The morning call., 1890-09-18
ACROSS THE BAY.
Opening Of the Seventh-Day Ad-
ventists' Camp Meeting.
A Suburban Residence Burned - Democratic
Primariss-A Street Improvement Test
Case-Grand Jury Drawn.

The first service of the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist camp-meeting at San Pablo avenue
and Twenty-ffth street opened last evening
with a service by Elder H. A. St. John, on
"Blessed Hope" The conference proper
will convene at 80 o'clock this morning,
when the organization will take place and
President j. N. Loughborough will present
his annual address. The programme of the
sessions has not been completed. but it will
include services at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing, 80 o'clock in the afternoon, and 80
o'cock in the evening, in the main pa
vilon, with children's meetings at s
o'clock in the evening and 4:4O o'clock
in the afternoon, and youths meet
ings at A. NJ. and 80 P. NJ. There are now
some 210 tents on the camp-ground, and rep
resentatives from San Diego. VacaviIle,
Healdsburg, Los Angeles and Woodland are
among the recent acceSsions. The reception
tent, which is prettily decorated, is in charge
of committee of ladies' consisting of Mrs.
Ruoff Of Stockton, Miss Laura Hemstead Of
Healdsburg, Miss Annie Fisher of Heads
burg and Miss George Burres Of Oakland,
WIN will welcome strangers. Rural Health
Retreat and the Healdsburg College have
special tents. The hours for the hygenic
cooking-classes have not yet been estab-
liShed. Buckets and barrels of water are
placed about the camp-grounds for use in
case Of fire. Excellent music will be pro-
vlded for the several services under the d.
recton of Professor ScOleS.
A colored teamster named Charles Crow
ley, employed by FL. Bachman & Co. of
Son Ernp nfc of tba
train yesterday while passing the Selby
Oakland Receiving Hospital. He had been
drinking.
A SUBURBAN HOME BURNED.
The suburban home of Captain j. c. Aims
worth at Claremont was totally destroyed
by fire yesterday afternoon, with its con-.
tents. 1t was handsomely furnished through
out and filled with many articles of value,
paintings and statuary by worldfamous
artists, curioSities and mementOs of nearly
fifty years collecting by the owners. Cap
tain Ainsworth's private desk and piano
were saved from the house and the horses
from the stables. The fire was first dis
covered in the roof of the kitchen and had
such. Roadway that nothing could be done to
save the building. The building and an
neXes were soon in flames, which were
lduUeu ny tll6 SLTUUS UTteZ6 10 Tie SldUico
on the west. The conservatory, which con-
tains one OF the most valuable collections OF
orchids aud other rare plants, was saved.
The loss is unknown as Mr.. and Mrs.
Ainsworth are at Redondo Beech, having
gone last week for short visit.
The Democratic County Central Com
mittee met last evening and effected a per-
manent organization. with NJ. j. Laymance
as Chairman, Alexander ROsbor0ugh Jr. as
Secretary and NJ. j. 0Gara as Treasurer.
The primaries were fixed for September 9th,
and the County Convention for October 4th.
A map of the new town of Albrae, be-
tween Newark and Alviso, on the narrow
gauge railroad, was filed for record yesterday
in the Alameda County Recorders office,
by the River, Harbor and Canal Dredging
and Land Company.
A TEST CASE MADE.
John B. Hennessey has sued the Alameda
Matchmaking Company to quiet title to two
tracts of land on Nineteenth avenue, East
Oakland. The suit grows out of the macadam-
ling OF Nineteenth avenue from East
Twelfth street to East Twenty-Dinth street,
the assessment for which amounts 10 $4,000
The property-owners protested to the City
Council against the assessment on the
ground that it was illegal, and as in the in
stance of the plaintiff amounted practically
to cOnfiscation of the property. The prop
erty of the plaintiff in this suit is assessed
for taxes at a valuation of $3.50, while the
assessment for the matchmaking of the
avenue in front Of the same amounts to S525,
or S75 more than the value OF the lots. The
property-Owners claim that the work was
done under the original Vrooman act, and
that the city of Oakland should legally not
pay more than $4,000. The Hennessey suit
to quiet title is a test case TO settle the
question as to whether or not the assessment
is legal.
John COffey, young man, has been lying
at the Oakland Receiving Hospital suffering
frnm q Spoln wound and sliVht frap-
ture of the skull. 1t is said he was hit by
some person unknown with stone. He is
in serious condition, but was better yester-
day.
Bart Morgan and D. W. Martin have been
renominated candidates for Supervisor
from the Second and Third districts. DIR.
Morgan was nominated by only one ma
jority.
AS A GRAND JURY.
The following named were drawn as
Grand Juryin Department of the Superior
Court yesterday: Alameda Township W. T.
Fisher, G. A. Edison, Cyrus Brown; Brook
Ign Township, j. e. Blethen, w. L. Gibbs;
Eden Township. James Adams, Amsey Ca
rey. John Marlin; Murray Township. John
Aylward, John Horteustone. w. w. Wynn;
LOOMS, F. S. Monroe, w. A. Jacobs. W. +.
Carroll, Franklin Warner, James Hutchin-
son, John F. league, Ii. A. Benson, David
Hughes, W. G. Hawkett, H. Ii. Morley,
John Mitchell, William Mccarthy, F. n.
Langley; Washington Township. H.. E.
MOsher, Martin Carter. The jury will be
empaueled on the 23d inst.
The Oakland and Berkeley Rapid Transit
Company has commenced to place the poles
along Grove street, beyond Twentieth, upon
which its electric wires will be run. The
poles are of castirOn and will be placed
along the edge of the sidewalks on each side
of the street and $50 feet apart.
Susan I. Fisher and others, as executors
of Galen NJ. Fisher. yesterday sued William
T. Arlett and others to recover S4700 pur-
chase money and to forGclose mortgage on
portion of Block 255, Casserly Tract Oak
lard.
T. Moran yesterday sued Emma F. Russell
and others to recover $3.50 on promissory
note and to fOreelose mortgage on eleven
acres Of Tract 16, Bachelor Ranch, near
Sunol.
LEM SHARE ON HABEAs CORPUS.
On September 10. 1889, Lem Share was
sentenced to one years imprisonment and TO
pay fine of $780, on charge of false im-
prisonment for the abduction of Yet Gen on
the sd day of March. 1889, and imprlson-
ing her in the Alameda Jail. A writ of
habeas corpus was issued yesterday, on
Shares petition. claiming that his term of
Imprisonment had expired and that he
should be discharged, because the fine is
illegal. The writ was made returnable at
$50 o'clock this morning before Judge
Greene.
A committee of the local Brotherhood of
the Locomotive FiTemen Mt West Oakland
and lady friends were engaged yesterday in
decorating with bunting the exterior and
interior of the special train by which the
national delegates will return home to-day.
The cars look beautiful, and fine variety
of flowers and evergreens was brought into
use in decorating them. The delegates will
leave for the East this afternoon.
A testimonial concert will oe rendered to
10 Vail - f,,,
dent of Streets, Jesse ID. Wall. at the First
Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening.
Miss Wall has recently returned from two
and half years study of the piano at