The morning call., 1891-01-17
OAKLAND ALAMEDA.
Distribution Asked of DR.. Samuel
Merritt's Estate.
Opposition to the Electric Road - Relatives
Clamoring for Letters-Land Condemned
for Water Purposes.

The petitions for the partial distribution
of the estate of the late DIR. Samuel Merritt,
as intimated yesterday morning, were filed
yesterday. All the heirs, except Mrs II. A.
Merritt of San Francisco, join in petitioning
for the distribution. Under the will she has
an annuity OF $500 per annum during
her lifetime, and she prefers the receipt
of the annuity to taking a lump sum.
Mrs. Garcelon. the principal and residuary
legatee, will consider Mrs. Merritts annuity
a claim upon her and upon her death upon
her estate, if she should die before Mrs.
Merritt AS a full distribution cannot be
made under the law for ten months after
the death of the testator, certain property,
valued at about $4,000, will be excerted by
Mrs Garceon from the partial distribution
to satisfy claims of creditors, If any, and be
distributed 10 her six months latOron final set
Element as residuary legatee. 1t Is said that
she will carry out the expressed wish in the
will that the one-fouTth of the estate be
given to charity for the period of ten years.
1t is also said that in the settlement by her
OF the S500,00O on the nephews, Fred A. and
James p. Merritt, and in view of their agree
ing not TO contest the WILL they have agreed
to give w. W. FOote $4,000 as attorney:
Ed Hackeit $50 900, and Myer f. Dusenbury,
the friend of the young men, an income of
$500 month during his life. The hearing
of the petitions was set for the 9th inst,
before Judge Ellsworth.
OPPOSED TO THE ROAD.
1t is said that J. C. Kimbe and J. II.
Swift, two capitalists having fine residences
on Thirteenth street, the former at the cor
ner of jackson, and the latter at tho corner
of Madison. have come to the conclusion
that they do not want the electric road of
John w. Coleman, George W. McNear and
others TO pass their residences to East Oak
land, and will, therefore. attempt to procure
an injunction To prevent the construction in
accordance with the franchise. The COM
pany has commenced to construct its line
between Franklin and Webster streets
The stockholders are the same as those of
the Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit
Company, and the line is one of its branches.
A mass-meeting under the auspices of the
West Oakland Improvement Association
was held at san Pablo avenue and Twenty
eighth street last evening at which ad-
dresses were made by ex-Justice Charles Y.
Fox, Rev. j. Is. McNally and others.
Justice Ogden yesterday ordered dis
missed number of cases illegally on the
calendar during the time that Alexander
Laidlaw occupied the bench, as decided by
the Supreme Court.
CLAMoRING FOR LETTERS.
Mrs. Isabella Smith, a colored woman,
died from old age a few days ago while
alone in her little cottage at East Oakland.
1t is claimed that she was born in 1899 and
was over 101 years old. She left 5000 in
bank and lot valued at $1,000, and there
will be confess over 1.-THE estate None OF
her now alleged relatives lived with her, but
they are now clamoriug for letters. The
Public Administrator has fled a petition
and so has Relevia j. Veesey. who claims
TO be grandniece, but who as married
woman has no right under the law, also w.
ii. Moore, who claims to be a nephew.
Assistant Secretary Of War l.. a. Grant
has written to City Clerk Brady, informing
him that it viii be impraciicable to build
temporary bridge over the tidal canal eXca-
walton; that this will not be done, but that
permanent structure will be erected next
summer.
The estate of Catherine Lewis, consisting
of S2971 in the Hibernia Bank of San Fran
cisco, has been turned over to w. II. Lewis,
the administrator.
Rev. DR.. NJ. S. Levy delivered his usual
Friday evening lecture in the First Hebrew
Synagogue. The subject was: What the
jew Has Done for Civilization" ana the
lecture was very interesting.
JUDGMENT OF CONDEMNATION
The suit of the Spring Valley Water
Works against Ethel Eideli Meek, minor
was decided by Judge Hcnshaw Yesterday,
who gave judgment of condemnation in IA
v0r OF plaintiff for her one-tenth interest in
1292 % acres on Alameda Greek, near the
Vallejo stone-milI chute, above Alvarado
u
of 500, all costs and $3.50 damages.
Richard Shaver. aged %, a native OF Mis-
souri,, and resident of PleaSanton and
OF this State for the past twenty years,
was committed yesterday To Agnews. He
tries TO fire his bedding. prayS excessively,
does not know where he Is and wants some
one to kill him. His father lives in MERGED.
John Ellsworth and W. b. King as
Trustees of the Alameda County Railroad
Company have transferred 5000 900 in bonds
tn the communicative California Pail
ROAD Company, and have released a mort
gage In the same amount on the road.
The estate of Mrs. Margaret T. Glascoek
has been appraised at S9l2. She was the
mother OF Mayor Glascock.
TO NINE FOR GOLD AND SILVER.
The Winifred Gold Mining Company has
been Incorporated to mine gold and silver
ore in Arizona. The capital stock is $1,000
600, divided into 100000 shares at $40 each.
The sum of 100000 is already subscribed
by the Directors: L. Il. Nicholson $50. 800.
George 6. Hunt S33, 800, Frank Nicholson
S33, 800, John A. Britain $50, and A. c.
Richards $50. Frank Nicholson resides in
Arizona.
Eight carloads of horses left on Thursday
night for New York in a special train that
VIII travel on the fast time of passenger
train, save that en- route it will stop two
days TO give the horses rest. The horses
are Senator StanfOrd's Palo Alto stock, and
the special train will travel over the Van
derblt lines.
The usual dullness at the beginning of
the year is more than usually felt in the
coast shipping Mt present, and there are
about forty schooners, barks, barkentines
and steamers now lying Idle in the creek.
George T. Hawley has purchased thirty
eight acres of lands on Broadway outside
the city limits, and has mortgaged the land
for $4,000 TO the San Francisco Savings
Union.