The morning call., 1895-02-13

with coal oil, were killed by the dampness
of the weather and the freshness of the
material.
The new building was very nearly COM
pleted, the plasterers only having to put
on their finishing touches. The doors
were closed as usual on Monday night and
the front door locked, but the key was left
hanging to the lock. BY this door an en-
trance was effected and what was done by
the vandals was discovered yesterday
morning by the plasterers.
On entering the church building the
fumes of kerosene were first noticed. That
coal oil had been freely used was SO evident
that the workmen turned their attention
the first thing to exam ming the building.
The reason for the smell of oil was dis
covered with little trou bic. In the center
of the auditorium was great charred and
black place about the floor with the rem
nants of burnt shavings all about, while
in the center was an upright pillar which
had been charFed and burned up consid-
erable distance, and above the blackened
portion of the pillar there was still the
evidences of coal oil in the wood, and the
only way to account for the pillar not burn
ing higher is because of the freshness of
the timber. which was still unpainted.
All about the floor snd among the shay
ings was sprinkled a liberal supply of oil,
and the miracle is that the building still
stands.
Chief Lawton of the Fire Department
was sent for and made q careful examina-
ton of the premises. His conclusion was
that firebugs had undoubtedly been at
work. but he could find neither bottle nor
can in which oil might have been carried
into the church.
The officers of the church are at a loss to
understand why any person should seek to
destroy the building and would not believe
it had been attempted until they viewed
the evidence of the vandal work. The
structure, which is the work of Architect
Man, was erected at cost OF $40 ,000 and
is an ornament to the portion OF the city in
which it is located. 1t will be dedicated
about March |.
The City Council Arrested.
| Colonel John P Irish went before Judge
i Woods Yesterday and swore to complaint
| charging the City Councilmen with main
tanning a nuisance in passing resolution
allowing scavengers to dump their garbage
! at tTwenty-second and Peralta streets, near
| the residence of Mr.. Irish.
| Warrants were issued and placed in the
hands of Detective Williams for the arrest
of Councilmen John +. Towle, W. E. Bar
nard, J. S. Capell r. B. Smell, G. K. Mar
shall, w. G. Manuel, w. d. Heitman,
William Watkinson, w. A. Dow, and
County Assessor Henry P. Dalton, who
was member of the Council at that time.
| Councilman Anson Barstow escaped ar
rest as he was not present when the resolu-
ton was adopted.
The officer in whose hands the warrants
/ were placed was instructed to allow the
| Councilmen to GO on their own recog-
nizance to appear to-day at 10 O'Clock.
Both From San Francisco.
The body of a man wasfound floating off
| Long wharf at 10 O'Clock yesterday. The
Coroner was notified and the remains
brought to the Morgue. Although the
| body was in a bad state OF decomposition,
| it was identified as that of James p. Kiley
of San Francisco who fell off the ferry-boat
! Oakland on the 9Th of January.
The man found in the bay off Long
wharf on Friday last was identified to-day
by Mrs. John P. Bergerot of 735 Folsom
street, San Francisco, as being the remains
of her husband, who wandered away from
home on the 1st of January and is sup
posed to have jumped into the bay while
temporarily insane.
Mrs Dean Was Miss Lulu IdIer.
Mrs. J. Fl. Hopper, who lives at 1858
Twelfth street, is an old acquaintance of
| Mrs. Dean, although she did not know her
under that name.
When shown picture of Mrs. Dean she
| exclaimed: "Why, that is my little friend
Lulu IdIer; she was cashier in Wilson s
restaurant in Los Angeles when first met
her and paid her visit two years ago in
! Oakland. Lulu said then that she was GO
| ing to get married but her husbands S
name was Farrow and not Dean"
Mrs. Hopper said she could not believe
] that Lulu would be guilty of passing eoun-
| terfeit money knowingly, for she was a
lovely girl and held in the highest esteem
in Los Angeles.
| An Anxious Wife.
! ASletter has been received at police head
| nartars from Mrs G. w. Andrews of San
! Jose, who is anxious to know the wherea-