The San Francisco call., 1896-04-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The weather prediction for to-day is fair,
with brisk winds.
Pepper captured the rich crocker stake at
1neleslde yesterday.
. The BARRIERS Association gave q ball for the
nm ncial AID Of the order.
The Fish Commissioners deny that John
HoIlingsworth is IN their employ.
H. c. Bonner, the editor OF Puck, started East
last evening with his wife and his cousin.
Mrs Cunningham -Gibbons-La Cere acted as
her own attorney in Justice Barry's court
Yesterday.
The Fairmount District has not been forgot
D.. ten by the Supervisors in their expenditure of
public money.
George Green, the Olympic Club boxer, was
capsized in the bay yesterday and came near
being drowned.
The Bank Commission is receiving returns in
answer 10 lis request for reports from the State
banking-houses-
A new Masonic home for the wild ows and
orphans OF that order will be erected ct Decoto,
Alameda County.
and listen TO Mrs. Sargent and Mrs. TreaoweIl,
the first lady dentist.
Miss Mile Greenebaum and DR.. Herbert
Eaich were married yesterday al the residence
OF the brides parents.
:: Horace 6. Platt W as elected president OF the
San Francisco Art Association yesterday to sue
eeed James D. Phelan.
The Occidental Board of Foreign Missions
6eld enthusiastic meetings al Rescue Home,
go sacramento street.
To-day being the first Friday OF the month
visitors viii be admitted free OF charge 10 the
Mark Hopkins Institute OF Art.
Frank Brothers, the hardware firm, are be-
ing ued for an accounting. a receiver is de-
manded 10 wind Up their affairs.
A reception in honor of the Marquis Field
Marshal lamagata of Japan. was given al the
Chamber OF Commerce yesterday.
.. The trial OF the suit OF George NJ Martin
against the Southern Pacific Railroad opened
before Judge Daingerfeld yesterday.
The appeal OF A ". Foster from the judg-
ment OF contempt OF court rendered against
him by Judge Seawell has been fled.
The Master Painters Association will soon
publish the list OF its members who are pledged
10 fight the striking painters union.
The funeral OF Mrs. Olga Deuss and her
three babies took place yesterday and was
viewed by many thousands OF people.
Five days more time has been granted TO
the. District Attorney 10 prepare his amend |
ments to the bin of exceptions in the Durrant
. case.
The Lincoln Evening School was addressed
!: fastnight by Professor C. {. Plehn OF the de- |
partment OF history OF the University OF Cali |
totnia
:. William b. Chamberlain, who was promi- |
.nent in Republics politics few years ago, |
.hss returned after lengthy soiourn in Los |
= ngeles.
The Fire Commissioners yesterday accepted |
4
!. and appOlnted Joseph Hayden hoseman OF |
engine II.
John Van Denburgh, curator of the depart
ment OF nerpetology OF the Academv OF Sciences, |
states that California possesses five distinct 1
species OF rattlesnakes.
Ingleside track reopened yesterday with |
big crowd N attendance. The winning horses |
were: Scarborough, Kowalsky Pepper Babe |
Murphy, Magnet and sir Reel
Local ticket agents are incensed over recent |
ruling OF Chairman Caldwell OF the Western
Passenger Association forbidding all but initial
lines from paying commissions.
J. St. Denis & Co. state that they will fulfill
: the terms of the compact entered into with
: the Painters Union through the Building
Trades Councils representatives.
:. Mrs. Hastings, an Eastern lady, left her we'll
filled purse on the dummy OF a aCalifornia-street
.cable-car Yesterday and rewarded Gripman
:: :AIaItin, who found it, with 81 80.
The Merchants Association held two meet
ings yesterday, one public and the other
executive, e. both OF which the street
spTinkling question was considered.
From inquiries made by the police yester-
day they are satisfied that Julius Festner of
:. Omaha, Nebr- is not the man who strangled
Mamie McDermott and Bertha Paradis.
3 The theosophists OF this City received yester-
day their first communication from Dr. j. D.
=: Ruek. the vice-president OF the society, who is
expected 10 succeed the late William Q. Judge.
!. The residence OF Policeman John B. Charles
ton 10 Fulton street, was entered by burglar
. Oh " N6u1esudE DlBuL RH1lS the oulceC was
asleep and three gold watches and 81 were
:stolen.
:: A Home for Aged People is being erected at
Pacific Grove The institution is being erected
al the expense OF Miss Margaret Tennant. She
intends 1t 70 be q memorial TO her dead
brother:
Two workmen, Tyler and McDermott by
name have sued contractor named Bowers
for pay due them for work done in the re-
movsl OF the remains OF the American Ex-
change Hotel
Thomas Lindsay, the founder of Forestry on
the Pacific Coast, is in the City, en- route from
his nome in Honolulu TO attend the session of
the High Court OF the world al Dundee, Scot
land; IN August.
The question OF whether q steelhead is
salmon or trout was again threshed out before
jury in Judge Joachimsen's court, but as the
jury failed 10 agree the defendant pleaded
SO si5t'y 10 violating the h'h laws and was hnsd
Judge CARRIER announced in court YESTERDAY
that he differed with his colleague, Mr.. Pills.
bury. in his Interpretation of the doctrine of
the implied assent OF the Government TO the
lease of the Central Pacific to the Southern
Pacific.
Charles Herold, blacksmith of San Bruno
road, near Army street, complained to the po-
lice yesterday that his residence had been en-
tered by burglars on Saturday night and
Wednesday night and several articles OF silver
ware stolen.
H. N. Hafford the bicycle thief, was yester-
day sentenced by Judge Joaehimsen to three
months in the County Jail on the charge of
pc tty larceny. and when that sentence expires
he VIII be tried in the Superior Court on five
char ges OF grand larceny.
NEW TO-DAY.
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