The San Francisco call., 1896-03-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF,

Inc ChI1stian missionaries are ag1tat1ng
plan for Chinese hospital.
Joe Choynski has agreed to meet and stop
Alex Greggains in eight rounds.
Disagreeable consequences are ensuing from
Pletro Gorl's satire on the Italian colony.
Fair Thursday" was the prediction issued
yesterday by Forecast Official Alexander G.
AcAdie.
Two clever professional pugilists will box
ten rounds at The Olympic Clubs boxing tour
nament.
The Free Masons of the Mission Lodge con-
template erecting a temple at a cost of
100000.
In response to the call for a second strike
every union painter in the City quit work
yesterday.
Bertha Abbott took carbolic acid at 2o7 Pos:
street yesterday and died. She said life with
her was failure.
The CALLS auction sales column is special
department which is proving great conven-
1ence to the leader.
A new departure of woman's work has just
been started in connection with the Mission of
the Good Samaritan.
This evening Frank H. Belcher will give his
concert in y. s. 6. W. Hall on Mason street,
between Post and Geary.
The experts OF the Board of Health will in
veStlgate the water supplies of Golden Gate
Park and Castro Heights.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald continued his
argument Yesterday in the Railway Commission
case before Judge McKenna.
At the meeting of the Board of Health yes
terday the Chinese deadhouses were con-
demned as public nuisanceS
The winning horses at Ingleside Yesterday
were: Rowena B. Schnitz, Mobalasca, Hello,
Derfargilla, Magnet and Charm.
benefit entertainment and ball will be
given by the Company Social Club in Union
square Hall on next Saturday evening.
Professor E. A. Ross of Stanford University
lQGf rirr hEfO fha ApoI Of
Sciences on ''The Diffusion of Happiness"
The Police Commissioners did not hold their
regular meeting last night, as there were no
cases OF importance to be brought before them.
The socialists held a mass-meeting at the
Turk-street Temple last night and addresses
were delivered in English, French and
German.
DR.. W. NJ. Parks II Franklin street. was ar
rested yesterday on warrant charging him
with practlcing medicine without doctors
certificate.
George Doctor, the son of q Milwaukee mil
nonsire, who defrauded ". A Gunst out of
$500, sailed on the China on Saturday last as
q stowaway.
The publicspirited and progressive property
owners OF the Mission will hold mass-nle e ting
at Guerrero and Twentieth streets next Sstur-
day evening.
The Regular Republican Club of Alameda
will meet this evening in maSs-meeting to
take action on the primaries at Llndermann's
Opera-house.
Bishop Lemmens, DID,, of Vancouver Island
IS in this City on his way home from Mexico,
where he confirmed $4,000 persons in less
than four months.
The mystery of the double-cross on the doors
OF dwellings was cleared yesterday by cam
vssser, who said il was a trademark among
men OF local agency.
Mamie Johnston, young woman, was al.
most beaten to death by her lover. Jack Hsines,
in the Anita House, 81 Hunt street, last night
and the police are searching for him.
To-day all union carpenters found working
on jobs with non-union carpenters viii be re-
CURED TO quit work. This NAV result in sew
eraI strikes and conflicts with the contractors.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
Harbor Commissioners must proceed TO build
the ferry depot nnder the depot act of 1891,
and not under the public buildings act of
1895.
The suit of Sydney V. Smith to secure a seat
in the directorate of the San Francisco and
North Pacific Railroad was before Judge Sea-
well yesterday. 1t was taken under advise
ment.
Miss Rae Alexander the young woman whom
DR.. Abrahams tried TO cure OF pen paralysis by
hypnotism, says she Will fight the doctors
claim for services to the last court, she has
had no benefit
Myrtle Costello, who disappeared from her
home in Santa Cruz two weeks ago, coming
direct TO San Francisco, has not since been
heard FROM and her relatives are making
diligent search for her.
Judge Joachimsen viii to-day give his de-
cislon in the case OF Robert Cook, a janitor who
was caught stealing g copy OF TIE CALL last
Friday morning from the doorway of II. 6.
Jones, 2011 Pine street.
The National Guard Veterans held an ami
mated meeting at the Ellis-street armory last
night 10 consider the proposition of securing
new quarters A committee OF three was ap-
pointed TO act within the next week.
Negotiations are pending by local men for
the lease of the Tehuantepec railroad from the
Mexican Government, for the purpose of using
carving rs traffic between this port, New York.
Central and South American, Mexican and
European ports.
The charge of battery preferred by c. l..
Healy conductor on the Post-street line,
against w. E. Johns, srockbroker, was dis
missed by Judge Campbell yesterday, and
Johns will now institute civil suit for dam
ages against the Market-street Gable Company
for being elected from the car.