The morning call., 1893-08-15
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Officer White Brutally
Beaten.
AGAINST POWDER WORKS.
A Wife Whose Husband Would Not
Kiss Her-SOld Goods on Sum
day-StreefCars.
AGAINST POWDER WORKS.

was still open and light was burning.
although the saloon should have been
closed two hours before.
The officer went in to notify the men
that the disturbance must cease forthwith,
when he was set upon by Cough, Charl
Davis and a negro named Howard and at
once overpOwered. There was no help
within calling distance, and the assailants
proceeded 10 kick and beat the officer 10
their hearts content
His pistol, cluband handouts were taken
away and the Hen shouted out their nten-
ton to take his life. By an adroit move
ment White slipped from his coat and
eluding the negro and his companions ran
from the saloon and turned In an alarm at
the nearest box. When the wagon arrived
the desperate fellows were gone. White
was taken 70 the Receiving Hospital,
bleeding and terribly battered.
An examination of his wounds showed
a severe scalp wound, Commissions all over
the face anu a frightful lace:atiOn of the
nose and lower lip. The officers mustac he
had been half torn out. Mr.. White was
removed to his residence a. 1927 Myrtle
street, where he passed the day in great
pain.
His assailants were captured later on and
are lodged in the City Prison.
No Powder Works for Them.
At meeting of the Board of Supervi-
sors yesterday petition from thirty or
more prominent citizens of Berkeley was
presented asking that the JudSon Powder
Company be compelled 10 remove the pow
der works from their present locality, stat
ing that the Giant Powder Company had
already done so. j. G. Severance of Pc
rata spoke at some length on the petition,
calling the boards attention to the eXpio-
sion of a year ago. and sad that the resi-
dents OF North Berkeley certainly Gid not
want to 60 through another such eXpe-
rience.
1t was reported on good auth orty that a
large amount of dynamite was stored at
the works on account of the dizziness of
trade. 1t was said that the dynamite had
been stored in places so close together
that the explosion OF one magazine would
cause another TO go off. The matter was
referred to the District Attorney tor an
opinion as to the powers of the board in
the matter.
The protest to the viewers report on
road in the vicinity of LivermOre was heard
and taken under Amusement until August
rs.
1t seems that the road has been public
highway for years, and Supervisor Plunkett
thought no damages should be allowed at
all, whereas the professors wanted more
than was allowed them toy the viewers.
Attorney Nusbaumer appeared before
iU6 UUdlu III ItEdlU W CIdiiil VI
Cliff, W hich had been cut. The board re-
fused to reconsider its former action. and
then Mr.. Nusbaumer said he would bring
a suit
The Experience of Hopp.
The Federatian of Labor had an inning
OH Sunday. Its committee was going the
rounds of the clothing and furnishing stores
TO see that no violation of the closing 0rd-
nance was made. when they reached
HOpp's place on Seventh street, opposite
Inc Broadway station. They tried the
door and il yielded.
They entered and found Mr.. Hopp walt
ing on customers. He said it was only an
exchange Of goods that had been bought
on Saturday, but the bluff did not 60, and
the committee asked him to abide by his
agreement. At this he ordered the dele
gates out. and then blew his police whistle.
The crowd that gathered was very
excited one. police officer put in an ap-
pfarance and cleared the sidewalk. Fully
1000 people were thronged there shouting
and swearing revenge on H0pp. The
young men who had been caught buying
goods on Sunday were allowed to depart,
though badly frightened.
1t is likely that Ropp will close next
time.
streetcar Notes.
The big steamcar fight has almost made
people forget about the streetcar lines and
their movements.
Yesterday f. NJ. Smith. who is some
times termed the "Bnrax King" took
drive over the entire Oakland consolidated
system on a tour of inspection. There
will be meeting of the directors to-day.
when in all probability a successor to the
late assistant Superin tendent, j. n Tucker
will be chosen. The EightE-street branch
of this line now runs five cars, one of which
has heretofore been run only part of the
day. The business of this branch has
shown a visible increase of late, and in
the past TWO days has almost doubled. |
The cars are run on an eight-minute
schedule.
Business has nearly doubled on the East
Oakland line since the steamcars ceased
stopping at Broadway, and the ten cars on |
the line are carrying big loads each trip.
The Haywards line has also protited |
Immensely by the change in the Seventh
street local.
The transfer system entered into be-
tween the West Twelfth-street li1e, the |
Telegraph-avaDne and San Pablo lines and |
the East Oakland line is said 10 be an
agreement between the man ayers of these
roads, by which agreement the East Oak
land Company gets two cents. the South
ern Pacific one cent and West Twelfth
street line two cents.
"Idiot andeslouch.''
These were the endearing terms Tillie
Pitts alleges her husband. James NJ. Pitts,
Watts Tract but her. whom she is suing
for a divorce, used toward her when he
called her pet names.
Yesterday Attorney Button appeared in
court for Mr.. Pits and moved to strike
out certain portions Of the wife's COM
plant.
One of the Objectionable portions was
that plaintiff is Of an affectiOnate nature,
and that on the second day after their
marriage when defendant went out plain
TIFF wanted to kiss him. and he replied,
i don't want any of that"
Mrs. Pitts also charges that Mr.. Pitts re-
garded her indifferently and pursued
toward her course of cool Indifference"
and also called her an idiot and SLOUGH"
1t is also alleged that Mr.. Pitts tried to
prevail on his wife to take pills for a GRIM
lnai purpose and to induce doctor 10
prescribe the same; that he stayed away
nights and brought friends home, who
stayed until uaseemly hours and filed the
mouse with smoke and the spittoonS with
saliva, much to the disgust of plaintiff,
VINO was sick and in weak condition
PORTIONS Of the complaint were ordered
stricken ont and a demurrer sustained,
with i've days given in which TO answer.
Mhuied TO Unconsciousness.
At $3.50 o'clock Sunday night Peter Hen
derson, residing on Taylo, street, near the