The morning call., 1893-03-01
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Theatrical People in a Row
on Broadway.
COUNT VALENSIN'S ESTATE.
Changes in the Municipal Government.
Not Son of General Hill, the
Confederate.

There was hight last night in front Of
the Broadway depot in which Albert Hos
mer, stage manager of the PEOPLES Theater,
Samuel Jones, slpernnmerary, and John
MaSsIe, news-dealer, were particiDants
Jones and Hosmer went to Massies news
stand and Jones began to abuse the latter.
Massie came outside to do" Jones ''up,"
but Jones struck him with a cane which
Hosmer handed him. Massie jerked 1t away
and belabored Jones. Both were arrested
and charged with assault with deadly
weapon, while the additional charge of
drunkenness was placed against Jones' The
trouble is of long sta nding and Massie says
1t grows out Of some references he once
made to Hosmer in newspaper article.
1t is said that the trouble was aggra waited
by some reference to woman named Lizzie
Anderson.
w. r. Lambert has resigned from the
position o! assistant clerk to the Street
Superintendent. and L. L. B :omey was APP
pointed by the Board OF Public Works last
evening to fill the vacancy. Bromley has
been clerk of the Police court. and Lambert
Will take his place. II was a mutual change.
Major j. L. McElrath OF the Oakland
and Berkeley electric road has been I'M
posed upon by dashng young man pur-
porting to be the son of General p. a. HI
of the late Confederate army. He was in
tToduced 20 the major by some Southerners
OF Oakland, whom he had also deIuded.
MeElrath became suspicious and tele-
graphed to General c. II. Morgan of Ken
tucky. who sent back the reply that General
Hill had no son and that tie person in
question had been practicing a fraud all
over the country. The major was looking
for him last evening.
City Attorney johnson has fled an opin-
ION with the Council 10 the effect that the
Western Union Telegraph Company has no
right to erect and maintain poles on Broad
way, because Ii has no franchise 10 do so.
II confirms the action of the Mayor hi TAX
ing down the poles put up recently, and
knocks out tie application of the company
to erect poles in spite of the Mayors protest.
The stallion Sidney; belonging to the
late Count Nalensin's estate, has been sold
at auction In Cleveland, Ohio, for S27, 600,
The animal was appraised in this county
by Judge Green, a. j. McGovern and
Thomas Prather at s75;O0O. An inventory
ana apprasement of tie estate, including
the stallion, filed yesterday, places the value
at S1Sl ,926.
The Board of Education has decided to
appeal to the State Board of Worlds Fair
Commissioners for mnre space for the
Alameda County school exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
Judge Ellsworth has denied motion to
strike out allegations of James p. Merritt,
contestant Of the will of Catherine Garce-
loh' anu bho dtlOIHeyS lOI tHe " III were
given ten days in which 10 prepare a Dill Of
exceptions.
Harry Melvin has resigned as Justice of
the Peace OF Brooklyn Township and will
be appointed a depaty in the District At
torneY's Office. He viii take the place of
Lin l.. Church, who will be appointed Pros
eeuting Attorney for the city OF Oakland
under the new legislative bill.
The trustees of the Jewish cemetery have
begun the erection of fifteen-foot fence,
shutting off the electric road. which has
been run along the boundary line.