The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-11
OAKLAND And ITS BNVIRONS
Alameda County Candidates Nom.
mated by the Peoples Party.
A swede Who Kissed the Preachers Wife.
Mrs. Howe Loses Her Life in the Lorin
Fire.-Alamada and Berkeley Notes

One hundred and ninety-fve delegates
gathered In San Leandro yesterday to at
tend the co unity convention of the Peoples
party.
The convention was called to order at
1880 o'clock by DIR. A. P. Childs. chairman
oil the County Committee. A. j. Gregg OF
Oakland was then elected permanent chair
man and o. A. Shaw and Mrs. o. M. San
ford permanent secretaries.
The following committees were ap-
pointed: On credentials-Eugene Hough,
Jerry Dunn, }. f. Ford, Mrs o. NJ. San
ford, A. i. Dewey. Charles Rabbit, A. r.
Deming. Platform and resOlutions-F. Z.
Moore. Mrs; Or. Kellogg,Lane, Robert
Stewart, A. X Downing, +. NJ. Pratt, F. NJ.
Gray. Flnances-E. Kelsey. H. ID. Wayne.
ID. Stewart, DIR. Z. 5. Lane, s. e. Ewing. II.
w. Finson and G. NJ. Clements. Perma-
nent organiZation-D. w. Crafts, A. b.
Butts, 7. T. Lloyd. ID; r. Faro, j. Z. Hig-
gins, r. G. Mcguire, j. G. Chestnut.
A recess was taken and in the afternoon
the following nominations were made: For
Sheriff. M. l.. Gray of Oakland; for County
Clerk, j. w. Crafts of IrvingtOn; for
treasurer, U. nj; Sanford of Oakland; for
Tax Collector. III. NJ. Finson of Oakland;
for Auditor. II. b. Wayne of Oakland.
This closed the afternoons proceedings
and night session was held at which other
nominations were made.
The convention was a quiet but busy
one.
KISSED MRS. LILJEGREN.
Testimony in rebuttal was taken by the
plaintiff yesterday in the Liliegren divorce
suit. Mrs. Anna Anderson testified that
she took lessons in English from Mrs. Lille
gren in Sweden. She saw her write letters
In the English language, aud saw letters
written In the same language that she had
received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Liljegren had trouble In
Sweden, she testified, which caused a sepa-
ration. Mrs. Liljegreu had expressed to the
witness her regret at this. aud seemed to
place all the blame on herself
l.. j. Llndgren testified that on the night
the boy died the husband knelt at the bed
side 10 pray 1t seemed to excite Mrs. Lii
Jegren's anger, and she called him a hypo-
critic and cruel father.
Mrs. Ella Carone was recalled and stated
That she saw u. j. Frye kiss Mrs. Lijegren
while the two were together in the kitchen.
MRS. Lll1egTen interpoSed no objection. 1t
was while the boy was lying i'll and she and
Frye were there to help nurse him.
Rev. Junius Laertes Hatch was recalled
10 again tell about the buggy ride TO Ma
drone. and other witnesses repeated former
testimony without any additional facts.
1t IS expected to finish the case this week
BURNING OF THE SHAW BLOCK.
In the midnight ire at Lorlu, Tuesday
night, Mrs. John Howe, widow 20 wears
OF age, was burned to death. The fact was
not known until the building was In en-
bers She was missed then, and search
revealed her charred body 10 the center Of
the building.
Mrs. Howe had been awakened by other
inmates and she started to leave the burn
ing building but turned back again to get
her clothes. No one waited TO see whether
or not she left.
The first intimation Of the fire was when
smoke was seen coming from the plumbers
shop. Soon afterward an explosion Oc-
CURED and w. b. Lewis. who had broken
open the door TO throw water within was
blown oil bis feet into mass of flames that
hared suddenly around him. He crawled
out with his clothing and hair badly burned,
aud he quit throwing water to warn the
inmates above to flee for their lives There
is theory that the explosion, which was so
strong that II blew hole In the side of the
house, stunned Mrs. Howe so that she was
unable to escape. The fire started from
some unkno q cause in closet What
caused the explosion is a mystery. Thomp-
son, the plumber. asserts that there we're
no explosions in the shop. There was a
gasoline stove, but he says that this could
not have wrought the damage it did. There
was an utter lack Of fire-fghting facilities
and there was nothing 10 do but to watch
the building burn.
Mrs. Howe had lived In LoIin Il years.
where she kept a small notion-store. She
has no relatives here.
ANOTHER ELECTRIC ROAD.
The Council recently passed a resolution
inquirlng the reason why the Twenty-third
avenue horsecar line has not been con-
Verted into an electric road according to the
conditions of the franchise. These were
that within year after the road was in
running order electric ears were to be put
on. The franchise was granted to III. g.
Blasde and the year expired last May.
In reply to the resolution a. c. Hammond
Jr., secretary OF the Twenty-third Avenue.
Piedmont and Alameda Railway Company.
which purchased the road. stated yesterday
that steps have been taken TO discontinue
the use OF horses pending the change which
Is TO be made at once.
HE BLANEs KELLER
p. j. Keller. rOadmaster of Piedmont. has
been sued for $4,000 damages by Dominick
O'Mara. He was injured in an explosion
while working on the public roads and
blames Keller for Ii.
The Second Ward Republican Club will
hold mock election next Friday evening to
illustrate the Australian ballot system
A. ID. Thomson and w. w. Jacobs OF Oak
land have applied for an electric road fran
chise in Sacramento.
Tom Leonard aud Frank Downey. two
Oakland youths who hired horse last Sun
day and who beat and drove the animal
nearly TO death. were fined $50 and $40 re-
spectiyely yesterday for cruelty to animals.
Frank Washer and Williams Higgins, ar
charged. They were accused by W. u.
Lewis OF forei5ly taking $50 from him in a
south Seyenth-street coffee saloon.
IT Is NEARLY RAISED.
The total OF the iron works bonus at
p. NJ. yesterday amounted TO S9335, leaving
S765 to be collected. 1t is expected to raise
this amount without difficulty to-day.
The Golden Gate Racing Association will
open the season at the Oakland Trotting
Park on August 10. An unusually large
number of entries have been made.
Mrs. William Kirk has been elected presi-
dent of the Alameda County lady managers
OF the Worlds Fair. vice Mrs. z. ID.
Browne, resigned.
A. w. May Of East Oakland. an uncle of
Matthew May, Is "frothiug mad" at the
recent published intimations that Matthew
Schaakey" OF North Oakland Young
Matthew bears good reputation in East
Oakland and there is positively no eyidence
against him beyond Schaakey's suspjcions.
Mrs: Annie Rutherford, the aged mother
OF liilam lSutherford, superintendent of
the California Cotton-mills, died yesterday
at her home in FrutyaIe
Clark Gilbert, recently an employe of the
firm OF Whittier, Fuller & Co. and
nephew OF w. A. Jacobs. was drowned at
Pine River, Fresno County. the other dav
while bathing in the river. The body has
not been recovered.
Alameda.
The Italian who sold LIQUOR witbout n
license at the end of the narrow-gauee pier
pleaded guilty to violation of the ordi-
nance. and was fined $50 by Recorder
UZnay.
n Chlnese gardener on High street near
the Ban LeandrO road, IL so badly involved
gather his crop of corn and onIons. His
place is attached for S23S. owed IN ON Ala