The morning call., 1891-07-07
ACROSS THE BAY.
Finding of the Terribly Mangled
Body of a Man.
Assessed Value Of Property in Alameda
county-saloon Men Seeking Licenses.
The Gentle Burglar.

The body of man supposed to be Theo-
dore Koerner was found yesterday near
Mount Eden on the South Pacific Coast
Division, shortly after the passage of a
freight train. The body was taken to the
Oakland Morgue. Letters were found in
his pockets from his sister in Brooklyn, N.
Y. His body was terribly mangled. An
inquest will probably be held to-day.
The Alameda County Assessor, r. S.
Leekie, yesterday turned the assessment
rolls Of the county over to the Board of Su-
pervisors. The total assessment has been
raised about Sc, sec, 600 over that of last year.
The footing Of the real estate and improve
ments roll amounts to SS0,S73 270. and the
personal roll S2.1OO.OOo. Total poll taxes.
S12,119. Total assessment, SIS. $685. 3S9.
Judge Henshaw yesterday made an order
that the clerk of the Oakland Police Court
pay to the Humane Society of Alameda
County 500 received as fine from Dennis
O'Day. imposed by the Police Judge for
cruelty to animals under the recent amend
ment to the codes. The suit was friendly
one. The Police Court clerk refused to pay
1t over without an order on account of the
section which requires him to pay over to
the City Treasurer, on a certain day in each
month, all the fines collected by him. Judge
Henshaw suggested that the Police Judge,
in cases of conviction Gil complaints of the
society, direct the clerk to pay the fines
when collected to the society direct. The
society cl aims that nearly 400 had already
been paid into the City Treasury by the
clerk of the Police Court on fines imposed
on convictions by the society.
The Board of Supervisors of Alameda
County yesterday fixed the amounts to be
paid to Justices of the Peace and ConstableS
monthly for salaries for criminal cases. An
application of the Worlds Fair Committee
Tor $1,000 appropriation to assist in meeting
the expense of the committee was referred
TO the District Attorney.
1t is again rumored that Mrs. Garcelon,
to whom DR.. Merritt left the bulk of his
fortune, intends to endow public hospital.
Burglars entered the residence of Howard
Shaw during the night of July 4th ana
stole S25, gold watch, and other jewelry.
Edward Kelley, the Salvation Army lad
arrested Oh Sunday for stealing a comrades
clothes, was taken TO San Francisco yester-
day by On officer sent over by Chief
Crowley
THE GAMBLERS BEATEN.
AT regular meeting of the City Council
last evening the ordinance to license pool
selling was defeated on its passage over the
Mayors veta, the vote being: In favor of
the pasSage-BrOsnahan Earl, GarthOrne,
Heitmln, Thornburgh, Watkinson. 6;
against its passage--,Johnson. Macdonald,
w llhl IFS, L ItSlucHI -NtiSOD, 4. SOunClllHdu
Pardee was absent. 1t required eight votes
to pass the ordinance over the veto.
the ordinance granting John w. Hearst
and others a franchise for a stree: railroad
TO be propelled by electricity or by cable, on
Twenty-third avenue, for five blocks from
the intersection of Park street to the old
county road, thence to the boundary line of
the city, was passed to print.
Alameda.
City Attorney Taylor and City Engineer
Payer will leave tu-day for Oregon on a
deer hunt
About twenty members Of the Society of
California Pioneers met last Friday evening
at the Office of Judge Z. o. Crosby in re-
Spouse to an invitation by him, and ais
cussed matters relating to the annual cleo
tion of the society. which takes place to-
day. The sentiment Of the meeting was In
favor of continuing the management of the
society in the hands of the actual pioneers,
and of the proposed anne ndment to Article
S OF the constitution.
The trial of Mail-carrier Nichols. on the
charge OF violating city urdi nance by rid
ing his bicycle on sidewalks while deliver
ing mail, Will take place tomorrow in the
City Recorders court
joseph AIeSser has been appointed engi-
neer of the Electrc-light Works. succeed
ing the late Stuart SOmervllle, at a salary
of 500 a month, SIS less than the amount
heretofore paid. Messer has been loco
motive engineer on the narr0w-gause rail-
road.
George Irwin has filed an application for
the appointment as engineer of the steam
freeing Inc, which is expected to arrive here
in a couple Of weeks.
At the meeting Of the City Trustees last
evening, a communication was received
from property-Owners on Santa Clara ave-
nue., east of Park street. asking that no
franchise for street railway be granted
unless it is provided that the work of build
ing it shall tie commenced when the avenue
is opened to High street
Theodore MeaA asked for a franchise for
a street railroad on Harrison avenue, from
Park street To FruitYale avenue.
Applications Tor saloon licenses were re-
ctved from the following: John Edwards.
John Seebeck, a. Akkeson, j. n. Beck.
mann, Frank 81 Co.. 5. a. d. Billy, p. Dun
ieavy, NJ. Joost. IL. Van Franken, Danheim
Il Co., George Miller, D. Curtis and Charles
Schuy. The application OF Schuy and Miller
were rejected. Those of Billy and Curtis
were referred back for infornalities
Licenses were granted to j. n. Beckmann,
\. Akkeson and John Seebeck.