The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-11
STRUGGLE FOR AN ESTATE.
Funeral of Mrs. Cav, Who Was
Killed at the Mole-Y. w. c..
T. u. Elections.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANc1sco CAII,l

sent to Stockton Saturday and yesterday
Chief of Police Lloyd received note from
that place, stating that Pierce hao peen
duly served. but he had no money and no
work and could not answer TO the same.
This morning message was received at
the City Hall announcing that Pierce had
committed suicide.
Pierce, who was well known IN this city,
had suddenly taken his life IN ut OF
dependency. The case in which he was
summoned as a witness is the one in which
Charles Madison, a railroad carpenter, is
alleged to have asked Herschle for $50
under threat of making public the fact
that the latter mad served a term of i'm
prisonment for felony. Madison was
knocked down instead of receiving the
money and Herschle was arrested for bat
terry.
The following circular has been sent to
all the teachers in the city by the Board of
Library Trustees:
The trustees OF the Oakland Free Public
library respectfully call your attention to the
facilities for students now offered by that in
stitution and request your Cooperation in
their endeavor TO bring about closer relation
between it and the schools, public and private,
OF the city.
umes and large additions are MADE every
month. The delivery department has recently
removed TO the ground floor and the upper
room is conveniently fitted up as a study and
reference department.
'This has been placed in charge of Professor
F. l. Bamford. formerly assistant librarian of
the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco and
more recently professor of English literature
in the Hesperian College, who, by his eX-
perience in school, college and library work, is
peculiarly fitted to help students in looking up
references, preparing photographers, collect
ing data and working up special topics. Please
urge all the students in your class over the age
OF twelve TO take out borrowers cards and
impress upon them that Professor Bamford is
at his desk every afternoon and evening for
the express purpose OF helping them in their
work.
Y. W. C. T. q. Election.
The annual election of officers of the
Oakland Union OF the Women's Chris
tian Temperance unions was held this
evening in the chapel of the First Meth
odist Church. There was fair attend
ance present when Mrs. E. H. Burbank
called the meeting to order for the devo-
tlonal exercises.
The report of the treasurer, Mrs. E. L.
Curtis, showed a very prosperous year,
the main items being: Cash in building
fund, $2056 40; cash from coffee-house,
$12, $50 81; mem eTship dues, $l26; from
other sources, 1856 80; total receipts, $l4,
939 10; expenditures for coffee-house, $12,-
400 81; balance in building fund, $1641 25;
hand $50 25; balance, SD, 939 10.
The following officers were elected to
serve for the coz ing year: President, Mrs.
?. ii. Matthews; vice-president, Mrs. r. R.
Johnston; recording secretary, Mrs. E. G..
Snow; treasurer, Mrs. E. l.. Curtis. Di-
rectors of the coffee-house-Mrs. Grace
kimball, chairman; Mrs P. II. Matthews,
Mrs. \. G.. Croake, Mrs. E. L. Curtis, Mrs.
Selfridge.
Fighting for an Estate. ..
Public Administrator Knight has a fight
on hand with w. G. Trip over the pos
session of the estate of Elizabeth L. Cook,
whose confidential adviser Trip was for
five years prior to her death. Trip
claims that the estate was conveyed to
him in trust by Mrs. Cook month before
her death. 1t was her wish that he settle
it on terms dictated by her to prevent the
property from becoming involved in the
Probate Court. Public Administrator
Knight had Trpp summoned before the
Superior Court 70 show cause why he
should not deliver the estate into Knights
hands, it having been ascertained that
Mrs. Cook died interstate. Trip has filed
an answer to each section of the COM
plant and makes denial of the allega-
tions. He will fall back on the trust
deeds and bills of sale executed to him be-
fore Mrs. Cooks death to show that Mrs.
Cook practically left no estate. The prop
erty is said to be worth $4,000.
Funeral of Mrs. Gay.
The funeral of Mrs. Marilla Gay, wife of
Assemblyman Robert Gay, took place this
afternoon from the Central Christian
Church, Hamilton Hall. The hall was
crowded with friends of the deceased lady
The floral offerings were very beautiful,
the most prominent being a pillow COM
posed of blue immortelles bearing the
word "Asleep," from the employees of Fred
Becker.
The exercises opened with Chopin's
funeral march, played by w. B. King.
Ugo Talbo sang HE Counteth All Thy
Sorrow, from Mendelssohn's "Hymn of
Praise" Rev. Edward Davis, pastor of
the church. delivered an impressive SER
mon.
The pallbearers were: E. R. Pease, A.
G. Bell, w. A. Mathewson, F. B. Wood
house, John Wade and II. Schwarz. The
remains were cremated in Cypress Lawn
Cemetery Mrs. Gay was killed at the
mole Saturday.
The City Council.
The finance committee of the City Coun-
Gil met tonight for the purpose of fixing
the tax levy to recommend to the Council
for the coming year. The purpose, how
ever, was not carried out. and the matter
was deferred till tomorrow night, when
the Council will wrestle with it in COM
mittee OF the whole. The levy must of ne
cessity be high one, and the finance COM
mittee concluded for reasons not stated
but clearly understood that they would
not run any risk, financially or politically.
The Auditor made statement showing
that the cost of the city government had
gradually increased from $751;, 600 in 1889 to
an estimated expense of $685. in 1895.
The amount asked by the departments
would require a tax levy of 81 so.
Death of Expert BIachree.
The inquest into the cause of death of
F. D. Blachree, the Official expert of
Berkeley, was held tonight. Blachree
was an inmate of DR.. Dukes home for in
curables al Claremount and cut his throat
with pieces of broken glass taken from
mirror he had smashed with medicine
bottle.
There were only six men on the jury,
and they brought in two verdicts. One GEN.
sured DR.. Dukes for not maintaining bet
ter surveillance over the dangerous in
mates of the home, and the other verdict
was one of suicide while suffering from de-
lirium. There were three signatures to
each verdict The Coroner notified his &C
ceptance of the second verdict.
Death of an Octogenarian.