The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The Hale & Norcross case will be finished by
Wednesday next.
Fair" weather is promised for to-day by the
official forecaSter.
Judge Wallace has awarded Thomas O'Don-
nell the custody of his daughter.
The Pacific Improvement Company will sell
most OF its City lands at auction next Janu-
ary.
Five fnouests were held by Coroner Hawkins
yesterday In four of them the verdicts were
suicide"
The Grand Jury is convinced that the Solid
Light Supervisors do not intend TO pass pool
ordinance.
Mrs. Henrietta E. Brown refutes the charge
that the Women's Federation for Pubic dood
is sectarian.
The inmates of the California Girls Training
Home will give bazaar for the building tund
on Thursday.
The winners at Ingleside yesterday were
Theresa, Tar and Tartar, Ramiro, Foremost
and Geraldine.
Mayor sutro says that the funding bill is
sure to pass Congress. He has not decided to
resign his Office.
The second day of the rendez vous of the
Boys Brigade fulfilled the promi Sc OF the hrst
in point OF success.
''Benney," a newspaper boy has turned out
to be book-maker, and pushes good business
at Lotta'S fountain.
Judge Slack has refused Herman Oelrichs the
custody of his sons interests in matters re-
lating TO the Fair estate.
The Supreme Court has decided that attor-
neys in challenging jurors must do so in turn
under all circumstances.
Traffic Manager w. B. Curtis is at present en-.
gagged in planning commercial invasions into
Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico.
The Art Association has Commissioned
Rupert Schmid to make portrait OF Edward
F. SearleS for the HOPKINS mansion.
Professor Joseph LIE Conte lectured before
the California Psychical Society on the "Rela-
tion OF Physiology and Philosophy"
The suit of Charles H. Young TO secure the
position of School Superintendent was in ar
Gument before Judge Seawell yesterday.
Richard H. Collier was convicted yesterday
and fined $40 for false impersonation in rid
ing on ticket issued to William McPhee.
Matt Jones contradicted the Harsin story in
the Howell case Yesterday. Judge Morrow
ruled the Dear Matt letter out OF evidence.
E P. Cole is suing John G. Agar, executor of
the Macdonough estate, for $3.50 for legal ser
vices rendered in the employ OF Macdonough.
Mrs. Walker Graves, who sustained a frac-
ture OF her left arm while dancing the Virginia
reel at the residence of friend recently, is in
a fair way TO recover
"Nobby' Clarke's writ of habeas corpus was
denied by the Supreme Court yesterday, so he
paid the $275 which was the cause of his ar
rest and was released.
Barnes cannot recover the property he con-
veyed ID his wife before their marriage in order
to persuade her to marry him.
The Associated Charities convened yesterday
for the purpose of investigating and indorsing
applications for relief received from number
OF families throughout the City.
On complaint of United States Shipping Com
missioner Gwin .'crimp' named James
Douglas was arrested by the Federal authori-
ties for violating the Mcguire act.
Kate T. Burke is suing her husband, J. T.
Burke, for divorce on the ground OF extreme
cruelty. She says he has struck her and has
otherwise brutally maltreated her.
Secretary Morton of the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington has granted the request
of the Butchers Board OF Trade of this City for
a delay in the enforcement of the new meat-tag
inspection law.
The San Miguel Defense Association meeting
was largely attended last night at Judson Hall.
The call for signers of the roll to pledge money
for the expense of defense was responded to by
forty-two names.
Five arrests were made yesterday for selling
liquor in less quantities than quart without
a license. They were based on the complaints
of Edward Ward, one of the new seyenty-fve
police appointees.
Judge Seawell has ruled that Dennis Spencer
is entitled TO the position of attorney for the
Board of Health, TO which he was appointed
bv Governor Budd and which was held by
George A. Knight.
DR.. Walter R. Scroggs, a classmate of Dur
man has been ordained as a minister OF the
Presbyterian church, and will go abroad as
medical missionary.
BENJAMIN H. Baird has filed an answer to
his wife's action for divorce. in which he sDe-
officially denies every allegation OF lntemper-
ance and cruelty. There is likely to be a con-
troversy OF a somewhat sensational nature.
The motion of defendant in the suit of Claus
spreckels VS.. Rudolph Spreckels to dismiss the
Injunction against the defendant was sus-
tained by Judge Slack yesterday, and an appeal
was taken by the plaintiff to the Supreme
Court.
Governor Budd threatened to remove DR..
Fitzgibbon from the Board of Health on
count OF alleged ne potism, but was prevented
from doing so by DR.. Morse, who exercises con-
siderable influence with the chief executive of
the State.
The National Amendment Club plan, which
was recently originated by Thomas S. Harri-
son of this City, will be presented for adoption
in all the States and Territories OF the Union
through the instrumentality of the Womens
Christian Temperance unions
Mrs. Jdlia O'Brien, who is suing her hus-
band, Michael OBrien, for divorce, has filed
a sensational affidavit, in which she charges
him with being swindler and q per- jurer.
She does this because he swore he had no
money with which TO pay her alimony.
meeting of the executive committee of
the South Side Club last night committee was
chosen TO arrange for a conference between
Street Superintendent Ashworth, the Street
Committee and committee of the club on the
question of bituminizing Folsom street
Governor Budd is considering the, advisa-
bflity OF granting a petition OF the lifetime
prisoners al San Quentin, asking that ne IN
sugurate the custom of extending executive
clemency to one of their number every christ
mas Warden Aull of Folsom prison ana the
Prison Commissioners approve the plan
Pobert J. Woods who formerly had the
VsIIeio-street United States Bonded Ware
house, threatens to communicate with Secre-
tarv Carlisle and ask for Information upon the
Tnoi,uer in which he was supplanted, as he
saws, by Harry Wise son of John ID. wise, the
Collector of Customs. The warehouse is now
conducted by the firm OF Sanborn d wise.