The morning call., 1894-12-29

some hitch by which Stanly Will not secure the
coveted letters In his petition he makes the
date OF Chrisps death The 25th, and the fact Is
mat The man died on the morning OF the 26tn.
1t has been stated mat the petition was dated
PACK IN order TO allow for the necessary
ten days for posting before The Public
Administrator goes out OF office, and that
this fact alone viii invadate the whole pro-
ceeding.
Pearson Beaten.
Thomas Pearson, the colered Demosthenes
OF Oakland, will not, after all, secure the posi-
tion OF janitor of the State Capitol at Sacra-
mento. Soon after election Pearson hled his
petition for the place with cretary OF State
elect Brown, and Immediately there was buzz
about the ears OF hT. Brown In tn shape OF
protests and a numerously signed counter
petition asking for the appointment OF another
colored man. the son of Janitor Wild of The
City Hail. The fight became so hot that NJ r.
Brown could not stand it, and finally he gave
deputies 10 The place. Pearson takes his defeat
good-naturedly and says he is proud OF the
showing he made. J he Wild people are also
feeling pretty good over the outcome: as'wth
them It was said TO be anybody to beat Pearson.
May Be a Sensation.
The Grand Jury, it is said, has been investi-
eating the receipts In the office OF the License
Collector, Waller Seidentopf ana rumor has it
mat there Is a heavy falling of.
Mr.. SeldenlOpf was seen yes erday regarding
the matter and he said there was hing in it
at all. He was good deal worried over the
reports, but he said it was simply an attempt OF
bio Pul!tlCGl CucIliCS W uUWH uluI. LUG Oul9
error he knew of in his reports was one OF $40
and this had been corrected. The income OF
the collector Will average S187 90 month and
Is plum worth the seeking Tie Collector said
That there was falling off in the receIp's, but
IL resulted from tile fact that PleasantoD had
been incorporated and that fourteen saloons
That formerly paid county license now pay to
The town.
To Move the Railroad.
The people south OF Seventh street are
aroused on the question OF the towns dead
hne." as the Seventb-street local has been
Termed, and this evening Will mold me ting at
Buswell Hall 10 agitale the removal of the road
atogethef TO First street. The franchise of til Q
Railroad company sun holds for sixteen years,
but IL Is thought that some arrangement can be
made by which IL can be revoked and fran
ehlse for an electric line given. One speaker at
the Council meeting said that the railroad
might be induced 10 take a 25-year franchise for
an electric road III its place. resolution of
inquiry regarding the matter has been intro
duced in the Council.
Crane in It.
County Clerk Crane has announced that he
Will be candidate at the coming city election
for the office OF City Assessor and Auditor, the
place now held by Il. w. Snow
Notes.
Hugh r. McJunkin is the last attorney to
ME claim against the estate of Count Peter
Poulsen for legal services. He asks for S2426
as compensation for Lis services.
Emily Reiehert has commenced suit against
Henry p. Rechert for divorce on the ground
of extreme cruelty. They reside on HE san
Leandro road. east of Fruitvale.
Ex- Mayor Davis of this city, who has been In
Washington and argued the waterfront case
before the Sunreme Court, is on his way 10
Chicago and will reach home The last of next
week.
1t Is now claimed that John E. Sexton will be
released from jail to-day, as one of his bonds
men Is On his way TO this city from The country.
He Is confident OF an acquittal at the trial.
Julian Harmon, a 14-year-Od boy subject to
irrational spells, is missing from his home on
Woolsey street. near King, at LoriD. He
folks were up, and IL is supposed he was in one
OF these spells at the time. His faLEer, E. D.
Harmon, telegraphed a description 10 nearby
towns yesterday.