The San Francisco call., 1897-07-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The parade was great success.

The parade was great success.
Fair Tuesday-A. G. McAdie, Forecast Off cial.
Work on the great sugar factory at Sail mas
is going forward.
Connemara won the final at the Ingleside
Courslug Park yesterday.
The Thistle Club celebrated fhe Four n at
Shell Mound Park yesterday.
The reception 10 William J. Bryan In this
city VIII take place tomorrow.
The Fourth of July was celebrated with pc
culiar ceremony and thoroughness in the City.
J. G. Thoma arrived last night from New
YORK, where he has been visiting for several
months.
r Many grass fires in vacant lots were started
yesterday by frecrackers. No damage was
lone to speak of.
An honest storekeeper will not try to con-
vince buyers that ne knows what they need
better than they do
William Hamilton, an ex-messenger boy.
was booked a the City Prison last night on
the charge of burglary.
Mrs. Norman Brough denies that Russell
Ward, the clipping Los Angeleno, was a guest
al her home on Union street.
The usual number of small boys were treated
at the Receiving Hospital yesterday for pow
der burns and other injuries.
Arrang gements for the Endeavor convention
are about complete. To-day the real rush of
arriving delegates will begin.
last night The houses were all attended by
the usual large holiday crowd.
Michael O Connor died suddenly in q lodg
ing-house At 500 Mission street, He WAS re-
Gently discharged from the Almshouse.
Oakland's Reliance baseball team beat the
Gilt Edge Club OF Sacramento at Central Park
In this City yes terday by a score OF Is to 9.
Aside from the big fire on Mob Hill. there rs
not over 5000 damages caused by fires yester-
day. 1t was a remarkable record for this City,
Edward J. Mathews was ins tantly killed
and Miss Maud Heldenberg was seriously in
jured by the bursting OF mortar last
evening.
Enthusiasm greeted the oratory and m usic
al Mechanics Pavilion yesterday. The Ma
tion's birthday exercises were generally ap-
plauded.
san Francisco has seldom seen a more bril-
iantly animated scene than that presented
on Market street during the grand Fourth of
July procession.
Kittie Mon tgomery, young woman at the
California House, California street, on Sunday
night accide ntally shot herself in the left side
near the heart She may die
The publisher of this newspaper will be glad
to learn OF any case where an attempt is made
10 give a customer a subs itute for some pro-
prletary article OF established reputation.
Mrs. John Bradb bury, the runaway wife, is in
charge of q physician 1t is not likely that
she will appear in court to-day. Ward, her
companion, Will probs bly, be on hand, how
ever.
annie Smith, young woman living at 47S
Jessie street, was arrested early yesterday
morning on the charge of assault with q
deadly weapon, in stabbing waiter in Sixth
street restaurant in the shoulder with hat
pm.
There was big fire on the west side OF Noh
Hill last evening, causing three alarms to be
sounded and rendering homeless b slf dozen
or more families. The loss was nearly S15, 900.
1t started in Mrs. Margaret Kerrigan's house
in Leroy place.
The Fourth was marked by the big fire on
Mob Hill last night, by which twelve families
were rendered homeless, and fatal accident
at the City fireworks display, where mans
brains were scattered by a defective bomb.
There were the usual trivial accidents besides.
The picnic of the A. o. H. was very
largely attended. The parade was a great
success and TWO small bears caused some ex-
games were the features OF the day. The pic
mic was held at SchuetZen Park.
At the meeting of the Congregational Mon
day Club yesterday Professor j. II. GoodeH OF
the City 1heolog cal Seminary made certain
structures of the conduct and expression of
the delegates to the Christian Endeayor con-
venuon while attending service Sunday last
in the Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake City.
The State Commission OF Lunacy, of which
Governor Budd is chairman. will reduce and
equslze salaries in all the State hospitals for
the feeble minded and make the government
of them all conform to one standard. LIE. tiers
indicating this have already been received in
this CITY. 1t is thought by the Governor that
$50 600 annually may be saved. Two thou
sand employees will Ue affected.