The San Francisco call., 1897-03-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

start gang of men 10 Work next tuesday.
Arch Rock in the lay will shortly be blown
up and removed as menace 10 navigation.
No arran gements for heating the County
Clerk office are likely TO be made for several
months
Increasing cloudlness, but probably without
rain Thursday. W. II. Harmon, Local Fore
cast Official.
Patrick Dolan's murderer, Eugene Kenney,
has been held without bail to be tried in the
Superior Court.
Mr.. King, the Chinese Vice Consul, testified
yesterday in the case of the See Yup Society
against the Consul,
Herbert Choynski has sued F. Arata and V.
Ravena, executors of the will OF F. G. Pescardi,
deceased, for 1905 80.
Sir Edward Stewart Richardson of England,
who has been visiting the mines of Rossand,
arrived here Yesterday
The residents of Fairmount and Sunnyside
Heights want bridge over the railroad cut
al Thirty-fourth street.
The third annual congress of the Afro
American leagues OF Ca ifornia will be held at
Fresno on Tuesday, July 20.
Ferdinand Arthur Meney westheimer is
tired OF his name. He asks the Superior Court
TO change Westheimer to West.
Queen Nubta Nlton. Woodland Belle, Tux
edo, Benamela and Couble Quick were the
! winners at Ingleside yesterday.
James OConnell. who tried to commit sui
OF st. Joseph's Home, Park road.
II. T. Smith, an insurance agent, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on warrant
charging him with felony embezzlement.
Charles R. Allen has sued R. Gnekow for
$1,000 said to be due on a bin contracted by j.
A. Fisher, for which Gnekow became surety.
All Jim. convicted of batter for kissing Mrs.
H. B. Holmes, has been sentenced 10 term OF
six mon tbs imprisonment in the County Jail.
B. Meyers, New Washington Hotel, was ar
rested yes erday on complaint OF Mrs Laura
Locks, 122 Turk street, on the charge of grand
larceny.
Policeman NJ. J. Hemenez played the nickel
in-the-slot machine and when he won money
he arrested Thomas P. Dunn, the proprietor OF
the saloon.
The suit of John c. Flanagan against the
Southern Pacific Company for S640 has been
transferred from San Bernardino County to
San Francisco for trial.
Judge Hebbard has decided that Reginald
H. Webster is the lawfully elected supern-
-tendent OF Schools and that Madison Ba bcock
has no legal claim to the Office.
The remains of Robert Bright, who died after
winning a suit against his sister and recover
ing fortune he had given her, was buried
yesterday in Masonic Cemetery
Robert Craig, who died recently, bequeathed
several handsome sums 10 charitable institu-
tions and gave only So to his sister, Mary
Craig, with whom he had quarreled.
The committee 10 arrange for. mass-meet-
ing III the interest OF CuDh met IdSl night anu
selected Saturday, March 13 as the day. Sew
eral subcommittee were appointed.
The coast survey steamer Gedney arrived
yesterday from San Pedro and anchored off
Sans alto. The captain warmly eulogizes the
selection of San Pedro harbor as against Santa
Mon ica.
Cora HILL a young woman living at SIS
Kearny street. went TO the water front Tues
day night to drown herself, but was prevented
by policeman and sent to the Receiving
Hospital
The Police Commissioners last night dis
missed the charges of neglect OF duty against
Desk Sergeant Shields and promoted Police
man Charles Cullum TO be sergeant vice Fitz-
gibbon, deceased.
An improvement club has been organized
by he Liberty Heights property-owners, with
a view OF protecting their Interests against
proposed change OF grade on Sanchez and
TWenty-hrst streets
The Supervisors privately conferred with
the Spring Valley Water Works Company
Yesterday, but achieved nothing. The latter
refused t. answer certain questions except
under pledge OF secrecy.
The Federated Improvement Club has
passed resolutions calling upon the Paci1c
coast representatives in Congress to do all in
their power to have the work on the new Post l.
Office building begun at once.
Asusual the success of the Mardi Grss ball
q has set the tongue OF Dame Rumor wagglng.
Gossips are ommenting upon the absence
from the carnival of the debutantes and the
ladies of the reception committee.
The Supreme Court yesterday handed down
a decision affirming the judgment and denial
of new trial made By the lower court IN the
Durrant case. This means that unless the
Federal court will interfere he must hang.
Little Efie Holstrom appeared in Judge
Cof.y's court yesterday dressed in boys
clothes She was in the custody OF Mrs
Fredericka Van Valken berg, who was arrested
charge OF trying 10 spirit the child out
oil the State.
The Joint mass Meeting OF all the industrial
and commercial bodies OF this City VINO Will
take action looking to the immediate con-
structiou of the Federal Postoffice building
Will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
Chamber of Commerce.
Representatives of the grocerT firms pro-
ceeded against by the Board of Health on the
charge of selling adulterated goods deny all
knowledge + any such aduitera tion, and con-
tend that the board should properly proceed
against the manufacturers.
The suit of David Castro against the San
Francisco and San JOAQUIN Valley Railroad
Company for $50, 900 damages for person al in
juTies has been transferred from San Joaquin
County to San Francisco for trial Castro fell
from bridge and broke three ribs.
Buffers case is destined to drag for Ion g
whit e as his attorney yesterday drew up an ap-
plication for e writ of habeas corpus, whicn
surely failing to be granted in the United
States Circuit Court will ultimately be APP
pealed to the United States Supreme Court and
ali in order that extradit on may be baked.
Toy Hong Fon, Chinese who claims to
have been born in this City in 1873 and to
have gone to China in 1877, was before United
States Com missioner Heacock Yesterday on
habeas corpus having recently returned on
one of the China liners. He was discharged
the preponderance of evidence being in his
favor.
Yesterday a very interesting live-bird shoot
took place at the Ingleside trap-shootine
grounds between two noted turimen The
match was for twenty birds for a consideration
Of $50 between Charles Dwyer and Ed Gaines
Mr. Crowell was referee. Dwyer won the match
by grassing thirteen birds, Gaines scoring
eleven kills Something like $400 changed
hands. Tucker, famous Eastern pigeon
shooter, will contest against Tanning, a crack
local shooter, in twenty-five bird race for
$50 side on Sunday.
The Armitage Orphanage and the Children's
Hospital will each get IL is thought, nearly
1900 from the society comedy OF Caste" pre-
sented at the California Theater last Monday
evening. Accounts have not yet been made
out but it is known that the gross receipts of
this the advertising on he programmes, Sc
cured entirely through The efforts Of Major
Hooper. amounted TO 5000 There are also
perhsps sold but unused tickets to be counted
among the general proceeds. The expenses
were as they follow: Rent of Californi ia The
ater one night, S145; Leo Cooper and two as
sistants for dramatic training and MANAGE
nent, $115; mus C, $40; advertising. $16-
making total nf S34S, to be deducted from
something over $500.