The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Emnorium has donated $1,000 TO the
Christian Endeavor Convention fund.
F. G. Smith was found dead yesterday in his
late home, I2171l Golden Gate avenue.
Trained Japanese athletes performed num-
Der of novel feats at the Presidio yesterday.
Joseph Taber and his wife, both old pioneers,
died within forty-eight hours OF each other.
William Marston Bowes will be ordained a
priest of the Episcopal church next Wednes-
day.
The shipping in the harbor was prettily dec
Grated Yesterday in honor OF the Nations natal
day.
Light fog Sunday morning; fresh south
easterly winds increasing in force in the after
noon.
The worst fire yesterday was in dry-goods
store at 1904 Stockton street, where the dam
age was 5000.
The Goto leprosy treatment was begun yes
terday at the Pesthouse. all the lepers taking
the medicine.
F. A Coulter, a young pain ter, was drowned
yesterday in San Pablo Bay while on pleas
ure excursion.
Several interesting and closely contested
games were played in the handball courts yes
teTday afternoon.
The usual number of men and boys lnlureda
by the careless use OF freerackers were resteo
at the Receiving Hospital yesterday.
The opening shoot of the Pacific Tournament
Association began yesterday at AIameuS
Point. 1t will continue through to-oay'
The Fourth of July street draperles of Ian
terms and of fire by night and the fireworks
were witnessed by admiring thousands.
Waldo defeated W. Wood in the match race
at Ingleside yesterday The other winners
were Helena, Adele and Captain Harris
Eloquent literary exercises in honor of 1.-THE
day we celebrate" took place IN the Audi
torium in the afternoon. 1t was crowded.
The Fourth of July parade was spectacle
of beauty two and half miles long, and IL re-
quired one hour for ii to pass given point.
In the Fourth of July parade all the floats
were admired and many applsuded. "T he
Little Red Schoolhouse" shared IN the sp-
plause.
Walton Manning, an eight-year-old boy, was
killed last evening by being crushed under an
electrician at Twenty-third and Mission
streets.
George wallenrod, superin tendent of the
Alcazar building, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself yesterday afternoon. No cause Is
known.
The Native Sons of the Golden West were in
the parade with their beautiful banners and
flags. They marched ahead OF the Queen of
California.
The Weather Bureaus box kites were caught
in gale on Twin Peaks yesterday and too
badly damaged 10 permit the experiment 10 be
carried out.
J. E. Jiebaoh, Government agent for the last
two years on ST. George Island, one OF the great
Pribilof seal rookery group, arrived yesterday
from Bering Sea.
Friday night the yacht Wave, lying at Jack
son-street wharf, was plundered by waterfront
thieves and a number OF valuable articles
stolen from the cabin.
The Pacific Mail steamship Colon arrived
last night twenty-one days from Panama and
anchored off Powell-street wharf. She will go
to her dock this morning.
The Scottish Thistle Club celebrated Inde-
pendence day at Shell Mound Park yesterday
with enjoyable programme of National
athletic games and dances.
There were three baseball games here yester-
day. Oaklands beat Pacifcs, 16 10 IL; Cali
fornias beat Imperials, 81 to 90; Stocktons
beat San Franciscos, II to 4.
Two thousand people attended the second
annual picnic OF the San Francisco Letter-car-
riers' Mutual Aid Association in Schuetzen
Club Park at San Rafael yesterday.
Several marchers in the parade were over
come by the heat. and one man got too near
the guns OF the model of the Oregon and re-
ceived an ugly but not fatal wound
There were only eleven alarms of fire be-
tween II O'Clock and IL O'Clock yesterday.
There were fourteen alarms on July 4, 1895.
OF the eleven yesterday three were false
The principal features at the literary ex-
ercises in celebration OF the Fourth were the
poem by Louis a. Robertson, the Grafton by
Zenas U. Dodge and the patriotic tablesu.
The League of the Cross Cadets had dress
parade on Van Ness avenue yesterday after.
noon before taking their departure for Sonoma,
where they are going into camp for eight days.
number of bell-boys at the Baldwin went
on strike last evening. They said they had
been asked TO work twelve and eighteen hours
day. The proprietor of the hotel says their
statements are false.
D. Clifford, living on Ninth and Bryant
streets, while jumping off an electric car on
Bryant street, between Fifth and Sixth, las
evening, fractured his left leg, which was at
tended to at the Receiving Hospital
The Japanese in the Fourth of July parade
sent up from howitzer on Van Ness avenue
q wonderful balloon which burst in midafr
and formed into man gesticulating. The
japanese shared the honors of the parade.
final match Of the ninth annual lawn-tennis
tournament of the Pacific States Association
and the recent champion, Sumner Hardy, be
ing absent the winner of the tournament
which ended yesterday takes the championship
by default
Three important matters are to come before
the meeting of the directors of the local
Musicians Union on Tuesday. The competi
tion on the part of the letter-carriers' band
and of the bands of the various army and navy
posts. and the recent advent of Russian band
are all to be considered.
The State Mining Bureau has Just com pleted
through w. L. Waits eighteen months care
fuI examination of the Southern California oil
regions, the idea being to furnish the publ
with information showing how prolific Califor.
MIA is in petroleum and where oil is most likely
to be found in paying quantities
Frank Martin, laborer, 40 years of age, was
arrested last night by Officer Brophy and
purse from Mrs. Grace Youngman of 21 Clara
avenue, on the corner OF Stockton and O'Far-
Tell streets. She gave the alarm and the officer
chased the fellow for block before overtaking
him. The purse was found in the fellows
pocket
The kite-hying experiment under the auspices
of THE CALL, and which was to have been con-
Quoted yesterday by Forecast Official Ham
mon, was postponed owing to the prevalence
of high winds. All preparations had been
made for exploiting the upper aerial strata to
an extent never before attempted but Boreas
or Auster was not propitious. Mr.. Harmon ia
not discouraged, and says he will try again
Edgar Emory, a bright boy. Is years of age,
is in the City Prison, but is not charged with
any crime. He formerly lived with his step
father William Mcdonald, in Oklahoma who
removed to this City. The boy came on here
to join his stepfather, arriving Tuesday night
H has been unable to find out where Nc
Donald is located, so he called at the City
Prison and told his story. He will be detained
while efforts are being made to find his STEP
father
George Brown, alias sDog-face Brown" and
James Foley, ex-convicts and well-known pick
pockets, were working the crowd Gu Market
street, between Fourth and F fth, yesterday
morning, when they were arrested by Detec-
tlyes Dillon and Crockett an6 taken to the
Southern station, where they were charged
with vagrancy. A set Of pearl rosary beads
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