The morning call., 1891-06-16
ACROSS THE BAY.
Defeat Is Staring the Pool Room
Gamblers.
Dawson Tripped Up at Last - Keim Heard
From in Chicago-Gomez' Confession.
Estes and His Wife.

Clpdl lCSioLdbuIO WOulu LAKE Oh tIl6 MAY VI
veto of the pool-gambling ordinance.
After Mayor Chapman's veto message had
been read, w. w. FOOte. on behalf of the
booksellers, made a mild speech to the
Council, disclaimlDg personally any SYM
pathy with gambling, but calling
attention to the fact that the Council had re-
fused to pass an ordinance against pOol-sell-
ing. and had subsequently passed a license
ordinance, which he thought should stand
by its vote to license. Ex-Justice G. n.
Fox made an able address, showing that the
licensing of pOol-gambling is illegal. A
telegram was read from w. II. Chickering,
in which he said to the President of the
Council:
regret my Inability TO urge the Council to sus-
tain Mayor Chapman's veto Of The p0Ol-I DOM or
dinance. When any cause needs the service OF
attorneys to persuade municipal body 10 tram
pie upon the wis hes of majority, that cause Is
inherently wrong. In sharp contrast TO lhlS 10
tile action OF one OF Odkand's lawyers, who,
when offered $3.50 to appear In opposition to the
veto, replied, "Gentemen, l am lawyer
aud II retained will defend you in the courts;
but neither $3.50 nor any sum would tempt me
TO act in opposition 10 what L know to be the
will of the people. My manhood Is not Tor sale.
Let the Council be equally true aud act as pubic
servants, 10, demagOgues."
A motion was made by Councilman Earl
to pos pOne action on the Mayors veto until
Tie next !u6bJiuR Vi tie OUuuCls OpOu LHIo
motion SIX OF those who voted To pass tne
ordinance at the previous meeting voted IN
favor of pOstponing and five against IL.
The matter was thus postponed, but
Councilman Wilkins, in voting against
the pUStpOnement, lntmated III his
remarks that as he was not convinced That
the people do not want the pOOl-rOGms, he
would not vote to pass the ordinance over
the Mayors veto. Councilman Macdonald,
who was for the ordinance, also voted last
night against the pOstpOnement. Cheers
we're given for Councilman Wilkins, when
were checked by the President. The pool
sellers aid their friends went out OF the
cOuncil-rOOm cast down, while the oppo-
nentS of the pOol-roOmS went out CORE
SpOndihgly pleased. The loss Of wilkins
vote breaks the twO-thirds necessary to pass
0, ! the veto and defeas the ordinance Il:
j. KONG was granted a license to sell
liquors at Twenty-thlrd avenue, after
fight Of two years. The application OF
Goldstein at the same place was not granted.
HE CAME TOO OFTEN.
man named Dawson has been in the
Police Court a great deal lately for annoy
ing his wife. He was found guilty one day
last week by jury Of disturbing her peace,
after having harangued the jury IN his
own defense and IeYliing her hame Judge
Ogden told Dawson yesterday in passing
sentence that lie had several times let him
off easy. because he believed that his d0meS-
tic troubles had upset his reason a little,
but he had finally concluded that ne was
had man and lie would give HIM me OF
S1OO with an alternative OF 100 days. Daw-
son has ninety nine more days TO serve.
j. +. III. Helm of SOlan0 County, VINO
came down to Oakland on visit 10 friends
about month ago and suddenly disap-
peared, has turned up all right In Chicago
The Board Of Public Works has appointed
G. +. AlaTdt Superintending Engineer OF
the Lake Merritt boulevard.
GOMEZ HAS CONFESSED.
Tom Gomez, the native Californian. who
was found guilty of rObOng DR.. Herman
Alderman at PleaSantcn two or three
months ago. and will he sentenced to-day by
Judge Greene, has made confession, impll-
eating IN the robbery a Greek with Will
lam Welch, jointly Informed against with
Gomez He says lie does not know the
name Of the Greek, but claims that Welch,
who has yet to be tried, struck Alderman
and knocked him senseless; that the Greek
took his money, and that but for him Wrlch
and the Greek would have killed the victim.
An application by the Alameda County
Humane Society for aid to assistin carrying
out It's work was referred by the Board OF
Supervisors yesterday to the District Attor-
ney TO investigate and report at the next
meeting.
Certified copies of the articles of incorpor-
alton of the Judson Dynamite Company
and of the Western Fuse and Explosives
were filed yesterday
ESTES AND HIS WIFE.
DR.. NJ. B. Estes of San Francisco will be
arrested for neglecting his wife and minor
child in Oakland. He says that the woman
is not his wife, but a witness to the mar
rage has been found The records of the
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland show
that child was baptized under the name of
Milton Taylor Estes, and it is said that the
doctor had tie ceremony performed, 1t is
said that Estes had a mock ceremony per-
formed.
On account Of several accidents recently
by insecure staging, the Alameda County
Federated Trades has petitlOned the City
Council to appoint an Inspector to inspect
staging put up for carpenters, painters, etc,
before 1t is used.
The suit of j. II. Lucas against James
Camp has been transferred to Slskiyou
County by Judge Ellsworth. The amount
involved is $500
THEY ARE RUNNING ONCE MORE.
AS announced In THE CALL during the
middle Of the week that they would be, the
electric cars of the Oakland and Berkeley
Rapid Transit Company were running
again yesterday. Eight cars were put on,
four of them running from the motive
power house via Grove avenue and Lorin to
Berkely, and four by the way of Shattuck
avenue.
Tetsuo Tunaba, the young japanese
cutIseu Will LURKING d receipt lOr q Dank-
book, was arraigned yesterday, and given
one week to plead. Chester A. Doyle, the
young man who wants to introduce the
Japanese cody into this country as a rail-
road builder and laborer, acted as inter-
prefer.
II. S. Cribs, a contractor of East Oak
land, has assigned TO John Yule for the
benefit of creditors. His liabilities are
about $4,000.
REMAINS OF THE VICTIMS.
The funeral Of Charles II. Spurgeon, who
was killed la the collision near Post Costa.
will be held to-day bv the Phi Delta Theta
Chapter OF the State University, and the re.
mains viii be sent to Santa Ana for inter-
ment Spurgeon lett the University only
two weeks ago to enter the postal service
during vacation. He had done this for three
years. The inquest will be held on Thurs
day at Martinez. Jordan's remains will be
brought down to Oakland this morning
Alameda.
Justice of the Peace. Swasey, will open
his court at the West End as soon as the
Supervisors fix his salary.
The public library and rea1ng-room.
which has been closed for two weeks to
allow needed Improvements to be made, re-
opened yesterday.
The ten San Francisco youths who were
arrested on Sunday for stealing cherries in
an orchard on High street. were released on
furnishing bail of IS each.
There was number OF disappointed
bathers in Alameda yesterday. 1t was the
first warm day for several weeks, and a
plunge in the water would have been a
decided luxury. On Sunday night the
manager of the Terrace Baths let out the
water in the big enclosure In order to have
fresh supply ut the next high tide, but