The San Francisco call., 1897-05-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Colonel Holland of the Salvation Army ar
rived here yesterday.
Cloudy Friday, with continued cold weather,
is to-day's prediction.
The Mckenzie musicale last night crowded
Odd Fellows Hall to the door.
Lola T. Allen has sued the Home Insurance
Company of New York for $4,000.
Miss Anneta George made her debut with the
Mckenzie Musical Society last night.
The Episcopal Convention successfully COM
6ie'Su Die. -'' "0'A yesterday anu '''0u'i'eu S'H'
The Frawley Company arrived yesterday
from the East and will begin rehearsaIs at
once.
commencement exercises of the Irving In
stitute were held at Golden Gate Hall last
evening.
Twenty-one graduates of the California Ned
ical College were banqueted by the faculty last
evening.
Their thirty-sixth annual convention here
yesterday.
A witness has turned up who saw Durrant
meet Minnie Williams at the ferry landing on
April y, 1895.
The Supreme Court has rendered judgment
for P. W. Murphy in his case against the city
OF San Luis obispo.
George A. Knight has applied for continu-
snce until August 10 III the trial OF the Jacob
2. Davis viii contest.
The Park and Ocean Railroad viii be ordered
to remove its station and fences from Stanyan
street within ninety days.
The Water Committee of the Board of Su-
pervisors last night recommended municipal
ownership of water works.
The third annual meeting of the Merchants
Association was held last evening in the
Academy of Sciences Hall.
Chief Lees held conference with the Police
Judges yesterday morning and read them
lesson on queer bail bonds.
At the meeting OF the Fire Commissioners
yesterday five members were fined tor neglect
OF duty and other offenses.
Fire Marshal Towe has recommended that
shoddy mills as we'll as carpet-beaters be re-
moved to isolated districts.
Hundreds OF people were swindled yesterday
morning through buying 81 tickets for q
'fake" excursion TO San Jose.
Mrs. Elinor Martin, the well-known society
leader, had her pocket picked Tuesday while
leaving the Jerry boat at Tiburon.
The Royal Insurance Company has pur-
chased the old Pacific Bank property on Pine
and Sansome streets for $145, 900.
Mate Elwell of the ship Dirigo was arrested
yesterday for cruelty 10 seamen. The captain
accuses four OF the crew oil broaching cargo.
The Street Committee of the Board of Super
visors has ordered that a children's playground
be established in each public park and square.
The first and seeond-class fares TO Portland
will be reduced So each, beginning with Sum-
day, the rate then being S19 and $12 respec-
lively.
George W. Wright, stationer, 11s Taylor
street, was held up by robber in his store
Wednesday night, who took $l1 out OF the
cash drawer.
Mary Keynes, IS years old, was found dead
in her bed at 317 Third street yesterday morn
ing. Alcoholism is believed to have been the
cause OF death.
The thirty-eighth anniversary of the San
Francisco Schuetzen Verein was celebrated at
California Hall last night Lawrence Bauer
was crowned King.
The committee in the interest of colonizing g
200 or 800 families of the unemployed on
lands for growing sugar-beets conferred with
Claus Spreckels yesterday.
Residents OF the Richmond district held
msss-meeting last evening for the purpose OF
agitsting the movement OF removing the City
Cemetery from that locality.
The Brotherhood of the Cooperative Com
monwealth is the name of new local order.
It's purpose is 10 carry out the plans recently
advocated by Eugene Y. Dabs.
The stand taken by Colonel John P. Irish
against letting adulterated California brandy
go 10 Europe is highly approved by the Man
ufscturers' and Producers Association.
Lucretia Borgia lowered the worlds four
mile record at Emeryville track yesterday.
The purse winners were: Jerilderio, Reel,
Collins, Satsuma, Earl Cochran and Midas.
second-street bridge is being fitted with hy-
draulic power, when the COM
pleted three men out OF the four who were re-
QulreQ 10 nanule II VIII De ulspeHseO Win.
The Perkins & Wise Company has been in
corporated with a capital OF $250,000 by
Abraham L. Hyman, Lucius l.. Solomons,
Wallace n. VIE, Sylvan J. Lazarous and
George NJ. Sparks.
At the conference between Claus Spreckels,
ex-Mayor Ellert and Majo Winchell yesterday
the sugar king promised his hearty co-opera-
tion in the scheme to coloniZe the unemployed
on the sugar beet lands in this State.
Judge Cook yesterday advised the jury in
the case OF Young Hon 10 return verdict OF
acquittal The prisoner was charged with
robbery, and there was mass OF contradictory
Chinese evidence on both sides OF the case.
The sum of $3.50 recently allowed to julius
Kahn by the Regents OF the University for ser
vices performed at Sacramento during the ses-
sion OF the Legislature has been paid TO Kahn
by LOUIS Sioss, treasurer of the Board of Re-
gents Governor Budd signed the cheek TO
cover the treasurer's advance.
Max Gumpel, the handwriting expert, has
succeeded David Carvalho, the New York ex-
pert on the witness-stand In the Fair
craven trial. He testified yesterday that, in
his opinion, the "pencip' Will and disputed
deeds we're fabrications. Gumpel, 1t is said,
once pronounced the will 10 be genuine, an d
he will probably have to explain his change
of mind when under cross-exam n alton