The morning call., 1892-03-30
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Stin Arguing For and Against the Bond
Issue.

SUN arguing For and Against the Bond
Issue.
As the bond elections will take place on
Saturday, the I'd prox., four meetings in tie
interest OF the people against bonds will be
held before that date. The first will be
this evening in Hansen's Hall, West Oak
land, addressed by Professor Frank Soule,
Giles IL. Gray. DIR. George c. Pardee, j. w.
Ward. Tomorrow evening two meetings
viii be heid-one at Golden West Hall,
North Oakland. and the other at Twenty
third avenue-both of which will be adj
dressed by several speakers On Friday
evening the meeting will be held in Cavalry
Hall.
The Oakland Carpenters Union has
passed series of resolutions against the
park and boulevard bonds. The meeting
at which the resolutions were adopted was
the largest that has been held in long
Time. The resolutions state that the opin-
ION recently expressed at a public meeting
py the president OF the union. j. Ii. Moi
lett, is not IN accord with the expressed
idea OF large majority of its members.
a pro-bond meeting was to have been held
IN large tent on San Pablo avenue, Just
west OF Sycamore street, but the high wind
during the afternoon laid the tent fiat, and
the meeting had to be abandoned. Tonight
the bonders will shout at the corner of
Seventh and Market streets, tomorrow
night at the Oakland Theater, and Friday
night at East Oakland.
A GRAND JURY DRAWN.
A Grand Jury for the term ending June
80 was drawn IN Judge Henshaw's court
yesterday afternoon. The following were
drawn Alameda Township john Gum
Jr.. Thomas Miller, ID. A. Fraser. c. a.
Brown; Brooklyn-A. FontP. w. ID. Thomas,
J. n sandman; Eden-Henry Meininger,
Daniel Best, Charles Prowse; Murray-W.
~ Lab II
Langley, FL. Meyer. John F. league. c. A.
Nordhaasen, Ii. I. Mannion, o. Button,
Hugh Hamilton, ID. L. Collins. +. A. Camp
bell, James Edgar, II. A. Benson. John
Stutt, A. +. Merriman, w. +. Knoll, Thomas
Agnew; Washington John Silva, w. f.
1n2les. The jury will be impaneled on
April in Judge Henshaw'S department at
10 clock in the morning.
The ferry steamers had a rough time on
the bay yesterday. On the narrow gauge
route the Ell Captain started from San
francisco AT 1918 O'Clock A. NJ, and when
the middle OF the bay was reached the
waves were rolling high and many Of the
passengers were seasick. The water rolled
up as high as the hurricane deck and sew
erai of the windows above the main deck
were broken, flooding the restaurant and
bar. One large wave swept over the star
board bow and struck the forward boat on
that side, carrying away the davitS and
throwing the davits and boat against the
bulwarks on the lee side. The steamer
was nearly an hour crossing the BAY Only
hourly trips were run Oh the narrow-gauge
line after that. Between and 3 O'clock
p. NJ. the rain poured down in torrents,
flooding the streets in different paris of the
city, but il soon ran of
At the meeting of tine Oakland WOman's
Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. NJ. E.
bartlett, the corresponding secretary, re-
signed and Mrs. Clara o. Southland was
elected. The CALL was given unanimous
vote OF thanks for its determined crusade
against cigarettes.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Mrs. Phoebe a. Hearst and William X.
Hearst have made n deed Of gift to George
a. Hearst OF 421 acres of the rancho Ell Vale
de San Jose.
Four State tide land patents to the Nor
gan Oyster Company for tide lands along
the Alameda County shore of the bay of
San francisco were recorded yesterday
afternoon. The tracts aggregate $751; IS
acres. Deeds were also recorded from
Phoebe A. aud William Z. Hearst and from
j. Il. C0ryeil covering the same tracts.
The Southern Pacific Company and the
Oakland Consolidated Railway Company
have agreed upon the terminus Of the lat
ter's line al the SiXteenth-street depot
The electric ears will stop at the platform,
near the freight Office Of Wells, Fargo & Co.
The annual meeting of the Humane So
ciety Of Alameda County was not held yes
terday afternoon, because quorum failed
to appear. An adjournment was taken I'M
I'll the 18th proX.
A horse attached to milk wagon became
unmans geable on Broadway, near Seventh
street, yesterday afternoon, kicked over the
dash and broke one of the drivers legs.
The young man, whose name is Rasmussen,
was taken to the Receiving Hospital.
Word has been received from GloveryIIe,
\. Y, that Hiram f. Allen, the young man
who was arrested at Talcott's dairy about
three months ago and taken East on requi-
sition from the Governor Of New York
charging him with embeZZiing money from
a Baptist Sunday-school, has been acquitted
of the charge. He viii sue the complain
ing witness for damages. The SherifT's bill
was S63S.
PROBATE NOTES.
The estate of Susan E. Caffyn, deceased.
has been appraised at $500
The will of Jose Silyiera Mattos, deceased,
has been filed for probate. The estate is
small. and is devised TO the widow, Amanda
Augusta Matt0s.
Fischer, deceased. TO quiet title to several
lots in East Oakland. These lots were
decided to Miss Greub some time prior to
Fischer's death. she being his aft need.
DIR. j. Z. RELAY has applied for letters of
administration on the estate of his late wife
Elizabeth S. RELAY. the estate is valued
at $50, 600. There are two daughters, Lou
ella Nav, now at Stanford University, and
Mabel Stewart.
admitted to probate by Judge Henshaw.
The estate CONSISTS of 300 acres CT land in
Suffer- County valued at 100000. Mrs. Me-
Murtry, the widow, was appointed execu-
trix, without bonds.