The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
OARnAND-ALAMEDA.
The POOl-ROOms viii BE Opened
To-Day for One Week.
Voting Tie Overlapping eff and on Cars
Durham Found Not Guilty-A Late
Request in Case.

The pool-rooms will be opened to-day, and
that class Of people which San Francisco
does not want, and the best of Oakland cit
liens desire to 60 further east or west, will
visit the new quarters. The pool-gamblers
threatened to go to Denver. Colo, when the
brst Kick against their opening their Eelari-
Gus business in Oakland a month ago was
preached, but when they were advised that
clear bill of ealth wGuld be given them
and they would be allowed to pass through
the city on their way, they concluded they
would stop and be kicked out. The object
in opening to-day is to ''cstch all the suck
ers" they can on the races at the Oakland
TrOtting Park for the week commencing to-
morrow. They will clean up al! they can
and pull up stakes for a more congenial
cline, as the City Council will undoubtedly
pass the ordinances at its next meeting. 1t
is understood they have only rented the
rooms for one week.
A tie vote for Town Trustee at San Lean
dro will be voted over tomorrow, the can
didates being NJ. j. Bettencourt on the Peo-
pies ticket and William II. Gray ou the
Republican ticket.
The estate of ex-Police Officer Joseph B.
Fields has been appraised at $3.50.
BOYS ARE THE NUISANCE
Since the opening of the electric road on
Tuesday morning it has been impossible for
the employees to keep the boys along the lire
from Twenty-sixth street to the city limits
from jumping on and off, and an extra man
has been sent out with nearly every car.
Yesterday afternoon while passing along
Grove street, near Twenty-SiXth, ten
yeal-od boy named George CrOnln, son OF
the late Stephen ID. Cronin. jumped on one
car and OFF in front of another going iii the
opposite direction. He was bruised about
the head and the skull was fractured. His
injuries are serious, and Will probably prove
fatal.
Rev. DR.. Mclean will start next Tuesday
on three months trip to the East and the
Continent. A reception will be rendered to
him at the chapel of the First Congregational
Church. of which he is pastor.
a Swede named Oscar Larsen and Ger
man named Henry Eeilmen were reported
yesterday to the Police Station as missing
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon. ana after
having been out five minutes, the jury Ia the
case Of the People VS.. John o. Durham, the
blind young man charged with emDeZkle-
ment of funds of the Institution forthe Adult
Blind, returned a verdict of not guilty. The
testimony In the case on both sides devel-
oped the fact that things are run rather
loosely at the institution In regard to safes
and returns. Durham's memory seemed to
be more accurate than the bookkeeping OF
the institution.
A meeting was held yesterday afternoon
Of the Board Of Directors OF the Associated
Charities TO investigate chaTges against Otto
Won Lenthe, the Secretary. continuance
was taken until tomorrow.
All Choy and All Bee, the two Chinese lot
terry ticket sellers, arrested last week, have
each forfeited $3.50 cash bail
May c. Davis yesterday afternoon sued
Merton Z. Davis for divorce.
RATHER TOO LATE.
District Attorney Reed has received let
ter from DR.. G. q. SamuelS Of New Haven,
Franklin County, No., asking him to do
everything possible to bring TO justice
Robert McGregOr for killing his son, Eslill
+. SamuelS. The District Attorney did all
he could to convict McGregor, but the jury
decided he was not guilty.
The estate of Porter NJ. Chatfee in Cali
fOrnla has been appraised at S15,S50, con-
sisting of real property at East Oakland.
There are also fifty-tiv acres of land in Back
Hawk County. Iowa, which is not included
in the apprai>ement, but is believed TO be of
the value of $4,000.
The fire at Twenty-third avenue on
Wednesday night was in three small houses
IN the Portuguese quarter instead of the
tannery. l. is believed they might have
been saved il there had been water hear.
The nearest hydrant is five blocks away,
The taking of tie school census will COM
mence to-day, and it is expected 10 be
finished in twenty days.
The cost of grading and matchmaking
Tenth street was 1890.