The San Francisco call., 1896-10-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

day by the weather bureau.
The County Committee of the Non-Partisans
met and organized yesterday morning.
The visiting Episcopslian Bishops enjoyed
basket picnic at Mount Tamalpais yesterday.
Rosa Anselmi, homeless swiss-Italian girl,
has been sent TO the Boys and Girls Aid So
ciety.
Mrs Merrifelds residence, 72s Dolores
street, was entered by burglars yesterday aft
ernoon.
Judge Ferral sought to win votes for Bryan
last night by telling anecdotes at Metropolitan
Temple.
Mrs Matilda sjogren's pocket was picked
last Wednesday night at Salvation Army
meeting.
The Examiner is confronted with its recent
record favoring Colonel Taylor as brave and
honest officer
Miss Shaw and Mrs. Chapman Gait will
lecture every evening during the week on
woman suffrage.
Officers of the Second Brigade of the Ma
tional Guard met last night and effected per-
manent organization.
The Home Products Exposition at the Me-
chanics Pavilion closed last night 1t was
success in every respect.
The League of the Cross will, appropriately
celebrate Father Matthew's birthday at Metro
politan Hall next Friday.
The Berkeley Varsity met defeat yesterday
in the first football meet of the season, Reli-
ence winning by score OF II to z.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the judg-
ment of the lower court in the case of John J.
Conlin against the Board of Supervisors.
A number of candidates are filing dupli-
Gates of their notice of nomination with the
County Clerk, as well as with the Registrar.
Joseph I Dimond was received into the full
faith of the Populist party last night at the
meeting of the County Committee of that
party.
Garret McEnerney was appointed yesterday
to defend Registrar Hinton in the mandamus
proceedings brought by the Kelly-Mahoney
boilers.
Antoine Murray, an employe at the Pacific
Rolling Mills, accidentally fell on a redhot
bar OF iron yesterday morning and was badly
burned.
man and stockbroker, committed suicide
yesterday morning by sending bullet through
his head.
The Mission Defense Club, at its meeting
last night, laid out the boundary inside of
which it considers the proposed high school
should be located.
Deputy Attorney General Charles II. Jack
son has declined the nomination for Superior
Judge, as rendered him by the Citizens Inde-
pendent Convention.
NJ. T. Brewer, whose wife is suing him for
divorce, is the foster-father Of Baby Durham,
whose father recently murdered the MeGlincy
family near San Jose.
Thomas Christian, a carpenter, living at $50
hermann street, was nelQ ana T0DDeO Dy
two men Friday night, and the robbers were
arrested shortly afterward.
Liberty Post No. 133, G. A. R., will celebrate
its tenth anniversary with a camp fire and
dance in Cambrian Hall, 1888 Mission street,
on thursday evening, OCTOBER 10.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and J. H. Meredith have
been sued by William Hale, administrator of
the estate of Mrs. E. w. Moody, for possession
OF a gore OF land near the Presidio.
Joseph Werner of San Jose is missing. He
came to San francisco last Tuesday to enter
the German Hospital. His San Jose friends
fear that he has met with foul play.
The whaling bark Gayhead is doing we'll
She was towed to sea from Dutch HaTbor by
the revenue cutter Rush, and five minutes
later a whale was sighted and captured.
The second days shooting of the California
Sportsmen's Association was held at San Bruno
Yesterday at which Fessenden won the Fav
diamond medal for the second time in two
years
Otto Dobbertin has wittily and good
naturedly satirized his friend, the celebrated
artist Fred Yates, by making a sketch in clay
of cupid tickling the neck Of a satyr with
straw.
Yesterday the Navy Department cabled the
Chamber OF Commerce of this City that the
Government had no vessel to send to the
rescue OF the disabled British steamer Lin
lithgoW.
c. F. Villiers-Chapman, wealthy English
man, member of the Conservative party and
who will probably soon run for Parliament is
here en- route to meet Sir Edward Richardson
at Victoria.
A poll has been made of the commercial
travellers through the mail concerning their
preference for President Of the United States.
The reca pitulation shows that the vote is five
to one in favor of Mckinley.
There is trouble among the Non-Partisans
over the nomination OF a legislative ticket.
Many OF the best men in the party declare it
was mistake to thus go beyond the bounds
and step into National politics.
Some of the members of the Royal Hawaiian
band have promised TO assist in the musical
portion OF the IL O'Clock services at the Reor-
ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Iatter-dav
Saints at 800 Post street this morning.
Ex-Prison Director ]. H. Nef was
yesterday presented with beautiful
silver water set by his former colleagues, who
also gave him banquet last night at San
Quentin. Governor Budd was present
The Centennial came near making a new
record tTom New York. She was 2OO days on
the run, and had to come around the Cape OF
Good Hope. She was caught in a storm and
had to put into Montevideo for repairs.
Major Mclaughlin of the Republican State
Central Committee received dispatch yester-
day from Thomas B. Reed of Maine, accepting
the invitation of the committee to come to
California ana deliver i've or six speeches.
Dan Lynch, the baeker and manager OF Tom
Sharkey, arrived yesterday and promised the
National Club that sharkey would fight under
its auspices II $4,000 was posted. The club de-
telegraph of the result.
The Academy of Sciences will meet to-mor-
row evening. The feature of the evenings ses-
Fion viii be an address by Marsden Manson of
the Bureau of Highways on "The Columbia
Lava Plain and Its Local Climatic Influences"
The lecture will commence at s P. NJ. and will
be free to the public.
Chief of Police J. H. Maddox OF Fort Worth,
Tex, left for home yesterday morning with
w. C. Wallace, alias Brown, alias Walsh, who
is wanted there for forgery and obtaining
goods by false pretenses. Wallace was arrested
at the Palace Hotel two weeks ago by Detec-
tives Seymour and Whitaker.
AS Oficer Tannian was passing through
Ross alley early yesterday morning a Mongol
in jovial mood cast a brick down from the
housetop at No. lib, narrowly missing the po-
iceman's head. The roof was searched but
the Chinaman had fed, leaving, however, q
store OF bricks for future maneuvers.
Wheat and other cereals and other products
have advanced in price; the Union Iron
Works will pay out 500, 900 wages per month:
the Valley road will help the farmers; over
$lO00,000 worth of buildings are projected
for this City; mines are attracting interest,
and there are other cheering signs for Cali
fornia.
Phillip Reilly, the employe OF the Harbor
commissioners who was shot in the left breast
by William H. Britton, boatman, outside