The morning call., 1893-09-02
+" DEATH AVENUE" :"
The Steamcar Route s
Latest Name.
MISS HoRD's nENTAL STATE.
Why a Famous Broadway Petition
Was Signed Southern Pacific
Financial Transfers.

formerly Of 1913 Sixth avenue this citv. who
has been confined in the Agnews Insane
Asylum Tor the past five months. 1t has
been decreed that Miss Hord is not insane
and charges of railroading have been i'm
piled.
The matter of the lady's sanity was first
brought to the attention of people in Oak
land and to the Woman's Council of San
Francisco through letters written by Miss
HoTd asking for assistance.
When the Woman's Council heard of the
prisoner they consulted Attorney Reuben
H. LLOYD, who. after reading the letter. pro-
nounced 1t to be the production of per-
fectly sane mind.
The council then appointed Mrs. Dr.
Gercke Burns and Mrs. Addie L. BalIou
on committee to investigate the matter.
visit the lady and report on her condition
This was done with the result of establish
ing still further belief in Miss Hord's
sanity.
The physicians and attendants at the
asylum consider their prisoner to be all
right.
The commitment that lodged this woman
in Agnews was signed by Judge Hen
shaw. In doing this he was acting on
A. Rabe and A. G. Anthony pTonOuncing
the patient insane.
The record shows Miss Lizzie Hord to be
58 years old. The cause of her trouble was
a severe sunstrOke.
In stating the reasons why the patient
was considered insane the physicians said:
'She imagines that she is being pursued
and watched by members of the family.
xp m ba fO ipjp bpT
attempted to strike her mother, endeav-
ored TO procure the arrest of a relative for
an imaginary crime. thinks she is 10 be
robbed of large sums of money, threatens
to strike her mother and sister aud at
tempts TO do so. and uses violent. profane
and abusive language"
c. G. Smith, the man who swore to the
complaint against Miss Hord, is hsr
brother-in-law. and it was at his house
that she used to live.
Miss Hord has $500 in the bank besides
some other property. but her expenses at
the asylum are paid by her relatives.
c. G. Webb was recently appointed
guardian of her estate. as we'll as of the
person and estate of Mrs S. A Hord, the
mother, who has been declared an iucom-
petent and is kept at home. Il appears
that insanity runs in the Hord family
In the matter of the probate proceedings
Harry A. MELONS is the attorney for Webb
In an interview yesterday he declared that
Miss Hord had been insane for years She
was crazy by spells. he said. and when COM
mitted was certainly not we'll balanced
mentally, whatever her condition is to-day.
No Steam in Theirs.
phe following petition is being circu-
I'D zfrr
.Terally signed It will be presented to
the Council at its next meeting:
TO the Honorable the city Council Of the city
~ Observation-Disclosures: We. the under
slgQed citizens of Oakland. believe that the
illne has now arrived when all SteamcaTS should
be prohibited from running through the heart
of the cIty, ana that steps should be taken To
lessen the terrible loss of life and limb.
The iron monster now goes rattling up and
down Death avenue and past Broadway and
Washington street 1T rate OF spec which
makes peoIle hold their breath in G1Smay. not
knowing what minute another victim will be
added to the many that have been sacrificed in
the years past.
We therefore petition your honorable BODY
to change the motive power on seventh street.
as per The provision In the franchise, from steam
10 electricity or :cable. The removal of all the
seam traftic o First street Will do away with
the danger almost altogether. as the crossings
on that street can be controlled by gates aud
watchmen, all ;he traffic OF leans and pedes-
irans on this thoroUghfaTe being at the cross
tngs.
Among the other signers were the fol-
lowing: Osgood Brothers. Stocker & Hol
land, Z. w. Woodward. j. c. Wilson &
Co., James P Taylor, j. 5. johnson,
George B. Gray, Charles w. Bolles, Thomas
Agnew, Ernest d. Williams, +. @. Bus
well.
One Reason for That Petition.
Mr.. Delger is very rich Oaklander and
among other things owns cOnsidera bic iu-
RrOan va
OF Mr.. Delger's employees who circulated
that famou. petition 10 the Council, which
was signed by many Of Mr.. Delger's ten
ants. The reason is now apparent.
When the railroad company made its
famous deal to cripple Dayie, to kill dead
headism," and slap Oakland, it hurt
Broadway business to a certain extent.
The merchants nearest Seventh street
on Broadway are occupants of Mr.. Delger's
block on Seventh aud Broadway, and they
felt the railroad change in their business.
Accordingly, and quite naturally, they
look tn curtailiDg of expenses. They i'm
mediatey requested Mr.. Delger to reduce
the rents Of his storerooms. He saw the
way the wind was blowing and hence the
petition.
The landlord has taken the request of
his tenants under advisement and will give
them an answer on Monday it is thought.
BY the way, II has been stated that the
signatures to that petition represent
malpIily oil the business men OF oakland.
Ine petition contained sixty-five names.
There are over 1900 men doing business in
oakland Oft 50members Of the Oakland
board II Trade only ten signed the pet-
ton. OF tie eleven directors of the Oak
1and Board OF Trade only one signed Mr..
Delger's petition.
Notes From the Ferries.
Both the Alvira aud the Rosalie of the
DAVE line are now running regularly.
making hourly trips, and the travel by
these boats has got down to a regular
basis. or the two boats the Alvira carries
the bulk of the travel reaching an average
of 300 every trip, while the Rosalie still
seens popular with certain classes and
averages 800 10 400 on each trip This
patronage is permanent, including many
OF the commuters who formerly paid
tribute to the big corporation.
The travel by the Whitney ferry, Grace
Barton, is growing lighter all the time.
and has fallen from an average OF fifty per
trip to almost nothing. The trips of this
boat has been reduced in number from six
to four each day. The Whitney Company
VIII hereafter send all its own freight by
Its own boat instead of patronizing the