The morning call., 1894-02-17
THE MURPHY CASE
When Judge Hensl1aw
3. +. Will Decide It.. +. /. /.
Dayie VIII Operate a New Ferry "a
;::.= r Blood Stained Hat and Un-. II: ri
:: s: Ea--KelIyys Estate. H.. -. r.:

e.
XXI AH=p.-+Solpe time between new and the
end 01:ihis IH0atfi rlie leg locked for decision
In the Algrp3lx will contest Will be rendered.
:.iudge Henshaw. GIN definitely set this. iudet.
nlte. data. lie says the am cunt of work already
tafd:oa for: him on the calendar may or may
ifet engage. all Of his. time for the next TWO
= weeks. II is hop pc: Hes in some ease being CON
: tinltea. 8 H1lfSs SheGldoccur he would have the:
desired opportunity and would an. once: sum-
mona bis srennErapher and dictate. the decision.
=. The; document would their need fe%be type
sEritreB. TIE Judge says Ii will take Two days
work to. get The; matter in shape. =. -
:.::Tle array of legal authorities upon which his
-. Honor 1Vlll draw is formidable. The Volumes.
are: lined along one entire .side4ot the judges
Chambers. Pointing to ibem Judge Hrnshaw
said :: 'Doss that not. look as though tile de-
cisign 4gol1d he little yolurnlno BUS ? i; prob,
ably Will. A few points perhaps may: he sum:
:: MARIE d; but; the greater number must be EN-
Tered Into dly." -. - :: -: =:
o. 49,: =. = Queer s tate of Affairs
When the affairs of The late r. p. NJ: Kelly
come To- be ventilated Id court next Monday il
= VIII show queer state. of affairs - -.
-. Kelly was a resident Of Washoe.. New. in
early days. where he accumulated some property
as: a hotel keeper. TnfS.ke gave to: his wifel
with .wE0Igh he had some disagreement, and left
-: the country and next settled In. Seartle. which
Ia those Gays waSihe new n northwest. -:
=. :: II G went into the loon business and DTos-
peree and SCI ~ another establishment WIN a
woman called: Mrs. Lester in charge. II was
Thought thatthe intimacy between the.tWo was
more than that OF master and .heusekeeper. -
Kelly took .sick.aE Seattle and sent Tor his
sisters husband 10 come TO him and Eir. Garatl.
Ber3that was :ilis name accordingly went UP
10 Seattle:and found Mr., X efy:very badly OF and
concluded. TO bring him. 60 OSl;;land. The sick
! man agfeetto come down prpviding Mrs. Les
: she came TO Oakland with Gardner and
e. Kelly. and had not been long here Wien Mrs.
Kelly, the Nevada wife from whom Kelly; had
never been legally. separated, also arrived on
The scene. The two women-Etfe aud house
keeper met al the de aihbed of Kelly. e.;
- This was a edfcament TO be 10, and Kelly
CHS wifef; il will never do to have these two
women here. Mrs Lister understands me.
Annie will be:ef pause whatever .: = =
=. However, both women were sent away, and
,. the wife JfteEFard returned ana was With her
:. husband Nlieh be died; :. -,
:The saloon Shes left by Kelly in. Seattle
was sold for S4500. The estate is onsIderaby
Indebted to'Mr. Gardiner for money paid Out,
sand the Public Administrator VIII make a
thorough search into tile whole: matter
-" =. The Water Ordinances.
AS stated in THKCALLof yesterday, the cut
in The water rates wlitbe 30 per cent.
: Asa result of Ibe nlteting held at the resi-
:dence Of Councilman Manuel; an ordinance has
d. been drafted which viii be submitted TO the
COnIcA OH Monday hight. THIS ordinance
nakes:a uniform cut in rates amounting TO 80
per cent.
This is not an arbitrary figure,p said one OF
The Conncimen who participated at the meet
Ing, ':and II The water company wants to take
The matter into The courts we are fully pre-
pared To light. OurfeducIl0n' is based upon a
plant which; Tor arguments. sake, we ad-
init has cost $4.250,00 But il has
cost noI more than S3O00,O0O. But
on the former figure the company will derive It
this cut atevenue Of 5. per cent. That should
De enough Ter TX. The company claims that the
plant isi-worth $4,000. 600, but we can show
that 1t cost pot more than $4,000. 600. and we
can DO TINS by taxing the experts report IN
: 1856 and following il up year by year. On a
valuation of S6.000.0oo the company has been
paving. it cl aims; g percent diydende but
know thatit has pad Z and per cent. think
the ordinance Will be passed unanlmously.1' ::
: This evening the Council will meet as COM
miItee OF The Wholet0 con slider the rate cues.
: tion, and q very interesting meeting Is antlcI-
pated.i
IN Spite of Father.
Thursday afternoon Deputy County Clerk
.StelsoD issued a marriage. llcense 10 a San
:: francisco couple whe gave the names Of JiTlIus
Rudolph Hacke and Clara Emile Peterson. Yes.
: Ierday a. telephone message was received al
The Clerks office from the County Clerk at San
:; Francisco. notifying the officials here against
granting those parties license.
= II was stated that The giEPs father protested
against the marriage because he suspected
= Hackeof having a wife aud family In another
part of the United States The message was
exactly one DAY too late, and the contracting
parties doubtless ferestalled an anticipated
move OF this kind by . hasty marriage III Oak
land.
The conduct of the couple. had nothing un
usual: IN IL. The customary oath was glbly
:. spoken and sac Hcense Issued according tolaw
The man gave hts age as "a, the woman as 81
There Appeared 40 reason for Withholding the
license.
Mi. Hacke asked for the nearest Justice of
the Peace and a few moments later Judge Cliff
performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Hackc
have not been heard from since. Her fathe!
would Ike TO see them, il only for a moment.
Davies New Ferry.
John L. Dayte comes TO the front once more
and announces his intention of beginning the
operation OF "a new freight transportation sys-
TEN between this city and San Francisco or
April l..
A new company has been organized. IL con-
sists of: Captain, j. M. Anderson; chief engi
neer, 6. p Ryland; freight agent, a. b. Dor
rell; general solicitor and manager, John L.
Dayie. These gentlemen have secured the
steamer Emma, which has a capacity OF 16C
tons. -Four trips VIII be made daily between
Washington street, San Francisco, and Web
ster street and Seventeenth avenue, Oakland
The steamer is 125 feet long. with a breadth OF
40 feet, is a stern-wheeler and equipped with
two powerful engines.
1t is Mr.. Davies design to reduce freigh,
rates at once, LII th6. demand warrants il hi