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= THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1896, MARCH 4, 1896 AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—Julius Ce: Corvmnra THEATER—“A Railroad Ticket.” ROSco's OPERA-House — “The Midmight T1voLI OPERA-HOUSE.— 1p van Winkle!” ALL—Grand Concert by the v Frederick sxchange, | MECHANICS' Pavinion—Bicycle Tournsment, commencing March 5. ’ MacpoNor HEATER (OAKLAND)—* Trilby. Marsick. Next Saturd; 4 Daily at Halght street, SHoOT TE HUTES: cre block east of ke Park. EAY DisTRICT TRACK — ening Races to-day. RHEIN at Salesrc CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Light showers are predicted for to-day. A hosecart will be stationed at the 1se in the future. The will of Eva Snook, leaving a $5000 tate Lo her daughters, has been filed for Cliff or T. C. Ryan and Dr. W. W. Case spoke bt to a large audience at Metropolitsn be Hansen, the pretty Tacomsa girl who came here in search of her lover, found him vesterday. et 8t 12 o’clock last night was de- tenant having moved away from Dr. W. H. Preston_has paid his wile $6 ali- | s on accoant. He will pay the remainder 25 crdered on March 9 Several of the creditors of Henry Sherwood e suing to have set aside some deeds by ich he conveyed away his property. Honorah Burns is suing the Market-street “ompsny for £50,000 damages, for in- °d on the Geary-street branch. ommissioners took up the water ion again yesterday without definite re- They also considered the free market cored at the Bay District horses were Univer- , Hidago, Ike L and e favorite vervisor Benja- he Japanese rem- be used in the pest- decided to withdraw his ears™service bo elec- his claim to be waiter at Stanford Uni- vesterday for swindling Isand jewelers by means d checks. s, 8 shoema ker, crazy from lestone through & window s mischief. of Highways last ning, and resolu- d pledging the support of he movement for better roads. sley. supesintendent of the ubmitted his annual lent results at that insti- tanding the limited means at k, the noted Parisian vio- e differs from Paderewski, by of curious amusement in tional Guardsmen who were charged rom the State shoot at Sac- Washington’s birthday have been re Southern Pacific Company to heir rebate. ing was held last night by rancisco Tailors’ Union, and oined the organizatien. now, and all female and be urged to enter with the 1g McKisick, who represented the \e suit against the Stanford United States Circuit Court of interview yesterday said the Supreme Court in the matter hine Titus is suing James Fedlina yof a lot she deeded to him. a house on_the lotand then thov 1ilt the house, there therefore, wants ed with forgery, was dis- 1 's Court yesterday. rges pending egainst f forging checks on The dismissal was ng the Fox suits. He tment was unneces- terests of the stock- tters sent out from Mayor mation to Congressmen on have been seized ice, on the ground that on the envelopes, ““C. P. Hunt- not steal a rednot stov is ob- < of incorporation. Its principal cvelop and work the costl am P. Shaw, W. i and Oscar R. Jone: A warm bath with CUTICURA SOAP, and a single application of CUTI followed by mild doses of CUTICURA RESOLVENT (the new blood purifier), will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, economical, and permanent cure of the most distressing of itching, burn- ing, bleeding, scaly, and crusted skin and scalp diseases, 3 erday afternoon and was | held s meeting at | renders the missives non-mail- | Mill and Mining Company has | | The Training Station of the U. S. i Navy to Be Located | There. ;FOB. THE PACIFIC COAST BOYS.; | ! It Will Be Similar to the Naval Insti- | tution in Operation at New- port, R. L. ‘ The Senate of the United States day be- | v passed the bill providing training station on the island of Yerba Buena (Goat Island) in the har- bor of San Francisco. The bill is pending | in the House of Represeutatives, with | Congressman S. G. Hilborz as its cham-! pion. There is hardly a doubt of its final | passage and its approval by the President, | as the measure has received the commen- dation ot the Navy Department. The bill provides for the appointment of | two officers of the navy and one officer of | the army to select such part of Goat isl-| and, as is not used for other purposes, for | a naval training station. It is the purpose of the Navy Depart- ment that this school on Goat 1siand shall | do the same work for the boys of the Pa- cific Coast that the school at Newport, R. 1., does for the youth of the Atlantic sea- board. Commodore Matthews of the United States navy looked over the field when he was here some time since, and recom- mended Goat 1sland as the best site for the station. His recommendation was approved by Admiral Ramsey, and the bill | was drawn by Senator Perkins at the sug- gestion of the Navy Department. | Lieutenant Fechteler, U. 8. N., who has | charge of the hydrographic office in this | City, speaks highly of the project and says | it will open for the boys of the Pacific Coast a fine opportunity to acquire instruc- tion in seamanship. The Newport school doing excellent work in training young | men for duty as warrant officers in the | navy, but the distance and the expense of | a trip across the continent preclude the young men of California from the advan- tages offered by thatinstitution. A school conducted at Goat Island on the lines that | govern the Newport station must result to the benefit of the coast. Congress proposes to go further than the { establishment of training schools. It is| provided in a measure now pcndinF that the most progressive young men of these schools may be eligible to commissioned rank in the United States navy. ML FOR BETTER AOADS | Members of the Bureau of High- " ways Tell of Their Plans. | LR h {Three Thoroughfares From North to South—County and District Roads. Resolutions Adopted. | | The meeting held by the members of | the State Bureau for Good Roads, under | the auspices of the highway improvement | committee of the L.-A. W. at Odd Fel- lows’ Hall last eveaing, was not so well attended as it might have been if the weather had not been what it was, but in the audience were a number of representa- tive citizens, among them being President Dohrmann and Secretary Freud of the Merchants’ Association. " H. F. Wynne, chairman of the hizh- | way improvement committee, L. A. W | presided. After a brief introductory ad- dress he introduced Marsden Manson of this City, 8 member of the bureau. R. C. Irvine, member of the bureau from Sacramento, told of the tour of the bureau through every county in the State, travel- ing by wagon over 4000 miles of road. J. L. Maude, the member from San Diego, was introduced as the pioneer for good roads in'this Stat. J. R. Freud, secreta the Merchants’ Association, was introduced, and after a brief address assuring the bureau of the hearty support of the people of San Fran- | cisco,” offered resolutions which were | adopted, ordering that the condition of tie roads Governor. FIRE LIMITS EXTENDED. A Hose Cart Will Hereaftor Be Stationed at the Cliff House. The Fire Department Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to extend the fire limits through the district bounded by Cole, Carl and William streets, Parnassus avenue and Stanyan and Eigh- teenth streets. 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Mayor BSutro’s request for protection from fire at the Cliff %louse was granted, and in the future a hosecart and other paraphrenalia wiil be stationed at the Cliff. A SNOWBALLER SHOT. An Unknown Man Fires Into a Crowd of Jokers and Wounds Edward MeCarthy. Edward McCarthy, who lives at 1017 Alabama street, was shot and severely wounded yesterday morning by an un- known man. McCarthy, with & number of companions, was throwing snowballs at passers-by on the corner of Twenty-second and Folsom streets. A man drove down the streetin a buggy, and seeing the young men thus enxaget{ drew a revolver and fired in the crowd. The bullet struck McCarthy just above his hip, making a long, deep flesh wound. It is not known who the shooter is. FOURTH DISTRICT. The New Republican Congressional Committee Organized. The Republican Congressional Commit- tee of the Fourth District, appointed on Saturday evening, met yesterday in the rooms of the State Central Committee for organization. Five of the seven members were there, as follows: Joseph S. Spear Jr., A. Barnard, J. Levi Jr., Dr. P. A, Kearny and W. T. Howe. The absentees were W. H. Dimond and N. P. Williams. The only business transacted was the elec- tion of Joseph S. Spear chairman, and J. Nothing was de- termined as to the date or plan of the Fourth District primary. and the commit- Nla]e .adjourned -to meet at the call of the chair., MISS FAYS SOMNOLENCY, The Woman Who Reads People’s Minds and Calls It Mental Telegraphy. She Talks About the Discoverer of the Crookes Tubes Used in Opaque Photography. There was a crowded house at the Audi- torium last night to witness the initial petformance given by Miss Anna Eva Fay, who introduced a number of startling ex- periments, and closed the exhibition with what is designated on the bills as “somno- lency.” The first part of the perfermance, in which she was assisted by Mr. Pingree, was devoted to the cabinet tricks con- ducted under the supervision of Edgar B. Haymond, attorney at law, and P. S. Beel of the southeast corner of Clay and Davis streets, who volunteered as judges. The cabinet tricks were neatiy per- formed. In one the woman was held by the two judges, and in the other she was | tied by linen bands knotted, sewed to- gether and then secured to an iron ring secured intoan uprieht board nailed to tne floor in the presence of the audience. Her neck was fastened by bands of linen | cloth to the same_board, and while in that | position she was inclosed in a very small wooden box, leaving only her head ex- posed. The trick was performed by some agency that to the audience was notap- parent. An interveninhg ‘ferrormance was one given by Litchfield, who makes up in many characters before the audience and presents many amusing portraits of peo- ple. The audience was requested to write short single questions, sign each with the full name of the writer, fold the paper without letting any one know the con- tents and place the paper out of sight. Then Miss Fay gave an exhibition of “the talking hand,” and then she showed a very neat trick of causing a hand- kerchief borrowed from one of the judges to stand on end and move about at her command. This was fcllowed by the “‘Somnolency.’ Miss Fay was seated in a chair in the mid- | dle of the stage and her eves blindtolded | with a dark-colored handkerchief. | She declared that she saw names written | on pieces of paper and saw questions | asked. She called name after name and | repeated the written question, and in eacn | case when the name was announced and the question stated Mr. Pingree called for the paper held by the person named. | He read it, and in almost every instance | the spoken question was identified with | the written une. To each she gave one answer; some were serious, others amus- ing and others sarcastic. Some fifty questions were announced and answered by Miss Fay. After the performance Miss Fay was seen by a representative for THE CALL. | She was still attired in the costume she | wore during the evening, an elegant white | silk trimmed with_ermine, that once be- | longed to Mme. Blavatsky, and over ber | shoulders was a large ermine cape, as a | protection against the nipping cold. | Sheisrather tall, slender, weighing but | eighty-seven pounds, has blonde hair, | light eves that scintillate like gems and | become animated wken she converses. | She has passed the forty-year mark and tulks with a strongly marked English ac- | cent. | ‘“There is no such thing as humbug,” said Miss Fay, who is a theosophist, **for there is a cause for every effect. This somnolency is not spiritualism; it is men- tal telegraphy. My brain is in a constent commotion. It works with lightning rapidity. When a person fixes his or her mind on the question asked I can read it as quick as I can print. *Professor Witlham Crookes, who discov- ered the Crookes tube that is used in the cathode ray process, often told me, when I was a guest at his home in 1872 and later | years, that he would like to photograph my brain when it isactive. "'Y¢s, Anna,’ be said to me, ‘I will in- vent something that will photograph the whole interior of the human body,” and what has been produced has been the re- sult of his research after making that statement. He is such a dear old man, for he is over 70 now, tall, thin, with a small head and with snew white hair.” —————— The Body Identified. ¥. Garnier of 285 Palmer street called at the Moigue yesterday and identified the body of the unknown man found on the Mission road cn Monday as that of Jean Louis Ader, aged 54 years, and formerly keeper of the King House, on Bush street. The deceased had lived with Garnier since he became dependent. The body is still at the Morgue. An inquest will be held by Coroner Hawkins. .- Excessive Damages. Judge Hunt has ordered a new trial in the case of A. Vardelli against the Grays Harbor Construction Company, the order to be void, however, if the plaintiff will sccept a reduc. tiomof %2500 from the verdict of $7500 ren- dered. The suit was one for damages for the loss of an arm by the plaintiff while in de- fendant’s service. The court considcred the damages awarded as excessive. Death of Rev. Aereden. The death at Martinez is recorded of Rev. James Henry Aereden, O. P., rector of St. Catheripe’s Church, at the advanced age of 72 years. He was a native of Antwerp, Belgium. The funeral services will be held in St. Cath- erine’s Church, Martinez, thismorning, whence the remains will be taken lo Benicia for inter- ment in the Dominican Fathers’ cemetery. ————————— Inez Mercer Arrested. Inez Mercer was arrested last night on a charge of perjury. She was on the overland ‘rain ready to go to Cripple Creek, where she was to perform s & variety actress. - ————— A Railroad Inspector Hurt. B. F. Bodwell of 718 Howard street, one of Superintendent Vining’s “inspectors,”” had his skull frectured at Third and Harrison streets yesterdsy by being knocked down by & truck. TRADESMEN EASILY DUPED Extensive Operations of an Ex- Waiter at the Stanford University. HE IS CLEVERLY CAPTURED. By Means of Forged Letters and Checks He Swindled Several Hotels and Firms. Emile Beck, an ex-waiter at the Stan- ford University Boarding Club, has been for the past two weeks swindling a large number of hotel-keepers and jewelers by means of forged letters and forged checks in the name of John T. Euller, treasurer of the club. His method was simple and not origi- nal, but it worked well. Tothe jewelers he wrote a letter from Palo Alto that the stu- dents proposed to present a diamond stud or watch to one of the 1nstructors, and Charles Sutter, the advertising agent of the university paver, The Sequoia, would call upon him to select the article. Beck, who was “Charles Sutter,” called in a day or two upon tne jeweler, selected the stud, and paid for it by a forged check on the | “Czardas” (Hubay), Marsick; solo, “Serenade de Don Juan’ ’(Tschaikowsky), D. de V. | Graham; “Suite Tzigane” (a) ‘‘Andante”, (b) “Dance Slovacque” (A. Wormser), Marsick. There has also been arranged a_grand orchesiral concert ior the Baldwin Theater next Sunday night, when Marsick will appear in conjunction with a complete orcuestra of forty musicians under the direction of August Hiurichs. At this concert Mme. Palmer will be heard in some choice selections. Seats for both coneerts arc on sale at the Baldwin Theater. The prices are from 50 cents to $1 50. NEW COURSING PARK. It Will Be Located Near the Ingleside Track —The Interstate Club. Coursing 1s now assuredly becoming a popular pastime and it goes without say- ing that within a few years it will be one of the leading features of outdoor sport, provided, of course, that the meet- ings are carried out in a straightforward manner. 8 It is now a settled fact that a new cours- ing demesne will be opened to the public in the very near future. A gentleman prominent in coursing circles said yester- aay that a piece of ground which is most suitable for coursing purposes and which is situated within close proximity of the Ingleside racing track had been leased for a term of seven ]yurs for a coursing park, and that men will be working on its con- struction within a few days. A nine-foot fence will be erected around the park and a grand stand, which will ac- commodated 2000 people, will be built in a suitable location, where the spectators can see every course from start to finish. The ground is half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, which is suf- ficiently spacious to guarantee splendid coursing. It 1s said that the first menting will be held in the latter part of April ani T Al Wi e u 7724011 P Emile Beck, ex-Waiter of the Stanford Club, Arrested for the Wholesale Swind- ling of Hotel-Kecpers and Jewelers. [From a photograph.] Palo Alto Bank 1n the name of John T. Euller. The amount of the check was, as a rule, larger than the amount ol the pur- chase, and Beck got the change. To the hotel-keepers he wrote that the students’ football team would visit the City to play a game and would stay at their p lace. “Charles Sutter” would call and make arrangements. He called, paid for the night's lodging with a forged check, and pocketed the change. Mr. Euller became aroused at the num- ber of forged checks that the bank at Palo Alto kept advising him aboutand he came to the City and consulted Captain Lees. As it was believed that Beck would call on other firms with which the club had deal- ings it was decided to notify them to be on the lookout for Beck and inform the police at once when he called. Detectives Gibson and Wren were also derailed on the case. On Monday S. L. Braverman, jeweler, 121 Post street, reeeived a letter announc- ing that the students were desirous of giving President Jordan a birthday pres- ent of a diamond ring and Charles Sutter would call for the ring. George C. Borne man, a dealer in diamonds and watches in the Thurlow block, received a similar let- ter, but thie article mentioned was a dia- mond stud. Braverman and Borneman coanpared notes and the police were noti- fied. Bragverman’s store with a forged check for $150 and asked for the diamond ring. Braverman requested him to wait for a few minutes while he procured the ring, and while Max M. Baden and M. J. Pren- dergast keot him in conversation Praver- man telephoned to the California-street police station. Lieutenant Esola was quickly at the store and placed Beck under arrest. He was later handed over to De- tectives Gioson and Wren and taken to the City Prison. The police bave so far been notified that the following firms and hotels are the vic- tims of the swindler: Pleasanton Hotel, $25; Yosemite House, $40; Hughes House, $40: Ahlborn House, $45; Hackmeier's Hotel, $45; Cosmopolitan Hotel, $4C; Golden West Hotel, $40; New Western Hotel, $40; C. Hansen, 110 Geary street, $16 35; Glindermann & Schweitzer, jewel- ers, valuable diamond stud; Curren & Co., 220 Sutter street, diamond stud; Hammer- smith & Fiela, gold watch, and a firm on Kearny street, **H. 8. & Co.,"” $30. Beck confessed that he worked the game himself, and said it was the ‘‘softest snap” he had ever struck. Detectives Gibson and Wren recovered $305 of the money he had received as the difference between the amount of the cheeks and the purchases, two diamond studs, a gold watch, a dia- mond ring and a dismond locket. Beck is 42 years of age, and about ten years azo kept a restaurfint at Sixteenth and Valencia streets. For some time he was a waiter at the university, where he gained the knowledge that enabled him to carry out his swindling scheme. The letters have the type-written head- ing, “‘Students’ Boarding Club, Encina Hall, Stanford University,” which of it- self, the volice say, should have aroused the suspicions of the dealers. MARSICK'S CONCERT. Programme for Friday Night. The Marsick concert ammounced for the California Theater for Friday night will prove one of the fashionable musical events of the season. There has been a great rush for seats, and a packed house will listen to the magnifi- cent playing of the great violinist. On this oc- casion Mr. Mars:ck will be assisted by D.de V. Graham, the well-kriown singer, who will be heard to advantage in someexcellent numbers. The programme has been arranged as follows “Kreutzer Sonate” (Beethoven), Mr. Sauvlet and Marsick; solo, “Trompeter vdn Sackingen” (Nessler), D. de V. Graham; “Fantasia Apr... (Vieuxtemps), Marsick. Intermission. (Marsick), ‘“Scherzande” (Morsick), Yesterday morning Beck called at that racing will result on every Sunday subsequent to the inaugural meeting of the club, which will be known as the In- gleside Coursing Club. The Interstate Coursing Club met last evening and settled all business matters connected with its lat- meeting at Newark Park. President Dominick Shannon made a few brief remarks in which he eulogized the officers of the club for their untiring efforts in bringine about such a successful meeting; he hoped that the sport of the leash would remain untarnished, and stated that it was the duty of each mem- ber of the club to instruct the sport-loving public to uphold clean sport. The Interstate Club will hold its second race meeting at Newark in Apri),and a grand day’s sport is guaranteed to all sportsmen who attend Evangelist Sankey Arrives. Ira D. Senkey, the famous einging evangel- ist, is at the Occidental. Mr. Sunkey is accom- panied by Mrs. Sankey, R. W. Sankey and wife of Boston and George C. Stebbins and wife of Brookiyn. Mr. Sankey will hold three meetings They will all be in the Y. M. C. A. Hall. The first will be Friday evening. On Sunday after- noon there will be one at 3 o'clock for men The final one will be on Sunday evening to all el here. S = The Railroad Lease. Judge McKenna continued the case of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners against the Southern Pacific in_the United States Cir- cuit Court yesterday. There will be no fur- ther continuance when the case is called next Tuesday. - Is Tired of Life. Mrs. Alice Sulbrette, the widow of a French army officer, attempted to commit suicide in | her room at 323 Bush street yesterday morn- ing by turning on the gas. She will recover. NEW TO-DAY. THE OWL DRUC CO., CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS ! 1128 MARKET ST. COUGH A POSITIVE CURE. BALSAM, 1 THE OWL DRUG CO. San Francisco—Los Angeles. BAKER’S TAR Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Paine’s Celery Compound. . Joy's and Hood’s Sarsaparill; THE OWL DRUG CO. CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS. Williams’ Pink Pills. Castoria. Syrup of Fig: Cuticura Resolven! ‘Warner’s Kidney Cure Allcock’s Porous Plaster: Carter’sand Beecham’s Pills. Allen’s Malt Whiskey.... Romany Oil WRITE FOR PRICE-LIST. THE OWL DRUG CO. STANFORD SUIT I3 ENDED, Judge McKisick Says There Is Nothing Further to Do but Bow to the Decision. REVIEW OF THE BIG CASE. May Be Other Forms of Procedure Under Which the Stockholders Might Be Made to Pay. In speaking of the decision of tne United States Supreme Court in the suit to recover from the estate of Leland Stanford the proportion of the railroad debt to the Government represented by Stanford’s stock Judge McKisick said: “That ends it, so far as this case is con- cerned. I am accustomed to fighting a cause to its furthest limits, and when it is decided there to suomit. This case was decided by the unanimous judgmentof the elght sustices who neard it. A rehearing can be secured only by one or more of the concurring Justices changing his mind. That was done in the income tax case. I do not think it will occur in this case. Therefore I say the decision settles the matter so far as this action is concerned. “There are many people, however, who believe that tne Goverument - has good claims that raay be collected under a dif- ferent course of proceeding. Some people, laboring under a misapprehension of the facts, were inclined to criticize me for bringing the action in the form that it took. They did not seem to know that I bad nothing to do with the institution of | the suit. The Attornev-General brought the suit and I was enlisted to conduct it. My duties were defined—they were to prose- cute this particular action. 3 “No, I have no opinion to express in the matter. It would be very improper for me to criticize the decision. Neither have I anything to say as to any other form in which proceedings may be brought. Iam only calling attention to what others have said about 1t. “The claim upon which the suit just decided was brought was filed in Ma; 1894, against the Stanford estate asa stock- holder of the railroad company under the laws of the State of California.” The claim was rejected by Mrs. Stanford in July, 1894, “The action could not be brought until the bonds matured, which occurred in January, 1895. Within two months after that uime, as required, the Attorney- General began the action, and in March T was appointed to conduct it here, “There had been no atten.pt to prevent the distribution of the Crocker or Hopkins estates, but this action prevented the dis- tribution of that or Stanford. “I have no doubt that the action was brought in perfect good faith, and 1t was carried forward and presented to the United States Supreme Court for all 1t was worth by Hon. Holmes Conrad, Solicitor- General, and Mr. Dickenson, Assistant Attorney-General. In their presentation of the case argument made before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals was included. “The theory of the Government in argu- ing the case was that there was a contract between the United States and the Central Pacific Company; that the contract on the part of the railroad company was meade under and by virtue of its California franchises. Itisa plain principle of law that a corporation cannot make a contract without tlrl,a power so to do, and that its power is the franchise derived from its sovereign State—the State that created it b{ charter or under the general laws of the State. And the theory of the Government in this case was that when the Central Pacinc Railroad Com- pany of California went to Washington and entered into a contract with the United States to build part of its trans- continental line it carried 1ts charter with it to Washington, and as that charter ex- isted under the laws of California those laws were written into the charter as par- ticularly and specifically as if the Legisla- ture had chartered the company by an act incorporating all those laws into the char- ter. The constitution and statutes of Cali- fornia in existence when the contract was made with the Government expressly provided that each stockholder of a rail- road corporation should be individually and perscnally liable for his proportion of the debts and liabilities of the corporation. “The Supreme Court of the United States, as I gather from the newspaper report of the opinion, took the view that there was no contract before the court to be con- strued, no laws of California to be con- strued, but simply the Pacific Railroad acts. And as they could not find a pro- vision in_either of those acts imposing in- dividnal liability upon the stockholders of the railroad corporations mentioned in the acts, the court conclusively presumed that Congress did not intend to hold the stock- holders of the California corporations ha- ble for the debts which they owe to the Government.” NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, L] ALCAZAR MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P. M. “FRA DIAVOLO!” PRICES—15¢, 26¢, 35¢ and 50c. Nohigher. CARLETON OPERA CO. “FRA DIAVCLO.” | A Wealth of Introduced Melody. Night Prices—15e, 23¢, 35¢, 50¢ and 75¢. Thursday—‘BOHEMIAN GIRL.” MATINEES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MECHANICS’ PAVILION. March 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. BICYCLE TOURNAMENT AND CYCLE SHOW! OVER $3000 IN PRIZES ! BICYCLE GIVEN AWAY EACH NIGHT AS A GATE PRIZE. ALL THE CRACKAJACKS CONTEST IN THE RACES, ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS COM- PETE IN TH < CYCLE SHOW, Admission—Afternoon 25¢, Evening 50¢ Children Under 12 Half Price. B Sele of seats will begin at Sherman & Clay’s Wedpesday, March 4, at § A M. MACDONOUGH THEATER (OAKLAND). ATINEE TO-DAY AT 2 P.3 M, . M. TO-NIGHT ' {Wedpesday) and Thursday Evening, A. M. PALMER’S COMPANY in — — _TRILBY!————— Original Company. _Frices, 25¢ 10 $1. Secure seats. MACDONOUGH THEATER OAKLAND). NEXT SATURDAY EV'G.—One Concert Only. . The Famous Parisian Violinist, MARSICHEK: — Seats and boxes ready to-day. Prices, 50c to $1 50° TO-NIGHT—GRAND CONCERT CHICAGO LADY QUA TET (Roscoe, Warren, Lucy. Nettle M. Jackson) s ENICKERBOCKER gALE QUARTET. ODD FELLOWS' HALL.——T:ckets 50c. FREDERICK WARDE ‘Will LECTURE for the Benefit of the WOMAN'S KXCHANGE at GOLDEN GATE HALL, 3 o'clock P. M. WEDNESDAY, March 4. Subject: “WOMEN OF SHAKESPEARE.” Admi; Tickets on sale at Clay & %o. 's and Woman's Exchange. If Napoleon were alive to-day he would smoke the Robert “MANTELL” cigar. PRICES: 10 cents—3 for 25 cents—2 for 25 cents. THE WERTHEIMER CO., S. F., Agents. NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, BALDWIN THEATER Ax HaYMAN & Co. (Incorporated).....Proprietors SECOND AND LASI WEEK-MR. FREDERICK WARDE And His Excellent Supporting Company. TO-NIGHT (Wednesday) and Saturday, “TULIUS CEBSAR!” ‘Thursday and Friday Evenings and Saturday Matinee, “EING LEAR,” Shakespeare's Majestic Tragedy. EXTRA!— MARSICK The Great Parisian Violinist. At the CALIFORN1A THEATER, FRIDAY EVE G, March 6. BRILLIANT PIANO RECITAL! At the BALDWIN THEATER. Sunday Evg, March 8 —Grand Orchestral Concert!— MARSICK and Orchestra of 40 (AUG. HINRICHS Conductor). Seats for BOTH concerts now ready at Bald- win box-office. Popular prices, 50c to $1 50, NEXT WEEK-Monday, March 9, EHoOoYTS A MILK WHITE FLAG. Seats ready To-morrow (Thursday). o {gheale, 4 JRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & o+ LE33ES ATD MAMAGLRS - - NO UNTIL THE LET-UP l CURTAIN Falls on the Last Act. One Rournd of Continuous Laughter! FREEMAN'S FUNMAKERS “ARAILROAD TICKET” ——Friday Afternoon: ROSEWALD MEMORIAL CONCERT! Seat 75¢c, Now on Sale. Next Monday—EUGENE O'ROURKE in “THE WICKLOW POSTMAN" TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MEs. ERNESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager —TO=NIGELT Superb Production of Planquette’s Romantic Opera “RIP VAN WINKLE!” ——Reappearances of— MISS CARRIE ROMA. Ferris Hartman. ‘Thomas C. Leary. Little Gertie Carlisle. | Pretty Pearl Landers. SPLENDID CAST! New Scenery! Correct Costumes! NEXT OPERA. “PTEHE HOCLIAXE’ Popular Prices—25c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Manager THIS EVEN AT EIGHT, Louls Eagan’s Success, “THE MIDNIGHT FLOOD!” THE MAIN FEATURE—Exact Representation of a Thrilling Episode of the Jamestown Flood. Special Engagement of GILBERT and GOLDIE, the Up-to-Date Comedy Team. EVENING PRICES—25C and 50a Famlly Circle and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Street, Between Stockton and PowalL TO-NIGHT AND DURING THE WEEK AN IMPOSING NEW BILL! 8—NEW PEOPLL!—S§ WILLS AND COLLINS, ALBURTUS AND BARTRAM, THE ANDERSONS, THE DE FILIPPIS, THE PANTZERS And Our Renowned Vaudeville Co. Reserved seats, 26¢c; Baicony, 10c; Opers chales and Box seats, THE AUDITORIUM, Corner of Jones and Eddy Streets. Friedlander, Gottlob & Co., Lessees and Managers EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY. MATINEE ON SATURDAY. ANNA BEVA FAY! The Wonder of the Nineteenth Ceniury, Presenting Her Weird, Wondertul, Interesting, ‘Amusing and Mysterious Entertainment, in- cluding Her Latest Oriental Sensation, SOMNOLENCT®! Popular Prices—15¢, 25¢ and 50c. FOR CHARTER THE STEAM TUG BARCLAY GOLDEN, Formerly called Katle O'Neil, Is now bound from Panama to this port and ex- pected to arrive hereabout March 10. Thisstesmer is fitted with cabin berths for five passengers, messroom and necessary accessories; carries fuel tor fifteen aays’ constant steaming. Being s safe and comfortable seaboat is well adapted for private excursions to Alaska and other distant poiuts. Engagement solicited for towing, excursions o¢ passenger service. PACIFIC MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY, 204-206 Californiast. RACING! RACING! RACING! CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB. ——WINTER MEETING— Beginning Thursday, February 20, BAY DISTRICT TRACK. Racing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, £ and Saturday. Rain or Shine. FIVE OR MORE RACES EACH DAY. MeAlllster wad Goary atvoet cats pass ihe R.B. MILROY. THOS. H. WILLIAMS ?;n'.:‘ EXERCISE 1S HEALTH! Shoot the Chutes and Trip the Trolley! Afternoon and Evening, Wn!.harcl;fl:m‘. Cnitdien’ é‘x‘.i.‘&‘.‘.’}‘umu%‘:.. Ride), 100,