The San Francisco call., 1897-05-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The schooner-y acht Josephin arrived from
Tacoma yesterday.
L. T House, a well-known newspaper man,
died yesterday morning.
The brig Galilee arrived from Tahiti, but
brought little war news.
Internal Revenue Collector Loop has been
sick Tor the past two days
Fair Wednesday; continued warm wea ther.-
A. u. McAdte, Local Forecast Official.
Supervisor Clinton will ask that water rates
to house olders be reduced 20 per cent.
The Cuban Leagues picnic or the 3Oth, al
Sausalito, promises to be a great success.
IVor wyland, a waiter, committed suicide
by swallowing carbolic acid last evening
A conference of the San Francisco and Oak
land health authorities was held yesterday.
Hilda Barton has sued for a divorce from
John D. Barton on the ground OF desertion.
The Columbian branch OF the Socialist Labor
party has recently been organized in tn1s City.
The Journeymen BARRIERS will give ball on
June in aid of the early closing movement t.
Captain Ryder of the Elweu has again
broken the record from Nanaimo to this City.
The docking of the overdue Dirigo was one
OF the prettiest pieces OF tug work ever seen
here.
Hattie Inglis has been granted divorce
from william Inglis, with 500 a month al.
mony.
The forty-seventh Episcopal conven tion
opened yesterday morning in st. Luke's
Church.
The battle of Golf Hill, fought Yesterday al
the Presidio, was fine bit of practice in the
art OF war.
Harold W. Croweu has sued John P Walsh
and George Wash for $3.50 due on prom.
issory note.
Judge Coffey has impaneled jury to assist
in the trlal OF the j. q. Davis will contest The
trial will begin tomorrow.
Los Prietos, Adam Andrew. King William
Peixotto, Collins and Con Moto were the win
ners at Ingleside yes terday.
William c. Chute OF Lincoln Post presents
the record to show that ne IS the Youngest
Union soldier on the Pacific Coast.
The engagement is announced OF Mrs. wor-
cester, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Jackson,
10 A. H. Small, the well-known club man.
Active rehearsals of the grand ehoruses fol
the Queens Jubilee have commenced under
the direction OF Professor John w. Mckenzie
There was q debate last night in B'nai Birth
Hall on the question whether the City should
own its own water supply, and the affirmative
won.
Assessor Basham Of Tehama, who is here
says there is heavy yield of fruit and WOO
and fair crop of grain in that county this
year.
publican Club was held last night TO complete
arrangements for the picnic TO San Jose
Sunday.
Lieutenant Commander E. D. Taussig. hy.
drostatic inspector of the Coast and Geodet tic
Survey, is here in reference to hydrostatiC
matters.
Attorney-General Fitzgerald has rendered
an opinion to the effect that the Market-stree
Railroad Company cannot carry freight oYel
its lines.
The funeral of Moses Dinkelspiel, distin
guished merchant and Mason, who died or
Monday at Suisun, took place yes terdsy il
this City.
L NJ. Kalloch has sued Johanna Bacon and
the Htbernta Savings and Loan Society to fore
close claim on certain real estate for the sun
of 5000.
Charles w. Rosenbaum has sued Elizabeth
H. Oulton and her husband, George Oulton, tc
quiet title to a lot on Hoff avenue, near Six
teenth street
crowd attempted to take two prisoners
from Policeman 7. J. Connell on Carolins
street yesterday afternoon, and a rattling
fight foil owed.
Selma Kleiston, "a years of age, who left this
City by the steamer for Stockton last Sund ay
with young man has turned insane because
he deserted her.
DR.. Morse has telegraphed from Washington
that the tuberculin used by the local health
authorities TO test cows is good, and that the
condemnations should stand.
The list OF entries for the races under the
auspices OF the Golden Gate Park Driving AS
sociRtion on Decoration day for the benefit OF
the un employed is complete.
The new Police Court clerks were at their
posts yesterday N orning. and the new Prose
cutting Attorney in Judge Joaehimsen's court
will commence his duties this morning.
Lee Sing alias Lee All Kee, we'll known ex-
Policeman Nicholson on February 16 1884
will be deported to China by the next steamer
Claus Spreckels viii give his hearty aid to
the proposed colonization scheme in the in
terest OF the unemployed as sugges ted by
Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation
Army.
The Grand Jury yesterday heard witnes ses
in regard to the robbing of E. w. Shaw at tn e
Hammam Baths on the night OF May 2. An
indictment was found against Charles J.
Wnelan.
The Mission Park Association, at its meeting 9
yesterday, decided to invite Professor Jordan
OF the Stanford University to deliver lecture
on the geological feature of the proposed
greater park.
Samuel Johnson, a drunken hostIer. fred
a shot last night at DR.. Holmgren on
Buchanan street and Golden Gate avenue
and another shot plowed Policeman I. j.
Dugan's right cheek
AS Edna Wallace Hopper will leave this City
shortly, she has requested that her famous
Boston terrier Consul be judged specially at Q
O'Clock P N. to-day. Everything at the payil.
ion is in readiness for the opening.
II. R. Freea-, who, with party, has recently
returned from Tonola, on the Gulf of Tehaun-
tepec, says that on the coast are large an
cient mounds full of strange antiquities. Also
that an ancient city occupies place in q
great forest near Comola
Attorney Alexander Campbell Estated in
Judge Wallace's court yeste rday tnat he ex-
peeted to prove that Carl w. Won Tiedeman is
innocent OF perjury, and that he was the vic
tim of q conspiracy headed by Guy s. Whit
comb the noted haIf-interest swindler.
d. H. Foley complains that Annie Craig,
Christopher 0Connor and Eliza T. O'Connor
have wrongfully obtained possession OF
$635 43 worth of furniture belonging TO him
and that they refuse to deliver the same TO
him, wherefore he demands judgment for the
value of the property and $3.50 damages.
David Carvalho, the New York handwriting
expert, occupied the witness-stand in the
Feir-CraVen trial throughout yesterdays pro-
ceedings He explained in detail why he
thought that the "penciP' will was not gen.
uine, and became quite technical and argu-
mentative. AS regards the disputed deeds, he
could only find what purported to be some
slight erasures, and the alleged fact that two
different inks had been used in executing the
Acknowledgements.
CASTORIA