The San Francisco call., 1898-08-16
A Question of Law.

:. whether the medical superintendent of an
 iHsane asylum is the legal guardian of the :: estates as well as of the persons of in = mates will come up before the Supreme . Court on appeal from this county from a . Judgment III default granted by Judge - Greene and an order entered by Judge Ellsworth. The case in question is that . of Jacob Roth. who died in the Napa
 Asylum in lSS2. It was found he had left d. bank recount. and J. E. Feehan on be- : half df Rotu's sister. the only heir. peti- : ;IT0ned for letters of administration. Then . t-@e asylum officials brought suit to collect :-Sl l366:as a reasonable sum for his care. This has gone by default and Attorney de :, 4:gi will no take out his appeal ... :: Barber Injured by a Boy. : ::Cl.AKLNND. Aug. 15.-Adolph Kieso,
 :tiar.ber. of SID Jackson street, sustained tatIful injury to his nose last Saturday :. wE1 .e engaged in removing healthy crop ~.J.f:@hair from the head of the u-year old :* Son. of eX-Mayor John K. GIascoc1. r0rnE GlascoCk is of nervous tempera- . faeut and handicapped the workman by .:.Eiz 'aerobatic feats in the barber chair
 .ra:- as hies0 was about to commence op- .'eratiOJs GIascock threw out his arm. . Etf:Eiug. Kiesos left hand in such a man. :.Ier as to drive the sharp scissors through . r!le Ijsrber'S nose Dr. c. L. Jones was .>SjiuInoned and dressed the wound, which . .yegQired several stitches. The injury ls : not serious unless blood poisoning ensues. Water Is Now in Sight.
 ,;.:. :.BERKELEY, Aug. 15.-The Alameda
 Water Company has completed the erec- :: t3oh of a pumping plant at the corner of Nsfby and Telegraph avenues. It was tried for the first time last night, and .: proved quite satisfactory. A steady stream of water is now being forced | through six-inch m in to the Garber Hr::TeSsYyoir- which is nearl- full :~,' .!'hs. officers of the compa3T have de- .Gided. that the pumping shall be done eY- - seTg. .evnlng, beginning at o'clock The . ;festriction upon irrigation will be re moved :: .2S1lgust. 20 after which date the consump- -tiqt- of water will not be limited in any = .Crazed by Drink.
 : :%0AKLlAND, Aug. 15.-John Lyman, an : '.euiplUye Of the Contra Costa Laundry, :.Wal, brought before Judge ogden on :. CEarge of insanity preferred by his wife. ~ Mrs. Lyman was put on the stand and ..'sH:ore that her husband had been acting .IileTe than one occasion threatened to kill .-.t.fr- Further examination tended to show " fjidC the chief cause of the trouble was ~:drink and the case was finally compro :. IIIjsed by an arrangement being made = whereby Lyman should occupy T room :: .iiear his work and, undergo treatment :until his over-indulgences should wear off. :: Executors Will Contest :: OAKLAND. Aug 15.-John Schneider : and George Metzger, through their attor-
 '!re5s. J. H. Smith and George de Golia. . toc!f1y filed contest on the S20G000 es- .I4-a f the late Christoph Streitberger. .: VI , left two wilis-the last one drawn on April 13 1898. was filed for probate by At 'IiLuey Graber- This will names D. Bruns = and T. F. Graber as executors. Messrs . Schneider and Metzger are named as ex- :. er-utois in the other will. made April 2
 1884, and they aver that the 1898 will was made under duress and is fraudulent The
 ,helrs in either will are the same
 :. The Edwards Estate. :. :OAKLAND. Aug. 15--Ambrose F. Ed /: wards and V. c. Ellis petitioned the Su- :. periOr Court to-day for probate of the wlll
 of'L2obert William Edwards. who died at
 laaerness, Marin County. August & lSgS
 Tie estate consists of land in Alameda
 T7ray4 f.Fga . ..gu1ties of unknown value, and the heirs r are the widow. Marion Warner Edwards ' r;a l.. Ellis, Ambrose F. Edwards :AIdrion Stewart. INttie Rogers Gall of
 Oakland and Ada Blair of San Francisco. = Brave Fireman's Death. :': OAK LAND, Aug. 15.-Austin Bailey, the = bfare fireman who risked his life at the = -.SiNth-street fire a few months ago, died
 at f2.30 o'clock this afternoon. Deceased . :Vyas originally injured in saving his com = radcs. He was struck on the head hy T .: nozzle For a time he seemed to improve
 shut was subsequently stricken down with ., paralysis
 Cheesman's Examination.
 OAKLAND; Aug. l5.-Frank Cheesnan.
 cfaarged with the murder of Harry Brooke. was again in the Police Courf this
 inoining and his preliminary examina- :: tion was set for next Friday by which
 alsoss not will have recovered sufffcientIv b attend court
 They Left the Meeting.
 :: OAKLAND, Aug 15,--At the Army and
 &avY Republican League last Saturday night a resolution to reinstate W R : 9-lfomas and F. w. Woodward Mayor and
 -r'ouncilman respectively, was lost There
 upon twenty-nVe members. mostly enI- lleyes of the city government. left the !Heeting.
 Mismated Couples.
 OAKLAND. Aug. -o.-Dlvorce suits haV2 been begun by Martha E. Hand
 against B. Frank Hand and by Martha
 Ehrenberg against Alfred c. Ehrenberg.
 A New Student Officer.