The morning call., 1895-01-22
FIGHT FOR FREIGHT.
An Electric Line Wants Its
Share Of 1t.
LOUIS CHARTRAND'S DESPAIR.
He Shoots Himself in an Attempt to
Commit Suicide.
PHILIP BOOGiR'S WILL Is FILED.
The Lie Passes in Judge EIlSWOrth'S
Court, and His Honor Forces
an Apology.
PHILIP BOOGiRS WILL IS FILED.

agents out among the farme rs and business
men of Haywards, San Leandro, Elmhurst
and towns on the line, making bids for the
transportation of light freight, and have
met with such success that it is contem-
plated building freightear designed for
the service This car will be run through
at good rate of speed.
The electric road has already cut into the
Southern Paciic's passenger traffic to such
an extent that liberal reduction in fare
has resulted, and this new move viii put
the steam road people on their mettle, and
brisk fight is looked for.
1t is now stated that the Southern Pacific
will make an hourly service between Oak
land and Haywards and cut passenger
rates in retaliation.
Evil Spirits Haunted Him.
Ex-Sckool Director Louis Chartrand, iv-
ing with his wife and four children at 1924
Myrtle street, attempted to kill himself
yesterday morning at the residence OF his
sister, Mrs A. Casavant, residing at 1853
Twenty-eighth street.
Chartrand had been drinking heavily OF
late and had got himself into believing
evil spirits were after him. At 7:30 o. clock
yesterday morning he repaired to his sis
ter's residence and half hour later he went
on to the back porch and drawing pistol
fired point blank into his left lung. The SIS
ter heard the report and went out on the
porch, where she found the unfortunate
man lying with a pistol in his hand.
DR.. Milton, who lives near, was sum-
moned and Immediately began probing for
the bullet, which he found. 1t had passed
through the outer wall of the left lung and
lodged behind the shoulder blade.
The doctor said the wound was danger
GUS because of the condition of the mans
system, but not necessarily fatal.
The Lie in Court.
There was little excitement in Judge
Ellsworth's court yesterday when the case
of S. n. Berdan, who was juror in the
Bygurn case, was up to answer a citation
for contempt. Berdan had been accused
of talking on the outside to parties, and he
was hauled up to tell why he, had done so.
LAWYER Jennings was examining wit
ness-E. G. Barclay-and in answer to a
question the witness said to the lawyer
II did not say that, and if you say did
| you are liar.
hush fell over the courtroom. The
court was not slow in calling the witness
to time, and, in a quiet way, gave him a
| severe lecture in court etiquette. Barclay
apologized to the court, but not TO the law
yer, and was not held for contempt.
The Battle Cry.
In the coming municipal fight it has
about been determined by the Municipal
! League that the battle cry of the cam
paign will be the great water front fight.
| EVERYTHING else will be cast aside for this
| issue, and unless the candidate for muni-
| cipal favor can show clean bill of health
| on this question he will be solidly opposed
| by the league.
A secret meeting OF the league was held
! last night in back room of a Broadway
building, and the question under dis
! cussion was what action should be taken
in the coming charter election. The con-
sensus of opinion was that the league
| would weaken itself if it took sides in the
matter and the best plan would be to re-
serve itself for the great fight to come up
next March in the city election.
Saturdays Election Menaced.
| George de Cola appeared before the
| Council representing, he said, few tax
PAYERS who protested against holding an
| election on the charter amendments on
Saturday next. De Cola argued that the
| Council had no right to call the election
because it had not complied with the law
| in the matter of giving forty DAYS notice
| prior to the holding of the election. Mr..
| de Cola stated that Mayor and Council
would be mandamused to-day, when the
whole matter will be brought up before the
! Superior Court. Opponents of the election
are very sanguine that they can knock out
the election, as they did on a previous &C.
casion. The Council has asked the City
| Attorney for an opinion on the matter.
The Will Filed at Last.
| The viii of old Philip Boogar, or Butcher,
was filed yesterday. It's contents have
| already been given in THE CALL.
| Accompanying the Will is a petition from
| the executors, P. T. Benson and DR.. Pater-
| son, for letters of administration. The
| petition places the value of the estate at
| $40,5 as follows: Oakland real estate
! and improvements at Eighth and Franklin
| streets, $40, 900; real estate on Union street,
$4,000; personal property, money in bank,
| bonds, etc., Sic, 600, and furniture in the
! house now occupied by Catherine Boogar,
| $500.
New Teachers.
! The Board of Education at its meeting
| last night appointed five new teachers. as
| follows: Miss Edith w. Hayes, for the
SWEET school; Miss Maud Martin, Prescott
! school, Miss Evaline Gilmore, Garfield
| school; Miss NJ. q. McComas. Grant
! school, and Miss Caroline Cushing to the
! high school. A long discussion was held
| on the advisability of closing the high
| school because of the scarcity of funds, and
some members advocated cutting off sala-
ries during vacation, but Superintendent
McClymonds combated this. The matter
ended in talk.
| A New Expert.
! Fred A. Davis of the Fourth Ward was
yesterday appointed county expert by the
Supervisors at a salary of SIPS per month.
! He begins duty on February L.
| Davis bond was fixed at 5000.
Change Front.
Both Councilmen Towle and Barnard
| have modified their expressed views regard
| ing the charter amendments to be voted
on Saturday, and will now join with Mayor
Pardee in having them carried.
Notes.
Carl Becker, who was con victed of man.
slaughter for killing G. E. Edison, viii be
sentenced at 8 o'clock this morning by
| Judge Greene.
| Edward Lang was yesterday sentenced
| to eight years in San Quentin by Judge
Ogden for burglary.
BERKELEY.
! A meeting is being arranged In South
Berkeley to discuss the charter now before
the town. That end of town has had some
misunderstanding of the clause which
makes a requirement of three years resi-
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