The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-21
Oakland Is Excited Over
His Fight.
4 GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
Marlborough Wants to Collect
His Theater Bonus.
ALAMEDA'S NEW CITY HALL,
Plans Are Awarded for a Handsome
and CommodiOus Municipal Struc-
ture-BerkeIey Laws.

EOAKLAND.-A monster demonstration
will be held at tie Tabernacle tonight,
protesting against the massage of the
OIney funding bill of S171, 0C6537. Adolph
Sutro Will deliver an address, as will many
Of the leading citizens OF Oakland.
There will be music, bonfres and great
display of bunting. A wagon bearing a
high transparency will be driven through
the streets announcing the meeting and its
objects.
1t is proposed to draft a protest against
the funding bill and send it on to Con-
gress and tue President.
The Marlborough Bonus.
Back in 1892 a number of enthusiastic
Oaklanders got promise from Millionaire
MacdonOugh that be would build a new
theater in Oakland if a bonus of $4,000
was raised.
The subscription paper was started out
and the amount subscribed soon reached
the $4,000 figure, and, as is well known,
the theater "as rapidly finished and re-
mains to this day thing OF beauty, OF
which all Oaklanders are proud.
But Marlborough is not satisfied. He
feels that the $4,000 limit was not reached
when ii came lime to cash in, and
through Dorm & Dorm. The San Francisco attor-
0eyS. yesterday commenced suit IN justice
Woods court for The recovery Of unpaid sub
scrptionS, with interest al per cent from NO
Vember IS, 1892.
NJ. c. Chapman, then Mayor. is asked to pay
the $50 he signed for; James Z. Merritt,
nephew of the old millionaire doctor, Is asked
10 haud over $780, b. w. Trow0ridge is said
TO owe $50, and kirkland & Trowbrldge $50.
Run Over by Laundry Wagon.
William S Linn, carpet-layer. has en-
tered SUIT for damages against the Contra
Costa Laundry Company for S5l75. The S175
is for loss of time and medical attendan &c
while nursing his In jul ed left eye.
The complaint states that on May last he
was boarding the Oakland ferry TO go 10 San
Francisco, nd that one OF the defendants
laundry wagons was driven on the boat behind
him, and that owing TO the unsklliui and negll-
d. gent manner in which the driver, A. j. Hahn.
handled The team he (Linu) was knocked down.
the vehicle passing over his left leg. lie says
heis permanently Injured and wants $4,000
damages.
The Counts Estate.
Tie widow Of the late Count Peter Wilhelm
PoulsOn lied a petition IN court yesterday
asking 10 be appointed administratrX OF her
late husbands estate. The petition sets forth
that the deeeaseds property at fruityae is Of
Count P0uson also owned lot in San Fran
cisco worth 500. he only heirs are The petit
e.. toner and the TWO children, Deborah a and
HYrum y. P0ulsOn HE daughter IS years
ola and the son 80. A judgment for S250O
gwen Mrs. Marie harrington some time Since
Sill stands against The estate.
Some One Stole 1t.
It seems that ". NJ. de Wolf, the Fruitvale
real estate man, who was arrested Tuesday
night and charged with felony ENLIGHTENMENT,
i being prosecuted by his partner, j. a. Brown.
Not long ago Brown arrested on the same
charge and subsequently acquitted. He re- ali
ateS on his partner. Mrs. Mary Zepp orgi-
naliy entrusted $1,000 10 The firm OF Brown &
DE VOL Tor payment on house. She alleges
that $500 OF this money las never been paid
over according to the agreement.
Religious Differences.
Petition for the probate of the will of John
Power. who died al Warm Springs on the 9Th
INST. was fled by Maurice Z. Power. Robert
Nelch and Thomas Harrison. The property OF
The deceased is valued az S20, 900. Power was
HE iather-in-aw OF Charles Ridel, who killed
Nick Mhalen at Warm Springs, but escaped
punishment by advancing a plea of self
defense. This trouble grew cut of Mrs. Rioel's
having married Protestant. whereas her
family were Catholics. She has been left but
$3.50.
An Old Man Arrested.
Officer Seaman yesterday arrested an old man
named William johnson on suspicion of having
stolen goods IN his possession. The goods con
sisted OF a kit IF carpenters tools. An en-
ploye OF Smile Bros. called at the police sta
ton TO report the bnrgarlZing OF their store al
Lake and Oak streets OF ces tain tools. He wa:
shown HE KIT taken from johnson and identi
fed them as his own. Johnson was arralgneC
In the Police Court yesterday morning.
Wants to Foreciose.
Eliza H. Scotchler flied complaint yester
foreclosure OF her mortgage Of 5000 on five
lots in Sau LeandrO. The mortgage was as
signed TO her by John }. ScOtcher. The PueeI
Sound Lumber Company aud several Other
parties will oppose her suit, as they claim al
interest in the property.
Smith Dismissed.
r. B. Smith, the man arrested at the instiga
tiOn Of the officials OF the Workingmen':
League on charge OF felony in soliciting sub
scriDtiOns which, il is said, he failed TO turn in
was yesterday discharged by Judge Allen. be
cause no one appeared against Smith, and Ina
gentleman iutimated that his aceusers were
not very anxious as he knew too much.
Misappr Funds.
Officer Hammerton last night arrested J. p
Sequera, Portuguese barber. 20 years of age
charged with the misrepresentation of certain
funds belonging TO a Portuguese society, o
which he is secretary. The charge of felonl
embeZzIement was entered against Sequera. j
M. Veira swore 10 the warrant.
Convicted, Then tainted.
The jury that tried Ferdinand Bennett on
q. charge OF safe-cracking yesterday returned .
verdict OF guilty of burglary IN the first degree
but recommended the prisoner to the eXtTeml
.clemrncy OF the court. Upon hearing the yer
dict Bennett tainted.
Tho Two Inqussts.
Coroner's iuries sat upon the cases OF III,
drowning OF little Clarence DeVine and tbf
death OF Charles L. Quinn yes erday. In the
first instance d verdict Of accidental drowning
was found, and IN the second death from cere
bral hemorrhage.
Crushed to Death.
Peter Anderson, a 10-year-old bow was rur
over by loaded hay-wagon at $50 O'CLOCK
last night and crushed L. DEATH The aceiden
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