The San Francisco call., 1896-10-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

View last evening
Mrs. Annie Fairfield yesterday sued Orlando
W. Fairfield for divorce.
The rain had the effect of testing the capacity
OF the Richmond sewers
NJ. H. Cunningham was arrested last evening
for embeZzling forty sacks of flour.
The Supreme Court has decided that Captain
John Mulans claim against the State is not
legal.
The will of Eliza T. Grosh, disposing of prop
erty valued al 5000, 900, has been admitted to
probate.
Governor Budd has framed a big 80 to 1
"dollar" that was presented to him by ]. D.
Spreckels.
+ Theodore C. Marceau has been granted d.
vorce from Amanda J. Marceau on the ground
of willful desertion.
Three favorites won at Oakland track yester-
day. Coda the big surprise of the day.
winning at odds OF 80 to 1.
Samuel NJ. shortridge has been appointed to
preside at the Tom Reed meeting at the Pavil-
ion next Saturday evening.
a frog possessing five legs and penchant
for political prophecy has been discovered in
the possession OF Colma saloon man.
The Fremont Citizens Republican Club held
a meeting in its headquarters Howard and
New Montgomery streets, last evening.
Ernest and Frank Bindt the lepers who
escaped from the Pesthouse last Thursday,
were captured yesterday and taken back.
neaVy southeaster held sway on the bay
yesterday afternoon and evening. There were
several narrow escapes and one collision.
Samuel Cash, who describes himself as a Gu
ban, made an appeal to the Methodist pastors
yesterday on behalf of the Cuban insurgents.
The Republican State Central Committee
has assurances that the counties south OF
Tehachapi win give Mckinley 5000 majority
Frank McManus, who was better known as
''King of the Potrero," died yesterday in Oak
land during treatment for tn e cure of dropsy
Mayor sutro has vetoed the order of the
Board of Supervisors authorizing the payment
OF $1,000 to Surveyor Tilton for the official
map.
The schooner Emma and Louisa was yester-
day libeled by Coghill & Kohn in the sum of
$500 for supplies furnished her master in
May last.
Rev. Mr.. Marshall, ield-secretary of foreign
missions. delivered an interes ting talk befoer
the Occidental Board OF Foreign Missions yes
terday,
Postmaster McCoppin received letter from
one James Taylor on Sunday last threatening
TO blow up the Postofice unless certain mail
was given.
The Hudson Manufacturing Company, cor
poration, has applied to the Superior Court
for an order OF dissolution permitting it TO go
out of business.
The Tufts-Lyons baseball nine have pro-
duced an affidavit sworn to by the mother ana
father OF Irwin K. Harvey that he is not yet
1S years of age.
The Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
is about to erect Women's Club building. to
be the headquarters for ell the literary ladies'
clubs in this City.
The contracts for building the Affiliated Col
leges were duly signed and executed by the
committee Of university regents at a meeting
yesterday afternoon
Rev. Father Yorke lectured to big audience
at fremont Temple last evening for the benefit
of Holy Cross Church. His subject was en-
titled, Under Two Flags.
The several large local commercial bodies
are preparing to send fine exhibit of manu-
factured and natural products to the Guate-
malan exposition next year.
The Citizens Charter Association has sent
letters TO the school teachers and fremen ex-
planning the provisions of the new charter
relative to the two departments.
Mrs. Nellie Phinney of Portland, executrix
OF the estate OF Guy G. Phinney, obtained
peculiar but substantial victory in the United
States Court OF Appeals yesterday.
John B. Brown, for twenty-seven years keeper
OF the Point Bonita lighthouse, was the rec;p-
lent OF a handsome gold-headed cane from the
Custom-house employees yesterday.
Mark Hanna has telegrs phed to Major Nc
Laughlin earnestly requesting that every vii
lage, hamlet, town and city OF California shall
unfurl the nag OF the country next Saturday.
All the committees en- Saturdays grand Re-
chances are that 80, 900 people will march
There were many committee meetings yester-
day.
The passengers on the steamer Oakland got
q scare yesterday. A squalI struck her and
she keeled over until the passengers sitting on
the port side were thrown in a heap on the
floor.
The brig Salvador and the tramp steamer
Tiger were in collision Yesterday, but not a
great deal OF damage was done. The Salvador
dragged her anchor and drifted down on the
Tiger.
The missing cashbooks of the recently re-
signed commander OF the First Division, Naval
Battalion, nave occasioned apprehension
among officers appointed to inYes tigate the
matter.
Ballot watchers who will not 90 to sleep are
in demand. Secretary w. B. Benoist OF the San
Francisco typographical Union says he can
supply 200 experienced printers for this i'm
portant work.
Colonel Kowaisky scored Mr.. Phelan to the
entertainment of Republican audience in
Tnrn Verein Hall on Eighteenth street, where
the colonel delivered a speech on the money
question last evening.
Leading bankers of the City assert that
vast amount of capital now deposited in bank
ing institutions will be released for invest
ment in business enterprises as soon as the
election OF Mckinley is announced definitely.
The Lyceum Theater Company of California,
incorporated yesterday, Will open the Bush
street Theater under a new name, thoroughly
reftted, and with the first OF q number of the
best obtainable Eastern companies On Decem-
ber 1.
Contractor Charles W. Fay of San Jose is
managing The fight of James d. PhelaD. the
Junta nominee for Mayor, and local contract
ors are afraid that his entry into business here
would be disastrous if Mr.. Phelan should
happen to be elected.
District Attorney William s. Barnes, who
has been canvassing Southern California in
the interest of Mckinley, sound money and
protection, says the Mckinley tide in that Sec
lion will sweep all before it. Among his
pleasant experiences was visit from ex-Con-
federate veterans.
Governor Budd addressed labor silver
mass meeting at Union Hall last night. He
said that California hasn't enough silver for
business purposes, and declared that all the
votes cast for Bryan electors on DEMOCRATIC
and Populistic ballots win be aggregated and
recorded for Bryan.
committee of Hawaiians from the Royal
Hawaiian Band waited on ex-Secretary Foster
on the ? ru yesterday and asked him 10 OPP
pose the annex tion of Hawaii 10 the United
States They mp ored him 10 interview their
counirymen aud assured him ms would ind
them opposed 10 annexation.
dispatch has been received from Suisun,
and appears in this issue, that Keepers are now
using rifles on the so-called poachers, and that
hunter from Benicia was fred at from the
railroad track and his boat pierced by
Winchester bullet The hunters are now arm