The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF,

A fair Tuesday, but with foggy morning.
John W. Mackay arrived here last night and
IS al the Palace.
The German singing societies turned out in
large numbers at the Mechanics Fair last
night
Rev W. D. P. Bliss addressed the Glorious
yesterday on The Social Faith of the Catholic
Church"
?. B. Glidden will plead this morning to
charges OF having written threate ming letters
10 Mss Juanita Ryan.
Figel was on the stanu yesterday for the
iourth Gay he continued his tactics of hiding
behind his bad memory.
Opium-dealers Will hereafter be compelled 10
pay quarterly license according 10 the
amount OF business they transact.
-, The run OF salmon in the Sacramento River
thls year Is much greater than it has been for
many years past, i'll fact since 1888.
Connolly and ZeIgler and Case and Elmer
are in readiness aud eager for their fights TO-
night, and the biting is fairly close.
Frank Stone, a shce dealer at 2II sixth
street, has Il ed petition in insolvency. He
owes S1O33 ID and has assets worth 1850 81.
Annie Laurie" whose name in private life
Is Mrs Nlnn1it ed Black, has sued for divorce
from Orrin Black on the ground of alleged
cruelty.
The Supervisors have sustained Mayor Phe-
LAM veto OF contracts for work done about
pubic parks without public bids having been
invited.
An interesting paper on the determination
OF "a bbits, gophers and ground squirrels was
read At the meeting OF the Farmers Club by
b. y. Rowiey last night.
Thomas Maxwell a carpenter while driving
across Mission street at Nineteenth last even
ing, was struck by the mailcar and injured
about the head and face.
DR.. w. P. Chalmers State Quarantine officer,
secured warran IS from Judge Conlan yesterday
1or the arrest of Captain Finch OF the steamer
Gaelic and Pilot T. w. jordan.
Charles Smith, waiter, fired five shots at
George l.. Mur lier, another waiter, in a lodg
ing-house at GA Mason street yesterday morn
ing, but missed him every time.
The creditors OF Sarah Fucker and Solomon
L, Lucker have pelt1oned 10 have them de-
clared insolvent. The debis represented in
the petition amount TO about $500.
C. B. Sessions ana wife have been sued by
the Electrical Engineering Company for 5000
which 1t is alleged they have unjustly taken
into their possession from Burton {. Van
Enron.
The Valley road has issued its schedules of
frelghts and fares from Fresno TO Visaia and
to all intermediate points. They show q re-
duction from the former rates OF the Southern
Pacific.
Collector OF the Port Jackson has notified
the proprietor OF Mans Circus that unless
he pays duty on the menagerie, etc, TO the
amount OF $4,000 the Government will seize
and Sc the same.
Andrew Williams, promoter of the proposed
cakeWalK al the Mechanlcs' Fair. was arrested
yesterday for battery upon c. A. Hughes,
leader of the opposition to the scheme, and
threatening to Kill him.
The feature of the s.. Charles fair in the
Mission last evening was compe titive drill
by several com panies OF the League of the
Cross Cadets, IN which Company K won all of
the honors and the beau tiful gold medal.
Joseph Kelly, plumber. and Louis Miller, a
waiter, were ares ted yesterday afternoon bv
Policemen Gibbons aud KoeSel on charge OF
burglary q number of castings and other
articles having been found in their possession.