The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Miss Margaret Craven and Henri. Koehler Of
i st, Louis Will we'd to-day.
Cloudyand unsettled. weather Wednesday
A, G. Meade, local forecast official.
Two vessels arrived with many thousand
cases OF salmon from Alaska yesterday.
The evidence {nthe Figel case yesterday
= continued along the line Of proof of an: allpL-
Several. contractors bel ped to make a warm
session for the Harbor Commission Ts*Ees ter
day.
J.aJ. Rauer has attached the John KeIso Com;
pany, contract tors, for $22009I on assigned
claims.
The bark Sea King. brings two more OF the he,
Percy Edwards expedition who were StTanueu
in the Fl jjlslands.
James H. Chapman and George Trube, from
Los Angeles, were. arrested last nlghtzon q
charge of burglary.
Dr. J. NJ Williamson has rendered his first
annual report as: superintendent OF Inc Clty
and County Hospital.
The police arrested four 'bnnko steerers' at
the Oregon dock, one of whom proved to be
pickpocket yesterday.
The general. committee Of the. Letter-car-
rieIs' Association me t. last night TO make ar
engagements forthe opening day.
Lizzie GaIIick mas sued for@the annulment.
OF her marriage with Peter Galick on he
ground that he was insane when she married
him
P. NJ Discon. GIG Folsom. street, was taken
suffering from alcoholism and died during
the afternoon.
William Cox, a chicken.raucher of Ventura
County; on his way 10: Portlandi got drunk
Monday night, was robbed and locked up in
the City Pris on. -. =. ..sz-
Mrs Fred Yeaton, .359 Dores treet. charged
with cruelty to childrcn, failed to appear in
Judge Lows court rday ana bench war
! rant was issued Tor her arrest: Fl
Judge Wallace. has given permission for the
Sf1rl ro4a ~
several nswers to the complaint of.George X.
Fitch, by which 1t is sought to deprive them
OF their office
United States Commits sioner Heacock has set
next Friday as the time for the examination
OF 81 gmunt Morris, charged with. being one of
a gang of advertising swindlers operating in
Brooklyn, New, \ ork. E
The Charter Committee OF one. hundred
had an animated meeting las night, at which
the only business transactedwas the adoption
OF the first paragraph of the report OF the
legislati committee
The Election Com mi ssioners will not call q
s special cleo ion for treeholders until Attor-
+ ney=GeneraI Fitzgerald has rendered an
opinion as 10 wfle her they must proceed under.
the primary election laW. .z.=<#
At meetingsof the Board OF. Immigration
I We. or phans .gh arrfyed from Honolulu last
Monday must go back Major Wtncnell Will.
" appeal from this decision. Z.
W. P. Stradley, the Comm ssioner of Immi-1
& has QeclIeN. 10 me aIl
20 the present laws which would prevent.
Japanese women from being. imported to this
+ country for immoral purposes.
p The blockade of#Sjoekton street, from Geary
prospect of abatement: Meanwhile / he store
keepers are losing. all their custom and many
II are looking forloca tions elsewhere.
The office OF: GoIeetorof internal Revenue
. was turned over yesterday to John. c.. Lynch
by acting Collector Thomas: assisted by
Special Agent Thrasher. There were more
than million and half worth OF STAN ps IN
the safes. - - -
Bandmaster Bennett and. Conductor Rogers
OF the Exposition band have had g disagree
ment over an engagement Mr.. Rogers entered
8 into with the telephone company to play over
its wires, which may result in the breaking up
OF the band H.. - ~.
The steamer Cleveland was yes terday
bonded to engage in the business of carrying
bonded goods between northern ports and
San Francisco. She viii be in competition
with the Pacific Coast Company's steamers in
that business. .-....- - :.-..-. -. i:
The Valley road is entering new and pro-
ductive but formerly unframed and isolated
wheat country east Of Tulare Lake, and the
prospective town of Angola viii be the ship
ing point for an area OF thousands OF acres OF
good grain land. -. +-.. = 80 .-%..s-. Z.
compliant was sworn to in Judge low S
court yesterday by Policeman II. C. Jones
charging P. g. Lacey with carrying on q per.
centage game at 20 Leidesdorf street by
means oil q marked tape reel, stand and board
with numbers thereon.
Attorney James L. Crittenden, who was
fined $3.50 for contempt Of court by Judge
Sack over year ago, has been discharged
from custody by judge Carroll Cook on the
ground that the Sheriff is not able 10. procure
q certified copy OF the original order OF COM
mitment.
distinguished party of fifty-eighr persons,
including Ten United States Congressman ana
several State, county and city officials from
West Virginia. arrived here yesterday to pre-
Assent the new gunbOat Wheeling tomorrow
with service OF silver and cut glass and
DresdenwsFe. -. E.
German jobbers are making much inquiry
Of Secretary j. A Filcher of the State Board of
Trade relative TO the chances on getting in on
the California fruit trade, and all letters re-
celyed show that the people OF Europe are
deeply interested in getting in closer touch
with The producers of this State. .-.-.'
circular from the Secretary OF the Treasury
was received yes teTday giving the opinion of
Attorney General McKenna 10 the effect that
the law does not require exporters or their
agents to appear personally before United
3 States consular agents with their invoices to
- ceruiy that they are correct and true.
United States District Judge de Haven has
decided that contracts in bills of ladng
signed by the carrier alone are valid, and he
has therefore dismissed the of W. W.
Montague & Co. against the ship Henry B.
Hyde for damages for the breaking Of some
hardware shipped from New York to this port