The San Francisco call., 1895-11-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

4 large crowd OF marksmen shot Tor turkeys
at Schuetzen Park yesterday.
A number of excellent scores were made by
the rifemen at Shell Mound yesterday.
Regent won first money in the 24-dGg cours-
ing stake at CasSerly's courslng park yesterday.
Noe Valleys bad water has been traced as far
as the stagnant College Hill reservoir, near
Holly Park.
The weather forecast for to-day is fair ex-
cept foggy in the morning, cooler, with north
westerly winds.
Second Regiment companies are preparing
for the Obermeyer trophy match next Sunday
al Shell Mound.
new style water-tower that rests on q
buggy frame was successfully tested on the
SeaWall yesterday.
The park and Cliff were thronged with peo-
pie yesterday. 1t was thought there were fully
ten thousand people on the beach.
A convicted burglar who escaped some time
ago from the Stockton Insane asylum was cap
tured on the water front yesterday.
Joseph King OF 463 Tehama street was shot
in the leg this morning during street row in
front OF B'nai Birth Hall, on Eddy street.
Josie Kelly was arrested yesterday for grand
larceny for having picked $40 from the poeket
OF Joseph SigeI in saloon on Mission street.
Charles B. FIagg supreme secretary of the
Order OF American Commercial Travellers, will
arrive in the City by the overland this evening
The membrs OF Golden Gate Lodge, Protective
Benevolent Order of Elks, entertained theil
lady friends at the Columbia TheateT yesterday
G. B. Pioda, Minister Plenipotentiary from
Switzerland TO the United States, was ban
quoted last night al Maison Tortoni by the So
ciety La Ticinese.
The citizenship of Captain Shovey OF the
American Whaling barke Gayhead, is to be
challenged. One OF the men imprisoned a
Honolulu is q German subject.
Seats and boxes for the festival concert:
given in aid OF the Children's Hospital are sell
ing rapidly. A final rehearsal with full or
chestra will take place in the Pavilion to-mor
row morning.
B. D. BIakeslee arrived in this CITY last night
from New York on his bicycle. He made the
the trip in AZ days 19 hours, beating the record
by 23 hours.
fornia will lecture tonight and on the two
following Monday evenings i'll the Y. NJ. G. A
Auditorium. The lectures are part of the
university extension course.
Policemen Peters and Doyle adopted the role
OF bicyclists early yesterday morning and cap
tured Joseph CIrifiths and Charles Roe two
suspected robbers who had been hiding in the
brush near the City Cemetery for several
weeks.
A great mass-meeting OF women was held a.
Central N. E. Church yesterday to express in.
dignation at the Barbary Coast horror and &c
organize for work with view TO securing pun
ishment for the fends commensurate with
their crime.
G. W. Wilderman, the originator of the
"World's Christian Cooperative Society,
charged with embezzlement, was given his
liberty on $1,000 bonds early yesterday morn.
ing. McRae says he warned Larsen, the
suicide, against risking money with the old
man.
Boys placed several cartridges on the car
track on Valencia and Nineteenth streets last
evening and when the car passed over the am
muniIon three OF the cartridges were ex-
plOded. The bullets broke Druggist Dowdall's
windows ana narrowly missed killing lady
on the sidewalk.
Two games of baseball were played at Central
Park yesterday. afternoon. One was be
tween the San Francisco league team and
the Olympic Athletic Club amateurs, and an
other between san Francisco and Oakland
The former was won by the amateurs and was
q good game, while the latter was a very pool
exhibition.
The rate war between the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company and Southern Pacific
Company on tickets between San Francisco
and Portland was continued yesterday. AS 6
result the steamers rates are down to So first
cabin and 50 so second, and the railway fares
$40 and 50. Both include berths, and the
steamer tickets cover meals on the trip.