The herald., 1898-11-08
ABOUT THE STATE

| The board of supervisors OF San Fran
cisco county yesterday awarded the Even
ing Post the contract for city printing for
two years, commencing January J., 1899.
Thomas 4. l.. Quinn Of San Francisco
was killed yesterday by falling from the
roof of stable which he was painting. lie
| fell sixteen feet and struck on the back OF
his head. He was middle-aged and leaves a
widow and family.
| Judge Morrow of San Francisco yester
| day opened the November term OF the
United States district court in the presence
Of large number of attorneys. The cal
endar was called and among the number Oh
cases which will be disposed of at this term
OF court are the suits to recover from o. M
Welburn's bondsmen the amount of the de
| falcation OF the eX-collector of internal rev.
enue and his cashier, Norton, amounting
| to $42,875. The coal trust cases will Also be
heard as well as many suits brought by the
government Tor cutting timber and tres
passing on timber lands.
Among the passengers on the steamer
Belgic, which is due to arrive tomorrow
from the Orient, is Jutaro Komira, the
newly appointed Japanese minister to the
United States. He will succeed Toru
Hoshi, who was recalled short time ago.
The new minister belongs to the progress
sve class of Japanese who have made their
influence felt in the affairs of the world.
Minister komira is about As years old and
graduated from Harvard with high honors
in 1875.
The United States trading ship Adams
will, on or about December /, start on a
seven months cruise. BY that date she
will have received her batteries at Mare
Island. She will proceed from San Fran
cisco to Magdalena bay, where she will spend
month or more. She will then go to
Honolulu and Oriental ports.
The remains OF the man found on Ocean
Beach, San Francisco, last Sunday, were
identified today as those of w. Ii. Nicholson,
gauger, who resided at 2SO8 Post street
He had been out of work for year, and had
been living on what he had saved.
The transport Newport sailed at 2
o'clock today for the Philippines. General
Miller and his staff will go aboard the
transport about noon. On this ship will be
thirteen ladies, wives OF officers who are
going and of some who are in Manila. The
troops to go are the First battalion, Twen.
tieth Kansas regiment; the Wyoming light
battery, Assistant Surgeon Charles Huffman
and Acting Assistant Surgeon Hanna, mem
bers of the hospital corps, and clerks at.
tached to division headquarters. The wal
department has chartered the steamer St
Paul from the Alaska Commercial company
to sail from this port for Manila ON Novem
ber II, carrying supplies for the army sta.
toned in the Philippines.
Secretary Sonntag of the California Min
ers' association has given notice that the
annual convention of the association is to be
held at Native Sons hall, San francisco,
during the week commencing Monday, No.
vember 2l. About 45O delegates from
twenty counties Of the state are expected to
attend.
A Frenchman named La Rape committed
suicide at Santa Cruz yesterday by almost
blowing his head off. He sat in chair,
placed gun in his mouth, and with a string
pulled the trigger. He had been threaten
ing the lives OF his family. La Rape is sun.
posed to have been insane.