The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-20
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

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The ball for the benefit of the BARRIERS Asso-
clauon VIII be given in B'nai b rith Hall on
April Is.
Cora Everett, the actress who was murdered
last Sunday by Charles S. Rice, was buried
yesterday.
The National Guardsmen did not get their
pay last night as expected, but are still looking
Tor II daily.
Solomon .Ducas of this city has invented
Noung-machine, which he claims viii meet all
the requirements.
Bids were raised 10 per cent on the Johnston
estate property yesterday, but Judge Coffey re-
fused TO accept them.
At the meeting of the BARRIERS Association
the CALL was declared TO be the coming news
paper OF this city and State.
The contract for furnishing the Fire Depart
ment with hydrants has been'let to the Risdon
Iron and Locomotive Works.
John Banks, colored waiter, fell from the
eighth floor of the California Hotel to the
ground and was instantly killed.
The museum resulting from the Midwinter
Fair will be opened in the art building in Gold
ell Gate Park Saturday afternoon.
The sixteenth annual Grand Ledge, Knights
OF Honor, opened yesterday in the Alcazar
building. Fifty lodges were represented.
Annie Larsen, drunken woman, raised a
dlstur bance in the City Assessors Office yester-
day and was locked up in the City Prison.
George A. Worn, a pioneer of California and a
at his residence in Ross Valley, aged 90 years.
Thomas H, Williams Jr., guardian of Mrs
Sarah Althea Terry, has petitioned the Probate
Court to be allowed to sell her Fresno prop
erty.
Captain Thomas O'Neil denies that he has
accused A. Cleary OF drawing salary as guard
at the House OF Correction while doing other
work.
The police are searching the city for Miss
Calile Berkman, who ran away from her home
at Petaluma a short time ago to go upon the
stage.
Chief Justice Beatty says no member of the
supreme Court here approved the bond of
Frank Swift, charged with burglary at Los
Angeles.
Professor lie Conte of the Berkeley university
lectured last night in the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Hall on the glacial epoch in
California.
William Graetz, defendant in a divorce suit,
complains that he was deceived by his wife
and that she obtained a divorce without due
process OF law
A remarkable submarine contest took place
on the water front yesterday between a diver
ana boatman who were searching for money
lost in the bay.
Boxers and athletes were surprised at the
result OF the 0Donnell and Kilrain boxing
contest. They expected O'Donnell to make a
better showing,
Norris Cunningham and Thomas Paul were
charged al the City Prison yesterday with rob-
bling Daniel Sheehan in Golden Gate Park on
Monday night
E W. Gratz charges Attorneys Harry Reed
and NJ. Seligman and the members of the law
firm OF Mack & Lennon with collision and
fraud in divorce case.
The new board of trustees OF the Mechanics
Institute met last night and repudiated
circular Letter that had been published in their
name by Hank Duke Smith.
Mrs. Annie Wacker, whose sister, Mrs. Gund-
ZACH, is insane and under the guardianship of
Henri Wigger, has pettioned to have Wigger
removed Tor Encouragement.
William Coleman and William RUSSELL alias
Wilson, were arrested yesterday for committing
a burglary and robbery in Third-Street
loon early yesterday morning.
Mrs. Hopora Johnston, charged with in
sanity, was arrested yesterday for attempting
TO burn down the residence, 1920 Sacramento
street, early yesterday morning.
Hattie Klein, nursegirl with the family of
c. c. Rivers, 1926 Hayes street, attempted sui
eide Yesterday morning because she wanted to
see what the other world looked like.
Lizzie Behan, aged rs, and Roy Raymond,
notorious gam bier, have eloped to Los An
geles; warrant has been Issued for Ray
monds arrest on charge OF kidnapping.
Mrs. Stanton,s the defendant in the famous
physiognomy case now before Master-in-
thanccry Heacock, is being rigidly cross
examined by the attorneys for DR.. Simms.
Robert D. Hsgerty, who was held up and shot
by two robbers in his saloon in Novembe last,
visited the City Prison yesterday and identified
; II. Meyers, d bunko man, one of his assail-
ants.
Funeral services over the remains of Arthur
=. Peterson, the Hawaiian exile who died in
this city, were held yesterday. The body viii
he shipped TO Honolulu by the steamer Aus
traliG.
Miss Marie Burroughs, who has recently been
playing at the Baldwin Theater, has brought
suit Tor q divorce from her husband, Louis +.
Massen. Inhdehty IS gwen as the ground OF
action.
Governor Budd returned to Sacramento last
night. He says that the new Photographic win
Of the late Senator James G. Fair is unques-
tionably genuine, and ridicules the theory OF
forgery.
Henry Marley of London, whom spurgeon
considered the greatest of lay preachers, VIII
preach at the Eighth-avenue NJ. Z. Church,
East oakland tonight. This is his first visit to
the coast.
The Finance Committee of the Board of
Supervisors waited upon Governor Budd
yesterday and expressed their views regarding
certain bills that are now waiting Tor guber-
material action.
A barber on Fillmore street, between Califor-
mia and Pine, was swindled out OF $40 and a
box of lottery tickets last night by two men
who represented themselves as police officers
with a search warrant
The Signal Corps of the National Guard have
arranged 10 flash message to the signal station
in the dome OF the Capitol building at sacra-
mento from the summit of Mount Diablo, by
means OF the Photograph.
H. E. Huntington and w F. Herrin say that
they do not charge dishonesty against W. S.
Mlllspaugh, the OepoSed railroad claim agent.
They think he was mot quite broad enough
for the position he held"
Mrs Alice Edith Blythe received less than
$1,000 from the recent settlement of the case,
but was required to sign nineteen different
deeds and powers of attorney. Judge Aiken
was her adviser in the matter.
The State Miners Association has issued pro-
tests against the patenting of mineral lands to
the Central and Southern Pacific railroads in
Marysville, Los Angeles and Shasta districts.
The lands involve about 500,00 acres.
George Whittell, in a counter affidavit has
told something about the agreed case of the
Market-street Railroad Company's bonds He
saws Ihey patched the case up between both
sides and that it is not a true agreed case, nor
lawful one.
The Manufacturers Convention met in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms yesterday after
noon and organized. Interesting speeches
were made by the delegates and Governor
Budd. The convention meets again this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock.
THE San Jose Mercury is on sale at the fol
lowing named places in San Francisco; Palace |
Hotel newsstand: Occidental Hotel newsstand,
Baldwin Hotel newsstand; j.. X. Cooper, 742
Market street; J. S. Albro, 10000 Market street;
Pierson Bros, 225 Kearny street.
The racing at the track yesterday was badly