The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

.: Fair: Sundav--A G. Meade. forecast official
:: :: Mrs, pine nd made her debut at the Audi
;. forum. 1;heater last night III AN haoa.
!: :. socialist Labor Party celebrated Inter
n atfoIra Eabor Day IL Metropolitan Hail last
4: Miss Josephine Wall has sued George b.
Ylseaof $40 900. for alIeg ed breach OF promise
!: TO 9narTy..:: =: =. .-s.
=. The Urban: League yesterday sent telegram
,: ito major. Morgan commencing MIN tor ms
! geQst~ Yofk ::
colon d. and Mrs. Keppel will have pu bic
! {aTaweii.te fdered them before their departure
=; 70 EUROPE.
ST ] a4neS.G hnrch willhaye monster hene-
# "a t.: MetT0pQlitaa Temple on wednesday
+; -eyeI1llg, n ay u -
ny. crock e.r has sued Sarah j. Sanders for
500 s@of account OF fees Que 10 Attorney
CH4tles +: hanion.
Emma saley expects to make her thcatri-
.cal debut iii two or three weeks at Denent
petforInai &c for her sister.
. Mrs. Lizzie Goldberg, 20Os Pierce street, in
j. fiji OF iegiousy swallowed csrbo1c acid last
evening, but her lie was saved.
sigmond L. simons' will has been filed.
PROPERTY worth $IO0,0oo is to be distributed
among relatives OIL the testator.
Mrs. Mary Kellers claim against the estate
OF The late.Juage s. c. Hastings will be heard
in Judge Coffey's court tomorrow.
of tne Branch Jail No. 3, who got drunk and
tough t'tlth his prisoners IN a saloon.
The plan 10 do away with all bridges across
Oakland bar Dor meets with no favor on the
part OF the southern Pacific Company.
The Pure-food Congress adjourned yester-
day. Professor JOrdan'S address was the prin-
! clpal feature OF yesterday S Proceedings.
: supervisor Clinton Will ask tue board to cut
water rates 10 per cent, the reduction TO be
graded according To the means OF consumers.
r. Mrs. Catherine Johnson was examined on a
charge of insanity yesterday and was dec area
mentally competent to manage her own affairs.
Mayday was celebrated yesterday as q gem
eral nAlf-holiuay a. least, and the plcnlcs ana
special entertainments were Literally patron
lied
A. t Hatch, the former great fruit-grower,
returned here Yesterday after three ana hall
months prospecting in the Panamlnt Noun
tains.
-. Mrs. Jennie B. Dexter and her husband
Henry ). Dexter, have sued sidney " smith
Tor 100000 damages for alleged libel on MIS-
q DeX ter.. 'e..:r..
= Through the influence of the Mission Five
mile Improvement Club, new school build
ing has been promised tor the Excelsior home
stead locaAty.
Little Bobtook the Ingleside stake yesterday
al The local track. The other winners We're:
-. ROsOrmoude, AlazaD, San Marco Reddlngton
and ToWanda.:-
A beautifully engrossed set of resolutions
and a..soi:d silver lea set were presented to
samuel R4iney last.night by the FlIe Depart
meat officers
~ The committee to pass on applications for
d retirement under the teachers annuity and
retirement law was elected at the Girls High
School yesterday.
Herman Schwartz has sued S. Strozynski
for $1,000 for alleged interference in business,
and as ks for an injunction against improper
acts in the future.
Enjoya Bile .picnics were held a t Schuetzen
. Park and FL Campo yesterday. at the former
by the. parishioneis OF ST. Francis and at the
latter by ST. Peters.
Harry Cohen, alias Goldstein, a well-known
thief was arrested last night for stealing
a quantity uf jewelry from Mrs. Hartman,
: G02la Van Ness avenue.
- The Embru-MeLean Carriage Company has
sued H. NJ. Black IL 20. for S349 or Tor the re-
turn OF certain v5nIGies said TO be IN the pos
session of the defendants.
John Harris, supposed to be an Eastern
sneakthief, was identified in the CITY Prison
yesterday as the man who robbed Marshead
Sons sale Friday afternoon.
Edward job nsen and John Black, charged
WIZ robbiug a British Columbian jewelry-
store, VIII have their examination before
Judge Carroll Cook tomorrow.
AIonzo Richards, hack-driyer, was found
dead il bed yesterday morning at his resi-
dence, 1858 Howard street, San Francisco.
Death resulted from natural causes
o.. The firm of W. A. Miller & Co. has been in
corporated by MIS-. Jane a. Miller, winthrop
A Miller Emily A. Miner, Annie L. Miller and
Abraham Hail with capital stock OF SD 900
F.: An illustrated lecture on "Indian Life in
. Northern California will be given at the
: Academy of sciences tomorrow evening a {
O'Clock The pubic is invited. Admission
will be free.
The will of Giovanni Mangini who died
A1ril B. was filed for probate Yesterday. He
left an estate valued at $4,000, one-fourth to
his wife, Maria Mangini, and The remainder to
his children.
. jeanette Daisy Thornton, a bride OF day,
on being told that her husband q big.
amist, attempted to commit suicide last night
in her rooms. A sixth street, by swallowing q
dose of chlorotorm.
It came to light yesterday that q. Kamal-
lude and John Connolly, convicted OF petty
larceny by Judge Conlan and fined 500 eacn
on March 10, mad rot paid the fine aud were
enjoying their liberty.
Frank P. Slavin, the great Australian heavy
weight pugilist arrived yesterday from the
East and left Immediately for training STA
zion near the Cliff House. He is matched to
fight c. c. Smith, the thunderbolt.
From the 11th to the 18th inclusive there
will be held 'GIngerbread fete," Partisan
form OF entertainment, for the benefit of the
Children's Hospital. Mrs Clark Croker has
kindly donated her house on the corner of
Suffer and Octavia streets for this charitable
purpose.
James N. Haley has sued Michael E. Hale Y
to recover property decided by the plaintiff TO
the defendant when plaintiff thought he was
aoout to die When he got better he wanted
his property back, and met with reius al
Hence this suit.
ClHy Webster Taylor q prominent Mason,
Workman and Democratic politician, died at
his residence 1864 Twenty-frst street, yester-
day morning. HIS funeral Will take place
from the Masonic Temple on next Thur, day,
at ! 30 O'Clock, under the auspices of the
Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of Masons.
The compulsory retirement of Colonel Balm
bridge, Third ARTILLERY, and the death of
Colonel Jewett, Twenty-frst Infantry, caused
much comment in army circles OF San Fran
cisco yesterday. Lieu tena n Colonel Evan
Miles will become colonel of the First Infan-
Try as soon as Skaters nomination TO be brig
adter-general is confirmed.
The first Sun day in the month always brings
out lot of shooters upon the Shell Mound
, rife range. To-day the members of Company
of the Fifth Infantry will be out for prac-
tice. Company of the First, the Naval Bat.
TALON and Independent Rifles will hold
their class medal contests. Among the fine
rife-shooters Will be the Deutscher Krieger
Verein. A large attendance IS expected as the
verein will old its class medal shoot.