The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

A conference of local and United States meat
inspectors is to be held within the next few
days.
Both the Junta and Buckley factions of the
local Democracy organized q number of clubs
last night.
A Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Republican
Club has been revived in the interest of the
Republican party.
The reorganized Veteran Soldiers' and
Sailors Republican Club is coming TO the front
as political power.
Duncan Chisholm, the well-known contrac-
tor who died on Friday, was buried yesterday
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Maggie Murray, late of Stockton, COM
plains that her husband has left her and their
child without means OF support
The Municipal Reform League is circulating
8 pamphlet in which the proposed new charter
is criticized in many particulars.
Auditor Broderick's corrections of the Asses
sor's books have been finished and the result
transmitted TO the State Controller.
The Hon. Charles N. Potter of the Supreme
Bench OF Wyoming draws glowing picture OF
the results of woman suffrage in that State
Captain Tulloch of the British ship Brenda is
lying dangerously III in st. 1uke's Hospital
He is suffering from typhoid maiarial fever.
The inventory and appraisement of the
Joshua Hendy estate Is missing from the
County Clerks Office. 1t has supposedly been
stolen.
The letter-carriers formed a permanent
Organization last night for the purpose of
securing next years National convention Tor
this City.
The Merchants Association has presented
neat white uniforms to its sidewalk sweepers
and the new uniforms made their appearance
yesterday.
Concluding Investigations of the japanese
Ia Dor problem confirm the belief that wise
protective tariff is the American workman's
only relief.
Charles Lapthorn, 625 San Jose avenue,
escaped with a confused back in the dropping
of an elevator yesterday afternoon at 4Oo
Market street.
The Board of Health condemned nine Chi
nese rookeries and notified the occupants to
remove as the buildings are TO be torn down
within ten days.
The friends of John Wills, the district engi-
neer of the Fire Department, are much pleased
over the conferring on him of the Scannen
medal for gallantry.
Auditor Broderick has demanded that Asses
sor Siebe turn into the treasury the sum OF
$13S, 299 SO, being the amount OF uncollected
taxes on personal property.
In contest in athletics between the Y. NJ.
c. A. and Mission branch, at the grounds OF
the latter yesterday, the branch scored 12O
points 10 the main body's 40.
The discovery of an internal machine in
Washington-street overall factory brought TO
light iendish plot to murder the owner and
burn down his establishment.
Yesterday the Eneinal yacht Fawn won the
Perpetual Challenge Cup race, beat1ng the
San Francisco CLUB yacht Catherine minutes
and 10 seconds, corrected time.
Eight members of the Socialist Labor party
were arrested at Seventh and Market streets
last night and charged with obstructing the
street and disturbing the peace.
Local marine engineers will hold meeting
during the coming week, having Tor its pur-
pose the amelioration OF the condition of en-
gineers throughout the country.
Albert Chow, newsboy arrested for vioIat-
ing the transfer ordinance, pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Low yesterday and was allowed 10
go on promising not to do 1t again.
One thousand boxes of fruit were given to
charitable institutions by McDonough & Run
yon, the commission men, yesterday, in pref
erence to being dumped into the bay.
The Miss ion residents held jubilee meeting
at Defense Hall last night in honor of the
victory achieved in obtaining an appropriation
of 5000, 900 for the erection of high school
The Merchants Association has called a
meeting of property-owners and others to
oppose the raising of the City's assessment roll
as contemplated by the Board of Equalization.
P B. Tod, leading owner OF the Jubilee
mine, Transvaal, South Africa, is at the Palace
He has been examining the Bunker Hill mine
Ventura County, with view OF purchasing it,
Charles L Fair continued his deposit ition
yesterday. After some lively fencing between
counsel it was agreed that some of James G.
Fairs letters shall be brought into court next
Wednesday.
The Pacific Yacht Club held the first of a
series of cat homes" which 1t proposes to hold
during the winter at Sausalito last evening
The San Francisco Yacht Club also gave
party st Sausalito.
The tug Fearless went from Folsom-street
wharf to Sausalito and towed the ship st.
Mungo TO Port Costa, and then got to her dock
inside of five hours. This is the smartest per-
formance of the season.
James Mills, managing director of the Union
Steamship Company, New Zealand, has re-
turned here from England after ordering
three vessels for his line, one of which is to
take the place of the Monowai.
The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company in
stituted suit in the United States Circuit
Court yesterday against the oregon Improve
ment Company to recover $4,000, 900 on GER
tain bonds guaranteed by them in 1880.
Cornelius Shine, a dairyman on the San
Bruno Road, owned a horse that chased
Mounted Policeman McKenna for over mile
A few days ago and Shine was forced to part
with it owing to its dislike to the officer.
Arrest and conviction of William Edlin
charged with obstructing sidewalk by
making an address, is denounced as an out
rage, and the next case Will be appealed to
test the principle and right OF free speech
Tho Prison Directors met yesterday at San
Quentin and heard hattering report from
the warden for the last fiscal year; The cost
OF conducting the prison was little over 80
cents per capita a day. but tne Iute mill lost
$4,000.
At the bier of George w. Cornwell, one of
The Southern Pacifie's oldest engineers, who
WAS married to woman and living under the
name of Parker, two other women came for
ward. each claiming to be his wife, and heart
broken scenes ensued.
A matched game of tennis that was to have
been PLAYED Yesterday afternoon at the Cali
fornia Courts, corner of Bush and Scott streets
was postponed owing to the two days illness of
Hardy who with Driscon was to have opposed
the Whitney brothers. The game will probably
be played next Saturday
A. 3. Kinne was last night elected by the
Populist County Committee to fill the vacancy
in the State Central Committee, and the as
genbIage also decided to hold, next Wednes-
dav night the first of series OF public Popu-
list NEE etiIgs, to be held in large tent, cor
ner of Ninth apd Market streets
An aerial navigation company. known as the
Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Navigation Com
pany, was incorporated August 10. By the
means of airships constructed OF aluminium
aud lifted by hydrogen gas this company ex-
peets to land passengers in New York within
forty hours after embarking from San Fran
cisco.
About twenty delegates representing the
public school teachers OF this CITY were 10
have met n the auditorium OF the Girls High
School this morning, TO form a council OF i've
to suggest to the Board of Education certain
needed improvements in the schools The at
tendance was 40 small that no business was