The morning call., 1891-12-06
TIDINGS FROM
ACROSS THE BAY.
Clerk Oyeracker Has rendered
His Resignation.
No Cemetery at Piedmont-A Dead Ran OF
the Mole Ownership of the Water Front
Test of the Steel Bridge.

The resignation of Charles B. Over
acker as Deputy County Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors was rendered to
| County Clerk Crane yesterday. The cause
of Mr. Overacker's resignation is said to be
| iil-health; but while he is not an herculean
| fellow it is not generally believed that his
| health WAS so impai, Ell as tC affect his posi-
ton. That he is thoroughly competent for
the work is well known. The exact reason
! of the resi- nation is not at present
manifest and little will be said about it
! by those concerned, though 1t is evident
| that ill-health has very little to do with it.
| Most of the ope ators at the pier have
signed the Southern Pacific's oath not to
join the Order of Railway Telecraphers
while employed by that company.
| TRIALS OF TIRE ARMY.
The trial of james Noble, the first of the
| Salvation Army soldiers on the docket out
| OF twenty-four, for ohstructng the side
| walks, was commenced on Friday after
noon, ana five talesnen were obtained in the
| Police Court during the afternoon. 1esiei-
| day afternoon the full jury was impaneled
! and the trial proceedings occupied all the
| afternoon. As the case was not nnlShed al
supper time Police Judge Ogden concluded
| 10 sit in the evening, and the entire evening
was consumed in the argument OF the case.
| The owners Of the Croker Tract, above
| Piedmont have decided not to turn it into
| a cemetery, but will sell 1t off in villa lots
| as originally Intended. This determination
was come to yesterday. The wv enty-third
| Avenue ImprovamenI Association has
| adopted a resolution against the cemetery
| and sent q copy to the Board of Supervisors.
j. II. Reinhardt, the man from Napa, who
| interfeIed with the jurors in the Howell
case, has been committed to the Agnews In
sane Asylum.
| DEAD ON THE MOLE.
The body of youHg man was found Mt an
| early hour yesterday morning on the mole,
| between tower ana the pier. The body
was taken tothe MorGue and remained uni
| dentihed until $3.50 p. NJ, when 1t was recog-
| niZed by j. j. Clcak OF the West Oakland
| Hotel as Peter Capor, an Austrian, aged 10,
| who had been lodging at his house. The
| young man had been for four months fruit
| picker in Naca Valley. He went to San
| Francisco at 9 p. NJ, on Friday, and it Is sup
| posed that he fell off on the way back. He
could not speak English very, we'll.
An early morning train of the Berkeley
| line struck heavy wagon of Hayes. Car
rick & Co., at the stockyards yesterday, and
| demolished it. No one was hurt.
At the First Presbyterian Church this
| evening Rev. Dr. Coyle will preach for the
| Boys Brigade, and a flag will be presented
on behalf Of one Of the trustees.
| BURNED TO THE GROUND.
At an early hour yesterday morning the
| residence of }. A. A. Sander at jack
| and Fifth streets was burned to the ground
| from an explosion Of a gasoline stove,
| which he went to light to warm some milk
for a sick child. The furniture of the house
| was also destroyed. There was only
small insurance. The house belonged to
| Mr. McCue of San Francisco. A new sur
| gical outfit belonging to Sanders son, a re-
! cent graduate of the Medical College, was
| also destroyed.
The suit talked of for ejectment of the
| Oakland Water Front Company, the Oak
| land Gas, Light and Heat Company, and
| others, now supposed to be guarding it, has
| been commenced for recovery of the water
| front of Jefferson street. The judgment is
| asked for the restitution of tho premises and
| $4,000 damages.
Dispatcher Hinsdale has resigned and
| gone to South Carolina, where he has been
| offered a position as superintendent of q
| local road.
| LIVELY TIMES NOW.
As prominent citizen remarked yester-
| day, there are lively times row in the dove
| COTE" referring to the rustic going on in the
Society for the Prevention OF Vice to ascer-
| tain whether or not Doodle was paid to the
| Oakland Conncimen, or certain of them, to
| pass the pool-rOom ordinance, also as regards
| the alleged efforts of the formulators of
| municipal law to keep the matter out of the
| investigation of the Grand Jury. One side
| seems 10 have an inning one day and the
other the next. 1t is said the big Secretary
| of the society and one of the big Couneilmen
had wordy war a day or two ago, but
| did not test each others proves physically.
Tin Nolan, a big truck-driver, seized
| George GRAY, tall young fellow, last night
and pulling him off the wagon lie was on
turned him over to q policeman, claiming
| that the whip lie had in his hand was taken
| off his truck three or four days ago. Cray
| is the young man who beat horse some
time ago and was arrested, but was let off
| with light punishment.