The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fair Saturday is promised by the Weather
Bureau.
Joseph Goger was appointed a deputy by
Sheriff Whelan yesterday.
The Leak Glove Company has filed petition
for permission TO disincorporate.
Captain Boardman of the Signal Corps, N
6. C., has rendered his resignation.
Supervisors viii retrench on municipal e1-
peuses to avoid possible deficiencies.
The Rsndsburg extension will not soon be
built by the Southern Pacific company.
Theosopnical crusaders win dedicate their
new College of Theosophy in February next.
Governor Budd has declared to-day. legal
holiday 10 celebrate the defeat OF the 1unolng
bill
Racina. Little Bob, Osric II, Formal and
Nelson were the winners at Oakland track
yesterday.
George Haas will has been filed. The
properly Left by the ties tator IS DeQueathed 10
his family.
William FIannery, arrested'in Denver, is to
be brought back to this City to stand trial for
grand larceny.
Mrs. Jane Amelia Lees, wife of the veteran
detective captain, I. w. Lees, passed away yes
terday morning.
Miss Bateman says her resignation at the
Grand is due solely to the hard work, and not
q lovers quarrel.
Freight Agent Luce of the Southern Pacific
struck q rich ledge at Randsburg while aim
lessly using pick.
Warrants were sworn out yesterday tor two
ph ySCianS who failed to register births at
WHICH they attended.
May Rogers was arrested yesterday for steal
ing from her emp oyer, ]. B. Queen. This is
said TO be her first offense.
The trustees. OF the Home for Orphans of Odd
Fellows at meeting adopted plans for the
orphanage to be built at Gilroy.
Mrs Louise Worthington vas removed to
San Quentin yesterday to serve her sentence,
and her baby girl was left at Branch Jail 3.
Miss Rosamonde O'Connell, daughter of Dan
OCOnnen, the poet, VIII take up her profeS-
slonal career a. Morosco's Grand Opera-hOuse.
A permanent org nization of the Protective
Association OF the State OF California has been
effected, the members being retail liquor
dealers.
boycott has now been declared on many
merchants belonging to the Kong Chow Asy-
lum for being willing to make peace with the
Sam Hups.
Mrs. W. W. Dimond denies that she eloped
from Honolulu with Charles Wilson. she VIII
return by the Coptic to-day and Wilson has
gone TO Seattle.
While playing with a loaded revolver Frank
Rebbler, of 416 Pacific street, narrowly es-
capped killing his .halfbIother, Calalino Dew
ricco yesterday.
The bakers acknowledgements mass meeting
have adopted resolutions favoring the bill be-
fore the Legislature to provide for the santa
ton OF bakeshops.
District Attorney Barnes says there will be
no more arrests in the matter of the Fair liti-
cation until after the preliminary hearing OF
James J. Cooney next week.
A suit has been fled by Christopher Liver
against NJ. E. Pleasant and Fred A Schell Tor
$500 due on Promlssory note signed by the
defendants on May Is, 1892
Attorney Monteith complains that the
letters OF George Sterlein TO Mrs. Isson can
not be found. Ex-Judge Sanderson YES terday
testified that he placed them IN the County
Clerks Office.
J. B Hennessy, 8 carpenter. living at 900
Tehama street, attempted to commit suicide
by jumping from the steamer Newark in Oak
Land Creek last evening. He was rescued and
brought 10 this City.
N. B. Monaghan, the pioneer oyster-grower
OF California and the owner OF the Monaghan
oyster beds at Burlingame and Milbrae, died
at his residence in this City late Thursday
night after short illness.
The local Musicians Union has Withdraw
from the National League of Music and afili-
ated with the American Federation OF Music,
which recently received q charter from the
American Federation Of Labor.
Attorney Arson Hilton raised ripple of
merriment in Judge Stacks court yesterday
by reading Justice Jackson Temples opinion
IN the case of Spencer VS.. Branham, wherein
the game OF frog" was discussed.
Company A, League of the Cross Cadets of
St. Mary's Cathedral parish, has been pre-
sented with handsomely furnished and com
pIetely equipped clubrooms on Golden Gate
avenue by an unknown -benefactor.
John McGregor, the balloonist, who was ar
rested several months ago for obtaining $50
from the Oakland Postoffice upon forged
money order, was found guilty by jury in
the United States District Court yesterday.
A jury in Police Judge CampbelPs court yes:
terday refused to find the manager of the
Tivoli guilty Tor hiring an 11-year-old boy to
sing, in violation of the law which makes 1t
crime to hire any singer under .16 years of
age.
Precita Valley Improvement Club at its
ting last night passed resolution in
structiug the executive committee TO take
legal stems to compei the Market-street Rail-
road Company to either forfeit its Folsom
street franchise or run its cars on TO Precita
avenue.