The San Francisco call., 1904-03-02

There is war in Temperance Town.
/ Della Backwards conducts an emporium
for soft drinks at PIG Pacific street,
which is widely patronized by soldiers
and sailors visiting that thoroughfare
after they have partaken of the fierce
booze that is ladled out farther, up the
line. A temperance place is an oasis
on the desert of Pacific street to the
weary traveller.
Farther up the street and two blocks
away the father of Miss Backwards is
proprietor of a similar establishment,
where sprout the early oyster cocktails
and the seductive milkshake, but the
trail Of strong drink is not over the
joint 1T is strictly a temperance place
and the reformers proudly point to its
business success when they tour the
Barbary Coast.
Monday night Miss Backwards went
TO an Italian dinner and absorbed more
purple paint than could a coiander
made Of sponges. Then she. went on
a visit to the glistening temperance
place of her father and threw every
thing but the floor out into the street
Policeman Joy heard the commotion
and peeked into the orderly place. The
soda fountain narrowly grazed him on
its outward flight Then he arrested
Miss Backwards.
To Judge Fritz yesterday the woman
admitted that she was in high state
Of exhilaration due to the wine she had
drunk, but she had a tale of woe to
tell about her father. She said he was
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abused her. The foray she made, so
she claimed. was prompted by the
countless efforts of her father 10 ruin
her temperance place in favor of his
own. The charge of disturbing the
peace preferred against. the woman
was taken under advisement.
w ]. Cameron. tie terror of Point
LCbos avenue, is sadly wanted in Judge
Conlan's court. Once he ruthlessly
frightened the babies and nurses at
the Children's' Hospital by peering
through the windows with. = loaded
revolver clasped tightly in each mitt.
At that time he pleaded that he had
been burglarized shortly before and was
given a slight fine.
Since then he has been blazing away
with his guns every time the fog blew
through the Golden Gate and the
sparse inhabitants out that way be-
came afraid to let their children play
in the sand lest a stray bullet might
puncture. them. The kids were getting
anemic from indoor life until the po-
lice were called in.
Two blue-c0ated guardians of the
law invaded Cameron's shack and then
backed out. They thought they were
invading an armOry of the National
Guard by mistake. Then they secured
a search warrant and carred away suf-
ficient arms and ammunition to equip
the Japanese army in the Liaotung Pc
ninsula:
When the fOray was made Cameron
took to Golden Gate Park and for one
week slept peacefully under a favorite
tree while. the policemen stood guard
over his domicile and watched for him
to come home to his lodgings. When he
did appear he was arrested for disturb
ing the peace, discharging firearms in
side the city limits arson, buffaloing
the inhabitants, dealing in spawned
horses and other high crimes and mis-
demeanors.
For a few minutes Cameron loitered
in Judge Mogan's court yesterday and
then announced that he was going TO
change his collar When. his case was
reached Bailiff Mahoney bawled him
self hoarse crying Cameron" but the
defendant came not. A bench warrant
was issued for him and he will be Don
Juan on first base to-day when court
convenes unless he wipes out the en-
tire police force with his reserve artil-
lery.