The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF j..

OF Eugene J. Sullivan's estate.
The "Terpsicho1eans" gave their annual
party in Odd Fellows Hall last night.
Thirteen women after purse of money ad-
. yertiSed in the Lost and Found column.
The milkmen unanimously indorse the pro-
posed ordinance regulating the sale of milk
Judge Hebbard has refused to oust the direc-
tors OF the Pacific Bank upon the suit of P. +. 4
DrndOn.
According to prediction San Francisco will
have fair weather, colder, with light northerly
winds, to-day:
Adolph oppenheim's s spawnshop was looted by
burglars on New Years eve and $500 worth OF
lewelry stolen.
Henry Stetson was thrownfoom his horse at
Burlingame and had both the bones OF his lett
forearm broken.
There was a strike in j.. F. Nolan's shoe fac
tory yesterday over the wages, but the diff
, Guilty was soon settled.
The new .theater at Redwood City will be
= Opened on January 30 by the FraWley Com
: peny. in.'The. Senator
!. The Supreme Court has upheld the consti-
tutionality of the act under which Reform
schools exist in this state.
:: The HCitizens' and Taxpayers Anti-Water
party was formed last evening in the interest
OF be ter local government.
The winners at the Bay District Track yester-
day were: Nic-NaC; Yankee Doodle, Mary S,
George. Miller and City Girl.
=: Thomas R. Enex was elected to the vacant
Education Yesterday.
= Director Barrett alone voting no..
- Fred Carlson has been arrested on the. COM
ptaint OF 4. .MOnn1er, saloon-keeper, S25 Valen-
eia street, for Obtaining goods by false pre-
lenses -
Richard Lainer druggist of 699 McAllister
street has flied a petition TO be declared in
. assets $500,
Colonel CIV. Macfarlane of Hawaii arrived
from Queenstown last night making the trip
nd hall n n haor rg,1 al
-Yious records.
A company of Eastern capitalists wi. en-
deaVor 10 get the Legislature 10 grant them
= me privilege OF mining the slickensof the Sac
ramento River.
= a free light was narrowly averted on a vacant
lotat Ninth and Howard streets, on the after
moon OF Jew Years day, over the result of
-hog-guessiHg contest
The Hospital and AImshouse Committee of
the Board of Health inspected the Pesthouse
yesterday The place was found In a most
.dllaplda ted condition.
- The Public Administrators account of the
Blythe estate since last July and petition for
decree Of distribution of the estate have been
filed IN the Probate Court.
The creditors of Louis Braverman have de-
INJURED 10 and will move TO stTikeout the com
plalnt IN intervention filed by Isaac T. Kohn
d III the insolvency PROCEEDINGS.
Nile little girls have made a: donation OF
.S2fi TO the Kings. Daughters Home for In
: cura6les. the proceeds OF fair given by them
: 10Y tIie Dtutut OF tndl institution
There IS rumor afioat that one of the brew
cries. has withdrawn from the Brewers Pro-
>tectlve AsSocia ton, which, il true, viii prob
ABLY be thesslgnal for 8: general break.
Arthur Favenagh, a peddler of Japanese
goods was charged at the City Prison yester-
day with stealing a gold watch and chain from
Mrs Ellza beth HollOwell, 1120 Broadway.
Henry O}Day, 20 years of age, and native
OF san Francisco, was sworn in yesterday as a
policeman TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the
nf err r. l1l S-TY 90
Senator Frank ,McGowano OF Humboldt County
ism The City. He says Eastern men are quietly
buying UP the redWoods in view of the antlcf-
Eated completion ere long OF tie Nicaragua
Canal
Robert Lane, q landlord, viii be sued in the
Justices, Court by c. E. Barwick, former ten
= ant, ior damages to his reputation caused by
sign attached to'the house after Bsrwick had
moved.
% A new line of clipper ships with auxiliary
. screws are: TO be built for the trade between
san Francisco and New York. They viii be
= ba rk-rigged, and are expected TO make seven
knots. under steam.
';Chief Oiicer Orr of the American ship John
Mcdonald is to be arrested for cruelty on the
f!gh seas. He is accused of beating ]. W.
smith in a very inhuRTan manner and break
= ing his leg with kick.
-: Charges win be preferred against Policeman
. John \: McCrGlh before the Police Commits
sloners for alleged clubbing OF drunken pris-
= oner last night, or the complaint of Attorneys
.Comyns and Catheran.
Chairman I. 6. Merrill of the Montana State
Land Commission arrived here last night to as
sisl Senator Fold 10 draft law similsr to the
NontsnG law Tor preventing the railroad from
grabbing mineral lands.
The Fire Commissioners yesterday dismissed
from the department James Buchanan, fore
man OF engine 8, for neglect OF duty, and Will
liam Hall OF engine II and jones /. Hannah
OF engine for drunkenness
John I. Rives superintendent of gold mines
In lnyo County owned by Editor Mccullough
and other ST Louis capitalists, is at the Grand.
He says his mines are paying well. There is
ten-stamp mill on the property.
The Traffic Association is sending out cir
culAr showing that freight rates 10 Oregon are
lower by the Yaquinn Bay route than by the
southern Pacific line, and 1t is thought that
% rate war to Oregon may be the result.
Ameeting OF the Richmond District Property
owners ASSOCIATION took place last night 10
protest against the sale OF burial lots in the
Clty Iinlts. y committee Will meet the Board
oi supervisors this morning at 10 O'Clock.
The Board OF Schoolteachers' Retirement
tunu Commissioners filed yesterday through
rs attorneys, Delmas d Shortridge, J. D. Sulli-
van aod Lansing Miner, q contest to the will
OF James q. Fair, dated September 21, 1895.
John Power, Steiner and Hermann streets
was working IN quarry yesterday morning
When large piece OF rock struck him on the
right leg, fracturiug the bones and two OF his
toes. He was tsken to the Receiving Hospital.
The Harbor Commissioners are in a ouan-
dary over the letting of the contracts for the
new Jerry depot Attorney-General FITZGERALD
and the boards legal adviser DO not agree so
the matter may be carried to the Supreme
Court
II IS stated that expenses previously un-
looked for are rapidly reducing the sum de-
rived from the benefit entertainment given the
widow and children OF Jack Dempsey and
lhat interesting exposures may lake place in
that connection.
Depositors OF the Peoples Home Savings
bank met last night. They were little en-
eouraged by reports, and resolved 10 wait upon
District Attorney Barnes and urge him TO
prosecute 10 the utmost the remaining charges
against "Dick" Mcdonald.
Judge Conlan yesterday announced that he
might not preside ht the preliminary examina-
non OF Gardiner, Welch and Middlemiss on
SAhusry.1 owing to a statement in THE CALL
= ttnaL ne had already decided TO hold the de- |
IenQants, which he characterized unwar-
arheorge I. Gaden, the Mayors expert, con-
= Seinne the bituminous pavement laid on Van
1t 1sess avenue between Suttcr and Bush streets.
e tIle paving can be picked from the street with
sii siie naked fingers. This job was one of those
Solid Eight
~ chNtoIector OF the Port John H. Wise and
HpInese inspector Richard Williams charge
IIiPpiu.y surveyor Samuel J. Ruddell with du
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