The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fair Sunday says Local Forecast Official
Alexander G. McAdie.
The Bohemian Club held high links and
low jinks at their rooms last evening.
Seventh avenue from Golden Gate Park to
the Ingleside racecourse will be transformed
into boulevard.
The Polytechnic High School held it's first
annual athletic ieldday yesterday at the
olympic Club grounds.
The Emporium held house warming yester-
day. 1t is estimated that over 10000 people
passed through the pig store.
The old Bijou Theater building is being razed
10 make room Tor substantial three-story
structure to be built by Claus spreckels.
At meeting of the Mission Defense Union
held last night resolutions were passed de-
nouncing the Noe heir claims as blackmail
One tavorite won at the track YESTERDAY,
The hrst horses to the wire were Cedenza
imp Fullerton Lass, Peru, Veragua, Hymn and
Candor.
Several prominent society people have in
corporated riding club in this City. The
club Will have a lanbark track and riding
academy at Polk ana Pacific streets.
The Merchants Association at its annual
meeting next Thursday will discuss the new
charter. Representatives of many progressive
organizations have been invited to attend.
The portraits of Blanther, the murderer of
Mrs. Langfeldt, have been identified by Miss
Beatrice WE'LL as those of Louis Welsser whom
she claims stole her diamonds about two weeks
ago.
w. w. Van Evan, who for the second time
was convicted OF embezzEng 500 from the
Savage Commercial Company, has been sem
fenced to two years imprisonment by Judge
Bahrs.
The corrected trial speed of the battleship
Oregon has been officially fixed at SS knots.
She is being painted and polished at the Union
Iron Works for her acceptance by the Navy
Department.
The committee who will name the board OF
directors OF the San Francisco carnival made
M nj ha fr1ra 0cadF For 49, g,
great event and appointed q finance commit
tee OF ten yesterday.
H G. Nichols and Samuel Carr of Boston,
aud OF the reorganization committee of the
oregon Short Line, are here after having ex-
amlned the road. The future OF the road has
not been decided on.
Edmund Collier, now playing in one of the
local theaters, has in his possession q scalping-
knife once carried by the Indian chieftafn
Black Hawk The latter presented it 10 For
rest in the early sixties.
Miners from the mountains have discovered
gold, platinum and silver in the dumps a the
abandoned smelling works on North Beach.
They are mining there now and making sew
ersl hundred dollars week.
Henry Sefert, the Ohio farmer who dis
appeared from this City three weeks ago with
$4,000 in greenbacks in his possession, is re-
ported 70 have been seen last week by John
Cunningham near Guerneville.
The committee OF arrangements of the G. A.
R. for memorial day service have on behalf of
their respective posts and corps accepted the
Invitation extended by Father Wyman of st.
Mary's Church to participate in divine service
there tonight.
number of merchants on Montgomery
avenue have given money to three men who
profesSed 10 be delegation OF clerks from the
City Hall soliciting picnic funds. Tax Collec-
tor Block stated Yesterday that he would give
500 If they would be proved to be his men.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the $4,000
Judgment awarded TO John f. Gibson against
the Sterling Furniture Company Gibson was
sent to clean machine he did not understand,
and as a consequence his hand was mangled
The verdict was that he should not have been
given such work.
James F. Wardner, who some months since
visited South Africa says John Hays Ham
mond has some half completed books on
Meta sbeleland OF great interest. He says the
Congress should send a committee in Ham
mond's behalf to Pretoria.