The morning call., 1893-03-05
OVER IN. OAKLAND.
!. Difficulties. in..=.the Fire
.... ..:.*. Department. -,
100 MANY WANT. TO RUIEs
"A Big Loss. Entailed at a Fire ON That
;: Aecount-Ne#s From Berkeley:
:. :: i. -. :. and Alameda. :.


=. plscofd that has existed in the Fire. De-
:: paFtneut SINCE Ebert LawtJn SUPERSEDED
u. +, Kennedy aschief brGke-ont openly at
: the fire In j ggce' 8 store Frid ay night. The.
! fire started IN apIlesot cOtton. from an cleo:
= tric wiTe directly pyes: it: Ihe dcphrtmeRt;
I. was :taFdy in arTiy4ngi and tA6n. Instead Of
using The :eheinical engine, a. stream was
/: turned on, scattering the buEnthE: fabrics
: and starting segetal btazes( whereas only
one had exlsted.,: - :
s. Asslstahf f;Chlef Balg:cane up and fqnpd
) a man. :Raaed SslR: Mcdowell. ex-Ihem her.
: Of :tilS:San. Diego department, and a peg
s sonaf- frf6nd.: eff .Ebief Eawt0n;: Issuing
:: orders to thespeu: As he had NO authQrity
!: Bali: :ordered. :hiEl from the. building and
: stopped:the flow Of water. He 6rfered:t the.
&tEansomes broken Ito let:the- sHloke out, and:
/. then Chief :4awten camp .np and ordered.
: the men to let the: tran somes- alone, at the.
: same time sho ptinE- to. Bali that the latter
:. was not in :comIn and. '-
:; :BalEretorted that. the glass was. broken
:: and that the. chtei c6slld REPLACE it: If he
liked. + AfterwaFd seIne insurance: men
asked Ball TO break. the gkylight and let the.
e.smoke:GpE Ball replied: that the. chief. OBJ:
:: Jected. and the Insurance ie1+rhleatened to
! do ii themselves. The chief was huntejf up
:, and be 0rdeTedthe. glass btGken. thus let
:: ting out .the. smoke and enabling the fire
Z soon to. be ext1hgntshed. Bali then told the
3ehef that the. latt a. language .had:not BEEN
: appropriate, and that Mcdowell would: NOT
.. bp tolerated for an instant. :.
s.: The;effief denied. that Mcdowell had been
:iglving: eEdeFs, but said that II his advice
: bad beenstello wed there would nave been
but lrtle damage- Joyce SAYS the loss to
: his. stock from smoke. and water will be
$50, 600. which rs covered by insurance '
50 b. :Cs..Newman is DFeparing to renew his
contest in the Malkery estate on March Is.
:;Mr. Newmaa IS attorney for the abs ent
heirs and several resident legatees. He
Is fighting G the petition. of the widow, Mrs.
Blanche .Walkeriy, for a distribution OF the
estate to. her.. She was bequealhed $4,000
e in the.w ILL., but wants more. 81 will resist
:: her claim TO the bitter end" said Mr.. New
man Yesterday: Mrs. Watkeily has gone
Z; East, and report. which has not been de-
" 1iied, is current that sue will become the
. wife OF w. f.. Burbank OF the Winston On.
60 Sentinel, formerly a: a:Teporter in Oak
: ;.:"I: am pleased 10 learn of the rumor," said
:, :Mf. NewJn All. i am quite willing that the
widow should have Mr.. Burbank and the
100000 she is entitled to under the will,
::bnt anything further / shall resist to. the
utiHost."
The first double@deek cars to be propelled
:. by electricity wera run on trial trips on the
. Eigfth-street line Of the electric, road yes
'EeTQaYs
:: There are a half dozen cars here already
and several more are being built at Newark.
. Theyare very high and fitted with winding
stairways, leading TO seats on top. They
:. are covered with canopies and lighted by
electricity.
:. Mrs. G. Williams OF East Oakland, who
charged her daughter, Mrs. Knsles. with
hanging her children up by the toes and
burning them with hot irons every night,
was examined for insanity and discharged.
Itfdo nuda tafD Da6 IN ha
she was laboring under halluenatiou.
and told her that II she did not stop think
ing such things she would probably bring
up in an asylum in the course OF time.
The charges Of petty larceny against
Mrs. Hallea were not sustained yesterday,
and Judge Allen discharged her 1t was
shown that her husband gave her all the
goods which he claimed she stole from him.
A committee from the African NJ. e.
Church has adopted resolutions defending