The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-21
OAKLAND = ALAMEDA.
The Fifth Biennial Convention
of Catholic Knights.
Putting Up the Wire for the Electric Road.
County Funds Found All Right-The Pro-
posed City and County Scheme.

On Sunday the fifth Biennial Convention
! Of Catholic knights of America OF Callior.
! MIA was held at the Church of the Sacred
| Heart. Temescal, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing term: Danlei
| Crowley. reelected State President by ac-
| clamation: Thomas r. Carrue, Nlce-fres-
| ident. A. ]. Mcmahon. State Secretary
| Henry Weber, State Treasurer (re-elected)'
| C. C. Echlin and j. E. Ryal, Supreme Dele
| gates. j. T. Golckin and L. Crowley, al
| ternates; Rev. Lawrence Serbia, Spiritual
Director. The report of the Secretary
showed that three branches had been or
ganized since the previous meeting, that the
death benefits paid amounted to $4,000,
and that the payments out of the Widows
and Orphans Fund were S6353 62.
Amelia Pimental has petltoned the Su-
perior Court for an order compelling
her husband, James, to pay her money
sufficient to perfect her appeal and pay her
reporters fees on appeal A divorce was
granted to the husband by Judge Ellsworth.
FINED IN THE WALL.
A young Irishman named o. E. Healy,
full of bad beer but with desire for more,
was refused it yesterday afternoon at bar
at the southwest corner of Seventh and
Washington streets. He seized a heavy
I
the barkeeper that all four legs went through
the plate-glass mirror and into the wall, re-
naming there as if a fixture of the institu-
ton. He then threw heavy stone match
safe and other hand articles. At the City
Prison four charges were placed against
him, for which he will have 10 answer
to-day III the Police Court, assault with
deadly weapon being the most serious.
The assessment for bitumenzng Wash
ington street. from Seventh to Fourteenth
streets, has been computed at $50, 739 81.
The work was completed Yesterday but it
is understood that it will not be accepted
until several botcby places are put in more
EreSentable shape.
The estate OF Ellen Waldo, now in the in
sane asylum at Stockton, has been appraised
dian. The estate consists of house and
lot valued at $500 in Alameda and rents
collected amounting to SS14.
PUTTING UP THE PRoPELLING WIRE.
The propeling wire of the Oakland and
Berkeley Rapid Transit Company is being
put up on the crosS-wires between the power
house at FOrty-Seventh street and Second
and Broadway. The power-house is almost
completed, and the engine was started up
yesterday. The rollng-St0ck is being man.
ufactured at Stockton, and some of the cars
are expected within week or two. 1t is
understood that the operation of the line
will first be between the power-hOuse and
Oakland until the line is finished to Berke-
ley.
City and County Assessors r. W. Snow
and IL ). Leckie went TO Sacramento yes
terday in reference to the bill now before
the Legislature in regard to the furnishing
OF copy of the county assessment roll for
the use Of the City Assessor.
Ex-SheriH Hale was at his home in Oak
land yesterday, and to a question about the
San Quentin Wardenship he replied that he
thought he might receive the appointment
but ne would not toast about il.
UHLUCKY IN HER VENTURES.
Nellie j. Rogers yesterday sued Thomas
j. Rogers Tor divorce on the ground of will
tul neglect. The plaintiff was Nellie j.
Cameron, and was some time since the wife
OF one George W. Barter, but was compelled
to ask for ii divorce from him. He is sup
posed to be in Arizona. She afterward mar
ried Rogers, ieweler but he refused to at
tend 20 business, she says, and continued to
live upon her mother and herself, and they
have become tired of it,
The money in the hands of County Treas
urer HUFF was counted yesterday after
noon by DIR. Bart Morgan, Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors, NJ a. Whiddeu,
County Auditor, and Emil Nusbaumer,
Deputy District Attorney. The sum of
SIOl,O99 was found, of which S351, 600 had
been received since the count on December
-, 1890 The annunt disbursed during the
month was $4,000.
Fidelia Meek, widow of the late William
Meek, has given $1,000 to Mills College for
the purpose of founding scholarship to
be known as the ''Mr. and Mrs. William
Meek scholarship" The deceased was a
trustee of the college.