The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-28
OAKLAND ALAMEDA.
Litigation Over Gideon Wood.
wards Estate.
City Council and County Supervisors Meet
ings-Riparian Rights Condemnation.
Acceptance of Call.
The heirs of Gideon Woodward are likely

to have very lively fight over his estate.
The widow, who is the stepmother of the
children, and married to the father about
eight years ago, thinks that the $4,000
house and lot decided to her is not as much
as she was entitled to of the $500, 600 estate.
the remainder of which was devised to the
children, and is inclined to contest the will.
The children are of the opinion that as the
estate was separate property, she did very
well, and that she will gain nothing by the
contest Her attorneys think otherwise, SO
at least the outcome will be a little harvest
in lawyers fees. 1t was remarked yesterday
in reference to it that "it's an i'll wind that
blows nobody good"
Robert Wilson. charged with petty lar
ceny, with prior, pleaded guilty in Judge
HenShaw's court yesterday. Sentence will
be passed Tomorrow
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
At the meeting of the City Council last
even ing long discussion was had over the
protest against the benefits assessed against
the property-owners in the Filbert-street
opening and damages assessed to Edward
Gill. Mayor Chapman filed his message, in
closing the report of Expert Hughes, calling
attention to the Irregularities in the office
OF Police Court Clerk and that of the City
Auditor and Assessor. The report said
there seemed to be a willful neglect of duty
and cited Section 33 of the charter making
1t the MAYORS duty to report to the District
or City Attorney or the City Council. He
requested that the council make an investi-
CATION, and the City Clerk was instructed
to call special meeting for Thursday
evening.
A certified copy of the articles of incor-
poratlon OF the C. A. WetmOre Company,
incorporated in San Francisco on June 18th,
was hled IN Alameda County yesterday
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
At the meeting Of the Supervisors of Ala
media County two petitions for a sanitary
district. practically covering the same ter
ritoTy between Oakland and Berkeley, were
read yesterday and referred to the District
Attorney. A resolution passed requesting
the County Surveyor to establish the grade
OF FruliVale avenue. and petition was pre-
sented requesting the board to establish the
grade OF Twenty-third avenue, so that the
railroad company recently granted fran
chise on it could commence work. The
County Surveyor was requested to establish
the grade as petitioned for.
The Spring Valley Water Works has sued
of thirty acres of Rancho Arroyo de la Ala
media. on Alameda Creek, above the old
Vallejo mIll-store chute.
ALEXANDER GIRvIN's ESTATE.
Mrs. Catherine Cir win Yesterday filed for
prob ate the will Of the late Alexander Cir
vim. The entire estate is devised to her as
the widow. and she is nominated as ex-
ecntrx without bonds. The estate is valued
at 600 The other heirs at law are seven
| children.
| President Reed Of the Oakland Lumber
| Company claims to have been assaulted yes
| terday by longShOreman named Kelly be-
cause his company had employed non-union
| men to unload lumber. A warrant has been
| issued for Kelly's arrest
AT a meeting of the Board of Education
last evening Dr.. Charles III. Fisher resigned
| as assistant Superintendent and L. j. Ha-
| VEINS was appointed.
A man qamed John McWade was arrested
| on feloniouS charge last evening and
booked on the small book. He is peddler
of tea.
HE HAS ACCEPTED THE CALL.
| Rev. Dr.. NJ. s. Levy has accepted call
| to the Beth-lsrael congregation. He has
| been eleven years in Oakland, and the con-
gregatiOn has reluctantly agreed to his
| going TO larger field of labor in San Fran
| CISCO.
Martin Bitterly, Tommy Maloney, Pat
| Cronin and Charles Nolan, four urchins
| that have given the police authorities and
| the Police Judge great deal to do recently,
| will be sent to the Whittier Reform School.
The Garfield School building, at Twenty
| third avenue, was not occupied Yesterday,
aud it NAV be two weeks yet before it will
be ready.
Mary E. Bacon yesterday sued David NJ.
DdcOH lOE ulVOEce.
Alameda.
The salaries of the drivers of the chemi-
cal engines have been fixed at $50 each
While Walter Bamber was standing on
the platform Of the Alameda Boat Club
Sunday, an iron bucket fell from the sec
oud story and struck him on the head, in
flicting painful wound.
Louis w. Schroeder aud J. II. Paul with
their families will 90 to Santa Cruz in
wagon resembling that used by the early
| Immigrants to this State, and will go into
the procession with it on Admission day.
AT the meeting of the City Trustees last
evening Mr.. Forderer stated that the pres
the Fire Department is out of date, as the
| department is now partially paid one, aud
| the City Attorney was instructed to prepare
a new ordinance. A resolution of inten-
ton was ordered prepared to grade, curb
and macadamZe Stanton street.
Blanding Hall was again used as the Re-
c0rderS courtroom yesterday, when the
work of securing jury to try young Burcb
| tor selling liquor without license was COM
menced. AT o'clock last evening the fol-
| lowing named were obtained: 5. Wells, w.
| G.. Meyers. w. W. Danes F. H. Mccormick,
E Schultes. p a. Dean and E. H. Randlett
| The trial will be resumed this morning.
A young Mexican woman, named Sadie
| Arkangelo, was arrested on Sunday night in
Park-street lodging-huuse on charge of
vagrancy. She pleaded not guilty, and Ju us
tiee Byler Set her trial for August I4sh. In
the meantime she will remain in the County
Jail, from which she was released only II
few days ago, having served sentence for
vagrancy. a young man, named j. "
Humphrey, who was with her at the time of
her arrest. was taken into custody on
| charge OF disturbing the peace.
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