The San Francisco call., 1897-05-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

All the theaters present attractive bills this
week.
"Fair weather. is the promise OF the weather
forecaster.
Water damaged much of the stock of ]. Sam
uels, 1916 Market street, yesterday.
Mrs. Besant spoke last night at Metropolitan
Hall on the subject OF Life and Death
In the swimming race at the Chutes yester-
day Cavill swooned in the water.
An unknown man died suddenly in a house
on St. Marys street at IL o. clock last evening.
La Madeline, French steamer, viii soon
run between this port and the Peruvian oil
fields.
Governor Budd interviewed witnesses and
viewed the scene OF the Lamont murder yes
terday.
More than hundred young Catholics were
confirmed at St Teresa Church yesterday ait
eruoon.
The mass rehearsal of the HYMNS for the
great success
The fourth quarterly rally of the Mission
Dolores branch OF the League OF the Cross took
place yesterday.
Many military marksmen we're on the shell
Mound range yesterday, and several good
scores were made.
The eighth anniversary of the Epworth
f.eague was celebrated i'll many OF the City
churches yesterday
The final dedication services of the United
Evangelical Church, on IWenty-IourLn street,
were held yesterday.
Miss Anne Bryce lectured last night on 1.-THE
Masters OF Wisdom" before the San Francisco
Toheosphical Society.
Rev H. T. Shepard OF the OIivet Congrega-
tional Church preached yesterday on the Ma
JionaI need of arbitration.
The Chicago and Atlanta consolidated
special train, carrying 800 or more con-
ductors, arrived last night.
Government representatives taking
measures TO prevent the collection OF birds and
eggs on the Farallon Islands.
Local pleas ure-Seekers who went out Of town
yesterday was well soaked by the rain before
They returned to their homes.
kt the San Francisco Handball Court yester-
day J. c. Ncalon and r. Linehan defeated I.
+. Bonnet and 2. I. Donnely.
With seventy-fYe guests aboard the Portland
took her trial trip around the bay yesterday.
The mac hiEery worked handsomely.
An eagle shoot for the king medal and other
prizes will be held by the san Francisco
Schuetzen Verein Shell Mound to-day.
The eighty-third anniversary of the free
dom of Norway will be celebrated by the Nor
.wegians of this City tonight at Union-square
Hall.
The cricket match played at Alameda yester-
day between the san Joses and scratch team
of local players resulted in victory for the
visitors.
Armando Ribas, former secretary to General
Barillss, relates of his introduction of him to
Miss Lillian Blair, and the subsequent hap
penlugS-
day the first cruise OF the year took place and
she bay presented pretty appearance with
the many snowy sails.
Yesterdays rain extended over large part
OF Northern California 1t was benefit to the
orehsrdists, but the smaller fruits stand q
chance OF being damaged.
. The alarm from box SO at 7:45 o'clock last
evening was for burning electric wire in
front of Sullivan's S shoe5tore, Pioneer building.
The wire was cut before any damage resulted.
The largest run OF any bicycle club out of
this City was that OF the Bay City Wheelmen
TO Blithedale yesterday, ninety men making g
the ride Tney had very enjoyable days
a outing
Edward Benson, q south OF Market street
saloon-keeper, had his watch taken from his
e. pocket tw lce by pickpockets, and on botn oc-
Casions the timepiece was recovered by Oficer
-T. L. Ryan.
Charges of cruelty were preferred against E.
Carl Bank, ex-Superintendent of the Preston
School of Industry, but as the Board OF Trus-
lees quashed them Bank was removed for
political reasons.
The membership roll of the Lincoln Monu-
ment League is swelling steadily. number
OF additional names have been added to the
list and they Will be published as last as pos
sible in The CALL.
~ Officers Mullen and Jordan arrested Albert
Berg First street at an early hour yesterday
morning and charged him with burglary in
entering the store OF Charles Luhrs on First
and Na:Oma streets.
Mrs. Yvonne Carlton, stranded actress, be-
came temporarily insane in her room in the
Florence House, Ellis and Powell streets, early
yes terday morning through want and grief,
and is now in cell at the Receiving Hospital.
The trial trip of the Portland, new steamer
which VIII ply for the North American Trad
ing and transportation Company, was sue
cessfulIy made yesterday. She has had new
boilers put in and her cabin has been en-
larged.
A party from the Second Division of the
Naval Battalion, and some friends OF the
members, under command of Ensign Thomas
Harlow, ran up to Vallejo Saturday night on
the schooner Rosie H. The boys returned last
evening.
The San Francisco Schuetzen verein held
Its thirty-eIghth annual fe stival at Shell
Mound Park yesterday. The attendance was
large and the affair a success. Rifle
shooting was the principal feature nearly 200
maTksmen conteStlng for the prizes.
Maye Taber, the pretty San Francisco girl
who accompa MED General Barillas to Europe
recently, denies that she was responsible for
Lillian Blalr's hear taches and threatened
breach OF promise suit by intercepung her
Ie1terq to the wealthy Guatemalan. In other