The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-13
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Horses Take a Fatal Plunge
From a Wharf.
BURGLARS RETURN SILVER.
Z Bother Of the King Of the PotrerO" Gets
Into Trouble-NO More Smallpox
aged Jee's Money.

Two horses, valued at $500 each. fran
wildly down Franklin street yesterday
afternoon and plunged into the water off
the City wharf They were beth drowned.
The animals belonged to the Weilby Broth
ers. lumber dealers, and started to run
while the driver was unloading lumber at
Fourth and Franklin streets. They barely
missed an electrician, and, dragging the
heavy wagon behind them, crossed the
railroad track few feet ahead of the
dOwn-coming Alameda train. When they
bounded over the bulkhead the hind wheels
Of the wagon caught against pile, but the
horses dragged the front wheels over, snap
ping the pole in the middle The water
was nineteen feet deep where they fell
There was another serious run away yes
terday, when the horses, hltched TO Cur
ney cab, ran down Washington street and
came in contact with the last car Of the
eastb0und i o'clock local as it was pulling
out of the Broadway station. The pole OF
the vehicle tore big hole in the car and
the glass was shattered out Of two windows.
Neither passengers nor horses, however,
we're hurt.
The Board of Education held brief SEES
sion last evening and referred to COM
mittee the offer Of George Tay q Co. to put
a heating apparatus IN the hIgh-school Tree
Of charge II was decided TO make requi ST.
TONS LOT luDIDfiHk tue iU5EOAS oNnOUis
The City Superintendent, together with Di-
rectors Girard aud Read and Secretary
Kaufman Of the Board OF Public Works,
started to Denver last evening to make an
inspection Of school heating apparatus.
TIE quarantine placed On the house on
Center street where smallpox broke out re-
Gently has proved effective. The patient
has almost recovered, and 10 one else has
caught the disease. The young lady suffer
ing from the disease has been kept Ia an
upper room while the rest OF the family
have lived below.
James McMaDus, brother Of the king
of the ProtreTo," vanquished John 0Sulli-
van haekman, last evening at the corner
of Seventh and Washington streets. Mr..
MeManus is an undertaken, and engaged IN
little dispute with O'Snllivan about his
services at a funeral. Both were arrested
for battery and the use Of vulgar language.
Conscicnce-stricken burglars silently
stole TO the door Of Mr.. and Mrs. Me-
Laughlin the other night, their hearts beat
ing with noble impulse. Under misap--
prehenson few nights before they had
stolen a lot OF silveTwaTe given the Nc
Laughlins as wedding presents. 1t is
presumed that they read of this in the
papers and FASTENED TO return it. 1t was
found, at least, by Mclaughlin VIXEN he
opened the door in the morning.
Aged Arthur w. Jee has nearly lived his
life, and has on hand an accumulation of
$500 COO which he is totally incompetent,
because OF his dotage, 10 take care OF, ac-
cording to The decision OF court yesterday.
He is chiefly prominent because Of his dol
lars. A few persons anxious about the dis
position of these sat in the courtroom yes
terday among them being the three
applicants for guardianship-the Public
Administrator, Judge Cat,in and young
woman from Boston named Clara Morrison,
who told the court that she is the old mans
grandniece.
George B. Bayley of Castro street, this
city. connected with the Merton manu-
featuring firm OF San Francisco, took a
slide down Mount Rainier, recently, dis
lance of 1000 feet. He meant to walk
down, but happened to make misstep.
which settled things so far as the tempo
raFy usefulness of his legs was concerned.
A friendly snow bank at the bottom saved
him from death, but he was very badly
hurt. He is still confined at Yelm, Wash,
but is rapidly recovering.
Bertha Arp, one of the wives of Frank
Parlin, recently sentenced to San Quentin
for bigamy, has applied to the Superior
Court for an annullment of the marriage.
The annual meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union was held yes
terday at tile First NJ. T. Church. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected, as fol
lows: President Mrs. Van Peh; vice.
president, Mrs. p. II. Mather; secretary,
Mrs. Bartlett: treasurer, Mrs. u u. GiHoru.
At tile meeting of the City Council last
evening, William Kent aud others along
Broadway. between Sixth and Seventh
streets. presented complaint against the
Salvation Army, asking that the street