The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-29
ACROSS THE BAY.
The Schism in the Tenth-kyenue
Baptist Church.
William Bottoms Estate-The Barton Funeral
Divorces Granted Attachments Against
il. Valentine and S. T. Gage.

from the standards. Not only do they in
tend to stand by the pastor. but they are
determined that all the others must do like
wise or be kicked out of the fold. One of
the minority said it is rule or ruin with the
dominle'S party. The majority party of the
pastor has called upon known opponents,
and notified them that if they could not CO.
operate heartily with the pastor they must
Withdraw from the membership, and sew
eral declining to give any assurance OF with
drawal or cooperation, it was decided to
exclude them from fellowship, or, in the
slang phrase of the day, Ito fire" them out.
1t is said there are about twenty OF these,
including Rev. DR.. Morse and family and
several professors of the California College.
and many others active in building up the
church before the present pastorate. The
friends OF the pastor, as well as himself.
deny any heterodoyy.
DIR. BOTTOMS ESTATE.
A hearing was had of the application of
George Bolton for letters Of administration
on tne estate OF DR.. William Bolton, Tor
merly Of Rosevlile. The estate consists
principally of two policies Of insurance, one
of which is for $1,000, payable to Mrs.
Swain, daughter of the deceased and wife
OF Swain the baker of San Francisco. and
the other tor $500, payable to Miss Marga-
ICb OOltOus 1HtI6 Is dHOtUtE uduSuJtIs
Mrs. Daily, and the son George, who were
not remembered by insurance policy be-
quests. ltwaS charged by the son that Swain
has small amount of the property OF the
estate in his possession. This was rot de-
MED, Swain stating that it was held because
there had been no one TO turn 1t over TO who
was legally entitled to receive it. The in
qHlry was, by order of the court, confined ex-
cuslyely as TO whether there was left Will.
The deceaSed's children and others were eX-
amined, but none bad seen any Will among
the deceased's papers. Letters were finally
ordered issued to the petitioner.
The p0ol-gamblers want to buy the good
will OF the citizens of Oakland by c0ntribut-
ing $1,000 to the $4,000 bonus for the Mae
dOno0gh Theater. viii the citizens sell so
cheaply and stop their agitation of the
question?
ROBERT BARToN's REMAINS.
The remains of Robert Barton the vine
yardist Of Fresno and owner Of the Barton
Opera House, who died on May 18th,
Nere brought to Oakland on Wednesday
evening and the funeral took place yester-
day afternoon frcm st. PauPs Episcopal
Church. Rev Dr. Foute Of san francisco
and Rev. Robert Richie Of st. Paups
Church conducted the services. The burial
was al Mountain View Cemetery IN COM
pliance with the request of the deceased.
M r. Barton was a native OF England aged
81 yeats. He left widow and four chill
dren. His estate is very valuable and PROB
ably extends into millions. He carried an
Insurance of $4,000 on his life. Besides
the relatives OF the deceased Mr.. and Mrs.
A. b. Butler, Mr. Pike, w. Ii. F0rsythe
and other prominent residents OF Fresno
came up to attend the funeral.
The Oakland Mining and Development
Company was incorporated yesterday, with
a capital stock of 100000, of which S325, 900
has been subscribed The Directors are:
Judson Chamheriin, j. NJ. Williamson, Mrs.
j. 5. Ross, Mrs. j. A. Myers, DR.. Irena
Fields. Z. NJ. Gibson, W. G. Williams ana
w. a. Chittenden, Oakland; John Grigg,
San Francisco; j. A. Parker, Sacramento;
Robert WOODBURY., Lake Valley.
DIVORCES GRANTED.
Judge Henshaw allowed Nancy J. Haley
to assume her maiden name OF Freeman
yesterday giving her also decree OF divorce
from Louis +. Haley and Judgment for $50
per month alimony and 500 for counsel
fees. A decree was granted by Judge Ellis
worth, legally separating William }. Greer
from Mary A. Greer on the ground Of her
deserti0n. The custody of the two children
was given the mother Maggie Scott was
granted a divorce from William l. Scott, a
railroad engineer, on the ground Of cruelty
by Judge Henshaw ami given the custody
of the minor child.
large delegation of prominent East Oak
land citizens called upon Councilman VIII
Kins Of that ward TO urge him " vote
against the ordinance licensing pool gam
bling. 1t is said by them that the Council
man admitted that he was tied up IN the
matter and could not give them definite
assurance that he would notyOte for the or
dinance.
ATTACHMENTS ISSUED.
Attachments were issued in the Oakland
Police Court yesterday for John j. Valen-
tine, President of Wells Fargo u Co. 5 Ex-
press, and Stephen T. Gage of the Southern
no
any attention to the process of the court
and attend as witnesses IN the case against
Milton Wilioughby, accused of obtaining
money under false pretenses They will be
allowed TO come into court this morning and
purge themselves, if possible, of contempt
in refusing to obey process. IL they Go not
come in they will be brought.
William Williamson, one OF the proprie-
tors of the Encinal Flourng-mills at Wash
ington and Fourth streets, Oakland, was
drawn over shaftlng several times yester-
day, by his clothing catching in belt. He
was badly bruised and one OF his arms
broken. He resides at the Mission In San
Francisco and was taken home from the
Oakland Receiving Hospital during the
afternoon.
AFTER THIRTY-THREE YEARS.
A motion has been made in Judge Els
worth's department of the Superior Court
to dismiss for want of prosecution the suit
j. McCredy TO recover property valued mt
5000 III 1S5S-thrty-t years ago The
motion was made by f. b. Mastick, the at
t0rney for the defendants. The Judge de-
cllncd to dismiss until he had investigated
the case. The attorney of record for plain
tiff thirtv-three years ago was Robert
Rankin. Where Is he now?
Judge Greene yesterday rendered judg-
ment for A. Schroeder and others against
Hepburn, Mott & Co. for S224l aud costs
Tor cement used in making concrete pave
ments The defendants claimed that the
cement was bad, and refused to pay for it
on that account, putting in counter claim
for $1,000 After a trial OF nine days and
an examination of the pavementS, the Court
came to the conclusion that the work and
not the cement was bad. There were forty
two witnesses in the case.
Alameda.
An adjourned meeting of the City Trus-
tees will be held this evening, when matters
relating to the Fire Department will be
considered. A steam and chemical fire
engine will be added to the department
about July LIST, and provision will have to
be made to haul the machines to fires and TO
care for them.
A Chinaman named All Gee, who W as In
the employ of Mrs Quinton Pacific avenue
as domestic, had his preliminary examine
ton yesterday on charge of assault with
a deadly weapon. and was bound over to
the Superior Court. He endeavored to col
lect bill few days ago, and because the
money was not forthcoming at once tried to
strike her with an ak.
The commencement exercises of the grad
uating class of the High School will take
place this evening in Park Opera House.
One-third of the seats will be reserved and
the others will be for the general public.
Charles X. Field will deliver the salutatory
and read the class poem. Douglass Waite r
man will give scientific talk on the sub
ject of "Voltac Electricity" Miss Elsie Is.
Haruden will read an essay entitled,
Motives and Actions" Allen j. Penfield
will discourse on Oxygen" and Miss
Hulda Thomson will deliver the valedictory
and read an essay entitled, "Half Educate