The morning call., 1892-10-05
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Miss Ina Coolbrith Resigns
Under Protest.
Mari I'd by Contract at Thirteen-0aklands
Police Worried by Report About
Evans and Sontag.

At the meeting OF the Free Public Library
trustees last evening Miss Ina ID. Coolbrith
rendered her resignation as librarian.
''As no charges have been preferred" she
said in communication, THE resignation
is rendered under protest"
TIE resignation is to go into effect on
January /. 1t was accepted.
Further retrenchment was undertaken by
a motion OF Trustee Tyrrel to close the
North Oakland and the Twenty third
avenue free Teading-rooms. A committee
from the Twenty third Avenue Improve
ment Club protested.
The motion was carried, the closing to
take place October 81.
A contract was filed In the Recorders
Office yesterday by which Dollie L. Smith,
girl - years old. became the wife Of Ed
ward ID. Marlatt. aged %. An acknowledge
ment from the mother accompanied the
contract. Marlatt is baggage agent, and
both he and the girl resided in San Fran
cisco until short time ago, when they re-
moved to Oakland.
The Sanitary Office has ordered V. l..
Forth to cease dumping garbage at the
foot OF Castro street
Registration will close October 3D. There
are about 1000 voters vet unregistered.
The Chief OF Police was worried by a re-
port yesterday that Evans and Sontag, the
train-robbers, were in Oakland. A livery
stable keeper on Thirteenth street had noti-
fed him that two men answering the BAN
dts descriptions had tried TO make a trade
of horses with him. A thorough investiga-
ton only led to the conclusion that the
stableman has mammoth Imagination.
James Lamb, who shot Thomas Gilmcure
in the hand on election day was discharged
in the Police Court yesterday, the evidence
showing Gilmoure TO have been the
aggressor.
The body Of Dominica Valsoano, the
Italian who hanged himself last Sunday,
will be buried to-day at Mountain View
Cemetery. The Coroner's jury returned
verdict of suicide while temporarily in
sane" mystery was thrown on the deed
Of the self-murderer by the testimony of
William Hoffscbneider. He stated that he
found Valsoano near his premises adjoining
the Hampel ranch on Sunday morning,
with blood clots on his breast and apparent
ly in great pain. He muaned: why did l
rob that man? Now | must die" He be-
gan to beat his breast with elod of earth.
and HoffschDeider thought this caused the
blood. The man offered Hoffschneider 500
for revolver. but the latter declined. He
asked Valsoano to come to the house and
get cup Of coffee, but the latter only asked
for water. which was given him. he left,
and was next found dead.
Thomas Driver of San Leandro has offered
to the Board Of Supervisors to construct a
telephone line, free OF charge. from the
County Hospital to the lonely cabin of
butcher. the leper. The offer has been re-
ferred to the Hospital Committee.
A good many people never expected the
Fulton Iron Works to trade on this side OF
the bay. The announcement that the plan
has failed causes but little surprise. There
was something about the entire transaction
that occasioned some suspicion about its
genuineness although Mr.. Keller and 9TH
ers of the Board Of Trade may have been
earnest enough. Some have gone so far as
to express the opinion that il was an at
tempt foisted by the Waterfront Company
to win little public favor in the crisis then
impending As stated in The CALL yester-
day, the plant will be located at Harbor
View, place which it turns out has been
favored all along