The San Francisco call., 1895-07-16
The Rival Water Companies
= Growing Tired of Ruinous
Competition.
OWNERSHIP OF WATER FRONT.
Judge Ogden to Render an I'M
portant Decision This Morning.
A Lunatic's Joke.
HISTORY OF a DAY.
Alameda County Happenings Told in
Brief Chapters.

Brief Chapters
The Contra Costa and Oakland water COM
panies are anxious for peace.
haystack st Temescal caught IRE sunday
night, and for time there was great eXelte-
meRt in Oakland.
Mayor Davie has approved the Dona OF
Chief-elect of Police Lloyd and he Will enter
upon his duties August 1.
Chicken-thieves have been operating IN
West Berkeley. A widow 5 roosT was compIeteiy
cleaned out Sunday night.
Mrs Emma Adelia Fox, well-knoWn Chris
tian lady of Oakland, died at her nome Iast
Saturday She came 10 this State from CANADA
in 1862.
The meetings at PIeasanton by the delega,
ton OF Christian Endeavorers from oakland
Saturday evening and all day Sunday were
very successful.
The estate of Hugh Slicer will soon be closed
up. II was appraised at $119,0O0; The ad-
r1inistrators' fees amount 10 $ZlJOOO ana az
torneys' fees $15, 600.
The widow of George Blake Bagley has pro-
duced deed which She did not file till after
her husbands death, but which gives her the
entire estate. The deed is dated August IA,
1850.
4 nolltax collector named Foster had trouble
with an expressman named Kicker Yesterday.
. Foster seized Ricker's horse and the affair
ended in the eXpressman arrest Tor resisting
an officer.
The trustees of the First Congregational
Gunsaulus may succeed DR.. Mclean. No over
lures have been made on either side, nor are
any likely TO be.
John Holland and william B. Holland,
charged with J. Openheimer with robbing the
drugstore OF Garrett Il Taggart, pleaded not
guilty Yesterday. The case was continued until
next Monday TO be set.
Miss Maud Packard. who leaves New York
July Is as q member of o theatricsl company
booked TO appear in San Francisco, is well
known in Berkeley, and viii remain some
weeks as the guest OF the Misses Higgins.
While a crowd was congregated at Seventh
and Broadway, Oakland, Sunday evening, a
man reported the loss of his gold watch and
chain, which had been stolen by some pick
pocket. The latter made his escape with the
booty.
The blind home for children at Temescal
is to be under the care of the Sisters OF
Mercy. The sisters wish it to be understood
that there will be no formal opening and that
the institute will be ready TO receive pupils at
the end OF the week.
At meeting of the Master Plasterers of Oak
land held in the directors room of the Build
ing Exchange on July II the following officers
were elected: President, J. G. Mcleod; vice
president, W. P. Wetmore; treasurer, w. Mara;
secretary, J. I. Kerns.
The charge of blockading the street against
the cowboy evangelist Justin Wright and his
wife has been continued until the 29th. In
the meantime a decision is expected from the
Superior Court on the Salvation Army cases,
WHICH Will d1SO u6t6TIn1ue tLS TOllCe NOuTt
cases.
Gail A Swan, former resident of Oakland,
met a sudden death on Thursday last at Pres
colt, Ariz., as the result of cunning accident.
The remains were forwarded to this City for
interment. The deceased was g native of Hol-
4 lister, aged % years. His father resides in
Oakland.
! A hearing was given yesterday afternoon be-
ffore Judge Ellsworth upon the citation for W.
E. Tripp TO show cause why he should not turn
over some $25, 900 OF property claimed to be-
long to the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Tripp. Mr..
Tripp claimed Mrs. Cook had conveyed the
property TO him.
A citation requiring Webb n. Pearce to show
cause why he should not turn over to the Pub
lie Admins traitor certain property worth some
S14 900, which it is alleged is properly part
OF the Hall estate, has been continued to the
2Sth inst. Pearce claims that he was given
the property by Hall to carry out certain
trusts
Rev. DR.. Mclean, pastor of the First Congre-
gatiOnal Church, is arranging series of FIVE
farewell yesper services to be held on the FIVE
last Sundays before his resignation takes eff
feet. These services will be substituted for the
usual evening services, but will be held st an
earlier hour, so that members of the other
churches may attend
James Glover, one of the first settlers OF East
Oakland, died at, his home, 202 East Fifteenth
street, Sunday night from a stroke of paraly-
sis. Several weeks ago he had q slight stroke
and it was then thought the end was near.
But he rallied and was seemingly on the road
p 10 recovery, when he had q second stroke and
expired in the arms of his daughter.