The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Women's Congress opens to-day.
St Roses Church was yesterday dedicated
by Archbishop Rlordan.
Anumber of EXCELLENT scores were made at
the Shell Mound rife range yesterday.
There were some fine throws made at the fly
casting contest at Stow Lake yesterday.
Eleven converts of the varley meeting were
immersed in the bay q North Beach Saturday.
Mrs Helen Gardener, the star OF the Women's
Congress, received distinguished visitor yes
Jerday
Rev. William RAIDER preached about mira.
cles last night st the Third Congregational
Church.
Brahmacharin Bodabkiskshu lectured at Ma.
tive sons Hall last evening upon Religion as
Science"
Several OF the Columbia Pistol and Rife
CUBS mem bers are taking TO musket shooting
with good res ults.
The pupils OF the Scuola Italiana and their
parents and friends had a pleasant outing at
Shell Mound Park yesterday.
The Alameda-Bohemiac cricket match played
Yesterday at the Golden Gate grounds resulted
in decisive win for Alameda.
Three hundred young people were confrme I'd
a. st. Charles Church, corner of Eighteenth
and ShotWell streets, yesterday.
Henry Collins was booked at the City prison
yes terday on g charge of burglary for havin g
broken into freightcar at Seventh and Town
send streets.
Burglars attempted to break into the ticket
Office of the Southern Pacific at the ferries yes
terday morning, but were scared away by the
night bookkeeper.
Major W. W. Winchell of the Salvation Army
gave an interesting talk on colonization for
the unemployed, at the Second Unitarian
Church last evening
A special address OF more than usual merit
was given yesterday afternoon by Rev. Philip
A. Hubert, D. b, OF Livingstone College, al the
\. NJ. c. a. Auditorium.
The ghost OF Windsor Keefer. the wealthy
mine-oYner who is supposed to have been
murdered, has been seen about his recent
home by Nile. Hassler, neighbor.
The British ship Dalrymple finished loading
this morning, and there is not vessel in port
that is now taking in grain. This is some
thing unusual IN the history of the port.
Fully 5000 people travelled over the San
Francisco and North Pacific Railway yester-
day to EI Campo, SchuetZen Park and Guerne-
vile. The accommodations were perfect.
The ticket agents Office of the Tiburon ferry
was broken into last Sunday morning but
only 50 was secured. The burglars were
scared away before they could tackle the safe.
A general committee meeting of the Lincoln
Monument League has been called for
Wednesday evening al S o'clock, at Foresters'
Hall. 102 O'FarrelI street (hall 2, known as
Golden Shore HalD.
S. Webster, vice-pres ident of the 'S7 COM
mittee, said in an address at the West Side
Christian Church last night that the conven-
ton would most certainly come here, despite
all rumors TO the contrary.
The match between John Riordan and T. F.
Bonnet for the coast handbalI cham pions hin
was commenced at the San Francisco court
yesterday, four games being played. Bonnet
winning three and Riordan Que.
The Golden Rule Bazaar baseball team de-
fested the Nightingale team OF Oakland yester-
day afternoon by score OF to 4. feature
OF the game was running fly catch, resulting
In triple play by Walter Richardson.
Mark Lane Will present TO the Board OF
Supervisors to-day a stirring protest against
any proposed diversion of the Fourth OF July
appropriation. His argument is founded on
the importance OF guarding the sacred spirit
OF pa triotism in the community.
The pickers OF winners had an off day at the
Ingleside coursing park yesterday and the
considers were in consequence iubtlant
time and turned out to be q success. Thi:
viii hereafter be feature of the coursing
mark,