The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Mrs. DR.. Burgess died yesterday morning at
8 As o'clock.
The poolrooms made bad mess of heir bus
mess yesterday.
Mrs. Jane Shattuek has been acquitted of
the murder OF Harry Poole.
Pietro Gori yesterday denied any i'll will TO-
ward Prince Luigi OF Savoy.
The Supreme Court has granted g rehearing
IN the case OF Louis Sternberg.
The Lsthers' Union affiliated with the Build
ing Trades Council last evening.
Mayor Sutro has won in a suit brought
against him by j. D. Thompson,
Forecaster Harmon predicts cloudy weather
with light shifting winds for To-Day.
Lincoln Post No. l, G. A. R.. held ceremonies
III honor OF Abraham Lincoln last night.
A Sandwich Island centIpede crawled over
the hand OF fruit importer, but did no harm.
The suit for divorce OF w. D. White against
Mary E. White has been dismissed. The plain
tiff IS dead.
There has been tled with the County Clerk
suit involving possession OF the wine cellar
OF AohleT & Frohling.
Ingleside, Schnitz, Yankee Doodle, George
Miller. Hazard and Moryen were the winners
at Ingleslde yesterday.
NJ. Levy, the ,well,known ticketscalpeTr, was
yesterday fined $40 by Judge Campbell for
violating the license ordinance.
The defense opened its case in the White VS.
Nugent suit before Judge Hunt yesterday. The
trial has gone over until Monday.
Fred Emerson Brooks and William Neary en-
tertaIned an audience in Young Mems Chris
tian Association Hall last evening.
The maltreatment of the goddess for the new
City Hall dome Is creating great deal OF COM
ment among artists and sculptors.
The Ocean View Improvement Club is clam
oring for better hydrant service and is anxious
10 have the frogpond'nuisance abated.
The fight between the Collector of the Port
and the special agents investigating his subor-
dlnates Is increasing i'll complications.
New facts are coming 10 light which tend tc
show that the recent decision OF the poolsell.
ers' cases is OF no value as a test OF the law.
The California Electric Light Company is
suing the estate OF George H. Roe for the return
OF certain shares OF stocks and the accrued
dividends.
TIE Beckett attachment on the horse Mo-
relic was dissolved by Judge SeawelI yester-
day, but another had been levied, and the row
is still on.
4 young man from San Jose has invented a
device by which river bottoms may be ex
plored for mining purposes al a comparatively
small expense.
R. S. Lopez, Minister from Salvador to Mex
leo, is here, accompanied by his secretary
Vicente Acosta. poet of Salvador. They are
en- route to Mexico.
Frank Shea delivered lecture on 1.-THE
Church and Architecture" under the auspices
of the San Francisco Educational Union last
night at Metropolitan Hall.
Work OF tearing down the big hill on KEN
lucky street at the Potrero is to be recon-
menced soon. Twenty-Five men will be kept
busy on it until September.
Captain Gray OF the ship-owners' and Mer-
chants TOwboat Company has been censured
By the Harbor Commissioners for his connec-
uon with the docking OF the Roanoke.
W. H. Carlson, who sued John P Burt for
possession of the office of Assessor of San
Diego, and who lost his suit through too much
delay, has petitioned the Supreme Court for a
rehearlng.
The labor unions of this City have deter
mined to have State law enacted prohibiting
the entrance into the State of armed or un
armed private detectives for the suppression o
domestic troubles.
special Gordon of policemen patrolled
Golden Gate avenue yesterday and warned
drivers OF heavy vehicles to keep off it ir
future, as it had been declared a boulevard by
the Board of Supervisors.
The Societa Iteliane gives a mardi gras festi
val and carnival OF Venice at Washing ton
square Hall for the new Italian Hospital fund
next Tuesday officers of the Cristoforo Co
lombo aud probably Prince Luigi will attend.
The chemists appointed by the Board O
Health to investigate the quality of San Fran
cisco's water supply have rendered their re
ports which. with the exception of the repor
upon the water from one lake, are favorable tt
the company.
Consul-General F. l.. Mesa of Peru is here or
his way to Hongkong, his post, to which he
has just been appointed. He will visit differ
ent parts of the Chinese empire, Japan anC
India, establish consulates and endeavor tt
secure increased trade.
Dr. H. H Hart and DR.. J. NJ. Williamson o.
the Board of Health are to-day TO demand
money from the Finance Committee of the
Supervisors for putting school buildings int
proper sanitary condition. They say they
will close the schools if the money is refused.
Dr. J. Emile Blomen, professor of chemistr,
in Columbia College, Washington, D. c., anC
inventor of the new and wonderful explosive
ioyiat is at the Occidental. He is mere al the
instance of Senator Perkins and ex-senator
FELTON,, who propose TO manufacture joviat a
the California Powder Company's works.
The Beschieri concert was given in the Mapl,
room at the Palace Hotel last evening. A
large and fashionable audience was present
and most enjoyable programme was rem
dered. Miss Beschieri, Miss Flora Peterman
Signor Galinagia, David Manlloyd, Miss Made
line Beckheusen and the Alhambra Club con
tributed to the success of the evening. The
concert was given in honor of the Duke of the
AbruZZi.