The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
JUST ABOUT THE wEArHER.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

~S " INC ponce yesterday.
James Gilleran, ex-Superintendent of Streets.
was sueo Tor $1,000 for hotel rent.
8. The steam whaler Narwhal sailed yesterday
luF a TWO years cruise in the Arctic.
High school boys won basketball tourna-
meht al the \. NJ c. \. last evening.
John Donovan, q longshoreman. was ar
rested last night on a charge of robbery
The Hawaiian exilas saw that the ex-opeo,
Lllluokalani, viii probably come to this city.
The Public Library trustees win render 5000
volumes OF periodicals free OF access To the
public. " VIC
-, The National Guardsmen will be paid during
t He coming week for their services during the
big strike. ms ''ie
The BARRIERS are entitled to half-holiday on
sunday, and ought TO have that privilege
granted TO them by law
The police were notified Yesterday that q
young man had been yictimizing insurance
men by plausible story.
Oakland High School carried off the honors
al the Amateur Athletic Leagues fold dev or
the olympic Club grounds.
r. j. Mccoy and j. L. Spears will renrasan+
NaIIornla at the Young Mems Christian ASso
clauon conferences in May.
Arthur P. Peterson, aged SO wears ex-A+tor.
nley-S1eneral and an exile from Hawaii. died at
the california Hotel yesterday
Flre Marshal Towe and detective are in
al l3l IWenty-siXth street on Thursday night
Walter Helliwel, steward of the British shin
rams OF Haliadale, run amuck on board ON Fri
uaY hlght and tried TO kill the captain and first
mate. 49, o-'0A iiiS'
}. q. tredericks was arrested last night on
complaint OF Charles Ruppel a ieweier on
charges OF assault with deadly weapon and
battery. anu
The Coroner found a letter YESTERDAY which
gSS when by Mamie Primer to Rosie Hayes
suicide. nv ~
There will be a general review of all the
troops stationed at the Presidto on Monday,
March Is, at 2 P. NJ, in honor OF Generals For
syth and Merritt.
Fifteen vessels have been chartered to 90 70
me Alaskan canneries. This means occupation
Tor several hundred men and an increase of
trade along the water front.
By, permission of Superintendent OF Schools
- Aiot the twelve Moqui Indians confined at
Alcatraz Island viii be taken on a tour of in
spection OF the public schools.
The semi-annual examination of appIicants
1or teachers certificates in the School Depart
ment was begun yesterday at the Normal
ochooI 1t VIII last until next FRIDAY
George Wittell, John Thesis and B. schweit-
Zer were arrested yesterday on Grand Jury
pIeSenIments Tor renting houses for purposes
OF lu-lame, and were released on bonds
The establishment of F. ". Spencer. tbe
plano-dealer at 72l Market street, was attached
1 ~ lLe ohefIH yesterday on a judgment for
500 Tor goods furnished by A. Waldteufel.
Two OF the five boys arrested for committing
peIN Iheits IN The Mission had their cases dis
missed by Judge Conlan yesterday and the
other three viii know their fate Tomorrow.
At the meeting Of the Academy of Sciences
lo-morr0w evening IL. w. Fairbanks will
deliver lecture entitled can Ascent of Mount
nltney IN May" with stereopticon illustration.
DR.. Spencer has finished his mfcrosconicsl
examination and chemical analysis of the wa
ter OF Laguna de Ia MERGED, and will make his
report 10 the Board OF Health at its next meet
ing.
An injunction was got out Yesterday bv the
knights OF Pythias Cemetery Association 10 re-
strain the Peoples Railroad from building
across the city cemetery, where their dead are
buried.
WI. Hurley, the jury-briber. was taken from
the County Jail last evening and placed in a
padded cell in the Receiving Hospital to await
MS examination before the Insanity Commits
sioners
Judge Belcher has sentenced GINS Griffin IN
one years imprisonment, Edward r. Lowen to
year and half, Frank Weatherbv to five
years and Albert Johnson TO one year, all for
buTglaTies.
Albert Forrest, one of the performers at the
Orpheum, was arrested yesterday on warrant
which charged him with allowing his brother
a a, minor child, to perform. He was released on
500 bonds.
Affidavits have been filed in the snit of Ru-
dolph Spreckels against the Nevada Bank
which reveal the terms OF the settlement of
the suit brought by c. a. Spreckes against his
father in 1898.
Three favorites-Crescendo, Oakland and
Royal Flush-won at the track yesterday. The
other winners were Comrade, The Lark and
Jack RIchelieu. Crescendo had but a gallon in
the spring stakes.
The ST. Patricks day services in different
Catholic churches OF the city to-day viii be AT
the usual hours. Panegyrics will be pro-
nouneed on the apostle, and there viii be extra
musical exercises.
The Board OF Supervisors will be com e1led
to rescind an ordinance prohibiting the Audi
TOR from signing warrants on funds which are
exhausted, In order TO provide for the burial OF
the INDECENT dead
B. W. Windhaus saloon-keeper. McAllis+er
and Franklin streets, ordered into custody
yesterday by Judge Low for contempt in not
fulfilling his promise TO take out his license
and pay fine OF $50.
The Harbor Commissioners are not opposed
10 leasing waterfront lands to the San Joaquin
Valley Railroad, as enormously published by
an evening paper. Their position is agreeable
to the managers of the enterprise.
AS was suspected Gustaf Broman, the man
with an unenviable record, who has been ar
rested for perjury, has accident policy on
his life with company in this city, who init
mated yesterday that it would be Cancelled.
THE San Jose Mercury is on sale at the fol-
lowing-named places in San Francisco: Palace
Hotel newsstand: Occidental Hotel newsstand
Baldwin Hotel newsstand; J. K Cooper 742
Market street; J; S. Albro, 10000 Market street;
Pierson Bros, 225 Kearny street.
Samuel Montague & Co., London bankers,
have brought suit against r. H. Mcdonald,
James NJ. Mcdonald, Frank V. Mcdonald and
Daniel Meyer, stockholders and directors of
the Pacific Bank, to recover S7626 49, due on
an account between the two banks.
Two answers have been filed by John w
Mackay and his co-defendants in the suit of NJ
II. Fox to FoX's last amended complaint for
portion of the shortage in the mill accounts
The answers make specific denial of each
allegation OF conspiracy and fraud charged by
Fox.
Dr. Kelley thinks he has a sure cure for la
grippe. He says: az would like to suggest
treatment for the grip, which l know is.nearly
specific as well as innocent. 1t is simply
asafetida, taken in four-grain pills, one phi
four times a day. No man need be sick of the
grip these days who viii take it,"
The Calliopean Club gave an emerald ball
last evening at Golden Gate Hall. Only young
people were present Being on the eve of st.
Patrick's day the committee wore the insignia
in green and the hall WAS handsomely deco
rated in that color. During the evening pro-
fessional talent contributed to the entertain
ment OF the guests
One of the most enjoyable affairs of the past
xvpek xyas the 7iVOi theater party given bV Miss