The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The police. raided "a. faro game at II Third
street, last hight, and arrested five men.
:. SGveraF thousand employed and unemployed
WoTkmen viii parade after to-day's procession.
: The .winners. at: the Bay District yesterday
e we're BobolinE, Melanie, Carmel Myron. and
:. The bark :Fheobald is diseharging cargo of
.:5Goal which was mined in Cooks Inlet, Alaska,
last WINTER. .
: Robert Irwin, whose wife was lost on. the
%Co!rma,, arrived by the Acapulco: yesterday
The half fares given by the railroads for the
Fourth lfave, eaused exodus of holiday tour
lists to the Country
- AMERICAN .Raflway Union No. $40 will not
parade te-day; as it would mot march with the
State or United Sta ties soldiers.
=. TIE Secpnd days tennis tournament at San
;. Rafael was botly contested yesterday from
start'to ffnfsh- Sumner .HardyWon.
=. The Will of Mrs: Elizabeth Waters, an incom-
.pete,ut person, was fled fer probate yesterday.
She [e1t al estate valued at $4,000.
Eddie; Br1ckIey of 42z: Third street guessed.
= heamQnRt Of money in RaphaePs barrel OF
money and was awarded. q tiTst-class bicycle.
:" a, warrant was; sworn out yesterday by
III OniaS Party $50 Minna street. for the arrest
lei Washington Frank on the charge OF forgery:
Thomas H. Williams of the California Jockey
Club SAYS he: will purchase the Bay District
r, e course. The price is. said to be $S50,000.
Julius Thai. who has been conducting phar-
macy at cough. and Oak streets, was arrested
yesterday fof not being registered as Pharma-
cist-
John FeldhauSen, a bunko-steerer, was ar
rested yesterday for swindling John Eggers,
q butcher from the country, out OF $50 by the
old lock ganles".
P F. Mccormick, on retiring from the posi-
ton OF secretary OF the Knights of St. Patrick,
was presented with magnificent gold watch
suitably inscribed.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda arrived yes
.teTday, tWenty-three days from Sydney, and
the Pacific Nail steamer Acapulco, tWenty-four
days from Panama,
The handball courts will be open to-day, and
at the Union court a match for $50 a side will
be played between KilgaLlOn and Harlow and
.Lenihan and Feeney..
All extramen in the Fire Department and
extra engine companies went on duty at e
O'Clock last evening and will continue on duty
till o 4. NJ tomorrow:
Frank Damrosch feels that the season Of
grand opera innecember is assured. He tells
OF the gleat choral societies which he leads in
the City OF New York.
Lon Quong, who had made preparations to
" leave for China by the,Copdc, was arrested yes
teTday Tor embezzling 1912 95 from n. 6. Haw,
9: merchdnt.ot MERGED.
T. P: Harmon, 9 polisher, was arrested yester-
=: day on a. warraut charging him with obtaining
500 from joseph CURningham, 0'Farrell
street, By false pretenses.
:: The Po$tofficej Custom house and all Federal
:otilces.wll be closed to-day, except the Post
- etTce.WlH be open 6etWPen- the hours OF and
:.10-A. N. and, 2ang 3 P. NJ only.
=. 'WaTrsnts were sworn out yesterday by Clara
= Deg Qlre, &21 Mason street, Tor the arrest on 2.
:'A an; :Q0on; :on the charges of malicious mis-
.cnlet. and disturbing the. peace.
~..:,Stephen. FAret, a shoemaker, was arrested
: Yesterday on the charge OF grand larceny in
stealing 81 from Larry Fitzpatrick in a saloon
: on Pacific street; Tuesday night.
: Francis i: Storm, expert accountant in the
: otiiee Of the United States Railroad Commits
" sIoneT. has srriyed here Ifd;begunan eXamina-
=. q onrof. the Central Pacific's books.
:HenEy S: Martin, the well:kuown capitalist
: ana AatfYe Son, Is: the latest victim TO the
: bicycle fad. FL e has sent East for new wheel
.aIld will appears SHORTLY in bleomers.
:: John {. Mash. Late a Stage:manager of the
IlYo!l, mas ,.brQaght SUIT against Mrs Kreling
for $500, the amount OF his salary had he been
Showed 70 'erte out h1scentract time.
=. The Howard. Presby terjen CHURCH has pur-
+: ana baker streets, and IS considering plans
tfor asst ne lure 10. be erected in the fall
j.. = piece OF fron pipe resembling bomb was
.fopnd last night in theyard OF 1105 shotwell
street, occupied" by Daniel Sewell, and is now
in the possession OF Fire Marshal Towe.::
=. Thomas Nfee1lan, who was arrested last
Thursday night ~hile stealing clothes from the
-.yicsims:of the big fire, was sentenced 10 one
.yeaf in the county Jail by Judge Campbell
yesterday. -
! II. T. Fitzgerald. recently. appointed Pacific
Coast passenger. agent OF the Missouri Pacific
and Texas Pacific railways, arrived here yes
terdaX.&nd entered on his duties. at 12l' Cali
Iofn1a street -:
= The. battle forfhe control of the local Democ-
Tacy is being -waged between Ed Lanigan and
Max Pepper, Who have EACH organized several
. DISTRICTS and are being backed by different
Federal officers. :
Professor Fritz scheel has submitted apropo-
sitohto the Mudciahs' Union asking for his
reinstatement as a member thereof 1t has
. beenaccePted. and II REMAINS for him to CON-
ply with its terms.
The .Maauiacturers'- Association has re-
:questedE the Board of Fire Commissioners to
change their specifications relative to building
new engihe-hQuses, so that California producers
may bid for the roofing
Commander Charles Tinsley of General Candy
Garrison No. La of the Regular, Army and
Navy Union. swore out q warrant yesterday for
the arrest of .Quartegmaster John Roland on
the charge OF embezzlement.
The shoesoEe. of Fred Parker, 4O5 Hayes
" street, was entered by burglars who emptied
the cash till and stole twenty-four boxes of
Shoes which were aftefward recovered in
places whete they:had been hidden.
Materials for building the Valley railroad
. have begun. to arrive at Stockton where large
tract has been set aside,as a .stOrage-yard for
ties lumber. rails car, etc, that will be gath
cred there Within the next two months.
The Institute of Applied Christianity has
D.. leased .the old French Hospital on Bryant
it as a shelter for: the. sufferers from the big
: fire. Food and,clothfng will be distributed.
1t is stated that the captain OF the port of
Manzani1lo just before the Colima left that
place on her last trip notified the Secretary of
WaE at Mexico that the steamer was unsea-
wdrthy-by: reason OF the bad condition OF her
cargo.
. leopold Table went into the tail6r-shop of
Albert Bushak1 3105 Mission street, last n ght
and started row. He pulled out 81 revolver
and attempted TO Shoot: Bushak, but was dis
armed and arrested for assault with deadly
weapon. -:
= Treasurer James IT,: Wldber- died Tuesday
nIght-st his residenee on. Ellis street from an
= attack of pleurepneumOpia August c. Wild
Der; his SON and chief deputy, was yesterday
appointed by the Supervisors To the office to
succeed his father. :. -
. !: The Street. Committee reported yesterdayin
favor of the Market street RailroadCompany's
petition for a franchise over the ocean road
to. the ocean, and rejected: Behrend. Joosts
petition Every nieInber. voted for the Market
street coinpany but Chairman Spreckels.
.. Charles Boswijh, Turk andJones streets, was
Cleaning windows in house on Hyde street,
.betWeaI. .McAElIster and Golden Gate ave-
: nMe, last ight,;when he lost his balance and
<te Ito the ground. distance of twenty feet,
escaping with q confused: nose and, laeerated
- rhe-opening Of Clay and Washington streets,