The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

From here Bishop Lee goes to the Puget
Sound conference.
The Congregational Monday Club discussed
Eternal Punishment"
Local items bright and brief, can be found on
this page OF the CALL every morning
Box 81 sounded an alarm for $1,000 fire at
651 Clay street about o'clock last evening.
The League of the Cross cadets had their
initial feld-day at Schuetzen Park yesterday.
Comm ittees are arranging for convention
to conside the question of sabbath closing"
Rev. F. R. Farrand read a paper on "Home
Missions" before the Presbyterian ministerial
Union.
The Young Mems Christian Association will
give State field day at Los Angeles on October
IL next.
James Doolittle. Fresno insurance man,
was arrested in this City yesterday on charge
OF embeZzlement.
A bucket of burning sulphur in Garratts
brass foundry caused an alarm from box 50 at
40 O'Clock last evening.
Bishop Lee denounced un-Christian treatment
of his race by church members, OF the African
NJ. (. Conference, yesterday.
W. H. Harmon, forecast official, predicts for
to-day's weather: Fair, except sprinklings of
rain tonight or Tuesday morning"
The African Methodist Episcopal conference
at Bethel Church closed last night, Bishop Lee
making the appointments for the year.
have selected delegates to the open conveE-
ton TO be held in Chicago on the Oath inst.
Emin Pasha won the forty-eight dog coursing
stake that was finished at Casserley's park yes
terday. Skyball won the Consolation stake
IN the Underground cricket match, played at
K1inknervllle yesterday, the KlinknerviIle
team was victorious by wicket and Is runs.
The Harmonic Singing Society closed its fes-
tival at John l.. Rosters home in the Santa
Cruz Mountains. The festival was grand sue
cess.
Ambrose Bierce, the litterateur, was recently
seriously injured in bicycle accident and is
now slowly recovering his health at st.
Helena.
Several companies of the National Guard of
California shot for the States gold, silver and
bronze decorations yesterday at the Shell
Mound range.
ceiving Hospital Sunday, suffering from the
effects OF carbolc acid poisoning, died yestcr-
day morning.
The fifth annual gathering and games of
CLANS Fraser and Macdonald at Shell Mound
Park yesterday were well attended and
thoroughly enjoyed.
The Mechanics Institute Fair will probably
continue to the 10Th inst. instead OF closing on
the 14th. Exhibitors request that it be not
closed according to the first intentions.
The Regents viii meet to-day 10 consider the
site selected by the Affiliated Colleges commit
tee. There is a current belief that the Will
meTding School will cut quite figure in the
Regents decision.
man who gave his name as Henry Smith
was discovered yesterday afternoon in the act
of forcing open window in the residence OF
c. S. Benedict at 32S Valencia street and was
chased ana captured.
Miss Ida N. Clayton, who was reported in a
dispatch from Los Angeles as having knoWl-
edge OF the identity OF the "mysterious
woman" in the Durrant case, has made a COM
plete denial OF the statement.
The recent irenelad agreement entered into
by 100 contracting carpenters TO prevent
work from being segregated and taken out of
the carpenters control is stirring up much
opposition in the Builders Exchange.
Mayor Sutro says that if, at the expiration of
the so days allowed the Market-street Com
pany in which to place tenders their cars.
they have not complied with the law, he will
institute legal proceedings against them.
Miss Marguerite Ribbentrop, 8 young lady
from India, now at the Occidental Hotel mas
killed leopards, tigers and panthers in the
heart of the iungles in India, and has record
that perhaps no other woman living can
boast Of
United States District Attorney Foote re-
ceiyed instructions from Washington yester-
day TO seize the sealing schooner Winchester
for Illegal sealing. He has also been in
structed TO seize all the vessels that exceeded
the prescribed limits.
Sam and Summer Hardy of Alameda won the
Pacific Slope cham pionship in tennis doubles
at San Rafael yesterday and Miss Marion
Jones, daughter of Senator Jones of Nevada,
by defeating Miss j. Hooper, secured the
championship in women's singles.
T. Taleman, fruit peddler, was arrested by
A. Hips Of the Humane Society Yesterday and
charged with cruelty to animals. He was
driving horse which Hips thinks has the
CHAMBERS. If his surmises are correct the ami
nal win be destroyed. Taleman was released
on bail.
The twentieth annual meeting of the share
holders of the West Oakland Mutual Loan AS
ISOLATION viii be held at the office of the cor
poration, on tle corner of Seventh and Willow
streets, West Oakland on Monday, Septem Der
16, at 80 o'clock. Business of interest will
be transacted
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Sydney
arrived last night, 20 days from Panama and
5 days hours from Acapulco, beating the
record. She brought AZ cabin and 81 steerage
passengers, among the latter being six man-of-
wars men from the cruiser San Francisco en-
route 10 Mare Island to be paid off, their three
years having expired
George Mcleod, proprietor of the cyclery at
1917 Market street, who had his skull fractured
in Golden Gate Park last Tuesday while riding
q tandem with Marian Hail. is still in a critical
condition a. the Receiving Hospital. On Mon
day his temperature rose to los, and the
surgeons did not think he would live many
hours. Yesterday his temperature had de-
creased to 101, and he showed other favorable
symptoms. There are now hopes of his re-
covery. Miss Hall has been pronounced out of
danger.
Mrs. Hester Harland, the State organizer of
the Woman Suffrage Association, sends encour-
aging reports of her work in Northern Califor-
mia. Strong organizations have been effected
in Santa Rosa and Vallejo. Rev. Anna H.
Shaw will leave her New England home to-day
for the West. She viii spend few days with
Miss Anthony at Rochester, make short visit
in Ohio and arrive in this City about the 25th
inst. She VIII give her lecture on 1.-THE Injus-
tice of Chivalry" on the evening of the 26th
inst. at Golden Gate Hall
This evening at o'clock the Young Mems
Christian Association will celebrate its first
anniversary of the opening of the new build
ing at the corner of Mason and Ellis streets
The affair will be for gentlemen only, and the
programme will consist of speeches, songs
Rotations, instrumental music, etc. The
membership has more than doubled since the
opening of the new building. There is a
vigorous canvass being made TO secure funds
to cancel the Indebtedness on the structure
The Evening College of the association opens
in eight branches on October /.
ARRESTED E0R EMREZZLEMENT.