The San Francisco call., 1896-10-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Oakland ballplayers beat the 1mperials
yesterday by score OF II to L.
The museum in Golden Gate Park will not
be reopened until after the election.
The Placer County crieketers were easily de-
feated by the Pacific Club team yesterday.
The pattle-ship oregon went to sea yesterday
for q short practice cruise and target drill.
The old Casino in Golden Gate Park is being
moved to D street and Twenty-fourth avenue.
The California Labor Convention met yes
terday in this City and adopted proposed labor
laws.
Cloudy Monday and probably showers late
tonight and Monday morning.-Forecaster
Harmon.
The Dolphin Swimming ana Boat Club held
an enjoyable ladies' day yesterday at their
bOat-house.
The regimental field day of the First In
fantry, N G. c., will not take place until after
the election.
The congregation of Temple Emanuel held
its annual meeting and election OF officers yes
terday morning.
The concourse in Golden Gate Park, where
the bandstand is to be located in the future,
has been graded.
William Glindemann won the Nord-
deutscher SchuetZen Clubs championship
medal yesterday.
The san Francisco Press Feeders Union de-
cided upon new rate of wages that will go
into effect to-day.
The fourth annual ball of the Emmett Foot
ball Club in Odd Fellows Hall Saturday night
was great success
]. H. Coughlin of the Dolphin Swimming
Club swan from Black Point to Fort Point
in rd-breaking time.
Troop 4 of the N G. c. has its armory
draped in mourning in memory of its first
Lieutenant, A. NJ. Henan.
The regular quarterly rally OF District No. 2,
League of the cross. was held at Court Mission
Parlor yesterday afternoon.
Rev. W. A. Gardner OF the West Side
Christian Church spoke last night on the ap-
preaching Presidential election.
Rabbi Yoorsanger yesterday conveyed a
large number OF Sabbath-school children
aboard the cruiser Philadelphia.
The schooner Puritan came in Yesterday
from Kariuk with %, ,235 cases of salmon for
the Alaska Improvement Company.
superintendent McLaren says that the
hedges on the north and south sides OF the
park panhandle will not be disturbed.
The water front is crowded with shipping.
and many deep-water vessels are lying in the
stream awaiting their turn at the wharves.
J. E. German and F. H. Bushnell OF the Co
lumbia Pistol and Rifle Club are rapidly COM
ing to the front as military musket marksmen.
The Associated soapmakers' Union recently
elected officers for the ensuing term and in
dorsed several candidates for municipal
offices.
The big British tramp steamer Glenesk ar
rived yesterday, thirty-fve days from Singa-
pore, in ballast. She is booked for load OF
wheat.
Battery I and detachments of Batteries H
and L, Third krtillery, arrived yesterday:
The troops are delighted with the change OF
station.
Donald NJ. Ross addressed large meeting al
Metropolitan Temple yesterday afternoon.
His subject was 1.-THE Political Purposes of the
A. z. A"
Nealon defeated Coast Champion Riordan and
N. J. Kigallon at the San Francisco handban
court yesterday.
Grand Marshal George Stone expects that
the marching column OF the great Republican
parade next Saturday will be reviewed by
200, 600 spectators.
. The Corinthian yacht feet yesterday went
into winter quarters at Tiburon. The vessels
will lay up till about April l, the opening oi
the 1897 yachting season.
Max Pauly, an inventor and instrument
maker was taken to the Receiving Hospital
Saturday night, charged with being insane,
but the doctors declare that he is perfectly
sane.
The Pressmen's Union has decided to give q
ball tor the benefit of the girls formerly in the
Schmidt Label Company's office, who year
ago went out with the pressmen on a sympa-
thetic strike.
Military duty in the National Guard has
been slightly relaxed in order to allow officers
and enlisted men to attend TO political CAM
paign duties. Regular drills will be largely
attended after the election.
The o. and O. liner Coptic arrived yesterday
from China and Japan, beating her schedule
time two days. She brought among her Ca bin
passengers a number OF naval oficers-Japa-
nese, American and English.
naval officer in q party of japanese Off
cials that arrived here yesterday on the way
TO Washington thinks that the Union Iron
Works VIII figure in the construction of :he
several new warships contemplated by Japan.
The baseball game yesterday between the
Tufts-Ly yons and the Monograms resulted in a
twelve-inning tie game, the Portland lads get
ting clearly all the benefit and fayoritism to
be accorded them by people in charge of the
meeting.
Preparations are under way to make the Re-
publican parade in San Francisco next Satur-
day afternoon the grandest political demon
stration in the history OF the State. The Hon.
Thomas B. Reed viii speak at night Excur-
sion rates will be made.
The sixth memorial service of the Crocker
Old Peoples Home was held yesterday after
noon in the chapel of that institution. Rev
Robert Mackenzie, d. D., delivered an interest
ing address, and m excellent programme of
sacred music was also rendered.
Handicapper Brooks OF the California Jockey
Club issued the entries and weights for the
handicap 10 be decided at Oakland on Tues
day. There were ifty-six entries for The
"Opening Day" handicap, to be run on
Wednesday Of the present week at Ingleside
track.