The morning call., 1895-02-22

Alright. Then he rose and glared down on
the youthful Sherman, who was unmoved
by his wrathful look. Mr.. Clarity said:
Il resent the dastardly remark of Mr..
Sherman. 1 appear in this case for Mr..
Schaffer and not the saloon keepers, but l
want to add that if l do occasionally APP
pear for saloon keepers I am proud of my
clients
Then Mr.. Clarity sat down and Attorney
Melvin tried to pour oil on the troubled
waters. Mr.. Clarity added that he was
prepared for Mr.. Sherman if he wished to
continue the unplessantness.
The matter was dropped suddenly, how
ever, and Judge Wood intimated that it
was time 10 proceed with the business OF
the court
George Kaufman, the clerk for the
Board OF Public Works, was called. He
stated that he was handed a communica-
lion by Mr.. Sherman, in which the Chief
Of Police was charged with incompetency.
When asked what he did with it Mr..
Kaufman said he put it in his pocket until
after the storm of politics had subsidized,
when he presented it to the board of which
he was the secretary.
Chief of Police Schaffer vas called. BE
told OF meeting Sherman on the boat and
obtaining his acknowledgment to mis- sig
nature on the document.
To the surprise of all this closed the case
Tor the prosecution. The lobby expected,
after seeing the stormy opening between
the attorneys, that the case would be filled
with sensations and had scarcely expected
such 2 tame closing of the case for the
prosecution.
MIR. Sherman arose and asked that the
case De dismissed. The prosecution, he
said. charged that there was malice in the
filing OF the charges, and no attempt had
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Sherman also argued that the communica-
ton was a privileged one and that he
could not be held on it for libel.
Judge Wood ruled against & dismissal,
but granted a continuance until Tuesday
next at T. ".
What the Anrexationists Want.
The people OF Temescal object to the
mans that have been published as showing
the boundaries of the district proposed for
annexation. They sey the map IS mis-
leading.
The boundaries, as shown in the ordi-
nance, are as follows:
Beginning CO point in the present northern
boundary OF the city of Oakland, at its inter
section with line parallel 10 and 100 feet dis
taut easterly from the easte-iy line CT Broad
way; thence northeriy along a line parallel 10
and distant 100 feet ca5terly from the eHsterly
line OF Broadway 20 its intersection with The
extension southeriy of the division line be-
tween plaLs y and rs, MS per Kellersocrger's
Iuap OF Ninccnte and Domingo PeTata Rancho
in Alameda County. State OF California; thence
north ely along said extension soiltherly 10 the
division line between said plots ~ aud 50 aud
the division line between said plats and plats
n and 70 TO the present soutaerly cor
ncr of the town OF Berkeley; thence
westerly along the present southeriy bonn
Diary Of The town OF Berkeley TO lis intersection
with line parallel to and distant 1e5 feet
westerly from the westerly line CT AdeiiEc
stteet thence soutle-ly along said line parallel
20 and distant l25 feet westerly from the
westerly line of Adellnc street 70 It's intersec-
ton With the southcrly boundary OF the Golden
Gate sanitary district; thence westerly along
said southern boundary OF said Goldsn Gaze
sanitary district &c It's intersection With the
easterly boundary of plat as per keliers-
bergers map above referred to; thence
sOutheTly along saio ehstcrly line Of plat 80 as
per same map above referred TO 20 the nortnerly
line of plat as per same map above referred
to: thence westerly along the noTtherly lire Of
Bald plat and said line extended 20 its inter.
section with the present northern boundary OF
the city OF Oakland; thence easteTly along the
present northcrly boundary OF said city of Oak
land 20 the point OF beginning.
The territory to be annexed has 900
voters, and is two-thirds as large as West
Oakland. In the territory lying between
Broadway, Thirty-sixth street and the
estuary there are three school districts
and sixteen teachers. The power-houses
of two of the most extensive electric lines
in the city are there, and the people in
favor OF annexation say that although there
Is mucn unl1npTOYeu Idnu III Tue ulsJTiCL
il will be rapidly built up when once in the
city of Oakland.
One point which the anti-annexationists
are making against going into Oakland is
that the cost for street improvement, such
as matchmaking, ETC., viii bankrupt the
property-owners.
In answer to this the Annexation Club
publishes the following letter from the
Oakland Paving Company:
Dear Sir: As regards the cost of macadamiz-
ing, etc, in Temescal would say that on 60
foot streets, with sidewalks OF standard width,
in Oakland, we can macadamize, gutter and
curb any such street for 81 20 per front foot,