The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF


The week Of seli-denial opened in the Saliva
ton Army quarters yesterday.
The Grand Jury yesterday indicted "Spider"
Kelly and Sullivan Tor robbery.
The Goethe-schiller festival at the Pavilion
closed last night with grand ball.
The estate OF DR.. Thomas Joseph LIE Tour
neux has been appraised at $761S 10.
There is some talk of naming woman as
School Director 10 succeed c. B. Stone.
The cable on Ellis and Brokerick streets is
being taken up 10 make way for an electric
line.
Mic Nae, Cabrillo. Rosebud, Oregon Eclipse
and Morgan g were winners at the Bay District
yesterday.
The preachers meetings yesterday heard
papers on Modern Rome" and "The American
Question"
Mrs de Wolf Hopper, native daughter,
spoke yesterday OF how she came to take up
light opera.
The managers OF the Childrens Hospital con-
certs has secured several more brilliant soloists
Tor the festival.
Miss Ray Frank win lecture this evening at
Beethoven Hall on "Other Aspects OF the
Woman Problem"
The directors of the Peoples Home Savings
Bank nave rejected the offer made Tor the Pa
clhc Bank property.
increasing cloudiness and probable show
erS' is the forecast for to-day's weather, as is
sued by Official A McAdie.
The heirs to the estate Of Elizabeth Boyd
have secured an order for the resale OF some
property on Golden Gate avenue.
The Chit-chat Club, a social organization
fond OF literature, held its twenty-frst annual
reception at the Merchants Club last night
The funeral of the late DR.. Basil Norris will
be held the Preside al . o'clock tomorrow.
Thu body Will be inferred in the Preside Gem
etery.
E. NJ RaiIton, East Oakland agent of the
E1r1T6 nrrn apff &c
its employ on account OF u shortage in his ac-
counts.
Edward Weir, who has been annoying young
ladies with his attentions, sent to the
Ckiah asylum yesterday by order of Judge
Sanderson.
A mile OF track a day is being laid on the new
Valley road, and Director Watt says that the
company VIII be ready TO haul the next crop
from Fresno.
George A. Knight and District Attorney
Barnes Will auction off the seats for the Chill
dren's Hospital concerts tomorrow noon in
the Baldwin Theater.
W. II. Seaton, who wss ordered to saw wood
IL Attorney Morgan's back yard, failed to com
ply with his instructions and has been cited
Tor contempt OF court.
Judge Conlan administer a rebuke to Pc
Icemen J. Tuite yesterday for arresting Mrs.
May Harrison on charges which the Judge
deemed unWarranted.
runaway horse caused a stampede on the
corner OF Jones and Market streets yesterday
afternoon by inveding the sidewalk, which
Was crowded with ladies'.
The Mission Association for Sewer Improve
ment has discovered that the Mission-street
sewer between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets was never completed.
United States District Judge Morrow, to pre-
vent repetition of the Grand Juror Summer
hayes incident, gave somS explicit instrue-
tons 10 his trial jurors yesterday.
quantity of harness was found in the door
way OF Bare Bros store, on Market and Ninth
streets. on Sunday night by Policeman O'Dea,
and the police want an owner for it.
There is talk among the local dairymen of
pooling their interests. They claim that such
a movement would result in ultimately reduc-
ing the cost OF milk to the consumer.
About $4,000 was realized by the Goethe
Schiller festival, which viii complete the fund
for the monument that the German colony will
donate 10 the public and which viii be erected
in Golden Gate Park.
The second issue in the suit of Fox vs. the
Hale & Norcross Company for the accounting OF
the value of the ores milled was begun before
Judge Hebbard in Department 4 OF the Supe-
rior Court yesterday.
"Dr." Walter W. Arey, who was convicted
once before of the same offense, was found
guilty yesterday by the Federal court OF unlaw-
fully using the United States mails. Sentence
was deferred u week.
Judge Sanderson, in sustaining a demurrer
to the complaint in the case OF the pol1ey-hold-
ersagainst the old Bankers Mutual Life Asso-
citation, has practically decided the case in
favor of the defendants.
Louisa Bianchi is suing her aunt Virginia
Berih, for $500. She claims these are her
savings since 1888, which she gave TO her aunt
for safekeeping, ana which the latter now
fuses to turn over TO her.
W. ]. n. Marsily is suing his attorney, Ro-
which Marsily claims was LETT IN the hands of
De Boom by the estate of Mary Christensen
for the plaintiffs benefit.
James Doyle, ID years of age, living at 637
Stevenson street. was thrown from horse at
Fifth and Harrison streets yesterday, and had
his left arm broken, his scalp lacerated and
his left hip confused. He was taken to the Re-
ceiving Hospital.
George f. Beveridge, who discovered the
Santa Rosalia mine, declares that Judge Ma
guire is wrong when he says that it is worth
less and that Mint Superintendent Daggett
foisted ii upon the employees of the Mint and
made them buy stock in the same.
Yesterday, at meeting between a committee
from the South-side improvement Club and
H. +. Huntington, the latter stated that the
railroad company would put down a bitumi-
nous pavement between the car rails on Fol-
som street from Nineteenth to Sixth.
A warrant was sworn out in Judge Joachim
sens court yesterday for the arrest of Look Wv
zee, highlander, on the charge of robbery
He drew knife on Sing Quoy a Chinese
woman living at Sullivan alley, and forcibly
took from her pair of earrings and her brace
lets, valued at $S4
small fire, which resulted in no damage to
stove at 81 Glen Park avenue shortly before
noon yesterday. The building was a two-story
frame occupied as a dwelling by James Shore
and owned by c. ]. Dempster. The alarm was
sent in from box II.
English heirs are struggling in the Federal
courts to have the provisions OF the trust in
William Walkerley' will carried out. The title
to the Pacific Union Club property is involved.
The State Supreme Court set aside the trust,
and on the 4th inst the estate was turned over
10 the widow at Oakland.
A test case has been made in the case OF
Wong Kim Ak in the United States District
Court to determine whether an American-born
Chinese Is a citizen not. 1t has been brought
under instructions from the Attorney-General,
and was argued by District Attorney Foote
yesterday. The effect of the final decision will
be lar reaching.
Judge MeKenGa yesterday ruled that Marvin
L. Freeman, the recalcitrant witness in the
Westinghouse case, must testify be-
fore Commissioner Heacock or suffer Tor con-
tempt of court, In his effort to be excused
from testifying the witness filed an AFFIDAVIT.
comprising charges OF bribery and intimida-
ton against II. S. Mackaye and Warren 4.
Freeman.
The Old Peoples Home. beneficiary under
the will of the late Miranda Lux, has hled de-
murrers against the petition OF jesse w rot
ter for the revocation of the probate OF the