The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The annual meeting OF the French Christian
Union was held yesterday.
The Grand Jury at a session yesterday con-
sidered sidewalk distractions.
Articles of incorporation of the Oakville Wine
Company were filed yesterday.
Miss Mae Keane the actress, complains of
being prosecuted by anonymous letters.
Miss Raw Frank gave an eloquent lecture on
"Jewish Women in Fiction" at Beethoven
Hall.
Children gave a concert last night in the AS
ISOLATION Auditorium Tor the Kings Daugh-
ters' Home.
FL Fl, Castanette, Caliente, by by. Monitor
and Rosebud won races at the Bay District
track yesterday.
The Will of William Shiels, bequeathing an
estate worth some hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, was filed yesterday.
Dr. Thomas F. Day gave the first lecture of
the Presbyterian Church extens sion course at
Calvary Church last evening.
The Republican Official Club of the Forty
third Assembly District was organized by Gen
eral 5. w. Backus, last night.
Fair, except cloudy and foggy Wednesday
morning" is the outlook for to-day's weather,
according TO Forecast Official w. H. Harmon
County Clerk Curry yesterday began the col
lection OF fees under the new general laws
the special law having been declared unconsti-
tutional.
An opium smoking bee was held in United
States Commissioner Heacocks court yester.
day by white and Chinese witnesses in snug
CLING case.
George O'Brien, arrested for forging check
for $40, is the son OF a Chicago millionaire
and his friends are making every effort to save
him from punishment.
Special instructions have been given to the
participants in the GOethe-Schiller festival
that Will be held in the Pavilion next month
regarding their treatment of guests.
1t was reported yesterday that Captain
Hooper OF the revenue service had been sum-
moned TO Washington to give Information re-
gardlng the Alaskan boundary dispute.
The subject OF streetcar transfers will be dis
cussed today at a conference of Manager
Nining of the Market-street system and com
mittee from the Merchants Association.
Captain Lees said last evening that he knew
nothing OF the Charles N. Comstock who was
arrested in New York for stealing the jewels of
Mrs. Caroline Cotton Martin of Berkeley.
1t was announced in Judge Lows court yes
terday that the Attorney-General would appear
on Saturday 10 specially prosecute two game
dealers Tor selling wild ducks out Of season.
Matthias Knapp was awarded $4,000 damages
in Judge Dangerfeld's court yesterday in his
suit against the Southern Pacific for a broken
arm sustained by being caught between cars.
The Western Addition Improvement Club.
headed by James Bowlan, has filed charges
with the Board of Supervisors, calling the club
headed by Charles Hubs a party OF schemers.
A wonderful story of gold deposits comes
from Nevada. The owners OF the Buckeye
gravel mines claim to have $3.50, 900 900 in
sight, that will require seventy years to work
out.
Captain Woodsde of the wrecked steamer
BawnmoTe and his wife haved sued the Canton
Insurance Company for the insurance on their
personal belongings, lost when the steamer
went down.
g. J. Sparrow, a confectioner. surrendered
himself at police Headquarters Yesterday and
was booked for manslaughter in causing the
death of Frank Williams by running over him
with his bicycle.
DR.. Mclean OF the California Medical College
yesterday repeated his request TO the Board of
Health for permission to have the students of
the college visit the City and County Hospital.
The request was tabled.
The case OF Charles ]. stoltz, treasurer of
Court Apollo, Ancient Order of Foresters,
charged with felony embeZzlement, was dis
missed by Judge Low yesterday, owing to the
complaint being defective.
Philbrook has begun argument for the de-
Tense in the GarcelOn case, ana claims that the
trust deeds are really testimentary, were
fraudulently obtained by undue influence,
and are consequently void.
S. D. Mclean, lumberman from Guatemala,
was arrested yesterday for felony for attempt
ing TO eXtort money from D. L. Webster OF the
Sonoma Lumber Company by means of a black
mailing letter signed the Vendetta League.
motion will be made before the Supreme
Court next Monday for the dismissal of the
appeal in the Hale & Norcross suit and that
damages be awarded part OF the costs the
grounds being that the appeal is frivolous.
California packers of meat for export are
alarmed over the recent order from Washing
ton relative 10 the appointment of meat in
spectors. They fear the inspectors will not get
10 Work before the packing season is over and
that large foreign orders will have to be de-
clineG.
A. E. Williams has notified the Board of Su-
pervisors that he will appeal to the courts TO
compel them to accept his bid for the fran
chise TO cremate the City's garbage. The Su-
pervisors threw out all the bids for the fran
chise. Williams claims they had no right to
take such action.