The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


A. ]. Mccormick is to marry Miss Cora Macy
OF the Vassar quartet.
Probably occasional rain to-day, says Fore
cast Official Harmon.
o'Connel Lewis. ironworkers, have led
petition in insolvency.
Two new cases of diphtheria were reported to
the Health Office yesterday.
The Salvation Army will give Christmas
dinner to thousands OF poor in this City.
Rev c. W. Henning, a Congregation alist,
proposes starting new institutional church.
Anton Gagre has filed petition in insol-
vency. His debts amount to $164S IL; assets
$500.
Simon Bendit has been arrested, charged
with illegally opening letters belonging TO
another.
Bernhard F. Fisher, plumber, died yester-
day OF lockiaw caused by slight scratch on
the hand,
Joseph Hamel, Respondent over an adverse
decision OF the Superior Court, took his life
Friday night.
The Board of Health will ask the Supervisors
for new sewerage system at the City and
County Hospital.
movements on foot to ght Market street,
from the ferry to Valencia, with three lines of
electric arc lamps.
William Broderick's right to the office of
Auditor OF this City has been contested by
William a. DeGne.
The Women OF '96" will hold bazaar this
week at 420 Sutter treet to aid the Children's
Home Finding Society.
Business men are being warned by the Po-
lice Department to place lights about their
safes TO guard against robbers.
Arthur Jackson's second trial for the mur-
der OF August Florentine will be set in Judge
Belcher's court next Saturday.
John G. Terrill has fled a suit contesting
the election OF Sidney Hall as State Senator
from tht T1Ven VI I'd GaD ol
The funeral of the late Mrs. Cooper and her
daughter Harriet, will take place from tile
First Congregational Church at noon Monday.
Attorney Carroll Cook has taken part as
counsel Tor the defense in thirty-three murder
trials and none OF his clients have been
hanged.
The Board of State Prison Directors met at
San Quentin yesterday and decided to recon-
mend the Governor to grant pardons to sever al
convicts.
. A jury was yesterday impaneled by Coroner
Hawkins to view the remains OF Mrs Sarah B.
aud Miss Hattie Cooper. The inquest will be
he Id next week.
The semi-monthly meeting at Ingleside track
closed yesterday. The winners were: Rey del
TERRA, AlVarrdo, Summertime, Midlight, Hay
market and Midlo.'
The Rival Queens" fairy operetta, was
given at the California Theater yesterday in
behalf OF the Woman's Exchange and Relief
society of Alameda.
The Piper Af1en-JO6Qat company mas pur-
chased the sternwheel steamer Grace Bar!o1
and in future sue vii run between here and
Vallejo and Mare Island.
Robert Long, an ex-fruit dealer, was yester-
day arrested for representing himself as
Government detective and for obtaining
money by false pretenses.
Julian, Fitzsimmons' manager, says that he
viii prove by score OF witnesses tomorrow
that Fitzsimmons was robbed of the purse by
the Long Green Lawrence gang.
Friday night was discharged by the Insanity
Commissioners yesterday and the child was
sent TO Mount st. Joseph Orphan Asylum.
George Mitchell, sailor on the ship c. Il.
Watson, that arrived yesterday rom Bremen,
fell from the rigging anu broke his left leg,
which was attended to at the Receiving Hos
pital.
John G. Locke. a student of the California
School oil Mech anical Arts, was found dead in
Golden Gate Park yesterday NOR ming. His
nina is supposed to have been derRnged by
study.
The British ship Anglesey and the American
schooner E. K. Wood are now considerably y
overdue and reinsurance has been paid on
them. Captains Lewis ana Hansen were well
known in San Francisco.
A board of United States army officers will
meet al the Phelan building tomorrow to ar
range for an athletic contest at the Fresidio
in which all the troops OF the Department of
; California may participate.
N. >. WIFI, dIlOIn6gs udb ultu peblllOu
in the Supreme Court for writ OF mandate to
e compel Governor Budd to appoint two Police
: Commissioners to take the places OF Com
missioners Tobin and Alvord.
Theresa Kaiser has sued John Z. Kaiser for
a divorce on the ground of cruelty, and Jose,
, mime Dastugue seeks a legal separation from
. Ronaain Dastugue. her complaint being based
on alleged haGitual intemperance.
: In Judge Cofey's court yesterday letter
written by the late Joshua Hendy was pro-
duced 10 show that he knew how to spell
elffth," and that he did not mean fifth"
. when he wrote "fifteth' in his will.
solomon Cohen has petitioned the Superior
Court tor permission to change his name to
solomon Fisher, for the reason that he has
borne the name of his stepfather since 1859,
and is generally known by the name of Fisher.
the new Postofice, which II was promised
would be commenced the first of NoVem Der,
has not yet been begun. The desire of the
Secretary of the Treasury TO leave good
record of expenditures is assigned as the
reason.
Deputy Marshal Johnson OF sausalito
thought he arrested James G. Dunham, the
Gan lose murderer, and brought him to the
CITY Yesterday. but the man proved TO be
Charles Coombs, ex-librarian OF the Cooper
Medical College.
The Board of Health has after hearing the
evidence in the matter of the recent scandal
NJ the City and County Hospital decided to
allow DR.. Stable to resign. Dr.. Gum, the ln-
terne who carried the nurse down the eorri-
dor is suspended and will not get his eertifl-
cafe until July, which otherwise he would
have received this month. The four nurses
nave been suspended for one' tWo' three ana
four months, respectively.