The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-25
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
Picnic weather yesterday.

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peeh taken from winter quarters.
Captain Games OF the Inflated Petrol VIII
have new yacht finished shortly.
:. Henry Varley, the evangelist lectured at the
4oung Mems Christian Association.
Crowds watched the races of a feet of minia-
ture yachts on Stow Lake yesterday.
The Lincoln and Electric Gun Clubs had a
bluerock contest yesterday. The Lincolns won.
A board OF directors of the new French Hos
pital was elected at Unions square Hall yester-
day.
The ffteen-year-old son of E. L. Hutton, an
Alameda merchant, died of heart disease yes
terday.
The yacht Clara lost her centerboard yester-
day while being put into commission at
Tiburon.
Mrs. Charles Sharpe is deserted by her hus-
band, who took her diamonds and left her
pennileSS.
a Fabian club has been organized to provide
work Tor the unemployed and purify the moral
atmosphere.
Rev. F. l. Higgins delivered his final lecture
on ''Swedenborgian Theology in the O'Farren-
street church.
Cinnamon have prepared a petition asking
for the removal OF Don Gong as a SDecial officer
in Chinatown.
Rev. John Currie, the evangelist, who was
formerly trainer of footraceTs, has returned
from Scotland.
Rev. ". D. Williams of Plymouth Congrega-
tlonal Church preached sermon on Catholi-
cism last night.
The Schuetzen Vereins and rifle companies
made number Of good scores at Shell Mound
Park yesterday.
J. G. lander, a carrier for the CALL, saved a
baby girl from drowning near the Tiburon
boathouSe yesterday.
The Beer-drivers' Benevolent Association of
san Francisco held most successful picnic ct
Shell Mound Park yesterday.
Waiter Howell addressed large audience
at Golden Gate Hall last evening, his subject
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An old-time party will be given at the How
srd-Street NJ. E. Church tomorrow night and is
expected to be quite grand affair
The San Francisco Sehuetzen Verein had
forty-one men at the butts yesterday and they
made the remarkable record of 241 bullseyes.
In a sermon on ''In God We Trust" Rev Les
lie W. Sprague declared that mans faith in the
dollar is a naturalization of his faith in God.
Philo Jscoby has not lost any of his skill as a
shooter. He won prizes in both the San Fran
cisco and Germania Schuetzen vereins yester-
day.
Handballers were pleased Yesterday to learn
that Phil Casey, the champion of the world,
had not given up the idea OF visiting this city
soon.
Some of the main statements of Miss Phoebe
CQuZins story OF her relations to Senator Fair
sCe denied by Charles Fair, Louis Bresse and
Dr.. Livingston.
John Riordan, the coast handball champion,
dislocated one of his fingers yesterday against
The Wall-of the Union Court while trying 20
reach thigh ball
A boS,le containing q message from person
supposed to be tired OF life was picked up at
Bakers Beach on Saturday but the police look
upon II Is a hoax.
The Occidental Handball and Racquet Club
has made arrangements for handball tOurna-
merit Tor the amateur team championship OF
the coast on or about May l.
Samuel J. sims, 1926 Treat avenue reported
TO the police yesterday that he was knocked
down and robbed of So so and a valuable dia-
mond pin on saturday night.
Walter P. Blake city editor of the Stockton
Independent, was shot and dangerously
wounded by a foOtpad while he was passing
through an alley near the Palace Hotel late
last night
The body Of Thomas Rooney, faith er of Mrs.
Teresa Fair, has been petrihed. Six men were
required 10 remove it from the grave at Angels
Camp. II viii be placed in Mrs. Fairs mauso-
leum in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Two masked men held up Henry Heltzenster,
milkmen, on Potrero avenue early yesterday
morning, but allowed him TO drive on without
robbing MIN, their motive evidently being re-
yenge upon some other milkman.
Sheriff Cunningham OF Stockton thinks that
the Standard House on Market street Oh Friday
night may have committed a burglary in q
hardware store-at Lodi q few weeks ago.
The State appropriation OF $25o,000 for addi-
tiOnal buildings for the State University is
deemed sufficient only for buildings and equip
ment. The Board Of Regents win attempt to
owner
The estate which Captain John NJ Brunson
and his bride, Ida. the Baroness Won BaTnekow,
went TO Germany to seek is now in the process
of settlement. They were drowned in the
wreck OF the Elbe, and their fortune will now
go TO strangers.
A young man and woman living In this citv
boarded the tug Vlgilant yesterday afternoon.
The boat Immediately went out 10 sea. After
they had got well off the land the tug was
stopped and the couple were married by Cap
HI. BrOklW Nlpllant.
Minnie Riley, 1917 Mission street, swallowed
big dose of iodine last night with suicidal in
tent. She was taken to the Receiving Hospital
and was soon pronounced out OF danger. In
stead of being thankful, she berated the doctor
and steward for saving her life.
George L. Henzen, electrician, 224s Bush
street, drove with team to his house yester-
day to take his family out for drive. He left
the rig outside, and while he was in the house
ayoung man jumped into the buggy and drove
OF. He was last seen driving along Devisa-
adero street. The different police stations were
notified, but the rig has not yet been recov-
cred.
Two rough characters named Borley and
Lartraw assaulted Chinaman and afterward
policeman on Howard street last night
officer Ed Smith tried TO stop the fight
Whereupon Borley and LartraW immediately
left the Chinsmsn and attacked him. Just
} then officer Frayar appeared on the scene and
assisted his brother officer Borley and Lar
traW were taken to the Southern Police Station.
r. NJ McCaskie, 173 Perry street, was at
Bakers Beach on Saturday, and about mile
apparently been washed ashore. Inside the
bottle was the following note written in pencil:
"March %, 1895, dear Marie, have given up
all hope Of, you know. No money, no work
and I can't beg. For all past favors thank
YOU and wish you may never know what have
gone through. Yours forever, Pet" "Pete'
had been first written. but the final "e'' was
crossed out. The bottle and paper were taken
TO police headquarters. The police look upon
ii a hoax.
Chris Fiuran, bsrkeeper employed at 666
Howard street. was arrested and locked up at
the Southern police station on a charge OF
assault with deadly weapon yesterday after
noon. Ass2
accomplishing witness was James Langtry,
who was The victim of FiCrans bad temper
Langtry was in the saloon mentioned at 10
O'clock Yesterday and fell into an alteration
with Fiuran, which the latter wound up by
striking Langtry on the head with n heavy ,Sg
beer-glass, cutting a long cash through the
scalp. The injured man was taken TO the
Receiving Hospital.
There win be open meeting OF the young ing
Market street, TO night. and until further
notice such meetings will be held every TWO
weeks