The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


State Senator Wilson was married in Lake
view a few days ago 10 Mrs. Jane Dodge of Fort
Bidweu. "a ioi'
A. J. whiteman, charged with forging num-
lace yesterday. p" "i-
wants better streets south OF Market straet waS
organized last night 1877 va"
Two sailors narrowly escaped from being
aspnyXlated by charcoal fumes on the steamer
santa Rosa Yesterday morning.
The following horses were winners Of tho
ia! DlSLrlet yesterday: Bobolink, Rose Clark,
BANJO, Del Norte and Esperance
A marked revival in real estate values is be-
ing experienced in the Mission and in the dis
Hlc'S south OF Market street generally.
The suit of Milton Davis to be divorced from
ms WIFE Blanche Bates the actress now PLAY
Ing at the Columbia Theater has been filed
Inc VIII OF Francis T. Eisen was filed for pro-
G DaSe yesterday: He left estate valued at
lives. " ~
Captains Short, Douglass and Stone Sergeant
Cohen and three patrolmen were retired from
tAe service last night by the Police Commits
sloners.
There is good prospect of a war of rates be-
tween the California Electric Light Company
and the two new companies that have invaded
Its field.
case to test the new hydraulic mining law
mas been begun in the United States Cfrcuit
Court against the North Bloomfield Mining
Company.
Robert and Mary Marshall, man and wife,
owners of hog ranch in San Mateo County
were run down by an early morning special
and killed.
James Green, young man who frequents
the lower end of kearny street, was arrested
last evening lor robbing sailor of So last Mon
day morning.
William Mason AID A. F. Begruette, two
bunko men, were arrested yesterday for swim
ding Thomas Commeford, stranger from
Texas, out OF sS4S.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald is at work
on petition TO Congress for Japanese re-
strlction act that will be circulated for sigma
lures all over the coast.
The steamer Aztec, due from New York on
the 24th inst will go on the Panama run and
the City OF Sydney viii take the trip or the i'll
lated Collms on July Is.
Auditor Broderick. with most of the figures
from the different departments before him, esti-
mates the tax levy Tor next year st about So %,
or 81 6l for City and County.
y. J. Whlteman, who was brought from New
1orH some weeks ago Tor forging several checks
on the Nevada Bank of this City was on trial
before Judge Wallace yesterday.
Members OF the Grand Jury did not express
uneaslness yesterday at Chief Justice Beatty's
erltlclsm. They were content to wait till the
1ulI committee returned 10 town.
Policeman A. NJ. Cayot and John Courhlin,
allaS Mccarthy, alias Cardy, a burglar ex-
changed several shots Yesterday afternoon and
after hot pursuit Coughlin was captured.
Ike estate OF William T. Ballard has been ap-
praised at over S99, 900. OF this S4S, 5SS II is
cash and - 900 represents forty-one shares
OF STOCK IN the Spring Valley Water Company.
The preliminary examination OF J. c. Davis
Of Rochester, n Y, on the charge of passing a
fictitious check on Jacob Macowsky, jeweier,
was commenced before Judge Joachimsen yes
terday.
Or. J. George Gibson viii, for the first time
fully explain his position in reference to the
DTrTant case in his lecture tonight at Metro
Church. '-- PIC -O' VIC 0si''i'' 0i hliHiannei
An attempt was made to put the schooner
Glen on the Merchants Drydock Yesterday
afternoon. but her center-board fell through
her bottom and dragged so that It was impossi-
bic 10 dock her.
The Young Ladies' sodaEty OF St. Charles
parish presented handsome flag to COMPANY
3 OF the League OF the Cross Cadets nj the
minstrel enter tainment at the Nerein Eintracht
Hall last evening
R. D. Hatch of Marin County reports that
large swarms OF young grasshoppers have ad-
Vanced on the Noyato vineyard and are de-
stroying all vegetation in their course. Poison
does not kill them
Mrs Ada Freitas has fled an amended COM
plant for divorce in which she charges that
the allegations made in her husbands cross
complaint are cruel and unjust and absolutely
without foundation.
The First Infantry Regiment, y. G. c. was
inspected ana mustered by Brigade Inspector
Major Y d. DubUcc last evening. General
Warfeld and members OF the Governors and
Judge Murphy has rendered his decision
against a. \. Watson, eX-clerk of Police Court
.. who wanted Judge Conlan restrained from
prosecuting him Tor contempt for not turning
the records over TO his successor.
Manager R. 4. Schwerfn of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company told at the official inquiry
yesterday how he had inspected the ill-fated
Colima before she lett this port. He did not
think her dcckload made her topheavy.
complaint, sworn to by James Carroll
charging Attorney James II. Loug with felony
embeZZlement, and the accompanying warrant
of arrest, disappeared from Judge CampbelPs
courtroom yesterday and cannot be found.
The Fourth of July committee yesterday took
the contract for fireworks from the UneXcelled
Company and gave il TO the California Com
many on the ground that only home manufac-
lures should be employed in the celebration.
Meat Inspector Hansen says the practice of
Offering skunk beef and bob veal has been
stamped out. He faYors State veterinary
surgeon, whose duty il will be to inspect the
market.
The Street Committee Yesterday, after study
ing the specifications for street-cleaning
and not reaching conclusion, passed reso-
luton in favor OF the Merchants Association
continuing the work until new contract is
awarded.
a resident of Berkeley left contribution at
the CALL Office yesterday for little Maria
Ernondas, whose sad case was described under
The caption of I'm Direst Destitution." 1t was
promptly delivered and afforded timely relief
Harry Lichtenstein, tailor, was arrested
Yesterday for grand larceny on the complaint
OF Charles Tennebaum, who alleges that he
gave Lichtenstein gold watch security for
So and that Lichtenstein has failed to return
the timepiece.
A complaint made to Mayor sutro by Mrs.
Auguste Woodley, charging Assistant Steward
Alexander of the Receiving Hospital with
brutal treatment,was brought before the Board
of Health yesterday, but as Alexander was not
present no action was taken.
Judge Hebbard was before the Board OF
Health Yesterday morning with complaint as
to the Receiving Hospital i'll the matter of car
ing for insane patients. Dr.. Regensburger
Thought the new hospital for dipsomaniacs
would overcome the difficulty.
A three weeks old baby boy, whose parents
are unknown, was left by a woman with Dr.
Dillon Tuesday evening, and was sent to Sister
Julia's Infant Shelter. paper bearing the
name "Elsmere Welson" and haying $40 in
closed was attached to its dress.
A. ]. Cooney, for the Goodman-Levison Com
pany, sued ex-Collector Quinn to recover SJ3 70
in the Justices Court yesterday, the claim
being q holdover from the time Nj Quinn was