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The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
will be on sale at Sherman & Clay's until

will be on sale at Sherman & Clay's until
Thursday night only.
The following officers and ushers were
decided upon.
A. B. Mcguire will be chief of ushers, as
sisted by c. B. Fem, P. ]. LAWYER Colonel
Dennis Geary and p. J. Mccormick; door keep
ers-J. A. Mugan, w. E. Dorm, DR.. J. II. O'Con-
nor, Captain Jerome Deasy; press committee
f ]. Coffey, w. r. Moore; box-o -office-Thoma as
honey, S. ]. Watson, John W. Mccarthy, r. A.
Duffy, E. P. Luby; in charge of reviewing
stand-Dr S. J. Cunningham, J. J. Gildea, J.
c. Queen; ushess-T. J. Stanton, NJ. Z. King, J.
2. Denehv, J. A. Riley, ]. II. Widman. w. J.
Davis, u ohm Doyle, R. E. Fazackerley. Colonel
Mp O. Dea, J. J. A. King, A: L. Coakley. W.
+. Buckley, F. J. Kelly, J: j. Small, H. Sale, A.
Daunet, r. A. Harney, P. J. Dowd, NJ.
J. Mcbride, W. P. Stevens, &. NJ. Kelly,
w. ]. Deesy, E. F. Lacey, Archie E. Campbell,
J. c. Flood, A. A Mogan, Robert Tobin, 7. P.
O'Brien, E. Callan, A. ]. Andler, NJ. Moon, E.
Fitzpatrick. T. L. Heaiy: J.. ]. Healy, F: B.
Healy, J. J. Walsh. L. A. Kelly, DR.. Joseph l.
Richards. James Fallon. A. P. Mullgan, n. j.
Hoey, J. f. Scully NJ. d. Riordsn, c. E. Tully,
Harry Motfat, James Ross Jr., P. F. Mccarthy,
John I. Owens, Harry Stark, T. J. Mellett, J. J.
Larkin, George Redmond, W. P. Han
nan, E.. J, Reynolds, W.. J.. Kelly,
George F. Lynch, Thomas Branson. J. John
ston, Frank J. Duggan, NJ s. Wentworth, r. J.
Dowdall, Thomas ]. Walsh, w. A. lin, Cap
tain p. j. Haggerty, F. p. Scuily, Will A. Der
ham, NJ. ]. WEIGH, William Heffernan, Lieu
tenant E. j. Deasy, Fred H. jung, Frank Egan,
Leahy John Lambert, Thomas Spillane, Luke
Carroll, Matt Carroll, W. J. Keogh,p. C, Muir
ply, Joseph A. Murphy, w. F. Terry, Hugh
McGinnis and Thomas B. McGinnis.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
MAYOR PHELAA
CALLED On HER
Mrs. Helen Gardener Re-
ceived a Distinguished
Visitor.
The Women's Congress Will
Convene This Morning at
Golden Gate Hall.
The Programme for To-Day Promise IS
to Be Most Brilliant and
Interesting One.

To-day marks the opening of the fourth
annual meeting of the Women's Congress
of the Pacific Coast. The meetings,
owing to the objections aised by the First
Congregational Church, will be held at
est enthusiasm is being felt and conse-
quently the ladies are very confident of
the good results of the session.
Excellent programmes have been pre-
pared, which will be highly interesting
The bright particular star, however, will
be Mrs. Helen HI. Gard ener, the we'll
known author and orator. Yesterday
afternoon Mrs. Gardener was resting from
the effects OF her long, tiresome journey.
In an interview yesterday she said she
was very much pleased with the pro-
grammes arranged and with her reception
here. On arriving she found awaiting her
letter of welcome from the Honora Bile
Mayor Phelan-a most delicate little at
tention, she thought. Yesterday after
noon Mr.. Phelan called in person and
enjoyed most pleasant visit with her.
One OF Mrs. Gardeners novels, IAN
Unofficial Patriot" has been dramatized
ceed the popular "Shore Acres" whom that
play shall have finished its long run.
Following is the list of the officers and
to-morrow's programmes:
Mrs. John F. Swift president; Mrs. Lowell
White, vlce-presdent at large; Mrs. Ala Van
Pelt, recording secretary; Mrs. George Oulton,
corresponding secretary; Nine. L. A. Sorbier,
treasurer; associate directors-Mrs. David
Starr Jordan, Mrs. Austin sperry, Mrs. Henry
Gibbons Jr., Mrs. E. W. McKIDstry, Mrs. George
T. Gaden, Mrs. George W. Bunnell.
Monday, April % -"Child Psychology"
Morning sessiou-Rev. George G. Adams
prayer; Rev George Walk, address; Mayor
Phelan, address; President Jordan, address !;
President Swift, address; response.
Afternoon session-Professor T. B. Bailey OF
berkeley, Child Study and Reverence; Miss
Lucy NJ. Washburn OF San Jose, Relation OF
Parents and Children to Schoolwork"; Rabbi
N1eto, "Moral Training of Children; Mrs.
Wilson Gould of Oakland, "Cnild Culture"
Evening session-Mrs. Louise Maitland OF
Stanfor:, tThe Development of Children as
Seen in Their Drawings" Qllustrated); Miss
Grace Barnard, Notifications of the Kinder
garten System in the Light OF Child Study;
Miss Mary Donnelly, "Unconscious Tuition;
Professor Earl Barness, "Children's Ideas Of
Punishment
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
LIKE THE SUNS LIGHT.
Thus Will Knowledge Come
From the East to the
West.

Brahma charm Boda bhisKshu, the Brah-
min student, who is promulgating theo-
sophical ideas throughout America, spoke
at Native Sons Hall last evening. The
speaker was arrayed in the garb OF high
class Brahmin, which consists of pure
white rooe, a white neckscarf and white
turban. The headdress, which extends
far down on each side of his head, forms
strikt pg contrast with his dark face and
makes the latter seem much more swarthy
than when the turban is removed.
The subject of the Brahmacharin' adj
dress was Religion as a Science" He
has q remarkably fine flow OF language
and poetical conception which he
drew upon copiously for glowing and
striking figures.
There can be no entrance into splr-
ituaI life" he said, unless we lead a
truly unselfish life. This is not preached
on any impulse; 1t is not mere senti-
ment, for it is based upon philosophical,
scientific knowledge. You know Christ
said BLESSED are the pure in heart
There can be no purity without unselfish-
ness.
MAN should have control over his own
mind. He should be able TO say to it,
You are my slave. You must not think
OF things l do not wish to think of. Come
here. l fix you on that thing. Think OF
that"
TIE speaker then explained the process
by which the soul leaves the body during
life. This, he said, was what was meant
in the Bible by fasting forty days and
forty nights. He said that many of his
friends could leave their bodies at will.
Truth comes from the Orient" he
said, in conclusion, ''as the sun which
rises in the east and continues its Jour-
ney, spreading light around the world. 1t
was predicted years ago by European
thinker that eastern ideas would one day
take possession of the west, and that day
is at hand. The western people have
built the form. The spirit will now flo w
in from the east. You may call il
Christianity, you may call it theosophy.
you may call it what you will. You can.
not resist thi. current. The mold is ready
and the blending of the east and the west
is at hand
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26

auce of Mr.. Keefer." said the lady, until
| descended the elevator one day. The
man in charge told me he was missing,
and asked whether | would, like the other
ladies on our floor, put in 50 toward a
fund 10 have his wherea bouts looked up.
Il told the man that l would do moth
ing of the kind as l knew Mr.. Keefer was
dead.
This is how l knew it." Mile. RassIer
explained in all earnestness. 81 had gone
into the bathroom down the hallway the
night previous to water my flowers. as |
do every night. The door was open and
had coed view of the hall.
Strange 3: it might appear, a feeling of
chill and fear came over me. j heard no
noise but something indt finable caused
me to turn and look out into the hall. L
was almost frightened to death when did
40, for right there before me / saw Mr..
Keefer, or what was a white-garoed, deep.
sunken-eyed representation of him. The
vision, for 1T appeared almost transparent
seemed TO float down the hallway. There
was something SO unreal about 1t that il
was ghostly. | did not know then that
there was anything wrong or suspicious
about MIR. Keefer, but 1 felt l was In the
presence of death.
THE ghost, as 1 regard that apparition
now, silently passed from my view az
dissolving mist when it reached the room
door of Mr.. Keefer's apartments"
Some years ago Mile. Hass!er had an
odd experience, which was brought to
her mind yesterday while reviewing her
meeting of Keefer's spirit.
at was on August 3, 1888" she said.
The Winter Garden, a great barn built
for concert and political purposes on the
site of where the Pacific Union Club i.
now, took fire. 1 believe an actor was
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26

the French language, who has been the
mining mans neighbor on the fourth
floor of that edifice, over the City of Paris,
is authority for this statement.
II saw him. she said to a CALL re-
porter yesterday, land l therefore know
OF what am speaking"
Windsor a. Keefer is the welI-known
mining man who was one of the principal
owners in the Jupiter mine in Caiaveras
County. In March last he left this City
for the mines, and the last that was seen
Of him was when he started out hunting
over the mountains with President
Thompso his friend and associate in
Calaveras mines. The two men separated
during the hunt and only one has been
seen since that time. What has become
OF Keefer is a mystery 10 every one but
Mile. HassIer, who is sure he is dead.
Her story is SO fraught with all that is
weird that 1t might well be taken up by
the California Psychical Society.
Il knew nothing about the disappear
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26

burned there. I was then boarding next
door with Mrs. Bessett. The flames shot
over TO the very spot where L stood look
ing at the fire and l would have been
burned to death had it not beer that a
few seconds before some unseen force
pushed me along and out OF the way. l
cannot explain exactly what it was, but l
felt as if l was being kicked about the
heels and q voice seemed to tell me
Move; move away / no sooner had
moved than the flames came over TO thu
spot.on which 1 stood, as If they had been
waited through funnel
So respondent are Keefer's relatives of
his being found that yesterday relatives
opened his room and ctically took
charge of the effects.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
Gists refund the money IL IL falls 10 cure. I5c.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
Turned ON the Gas,

William Robinson, residing at SOL Post
street, turned on the gas in his room yesterday
afternoon al o'clock with the intention of
committing suicide. One of the dodgers de-
tected the door and saved Robinson's life. A
police ofticer was summoned and Robinson
was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where
the application of restoratives brought him
out of danger. He denied that he bad in.
tended TO destroy himself.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
Stolen Milk and Cirurs.

F. Mahoney ana ]. J. Carroll we're found by
officers Miller and Smith on Van Ness avenue
at 3 O'Clock yesterday morning with horse
and buggy, the possession of which they could
not satisfactorily account for. An examina-
ton OF the buggy brought forth q can of milk
and nine boxes of cigars The officers took
the men TO the Central Station and placed
their names on the detention book
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
BROKE INTO A FREIGHTOAR.
Henry Collins Arrested on the Charge
of Burg ary.

of Burg AIRY.
Henry Collins was booked at the City
Prison yesterday by Policemen Ryan and
O'Dea and Special Officer Kinlan on the
charge OF burglary.
On April Is Collins and q companion
broke into freightcar at Seventh and
Townsend streets and stole about $50
worth of brass, which they hid in a lot ad-
joining the branch telephone office at Sew
enth and Townsend.
Two nights later Collins and his friend
went TO the let to remove the brass. The
nIghtwatchman at the telephone office
had been notified to look out for them, and
when he saw them he tried to capture
them. They ran and the nightwatchman an
fired two shots at them, but missed them.
Since then the officers have been look
ing for Collins, and succeeded in arresting
him early yesterday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26

The DOlphius, Outin @

The Dolphin Boating and Swimming Club
held It's yearly picnic in Bohemia Grove in
Sonoma County. The crowd was very large
and the weather, while a little warm, was not
sufficiently tropical TO prevent the pleasure
seekers from having q delightful time dancing
ana strolling among the hills. The picnic was
success in every way.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
KEEFER'S GHOST
SAID TO STALK
Mile. Hassler, the Artist,
Saw the Missing
Mans Spirit.
Was Waited By Her in II e Build.
ing Where the Mining
Man Led ged.
Sic Tells a Weird Story for the
California PsychicaI Society TO
Investigate.

The ghost of Windsor A. Keefer is said
to be nightly stalking through the halls
Of the building at the southeast corner of
Geary street and Grant avenue.
Mile. HassIer, the artist and teacher OF
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
FOR THE GREAT DRILL.

League OF tho Cross Officers Selected
Yesterday.
There was an Important meeting of the
League of the Cross at 1927 Market street
yesterday afternoon at which details were
arranged for the great con test on the 29th.
1t was decided that reserved seat tickets
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-26
cOl!ll!!B!E
BOW En-
x &C.
SPECIAL SAVING SALE
Observation-Disclosures
We never sacrifice quality for price.
but sell below a reasonable
profit sometimes.

Beer Everard's Pure Canada
Malt Lager. Dozen
Pints SI.2S
Quarts $500
BEST on Earth" Equal to Pilse.
ner; Made from imported hops
and brewed bv the highest-salaried
brewmaster in the world; salary,
1000 per year.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped By Mrs Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely
aud been relieved Of their ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication OF their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. Lizzie BEVERLY, s5s Merrimac
St., Lowell, Mass. writes:
"It affords me great pleasure 70 tell
all suffering women of the benefit lhave
received from taking Lydia Z. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound Ieanhard-
ly End words toexpress my gratitude for
what she has done for me. Ny trouble
was liberation Of the womb Iwasun-
der the doctors care. Upon examina-
ton he found fifteen very large ulcers.
but he failed to do me good. took sew
eral bottlesof Lydia L. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine saved my life, and | would
recommend it 10 all suffering women.
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
[ Ctr, N. ". writes:
II took cold at the time my baby
was born, causing me to have mill
legs, and was sick in bed for eigh
weeks. Doctors did me no good.
surely thought would die. was al
SO troubled with falling Of the womb
could not eat, had faint spells a
often as ten times a day. One day
lady came to see me and told me OF tn
benefit she had derived from takin
Lydia E. Pinkhams medicine, and ae
vised me TO try it. l did so. and ha
taken only half bottle before wa
able to sit in a chair. After takin
three bottles could do my own worl
l am now IN perfect health"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

A poor little street Arab WIS brought
into hospital by.the police. lie had
been run over by an omnibus and was
badly injured. The chaplain was sent
for, as it was thought improbable that
the boy would live many hours. With
little tact the chaplain began the inter
view thus: "My boy, the doctors think
you are very much hurt Have you been
a good little boy:'
Boy much bored)-You git aoutl
Chaplain (shocked) But | am afraid
you are not good little boy, and you
know you may perhaps be going to die.
Boy anxious to end the interview -
Well, faint none o. your business any
ow. Wot's me death got to do with
you? Ave you got pal in the corfu
| line.
1t is pleasant to be able to relate tina
the boy finally recovered
Now and then the doctor is believed
to he almost omniscient. A patient in /
military hospital was constantly gettinl
into hot water because he struggled
food into the wards One morning hi
medical officer was about to examin
his throat with laryngoscope. Seein
the little mirror all ready for use tn
mans chum whispered an anxiou
warning from the adjoining bed. =
say, Bill. you'd best ave care. h
moight 'appen to see wot yer lad fc
supper lawst noight. "-Cornhill Mage
zine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

tie sisters aIl wet and iumhled Iauga-
ing In his mothers arms. Dave could
hardly wait 10 touch the dock. bat
sprang ashore. Father. mother. 30
you know what he did
''0h, Dave. did you see II. too: how
can We ever thank him. II IL had not
been for him. II be had not heen there
Just at that moment, Dick says that he
and Mary would have been drowned.
Oh. can't think OF Il: such narrow
escape. And MIR. Thorne lost the race.
too. II was too late To go hack then. -
As Dave understood he held ont his
hand. You've won the cup he said.
swiftly. 'ThOrne. I'm mighty glad. old
fellow
Not L." laughed Thorne; ITS yours,
Of course"
SO that Is why there are two names
on the sloop cup, instead Of one. and
why II stands on the mantel In the clut
house: it's proudest trophy.-New York
| Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

1t j. Just as easy to tell the age Of an
oyster by looking at its she'll as it is to
ascertain the age of a horse by examin-
ing it, teeth, or tree by inspecting
the circles revealed by the AK or saw
when it is laid low. When the oyster is
IS months old, it is as big as q dime;
when year old, it will cover u silver
half dollar, and when ? years old, will
be about the circumference of silver
dollar.
The oyster, unlike the crab, is not
obliged to seek new quarters OF build u
new house every time he grows appre-
Gladly. The extensions that he puts on
his house are clearly marked by we'll
defined ridge.
Oysters are esteemed to be at their
best when between 4 and years of age,
and the planters endeavor to protect the
beds for that length Of time. Oonscien-
tious oyster men--that is men who are
not inclined to kill the goose that lay:
the golden egg-always return to the
bed oysters that arc too young, but IL
case patriarch is brought up, oyel
whose shell the tribes of from 8 to /;
winters and summers have ebbed ant
flowed. he is sent to market where III
rs nut at tine bottom of the heap anG
sold with his younger and more lusciou
eompanions. -Pearson Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

The limits q probability have lately
been puzzling London police magis-
trate. This origin Of his perplexity. ~
given by the Illustrated London News.
Is this:
A young domestic servant tried TO
cash one or two forged checks and was
arrested in the attempt She said ga
gentleman" gave them TO her--a Mr..
Gilbert, whose whereabouts nobody
could trace. That story has been told
too often 10 impress lury-no juryman
likes 70 be made a laughing stcck-but
before a verdict Of guilty" could be
given man fell down dead in the
streets. He was recognized as 1.-The gen
tleman" by the accused woman, and,
sure enough. in his pocket were found
other forged checks similar TO those she
had attempted TO put into circulation
Even MIR. Lane, z. o.. may be- persuaded
that truth really is stranger than fiction
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

One OF the greatest discoveries OF
physiology Is that we once had six
senses. What the lost sense was no
one knows, and probably no one will
ever know. But that our forefathers
possessed II there Is no doubt, for the
remains OF that part OF the brain in
which 1t resided are still to be seen In
any one of us.
These remains are simply small and
now perfectly useless little mass OF
brain substance, called the pituitary
body" 1t consists of two tiny little
oval lobes Joined together. and lying in
little cavity OF the skull, strangely
named the sella turcica, and situated
over and behind the nose.
1t is quite possible that it may have
enabled our forefathers to see in the
dark before lamps and candles were
| invented, or 1t may have placed them
IN communion with ghosts and fairies
| or 1t may have been an organ that en-
abled them TO go home IN bee line
| when they lost their way in the prime
val forests.
On the other hand. 1t IS possible tina
1t was bad substitute for vision o.
smell or hearing, and died out when til,
improved sense organ developed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

A friend of the late DR.. William Pep
per of Philadelphia tells how he could
go to sleep at will. Twill you excuse
me, Mrs. --?'' he would say some
times. ~ could talk with You much
more satisfactorily if had few min
utes nap. Jane, make Mrs. - COM
Portable and wake me in ten minutes. !"
Outside the Office would be crowded
with people waiting to see him-ahout
the Philadelphia museums, the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, the public libra
ries, or about their health, but he
would go into his own room behind the
office, would stretch out on the lounge,
throw rug over his knees and closing
his eyes would be asleep at once. Ten
minutes later he would be reused by his
servant and would at once resume his
conversation with the patient at the
point at which it had been dropped. He
would sleep in his carriage as he was
driven from one appointment to anoth'
er. He would sleep in train, in
strange parlor or library, in private Oh
in public, absolutely indifferent to com
ment.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15

the lee rail sank under water and the
white sails. swelling like a swans
breast. strained In vain to keep ahead
Of the blaek-hulled boat that was using
all the wind its sails could find.
Joe looked at the long ripple OF water
swirling continuously over the rail and
shook his head. Its not our fault. Da-
vie. we can't run against the weather.
old fellow" he said. gently. knowing
his captains thoughts.
They were all silent as the bigger
boat tore along beside them. the sea
snoring heavily under her prov like the
deep laugh OF sea creature Ii would
mean so much to win that race Both
boys felt that more depended on II than
they had thOught-whoeve won the
cup won something else with 1t. And
somehow Dave couldn't help feeling
that Thorne would do anything rather
than be defeated. "Just see IL he doesnt
do something queer before this is over. .
he thought as they swept on over the
rolling, windy sea. Just walt. though
until | get around that first buoy Will
the wind behind me. I've a chanc,
vet, and it's changing TO the east al
ready"
Poor Dave. not a great chance. Ever
after they had started on that long sec
ond leg. where he had trusted to do 5,
much, luck was against him. TIT
northeast wind was as fierce as ever
and still the ''Conqueror'' gained. Dav,
would not look at her. He stared fierce
ly at the great curying sails above him
swollen and stinf with wind. the mas
creaklng and stralning as the little yes
sci staggered bravely on under he
heavy load. Dawes nails were whit
with the grip of his hands on the wheel
And the "Oonqueror's" tiller neve
wayered in Thorne's hard grasp. HI
J eye on the luff OF the sail, his breat
coming short and hard. every though
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-15
The Dog Began the Trouble.

Ole Hanson had trouble with bell
cose dog belonging to his neighbor--a
Russian by the name OF Havya Drenko-
vitskey. The Swede shot the dog as
soon as he discovered that he was not
friendly to him. and the sequel found
him In justices court.
When Ole was propounded interroga-
tories by the attorney for the prosecu-
ton, he evidenced sense OF justice in
framing replies that is rarely witness
ed. What sort OF gun did yoa have.
Mr.. Hanson?" inquired the attorney.
"Es var two-hole shotgun Don't You
think you could have scared him
awayg' AYE might ef aye had moi
bane scare so lax DICKENS maesal.'
why didn't you take the other end OF
the gun and scare him away" Wal
master lawyer, Wy dedn' de dog con
for mae oder end fret ef haze want to
hav mae do Diet way vid him yid Dc
| yun?,