The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-24
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.


Granuale won at the coursiIg match yester-
day.
Attorney Tubb predicts that Durrant will
never be hanged.
The forty hours devotion commenced at ST.
Peters Church yesterday.
There will be field exercise al the Preside,
commencing at 8: 80 o clock.
Louis Bertos, who jumped out of a window
at 900 Kesrny street last Friday, died yester-
day.
The sparring match between Jeffries and
Woods at the Chutes yesterday was unusually
good.
John A Drinkhouse, pioneer of 40, died
T s.. a'' residence yesterday at the age Of IS
The First Regiment Infantry, Second Bri-
gade y. G. c., viii go into camp near Ukiah in
August.
A. w. Pape won the diamond medal at the
annual rowing regatta of the Dolphin Club
yesterday.
Dr.. and Mrs. Breyfogle have returned to San
Francisco after years absence abroad and
are at the Palace
Mrs. Mary Miller was hurled from Third
street wharf into the bay by William Heron
yesterday afternoon.
The Brahmacharin delivered the first OF q
series OF four Lectures on theosophy at Native
Sons Hall last night
There was meeting of the Brotherhood OF
the Cooperative Commonwealth at AIS Nc
<Ai4t9tSA stACCh YES GINhA
The Rev. H. T. Shepard delivered sermon
yesterday at the Ollvet Congregational Church
on The True Education"
A yacht capsized near Goat Island yesterday
and two men were spilled into the water, but
were rescued from drowning.
J. Zahn was crowned king of the Verein
Eintracht rifemen at SchuetZen Park yester-
day for the best score OF the Gay.
The cricket match played yesterday between
the Alameda and Bohemian clubs at Alameda
resulted in a victory for the Alamedas.
Memorial services in honor OF Mrs. Metha
Nelson the founoer of the Old Peoples Home,
were held at that institution yesterday.
The final days shooting in the State Live
Pigeon Tournament was held yesterday at the
Olympic Gun Clubs grounds at Ingleside
James BrszeII, the mining man, left this
City last evening / the head of $50 practical
miners 30 work British Columbia for gold.
Cloudy Monday. ard probably scattered
showers in the early morning. Fair during
the day.-A. G. Meade, local forecast official
The San Francisco Turner Schuetzen and the
California SchuetZen Club held their monthly
bullseye shoot on the San Rafael rifle range
yesterday.
Democrats of the Thirty-eighth Assembly
District have met and protested against the
recent dism1ssals OF employees by the Board of
Supervisors.
T F. Bennett and NJ. ]. Kngallon defea ted
j. C. Nealon and P. T. Donnelly, amateur
cham pions, at The San Francisco handball
court yesterday.
Frapk MeGoPpin, Postmaster. underwent
surgical operation yesterday. Dr.. Rosenstirn
reports the patient to be resting as well as
could be expected.
Supervisor Thomas H. Has ins, the author
OF the pending ordinance to prohibit the sale
OF cigarettes, asserts that the prohi bition is
desired by many dealers
Mrs. Matte Toye. alias Hattie Emerson, fred
shot that struck two men in Evans saloon,
116 Eddy street, Yesterday afternoon, and was
arrested Tor assault 10 murder.
H. H. Burfeind at the Germania Schuetzen
CLUB bullseye contest at Smell Mound yester-
day made a dead center, probably the first
made on the coast in many years.
In the bicycle races at the Velodrome yester-
day Jones defeated Ziegler in q special matc b
and followed by winning the two-thirds of q
mile open. Elford won the professional b aadi-
cap and Wing the amateur event.
William Glindemann defeated D. B. Faktor
yesterday at Shell Mound in rapid-fre riff
contest that lasted an hour. The forme fired
All shots in that time and the later 295.
Their total rings were 5133 and 1856, re-
spectively.
Three till-tappers. who have been charged
with grand larceny, were arrested by Officers
I. D. Ryan and E. ODea. The police say the
trio are smooth workers. but the chances are
they viii change their vacation TO jute-miil
work before long.
The Point House, two-story hotel at South
San Francisco was totally destroyed by fire
early yesterday morning. It was first erro-
neously supposed tnat the fire was in A. stei-
gers Sons pottery, which was situated close to
The burned building.
IAN Old Testament Adept was the subject
of II lecture by Z P. Jones of Oakland at the
Academy OF Sciences last evening. Elisha
was the adept referred To, and the theory Of
evolution was mentioned as an explanation
OF the wonderful spiritual development OF this
Hebrew seer.
An alteration occurred at Garibaldi Hall
yesterday after noon in which Joseph Merino
stabbed Sam Demetti in the back. The wound
while dangerous is not necessa rily fatal.
Merlno arrested and charged with as.
sault TO commit murder.
Il. r. Freer q hunter of the Lower Colorado o.
who journeyed with L. L. Robinson and COM
Danions TO within twenty miles OF where they
were killed by Ceres Indians, is at the Inter
national. He reports herds of antelope and
deer and enormous beds of oysters about the
mouth OF the Colorado.