The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-07
CITY NEWS TN BRIEF.

Teas are the form OF entertainment ct pres
ent II vogue III society.
Residents OF Van Ness avenue expect to see
II graded 10 the bay soon
Dr. ". W. Case gave his views of Durrant
from a chronological standpoint.
The Will of Charles Reade, the Marin County
suicide, has been hled Tor probate.
The Dolphin Boat Club is building a $4,000
house in the middle Of Van Ness avenue
branch Of the United States Civil Service
Association has been organized in this CITY.
The Pacific Kennel Club met last evening at
the Occidental Club and elected committees
The Beard of Trade building at Market and
Pine streets has been sold for over $5C0,ooO
J. c. Lewis OF Piusbp.g, Pa, one of the or
ganizers OF the Republican party, is in this
After twenty-four years OF work the Geodetic
Survey has completed line across the CONT
uent.
The home baseball team was again defeated
by the san Jose players yesterday in an excit-
ing game.
Pugtist Miller OF the San Francisco Athletic
club had short bout in Sausalito yesterday
with a sailor.
No particulars as to the Fair will case COM
promise were given out yesterday by the par
ties concerned.
The street-sweeping force under the new con-
tractor viii be uniformed in brown caps jump
e-S and overaus.
Theodore Durrant, convicted of the murder
OF Blanche Lamont will be sentenced by Judge
Murphy tomorrow.
Mic Nae, Enclno, Flirtilla, Three Forks, Main
stay and MOntaDS were the winners at Bav
District track yesterday.
Fair weather with fog in the morning,
stationary temperature and westerly winds,'
Is the forecast iOT to-day.
Mayor Sutro denies that he joined the
auNlhary corps OF the Salvation Army as
recently reported ne did.
The attendance ct the Goethe-sehiller fair
last evening was so great that the ground floor
OF the PAVILION Was filed.
George Goeuinger is suing the State Invest
ment insurance Company Tor $67, 436 SO. due
CT l65 policies assigned to him.
\ meeting of the Press Club Will be held this
evening, at which the subject of revising the
constitution viii be brought up.
Governor Budd came to town Yesterday. He
says that he is investigating the charges
against the Bank Commissioners.
Rafael Angelo OF Cloverdale was arrested
yesterday for violating the State game law by
having I'VE quail IN his possession.
New and attractive scenes were presented at
The GoeJhe-Sc KILLER festival last evening, and
more attractions are being prepared.
4 match field trial race for $3.50 a side be-
tween point and setter was made yester-
day and viii be decided 81 Bakersfield
The question as 10 whether the Zante cur
rant Is currant or a grape is again being
argued before the United States referee.
United states Attorney Foote has received or
Martin D. Howell, charged with counterfeiting. |
Dr., Julius Roseustjrn is suing the MacDon-
Ough estate Tor $4,000 for months medical
attendance on Joseph Marlborough before he
died.
Lawyer Tobin and F. H. Rood deny emphat-
ically that there was any attempt on their part
10 bribe Mr. Dockery. No complaints are yet
made.
The second trial OF W. E. Paulsell for the rob-
berry OF CarTOlPs faro bank on Market street in
February, 1894, was on before Judge Belcher
yesterday.
The MaTket-street Railway Company now
runs the morning and evening along Carl
street every twenty mlnutes-ten minutes
faster than before.
Local American Railway Union men say there
Is no immediate probability OF any strike
being ordered mere in sympathy with the Great
Northern walkout.
The dwelers on Bartlett street deny the re-
viyed story that screams were heard al EN-
manuel Church on the evening OF the murder
81 Minnie Williams.
Lille Miller, the child over whom there has
been much litigation, has been finally assigned
10 the custody OF the Society for the Proven
ton o. Cruelty 70 Children.
Mrs Charles Harris OF 1921 Scott street
claims TO have found dynamite bomb in her
yard, which she thinks was placed there by an
enemy with malicious intent
The estate OF William Walkerley, amounting
10 S75, 900. has been distributed 10 his widow,
who i now the wife of William T. Burbank
owner OF the Los Angeles Record.
The Supreme Court has denied the applica-
ton OF the defendants in the Hale 81 Norcross
case for writ prohibiting Judge Hebbard
from retTying certain issues in the case.
The yearlings from Theodore Winters
Rancho del Sierras breeding establishment
were sold at kiillp Il Co.'S salesyard last night
and brought an average OF 1866 per head.
The order to show cause why the directors of
the PEOPLES Home Bank should not be re-
moved, the trial of which has been before
Jrdge Heooard for week past, mas been sub
mitted.
Herbert Ready, an employment agent. was
convicted in Judge Campbeil's court yesterday
OF the charge of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses from laborlng men and VIII be SEN
fenced to-day.
Arguments on the validity of the Election
Commission OF San Francisco will be heard in
the supreme Court tomorrow. D. NJ. Delmas
will represent The commission and Garrett Nc
Enerney viii oppose him.
The settlement of the Fair will contest is
expected 10 hasten the completion of Van Ness
avenue as boulevard and the opening UP of
Polk street and q level driveway 10 the Pre-
sidiO and Golden Gate Park.
General W. II. H Hart appeared before
Mayor Sutro in behalf of the proposed Blythe
block and against the new fire ordinance
limiting buildings to 100 feet in height
Mayor Sutro said he would veto the ordinance.
Boatman James Murray of Telegraph Hill lies
at the City and County Hospital suffering
from FIVE stiletto wounds. 1t is said the stab
bing was done by enemies as the result of an
old feud. William Ryan and Alexander Rod
riguez have been arrested.
Alfred Isson is suing to recover $50, 900 from
his brother-in-law, George Stierlen. for alien
ating the affections OF his wife, now dead. He
also has q suit pending against the Pacific
Mail Company, in which ne asks for 100000
for her death on the Columbia.
The case of B. f. Hanlon, insurance agent,
charged with battery upon Conductor o. T.
Parker OF the Devisadero-street line, was heard
by Judge Joachimsen Yesterday. and taken uI-
der Amusement, the Judge expressing the
opinion that he would dismiss il.
At the Oakland gathering of the General
Congregational Association the committee on
site for a seaside summer resort recommended
the purchase of the Bella Vista ranch in San
Nateo County, formerly owned b. Creed Hay
monu. Final action was deferred.
John Anderson, a sailor on the steamer Cres-
cent City, lying at Fremont-street wharf. while
unloading timber yesterday, had the little
finger of his right hand amputated and his
forearm fractured by some planks falling on
top Of him. He was taken 20 the Receiving |
Hospital.
The celebrated statue of the Venus of Cali |
fornia. which WAS modelled from Miss Marion |
Nolan by Sculptor Robert Schmid, is missing, |
and lis feared that II is lost. A syndicate OF