The San Francisco call., 1896-07-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The balloon ascension yesterday was a
failure.
Fireman won in the coursing stake at Ingle-
side yesterday.
Cloudy in the morning; fair Monday; light
westerly winds.
Rowing on Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park
is the latest fad for ladies.
A dog that shoots the Chutes is an attraction
al the Haight-street grounds.
The Associated Cycling Clubs held their
annual picnic run yesterday.
The Emmett Football Club held its annual
picnic yesterday at Schuetzen Park.
The carnival director for the San Francisco
fiesta will be selected this afternoon.
In the real estate market q better demand
for country lands is looked for this fall.
Companies A and B held their regular
monthly shoot at She'll Mound yesterday.
The Emmets defeated the Buttes by score
OF to D at the Midwinter grounds yesterday.
The light batteries of the Fifth Artillery will
begin target practice at Santa Cruz THIS week.
A ''black" fire in Chinatown kept the de-
partment busy for one hour yesterday after
noon.
The theaters present large variety of
amusements this week, calculated TO please
all tastes.
Evolution win not work bad man into the
kingdom of heaven, according TO the belief of
Dr.. Ollie.
Rev. DR.. Williams preached last night at the
Plymouth Congregational Church on the Two
Standards"
Congressman Mcguire returned yesterday
morning from Chicago by way OF the Northern
Pacific route.
The prospective Choynski-Maher fight is
creating considerable troubleand is likely not
TO come of in this City.
At the Occidental handban court yesterday
the competition for the General J. G. Wall
medals was commenced.
J. c. Waller carried off the first prize at the
California Schuetzen Clubs bullseye shoot at
Schuetzen Park yesterday.
The Reliance and Rineon Gun clubs held
their regular clay pigeon shooting contests at
Alameda Point yesterday.
The Garfield Republican League proposes TO
hold Congressional conventions in the Fourth
and Fifth districts at an early date.
The William L. Macy, now loading at New
York for San Francisco, will be the first vessel
10 sail in the new Pacific Clipper line.
Justice Stephen J. Field was out riding for
two hours yesterday and looked very unlike
the Ill man that he has been pictured.
At the regular medal contest OF the Ladies'
California Schuetzen Club Mrs. John Utschig
and her daughter Lizzie tied on ITO rings.
The Pacific Cricket Club easily defeated the
CALIFORNIA; at Golden Gate yesterday and the
san Jose team succumbed to the Alamedas.
Company b, League of the Cross Cadets,
held Its quarterly rally yesterday at St Bren-
streets
Chinatown was excited yesterday over the
presence of Wong Chick, the new president OF
the Ming Yung Association, who has recently
arrived from China
The Journeymen Butchers Protective and
Benevolent Association gave its tenth annual
picnic at Shell Mound Park yesterday. About
1000 people attended.
When dummy proiectiles corresponding in
size and weight to regular dynamite cart.
ridges are provided practice at the dynamite
battery, PEesidio, will begin.
The police are contemplating rounding-up
the 'oope-hends' who are under suspicion of
thieving and disposing of their booty in ex-
change for their favorite drugs.
The San Francisco team beat the Oaklands
Z to = at the Folsom-street ball park yester-
day, while at Presidio Park the eifcs were
victorious over the Californias, 10 10 D.
A conference of the various parish repre-.
sentatives of the st. Vincent de Paul Society
was held yesterday afternoon at st, Brigid's
Church, corner OF Broadway and Van Ness ave-
nue..
Milk Inspector Dockery will to-day quaran-
tine the milk from thirty eight COWS of the
Swiss Alpine Dairy, the proprietors of which
ask Tor second test before the cows are
killed.
The City bathing and swimming establish
ments were crowded yesterday with admirers
of physical culture. At the Lurline Baths there
was fine exhibition of high diving and fancy
swimming.
Charles Hurst, restaurant-keeper, SO Market
street was treated at the Receiving Hosnital
yesterday morning for a cat bite in his left
hand, which was badly swollen, and he was in
a high fever.
Mrs. Ida B. Harper, secretary of the Califor-
MA Woman Suffrage Association. has list of
more than 200 journals of this State that have
followed in the wake of THE CALL in its move
nent for woman suffrage.
Rev. Ray Palmer addressed the Good Citizen
ship meeting at Metropolitan Temple yester-
lnr- fA1w, s-.- IL
on the Subject" and he bitterly denounced
the principles of the Roman Catholic hier-
archy.
The steamer China broke the record between
Yokohama and Honolulu and between the
latter port and San Francisco on her last trip.
She made the run to this port from Hawaii in
5 days IL hours, beating her own record by
over two hours
The socialist Labor party held its State Con-
ventfon in Turk-street Temple yesterday and
adopted resolutions condemn silver in
favor OF woman suffrage and the 'fnew trades
unions" 1t also nominated a Lieutenant
Governor and two Preside ntial Electors.
japan is TO start steamship line that win
touch at San Diego and Mexican ports
special government agent arrived Yesterday
TO study coast commercial prospects ami 10
consummate the purchase of 300 600 acres in
Mexico for Japanese cotton-raising colony.
The friends OF James H Barry held eaucus
last night and declared that if Santa Clara
would stand by them he would get the nomi-
nation for Congress from the Fifth District
Kelly's friends claimed victory ahead of time.
while the Clunie forces were reticent but con-
fdent.
The attendants at the City and County Hos
pital were greatly alarmed last Thursday at
the admission of Henry Grimm. He is a
brother OF Lena Grimm, now in the Pesthouse
and 1t was suspected that he might be afflicted
win ieprosy He was put into an isolated room
case OF epilepsy.