The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-28
The New Opposition Ferry
Will Start July S.
RESULT OF BERKELEY'S VOTE
A Berkeley Motor Mans Luck.
Filling the County Jail With
Tramps-Alameda Notes.

and the steamer Kosale secured a the
passenger boat. 1t had been intended to
commence operations on July !, but as the
| handsome steamer had already been char
tered for 4th Of July excursion TO Val
lejo trips cannot be commenced until after
that date. Then she will be run regularly
between this city and Mission street
wharf. San Francisco. making hourly trips
| between 6 A NJ. and 9 P. N.
A large freightboat having been char
! tered will be put on regularly after July TO-
The new company is very enthusiastic
and states that it is receiving every en-
enlargement from San Francisco capital
lists and only small subscription will be
asked for here.
Tramp Alley" Overlooking.
| The corridor in the County Jail, known
as Tramp alley" is filed to overlooking.
| Indeed, The men without occupation are
| tumbIing over one another. so numerous
have been arrests of late. and they are still
being rolled in by ambitious constables
throughout the county.
Jailers Lane and Giligan have their
hands full with the great number being
run in upon them and are not little dis
gusted at some Of the arrests made by
constables.
Two mechanics from San Francisco were
arrested yesterday 10 Berkeley by con-
stable. Their names are Hugh Savage OF
| 1718 Leavenworth street, and Richard
King of 534 First street. The men say
they are not tramps, and certainly they do
not look the itinerants who go about loo k
| ing for work and praying that they will
not find any. Savage is well-dresSed
Young fellow, Incorporating and intelli-
gent. lie said:
Yes, this Is en- outrage. I have never
! before neen arrested and never expect to
be again. | am not vagrant I'm any sense
| of the word. am the only support of my
aged mother, and it seems pretty hard 10
| be thrown into prison.
1t is said that Sarage and King came
| over from San Francisco on Saturday last
and were lolliDg about on the greensward
! about Berkeley when the officer of the law
swooped down upon them and marched
| them to the County Jail. One authority
! says TINT it is done simply for the fee that
! is in it.
The constable took them to jail and then
| went out and procured warrant before a
! justice of the peace. He came back
! shortly and served the warrant, thus get
ting double shot at the county's strong
! box in the matter of mileage.
| The men arrested say they both have
steady positions in San Francisco, and
were only on little outing near homo and
were not disturbing any one when ar
rested
In regard to this matter of making
needless arrests the following has been
| issued by the Ladies Aid Society:
| The Ladies' Aid Society at its regular meet
! ing, P. NJ to-day, at S65 Broadway, win con-
| slider The amended plan for dealing with the
| liquor traifie. and Will take up the present
tramp law as practced, showing its unjust and
| rupous effects upon innocent worthy poor
men thrown In jail simply for The lee paid by
! the county for every arrest. Come, citizens
| let us consider this Russian American barbar-
! ism and ener protest.
MRS. l.. Z. DRAKE, Secretary Pro TEN.
Caught at Last.
The man giving the name of J. W. King.
| who some time since figured in Oaklr nd,
| and by false representations succeeded in
swindlng o. a. Shaw, the book-dealer,
out Of $3.50, has been captured in Ogden,
| Utah.
The man had at one time been 10 the
| employ of the Great Northern r iIway
| Company in Washington, and succeeded,
when he was discharged by that company,
| 10 securing some of its blank orders. 1t
was with these orders, on which he forged
the names of various people, that he sue
| ceeded in raising money.
| The company heard Of his doings, put
| detectives on his track, and after long
! chase ran the fellow 20 the wall
MIR. Shaw may not recover his money,
! but he can rest easy in the thought th at
the swindler will lnger awhile behind
bars, as the company intend pushing the
! case against him.
Inccndiaries at Work.
The number of small fires in North Oak
land OF late has given rise to The SUSPECT on
| that lncendarieS are al work there.
Last Sunday morning Il hay barn and
wagon implement warehouse on Fortieth
street and San Pablo avenue was de-
stroye6.
The cantcnts of tie barn belonged to
Thomas Moran of 489 Orchard street, and
| just a week prior TO the last fire and at the
same hour. he and his son We're called
| from their beds to extinguish fire in the
basement of the family residence, where a
lot OF wagon stock was stored.
The Marlborough Trouble.
The troubles of the Macdonough The
alter seems to be bubbling up again.
George F. Mothersole. the former man
afer, feels agrieved over his treatment and
has brought suit against Charles e. Cook.
| John j. Sesnon and Joseph MacdOnnueh
| to recover possession of the theater aud
for $500 damages. He says be has been
unlawfully dlspossessed of his right in the
premises
Mothersole made formal demand TO!
possession on Monday night, but was re.
fused. and through his attorneys. Messrs
| Reed " Nasbanmer brought.suit as above
The Tool Thief
John Hogan, alias Frank Ward, the tool
thief, appeared in the Police Court this
morning and was Indifferent as to when his
case should be set. While not bad an
pearing man. nor one having the appear.
ance OF being crime hardened, Mr. Hogan.
is. nevertheless, said by the officers 10 be
an adept in his business. Judge Allen
fixed June 80 as the day to set his case.
a VIII Found.
A will. and very brief one, has been
found among the papers of Emma E,
| James, who. it was supposed, had died
intestate. The will was found while tho
estate was being administered upon, and il
has been filed for probate. It was found
in an unindor5ed envelope, and reads a:
follows:
EAST OAKLAND, June 9. 80.
], Emma E. James, declare this TO be my las
all my property, real and personal.
EMMA E. JAMES.
The estate is valued at $500.
The Typhoid.
Twenty additional cases of typhoid fever
lave been reported to the Health Office
and the eases of typhoid and malaria
fever now number 175. nearly all traceabls
to milk from diaries using impure waite
for their stock.
This most rigid measures are bsing takel
by The Health Officers to keep the diseas,
down.
Killed by "a Train.
A boy, years of age. by the name O.
Antoine Cody. son of Frank Cody. Por
tuguese, living at 1927 Third street. wa
| killed Yesterday