The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-01-23
AMERICAN LETTER.
SAN Francisco, Jan. IL. 1892.
PACIFIC COAST NOTES.

National Convention. The principal
competitors are New York, Cincin.
natti and st. Paul, though Kansas
City, Milwaukee and Indianapolis
are still sanguine.
The San Francisco Dredging Com.
pany have been awarded the con-
tract for dredging part of Boston
harbor by the State Harbor and Land
Commissioners.
Judge Trout will be presiding
Judge of the Superior Court in this
city next year, succeeding Judge
Wallace, Tor whom but one vote was
cast.
Warden Hale and the directors of
the San Quentin penitentiary are en-
gagged in gate war with the Board
of Supervisors of Marin county, Dis
trict Attorney Cochrane and Road
master Edwards, assisted by volun-
teer gate. smasher, in the person OF
John McRae. 1t is believed to be
an opium route and the prison direc-
tors are determined to close it.
The Pacific Rolling Mills of this
city have received letter warning
them that if an injured employee
failed to win damage suit, the
mills would he blown up with dyna-
mite.
The San Joses played the Port
lands two games at the Haight street
baseball grounds Saturday, the first
of which was won by the former, 3
to O. The second game was won by
the San Joses by score of TO 4,
thereby tying the Portlands, each
club having won nine games. The
California boys will have TO win but
one more game to capture the
championship of the Pacific Coast.
Peter Jackson is going East to
force Slavln to fight him or admit
that he is afraid.
The post-ofiice site still remains
undecided. 1t has grown to be a
thorn in Wanamaker's side.
Michael Hawkins, who attempted
to kill Mrs. Anna Donahue, wife OF
the late Peter Donahue, several
months since, is again under arrest
for sending threatening letters to her.
He is trying to extort money from
Mrs. Donahue which he claims is due
him.
Eddie Brandenstein, son of Joseph
Brandenstein, the capitalist of this
city, nearly killed himself New Year s
morning by falling through the ele-
vator shaft which he mistook for the
door of his room in the California
Hotel. The palms of his hands were
torn to shreds and the rope cut shoul-
der and right leg to the bone.
The San Francisco Polytechnic was
incorporated last Saturday TO organ
ize and establish a college for the
purpose of providing post graduate
course of instruction to graduates of
recognized schools and colleges of
medicine, to give training and exper-
fence incidental to such instruction,
and to issue diplomas and degrees to
maintain hospital and to otherwise
provide means for the care and treat
ment of the sick. The management
of the corporation is vested in fifteen
trustees who are to serve six years.
The football game played between
the Olympics of this city and team
from Los Angeles resulted in VIC
tory for the Olympics. The score
was % 90. The visiting team lacked
practice.
The Citizens meeting held at
Metropolitan Hall Tuesday was
crowded with non-partisan assem-
blage. Prominent merchants and
business men of both political par
ties we're there and all for the pur-
pose of protesting against "boodle.
Fiery speeches were made by Rev.
Horatio Stebbins, DR.. Easton, Bar
clay Henley, A. Z. Paulsell and
George Lesynsky. They Endorsed
Judge Wallace to man and his re-
election was demanded. A commit
tee consisting of Mark Sheldon,
Frederick Gibbs, Ii. l.. Davis, DR..
Dickinson, John Washington, f. ii.
Woods and Jeremiah Lynch were APP
pointed to wait on the Superior
Judges and demand from them the
reelection of Judge Wallace.
The cruiser Baltimore arrived
Tuesday. The last time she was in
dock was at Villefranche, France,
ten months ago. Captain Schley has
received orders from the Navy De-
partment ordering to dock his ship
at Mare Island Immediately and pre-
pare himself to leave in ten days.
Captain Schley would not talk about
the Valparaiso affair, as he sent his
report ON to Washington and until
that was published he would not feel
at liberty to talk to the newspapers.
Chile has won again. The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals de-
cided Tuesday to dismiss the case
against the schooner Robert and
Minnie. The complications that
brought the matter into the Federal
Courts are part of the country's. his
tory bringing out, as they do, many
of the preliminaries to the present
controversy between the United
States and Chile.
A immature model of the Brooklyn
bridge is to be built across the main