The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-23
ACROSS THE BAY.
The Festive Foofpad Now at
Work in Oakland.
a Ball-Tosser Who Prefers Going to Jail to
Playing With the Oakland Team.
Thirsty Traveller.

AT an early hour yesterday morning a
barber who runs a shop on Tenth street,
between Broadway and Washington, was
stood up little below the corner of Seventh
street.
Inc foOtpadS jumped out of door and
bore him down before he realized what was
up, but he fought and yelled, while they
Deat and kicked him. Two of them started
TO run away, but he held on to the third
until special officer and several citizens
came up.
AT the City Prison the prisoner gave the
name OF James Coleman, native of En-
gland. He was booked on charge Of rob-
berry.
AT $3.50 P. NJ. on Saturday young man
named Ierrlil, living near Market and Tenth
streets, was halted on Madison, near Nine
teenth, by three fellows with handkerchiefs
TIED over the lower part of their faces He
says pistol was pointed at him by one of
the men or boys and he was told to stop
where was. Just at that time other men
was heard coming along the street and the
tnree fellows turned and ran. He states
mat he saw the three later on Twelfth street,
near Alice.
RATHER GO TO JAIL.
James McClugston, the ball player who
announced in the Police Court last Friday
that he would rather 90 to Jail than play
win such rank nine as the present Oak
land team, has been sent to the County Jail
LOT hfteen days by Justice j. J. Allen. sit
ting as Police Judge
A young man named Manuel White, who
claims to be in the employ of the Southern
Paclhc Company, who thought that the dis
lance between Vallejo Junction and Oak
iahd TOO long between drinks, got off the
train at San Pablo and went into saloon to
get drink. When he came out the train
mad started and i'll trying to catch it he ran
against switch signal receiving. he pre-
tended, painful injuries. He was taken to
Inc Oakland Receiving Hospital for treat
heut. Yesterday morning he was dis
charged by Hospital Steward Larsen. who
tailed to find any injuries on him anywhere
ana Is inclined to believe he was shamming.
ALAMEDA GRAND JURY.
The members of the Alameda County
Grand Jury will resume their So per day
JOB at 10 o'clock to-day after two-day's
rest. IL has nearly a thirty-days' session
at total cost of something like $500 1t
has found three bills of indictment-an
average of about $500 an Indictment.
IL IS sand that the damage occasioned by
the collision of the empty passenger coaches
on the mole near the pier few evenings
ago while switching the locals will amount
to about $1,000. The switchman to whose
derellctlon the accident is charged, has been
suspended.
The Oakland Consolidated Street Rail-
way Company is now using open cars at
tached to the small motor cars on its Berke-
ley Rapid Transit line. These seat about
forty and the motor cars about thirty-fve
more, so that seyenty-fve persons can be
carried comfortably. The same system Is
used in the Chicago cable.roads morning
and evening when traffic is heavy from and
to the suburbs.
The amount of money in the hands of
County Treasurer Socrates Huff On October
9th WAS Sos, S23 So. The receipts to No
vem6er 2lst were S15,223 IS and the dis
81, e42 81, as counted by DR.. Bart Morgan,
Chairman of the Supervisors, and Myron
A. Whidden, County Auditor, on the last
date.
SMALL PICKINGS LEFT.
The last Legislature almost left the Pub
lie Administrators discopsolate in the chang
Ing OF the law with reference to them and
their fees; but, notwithstanding, Jim STAN
ley OF Alameda County manages to catch on
To a little business occasionally. though the
office is not what 1t was a year ago. He has
dug up the little estate of James w. Row
land, who died in March, $780, leaving no
Will and property of an unknown value,
over which he wants the Court to give him
jursd elton.
A Portuguese named Manuel Decoto, or
DE Costa. native of the Western Islands,
, eyed IS. was taken to the Receiving Hospi-
tai Saturday night suffering from horrible
contagious disease. He died at about s
o'clock yesterday morning. He lived in the
basement OF Il house at 69i Twenty seventh
street, and the attention of Policeman Fl. B.
Rand was called to him. Mr.. Rand had
hum removed to the hospital Immediately.
The man made light of his Illness. but his
terrible condition was apparent when the
County Physician arrived. The body is at
the Morgue. 1t is said he has sister at
Petauma. The Coroner Will try 10 find
her, and has written for that purpose.