The morning call., 1892-06-12
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Republicans Hold the First Meet.
ing of the Campaign.
All Quiet on the Water Front-An Oakland
Girl Runs Away From a
Convent.

visited him at the City Prison. Her mother
accompanied her, and finally Miss Arp
called. the three going to Chief Tompkins'
office, where a consultation was held.
There 1t was decided that warrant should
be sworn to charging the inane young man
with bigamy.
Last night charge of bigamy was entered
against Arp's name on the prison register.
Mrs. Parker No. / says that his true
name is Parln, and that he deserted her IN
San Francisco several months ago. He has
two divorced wives In the East also, she
says, one living in Philadelphia. He is not
a doctor, but has been a medical student.
he was employed in the Perslta-street rail-
road yards in this city when she married
him.
In the Police Court Parker pleaded guilty
of stealing so feet of hose and will appear
for sentence on Monday.
BEGGs' BONDS FIXED.
The charges against r. c. Beggs and B.
f. Curtis, alias Gallagher, have been
changed from grand larceny to embezzle-
ment. Both were taken into the Police
Court yesterday ana the case of Galaghee
was put over until Monday to allow him to
secure legal advice, while the examination
OF Beggs was set for next Wednesday
In the afternoon Beggs' bonds were re-
duced to $500. and it is expected that he
will soon be out Of Jail. Beggs has made
clean breast of the whole affair and feels his
disgrace keenly. He is very bitter toward
the flinty-faced, stOney-eyed Gallagher He
expresses much regret that misstatements
have been made about him, and he denies
wholly the printed story that he was hyp-
Noticed by Gallagher and about a woman IN
the case. He says that Gallagher sought
the company Of woman at Dunsmnlr, and
that he has been made TO suffer in cOnse-
quence by falseh0OdS involving him. His
entire shortage, he says, including travelling
expenses and the money spent by Gala
CHER, will not amount TO more than 5000
When asked if he could make them up
Beggs replied that he could do so easily.
One of his friends had already offered him
$500. Mr.. McElrath, he said, had called
and talked very kindly, and he did not think
that McElrath and the others would prose-
cute him very vigorously When released
his first object would be to make up the
shortage.
UNDERGROUND SERVICE.
Some months ago a franchise was granted
the Sunset Telephone Company for an un-
dergrOund service. Plans for this are now
being prepared. A new building for the
exchange is also soon to be erected. The
growth Of the city and the consequent null
tiplication Of wires is such that 1t has be-
come necessary to make the change 10 keep
a good service.
A sTOCKHoLDER BECOMES INSANE.
William C. Bousfeld. San Francisco
stOckbrOker, living at 1861 Thirteenth ave-
nue., this city, has become insane owing to
worry over financial speculatI0ns. Yester-
day morning he was found standing up to
his neck In IA COmmerce-StT street sewer dressed
only in his night clothes When taken to
Jail he became violent. BOusfield is the
man who gave Tom Menifee, the suicide, a
decent burial after other acQuaintances had
taff biI hndv n ms IF
Bousfeld read the funeral services himself,
all IN memory of the time when lie knew
Menifee at Virginia City as a miner. The
insane man is unmarried and his house has
been cared for by two japanese servants.
TWO BIG PURCHASES.
A lot 124x190 feet at Fourteenth street
and Broadway has been purchased by
George ID. Baker. Mr.. Baker says that he
intended to erect costly hotel at the place
and for tnat purpose tried 10 get the addi-
tiOnal lot, 25x100 feet, In the rear, but
failed. He gave up the idea of a hotel for
the present, and has purchased, together
with his partner, Mr.. Clough. and some San
Francisco capitalists, so acres of land in
Indian Guleh, toward the Improvement of
which they will turn their energies.
REPUBLICAN RATIFICATION.
There was a rousing mass meeting at the
City Hall Park last night to ratIfy the nOm-
inatiOn of Harrison and Reid, the Republi-
Can standard bearers. Rockets Illuminated
the sky and the fife aud drum sounded the
first Omens of victory.
All the Republican clubs were present,
and the square was packed with a multi
tude Of cheering people.
The meeting was called to order by E. G,
Chapman, chairman of the Republican
County Committee After brief address
he introduced w. X. Davis as chairman OF
the evening.
Mr. Davis spoke briefly upon the Repub-
lican platform and the keen, cool, cOnserya-
tive qualities Of Harrison's administration,
and addresses were afterward made by the
following:
Hon. George C. Perkins, Hon. S. G. Hill
born, Hon. George Il. Whitney, Hon. w. w.
Cannon, Hon. 4. NJ. Gibson, Hon. j. A.
Waymre, Hon. George G.. Pardee, J. NJ.
Hanford, NJ. d. Hyde. E. w. Playter, A.W.
Bishop. The meeting was an immense
success.
MISS GRACIE's ADVENTURE.
Miss Grace Woods, an Oakland girl and
adopted daughter of the late Colonel Woods,
paymaster OF the Pacific Coast division of
the United States army, eloped from the
convent school at San Rafael last Monday
with J. l.. Walls, driver for Wells, Fargo
g. Co.'S express. She is only II years old,
and on Thursday she was found at Walls
residence in San Rafael by one of Morse's
detectives and returned to the custody of
w. II. CbickeriDg of this city, attorney for
Mrs. Woods. the girls foster mother, now
in New York.
Miss Grace is very pretty young lady
and had been In the convent but two
months. She was not satisfied and made
the fact known to Walls, the pleasure OF
whose acquaintance she had enjoyed only
two weeks. Walls placed himself at her
service and drove her to a hotel, where she
secured q room, for which she is said to
have paid with money provided by Walls.
She placed her name on the register as
Marion Watson of Omaha. In the evening
Walls called upon her, she stating that he
was her cousin. He again called the next
morning and she went home with him,
where she was found.
Mr. Chickering last night refused to talk
about the affair, except to say that the girl
was not married to Walls. Walls has de-
clared that he intends TO marry the girl in
spite OF opposition.
FIRE AT sBEEP ISLAND.
There was a hre at Sheep Island, near
Plnole, Friday night, in which the buildings
of the Bay Rock Company were destroyed.
There was no insurance and the loss was
about $4,000. The cause Of the fire is not
known.
The company has been engaged in pro-
ducing pavng-blocks. and a large part of
the stock was held by the late Hugh Slicer.
THE SEAT OF WAR"
There was a sort of drowsy atmosphere
about the water front last night. All but
few Of the opposing force had stolen off to
get little sleep Fortin expected no
trouble, and Taylor declared that he in
tended to do nothing except to stay on his
lease until the courts decide who is legally
the owner.
Yesterday Fortin hauled a quantity Of
gravel 10 the place, to be used in filling in.
Alameda.
The Republicans nave made arrangements
to hold grand mass-meeting on Tuesday
evening in the Park 0pera-house.