The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-10

OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-The Acme
Athletic Club sixth annual exhibition was
given tonight at the MacdonOugh Theater.
The house was moderately filled and the
varied programme was given without
hitch. There were sword exercises, wrest-
ling and boxing, but as the events were for
exhibition only honors were easy right
along. The Reliance Glee Club attended
The trampers' run" and sang couple OF
glees. The exercises concluded with
two-mile bicycle race on home-trainers.
Nissen made the distance in 2:30 and lie
Fevre in 2:35. The object of the exhibit
ton, which is to show the efficiency of the
club, was ably carried out. The audience
was enthusiastic and the affair was
marked success.
Abducted His Boy.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-James Boden,
who is being sued for divorce by his wife,
Florence Boden, on the ground of cruelty,
is charged by her with having stolen their
three-year-oid son from her home in Tenn
escal last Saturday afternoon. She claims
the court had ordered him not to interfere
with the child while the suit was pending.
Boden is an engineer at the Telegraph
avenue electric road power-house. On
Saturday afternoon he called at the house
and had the boy in the front yard. When
Mrs. Boden went in search of the child
both were gone. NJ. C. Chapman, Mrs.
Boden's attorney, Will take the necessary
steps to recover the child
Issued Bench Warrant.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-Judge Wood
to-day issued a bench warrant, ordering j.
A. Wagner to be brought into court.
Wagner, who is now engaged in conduct
ing a restaurant in San Francisco in his
wife's name, has failed to pay the SIS for
the support of his first wife's child, as he
agreed to.
His attorney was in court, pleading pow
erty and asking more time, to-day, but the
Judge said he had waited a month and
would not permit him to trifle with the
court any longer.
Walsh Gets Out Writ.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-Attorney Phil
NJ. Walsh surrendered himself to the police
tonight, and his attorney, c. NJ. Chap
man, Immediately got out writ OF habeas
corpus. Judge Frick made it returnable
for Tuesday evening, and Walsh was adj
mitted to bail on depositing $25. The
argument to be made on the writ will be
based on the assumption that the lam
guage by Attorney Walsh to Judge Wood
was not contemptuous, and that even if it
were the Judge had lost jurisdiction
when he made the order adjudging the
attorney guilty.
Studied Electric Roads.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec &c. P. Wander
cook, the protector of the electric road
from Oakland to Livermore and Corral
Hollow, has returned from all Eastern
trip, taken in the interest OF the road. He
visited various cities, looking carefully
into the construction and equipment of
electric railroads, and also endeavored to
secure capital for the proposed road. He
saws he received substantial encourage
ment and Is much pleased with the result
of his trip.
Death of Mrs. Merritt.
OAKLAND CAL, Dec. 9.-Mrs. Han
nah A. Merritt, mother of Fred A. and
James 2. Merritt, who are now contesting
the disposition of the estate of the late
Samuel Merritt, died last Saturday even
ing, at her rooms in the Blake block, 52S
Eleventh street, this city. The deceased
was native of Phipsburg, Me-. and was
10 years of age. She was the widow of the
late Captain Isaac Merritt, brother of the
dead capitalist. Mrs. Merritt had resided
in Oakland Jwenty-six years.
Will File an Answer.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. "a. Heyne-
mann, attorney for Mrs. Frederick Stuart
Adams in the suit brought by Frederick
Stuart Adams for annuilment of the mar
riage which took place in Martinez, has OBJ
tanned five days extension of time in
cate that Mrs. Adams intends making a
determined fight.
She has retained A. A. Moore as associ-
ate counsel.
ReIinquished Their Claim.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-The children
OF the late Mrs. Kate B. Fisher have re-
hnquished their interest in bequest of a
life insurance policy of $4,000 which she de-
vised to them. Attorney w. H. Jordan
appeared in the Superior Court this morn
ing, asking that the claim be assigned to
their father, l.. z. Fisher. Judge Prick
made the necessary order.
An Official Visit.
OAKLAND. CAL, Dec. 9.-The First
Regiment California Brigade uniformed
rank Knights of Pythias paid an official
Division of the regiment tonight. Colonel
J. c. Lohmeyer, commanding the First
Regiment, attended by his staff, were met
at the narrow-gauge depot by Oakland Sir
Knights, in full uniform, and invited to
Loring Hall.
A Church Bazaar.
OAKLAND, CAL. Dec. g. - The
Twenty fourth avenue NJ. E. Church
of East Oakland will give a grand bazaar
iii Old Armory Hall. Twelfth and Wash
ington streets. 1t will open December Is
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quartet of San Francisco. Meals will be
served at reasonable prices and the bazaar
will run for one week.
The Library Fight Ended.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-Judge Greene
in the Superior Court to-day issued a per-
manent in junction against the new Board
of Trustees of the Alameda Public Library
from occupying the positions. This has
partially settled the fight between the old
and new boards.
For Branch Of Promise.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 9.-The suit of
Miss Carrie Lockyer, the young woman
who has sued Captain John Hayes for
breach of promise OF marriage. demanding
$4,000 damages, has been set for February
%, 1896. The plaintiff has demanded a
jury trial.
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