The morning call., 1890-12-22
ACROSS THE BAY.
An Effort to Be Made to Rid
Oakland Of Tramps.
Programmes Of the Services Held in the
Various Chuchas Of the City of Oaks
Church Anniv rsary

Ten members Of the Sunrise gang Of hood
lums were arrested for feloneous assault
upon youth named Lewis Miller. He
claims that he was assaulted by four of the
gang. He recognized three of them among
the ten. Their names are Frank Peratta,
George Cruise and Tom Kelly.
George s. Ames has petitioned to have
the decree granting him divorce from Hulda
S. Ames modified so as to give him the Gus
tody of tho seven-year-old boy. He alleges
that the matter was an omission in his plea
for divorce and in the DEGREES, and states he
had prior to and has since the divorve the
child's actual custody, but he wants his
legal custody.
Judge Gleene dismissed the writ of babe as
corpus issued on behalf of Martin O'Neil,
holding with Police Justice Henshaw that
complaints on information and belief" in
misdemeanor cases are valid. O'Neil will
have to serve the remainder of his 70 days
for misdemeanor and assault.
OAKLAND HooDLUMs.
An effort is being made to rid Oakland of
tramps and number of arrests for vagrancy
has been made. 1t is understood that there
are number of suspicious characters on
the streets who are being watched and ar
lCSto may lullUW III udN VI lNU.
Atwood Sackrider, a resident of Oakland
since 1878. died Saturday at the age of 6S
years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Christ. aged IA. died at
615 Thirteenth street yesterday. She had
resided in Oakland fourteen years.
A union Christmas service was held in the
First Congregational Church yesterday at
4 o'clock in the afternoon. in which men,
bers of the Ashbury Methodist Church
South. First Baptist. First Methodist and
First Congregational churches united. Spe-
cial Christmas music and special addresses
we're made in many of the churches yester-
day.
IN THE CHURCHHs.
Rev. DR.. Chapman's evening topic at the
Brooklyn Presbyterian Church was practi-
cal, OH How Can l Make the Most of What
Remains of This Year ?"
Rev. Robert Dickson, DID,, who was too
much old style to suit the Centennial Pres
byterian Church, has accepted a unanimous
call to the church at Ojai, in Ventura
County.
The subject of Rev. DIR. r. Boyns at the
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church South
was So The Advent and Our Duty"
Rev. DIR. Alex Calhoun delivered dis
course, at the First United Presbyterian
Church on the expression In Exodus XXI
Il am the Lord, thy God"
"WonderfuP' was the brief title Of Rev.
George Ii. MerrilPs subject at the Market
street Congregational Church.
Rev. j. II. Wythe Jr. of the West Oak
land Methodist Episcopal Church last even
ing answered the question, "NhO Is Jesus ?"
Rev. Ii. II. Rice of the Second Presby-
terrain Church preached an evening discourse
on The English Bible and the Roman
Catholic Church"
Rev. S. G. Emerson, the assistant pastor
OF the First congregational Church, preached
at the Good Win Chapel on " The Antidote
for Christian Discomfort"
Rev. j. b. Campbell occupied the pulpit of
the First Presbyterian Church yesterday.
Some of the members of this church are vet
DO induced to take the paStorate, though
there Is no such intimation from the
official board.
Key. DR.. Dille's evening subject at the
First Methodist Episcopal Church was
Christ and Modern Thought" the last of
tina series.
Rev. A. NJ. Runyan occupied the pulpit of
the First Baptist Church and preached
discourse on Sour Grares and the Chill
dren's Teeth"
At the First Congregational Church yes
After Thirty Years" The third anniver-
sary was on the 9th inst. Beginning with
seventeen members, it has received upon
confession $50. by letter 1916, total of 1895.
For local expenses. church building and
maintenance, $500, 645 Sc; for beneyOlence,
SIS, 492 30; total, S75l, 137 70. For the first
twenty-five years the church's benevolent
gifts aggregated S73. ISL %; for the last five
years, S75.3l1 TO- There are ten Congrega-
tl0Dal churches in the field from which this
church drew its original members, at least
six of them direct outgrowlhs from it aud
OF lis planting. praise service was held
III the evening,