The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS,
: N. A. Britain Loses His Suit
r. Against the Bank of
Savings.
sALvATIONIsTs ARE WARY
Mo Street Preaching Yesterday-Ar-
ranging for the Fabiola
Fete.

After being out all night the jury in the
case of n. A. Britain against the Oakland
Bank of Savings yesterday rendered YER
dict in favor Of the defendant
The case. which had been on trial before
Judge Ellsworth for nearly a month ex-
cited much attention, both on account of
the prominence of the party involved and
the points at issue.
Several years ago Britain assigned 500
coo worth Of Bank of California stock to
Arthur W. Bowman, who was at that time
adirector in the Oakland Bank of Savings
He gave the stock as security for loan
from the Oakland corporation, and shortly
after went into insolvency.
Britain made a demand on the bank for
the stock, but the corporation had in the
meantime sold it, and denied Brittain's
right to its return.
The plaintiff then assigned his claim to
Frank AlIyne, who brought suit and at
tempted to have the case tried in the
United States Circuit Court claiming that
justice could not be obtained in Oakland,
as it was a corporation town.
That tribunal, however, decided that the
case properly belonged to the Superior
Court of Alameda County, and sent it
back for trial. The case has been drag
ging along for years past on one pretext or
another, and it was only within the past
month that the taking of testimony was
actually begun.
From an original claim of $4,000, Brit
tains demand, including accrued interest,
had grown to over $4,000. During the
trial he attempted to prove that the man
TO whom he had assigned the stock had
gone into insolvency before he transferred
the paper to the Oakland Bank, and that
the corporation had been in collision with
Bowman to keep him out of possession of
his property. Dunn IL McPike were at
torneys for the defendant.
The FabioIa Fete.
The horseraces during the afternoon and
the great bicycle meet for the Fabiola fete
are all arranged, so with those two impor-
tant features out Of the way the committee
is turning its attention to the many minor
details associated with the festival 1t
would be absolutely impossible for the few
working officers to do it all, but there is
no necessity to bother on that score, for
the ladies of the Fabiola Association are
Individually working, each one attending
to some particular branch. The ladies
thus employed are:
Mrs. George McNear, Mrs. l. L. Requa, Mrs.
.Edson Adams, Mrs. Z. c. Selfridge, Mrs. D. E.
Hayes, Mrs. r. W. Kirkham, Mrs. W. W. Crane
Mrs. Sam Woods, Mrs. Edwin Harris, Mrs A.
LIliencrantZ Mrs. w. w. Foote, Mrs. Chauncey
Taylor, Mrs. Henry Bacon, Mrs. Alice Bowman,
Mrs. @. A. Chase, Mrs. T. Delger, Mrs. Z. Hayes
Miss Beda Sperry, Mrs. 7. /. Barker, Mrs. L. H.
Hickman, Mrs. P. T.Watkins, Mrs. CIV Kelley
Mrs. J. J. ScotchleT, Mrs. ]. F. Houghton, Mrs
" W: Cameron, Mrs. J. z. Nicholson, Mrs. D.
B. Hinekley, Mrs. Van L. Eastland, Mrs. w. c.
d. Little, Mrs. Austin Sperry, Mrs. D. B. Hunt
ley, Mrs. Oscar Shafter, Mrs J. A. Folger
Mrs. John Yule, Mrs. DR.. S. Porter, Mrs. G. E.
Grant, Mrs. W: F. Beck, Mrs. Albert Brown,
Thomas Crellin, Mrs. n. W. Winton, Mrs. Rob
ert ". Simpson, Mrs. 4. B. Sargent Mrs. J. R.
Kendall, Mrs. H. Croker Alexander, Mrs
Sarah Henshaw, Mrs. Asa Simpson, Mrs. E. c.
Faruham, Mrs. E. Remillard, Mrs. Remi Chabot,
Mrs. w. ". Standeford, Mrs. a. j. Stevens,
Mrs. H. E. Howe, Mrs. ]. T. Carothers, Mrs.
George Hawley, Mrs. James Hutchinson, Mrs.
1. J. Stevenson, Mrs. Mercy Gray, Mrs T. F.
Chapman, Mrs. Ida Garrill, Mrs. P.
\. Remillard, Mrs: o. G. Wheeler, Mrs.
Forrest, Mrs Z. R. Sanborn, Mrs. Arthur Brown,
Mrs Frank Pierce, Mrs. s. B. Boyce, Mrs. W. s.
Shook, Mrs. Horace Hussey, Mrs. H. K. Belden,
G. Harrison, Mrs J. L. Wileutt, Mrs. William R.
Davis Mrs NJ W. Murray, Mrs. L. H. Carey,
Mrs. J. c. Kimble, Mrs. A. V. Chamberlain, Mrs.
Henry Eyers, Mrs: j. 6. Edwards, Mrs. Peder
Sather. Mrs. G. Y. Loring, Mrs. G. NJ. Stolp, Mrs.
A. Schilling, Mrs. James MOfitt, Mrs
Charles Deering. Miss Mary Danham.
Miss Anita Whitney, Miss A E. Stevens, Miss
Olive Stevens, Mrs. VIM. Gruenhagen, Mrs. S.
?. Hall, Mrs. A. H. Glascock, Mrs. Eli Deni-
son, Mrs. Giles Gray, Mrs. R. W. Garrett, Miss
i. Brown, Mrs. VIM. Booth, Mrs. J. \. Knowles,
Mrs. Franklin Bangs Mrs. S. T. Alexander,
Mrs. G. W. Cook, Mrs. z. D. Kinds, Mrs. ". NJ.
Bunker, Mrs. Paul Lashe, Mrs. Minnie E. Bar
ton, Mrs \. ". Burrell, Mrs. ]. NJ. Taylor, Mrs.
F. I. Kendall, Mrs, J. c. Wilson, Mrs. c. d.
Pierce, Mrs. T. E. Pope, Mrs. VIM. Cliff, Mrs.
Jane Stitt, Mrs. w. E. Sharon, Miss Wellman,
Miss May Burnham, Miss Janet Haight, Miss
Grace ScotchleT.
It is the prominence of those associated
with the festival that has from the first
been the most certain harbinger of success.
One OF the best indications of this is the
personnel of those who are doing the
actual hard work. The executive commit
tee comes first, and the others are in regu-
lar order as follows:
R. n. Fitzgerald, president; P. E. Bowles, V.
G. Hush, :. B. Mckee, A. A. Moore, c. D. Bates
Jr., J. w Finigan, Orestes Pierce, DR.. Latham
De Witt Van Court, P. H. Remillard, Walter
Hackett, Athern Folger, Harry Gordan, F. s.
Stratton, Harry Meek. w. NJ. Rank, Charles
Neal W. Y. Whitcher, Edison Adams, s. T. Alex
ander, I. L. Barker, :. T: Channel, Frank
Pierce, Charles McIyor, J. W. Laymance, A. S.
Macdonald, f. 6. Vincent, T. G. Harrison.
p. The subcommittee handling the vari-
GUS departments are as follows:
Finance and executive-R. N. Fitzgerald
Frank Pierce, P. i. Bowles.
Bicycle-George F. Neece, A. c. W; Charles
D. Bates Jr., r. A. c.: Henry Gilbert, o. Y. NJ.
Closing of.stores-W. V. Whitcher, NJ ]. KEEL
Ter, Mr.. TAFT, Mrs. John Yule, Mrs. Remi
ChabOt.
Advertising-P H. Remillard, A. W. Bald
Horses-walter Hackett, W. V. Whitcher,
Harry Meek, P. W Betingall, Monroe Salisbury,
DR.. Latham.
Decorations-The ladies OF Fabiola, includ-
ing all the members OF the association.
Kept OF the Streets.
The arrest OF fifteen members of the Sal
walton Army on Saturday night for violat-
ing the ordinance against holding street
meetings had the desired effect. The va
rious aggregations of street preachers,
against whom the measure was directed,
took the cue and held their services in the
City Hall park, where they We're listened
TO by a large crowd.
The three negroes who have been preach
ing in front of the hall held services in the
morning. followed in the afternoon by
Cowboy" Rice and his wife.
The latter, attired in a light summer