The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-06
Judge Henshaw's Charge to the
Grand Jury.
Curious Find Made by q Contractor-Sesroh
for the VIII Of Hugh Slicer.
Alameda News.
In impaneling the Grand Jury yesterday,

OF bookkeeping, salaries OF employees, plans
OF schOoEhouses. etc, Is useless, and that
preceding bodies have too often wasted the
peoples money In doing So After reading
the sections on misfeasance, malfeasanc
ETC., he said that in obtaining evidence of
willful and corrupt misconduct I'm office
they should be treless. and the expense of
the sittings will be light and cheerful bur-
den for the county to bear.
He further instructed them not TO devote
any space in their report to compliments to
officers and departments. for all officers are
presumed to do their duty, and the jury's
silence is highest praise. There has been
too much Of compliment in the past. The
work of the jury Is to blame. not to praise
to punish. not to reward; TO inquire into
the public offices. and not to report public
policy.
While zealously and fearlessly inyestigat-
ing all crimes recognizable by the court the
jury was TO sedulouSly refrain from inyes-
iigating scandals not involving crime. Il
was cautioned to guard against mistakes
and TO see that the reputation of no man or
woman suffers from unjust blight at its
hands.
The Grand Jury is composed as follows:
Alameda Township-D. A. Fraser, Thomas
Mills; Brooklyn-W. ID. Thomas, j. K.
Smellman; Eden-Charles Prowse: Muir
ray-W. w. Wynn; Oakland-F. n. Lang
ley, + A. Nordhausen, F. A. Campbell.
Horace Clark, Ii. F; Mannion. w. F. Knoll.
Edgar (Brrkeleyl, John Stutt. John F.
league berkeley, ID. Edward Collins :;
Washington-J0hn Silva. The court ap-
pointed Charles ProwSe OF Eden Township
as foreman.
A CURIOUS FIND.
A cylinder about seven inches long and
t6ran incl I'm hIafn a far nd ha
San Leandro road by a contractor and taken
TO the County Jail. 1t had a copper wire
sticking in one end and was marked in blue
pencil: " Dynamite; two seconds after
touched. Chicago Dynamite Company"
Later in the day the sO-calied bomb was
opened at the County Jail and found to be
a hoax.
Little Clinton Dewitt Smith. who was run
over Sunday evening at the junction of
Broadway and Telegraph avenue by two
young men in a buggy, is much worse than
was at first thought. His cOilarbone was
broked and his shoulder blade injured. The
young men who drove so recklessly over
him have not been heard from.
A fire occurred in some bales of hay in the
rear of a feed and grain store. at the corner
Of San Pablo avenue and Sixteenth street,
at an carly hour yesterday morning. The
furniture, clothing, etc, OF French family
living above the store was badly smoL ed,
but the actual loss was nominal.
At an early hour Yesterday morning a
burglar broke a pane out of the kitchen
window of the residence OF Captain II. III.
Watson, and obtained SO in coin from Cap
tain Watson's room. Mrs. Watson was
awakened and saw the man as he made
his exit.
Teong Low, the Chinese woman who has
been in the Alameda County jail two
weeks, was taken to the China steamer yes
terday by Deputy United States Marshal
Wood. She came TO this country in Septem-
Der, 1890, and every effort has been made,
without avail, TO get her released. 1t Will
be remembered that il required several
weeks TO find her when it was decided TO
return her to China.
THE CoLSNELs AGGREGATION.
Colonel Robinson's aggregation for 1892 Is
now supposed TO be broken. Glenn Bush
man, the third baseman, failed to get eff TO
Los Angeles last evening with the team, bur
he left his hotel without paying his board.
Thereup0n Ben Wright got out complaint
against him for misdemeanor. and he was
arrested at the depot on Seventh street.
1t is said that Bushman intended jump
ing his contract with the colonel and going
East; that ticket had been telegraphed
him and was at tho Seventh-street ticket
Office, where he was going to get it when
arrested. He was booked at the City
Prison, but at midnight Tip O'Neil ar
ranged with the hotel man for payment of
his bill and to have Bushman start this
a
gram after Colonel Robinson at midnight to
catch him at Fresno or Tnlsre, notifying
him OF the arrangement Glenn agreed with
Tip that he would 90 to Los Angeles and
play out the series there this week, II the
colonel would let him go East then. lie
will be released from the City Prison this
| morning and go down with Tip on the first
| train.
COURT NOTES.
The final account has been filed in the
estate of James NJ. Patterson, deceased,
showing balance for distribution oil
! Sl3 42i 63.
The nppraisement of the estate of Mrs
| Catherine NJ. GarceloD, deceased, has been
| filed. The value is Sli, $40 SO.
| Public Administrator James Stanley has
| petltioned for letters of administration or
| the estate OF A. j. Gallishaw, who died In
| Oakland in February. 1891, leaving personal
| property ana an estate consisting of lo
| valued at $1,000 In Los Angeles County.
a thorough search has been mad for the
supposed will of the late Hugh Slicer
president of the Oakland Macadamiz!ns
| Company, but so far none has been found
| Sllcer having made will some years ago
after first having had himself examined by
four physicians to prove that he was entirely
| sane. Ii was said that he refused TO leave
anything to his relatives in Oakland, and
/ had left all his property 20 q sister in tbs
East Other rumors have 1t that the de
ceased has a daughter i'm New Orleans. witt
| whom he corresponGed and whose photo
graphs he had, one OF which Is at the ranci
near Tracy, and that the estate would b,
| devised To her. He refused during life {,
| give anything to his brother, Charles, or hi
| sister, Mrs. Carpenter. The brother is
| cripple from rheumatism. having 10 use twt
| canes in walking.
Mrs. Mary Martin will be arragned IL
Judge Greene's department at $50 o'clocl
this morning.
Cosmos Santos. the Digger Indian charged
with assault with deadly WEAPON, was
| tried by jury In Judge HenshaW's cOur
yesterday afternoon and acquitted.
Mrs. DIR. Hood will be tried In the Justice
Court at HaywGrds on a charge Of battery
for breaking dinuer-plate over the chill,
Clara L. Thornhill.
THE GOVERNORS VISIT.
A visit was made yesterday by Goyerno
| Markham to Oakland. A little before 1
O'Clock in the morning the Governor. &C
eompanied by Senators Dargle and Denison
+. A. Leach. Rev. DR.. Mclean, II. L
Smith, president of the Board of Education
A. ID. Thomson and DIR. Fine, went to yisi
the Adult Home for the Blind, on New
broadway. and from there to the State In
stitution for the Deaf and Dumb and Bint
and the various buildings Of the State Uni
| veTsty at Berkeley. where the greater mar
OF the afternoon was spent.
In answer to questions the Governo
stated that he did not think the benefit 4
be derived would warrant the calling of al
election TO fill Judge McKenna's place Il
Congress. The cost of an election xoul,
be from $4,000 to $50, 1000. He said he ha,
telegraphed his views to Judge McKenna
but had not yet received reply.
Hans Mathlesen apd f. G. Jarvis yester
day filed salt land entries in the Aiamed
County Recorders Office The former 6le
on 556 acres, between San Leandro nm,
Haywards, and Jarvis on the line of Beac h
Slough for two miles, commencing nea
Mayhews Landing, containing I60 acres
The land Is entered under the oyster be
act and is to be used for oyster-planting.
Mayor Chapman said last night that n
| would probably announce his annoipt,,on