The morning call., 1891-02-04
ACROSS THE BAY.
Jottings From Oakland, Alameda
and Berkeley.
Joseph B. Fields Estate whitefeld's Acquit-
tal-An Incorporated Venture Worlds
Fair Committee Meeting.


Mrs de lrena Fields YESTERDAY applied
Tor letters of administration on the estate of
her late husband, Joseph B. Fields. The
estate consists OF personal property Of the
value OF $3.50 and twenty-five acres of land
IN Hays Canyon, valued at $500. There
Is homestead upon the land. and she
Claims inat one-half of the purchase money
was pad out Of her separate funds The
heiIs-at-law are the petitioner and six grown
chiiuren by former wife, two of whom re-
sue ID canada and the others in San Fran
CISCO. Fields was (until July, 1880 for
WE'VE years on the regular police force of
oaAlanu. 1t Is understood that his suit
against the city for salary alleged to be due
cuted.
ehafies Ullstrom, one of the Judson Iron
Morks strikers, has sworn to complaint
S,."ik ine superintendent Beauregard and
ueHefai Manager Wagner with battery. 1t
20 saiu mat Ullstrom vas lounging about
.ne factory trying to induce non-union men
~ quit work, when be was eollared and
thrown out.
INSTRUCTED TO AcQUIT.
Y. D. Whitefeld, young man arrested
ABOUT Two months ago ON charge OF rob-
pihg an Old man named Kane, was called for
eiiai yesterday. After the impaneling of
Tue Jury, the statement of the case and evil
GGence oil the. prosecuting witness, Judge
0ieene instructed the jury to acQuit on the
sIouhu OF insufficient evidence, which was
o"ue' Inc young man was agreeaby sur
pIlsed at his discharge. On his way to the
eoutt-room he told Under Sheriff Harlow
I II: ne thought 1t would go hard with him.
MS Ihother who was in court, was almost
oVercomf. and it was some moments before
SIZE WAS able N Frop b.,r nboir
1 he City Council net in the Office OF the
IItS Clerk last evening and prepared list
OF the precincts for the municipal election,
With Inc boundaries of each. The number
l was liked at twenty-six, allowing about 400
voters IN each precinct. There were forty
lour precincts at the general election in No.
sehiper. The sum of $4,000 was transferred
from tue General to the Street Fund, pro-
fckihg tilt between Councilman in attacks
On anu also IN defense of the City Auditor.
D. itlai was commenced of the suit OF w. A.
DDdyless, painter, against McGovern 81
Caillll Tor fall from a seatfolding, claimed
70 nave been due to the negligence of one
Lie~eilyn. whom plaintiff alleges was a
Sduperintendent for the defendants. The
defendants claim that Llewellyn was only a
co-SerVant and co-laborer with Bayless.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
ne articles of Incorporation of the Ameri-
can 6as Machine Company were filed yes
terday afternoon. The purpose of the COM
pany Is TO manufacture and deal in machines
tor COMPRISING air and generating gas, and
Ior their application for light, heat, power
ana every other purpose. The capital and
subscribed stock is $4,000 The incorpora-
tors and stockholders are Walter B. Har-
Tuh, Walter A. K-nney Wesley A. Jacobs,
William b Hamilton and William b. Wight
man, all of Oakland
Sarah A. g. SAKE has sued for divorce
from RollIn Sake. on the ground of de-
seFtion. They came recently from Utah,
ana nave no property nor children. The de-
1endant informed ex-Judge Gibson, who is
attorney Tor Mrs. SAKE, that he would not
contest the case, and called as soon as served
with summons.
During the month of January fifty per.
sons who had been non-residents of Oakland
were inferred in Mountain View Cemetery
through permits issued.
WORLDS FAIR COMMITTEE.
The Worlds Fair COMMITTEES for Alameda
County held meeting at the rooms of the
Board of Supervisors, with e. NJ. Gibson in
the chair. Only halt dozen members were
present II was decided to invite the mem
bers OF the various improvement associa-
lions to attend the next meeting, two weeks
hence. T. w. Jeffers was elected temporary
Secretary, and the election Of officers post
poned two weeks.
The question of consolidating Alameda,
Oakland and Brooklyn Townships into a
city and county government with one set of
officers similar to San Francisco was dis
cussed at the Council chambers last evening
at an adjourned meeting of citizens. 1t is
argued that the government could be con-
Quoted on single tax as cheaply as the city
is and the county tax world be cut OFF
A reporter named Cornell on the Oakland
Times applied yesterday for a warrant for
the arrest of Chief OF Police Tompkins on
charge Of battery for having thrown him
out of the City Prison. AS District Attor-
ney Reed was in Sacramento the warrant
was not issued.
The fines for January in the Pc ice Court
were elOg1