The San Francisco call., 1905-03-07
BRIEF CITY NEWS.

INSoLyENT CLERK. P. Rice. clerk.
San Francisco. flied petition in insolvency
yesterday in the U. S. District Court. He
owes S226I and has no assets.
TO DISTRIBUTE EsTATE.-James ]. Gore
van. executor of the will OF Mary Ann Gore
van. his wife, filed a final report of settle
button Of the property valued at s4O,35S
SWEDISH COMPANY TO PRESENT COM
EDY.-Brandstedt's dramatic company COM
posed of Swedish talent will give a Swedish
Turn verefn Hail. 253 Turk street. After the
performance there will be dancing.
GARBAGE Law ASsAILED.-The su-
prene Court heard arguments yesterday in the
contest Instituted TO test the validity OF the
Oakland garbage ordinance The case was
ordered submitted on briefs and decision
months.
WILL GIVE BENEFIT CONCERTO con-
cert to be followed by musical sketch will
BE- given at 33 steuart street this evening for
the benefit of the seamens Institute. Those
In charge of the affair promise that the enter
tainment shall be of unusual merit.
UNLAWFUL USE OF MAIL. M; H,
Meadows, alias DR.. r. H. Weston r. Brook
Lee, alias DIR. r. Brooke Sterling and II. SyI-
yester were arrested yesterday by the U. s.
Marshal for disseminating through the mails
circulars advertising appliances and drugs to
be used for unlawful purposes.
VERDICT AGAINST MARBLE COMPANY.
Chris Bodies who has been suing the Vermont
Marble Company for $4,000 damages the
result of an accident in the companys works,
was awarded S225O by the jury yesterday in
Judge Hunts court. Bodies fell twenty feet
and injured his spine.
BURGLAR Is SENTENCED.-C JEFF
ferson convicted on two charges of burglary.
was sentenced by Judge Cook yesterday to
serve two years in San Quentin on each
rooms of Joseph Boland and ]. w. Orewiler
at 24 Tiffany avenue and stole articles from
each.
SAYS DRIVER is DEFAuLTER-E s.
Van Pelt of the River Express Company. IL
Drumm street. obtained a warrant from Po
lice Judge Cabaniss yesterday for the arrest
~ Charles F,Ichanan driver on charge
of felony embezZIement It Is alleged that
Buchanan collected s52. 65 on Saturday and
failed TO account for IT,
WANTS AN INJUNcTIoN-Judg Sea-
well yesterday took under advisement the suit
for an injunction by the Petaluma and Santa
Rosa Railway Company to restrain the Call
fornia and Northwestern Railroad Company
from preventing them from crossing the tracks
of the latter at Santa Rosa
AUDITOR BROOKS TESTIFIES.-Williann
Brooks. auditor land and purchasing agent
Of the spring Valley Water Works. was un-
der eross-examination yesterday In u. s. Com
missioner Heacocks court by Assistant City
ATTORNEY John s. Partridge. Nothing new
was developed the testimony being confined to
the values of the pieces OF real estate owned
by the company
MUST sUPPoRr HIS MoTHER-John F.
Co, was ordered yesterday by Judge Tr1iott 10
pay SIS month toward the support of his
it is said that family difficulties led John
Whelin TO refuse to contribute. Besides hold
ing a good position. he has valuable prop
erty on Masonic avenue
RoBBER ARRESTED IN BAKERSFIELD
Louie Sing Is under arrest in Bakersfield and
DETECTIVES Ed Gibson will leave to-day with
a warrant to bring him back. Louie is the
last of the four hixhbinders who broke into
the store of the Wah Sing Company. 724 Du-
pont street. on the night of May 80, 1902 and
assaulted and robbed of the clerks The
other three now serving terms-Wong Kse,
twenty years; Gee Gum, fourteen years; and
Woo Shuck. twelve years.
WANTS A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hathaway
brought suit yesterday against the Queen Oil
and Refinery Company Crown on Company
and the California Consolidated OIL Fields Com
pany for the appointment of receiver and an
accounting of funds. She claims ownership OF
stock in the Queen Oil Company and alleges
that the management has spent money in the
purchase of lands thus jeopardizng the inter
ests of the stockholders.
ARMY IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
Word was received at the department. quarter
masters office yesterday that contracts had
been awarded for the construction of twenty
one new buildings at Point Bonita. The work
will cost trife more than 5000 coo according
to the terms of the military appropriation BILL
The contractors must have the task COM
pleted within sixteen months. Bids will be
opened tomorrow for the construction OF a
barracks building at Fort Baker. A contract
was let yesterday for repairing a road dam
aged recently by washout at Fort Rose
Grams.