The San Francisco call., 1896-06-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The Merchants Association yesterday elected
It's executive officers for the ensuing year.
Forty-eight more firms have joined the Mer.
chants Association, bringing the mem bership
up to 452.
Partly cloudy in the morning, followed by
lair weather. with brisk winds, is the forecast
Tor to-day.
General W. H. Dimond left the City last
evening for Europe. He expects 10 be away
four months
local druggist asserts that many cyclists
are becoming kOia "fiends" through persistent
use OF the Grug.
Superintendent Reddy of the Almshouse is
sald 10 hold office illegally, and suit has been
brought 10 Oust him.
The Fire Commissioners met Yesterday, ac-
ccpted Il number of designations and made
several appointments.
There VIII be two queens for the carnival of
the Golden Gate-one for California and the
other for San Francisco.
Mrs. SehEfer complained at the Mayor 8
office yesterday that her sisters were treating
their blind mother cruelty.
policeman held up four housepainters and
discovered he did not find the robbers who
took NJ. Ravarets property.
John R. Noyes and Kate Agnes Berry, sol
diers in the Gospel Army, were married last
evening at 2712 Third street.
The typographical, pressmen and book
binders unions ot this City have formed an
allied printing trades council.
The Valley road expects to begin the hand
ling OF wheat from Merced and points north
about the middle OF this month.
The winning horses at Ingleside yesterday
were Santa Paula, Red Glen, Trappean, Yankee
Doodle, Marjorie and Duke Stevens
Jack Davis, the champion of the Northwest
has been offered q purse of $3.50 to fight
Sailor" Sharkey at the Pavilion July 3.
John LAWN has applied for letters of admin
Ts~- 4for,o rHa to At f,r,t tbar
LAWN. The property is valued at $4,000.
The Supreme Court yesterday decided that
Dr.. CogsWell has no right 70 revoke the deed
he made 20 the Cogswen Poly ytechnic School
Mrs. Eliza NJ. Miller has been appointed spe-
ciai administratrix OF the estate OF her
brother, Alexander 2. More, with bonds OF
100000.
The Chinese Merchants Club was incorpor-
ated yesterday, with Wong Dong, Wong Lun
Sue, William Hong, Ching Foo and Ching Ling
as charter members.
Relatives of William b. Carter yesterday
sued the Market-street Railway Company for
$25, 600 damages Carte was killed by Mis-
siOn-street electric car.
Clubs favorable to the adoption of the pro-
posed new charter are TO be organized by the
Civic Federation in every Assem- bly, District in
the City in the near future.
The Supreme Court yesterday reversed the
Judgment of the lower court, which awarded
Willis T. Warner $4,000 damages against the
Southern Pacific Company.
At the request of relatives J. h. Morton has
petluoned 1or letters OF admins tration on the
estate OF Esther Prayer, who died May 90
The property is valued al $1,000.
The decoration committee OF the Fourth Of
july cOntemplates Illuminating the leading
streets OF the City on the night OF the Fourth
the night before and the night after.
Mrs. Eliza Fields, daughter OF Sarah Leather.
land, applied yesterday for letters OF admins
trat.on on the estate of her mother The prop
a-Fr rS ~ rap al aS taf q va lIlad Of
Supervisors Taylor and Dimond visited the
City Prison yesterday TO inspect the cell occu
pied by women prisoners, and they will recon.
mend the construction OF new large wooden
cell.
The san Francisco bankers are at loss to
know why Governor Budd wishes statements
from them on March 2. The matter will be
considered by the San Francisco Clearing
house Association next week.
The California Fruit and Preserve Com pany
was Incorporated yesterday by Frank T. Gavin,
II. Il. Davis, John C. Nobman, Frank " Bell
and NJ. N. Davis. The capital stock is $780,
600, OF which $3.50 has been paid in.
It is proposed by the Market-street Railway
TO the ocean, over twenty-mile circuit, in
Guiding a two-mIIe stretch along the ocean
beach from the park to the Ocean House.
Telegraph adNces from Washington and a
local inve- tigauCn showed that there was no
foundauon IN the report brought by paSsen-
gers from Honolulu that a naval clash was i'm
minent in Hawaiian waters over the Ashford
case.
A prize fg mt between two local sloggers in a
vacant house on Ninth avenue was inter-
rupted by The police vest erday afternoon and
Tom DriscoIl, one of the principals, had mis-
LETT arm cut by coming in contact with glass
door.
Mrs. C. Moore of San Mateo County, through
worry over Manager Winnings transfer reguIa-
tions, fell a Third and Market streets last
evening and both bones OF her right leg were