The morning call., 1893-03-28
OVER IN OAKLAND.
The Solid Six Unable to
Clean Up.
Danger of Playing on Moving Train.
Lots of Fish for AIamedans.
Berkeiey's Peoples Party.

The solid six" appeared at the Council
chamber last night ready to proceed with
the business of the last meeting of the pres.
ent City Council. They didn't proceed
They waited and waited, while the lobby
became packed. and finally City CLERK
Brady had to say. Gentlemen. there being
no quorum present l hereby declare thi:
meeting to stand adjourned"
The lobby applauded when he said that
for the meeting was adjourned forever
Pardee, tombstone, Nelson, Heitman and
BrOsnahan staid away, leaving the solid si2
powerless TO finish Its last business. Mex
Monday night the new Council will take
charge of things. The City Clerk ypster.
day Issued certificates of election TO the fol.
lowing: r. b. Snell, w. Z. Barnard, An.
son Barstow, {. X. Marshall. w. G.
Manuel and b. P. Dalton.
The contest Of James p. Merritt to the
probate OF the viii OF his aunt. Mrs. Cath
crime GarcelOn, again came up before Judge
Ellsworth yesterday. The attorneys for the
contestant presented motion to have the
case set for trial. Warren Olney. one OF the
attorneys for the proponents. opposed the
motion on the ground that the compromise
previously entered into by James and
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to cause an estoppel of further proceedings.
This question was argued AT length, and
further argument was continued till Dext
Monday. The attorneys for the contestant
asked that an early date be set for the trial
Of the case. and this request also was con-
tinued till Monday.
There was Il collision between two cars OF
the San Leandro electric line at Twenty
third avenue Sunday night. Samuel
Stryker and daughter of 121 Silver street,
San Francisco, were among the passengers
and both were injured, the former being
hurt internally.
The MEMS League" OF the First Con-
gregatlonal Church has declared in favor of
Sunday closing ordinance and there are
Others also who are working to that end.
They wiz circulate petition and present
II to the Council. They want the license
raised and the saloons closed from 10
o'clock on Saturday night ill Monday
morning.
A uine-yeRr-o boy named Manuel Silva.
living at 700 franklin street, was taken 10
the Receiving Hospital yesterday suffering
from fractured thigh and several scalp
wounds received by falling from the local
train 1t Adeine station. lie was scuffl ing
with some companions and he told Steward
Larson that enc of them, whose name he
did not know, pushed him from the steps
The machinery 0fSCaptaiL Hockett's
dredger in Lake Merritt tore off the head
and left arm of Peter Nelson, a Swede, Just
before noon yesterday. Nelson was an en-
ploye on the dredger, which is pumping out
the slickens from Lake Merritt. He en-
tered the engine-rOOm to hang out some
stockings 10 dry and on turning to leave
slipped and fell against the machinery. lie
was caught between the cOgwheels and in
stantly killed.
The examination of Louis Matheny for
the murder OF Officer Cashn lasted till
nearly II O'Clock last night, but was not
concluded as expected. There are dozen
witnesses yet to De examined and The case
went over till Friday, a. p. NJ
a chain OF circumstantial evidence was
woven about the prisoner that caused his
features to show worriment Tor the FIRST
time, ana Whlch made his attorney feel so
uncomfortable concerning the outcome tina I
he insisted and carried his point for a post
ponement for as long time as possible.
The only favorable evidence was that of
Tony Lewis, who said that bare-headed
man came TO the racetrack on the morning
after the murder and asked for hat, but
the prisoner die not look like the man.
Stevens, the man whose hat was taken.
however, positively Identified the hat found
In Matthew's room as his. James A.
Stark testified that Matheny and Tom
hill were locked together night after night
In saloon at Geary and Larkin streets, and
that they were always tnkeTing at such
times with what appeared to be tools which
they carried IN satchel, similar TO the one
lett In knhnle'S saloon by the burglars.
4. linking. n tailor. identified the suit
found in Matheny's room as one made 10
order for him, so that it offsets Matheny's
declaration that he does not know how the
suit came there.
John Brady and Samuel Martin. neigh
bors. engaged 10 a quarrel last night al
Brady's residence. 647 Linden street Brady
had accused Martin OF poisoning his chick
ems. Martin drew pistol and hred, inflict-
Ing flesh wound in Brady's leg. He was
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