The San Francisco call., 1896-09-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


There was an unusually large crowd at the
ocean beach yesterday.
would-be Mephisto on wheel comes to
grief in police station.
Ocean View Coursing Park will be closed on
Sunday next for extensive repairs.
The First Infantry Regiment of the National
Guard has decided to foster field athletics
The Uniform Board of the National Guard
will meet at tha California Hotel this evening
The museum in Golden Gate Park is under
going many alterations. 1t will open October
Yesterdays cup cricket match resulted in an
easy victory for the Bohemians over the Ala
medas.
Company KS team of twenty marksmen
have again carried off the Mangels-Wleland
trophy.
The lmperials beat the oaklands by score
OF l3 to 1 at the Folsom-street ball grounds
yesterday.
The nitro-powder rifle cranks were making
more experiments at the Smell Mound rifle
range yesterday.
The Golden Gate Gun Club will hold its first
tournament next Sunday at the Pacific Tour
nament grounds.
The First Infantry, .. S. A. is marching
back from Santa Cruz. The encampment was
highly successful
Target practice of the First Infantry Regi-
ment, \. @. c., viii take place at Shell Mound
Park September 26.
The handban courts were crowded yester-
day and several exciting and closely con tested
games were played.
The Norddeutscher Verein held its twenty
second outing and moonlight picnic at Shell
Mound Park yesterday.
Charles Cayin successfully swan the Golden
Gate yes terday afternoon in one and quarter
hours. The finish was exciting.
Miss Freitag gave many remarkable tests at
yesterdays meetings OF the State Spiritualists'
Association at Golden Gate Hall.
North Beach yesterday by Charles Montgom-
cry In the presence OF many people.
Rev. w. r. Goodwin lectured at the Good
Citizenship meeting yesterday, taking as his
subject, Peter, Politics, Prophecy"
General Miles may arrive in San Francisco
this week. He will make a thorough test of
the dynamite battery al the Preside.
Young Count de Beauregard of Paris arrived
at the Palace Hotel yesterday in the course of
prolonged pleasure and hunting trip.
Albert SWEET, a boy, was yesterday arrested
tor stabblng Joseph Rowen, another boy, in
the back with penknife last Wednesday.
wild bicycle rider from Golden Gate Park
ran down and irigbtfully disagured 4-year-
old Nadine de ojeda. on Devisadero street
Park Commissioners criticize the reporU of
the Grand Jury in regard to the park and infer
that the jurors have lots to learn about parks.
Democrats are much detected at the out
look in the State and Nation, and Senator
White says their campaign is badly organized.
as King McManus, is recovering from his i'll
ness and IS expected on the street in day or
two.
Dr. Adams, who yesterday spoke at the First
Congregational Church, is looked upon as a
likely aspirant as DR.. Browns permanent sue
cessOr.
Admiral D. D. Porter Post, G. A. R. enter
tainment in Oakland viii take place next
Monday instead of tonight as formerly an
nounced.i
At a mass-meeting yesterday afternoon the
local Socialist Labor party ratified the pro-
ceedings OF the New York convention held in
July last.
George Pa palon, a native OF Hawaii, reached
this City yesterday afternoon from Los Ange-
les. He is q leper and will be sent TO the Pest
house to-day.
The Lyre Francaise held its picnic yesterd ~
at the Presidio and celebrated the 104th an
niversary OF the proclamation OF the first
French Republic.
Five local Methodist churches yesterday
commenced the church year under new pas
tors. All but one OF the new pastors were
present at yesterdays services.
Mrs. Thorold's little tug Ethel and Marion,
which was filled with water and sunk along
side of Union-street wharf Saturday morning,
was raised by Whitelaw yesterday.
Captain Siebe of the Shell Mound Rifle
Range has distinguished himself as a dog
killer. He recently exterminated three vicious
brutes in half minute with rife.
William Smith in a drunken fit broke a
window valued at $40 in store on Stockton
street, near y Farrell, yesterday morning, ana
was arrested for malicious mischief.
''The End OF Controversy" is the title of the
lecture to be delivered the evening OF Oc-
tober IL by Father P. G.. Yorke in St
Francis Church at Vallejo street and Montgom.
cry avenue.
william E. Dollard aged "a years, a native
OF Ohio, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at
his residence, 81 Tehama street. AS there was
no physician in attendance, his body was
taken to the Morgue.
At the Schuetzen Park range yesterday John
Utschig of the California Schuetzen Club made
the previous record of 16 established by
Messrs. George Helm and a. Strecker OF the
same club.
DR.. Horatio Stebbins denounced free coinage
in a political sermon preached yesterday fore
noon from the pulpit of the First Unitarian
Church. He said that all experience showed
that the imitation of the currency of a nation
was followed by moraland financial disaster.
The tweEty-sixth anniversary of the en-
trance OF the Italian troops into Rome was
celebrated yesterday by the Italian colony
.The features of the celebration were street
parade, picnic and literary exercises at Harbor
View, fireworks at night on Washington
square and grand ball in Bersag aglieri Hall.
At the Y. NJ. c. A the Rev. DR.. W. L. Birch
Yesterday az 1ternoon delivered an address on
fTrue Manhood" to a crowded meeting of men
At the close every one of the audieHce sprang
TO their feet, thus testifying that they would
carry out the practical truth, which the doctor
showed 10 be within reach of every honestly
purely and religiousIy inclined man. Dr.
Birch intends to hold services in the Audi.
torium on Sunday nights.