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THE SAN FRANCISCO“ CALL, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8, 1896. .APRIL 8, 1806 AMUSEMENTS, FAIDWIN THEATER.— Monte ( £ CATIFORNIA THFRATER—The Night Clerk.” CO1UMPIA THFATER—“Pudd’nhead Wilson.” 2 0ROScO'S OrERA-Hous:—Doris. 1 ¥.—* Biue Beard.’ R THEATER (OAK1AND)—“Sinbad.” Zht. TROPOLITAN TEMPLE—Mormon Cholr, Wednesday, April 15. 155 AUDITORIUM—Corner of Jones and Eddy sireels — Thursday evening, April 9, Signorina ut EY IstaND—Grand Atbletic Exhfbl- ert. WX CootEs—Dally €L¢ Uock east of the Park } 4033 1¢ COAST JOCKEY CLUR.—Raes to-day. COURSING—At Newack Park, Sunday, April12. Tabernacle st Halght street, " AUCTION SALES. S. Bascr—This day (Wednesday), Furniture D Rush street, at 11 o'clock. BY FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD—This day (Wed- nesday). Saloon, at 411 st., at 11 o'clock. swix & HasyoND.—Thursday, April 16, Fstate, at salesrooms, 10 Montgomery street, Tov & SONNTAG—Tuesday, April 14, at salesrooms, 19 Montgomery street, BY Laywance-Saturday, April 18, Berkeley Yeal Estate at . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The commissioners for the California Insni te Target Association have been appointed. Wedn is the prediction issued by Forecast Official W. H. Hammon. The Kadiack, a steamer 110 feet in length bas bee truzted at Alameda Point in three weeks. The annual election of officers was held in the several Episcopal churches of the City last evening The fuperal services at the cathedral over the remains of George R. B. Hayes were largely attended. Last night's social and banquet of El Do- rado Parlor No. 52, N. 8. G.W., was & most en- joyable The defense of Nicholas Claussen, charged with murder, has been opened. It alleges tem- porary insanity. Emma Maver, who was bedly burned while lighting e fire last Friday, died from ber in- juries yesterday. Torpedo, William Pinkerton, Schnitz, Service, Brandy and Sallie Clicquot were the winnersat Ingleside yesterday. tion of R. T. Harc e papers in the suit of . Baldwin. me limit in Mayor Sutro’s deed of land A ted Colleges Lias expired,and regents asked for extension. > mew board of directors of the Manufac- Association eiected offi- din_has been 1lian Ashby terday afte R. H elected president of the Library Trustees last n The Women’s Christian Temperance Union h lay of observance, to be ison wes unanimously Board of Free Public t in- the d on four counts Jury yesterday. ved the guberna- t of State Prison Robert T. Devlin Jere Lynch at Virginia_City d the information that the mine would open to-day. 1 Lodge of the Ancient Order of kmen of California holds its nine- 1l session in B'nai B'rith Hall. sor Naphtaly Herz Imber addressed a dience last night in the lecture-room £l on “The Kabbala. “astie of the Knights of the Golden ornia held theirannusl session in I yesterday morning, aiterncon and e Te e Grand in was tooill to appear ia. ¥ 10 be arraigned for the murder gr hushand and the case was continued Fric the labor unions’ repre- Stanford, supetintendent | ding, no agreement was ce of of the R sity have delayed so 1 g work on Affiliated Colleges e appropriation is notavail- Mayor Sutro declared yesterday that he was swerless in boards of City Hall Commis- sioners and Health because there were majori- ties solid against him. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald reports that & workman named Henshaw is In great dis- tress by reason of the non-payment of & claim §8 15 due him for streetwork. The local heslth authorities have been werned that a Chinese passenger suffering from the plague left the steamer Gaelic, now on ber way to this port, at Yokohama., A committee from the Ashbury Heights and Etanvan-street Improvement Club will go be- fore Railroad Commission to-day and ask for a 3-cent fare over the City streetear lines. President Lelong of the State Horticultural Socicty has issuea an invitation to the socie- 1v’s next meeting, which will be held on the 10th inst. in the State Capitol at Sacramento. he Spring Valley Compeany has decided to t & modern seven-story building on the ara lots corner of Stockton and Geary , now occupicd by the Wigwam Theater. Morrow yesterday granted a stay of ence for one week in the case of Warren E. ce, convicted in the United States District Court of sending obscene literature through the mails. Judge Slack has sustained the demurrer of Thomas Ashworth, Superintendent of Streets, to the indictment filed by the Grand Jury egainst him. The case has been reterred back e Grand Jury. serate attempt of a firebug to destroy > California Art Metal Works, 51 Fremont et, on Monday night, was frustrated by the 1y discovery of Engineer Hibbits of the ad- g planing-mill. I'ie British ship Bradlock arrived from New- 2 N W., with her cargo of coal on fire Yyesterda, She was run on the flats at Sausa- ito by ‘the tugs Vigilant and Fearless and pumped full of water. John Nolan, a livy tered at the ( ing for batte ry-stable man, wi Prison early yesterday morn- upon Policeman P. A. Gillin, end Frank van, his companion, for vio- lating the hack ordinance. S. Pillsbury consumed the whole of yes- terday with hisargument on the Railroad Com. mission ease. He will conclude to-day and will be followed by Messrs. Hayne, Garber and Dis- trict Attorney Foote in the order named. Engineers and survevors have been started on the Sierra Madre Railway {rom near El Paso to Mazatlan. This road is projected through the rich mining districts of Mexicos nd will divert an enormous trade to the Pa. st. regis- At a joint meeting of the directors and trus- of the Valley road vesterday, the best method of raising the £6,000,000 required to complete the road was discussed, and finally putin the hands of a committee of six. John Moss was appoicted traflic manager. _ OF FROM PIMPLES SCROFULA Bpeedily sured by CUTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of lumor cures, assisted externally by warm baths with CUTICURA SOAP, and gentle applicytions of CUTICURA (ointment), the great skiu cvxe, when all else fails. Sold throughont the wsrld, Price, CUTICURA, 80c.3 Boar EsoLyENT, 4. and 1. PorTER DEve . Conpe Bole Propa., Bos ‘aa How to Gure Every Humor,” iaailed free. SPEAKING FOR THE RAILROAD, Mr. Pillsbury’'s Argument Occupied the Whole of a Day. THE RIGHT TO LEASE. It Was Conferred Upon the Com- pany by the Terms of the Charter. FULLY VESTED WITH POWER. Authorities Cited in Cases of Corpor- ations Operating Exclusively in Foreign Places. The whole of yesterday was taken up by S. Pillsbury of counsel for the railroad company in arguing on the matter of the 25 per cent reduction in freights made by the Railroad Commissioners. The gist of his argument during the morning session was that the Southern Pacific Company had the same rights in this State as though it had been created here. He argued that foreign corporations and State corporations were permitted totrans- act business on an equal basis, so far as legal rights and privileges are concerned. Mr. Pillsbury, in the afternoon, con- tinued his argument with the statement that the Legislature of Kentucky expressly conferred upon the Southern Pacific Com- pany the power to lease raiiroads outside of the State of Kentucky. A corporation created in any State may exercise in any other State the general powers as con- ferred in its charter. s “‘That means valid powers,”” interrupted | Mr. Hayne. What do you mean by that?” asked Mr. Pillsbury. “Imean powers which the Legislature is authorized to confer upon the corpgra- tion,” was Mr. Hayne’s reply. Mr. Pillsbury cited a case wherein a cor- | poration was created in Engiand to do the business of mining in Missouri. This was a parallel to that of the Southern P: citic of Kentucky, created in Kentucky for the purpose of doing business in States | otler than Kentucky. Other cases were | cited in support oi the same proposition. Mr. Hayne interrupted the coun:el with the question: *‘Was there a positive pro- hibition against carrying on business in its home place?’ Mr. }szayne asked this question because the charter granted to the Southern Pacific by the Legislature of Kentucky prohibited” that corporation from doing business in the State of Ken- tucky. Mr. Pillsbury’s reply was that in the case of the mining company incorporated in Great Britain the prohibition to do business in that country was not expresssd in the charter, but was found in the gen- eral laws of the country. The Southern Pacific, he argued, is controlled by the laws of the several States in which it does business and not by its charter in that respect. Opinions of the Supreme Court were read to the effect that a company could be legally incorporated in Massachusetts to go into the business of raising cotton in South America or cocoanuts and bananas in the South Sea islands. Mr, Hayne was obdurate. It was evi- dent that Mr. Pillsbury’s argument had not psychologized him, and he broke in again with, ‘“‘Suppose the charter pro- vided that the corporation could do no business in its own State?"’ *‘That is entirely irrelevant to this case,” responded Mr. Pillsbury, with a smile. *1 have been for some years educating you in the law, and I don’t care to resume the task just now.’” “Very well,”” retorted the imperturbable Hayne, “if you don't want to commit yourself on that point I won’t press you.” Mr. Pillsbury went on with his argu- ment to the effect that the Southern Pacific Company had a right to lease a railroad in California or any other State than Kentucky, provided that the laws of the State of California and of other States would permit it to do so. If the charter authorizes a railroad corporation to build railroads in another State it could do that if not prohibited by the laws of that State. Here Mr. Hayne got in another inter- ruption. He asked: ““Would that imply the power to lease?” * The power to do a banking business,”” replied Mr. Pillsbury, “implies the power to lease a place in which to do the busi- ness of banking.”’ “You don’t answer my question,” re- marked Mr. Hayne, frigidiv. At this point Judge McKenna inter- posed with the remark that he thought there were too many interruptions. Mr. Hayne would have an opportunity of re- plying in due time to the counsel's argu- ment, added the court. He might ask questions, but not carry on a cross fire of argument with the opposing counsel. Mr. Pillsbury called attention to the fact that the lease does not cover a con- tinuous system from San Francisco to New Orleans or New York, because there was a break in Texas. He denied that the Sunset route and the Central Pacific were not competing roads, because the latter did not extend beyond Ogden and had no control of the rates of freights and passage peyond tnat point. “Then, 1n order to be a competing road, it must go clear across the continent?” suggested District Attorney Fitzgerald. *“A competing road is one which starts from the stame terminal and ends at the same terminal asanother road,” was Mr. Pillsbury’s definition. In respense to a %;l!lfion by the court Mr. Pillsbury said that the Southern Pa- cific of Kentucky receives from the Cen- tral Pacific all over 6 per cent on its capi- tal stock. “Does the lessee do the carrying?” in- quired Mr. Hayne. *Of course it does,” said Mr. Pillsbury. ““Then, why,” asked Mr. Hayne, *'should the lessee get a share from the other?” “If the Soutbern Pacific of Kentucky sees fit to lease this rcad and operate it, it bas a right to take a certain percentage of its earnings for that purpose,”” was Mr. Pillsbury’s explanation. In illustrating a point in his argument the speakersaid: -‘Suppose, for illustra- tion, that the San Joaquin Valley road that is being built was completed from Stockton te Visalia, it would be inhibited, if a combination cr an agreement should be made between those roads by which there should be an artificial division of the business. “They could not make an arrangement that at the end of the month it should be considered that one had carried so much and the otber so much, and that on the asis of a tariff for that business one should receive a proportionate amount of the money earned. Suppose that for the purpose of convenience the Southern Pa- cific of California desired to operate that road ae part of a through line and should send its freight business over that road, and that it would be allowed to get a cer- tain percentage of all the freight collected in California, they would have a right to do that in law if it was done for a lawful purpose.” 3 The speaker then went on to discuss the having pledged themselves to reduce the rates 25 per cent horizontally. He said that thav action had rendered the commis- sion powerless to act impartially between the pecple and the railroad. The idea that a man being pledged in advance to a cer- tain course could act fairly and do justice as between two parties was inconsistent and preposterous. *“‘What can be said,” he asked, “‘of the fairness and impartiality of a Commis- sioner who has announced in advance what his action will be? Can any one say | that the gentleman who had taken that | pledge could be independent and free to act according to the dictates of his con- | science? Suppose that he refused to carry | out that pledge, wounld he not be con- | Ecmne\l by the people and the press of the State ?” On this point the speaker was reading authorities to prove that the taking of a pledge was fatal to the validity of the acts of a commission when the hour of adjournment arrived. IJl is_expected that Mr. Pillsbury will conclude his argument to-day. He will be | followed bv Messrs. Hayne, Garber and United States District Attorney Foote in the order named. | The case will probably consume the-rest | of this weel GOLDEN EAGLE KNIGHTS, Their Grand Castle Meets and Elects Officers for the Year. The Business Brought to a Close at Night With a Banquet in A'cazar Hall. The Grand Castle of the Knights of the Golden Eagle of California held its annual session yesterday morning, afternoon and evening in Coloma Hall, Native Sons’ building. The morning and atternoon meetings were business sessions at which the reports of various officers were received. The order was found to be in a flourish- ing condition both financially and numer- ically. ‘ The report of the national order showed | an increase to 100,000 and that the order | DR IMBER ON KABBALISM Mystic Lore Held by Only Thirty-Six Men in the World. MASTERS OF LIFE BUT HIDDEN. Wisdom Handed Down From Adam and Preserved by Unselfish Souls for Good. Professor Naphtaly Herz Imber, one of the thirty-six masters of the Kabbala, told something about the faith that was in him last evening in the lecture-room of the Temple Emanu-El to an appreciative audience, less than one-half of which was composed of Hebrews and the remainder of Gentile theosophists with but few ex- ceptions. The professor is a slender, undersized man with a very swarthy complexion, black eyes with fierce red blood vessels where the whites should be. His lecture | upon the Kabbala was of a rambling na- ture, made up chiefly of attacks upon astrology, the Theosophical Society and spiritualism, with a good word for that prince of fakirs, Count Cagliostro, ph, cian and astrologer. But the Kabbalist is a good-humored lit- tle msn, and takes great delight in inti- mating that he is one of the mystic thirty- six to whom has been imparted the hidden meaning of the Book of Kaballa, which treats of the occult forces of nature and the power of tbe invigorated human will upon them. Rabbi Voorsanger introduced the speaker | with a speech which for cleverness and snap would cause Chauncey Depew to hide his diminished head bebind the taiis of his clawhammer coat. The rabbi announced that the subject was one ‘‘of which you know nothing, and I know nothing, but of which the gentleman who is about to ad- Thomas A. McGowan, Newly Elected Grand Chief of the Grand Castle of Cali- fornia, K. G. holds of the organization were Phiiadel- phia and Baltimore. Philadelphia alone | had a membership of 45,000 The newly elected officers are: | Grand chief, T. A. McGowan; grand vices chief, N. L. Rose; grand high priest, F. T. Morrelle; grand master records, George B. Hanne; ‘grand keeper exchequer, Daniel Nor- | cross; grand sir herald, C. A. King; grand | first ‘guardsman, A.D. Cheshire; grand sec- ond guardsman, R.L.Kohr; supreme repre- sentative, U. A. Lewis. For services rendered the organization the honors of past chief were conferred on J. B. Hollingsworth of No. 7. Los Angeles; L. Wickstrom, No. 1, California; W. G. Wright of Pacific No. 10 and T. J. Barnes of Live Oak No. 4. The honors of past grand chief were conferred on W. O. Mac- dougall of California No. 1. For district grand chiefs the following appointments were made: Nupa and vicinity, G. D. Secord; Angels and was still rapidly growing. The sln\ng-I vicinity, B. G. Warrington; Fomona and vieinity, E. Henderson; Stockion and vicinity, | J. Kell The grand instructors were appointed as | follow: san Francisco and vicinity, W. 0. dougall; Los Angeles and vieinity, Buskirk; Angels and vicinity, L.J. Hutchin- f icinity, H. H. Bolly; Pomona and vicinity, T. J. Barnes. The following are the various standing | committees for the new year: Law—\W. F. Norcross, J. W. Van Horn, H. Atkins, R. L. Kobr, W.'J. Kidd. Finance and mileage—J. W. Galbraith, W. O, Macdougall, F. E. Bathurs, W. C. Lohmeyer, L. A. Ssunders. Printing—George B, Hanna, Samuel McCall, H. A. Chase. Returns and credentials—J. 8, Buskirk, D, N, Hanna, U. E. White. Avppeals—E. Henderson, D. N. Hanna, T. F. Laird, S. H. Duncan, B. L. Palmountain. In the evening all the officers elecied during the afternoon were installed. The grand body will not meet again uuntil the rst Thursday in April, 1895, The Pacific Castle entertained the grand officers at the Alcazar building. Many of | the visiting delegates took their wivesand daughters with them, and a very enjoyable | time was had. Toasts were given and speeches made. The visitors are being entertained by residents of this City, and express the highest admiration for the sights seen and their cordial reception. - Charged With a Felony. Harry Wilson, 23 years of age, who says he is 8 salesman, was charged at the City Prison last night by Detectives Egan and Silvey with obtaining goods by false pretenses. In Sep- tember last he went to the California Optical Company, 317 Kearny street, representing that he was in the employment of the Star Jewelry Company, and obtained $63 worth of goods, which he sold and_appropriated the proceeds to his own uses and purposes. Yesterday he was arrested by Policeman Silver and Hutch- ings for petty larceny, and when taken to the City Prison Egan and Silvey recognized him. S Stole an Oven Door. Ah Yong, a Chinese servant, wasarrested yes- terday afternoon on Larkin street by Police- man Chase on the charge of petty larceny. He had been employed by Mrs. Vau Dusen, Van Ness avenue, but after four days’ trial he quit work. When he demanded his money she told him she would see about it and he deliberately tore off the door from the kitchen stove and walked away with it, telling the astonished iady that she could haveitback on paying him his wages. The oven door is held as evidence. i ki GoTrany ear or tooth achein yours? Mitchell's » y: lbias of the Railroad Commissioners in | Magic Lotion will surprise you. | discus | environment. dress you claims to know a good deal. This subject has never been discussed in San Francisco before, and 1t may not be sed hereafter.” The professor, with a foreign accent rough enough to break up old scrap iron, began his lecture with the expression of his surprise on beholding ‘‘such a no}vllc e audience; the cream of society here.” then proceeded to demolish astrolo which he did to his own satisfaction very neatly. When Napoleon Bonaparte was born, thousands of other children came into the world at the same moment of time and under exactly the same planet- ary influences, vet only one of them turned out to be a famous general, and that was Bonaparte. Thousands of children were born at the same moment as the Bard of Avon, yer there has been only one William Shakespeare. These and other examples, the speaker alleged, were suf- ficient to show that the claims of astrology were impossible and nonsensical. The professor blamed the Blavatskyan | theosophists for advocating the idea of "re- | incarnation. According to the professor every human being when born is an angel, and he becomes bad because of his evil Thut being so, how can he become better by leaving the spiritual world and reincarnating himself among the same evil surroundings? The proposi- tion was absurd, he said. The Buddhists say that once in every 6000 years a god is reincarnated for the purpose of lifting up humanity. That is the true theosophy. The word Kabbala, the professor ex- plained, meant tradition received or ac- cepted.” “The Book of Creation’’ was the first book. It was by the Patriarch Abra- ham taught to Melchisedek, King of Salem. It consists of a booklet of only four pag:s in the Hebrew language. The book was an open secret, he said, the highest con- ception of wisdom. He who would under- stand it must have received the wisdom from some one qualified to receive it and to read between the lines. The other books of the Kabbala were in the Chaldeau tongue, Tradition s: handed down fr thence down to Abraham, Adam had no theatess to attend, no cards to play, and he had nothing to do but to ask, “Why am (here?” and to think about the na- ture and the cause of his surroundings. Among the Kabbalistic books of recent origin, the speaker explained, was one by a rabbi 'who was born in Egypt 400 years ago. He was an ascetic, and taught that in order to attain spirituality it was neces- sary to subjugate the passions and the ap- petites of the flesh. The next Kabbalist wasarabbi who lived a century ago. He did not preach nor practice ~ asceticism, but said: “God Almighty is more pleased when I smoke my long pipe than he1s with the prayers of a hundred rabbis.” He performed many wonders and was persecuted by the other rabbis. He did not write a iine, but handed down his wisdom to Jacob Joseph. The professor then went on to describe the i&lx-a of the Kabbala as concentration of mind. “If I miss a square meal,” he said, “I feel a hole in my heart, but if I should re- ceive a telegram stating that I had won $100,000 in a lottery I would forget to eat or drink anything for three days.” On the other hand, if I should receive a telegram that my father was dead I would be utterly crushed down. Mind is everything; the body nothing. The professor informed his hearers that the discovery of the Roentgen or X ray was predicted in one of the ancient Kab- balistic books, which announced that in - Jewish year 5556 ‘‘the new light would be found.”” The date corresponds with 1896 of the Christian chronology. The dreams of the Kabbalist are an in- sight into the future. “You must bear in mind,” added the rofessor, ‘‘that in the Kaboala what will Ee is already in existence. Itsdevelopment is only a matter of time.” He then said that he had predicted the defeat of the Italian army in Africa and that his prediction was published in an African paper before the news reached the civilized world. The apparently wonderful things done by the fakirs in India were due to hyp- notic power, he said. He did not propose to give his audience any manifestations of his own power. He would not call in the spirits as one would call in a dog with “Come in Jack,” and *“That will do now; g0 away, Jack. “If my father who loved me could come back I assure you he would be with me three times a ‘day, but the spirits have other obligations than of this earth, other masters and other laws to fulfill.” He next told of the Kabbalist masters, who were thirty-six men in all the world possessing the secret knowledge. They were scattered through the haunts of men, | and when one of them was about to die he imparted the knowledge (o some disciple worthy to receive it, and thus there were always thirty-six men in the world, never more nor never_less, who were masters of the Kabbala. When one of these thirty- six becomes known to the people he must die or disappear and go to some other place. ‘When the speaker was thirteen years old he often went to the synagogues to pray and meditate in solitude. There he met a Kabbalist who told young Imber that he wanted to impart to him the mystery of the Kabbala, because he was going to die and his place should be filled. After giv- | ing the boy four weeks’ of instruction the | Kabbalist died. Young Imber went to Jerusalem, and although e had never studied Hebrew he wrote in that language. His explanation of this gift of tongues was that words are matter, and that the air of Palestine was and had been vibrating for thousands of years with Hebrew words. Knowing the mystery of nature he heard these words and wrote the language fluently. Al- though he had never been to school the words came to him. Rabbi Voorsaneer followed with a few remarks to the effect that the Kabbala was strictly speaking the metaphysics of Israel, the gnosticism of Egypt. He believed that Professor Imber had misrepresented the theosophists THE FLORAL SHOW. | Editor Harrison Gray Otis on the Won- ders to Be Presented at Los Angeles. Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the Los Angeles Times, who is at the Oc- cidental, says that great preparations are being made in the southern metropolis for the forthcoming flower show. He thinks it will surpass anything of the kind hith- erto given and thousands of people are ex- pected, not only from the different citics | in California, but irom all over the Coast | nd the East. The $25,000 set aside for the tloral play is all being used and, more than this, | arge sums will be expended by private | citizens in decorating their homes, thus | adding to the display. The city, in fact, is expected to be transformed into a beauti- ful bower of roses. Los Angeles has many visitors there al- | ready who will remain till the great floral | display and accompanying fetes are over. Tne other towns of Southern Cahfornia are also well fillea with people who intend | to be present. Colonel Otis thinks the floral show will | be a marvelous thing in the variety of the novelties presented. He is enthusiastic over it. The colonel also says politics is rowing interesting in the south. He is or William McKinley and is of the opin- | ion that he ought to be the coming 1nan Editor Otis, who came up largely to at- tend the Depew dinner, will remain for a day or two. TO ELECT DIRECTORS. An Important Meeting of the Southern Pacific Stockholders to Be Held To-Day. General Hubbard of New York, who rep- resents the Hopkins-Searles interest in the Southern Pacitic Railroad Company, arrived here yesterday to be present atthe stockholders’ meeting of that company to- day. He came in a private car, accom- panied by William Neahl, his private sec- retary, and two friends, General Francis Fessenden and W. H. Bridgeman. At the meeting of the Southern Pacific Company stockholders to-day the direct- ors for the ensuing year will be elected and reports will be presented of the past year’s business of the corporation. It is expected that the stringent measures for economy adopted by the management will show their eflicacy in the dividenas that will be declared. Rumors have been current that General Hubbard will join forces with the Stan- ford interests with a view to being elected president, but those who claim to be well posted aver that President C. P. Hunting- ton will have no opvosition for the office he now holds, as the stockholders are well satisfied with his management. J. C. Stubbs, now third vice-president, it is expected, will be elected second vice- president, the office left vacant since the death of A. N. Towne, and the position of third vice-president abolished. A successor to the late Secretary Lansing will also be appointed. e Sentence Postponed. Warren E. Price, the bookseller, convicted of sending obscene literature through the mails, was not sentenced yesterday, as was expected. On the application of his attorney, G. B. Haskell, a siny of judgment for one week was granted by Judge Morrow. ——————— . A Sudden Death. Isaac Strauss, a waiter 28 years of age, died suddenly at his residence, 624 Post street, last evening. It is presumed that death resulted from heart disecase. The body was removed to the Morgue. ————— Another Fender Test. J. E. Hall has extended an invitation to the Supervisors to be present on Saturday morning next at 10:30 o’clock to witness a test of anew fender. The trials will take place at Twenty- ninth and Mission streets. NEW TO-DAY. omfort in Bicycling In eve art a bicy~le must be ad?gl:ble so as to fitthe varying conditions of human anatomy. No bicycle so fully meets this requirement as the Columbia saddles are the standard of com- fort, and the Colum- bia adjustable handle- bar is the standard of rigid, quick-adjusting completeness. Ooln‘;-‘lbl?llnalmmmmhm re in a T pemsaives. Y $100 to all alike POPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 344 POST STREET. COLUMBIA CYCLERY, 1970 PAGE ST., NEAR STANYAN, | James Rolph Jr., F. L. Southack, CHURCH WARDENS ELECT Annual Selection of Officers Made by the Episco palians. THE OLD AND NEW VESTRYMEN Rights of Women of the Church to Vote and Hold Office Not Raised. The annual election of vestrymen and trustees of the ten Episcoral churches of the City was held last night. According to church Jaw the officers of I the church must B¢ elected on the first Tuesday after Easter. In the East the elections are generally held at high noon, but the only church here which obeyed that custom was Grace church.. All the others did their voting in the evening, with the following result: Grace Cathedral—Lloyd Tevis, W. H. Crocker, J.C. Johnson, N. T. James, L. . Ringwalt, G. P. Woodward, A. B. McCreary, William Mint- zer, R. J. Wilson, Kirkhem Wright, Elliot Mc- Allister, George H. Hook. St. Luke's—Henry T. Scott, Sidney M. Smith, Henry L. Davis, W. D. Clark, Dr. G. H. Powers, Robert B. Foreman, L. F. Monteagle, Henry B, Hine. St. John's—David Brown, J. A. Cameron, F. H. Eichbaum, Joseph L. King, B. McKinue, . W. Van P. T. M. Wate, Henry K. White Jr., Henry F. Williams, E. D. Bullard. St. Peter’s—H. J. Graves, Alexander Gray, C. P. Sickman, Samuel Drake. George Cuthbert, Frank Sellwood, William H. Medina. Church of the Advent—Rey. J. A. Emery, Colonel G. H. Mendell, Ira D. Thompson, Livingston Gilson, E. T. Morris, T. G, Packham, A. H. Waugaman, H. L. Sloss Jr., J. W. Allaire, William Tucker. Trinity Church—George E. Walk, W. E. Dean, J. F. Houghton, W. H. Taylor, W. Mayo Newhall, Edward L. Evre, S. L. Abbot Jr., Montgomery Godley, William B. Hooper. It was thought the question of wonien holding otfice in the church would come up tor discussion, but it did not. . The action of the last convocation bear- ngon the subject matter is hardly rel- evant inasmuch as there were no candi- dates ot the gentler sex. The question did not come up in any of the churches, ana Trinity, which is in- corporated under the State law, providing that only male members shall vote and hold office, neld its election first as a cor- poration and afterward as a parish. MR. BOWERS WORKMEN. The Labor Bureau Appesled To by Un- prid Employes. The American Exchange embroglio, which has kept the State Bureau of Labor Statistics busy for some days, developed few new features yesterday. Bowers, the contractor, displays some degree of resent- ment against Commissioners Fitzgerald and Dam, but thus far has not vi bureau, though both commi they are ready to receive any statement he may wish to make to them. Yesterday morning Bowers paid some of his work- men 50 cents on the dollar, and about thirty of them appeared before the Labor Commissioners, asking that some effort be made to have the claims adjusted in full. All parties are awaiting the action of Justice Groezinger, in whose court the cases of Tyler and MacDermott. who have sued Bowers for wages, are being tried. Deputy Commissioner Dam wishes to eny in the most emphatic manner a rumor to the effect that ne is animated by ill feelings in Bowers' regard on account of an old personal grudge. He afirms that he has never met Bowers personally figui has had no dealings of any flind with im. " Reynegom, NEW TO-DAY. No Trick At all to get good, honest, well-made, long- wearing Shoes if you finsist on having those with BUCKINGHAM & HECHT stamped on the sole. It's a guarantee of quality and of Home Manufac- tore, If your dealer does mnot keep them send t0 Kast's 738-740 Market St NEW TO-DAY—AMUSEMENTS, GROVER’S ALCAZAR. MATINEE TO-DAY—WEDNESDAY Very Great Success of the Favorite "‘RANCH 10" Production Superlative!- ‘ast Unequaled ! PRICES—10c, 16c, 25¢c. Night—10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35c. “POP." Monday—“CAD TAE TOMBOY.” THE AUDITORIUM. FRIEDLANDER, GOTTLOB & Co., Lesees& Managers TO-MORROW NIGHT REMEMBER, THE EIRST OF THE 3—GRAND CONCERTS—3 SIGNORINA ESTRELA BELINFANTE (Blind), Italy’s Greatest Operatic Contralto. HERR ANTON SCHOTT, MR. ARTHUR_FICKENSCHER. Reserved seats 50c, 75¢ and $1, now on sale at Sherman. Clay & Lo.’s Music-store. COURSING AT NEWARK PARK. THE INTERSTII‘_E_COIIRSING CLUB —WILL HOLD— A GRAND COURSING TOURNAMENT IN THE ABOVE PARK ON SUNDAY NEXT, tHe 12th of April. Trains for the Park leave ferries at 8:15 a. x. Sunday and return at 6 P. M. J. R. DICKSON, Se . 1. H. ROSSETER, Treasurer. P SUTRO BATHS ——AND—— PLEASURE_GROUNDS. Firth ‘Wheel, Mirror Maze, Haunted Swing and Punch and Judy always in Operation on Marry Way, Concerts every Saturday and Sunday by First Infantry Regiment, N. G. C., Band. General Admission. Children. ... SHOOT THE CHUTES AFTERNOON AND EVEN. ING. ADMISSION (Adult 3. CHILDREN - A DMIASION ser CHOv Dining tables galorel 89 different patterns for you to look at now—and more coming every day. At the top you see a table that $8 will buy; and a right good table, too. Square posts, fluted ; ornansental braces (help to make the table strong, besides to 100k at.) Ane tique finish, polished. It comes in two sizes: 6 feet long, 8. 8 feet long, 810, Carpets . Rugj . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COMPANY (N P. Cole & Co.) 117-123 Geary Street NEW TO-DAY—-AMUSEMENT: AL MAYMAN AnD Co. INCORP'D HEATRE Y PROPS. LAST PERFORMANCES OF—— ‘The Favorite Actor, s O'NTEIT LT, To-night, Friday and Saturday, MONTE CRISTO. Thursday . i e e S S AR Sat. Mat. and Sun. night...COURIER OF LYONS EXTRA. « MONDAY NEXT, APRIL 13. RICHARD MANSFIELD AND MTS- NEW YORK GARRICX THRATER (0. Enure First Week BEAU BRUMMELL - INCE KARL,' Week ) LL AND HYDE.” SEATS FOR 2 FIRST WEEKS READY TO-MORROW (THURSDAY) —AT REGULAR PRICES.— sCo., INCORPD PROPS. —TO-NIGHT— ——AND— ALL THE WEEK. l "I DAILEY In John J. McNally's Greatest Laughing Success, THE NIGHT CLERK. COMPANY——SUPERB!——PRODUCTION FRICOLANDLR.GOTTLOD & Co- LESES ANDMANAGLRS -+ A NIeHTLY HrT! EVERYBODY THEIR IS THUMB TRYING MARKS And Everybody Wants to ~ee THE GREAT PLAY OF THE CENTURY, Mark Twain's “Pudd’'n’head Wilson” By the Eminent Actor, FRANK MAYO AND HIS “LLE COMPANY. TIVOLI OPERA-HOUSE MES. EBENESTINE KRELING, Proprietor & Manager ——A TRIUMPH!— EVERY EVENING Our Easter Spectacnlar Extravaganza, “BLUE BEARD!” —GREAT CAST. — BEAUTIFUL SCENERY! GORGEOUS COSTUMES! ENTRANCING BALLETS! The Latest Terpsichorean Novelty, “RAYS OF LIGHT!"” ‘Whole Show an Oriental Dream of Loveliness. Popular Prices—25¢c and 50c. MOROSCO’S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE. The Handsomest Family Theater in America. WALTER MOROSCO, Sole Lessee and Managse THIS EVENING AT EIGHT, Robert Drouet’s Masterpiece, “DORIS!” First Appearance of the Gireat Leading Actress, MISS LISLE LEIGH. An Unparalleled Cast! A Great Play. EVENING PRICES—25¢ and 303 Famlly Circie and Gallerv. 10c. Usual Matinees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM. O'Farrell Btreet, Between Stockion and Powall. TO-NIG?!: AND DURING THE WEER A Brilliant Array of New People! ELENA LEILA, ROSIE RENDEL, LA BELLE CARME ADONIS AMES, SEGOMMER, THE MARVELLES, BRUET AND RIVIERE, THE NAWNS, Etc., Etc. Reserved seats, 25c; Baicony, 10c; Opera cales 2nd Box seats. 50c. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE. FIVE GRAND CHORAL CONCERTS. MORMON —TABERNACLE CHOIR.— 175 VOICES: Commencing WEDNESDAY_ NIGHT, April 15, fo Sunduy Night, April 19, NO MATINEES. Sale of Season Tickets now open at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s. Prices—Season seats. $5 and $4. Single reserved seat sale begins Thursday, April 9. Prices $1 50 and $1. PACIFIC COAST JOCKEY CLUB (Ingleside Track). FIVE OR MORE RACES DAILY. (RAIN OR SHINE.) FIRST RACE AT 2:00 P. Il ADMISSION $1.00. Take Southern Pacitic trains at Third and Towne send streets Depot, leaving at 12:40 and 1:15 P. M. Fare for round trip, including admission to grand stand, 81. Take Mission-sireet electric line direcs 1o track. 4. B. SPRECKELS, President. W. S LEAKE, Secretars.