The San Francisco call., 1897-03-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mile. Trebellrs farewell concert drew good
house last night.
Con MONEYS wildcat was killed in fight
with a bulldog at Carson.
The few days work on the new boulevard
already makes fine showing.
fair Monday with continued cold weather
and heavy trosts Monday morning.
The Leagde of Henry ~ gave a BANQUET in
honor OF It's retiring officers last evening.
A local sport, George H. Ehrenpfort, WAS
cleaned out by q sure-thing gambler at Carson
party OF San Francisco capitalists has re-
turned from visit 10 the Corral Hollow coal
AmineS.
Vask Museum yesterday by visiting it 5000
Euong.
DR.. Dnarmapal, the Buddhist teacher, lee
tured last evening upon 1.-The Nature of The
osophy.,'
The children of Beth Israel presented ruth
and Naomi 10 crowded house yesterday
afternoon.
The Socialist Labor party is preparing to or
ganize sections IN the towns in the San Joa-
quln Valley.
The mass meeting of Saturday night raised
much enthusiasm III San Francisco for the
cause of Cuba.
Robert Fhzsimmons, champion pugilist of
the world, appeared yesterday In an exhibit
tion at the Cnutes.
The preliminary heats OF the Pioneer Row
day at Long wharf.
The tenth anniversary of the American
Bakers Union celebrated on Saturday
night by banquet.
Mrs. James Hagan was badly burned in a
hre resulting from lamp explosion at 361S
Nineteenth street last evening.
The California labor convention met yester-
day afternoon, and after discussing the late
Legislature adjourned sine die.
The foundation stone of the Affiliated
Colleges will be laid by the Regents OF the
State University next Saturday.
Thomas Comfy, boy years of age. living
ct 1916 Alabama street, was severely bitten on
the nose BY a dog yesterday afternoon.
Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist and hymn
writer, spoke yesterday afternoon at The Y. NJ
G. A. Auditorium ana introduced some new
hymns.
Mysterious Billy Smith, the prize-fgh ter.
assaulted john L. Herget in the latter's saloon
aud was knocked out in one round, retaliating
by nearly biting Hergets little finger off.
The German residents of the City celebrated
the one hundredIh anniversary OF the birth of
Emperor William / by literary entertain
ment and bail last night in Eintracht Hall.
The arrangements for the State contest in
the National Guard are such that many or the
best military rife shots will stay away. They
say ii VIII be too much Ike shaking dice for
medals.
Ex-Aldefman Dunno of New York and T. +.
Bonnet played single-handed game in the
San Francisco Handball Court yesterday alter
and after each had won two games it
was declared draw.
Nine Fedor and Aimee Pascal, two of the
pTiIna donnas of the French Opera Company.
are quarreling. Pascal, who Is the beauty OF
the troupe, claims that Foedor is jea Gus of her
AID will not let her sing.
Many OF the men who wanted to go out to
the battle ship Oregon had TASKS OF whisky
with them and Henry Peterson would not
allow them aboard the Amy. Consequently
they miss, visit 10 the ship
The big indoor cycle meet continues at the
speedy professionals have been added to the
ALREADY long list OF Competitors and some re-
markab.e racing can be expected.
The yachting season has fairly begun The
Tiburon draw was opened yesterday and all
the yachts that have been laid up for the
season came out. They will be overhauled
and ready for next Sundays cruise.
DR.. David Starr Jordan returned yesterday
from Washington, hopeful that al last pelagic
% sealing will be stopped, for he saw blood in
McKinIey's eye'' when the necessity of pro-
1ecting the seal herd from determination was
explained TO The eniei executive.
There was a large attendance at the Olympic
Gun Clubs practice shoot at Ingleside yester-
day. About thirty dozen birds we're killed.
Peter Murphy, the Eastern expert, was pres
ent, buf he did not shoot In his regular good
form. The same might be SAID OF F. Fl. Bush
. nell and DR.. Knowles. Since Bushnell Joined
the rife and pistol club ne has not done very
brilliant work, either on live birds or blue
rocks AS a fact but very few of those out yes
terday did good work. The principal event
was six-bird race, 81 30 entrance. In this
T. Sloane and Mr.. Jackson divided first money
and got So each. " II. Neustadter got second
money, So, and P. Murphy, Mr.. Brown aud
Frank Vernon 81 each.
At the request OF the Merchants Association
the STRENGTHENING contractors have discon-
tinued the use OF machines in swe ping the
streets north of Market street, and since
March / have been using only hapd-labor in
that district. Five extra gangs OF sweepers
have been put to work, and besides resulting
in better cleaning. il gives employment 10
thirty-hve more unemployed men. The eff
cheney of this new system can be noticed IN
the rapidity with whicn the aceumulations
RESULTING from several days rain are removed.
IA extra gangs can be put on at such times
did The sweeping kept up to the schedule.
Over 200 men are now daily employed In
sweeping the streets, and the Merchants Asso-
citation hopes tnat the time is not distant
when all machine-sweeping viii be dlscon-
tinued and only hand-labor employed
Nearly all the female servants OF Russia
have 10 supply their own mattresses. and
mace them in any convenient corner