The San Francisco call., 1895-11-25
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

OlI l MI w y LIN DhlGf.
The main road from the beach to Sutro
Heights is to be improved.
The Laurel Hall Club as an organization is
opposed to woman suffrage.
California military marksmen are about to
organize new rifle association.
The Emmanuel chapel car is now on a siding
al Fourth and Townsend streets.
Local items, bright and brief, can be found on
this page of tie CALL every morning.
Archbishop Riordan confirmed $50 candi-
dates at st. PaulS Church yesterday.
Several exciting and closely contested games
were played in the handball courts Yesterday
The contemplated improvements in Golden
Gaze Park viii be started on the 1st of Decem-
ter.
Nasrly all OF the prom inent German sharp
shooters were at the Shell Mound range yester-
day.
Rev o. c. Miller preached on the crucifxion
Of Christ at the Church OF the Holy Spirit yes
Ierdsy.
The Thanksgiving stakes at Casserly & Ker-
Iigan's Golden Gate COursing Park were be-
gun Yesterday.
The Reliance football team may be re-en-
forced by more Stanford players when it meets
Butte here December 21.
Claus Schwartz, well-known German gro-
ceTyman, died suddenly yesterday while driv-
ing in Golden Gate Park.
Rev. J. George Gibson preached on the sub
iect. as Lie Worth Living? at the Emmanuel
Baptist Church last evening.
Some OF the euriOsities purchased in Europe
for the Park Museum were exhibited to the
Park Commissioners yesterday.
Two brothers named Murray were arrested
Saturday night for beating and robbing Chi
IeSe laundryman on Battery street.
Impressive ceremonies in memory OF George
W. Gibbs were held in Young Mems Christian
Association Hall yesterday afternoon.
The pistol shooters of the Columbia Pistol
and Rife Club made remarkably good scores
yesterday at the Shell Mound rife range.
George z. White, the Mendocino County cat
tie king, is in the County Jail, serving out
five days sentence for contempt of court.
The Junior Order of American Mechanics at
tended divine service in the Howard-stTeet
Methodist Episcopal Church last evening.
Miguel Flores, a native of Chile was arrested
last evening, charged with attempting to muir
der Gerome Lopez on the night of November II.
The ladies Of the First Presbyterian Church
Will give dinner TO the deserving poor at the
Christian Union Mission on Thanksgiving day.
The annual nominations for officers OF the
widows and Orphans Aid Association of the
Police Department were held yesterday after
noon.
The amateur ball players of the Pacific team
were defeated by the San Francisco profession-
ais al Central Park yesterday by score of
s to ?.
Thanksgiving-da services by the new order
of descons were held in Trinity Presbyte rian
Church., Twenty-third street, near Capp, yes
terday.
The funeral OF Jacob Wagner, late chief of
the q. o. r. NJ, took place yesterday afternoon
and attended by Red Men OF this City,
Oakland and Alameda.
The new track of the Pacific Coast Jockey
Club was visited by hundreds OF sightseers
yesterday. Everything is in readiness for the
opening on Thanksgiving day.
Battery E OF the Second Artillery Regiment
Yesterday the beautiful trophy offered by
Captain A. F. Obermeyer TO the best team Of
fifty rifemen in the regiment.
Fair Monday: conditions uncertain for
Tuesday morning; stationary temperature;
westerly winds.'' was the weather bulletin is
sued last night BY the forecast official.
The Pacific Mail steamship San Bias arrived
yesterday morning from Panama and was
placed in quarantine, an officer of the vessel
having died on board during the voyage.
In the second race on Thursday at Ingleside
track, which Will open the daY, the four record
holders, Libertine, Wern berg, Geraldine and
Mamie Scott, will try conclusions at six fur
longs.
The county commissioners of the Alameda
and Merced Horticultural Commissions report
excellent fruit crops and orchards free from
pests. The product realizes good prices on the
market
James Dalv was married last Tuesday to
Mamie ConDors. the pretty Potrero girl who
waited in vain at st. ThereSa's Church for him
Sunday, November 10, with the guests invited
to the wedding.
Eugene Pardini, the Washington-street shoe
maker, completely lost his reason yesterday
and attacked his cellmates in the City Prison.
He was locked up in padded cell in the Re-
ceiying Hospital.
young man claiming TO be the son of ]. T.
Bowers, the piano,dealer OF 70 ana 70 fltth
street, was arrested last evening in the act OF
robbiug the residence of Mrs. Preston at 1924
LeayeBworth street.
Joseph Scherer of 7 Landers street was
knocked ont Of his buggy on sixteenth and
Capp streets last evening by the hoseeart OF No.
engine, which was running TO fire. Scherer
was injured about the chest
Rev. Joseph Dossola, S. j., died yesterday at
st. Ignatius Church. He was 81 years OF age.
A solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at
the church this morning and the remains be
taken 10 Santa Clara for interment.
George p Aspden addressed the American
section of Socialists in Pythian Castle last
night on Common Mistakes" i" and during the
afternoon Morrison l. Swift gave the second OF
a series of lectures on social Reform" at
Union Hall on Post street.
Edward 0. Burns of 2120 Pacific avenue, the
representative in this City of H. Z. Reynal1 of
Kobe, Japan explained yesterday why the
products of cheap japanese labor find ready
market in this country A partial comparison
Of the Mckinley and Wilson tariffs was given
TO throw some light on the matter
The Academy OF sciences mas issued pOok
by Dr. Gustav Eisen on his explorations in
Lower California. The explorer says that the
cape region was an unknown land, and he dis
covered rivers, mountains, animals and fora
hitherto unknown to science. His new map is
the first and only one OF that country.
The women mass-meeting yesterday adopted
resolutions asking that the Board OF Super
visors appoint woman inspector OF homes"
and physician for the examination OF prison
CTS Of her own sex. The sentiment expressed
by one of the speakers, that all undertakers
should employ a woman in their establish
ment, met with general appreciation. A meet
ing was called TOR perfecting the organization
of the Women's Federation for Public Good on
the Sd prox.
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