The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-22
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Preparing for the Election
of City Officers.
Legal Struggle for the Possession of a
Mexican Girl - The Cemetery
Trouble Amicably Settled.

The election Is nineteen days away. All
political parties are beginning to bestir
themselves and the campaign is ON in
earnest.
Street. club and mass meetings are held
every evening. There have been 10 poit-
cal professions this year, and probably there
will not be any. The first semblance of
anything of the kind was last evening,
when brass band. with a glee club and
several persons carrying banners, marched
up broadway to the Tabernacle. where
John l.. Davie, candidate for Mayor on the
Populists' ticket, addressed a mass-meet-
ing. Ben Morgan, one Of the defendants
with Day lie In the waterfront suit, also de-
livered a speech which he designated as a
reply to DIR. Pardee
While this meeting was in progress Dr.
Pardee addressed large assembage at
Seventeenth street and San Pablo avenue
under the auSpices of the Third Ward Non
Partisan Club.
The second great mass-meeiing Of the
Non.Partisans Will be held tomorrow even
ing at the Tabernacle. Dr. Pardee and
other candidates will be present aud Coun-
Gilman Nelson will preside.
T. l.. Barker, the Republican candidate
for Mayor, made his first speech OF the cam
paign last evening at Thomas Hall, TWEEN
ty-third avenue
Next Saturday evening the Republicans
will kindle bonfire opposite the Oakland
Tneater and put brass band to work near
by. After these preliminaries there will be
a "whO0pup" on The inside at which V. d.
Phillips of Fruitvale will preside. Speeches
will be made by L. l.. Barker, j. >. Derby,
Fred V. Wood. William Rutherford and
Governor Blasdel. The Marlborough thea
ter orchestra will be present.
The Democratic City Central Committee
IN Hid nR..lk
opening the campaign the week following.
Next Monday evening the Seventh Ward
Nom Partisan Club will hold a meeting at
which speeches will be made by Dr. Par
dee, w. A. Dow, j. K. Capell and j. W.
Evans.
The German-American Political Club, a
Furnishing organization, holds weekly meet
ings at Wemmer's Hall on Eighth street. A
constitution and bylaws have been adopted.
Last evening the club increased the mum Der
of its executive committee from 20 to 35 and
listened to addresses from various candi-
dates.
A number Of Republicans, who have
formed club, naming themselves the ''in-
dependent friends of T. NJ. Fitzgerald"
have appointed an executive committee
composed of James Travers. p. H. Remil-
lard, Il n. Rsdon, A. 5. Mcdonald and Z.
S. Vincent.
Ii. ii. McNutt, a painter, was arrested at
Third and Chester streets last night for
threats against the life and disturbing the
peace OF his wife. McNutt not long ago.
was sentenced to eighteen months impris-
onment in the County Jail for attempting to
kill his wife with a butcher-knife During
his incarceration she obtained divorce
Then he wrote to her and she began to visit
him at the Jail. Finally she went to Sacra-
mento, saw The Governor and pleaded for
her husbands pardon, which was granted
They were then remarked. Yesterdays
arrest was the sequel.
The habeas corpus proceedings concern
ing the custody Of the fourteen year I'D
Mexican girl, Erlinda Amidor. were settled
yesterday. The proceedings were brought
by the mother TO recover the child from
Mrs. Theresa Lyons. The latter protested
on the ground that there was a contract by
which the mother had transferred the ca re
of the daughter to her. Judge Ellsworth
ruled that neither was a fit person 10 raise
the girl and placed her in charge of Mrs.
Cecilia Pierce, friend Of the mother.
Mrs. Amidor wanted to place the daug bier
in the Girls Directory, and claimed that
Mrs. Lyon had allowed her to associate
with evil companions.
The friction between the Jewish ceme-
terry trustees and the Consolidated Electric
road. concerning the running of a branch
track through the cemetery, is about to be
amicably adjusted. The trustees object to
the LAYING of walks and the tearing down
of fence adjacent to the track, and the
directors have agreed to remedy the griey-
ance.
The convention of the Congregation al
churches of San Francisco, Alameda and
Mariu counties will be hold at the First Con-
gregational Church. this city, at2P. M. to-
day. More than hundred delegates will be
In attendance. Tie subjects of discussion
will be University and Seminary Exten-
sion'' and christian Experience.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Il. G. j. Adney has
been appointed assistant secretary of the