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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
BEAT ING AND WOUHDING,
The Mate of an American Ship
Arrested on Complaint of
the Crew.
One Man Kicked Into Insensibility by
the Chief Officer When on
Watch.

beating and wounding" on the high
seas is getting to be quite common story
on American ships. Every vessel that ar
rives here from an Eastern port has tale
of woe to tell, and either the captain is ar
rested or the mate runs away to escape
prosecution or the boatswain is hauled up
for trial.
Within the last three months the cap
tain of the Shenandoah was arrested, tried
and acquitted; the mate OF the Iroquois
ran away, and, as soon as the men dis
persed, secured a job on the ship St. Mich
olas; the boatswain of the w. T. Babcock
also ran away to escape arrest, but he is
now back on board again, and viii sail on
the vessel when she starts for Honolulu;
the captain of the Susquehanna was also
called before the United States Shipping
Commissioner, and now comes the John
Mcdonald TO round up the number of
complalnants. The men say they were
beaten and thumped by Chief Officer Orr
IN season and out of season, and that some
OF them are now cripples for life in conse-
quence.
According to the story told by the men
Orr was In the habit of taking the sailors
by the hair and trying to find out how
many knocks on the deck it took to make
man lnsensible and yet not dash his brains
out. Then when he was satisfied he would
double up his legs and Jump with his
knees on the PROSTATE man. AS a result
of his i'll treatment, the men say, two of
the crew are now cripples, and the chances
are that they will remain so for life.
AS soon as the ship docked they went
before United States District ATTORNEY
Foote, but before warrant could be served
Orr had disappeared. He will probably
show up at the office of the Shipping Com
missioner tomorrow to get his pay, and
then United States Marshal VIII place
him under arrest.
Mate Orr is well known in San Francisco
ana MS record is not savory one. Four
years ago he was boatswain of the Ameri
can ship Roanoke, and later he secured
position as mate on the ship Tacoma. It
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
FINAL BLYTHE PAPERS.
Two Important Documents Are Filed in
the Probate Court.

Two Important documents ARC It lieu In
the Probate Court.
The Public Administrator has filed his
last account in the Blythe case, and Gen
eral Hart has applied to have the estate
distributed.
The account shows that there is now on
hand in the City treasury $79,842 81 IN
cash belonging to the estate.
On July 1, 1896, from which time the
report dates, there was $92,645 SO. The
receipts swelled this amount to $156, ,931 "a,
and the disbursements reached $77, 1888 80.
Rent is the biggest item included IN the
receipts. These rents were received from
seventy-fve tenants and range from DAVIS
Bros. monthly remittance of $1450 and
that of the City of Paris of $1240 to $50
from Lyons the bootblack and $40 and S12
from others who occupy only one room in
one of the buildings.
The petition for distribution recites a
history of the entire case and ends by
making the usual prayer in such cases.
1t will be heard on January IA. Both doc
uments are very bulky, each containing
nearly 100 pages.
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was on the latter vessel that he first got
into trouble. He and the cook and the
steward did not agree, and in consequence
the galley men got hurt. When the ship
arrived at Boston Orr was arrested and
the usual charge of 'tbeating and wound
ing on the high seas" was placed against
him. AS usual the prosecuting witnesses
disappeared and Orr was released. After
making round trip on the Tacoma Orr
joined the John Mcdonald and made the
trip to San Francisco that will land him in
jail should he ever appear at the United
States Shipping Commissioner Office to
draw his pay.
The complaining witness against Orr is
J. w. Smith. The latter is in hiding, as
he says the mate will kill him on sight
for swearing to the warrant. He is young
man and tells his story in a straightfor-
ward manner. Said he:
1 shipped as IN A. B., but was not qualified
10 MI the position. hau been to sea for
about four years. but only as a cabin-boy,
so l knew nothing about going aloft. I was
beh1ndhand with the boarding-master and he
insisted on shipping me- When I got on the
Mcdonald the chief officer seemed TO take q
dislike to me and from the time we left port
until we reached San Francisco 1t was hell
upon earth for me. On September IS last L
made mistake and then he took me by the
halr OF the mead and thumped me up and down
on the deck. The blood came out of my nose and
mouth, but that did not satisfy him, and when
maae move he jumped on me with his
knees. he broke one of the small bones of my
leg and am cripple now and will be all my
lie in consequence
To make matters worse he made me go out
and oil the foreroyal buntlines. In order to
DO this had to crawl out on my hands and
knees, and the men on watch stood around ex-
pectlng 10 See me fall overheard at any mo-
ment.
The witnesses to the troubles on the
John Mcdonald are John McMeeney, An
drew McGiIl, Peter Nichols, J. w. Smith,
Charles Hendrickson and Peter Jensen.
They say that not only did Mate Orr beat
the men, but that when he got tired Boats
vain Benson took his place and made the
men toe the mark. Should the mate come
to time the whole story will be ventilated
IN open court.
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MINING IN FL DORADO,
A Bid to Capitalists to Develop
Rich and Idle Prop
critics.
Boom in. the Starlight, Pocahontas,
Larkin, El Dorado and Neigh.
boring Claims.

PLACERVILLE,. CAL, Jan. 2. - The
Starlight mine, seven miles southwest of
Placerville,, is making a good showing. In
a recent sixty-hour run with a small Hun
tihgton mill its owners took out $780,
This is the property of San Francisco peo-
pie ard is looked upon as one of the rich
est little mines in the county.
Adjoining the Starlight and near the
famous old Pocahontas, now being re-
opened, is the Independence. This has
three shafts of 65, 20 and 100feet depth and
about 100 feet apart. In early times, when
crudely worked, this property produced
Sl5O,OO0 1t has a continuous vein exposed
over 700 feet, containing very high-grade
ore. 1t is owned by N. w. Mountain and
others of Placerville.
The disposition among people owning
properties but lacking capital to develop
them is gradually gaining ground that the
past unwise plan of holding them at great
prices is to their detriment, and a willing
ness to give favorable bonds to capitalists
is superseding the old-time policy. Bonds
for twelve to eighteen months can be OBJ
tanned in most sections. This alone will
cause many properties to be developed in
this county during the coming year.
Hosting works are completed on the
larkin mine capable of sinking 200 feet,
to which depth the shaft will be sunk,
The ledge grows in width as depth is at
tanned, and the ore is high grade. This is
another of the mother-lode properties.
The Hill brothers of El Dorado have be-
gun work to reopen their mine, four miles
south OF the town. The shaft is down fifty
feet and drifting on the vein develops
good ore.
Harper and Harms, who recently took
$4,000 from pockets on their ranch, will
sluice the entire system of seams and por-
phyry Lodges and sink shafts and run
drifts later on. 1t is predicted that they
will take out large amounts of pocket gold.
They are on the ridge between old Log
town Ravine and the Church Union prop
critics.
The Sacramento Development Company
is reopening the old Snyder mine, three
and half miles south of here. The shaft
is down 140 feet, and will be continued.
The ledge is twenty-three feet wide.
The Sam Kaiser property, near the Tay-
lor mine, has been bonded by San Francisco
people, who are sinking double-compart-
ment shaft.
The old Cram and Berry mine, near
Gainesville, is being reopened. The new
shaft has attained depth of seventy feet.
The ledge from the surface down is twenty
inches wide, and the mill tests of the ore
show 1t to run from SIS to S25 per ton
his is now the property of j. II. Tong of
Gainesville.
The Blakemore mine, fourteen miles
from Placerville, owned by C. L. Blake
more, has its shaft down seventy feet, and
is drifted forty feet on the ledge, which
averages three feet. A mill test shows the
ore value to be $i5 per ton. The sulphurets
upward. The title is United States patent.
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4 IIBKI SUIT BEGUS.
Charge That a. .CoumciIman's Baby Got
Doodle for It's Fathers Vote.

Charge That a. .CostnciInan'S Baby Got
Doodle for Its Fathers Vote.
SAN DIEGO, CALL, Jan. 2.-Suit was
filedin the Superior Court. here to-day by
Fred H. Robinson. mem ber of the City
Council, for $25, 600 damages from the Los
Angeles Times for alleged libel in connec-
ton with the affidavit and deposition late
ly given by Clifton E. Mayne.
:. Mayne had said in his affidavit that
Robinson could not, be approached by him,
but that through another party arrange
ments were made to give Robinson's baby
a present of $1,000, through which Robin
sons vote would. be secured.
In his deposition Mayne reiterated: the
charge, and an article appeared in the
Times of Sunday, December %, purporting
to<be report of,the taking: of the: deposi-
ton.
Robinson alleges that it was not cor
rect quotation of Mayne's words, but was
false and defamatory, and not privileged
matter. -. :.>:..-..
The words printed by: the Times which
are claimed to be libelous are: some man,
Mr.. Robinson, refused TO: take any money
himself, but said that. his. vote would be
given all right if fBabcock would give his
baby, $1,000.
':The vote was: purch ased and the
baby got the Doodle with which to make
8 good honest start IN life when he
reaches mans estate
- These: words are not quoted by the
Times. but follow an Introduction in
which tits made toappear that they are
substantially Mayne' words
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Hannah of engine were dismissed from
the department. the former for being in
toxicated on Christmas day and the latter
on Christmas eve.
Jerry Sweeny was promoted from hose
man of engine II to driver of the Monitor
battery. W. Dinan and George Lahusen
were appointed to engine 0 and Joseph
Pope to engine 80.
The petition OF the Police Department
for permission to use the lot on O,Farrell
street, near Broderick, on which to erect a
station-house, was referred to the Board of
Supervisors with the recomm endation to
transfer the lot to the Police Department
till it should be wanted by the Fire Depart
ment.
In regard to the petition of the boy James
Maloney, who was run over by the wagon
of engine 10, 1t was decided to recommend
to the Board of Supervisors the acceptance
OF his proposition to reimburse him for all
his expenses, as from the testimony it was
shown that the driver of the wagon was al
fault
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He Claims to Have Been Lost
and Had to Drink Horse
HEAVY LIBEL SUIT BEGUN.
A Councilman's Baby Said TO Have
Received Money for His Fathers
Vote,

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Jan. a dispatch
was received from Ensenada to-day giving
a hair-ifting account of the adventures of
/. c. Pease, a reporter and artist OF the
Portland 0regonian, who left this city last
Monday for a horse ebacktrjp to Ensepada.
The story was to the effect that Pease
took the coast trail from Tia Juana and
lost his way Tuesday night, getting into
the mountains, where he could neither
urge. his horse forward nor return. In
desperation the man shot his horse, which
had been injured in stumbling, and drank
its blood to appease his frantic thirst.
The dispatch added that Pease- struck
out on foot, clambering over rocks and
swimming IN the ocean round points for
twenty-four hours, when he met B.
. Nelasquez, who took him 10 Ensenada.
Pease. claimed TO have been without food
:. or water for forty-eight hours. o.:
AS no regular press correspondent is
stationed at Ensenada, and as the story is
fshy in the extreme, it is believed here
that .Pease .conoocted it and sent. it out
himself, either 10 forestall true story of
his misfortunes as a tenderfoot, or to pose
as a hero after his return.
- The fact is that the trail to Ensen2da is
good. one and free of nnouptains and that
no traveller. need drink >horse-hlood unless
he. prefers it to water. Ranches are fre-
quent along the route and plenty Of food
is to be obtained.
:: The yarn about swimming around points
on: the. coastis especially ridiculous, as no
man could face the heavy sea and come
out alive, even If uourished by something
better than the blood OF eQuines.
: Nothing could be learned from Ensenada
tonight, but it. is regarded. as: probable
that Pease is ali right, and that he IS pre-
pairing to record other blood-curdling
feats in the wilds of Lower California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
Foreman Buchanan and Hosemen Hall
and Hannah Dismissed-Petitions
Considered.

The Fire Commissioners had long ses-
sion yesterday afternoon, occasioned by
the trial of a foreman and two other mem
bers of the department..
James Buchanan, foreman of Engine
Company 9. was charged with neglect of
duty in not reporting to his superior Of
ficers the fact that goods had been stolen
by members OF his company from the
premises of Hoffman & Alexander, Bat
terry and Bush streets, during the recent
fire there. The charge was sustained and
he was dismissed from the department..
!, William Hall OF engine Il and James +,
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HIS MOTHERS REQUEST.

why Martin Ansohn Had His Nephew,
Arnold Meyer, Arrested.
Martin Ansohn, the uncle and guardian
OF Arnold Meyer, who was arrested
Wednesday for striking his uncle, is much
disturbed over the stories the boy is tell
ing about his treatment. He says the boy
has been in his charge for two months,
and he has always tried to treat him as
well as he could. He says the boys father
and mother are both living, but neither
can control him; that the boy has an un-
governable temper, and that in a fit of
passion on Wednesday last Arnold struck
him on the head with a stovelift.
The arrest, Ansohn states, was made al
the request of the boys mother. Ansohn
is deaf and dumb, and the boys father-is
similarly afflicted
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Los. ANGELES WEALTH.

4 Much Larger Cash Balance In the
Treasury Than Last Year.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. Jan. 2.-There
was at9 A. NJ. to-day in the county treas
ury $946, $50 46-a cash balance. A year
ago to-day the cash balance was $S01, 900.
The increase is owing to the fact that in
1895 the first installment of taxes paid in
approximated $716,O0O, as against $3.50 900
in 1894. There were more taxes TO collect
and more people paid taxes in full instead
of making only half payments.
This indicated that money was not as
tight in 1895 as it was in November and
Decem ber 1894
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
NEW HOPE WAREaoUsE BURNED.
The lStrHctUre Vas Burned to the Ground
and Greqt Damage Done.

The Structure Vas Burned to the Ground
aud Great DG1lGge Done.
: STOCKTON, CAL, jan. 2.-lGershbacher
& Gross warehouse, ON the Mokelumne
River, three miles westof,, New Hope, was
burned to the ground early this morning.
1t is. supposed that the flames started from
an, engine, which lad been left near the
building with live sparks. in: the furnace.
All efforts TO save the structure or its con-
tents were futile:
The levee near by was burning to-day,
and as there were no facilities for extIn-
gushing the fire word was sent to the
California. Navigation ana improvement
Company TO have. a steamer. sent to the
scene Of the fire at, once.
The entire loss, is estimated at about
$4,000 above the Insurance. In the ware
house were stored 5000 sacks of beans, 1000
sacks of barley and 1000 sacks of potatoes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
An IRArE FATHER-LS-LAK.
He Takes Gun and Lays for the Choice
of His Daughters Heart.

PORTLAND. Or, Jan. 2. - Colonel
Henry Hessen, a prominent member of
the German colony, was arrested to-day
and: placed in jail for trying to kill his
prospective son-in-law last night.
A1brecht Kuestermann and Miss Minnie
Hessen made arrangements to get married
Colonel Hessen, who is impulsive and who
has been estranged from his wife and fam
lily for some time over domestic differences
learned of the intended marriage of his
daughter. He procured gun and laid
for young Keustermann when he left the
house. He tried to perforate the young
man, but failing fed.
To-day Keustermann went to the court
house and got out a license for his mar
riage and q warrant of arrest for his
.father-in-law at the same time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Bakerstteld Officer Shot.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL. Jan. 2.-Officer
Ed Tibbet: was shot in the shoulder last
night by an unknown man, who had been
creating a disturbance in Joe Browns
streets.
The shooting was without provocation.
Tibbet snapped his pistol several times at
the fellow after being shot, but it failed to
go of. The shooter made his escape.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
sToCKroN,s NEW TELEGRAPH.

a lime to BE Stretched 46Iond the San
Joaquin TdIEeY RGiIrOad.
STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. 2.-The Postal
Telegraph. Company viii tomorrow begin
the actual construction of the telegraph
lines to the Stanislaus River along the line
of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.
A large amount Of material is on hand
and a construction train will tomorrow
distribute it along the line of the road.
The holes for the poles are already dug
some two miles out and q large force of
men will be put to work in order that the
line may be completed as soon as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Asphyxiated bx Gas.

Henry Eberhardt, a bartender at the Ahlborn
House, was taken to the Receiving Hospital
Yesterday suffering from gas asphyxiation
HIS room was full OF gas and the jet was turned
on full. 1t is supposed that he had accidentally
turned on the gas on retiring the previous
nlght, as ne had been celebrating New Yaars
day. He will recover
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
LIES LESSON
Teaches You and Teaches ALI That
Mistakes Are Made and Errors
Must Be Corrected.

If you have erred in youth, if you have
dissipated in early manhood, If you have
misused your liver or kidneys you should
begin to put away false notions of pride and
make yourself man complete. Hyou wish
to begin on the right path use the Great
Hudyan. You can get it only from the
Hudson Medical Institute. Hudyan cures
certain forms of lingering, wasting dis
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
Fell Down a Shaft.

William Bowham, night watehman in the
Standard shirt factory, on Cough street and
Ivy avenue, fell down the elevator shaft last
nlght, distance of twenty-five feet. He was
taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was
FOUND that he had sustained a compound frae-
tuTe OF the LETT leg aboye the knee.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03
state Teachers, association.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. AT to-day's
session of the State teachers addresses and
discussions by leading educators of the
State took up the day. The feature of the
afternoon work of the convention was
Physical Culture in the Public Schools"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

To depositors this corporation owes
deposits amounting 10 and the
actual cash value OF which is....
10 stockholders, the amount of
capital paid in, the actual value
of which is.
(The condition OF said liability TO
stockholders is that no part of
the amount can be paid to them
or in any way withdrawn, ex-
cept in payment of losses curing
the existence OF the corporation,
nor until deposltQrs shall have
been paid in full the amount Of
their deposits and declared divi-
dends.)
Contingent fund (ncluding the
amount Of accrued but uncol-
lected interest on Investments.
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Dir. Grant lectured to the teachers tonight
on Yellowstone Park.
TEE TROLLEY FoR Los ANGELES.

Cable Cars HiU Soon Be Thing of the
Distant Past.
LOS ANGELES. CAL, jan. 2.-Cable-
cars will soon be a thing of the past
General Manager Wood of the Los An
geles Railway Company expects to have
electricians on the Boyle Heights, Grand
avenue, West Lake and East Side lines be-
fore the 1st of February, All of the ma
chinery ordered from the East is now in
the power-house.
= 1t would have been possible to have used
electricity on all the cable-reads on the
first day of the new year had it not been
fora three weeks delay in getting the ma
chinery ready for operation, caused by an
accident to big casting that is being
got out in the city
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

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Hudyan cures certain forms of constipa-
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care must be taken in the using of the
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Send for circulars and testimonials of the
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HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

TAINTED BLOOD-ImpuTe blood, due
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ptmples copper-colored spots, ulcers in mouth,
old sores and falling hair. You can save trip
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the old physicians of the Hudson Medical In
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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-03

LIVER-When your liver IS affected you
may feel blue, melancholy, irritable and easily
discontented. You will notice many symptoms
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do not have. You need good liver regulator,
and this you should take at once. You can get
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can About the Liver" sent free.
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ASSEx Il Ss
Pronnissory notes secured by first
mortgage on Real Estate, within
this State and Oregon. The actual
value OF said promissory notes is
Real estate taken for debt. ..:..:....
United States 4 per cent coupon
bonds Of 1907.
(These bonds are owned and
controlled by this corporation
and are kept IN the vaults OF the
National Bank OF Commerce In
New Y ork City.)
Miscellaneous bonds and stocks.
Bonds, evidences OF Indebtedness,
and shares of capital stock OF
corporations upon which this
corporation has advanced. -..
(Al said promissory notes,
bonds, evidences OF Indebted
ness and stock certificates are
kept in the vaults of this cor
poration and In safe deposit
boxes and in the deposit vault
department of the First National
Bank.)
Cash in gold, silver and currency,
the actual value of which is:
In vault t....-.....S 59,571 80
In oank- ..........:.. 26S, 966 81
Furniture Gnd fixtures. s.
Taxes paid in advance. ......-..:....
Total aSsers
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STATE OF CALIFoRNIA
City and County OF San Francisco. -
We do solemnly swear that we have, and each OF
us has, a personal knowledge of the matters con-
tanned in the foregoing report, and that every
allegation, statement. matter, and thing therein
contained Is true to the best of our knowledge and
belief. JAMES d. PHELAN, President.
GEORGE a. STORY, Cashier. =
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day
of December, 1895.
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SS,269,04S eS
Total liabilities.
ea

Total liabilities $S,26S'043 80
MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK OF SAN FRAN,
CISCO.
By JAMES D. PHELAN, President. 20
GEORGE A. STORY, Cashier.
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HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
Stockton. Market and Ellis StS.

KIDNEY Remedies are now sought for by
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have your kidneys put in good order send for
our Kidney Regulator, or better, learn some
thing about your kidneys and how to make the
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Hudson Medical Institute
Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

STATENEE
OF the condition and value Of the Assets and Liza
bilities of THE MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK
OF San Francisco, corporation doing business at
S3 Post street, City of san Francisco, state OF
California, and where said assets situated on
December 81, 1895.
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LIABILITIES.

Total assets. .......... :.