The morning call., 1890-09-20
ACROSS THE BAY.
The Republicans Will Open the
Campaign This Evening.
Money for the Lake Boueyard-RaciDe for a
Charity-A Scheme Which Savors of De-
mocracy Attempted Suicide.

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Republicans. A reception will be rendered
to III. II. Markham and J. b. Reddlck, the
candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor. at the Crellin Hotel on Washing
ton street, between the hours of 3 and 6 in the
afternoon. A torchlight parade will be held
before the meeting. and will march from
the hotel as an escort from Tenth and
Washington streets to Fourteenth, to Broad
way, to Eighth, TO Webster. to the hall. The
meeting and parade will be under the aus
pices of the Republican Alliance, and L. L.
Bromwell, the President, will preside. Fire
works will be feature of the parade. About
100 Vice-P Presidents of the meeting have
been named. The Army and Navy Repub-
lican League and other organizations held
M ceilings last evening and resolved to turn
out to hear Comrade Markham tonight.
A conference of the Board Of Public
Works and Auditor Snow was held yester-
day as to the proper manner of raising the
money to be expended in constructing the
lake boulevard. 1t was agreed that under
the law special tax may be levied for the
purpose, in addition to the taxes for munich
pal purposes, as provided in the statute
TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The twentieth session of the California
ltdCIidllu MlSSlOHdIN oOClcly VI tIIC ecfCitli-
day AdYentists was held in the pa, lion on
the camp ground at 80 o'clock A. NJ. yes
terdav, and interesting statistics of the work
were given. Committees were appointed
and an adjournment taken to the call OF the
Chair. In the evening an interesting dis
course was delivered by Elder NJ c. Wilcox
on The Signs of the Times" To-day is
Seventh-day Adventists' Sabbath. and the
following programme will be observed:
NJ Ga h-sp A DrpAph-
ing in the main pavilion by Elder o. A. Olsen.
President of the General Conference.-a song
preaching by Elder J. II. Durland from Battle
Creek; 4:3O p. NJ, youths and cbildren's meet
ing; 7 80 p. NJ Song service In the large tent
followed by preaching by Elder Il. S. Owen Of
the HealdSburg College
The Gentlemen's Driving Association,
which usually conducts number of races
for the amusement and gratlticat!on of its
members with their own private roadsterS
at Oakland Trotting Park on Saturday
afternoons with free admission, Will give
benefit this afternoon to the Fabiola Hos
pita! at the trottng park to which an adj
mission fee will be charged, the entire pro-
ceedS TO go to the beneficiary. a number
of good races are programmed.
There was the usual large attendance at
the open-air concert at the City Hall Park
last evening.
a DEMOCRATIC SCHEME.
1t is said that the scheme of certain Demo-
cratic politicians to induce Judge Gibson TO
bolt the ticket and stand in on Don-partiSan
movement, so-called, has failed, and that
MIR. Gibson. while admitting that he believes
the Republican Convention should have
given him another term, has too much re-
Spect for his party to allow himself to be
made a caspaw Of to endeayor to draw
Democratic cheStnuts out of the fire In he
publican Alameda County. While there is
little doubt that the great mass OF the he
publican voters Of the county are sorry that
the soldier, statesman, Jurlst and farmer
was not nominated, ii IS evident from the
expressions on the street yesterday that
there are not enough of them who will bolt
the regular nominees and vote for Gibson to
overcome the 5000 and more Republican ma
jority, and more especially II the Democrats
indOrse him, as they promise to do.
A dentist named Davis, whose wife DIED
about four mouths ago in San Francisco, at
tempted suicide in his room at West Berke-
lev on Thursday night by cutting his throat.
stabbing himself in the ribs, and by shoot
ing himself twice in the head. 1t Is beileved
that he will die, He had only been in
Berkeley about a month, and was working
for DR.. Bliss. 1t is said that he was very
respondent over the death OF his wife, and
had been drinking some.
1t is rumored in railroad circles at West
Oakland that c. p. Huntington viii combine
the western and coast divisions on his return
from the East, and will DO away with a num-
Der of officials.
AUDITOR SHOWS ESTIMATE.
The Finance Committee of the City Coun-
ell has finally decided to cut down by
S1626 Auditor SHOWS estimate for the Fire
Department. In this reduction the repairs
of the Fifteenth-street engine-house has been
cat down to $3.50 from $780, the house for the
chemical engine to S2044 from S2294. repairs
to other engine-hOuses to 500 from $500
and gas to 500 from S546. 1t has been de-
1 II, 4t,A law for ftas
suing year 81 o. on the 500 valuation. Of
this % cents will be for ordinary and
necessary expenses and 10 cents for bond
redemption ard interest.
James Grant. principal owner IN the Grant
Smelling Works of Denver aud ex-Judge of
the Superior Court of Iowa, is about to To-
cate in East Oakland. Negotiations are
now pending for the purchase of the Strine
property, on Third avenue, adjoining the
Oak land residence of Captain Chapman.
Mr.. Grant is accompanied by his son-in-law,
DIR. Cassell. He is well known in Colorado
and Iowa.
The auction sale of the Hamilton Tract,
thirty-eight lots, on the Piedmont cable
road, five minutes from the City Hall, on the
rise north of the western arm of Lake Mer-
rift, promises to be very successful this
afternoon. This will be one of the first
tracts plated and sold along the line Of the
new cabe-road since it commenced running.
Alarmed.
Health Officer Mclean has gone on a brief
visit to the Yosemite Valley
Alexander Baum of this city viii endeavor
to secure the Democratic nomination of
Assemblvman in the Fifty-Second District.
c. A. Edison, who has been drawn from
this city as a member of the Grand Jury,
is in Siskiyou County, having removed there
several months ago.
c. F. Carlson, George Wolfe and Louis
FaSs6ing intend to run on an Independent
ticket, the former two for Justices of the
Peace and the latter for Constable.
ID. l.. Randolph arrived yesterday from
his trip to The Eastern States. He was ac-
eompanied by his brother. Lieutenant Ran
dOlph who Will fill the chair of Professor of
Military Tactics at the University.
The funeral of Miss Augusta Hinchman
took place yesterday from Christ Episcopal
Church. The cause Of her death is attrib-
uted to eating canned mushrooms. She was
the daughter of L. w. Hinchman and the
sister OF Mrs. r. W. Mastick, w. II. and
Charles ii. Hinchman Out of respect to
the deceased the lawn party which was to
have been held on the oath inst at the resi-
dence of Il. II. Magill has been postponed.