The morning call., 1891-09-10
ACROSS THE BAY.
Contest Filed of Gideon Wood
wards Testament.
a Joke OF the Coroner-Twenty-thivd Avenue
Railroad-New Engine-HOuse-Reve-
nue. From Liquor-seners.

The contest of the will Of the late Gideon
Woodward has finally been filed by George
+. Woodward. George says that he has been
away frcm home most of the time in Mexico
and elsewhere, and that during such alb
sences his brothers and sisters have by IN
due influences, etc, so controlled hs father
that the will offered for probate is not just
He also SAWS that the teStatOr aid not sign
the will, that he was not competent to sign
it. and charges other things in connection
with The matter upon the other legatees. It
VIII be remembered that the widow, Mrs.
Josephine Woodward, is not pleased or sat
isfird with the Will. and will contest it.
The City Council passed an ordinance ap-
propriating S2443 y TO pay County Assessor
K. :. Lecke for furnishing the City Assessor
a copy Of the assessment roll. The claim
was rejected by Auditor Snow on technical
grounds. Mayor Chapman has approved
the ordinances providing for its payment.
WAS IT JOKE OR NOT
a telephone report was sent in on Tues =
day morning to Coroner Evers that the body
of a man was lying on the ground on the
side of the road near FruitYale, and his
horse and buggy standing near, the horse
tied to a fence. The Morgue wagon was
sent out, and it was ascertained that the
does not yet know whether or not the IN
former was practical joker.
r. Rev. O. II. Tracy, the young minister
who came to Oakland with his wife less than
one year ago to take the pastorate OF the
First Free Baptist Church, started day or
two ago hack to Maine with the body Of his
wife. He himself is in feeble health, and
will probably not return to California.
City Engineer Morgan will commence the
work of cleaning out Main Lake sewer this
morning
EVENTUALLY TO PIEDMONT.
I he Twenty-third avenue Street Railroad
Company has commenced the erection of a
brick car-hOuse between East Iwenty-thlrd
aud East Twenty-fOurth streets on Twenty
third avenue. 1t is said that the line will con-
meet with Theodore MEETS line to Alameda
across the steel bridge. The track is now
laid from the connection at the local rail
road station to the northern line of the city.
1t is said the line will be constructed to East
Ihirty-sixth street and eventually, before
the franchise expires. to Piedmont
Sheriff Cunningham of San Joaquin Coun-
ty returned to Stockton yesterday morning
with 0. II. Scott. The prisoner denies the
charge against him by his stepfather and
says the whole matter is family misunder-
standing. His wife will also go to Stock
ton and will make an effort to have him re-
leased on bail.
One hundred and twenty-five saloon men
OF Oakland have been notified by the License
Collector to renew their licenses and add
Sl2,jOO to the city funds.
NEW ENGINE-HoUsE.
The Board of Fire Commissioner rs has au-
thoriZed the expenditure of not to exceed
6I174 for furnishing the new engine-ho
on Fifteenth street. The Superintendent of
the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph,
whose Office and apparatus, batteries, ETC.,
will be in the third story of the new build
ing, was allowed not to exceed Sy65.
A. G. FTise, a young architect, narrowly
escaped death on Tuesday by the running
away of his horse and cart. He was badly
bruised and his cart demolished. He had
leg broken by falling from car about
year ago, and has suit against the COM
pany for damages, claiming negligence on
the part of the conductor.
The Alameda County Teachers Institute
will open on next Wednesday and continue
for three days The mid-term vacation of
the public schools will begin on Monday
and continue two weeks
Berkeley.
An accident occurred at the acid works,
West Berkeley, by the bursting of cask,