The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Prohibition party is organizing Ma
tonal amendment club.
Local items, bright and brief, can be found on
this page of the CALL every morning.
A clever new device for speed and safety has
been introduced into the City Fire Department.
Governor Budd is taking an interest in the
question OF the importation OF Japan-maoe
goods.
Three thousand tons of coal in the bunkers
at the Pacific Rolling Mills took fire yesterday
afternoon.
Lieutenant wadhams, Q. S. N, lectured last
night in Metropolitan Temple before the
Camera Club.
Fair. slightly cooler,"is what Forecast OF.
fetal McAdie prophesied last night Tor local
weather to-day.
Professor Bernard Moses gave a scholars
view of sympathetic strikes in g lecture at the
South Park College settlement.
Wong Zip, the proprietor of Chinese lot
terry, was fined $50 or fifty days in the County
Jail, by Judge Campbell yesterday.
Matt Linden, Russian Finn, attempted
suicide at the Eastern lodging-house, 4O9
Drumm street, last night. He Will recover.
Market Inspector Ben Davis captured a
wagon yesterday. belonging to D. Biagini,
having on board seventeen immature calves.
Stanford men bid Walter Camp good-by yes
terday afternoon at the Palace and 1.-The ia Their
of football took the evenin gtrain for the East
Printers who have lately lost their positions
through the introduction OF typesettlng ma
chimes are about to publish new morning
daily.
The subject of curing prunes by pricking and
I've dipping processes was discussed at the
meeting OF the State Horticultural Society yes
terday
The estate of James Phelan has been ap-
praised al 1862, 5S4 70. This is about
equally divided between real and personal
property.
The case of Mrs. Helen Massie, charged with
numbering her husband, came up before Judge
Conlan yeste rday. She claimed that the shoot
ing was accidental
The Civic Federation proposes to put City
ticket OF its own in the field at next elections,
and also TO establish branches in towns
throughout the State.
The will of Mrs Toland, widow of the founder
Of the Toland Medical College, has been filed
for probate. Her estate is estimated to be
worth about 100000.
In affirming the decision in the suit of Au-
gustus LAYER against the City Hall Commits
sioners, the Supreme Court has defined the
powers OF the Commissioners.
Mrs Ford and Mrs Sehafer, the two women
shot by jealous husbands few days ago. are
slowly improving. Mrs. Ford was removed TO
ST. Mary's Hospital yesterday.
The Grand Jury now proposes to call the
Board OF Supervisors TO account for granting
special favors to paving company backed by
the Southern Pacific Railroad.
A. A Licker and his wife traded some prop
erty in Alameda for a Third-street lodging
house, and now they allege fraud and want
the trade annuled by the court.
Mrs. Grace Duncan, wife of Kenneth J. Dun
can the former pastor of the Howard Presby-
terrain Church, is living in Chicago with her
two children and is seeking divorce from her
husband.
Acknowledgement Fitzgerald has determined
to file amended affidayits to conform to the
amended complaint of the Southern Pacific
Company in the latter's suit against the Rail
road Commission.
Choo Foo's battery charge against Chinese
INSPECTOR Richard Williams was dismissed by
Police Judge Low yesterday. From the evil
dence it appeared that the complaining wit
ness was the real aggressor.
Charles S. Young, who was appointed Super
intendcnt of Schools by the Board OF Super
visors, asked Auditor Broderick yesterday not
TO sign the salary warrant OF Madison Bah
cock, the incumbent OF the office
Mrs Maggie Fay and her little son live in a
house on Twentysecond street and Potrero
avenue, which has neither windows nor doors,
all having been removed by the landlord, Louis
Ahlborn, to compel her to vacate.
General Dickinson, in Judge Murphy's court
Yesterday, concluded the reading OF the large
affidavitS upon the motion for new trial for
Durrant From all indications it is extremely
improbable that q rehearlng Will be granted
him.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany will begin carrying Oregon freight at 81
ton next Thursday. The steamer State OF
California will be the first to begin the war
against the Southern Pacific at the reduced
rate.
The new Federal Grand Jury was impaneled
yesterday Judge Morrow of the United States
District Court gave some very pointed instruc-
lions, enjoinfng them to the utmost secrecy In
their deliberations. Evidently he had the
Summerhayes incident in mind
Governor Budd and staff attended the races
of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club at Ingleside
yesterday. The track was heavy and but two
favorites got home in front. The winning
horses were: Imp. Miss Brummel Strath-
meath, Remus, All Over and Babe Murphy.
D. S. Levy is suing j. Clulow to recover prop
erty He says5that after Clulow became insol-
vent, he executed to the firm of Irvine Bros.
second note for $3.50, in order TO make them
preterred creditors. Levy wants to secure the
property for the benefit of all the creditors.
The Federal authorities have discovered that
express messengers on trains have been carry
ing unstamped letters, IN violation OF the
consulted WITH the United States District At
torney, warns the express companies to quit
the practice.
The United States has decided to intervene
in the case of the Southern Pacific Company vs..
the Railroad Commission OF California in the
suit TO eniOiTi the defendants from reducing
rates The in tervention OF the Federal Govern
,nent viii be on behalf OF the Central racine
alone
Atameeting of the Carpenters and Joiners'
Union No. % last evening it was decided TO 1n-
crease the initiation fee from 50 30 to SO. The
change will take effect on December L. AT
present the membership is $50, and from Jour
teen to twenty new members are taken IN
every meeting night.
The discovery of oil groupings in Napa and
Sonoma valleys has led capitalists to organize
an electric railroad, light and power company
for the benefit Of Napa and Sonoma counties.
Ii the oil supply is insufficient to run the plant
the company will secure its fuel from the
Southern California oil fields.
The inquest on the bicyclist, John Nc
Menomy, was postponed yesterday in. compli-
ance with request of a brother OF the de-
ceased, Nicholas McMenomy. The Drolher
hopes 10 procure evidence to show that Edward
Casey, the driver of the buggy which eolllded
with McMenomy in Golden Gate Park sunday
was 10 blame.