The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-27
ACROSS THE BAY.
Alameda's Supervisors Urging the
Legislature.
Dismissal Of the Wilson Litigation-County
Division Meeting Machin's Sue
cessor-The Campaign.

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passage. The Board of Supervisors yester-
day unanimously adopted the following
resolution with reference to the matter:
| WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors OF Ala
! media County has heretofore granted permls sion
! to "A number of companies for the purpose OF
constructing and operating electric street rail-
! ways along certain highways in THIS city; and
whereas, II Is The opinion of this board that the
| construction of said railways Will be of great
advantage 10 the districts OF the county through
which they are to be constructed; and whereas.
| the people of the county are in favor OF said
| railways therefore be it
| ReSoired, That the Board OF Supervisors OF
Alameda County respectfully request the mem
| brrs of tile Legislature from this county to use
| every honorable effort % have the laws OF this
Slate so amended as TO permit of the use of cleo
| lrlclty as motive power on street railways
A similar preamble and resolution was
adopted by the City Council in the evening
and the Mayor, the President of the Board
of Public Works and citizens Charles d.
Pierce, A. D. Thompson. L. C. Sessions, A.
w. Bishop. NJ. c. Chapman, Polk Gray, r.
NJ. Fitzgerald, Thomas Prather, William R.
Davis, NJ. d. Hyde, E. w. Woodward. w.
g. Henshaw, John P. Irish, Edward
Hackett, Il. McKillican. W. A. Holc0mb
T. Chaplette and w. d. English were APP
pointed committee to go to Sacramento
and urge the passage Of the bill. The
| council also adopted resolutions calling the
| attention of Colonel Mendell to the fact that
bar is forming in the estuary at the City
| Wharf. and allowing the use OF the City
| Council Chamber for the meeting of citizens
| this evening to discuss the city and county
consolidation scheme.
At meeting of the Board of Education
charges were preferred against Mrs. Todd
by the Committee on Classification, accusing
her OF INSTRUMENTATION and conduct demon
alizing to school discipline She was
teacher at the Grove-Street School, and re-
Gently asked to be transferred and has been
writing several letters.
DISMISSED AT LAST.
The suit of Mrs. Jessie Wilson vs.. Will
lam /. Wilson, the Octogenaran sea cap
tain. was yesterday afternoon dismissed by
Judge Ellsworth. The plaintiff died about
year ago, and the case has been retained
on the docket against the wishes of the at
torney of the defendant ever since. The
suit was brought several years ago, and the
defendant owed at the time of plaintiffs
| death about $1,000 for alimony. lie had
| been In jail for several months for contempt,
| and finally after hard fight was released
ON habeaS corpus, disappearing soon after.
| lie settled about $4,000 on his wife at
one time, ana on the ground OF
| cruel treatment she secured a divorce.
bat he finally persuaded her to
/ marry him again, and after time he Sc
| cured the property from her. after which,
! she alleged, he again commenced his cruel
! treatment. She claimed that he was worth
! $4,000. and he stated that he did not have
| a cent. As his whereabouts IS unknown
the Court dismissed the suit, and Mrs. Will
| sons attorneys will lose a fee of several
| hundred dollars. There is some property in
| San FranGiscn in the name of Priscilla
| Burtch, which Mrs Wilson and her attor-
! neys claimed belonged to the old captain,
! but were unable 10 prove ii, although suit
| was brought 10 do so.
| COUNTY DIVISION MEETING.
The following paper was signed yesterday
| by a large number of prominent citizens of
| Oakland: The undersigned recommend
! that public meeting be held at the City
| Hall Tuesday evening. January %, 1891, of
| those people in favor of the equitable
| division of Alameda County, of the consoli-
! dation OF fourteen certain communities, of
! the city and county OF oakland; also to de-
! wise ways and means to promote the passage
| OF bill now before the Legislature author
! iZing the employment of electricity for the
! propulsion Of Street-cars IN cities, etc"
The meeting will be held in the council
| chamber IN accordance with the recon-
mendation.
y new departure in Chinese lottery raids
was taken by the police yesterday after
noon. Search warrants were obtained and
tea-store, a shoe-store and Japanese baZlr,
so called, were searched and extensive out
| fits seized of lottery tickets, markers, etc.
| In the rear OF the japanese store was an ex-
| tensive place for tan games with electric
| bells, etc.
Judge Ellsworth yesterday afternoon
| granted divorce from Simon NJ. Dorman
! to Ida B. Dorman on the ground of his ex-
| treme cruelty.
| To SUCCEED MACHIN.
The resignation of Ex-Governor T. n.
| Machin as Justice of the Peace OF Brooklyn
| Township was accepted by the Board of
! Trustees of Alameda County yesterday
afternoon. and two tie ballots were held for
his successor. Henry A. Melvin and E. G.
! Matthews each received two votes. Chair
man Morgan being absent the election was
postponed for one week. Matthews was de-
feated for denomination in the fall, but it is
commended by a lumber of residents of East
Oakland that he should not be appointed by
the board in opposition to the wishes of the
voters. John G. Marsh of Twenty-third
avenue was candidate for the position, but
did not receive vote. He is President of
| the Twenty third-avenue Improvement As
ISOLATION. He was Deputy Sheriff under
| W. f. Hale. Henry Melvin is young
| newspaper man and student of law and
popular
The grandmother of little Josephine Bank
head and her father also assented to the
mother of the child Mrs. Olsen, seeing her
| every two weeks at her grandmother house.
| Nathaniel Hunter, the child's guardian, had
no objections to this and the court made
| such an order to last for six weeks or till
| the further order of the court.
| Magdalene Morton yesterday sued Chris
| tian Morton for divorce on the ground of ex-
| IRENE cruelty. They were married in Oak
| land in November, 1885, but are residents of
| San Francisco.
| PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
The Oakland Americans are preparing for
| the municipal campaign, ana have fixed the
| date of their nominating convention for
| February 9th. The most prominent candi-
| date for Mayor is said to be j. l.. DAVE,
| who stirred UP the tempest in the tea pot
| some weeks ago in the School Department,
which resulted in an investigation of charges
| that Principal Dunbar of the DuraDt School
| required letters of recommendation from
the Rev. Thomas McSweeney of St Francis
| de Sales Roman Catholic parish before he
| would admit children of that parish to the
public school of which he was the head 1t
| will be remem beI ed that the board did not
| consider the charges substantiated after Two
| evenings investigation and examination.
John III. Church ST., the man who has
had five wives, only one Of whom has died.
| and whose fifth is now suing for alimony
| and maintenance on complaint OF his for
| divorce, and is also prosecuting him by her
| mother, Mrs. Desa Todd, for felony in
swearing to the marriage affidavit that she
| was 10, when she was in fact only Is, stated
| yesterday that his attorneys are preparing
| papers in a damage suit for $3.50, 600 against
the Examiner. He said in court yesterday
| that he wanted the felony case tried, be-
| cause If he has to 90 across the hay he de-
| sired to make start. Deputy District At
| torney Nusbaumer told him be would arrive
there fast enough. The case was then set
for trial on April 18th.
| COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
At the regular meeting OF the Board of
| Supervisors the sum of S63, 543 81 was ap-
| p0rtloned to the various District Road funds
| in accordance with report of County
Treasurer Huff. The petition of A j..
| Downing and others that the neighborhood
road leading through the lands of Mrs.
| Schweer and c. NJ. Dougherty, about two
and one-half miles along the Tassejero
| Greek to the Contra Costa line be made q
county road was heard. Petitioners urged
that it has been used as a highway for
| thirty-fve years. but Mrs. Schweer objects
| to it running through her land and wants
heavy damages, or the road run on the line
| about quarter of mile west Of its present
| location. The road is used by large por-
ton of the farmers of Contra Costa County
| as far east as Mount Diablo, and also those
| in Alameda County in hauling produce to
| Pleasanton. 1t is said that the road in