The morning call., 1890-05-16
ACROSS THE BAY.
Plans for a RediyisiOn of Oakland
Into Wards.
Foresters in session-A Shystsr Trick Prac-
ticsd-Another Birth Of Triplsts-The
Last Flag Raising.

! Two plans for a redivision of the city OF
Oakland into wards have been prepared by
the County Surveyor to be submitted to the
City Council. The division contemplates
giving each ward about 1910 voters. In the
first plan the division will be as follows:
First Ward-All that territory south OF Tenth
street and west of Adelins street.
Second Ward-All that territory north OF Tenth
street and west OF Adoline street.
Filth Ward-Bounded as follows: On the north
by the charter line, east by Brooklyn Township
ana the Seventh Ward, south by Twentieth
street and west by Adeline street.
;, SIXTH Ward-Bounded on the north by TWEEN
tleth street, east by Seventh Ward, south by the
pay aud west by Broadway.
IhId, Fourth and Seventh wards Will remain
as at present.
In the second place the following boun-
darles are suggested:
First Ward-Bounded on the north by Twelfth
street, east by Poplar, south aud west by the
bay.
Second ward-Bounded on the north by the
cnaiier line, east by Market, south by Twelfth
and west by the bay
Third Ward-bounded on the north by the
Charter line, east by Grove street, San Pablo
avenue and Broadway, south by Twelfth street
and west by Market street.
- Fourth Ward-Bounded on the north by
Twelfth street. on the east by Clay, south by
Broadway aud west by Poplar street.
Filth Ward-Bounded on the north by the
charter line, east by the charter line and Seventh
Ward, south by Twelfth street aud west by San
Pablo avenue and Grove street.
Sixth Ward-Bounded on The north by Twelfth
street, east by Seventh Mard, south by the bay,
wet by Clay street.
The Seventh Ward will remain as at present.
In this second plan there seems to be a
clerical error in the boundary of the new
Fifth Ward in that to include the annexed
/ territory, as certainly must have been Mr..
Nusoaumer intention, IL should be least
| by Brooklyn Township" instead of least
| by the charter line" as it now reads.
John DOE" OR JOHNSON.
Some days ago John Johnson was ar
rested for selling liquor without a license.
! be was arrested under the name of John
Dee, but when the case came up the pros
ecutlon ascertained that his name is John
| son. The attorney for the defense waived
the correcting of the complaint by issuing q
! new one with the corrected fact, and the
| jury found his client guilty and Judge Hen
| shaw fined him 500. johnson was dis
| charged by Judge Ellsworth on habeas
! corpus yesterday afternoon, on the ground
| that the waiver did not bind him or give the
right to try him rs John Doe" when his
true name was known at the time of the
trial. 1t was shyster trick, which. how
ever, did not avail, for johnson was re-
arrested in the evening on another COM
plant ana will be tried by his right name
| of johnson.
- A very happy social party took place at
Cavalry Hall last evening under the au-
! spices Of the Ladies' Society of the Uni
costume and was appropriate for the
weather.
Ten to fifteen cars are arriving daily with
oil ior the Standard Oil Company's Works
at West Oakland. Several hundred barrels
nave arrived during the past ten days.
NOT oUTDoNE IN BABIES.
Oakland is not to be outdone by San Fran
cisco altogether. Some days ago was chron-
lcled the birth of triplets in that city, and
yestesday morning two boys and a girl
were born to John March and wife at 719
Lewis street. West Oakland. The father is
a railroad employe and the family now
consists of eight children. The babies
weighed three and a half pounds each and
last evening the probabilities were that they
would live.
j. II. Maurer. the dairyman, filed his
petition in insolvency yesterday. His liza
destruction of property by fire are alleged
as causes OF failure. He has a homestead.
valued at $1,000, with a $500 incumbrance
on it.
A committee Of the County Supervisors
made an official inspection of the Summit
road over the Contra Costa Range into Con-
ira Costa County. 1t was impossible in
many places on the Alameda County side
during the winter.
The undivided one-fourth interest of
john a. Robinson, an insolvent debtor. in
the Gold Blossom Quartz Mine, in the Ophir
mining district, has been ordered sold by
Judge Gibson, for the benefit of creditors.
HENRY S. DAvIDs' WILL.
A certified copy of the will of Henry S.
Dayids, late of De Kalb County, ILL.,, was
filed for probate in Alameda County yes
terday. The estate in California consists
OF a house and lot in Oakland valued at
about $1,000. and bank stock of value I'M
known to James Stanley, the Public Ad-
mlnistrator, who wants to administer the
California estate. The latter is left to
Charlotte Judd Davids, a daughter, aged
about 10 years.
The flag raising at the Clawson School,
North Oakland, will take place this after
noon ana Will about complete the list for
Oakland 1t is now suggested that every
patriotic citizen should have nice flag to
float to the breeze on national holidays.
The amount of money in the hands of the
County Treasurer of Alameda County was
counted yesterday morning, and ascertained
to be S249,519 so.
The last of the water in the pond near
Tompkins School was pumped out yester-
thoroughly dry.
SUITS FOR DIVORCE.
Three actions for divorce were COM
menced yesterday, one for each Judge.
Wlhelmina Tunteman, the wife of George,
who Is butcher, alleges that he treats her
cruelty ~, Henry r. Fisher says that Eliza
the wife of A. p. Anderson of San Fran
CISCO, put as there are two of them, it was
not learned which one belonged to Kate.
The will Of Silas Nj. Cook was fled
for probate yesterday. The estate is
valued at $780, consisting of lots in Berke-
ley and Pasadena, valued at Sl4oo, and
personal property valued at $780, and
devised to the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth l..
Cook. The will was originally probated in
Floyd County, Iowa, where the deceased
ana family resided prior to coming to
California. The testator died in Oakland,
on the oath of November last.
Rev. Dr. Z. Q. Stratton has been rendered
the chancellorship of Willamette Univer-
sity, Portland. Oregon. He will deliver the
Daccalaureate sermon at the approaching
commencement.
THE FREEMAN ESTATE.
Public Administrator James Stanley has
ascertalned that Mrs. Mary A. Freeman
married John A. Christensen while she was
administering the estate Of her late hus-