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Show AN FRANCISCO ITEMS. San Francisco, 20. Horatio G. Horner, Secretary of the Commercial Life Insurance Company, wns drowned yesterday while fishing in Lake Piilarcitos. San Mateo County. Keports from all parts of the State represent the harvest as progressing. The yield of grain is abundant, much larger than last season. San Francisco has donated LlG.OOO to tiie Louisiana sufferers. Tne last instalment of xi,'Mi was forwarded to-day. The Criiradetv ot Portland. Oregon, have abandoned their etiorls. No movement his yet been made for a local option election in this citv. All arc waiting the decision of the SuprfimcCourt on Iheconslitutionality of the iaw. It is understood that investigations are being conduct ! in hi citv on the part oi German l.nd l:.:.lcrinl the financial condition oi of w)vm known as the Yallejo railroad nv-tun and that revelations may be made in the business whu-h wii'l not redound to the ere lit of this Suite. Friends ot the Central Pacific say they will attempt to clear their skirts by throwing throw-ing all the blame cm Latham anil his associate, who transferred the roadt. to that company. Last uigiil. during a heavy lb'-, the British ship HVr-.r ,.,-, ,,t jn' pal-last pal-last for thia port from New Zealand, ran ashore five miles north of Point Kcyesjust alvve this Iwrlw and will prove a tutal loss. The captain anil crew have jii;t arrived in tin; shin's bo:it5, bringing the news ot the i!is- as '.ex. No lives lost. |