The morning call., 1895-01-04

finger rings and placed them in her porte
mOnnaie to keep them out of sight. She
then rode home and placed her p0rtemon-
naie on the dining table and went to her
mothers room upstairs, to assist her to re-
tire. Size was only gone a few minutes,
but on her return she found her pOrtemon-
naie gone and the diamonds with 1t.
1t is supposed that the burglars entered
the back door and took their trophy, which
they had evidently been waiting for, and
made their escape without making noise
or leaving clew of any kind for the police
to follow. The Hunt residence is away off
on the top of knoll by itsslf at the corner
of Thirteenth avenue and Twenty-eighth
street, but is just the place for such piece
of work as that. Mrs. Hunt did not tell
her folks of her loss. The police were
notified and every pawnshOp in San Fran
cisco and Oakland has been watched
closely, but no trace of the diamonds has
been discovered.
A Deputy Constabie's Troubles.
When the case of Deputy Constable H.
gler was called in the Police Court yester-
day morning, for drunkenness, he was not
present, but plea of not guilty was en-
that he was drunk. He was so found by
the court. who ordered him to be present
to-day for sentence.
On the charge of assault to murder the
court ordered an attachment issued for
him. At 1920 O'Clock, after court had adj
journed, lngler came putting into the room
and declared hat he had OVERSIGHT him.
self. He claimed that he intended to
plead guilty TO drunkenness, but Wedues-
day morning he swore that he was not
drunk. He was taken into custody ana
held awaiting bail, which was placed at
$1,000 He was still in Jail at late hour
last night. Keefe. whom he accused of
hal Il I'd
Of battery placed against him by Ingler
was dismissed.
Bonds Away Below Par.
Fifty cents on the dollar is all that the
Piedmont Consolidated Gable Company's
bonds are w0r b. according to Daniel
Meyer, the San Francisco capitalist. Two
years ago they were valued at $1,000 per
bond. but yesterday Mr.. Meyer bid in
forty bonds for $4,000 at foreclosure
sale. He had loaned $50, 900 ON these bonds
two years ago, and when the owners de-
faulted he bad to taxa them. His judg-
ment lacks $12,956 81 of being satisfied.
Montgomery Home, Phoebe Blair and
others were the owners Of the bonds.
w. S. Harlow acted as auetioneer and
Mr.. Meyer was the only bidder on the
bonds, and had he not stipulated to bid
the sum of $4,000 there Is no telling at
what price they might have gone.
Coming Back to Oakland.
The organization of the Committee of
Safety in Sacramento is driving the in
dustrials out of that city, and tie Oak
land contingent which went up under
General Kelly is again heading toward
this city, aud there is serious talk among
the police of vigorous warfare on all
that "show up" in Oakland.
The telegraph states that the doughty
General Kelly was himself the first to
leave Sacramento when the manifesto of
the citizens was issued and that he
fastened back TO Oakland and from the
Industrial quarters on Franklin street
called on his men 10 stand firm. But they
did not, and are now scattered sill along
the road headed for their haven of safety
In Oakland.
just Like Any Other Merchant.
Lin Foo and Lee Kun, comprising the
firm of Sue Wo Sing 81 Co., doing gen
erai merchandise business at 1926 San
Pablo avenue. have filed heir pc lion In
insolvency. This failure 10 unique, as be-
ing the first by Chinese house ever filed
in Alameda County. The liabilities are
5000 80. The firm carries stock of $500,
and there is property exempt valued al
$50 and book accounts due S78 40. The
creditors are mostly San Francisco and
Hong-Kong merchants. Hard times Is at
tributed as the cause Of the collapse.
Young Men to the Front.
Carl Wood, brother of Judge Fred V.
Wood, and Albert Moore, son of A. A
Moore, were appointed deputy district
attorneys yesterday by District Attorney