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San Francisco News.

crippled for life by a fall which
broke his knee cap.
Robert Searles, of Searles &
Stone, is dead. He was a pro
minent merchant, and had been il
for some time.
Captain r. Chittiden, of Her
Majesty's Royal Navy, is in the
city en- route to Alaska, where he
will take charge of a party com
missioned by the British Museum
to collect data regarding the habits,
customs and religious rites of the
aborigines of that land of snow and
ice.
DR.. J. F. Foulkes, ex-police sur
geon of this city, died in Tucson.
Arizona, of consumption, last week
Frederick II. Figel, the clothier,
has failed for $4,000.
The appraisers of the estate OF
Maria Coleman have filed their
report, showing the property to be
worth 81, $4,000.
A bill will be introduced in the
Legislature to provide for the con-
struction of State building in this
city to house the many State Com
missioners.
The application of the contest
ants in the Blythe case for a re-
hearing has been denied by the
Supreme Court. and the right of
Florence Blythe cannot now be
legally disputed.
Judge Oliver P. Evans, an attor-
ney, and Attorney G. F. Hanlon,
INDUCED in fisticuffs before Judge
Hebbard, and were each fined
$500, which they paid, and then
shook hands.
In a private arade, A. S. D.
Mccoy, aged 50, Has accidentally
killed in q stabbing scene. A real
dagger was used, and the hapless
young lady who did the deed,
struck too far, the knife entering
the young mans heart. He made
no cutlery, but walked upstairs to
his room without anyone knowing
that he had been hurt. The young
lady, Clara V. King, has been ex-
honorated, but is nearly crazed.
The will of James Phelan, the
millionaire landholder, who died a
few days ago, bequeaths a large
amount of money to charitable in
situations.
Loring Pickering, proprietor of
the Daily Morning Call of this city
died this week, at the age of 81.
He had been i'll for some time, his
s.S.eaath being due to old age and
over-exertion at the last election.
! Justice Sharpstein of the Su-
preme Court died this week from a
second stroke of paralysis.
The city has received $4,000
from the Government, payment in
full for the cemetery lands recently
purchased for coast notification
purposes.
Dorie Brandt, young girl OF
Oakland, committed suicide be-
cause her mother would not allow
her to keep company with young
Spanish boy whom she loved. She
drowned herself in the East Oak
land basin.
Gavin McNabb of the Occi-
dental Hotel has been expelled
from the Democratic County Com
mittee because he worked for an
Independent candidate at the late
election.
The newly elected Board of SUI
pervisors have snubbed the poll
teal bosses and taken the entire
patronage away from them. This
is new thing in San Francisco
politics and has raised a great how
from the bosses and their bench
men.
The Salvation Army people have
opened what they call "a life
boat" which is another name for a
free restaurant. On the opening
day they fed over 1000 people. 1t
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Ex-Cashier Greer, of the firm oil
Farnsworth Il Ruggles, draymen
has been sentenced to five years
Imprisonment for embezzlement
committed two years ago.
Livingston Low Baker, head o.
the great house of Baker q Ham
ilton died last week of apoplexN
at the age Of 65. He had beer
perfectly we'll up to the momen
of the deadly attack. He was on'
of the enterprising men of the city
being largely engaged in the man
ufacture of agricultural nipple
ments as we'll as conducting al
immense hardware business IL
this city and Sacramento. His
estate is valued at half q million
DR., Washington G. Winter, The
well-known dentist, died suddenly
of heart disease this week. He
was apparently in the best o
health.
O'Donnell, the crank candidate
for Mayor, will appeal to the Su
preme Court on the ground that h
was defeated in the recent election
by fraud.
G. w. Pool, an old real estate
and insurance man, was found OF
the streets in dazed and helpless
condition, and seems to have los
his mind.
ILL., 4 1.