The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-03
OVER IN OAKLAND.
A Physician and Nurse
Tired of Life.
TO STRAIGHTEN THE AVENUE.
The nurphy Will Contest-Increasiug
the Postal Service-Throwing
Hot Tea on a Woman.

SHE COUNTED DEATH SUCCESSFULLY.
DR.. Josephine a. Dupre, nurse and
practicing physician of this city, COM
United suicide by turning on the gas in
her room at the Lakeside Sanitarium at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning.
The doctor has been respondent for
some time past. and has been particularly
SO of late because of a financial embar-
rassment that was confronting her. Her
practice was at one time very extensive
among women, but when al the height of
her success she opened vapOr bath on
Twelfth street and Broadway and had it
burn down on her hands, misfortunes be-
gan to assail her and have attended all
her subsequent efforts.
Suffering under great mental depression
the doctor attempted her life Twice before,
but without success.
This time she evidently intended to ac-
complsh her end, for she attached a piece
OF elastic hose to tn c gas-burner. and hav-
Ing turned on the gas and inserted the tube
into her mouth drew blanket over her
head and composed herself to die.
When found yesterday morning Mrs.
Dupre had been dead ten hours. Her face
and body were greatly disfgured from the
effects of the gas.
The deceased left letters in which she
requested that her remains be cremated.
Her property, which was small, was left
to Mrs. Malinda Goldson of Oakland.
To STRAIGHTEN THE AvENUE.-For
years there has been a project on foot
TO straghten Telegraph avenue where
ii runs into Broadway. The buildings
abutting at that point give an ugly curve to
the avenue and these, il Is determined,
must come out.
The agitation for Strengthening had died
DO . lot l.rr 4f,,ox ,1.E
the property have themselves beer a work
and have made a proposition to owners be-
yond the crooked line. or those who will
benefit most by the change, that if they
pay the expense of moving the buildings
the owners of the juttlng property would
donate the land.
AT meeting recently held by the prop
erty-owners along the avenue il was
found that nearly all between Sixteenth
and Twenty-siXth streets were favorable
10 the move.
The MURPHY WILL CONTEsT-The
examination of Dan Murphy was con-
tlnued Yesterday in the will contest before
Judge Henshaw. a letter to his sister
Nellie In London asking what became of
$1,000 from the estate and closing with the
remark, ~ suppose YOU are spending it
itentertalnlng pauper lordlings" was called
Tor but could not be produced. He said
that Lady Wolseley told his mother she
sHuuiu apOIOGlZe TO Sir CnarIeS w 0lSeIey
ana Nellie tlared up at the idea, exclaim-
Ing, 81 don't want to ever see them again"
Under crOsS-eXamlnation of Attorney
Foote nothing new was brought out, and
the witness never falIered in telling what
appeared to be true story.
USED Hot TEA INSTEAD OF VITRIoL.-
Mrs. Jennie GTandbuis of Folsom and
Eleventh streets, Golden Gate. was ar
rested yesterday at the instance of Mrs.
Cunningham, fellow-lodger, and charged
with assault with deadly weapon
The cause of the trouble originated at a
small card party on Sunday, at which both
women were guests. dispute arose over
the game and the ladies retired to renew
the fray a home.
Mrs. Cunningham stepped into the
Kitchen to get milk for her baby when Mrs.
dashed the scaling contents at her friend.
Fortunately the aim was not accurate,
and Mrs. Cunningham escaped with a Sc
we're burning OF her left hand
INCREASED PosToFFICE SERvICE.-The
authorities here are in receipt of orders
from the Postmaster-General making sta
tions a and 3 full carrier stations.
The Immediate effect of this new order
will be TO take ali carriers east of the lake,
five in number, TO station B, from which
point they will work.
The four carriers east of Kirkham street
will work from station A.
BY this change much time will be saved
carriers in going and returning to the
Office.
The proposed change will be made on
the 1st of July.