The San Francisco call., 1897-02-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

=, Sausalito is to have a regular daily mail
delivery.
Rain again for to-day is promised by the
Weather Bureau
Emmanuel Meyer, the grocerymAn who as
Signed, may res ume business
, Fred Whitney, formerly OF this CITY, mas
found rich mine in British CoIuIno4A'
The cabin passengers on the steamer China
will have to remain in quarantine Tor week
Jessie Grail has been granted divorce from
Beth Grail on The ground ol extreme cruelty
The estate OF the late Dr. Washington NJ.
Ryer has beeu ordered distributed py Judge
Slack.
Mrs. Grace HamiIton's suit for divorce on
the ground OF cruelty Is being tried by Judge
seawe..
- The unemployed cooked their own supper in
q ie new quarters on Howard street last
frening.
Michael Enright has been convicted of grand
larceny. Judge Dunno Will pass sentence on
the 27th inst.
o. Judge Coffey gives it as his opinion that too
many carriages often hired for the funerals
OF poor peop.e.
time and Walter J were the winners at Oak
. land yesterday.
c. Paulson, cabine,-maker, committed
SUI eide by shooting himself through the heart
yesterday afternoon.
.. Judge Hebbard has declined to adjudge Mrs.
Nellie Williams insane. He viii give her an
other chance TO behave.
The Iroquois Club last evening determined
10 nom mate Max Pepper for the office OF grand
$achem OF the organization.
g The Pacific Athletic Association at its regu-
lar meeting last night decided TO hold grand
boxing tournament in April
NJ ! G. kaufman of Juneau is here TO secure
support IN movement TO get better Congress
isIoual recognition for Alaska.
Dan J. Mcdonald, bookkeeper residing at
m
home since Thursday morning.
Mayor Phelan wrote q letter to the Cuban
, committee yesterday expressing his sympathy
with the purposes OF the league.
The Supreme Court has awarded Charles A
Lee the sum of $4,000 damages against the
southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Hugh Mcdonnell returned from Rands burg
yesterday. lie says the ore is much richer ana
more plentiful than he had supposed.
Fanny Rce's little girl, who was the mascot
OF the famous ell-star cast OF "The Rivals
arrived here yesterday with her mother.
90 Judges Seawell, Hunt and Slack yesterday
SAT in bank 10 hear argument in the charges
eior. the dlsbarment OF c. NJ. Jennings, an al
torney.
James O'Conneu was arrested yesterday
afternoon by J. T. Harris, a citizen, while IN
the act of committing an assault upon Gussie
Arnold.
Mrs. Nancy a. Abbott has lost her suit to be
declared the wife of Thomas NJ Quackenbush
and TO be awarded $500 month permanent
support.
Calvin somers has been arrested for exhibit
ing deadly weapon IN q threatening manner
10 Joseph F. Nolan, his wife and Albert
.Wieland.
Over L, 900 tons of coal now on vessels in
the bay Ill not be assessed next month. The
owners viii not dock the vessels until alter
March next
Contending property-owners on Dupont
. street resort 10 force over three feet OF land.
The law finally quiets the beiligerents ana re-
stores order.
new way of getting rid of an Objectionable
tenant-by removing the doors and windows
OF the house-has been successfully tried on
;sNatoma street.
Clan Fraser of the Order of Scottish Clans
gave pleasant entertainment and dance last
evening in Scottish Hall in honor of Washing
tons birthday.
Thomas ConweIl has been convicted of burg
larry ii the second degree by a jury in Judge
Wallace's court ana recommended to the
mercy OF the court.
The.alleged murderer, Butler gave evidence
yesterday in which he denied that he ever
stated that the photograph OF Mrs. Lee Weller
was that of his wife.
J. F. Fugszi has telegraphed President
Cleveland and requested him TO oppose the
- proposed law 10 exclude Italian and other i'm
o migrants because OF illiteracy.
Chung Yeung Hue, nephew OF Little Pc te,
IS thought to be on the quarantined steamer
China. 1t is said tnat he is look ing for venge-
ance on his uncle's murdeTers
Mrs. Mary Morlock, who was charged with
dealing unfairly WI IN the estate OF Margaret
Mccarthy, an incompetent person, was ex-
amined by Judge Coffey yesterday.
Resolutions denouncing the Examiner for
its attitude on the Braunhart bill and incl
dentally for general misconduct toward labor
were passed BY 5000 carmen last night.
The Grand Jury is convinced there was
CONSPIRACY 10 deiraud the City in the matter
of the City and County Hospital repairs, but
Is suncer1ain whether there is law to cover the
case.
Three hundred Greeks have decided to leave
for Crete in two or three weeks. They will be
reinforced at all the large cities en- route. and
expect to number 5000 By the time they reach
New York.
The Judiciary Committee of the Supervisors
- yesterday failed to approve bills for jurors
meals, sent in by Judge Cook, and passed
leem. along to the Finance Committee for con-
lHeration.
I Ex-Judge D. J. Murphy has been retained to
delend Frank Marty, the milkman, who was
Washington Dodge. The case will be tried IN
Judge Wallace's court next week.
Judge Wallace has sentenced Herman Bes-
terlair 10 serve two years in the State prison
= at Folsom Tor assault with deadly weapon.
Martin Boyle, convicted of manslaughter, was
sentenced TO Folsom for four years.
Arrangements have been completed by the
Y. NJ. l. tor a very successful celebration OF
Washingion's birthday, with exercises at
Metropolitan Temple in the afternoon and a
bal at Mechanics Pavilion IN the evening.
n. H. Jacks, general secretary of the Oakland
Young Mems Christian Association, will ad-
dress the meeting Tor men only, at the associa-
ton hall, Mason and Ellis streets tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'clock. His subject will be-
''Does 1t Pay to Be Christian"
At the regular meeting held by the Building
Trades Council Thursday evening it was
unanimously resolved that the action taken
by the marble cutters and polishers regarding
the improper and unworkmanllke work being
done on the new City Hal dome be lndorsed
JENNINGS DIsBARMENT.