The San Francisco call., 1897-04-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Fair; continued warm Monday-w. Il. Ham
mon, forecast official
Alfred W. Baker. one of the City's pioneers,
died yesterday at ST. Luke's Hospital.
The funeral OF the heroic engineer, W H.
Haubrich, took place from the park yes terday.
Archdeacon Webber addressed good audi
ence al the \. NJ. c. A. Hall yesterday after
noon.
William Fraser was drowned in the bay off
the foot OF Buchanan street at o'clock last
evening.
The swimming and picnic season is fully
opened, and the baths and park were crowded
yesterday.
The cricket season opened yesterday with
an Underground match al Alameda. The home
team was victorious.
DR.. Allan Grifiths lectured last evening on
suicide" before the san Francisco branch OF
the TheosophlcaI Society.
F. P. Schuster has won the bullseye medal
presented by Captain L. Siebe TO the Nord-
deuischer Schuetzen Club
Two men, while at work on the seawan at
Goat Island, were severely injured yesterday
afternoon by the collapse of derrick.
Palms were blessed by many priests in the
Catholic churches OF the City yesterday. The
ceremonie were simple and impressive.
Several excellent records were made by the
membe OF the Columbia Pistol and Rife
Club ct the Shell Mound rife range yesterday.
The case of J. J. Cooney, charged with per-
jury, has been continued to the 18th inst. by
Judge Wallace at the request OF the defend
ant.
The aged couple arrested for leaving a child
st 21S McAllister street were discharged yes
yesterday as there was evidently no criminal
intent
DR.. George E. Goodfellow, Territorial Health
Oficer OF Arizona, says that Salt River Valley
IS becoming famed winter resort for Eastern
people.
A. G. Mass, deputy assessor living at 1907
Golden Gate avenue, was knocked off his pi-
cyc.e by g Haight-street car yesterday morn
ing and sustained fracture of the spine.
His Excenency WI Tiug-fang, Chinese Min
ister Plenipotentiary to the United States, ar
rived here yesterday with his suite OF sixty
people on the steamer Gaelic en- route to
Washington.
The match for the handball champions ship
between John Riordan and T. F. Bonnet has
been postponed TOR TWO weeks, but several in
terest1ng games were played in the San Fran
cisco court yesterday.
The new Chinese Minister was given an
enthusiastic reception at the Mail dock yester-
day Sixty-hve carriages and over 5000
Chinese were down 10 the Gaelic when she
docked to N eet him.
The bark Rufus E. Wood made the round
trip from Nanaimo, B. C., in thirty days. She
sailed nine days after the Samaria, and as
that vessel has not been heard from grave
Iears are entertained for her safety.
Mrs. c. a. Campbell pulled a roll of green
backs out OF her pocket with her hand kerchief
ST the ferries yesterday. 1t contained $500 and
several people used it as a football before two
men who sell newspapers picked it up and
went shares in the find. Later the money was
turned over to the Harbor Police.
The outlook for special 1oo-mile relay race
between the Olym pic and Bay City Wheelmeu
seems 10 be quite bright. Ever since The re-
cent annual race there have been chickering's
between the rival clubs over the result aud
now both have practically agreed that the
only way TO settle the dispute is to have an
other contest.