The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-13

pulling up from the opposite direction.
There was a loud crash and the biggest
| truck in the department was splintered
| and useless.
After two hours work the fire was con-
uuered. The building was the property IT
! William ]. Gregory. a capitalist, who lives
at the corner of Durant and Franklin
streets, and was valued at $685. The
loss 2robabIy exceeds $4,000. The total
insurance or the property Is $4,000.
j. Cramer, fireman. had bis hand cut
during the fire. An artery was severed.
but it was taken up aud he resumed his
post
A sneakthief named John Kennedy was
arrested while trying to carry on things
and booked at the City Prison on Charge
OF petty larceny.
e. C. Sessions Resigns.
Oakland was somewhat agitated yester-
day by rumOr on the street that Il. Z.
Sessions, The capitalist and busy man OF
Oak land. had failed. and much regret was
expressed, as he had been good friend TO
the city, and one of her most enterprislng
citizens
| The report also stated that the Oakland
Bank OF Savings. of which Mr.. Sessions
was president, was involved.
Traced to foundation it was found
that neither report was true. 1t developed
that Mr.. Sessions had resigned from the
Dank presidency and that |. l.. Requa had
| been CHOSEN in MS stead
From his statement it appears that Mr..
Sessions has invested much of his capital
in electric roads, and the s,ringepcy of the
money market at this time has made cash
scarce. There Is no question but that he
will be able TO realize or his undoubted
security and come out all right.
Stealing Shams.
The Merritt auction sale went on yester-
day at the residence of the dead million
fhrny tot
great crowd, mostly those curiOusly drawn.
1t was noticed that Detective Lees was
on hand yesterday. and number Of quiet
and observing gentlrm men were also there.
They were needed. There had been con-
siderable pilferng the previous day. sew
eral articles of bric-a-brac being missing.
The quiet men were detectives. and hy
and by when handsome pair of pillow
shGms were missing, the detectives were
seen TO quietly tap young woman on the
shoulder and after quiet, earnest talk
she was observed going into side room.
There was some disrobing, and, 10, the
pretty pillOw-shams came forth. The
young woman felt somewhat ahas he'd. She
was pretty as n picture and nicely dres sed.
She edged out Of the house and away.
The School Board.
At the earnest urgence of Arthur ID.
Thomson. who has just returned from a
consultation with Blair & Co. OF New
York City. a special meeting of the City
Council was held last night to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY Of paying the $4,000 interest
on the schoo bonds and the $4,000 of the
principal due on July 10. pending the
court decision as to the validity as 10
bonds. The situation is grave. The city
has three days in which 10 meet its
debt of $780, 600 or be branded as
repudiator of its obligation. At the meet
ing City Attorney johnson gave as his
opinion that it would be wlsest to meet
III ND 0af ncrh ha hon d..
were valid, thus main tanning the high
credit of the city.
After much informal discussion the
Council adjourned to meet tonight when
Messrs. Davis. Hill, ETC.. will be present
and some definite action be taken. 1t is
the universal opinion that the payment
will be made.
Cashfer Resigns.
AT meeting of the board of directors Of
the First National Bank held Yesterday
afternoon Arthur d. Thomson. the
cashier, formally rendered his resigna-
ton. Mr.. Thomson stated thai 1t was his
| intention to return to New York
and there continue iE the banking
business. Mr.. Thomson has just returned
from visit in New York city. He also
is treasurer of the Board of Trade and Of
the Oakland Land and Improvement CON-
| paDy. 1t is probable that his relations
with both bodies will be severed. Among
the more immediate friends of Mr.. Tbom-
son this movement was BY no means uE-
expected. His departure will be widely
felt in business circles in this city.
Big Blaze Dairy.
A large hay barn Talcotts dairyA
near Fruitvale, was harbed yesterday
m morning at III early hour. The barn waS
large structure, 50x10O feet in dimen!
sions. and in it was stored $50 tons of hay,
$1,000 worth of which was destroyed. In a
shed adjoining the barn were number of
cows tied uD for the night, ana twenty of
them were burned 70 death. The cause Of
the fire is unknown, but Mr.. TalcOtt had
similar fire last spring, when he lost 1C0
tons of hay. The building was insured for
$500 and the hay and cows carried an in
sura nee of $500.