The San Francisco call., 1897-04-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Probably fair Saturday.

Probably fair Saturday.
c. P Robinson, charged with embezzlement.
was acquitted py jury yesterday.
Ex-Auditor Smiley died yesterday and will
be buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery to-mor-
row.
league of eight baseball clubs has been
formed among the grammar schools of the
City.
An ex-convict known Sam Clement, was
arrested yesterday for roobing the Office of Ir.
Patton.
Edward Fay, saloon-keeper, has filed q petit
ton in insolvency. with SIS, 1862 debts and no
resources.
Denis Foley and Charles White were ar
rested yesterday on charge of assault TO COM
NIT murder.
Judge Seawell yesterday handed down q de-
clsion confirming the City's title TO the Lafay-
cite Park propsrIy.
Dousterswivel, Amelia Fonso. Refugee, Rey
Sslazar, 1orsina and Vinctor were the winners
at lngleslde yesterday.
Homing pigeon 1898, lost between here and
Sacramento since January B, has returned to
his owner, 1886 Jersey street.
Brahmacharin Bootabptskshu, a strangely
eloquent Brahmin savant and sage, who is but
2l years old, will arrive to-day.
Henry Schaffer, an Arizona prospector. aged
"A years, declares that one Brown confessed
10 him the Emmanuel Church murders.
Elmer f. Mack, visitor from Los Gatos, was
brutnlly beaten and robbed by :ootpads early
The Supreme Court affirmed the verdict OF
murder in the first degree in the case OF wife,
murderer B. L Hill OF Oakland yesterday.
City and County Attorney CresW ell has de-
clared in an opinion that Baker and Sullivan
alleys in China town are not public thorough
fares.
Sacramento for the north and Fresno for the
south have been selected as the points of re-
ception for visitors coming to the '97 Endeavor
convention.
OF the United States treasury and now COM
missioner 10 the bering Sea rookeries, will
arrive here this evening.
Nicholas Brennan was yes terday sentenced
to serve three years in the State prison at San
Quentin for writing letter to eItort money
from the late Theresa Tarpey.
At a meeting of the San Francisco Labor
Council last evening Andrew Furuseth told of
the development of labor organizations
throughout the United States.
Thomas F. Marion, a butcher, has sued Dr.
Philip Mills Jones, the X-ray expert, claim
ing that he was injured by being exposed to
the operation OF the Crookes tube.
Mrs. Amanda FenneIl has filed an objection
to the withdrawal OF the husband from a bond
in the estate of j. Allen Fisk, a minor. She
says he has large amount OF money belong
ing TO the minor.
Rev. Philip Axis Hubert DID,, of Living
stone College, North Carolina, viii speak at
the First Presbyterian Church, corner Sacrs-
mento and Van Ness avenue, Sunday, at the
4SgulnI evening SeIYlC6.
Many local Greeks will avoid the Easter ser
vices at the Russian church to-day because of
their resentment toward the Gar, the head of
The church, on account OF his attitude toward
Greece in her struggle with Turkey.
Tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock Rev. Philip
a. Hubert, d. D., OF the Livingstone College for
colored people, located at Salisbury, Y. c., will
address q mass-meeting at the Young Mems
Christian Association Auditorium, Mason and
Ellis streets.
Postmaster McCoppin has written the Cham
Der OF Commerce IN explanation of the causes
OF delay in the delivery of he China mails and
believes the fault 10 lie with quarantine Off
ciais. The Postmdster-General will be petit
toned to abate the evil.
There was furry in the local wheat mar
ket, the price of Decem ber wheat jumping
from 81 90 per Genital TO 81 24jS and then de-
clining slightly News that the prevailing hot
"norther" is PLAYING havoc with the crop had
most TO do with the change.
The agitation committee of Cigar-m makers
organized. The following officers were elected /:
q. Blum, permanent chairman; Al Dele, sec
retary. NJ. Blum, T. NJ. Belden and AL Dale
were appointed on the press committee to
make vigorous agitation against tenement
house and Chinese cigars.
The detectives feel certain that they have
secured ample evidence 10 convict Robert Lor-
ing OF the murder of his wife. Witnesses have
ben found whom Mrs. Loring, before her
cath, is alleged TO have told that her hus-
band kicked and struck her in the abdome II
caused her death. The remains were ex-
humed, but they had been mutile ted in pre-
Yious pos;-mortem examination, SO the au-
topsy WIS a failure.