The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-13
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Cloudy Monday.-A. G. MeAdie Local Fore
cast Official.
Shareholders carried the day at Ingeside
Courslug Park yesterday
The naval militia is crippled for want OF
funds due rom the State.
Severs! Veterans of the National Guard have
applied ior service medals.
There Will soon be a change in the engineer
corps, Z. 3 A., on this coast
Colonel Evan Miles, q. S. A.. viii return to
his post al the Preside to-day
score OF old folks at the Almshouse were
yesterday confirmed by Archbishop Riordan.
a Webb won the cham ionship' medal at
terday.
The Veterans of the National Guard will de
c!oe TINS week if they viii organize a uni
formed company
At the San Francisco haudhail court yester-
Gay ). Rlordan and NJ. J. hiIgallon defea TED
H. Lehman and J. White.
=, At Golden Gate yesterday the Pacific Cricket
Cup beat the Bohemian Cricket Club by 15S
runs on the first innings.
Amended regulations have been issued by
the war Department in relation to visiting
Qualifications aud batteries.
TIE new Lieutenant colonel of the Fourth
Cavalry, I. 5. A, has reached this city and
viii be stationed at the Presidio.
The Columbian branch OF the Socialist Labor
party was Indignant at the attitude of the Ex-
amlner toward the Pennsylvania miners
The fourteenth anniversary OF the consecra-
Ion OF I. W. Rl0rdan as Arch bishop of San
Francisco will be celebrated on Thursday.
Colonel Smith OF the First Infantry, y. G. c.,
wants to ascertain if his men have been tell
Ing the truth about being away from camp.
Tonight will be Wagner night again at the
MechanlcS' Pavilion, and an excellent pro-
gramme has been prepared for the occasion.
Several high records in pistol and rifle
shooting were lowered bv the members OF the
Coium bIa Pistol and Rife Club yesterday at
Shell Mound.
The guuboats Wheeling and Marietta are to
come down from Mare Island thts week. The
wheeling viii go to Alaskan waters and the
Marietta 10 China.
The friends Of the Shepherd boy and his
young companion, who disappeared on the 9 h
inst, think they have gone 10 San Joaquin
County TO pick grapes.
In future all vessels coming from foreign
port must nave the ships chronometer passed
by the customs inspectors. Heretofore The in
struments came and went at Will.
The ship Dashing Wave and the bark Top
gallant were III collision of Cape FIatterY last
Wednesday. The ship lost ner headgear, but
the damage TO the bark is not known.
Arch bishop Riordan oficiated yesterday al
the ceremony attendant upon the laying of
the cornerstone of Sacred Heart Church
There was an i'm mense crowd present
A score of aged Catholics at the Almshouse
who had forgotten WHISTLER they h4d been
confirmed IN heir youth received the rile at
the hands OF the Archbishop yesterday.
Many prominent citizens have expressed
themselves as In favor o! elecung members of
the State Board OF Eq ualiZation from the State
at large. They say mis- viii do away with
uarroWness and seCtionalsm.
The Norwegian steamer Transit passed
through ten miles OF pie lumber b-,ween
Columbia River and Cape Blanco. Sailors
think it may be the deck Dad OF the TOpgalIant
that was IN collision with the Dashing Wave.
Machinist Adrian Dehert CHE, with forty
FIVE feet o. silver WIRE cOiled inside the main
exit from his heart, Is recovering from most
remarkable ana wonderful surgical operation
to restore mis- injured aorta TO us normal use
fulnesS.
Rev DR.. E r. Ollie closes this week very
successful full-limit five years pastoraIe OF
Central Methodist Episcopal Church, this city.
Tonight at the church the members OF The
church and congregation will tender him and
his wife fare we'll" The public are invited.
The employment offices OF the city were kept
open yesterday for the purpose of securing
men TO harvest the grape crop OF the State.
There is u scarcity of " orkmen, and 1t Is feared
that part OF the fruit will be lost for want OF
pickers. Wages have jumped from $40 a
month to 81 a day.
The twentieth anniversary OF the victory OF
the California team at Creedmoor in the great
inter-S ate military rifle match on September
] 2. 1877, was celebrated yesterday at Shell
Mound. The Creedmoor team, what re-
mains of II. held a rife match with team
from the Veteran Association, y. q. G., for 9
dinner and won by seven points.