Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-18
HOT CAMPAIGN IN
SAN BERNARDINO
NON.PARTIsANS MEET WITH
MUCH OPPOSITION
Mysterious Death on the Desert Of
Forme- Cotton Eleetrleian-Ar-
rowhead Hotels Unique
Scheme

Special TO The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 1.-THE
hottest political campaign in the his
tory of this city is now fairly launched
and what the result will be no one
can even guess.
The non-partisan movement started
this week and backed by many of the
most influential men in both parties,
with the better regulation of saloons
and gambling as its avowed aim, is
meeting with lively opposition.
Last night a meeting of the Repub-
lican city committee was held and by
a vote of IA to 10 it was decided not
to hold a city convention, but to sup
port the non-partisan ticket. After
the adjournment of the regular COM
mittee the minority of ten got to-
gether and read the majority out of
the party and committee and proceeded
tc organize a Republican city commit
tee of their own, electing DIR. J. NJ.
Hurley as chairman and ]. C. Dunn
brech as secretary. The city conven-
ton is called for February 27 for the
nominating of a city ticket in opposi-
ton to the non-partisan.
1t has been expected that the Demo-
cratic committee would endorse the
non-partisan ticket, but powerful in
huences are at work to get it to agree
to put a ticket in the field. Should
this be done it will greatly complicate
affairs and make the outcome of the
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Queer Death Report
Word has come that Gardner II.
Spring of Cotton has met death under
strange circumstances on the desert.
not far from Mohawk, Ariz. The
story is brought by William S. Tyree,
miner, who was a pump man at Deep
Wells, Ariz. He says Spring got off
the train at that point looking for
chance to go to Quartzte, and that,
after waiting two days, he started on
foot few hours later a wagon train
came in and the story was told by the
drivers that a young man who an
swered Springs description had been
found beside the read hurt. He was
placed on the wagon but fell off again,
and was run over, fatally hurt and
left on the ground. On hearing the
news Tyree went back with a friend
and found the young man dead, but
there was nothing on his person to
identify hirt He was given burial.
The matter is being probed by the
young mans relatives.
Spring was a son of A. D. Spring of
Cotton and was city electrician there.
He went to Arizona but a few days
previous to his disappearing, which
was about month ago.
Great Advertising Idea
The Arrowhead Hotel company have
a unique scheme for advertising their
resort when it is opened. The famous
Arrowhead on the mountainside will
be outlined with electric lights and
kept lighted at night. 1t will then
be possible to see the Arrowhead at
night from almost every portion of the
valley.
Criminal Events
Two burglars were rounded up this
morning about o'clock by Policemen
Ketring and Hurley. They had at
tempted to gain an entrance to the
rear of the Magnolia saloon but were
discovered by the officers who cap
tured them after one Of the hottest
chases they ever had, running them
several blocks. One of the pair gives
the name of Kelly but the other re-
fuses to talk
Chauncey McFarane, the young man
who is charged with robbing ]. w.
Rector, has been sentenced to six
months in the county Jail. He changed
his plea of not guilty of robbery to
guilty of petit larceny, which was ac-