The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Mayor Sutro has joined the Auxiliary League
OF the Salvation Army.
Mrs. Caroline Misken Hoyt explained yester-
oaY why she is not new woman.
q. Rev, E. L. Burnett of Ukiah will preach at
ST. John's Presbyterian Church to-day.
number of foreign pictures have been
promised for the Art Institute fall exhibit.
Vincenzo de Palmi was sentenced to fifty
years imprisonment yesterday for murder.
The San Francisco baseball team beat the
san Jose representatives yesterday by a score
ot7 to o.
nlsh funos for the prosecution OF Ylolators OF
the game law.
The Merchants Association has prepared
plan OF the public work it proposes to under
take next year.
Hugh Riley, charged with manslaughter,
was sentenced to ten years in prison by Judge
Belcher yesterday.
A ShaKespearean reading was given yester-
gay afternoon at the First Unitarian Church
by Hannibal II. Williams.
Oregon Eclipse, Sea Spray. Model, Grady,
Flirtilla, Contribution and Auteun captured
purses at the track yesterday.
The third annual ball of the Emmett Football
Clubin Odd Fellows Hall last night was most
successful affair in every respect.
man supposed to be D. G. BETTER was found
dead in Golden Gate Park late yesterday after
noon. There were three bullet holes in him.
Ex-Mayor Ellert is being sued for $25, 900 by
the Sutter-street railroad for tearing up the
rails on the outer end OF the Bush-street line
The Goethe-sehiller festival, in aid of the
Golden Gate Park monument fund, will open
In the Mechanics Pavilion on Tuesday
evening.
Judge Hsyne and Attorney Philbrook had
not battle OF words as 6 prelude 10 the Garce-
lon case, argument in which was completed
yesterday.
The Hebrew Ladies' Festival of Nations came
TO a conclusion last night amid scenes of joy
Gus revelry. The net returns are estimated at
about $1,000.
feated the Stanford freshmen at football yester-
day by the unexpected and overwhelming
score OF A to o.
Annie V. Naphthaly, wife of Benjamin F.
Naphthaly, the Police-court lawyer, is suing
her husband for divorce on the grounds OF in
temperance and neglect.
The trial of two charges of embezzlement
ana two felony charges, now pending against
+. II. Mcdonald Jr, have been set for Decem-
Der 8, before Judge Bahrs.
Proceedings have been instituted by Treas
urer Widber to collect SI50,000 alleged to be
due the City and County from the Stanford
estate as inheritance taxes.
]. Hamilton, AZ Bryant street. who was
struck on the head with q block of wood
thrown by William Forman, a housemoyer,
Is now said to be raving maniac.
Chief Engineer Storey OF the Valley road
stated yesterday that only eighty miles
ton was going ahead very rapidly.
The lawyers engaged In the controversy over
the Miller d Lux estate are still considering
the agreement which Miller proposed to sign,
providing for division OF the estate.
The California Psychical Society has filed
articles of incorporation. Its object is to In
Eestigate the principles of psychology and to
disseminate knowledge of the same.
a. G. McAdie, the new weather prophet, pre-
diets for to-day-his first Sundays Offering to
San FranciScans-"fair weather, stationary
temperature and noTthwesterly winds"
Contractor Clute's work on Lyon street was
condemned yesterday by Expert Inspector
Elder, and the work will have to be torn up
and relaid properly. Clute says that Ash
worth's men approved the work and are to
blame.
The whaling schooner Rosario arrived yes
terday from the Arctic and reported that the
ice was clos ing i'll early, making it extremely
probable that number of whalers will be
caught there during the winter viii be in ex-
treme peril.
Archbishop Riordan has fled his answer to
the suit of p. J. White, the document being a
general denial of all the allegations made
White is suing to break the will of Ellen Gal
lagher, on the ground that she was unduly in
huenced by the Archbishop and John Nugent
70 leave his estate TO the church.
r. W. Gorrill is suing the Turlock Irr;gatfng
district and the Modesto irrigation district for
$685., 1926 20, balance due on $415, 1913 So the
contract price for erecting an irrigating dam
on the Tuolumne River. He sues the Turlock
district for S19S, ,532 80 and the Modesto dis
trict for S153 793 81, the unpaid por ton OF the
liability OF each.