The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


nent Clubs held its regular monthly meeting
last night.
The Wolf Wroden Company and the Clinch
Broom Manufacturing Company were yester-
day incorporated
The Sportsmens Protective Association will
make q bitter fight against the duck-shooting
gun clubs this winter.
The case OF Lem Raabe, charged with at
tempted burglary, was dismissed in Judge
Joachimsen's court yesterday.
A game of baseball will be played by a team
from ST. Mary's and St. Ignatius colleges at the
Preside grounds next Sunday.
Ella McKellups has sued Henry L. Nickel
laps, q Marketstreet dentist, for divorce on
the ground OF extreme cruelty.
W. I. Guess, young colored man. was ar
rested last night on two charges of attempted
criminal assault on two women.
The Women's Press Association of the Pacific
Coast elected officers for the coming year yes
terdayp and took final adjournment.
Amoyement is on foot for the purpose Of as
socisting all OF the San Francisco and Oakland
athletic clubs for mutual protection.
Georgia Mitchell has applied for decree of
divorce from her husband, Thomas J. Mitchell,
on the grounds OF infdelity and cruelty.
At the trial of oliver W. winthrop in Judge
Wanace's court yesterday James A. Campbell
occupied the witness-stand nearly all day.
Mrs. Naomi Anderson, the colored woman
Suffrage orator, is expected to arrive today
from Fresno, where she has been lecturing.
rousing meeting of the Woman's Republi-
can State Central Club was held last night, at
which several admirable addresses were de-
livered.
Bishop c. D. Foss of the Methodist Episcopal
church has arrived here to conduct the annual
conferences at Pacific Grove, Los Angeles and
Phoenix.
George Green and Tom Tracy are in a fair
way TO be matched by the New Occidental
Club, and Tracy Will start for San Francisco
very soon.
Dan Murphy, the pioneer of the Needles, is
here, and says a number OF important gold
discoveries have lately been made along the
Colorado.
Miss Mary G. Hay and Mrs. Nellie Rolbrook-
Blnn OF the Woman Suffrage State Central
Committee returned yesterday from Southern
California.
The Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
met yesterday and elected officers for the en-
suing year. Mrs. 2. T. Dickinson was elected
president.
Archbishop Riordan win deliver the first
lecture given by the Y. NJ. I. Central Lecture
Bureau. The subject will be Individual and
Political Liberty"
Louie Quong, the Chinese interpreter now
under suspension, was indicted by the United
States Grand Jury last Tuesday on s charge of
subornation OF perjury.
The Foreign Missionary Convention of the
women's branch of the Pacific Coast held its
annual meeting yesterday at Bethany Congre-
gational Church, on Bartlett street.
Articles of incorporation for new railroad
to run between Stockton and Jackson, Amador
County, were filed yesterday There is some
mystery as TO the real hackers of the scheme.
During the Work of removing the signs of
the awful nitro-glycerine explosion near
Pinole several additional human fragments
were found The dead will be buried to-day.
The fusionists have adjourned until satur-
day afternoon to await the action OF the Third
District Democratic Convention. The fuse
seems to be hardening under very cold
frost
General Dufield, superintendent of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey has arrived here to take
soundings OF the bay and inspect the observa-
tory site at the Presidio and the work of Cap
tain Rogers.
Charles H. Athearn has sued John Kelso and
the City and County of San Francisco for $1,000
damages on account OF in jur1es 10 his property
on Detroit street by reason OF cutting through
OF new streets
stanislaus Voniadousky, one of the eight
Russian exiles who came here about three
years ago. was yesterday booked at the City
Prison for burglary and having burglars tools
in his possession.
The Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company
has sued w. h. Il. Hart and several former
directors of the company for the restitution of
$4,000 attorney fee, alleged to have been lille
gally paid to Hart.
Rev. w. W. Bolton and ]. w. Laing of the
Laing exploring party returned to this City
yesterday after nearly two months absence,
spent in exploring unknown portions of the
island of Vancouver.
Colonel Henry G. Shaw has returned from
campaigning tour in the mountains with
wagon and complete camping outfit and re-
ports having achieved much success in mis-
efforts in favor Of bimetallism.
Thousands yesterday visited the exposition
OF the Mechanics Institute and Man ufacturers'
and Producers Association. Tonight is
scotch night and special programme has
been arranged for the occasion.
The old United States frigate Omaha has
seen her last days as a man-ot-war. She has
been turned into quarantine hulk and is
now anchored of California City awaiting the
arrival OF q pest-stricken vessel
N untuo1vn 1Uornar obo,y+ On ..n.-.-s
made determined attempt to commit suicide
IN her room in the Florence Hotel, Powell and
carbolic acid and turning on the gas
The bark Theobald was libelad nv .oro
thirty miners who went TO Coal Bay last
spring under contract to the owners of the
vessel. The men say they worked for several
months, but nave never got q cent of pay.
Judge SeawelI's decision to the demurrers of
the Board OF Supervisors to the Indictment of
the Grand Jury has been delayed by the filing
of another brief on the subject by General Z
II. Dickinson, attorney for the Supervisors.
Congressman S. W. Mccall OF Vermont left
for the north last evening. He will make
speeches in Portland and Tacoma. He says
Mckinley viii carry every Northern State
east OF the Missouri and his election is certain
R. L. Paynter, collector for w. A. Carroll
broker, 1913 Montgomery street. was found un-
conscious from escaping gas in room at 1S
Mason street yesterday morning, and was
taken to the Receiving Hospital, where he viii
recover.
The travel to Stockton on the eve OF Admls-
sion day will be enormous. Four big steamers
Will leave between and P. M, and every
one of them will be crowded Mission Parlor
viii escape the jam, as it has chartered the
steamer T. C. Walker.
Organization OF the League of the Cross has
been actively comment ed outside of San Fran
cisco. Alameda County is to have regiment
OF cadets and Immediately after the league is
IN good working ordor there attention will be
directed to other parts of the State.
Rev. Herman Gehrcke, pastor of st. Mat
thew's German Lutheran Church, and Miss
Martha Kuner, youngest daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Kuner of $50 Cough street were
married yesterday afternoon by the Rev. A.
father of st. Marks Church, Oakland.
James A. Devote, an attorney, is charged, in
an affidavit filed in Judge Cooks court yester
day. with having sworn falsely TO the owner
ship of real estate in order to become surety
criminally prosecuted and disbarment pro-
ceedings may result.
The Board OF Election Commissioners yester-
day refused to take action on the application
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