The morning call., 1890-08-28
ACROSS THE BAY.
A Home for Working Women Is
Opened in Oakland.
Or. Samuel Merritt's Will Filed for Probate.
Who His Devisees Are-Colonel E. G.
Waite Ill at Alameda.

Last week the will of the late DR.. SAM
uel Merritt was deposited with the County
Clerk by Samuel burlington. in whose Gus
tody it had been placed by deceased. The
contents were at that time made known,
and it was generally supposed that 1t had
been filed for probate. The will was tiled
by Henry Rogers and Israel Lawton yester-
day, with petition asking for letters tes-
tamentary in accordance with the will. The
estate is estimated at exceeding 81 100000
and not $3,000,000, the exact value being
unknown to petitioners. The executors are
not required to give bonds. All the de-
yisees, excepting Samuel Merritt Smith, are
over 81 years of age. Mrs. Garcelon, de-
ceased's sister, is 76 years of age, or twelve
elder than the deceased doctor. Mrs. Sam
uel Percival is 60 years Of age, Miss JEAN
nette Mcclellan is so, Stephen burlington
n, Mrs. III. G. Merritt is IA. and. in fact,
most of the devisees are above the age OF 30
or even CO.
FOR WORKING WOMEN.
The dedicatory services of the new build
ings of the Chabot Woman's Home took
place at P. NJ. yesterday. The report OF
the Trustees, as presented by Rev. Z. w.
Wendte, showed that the income last year
was S6134, and the running expenses
S3567 p, leaving an excess over expenses OF
S2566 70. The value of the investments OF
the Chabot funds from bequest is $4,000,
which is drawing interest. The number of
persons admitted last year was 1S2. Vi
these 81 were natives of California, % OF
other States, 6S were foreign. IS married and
1O9 single, and 40 were children. The pres
ent officers are: President, John Il; GiaS rs
Stnnhpu
Gage, Rev. c. W.Wendte and NV. Spanld.
ing. the lady members OF the Board OF
Trustees are Mrs Remi Chabot, Mrs. Henry
Vrooman, Miss Ellen Chabot and L. u.
Shanklin.
A pleasant reception and banquet was
rendered Rev. R. r. Meredith, DID,, OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, Tuesday evening. at the
First Congregational Church parlorss, Oak
land. Judge j. NJ. Haven presided. Re-
marks were made by Rev. DR.. Mclean,
Rev. DR.. Meredith, Professor Homer b.
Sprague. Rev. Mr.. Writ and the Chairman.
a banquet was rendered by the Congrega-
tlonal Club. Nearly 800 persons were pres
ent.
AUDITOR SNOW REPLIES.
Auditor Shows action in reducing the
estimates of the various departments has
not met with friendly criticism by the
departments concerned. Mr.. snow says ne
did not anticipate they would, but as the
the estimates made he was compelled to
make several reductions, which he did in
his best judgment.
Daniel Brannan has sued P. NOVEL; TO
recover 1925 for alleged breaking into and
entering upon his premises on Block IN
the map of the town of San Antonio.
Mrs. Alice May Palmer sued yesterday
afternoon for a divorce from Frank Palmer.
Manuel Enos yesterday sued j. ID. Medou
to recover 5000 damages alleged TO be due
for not allowing plaintiff to fulfill his con-
tract with defendant in baling hay on de-
PENDANTS ranch
FROM CHIEF TO SHERIFF.
II is announced that Major John W.
Tompkins, at present Chief of the Oakland
police, is candidate for Sheriff, subject to
the Republican Convention. There are
now five other candidates for the position.
The Golden Gate Fair Association will
hold its annual exhibition at the Oakland
Trotting Park beginning on next MONDAY,
the 1st prox., and ending on the 9th. Sew
eral new features have been added to the
speed programme.
The revival meetings conducted by Mrs.
L. o. Robinson at the Chester-street Nj. L.
Church are increasing in interest, the at
tendance being large. A number OIL con,
versions are reported. The meetings Will
continue two weeks.
1t is alleged that DR.. Kaufman, a mag
netie-healer now in Oakland, is none other
than Dr. Marchand, the chiropodist, who
disappeared from San Francisco few years
ago leaving several creditors Kaufman in
dignantly denies that he is Marchand.
HE DESERVED IT.
Antonio Garcia was tried by a jury in
Judge GibSon's court yesterday, on charge
of assault with deadly weapon on Anglia
Colosio on the oath of last June, near
Pleasanton. He took the woman to task for
not having his meal ready, and she eX-
MIA hat h0mp
so soon. This made Garcia angry, and he
proceeded to batter.the woman with a soda
water bottle. She sought shelter at a
neighbours house, which Garcia, armed with
shotgun. proceeded to watch until
arrested. The jury found him guilty, and
Judge Gibson sentenced MIN to two months
Imprisonment in the County Jail.
Alameda.
The third concert of the Cecelian Choir
will take place tomorrow evening in the
First Congregational Church. The choir
will be assisted by Mrs. Alista Shed Lang
strock as elocutionist, Paul Friedhaper as
violoncello soloist and Miss Ella c. Stone
as pianist.
has applied Tor franchise TO construct ana
operate an electric light plant in this city.
Colonel Z. q. Waite, the Republican NOM
inee for Secretary of State, has been suffer-
ing from a severe sore throat the past week,
but Yesterday change for the better took
place.
Deputy County Clerk Mayrisch went to
Bay Farm Island yesterday and registered
a considerable number of persons.
UNCLE SAM PROTESTED.
A recent arrival from Arizona named
McGinness rented store in the new
Boehmer Block with the intention of OPEN
ing saloon; but the United States Postal
Inspectors heard this news, and as another
one of the stores has been leased for the
Postoffice, they informed the proprietor Of
the building that the postal laws do not
permit alcoholic liquors to be sold in a
building in which Postoffice is located.
The lease for the saloon was thereupon
cancelled.
The ladies of st. Agnes Guild, Christ
Episcopal Church, will give a kettledrum
on Thursday afternoon, September 4th. at
the residence of Mrs. S. Haslett, corner of
Central avenue and Paru street.
The Alameda City Brass Band last even
ing serenaded City Trustees Peckham,
Everett and Volberg School Director j. A.
Leonard and other prominent residents of
Alameda.