The morning call., 1892-05-13
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
FOreclOsing a Claim ON an Insur-
ance Policy.
Appointment of Census Marshals-The Poll.
tieians Of Alameda County-A Street
Transaction Opposed.

The Sheriff of Alameda County yesterday
made peculiar foreclosure sale and re-
ceived bid of So for the property. The
Judgment was for S9746 10 against A. j.
and F. NJ Chambers and forecosing a
claim of Asa Fisk on an insurance policy Tor
$1,000 In the New England Mutual Life. In
July. 1885, Mr.. Chambers borrowed from
Fisk $500 at per cent, per month interest,
compromising monthly, and conveyed the
policy as collateral. Chambers afterward
went to Peru and has not yet returned.
Fisk has had to pay SAG so per annum on the
policy to keep it alive, aud if Chambers should
die in Peru Fisk would be out his money
because the policies do not allow residences
in foreign countries.
Mrs. +. NJ. Chambers, the wife. Is the
woman who became infatuated with re-
ligious mountebank named William Warner,
who was committed to the County Jail for
six months for yagrancy and was released
recently. Since Mrs. Chambers escapades
with Warner, it is understood that Cham
bers is not anxious to come back to Cali
fornia.
The Board of Education has appointed
Charles Fawcett as census marshal and the
following deputies: Raymond Russ. c. r.
Leech, S. L. Gibbs. William ID. Godson.
George Atkinson, Fred Sawyer, Morton
Humphreys, Lewis Allen, the Misses NJ l..
Walcott and Frances Burnham. Tha taking
of the census will commence Oh Monday
next and end on the 30th. The marshal will
receive $50 and the deputies So each. They
were instructed in their work yesterday.
The Misses Burnham and WalcOtt will do
the office work.
At meeting of the Alameda County dele
CATION to the Democratic State convention
Mt Fresno, held yesterday afternoon, w. ID.
English was chairman aud A. G. Baum
secretary. The delegation decided TO sup
port f. j. Moffitt for delegate to Chicago,
egates-at-large. Barney Murphy or San
Jose was Endorsed for temporary chairman
of the convention. 1t was decided to start
for Fresno on Monday morning.
The Sixth Ward Republicans are organiz-
ing for the campaign. They held a prelim-
mary meeting last evening
The prOperty-owners on Chestnut street,
between Fifth and Twelfth. claim that the
award OF 500, 020sdamages is too much, and
notice has been sent to ali property-own-
ers concerned TO meet on Saturday evening
to prepare protest against the adoption OF
the commissioners report
William Partridge wants a divorce from
Martha, and has flied q complaint TO that
effect
Deborah Wilde has been given a divorce
from Barney Wilde by Judge Henshaw on
the ground of extreme cruelty and failure
10 provide.
Quong Hook yesterday swore to a war
rant charging All Sing with perjury. Last
month ALI Sing had Quong Hook arrested
ON a charge Of highway robbery and steal
ing S63. but lie failed TO prosecute the
charge, and Hook is going to be revenged.
LOST HIS MIND.
The witnessing Of the death Of his father
at his home so affected the mind of Edward
Terry, a young man, that he had to be
taken to the County Jail yesterday after
noon on suspicion of insanity.
Mortimer w. Fox has been brought over
to Oakland to answer the charge Of forging
the name Of ID. W. Standeford as indOrser
On certificate No. 2l75 United Endowment
Association, for S625 He denies that he
forged the name and says he knows nothing
about 10.
Two burglars we're seen near the cigar
stand, next TO the Ogden saloon, Wednesday
morning at an early hour When accosted
they said they were just rushing the growl-
er. They Immediately disappeared An
Investigation showed they had broken
window and climbed into the tobaccO-store.
About $50 worth Of cigars and tobacco were
carried away.
The annual camp-meeting of the Califor-
MIA conference of Seveuth-day Adventists
opened at Bushrod Park near Temescai.
yesterday with large attendance from all
over the State and a great many from other
parts Of the Union. The services began at
1880 p. NJ. Services will be held daily, COM
mencIng to-day at 10 80 A. NJ, 2:30 and 7:30
p. NJ. The programmes have not been an
nOunced yet.
The annual meeting of the Oakland Starr
King Fraternity will be held at the First
Unitarian Church this evening. The re-
ports OF officers will be heard, and the an
nual election held
Rev. John Morrison has decided to accept
the call to the Centennial Presbyterian
Church at Twenty-third avenue,E East Oak
land.
EDUCATIONAL.
The Sacred Heart Convent of Oakland
has five in its senior class who will gradu-
ate the 25th inst
A lot has been given by George G. Becker
TO the Congregational Church Society for
the erection of a chapel on the Fanny
Davenport Tract on the San Leandro road,
At the graduating exercises of the senior
class at California College (BaptlsD at
Highland Park this evening, under the
auspices of the Rockefeller Rhetorical So
cIety of the college, Rev. j. @. a. Henry
will deliver the Grafton.
A proposition is now on foot to build an
armCry for the National Guard Company of
Oakland and rooms for the Reliance Club,
as well as gymnasium ana theater, 9OX1O0,
on the Bacon property adjoining the Albany
Hotel at New Broadway and Fifteenth
street and back of it ON franklin street.
Two special trains OF members of the
Young Mems Institute and their friends
went on an excursion yesterday by the
South Pacific Coast Railroad to the Big
Trees.
Fredericks Hall at West Berkeley was
burned yesterday morning The upper
story contained public hall and the lower
a saloon and baIber-shOp. The loss to the
Fredericks estate was $1,000. insured for
$4,000; the saloon loss $1,000 insured for
$780, and the bsrber-shop $500, insurance
$780,
An old Frenchman named Eugene jar
rouste. who peddles baskets, fell from the
San Jose freight train yesterday morning,
near Alyiso, and fractured his right leg
a bOve the knee. He is Sc years OF age
The old man is at the Oakland Receiving
Hospital.
The ordinance requiring certain specifica-
tions for paving and repairing streets has
been approved by Mayor Chapman.
Mrs. Rowley said last night that she was
in San Francisco yesterday and saw the
father and mother of the child recently
adopted by David K. Jones and wife. She
says they want the little one, and will come
over tomorrow to Oakland and demand it
from Jones. Ii 1t is not given up habeas
corpus proceedings will be commenced for
Its recovery Immediately.
Alameda.