during the Boxer
war. and the record he made then led TO his ap-
pointment by The Associated Press as core
spondent al Manila. His work at Toxic during
the Russo-Japauese War gave him international
reputation, as he easily outcassed all special
correspondents.
The retirement of T H. Goodman as general
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Com
pany removes the oldest employee of the com
pany as we'll as the Oldest acting general pas
senger agent in the country. Goodman has passed
the retirement age of seventy by five years.
and a few months ago he was in good health
He Joined the railroad company in 1858 and
tickets have borne his name ever since. His
former place will probably be abolished. Good
man is prominent in Masonic and Grand Army
circles.
Mrs Dolores c. de Miranda. who played
conspicuous part in the struggle for Mexican
independence. died in Berkeley this week at the
age Of seventy. She was OF an old Spanish fam
fly of Cuesta. of Madrid. and married General
jose de Miranda. an officer in Maximilians
army With Ter husband she was banished TO
Cuba after MaximiIian's fall. hut when she re-
turned she gave hearty support 10 Diaz. writing
many pamphlets in support of his claims A1ter
De NIiranda's death she married Ramon Ocona.
a paymaster in the Mexican army. VINO. It was
alleged. absconded from San Francisco Win
a large amount OF government funds Ocon@
fed to Honolulu but the ship which took nun
and the stolen money to Manila was ioSl at &c j.,
Mrs De Miranda in her last years lived u
Berkeley.
President William Greer Harrison, a. the a.
nual meeting of the Olympic Club this NeeA
showed this athletic organization 20 be Fe':
prosperous There Is surplus Of S4pI+''o' a.
though in five years 100000 has been spent ID
permanent improvements and $4,000 in honus
has been retired only $4,000 OF bonded n
debtedness remains, while the building anu -rs
property are worth fully half a mlluou, -
Olympic has the finest quarters OUTSIDE o. -
York of all athletic clubs. and its SAT- ~,
showers and baths and big salt water l4i-N - =,
every other day direct from the ocean are u
| equalied in this country
The PostofHce Department has ordered ths .
emulation of Oriental mail at Seattle 20 oe ~
warded to San Francisco and dispatched on 'l7
steamship Dakota which leaves here heA-
"Wednesday. The Dakota viii probably car. az;
the largest shipment of mail that mas ever "
the Pacific Coast for the orient