The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The children had a happy day at the Chutes
yesterday watching BristoPS trained ponles'
Preparations at the Mark Hopkins Institute
for the mardi gras ball are nearly completed.
DharmapaIa, the Indian Buddhist, lectured
to large audience at golden Gate HAL last
evening.
The celebration of the, feast of forty hours.
devotion inauguraIeu AZ 81 1snatFuS yes
terdsy morning.
The St. Patrick's day convention was in
session Yesterday. 1t selected John ]. Barrett
C as ora.or CT the day
Curator Wf1comb OF the Park Museum has
returned from Southern California with a col
lection of Indian relies.
Atelio Pastini, who ate OF poisonous mush-
rOOms last Wednesday evening, died at his
home yesterday morning.
.. The Lincoln and Eucinal Gum Clubs held
bluerock, tournaments at Alameda junction
. and Birds Point yesterday.
The Piute' Indian baseball team. succum bed
gracefully yesterday afternoon to the L. S.
Regulars team. Score, 8 to z.
John S. CLARK and George Cumming. &d-
dressed well2attended meeting OF the Labor
Exchange yesterday afternoon
j. c. Nealon and r. Linehan defeated T. F.
Bonnet and VI. +. Kilgallon at the SAN Fran.
cisco Handball Court yesterday.
. Last night the services OF the First Baptist
Church were conducted by the .Endeavorers.
ltwas N aid OF the 81 convention.
large numD6r OF military UarhSmen were
present on the She'll Mound rifle range yester-
day aHd maHy good scores were made
The babe found on the doorsteps at $40
Steiner street has been taken i'll charge by
Sister Anna of.the Maria Kip Orphanege,
sousa and his famous band gave a farewell
concert last night at the California Theater,
the conclusion ora Tour davs' engagement.
Elder John F: smith ofth Society OF Latter
day Saints spoke ut Pythian Castle last even
ing, his sosubject being "Pre-existing Spirits"
The .Germania Schuetzen Clubs public cash.
prize feature, attached TO the regular ma tches
has proved Successful and profitable expert
ment.
o. Ferdinand Gross. an inventor of gasoline
engines, committed suicide by inhaling gas
at 1884 Mission street some time Saturday
night.
%. Many prominent citizens have expressed
themselves in favor of urging the Federal Gov
eminent to build the Postofice here without
delay.
, The sailing. race between the whitehall
boats Yesterday was won by Thomas Hayden
with Dave GrowleysJ Jr. second and Gus O'Don-
g nell third.
Rev DR.. HeHphill of Calvary Presbyterian
Church arraigned the powers of Europe for
BON harding the Greeks in Crete in his yester-
day mornings sermon.
Sergeant Fitzgibbon. OF the Harbor police will
be buried from his home 52f Fell Street, al 9
"A. NJ to-day The pslIbesrers will. be from
.among the Harbor Police force.
LOUIS Eevraumont a saloon-keeper At III
Ninth street, was knocked down in his saloon
=. early yesterday moFning.sand brutally kicked
on the face by an unknown man.
Tonight society will go to the California
sTheater 10 witness the performance OF the
comedy OF "Ceste" presented by amateur
ACTORS in the cause of worthy charities.
James O'Connell, charged with felonious as
sault and released on. bonds, attempted to
drown himself Saturday night and yesterday
morning was surrendered by his, bondsmen.
collection was taken up on behalf OF the
Young Women5s Christian Association at the
First Congregational Church lsst night and
: DR.. Adams preached an appropriate sermon.
Sunday was cherries day with the army
OF unemployed Their ierder at the 0arrack S
is empty, and many will have TO wait until
TO-DAY for their first meal in twenty-four
hours.
o James Ryan and george Burke broke into a
tailor's, shop, 500 Valencia ostreet, early
yesterday morning, and were arrested few
hours later with the plunder in their pos
session.
A Pape Of the Columbia Pistol and Rife
Cl&b has LFOken the record by firing 1S5 con-
secgitiye shots iL reg ular matches, al 200 yards
eff hand, without getting his bullets out Of the
twelEe-iuch bullseye.
The gypsias were driven out of San Mateo
last Friuay and were back on the front again
yesterday. Sergeant Mahoney kept them
moving and they departed on the creek
: route for Alameda. o0
: The:uew Good samaritan Mission and the
: City branch OF he Armitage Church Orphan
age and lie Orphan Home, at the corner of
Second and Folsom streets, were formally
opened Yesterday with ceremonies conducted
= by Bishop Nichols and several Episcopalian
d. clergymen.
The aaIkual twenty five mile road race of the
California Associated sCyc.ing Clubs drew a
large crowd Of wneelmen and spectators 10
San Leandro0 yesterday. Tony Delmas made
= best timeo iowering the coast record, and E. A.
b zo won first place . The race was achapter
: Of accidents and incidents.