The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Inc supreme Court mas SllSHtlH A4oOAAON eAO
judgment in the LeYinsou case.
in. E. Wilson has returned to San Francisco
and will to-day apply for divorce
The De La Mcntanya divorce appeal was
argued before the Supreme Court yesterday
Over two hundred men of the old street
sweeping gang have been thrown out OF WORK
The Bawnmore will complete her load OF
cargo for Central American ports ana sail To-
day.
The Manufacturers and Producers Associa-
ton is discussing the advisability OF 1ncorpo-
rating.
The Supreme Court holds the Hobart estate
liable for pro rata share OF the Hale q nor
cross judgment.
Murderer Fredericks' appeal is now before
the Supreme Court and serious legal eomplica-
tons may result
Within the past three weeks work has been
found for 500 men and women by the State
Free Labor Bureau
a test case will be heard by Judge Low this
morning TO test the constitutonality OF the
poOlroom ordinance.
The winners at the Bay District yesterday
We're: Red Dick, Charlie Boots, Sir Richard,
e Ali Baba and Charmer.
The work of demolition of the old johnson
House." which is to be replaced by THE CALI.
building, has been begun.
The great raft of piles that recently arrived
from Oregon went adrift in the bay yesterday,
dragging the tug Sea Witch with it.
Parties of boys and young men gather in the
gumtrees on First avenue, near Fulton, daily
and wager on the Jockey Club races.
People of the Richmond district say the pub
lie school is not in a sanitary condition be-
cause it is not connected with sewer.
The Fish Commissioners will bring suit
against the Truckee Lumber Company for
dumping saWdust into the Truckee River.
The charge of threats to kill preferred by
Josephine AmirauX the actress, against her
husband was dismissed by Judge Campbell
yesterday.
At the meeting of the Free Library Trustees
last night Librarian Clarke submitted his an
nual report which contained some very IN"
teresting statistics.
Several car-fenders were tried on the West
MlsSon-street spurtrack yesterday, but they
did not accomplish what the inventors eX-
peCted they would.
An unknown man was found unconscious in
room a 203 Powell street yesterday morning
with the gas turned on full, and was taken to
the Receiving Hospital.
The State Board of Trade will have some in
teTesting statistics regarding the California
sugar-beet industry to present when the At
lanta Exposition opens.
Rev. George A. Herring SAYS the people must
meet and discuss public que rs ii the present
social difficulties are to be removed by an IN
telligently handled ballot.
The board of trustees of the Mechanics In
stitute met last night st the Pavilion and took
action on matters connected with the lair. The
board meets again tonight.
Joseph Harris. bookmaker, has brought suit
against the California Jockey Club to recover
1929 damages, because he was elected from the
Tacetrack on June u, 1893.
The steamer Monticello will make trial trip
around the bay to morrow evening. Her
owner states that she came down from Seattle
with regular licensed officers.
motion will be made to expunge the refer
ence to Meyer Strauss expulsion from the rec
ords at the prayer-meetlng OF the First Congre-
gatiOnal Church this evening.
George n. Martin, wealthy commission mer-
chant OF Sioux City, was thrown off train at
Towles last Friday and has sued the railroad
company for $75 900 damages.
The eighth grand council of the Young Mems
Catholic Union is in session at Tenth and Mar
ket streets. Grand officers reports show that
the order had successful year.
newly born baby girl was found in the yard
IN rear ofthe Hillsdale House, corner OF Sixth
and Jessie streets, yesterday afternoon ana
taken TO the Receiving Hospital.
The first rehearsal of the San Francisco Ora
torio Society under the direction OF DR.. James
Hamilton Howe, at Byron Mauzy Hall last
night, was pronounced success.
According to interviews held yesterday the
labor unions of this City are opposed to the
plans of the Half-million Club, which pro-
poses TO bring settlers into the State.
Charles Bergman, living on Bush street, fell fell
evening and broke his left arm, which was
attended to at the Receiving Hospital.
c. B. Henderson, alias Con S. Sullivan, was
yesterday held to answer before the Superior
Court, without bail, by Judge Low for the MUIR
der of Clarence Barr, the Chinatown guide.
The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art has
adopted course of study of three years, lead
ing 10 certificate of proficiency to be granted
to graduates by the University of California.
Two daring robberies were committed BY the
same men, one on Monday night and the other
early yesterday morning, and one OF the rob-
bers, Billy Cahill, was arrested and identified.
The Laurel Republican Club is the outcome
of an enthusiastic meeting held at Coakley's
Hall, on Geary street, last night. George r.
Fletcher is president of the new organization.
District Attorney Barnes says that the prose-
cution of the defendants in the Hale & Norcross
suit, who were charged with conspiracy to
defraud lies with the injured parties, the
stockholders.
L. A. Warsek has presented a novel point to
the Justices courts. He lost $50 piece some
time ago, and Mrs. Allen McFayden picked it
up and would not return 1t. He is now suing
for its recovery.
Resolutions denouncing the Board of Super
visors were adopted by the Southsfde Improve
ment Club last night for failing to provide for
the illuminating Of Folsom street. A mass
meeting is to be held.
The Musicians Union has passed an order
prohibiting its members from paying the "a
per week rent which Fritz Scheel demands Tor
the use of the costumes TO be used in the
Mechanics Fair band.
by the cable and electric roads running
through the Richmond district. The Suffer-
street Company viii find an outlet to the park
by way of Walnut avenue.
Funds are needed by the California Miners
Association to enable it to carry on its fight
against the railroad companies. The protests
against the land-grabs going to the Secre-
tary of the Interior on appeal.
Mrs Bassett, 1I19 Mission street, was kicked
and beaten by her husband yesterday morning.
She was taken to the Receiving Hospital,
where it was found one of her ribs was frac-
tured and her eyes blackened.
The real estate sales during the first six
months of the current year are considerably in
advance of any year since 1892. Prices are
much better and there is feeling among
holders that the worst is over.
Judge Slack yesterday decided in favor of
General Dfckinson's demurrer on the accusa-
ton of K. NJ Smith against the Solid Eight of
the Board of Supervisors. He holds that the
Grand Jury must take the first step.
g. The eight-year-old son of Private George w.
Hauck, at the Preside, was drowned near
Fort Point last Sunday. He was swimming in
a little cove with several companions, when he
was carried away by the swift current.
The CITY Hall Commissioners received bids
for terra Gotta work for the rotunda yesterday,
but as the two bids submitted were over $1,000
more than the last ones the board decided to
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