The morning call., 1891-12-17
ACROSS THE BAY.
Graduates of ,the High School
Fall Glass.

The Woolsey Tract W. c. Little Very III
With Pneumonia-o Opposition to Par.
don Accidental Poisoning.
The graduates OF the fall class Of the
High School are Brouser Brizard, Ethel A.
Coppn, Edward j. Crawford, Clarence E.
Crowell, Bessie Farweli, May Gooeh, Lee
Griswold, May Hassard, Chester w. Haw-
kins. VIII E. Hogs. Isabel L. Hunt. Isa-
belle A. Hutchinson, Blanche ingalls,.
Esther Irwin, Edwin R. jackson, Abe Lewis
Jr., Lettia Mackey, Edna Maxwell. Vic
toria Macarthur, George II. Moore, Carr B.
Neal, Clarence II. Norwood, Harry Pur-
cells, Maud 1. Pierce. Nelson d. Phillips,
Arthur Plummer, Raymond j. Russ, Ed
ward W. Spaulding. Charles l.. Taylor,
Lolita o. Trefay, Leonard w. Walton. Gal
nor q. Wilson, Andrew NJ. Wolfender.
Bertha r. Young.
School Department warrants will be paid
on Saturday by the City Treasurer. For
two or three months there have not been
suihcient funds, and the teachers have had
to hold or discount warrants.
Manuel Il. Vargas loaned Gre Orge Gray OF
Pieasanton $500 on note in July. There
Is balance of $500 due, and Vargas has
sued to recover it.
A portion of the Woolsey tract, at tile in
tersectlon OF Webster street and Telegraph
avenue, was attached yesterday afternoon
IN the suit OF the Vallejo Commercial Bank
against the Owens Valley Water Company
for So, GOO.
G. A. Wetmore Viticultural Officer,
was sued yesterday by Georges True to re-
cover 1892, and his wine cellar on Eighth
street was attached.
HE CAME IN AT THE DEATH.
The charge against Dr. G. H. Stockham
OF violation Of the city ordinance in neglect
ing to report case OF contagious disease to
the Health Office has been dismissed in the
Police Court on the showing of the City
Attorney that the doctor was called~whiie
the victim was on his death-bed and signed
the certificate as soon as death occurred.
Dr. ID. L. Webster, also arrested on the
same charge. was discharged after an in
yestgatiOn by the Court.
John A. Foster has filed his fifth amended
complaint against the Oakland Carpenters
Union. He was expelled, cannot obtain
WORK and wants damages. Five demurrers
have been sustained against him.
The removal of Mrs. French, as principal
OF the school at Piedmont, is still agitating
the residents there The outcome seems to
be IN favor of the principal holding the fort:
Inc new plumbing rule will be discussed
by the Board of Health tomorrow evening.
The plumbers are invited to attend and
give their views.
VERY ILL WITH PNEUMONIA.
Word has been received that w. C. Little,
PRESIDENT of the Lumber-dealers' Ex-
change of San Francisco, and resident of
Oakland, who was sent as delegate to ST.
Louis to attend the convention of the Lum-
ber-dealers OF the United States, held there
on December 9Th, Is now lying very i'll with
pneumonia at his daughters home in New
hnN Inv two bod IN lice
on the trip.
Alexander Wallace, the proud scion of
| the h. c. B., left the City Hall in a very
detected frame of mind. Prosecuting At
torney Church declined to issue the COM
| plant charging Godfrey with hitting Wal
| lace with ham-bone, and the son of Scot
| land said that he would write to the Lon
| don Times and denounce the outrage.
The trial of the suit of Emma ID. Runyon
| against George p. Runyon for divorce was
heard yesterday by Judge Ellsworth behind
closed doors, and the divorce was granted.
Marie l.. Maurer has sued Fred j.
Maurer for divorce on the ground of failure
| to provide for her and their three children.
| He is contractor and builder
WILL OPPOSE THE PARDON.
| The family of ex-senator w. W. Cannon
| OF Oakland hopes that Governor Markham
| will not indorse the recommendation of the
| Prison Directors and pardon Felipe Moreno,
under life sentence since 1857 for killing DR..
Marsh in 1856, as he threatened to kill all
| survivors of DR.. Marsh's family il he ever
was released. Mrs. Cannon is daughter
| of DR.. Marsh.
Mrs. Mary Martin surrendered herself to
| the police yesterday afternoon. She denies
that she hypnotized Miss Sarah Leonard,
whose $4,000, it is alleged, she is trying to
secure. She gave bail and says she will
| clear everything up in court.
Con Wells, the robust East Oakland spe-
cial officer, who weighs about 800 pounds.
IL Lee, ,,,,tt
died of the same disease about ten days ago.
1t was reported in Oakland that S. III.
| Murphy, farmland at Pleasanton, had
| row with an Indian in the morning and
shot him in the head. The Indian was ex-
| pected to die.
| CONFERENCE WITH BANKERS.
| At the adjourned meeting of the City
| Council last night. sitting in Committee OF
| the Whole, with Councilman Garthorue in
the chair, the bond ordinances for munich
! pal improvements, including the Lake Mer-
rit boulevard, West Oakland park and the
The bankers OF the city. The majority
favored the issuance of bonds, bsliev.
ing that they would not sell In
| Oakland, but could be disposed Of
in Europe. One or two did not believe
| they would sell at all anywhere. A long
| discussion was also held about cement
| walks and curbs on Thirty-irst street. The
committee will report ON Monday evening.
| f. w. Playter, Commissioner of Public
| Works and Police is lying i'll at his resi-
| dence. OH Fourteenth and Castro streets, of
| pneumonia and la grippe.
Alameda.
About twenty property owners of Park
street assembled in the City Hall yesterday
and discussed the proposed improvement OF
the street. The conclusion was finally
reached that the sewer was good enough for
many years to come and that the street
should be remacadamiZed. The result of
| the meeting will be made known ia the CITY