The morning call., 1891-05-09
ACROSS THE BAY.
The Enquirer Enlarged to an
Eight Page Paper.
McGregor's Trial for Murder-sale of the
Hosiery Works Shipments Of Raw Silk.
Street Names in Alameda

The Oakland Enquirer yesterday printed
lis edition on a new perfecting press re-
Gently set up. It is claimed that it will
print and fold 10000 eight-page or 10000
four-page papers in one hour. The paper
has been enlarged to an eight-page and uses
the stereotyping process. The double
cylinder hoe used for three years by the
Enquirer has been sold to the Stockton In
dependent The Tribune has been using
perfecting press and the stereotyping pro-
cess for several months.
Margaret j. Johnson has sued A. T.
Johnson, a sailor boarding house keeper,
for divorce on the ground of cruelty.
Joseph Byrne has also sued Regina Byrne
for dissolution Of the marriage bonds.
An cid folks concert was given at Mills
College yesterday evening. and the Alumnae
Association will meet this afternoon.
THE PANEL COMPLETED.
The panel of the jury in the case of the
people VS.. Robert McGregor for the killing
of Estill F. SamueIs in the restaurant at the
Oakland pier on January 18th was com :
pleted shortly after the opening of court
yesterday morning. The testimony OF the
witnesses for the prosecution was strongly
against the youthful defendant. His attor-
neys made every technical objection they
could under the law. The case went over
at O'clock in the afternoon until Tuesday
morning.
1t is announced that the land plant and
machinery of the California Hosiery Works
on Jefferson street, between First and Sec
| ond, will be sold and the machinery re-
moved The negotiations with a canning
company for the land and buildings failed.
Nttorio Antonini has sued Antonio Ber-
| OHIO, his brother-in-law, to recover $4,000
| damages for SANDER.
REFERRED TO THE CHARITIES.
The City Attorney has advised the Chair
man Of the Finance Committee of the City
| Council that the council has the right to
| appropriate or refuse to appropriate the $3.50
| to the Associated Charities, but it has no
| right to Institute or conduct an investigation,
as contemplated in the communication or
! Mrs. Dermot and other ladies. lie suggests
that the matter be referred tG the Board OF
| Managers of the charities.
| The TWenty-thiTd-avenue improvement
Association has Endorsed the petition to the
| City Council against the granting OF liquor
| license at East Fourteenth street and
Twenty-third avenue to e. koenig. There
Will be large attendance of protestants at
the council meeting on Monday evening
! The private car PennSy lvania Railroad.
100 iD which some Of the officers of the road
came to the Coast, is now in the West Oak
| land yards.
SYNDICATE INVESTMENT.
At the meeting of the Oakland Syndicate
| investment Company l.. w. Kennedy was
elected President, 4. NJ. Fitzgerald Vice
! President ana Treasurer and G. III. Abbott
Secretary, This company has for its object
the reclamation of 1000 acres OF the bay
| north of the railroad mole and the building
| of wharyes, docks, etc, for shipping grain,
etc.
The Oakland Ladies' Relief Society has
elected the following officers: President.
Mrs. e {. Williams; First President,
Mrs. j. L. McElrath; Recording Secretary,
| Mrs George p. Morrow; Corresponding
| Secretary, Miss Jessie Campbell; Treasurer
Miss 0. E. Miner.
The Longshoremen's Association and the
lumbermen have agreed that the increase Of
wages from 20 to % cents an hour COM
meneed on Wednesday morning.
HE Is NOW IN WASHINGTON.
William Grffiths, the carpenter, who sud
| denly left his work on the Piedmont bath
house about themiddIe of April, and after.
ward wrote from Placerville, stating tha
he had gone there as Witness has recently
been heard from in Seattle, Wash. he says
he does not intend to return to his vile OF
to Oakland.
On Thursday evening seven cars loaded
with raw silk from the China steamer
Belgie went East Each ear contained
| 1900 pounds of raw six, done mp In bales
like tea, about two feet square. One hun
bred tons of new crop tea, which also came
over on the Belgic, went East by speeia
train yesterday evening.
The Alameda County dentists are abou
| TO organize an association. and a committee
| has been appointed to prepare and report {
plan on the evening of the 10Th inst
All Bee and All Choy we're arrested yes
terday on charges of selling lottery tickets,
They put up $50 cash bail each.