The San Francisco call., 1895-12-21
TO CONGRESS,
Alameda Wants the Tidal Canal
to Be Speedily Com.
pleted.
Frank Hassey, Feeble and Helpless,
Taken to the French
Hospital.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 20.-Congress is
about to be memorialized in very syste-
matte fashion. 1t will be petitioned and
prayed at to make an appropriation to
complete the tidal canal lying along the
border of the northeasterly portion of the
city and which is now about one-third ex-
cavated. Health Officer Mclean, City
Clerk Lamborn and City Attorney Taylor
have the preparation of the memorial in
hand. Not only is the necessity of the
completion OF the work TO be shown from
a sanitary point of view, but pictures have
been taken showing the real condition of
the work. Ideal pictures have been pre-
pared showing the great commercial i'm
portance that Alameda will attain as soon
as the canal shah have been completed.
1t is expected that this formal document
will have the effect of moving Congress to
act.
Lane Out on Bail.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 90 - Richard
Lane, held on two. charges of burglary and
one of embezzlement has been released on
bail. James McDermott and NJ. L. Graham
became his sureties in the sum of $2l00,
$1,000 each on the burglary charges and
500 on the embeZZlement The police
have been looking up Lanes record. Feb
ruary II, 1892, he was convicted of petty
larceny in San Francisco and sent to the
County Jail for three months. Shortly
after his release he was arrested on charge
of burglary, convicted and sentenced to
serve four years at Folsom. After serving
one year his attorney got new trial, at
which the jury disagreed. A second re-
trial had the same result, whereupon the
charge was dismissed and he was set at
liberty. The police will place prior con-
vlction against him.
Help for the Poor.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 20.-The Cath
olic Ladies' Aid Society is ready to receive
aid for the poor for Christmas. Donations
may be left with Miss Gallagher at the
Golden West Restaurant; with Miss Wier,
opposite the City Market, and at St. Jo-
seph's Hall, Lafayette street and San Jose
avenue.
The Woman's Exchange invites all char
itably disposed persons to contribute to
their fund for the poor. They dstribate
provisions, clothing and toys to the poor
every year, thus relieving distress and
Frightening the dark side Of many lives.
Little Romance.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 20.-Frank F.
Barratt and Emma G. Lawrence were
married Tuesday by Rev. w. T. Jordan at
the residence OF the groom, 1139 Regent
otioCI. 1ue sIOoil - VI yedIS Vi aye duu
the bride 81. He was a widower and last
spring made trip to Canada to visit
friends and relatives. One result of that
trip was the wedding, the bride coming all
the way 10 California to take part in it, ar
irving Monday. The groom is designated
Ill the directory as capitalist.
Taken to the Hospital.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Dec. 20.-Frank Has
sey, the old-time stock broker, famous on
the board during the heyday of the stock
market, and who has been seriously ill J
for some weeks, was taken from his rooms
in the Park Hotel yesterday and conveyed
in carriage to the French Hospital in San
Francisco. He is suffering from general
d ebility and is very weak and feeble. 1t is
feared by his friends that his chances of
final recovery are very meager.
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