The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-02
ACROSS THE BAY.
Improvements Made on the Tele-
.. graph-Ayenue- Line
POpltios Payemsnts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: ers on Hand: to Make TrOuble--Runaway, g.
:. ACCOMPLISHMENTS and Berkeley. J..

Coaches have been placed upon the Iele-
graph-avenue line between Temeseal and !.
Berkeley: they were manufactured at
Newark and are of California woods, mats
nral fin ish, with the latest Improved rum
ming gear. A new danny made al Pitts
burg has also been added to the. rolling
stock. A more frequent service at night
between Oakland and Berkeley would be a
great convenience and Superintendent Lor-'
ing has promised an extra ear between
Temeseal and Berkeley on. Friday evening
to accomm odate those who attend the meet
ings of the Philosophical Union, provided
the patronage will justify ir, The trip out
would be made so as TO connect with car
leaving Fourteenth street at7 o'clock, and
leave berkeley on tue return trip at the adj
jqutnment of the meeting at 10 o'clock.
The time would be abOutfifty minutes eaeir
: way. Mr.. Loring says if he is assured that
there will be ten persons who will patroniZe
the car an extra trip will be run. s'e
\ othing has as yet been heard of the two
boys, Eddie Rhodes:and Frank Pierce, who
went boating en- the bay about seventeen
days ago. Their parents do not believe
that they have been drowned as their
bodies have not yet been recovered. They
are rather inclined to believe that the
youngsters have been shanghaied. 10
The private car Norfolk with several rail-
road officials. from the n oFfok and Western
+; Railway arrived at the Oakland pier on the
les Angeles express yesterday The
officers went directto San Francisco.
HIGHBINDEEs CALLED AT ONCE.
>: Lem Coon and Lin Hen were married
last week at the courthouse by Rev. e. w.
Boutwell,, DID, and took up their residence
at. :Goon's lodgug-house. at 800 Ninth
street, in Oakland. A few days ago Coon.
was visited by FIVE hfghbinders, who de-
branded that he give UP. his bride. He re-
fused, and it is now feared that they will
sue out a viii of haheas corpus, by which
they expect TO secure the young woman.
An Indignation meeting was held in the
upper story of the lodging-huuSe at 365
Ninth street yesterday and attended by the
+. Chinese of the neigIborhood, all of whom
were anxious TO defend Lem Coon and his
feels terribly oyer the affair. as dOes.also
the nus band, who Is determined to cirpuni-
vent the highbinders!s He has secured an
attorney to- fight the legal side OF tile Ques-
ton in case Of writ being sworn ont.
Same time, ago Mrs. Josephine Adams
brought suit against w. ii. Adams On the
ground OF failure to provide, alleging his
ability to do so. She has been compelled to
+ dismiss the action for the reason that she
was unable to prove that Adams had earned
1890
support. go
The: Oakland City Board of Examiners
has granted High-school certificate to Miss
Elsie zee, 80 upon her University diploma;
also a frstgrade certificate TO John 5.
Sands upon University diploma, and Miss
Helen Spofford a first-grade certificate upon
a State Normal diploma and experience in
teaching. ss go
QuonE Chuck, lottery man, had his bail
forfeited for not appearing in the Oakland
Police Court yesterday. There was a
Chinese doctors certificate he was sick,
+ but the Police Judge would not accept it. :
THE HORSES BIT BROKE.
Miss. Smoot,, daughter OF d. l.. Smoet. ex-
District Attorney of San Francisco
who now resides on Twenty-fourth
avenue, Inquired in runaway on
Monday The BIZ in the horses
mouth broke while driving down the
grade'0n Fourteenth street, near Thirteenth
avenue, and the horse started up at rapid
speed. The young lady was. thrown. oat
and picked up by by-standers and taken to
an adjoining drug store, where she tainted.
1t was found that she was not injured be-
yound a few scratches, and shortly after
ward was taken to her home. The horse
was captured. but the buggy was de-
.nlolished.
Richard 0'Donnen has. sued Martin
. Dwyer for $4,000 damages and claims that
on February 10th, at Temescal, Dwyer as
saulted him with a Beer glass, striking him
on the head, jumped on him when he was
down and broke his leg, which had TO be
amputated 10 save his life.
The will of Mrs. Julia kirsch was pre-
sented Tor probate Yesterday. The estate
is valued at S3I25 and consists of cash in
banks 6eqHeathed to the Surviving husband,
and upon his death to be divided among
the relatives of the testatrix
1t Is stated that eight saloons have re-
Gently bean startled beyond 'Thirty-sixth
street, outside the city limits, The county
license IS only $50 per quarter, accounting
Tor the desire to have the county licenses
raised. e. o.
The Oakland Electric Constructing Com
pany has been Incorporated with Sf,000,D00.
The Directors are A. Humphrey, W: b.
Reynolds. Thomas eTrebell, j. j. Scoville
and j. III. Smith. Is
PoULTICE PAvEMENTs RECOMMENDED. o
The Board of Public Works has recon-
mended to the City Council to putode@n
ponltce pavements on Third street, from
Webster TO Market; Washington, from
First to Fourteenth; Fourteenth, from Mar
ket TO kIrkham; Twelfth, from Oak street
/ to Twenty-third avenue; Telegraph avenue,
from Fifteenth street to the charter line,
aud Tenth, from Broadway to Market If
these recommendations are cOncarred in by
the couacil, the asphaltem5 companies will
BaYe big Job on hand. The board is EVIL
IDENTITY in'love with bitnmen, BECAUSE it also
recommended it for side walks,
Thomas BrOderick, from whose son.
James II. Frederick of Milton, n. h City
Clerk Brady received a letter of inquiry,
died in Che County Iufrmary several years
ago.. He was veteran of the late war, and
received small pension.
IS The Insanity Commissioners decided yes
teTlav that a. johnson, the deaf man, is
not insane. He is gardener at the Institu-
ton for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
at Berkeley and fed in love withoone of the
girls. de wrote n oletter proposing mar
mage to her, but that was all
Edward Murphy, the young Chicago
crock, admitted his guilt ana was held to
answer before the Superior Court yesterday
by Justice Ogden in the Police Court. Bait
was fixed at $1,000 and u recent charge was
dismissed.
There was fair audience at tile Sunday
closing mass-meeting last evening and adj
dresses severe delivered by Rev. Drs. Dick
son, Mclean, Rice, Bentley and n. r.
Johnston.
AT the meetings Of the boards of Public
Works and Police and Fire Commissioners
yesterday the old officers were reelected
for the ensuing year
WORK on THIRTEENTH STREET.
The Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit
Company commenced work yesterday on its
roadway on Thirteenth street, west of CLAW
the delayed schooner with ties having ar
rived. The rails are on hand, and it is said
the work will be rapidly pushed forward
ms company wanted franchise ON West
Twelfth street or Central avenue. to the
Sixteenth-street.d depot, but the City Council
granted instead the Randol-Preston-G
meyer cable franchise, mentioned yester-
day
A Mrs. Sharer obtained divorce here
about one year ago, and placed her infant
with Ebert Olney. when she departed for
Astoria. As she failed to contribute to ward
its support Mr.. 0ney applied for and was
granted letters Of guardianship. The
mother saw the notice of appointment in
the DISPATCHES, and has returned to claim
the child.
Letters of administration we're asked yes
terday by Alice Brown, widow of John
Brown, the teamster killed at West Berke-
ley by the train last Tuesday The estate
is valued at $3.50 and claims of unknown
value. The widow, mother and two sisters
of the deceased are the heirs.
Frank Il. Crews gave mortgage some time
ago on lot in the Apgar Tract to secure