The morning call., 1890-06-13
ACROSS THE BAY.
A Record of the Events of the
Day in the City of Oaks.
Railroad Societies Attend Picnic-The Ma
tionalist Club-Y. M. C. A. Building-A
New Railroad ime-Card-Alamsda.

The railroad societies which held joint meet
ings on Monday and Tuesday, aud on Wednes-
day attended a picnic at Shell Mound resumed
sessions yesterday, and In the afternoon formed
federation composed OF tile tour railroad
societies which is 10 embrace the entire Pacific
system. The purpose is TO unite in closer CO.
operation all railroad employees for the advance
ment OF their mutual interests
The Oakland Nationalist Club has elected the
following officers Tor six months: Mrs. Joseph
inc Steele Secretary; C. NJ. Wage, Correspond
ing Seer etary: o. 0rndorh, Financial Secretary
Mrs. Mason, Treasurer. The presiding officer
is selected each evening to preside for that
meeting only. This was one Of the questions
over Which there was division and finally a
spill in the Nationalist ranks.
THE Y. NJ. C. A. BUILDING.
About $1,000 Of the $4,000 necessary to COM
| plete the Oakland Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Building had been subscribed at noon
Yesterday. Only three more days remain in
which to raise the other $4,000, ana unless 1t Is
subscribed in that time that which has already
been subscribed Will be forfeited, The conditions
being that the whole amount shall be raised by
midnight June 10Th.
counterfeit $40 United States Treasury notes
are in circulation In Oakland The general APP
pearance is bad. The portrait OF Webster In the
lower left-hand corner and The other engraving
4 carpenter named George c. Orr, residing at
572 Tenth street, left his home on wednesday
and had not returned last evening lie mas been
Councilman John Hackett, injured in the Web
ster-sireet drawbridge disaster, was out for the
first time yesterday.
Several cases OF scarlet fever have been re.
ported 10 the Health Office by physicians in at
tendance on families. Ii is said there are other
cases which have not yet been reported.
The CbabOt Observatory authorities state that
an electric light in the observatory park would,
by its glare, interfere with lunar and stellar OBJ
servatlons,
A NEW TINIE-CARD.
new time-card is In preparation, to take eff
feet next Sunday. The Southern overland will
leave the pier at 80 p NJ. Instead OF $50 p. NJ.
The Stockton local will be abandoned and pas.
sengers for that city will go on The overland. A
local, to be known as the Stockton and Napa 10
cal, Will make the connection with the overland
lie Central overland, now arriving at the pier
at 1910 p. NJ, will arrive an hour earlier. The
Oregon express will be changed back 10 leave at
1870 p. NJ, and will arrive at 7:15 A. NJ The
Sacramento local trains ID and IA will be put on
again.
An old gentleman by the name of Dickinson.
who had been employed by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company at Fourth and Townsend
streets and had been displaced to make room for
younger man. took dose of poison during a
Tuesday night. He was discovered 10 time and
physician relieved HIM by prompt treatment
Tie would-be suicide recovered sufficiently to
be removed 10 his home on East Fourteenth
street, near Twentythird avenue.
Alfred Greenebaum yesterday sued j. NJ. and
Rebecca Cohen to recover $3.50 81 on promis-
! sorry note given In 1885.
INJURED BY THE TRAIN.
II. A. Dunlap, the house mover, failed 10 clear
| the track at Castro and Seventh streets yester-
day with his wagon oD which was long moving
timber. The engine Of the local train struck the
end of The timber, throwing him oil and causing
a compound fracture OF the left leg.
The equaliZers on the engine Of the ! o'clock
afternoon local train on the bruad-gause gave
way yesterday and an engine had to be sem from
| the yards and delay OF half an hour occurred.
Twenty-Five acres OF the Mckee Tract be-
| tween Oakland and Berkeley have been sold for
| $1,000 acre to b. L. handy.
The engine aud car that went through the
| drawbridge on Memorial day are now In the
TepalI-shops al Newark.
CHINESE LOTTERY MEN.
Another $3.50 was forfeited yesterday by a
| Chinese lottery agent. Lee Hong is bis name.
lie is afraid TO stand trial and run the risk of a
$500 fine. All Foy who has served fifty days on
| his $500 or 500 days, has concluded 10 pay up
| the $3.50 to be discharged. There is a charge OF
perjury against bin TO first be tried before he be
| allowed 10 90 free. He Is serving In the City
| Prison. The perjury case is under the codes.
The Alameda MIN and Mining Company has
been Incorporated with j. A. Hall OF Granite
| Basin, James Shea OF Auburn and James L.
| LandIegan, Philip Monroe and Willard G.
| Wright, OF Berkeley, as Directors. The capital
| stock is 100000, divided into $4,000 shares.
| There has been subscribed the sum of 5 10, 400.
| Mrs. Belle z. Bueher has sued for divorce
| from William L. bueher.