The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
THREATEN AN |NJUNC TON
But It Is Not Certain That One
Restraining the Alameda
Board Will Be Granted.
An Advocate of Woman's Suffrage
Claimed Too Much in Behalf
of the Gentler Sex.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb 26.-Bruner &
Bruner, attorneys. have drawn up a COM
plant wherein John T. Fleming is the
plaintiff and T. W. Ley decker, William
Hammond, A. Clark, T. J. Fletter and ].
f. Forderer, as Trustees of the city of Ala
media, are defendants, praying for an in
junction 10 restrain them from carrying
out contracts having for their object the
enlargement and expansion OF the munich
pal electric plant. The grounds are that
they are transcending their authority. The
complaint has not yet been FLED, but
copies OF IL have been prepared and Attor-
ney Bruner says it will be filed tom orrow
1t is not considered that there is anything
in the proceeding that will worry the
municipal board and some declare the
proceeding will never have legal standing
in the courts.
He Claimed Too Much.
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 26.-The Rev
Mr.. Lane addressed the ladies of the Po-
litical Equality Club on Monday night
last, and was too strenuous in his demand
for the recognition of the gentler sex at
the polls, besides claiming things for the
advocates of political equality that them
selves do not claim. For instance he de-
that good government could be carried
on by woman alone, but not by men
alone, and ended up with the rather in
congruous statement that after political
equality is achieved the women will, like
the women of Colorado, after the first jubi-
lee passes off, settle down to home, sweet
home, again. The ladies feel that they
have not been spoken for exactly as they
desire to be. They say they are in earnest,
are not working for fad, and want to be
treated just as men would be treated who
are striving for rights to which they were
morally entitled. They have written a
| communication to that effect to a local
paper.
Churchmen Banquet.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 26.-Forty one or
two gentlemen attended banquet at the
First Baptist Church, Tuesday night, for
the purpose of getting better acquainted,
| to the end that Christian work and Christ
| ian influence may be advanced. 7. T.
Woodruff was the toast-master. Rev. w.
L. Jordan, pastor OF the church, spoke
words of greeting. Z. P. Vining, manager
of the street-railway system of San Fran
| cisco, spoke on Business and religion
| G. F. Baker took for his subject ''Tne Man
and the Wheel" Rev. +. D. Bovard spoke
en- "The Dividends" and Rev. c. H.
Hobart on Enthusiasm"
johnson to Assess.
| ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 26.-Elmer E.
! John-on mas resigned the position of Dep
uty City Clerk, and George Sturtevant has
succeeded him. Johnson has been ap-
pointed by Assessor Dalton the deputy for
Alameda Township, and has fitted UP an
| office to commence business. Formerly
the county and city assessment was made
by the same man, and economically, hut
now IL is two separate operations made in
separate offices.
| Attachment Levied.
| ALAMEDA, CAL. Feb. 26.-An attach.
ment has been issued in the case of II.
Beach VS.. Mrs. C. E. Dwinelle, against real
| property on the west line of ST. Charles
street, 1883 feet north from Santa Clara
avenue, on claim of $500.