The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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cycles for the past week.
Francis D. Eisen died suddenly of heart
failure yesterday morning.
The Second Artillery Regiment went to Ukiah
yesterday for a weeks camp.
The butchers will make an extraordinary
display in the Fourth of July parade.
Local items, bright and brief, can be found on
this page OF the CALL every morning.
The Oceanic steamship Belgic sailed for China
and the Australia for sydney yesterday.
The Country Club gives its annual bullshead
breakfast at its clubhouse at Point Reyes to-
day.
plan for the new park lodge has been sub
mitted to the Commissioners and accepted by
them.
Hall the lottery tickets sold are counterfeits
and many of the so-called lottery companies are
bogus affairs.
Surveyor-General Green is maturing plan
to provide large public farms TO be worked by
the unemployed.
The whaleback steamer City of Everett will
make her first start on the Panama route from
this port June 20.
Only when lottery tickets are taken TO bank
10 be cashed will the duped holders find that
they were counterfeit
Timetables of the railroad companies are
published free of charge in the CALL Tor the &C.
cOmmodation OF readers.
Chief Crowley condemns the fake lotteries
which deceive the innocent and rob them OF
their hard-earned dollars
The Grand Grove of California. U. A o. D.,
will hold its thirty-frst annual convention at
ST. Helena, beginning June is.
The members of the Veteran Volunteer Fire
mems Association held their seventh annual
outing at Shell Mound yesterday.
The weather bureau forecasts for to-day are
fair weather, nearly stationary temperature
and i'll the afternoon brisk winds.
E S. DonneIy, street contractor, assaulted
Street Inspector George w. Elder yesterday and
was badly worsted in the encounter.
Thomas Buck, $40 Fifth street, attempted to
commit suicide last night by swallowing a
dose of creosote. lie will probably die.
w. H. Carter, longshoreman, was knocked
down by an electrician on Mission street and
sustained injuries that may prove fatal
The following horses were winners at the Bay
District yesterday: Seaside, imp. Santa Bella,
Lady Jane, McLight, Mestor and Title S.
The Servian- Montenegrin Literary and
Benevolent Society will give a picnic at
Schuetzen Club Park, San Rafael, today.
The first practice for the new Grace Episcopal
choir was held last night. Rev. Joseph Cook is
being feted by Congregationalsts and Metho-
dists.
The Institute for Practical Christianity held
its first meeting last Tuesday, and programmes
for several weeks meetings were arranged yes
terday.
ico from Victoria, which arrived yesterday,
were refused landing by the Immigration Com
missioner.
1.-THE wholesale merchants of the City took
their eighth annual outing yesterday. They
) picnicked at Glenwood, in the Santa Cruz
Mountains
N S. Harold of the Stockton rights-of-way
committee for the Valley road discussed i'm
portant matters yesterday with the railways
chief engineer.
The Cooperative Commonwealth, being fos-
tered by Laura de Force Gordon and others, has
adopted constitution which is similar to that
OF the AltrurianS.
The Market-street Railway Company is pre-
pairing to begin work on an addition TO the
electric power-house on the corner OF Bryant
and Channel streets
G. j. Burger has asked the Superior Court to
set aside aJudgment against him, issued by
Justice OF the Peace Cook after he had fled
petition in insolvency.
Robert Muirhead, boatman employed by
Henry Petersen, was fatally stabbed last night
on East street by Ned Magner former member
of the Fire Department.
Conductor Scheel is recognizing his orches-
ira: He IS TO give Sunday concerts OF popular
and classical music at the Columbia Theater,
beginning next Sunday.
Inspector Geffeney yesterday found on
Japanese immigrant on the steamer Mexico
another certificate issued by the cody immi-
grafton bureau in Japan.
Henry Wischmeier of Redwood City, who IS
in the Receiving Hospital suffering from gas
asphyxiation, had two charges of forgery
booked against him yesterday.
Behrend Joost was sued yesterday by Jacob
Newman, who seeks TO recover 1920 80, al
legged balance due on q contract for the sale OF
some real estate on the Corbett road.
Stockholders of the Valley road who have not
yet signed the pooling agreement have been
notified that they cannot get stock certificates
until they call and append their names.
An enthusiastic meeting OF the Alamo square
Improvement Club was held last night at
which the supervisors were scored lot their
neglect in effecting the improvement of Alamo
Park.
committee of nine to be drawn from GER
tain civic associations will be appointed
shortly TO investigate municipal abuses, es-
pecially in regard to securing credl table city
streets.
A. 6 Neuberg threatened the lie of Justice
of the Peace Groezinger for deciding suit
against him yesterday, and the Judge only es-
capped by climbing out OF a window in his
chambers.
Nora McManus wife of Frank McManus bet
ter known as the liking" will hereafter trans
act business in her own name as sole trader
A decree to this effect was issued by Judge
Hebbard yesterday.
Manager Alfred Bowler returned from Paso
Robes in the early part OF the week and is
already hard at work arranging for the coming
season at the California and the Baldwin,
Music and Drama.
]. C. Davis of Rochester, N Y, was booked
at the City Prison yesterday, on the felony
charge Of passing a fictitious check, and he
will have to answer to about dozen similar
charges altogether.
Property-owners are complaining about en-
abandoned electric road on Fell and Baker
streets, near the park panhandle, and Super
intendent of Construction Lynch says it will
likely be removed.
Thomas II. Scott, driver of the Receiv ing
Hospital ambulance, died yesterday morning
from the effects of the in uries sustained by
him by the capsizing of the ambulance at the
Sutro baths last Monday.
Mrs William D. Northrop has sued the South
ern Pacific Company to recover $50, 600 for the
death of her husband, a switchman, who was
killed at Fourth and King streets through
alleged negligence of the company.
Lady Hesketh and her London solicitor H
/. Wright and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sharon ar.
rived from New York yesterday: They will
make arrangements for the dissolution OF the
Sharon trust that is to take place soon.
Mrs Isabella ]. Martin, the mother of baby
John" who lost her suit against Mrs. Henry
Martin, has filed a sensational suit charging
f. B. Pond and Arthur Rodgers with bribing
jurors in her late case. She demands judgment
for $250,0O0.
DR.. R. Beverly Cole gives new York College
of Physicians and Surgeons first rank in the
colleges he has been visiting in the East. He