Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-04
SUPERIOR COURT RULES HIM
INELIGIBLE
HIS BODYGUARD DISMISSED
San Diego Electors Choice lnoapaei-
tated From Serving Because Of
His Position as Retired
Army Officer
Special to The Herald.

SAN DIEGO, May 3.-Mayor Sehon
who took forcible possession of office
at 2 o'clock Monday morning, and
whose appointments have failed to re-
ceive the approval of the council, has
dismissed the bodyguard of police with
which he surrounded himself in his
office. No explanation has been made
as to why the mayor had the door
of the office forced in the night time
or why police guard has been thought
advisable.
A legal contest is being made, but
there was no disposition to prevent
Mayor Sehon from entering upon the
| duties of office. In the superior court
last evening Judgment was entered de-
claring that Captain Sehon, as a re-
tired army officer was ineligible to
serve as mayor.
The board of harbor commissioners
met yesterday for the first time since
the reappointments were received. A
reorganization was effected by the
election of c. w. Oesting as president
and Eugene du Burne as secretary.
d. C. Collier and others last night
applied for franchise to build and
maintain an electric street car system
on University heights. The matter
was referred to the street committee to
report. 1t is understood that Mr.. Col
lier, who owns much property on Uni
versity heights, is desirous of having
better street railway facilities for that
section of the city.
George Banks was last evening
elected a delegate to represent Bay
View lodge, Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows at the thirteenth annual
convention of the order to be held in
August at Redlands. Mr.. Banks was
also given permission to take the Pa
the convention.
San Diego commandery, Knights
Templar, last evening elected the fol-
lowing officers: f. S. Banks, COM
mander: r. H. Rolfe, generalissimo;
N. II. Conklin, captain general; S. w.
Hackett, senior warden; w. F. Luding-
ton, junior warden; ]. S. Holl, treas
urer, and j. p. Burt, recorder.
NJ. r. Ward of Los Angeles was ar
rested last night on complaint of
Harry Rudder who charges him with
defrauding an innkeeper. He will be
examined in court tomorrow morning.
Miscellaneous Brevites
Rains of the past day have swelled
the total seasonal rainfall in San Diego
to over fourteen inches, and there are
now but three seasons when this fall
was greater up to this date The re-
ports from the reservoir are that there
are 11,76O, 100000 gallons of water in
storage.
Negotiations we're completed yester
day between Mrs. Katherine Tingley of
Point Iona and j. M. Dodge, the
local representative of II. c. Wyatt,
the theatrical man, whereby Mr..
Wyatt secures the lease of the Isis
theater for another year on terms
which are mentioned only as "satis-
factory to all concerned" The taking
of the lease does not interfere in any
way with the Wyatt project for the
erection of a new theater or with the
desire of Nine. Tingley to put on the
boards some of her own plays by her
Raja Yoga students. The dates of the
Point Iona productions will be fixed so
as not to interfere with any bookings
Manager Wyatt may have made.
Application has been made to the SUI
perViSOrS for permission to use tide
lands at the entrance of Mission bay
for the installation of a plant, by which
it is proposed to utilize the movement of
the tides at that point for production
and transmission of electrical power.
Permission was granted to the appli-
cant by the legislature last winter.
The school census of this city shows
1921 families in which there are
children and total of 516S children of
all ages. This is an increase of Gil
children, or 1874 per cent. The popu-
lation of the city based on the school
census is approximately 25OOO
Search is being made between this city
and Oceanside, for the body of a man
seen floating off the beach near the
latter place yesterday. The body was
moving south with the wind and it
is believed 1t will be carried ashore at
some point near here today.
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