The morning call., 1895-02-19

Sunday-school. If Mr.. Wastell starts it he
cannot draw more than two or three from
our church. He will no longer be
Methodist if he goes to that extreme. The
whole matter is only breeze that will blow
over"
Mr.. Wastell's friends, however, are not
of the opinion that it is only breeze that
viii blow over They think the superin-
tendent has not been fairly treated and
say he will cut the congregation square in
two, as he divided the Sunday-school.
One lady sad yesterday:
"My letter is ready to hand in. l do not
think that Mr.. Wastell has been fairly
treated at all. He made good Sunday
school teacher, and has really made the
school the success it is. My children went
out when the superintendent went out,
and I know number of mothers who are
ready to hand in their letters.
az have nothing against Mr.. Jones, but
/ believe the board listened too much to
outside influence. 1t is said some meddle-
some person wrote letters against the sup
erintendent and that these were the cause
of the vote to dismiss him, and all l can
say is that it will be the worse Tor the
church and Sunday-school."
SincIair's Property in Danger.
Three times have incendiaries attempted
to destroy property belonging to Frederic
Sinclair at Jones and Grove streets.
The first fire was when his barn was
burned down short time ago and three
valuable horses destroyed, and Saturday
night an alarm of fire was sent in for a
small blaze that was discovered in one of
the closets of his house, but this was put
out before much damage was done. Sun
day morning Mr.. Sinclair and his wife
took a short drive and when they returned,
on going to the basement he discovered
that some one had sprinkled coal oil all
over the place and had applied the match
to pile of infammable rubbish that had
been swept up in the middle of the floor.
For some unknown reason the lire went
out before it had made any Roadway.
Mr.. Sinclair says that he knows no rea-
son why any one should attempt to burn
the place, but in future lookout will be
kept for the parties.
Irish Denies 1t.
John P Irish yesterday denied that he
had written a letter to the Board of Fire
Underwriters regarding the water supply
of the Oakland Water Company. When
that he was in the employ of the Contra
Costa Water Company, Irish said:
SIT is lie, and if Mr.. Dingee should
make the statement in my presence
would spit in his face. / am not inter-
ested in the Contra Costa Water Com
pany but simply in the protection of this
part of the city"
that stage where it is just possible the City
Council will make another cut. Mr.. Man
uel said yesterday that the rates could be
cut from Is to 20 per cent more and still
allow the water companies enough to pay
fair rate of interest.
The Swedish Nightingale.
News comes to Oakland that Amy Lille
gren known in musical circles as the
"Swedish nightingale" is about to be
married again, this time to a New York
gentleman.
The former husband of Mrs. Liljegren
was Rev. Francis U. Liljegren, who at the
time the divorce was granted was pastor of
the Swedish Methodist church in this city
and resided at f41S Fifteenth street.
The divorce case was story in itself and
at the time there was great excitement in
the Swedish and Danish colonies. Sides
were taken and the case, one of the most
celebrated in the history of Oakland, was
bitterly contested.
A Marriage Annex Wanted.
The demand for hasty marriages has be-
come so great that the County Clerk is
thinking of asking the Supervisors for a
marriage annex to his Office. Yesterday
two couples applied for licenses who could
not wait until they got out of the building
to be married. They were welded in the
office of the County Treasurer adjoining.
The first couple came in the morning.
They were Harry Edward Preston, aged 81
San Francisco, and Rosalie Engel, aged %,
Oakland. They were married In the pres