The morning call., 1893-12-07
WE'D BY CONTRACT
A Stableman Draws Up
the Document.
Davie Says He Will Run a Freight
Boat to Earn Money to
Pay His Debts.

OAkLAND. - An0tner nasty wedding took
place In Oakland last Sunday afternoon. The
contracting parties are we'll known In society
circles. The marriage document was a simple
contract hastily scribDled on sheet oil writing
paper. The officiating parsonage was the pro-
pretor OF the stable.
The groom is Dennis Cronin. a prominent
man about town, 80 years OF age. The bride is
Miss Maud BOneSteel OF East Oakland, 10
years old. Her father ia in affiu-nt circunl-
stances. and among other possessions has
large coffee plantation in Brazil. 1t was the
plan Of the romantic couple to accomplish the
marriage and then keep the fact profound
secret until such time as IL could with propriety
be revealed to the parents of the young woman.
Pardon was then to follow and all fears of dis
Inheritance be dissipated. The story, however.
proved TO be too good one TO keep, and now
that it is out Dennis and Maud are in condi-
tion OF violent trepidatiOn and the stableman is
little worried too.
The story In brief, Is this: Cronin and Miss
Bonesteel hired a carriage on Sunday after
noon and went driving. When they returned
the outfit to the stable, al o'clock, they con-
versed at some length with the proprietor, and
In his Office soon became friends.
In an idle moment the proprietor threw out
the suggestion that IL would be great scheme
for Dennis and Maud TO marry then and there.
But how could we do it?" asked tie inter-
ested pair.
by contract" said the stableman. and,
swinging his chair about TO his desk. he made
out the following:
This is to signify that we. the undersigned.
agree 10 join hands In the holy bonds of matri-
mony. to love. cherish and protect each other
Till death do us part"
Deuns anG Maud read this profound docu-
meat with murmurs OF admiration and satisfac-
tion. When hey finished it they each put up
hand. and Dennis took off his hat, and the oath
was formally administered. Maud BOnesteel
wrote her name beneath the contract and Den
MS Cronln did likewise. Two witnesses, the
sta6leman and another, appended their sigma
lures and the marriage was completed. The
bride KEEP! the original, and the groom had a
duplicate made out as a souvenir for himself.
After the ceremony the groom escorted the
bride 10 her home as demurely as though moth
Ing unusual had occurred
Talk about weddings" said The stableman
20 CALL reporter last night, "well say!
That one was the FUNNIEST l ever heard Of"
Bound Run q Boat.
John L. Davie. it seems. is determined not to
be snufed out. With bis boat, the Frank Silva,
hidden from sight beneath cloud OF attach
ments and with the Davie Ferry and TraDspor.
tatiOD Company loaded down with $1,000 OF in
debtedness, the buoyant Mir. Davie comes 10
the front and says that he Is determined 10 run
a boat.
In an Interview yesterday he stated that he
had told the creditors of the company that they
had put their claims against the wrong boat
when they attached the Silva. The DEBT was
incurred by the Whitney Standard and Oakland
Express Company and not by the Davie Com
pany. and the attachments should have been
MIR. Davie said that he told these credi-
tors that If they would remove their at
tachments from The Silva and place them on
the other boats he would take the Silva and
making 500 per day when tied up by attach
ments," said MIR. Davie. land If they would
would soon be able TO pay off all Indebtedness
against the company. There is plenty of
freight business to be had and can get it.
| understand that some of the creu ors are will
ing TO give me this opportunity, but am not
going To walt for them. l am going to get a
boat myself and run her In the freight business
and pay OF all the Indebtedness OF the COM
| pany."
In the meantime the work inaugurated by the
Council at the city wharf is under way. the
contract having been let for the building OF The
| apron and ferry slip to cost $499 and ferry
| shed TO cost $1,000.
| Yesterday the Board of Public Works in.
spected the work as far as it mad progressed.
Ii Is said that the board has recently made Of
| fers TO annul the contracts under which the
work is being done because of the stOppage
OF the Davie ferries, for which company the
work was being done. but without success.
Fresh From San Quentin.
! Martin Tbielmann Is a party to suit brought
| against him by Catherine Fuchs, German
woman who Is endeavoring to recover from him
| her house. valued at $4,000, on Castro street.
| near Eighth, and which she gave to Tbielmann
| In exchange for stock In mythical concern
called the Gsrman Land and Cattle CompaDy,
| and which Thielmann represented had 10000
| acres OF land In Southern California, 10000
acres In Arizona, all stocked with 10000 head
| OF fine cattle. Thielmann cut a very wide
| swath In the old days among the German resi-
| dents OF Oakland when he appeared among
| them and represented himself as the head and
| front of this vast cOUcern. Stock went rapidly
| al $50 per share. and property of all kinds, IN
cudlng houses. was swallowed up In the great
| German Land and Cattle Company, ana Thlel.
mann W on velvet. His pockets were lined
with gold and jewels gllsteDed in his shiny shirt
front. But the day Of reckoning came and
| Thelmann went across the bay and behind the
walls Of San Quentin. An investigation
| showed that the German Land and Cattle
| Company had just forty lean old steers on the
| deserts OF Arizona. And then the German
| population which had invested with Thielmann
was mad. But the maddest man of all was DIR.
Relnold Hesse, who bad been made secretary
| Of the concern. He II was who went to Arizona
| to investigate. Yesterday Thielmann put in an
| appearance. He was fresh from San Quentin.
but did not look like prison bird. He came
| in court with silk tile in his Kid -gloved hand
! ana In garments Of fashionable cut and fine
/ texture. He is said TO be man Of resources,
| too, for 1t is stated that IN the short time he
| has been out OF jail he has accumulated
| $4,000.
The Macdonough.
In response To the universal demand for more
performances OF CLEOPATRA than are billed
Miss Davenport has decided to play "Cleo-
patra" Friday night. Fedora" will be tile
| bill on Saturday night There will be no
| present alton OF LA ToSca." Tickets already
purchased for Friday and Saturday nights are
| good and can be transferred.
ALAMEDA.