The morning call., 1892-05-12
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Items of Interest From Oakland an
Alameda.

The Governor has not called an election
yet for a Congressman to succeed Judge
McKenna, and it is understood that he Will
not do so until the general election this fall.
Notwithstanding the fact that the election
is some distance of, candidates are begin
ing to be talked Of Among those most
prominently mentioned shortly after the
announcement of McKenna's chance for the
circuit judgeshIp were 5. G. HIlborn,
ex-United States District Attorney, and ex-
state Senator George E. Whitney. 1t Is
understood that the friends Of these gentle
men are still putting them forward. III Is
now announced that eX-State Senator w. w.
Cannon has consented to allow his name TO
be presented TO the district convention.
These gentlemen are Republicans. 1t Is
understood that 1t is conceded Alameda
County should have the Congressional
nomination, and as it will have the votes
necessary in the distrl CT convention VIII
likely name the nOmiuee.
The dismissal OF the present jury In the
criminal suit against Mrs. Mary u. Martin
for obtaining Miss Sarah +. Leonard S
S14, 800 on false pretenses on account Of the
Illness Of Juror j. c. Mohr was considered
yesterday, ard it was decided to continue
for week in hope that Mr.. Mohr would
then be able to attend.
THE ADvENTIsTs
The annual cOnvocatiOn of the California
| conference of the Seventh-day Adventists
will open to-day at Bushrod Park, near
Temesea, on the electric road. 1t is ex-
pected that Elders Olsen, president Of the
general conference; Heaiy, president Of the
! California conference. aud other big guns
| Of the denomination will be present and de-
liver addresses daily In the big tent on the
camp-meeting grounds. The camp will not
break up until the 18th inst.
At a meeting of the Oakland Presbytery
| in the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. DIR.
C0yle, moderator, in the chair. Rev. II. b.
Mcbride OF Golden Gate. stated clerk, Rev.
| III. ii. DObbinS was granted certificate OF
dismissal to Join the Willamette Presbytery
! of Oregon. Rev. John Morrison signifed
his acceptance of the call to the Centennial
| Church, East Oakland. Rev. Frank Merton
Smith. recently elected as assistant pastor
| TO Rev. DIR. COYle, was received from the
presbytery of Athens, Ohio.
defective fiue caused the destruction OF
the residence of Chester II. Smythe, on
Audubon street, Berkeley, yesterday lore
| noon.
TROUBLE ABOUT BABY.
There is likely 20 be some trouble over
| the baby boy adopted few days ago In the
| Superior Court by David f. Jones and
wife under the name of Edward Jones. The
| petition for adoption recited that some time
| In October last Mr.. Jones during the even
ing found a young baby on his steps as he
went home and on taking it into the house
a note was found pinned to IT, asking him
TO take care OF the baby and God would
reward him. No one came TO claim the
little one. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had no chill
! dTen Of their own, and becoming attached
to the waif adopted it. Now it leaks out
| that the babe without a known father was
| left by the mother in the care Of Mrs.
RoWley, who after caring Tor 1t for some
time, and feeling unable longer to do so,
believing the mother had abandoned ii, with
a Mrs. Holland made up the plan to place
it on the doorstep Of the Jones household.
Everything worked well and the adoption
oil the child seemed the climax Of success.
This occurred only last week.
Now they, Mrs. R0wley aud Mrs. Hol-
land, and especially the former. are sorry
for the success of their plans, because on
Tuesday she received letter from the boy
| baby's mother inclosing a check for his
six months keeping. But that is not all
all She stated that she was coming to
Oakland in a few days to claim her boy.
Mrs. Rowley wants him back, but he is
now in the legal custody and adopted son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones.
TO BE CREMATED.
DR.. John FearD, the druggist, intends
taking the body of his son 20 Los Angeles 10
be cremated. He has recently disposed of
his drug business, and is going on Yaea-
ton. lie did not send the body down at
the time Of death, believing that the erema-
tory talked of in San Francisco would soon
be erected. He is a Methodist. He be-
! lieves the bodies ought all to be cremated as
| a sanitary measure.
Richard LLOYD. who was an Independent
| candidate for Marshal Of Berkeley, intends
! to contest the election Of George Schmidt to
| the Office
The Misses Rose and Frances Bush If
| 95l Webster street are reported to have
fallen heir to an estate of a granduncle in
Germany of $4,000 marks, about $50. 700.
The estate of the late Professor John LIE
| COnte is valued at but $4,000.
James Dugan has been held in SO, 600 for
felonious assault upon Josie Anderson Of
! West Oakland, 13 years old. Judge Ogden,
| who held bin, said it was fortunate for him
| that he is not TO be tried in some of the
| Southern States, where the crime Is punish
! able with death.
WILL INYESTIG ATE BENNETT.
In reference to the Investigation Of the
| charges against G. X. Bennett by the Chris
| tian Church, Rev. g. w. Sweeney. the
! the proper time and in a proper manner.
| No allusion was made to il at the prayer
meeting and the members are quite reticent
! about it.
Last night Ben Wright was rendered an
! option Of 10 years lease on the Oakland
| Trotting Park, and he may accept. II he
| does he will build fine clubhouse He
| has been assured the support of the Ala
media County Gentemens Driving Associa-
ton. The lease of w, II. Hmchman expires
| soon.
NOTES.
! Rose E. McNally wants a divorce from
William John McNally, whom she married
! last july. She has discovered that the mar
| rage is Illegal, because she is a mulatto and
/ lie a white man. Herbert 7. Webster a
| physician, wants to be freed from Ada X.
| Webster William Rees asks to be divorced
| from Anna Rees.
| School Director Girard, father of the
! movement 10 insure only In American COM
| panies, has paid over the amount of money
! necessary to change the existing foreign
policies on School Department property to
! home and domestic companies.
A mortgage Of $4,000 has been placed by
the Remillard Brick Company on Thirtieth
and Clay streets, and on "a acres in Murray
! Township.
E. z. Taylor, the newsdealer and sta
! TONER Of Broadway and Seventh street, is
putting up fine three-story brick and iron
! structure on MS lot, near Fourteenth street,
on Washington. lie has given a mortgage
for S25, coo.
The Enquirer Publishing Company has
answered the complaint of Melvin Chap
man, Mayor Of Oakland, for $1,000 dam
| ages for an article published February q,
1892. Ii denies that it published the article
| in question.
}. S. Emery has given to the Methodist
| Episcopal Board OF Church Extension lot
| al San Pablo avenue and FOrty-firSt street,
for free kindergarten school.
Alameda.
Mrs. Ramus. Spanish woman. residing
on StauntOn street, has child in her care,
| and is anxious to find to whom II belongs