The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-10
HAPPENINGS
ACROSS THE BAY.
Failure Of o Large Contracting
Firm in Berkeley.
A Missing Engineer Found-Dsath Of Man
Who Was Run 0ver-A Teachers Ger.
tifcats-Alameda News

Herbert Small. an engineer, residing at
Berkeley, has been absent from home about
week. Some time ago he was suspended
by the Brotherhood, it is alleged, on the
ground of having been drunk on his engine.
This is denied by his friends, who state that
he was suspended on account of nOn-paY-
ment Of dues. ae was found in San Fran
cisco on Friday. He has been brOOding
over the death Of his child that was burned
some time ago.
Josephus Speak, the old man who was
run over at Berkeley on Friday night, died
at the Receiving Hospital yesterday. 1t is
thought by some that he may have intended
committing suicide, as he was rather
respondent and had hard work to make
living. A Coroner's jury rendered YER
dict of accidental death.
There is understood to be contest be-
tween Justice Henshaw and A. B. Hunt to
secure the delegation from the Seventh
Ward, where both live, to the County Com
Superior Judge.
INsoLvENT CONTRACTORS.
Higgins, DAVIDSON 81 Co., the largest con-
tractors and builders in Berkeley, filed
petition in insolvency yesterday. Their liza
bilities foot up nearly $4,000 and assets
about $4,000. One of the firm has $4,000
homestead.
The creditors of D. c. Seaman, a con-
tractor, have petitioned the Superior Court
to declare him insOlvent His debts amount
to about $4,000. The creditors assert that
Seaman has transferred property to his
brother with intent to defraud.
Miss Lou Beauvais, who was elected by
the Trustees of Orinda District, Contra
Costa County, could not take the school be-
cause the board of that county does not
recognize an Alameda County certificate
until after years experience in teaching.
Miss Lille Pryal has been elected to take
the Van Duyn school in Contra Costa
County.
Arrangements are being made to have
Rev. DIR. McGlynn's lecture on 1.-THE Pub
lie School and Its Enemies" repeated in
Oakland.
Mrs. j. C. Pateham of gainesville, Ohio,
Superintendent of the Department of Sab
bath Observance of the National w. G. L.
o., will lecture in The First Congregational
Church tomorrow evening.
St. Marcus Lutheran Church on Filbert
street, near Seventh. will be dedicated with
appropriate services at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing.
A CHARGE OF PERJURY.
Mrs. Ellen Daley has been held by JUS
tice Of the Peace c. E. Shook for eXamina-
ton before tie Superior Court on charge
of perjury. She swore in a case in the Su-
perior Court that receipt had not been
signed by her and yesterday she testified
that she had forgotten about signing it
when questioned in the Superior Court.
An alarm was turned in from Fourteenth
and Market streets yesterday. 1t was sup
posed at the City Hall that the High School
was on fire. but it proved to be piano-box
in a yard at Fourteenth and Castro streets,
where family had recently moved in. The
box was filed with excelsior" The fire
communicated with the outside of the
house, but was extingushed without much
damage.
H White, a junk-dealer, was arrested yes
terday by Secretary Theobald of the Alame-
da County Humane Society for driving
horse unfit for use. The horses back was
mass of sores. White gave $40 BAIL
The Piedmont Cable Company now have
concerts at Blair's Park, between the hours
OF and 4, Sunday afternoons.
Leigh III. Irvine has assumed the sole
control of the Dial, a weekly campaign
paper.