The morning call., 1893-06-07

twenty-tour hours, where he had time to
ponder over the talacles Of the law.
RUN Down BY THE LoCAL-Yester-
day the o'clock train going to East Oak
land ran into the wateT-cart of Thomas
Cary at the corner of Seventh ana jack
son streets. and he had his horses knocked
down and all but lost his life.
Cary was driving north across the
track and was well INTO the track before
he saw the train approaching too closely
to cross, and though he tried to back off
he was too late, and the engine struck his
horses and knocked them off their feet.
Cary himself was thrown against the
locomotive pilot, and when picked up if
was supposed that he was dead. He sus-
tanned a severe fracture of the skull and
there was long, deep cash in the back of
his head. He was unconscious, but afte r
the patrol wagon arrived to take him to
the hospital be revived sufficiently to be
taken to his home at 1925 West street,
near Thrty-frst.
Cary's wounds are of very serious
character, but DR.. Dunn, who is attend
ing him, thinks he may pull through.
How SIGMUND DID OAKLAND The
dispatch in HE CALL yesterday in re-
gard to the queer doings of one Sigmund
Micheld in Los Angeles is of interest to
Oaklanders. in that Sigmund played an
engagement in this city about a year
since.
He enlisted the sympathy of Rev. DIR.
Wendte while here and that gentleman in
terested some of our leading Hebrew cti-
zens in the young man, for whom they Sc
cured position in Abrahamsnn Brothers
store. At times he was cared for by
joseph Harris. Mr.. Rothenb berg and w. w.
Jacobs.
He afterward developed symptoms of in
sanity and was sent to the asylum at
Stock ton.
He has been but recently discharged
from the asylum, and had gone into a
Los Angeles drugstore. boldly asking for
poison with which to kill himself.
lie Is well-appearing young fellow and
fluent linguist.
PUBLIC PRINTERS. Board of Pub
llc Works held meeting last night. at
which they awarded the Morning Times
me contract for doing the printing for the
board or Education for the ensuing wear
Captain John Hackett sent communi-
cation 10 the board in which he asked for a
hearing before the board took action on
the solution passed by the Council Mon
day night that work be discontinued on
the dredging of Lake Merritt after 5O.OC0
cubic feet, what the first section of the
contract called for, had been dredged 1t is
stated that Captain Hackett will have a
OIL OF expense against tie city equal to
the amount 1t would take 20 finish the
S'N nv 'ihHo VI HIdIhtu out III
the con tract. This comes about. IL is ex-
planned. by the long distance the mud had
TO be lifted from the west side Of the lake
to the east side. The board will give Cap
tain hackett bearing next Thursday.
MILLIONS IN IT.-A petition con tanning
the following signatures was presented to
the Council Monday night, asking that the
west arm of Lake Merritt be dredged.
Inc petition contains names representing
millions of money and the most powerful
and prominent citizens of Oakland.
The signers were: Henry Wadsworth,
L. ID. Jones. j. n Knowles. Thomas Pa
ther, Victor II. Metcalf. Edwin Goodall.
Edison F. Adams, Warren B. English, c.
NJ. Goodall, George FL. Wheaton, Sumner
". Bugbee. g. NJ. Stolp. r. G. Brown, NJ.
". Kales. w. II. Harries, Mrs. NJ. w.
Mnrry. B. F. Dnaham. j. A. Folger, w.
H. Bally and Thomas Blodgett.
1t was reported that Reams had headed
Tor Oakland with the last flame, but the
ofnclals last night were ON the watch for
MIN and tailed to unearth him. They
think the couple are in the big town over
the bay.
DIR. Rucker of Seventeenth and Grove
streets. this city. is n uncle of the girl,
ana describes her as being rather simple
and just such girl as smoo oth-tongue of
Reams' stamp could sway. She is de-
scrlbe1 as being young woman of we'll
developed figure and pretty of face
DAYLIGHT BURGLARs.--Th house of
9. 5. Weber. on Twenty-frst street and
Eighth avenue. was left alone yesterday,