The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-27

paths, for their seats in the Oakland
Board of Health.
DR.. Selfridge will open the ball by suing
DR.. Beckwith and DR.. Bradley will follow
with proceedings against Dr. Shuey. At
torney T. c. Huxley will be instructed to
begin quo warranto proceedings. DR..
Selfridge is determined to carry the fight
to bitter end, and will be aided by the
homeopathic physicians who are inter
ested in the outcome of the contest.
Mayor Davie said: The quarrel is moth
ing but pill fight among the doctors. /
: have no idea how they will settle it."
The City's Water Supply.
The oft-mooted question of the city own
ing its own water works came up before a
special meeting of the City Council last
evening, when the following resolution
was passed: THAT the president of the
Council be, and he is hereby authorized
and directed to appoint special commit
tee, consisting of the president and two
other members for the purpose of present
ing this Council information and recon-
mendatons relative TO the ACCESSIBILITY of
purchasing water supply for this city"
Behind this apparently innocent measure
is the old-time fight between the Contra
Costa and Dingee water companies for
supremacy III Oakland. A short time ago
representatives of the Dingee water COM
pany went TO the municipal authorities
and offered to lease their plant to the city
for period OF seven or ten years.
Afro-American League.
The Afro American League of Alameda
County held a special meeting last evening
at the A. NJ. E. Church. for the purpose Of
electing delegates to the Afro American
congress, which is to convene in San Fran
cisco July 80.
Those chosen were: Rev. o. Summers
lat large), A. D. Jones, ]. B. Wilson, w.
w. owens W. F. Delaney, James Wash
ington, ]. F. Summers, J A. Wilds, G. E.
Watkins, j. S. Hatton, +. w. Moore, ID.
D. Jacobs, II. r. Morgan, Homer Bishop.
]. A. Hackett, ] ohn Collins, R. r. Lockett,
E. II. Barrett, George Ingreham.
Lambert Found Guilty.
sentence of from one to ten years in
the States prison stares in the face of
Walter Lambert, who, a very few years
ago,was the king-pin politician Of Oakland,
and counted his friends and admirers by
the hundreds.
His trial on charge of embezzling the
city's funds while acting as clerk of the
Police Court came to a close yesterday,
when the jury, after celebrating five min
utes, brought in a verdict of guilty as
charged.
Percentage Called For.
The Board of Public Works has come to
the conclusion that the street railroad
companies of Oakland will have to pay the
percentage of their gross receipts called for
by their franchises to the city.
The ordinance under which the Council
was authorized to demand a percentage of
the gross earnings of street railroads in re-
turn for franchises went into effect Novem-
Der %, 1889.
Brown Is Recaptured.
Tom Brown, the prisoner charged with
burglary who escaped from the dock in
Judee Tricks court Monday, was caught
at San lose Yesterday. Brown says that
he walked out of the Courthouse and
across the Eighth-street bridge into East
Oakland, following the road to San Lean
dro, where he jumped brakebeam ana
rode TO San Jose.
Missing From Golden Gate.
Josie Stanley. i6-year-o!d girl, has
mysteriously disappeared from Golden
Gate. Last Saturday afternoon she left
the residence of Mrs. Miller, where she is
employed. The last seen of her was on the
afternoon mentioned, when she walked TO-
ward the depot with a lady dressed IN
black.
Increased Assessment.
Assessor Dalton will turn over his as
sessment rolls to the Supervisors Monday
next, when they will sit as Board OF
Equalization. 1t is estimated that the IN
crease this year over last will be at least
81 500, 900.
The Manly Art.
Pete O'Brien, an ex-prizefighter, has
sworn out a warrant for the arrest OF Her
bert /. Herrick. He charges Herrick with
making threats against his life.
ALAMEDA.
connlaint has been drawn up by At