The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22
Bray School Trustees Enjoined by Court.
FIGHT OVER A SCHOOL SITE
WISHES OF A MASS MEETING
 DISREGARDED.
Local Improvement Club Takes 8 -Hand-outgoing Officials May
 Not Spend the
 Money.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

sos Broadway, June 21. A temporary injunction was granted this afternoon to William Smith, a taxpayer of Fruitvale, to restrain the trustees of Bray school district from purchasing a school site, erecting a building and fur nishing it.
 Bray district is very much wrought up over the erection of a new school. Sew eral sites have been considered and some favor one while others favor another. There was an election of school trustees two weeks ago and the issue was the site which should be purchased. Real estate dealers especially, and the mass of citizens generally, took hand in the discussion.
 :. Last night a mass meeting was held In Bray school, and the matter was warmly discussed. The meeting was called by the local improvement club, and d majority of all the voters in the district attended. A vote was taken and it was decided by the meeting that no lot for a school site should be purchased until after July 5. This was done for the purpose of prevent Ing the board now in offlce from eXpend- ing large sum of money on improve mentS that will be erected under the Su- pervisiOn of the new board recently elect ed. The sense of the meeting was that , the new school board should have entire charge of the new school project. After the mass meeting; two ot the old ceed at once to spend the money and buy the site. As this was in direct opposition to the spirit of the meeting there was
 
 both factions came to Oakland for legal advice. The trustees are trying to carry out their plan to purchase site, and let the contracts for building and furnishing the school before they retire, and their opponents have determined to block the scheme if possible.
 tory to-day. They set forth in their peti- tion for an injunction that there are five offers of land, and that the site offered by A. F. RrUguiere will probably be bought by the trustees and that it is not for the best interests of the district.
 Welded His Partners Daughter.
 OAKLAND, June 2L-The announce ment of the wedding of Ben F. Woolner lie to-day. The couple were married in San Francisco Saturday by Rev w. M. Woodward. They immediately began housekeeping in beautiful cottage, just built by MT Woolner, on East Eleventh street, between Second and Third ave- nues. It is completely furnished The School, and second daughter of ex-Judge J. M. Gibson. MT. Woolner is MT. Gib- sons partner and well-known Native Son.
 Halsey Was Quarrelsome.
 OAKLAND, June 21.-The day in the Stacey Rodgers trial for the shooting of F. E. Halsey was occupied by the de- fense in showing that Halsey had the name of being quarrelsome, and had a bad reputation generally. Mrs. Belle K. Whitehead, Miss Charolett Meineke, w A. Brandes, J. G. Overall, Arthur Will mott. Joseph Stapleton, Sophie Hunter, Miss Minnie Hoover, Ira Woolley, J. Hayes, Daniel Madden, w. c. Grant. C.. H. Douglas, G. M. Gropp. W. c. Moran, John Gelder, F. w. James, Eugene Pal lica. Ernest Brast, c. F. Johnson, Leo S. Rodgers and George w. Woodsum all testified to the quarrelsome reputation of 5the deceased.
 Oakland News Items.
 OAKLAND. June 21.-Judge Ellsworth refused the application of Lord Cyril AthoI for a writ of habeas corpus this morning and remanded him to the cus- tody of the Sheriff. He is charged with forgery and labors under the disadvantage of a prior conviction.
 The Coroner'S jury returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Martin Buckley, drowned in Lake Temescal Sat urday afternoon. His arms indicated that he had been seized with cramps.
 Chung Yee was charged with willful murder for the killing of Chung Shin of Pleasanton, by a Coroners jury last night. The witnesses testified that Chung and was ready to hang for it.
 Thirty-four applicants for teachers cer- tifcates took the examination yesterday under Superintendent of Schools J. P. returned for the second days ordeal. To- morrow is likely to see several less.
 Judge Greene refused the application of J. F. Cameron for a release from jail on contempt of court in failing to pay his divorced wife alimony, costs, etc. He swore he was an indigent, with only Sl00 worth of property.
 bay yesterday morning, declared in the Police Court to-day that he would do 1t again. Judge Allen gave him fifteen days in which to change his mind.
 Anna B. McClelland filed a suit for @ divorce from her husband, George B. Mc- Clelland, to-day.