The morning call., 1891-11-06
ACROSS THE BAY.
Attempted kidnapping by Chinese
Highbinders.
A New Style of Show Windows Stealing From
Cornerstone Her Hair Turned
White-Chapman Is Candidate.

An attempt was made yesterday by a
| gang OF highbinders to kdnap Chinese
girl named Fon Ying. aged To- Her mother,
it is said, was left widow not long ago
and recently married again Chinaman
named All Hoy. F0n Ying has lived at San
| Jose. but came up a few days ago to visit
her mother. Hoy thought he could make a
| speculation by doing as they do in China
| and sell his stepdaughter. He went to San
Francisco and, it Is said. was offered $1,000
to be paid when the girl was secured. When
the highbInders attempted to carry her
away her mother and herself slipped out
| the back way and into the nilsson of the
| Reformed Presbyterian Church on Webster
street, near Eighth. Rev. James Patton,
the missionary in charge, Immediately sent
to the City Hall and had the patrol wagon
| take the women to the hall. The girl was
| transferred to the Presbyterian Home at
| SYN Francisco in the afternoon. She is an
intelligent girl and speaks English fuently.
| &. A. Huber was sent to iail by Judge
Ogden yesterday for five months on convc-
ton of misdemeanor. He is the son OF a
| San Joaquin Valley rancher.
| PoRTER's SHOW WINDOW.
| F. r. Porter of Oakland has flied caveat
for a patent show window, which is a
| novelty and will revolutl0nlze the showing
| of goods in windows. The window is in
| the shape of triangle, the base being at
| the entrance to the store, the hypothenuSe
running in toward the wall. This leaves
| triangle outside the window, the base being
| the dead wall, upon which is placei
| mirror, which shows reflection OF every
| thing in the window TO persons as they pass
| along the sidewalk. The inventor is conf
| dent that there are millions in his invention.
A gang of thieves attempted on Wednes-
| day to steal the coin in the corner stone Of
| the new Portuguese Church, now building
| on Chestnut street. They were discovered
| at their work and tOiled.
The trial of G. w. Album, the railroad
Waterman. who shot William Day. boy. at
| commenced before Judge Henshaw and a
| jury yesterday.
TAKEN UNDER AMUSEMENT.
| The Police Commissioners investigated
| yesterday afternoon the charges of City Ed
| itor Baker of the Times against Police Of
| fieer Frank N. Crafts. Crafts admitted hav-
| ing drunk that night while on duty between
| the hours of II and II o'clock. He also adj
| n,itted that he had been off duty one hour
and half and had been talking to an officer,
who was on duty from the time he reported
| off at O'Clock in the morning to 80 o'clock.
| The Commissioners took the matter under
| advisement. Baker conducted the proSecu-
| ton and Crafts his defense.
| The young man, Tommy Guerrein. who
| spent Officer Nick Williams vacation
| money. will be examined in the Police Court
| this morning on the charge of grand lar
ceny.
George Noble was granted divorce by
Judge Henshaw yesterday from Minnie
Noble on the ground of desertion.
| HER HAIR TURNED WHITE.
hrs. Lille May Thielmann, the wife of
| the convict, Martin G. ThiemanD, who con-
| Quoted a swinde as Secretary OF the Ameri-
| can Eagle Association and the German
| Land and Cattle Company, has been res
| cued from Clarke's private asylum for in
| sane at Stockton. She is very much ema-
ciated, and it is said that her hair. which
| was black when she was sent TO the asylum,
| is now white.
Surveys will be at once commenced for
| partitioning the San Pablo ranch. There
| are 2G0 claimants for the property, which
| contains $4,000 acres and is valued at about
| 100000.
Frank Robinson Of the Holiness Band was
| arrested again last night for ObStrGcting
street with a religious meeting.
CHAPMAN Is A CANDIDATE.
1t is announced that E. C.. Chapman,
| Chairman of the Alameda County Republic
/ can Central Committee, will be a candidate
| for the first vacancy en- the Board of Public
| Works. Mr.. Chapman said to a CALL rep
resentative a few days ago that he though.
| he would be a candidate. He believed he
| could fill the Office ana he had as good right
10 be a candidate as any other citizen.
| With hammer, a broom and a 10-penny
| nail w. +. Ensign, the expert, opened a
large safe for j. l.. Davis, the coal-dealer.
| The combination was out Of order and could
| not be moved. There was some talk of
blowing it open before Ensign was sent for.
The police made raid on train-iumpers
| yesterday and arrested twenty Of them
| ranging from II to II years OF age.
| SHOWING OFF AS A MILLIONAIRE.
f~n,x IL
Ohio, that one Hiram Morse, claiming to
| be the millionaire President of the Asker
| Shaw Manufacturing Company of Oakland,
is about to marry wealthy widow of that
city and making inquiry as 10 his standing.
| An answer was returned that the medicine
| had limited sale, was made By a local
| drugstore and was peddled from house to
| house by Morse.
Mrs. Jessie NJ. Mu rray has petitioned the
Superior Court for PERMISSION to become q
| sole trader. She has child to support, but
no ground for divorce from her husband.
| Thomas Murray, a salesman. She wishes
t. 90 into the dry-go0dS business.
Thomas Murray and Richard Thompson
| were arrested for stealing lap robe. Muir
ray has been lodging at the City Prison for
q number OF nights.
| Alameda.
| The Oriental fair of the Alameda Flower
| Mission Melted about $3.50.
| Ernest Mayrisch Jr. has been appointed
deputy under City Tax Collector Barber
Ex-Superintendent of Streets Campbell
has gone to Oregon to engage in railroad
| construction.
! The receipts Of the Postoffice amour ted
| to over $1,000 during the mouth of October.
| The ladies Of Christ Episcopal Church
| will hold their annual sale of fancy articles
in fuckers Park Row Building. on Deem
| Der Sd, 4th and 9TH.
| Mrs. Stanley Stephenson, wife of CITY
| Trustee Stephenson, secured the bronze
| medal at the California State Floral Asso-
| cistion's exhibit for the best twelve cut
blooms In twelve varieties of chrysan-
| themums.
1t is stated that Theodore Meetz will
make the connection between his line on
| Park street and Twenty-third avenue across
| the steel bridge. 1t is also understood that
close connection Will be made between this
| line ami the Hoskins Twenty third avenue
line at the Twenty third avenue Station of
the Southern Pacific.
| The draw Of the new Government steel
bridge across the tidal canal was swung
yesterday for the first time since the super
structure WAS built. 1t worked smoothly
| and no defects in workmanship or material
we're noticeable The length of the draw
| is $50 ieet, said to be the longest draw of
any bridge in the Union. Plank flooring
remains TO be laid, and the passenger-way 5
on either side have not yet been added.
The Alameda narrow-gauge local train
| which left Park avenue at $50 o'clock ran
into some empty cars at the end of the pier
on Wednesday evening The switch was
not properly set, ana the Alameda train,
instead of running to the right, as the engi-
neer thought it would, bumped into the cars
standing ahead of it. The pilot was smashed
and the locomotive was otherwise injured.
| while the cars were badly damaged. The
| passengers were shaken up, but aside from
this and severe fright suffered no injury.
In In do L.,