The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12
LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA,
Recent Change in the Bound
airy Lines of School
Districts.
SUPERINTENDENT Sullivan Instructed
to Enforce the Rules Regard
ing Them.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Sept. 1.-THE Board
of Education held a special meeting last
evening to consider the protests from
parents who objected to transfers of their
children on account of the recent change
in certain districts.
Chairman Tisdale said that the patrons
of the public schools should take into con-
sideration the fact that the board did not
arbitrarily make the change to suit its own
convenience, but because of the over
crowded condition of the three schools in
the center of the city. Reference was also
made to the building of the Longfellow
School and the addition to the Porter
School, and yet the crowded conditions
had not been overcome. The board recog-
nized the fact that the redistricting of the
city would cause hardships to many, but
it had endeavored to do the greatest good
to the largest number.
Superintendent Sullivan called the at
tention of the board to the fact that the
present change was only return to old
times as they existed before the Encinal
School was built. The Superintendent was
instructed to strictly enforce the rules with
reference to the district lines.
Insane on Religion.
Mrs Eva Wrampe of Everett street has
been committed to the asylum at Agnews
by Judge Ellsworth, her mind having
become unbalanced over religious matters.
The Liquor Cases.
Ambrose O'Neill, one of the drug clerks
arrested for selling liquor without a
license, entered plea of guilty before the
City Recorder to-day, and will appear for
sentence September %. DR.. A. j. Merry
will fight the case against him. He states
that Officer Brompton came to his drug
store and asked for quinIne, claiming TO be
suffering from an attack of the grip. He
subsequently changed his mind and asked
for whisky, which was given him. DR..
Merry is licensed physician, and had no
idea that the officer was only pretending
sickness in order to convict him of a crime.
Baptist Ministers.
Baptist ministers of San Francisco and
vicinity will hold union services to-mor-
row at the First Baptist Church of this
city. "The witness of the Spirit" will be
the subject for discussion in the afternoon.
In the evening there will be additional
devotional services. Rev. J. G. Gibson,
pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist Church
of San Francisco will conclude with an
address entitled 1.-THE Fruit of the Spirit. ;"
Work on the Depot Commenced.
Work on the new Park-street depot was
commenced to-day. A force of carpenters
were engaged in removing the old freight
depot from the gore lot at the junction of
Railroad and Lincoln avenues. The new
building will be erected on the site of the
present freight depot, and will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Soliciting without a License.
Charles Helmke was arrested this after
noon on Railroad avenue by Officer Con-
rad for soliciting for groceries without a
license Helmke claims to sell only to
the trade and does not understand why he
should be required to pay the $3.50 license
exacted from outside grocers soliciting in
Alameda.
Hole in Her Bottom.
The yacht Thetis while anchored near
the clubhouse on Monday rode over her
moorings and knocked hole in her bot