The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The local N. E. churches will hold watch
meetings.
Three more booksellers were arrested on war
rants by the police yesterday.
The SorosiS Club held reception yesterday
evening ct lis new headquarters.
Presbyterian ministers yesterday discussed
the pauclty OF men in the churches
Walter D. Cation, manager for Grace & Co. in
this City, died in Piedmont yesterday.
The San Francisco and Oakland Passenger
Association was disorganized yesterday.
Harry Garthside, daring young burglar
from the interior, was booked at the City Prison
last night.
The California Chinese Mission of the Ameri-
can missionary Society held lis annual meeting
yesterday.
Judge Conlan and two detectives visited the
ocean beach where the Ingleside car robbers
hid their plunder.
The police are searching for the body of
woman seen floating in the bay near the Union
Iron Works on Saturday.
Fair, increasing cloudiness during Tues
day was the prediction issued last evening
by Forecast Official Hammon.
Companies and OF the League of the
cross Cadets will play game OF football al
Central Park on New Years day.
Austin Lewis, the socialist, delivered an in
teresting lecture last evening upon methods
and Tactics OF the Social Democracy
Judge Low yesterday refused to give de-
cision as 10 whether q steelhead is salmon or
trout and dismissed the case against A. Pala-
DIM.
Benjamin RAIDER, cook on the schooner Bow
head, while temporarily insane last evening
attempted 10 commit suicide in his room at
1879 Powell street.
The Supreme Court calendars for the coming
term have been received from the State Printer
at sacramento and are now awaiting distribu-
lion in the court clerks Office.
W. A. Hastings, formerly secretary of the
western furnishing Company, was arrested
yesterday for unlawfully retaining possession
OF keys and books OF the concern.
The carpenters and laborers who went out
On strike on the Vallejo schoolhouse job for
their wages and less hours day, have won
their fight and have gone back to work
J. J. Sullivan, Plumbing Inspector OF the
Board OF Hea n, has condemned the sanitary
system OF the state University as dangerous TO
the health OF the students and attaches.
Outsiders, with one exception, captured all
OF the races at the Bay District yesterday. The
winners were: Rey Del Bandidos, Clacquer,
Mount Roy. Trix, Salisbury II and Seaside.
Captain Lees says that he knew of Judge
Bahrs decision ten days before IL was rem
dered hence his effort 10 secure another case.
He now proposes 10 have supreme Court de-
cision.
James Godfrey charged with assault to mur-
der. was held over for trial yesterday morning.
The case is said 10 have bearing on Charles
Phillips $4,000 damage suit against the
MaIket-street Railway Company.
The owners of the American ship Benjamin
F. Packard began suit Tor $4,000 damages
yesterday against the tugs Sea Queen and Her
cuIeS for running her aground, is alleged,
ledge of Mission Bay Rock, December 3.
District Attorney Barnes has discovered that
one of the informations against Leon Myers,
the assailant OF little girls, was not filed until
after the statutory time had elapsed and he
will nave Myers indicted to make the case
against him binding.
Isaack Kohn has filed a complaint in inter
vention in the insolvency proceedings of Louis
Braverman. He says the proceedings are col
lusive, and brought with the intention of
evading mortgage for $4,000 which he
holds against Braverman.
Mrs. Clara E. Roncovieri, formerly Mrs. Clara
{. Trefts, wishes the custody of her child,
which in the diuorce proceedings dividing W.
E. Trefts and her was awarded to neither
parent, and she wants Trefts to pay $50 q
month for the child's education.
The Half-million Club. having started in mo-
tiOn the machinery for the general improve
ment of the State. and for San Francisco in
particular, has now turned the work over to
the several organizations that are operating On
the lines originally laid out by the club.
Local importers are greatly exercised over
the prospect OF increased transcOntinentel
freight rates as result OF the Panama-Pacific
Mail cOmbina ton, and there is strong talk of
clipper line around the Horn being put on
should rates be advanced to what may be con-
sidered ali unreasonable extent
Supervisors and delegates from the counties
adjacent to the bay and to the navigable rivers
will meet here on January 10, at the request
of the River improvement Convention, to
loom Californis's demands for Government
improvement OF waterways, and to elect del
egation to hurry to Washington and present
the matter before Congress.
The Supreme Court has rendered Judgment
against Mrs. Hannah Butler in her suit to re-
cover damages from the Superintendent of
Streets and the City for q broken sewer which
flooded her cellar. She sued for recompense
for the damage for the defective work on the
Od q dofppIivp m Of
pair. The Supreme Court says, however that
she can recover but once tor the one damage
and therefore dismissed the action.