The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-12
OAKLAND-ALAMEDA.
Opposition Made to the District
Tax Plan.
A Will Denied Probate-Suicide With Strych-
niue-Firemen uspended-Applications
for Liquor Licenses.

The West Oakland Improvement Associ-
alton does not favor the district-tax plan.
but is in favor of the issuance of bonds and
has adopted these resolutions:
WHEREAS, The lmpro yement OF the Sixteenth
street marsh aud Its conversion into public
park and the dredging and boulevarding OF
Lake Merritt are necessary public improvements
OF vital sanitary Importance TO the city and lis
Resoiued, That the West Oakland Improve
ment Association cordially lndorses the ordi-
nance TO acquire the borders OF Lake Merritt for
a boulevard, but the association req uests of the
council the passage OF similar ordinance for
the acquisition of the SiXteenth-street marsh.
ResOtred, That for such acquisition and I'M
provement we advocate the issue oil bonds in
sufficient sum to begin at once and speedily COM
pete the said improvements.
Rev. DR.. McGlynn will, by request. repeat
his lecture on The Public School and Its
Enemies" at the First Methodist Church
this evening.
The Spiritualists are holding camp
meeting at Eucalyl tus Grove, Fruityale.
CAROLINE RIsDoN's WILL.
The will of Mrs. Caroline Risdon was de-
MED probate yesterday because of infor-
maities. She signed the document, but
omitted to declare to both witnesses that it
was her will and the witnesses did not sign
in her presence and that of each other, al
though they signed at her request. The es-
tate, valued at $4,000, was beQueathed
equally to her daughter and TO the wife of
her son, Robert Risdon. Now the property
will be divided equally between the
daughter and son. The only difference is
that the one-half will go to Mr.. RiSdon in
stead Of to his wife. The property consists
of 800 acres in Tehama County, valued at
10000, and personal property.
The V0Uup ladies' of the Oakland "l s.
rendered reception last evening to their
President Miss Rosie Johnston, who has
just returned from visit to the East with
her father, the Rev. n. X. Johnston.
The Alameda County delegation went to
Sacramento yesterday afternoon in spe-
clal car.
HE TOOK STRYCHNINE.
Henry c. Lehman, a shoemaker. who
had shop on Thirteenth street, between
Broadway and Washington. for the past fif-
teen years, committed suicide yesterday in
his shop by taking strychnine. He had
been addicted to alcoholism for some three
months. He was 80 years OF age, and leaves
a widow and married daughter. A verdict
of suicide was rendered last evening.
Alexander Hallahan, tllleFman, and Will
IAN Gibbs, eXtraman, OF Engine Company
8, have been suspended by Chief Engineer
Kennedy for not having responded TO an
alarm on Friday morning.
+. t. X. Grady, who was adjudged insane
IN November, 1861, was restored 10 capacity
yesterday.
DOES A VACANCY EXIST?
The question was raised in Oakland yes
tarday that all the Judges IF the Superior
Court must be elected at the same time, and
that the Judges who were elected on the off
years are only filling unexpired terms. II
this is the law there will be al unexpected
vacancy to be filled in Department 8, now
occu led by Judge Ellsworth, who was
elected to succeed Judge Noble Hamilton.
The Alameda County Board of Super
visors held an adjourned meeting yester-
day, at which twenty-eight applications for
liquor licenses were read anu referred to
the Judiciary Committee. The road poll
tax money, amounting to S8ll9, was appor-
toned TO the various district funds in
accordance with a report OF the Auditor.
Il, b. NJ. ork, recently an assistant pas
senger agent of the Wabash Railway, re-
turned with his family from indianapolis
Yesterday.