The San Francisco call., 1896-03-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

About 10, 900 people visited the sutro Baths
yesterday.
The ocean boulevard will be finished within
two weeks.
John Wilmot Farren died Saturday after an
illness OF two weeks.
The Socialist Labor party has officially in
dorsed the striking painters.
The painters strike has delayed work OF the
new lodge in Golden Gate Park.
Irving NJ Scott expects the battle-ship Ore
gon to gain premium for speed.
The old whaling brig Hidalgo is getting
ready for a cruise to the north again.
Kilip & Co. sold string OF good racehorses
Saturday evening at very cheap prices
General Forsyth decidedly objects to the
tahllshment of pes thouse on Angel Island.
Some rare and curious plants will be exhib-
tied in Golden Gate Park conservatory soon.
Harry NJ. Saunders has been elected business
agent Tor the Carpenters and Joiners' Union
In two weeks the work of finishing the new
bicycle track in the park will be commenced.
Miss Georgia Etchison read q paper on so
cisl Health" at the Socialist Labor party meet
ing.
The Grant memorial committee has selected
a site for the Grant monument in Golden Gate
Park.
Several interesting and closely contested
games were played in the handbsll courts yes
terday.
The weather predictions for to-day are:
Showers in the forenoon; light southeasterly
winds
Chief Sullivan is of the opinion that az en-
gine company should be located at Sutro
Heights.
There is another plan on foot by the trans
continental roads TO control all railroad rates
overland.
Trap-shooters were practicing on blue rocks
and live birds yesterday in the Oakland Trot-
ting Park.
e l1;-
have averred their belief in the efficacy OF
hypnotism.
Charles A. Bailey, druggist, was too i'll Sat-
urdAy appear for sentence in Judge Camp
bells Court.
Daniel Murphy of 2 Eddy place was stabbed
in the heart last night by solomon Grodner, q
candy peddler.
Miss Lizzie Utschig carried off the honors as
boing the best shot for gold medal at Schuet-
zen Park yesterday.
President Gutierrez of the republic of Saliva
dor writes to the local Consul that Ezetas ex-
pedition is ridiculous.
A man suffering from delirium tremens and
armed with ball bat created sensation yes
terday at North Beach.
Rev. Joseph w Riordan will lecture at Met
ropoliran Temple Thursday evening on ''The
Catholic Confessional"
F. o.. Young won the first prize at the Ger
mania Schuetzen Clubs prize shoot yesterday
a. the Shell Mound rifle range.
There is q mystery in Golden Gate Park
some articles of underwear having been dis
covered in an unfrequen ted part
The Merchants Association has sent a rather
sarcastic letter to the City Hall Commissioners
concerning the new hall directory.
Herman Schussler, chief engineer, says that
the new water battery built for the Fire De-
partment is the solution OF fire-fghting.
Passenger fare for round trip between VAL
leio and san Francisco was reduced on the
efa MI or n
A Mocker won the Huber Brothers gold
medal presented to the San Francisco Scnuet-
zen Club for the best bullseye during the year.
race between three four-oared barges of
the South End Rowing Club took place at
Long Bridge yesterday. The contest was won
by the senior crew.
The new telephone company has secured
1900 subscribers already, and has plan on
foot to establish conduiGs or tn bes for the rapid
transmission of packages.
The tunnel under the main drive in Golden
Gate Park is finished, but the Commissioners
are undecided as TO the material to be used in
building tie bridge over it.
The case of the Southern Pacific against the
State Board of Railroad Commissioners will be |
continued before Judge McKenna in the United
States Circuit Court tomorrow.
The striking painters stand firm, encouraged
by pledges OF support from Alameda trades and
local unions. To-nights meeting may bring
forth plan for ending the strike.
Inc residents OF Noe valley nave enrolled
369 mem bers so far in the Mission Defense
Union organized to fight the claim of the Noe
heirs to the half of the San Miguel rancho.
Mr.. Fillmore says he does not remember that
exciting chase for $50 which the Southern Pa
ciic made years ago, the evidence OF which
was first published In THE CALL yesterday.
John Attridge and julius Williams, shoe
makers, were thrown out of a buggy on the
Mission road yesterday morning and injured
about the head and body, but not seriously.
Rev. DR.. Ray Palmer spoke on the subject of
Criticism of the A P. A." yesterday at Metro
politan Hall and incidentally expressed his
heartfelt belief in the innocence OF DIR. Brown.
Anthony Curtin. IL years of age, was booked
at the City Prison yesterday by Detectives
Gibson and Wren for burglary en- route to
Sacramento" where he is wanted by the police.
large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Sunnyside improvement Club was held on
Saturday, at which the opening of Bosworth
street was favored and committee appointed
to raise subscriptions for survey.
Mgr. Nugent of Liverpool, now visiting the
Archbishop in San Francisco, will probably de- !
liver his celebrated lecture on "Strays and
Waits, or Pictures of Street Life in England"
during his stay here. The date of the lecture
has not yet been announced.
NEW TQ.nAY'