The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Read THE CALL this morning for auction
sales.
The Women's Federation for Public Good
held Its annual election.
The opponents of the beer syndicate will
build 100000 brewery.
Baptist ministers considered yesterday how
to make conventions more spiritual.
Deputy Fish Commissioner relates his ex-
perience with spearmen on Deer Greek.
Eureka, Humboldt Bay, has been conceded
terminal rates on shingles TO Eastern points.
Eight hundred dollars has been subscribed
by Olympic Club members for new handban
court.
A lunch place for fashionable visitors has
been opened in connection with the Newsboys'
Home.
Milk Inspector Dockery seized four cows
found feeding in the San Bruno marshes yes
terday.
The Congregational Monday Club yesterday
discussed unselfshness as the remedy for the
world rs ills.
Rev. Anna Shaw last night lectured on ''The
New Woman" to a fair-sized audience at the
Native Sons Hall.
The Italian, French and Spanish carpenters
Thursday evening.
Methodist preachers declared at their meet
ing yesterday that California must have
school OF theology.
Inc cooks and waters organized last nlgnt
under the name of Fraternity of Hotel and
Restaurant Employees.
Professor Sanford of Stanford University lee
tuYed on cathode Radiation" at the Academy
OF Science last evening.
The ordinance prohibiting the building of
fences in excess of ten feet has been declared
invalid by Judge Seawell.
There will be a meeting at Pixley Hall, cor
ner of Pacific and Polk streets, under the aus
pices OF the Mckinley Club.
There have been number of daring burg
laries within the past week in the neighbor-
hood of Mason and Pacific streets.
The Republican Executive Council of Cali
fornia declared in favor of electing delegates
10 the State convention at primaries.
J. Ross Jackson, the popular retired news
paper man. has been very low but is slowly re-
covering at his hotel, the St. Nicholas.
E. F. Wheeler grocer, will sue c. S. Capp
for $10,0 900 damages, alleging that the latter
caused his tenants to leave his houses.
The feast of st. Patrick was celebrated last
night at Sacred Heart College by the class OF
'96 in the presence of large audience.
"Fog in the morning: fair during the day."
is the prediction issued last night for to-day's
weather by Forecast Official A. G. McAdie.
Supervisor Benjamin will try to complete
the fund to purchase the Goto remedy for the
lepers at the Pesthouse by Wednesday evening
The committee on transfers OF the Merchants
Association will hold special meeting this
reply.
The Supreme Court has decided an interest
ing point for bidders on franchises A per-
centage of the gross receipts does not make
"cash" bid.
Leon R. Meyer, one of the North Beach gang
came before Judge Baker for trial yesterday,
upon charge OF felonious assault The jury
was secured.
Five favorites finished in front at Ingleside
yesterday. The winning horses were: Rey
del TERRA, William Pinkerton, Sir Vassar,
Basso, Service and Charm.
The Mission residents want the Supervisors
to appropriate sufficient money from this
wears tax levy to purchase the old Mission
cemeteries for public park.
Nellie Murphy was held to answer before the
Superior Court in $4,000 bonds by Judge Con-
Ian yesterday for robbing ]. Castro of Castro
vile of 800 about month ago.
John Brignoli plumber living at 322
Chestnut street. kicked Mrs j. Thorn pson I2
Tehama street. in the abdomen on Saturday
night and the lady is in precarious condi-
ton.
Rev. P. J. Cummins, pastor of st. Charles
Borromeo parish, in the Mission, has bought a
lot 245x140 feet, at Seventeenth, Folsom and
Shotwell streets, for q site for a handsome
parish church.
Edward Perkins, student at the Dental
College, says thath and a companion named
Pearl Stellberg heard the shots fired when
McWhirter was killed and that they saw two
men running away.
The appeal from the order of Judge Reynolds
of Santa Clara, revoking the letters of guard
ianship granted over James Treadwell, has
been dismissed by stipulation. This practi-
cally ends the Treadwell case.
The report of the Health and Police Commit
tee of the Board of Supervisors recommending
that action in the matter Of the Bay View hog
ranches be postponed for six months was re-
Jected by the board yesterday.
Frank Adams of this city is at the head of
project for the construction of forty mile irri-
eating canal in Shasta and Tehama counties.
Landowners expect benefits amounting TO
hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
Ernest Aitken, who sold for $75 coffee, tea
and liquor route that never existed to Philip
j. Potter of Providence, r. l., was yesterday
held to answer before the Superior Court in
$4,000 bonds by Judge Joachimsen.
Lulu Johnson, the 15-year-old child who ran
away from Los Angeles with John Leonard
Johnson and married him, has been granted a
divorce on the ground OF her husbands inf
deity. They were married in June, 1895.
The United States gunboat Bennington ar.
three OF the crew of the schooner Matte T.
over The vessel was wrecked on French Fri
gate Reef and the men suffered untold hard
ships.
Tho demurrers to the contests of Dr. Marc
Ieyingston and the Board of Teachers Retire
1oant Fupd Commissioners to the probate of
the stolen Fair will have been sustained, and
testimony on the probate of that will has been
taken.
The case of w. E. Johns the athletic young
stockbroker. charged with battery upon Con-
dnctor c. t. Healy, after being ejected from
Heaiy's car on Post and Grove streets Sunday
afternoon, was called in Judge Campbell's
conrt Yesterday, and continued till tomorrow.
The Mnblner case of Oakland, where Judge
Frick set aside a verdict of manslaughter on
tho ground that the evidence sufficient 10 con-
Wet of murder was not sufficient for man.
slaughter. is attracting attention of lawyers.
IF NAV result in freeing Muhlner, who killed
his sweetheart
Four Criminals Convicted.
Judge Wallace broke the record Yesterday by