Show OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER san francisco cal sept 1 1897 the chilly winds from the nort northwest hvest have awakened the oites to a realization of winter weather and heavy overcoats can be worn with perfect comfort already the summer resorts are beginning to hang up their shutters after an exceptionally short season and the summer boarders ar are returning homeward so the city again appears to be regaining signs of ife A great sensation was sprung in court last week during the trial of the fair craven case when charles fco bartlett on being recalled to the wit ness stand deliberately contradicted his own testimony given ten days daya previously sly As a consequence of the above he is now languishing behind the bars of the city prison charged with perjury it has been intimated a great many times that witnesses were being paid to give perjured testimony and the case has been spotted from the beginning with such insinuations between the attorneys in open court and through the press later developments show that bartlett has again partially turned over and in trying to exonerate himself now avers that he was bullied and coerced by threats of exposure for past misdeeds and promises of remuneration into repudiating his former testimony by the attorneys for the fair side of the case he claims that the testimony he gave first was the real truth but he has told so many conflicting stories that it still remains doubtful though it certainly looks rather dark for the men whom he accuses of implicating him the bradbury ward scandal had its closing scene last saturday when ward was discharged from custody on account of insufficient evidence to convict mrs bradbury the principal witness on whom the prosecution depended failed to appear having bakon advantage of being released on her own recognizance and left the city there is a rumor afloat to the effect that the reconciled bradburys Brad burys intend returning to their southern home and the people of los angeles are uncertain as to how they should be received T the he prevailing impression how however e ver is that society will grant immunity and greet them with open and forgiving hearts congressman mcguire in an address recently delivered in oakland demonstrated his contempt for the judiciary of the country by denouncing the manner in which federal judges have alo violated amendments first and thirteenth to the constitution by issuing injunctions making it a crime tor for men to quit work of their own free will or to express their opinions as was the case in the coal miners strike in west virginia and also during ehfe railroad strike in 1894 the ranks of the legal profession in california have been swelled some by the admission of five women recent graduates of a law school to practice law in the state courts another exceptional case in this line was the admission of a deaf mute to the same profession he having taken a written examination and passing with high honors after a great deal of worrying and uncertainty the letter carriers association have finally decided to hold bold their convention to meet next week in san francisco as agreed upon at the last meeting and aad regardless of president parsons order to the contrary por for a time it looked as though uncle sams mail distributors would have to meet in chicago or not at all on account of the refusal of the railroads to make a reasonable transportation rate but now that obstacle has been removed and the convention is an assured fact the mechanics pavilion was transformed into a big nursery last saturday afternoon the occasion being ba bys day and the place swa swaged led with infants of all sizes and descriptions there were babies of every nationality and every olor color and the rebellious wall wail of the irrepressible children drowned even the music of the band proud mothers had come miles to exhibit their offspring confident of carrying off the prices to be awarded tor for 8 beauty smartness disposition and weight and great was the bitterness of the disappointed and inconsolable ones whose exhibits failed to distinguish themselves another san francisco idol was 8 shattered battered hatt ered when george green the pride of the 0 olympic club and champion welterweight welter weight of the pacific coast succumbed to wolcott the black boy fr from om boston who not only carried off the championship but also gath gathered eted in a few thousand dollars now there Is not a hat large enough h in san francisco to accommodate the wool woolly ly head of this ch chocolate ocote hued gladiator and it if he is allowed to remain to win another ba battle atle the chances are the streets will have to be widened for him the cigarette habit has claimed au another victim a ten year old boy emaciated and bordering on imbecility Is under the care of the society fo tor r the prevention of cruel cruelty to children where he was taken by his father as a last resource the parent being no longer able to control him this to is only one instance though it may open the eyes of parents parent a to the danger in which their children are placed and break up the juvenile tendency to shoot snipes the residents 0 of f oakland and vicinity are in a state of terror over a mysterious woman in black who glides about as noiselessly as a cat leaving ransacked trunks and buteau bureau drawers and empty wardrobes behind her she comes and she goes sometimes affording only a gimose of her vanishing figure and if pursued she seems to disappear as though the earth had opened and swallowed her gossip has it that florence blythe hinckley a widow of a year and the heiress to the millions of thomas blythe is again to become a bride biede though the rumor has been denied by her attorneys who claim to have her entire confidence do they s laso also share the secrets of her heart the blythe estate which has been in litigation for many years was not long since decided in favor of florence blythe hinckley as the only rightful claimant the case has again been opened through the error of a united states district judge and another legal fight is now in progress the estate in litigation comprises one of the most valuable business blocks I 1 in n san franr cisco and is valued at several million dollars the league of american wheelman wheelmen elmen has hac seen its finish upon the pacific coast and has been replaced by the california CWi fornia association cycling clubs which organization was formed here something less than a year ago though at first its future seemed rather doubtful the california associated cycling clubs now has a complete organization all over the pacific coat from british columbia to southern california and in future all cycling matters on the pacific coast will come under the rules of the new order there are quite a number of utah people among the recent arrivals notable among them being prof joseph B toronto and a representative of the salt lake argus S |