Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-03
THE METROPOLIS.
Items Of Interest from San
Francisco

evening and nolnslaVeo rred. u. 1iiots
President. Lee Harvey Vice President, and
M. HiIIebron Secretary. The election will
he held on Friday evening next.
APPEAL YILED-soLDIERs' HOME.
An appeal was filed in the sdpreme Court
to-day in the case of Clarence Gray, convict.
ad Of murder in the second degree for killing
Theodore Clancy, editor of tie Santa Bar
bara Press. Gray was sentenced to twenty
wears in San Quentin.
The project eff the Soldiers Home is being
ensrgesicAlly pushed. Benefits have been ar
Raj ged 10 swell the fund.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Garfeld-mouument fund now amounts
to $l5, 121 Sc.
James Hope, the convicted bank burglar,
was sent TO San Quentin Tuesday.
Another Chinese lottery has been raided
and All Youck, the proprietor. captured.
Imports of treasure from Australia by the
steamer Tuesday night amounted to 81. Oh,
$50
The Young Women's Christian Association
ia 20 sat lunches on the 2Ssh instant in aid Of
that Association.
The Bay District Association races next
Saturday ara to contaia series Of interesting
trots against time.
G6rs. Henry Bernstein Tuesday night,
while filing lighted coaloil lamp, found oai
it would explode. She was badly burned
There is no hope for her recovery.
In The Supreme Court an order has been
issued dismissing the case of John McCombe
Vi. George Turner. attorney at law-an &C.
ton TO have the defendant debarred for al
legged unprofessionsl conduct.
Michael SweeDy, foreman carpenter at Pie.
lau's rev building on Market street, who fell
from the third story Of that building to the
basement last Wednesday, died on Monday
from the effects of the injuries received.
Il Is generally understood that the Debris
Com nittse will not have its report prepared
for st least fortnight. The gentlemen who
are writing it intend to cover every point
raised between the miners and the klrmers.
and L basis of compromise will be suggested,
which, it is thought, will be accepted By both
sides.
In relation to mutilated coin, the United
States Treasury On the III Of last month is
sued an order TO the effect that United States
Minis can receive tie same at the standard
valus Of silver or gold; but it did not f. s0y
arbitrary value for certain denominations Of
cola. as notices ia many stores would lead the
public to believe.
The effort to break up the Chinese gambling
dens has resulted ia two police officers being
sh0t at by high5indsrs from ambush, and the
men were only missed by a mere chance.
This Chief OF Police has demanded of the
Chinese Consul and the Six Companies that
they aid him in ferresing cut the would-bs
ass4ssins These Chinese officials have COM
piled with the demand.
Judge Wilson, OF the Superior Court, has
denied the motion for new trial made By
the City and County Attorney in the case of
the City and County vs.. the Spring Valley
Water Works Company. an action to recover
SOL, 400 city and county, and $50, 900 State
taxes for the fiscal year 1878 8, and to recover
$4,000 city and county. and S37, 800 State
taxes for the fiscal year 1878.
Mr.. Susanpah Roeben, the waitress in the
Moatsns underground dive, No. 93l Kearpy
street, who was stabbed on the night of the
26.h ultimo by Corrad Hoffman, a compost.
tor or the Alta, in 8 fs of jealous rage, died
at $50 o'clock on Wednesday morning from
ths efscts Of the wound. Hoffman, who
was arrested at the time charged with assault
to murder, has been booked for murder.
No tidings of the missing journalist, Fritz
Stein, OF the German DeHsokrat, who left let
tiers indicating Suicide have been received
aud his fate is still enshroudad in mystery
Tue belief is gaining ground that he left for {
m re congenial cline, and that his letter.
were intended as blind" It is asserted
by his friends that ne played the same dodg,
some years ago when he suddenly d;sap
peared.
The colored citizens held Garfield memo
rial service in the yestry of Bethel Church
on Powell strest. B. Z. Anderson presided
W. IL. Lewis, President of the Colured Cen
tral Republican Club, delivered g eulogy o.
the life and character of our late President
James 4. Garfield. During the evening
collection for the Garfield memorial fund we
taksn up. and generous contribution wa
. added to the amount already collected.
James Kenney, who lives on Tweuty.sixt
avenue, near Point Lobos road, while herd
inZ csttle in The vicinity Of Rednian's Dsll
in that locality, after search fer t5e aourc
OF IN empowering and unusual stencil, a
length succeeded il locating il. He foun
the body Of man hanging by the neck fror
:. tree, about ffay feet below the top OF
baali, il the dell. The body mad eviientl
beer i.sngiag there for several weeks. 1t ws
attlyed II g uniform of Company =, Eourt
Artillery, U, S A.
This Board Of Fire Underwriters have I'D
dressed a communication to the Board c
plosion of Baldwin's Gas Works on Satul
day. The Underwriters, in behalf Of man
cisizous who have applied to them, protas
against the maintenance OF gas works of tina
nature in populated localities. They recon
mend that some legal steps be taken TO abat
the "great and dangerous nuisance" create
by tbs erection OF the gas works in question
Tuesday morning. about balf-past o'clock
Henry Bohn, keeper of the life-saving SITS
tion on the CliG-hoase beach, foun
psrt Of tire body of . man, waship
about in the surf, at point nearly tw
miles from tho station. Only the upper por
ton Of the body, which vas in an advance
seste Of decomposition, aad which was e.
tirely nude, remained. IRE skull was frat
turei. There was q little short gray an
black hGir ON the back OF the head. Their
are no other Identifying marks on the remains
Charles Croclker has addressed aIetter to th
Soldiers Homs ComInittes, ia respect to th
donation Of the gross receipts Of the Market
street and branch roads on Thanksgiving Da
toward the fund. MIR Croker referred til
Committee to the Superintendent of the Ba
View and Portrsro road, and stated that t.
offer was contingent upon the other line
making similar donations. Tie commute
has prepared en- add;ess TO the public. settin
out what is needed TO carry out the scheme
Thsre are 1000 veteran soldiers and sailor
in California, and mora than that On the Pa
ci6n coast. Ore hundred and three are i
alms5oGses now, By reason of old age and il
1irmities. Sixty thousand dollars are needle
TO stsst the Home Several States have sue
Shelters for their veterans.
The Trades Assembly has agreed on II
strnctions to the delegate TO The Intefnationa
Labor Convention, to be held st Pittsbur
on November 15sh n'ne main points en-
brEcea are statistics on the Chinese question
and resolutions ealing on all labor organizs
tions IL the East to agitate the question an
urge upon their Representatives in Congres
the necessity of prompt aud COMPREHENSIVE
measures to prevent the further importation
Of Chinese; plan for National Federation
OF trades aud labor organizations and all pet
sons engaged ia needful productive and dis
trihutiys agencies; the naturalization @
land; Government control OF all means O
transportation and communication, such 8
railroads, steamships, tslegraphe, ETC.; ne
tional and State legislation making the legs
working day not more than eight hours, an
Ia the event of non. compliance by employer
with such lew, to recommend general strik
of all classes of wsge-workers, ard the passag
OF lava for the protection of seamer
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There are reports in German journals o
many emigrants starting out for Americi
with only means enough to get to Liver
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