The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-16
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Burglars Break Into q
Grocery.
CHANGES IN THE LIBRARY,
The New Liquor License Goes into
EffeCt-News From Alameda and
Berkeiey-University Notes.

Burglars broke into the grocery-store of
August Holm, on Fifth street, near Market,
early yesterday morning by climbing
through skylght and descending by
means Of a rope ladder. They secured $50
in coin.
g. d. Collins of Oakland has secured the
release of Mrs Sarah J. Webster from the
Agnews Insane Asylum on a writ of habeas
corpus. 1t was shown that she was not in
sane, but that she WAS suffering from can
Ger of the breast.
The Oakland Associated Charities viii
meet tonight. when director in place of
the late Eli Plsyter will be elected. A per-
mauent secretary will also be elected to
take the place of w. FL. O'Brien. who has
become manager of the Hotel Meiropole.
The association has ordered resolutions of
respect to the memory of Mr.. Playter en-
crossed.
Some improvements are to be made in the
Free Public Library. The ratings Will be
removed IN order TO allow patrons free ac-
cess to the librarians desk. and it is also
contemplated TO allow patrons the free use
Of the entire library instead OF keeping
them outside of the railing. Since taking
charge. on January !, Librarian Peterson
has had new Office fitted up. A Few day S
Sanitary Inspector Schaffer complained to
the Board of Health, Friday night. OF a lack
of drainage In certain parts OF East Oak
land, and the secretary was instructed TO
report the matter to the Council Yesterday
City Engineer Morgan stated that ali bad
drainage will be remeded by proposed in
ter epting sewer. for which he is now pre-
pairing plans. 1t is intended to drain 1900
acres on the eastern shore Of Lake Merritt
and to furnish an outlet for the 400 feet OF
sewer built last fall on Hanover avenue,
anG also for the 5000 feet lately built on
Perry street. These, together with several
smaller channels. have no outlet at present.
The new county liquor license law went
into effect last Saturday. The cost OF a
license is Increased from $50 to $50 per
quarter. Sumo of the outside saloons are
said to be doing business without license,
and to bring about better order OF things
the Supervisors recently appointed w. III.
Siedentopf county license collector. lie
viii begin his duties to-day.
Chief Schaffer has begun the task OF find
ing out whether all the salGOn-keepers in
the city are properly provided with IL
censes. He Will have about 400 places 10
visit.
Graders are at work in Moraga Valley
preparing for the extension of the Califor-
MIA and Nevada naTrow-gauge railroad, a
distance OF five miles towaTd Walnut Creek.
| The extension will take the road TO the
uilUult VI biBc MOIdSd idUGHs -dbd hhp ldhu
will then be divided and placed on the
market. The work of extension will be
completed in about sixty days.
The Swedish-Americ2n Political Club has
been reoTganiZed TO take part in the city
campaign. The officers are as follows
| President, Fred SandrrliD; sice- presidents
c. 6. Kjelstiom and Il. Armstrong; secre-
tary, j. Irvinson; treasurer. John Elk
The Relation Of the Church to the
Theater" was the topic of the Rev. DR..
Dixon's sermon at the Tenth-avenne Bap-
| tist Church last night. lie referred TO the
| effort to have the Macdonough Theater
closed on Sunday night and SAID that the
| church has no more moral right TO demand
the closing OF the theater than the theater
| 10 demand the closing OF the church. ut
| is the province of the church 10 combat
! evil with good and not by force or coercion"
| he said. The church does not Keep
! itself alive just to tell people what to do.
You must win them by the power of your
sympathy, love and prayer. You can
accomplish nothing by going to your formal
services and singing your hymns, but you
must hurl the thuuderbolt of right from
Gods own standpoint using the teachings
OF love and purity for it. Get your own
heart right and then teach others"
Max SimUnson, the tailor of housebreak-
ing tendencies, was brought to Oakland
from San Francisco yesterday and charged
with burglary. He is suspected of having
had hand in the Sate-cTacking at Stew art
butcher-shop in East Oakland several
weeks ago.