The morning call., 1892-07-31

was the man who fell into the bay that they
determined to offer reward for the recoY-
cry OF his body.
WILLIAM WAITED.
NJ artha Partridge went away one night
and has never come back. Her patient
husband. William II. Partridge, waited a
whole year, but finally concluded that she
deserted him, and now he asks the court to
make her keep away forever. He wants
an unqualified decree Of divorce on the
ground of desertion.
A woman named Nellie McGreyev. who
has been working at the Geischeu House,
knocked at the doors of the Receiving Hos
pital at O'Clock yesterday morning saying
that she was i'll. An hour afterward a bow
was born to her. Der husband is in the
country.
Mr.. Bucker was taken to Jail yesterday.
charged with stealing a team of horses from
ii. l.. Chapman of East Oakland last Octo-
Der. He has been absent and only returned
to East Oakland few days ago.
THE IRON WORKS BONUS.
There have been numerous delays in get
ting the printed blanks and agreements
ready before starting out for sub scriptions
toward the Fulton Iron Works bonus OF
$4,000. These have been completed, and
the Board of Trade committee announces
that it will be ready to solicit subscription q
Tomorrow. a modification in the agree
ment with the company has been made, by
which ample evidence must be given of the
progress of the construction of the works
before the second payment is made. The
first payment is TO be made upon the pur-
chase of the site.
Two beardleSs boys-one named Blum
menbsrg and the other DobsOn-settled a
dispute about the charms of lady fair yes
terday by fight with bare knuckles on the
Eighth-street bridge. Seconds and time
keeper were appointed to conduct the bat
tie. When it began to hurt the youngsters
quit knocking each other and went home.
THE LOST RECORDS.
In conversation with a CALL reporter
yesterday respecting the records of the
Board of Trustees which had been discOv-
cred in the City Hall attic. Mayor Chapman
said he had made an examination of them
which established the fact that the official
records of the city of Oakland are now
complete. He had not yet made sufficient
examination to see what bearing their con-
tents might have on the water front contro-
Nersy, but intended doing so as soon as
possible.
Mayor Chapman stated further that he
had placed the volumes in a safe in his
brothers office for safe-keeping, but he
recognized the fact that they are public
documents and that the public and the
press have the right to examine them.
which they can do at any time on appiica-.
ton to him.
Sixteen hundred barrels Of cement were
landed at Davie'sEnew wharf yesterday. 1t
was the first cargo to be discharged there.
IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE.
As the $3.50 train passed near Twenty
third avenue last evening man suddenly
stepped in front of the engine. He as in
stantly killed, and when the body was
taken to the Morgue it was identi-
fed as that OF William Eckmann.
Danish cook. Those who saw the fatality
are unable to say whether he intended to
kill himself or whether he tried 10 cross the
track, unconscious of the approaching train.
a flask of whisky was found in his pocket
Eckmann was about 30 years of age, with
out family and had been out of work for
some time.
Leo de Claude. United States prisoner
charged with mailing obscene letters, was
detained in the Alameda County Jail last
night on the way from Reno to be examined
In the United States courts of san Fran
cisco.