The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-07
NOTES FROM over THE BAY.
Banker Smith Dies Suddenly
of Apoplexy.
Police Officer Filley the wealthiest Man on
the Foree-News From Alameda
and Berkeley.

B. Nj. Smith, resident of FiIbert street.
this city. and paying-teller of the London
| and San Francisco Bank, died suddenly of
ap0plexy Wednesday night at the Grand
| Hotel. The body was brought home yes
| terday for burial
Police Officer Filley returned last evening
! from three months absence in Sonora,
Mexico. He settled up the large estate of
his father and fell heir to portion OF the
| property, making him by long odds the
weaIthiest member Of the Oakland Police
| Department.
When Judge Budd comes down from
! Stockton to sit on the Superior Court bench
he will be confronted with lengthy calen-
dar of criminal cases. The most of these
accumulated during the time the judges
were engaged 10 the waterfront trial, though
the calendar was already overcrowded when
they abandoned 1t. Among the cases to
come before Judge Budd will be those of
Mortimer Fox for forgery, Charles Seaman
| for embezzlemeut, Frank Williams, alias
WiDgate, for robbery, and +. S. Burnham
for extorting money by impersonating an
| officer.
Court business is increasing to such an
| extent that the question has been raised Of
} providing for an additional Superior Court
| Judge.
| 1t has been currently reported in ban king
| circles that j. c. Ainsworth, w. G. Palma
teer, +. DeIger and Victor and George Met
cali are interested in starting q new ma
| tional bank in the Central Bank building.
All the parties interested deny it.
| Yesterday was the last day of the general
conference OF the Congregational Associa-
| ton. After a number of reports from yari-
| Gus churches the annual meeting of the
California Home Missionary Society con-
i'll II Il
| man and Rev. w. w. ScuddeT as secretary.
| The following nominating committee was
| appointed: Revs. j. X. Harris, j. +. Bacon,
| III. 4. Jewett. II. ii. Wyckoff and DR..
| MOar.
When the meeting of the Christian En-
| deavur Society convened Miss Doyle. the
| secretary. reported that there are 2296 active
members. comprising % junior societies and
| 81 senior societies, In the State.
| The trial of b. L. Gallagher on a charge
| OF aiding and abetting K. {. Beggs in en-
bezzhng $500 from the Oakland and Berke-
ley Electric Railroad began before jury
| yesterday, in Judge Greene's courtroom.
| The afternoon was taken up in examining
| Beggs on the witness-stand. He will finish
| his testimony to-day. The statements are
substantially the same as those already
made by Beggs concerning the part Gala
| CHER played.
The body Of an unknown man was found
early yesterday morning floating near the
| beach at West Berkeley. The dead mao
| was coarsely dressed. about 55 years of age
| and had apparently been in the water two
weeks There was nothing TO lead TO iden-
LITIGATION.
The will of the late George Story has
been presented for probate by Augustus
| Moore. The estate, which Is located at
| Sunol Glen, is worth $1,000 and goes to the
| petitioner one-half and to George and
| Charles Cook oDe-Quarter each.
The Mayor has signed the gunpowder
| ordinance, imposing tax aggregating
nearly $500 per year for the storage OF
| explosives.