The San Francisco call., 1896-04-20
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The clear weather rendered shooting at
sehuetzen Park particularly good yesterday.
Somewhat warmer Monday" Official fore
cast for to-days weather issued by W. H. Ham
mon.
The work of mounting the second twelve-inch
Point.
Jacob Seharertze, a despondent carpen ter,
committed suicide yesterday at Douglass
street
]. Harlow, the coast handball champion, de-
feated T. F. Bonnet yesterday in match for a
$50 trophy
Conferences of the ST. Vincent de Paul So
ciety met yesterday and submitted encourag-
ing reports.
Jacob Heyman thinks the contemplated
street improvements should be made by bond
ing the City.
The battle-ship Oregon will go on the dry
dock at Hunters Point at high water next
Saturday evening.
The Union Iron Works are preparing plans
for two new buildings il the Potrero. They
will cost over 100000.
The Oriental and Occidental steamship
Gaelic arrived from China and Japan via Hon.
olulu yesterday morning.
George Schultz shot rife match with II. 81.
Burfeind yesterday and won, for all that his
rifle became sadly out OF order.
Max Pepper and John Foley think that the
proposed fusion between the Democrats and
Populists would be good thing.
Magnet won the twenty-four-dog coursing
stake at Ocean View Park yesterday and San
Joaquin took first money at Newark.
The steamer Point Arena was washed on the
beach at Point Arena yesterday morning. She
was got OFF and is being towed 10 this port.
Rev. Donald NJ. Ross addressed the Good
Citizenship meeting at Metropolitan Temple
yesterday on the Tine Duty of an A. P. A
The cricket game between the junior elevens
of the Alameda and Pacific clubs at Alameda
-lar- 11r.ld in HT
by 40 runs.
Joseph Franklin, the well-known water
front character, sailor and ex-member of the
Legislature, died in this City last Saturday of
consumption.
Elder Haber j. Grant of Salt Lake City made
an eloquent appeal in behalf of the Mormon
church 10 big audience in Metropolitan Tenn
pie yesterday.
j. c. Wilber, an old man without home
attempted to commit suicide yesterday after
noon by jumping into the bay at Beale and
Bryant streets.
William Shaw of Boston, treasurer of the
Young Peoples Society OF Christian Endeavor,
was greeted yesterday by large audience in
y. NJ. c. A. Hall.
Alliances Nos. 10, IL, Ia and Is OF st. Pat
rick's Alliance of America held their first
grand joint excursion and reunion at Schuet-
zen Park yesterday.
The Spring Valley Water Company has COM
pleted the laying of water mains from the
Clarendon Heights reservoir along Dimond
street to Thirteenth.
Herbert A. Nash. for many years Senator
Stanford's private secretary, has been made
librarian for Stanford University, position
that ranks as g professorsh1p.
Many real estate brokers disapprove of the
scheme to improve downtown streets by rails
ing the tax rate. They think such action
would be ruinous to property.
Congregation sheriff. Israel has decided to
buy The lot on the southwest corner of Van
Ness avenue and O'Farrell street for the pur-
pose OF building new temple on it.
Morrison Swift, in lecture in Kohler &
Chases Hall last evening, argued that the in
stitution OF marriage was cruel and unnat-
ural one, and must give way in the course OF
years.
President Y. Honda of Toxic college, DR.. E.
Asada, professor, and the Rev. Mr.. Ivia, three
japanese delegates 10 the Methodist General
Conference at Cleveland, arrived on the Gaelic
yesterday.
DR.. Anderson, the leading Theosophist of the
Pacific Coast, has gone to New York to attend
the Theosophist Conclave, which convenes
there on the 26th of this month. 1t is gener-
ally conceded that he viii be elected vice
president.
The Archbishop confirmed large numbers oi
boys and girls at st. Francis and st. James
churches yesterday and subsequently gave the
pledge OF the League OF the Cross to hundreds
of boys. He preached at ST. Francis on 1.-The
Good Shepherd"
The mystery surrounding the abandoned
child found on Mission street, near Twelfth,
last Monday night seems as far from solution
as ever. Captain Lees has, so far, failed to es-
tablish the proprietorship of the valise in
which the baby was found.
The friends and patrons of the Hebrew Home
for the Aged and Disabled is holding charity
fair for the benefit of the institution at Native
Sons Hall this week. An elaborate and well
selected programme was rendered last evening.
Articles were sold from gaily decorated booths.
The large lot on Market street. next to the
Donohoe block, has been sold by Mrs Mary
Bailey 10 Mrs. G. A. Berton. The consideration
named is $165 900. 1t is the intention OF Mrs.
Burton to remove the structures at present on
the lot and erect in their place seven -story
building OF modern construction.
William Mocker, juror in the Martin case.
says there was practically no difference OF
opinion among the jurymen in regard to the
railroad company's liability. The only diff
Guilty experienced was in assessing damage
Various sums up to 5000 were suggested,
and $25 900 was finally agreed to.
Prince Bismarck received about 21S, ,OO0
postal cards from as many admirers con-
graduating him on his eightieth birthday.
These cards had a total weight of 1920
pounds, and piled up in one column would