The morning call., 1892-07-20
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Boulevard Construction Fairly
Before the Council Again.
P. C. Beggs' Plea for Eercy-Lottie Jordan,
Who Attempted suicide-The Great Re-
vival at the Tabernacle To-Day.

The springing OF the boulevard question
again by Lin 5. Church, before the City
Council Monday night. caused considerable
surprise. 1t was thought TO have been
swamped for a while at least, by the late
bond election. But it is now fairly in the
Council again. as the ordinances presented
by Church were read and referred to the
Judiciary Committee TO take their usual
course.
For months the big gray mass of rocks
forming what Is known as section 1 Of the
bulkhead of the boulevard has been neg
lected and people had begun to wonder how
and when 1t was to be finished.
The plan put forward by Church to max e
additional appropriations by imposing
special annual taxes. instead of bonding
the city, is supported by lawyers whose
opinion he lead to the Council. They also
support him in the opinion that the city is
legally responsible by the contract.
But whether or not the city can be held
for damages, provided the conditional deed
is allowed to lapse, is point in law that
legal minds are now discussing.
An appropriation of $50. 900 was expended
in building the first section Of the bulkhead
and it is about oDe-fourth completed.
OF his three ordinances Mr.. Church said
that it was not expected that more than one
of them would be passed. They called for
appropriations of $4,000. S29,5OO and $780,
GOO respectively. They viii probable by re-
ported on by the judiciary committee at the
next meeting.
Church appeared Monday night merely as
the representative of w. A. Birmingham
and James Newton, committee of two
representing the other property owners.
Mr.. Meetz's little bobtail streetcar line
betN cen Oakland and Alameda is doomed
1t has been purchased by the California
improvement Company, closely allied to the
California Railway Company, for SIS, coo,
and 1t VIII be converted into an electric sys-
TEN. The cost of Improvements viii amount
to about $4,000.
h. Nusbaumer, one Of the Waterfront
Company attorneys 10 the recent suit of
Taylor vs. Forth TO quiet title, is preparing
papers on motion for new trial II this
is denied Nusbaumer says he will appeal
the case to the Supreme Court. The
grounds upon which he will ask another
trial are that the evidence was insufficient
10 warrant verdict, that errors OF law Oc-
Cured 10 which the plaintiff excepted and
that the verdict was contrary to law.
BEGGs' SENTENCE POSTPONED.
r. {. Beggs, late secretary of the Oakland
Consolidated Street Railway Company, ap-
peared before Judge Greene for sentence
yesterday, but IL was postponed until July
%. Prosecuting Attorney FrIek said that
blameless life till the time OF his abscond-
ing and the Judge desired further evidence
ON this point before passing sentence In
appealing To the court for leniency, Beggs
said:
IF you were to set me free to-day. Judge
L would be unhappy. My reputation is
gone and my family is scattered and de-
pendent upon strangers. There are my
little ones, and in their innocent faces I
can see myself Oh, Judge, their innocence
condemns me. beg of you to have mercy
upon me, Judge. For their sake have
mercy upon me"
Lottie Jordan. the San Francisco young
woman who made two unsuccessful at
tempts TO jump from the ferry boat, was
released from jail yesterday, 1t having been
proved that she vas drunk and not insane
She was taken in charge by two women be-
longing to the Salvation Army.
Joshua u. Handy, a colored minister who
has lived In Oakland 20 years. died sud
heart disease.
tramp kidnapped the four -year-old boy
Of l.. 4. Jordan, principal of the Havwards
High School, Monday, bat was pursaed and
captured and sent TO Jail.
Joseph Macdonough is talking of adding
a MIN story to the new Oakland Tbeater
building making IL as high as the new Cen
fTal Bank blocE 10 be erected opposite.
MARRIED BY CONTRACT.
James Joseph Mcconnell, aged %. living
at 763 Eighth street, and Augusta Matilda
Lehnig. aged q, of LOGS Broadway, were
sSsecIetiy married by contract On June 80.
The contract was filed at the County Re-
eeorder's office yesterday. tits sworn to be-
lore : notary public. and signed by BeDja-
min ~. Ferris and Rosa Z. Hill as
witnesses. The marriage is said tn be a
sequel to the secret wedding in San Fran
cisco TWO months ago of Harry Coole and
Iessie Olmsteat, bosom friends of the
former couple.
A MIDwEEK SABBATH"
To-day IS the "midWeek Sabbath" in hon.
or OF the Mills meetings. Nearly all of the
leading business houses have agreed to close
during certain hours OF the day while ser
vices are IN progress al the tabernacle. The
banks will close to general business, but a
note clerk will be on hand to..transact mai
tiers of urgency. School pupils will be al
lowed the privilege of absenting themselves