The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The weather predictions for to-day are:
Cloudy and cooler; fresh southwesterly winds.
The Board of Supervisors has been petitioned
TO take steps to have the fees of the Recorders
office reduced.
ondricek and Msterna received another
ovation at their concert in the new Auditor
lum yesterday.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar says the sway out for
the unemployed" is TO divert the liquor license
into the home.
Mrs. Helen Cornwell, % Ash avenue. was
arrested last night for breaking her little girls
nose with piece of wood.
The residents of the Mission. south of Four
teenth street, are unanimously in favor OF hav-
Ing high school located there.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, accompanied by her
private secretary, Mrs. Emma B. Sweet, ar
rived from San Diego yesterday.
LItalia, the local Italian newspaper, has is
sued an appeal to the colony for funds to aid
8 the wounded soldiers IN Africa.
The Mexican War Veterans are preparing
for a big time on July at Monterey in cele-
bTation of their semi-centennial.
party OF Stanford history students, with
Professor Barnes, explored two Indian mounds
near South San Francisco Yesterday.
Professor Albert Koebele tells in to-day's
CALL about his experiments in removing scale
insects from the coffee plants at Hawaii.
Charles A. Bailey and Otto Jackson, drug
gists, were arrested yesterday for selling
opium without physicians prescription. !
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald strongly ad-
vocates the establishment of branch labor
bureaus in the different towns OF the State.
The monitor Comanche was towed down
from Mare Island and anchored off Harrison
street yesterday, for the use of the Naval Bat
Ialion.
Henry L Kowalsky is suing the Blythe estate
and Mrs. Byrnes (formerly Mrs Perry for q
fee of $4,000, claimed TO be due for legal
services
The report of Philo Daniels of Lyons Post, an
expert appointed by the u. A. R. court OF in
qu1ry. commends the management OF the vet
erans' Home.
Unless the Supervisors take some action in
regard to the hog ranches at Bay View the
Board of Health NAV condemn the places as q
public nuisance.
Libertine won the stake event at Ingleside
yesterday. The other winners were 1nVestl-
CATER III, Morven, Sir Vassar, Uncertainty,
Major Cook and KowalsKy.
Judge Campbell is after the scalps of Police
man Con Donshue and a reporter of the Bulle-
tin, for article that appearedon Thursoay,
casting aspersions on the court
The senior class in the Hastings Law College
is strongly opposed TO q Berkeley attempt TO
exclude them from membership in the alumni
OF the University OF California.
sutro baths and pleasure grounds were
opened yesterday with appropriate cere emonles
There was large number of spectators, ols-
agreeable weather Notwithstanding.
t. J. Clancy, saloon-keeper, 222 McAllister
street, and Deputy Sheriff Edward Riley had a
fight to finish last night in the German Cafe,
226 MeAllister street, and Riley was defeated.
The Valley road may pass through Fresno
without having to bid for its franchise. The
suit pending in the Supreme Court against the
Trustees OF Fresno has been decided in favor OF
the road.
N s. Writ has petitioned Governor Budd
for the appointment of three new Police Com
missioners for this City, declaring that the
new constitution repeats the law under winch
they were appointed.
Judge Campbell dismissed the cases of two
men charged with battery for engaging in a
glove-ight, on the ground that he did not see
anything in the case and that he had recently
attended b ght himself
The G. A r. court of inquiry appointed to
consider the Lyon Pest charges touching the
management OF the Veterans Home held two
sessions yesterday, and listened to the test1-
mony of many witnesses.
Hon. H C. Neff, president of the Miners
Association, received a telegram from Tirey L.
Ford yesterday, saying the bill for the protec-
tion of mineral lands was entirely satisfactory
to the Senate Land Committee.
a trainload OF California cattle was quaran-
- tined at Ogden because California is classed by
district The cattle were quietly sent over the
State line into Nevada from Lassen County.
The committee of seven of the Republican
State Central Committee of the Fifth Congress
sional District net yesterday afternoon and
selected James w. Rea as chairman and John
E. Richards as secretary. The committee will
meet again next Tuesday morning.
The Government has been asked to purch ase
and make free all tollroads in Yosemite Ma
tional Park at cost of $26S, $50. These roads
outside the park would still collect tolls and
tourists would have to pay tribute for getting
in and out of the National reservation.
Committees from the Master Painters Asso
citation and the Painters and Decorators Union
held conference yesterday with regard to the
strike. Each will report to their respective
organizations 1t is probable that q settle
ment of the troubles will be made early next
week.