The San Francisco call., 1896-03-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The Fair will case has been continued for
week.
The Lick Old Ladies' Home wants to change
its name
Fair; warmer; westerly winds-To-day's fore
cast by Official McAdie.
The yachting season will be formally opened
tomorrow at Point Tiburon.
President Law of the Van Ness Avenue I'M
provement Club has gone TO Chicago.
Frank Adams is projecting canal from the
Sacramento River above Redding to Sulsun
Bay.
Robert Boyd was arrested yesterday on a
charge of assault upon Rosa Martin on Pine
street.
A general mass-meeting OF the Mission resi-
dents has been called for Saturday evening,
April 4.
The Hebrew feast of Passover will commence
this evening and Will be celebrated at all the
synagogues.
is here from Maryland in reference to the
doctors estate.
j. X Edminster OF Chicago, who arrived
from Hongkong yesterday, says the black plague
is raging there.
The ninth popular concert was given in
Golden Gate Hall yesterday afternoon py the
Symphony Orchestra.
New hog limits were established by the
Health and Police Committee OF the Board OF
Supervisors yesterday.
The winning horses at the Bay District track
yesterday were: Road Runner, Flirtilla, Lena,
Perhaps, Ike l. and Sallte Clicquot.
The Republicans OF the Thirty-ffth Assem-
bly, District entertained their friends with
music and refreshments last evening.
Evangelist Sankey closed his series OF meet
ings in this City by a song service at \. NJ Z.
A. Hall last evening to large audience.
The Finance Committee of the Board of
Supervisors has ordered the poultry account
OF the City and County Hospital kept down.
The Forty-ffth District Republicans met in
Garib aldi Hall last night, chose Supervisor
King for district leader and enrolled 400 names.
The body of Edward a. Hatherton, an archi-
tect was recovered from the bay yesterday. He
disappeared a month ago. 1t was case OF
suicide.
The Goto remedy for the lepers win be Sc
cured from Japan Immediately, as supervisor
Benjamin has agreed to advance the sum
necessary.
Mrs B. Sturtevant Peets' birthday will be
celebrated as franchise day by all the Woman's
Christian Temperance Unions OF the State
April 27.
CAPTAIN Lees said Yesterday that Patrolman
Rou5ke was removed TO a quiet beat because
he had shattered his nerves by oVerwork IN
the Lane case.
Professor Cory and Instructor lie Conte are
still guarded in their statements concerning
their great discovery OF the source OF the
Roentgen ray.
The question of consolidating the Mission
High School Club and the Park Club was dis
cussed last night at Native Sons Hall on Sew
enteenth street.
Professor Wicklow OF the State University
addressed the State Horticultural Society yes
terday on the adulteration of paris green
when sold as an insecticide.
General Marquis Yamagata, commander-in-
chief OF the Japanese army, arrived on the Cop
tic last evening. He is on his way to Russia to
attend the coronation OF the Gar
c. Ellinger, q miner, of Circle City, Alaska,
arrived here yesterday, and says 67l people
are wintering in the camp -Four new gulcnes
were discovered before snow came on.
Two San Francisco ladies are suing steam
ship company because they had to pay extra
passage money and were given poor accoInmod6-
lions on their return from trip to Europe.
H c. Bunner, editor of Puck, who has been
seriously i'll at the Occidental is somewhat
better, and If there Is no relapse he and Mrs.
Bunner Will start for home next Wednesday.
Three horses, the sole support of Mrs. Amelia
Sternseher and her family, were ordered
released from the Pound by the Health and
Police Committee of the Supervisors yesterday.
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald has received
a letter from President Phipps OF Los Angeles
Typographical Union in favor of the appoint
ment of Deputy Labor Commissioner in that
city.
Mrs. Isabel Nolte said, in the course of
woman suffrage symposium at the Third Con-
gregational Church, that thousands of women
will vote with no more regard for the result
than car-
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald says there
is over S75, 900 owing to laborers by con-
tractors of this City, and he intends to draft an
important bill to be presented to the next
Legislature.
collector Wise was before the United States
Grand Jury yesterday in connection with the
investigation that body is making into the
charges of unofficial conduct against Chinese
Inspector Williams
Harry Debel, the young South San Francisco
cfad oSf on n hQF Of
burglary, was arraigDed for trial before Judge
Joaehimsen yesterday. He was committed to
the Youths Directory for sixty days.
James Martin was convicted of battery II De-
partment yesterday and fined $50. A few
days ago Martin made an unprovoked attack
on Officer Grunewald, resulting in his arrest
and ultimate conviction. as stated above.
President Foster of the San Francisco mad
North Pacific Railway will appear on Monday
before Judge Seaweu to answer charge of
contempt OF court for his failure to recognize
sidney V. Smith director OF the road.
Ell Hinton, the general agent of the Pana-
ma Railroad Company was summoned to
Panama by wire yesterday. His departure at
this time is believed to signify the reorganiza-
ton of the Transcontinental Traffic Associa-
ton.
Robert Miller, 1899 Mission street, while
aliphting from a westbound car, was struck
nv Al, ingoing car, sustaining fracture of the
left leg. He was carried to the Receiving
Hospital, DR.. Thompson attending his in
juries.
Negotiate are to be commenced between
the Mechanics Institute and the Manufac-
tnrers, and Producers Association having for
their object the holding of grand exposition
Of California products in the Mechanics
Pavilion.
Another meeting of members of DR.. Browns
church was held in DR.. McDonald's Office to
renort progress on the petition to compel the
nsstor to resign. dispatch signed by c. o.
Rrown appears in the Kalamazoo papers to the
effect that he had been acquitted.
II A. Joy, living at 1852 Folsom street, was
.b-oyn from q milk wagon corner of Green
I'D Iones street last night, receiving serious
end possibly fatal internal injuries. He was
oarried to the Receiving Hospital, and at q
late hour last night was said to be slightly
better. :,
weekly meeting of the Society of American
Sociaiists last evening upon the proposition
recently advanced by a professor OF Kings
CoIIaee England, that the working classes had
sscured their full share of England's industrial
nTosperi;y. He argued that this position was
not tenabe.
william Daley. the empressario who pro-
dreed the Durrant case as "The Crime OF
Cantnrv which was prohibited by Judge
Wnrnhy has gone to Tia Iuana TO engage
Mattia 1verman and Mrs Tunnel to play in
frbo rd o.