The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-30
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
An Oakland Man Thought to
Be Shanghaied.
EDITORS WILL ORGANIZE.
Surveying for the San Lorenzo Extension.
The Democratic Parada-Tony 0akes'
Farewell-Berkeley News

The latest mysterious disappearance is
that Of Robert McKibben, a carpenter,
whose home is on the San Leandro road,
about three miles east of Frultvale. He
went fishing with q sailor several weeks
ago and has never returned.
His wife is now at the residence of her
father, Isaac Wingate, at the Relay House,
a roadside resort.
The sailor came to the house q stranger
and paid for his board and lodging for few
nights. improving the opportunity to Guilt
vate McKibben's friendship. They disap-
peared as though the earth had swaIlo wed
them up, and not word has been received
from either.
Whether McKibben left of his own &C
cord or not Is uncertain. though the family
expressed the unqualified belief to a CALL
reporter yesterday that he had been shang-
haied. They stoutly disown any belief that
either was drowned.
There have been numerous cases of dis
appearances reported Of late. and instances
are on record of desperate attempts to decoy
men away. The adventure of Councilman
Brosnahan few nights ago and the effort
of two strangers to get young Rogers from
the Receiving Hospital under promise of
getting q Job" are cases in mind.
The Democratic clubs held street parade
last evening and meeting at the Taberna-
w. B. English. J. j. O'Rourke acted as
grand marshal OF the parade, with Peter
Matthews chief of staff and Sylvester
Hogan chief aid. j. j. McElroy presided at
the meeting.
Some of the newspaper publishers have
asserted themselves over what they regard
as the arrogant action or the Board OF SUI
neryiSors CONCERNING the DrintInp Of the
election proclamation, and the following let
ter has been sent to all the county editors
you are hereby invited to attend a meet
ing to be held on Monday, October 81, 1892,
at IL 80 A. NJ. at the Galindo Hotel. for the
purpose of forming an Alameda County
press association with view TO mutual
protection and the furtherlng Of mutual in
terests also to discuss the insulting attitude
the Board of Supervisors assumed at its
meeting last Tuesday toward the newspa-
pers OF this county.
flames w. Trayers, West Oakland Sun !;
j. E. Barber. Statesman, Alameda; E. b.
Thompson. Pleasanton Times and lryington
Press Curtis 81 Colbert, North Oakland
Press; d. Nj. Connors, Haywards Review
c. Nj. Wage, Observer; Mccarthy, San
Leandro Reporter"
Surveyors have been at work the past
week laying out the route for the extension
branch of the Haywards electric road from
the Junction House to San Lorenzo.
Double-truck cars. fitted with air brakes,
are shortly to be introduced on the San Le-
andre branch.
The proposition to remove the Hopkins
Academy has not yet been settled. The
growth of the school has made the present
buil( in IS Inadequate, and Mrs. Moses Hop
kin> Ia; recently given $4,000 and nineteen
acres vi land at Piedmont for new buildings.
Some OF the trustees do not want to locate
the academy at Piedmont, but desire to get
site farther away from town.
Tony Cakes, retiring landlord of the
Haywards Hotel, gave farewell party to
his frieuds from all over the county last
evening, before taking off his laurel crown
as master OF good cheer.
The famous land suit of Peres against
| Croker, involving property worth half a
| million dollars, was submitted TO Judge
Greene yesterday. A decision will be given
| on November 90.
Harbor Lodge. Odd Fellows, will perform
the funeral Eites to-day over the body Of