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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
REALTY AT AUCTION.
Result OF the Probate Sale of Shain.
wald, Buckbee Co. Yes
terday.

At noon yesterday Shainwald. BucKbee
& Co. offered at public auction a miscel-
laneous catalogue of City property, COM
prising three offerings belonging to the
estates of Thomas O'Day and Mary Mar
chic The agents express satisfaction with
the outcome of the proceedings, and re-
port the following as the result:
Presidio Heights 5O-vara, on the south
line of Clay street, between Laurel and Locust,
Subdivided into lots 26 :6x127 :S14 each,
two of which sold for $2250 each, one for
$4,000 and the other two for $2050 each; 2422
Bryant street, west line, 260 feet south OF
Twenty-second, cottage of eight rooms and
bath, lot 25x100, sold for $3075, subject to
court confirmation; Dore street, east line, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth and Harrison and Bry-
ant, lot 30xS5, with stable, renting for $50,
sold for $3.50, subject to confirmation; ;
739 Pine street, south line, 4913 feet
east of Powell, two-story bay-window house of
nine rooms and bath. lot l9x60, to Fella place.
$5375, subject TO court confirmation; 729 Nc
Allister street, south line, 125 feet east of Octa
bath, lot 25x120, also all title of present owner
in Ash avenue, II :6x25, sold for $3.50; 2110
Van Ness avenue, east line, 81 g feet north of
Pacific street, frame house of six rooms, mort
gage OF $4,000, sold Tor $15 800, with an "if'' /;
II Clement street, south line, 1916 feet east OF
Second avenue, lot 25x100, five-room and bath
cottage, building and loan mortgage of $4,000.
sold for $2350, with an eff; 934 Nineteenth
street, north lne 90 feet east of Castro, cottage
of five rooms and bath, mortgage of $1700, sold
for $4,000.
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CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
William Foster, Proprietor of the Oriel
Hotel, Arrested.

William Foster, Proprietor of the Oriel
Hotel, Arrested.
William Foster, proprietor of the Oriel
hotel on Market and Page streets, was ar
rested yesterday morning by Policeman
Mccormick and taken to the Southern
police station where a charge of robbery
was booked against him. The complain
ing witness, Josephine Mahoney, who ac-
companied him in the patrol wagon, had a
charge of grand larceny preferred against
her bv Foster.
The young woman is a daughter OF Mrs.
John J.. Coffey by a former marriage. She
told her story to Policeman Mccormick
who arrested Foster
Late Wednesday night, she says, she met
Foster on Mason street, and he asked her
to have supper with him. They had sup
per. and then Foster suggested she should
go with him to his room in the Burlington
Hotel on Market street, as he wanted to
talk over certain matters with her. She
had told him that she had 500 with her,
which she intended taking with her to Los
Angeles and start business there. She
alleges that while in room with Foster at
the hotel he choked and robbed her of the
money.
When Foster was searched, there was no
sign OF the 500, and he denied stoutly that
he had taken il. Foster placed counter
charge of robbing him of a shirtstud
against the woman. Both were released
on bail.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
HYDRANTs FOR OCEAN VIEW
Improvement Club Will Ask for Them
and Other Relief

Improvement Club Will Ask for Them
and Other Relief.
An enthusiastic meeting of the prop
erty-owners of Ocean View was held last
evening at Hughes Hall.
George Thistleton was in the chair.
He spoke of the necessity of the Board
OF Health taking action in declaring a
nuisance the frog pond in the center OF
that district. Further action on this sub-
lect was referred to the committee having
club. - 'ne
The question of appealing to the Board
OF supervisors to urge the Spring Valley
water Company to provide better main
1aclllues Tor that portion of the City was
discussed. 1t was stated that on Plymouth
street, from Sycamore to Minerva, a dis
lance OF five blocks, there were only five
MIGRANTS, and on Sycamore 10 Capital, one
biock, there were but two hydrants, max
ing III all but seven hydrants for the entire
district. These with the small mains now
IN use were considered entirely inadequate
in case of fire. A committee of three was
appointed to wait on the Fire and Water
committees of the Supervisors and show
the necessity cf better protection in this
direction.
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before the critical audience. 1t is in the
shape of tower of scantlings, placed
crosswise for mutual support, leaving a
square hollow in the center, which is
taken up by continuance resembling an
elevator compartment with the bottom
knocked out of it. The elevator shaft, as
it were, up and down which this compart-
ment runs, is supported by float or raft,
calculated to rest on the surface of any
body of water such as river or lake the
bottom of which is to be explored.
AS soon as it is deemed advisable to
work it the float is anchored and the ele-
vator shaft allowed to sink to the bottom.
Next the inverted elevator compartment
is forced down to a resting place within
seven feet of the bottom, and. by means
of force pumps, all the water below it is
driven out, allowing ample space Tor work
men to investigate the soil or perform
any other duty incidental to river mining
The miners are provided with separate
passage from above to reach the diving
bell, and through this passage and an
other on the further side they can send
up all the heavy material they discover.
1t makes absolutely no difference how
long the workmen are under water, as
the pumps above furnish them with pure
air, and the amount of auriferous matter
they gather is carried to the surface by a
suction pump, the nozzle of which is in
the bell.
The whole thing is made of iron. and in
it is an electric light and a telephone, by
means of which the desires of the miners
are made known to the men on the float
above.
The invention is that of J. Madison
Thorp. Native Son of the Golden West,
who resides in San Jose.
The mining engineers who viewed the
work of the model yesterday claim that it
mining in this State than have the mil
lions of dollars already spent.
AS an instance it was stated that the
English syndicate that spent over 81, 500, 900
to develop their property on the Feather
River could have saved more than half
that amount with such device as the
youngster from San Jose has presented.
The new device is simply portable shaft
which can be f1oated anywhere on the
river and the shaft sent down to the bot
tom. This being done the river bed can
be examined and worked or abandoned ac-
cording to the prospects of success. There
Is but little expense in manipulating it,
and the work is rapid.
Under the present system of river min
ing 1T is accepted as a matter of fact that
all river beds in countries where either
quartz or hydraulic mining has been con-
Quoted, serves as natural rifle in which
line gold washed away must have settled.
TO get this gold it has heretofore been
necessary TO build costly dam and turn
the waters of the river into fiume, to be
deposited back in the bed of the river,
thousands of feet below. The inter-
mediate river bed being left waterless
it could be worked. But the expense of
such an undertaking and the great chances
of 1T being valueless claim have caused
thousands OF miles of waterways to be un-
explored.
The present patent of ]. Madison
Ihorp's will permit the miners to move
along the river surface and peep
into every crevice. It is to river mining
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
She Has Been Acquitted by a
Jury by Reason of
Insanity.
THE PRISONER IS OVERCOME.
A Herculean Fight Made by the
Prisoners Friends in the
Jury.Room.

Mrs. Jane Shattuck has been acquitted.
Twice she was tried for the murder of
Harry Poole; once convicted of murder in
the first degree ard sentenced to imprison-
ment for life. She secured a new trial
from the Supreme Court and now, on the
second trial, which has just closed, she
has been acquitted.
Judge Belcher charged the jury yester-
day morning, and at quarter to II o'clock
the jurvmen were ushered out of court un-
der the charge of the bailiff.
There was no sign from them during the
afternoon, and the crowd which at first
fingered about the courtroom, gazing at
the prisoner and the single friend who sat
with her during the waiting hours, soon
thinned out. There was lengthy strug-
gle going on. and it was not until after 9
o'clock last night that the jury sent for
Judge Belcher and announced that ver-
dict had been reached. Mrs. Shattuck
shifted nervously in her chair during the
calling OF the jury, and when the verdict
was given, Not guilty, by reason of insan-
lty," she uttered a shrek and fell forward
unconscious.
The iurymen in favor of acquittaI had
made herculean struggle. When the
first ballot was taken the vote stood to 4
for acquittal. Then after over an hour it
changed to to 3. Then came more hours
of hard talking and once more the vote
changed this time to IL to 1. The one man
held his ground stoutly, and it was not
until the others agreed to add 'by reason
of insanity" to their verdict that he finally
cast his ballot for mot guilty"
1t is some years since Harry Poole was
killed. He was the lover, some say the
intended husband, of Mrs. Shattuck's
daughter, ''Truly," who was then chorus
girl in the Tivoli. He received note
from the girl one day asking him to call
on her, saying furtner that her mother
was very sick, and if he wished to see her
alive again he must come at once. He
went to the house, and there he was con-
fronted by Mrs. Shattuck, who demanded
that he promise to marry her daughter.
He refused, and the infuriated mother
shot him dead.
After her conviction Mrs. Shattuck was
sentenced to the State prison for life. She
was sent over to San Quentin, but in the
meantime an appeal to the Supreme Court
for an order demanding new trial was
vigorously prosecuted. The Judge had
charged that the jury might look with a
certain degree of suspicion upon the testi-
mony which the prisoner gave in her own
behalf, and upon that point a new trial
was granted. She has been tried again
and Mrs. Shattuck is now free. She was
sent IN a cab to the home Of friend, by
her attorney, Carroll Cook.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
The New Invention for Mining Floating
Down the Stream.

and that it shall be held as security pend
ing the decision in the case now in the
court.
This caused the attachment that was
served on Manager Morgenstern of the
California Theater to be released, and Pad
erewski's income is in no further danger OF
being held for his managers legal diff
Guilty.
For some unexplained reason, however,
deputy sheriff is still hunting the plan
ist with a subpoena to compel bim to
appear before Justice Kerrigan and ex-
plain the financial relations existing be-
tween himself and his manager.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

the universities of the United States pos
sess buildings OF any architectural impor-
tance.
In consideration of the failure of this
competition there seems to be but one
course to be pursued by the regents. That
is 10 declare none of the designs submitted
to be worthy of execution and to prepare.
with the help OF their professional ad-
vlsers, code OF competition in accordance
with the accepted mode of legitimate ar
chltectural practice. This course the re-
gents declare to be now impossible for
the reason that the appropriation act of
the Legislature requires that q certain sum
OF money shall be expended in building
operations by certain time. This NAV
De an unfortunate provision of the law
OUT IL would pale into insignificance in
comparison with the misfortune of having
another unsightly group of buildings
aooeo to the list OF public ediices to which
no Gitlzen OF taste can refer with pride.
II the regents were to direct portion
OF their zeal to expend SO much money in
SO much time to an intelligent effort to
procure designs for their buildings that
would by the dignity of composition and
simplicity of design reflect some credit on
their taste IN architecture, they would in a
measure fulfill their duty as officials ex-
alted to public office.
In the matter of procuring designs for
the new municipal buildings, the same Ia
mentable programme has prevailed. 1t is
true that the number of competitors was
trebled, but their professional STANDARD
was at the same low level.
The increase in number is accounted
for by the fact that four secondary pre-
miums, or prizes, were offered, which was
not the case in the competition for the
animated colleges. But the new muni-
clpai buildings are in the hands of the Su-
pervlsors, and no more, or even as much,
was or could be expected.
with the regents it is, however, diff
1erent matter and more outrageous vio-
latlon of the artistic welfare of the COM
munlty, for the regents are gentlemen of
prominence and influential position in the
state and are supposed to possess a su-
perlor order of good taste and intelligence.
The regents or the Board of Supervisors
can neither one plead that proper profess
slonal advice was not at hand. We have
IN the City society composed of about
one hundred artists whose avowed pur-
pose 1t is to supply just such information
as the regents and the Supervisors require
under these circumstances. 1t is called
the Guild of Arts and Crafts"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

stomach. Frequently he doesn't even
know whether the thing he eats is going
to agree with him or not. The things that
please his palate most are often the worst
likely to cause him misery and sleepless-
ness. His first trouble was very slight
very sirnple-very easy to cure. He ate
something indigestible and it stuck some
place in his digestive system. He ate moro
things and they stuck. Part of his diges-
ton stopped altogether-that is constipa-
ton
Constipation is so common that more
than half the people in America are trouo-
led with it. 1t is so serious that nine
tenths of the sickness of the world iS
traceable directly to this common cause.
A mans health and strength depend upon
what he gets out of his food. This depends
on his digestion. Constipation Stops urges
ton Anybody can see that. Inc COM
mouest kind of common sense Will TEX
YOU that. When digestion stops, nutrition
stops. and the whole body IS thrown out
of order.
The wav to start digestion is to remove
the obstruction. The way to do that is to
take DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
are a positive cure for constipation and
its attendant ills headaches, sour stom-
ach Aatulence, dizziness, biliousness and
Hheartburn." They are very gentle in.
their action. They simply assist nature. (
They give no violent wrench to the system. /
They cause no pain, nor gripping, nor dis
comfort of any kind.
You can get free sample of from to !
doses, by addressing Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, No. 663 Main Street, |
Buffalo, N. Y.
If a druggist tries to sell you some.
thing just as good" transfer your
trade to another store. He is sacrificing
your interests to his own pecuniary
advantage.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Calculated to Revolutionize River
Mining in the United
States.
ELATED MINING ENGINEERS.
Millions of Dollars Heretofore Hope.
lessly Submerged Will Be Brought
to the Surface.

All the high-priced mining engineers
who are with John Hays Hammond in
Johannesburg cut little figure as compared
to the number of members of their pro-
fession who assem- bled Yesterday morning
in room 50 at $50 Pine street They were
there neither under compulsion nor for
p lay, but purely and simply to look into
the merits of a mining device which, they
claim, must revolutionize river mining
and prove one of the greatest boons with
which California has ever been blessed.
The thing, for it has no other name,
unless it might be called second cousin
to diving bell, was placed in operation
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
MISSING PAPERS RETURNED
Documents in the Case of Marceau VS..
MaloneY Brought Back.

Documents IN the Case OF Marceau VS..
Maloney Brought Back.
The papers in the case of Marceau vs.
Maloney that were missed from among
the documents in the Justices clerks Of
flee few days ago have been returned to
their place as mysteriously as they disap-
peared.
When the clerk went yesterday to look
for other papers in the cabinet from which
they were taken he was surprised to find
the much desired documents. 1t is be-
Heved that the person who took them,
either by mistake or design, saw that there
was probability of an investigation and
hastened to return them at the first oppor-
tunity.
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sured to all. abhor bloodshed and darkness.
and adore light and liberty. In this am an
anarchist.
The present tempest is but transitory. After
the season of commotion the sweet season OF
peace and well-being for all will come. For
even now behind the cloud the sun is shining.
That is my faith. Yours truly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
THE MAYOR WILL VETO.
Sutro Is Not in Favor of the Bituminou
Rock Ordinance.

Sutro Is Not in Favor of the Bituminous
Rock Ordinance.
Mayor Sutro stated yesterday that he
would veto the ordinance recently passed
by the Board of Supervisors, fixing the
quality and composition of the bituminous
rock to be used in paving the streets of
this City. He gave as reason that Sec
tions of the ordinance discriminate against
certain owners of bitumen deposits, and
that the order should be so amended as to
remove this difficulty.
The main objection is that the ordinance
does not permit the mixing of sand in the
bitumen and that the rock must be placed
in the kettles in its native state. 1t is ex-
pected that the order will be passed over
the veto.
In one season the rice yield in the Ran
COON province of India has exceeded
1000, 600 tons.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
HUNTING PADEREWsKI.

A Deputy Sheriff Wishes to Serve a
Subpoena on the Pianist.
Neither Paderewski nor his manager,
Hugo Goerlitz. appeared in the Justice
courts yesterday on the order of examlna-
tion issued to the latter few days ago, for
a postponement was obtained by Delmas
d Shortridge, his attorneys. The virtu-
oso's manager filed an agreement yester-
day stating that the $500 bail put up at the
time of his arrest is his separate property,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
ON LINCoLN's BIRTHDAY.
Lincoln Post No. 1 Celebrated Will
Fitting Patriotism.

Fitting Patriotism.
Lincoln's birthday was patriotically cele-
brated last evening at the Lincoln Post
room of the G. A. R.
The opening remarks were made by the
commander of the post, Harry w. Morti-
mer. He spoke briefly of Lincoln as be.
ing product that only America could
produce.
The orator of the evening, the Rev.
William RAIDER, followed with an address
on the life and services of the statesman:
He reviewed the emanciparor's life and
spoke of his noble character.
The speaker in concluding dwelt elo-
quently on that terrible tragedy which
ended Lincoln's career. 1.-The shot that
terminated that noble life, - said he, ''re-
sounded over the entire world"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Knocked Down bx a Car.

Fred Raskey, 5 years of age, who lives with
his parents at Sixth and Howard streets. was
taken TO the Receiving Hospital last evening
suffering from fracture of the right thigh.
He and three other boys were taking in the
ramento street at Dupont in front of a car. He
was not quick enough, and the car struck him
and knocked him down
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
NEW TO-DAY.
THE pain that some
times strikes a man

- JAAA4 $1,000
times strikes a man
at the most inoppor-
tune moment is due
to indigestion. II
may come in the
midst of a dinner
and make the feast
a mockery. It is a
reminder that he
may not eat what
he chooses, nor
when he chooses.
He is a slave to the
weakness of his
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

what the diamond drill is to quartz min
ing, sure test of what is to be found with
out going to any great financial outlay.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

'REAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA co.'s
Teas, Coffees and Spices
Best and Cheapest. Try Them.
Pretty presents given away free.
OF Market ST., s. F. Headquarters.
BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
GRAND OPERA.

The Great Guile to Sing "Faust"
Tonight at the Baldwin.
Chevalier Guile will sing the title role
IN Faust at the Baldwin Theater to-
night, and at the matinee tomorrow he
will be heard as Manrico in "Trovatore. !"
The cast for to-night will be:
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Acknowledged by All.

tomorrow night sTannnauser" will b
given, with Nine. Tavary as Elizabeth.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-17
Is me Kaiser nrad2

This is question which is now freely
discussed in this country, and In view Of
this factit is interesting to note that sew
eral Of his majesty's H0henzollern prOgen-
itOrs were either insane or close ON the
verge Of lunacy.
Frederick l of Nuremberg for example,
who is regarded as the founder of the
house of Hohenznllern, was one Of the
most eccentr rio rulers Of his time. 1t was
he who invented the Nuremberg nader"
that fearful instrument Of torture in
the shape of a woman, whose arms, stud
ded with spikes, pierced the body Of the
victim until he died. This monarch had a
veritable craze for watching his fellow
creatures suffer.
Then again Albert, the grandson OF
Frederick, was a madnan. He was en-
dowed with great physical strength and
used to knock his subjects down at every
opportunity just for the fun of the thing.
George William, the second duke OF
Prussia, spent a considerable portion OF
his reign under restraint for mental dis
ease. He thought himself god and in
sisted upon people worshiping him-a pc
ouliarity that seems to be developing IN
William II.
Frederick, the first king Of Prussia, suf'
fered from montal trouble, and Frederick
William " lost his reason after the revo-
luton of 1S4S.-Pearson' Weekly.
Milford chronicle., 1896-04-17

J. A. Ramage, a district preacher Of
SEWER county, Tenn, is now engaged in
interesting the upper portion of that coun-
ty in the mysteries of a new theory as to
the end of the world
The theory is that the world is ilat, like
q barrel head. The theorist claims this is
original with him and the Bible, but his
tory says it was the starting point of our
present orange shaped world He says the
plate Of earth revolyes as it pleases and is
governed solely and completely by its own
sweet will, going thither and coming
hither, also vice versa, without regard for
the burdensome laws Of gravity or respect
for the claims of the solar and other OBJ
ieotionable heavenly bodies.
Then the theorist goes into details which
will be valuable to the scientific world,
He represents the world as being set, fat
as it is, upon four props, ono at each cor
ner, and the most interesting phase of the
prop feature is that they are made of locust
wood
And the theory still further continues
with the startling statement that these To-
Gust props will some time rot and decay,
and when they do so the world VIII fall to
some kind Of space, striking with dull,
sickonlng thud and burst into fragments
and molecules, atoms and such indivisible
objects of physical matter.
The Sevieryille divine is actually preach
ing his astounding doctrine and tho upper
corner of SEWER county is delving deep in
the mysteries Of the new theory,
vile Sentinel