The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-11
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Sloan Russell Drowned at
the Baths.
TO WIN A MORMON'S ESTATE
New President for the Theological
Coilege-Attorney Sawyer In
dicted-FieId Day.

DROWNED AT PIEDMONT. - At the
Piedmont baths yesterday afternoon at
80 o'clock S.oan Russell, who resided
with his parents on Fourteenth street, be-
tween Clay and jefferson, was drowned
while swimming race with young man
named Chickering, whose father is law
yer with Offices in San Francisco. The
cause is thought 20 have been cramp.
Russell, prominent physician now in the
East attending the graduating exercises Of
his daughter. and was a pupil at the Oak
land high School. He was to tit himself
for the medical profession.
The body is now al the home, and his
The dead boy was Is years old. son of Dr.
mother is almost distracted with grief at
the loss of her child. Russell was a great
favOrite among his companions and
friends.
ENDED HIS SUFFERING old man,
named William Stephen Brown. 80 years
old. sh t himself through the rig MT temple
yesterday afternoon. In his pocket was
an envelope, on which was written;
Marie: L end my suffering this side. God
be meTciful.
Thank DR.. Taylor for me and DR.. olmstead.
w. S. b.
Deceased had wife residing at West
Oakland, where they kept little shop.
His first wife had been dead some years.
OF late the old man had been showing
signs of dementia.
a NEW Presidential move is on foot
to erect another great theological college
of learning on this coast 1t has for
basis the Pacific Theological Seminary of
this city.
A; a meeting held last night by the
board OF directors it was decided to offer
the presidency of the new institution to
Rev Dr.. Mclean of the First COBgrega-
tioual Church, on account Of his eminent
fitness for the position.
As is we'll known the Hopkins Seminary
is closely controlled by the Seminary Board
and this institution win be removed to
San Mateo County and will be run as
part of the Pacific Seminary at this place
and preparatory school.
1t Is said by those at the helm that the
institution will be built up to rank with
the greatest In the country. The institu-
tion IS wealthy. having lad some splendid
endowments in lands and money.
INVESTIGATING THE INFIRMARY.-The
Grand Jury Yesterday had before IL a
number of witnesses TO testify as regards
the charges of discrepancy of accounts
brought against the cook of the infirnary
by Supervisor Plunkett.
1t is said a sensation will be sprung be-
fore the Grand Jury to the effect that $500
had been offered some one in tile institu-
ton to stand-in with certain parties inter-
ested in affairs in the iuirmary. Just
what is meant by this IS hard to determine
PooL-sELLING AGAIN. - Oaklanders
are worked up again over the pOoi-selling
business. Some time since a big racing
scheme was advanced to inaugurate q long
series Of races, mention of which was
made in The CALL at the time. One OF
the features of the affair was said t0 be to
sell on the track each day pools on Eastern
events, much after the style carried on in
the pOOlToOms in this city some time since
and which was stopped by the authori-
ties.
An ordinance has just been passed by
the Supervisors forbidding poOl-seIling on
hOrseraces, ETC., in Alameda County, ''ex-
cept within the inclosure of a raeetrack,"
and this little clause is said TO be the milk
in the cocoanut the po0lmen were after.
The ordinance does not mention pool.
selling en- Eastern races. st doesn't say
we must not sell, said sporting man;
'it only says we must keep inside the
fence"
Supervisor PIunkett has stated that he
viii certainly move fol- a reconsideration
of the matter at the next meeting of the
board.
ANOTHER ELECTRIC LINE. = Another
electric road has been opened from San
Lorenzo junction to San Lorenzo, TWO
miles in length. II IS a part OF the Hay
ward line and gives that road some twenty
three miles of track. Cars run every half
al
fine pavilion Oh the picnic grounds at that
place.
A SUIT WITH A STORY james Stanley,
as administrator of the estate of Letita
Marshall, deceased, has filed a vOluminous
complaint against James W. Gillen. Simeon
Stivers, Thomas Lial and Mark Lyons.
The complaint alleges that Earl Marshall
was the owner. in 1874 of over GOO acres Of
land OF the Mission San Jose in this
county. He was then 80 years old and in
comretent, mentally. TO take care Of his
valuable property. In 1866 Marshall be-
came a Mormon. He feposed much con-
dence in Simeon Stiyers, nephew Of his
wife, whom he raised from a boy of 3
years. In 1865 he conveyed half his prop
erty TO Styers, and the two continued to
run things in injunction. The complaint
alleges that in 1857 Styers began to con-
vert the balance of the property to HIM
self uulawiully, and took but scant care
the old gentleman.
Then in 1879, says the complaint, there
appeared on tba scene from Iowa one