The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-25
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Attorney-GeneraI Fitzgerald Seste-N.els -.
dered four interesting opinions upon queSUohs
of law. %
Preparations are being made for grand
Congregational rally at the First cnurch sep
TENDER 10.
The Health Office has reported eighty-seven
deaths for the week against 1o1 IoF Inc salne
week lastyea
Forr re+-ifad bodies have been found in the
Nineteentl1-street cemetery OF the Congfega-
ton Sheriff. Israel.
The Jewish section of the socialistic Labor
party held pleasant social IN the Iurk-street
Temple last evening
7. Naksuiura was arrested yesterday for OBJ.
= tanning $25 from NakanaId CsA1uo U! 4dAse anu
fraudulent pretenses.
The district lodge of the fifth district of the
Tndepepdent Order OF Good Templars met IN
annual session yesterday.
The trial OF the fire appliance on the tugs
Governor Markham and Irwin VIII take place
this morning al 9 O'Clock.
Only twenty-four dimes were coined in the
San Francisco Mint in 1894, and specimens are
commanding big premium
H Lacy, g money-lender, has recorded a
transfer Of certain property MADE 10 him by
Collector Shain, who is missing.
Steve Vulocfvich, Police Court "capper,' was
convicted Of vagPaney by Judge Conan yester-
day, and will be sentenced Thursday.
O.: The new'wharf at foot of Pacific street viii
be. according TO the plans OF Chief Engineer
Holmes, & stanch and solid structure.
James .Larken, a Southern Pacific ticket
clerk, married Mrs. Wieland yesterday and LETT
On the Belgic Tor q voyage around the world.
The Young Ladies' Board OF Missions of the
Pacific will hold its annual meeting. at
the First Congregational Church on Thursday
GO. Assessor Siebe has run against q snag in col
lecting the assessment on personal property
and it looks as though he would be sued Tor
$4,000.
49,, - 81 Il, civ Foxo-;ae 90 r-iad off tho
money at the track yesterday. The winning
horses were: Suro. Tim Murphy, Grady,
Crafty, Detective and o c.
T. K. keenan, OF 1916 Clay street, while out
fnsthe bay in q small boat last evening, was
run down by the ferry-boat Oakland. he was
well-nigh exhausted when rescued.
Congressman James G. Mcguire viii deliver
an address before the Single Tax Society this
evening at Foresters Hall, 102 O'tarrelI street.
His subject viii be Natural Taxation"
William F. Farrell, an ex-letter carrier, and
Muse have been committed TO the Insane
MyIum by the Insanity Commissioners
J; iIax Sachse, weII-known commercial trav-
elers living a t3e Lick House, fell IN Il in a
card club on Kearny street when told that MS
panE account had been garnished Tor debt.
:. John W. Mcintosh, go Post street, while
riding his bicycle in Golden Gate Park yester-
day afternoon, was run into by anotner rloeI
ara had his nose fractured and his forehead
;WOunded.
Forecast Official W. H. Harmon predicts fair
weather for to-day, growing toggy at night.
Nearly stationary temperature may De eA-
peeted, with brisk westerly winds, high IN the
afternoon.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has received
tire ass rance of several merchants and public
officers that the printed matter necessary LOT
the bureau will be furnished ana the Work can
go on without hindranee.
Fx-Juror Walter S. Brown, whose expulsion
ronl.the Durrant jury caused such commo-
ton q couple of weeks ago, called upon Key.
J.sGeorge Gibson last night The result OF the
visit was not made known
4 A. Friedlander, who Is waiting his trial
for Fcapping" around the Police Courts was
Yesterday served with a warrant charging nm
with obtaining money by false pretenses from
q prisoner in the County Jail.
Mrs. "Dr" Caroline Schmidt committed sui
eide at her home, 1858 Market street, yester-
day. She left g. letter saying she had been
abfised by her husband, and had taken her own
life with the same pistol with which her daugh-
ter had killed herself a year before.
An alarm was sounded from box 70, at IL
O'Clock last night, for fire in On Lungs pawn
shop at ~ Waveriy place. The fire started IN
q rear room, where a lamp had been left burn
ing; andit is supposed that the lamp was over
turned. The loss will not be over $500.
Alta meeting OF the property-owners south of
Golden Gate Park yesterday September was
agreed upon as the date of mass-meeting TO
protest against the stoppage OF the stGeetcar
n.
forfeiture of the franchise will be demanded.
.Cantain Merry has written very interesting
pemphlet on the Nicaragua Canal that has
been handsomely printed under the auspices OF
the Chamber OF Commerce and the Board OF
Trade of this City, and the CHAMBERS OF Com
4nerce of Portland and OF San Diego Tor Tree
distribution.
George johnson was arrested last evening for
hitting Joe Cresah on the head with brlck.
Cresali, with some other boys, was annoying
ha n a N
front of the missile thrown: Cresan was taken
home bsdly hurt and Johnson was charged
with an assault with deadly weapon.
A story concerning the connection of a
Rev Mr. Gibson with a London church
scandal is repudiated by the Rev. J. George
Gbson of Emmanuel Baptist Church in so far
~ it concerns himself or the Rev. jesse
Gibson. The police also deny its truth and
furnish correspondence to support the denial
General Graham has refused to comply with
the resolutions passed by the Metropolitan Hall
mass-meeting demanding the removal OF the
Murdered by Strikers inscription on the
Preside monument, and in his letter or reply
incidentally writes of treason and denounces
the citizens who attended that gathering and
these responsible for 1t.
a drunken mother and two small children, q
girl about years OF age and boy about d,
were taken to the City Prison last night by
Officers HolbEook, McMurray and Collins, of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren. The mother is Mrs. Patterson, rear OF 30
peFry SI1eeL. Inc mouse was IlLny III the eA-
IRENE, and when the officers went there the
mother was in a drunken stupor in chair and
the children were playing on the floor. The
children will be sent to the Infants Shelter.
Thomas Epson, who was convicted on October
20 in the Police Court OF the charge of having
lottery tickets in his possession and appealed
70 the Superior Court against the decision, was
surrendered by one of his bondsmen last night.
The case is still pending and he was out on
bail. The police were informed that Epson had
again started in the bogus lottery ticket bust
ness and yesterday Policemen Graham and
nnght got search warrant and searched his
room out did not find any tickets.
Peter Peterson, a carpenter, 80 years of age,
mt mt Win an accident yesterday that may prove
1 1sI9I. ne was employed by Warren d.
MaIley, contractors, on the San Bruno road.
WINE working near the steam shovel yester-
DAY Inc gearing broke and portion Of IL
STRUCK peterson On the head fracturine his
skull he was taken to the City and Connty
Hospital, where little hope is entertained ~
his recovery. He is widower and lived at the
camp. os siie
c. Clarkson was arrested by Detectives Roo
ana Harper last night and booked at the f,itv
Prison on the charge of petty larceny He u
accused OF going into the Office of DR. Stanton
the Railroad Commissioner, 651 CLAW street IN
1Ngust 10 and stealing a valuable clock, which
heA pawned. The detectives recovered the
clock, and from the description of the man who
pawned 1t they arres ted Clarkson He was
identified in the prison By the pawn broker.