The San Francisco call., 1895-05-22
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collation. by the Ladies' Auxiliary last even
ing
q. The body of Michael Ward, the engineer of
the steamer Modoc, who was drowned two
weeks ago in the Sacramento River, has been
recovered.
The pupils of the Mount Tamalpais Military
Academy and their friends will enjoy q bay
excursion to-day on board the steamer James
N. Donohue.
The Sheriff levied an attachment on the
restaurant OF Lewis Meyer, on Ellis street, yes
terday, at the instance OF J. j. Rauer, in the
sum OF S06S3 81.
The conflict between the Coast Seamens
Union and the Ship-owners' Association in this
port is temporarily at an end and men are ship
ping al non-unlon rates.
Charles Inman, charged with numbering his
wife, was yesterday found guilty OF murder in
the first degree by jury, which fixed the
penalty at lie imprisonment.
The members of the Harmonic Singing So
ciety last night serenaded Charles..A. Zinkand
at the home OF his father-in-law, H. Plagemann,
alter his return from the East.
The Fire Committee of the Board of Super
visors yesterday let the contracts for supplying
wood and coal TO the Fire Department and pub
hc ofhces Tor the next fiscal year.
Mayor SutTo has closed his old residence on
Hayes and Fillmore streets and taken his fam
lly to the heights. He win sell the town house,
Wnlcn he bullt about twenty-five years ago.
Mrs. Lucy NJ. Keely, 3615 Geary street, swore
out warrant yesterday Tor the arrest of w.
II. Allen, real estate agent, on the charge of
obtaining goods and money by false pretenses
W. N. Gregory, an agent, was convicted in
Judge Lows court yesterday of personating an
officer in the Standard House, 2l Turk street
on Monday night, and will be sentenced to-
day.
Robert MeElroy has petitioned for lie tiers of
administration over the estate of Susan b.
Kerby, valued at $4,000. The sole devisee is
Margaret kerby, stepdaughter of the de-
ceased.
Rumor had it that the Niagara. Insurance
Company was about to withdraw its local
agency on account OF the rate cutting, but the
company has merely decided not 10 meet the
big cuts.
Chief Sullivan spent all Monday in visiting
the insurance men who have refused TO support
the fire patrol, and tried TO show them the
error OF their ways. His mission was almost
truitless
Daniel Frawley objects to the production of
"All the Comforts of Home by the Western
Addition Literary Club, as he is going to pro-
duce the same play at the Columbia Theater
next week.
The San Bruno switch, where two passenger
trains collided Monday morning, was opened
maliciously Monday nj ght and freight t-train
that was run in upon it was derailed at 8 A. N.
yesterday.
Mayor Sutro's secretary stopped the work OF
contractor LAYING q bituminous pavement on
Hayes street, between Fillmore and Steiner
yesterday, because the work was not up to
specifications.
Daniel Lawler was yesterday held to answer
before the Superior Court by Judge Low in
$1,000 bonds on the charge OF robbery at the
Sutter street branch of the American District
Telegraph Company.
The Valley-road directors ordered three
locomotives, tieplates for 120 miles of road
ana Will have three engineering parties in the
Held within another week. The trustees met
and adopted new set OF bylaws.
John Oman, while at work yesterday in An
derson's shipyard at Hunters Point, fell and
q q II tnlva
City and County Hospital, where the injured
limb was attended to by DR.. Block.
The Board of Health was to have had meet
ing yesterday 10 consider the shortage of pro-
visions at the Almshouse, but quorum was
not present The superintendents of both in
stitutions reported that they could run few
days yet.
Owing to the fact that the woman's Con-
OF the First Congregational Church this even
Ing the regular weekday meeting of the
ehureh Will be held one hour earlier than
usual. 1. e., ct 6.45 O'Clock.
Superintendent Ashworth told CALL re.
porter yesterday that he thinks the new street.
paving Specifications give a monopoly to a.
single firm for blue rock, while he thinks red
rock best for the purpose-this despite the fact
that he prepared the specifications himself
Bids were received and Dupont-street bonds
redeemed by the City and County Treasurer
yesterday as follows: sutro & Co., FIVE at
Parry oso Co, fifty at $947 so; j. Parry & Co.,
ing a total of $71 ,07O so paid out for the
bonds.
new transcontinental railroad will soon
reach the Bay OF San Francisco. The Union
Pacific system has combined with the
Donahue line and will soon build a
coast railroad from Portland, Or, to Tiburon
in Marin County, which win be the Union
Pacific's Western terminal. Superintendent of
Construction G. w. Hunt will soon put several
hundred men to work building the new coast
road.
Mayor Sutro yesterday appointed FIVE trns-
tees of the exempt fremen's relief fund. as
required by act of the late Legislatures
They are as follows: Joseph Figel, merchant
1414 McAllister street; Washington Irving
policeman, 1913 Leayenworth street; Josenh
ODonhen, United States gauger, 35 TWENTY
third street; ]. S. Marshall, Restaurant, 9lO
Clay street: J. ]. Guilfoyle, secretary Exempt
Firemen's Company. 1887 Mission street.
Secretary Gaden, on behalf OF Mayor sutro,
stopped the contractors at work laying the
bituminous-rock pavement on Hayes street,
between Fillmore and Steiner, for the reason
that the work was not done according to re-
Quirements and specifications. MI. Gaden
reported that the bitumen was being spread
over foundation of loose rock, no effort hav-
Ing been made TO even impact or macadamize
1t, and the jagged edges OF the rock forcing
themselves up through the surface of the
bitumen.
Hutchins from his position guardian of
George c. Charles an insane person. Charles
recently died In the Napa Insane Asylum and
the court had received a bill from that institu-
tion aggregating 1855 for the care of the
deceased inmate. IL appears that Charles was
an old soldier and had been in receipt OF
pension, which the Pension Bureau of the
United States Government claimed had never
been applied 10 his needs. Mrs. Hutchins,
wife OF the deposed guardian, appeared before
Judge Slack and explained that the trust
money had not been spent, but that her
husband was i'll and had been unable to attend
to his business
A fire occurred about IL o'clock Monday
night in a cottage, 2712 Harrison street, owned
by A. c. Gay and occupied by II. II. Danz. The
loss about 5000. There was no one in the
house at the time, and coal oil was found on
the carpets in two of the rooms Fire Marshal
Towe and the police think that the fire was of
incendiary origin. Danz rented the house five
months ago, and two months later his wife
went to live with her mother. Since then
DanZ had paid occasional visits to the house.
The Fire Marshal and Policeman Butterworth,
who lives next door, could not find Danz yes
terday. The matter is under investigation.