Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-31
The METROPOLIS.
Items of Interest from San
Francisco.


Doble, the wtllknown turfman, has OBJ
tanned divorce from his wife-a daughter of
Lucky Baldwin-on the ground of assertion.
SYMPATHY AND COINCIDENCE.
Among the passengers by the steamer Ora.
NADIA, which arrived last Saturday, was Hon.
L. Montufar. special envoy Of President
Barrios AID the Republic of Guatemala, to
convey to Washington a message of SYM
pathy and condolences for President Garfield
IMPRESSIVE CHURCH SERVICE.
At the Russo Greek Church, corner of
Powell street and Montgomery avenue, a
beautiful and impressive service was he'd
this afternoon, consisting of TIE Deum and
prayers for the recovery of President Gar
field Bishop Nestor officiated. There was
good attendance Of Russian and American
citizens, and the Russian Consul and his Sec
rotary were present in full uniform. But it
was noticeable that not single representa-
tive of the United States military, naval or
civil service. or of the State or municipal
Government was present.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| The Board of Supervisors has confirmed
D. r. Mcneil as License Collector.
There have been radical changes in the
wheat feet during the past week. The arriv,
ais have been fair, and nine vessels have
been entered out, most of which were char
tered prior to arrival.
The body of the man found dead in his bed
at the Capital House on Sunday morning has
been identified as that OF John Haggerty.
formerly well-to.do resident of this city,
but made poor through losses in stock gamh-
ling. A glass containing strychnine was
| found in the room. The Coroner's Jury re-
turned verdict of suicide. The deceased
was a native of Massachusetts, 40 years of
age.
Mrs. Peter Metcalfe. wife of the real es.
tate dealer, residing at No. AS Geary street.
fell out of the second-story window of her
residence about 10 o'clock last evening and
sustained what are pronounced to be fatal
injuries Mrs. Metcalfe was nearly 20 years
old, and quite feeble, and it is supposed that
in leaning out of the window she lost her
balance and fell. Both legs were broken in
the fall, and severe injuries sustained about
the head and upper portions OF the body.
The Weaver Greenbacker Convention as
sembled at Charter Oak Hall last evening
and made the following nominations County
Clerk, G. w. Grace Recorder, +. L. Bar
mum Treasurer, N Keyser; District At
torney, Mrs. Marian Todd; Tax Collector,
| NJ. i. Dufficy. \ Nominations for three Po-
lice Commissioners, two Police Judges and
Chief of Police, nine Supervisors and the
full number of School Directors were made.
Among the latter were Miss Helen Wilmans
and Mrs. J. W. Stow.
Work has been commenced on the ocean
shore in San Francisco county lear l. AXE
| on ha auJ
shore Railroad line. The officers of the com
pany state that they mean business and that
the work is to form a connecting link in the
California Central Railroad line, which is
projected to Utah, and thence to New Or
leans, and which has now eight sets of en-
eineers at work between San Francisco and
Utah. They have commenced grading on
the Yosemite division of the road, beginning
near Minturn, in San joaquin valley.
Mrs. Mary Black, Of No. 3lS Third street,
Oakland, attempted to commit suicide Mon
day evening last, by shooting herself with
| revolver She was found by two police
officers lying under tree in the rear of the
Hall of Records. 1t is stated by Mr.. Burrell,
in whose house she is living, that some trou-
bic exists between her and man named J acl1
Taylor. The first bullet missed the second
entered the left side just below the breast.
| Mrs. Blacks husband is at present lying sick
in the City and County Hospital of San
Francisco. The shooting occurred at 11:20
P. 1t is. expected that the woman vii!
recover.
There is decidedly quickened pulse to
! circulation. The active wheat movement, in
connection with large volume of merchan-
disc transactions, have generally stimulated
the movement of money at the leading local
! commercial centers. There is less dickering
over loans, and some lines out at low rates on
call have been ordered in because of the ability
of the bankers to do better with the money
There have been no changes in the rates
nomiaally in vogue fer the past few
weeks, but there is more discrim-
nation on the part of lenders Mer-
camille paper is discounted at 6(d9 per cent.
for 80, 60 and 80 day notes; call loans on
prime securities, 4(G6 per cent. real estate
loans, 7(G9 per cent, and the taxes paid by
the lender. Drafts on New York are selling at
10G15c premium on the 500; kilograms on
do, 15(d25c per 500; London exchange, 1890
495d for bank bills, and 503@504d for COM
mercial; refined silver, 12iGG13 per cent. dis
count; Mexican dollars, S9l@90c apiece.
San Francisco bay is rapidly becoming
naval rendezvous for the fleets Of all nations
| There are in the harbor already the French
| ironclad Triomphante, which lies in mid.
stream north of the Oakland ferry line,
partly dismantled; the Italian war vessel
Garibaldi, which arrived in port last evening
from Callao the Mexican sloop-of-war gun
beat Juarez, lying eff Main street, formerly
the steam yacht Sofa, which was for many
years moored in Richardson's bay the Mex
lean war vessel Democratic is also moored off
Mission Rock; the United States steam
frigate Lackawanna, which is anchored close
to the Frenchmap, and the United States
sloop. of-war jamestown, lying at anchor on
the south side of the Oakland ferry line.
The italian war vessel Garibaldi is the first
Of her nationality to enter this port, arriving
here for the first time in December, 1873.
She is a screw frigate, built to carry fifty-one
guns. Her dimensions are as follows:
Length on deck, 236 feet inches; beam, 55
feet. She draws q feet inches of water,
and has displacement of 1921 tons. In
addition to the war vessels named, the
Asiatic squadron of the Russian Govern
ment is expected here within week. The
feet is under the command of Admiral
Aslambegoff. whose fsg is borne upon tie
Asia, and is composed Of the Pastoon,
Africa, Vsadnicll and Zabiaca. The Zabiaca
aud Africa were built by Cramp, on the
Delaware, and will be probably the first
steel ships of war ever visiting this port.
A suit has been begun by Charles J. and
William Durien, proprietors of the Hum
boldt House, against the Spring Valley Com
/ pdHt, u elJDlu JlAS CDIpJIallyn vi
or otherwise depriving the plaintiffs of the
use of water for judgment of SIS, alleged to
have been Illegally collected, aud for the for
feiture of the defendants franchise and water
works " 10 the city and county of San Fran
cisco for the pubic use." The complaint sets
forth the manner of the adoption of the ordi-
nance hxing water rates, and relates the
time, manner and object of the attachment
of meter to the premises Of the plaintiffs,
and that the defendant pretended to collect
rates and compensation from the plaintiffs by
meter rate measurement from the 1zt of
February, 1891, under the provisions OF Sec
ton 10 Of the Bayly ordinance, which pro-
vides for the payment of 30 cents per LOCO
gallons where the monthly bill be not less
than So, and 20 cents per LOCO gallons where
the monthly bill be not less than So" The
number of payments, and variances between
the ordinance rates and rates charged are
then presented in list, the complaint alleg-
log that these payments were made under
aud by threats OF the defendant that if
not so paid the defendant would turn
off the water; that said defendant had
threatened and is n W Threatening to
turn off and deprive plaintiffs and their said
premises of water unless they pay the full
sum of SIS for the water from June 10Th to
July IL, 1881. The complaint also AYERS.
ION information and belief" that the passage
of the Bayly ordinance was corruptly and
fraudulently procured, for which the defend
ant Maid or eaused IN ba maid IN said m iority