The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-26
ACROSS THE BAY.
Christian Temperance Women
Who Want to Vote.
The California Railroad Incorporates-Addi-
ton to a School Building Condemned.
Notes From Alameda.

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the California Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, and about dozen other ladies'
called at the Alameda County Clerks Office
yesterday morning and asked to be regis
tered as voters for the coming election.
Under Section 1888 of the Political Code
of the State, which provides that ''eYery
native male citizen of the United States,
every male person who shall have acquired
the right of citizenship under or by virtue
of the treaty of Quaretaro and by naturaG-
cation under the laws" etc., shall be elect
ors of the State, and under the decision in
the case of Ellen Van Yalkenberg versus
Albert Brown, County Clerk of Santa Cruz
County, for writ of mandate to compel
him to put her name on the Great Register,
as reported in California Reports, Volume
43, Deputy County Clerk Frank j. Krauth
refused to place the names of the ladies on
the register.
The articles of incorporation OF the Cal
ifornta Railroad were filed in the Alameda
County Clerks office yesterday afternoon.
The capital stock is $4,000. The road is to
run from point on the bay of San Fran
cisco near Alameda via Port Place to Stock
ton and such other places as may be here
after determined. 1t includes the Laundry
1AdillOdUs. 1IO OiACbbOAo "a NAAS NAN''
incorporation are W. NJ. Rank. George E.
de Cola, S. II. Bass, Frank e. Fitzpatrick,
Thomas Z. Still, J. T. Ward and E. 3. de
Cola. The California Railway Company,
the owner of the Laundry Farm road, has
decided the road to the new company. The
ineoTp0ratOrs declare the proposition TO
build a road to Stockton is bona ilde one,
and the company proposes to build II.
SCHOOL BUILDING REJECTED.
AT a meeting of the Board of Education
last evening it was decided not to accept
the siX-room addition to the Durant School.
on the ground that the work was not prop
erly done. 1t is understood the board Will
not recommend payment for the building
unless ordered to do SO by the courts.
The estate Of Orrin Simmons, deceased,
has been appraised at $50, 39T 70, by William
j. Dingee and w. II. Thomas.
AT the meeting of the City Council last
evening, Auditor Snow presented his re-
port Of the estimates for the departments,
and the matter was referred to special
meeting on Wednesday evening
Mary +. Iempleton yesterday sued Emily
n. Jordan ct al to quiet title to lot on the
corner of East Twenty-tifth street and
Thirteenth avenue, East Oakland.
Joseph p. Rodgers sued Samuel Davis
yesterday afternoon, to recover judgment
for $500 on running account.
REV. SHOCKS DAUGHTER DEAD.
Miss Maud G. SilcOX, daughter Of Rev.
J. 3. SilcoX, pastor of Pilgrims Congrega-
tional Church, East Oakland, died Sunday
afternoon of lung troubles after an illness
of about nine months duration. She was
believed to be getting better when she was
attacked about four weeks ago with pleuro-
pneumonia. She was 10 years Of ago. Her
funeral will take place at o'clock this
afternoon from the Pilgrim Congregational
Church, Rev. DR.. Mclean of the First Con-
gIegational Church conducting the service.
John Granger, the man arrested on Satur-
day evening for attempting to pass forged
checks, had three charges placed against
him yesterday. He Will be examined to-
day. He claims that he was in poor health
and wanted to obtain money with which 10
get back to Illinois.
Michal Harrington, a track-walker of
the South Pacific Coast Railway, narrow
gauge, was drowned Sunday night by fall
ing through the bridge, between Alyiso aud
Newark. He leaves widow and family
residing at Newark.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS BUSY.
A special session Of the Alameda County
Board of Supervisors was held yesterday,
at which number of petitions and protests
were heard. A petition was presented by
members of the American party requesting
the appointment of member of that party
on the precinct election board. The Chair
man of the Supervisors remarked that the
law provided that the election boards
should be taken from the two parties cast
ing the largest number of votes at the last
election. The matter was referred to the
District Attorney for his advice.
The estimates for the various depart
ments of the Municipal Government as fur
nished to Auditor Snow amount to S929,0O0
To keep the expenses within the 81 limit it
will be necessary to cut down their estimate
S226, 600.
A VICTIM OF THE TRAIN.
Mrs. Mary Anderson. aged 60, of San
Jose, mother Of Deputy Sheriff Anderson OF
Santa Clara County, jumped off the local
train at East Oakland at O'clock yesterday
morning and suffered a dislocation Of the
right knee. She was taken to the Receiving
Hospital and her injuries attended to by
the County Physician.
On Sunday afternoon Robert Davis, who
manages the Alameda Water COmpany's
ranch in North Berkeley, saw five Italian
hunters hunting on the ranch. He ordered
them off, but they refused, and fight en-
sued. Davis and a farmland named Mu-
rillio were severely beaten. Constable FOn-
20 was notified, and the hunters arrested
they we're taken to the County Jail in Oak
land in the evening. Davis is severely in-
jured. The men are in the County Jail on
u commitment by Justice Welcker.
Mrs. Robinson, very successful evange-
list from Indiana, who conducted the recent
camp-meeting at Beulah Park, commenced
a series of revival services last night at the
Chester-street NJ. L. Church. to continue all
this week.
Walter Raleigh, boy who stoned