The morning call., 1893-02-03
SMALL TALES OF A BIG CITY.

The case OF NJ. b. Curtis, charged with the
murder OF Police Of1cer Alexander Grant, has
been assigned by Presiding Judge GarD-r 10
Judge MURPHY, by consent Of Judge Daugerf field.
lecture VIII be delivered before the Geo.
graphical society OF California at Union-Sqnare
Han La on Monday next II 7;45 P. NJ; by TIE Rev;
Frederick j. Masters. ID. d., superintendent OF
Chinese missions on the Pacific Coast. Subject,
did Chinaman Discover American"
Katherine Boys was Yesterday granted
divorce by Judge Sand 'rson from Peter j. A.
Boys for desegiion. They were married IN Ger
many In 1878. In June 1890, Peter disapl Jared
from This city with r 3-yeai-old son ara $4,000
WHICH he and his wife had deposited in bank.
K. H. Fletcher aud Ben jamn White real-estate
dealers. with Offices Market street, near Fifth,
changed their quarters last night for cells 10 the
City Prison. Ia which they were lodged on COM
plants of Ernest Jacobs, who charges them
with obtaining property from him under false
pieenses.
Alfred Clarke brought up motion IN Judge
TrOutts court yesterday that AckerSon should
be punished for contempt for disubey sing the IN
junction foTbidding him 10 proceed further In
the matter of assessing ClaTke's property by
publishing Claike's name among The assessment
deInquents. Ihe motion comes up for hearing
to-day.
The win OF Joseph Smith who died on January
"a was flied for probate Yesterday. Tie estate
is valued al $4,000, and is left in equal shares 10
his two nieces. Maggie aud Rosie Dolan, resid-
Ing IN Redwood City. In the event OF their death
without Issue, the estate is 10 be divided equally
between the Roman Catholic and Protestant
orphan asylums of this city.
Another charge OF forgery was yesterday
placed against X. 2. VOORHEES,. the young man
arrested several days ago for passing forged
check Tor Sl65 on George Chenoweih OF the
Peerless saloon. The last charge Is having OBJ
tained SEQ from IA. A. kuenm lister of Califor-
MA and Hyde streets on check Tor 81 2S bear
ing the signature OF Charles L. Willis.
Counterfeler George Oeike, who con-
victed ednesday la the District Court. was
sentenced vest rday TO ply 500 fine and I'M
dergo thee months Imprisonment with hard
labor. The case OF Doerr, his companion, was
continued over ON account OF the alterations IN
the cou tfoom, and so was HowePs. The last
named Is the first of the Marsh gang 10 be tried.
AT the annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
the White Horse Valley Mil aud Lumber Com
pany the following stockholders were elected
directors: Emmanuel Meyer, DR.. I. n. lyle
hart. +. H. MerZbach. p. Koppen, w. +. Schultz.
a. w. Meyer and Louis Cooks. The following
officers were elected: Emmanuel Meyer, pTesi
dent: DIR. L. n. fgebart, vice president; A. w.
Meyer, treasurer; Eugene w. Levy, secretary.
Michael OConnen was arrested last night aud
locked up at the Seyenieenth-street police sta
ton on charge of mlsdemeanor. 1t appears
that he Gently stole a horse from a former en-
ployeT, John Cafiee. farmer near San Mateo,
and was traced 10 this city AT first he refused
TO tell where The horse was but few hours In
jail induced bin to change his mind, and the
animal was recovered.
Committees have been appointed by President
Judge Morrow If the San Francisco Bar Asso-
citation TO initiate proceedings for the dsbarment
OF ii. l. Kowalsky, h. +. Napthaly and q. w.
Howe. charged with uDIrofessional conduct, as
follows: Robert Y. Hayne, John A. Wright and
George A. Rankin IN the Kowalsky case; Shell
don Kellogg, w. III. Fiield and T. A. Hall In the
Napthay case; DAVIS Louderback. A, Comte Jr.
and 4. ID. Brandon In the Howe case.
Detectives Bee and Harper arrested August
Sanburg Yesterday on the charge OF burgariZing
the residence OF f. b. Walton, at 233 jackson
street. II Is alleged that on the dale mentioned
Sanburg entered Waiton's house and stole a
seal>kin jacket belonging 10 Mrs. Walton. This
he took 10 a awnsbop on Clay street ana dlsap-
peared. Yesterday the detectives recognized
The man on lie street and arrested him. The
pawnbroker Identified SaDbUrg as the man
who pawned the Jacket. For the past month
SAnburg has been working as a cook Oh the river
steamboat SoDoma.
Saldirino Giuseppi and Pal0 Tesla two young
Italians from Iibnron, were wandering about
town looking for work Yesterday when they met
Anton Llyorl, who took them 10 a resort at the
conner of Mar Ell aud Fifteenth streets under
the pretext Of getting them employment They
were induced 10 gamble with the willy Livorl and
his partner, b. Cassasa, who beat them ont OF
$50. The sure-thing men were arrested and
ton charged with misdemean0r.
The case OF carrying concealed weapons
against dick" Creighton, the exconvict and
ward politician, was dismissed In olice Court l.,
Judge Campbell presiding, yesterday. The dis
missal Was no surprise, for Creighton has long
buasted OF his immunity from punishment on ac-
count OF his "puli." The ground on which the
charge was dismissed was purely technical. the
warrani-cleik having failed 10 insert The figure
after 1879 Ia one OF he bank spaces IN The
complaint. The court dismissed the charge
without even sugg sting, az Is usual. that new
complaint be made cut, and Creighton went free.