The San Francisco call., 1896-11-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

day.
There will be an international tug-ofwar at
the Sutro baths next month.
Marke berg made a very fine balloon ascen-
sion yesterday and good parachute drop.
Hypnohst Kennedy last night put George
Cheshire into a trance which he says will last
a week.
P. H. VIII was the high man in the Red
Mems Shooting Sections turkey shoot at Shell
Mound.
The residences 4o4 and 432 Haight street
were entered by burglars Friday night and
thoroughly ransacked.
A p:ckpocket was arrested at the ocean
neacn ior picking a, purse from Mrs. P. L.
Archlbald's dress pocket.
The handball courts were crowded yester-
day, and several interesting and closely con-
tes ted games were played.
Professor Hirschfelder of Cooper Medical
college has prepared a report on the treatment
OF tuberculosis with oxytoxines
Charles Perry and A. Hammerson of the CITY
Guards won the two rifle medals for the best
scores In two contests yesterday.
The Mission Improvement and other clubs
protest against Folsom and Twentieth streets
as site Tor the new high school
The new Oakland track will reopen again to-
DAY Tor period OF two weeks racing with a
WeIl-hlled card OF five running events
The pilot boat Oracle ran afoul of the
revenue cutter Rush and both had narrow
escape from serious injury Saturday night
William Gilman was accidentally drowned
at Mussel Rocks yesterday, and an unknown
man jumped from the Piedmont in to the bay.
John Stricken. a clerk in a grocery atTwenty.
eighth and Church streets, was arrested last
night Tor firing five shots at a crowd of boys.
successful gymnastic exhibition and bal
in aid Of the Mission Turn Verein was held
last night in Verein EinIracht Hall ON Twelfth
street.
There are many coveys of young quail on
the Presidio reservation. The birds are pro-
teeted from dogs and hunters by constant pa
trolling.
James Walker, a ranch hand from Staten
Island. was robbed by Piggy" Johnson and
others in a room at the Adelphia House yesler-
day morning.
W H. Denike, I1I4 Powell street, was
thrown from electrician No. 763 yesterday
afternoon and narrowly esca ped being crushed
under the wheels.
Mrs. John Pettee issues an invitation TO the
Charitable to meet at her residence. 25o5
IeaVenworth street, to discuss ways and
means for providing for street waits.
the forty hours devotion began yesterday
morning al ST. James Church, corner oi
Twenty-thtrd and Guerrero streets. The
church was filed with parishioners all day.
The long-expeeted emergency call reached
the First Brigade of the National Guard at
Los Angeles last Saturday The Second Brig
ade, San Francisco, may be called out this
week
The Catholic knights OF America viii hold
their eighth biennial State convention in this
City Tuesday and Wednesday, A BANQUET will
be given visiting delegates the evening OF the
latter day.
Joseph Estelita, bartender in Louis Left
man saloon, Second and Tehama streets was
stabbed in the right side yesterday morning by
John Ballentyne, who was arrested for assault
TO murder.
The contractor for supplying fresh beef to
the troops al he Presidio is now compelled to
furnish the meat 10 the Post Commissary
Formerly he was permitted to supply the com.
panies directly.
A Mission-street electrician ran down q
buggy at the Tenth-street crossing last night
and Edward Helmon, one of the men in the
buggy was seriously injured aud his rie
smashed into pieces.
Shell Mound Park will close for the season
next Sunday with picnic and rife shooting
Tor turkeys, pigs and geese. The Nord-
deutscher Shooting Club viii also hold grand
bullseye, man target and turkey shoot al the
same place.
George T. Clarke of New Haven, Conn.
charged with embezzlement surrendered him.
self at police headquarters yesterday and de-
clared that everything for the past seven
weeks has been blank to him and that he
has no recollection of taking the money.
K. Ivaizumi, japanese Government con-
structing engineer, connected with Japan's
great shipbuildfng yards soon to be in opera
tlon, is here on his way home, after studying
construction in Europe for three years. He
says that over 1000 men will be employed in
the works.
Charges of attempted extort1on have been
preferred by Christian Rutland and Carl Zim-
hermann, owners of the Richmond Dairy
against Health Inspectors Davis ana Dockery'
who deny the allegat. ons. The Board OF
Health places no credence in the Charges but
Will hold an examination.
The sporting bublic is picking Choynski as
winner against Peter Maher Carroll against
MeAuliffe and FitZsimmons against Sharkev'
sailor Brown, VINO was star in the pugi-
Hstlc armament eight years ago and who
claims 10 have once vanqushed Sharkey is
looking for another go at him.
In aid OF the building fund of the Welsh
church OF this City bazaar and entertain
men: will be held in Cambrian Hall to-morrnr
afternoon and evening. The bazaar will he
opened at o'clock by the holding of a con
cert, presided over by Professor Thomas Price
and at winch the noted Welsh tenor Rbvs
Thomas, Will sing.
Reserved seats for Father Yorke's lectura for
the benefit of the Carnival OF the Golden Cate
at Metropolitan Temple Wednesday even.
ing next will be placed on sale Tuesaav morn.
ing al Sherman Clay's music store corner OF
Kearny and Suffer streets. The price for rheeo
seats has been fixed at rs cents The price for
general admission is so cents Father Yorke's
subject is, 1.-The Warder of Two Continents"
Miss Genevieve Dodge Cummins and An.
gustus Chasey Doan will be married TO-
morrow afternoon at the residence of the
brides parents, 200 West Egnty-ninth street
New York. Mrs. Philip Verriil Mighels. the
brides mother. was formerly Mrs. Ella Ster.
ling Cummins, and is a Californian authoress
OF recognized ability. The newly welded
couple Will subsequently visit Mr. and Mrs
D. II. Haskell of this City, who are the brides
grandparents