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16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1896. GORI DENIES ALL BAD INTENTIONS, Says Prince Luigi of Savoy Is Quite a Harmless Boy. WOULD NOT INJURE HIM. The Anarchist Apologizes for Those Who Have Thrown Bombs, *IS BUT SIMPLE RETALIATION.” In a Letter to “The Call” Gori Excor- iates the Governments of the World, The story published in THE CArL that Prince Luigi of Savoy had been shad- owed since his arrival in this City by Pietro Gori, the most noted of Italian anarchists, created a decided impression yesterday, both in the colony and among Americans who have met the pleasant, unassuming young Prince. Few of the voung man's compatriots were willing to discuss the matter pub- licly, however, and both the daily Italian papers kept absolute silence on the sub- ject. On the one hand the Prince has the good will of his compatriots, both on ac- ccunt of his own agreeable personality and also because he is a member of the popu- lar House of S8avoy. On the other hand, Gori already has a large following here, and his eloquence is rapidly making him more friends and admirers in the Italian colony. Speaking guardedly on the subject yes- terday one Italian resident of this City saia: “None of us fear that Gori will perform any act of violence. Heisthe sort of man who influences others with his words; if he strikes at ali he does it second hand.” Pietro Gori himself, when asked point blank whether the advent of the Cristoforo Colombo had anything to do with his simultaneous arrival in this City, scorn- fully laughed and _sai “I have mno ill will to the Prince. He is a harmless boy, and the highway in America is wide enough for us both. I\Iy'propagnnda is‘ not made with bombshells. As always happens when Pietro Gori begins to talk in the public room of his inn at North Beach, a crowd of workmen at once began to gather round and listened eagerly to the words of wisdom that fell from his lips. When asked whether he had found any anarchists among his fol- lowers he said, *‘No, but I am sowing the seeds that will raise them.”” : Althougn he glories in the name of anarchist Gori objects to being considered the preceptor of Santo Casario. “I want tnat statement denied,” he said, emphati- | cally. *‘Itis doing me the wrong that was done in Europe. In justice to myself I beg that the letter of contradiction I have sent may be published.” The following is a translation of the letter which Pietro Gori sent to THE CavrL: SAN FRANCISCO, February 14. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In the interview published in yesterasy's CALL | speaking of the relations between me and Santo Ciesario the expression is applied to mo that was adopted by the capitalistic European press, when, during the trial st Lyons, it be- came known that Casario had attended my dis- | courses at Milan, that he had been defended by me when the Government tried him, both before the Milanese Tribunal and before the Court of Appeals. Iam called ‘‘the preceptor of Carnot’s essassin.” Why not call me the sharpener of the homocidal dagger? 1 defy any one to prove that in my public or private discourses, in my articles or in my 00ks, 1 have ever advocated bomb throwing or blows to solve the social problem. Itis the example of the varioas Governments, of the brigand-like education given by them it is the shot fired &t the people when they are starving and raise thieir voices 10 mensce the orgie of the surfeited; itis all the panoply of ‘brutal force, from money to guns, placed atthe disposition of & parasite minority, which teach the people the lesson of armed violence. The privations, the griefs, the persecutions, the bitter derisions, the provocation offered by the luxury of the rich flaunted in the faces of the working classes, all the social hell caused by the present organized iniquity—these are what exasperate and madden so many hearts, which should have been born to love, instead of learning to murder. This inferno of modern conditions makes from time to time vindicators, sometimes le- f&lflmnwl 80, of the holiest and most sacred ights of humanity. The dagger thrusts, these throwing of bombs which blind society and its rulers attribute to some plot or faction, are only the lightning flashes of all the concentrated electricity. of hate and suffering which compose. and that by our own fault, the present social atmos- phere, To the eyes of the calm sociologist these £ymptoms may appear grand and tragic sym- bols of & social convulsion. The Vaillands, the Caserios, the Pallas, the Heneys—read their own statements—they were anarchistic-social- ists without doubt. But what forced them to protest with howls and knives? Perhaps it was a doctrine like anarchy, which rests on an instinctive love of Iiber:y, on a desire for the well-being of all men? No! their theory was love, but they found only hatred; the ferocity of the mighty-over- shadowed their way. They wln!efliherty— and the only liberty given them was that of dying of hunger when they protested en- ergetically, and then the European Govern- ments gagged the mouth of the press. In Siaily and in Lunigiana they shot by hundreds the famished peasants. In France the miners were barbarously ill-treated by the capitalists while defending their privileges. At the examples of collective violence their impulsive natures broke all bounds and they retorted with individusal violence. It was sad, verhaps, but natural. The preceptors of violence were then with few exceptions the rulers of the people. The time will come when humanity will end this terrible tragedy. To-day, smid the con: flicting interests of different classes, it is use- less to affirm and demonstrate that one wants the good of all. Contemporaries are never Judges of & revolution and in the eyes of people ofthe present those advancing to a better con- ion of ngs generally seem liks of bloodshedders: ¢ 2 peleands It has always been thus from Christ to Spadl'le: irom Danton to Garibaldi, It is so 10-day. I bave said that I knew Santo Caserio for 00d and honest boy, loving his mother -n3 iis work and eager for reform. He killed and he has been killed. What more does the ven. detta of the law want? Impartial people will say, with the young and illustrious socialist, William Ferréro, “One wmust pass through the same sufferings and the same griefs that he passed through before judging what he did.” Asfaraslhad to do with teaching him my conscience is tranquil. What I have written and saia for the last ten vears on social questions has been said openiy, and those who know me know my sen- timents and actions, both at home and abroad. 1 fight for life, not for death; for a living as. sured to all. I abhor bloodshed and darkness, and I adore light and liberty,' In this Iam 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, PIETRO GORL 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- chio. The agents express satisfaction with the outcome of the proceedings, and re- port the following as the result: A Presidio Heights 50-vara, on the south | line of Clay street, between Laurel aud Locust, | was subdivided into lots 26:6x127:8!{ each, | two of which sold for $2250 each, one for §2200 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 30x85, with stable, renting for $20, sold for $650, subject 'to confirmation; {739 Pine street, south line, 49)g feet i east of Powell, two-story bay-window house of nine rooms and bath, lot 1960, to Fella place, $5375, subject to court confirmation; 729 Mc- Allister street, south line, 125 feet east of Octa- via, bay-window residence of nine rooms and bath, 10t 25x120, also all title of present owner in Ash avenue, 17:6x25, sold_for $6750; 2110 Van Ness avenue, east line, 91:8 feet north of Pacific street, frame house 0f six rooms, mort- gage ot $4500, sold for §15,300, with an “ir"; 7 Clement street, south 1ine, 82:6 feet east of Second avenue, 10t 25x100, five-room and bath cottage, building and Jorn mortgage of $2000, sold for $2350, with an ‘“1f”; 934 Nineteenth street, north line, 95 feet east of Castro, cottage of five rooms and bath, mortgage of $1700, sold for $2300. POOLRODHS DITRESSE Five Races Decided Before the “Dens” Learned of a Single Winner. ] Business Is Falling Off and There Is No Sunshine in Glasgow or Pauper Alleys. Instead of a “standing room only” sign aplacard will soon be seen displayed in front of the poolrooms bearing the in- scription *‘men wanted.”” The play in the barn on Glasgow alley was so light yester- day that no gas was needed for illumina- ting purposes, and it issaid the proprietors seriously think of cutting down wages. From bad the service has gone Lo worse. | The empty-headed spectators who formerly | poured their loose wealth into these dens | have grown wary lest they put their coin | on a horse that has already been num- bered among the also rans, for the returns | from Ingleside are slow, very slow in reaching the rooms. Thescouts with their | code of signals that were sent to the track | have stcod in all sorts of conceivable po- isitions, blown smoke in the air, twirled | canes and scratched tueir heads—and now | the keepers of the illegal joints are scratch- | ing. The fifth race was decided at Ingleside yesterday at 4:39 . M., and until 4:52, thirteen minutes later, the poolrooms had not received the result of a single race. At this time they managed to get the winners of the second, third and fifth races, still being in ignorance as to the placed horses in the first or fourth events. They had a sorry smattering of jockeys | and prices on the opening event. They | first announced Seven Up a winner, but later this was corrected. At 2:40, just twenty-three minutes after the race had been declded, Billy Vice was scratched, but at 8:50 an announcement was made ‘‘that they thought he had started.” | The odds were posted some minutes be- | fore the pencilers at Ingleside began book- | Ing. Wrong riders were posted on six of the starters in the second event, including | the first three horses past the wire. Ida | Sauer and Bebolink, both seratched horses, had jockeys up and odds opposite their names. Artist was quoted at twos with Doggett up, while at the track he was a 10 to 1chance, and was ridden by T. Mec- Hugh, Bobolink was finally scratched three hours and fifty minutes after his en- try had been made at the track. Two hours elapsed before the result of the race was known. : The same conglomeration and mixture of odds and jockeys was apparent among the starters in the third race. Repeater, Moderocio and Cabrillo were not scratched until 5:10, one hour and forty-six minutes after the horses had passed the finishing post. On the poolroom boards Cabrillo was a 3 tolchance, with Tod Sloan up. Doyle was held at 12, while 300 to 1 was laid against him on the track. Moderocio was another 3to1 chance with Cochran up. Boreas had McHugh up and was 8 to 1. Both horses were scratched during the forenoon. The ‘‘commission houses” again beat the Ingleside pencilers in posting their odds up against the starters in_the fourth race, having their prices up six minutes in advance of them. They evidently favor- ed George Miller very strongly, for he was gosted an 8 to 5 chance with Cochran up. leaty of 5 to 1 could be had against him at the track, and Coady landed him a winner. Mainstay was held at 4, and 40 to 1l was laid at the track. The result of this race was one hour in reaching the rooms. The ‘“grafting factories” were sadly amiss on the fifth event. Rebellion, a scratched horse, was chalked up a 7 to5 favorite with Sloan up, and the dealers did not scratch him until one hour and five minutes after the race was decided. Book- ing on this race was also begun before odds were marked up at Ingleside. How much longer theseiniquitous dens will be allowed to continue in their nefari- ous calling is the question being asked by all law-abiding citizens. As their business dwindles away and the “sack’ diminishes they will in all probability be raided and be dead for all time. hy they are al- lowed to run no one seems able to guess. THE MAYOR WILL VETO. 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 Tock to be used in paving the streets of this City. He gave as a reason that sec- tions of the ordinance discriminate against certain owners of bitumen deposits, and that the order shouid 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. It isex- pected that the order will be passed over the veto. In one season the rice yield in the Ran- goon province of India has exceeded 1,000,000 tons. p Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY_ PURE EXPLORING THE - RIVER BOTTOMS, Clever Scheme of a Young Inventor From San Jose. PORTABLE DIVING-BELL. 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 assembled vesterdav morning in room 52 at 330 Pine street. They were there neither under compulsion nor for play, 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 namg, unless it might be called a second cousin to a diving tell, was placed in operation 2z Yy I So\boas --'m-w;u Miners at Work in the Diving Bell at the Bottom of the River. before the critical audience. It is in the shape of a tower of scantlings, placed crosswise for mutual support, leaving a square hollow in the center, which is taken up by a contrivance resembling an | eleyator 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 a float or raft, calculated to rest on the surface of any body of water, such as a 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 fresting place within seven feet of the bottom, and, by means of force pumps, all the water below it is driven out, allowing ample spuce for work- men to investigate the soil or perform any other duty incidental to river mining. The miners are provided with a separate assage from above to reach the diving Eell, and through this passage and an- other on the further side they can send up all the heavy material they discover. It makes absolutely no difference how long the workmen are under water, as the pumps above furnish them with pure air, and the amount of auriferons 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, a 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 will be the means of doing more for river mining in this State tban have the mil- lions of doliars already spent. As an instance it was stated that the English svndicate that spent over $2,500,000 to develop their property on the Feather River could have saved more than‘half that amount with such a device as the youngster from San Jose has presented. The new device is simply a portable shaft which can be floated 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- mf it is accepted as a matter of fact that all river beds in countries where either 3113": or hydraulic mining has been con- lucted, serves as a natural riffle in which fine gold washed away must have settled. To get this gold it has heretofore been necessary to build a costly dam and turn the waters of the river into a flume, 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 it being a valueless claim have caused thousands of miles of waterways to be un- explored. ..The present patent of J. Madison Thorp’s will permit the miners to move along the river surface and peep into every crevice. Itis to river mining|l - what the diamond drill is to quartz min- ing, a sure test of what is to be found with- out going to any great financial outlay. ON LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. Lincoln Post No. 1 Celebrated With 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 a product that only America could produce. The orator of the evening, the Rev. ‘William Rader, followed with an address on the life and services of the statesman. He reviewed the emancipator’s life and spoke of his noble character. The speaker in concluding dwelt elo- quently on that terrible trnzedg which ended Lincoln’s career. ‘‘The shot that terminated that noble life,”” said he, ‘‘re- sounded over the entire world.” — HUNTING PADEREWSKI. A Deputy Sheriff Wishes to Serve .a Subpena on the Pianist. Neither Paderewski nor his manager, Hugo Goerlitz, appeared in the Justice courts yesterday on the order of examina- tion issued to the latter a few days ago, for a postponement was obtained by Delmas & Shortridge, his attorneys. The virtu- 0so’s manager filed an agreement yester- day stating that the $600 bail put up at the time of his arrest is his separate property, A Bolder Being Lifted From the River Bottom. 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 manager's legal diffi- culty. For some unexplained reason, however, a deputy sheriff is still hunting the pian- ist with a subpena to compel bim to appear before Justice Kerrigan and ex- plain the financial relations existing be- tween himself and his manager. CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. ‘Willinm 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 tbe 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, bad a charge of grand larceny preferred against her bv Foster. The young woman is a daughter ot Mrs. John J. Coffey by a former marriage. told her story to Policeman McCormick who arrested Foster. Late Wednesday night, shé says, she met Foster on Mason street, and he asked her to have supper with bim. ‘They had sup- per, and then Foster suggested she should €1° with him to his room in the Burlington otel on Market street, as he wanted to talk over certain matters with her. She had told him that she bkad $100 with her, which she intended taking with her to Los Angeles and start a business there. She alleges that while in a room with Foster at the hotel he choked and robbed her of the money. When Foster was searched, there was no sign of the $100, and he denied stoutly that he had taken i, Foster placed a counter charge of robbing him of a shirtstud against the woman. Both were released on bail. e MISSING PAPERS RETURNED. 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 clerk’s of- fice a few days ago have been returned to their gluce 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. Tt is be- lievea that the person who took them, either by mistake or design, saw that there Was a probability of an investigation and :ms[.:ned to return them at the first oppor- unity. ——————————— GRAND OPERA. The Great Guille to Sing “Faust” To-Night at the Baldwin. Chevalier Guille will sing the title role in “Faust” at the Baldwin Theater to- night, and at the matinee to-morrow he will be neard as Manrico in “Trovatore.” The cast for to-night will be 2Mile, Lichter “Mme. Tomling Mme. Romani _The Chevalier, A. L. Guilie -Signor Abramoft Max Eugene H. Dudley T will be With Mme. Tavary as Elizabeth. ————— Acknowledged by All. QREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.’S Teas, Coftees and Spices Best and Cheapest. Try Them. Pretty presents given away free. 52 Market st., S. F. Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERY WHERE. Wagner. ‘To-morrow night ““Tannbauser’ given, She | SN FRANCISCO WATER 1S PURE Chemists Rendered Reports * to the Board of Health. ONE SINGLE EXCEPTION. The Spring Valley Supply Said to Be Generally of Good Quality. MADE A RIGID INVESTIGATION. The Statements Favorable to the Company—Lake Honda May Be Condemned. San Francisco’s water supply is, in the main, as good if not better than that of any city of large size in the United States. Such is the consensus of opinion of the chemists who were recently furnished by the Board of Health with samples of water for the purpose of analysis. A Some months ago Mayor Sutro conceived the idea that the fluid supplied by the Spring Valley Company was not fit for drinking purposes, and he demanded that the board condemn a number of the com- pany’s reservoirs, notably Lake Honda and Laguna de la Merced. The board did not believe the water should be declared unfit for use unless a careful investigation proved that such was the case. Inorderto put the matter to the most thorough test possible the board, in company with the Mayor and a number of noted chemists and bacteriologists, vis- ited Laguna de la Merced, Lake Pilarcitos, Lake San Andreas, Crystal Spring Lake, the pumping station at Belmont, where water is received from the eastern side of the bay; the reservoirs at College Hill, University Mound, Russian Hill, and, in fact, every storage place whence water is su(:rplied to the San Francisco public. With the utmost care large bottles were lowered into the depths and at a certain distance, where the best average resulits could be obtained, the corks were pulled and the receptacles allowed to fill. These bottles were then carefully sealed and as carefully marked for identification. Half a dozen or more samples were taken from each reservoir so thata number of chemists might undertake simultaneously the work of making analyses. Those se- lected by the board were Professor W, B. Rising, the State analyst; Professor W. F. Wenzel, the analytical chemist; Pro- fessor E. W. Hilgard of the State Univers- ity, and Dr. J. C. Spencer, the City bac- teriologist. Mayor Sutro also had Thomas Price Jr. and Dr. Freund given samples to furnish analyses for his own information. In order that all suspicion of collusion between the chemists might be avoided, the samples were sent to them simply labeled with numbers, a record of the matter being carefully preserved in the Health Office. Each chemist received a sample of water from each of the reser- voirs with instructions to give the matter his most careful attention and report to the board at his earliest convenience. Those reports are now.securely locked in the new steel safe at the office of the board in the new City Hall and will prob- ably be opened at a special meeting of the board that takes place this morning. Except in the case of one lake the de- ductions of the chemists resulting from their investigations will probably not be very satisfactory to the Mayor, who is cer- tain in his own mind that the water is im- pure. A very large majority of the samples that were examined chemicallr and microscopically for impurities of all kinds were found to be of very fair quality and as free from disease-producing ma- terials as the water of any city the analy- sis of which is known to the local chem- ists. Water which was confidently asserted to be full of microbes and_bacilli was found to be of excellent quality, and one medico stated that he would be satisfied, with the exnegl.ion of the contents of one bottle, to drink such water all his life and feel sure of escaping any serious consequences. . The reports of the other chemists tallied with the one mentioned, each finding one sample that contained matter which made it muck less desirable than the rest. It is believed that these samples came from Lake Honda, the little reservoir near the Almshouse. In case the reports clearly state sufficient grounds for a be- lief that the water 1s not fit for arinking purposes the lake will probably be con- demned by the Board of Health and the company compelled to stop pumping water from it. It is expected that the corporation will be represented at the meeting. and that any attempt on the partof the board to condemn reservoirs will be fought to the last limit. COMPETITION CRITICIZED Willis Polk’s Ideas on the Two Contests Among Archi- tects. He Claims That No Architects of Standing Have Entered. Regents Discussed. Willis Polk, the architect, and a promi- nent member of the Arts and Crafts Asso- ciation, is of the ovinion that the regents of the University of California made a mistake when, in looking for designs for the affiliated colleges, they instizated an architectural competition. “The regents of the University of Cali- fornia are reaping the whirlwind of the wind they sowed,” said Mr. Polk yester- day. “In preparing the semblance of an architectural competition as a method of procuring designs for the buildings to be erected for the affiliated colleges—they sowed. ‘‘Out of the 200 or more architects whose names appear in the city directory, but five responded to the alluring invitation— they reaped. ‘‘Out of these five not a single one occu- pies a position of prominence in his pro- fession. Among the more reputable ones there were a few bold enough to point out the fallacy cf the programme map‘ped out by the regents, one at least being intrepid enough to suggest the proper course to be pursued. “The regents in their wisdom saw fit to ignore or evade these well-intentioned warnings. In the extremity of their em- barrassment they have now called into consultation three architects to act as pro- leu*nmnl lndvinn.h o *‘This last act should have been the fi one to be taken. Itisan inscrutable f:: that, with but three exceptions, none of the universitios 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 to declare none of the designs submitted to be worthy of execution and to prepare, with the help of their professional ad- visers, a code of competition in accordance with the accepted mode of legitimate ar- chitectural practice. This course the re- gents “declare to be now impossible for the reason that the appropriation act of the Legislature requires that a certain sum of money shall be expended in building operations by a certain time. This may be an unfortunate provision of the law, vut it would _pale into insignificance in comparison with the mistortune of having another unsightly group of buildings added to the list of public edilices to which no citizen of taste can refer with pride. “If the regents were to direct a portion of their zeal to expend so much money in 80 much time to an inteliigent 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 a public oflice, *In the matter of procuring designs for the new municipal buildings, the same la- mentable programme has prevailed. It is true that the number of competitors was trebled, but their professional sstandard 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 affihated colleges. But the new muni- cipal buildings are in the hands of the Su- pervisors, and no more, or even as much, was or could be expected. ““With the regents it is, however, a dif- ferent matter and a more outrageous vio- lation of the artistic welfare of the com- munity, for the regents are gentlemen of prominence and influential position in the State and are supposed to possess a su- E_enor order of good taste and intelligence. he regents or the Board of Bupervisors can neither one plead that proper profes- stonal advice was not at hand. We have in the City a society composed of about one hundred artists whose avowed pur- pose it is to supply just such information as the regents and the Supervisors require under these circumstances. It is called the Guild of Arts and Crafts.” IT CURES CONSUMPTION, Patients at the City and County Hospital Benefited by the Lymph. Dr. Hirschfelder’s Treatment for the Dread Disease Meeting With Much Success. There is every promise now that San Francisco will have the distinction of giv- ing to the world a permanent and effective cure for the most widespread disease that civilized human flesh is heir to. And in the promise is the name of Dr. Joseph O. Hirschfelder as the discoverer of the remedy. The promise itself is con- tained in the condition of the patients now undergoing the treatment at the City and County Hospital, and in the case of one man who has discontinued the treat- ment because he thought himself cured entirely. This is William Carr, a man slightly under 35 years, who came to the hospital in quite a feeble condition, and after un- dergoing Dr. Hirschfelder's lymph treat- ment, finally left the hospital, if not cured at least convinced in his own mind that he was out of danger, Carr’s coughing had stopped entirely when he left the hospital. He breathed quite freely and felt so well that he de- clined to take the treatment any longer. Of course, it is ovtional with the patients whether or not they will submit to the njections, and Carr did not follow the interne's advice when he left the hospital. It was thought ne should have remained afew weeks lonier under Dr. Hirschfelder’s charge, when there was every prospect he would have been dischareed as a well man. However, Carr considered himself cured and was in a hurry to get away. He felt well and strong ‘and thought himself entirely out of danger, whicn indeed it may prove that he is. A week ago he came back to the hospital suffering from a rectal disorder and he is now undergo- ing treatment for that, but does not appear to be suffering in any way from or evince acute symptoms of his old disease. The four other patients undergoing the treatment at present show unmistakable evidences of improvement. In the case of Card, who is being treated in K ward, there is quite an apparent improvement. Although comparatively a young man Card was a very great sufferer before the lymph was administered to him. This was a little over a month ago, and since then he has gained twenty-seven pounds in solid flesh, breathes much better and is able to be around and when the weather will permit. to spend a good deal of time out of doors. The three other patients, Roberts, Davis and Mullen, in J ward, are much better now than when they came to the hos- pital. Roberts. has only taken the treat- ment a short time, but is now up and around and in many ways shows consid- erable improvement. Davis was very low when he began to take the lymph, but_he is now quite ac- tive and goes out of doorsin good weather. Mullen’s case is probably the worst of the four. He is an elderly man and was very low. He has only been under the treai- ment a little while, and, though he is still quite weak and may never entirely re- cover, the lymph has evidently been of much benefit to him. Dr. Romwell, the interne in charge of ward J, corroborates the statements of the patients undergoing the treatment to the effect that there are no evil consequences following the 1injection of the ymph, neither nausea nor fever ensuing after the treatment. It may be, in view of this fact, that Dr. Hirschfelder has made im- provements in his lymph since the time that Patient Willey told of its evil effects upon him; or, it may be, as was subse- quently averred, that Willey did not tell the entire truth in the premises. At all events recent developments seem to es- tablish beyond doubt two things—that Dr. Hirschfelder’s anti-consumprion lymph does greatly benefit the patients who have taken it, and that there are no unpleasant effects of its administration. HYDRANTS FOR OCEAN VIEW. 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 VHealth taking action in declaring a nuisance the frog pond in the center of that district. Further action on this sub- ject was referred to the committee having charge of the supervisory work of the club. The question of appealing to the Board of Supervisors to urge the Spring Valley Water Company to provide better main facilities for that portion of the City was discussed. It was stated that on Plymouth street, from Sagamore to Minerva, a dis- tance of five blocks, there were only five hydrants, and on Sagamore to Capital, one biock, there were but two hydrants, mak- ing in ail’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 n‘qcanity of better protection in this l ction, MRS, SHATTUCK IS FREE: She Has Been Acquitted by a Jury by Reason of Insanity. THE PRISONER IS OVERCOME. A Herculean - Fight Made by the Prisoner’s 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 and sentenced to imprison- ment for life, She secured a mew 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 a quarter to 12 0’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 lingered about the courtroom, gazing at the prisoner and the single friend who sat with her during the waiting hours, soon thinned out. There was a 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 a 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- 1ty,” she uttered a shriek and fell forward unconscious. The jurymen in favor of acquittal had made a “herculean struggle. When the first ballot was taken the vote stood 8 to 4 - for acquittal. Then after over an hour it changed to 9 to 3. Then came more hours of hard talking and once more the vote changed, this time to 11 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 ‘‘not guilty.” It 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 a chorus girl in the Tivoli He received a 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 a new trial was vigorously prosecuted. The Juage had charged that the jury might look with a certain degree of suspicion upén 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 isnow free. She was sent in a cab to the home of a friend, by her attorney, Carroll Cook. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. A Brief Session—Members Awaiting 8 Decision of the Supreme Court. A regular monthly meeting of the Re- publican County Committee was held last evening at Scottish Hall, 111 Larkin stree The chairman, Charles W, Munwarina presided. C. C. Morris, from the special committee on club organization, reported progress, In regard to the organization of clubs, Mr. Manwaring suggested that the best plan to pursue was to await the decision of the Supreme Court prescribing the man- ner in which delegates to the convention shall be elected. ~ Until that decision is submitted there is nothing much to do. The organization of Republican clubs and the enrollment of Republicans speaks well for the party, and the good work should goon. ‘‘There is no great hurry in form- ing official clubs, and we might as well suspend judgment in this respect until we know under what method we should pro- ceed,’’ said Mr. Manwaring. Under the heading of unfinished busi- ness, the secretary, John Jackson, read a communication from J. A. Whiteside, chairman of the Republican Executive Council, announcing that a sub-committee of that council had been appointed, to confer with the Republican County Com- mittee. Mr. Prendergrast moved a reference of the communication to the Executive Coma mittee, and the motion prevailed. The committee then adjourned. —————— Knocked Down by a Car. Fred Raskey, 5 years of age, who lives with his parents at th and Howard streets, was taken to the Receiving Hospital last evening suffering from a fracture of the right thigh. He and three other boys were taking in the sights in Chinatown, and he ran across Sac- ramento street at Dupont in front of & car. He ‘was not quick enough, and the car struck him and knocked him down. NEW TO-DAY. HE pain that some. times strikes a man at the most inoppor- tune moment is due to indigestion. It . may come in the @_migst of a dinner and make the feast 7 a mockery. It is a Iy reminder that he may not eat what he chooses, mnor when he chooses. He is a slave to the weakness of his stomach. Frequently he doesn’t even know whether the thing he eats is going to agree with him or not. The things that Pkue his palate most are often the worst for him to eat. Even the simplest food is likely to cause him misery and sleepless- ness. - His first trouble was very slight— very simple—very easy to cure. He ate something indigestible and it stuck some place in his digestive system. He ate more things and they stuck. Part of his diges~ tion stopped altogether—that is constipa~ tion. Constipation is so common that more than hz.\gathe people in America are troube led with it. It is so serious that mine- tenths of the sickness of the world is traceable directly to this common cause. A man’s health and strength depend upon what he gets out of his food. This depends’ on his digestion. Constipation stops diges- tion. Anybody can see that. The com- monest kind of common sense will telk that. When digestion stops, nutrition s’&;s, .and the whole body is thrown out of order. to start digestion is to remove !h'{}:!eb:"tmyaiun. ‘The way to do that is to take Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They are a positive cure for constipation and its attendant ills — headaches, sour stom- ach, flatulence, dizziness, biliousness and “heartburn.” They are very gentle in their action. They simply assist nature.! They give no violent wrench to the system. They cause no pain, nor griping, nor dn-‘ comfort of any kind. : You can get a free sample of from 4 to 3, doses, by afdl_essing World's Digpe:l“r; 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 sacrificin; your interests to his own ’emhg;, advantage, .