The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Suit has been. FLED by MAY F. Finn against
James E. Finn for maintenance.
!. a cloudy Tuesday with probably some
sprinkTes o. rain in. the early morning.
r. The Blythe case las been set for 10 O'Clock
this morning in the United States Circuit
+ W.L"Avery, a laborer, has filed petition in
insolvency.. He owes $1097" so aud has no
assets. =: !. H..
divorce from w. B. Day on the ground OF
cruelty: =: ".-..."... t.: = T.:
I Ernest C: Aud and j. H. GoldmanhaYe been
?. sued by ". p: Wilder Tor $1,000 due on q note
o&tedZJune 8, 1895. -. ~ "
!. he ministerial meetings yesterday appoint
ed the. delegates TO the. executive ommittee
ior'good government. r.. -.. . ~. .
: Ned. Lanigan, Louis Loupe and Clyde We'll
:: burn have been retire d wi thout pay from the
service: OF the Government. -:
p Pr, John lKBoebig gave an interesting lecture
. onft'Sugar: Beet Raising at,the meeting of the
:. Far mers' institute astnight.
Judge ~seayeu has granted the motion to
=, transfer the divorce suit OF Blanche l. Heiss
against Otto Heiss to San Benito County.
= The Methodist ministers sang for Joy at their
= meettng: yesterday when they he ard OF the
success otthe Epworth League convention. r.
"A book peddler ransacked the house of Mrs.
:. Evans at159 Russ street yesterday afternoons
:: butonly succeeded in getting away with 81. -.
=. Claus: spreckels yesterday paid into. the
Custom-house $39 040 20 as duties upon beet
:. pgsr .maehip cry designed for the works at
!; Salinas. = :. - =. - -
! +ohun> An Chun is on trial. before Judge
Duane. OF he Superior. Court on charge of
having m ordered Chin Lun Gee, g Chinese
druggist: :. *...:.
!. Captain Henry Bingham was seriously in
iuTed by being thrown from his buggy at
=. Second and Bryant streets yesterday; shortly
before noon. :: ~: H.
oar
knocked down by bicyclist at Market and
= yior: streets yesterday afternoon and seri-
OuSly injured. =, -.
-: The annual meeting of the Olympic Club.
which was called for last night,was postponed
until next Monday evening, because a quo
rum was not present.
r i number. OF Klondyke miners took their
:. gold tot the mint TO be, converted into money
yesterday morning. Many others viii dc the
same as soon as the rush is over.
= The. case OF Mrs. BAL Hawkins, charged with
carrying. a. con cealed weapon to kill her hus-
band, was called In Judge Lows court yester-
day aud continued till TINS morning
. A warrant was issued yesterday for the ar
rest of n. D. Sfckles ON the charge OF obtain
ing money by false pretenses, the com planning
witness being +. II. Lotus OF futile d Lotus.
Samuel N: shortridge and Miss Laura l.
Gashwiler were quietly married yesterday at
moon at the !residsn of the BRIDES mother,
= Mrs. John w. Gashwiler, 22l0 Central avenue.
. =. A well-attended meeting OF the new charter
committee was held last highland 1t was de-
.cided 10 frame a com plete. system Of govern
ment, to be submitted to the electors Tor ratlf
:: cation. -. i. .... -. -.
= The committee working on the Salvation
Army's col on1zatioH scheme held a meeting in
!: the Mills building yesterday. It was decided
:toinerease the number oi.commitleemen from
! fifteen TO thirty. =
+ Judge Carroll Cook has decided that two in
= dictments of the Grand Jury against DR.,
Stahle were Illegal, because one member vot-
r1cr tOTt hai n n n : q
required by law. =.
=. After an examination lasting thirteen days
evidence relative to the alleged murder of
Isaac Hoffman was Introduce d yesterday at
the examination OF The odore A, Flgel, charged
with embeZzlement - .+:. ~+. -
The case OF Kan Kan OF, the Chinese girl de-
tanned by Collector Jackson, was opened and
continued. The efforts of the defense are cen
tered:on proving that the Society for English
: Educauon>is a sci OF blaekmal1ers.
-. The offices of the Southern Pacific Com pany
were practically closed yesterday IN respect to
The. memory off,. g" Chapman, head OF the
= Freight Claims Bureau. MIR. Chapman died
last Saturday and was buried yesterday.
:. . Henry. A. Williams, doing business under the
-. firm name OF Williams, Brown d Co, has been
J. sued by the. Eondon Bank OF. Australia for
- S9E35i claimed to be due on aIbiIko exchange
IRON il. Ealk- d co. OF sydney, n: s. w.
:. =. Annie Henderson and her husband Robert
=. have sued w. Z. Scheverin and William f.
Ambrose for $4,000 damages on account OF
=" in an excavation made in the street near her
. home r.: =
+: The Devany:H askins tax schedule is OPP
posed:b by many members of The Board of Su-
,pervisors and will be vetoed by Mayor Phelan
= he is. gwen an; Oppor tn nifty, He will de-
=, ma nd'e.right to veto through the Courts, ii
necessary. -: :.
-. . Presiding Judge Seawell will draw thirty
%names:o1 citizens tor. the organization of a new
&c rand Jury y o. clock this afternoon. County
- Clerk Curry has been requested to attend for
: the purpose of assisting" in. this important
=. lie galfunctlon. :. - -
- e: 0nesti, doing business as fruit and pro:
:: vision dealer under the name Of G. Onestf &
-. Co has. fai led He. has debts amounting to
. $3.50 So. Book accounts due him are worth
$500 and personal effects are put in as $3.50.
He asks'to be adjudged iHsolvent:
-. George T. Gaden, assignee of the San Fran
CISCO Furniture Manufacturing Company, has
: sued Abby NJ. Pafrott and Others for
S2o23 alleged TO be due; on account of work
in the Emporium building, The matter OF
priority of right to- the money is in dispute.
:. Superintendent Leach of the Mint says that
there is mol political significance In the recent
&c. removal OF thirty-tWo employees of the mint. H e
. states that when the work in the silver coin
: age d department begins again those dismissed
or those on the eligible list will be put to
work.
Kenneth Duncan, Ted for grand. lar
ceny and charged with insanity, appeared in
Judge Hebbard's department OF the Superior
Court yesterday to be examined as TO his men,
tai condition. AT the request OF his lawyer
the matter was continued Tor a. fortnight.
There was general impression in court that
he was sane.
: The preliminary examination OF A. L. Knott,
charged with the murder OF Joseph Knauer,
barber, on July O., was commenced before
= Judge Low yesterday afternoon. Only three
witnesses were examined. whose testimony
was MIN poriant, and the case was continued
" till TINS afternoon.