The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-06
ACROSS THE BAY.
Henry WoOIcOek Suspected of
Firing His Store.
Remarriage to Satisfy Parents-A Man Killed
by the Local-Taxes Are Due Now.
Barnes Declared Sane

Inc SFOcery-SLOTe Oh Henry NOOlcOcE, at
Telegraph avenue and Thirty-fourth street,
was set on fire by an incendiary about $3.50
o'clock on Sunday evening. young man
named Bagey, who had been at church,
passed the store on his way home. He is a
clerk at the store and was induced by some
thing to enter. Having done so he detected
very strong odor Of coal oil. He went
into the room back of the store and saw a
lot of papers just commencing TO blaze.
After putting the fire out he called S. r.
OSgood. the proprietor of the building, TO
| come down from upstairs, where he hives
| with his family, and they went through the
| store, finding marks of an incendiary i'll coal
| oil distributed over different portions OF the
| store along the shelving and IN the drawers.
| Sheriff HusSey, who lives near, was lmme-
| diately notified and Deputy Sheriff Adney
| detailed to watch the store AT about
| o'clock in the morning WoOlcock, the pro-
| prIetOr, came in under the influence OF
| liquor. He denied all knowledge of the at
tempt TO fire the building. but the suspicion
was so strong that he was placed under ar
rest and taken to the County Jail. In an
| interview with him he stated his innocence
| Yesterday. His stock, he said, was worth
| 5000 to $1,000, and he had an insurance oil
| only $500 1t Is believed, however, that
| his stock is not worth half the lowest amount
| claimed by him. a complaint will be sworn
| TO charging MIN with an ATTEMPT to commit
arson. He came down from Grass Valley
! to Oakland in December, and his tdmiy Is
| now visiting there.
PRESUMABLY SATISFACTORY NOW.
On September 30th a license WAS taken
out IN the Clerks Office at Oakland for Will
| lam L. Phillips to marry Miss Ida u. Lewis
Lowry. The couple were married by Rev
| Ben jamin AkeTly OF st. Johns Episcopal
Church on October 1st, but yesterday Mrs.
ed tn,4t ipe
| cate license because Phillips relatives claimed
| that they were not married, Father Akerly'S
| ceremony not counting with them because
| they are Roman Catholics. The County
! Clerk refused 10 issue a duplicate, but sug-
| gested that she might obtain the original
! license in the Recorder office, as it had not
! yet been presented by the celebrant Tor
record. The latter was hunted up. and the
| license taken again TO The County Clerk,
| who, Instead OF issuing second one, re-
| feTred them to a priest who could atliX MS
! certificate after performing the second cere-
mony and have the certificate recorded. Ii
is presumed the couple are now married to
the satisfaction of all the relatives.
The Consolidated Piedmont Cable Com
Dany petr0ned the Board OF Supervisors Of
Alameda County yesterday for permission TO
change its hUrse-car line, from Twenty
fourth street anu Broadway to Mountain
View Cemetery into cable line.
The estate oil Otto Giersch has been APP
praised al Si964.
RUN OVER BY THE LOCAL.
Francois Olivier, who resided at 561 Third
| STREET was killed at 40 p. NJ. yesterday at
| Alice street by the local train going t. East
! Oakland. He was standing Oh the track
while the trains were passing. The engi-
| neer blew his whistle number OF times,
| but the man seemed to be unable to move.
| He was badly bruised about the head and
| was KILLED instantly. He was labUrer,
| about 40 years of age and unmarried. An
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There was quite little rush OF taX-pay
| ers to be in on the first day, but the Tax Col
| lector thinks there will be greater one on
the last day. The personal property and
| Onc-half the real estate tax Will be due be-
| fore November Both and delinquent after
| that date.
The matter of the bad condition of the
draw of tie Bay Farm Island Bridge was
brought up in the Board Of Supervisors
| yesterday and referred for action to he
| Committee gu Roads and Bridges.
Sam Hay, native of tine Flowery King
dom, has petit. oned for discharge on habeas
corpus. alleging that he is Illegally IN the
| custody of Sheriff Hussey. BE Is charged
| with a>Saulting counlryman with an AK
ANN l.. MURHHY's ESTATE.
| A motion was argued before Judge Hen
! shaw by Charles ,. Wheeler, appointed as
| attorney for absent heirs, in the estate Of
| Mrs. Ann L. Murphy, who died in London
about year ago, TO amend The former
/
| it will show that he was appointed by the
| court for the purpose OF representing the
| absent heirs in the probate aud not other
| wise, and that that part In which the order
| stated that he consented as such representa-
tive be stricken out Of the order. judge Hen
| shaw took the matter under advisement
| Hiram Ives Scoville, the nine-year-old son
of Avery ScovIle and Amy Cunningham.
! formerly the wife OF the said Avery Sc0vllie,
| has been adopted under the name OF Ives
| SroYille and Julia a. ScOvile, his wife.
| The order of adoption was granted by Judge
| Heushaw.
The revision of the Presbyterian confess
| sion of faith was discussed by the Pres
| bytery of San Francisco of that denJmina-
ton in the First Church Chapel, Oakland,
| all day.
Forty raee-horses have arrived from Reno
| and Carson, New, to participate in the Oak
! land Jockey Club races of the next three
DAYS, at the Oakland TrOiting Park, Emery
| vile.
SHOULD CONTROL HIS TEMPER.
The examination of Charles NJ. Barnes
| the railroad passenger agent, on n charge of
| insanity preferred by Lewis Hewlett, was
heard before Judge Greene and Commits
sioners Pratt and Burchard and Barnes was
| discharged. About twenty witnesses y ere
| in attendance. but after examining half a
| dozen Judge Greene closed the inquiry, but
told Barnes that he had brought the matter
on himself by not controlling his temper.
Josephine Mershon was granted a divorce
| and the custody Of the minor child to-day
in her suit against James h. f. MershOn.
in the case OF james Nenner vs.. Jennie
| Neuner 4 divorce was granted on the
ground Of desertion, but with the custody of
! the minor child given to the defendant.
Mrs. George H. E. Creed has peti;Ioned
| 10 be appointed the guardian of her four
| children. The estate If the wards consists
| Of half interest in the estate Of their late
| father, William II. Creed, valued at about
| sec 600
| The Southern Pacific is making deter
| mined raid on the tramps who steal rides
out of town on the overland trains.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
| At the meeting of the City Council he
| fight over the granting Of liquor license to
| Gus Williams of Twenty-thrd avenue vas
ended in his favor. An ordinance was
| passed TO print prohibiting the bringing
| into Oakland of the body of any person
who has died from contagious disease
Considerable street work was authorized.
| The report on the opening of Magnolia
| street and the ordinance for the appoint
ment of a clerk to the Mayor were again
laid on the table.
Alameda.
The quarterly report OF City Recorder
| UZnay shows that he has collected SSO6 in
| fines and disposed of seyenty-seven cases.
Philip Traysaac and Mrs. Mary Cramer
residing on San Antonio avenue, near Wal
nut street, had a dispute few days ago
about the boundary line OF their properties,
| and 1raysaac was arrested for malicious
| mischief for attempting to move the fence
Articles of incorporation of the Knights
| of Pythias Hall Association were flied res
| terday afternoon with the following rs Di-
rectors: James B. Barber, w. f.. Dillon,
| Frank Hally, j. A. DuTkee. S. Walton, l.
NJ Robertson and George w. McRae. The
lodge owns a lot at the southeast corner of
! Santa Clara avenue and Oak street, and it is
| the intention of the association to build
upon it.
At the meeting OF the City Trustees last
evening proposition was received from the
Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company to
purchase the municipal electric light plant
by redeeming as they mature the bonds
issued for the purchase OF the plant. and
running eighteen years. During this period
it will lease the plant for $3.50 per month,
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