The morning call., 1891-03-28
OAKLAND ALAMEDA.
A F0rtnight's Work in Sunday.
Schools Mapped Out.
Indiana State Association = Vagrant Re-
manded Into Custody : The Annexation
Case-Non-Partisan Nominations

1t has been decided that Rev. DR.. j. E.
Gilbert of Indianapolis, General Superiu-
tendent of the lnterdenomnatonal Sun
day school Institute, who has been engaged
by the California State Sabbath-school As
sociation for three months work in this
State, will conduct institutes for twelve
days in Oakland commencing ON the 18th of
April and ending on the 30th of that month.
Eight days of the time will be given to Cen
trail Oakland, West Oakland, North Oak
land, Berkeley and intervening towns, the
institutes being held in the First PreSbyte-
rian and First Congregational chapelS, Gen.
trail Oakland. Four days of the time will be
given to East Oakland, and the institutes
will be held in the Eighth-ayenue Methodist
and Brooklyn Presbyterian churches. Two
sessions VIII be held daily, commencing at
2:30 and 1880 o'clock in the evening. On
Sunday. April 10Th. mass-meeting OF
Christian workers will be held in the First
Presbyterian Church, al Fourteenth and
Franklin streets, at 80 o'clock in the after
noon.
Magdelena Derendinger, a widow, not
long ago married Henry Ditmer. but yester-
day she filed complaint for divorce for
failure to provide, alleging that the defend
ant desired them to live upon the funds of
an insurance received from the estate of her
former husband.
Charles n. Morette filed a petition in in
solvency yesterday. He is harness-naker
at Pleasanton, and owes $40; no assets.
INDIANA ASSOCIATION.
1T the reunion of the Indiana State Asso-
citation of California at Grand Army Hall
on Thursday evening, William c. Hendricks,
President. occupied the chair. Rev. Dir:
Ollie. Professor H. T. Bickel Colonel
W0Odard, President Hendricks, MI. Long
and others made remarks. Mrs. Gordon
gave two Rotations. A memorial to the
late Brigadier- General Jere Z. Sullivan was
CYSTIC remarks by E. NJ. Gibson, adopted.
The officers were reelected. Professor ID.
S. Jordan. President of Indiana State Uni
veTSity, and recently selected as President of
Leland Stanford Jr. University; w. I'll.
Mills, George II. Bonebrake OF Los Angeles
and others We're elected members of the
association. The date of the annual basket
meeting was fixed for Saturday, May 23d.
A railroad carpenter named W liam Muir
was struck by train on Thursday after
noon while working on bridge of the mar
TOW-gauge at AlylsO and thrown into the
water. He received scalp wounds and
fracture of tie clavicle. He was brought to
the railroad hospital. His wounds are not
considered serious.
The divorce case of Mary S. F. Sylvia VS..
UUotpu OyNld UlUuSuI IdfRG nun Ucl VI
witnesses down to court from San LeandrO
yesterday. Mary charges Joseph with CRU
city and infidelity, but Joseph denies the
accusations. The trial will probably occupy
several days.
REMANDED INTO CUSTODY.
A petition for discharge ON writ of
habeas corpus was heard by Judges Hen
shaw. Greene and Ellsworth in the court
room OF the former yesterday afternoon ard
the petitioner, Mrs Kitty Reulen, remanded
TO the custody of the Chief of Police. She was
found guilty in the Police Court on a charge
of vagrancy, and the plea of the petition
was that as she had not been tried immedi-
ately urOn arrest. nor for two or three days
after, she might have reformed. The Judges
in bank did not agree with her attorney that
there was anything in tile point.
William Cronan yesterday sued the Oak
land and Berkeley Rapid-transit Company
and j. s. Ecker to recover S1620 on me-
chancs lien against the Transit Company's
p0wer-hOuse, at Grove and FOrty-seyenth
streets, Tor materials and labor performed
in the construction Of the pewer-house.
The will of Henry c. Clark was filed for
probate yesterday afternoon. The estate is
valued at $500, and consists OF real and
widow, Joan X. Clark, who is the only heir
Rt-law. She is nominated as eXecutrlX, and
applied for letters testamentary.
Irving S. Watson, the new Secretary of
L
citation, was kept back by trai delays, but
arrived with his wife yesterday forenoon.
SPREADING OF THE ROAD.
There is considerable complaint with ref
erence to the spreading of the Piedmont
Consolidated Cable Company's road near
Twentieth street. A buggy wheel went into
the grip-sl0t, few days ago. and damaged
the vehicle, besides throwing two ladies out.
Yesterday The wheel of the buggy of New
ton Sewell slipped into the Slot, but the
harness broke and freed the horse, saving
the buggy. 1t required the combined efforts
of TWO men to pull the wheel out.
The papers on appeal have all been per-
fected IN the annexation suit and placed in
the hands of the printer, and it is expected
that the transcript will be filed with the
Clerk of the Supreme Court about Wednes-
day. A stipulation, signed by all the attor-
ney in the case, that the case be advanced
on the calendar is also ready for filing with
the transcript.
Some Of the Oakland merchants are again
threatening to break their word with refer
ence to the O'clock closing COMPACT, and
keep their places open until o'clock. The
Federated Trades agree to stand by the
clerks and patroniZe only those stores which
close at O'clock or earlier.
Mrs. Harriet A. Sears has petitioned for
letters on the estate of the late Internal
Revenue Collector William II. Sears, con-
sisting of personal property, valued at not
TO exceed $500.