The morning call., 1892-10-26
FROM ACROSS THE Bay.
An Exploded Lamp Causes a
General Alarm.
A COOK SERIOUSLY BURNED.
Judges Locking fer Light on the Va er.
Front Case-E VS. From Alameda
and Berkeley.

general alarm of fire was turned in at
Z 80 O'Clock last evening for the bursting of
a coal-oil lamp in a room on the fourth floor
at the Jaunita Hotel Oh San Pablo avenue.
No damage was done the house or furni-
tuIe except the burning of e bed.
But Fred r. Daniels, cook, who oecu.
pied the bed was carried out with his arms
and chest charred and blackened and taken
to the Receiving Hospital.
His burns are very serious and may prove
fatal Daniels had been reading in bed and
had gone to sleep, leaving the light burn
ing. He awoke to find the bedelothing on
fire, and, jumping out, he alarmed others,
who extinguished his burning night cloth
ing with blankets
He states that he does not know how the
explosion occurred unless. in his sleep. he
put out his arm and accidentally overturned
the lamp.
The three wise judges of Alameda
County, who are refereeiDg the waterfront
fight, put on their spectacles and went
a-sailing over the bay Yesterday to read the
rules and regulations regarding the points
raised by the contestants. They hurrowed
among the big musty tones in the San
Francisco law library, and II is expected
that they will be ready to tell the lawyers
this morning which side is right The
present squabble is upon admitting into evil
dence the ordinance of 1853 by which the
town reeonveyed the water front to Car
pentier.
Following the famous fight of Jim Cor
bett and John l.. Sullivan at New Orleans
| was one between Thomas Leonard and E.
ID. Mcdonald at Fitchburg. The latter was
an lmprOmpiu affair. and resulted from
quarrel as to the ability of Corbett. Me-
Donald is real estate agent and he had
his antagonist, Leonard. arrested for bat
nah nr aohn OF 10 n 10 go
against Mcdonald, and. at the trial before
Judge Melvin yesterday quite Der OF
neighboTs gather to see the result. John
Garden, one of them, testified that Leonard
was so persistent in his quarrel about the
priZe-fghters that be was liable to 90 shoot
ing at any moment, and Garden feared
very much that he might possibly plug the
milkman some night by mistake. Leonard
was found guilty and Mcdonald was
acquitted
An unusually long funeral procession
followed the body of Miss Liliias Given
Carothers yesterday to Mountain View
Cemetery. Services were held at the resi-
dence OF her father, j. L. CarOthers, by
Rev. c. w Wendte, in the presence OF
large number Of friends, among whom were
most of the city officials.
w. 5 Lewis, representing the Alameda
County Federated Trades, has served notice
On City Auditor Snow and Treasurer CHI
pin, warning them not 10 pay bills for work
on the boulevard, as they VIII be resisted as
being Illegal and unauthorized by law.
Burglars advertised CapwelPs store Mon
day night by breaking in at the rear and
stealing 5000 worth Of lace. which they are
believed 10 have carried away with horse
and cart. Some Of tile other merchants are
jealous.
The Alameda and Oakland local trains
nearly collided at the pier yesterday morn
ing in the thick fog. They stopped within
few feet OF each other.
George Van Haltren, late captain of the
Baltimore baseball team, returned yester-
day and is now at home with his wife and
child on Center street He will play with
the Pittsburgs in the National League next
season.