The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
Oakland News Items.

BURGLARY AT FRUITy TyAI.E-oAKLAND
Aug. 3l.-Mrs. E. ~ Brsys residence al
Fruitvale was. entered by burglar. yesterday.
who stole gold watch
PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS OAKLAND
Aug. 3I-The public schools will be closed
Labor. day. September 8 and Admission day.
NEW. INCORPORATION. = OAKLAND
Aug 81: Articles Of Incorporation OF the
Western Industrial Company of Oakland were
filed with the County Clerk to-day, The cap
itaI stock of the .corboration is $4,000: The
directors are E. B. Hadcock. D. c. Grisrson
Herman e. Walker, J. F: Anderson and F.
F'itzsimmons.
ADELPHIAN CLUB LECrURE.-ALA-
MFDA. Aug 31-Mrs Herman Krusi will
lecture before the current events section Of
the Adelphian Club tomorrow morning at 10
O. clock on What l Saw in Manila" She
is a resident Of this. city and recently re-
turned from a visit TO the Philippine Islands
Mrs Krusi will appear in Manila costume.
WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. OAK
LAND, Aug 31...The Women's christian
Temperance Union Of. Oakland will hold its
annual meeting Tomorrow at Calvary .Bap-
tist Church at Twelfth and. West streets.
Oficefs will be elected for the coming year
and the annual reports Of officers will be
read The meeting will be called to. order
.HURI.s' FuRNTURE OUT OF DOORS.
Observation-Disclosures. 31.-Helsn Whitney. a
domestic in the employ of Charles Jackson OF
Hllegas avenue suddenly became insane last
night and threw most of the. furniture in her
room out Of the window. She continued her
destructive habit to-day and became so. VIC
lent that the family sent for the police. She
will be tried for tnss nifty.
EARS NEARLY TORN OFF-OAKLAND
Aug. 31:-Joe .Raposa, a fftesn-year-old boy
fell from a light wagon he was driving ard
the wheel passed over his head and smashed
both. his ears They had to- be sewn OH at
the Receiving Hospital, where he was. at
terded.. His head seemed to have received
little other injury and he was removed to his
home al 1852 Third street
CIGARETTES His RUIN.-OAKLAND
Aug. 31-A conipl&int of insanity placed
7. Wardpr tO-daV .whOSa hor Is
at 1014 Seventh avenue. J. K Warder, his
brother. who makes the complaint SAYS that
he has smoked to such extent that. his
mental faculties have given away and he
The man is thirty years Of age.
CELEBRATE FREEDOM FROM DEBT
Welsh church OF Oakland celebrated the re-
lease OF the church from debt last night by
the burning Of the mortgage. which has re-
Gently been paid of. The occasion OF the re-
ioicing was the fifteenth anniversary of the
founding OF TIE church. Among the speak
ers were Rev J, X Mclean. R. c. Stone. ].
s. Thomas. ,. r. Evans and w W. Dillon
PROMISES TO BE GOOD.-OAKLAND
Aug. 31.-His promise to stop selling lottery
tickets saved aged George Lemmle from i'm
prisonment to-day. Police Judge Mortimer
Smith dismissed the case on motion OF Prose
cutting Attorney A. r. Leach. Lemmle is old
and very poor. In effort to play Portia
Louise Lemmle displayed so many eccentrici-
ties that his Honor was compelled several
days ago to adjourn court.
MISMATED COUPLES.-OAKLAND Aug
3t-Suit for divorce was begun by Edwin
II. Boyce to-day against Laura w. Boyce on
the ground OF desertion. He alleges she left
him more than year ago against his wishes
They married in Stockton in 1S9G. Annie
NJ Fink has instituted divorce proceedings
against James C. Fink for desertion. They
were married in 1879 and have three children
Of which she asks the custody. Esteie Bar
ron was granted a decree of divorce to-day
from Morris Barron on the ground of extreme
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