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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16; 1902. AMUSEMENTS. MATINEE TO-DAY (SATURDAY), Aug. 16, Parguet, any seat, . Balcony, 10c. Chil- Gren, any part except Yeserved, 10c. GREATEST SUCCESS IN YEARS! Marcel’s Living Art Studies Barry and Halvers; Decker, Clodio and Abramoff; Powell, and the Biograph. Last times of Emmett and Mortland; XKatherine Blood- good; Clara Ballerini, and A. Balle- rini’s Marvelous Canines. Feecley O'Farrell st., bet. Btockton and Powell. Tel. Main 231. IF you [ You’rLe HURRY GET THERE BEFORE IT 1§ TOO LATE. ONLY ONE MORE WEEK. «POUSSE Caft,” “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,” And “A ROYAL FAMILY” OUR PATRONS CAN'T 'WAIT FOR THE THE THING TO ACT NOW. Get Sea d Avoid the Crush. Con “HURLY * and Both 8o Funny. Night Prices, 26ic and §0c; Matinee Price, 25c. MATINEE TO-DAY. TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW NIGHT, LAST TIMES. FREDERICK WARDE Damon and Pythias. Next—Commencing MONDAY, Aug. 18. MR.JAMES NEILL and the Neill Company in Barbara Freitchie. SEATS ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE. TIVOLISEE. Ma nee Saturday at 2 sharp! TO-NIGHT, LAST OF NORMA. Matineo To-day and Sunday Night. CARMEN. August 19—Great Production, “LA Friday, Sat- PRICES AS EVER..... ..25¢, 50c and 75c Telephone Bush 9. COLUMBI Powell Street, Near CHARLES FROHMAN presents HENRY MILLER, MARGARET ANGLIN And a SPECIAL COMPANTY, MATIN TO-DAY. TO-NIGHT—LAST TIME. The Great Romantic Success, “THE ONLY WAY.” week of season. SAN FRANCISCO'S LEADING THEATRE Market. th Nights an B —Revival of “THE WILDERN= SEATS NOW READY. ALCAZA LAST TWD NIGHTS. LAST MATINEE TO-DAY, FLORENCE ROBERTS pported by WHITE WHITTLESEY. L..SAPHO... MONDAY. AUGUST 18, THE COUNTRY GIRL. SEATS NOW SELLING. %S RA NJ OPERA HOUSE THEATRE &stasco S TmALL, MATINEES TO-DAY XD __TO-MORROW. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF “LORNA DOONE.” Week Beginning MONDAY F FAREWELL TO HE FRAW COMP m Gillette's Romance « federacy, ECRET SFRVICE Y In Wil f the Con- reat Cast Oc, 1c, 25c, 50e, T5e 1 7 @nd Soc, ail Matinees. THEATRE 8ciasco s, Market Street, Near Eighth. Phone South MATINEE TO-DAY-AND TO-MORROW. TO-NIGHT and Sunday Ey'g.—Last Times Nellle McHenry's Greatest Farcy Comedy Hit, A NIGHT #: CIRCUS Designed to cause laughter. Meant to arouse irth, its purpose 18 {0 tickie the public. In- tended to be, and is funny. Great Speciaities—Catchy Songs—Gala Scenes. See PROF. BOTHWELL BROWNE'S New Dances, ening«, 10c to 50c. PRICES—fispiag: 1oc, 1%, 95c Next Monday—ROBERT FITZSIMMONS in “THE HONEST BLACKSMITH.” Seats now selling. Alhambr LAST 4 TIMES. Matinge To-Day ¥52/ TO-NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. e" MATINEE SUNDAY. F l\ Palmer Cox's Extravaganza, THE BROWNIES L\ INFAIRYLAND 100—P rofessional Juveniles in Company—100 Great and Original Speclalties—35. LAST TIME SUNDAY NIGHT! Automobile and R AGE s ! ... Bicycle ?, AUGUST 17, INGLESIDE TRACK, SUNDA 2 P. M. BHARP. TAKE MISSION-STREET CARS. 5 AUTOMOBILE EVENTS. 2 MOTOR BICYCLE EVENTS. 6 BICYCLE EVENTS. Exhibition—Fastest Automobile on Pacific , One Mile Against Time. Theater. Gor. Edéyand Jonss Bts. d Wed. Matinee. | FRAWLEY, MARY VAN BUREN | WANT SPEECHES BY AGUINALDD Anti-Imperialists Plan to Bring the Filipino Here. War Department Consulted and Sends Non-Committal Reply. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL EL’REAU?IEG G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Aguinaldo | may come to this country to lecture. 1t | day that a letter had been received from | a well-known anti-imperialist asking it might not be brought to this country for that purpose. No direct reply was made by the War Department. Instead a copy of the gen- eral amnesty proclamation granting free- | dom to all Filipinos who would lay down their arms on July 4 was mailed to the anti-imperialist.. The inference of this was, of course, that there would be no objection. Under the provisions of the amnesty Aguinaldo is free to do as he please. He is living in Cavite, where he is studying the English language. Dispatches from Manlla have the statement that he is to | ccme to the United States. The Filipinos who_have visited this country who are not friendly to Aguinaldo, including Buen- camino, his former Secretary of State, have said they wished Aguinaldo would come, They declare that he is ignorant and far from being the capable leader he has been painted. They think that the Americans would be disgusted with | Aguinaldo if he attempted a lecture tour. It is belleved here that if Aguinaldo Is | brought over by any anti-imperialist in- | terests he will arrive in time for his lec- tures to affect voters before they go to | the polls in November. Barely Escapes Hanging in Africa. { thony, erstwhile resident of this city, was | admitted to citizenship in the Superior | Court yesterday. Lack of this citizenship | mearly cost Dr. Anthony's life. Dr. An- | thony left here some years ago for South | Africa. During the Boer war he was | taken prisoner and charged with high treason. He was to have been hanged without a trial, but finally he was per- | Quitted. He will now return to South Af- 1ca, supported by his citizenship papers. and has no further fear. — Aug. 15.—Esmil | LOS ANGELE: well know in Angeles for many years keeper of panish restaurants, com- | mitted suicide early to-day by throwing him- self engine, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ANOTHER WONDER OF SCIENCE. | Biology Has Proved That Dandruff Is Caused by a Germ. | Science is doing wonders these days in | medicine as well as in mechanics. Since | Adam delved the human race has been | troubled with dandruff, for which no hair preparation has heretofore proved a suc. j cessful cure until Newbro's Hherpici | was put on the market. It is a scientific | preparation that kills the germ that | makes dandruff or scurf by digging into the scalp to get at the rcot of the hair, where it saps the vitality, causing itch- | ing scalp, falling hair and finally bald- n Without dandruff hair must grow { luxuriantly. Herpicide at all druggists’. | It is the only destroyer of dandruff. Desirable location, unsurpassed cuisine, unequaled service and modern conveniences Palace | and | are the attributes that have made these two hotels popular with tourists and travelers who visit San Fran- cisco. Grand | Hotels | AMUSEMENTS. THE CHUTES! Fulton Street and Tenth Avenue, HIGH-CLASS SPECIALTIES T VERY AFTERNOON AND E\ ENING. "AGUANA! (A | | S Daily and Nightly! Don’t Fail to See | Fardy Downing Loop the Loop. ATTRACTIONS IN TH SLTIES ALLOVER THE |~ 700 AND | NOVE GROUNDS. .10c Children.............5 Sc r Seats—Park 1 Aamission. P =S acramento "l Sept. 8T 20z aiv, onlestis. | Gpflifi ORSE SHOW. [Ancy Swine 5 SHEER. HusicEntertainment & Instruction,, Trourgion etes for \isitors. Xsits (ARRED FRER Y. ABpReoceis BASEBALL. CALIFORNIA LEAGUE GAMES. THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 3:15 P. M. SUNDAY, 2:30 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO vs. OAKLAND. RECREATION PARK, Eighth and Harrison Streets. Advance Sale of Seats, 5 Stockton Street. SUTRO BATHS. OPEN NIGHTS. Open Daily From 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. Bathing From 7 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. ADMISSION 10c. CHILDREN B5e. FLOWER SHOW! GRAND NAVE, FERRY BUILDING, AUGUST 14, 15 and 16. ADMISSION was stated at the War Department to- | there was any reason why Aguinaldo ' PETALUMA, Aug. 15.—Dr. R. §. An-| | mitted to make a defense and was ac- | Durazo, | before the wheels of a moving switch —————————————————————— | p——————————————— Bathing, including admission. 25c: children, 20c | ? Out LAWS [N GUAME ALL A-MUDDLE Island Governor at Sea in Dealing Out of Justice, Commander Schroeder Has to Appeal to Navy Department. WASHINGTON, Aug.15.—An anomalous ituation obtains in the island of Guam | in reference to the administration of jus- | tice, and Commander Schroeder, the Gov- ernor of the island, has been driven to ap- peal to the Navy Department here for instructions as to the limit of his powers. Congress has not legisiated for the isi- and, and the will of the naval governor | has been practically supreme. When the island was turned over to the Navy De- partment and Captain Leary was ap- pointed Governor he decided to continue in operation the old Spanish laws except such as should be modified by his direc- tion or that of the Navy Départment. . Under the old system of laws thus put in force there existed practically but a single court on the island, the Court of First Instance, which corresponds to the lowest judicial tribunal in this country. Under the Spanish law an appeal was al- lowed from the decisions of this court to the Court of Cassation in the Philippines, with provision for a final appeal In certain class of cases to the Government at Madrid. " But with the advent of American control in the Philippines this power of appeal was cut off, and the de- cisions of the Court of First Instance practically stand as the decisions of the court of last resort. Some time ago a native was convicted in this court of murder and was sen- tenced to be executed. The evidence seemed to leave some question of his guilt, and the Governor was appealed to. Being at a loss as to what action he could take, he advised the Secretary ot the Navy of the situation and asked for instructions. There are said to be other cases which involve the rights of American citizens who have been tried in Guam under the Spanish law, which, among other things, dces not provide for trial by jury, to which Americans are entitied under the constitution. The whole subject is being carefully considered by the Navy De- partment. The judge advocate, it is un- derstood, will shortly render an opinion, upon which acting Secretary Darling will act. — | MAN DECLARED DEAD FORFEITS HIS ESTATE 1 | | Plight of George W. Fay, Who Re- e turned After a Long Dis- | appearance. | SAN JOSE Aug. 15—The Supreme Court has rendered an opinion in the case of George W. Fay, whose estate was pro- bated while he was absent and supposed to be dead. The opinion is in favor of the administrator. The case is a peculiar one. Fay, who was a resident of this city, left San Jose in January, 1%, for San Francisco, and up to 1889 no trace of him had been dis- covered. Fay in the meantime had fallen heir to about $2000. In 1899 his heirs, James F. Fay, Nathan J. Fay and Addie Fowler, petitioned the Superior Court to have James A. Costa appointed adminis- trator of the estate. After hearing the evidence Judge vland declared ~ Fay. dead and the estate, with the exception of 3400, had been distributed to the heirs when Fay reappeared. Judge Hyland then set the proceedings aside and decreed that George W. Fay be given his entire estate without any cost. Costa, the administrator, appealed and the Supreme Court has just decided that Judge Hyland erred in ordering the payment to Fay of the estate after an order of distribution. It has annulled and vacated that portion of his qrder. This cuts Fay off from receiving any of his estate. ‘Will of Joseph M. Bowles. SANTA ROSA, Aug. 15.—The will of the late Joseph M. Bowles of Petaluma was filed for probate to-day. The estate is appraised at $91,000. The will bequeaths 320,000 and the residence in Petaluma to the widow, Octavia P, Bowles. The re- maining property, share and share alike, goes to five children, L. C. Bowles, Scott Bowles of Tulare City, Jesse M. Bowles , of Sisson, Annie E. Bowles of Oaklana and Bourbon Bowles of Tulare. Sues the Southern Pacific. . LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15—Will E. coff began a sult to-day to recover $15,000 | demages from the Southern Pacific Company because of injuries alleged to nave been sustained by him last Ma { while crossing one of ¥ tracks in Burbank. W he was driving across Fifth street when a loco- | motive came along and crashed into his | team without giving any warning by | whistling or ringing the bell. —_— Called to a Northern Faculty. [ TA! \‘K‘& néL.! I Nln; STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. 15.— i BROTHERS, AND NEW MOVING PIC-! Winford Lee Lewis, a chemistry gradu- TU! | ate from the university last May, has just been elected an instructor in chemistry by the board of regents of the university | of Washington. Lewis is a resident of | Grialey, Cal. He was president of one of the literary societies in his sophomore vear and a director in Encina Hall, the | boys’ dormitory, during his senior year. Alen i e i New Cannery for Auburn. | MARYSVILLE, Aug. 15.—Notwithstand- | ing the closing of the canneries at Chico, Red Bluff and one or two other points in this section, T. B. Gibson & Son, can- nery men, believe the country about Au- burn offers a good fleld, and are prepar- | ing to locate an establishment there. It | will have 20,000 can capacity. The Gib- | sons will organize a stock company, and | several Auburn citizens will join them. R e High Honor Conferred. | PARIS, Aug. 15, 1902.—Mr. Victor Klotz, the well known head of the Parfumerie Ed Pinaud, Paris, has been raised to the dignity of officer of the Legion of Honor by the French Government. ‘This high distinction is very seldom ob- tained by business men in France. Great Flagpole at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. 15.— A 200-foot flagpole is shortly to be erect- ed on University avenue, at the point where the avenue meets the oval of grass i in front of the memorial arch. The pole, which will be designed by Architect Hcdges, will be a mast of wood surmount- ed by an electric arc light, BOERS MAY TREK T0 GOLDEN STATE Agenté Seek Location for a Colony of Eurghers, Large Numbers Likely to Take Up Hemes in San Joaquin Valley. ! : FRESNO, Aug. 15.—There- arrived here | The State Mining Bureau has issued a last evening a party whose coming may | register of the mines and minerals of San prove of significance to Fresno County. In the party are W\ Francisco, assistant the Santa Fe; J. J. Byrne of Los Angeles, | county. in 191 was $16,416,149. general passenger agent; Industrial Com- | eral production’ of the county for 1%01 is | ivalued at $1,844,239, which is equal missioner Merritt of Chicago and two Boer officers, General Pierson and a friend, both of whom took a part in the recent war in South Africa. The Afri- kanders represent wealthy Boer families, who_since the war have become dissat- isfled with home conditions because of their being subject to England and are seeking homes elsewhere. They were in correspondence with the Santa Fe before leaving Scuth Africa, and as a result of that correspondence they have come in search of new homes. When they ar- rived in America from England they were met by Merritt, the industrial commis. sioner of the Santa Fe, who escorted them across the continent to California, belleving that within the boundaries of this State they would find a climate not dissimilar to their own at home and land that would be limited in its wealth of productions only by the industry with A. Bissell of San | eral statements of general interest. raffic manager of | assessed valuation of all property in thé | which it was cultivated. En route they | were met by Messrs. Bissell and Byrne and by them headed direct for the San Joaquin Valley as the place most likely to_meet with their approval. Yesterday the party was in Bakersfleld and on the lands of the Kern County Land Company. Arriving here late last night, they spent the night in this city and left on their special train at an early hour this morning for Laton and the La- guna de Tache. The Boecrs have come as the represen- ! well-to-do | tatives of a community of farmers who have associated themselves in this venture. They have been given full power to act and their recommenda- tion of a site for the colony will be final, Should this country please them it will mean that hundreds of Boer families will flock hither—another trek, so to speak, only this time they will come on ocean greyhounds instead of “prairie schoon= ers.” NAMES OF DEAD 10 BE HURRIED President OrdersInstruc- tions Sent to General Chaffee. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 15.—The President to-day gave orders that hereafter the names of the enlisted men of the army who died in the Philippines be cabled to this country once in every two weeks. When the volunteer army was in the ar- | chipelago it was the custom to cable the casualties, but on the withdrawal of that | army the practice was discontinued. The subject was discussed while the President was entertaining a number of visitors at luncheon to-day. Among those who sat at his table were Major Generals Corbin and 8. B. M. Young; Henry Loo- mis, the author; Jacob A. Rils, of New York; Kobert A. Morris, chalrman of the New York County Republican County Committee; former Governor David R Franels of Missouri, president of the Lou- islana Purchase 1Exposition Company; Henry M. Warren of Philadelphia, son of Bishop Warren of the Methodist church, and Congressman Mercer of Nebraska. _The subject of cabling the names of the dead soldiers was broached by Mr. Riis. He made the point that under the present tem the relatives of enlisted men who died in the Philippines are kept in ignor- ance of this fact for eight or ten weeks, while the families of oficers who suc- cumb there are informed at once. The President was greatly interested in the matter and as soon as it was explained to him ordered General Corbin to in- struct General Chaffee at Manila to cable s full casualty list twice a month. While 1t costs on an average of $1350 to cable news to this country of the death of an officer in the Philippines, it costs about $30 for an enlisted man. This difference 1s due to the fact that the War Department has code numbers for all officers, while the | names of the enlisted men, together with | their company, regiment, etc., must be sent in full. Former Governor Francis discussed St Louis Exposition; affairs with the Presi- dent. He informed him that the dedica- tory ceremonies would occur April 30 next. this being the one hundredth anniversary of the transfer of the ceded territory from the French Government to the United States. President Roosevelt promised (o attend these ceremonies and further stat- ed that he would have our representatives abroad instructed to use theic best en- deavors to Induce foreign governments (o | have exhibits at the exposition. He fn. structed Generals Corbin _and Young, who sail to-morrow on the Fatherland for Germany to become the guests of Em- peror Willlam during the maneuvers of the German army,”fo do all they could o further the interest of Germany in the exposition. The two army officers camo to-day to pay theirrespects to the Presi- dent before sailing. Mercer discussed the political situatio; in the Northwest and he'inl’ormeda :h: President that his reception in Omaha next month would not be confined to one political party, but would be participated in by all parties. Strike of Palo Alto Painters. PALO ALTO, Aug. 15—The Building Trades Council has ordered a strike of the painters of Palo Alto and Mayfield to begin on August 22. The demand made upon the contractors of the two towns is for a daily wage of $350, an increase of b0 cents over the present wage. There are about fifty union painters here, As over two dozen buildings are going up in Palo Alto and Mayfield, without taking into account the university buildings, the disagreement iS a matter of no smali ae count. To make the situation worse, the local carpenters have threatened to de. clare a sympathetic strike. - September ' Number of ET | The engine is run under light pressure, but even DESERT MINES WAE VERY RICH Lands That Were Sup- posed to Be Waste Abound in Wealth. Large Operations Are Ncw Propcsed on Shafts -and Drifte. - Bernardine County, in which dccur sev- The The min- to | more than 11 per cent of the total as-| sessed value. San Bernardino is the ban- | ner county in the production of bordx, cement, turquoise, limestone .and rubble. | The greater portion of the Mojave desert is within the boundaries of this the larg-| est county in the State. The following | minerals, ornamental materlals and gems | are known to exist in the county, await- ing development: Tin, iron, zin¢, min- | cral paint, porphyry, sandstore, gypsum, corundum, potters’ clay, fire clay, fullers’ earth, bauxite, coal, o1, asbestos, miea, | apatite, kaolin, niter, carbonate. of soda, | giauber salts, epsom saits, aragonite, az- | urite, agate, obsidian, octahearite and onyx. ~ rrofessor Bailey, fleld assistant, wefit | over the mining fields of the county, care- fully and the result is a very creditable and complete showing of the county’s re- sources. . In ‘thé register the remark is made that the ‘'‘desert has been robped of its terrors. If nature has been in sothe ! ways unkind in the desert, she has been lavish of her gifts in others, as shown | by the variety and value of the products mined. The world is just beginning, to | realize that the desert contains within its | boundaries all the elements of prosperity in great abundance. The accompanying map shows that the desert is not so wat- erless as supposed. In fact, water can | be had by digging at nearly any-playva lake, while beneath the' dry sands foun- tains of watep awalit the drill.” “ A map showing the arrangement of the mountains of the county will surprise many. Instead of there being a. contin- uity of mountain ranges, as has Hereto- fore been depicted upon maps of Califor- nia, the surface of the desert is. seen to be sprinkled with a great variety of iso- iated mountains. This is possibly one of the most interesting discoveries that the minéralogist has made In the recent ex- ploration of the region. MINING AT OROVILLE. Particulars are received of the effort that is being made to mine the gravejs that lie under the town of Oroville. "Be- low the town the dredgers are taking out gold. To dredge the town would require the removal of buildings.. The Oroville Mercury says: | _The work'now being done is.in charge of Ora Enslow, formerly County Surveyor ‘of Butte County, He is sinking a shatt to mine the rich | eravel known to be there and Is down twenty- iour feet with'a 4x6 shaft. He expects to have to go about thirty feet to reach bedrock. . The water is pumped out by acentrifugal pump | driven by the engine which once did duty ad a locomotive in. the Lumpkin woods. This 15 one of the- largest traction engines, forty horse- power, and it is capable of driving a pump sev- eral times larger than the one now.in-use and which is more than sutficlent for present-need. | then it pumps the water too-fast and’ about | | halt the stream is turned back Into- the.shaft. Mr. Enslow expects to be -able ‘to “controtthe water while the gravel Is drifted under an | area of about two acres, which has been leased | | for mining. This shaft Is near the point where | years ago an effort was made to work by means | of a pneumatic tube into which ajr was pumpéd | under the theory that the pressure “would ‘hold | back the flow of water. The scheme falled, ds did many others which had for their object the | mining of the rich strata, and Now, affer years, slow will ‘try again the simple | method of pumping the water. He belleves that with modern pumps the flow can be controlled. The éngine will be used until it is demonstrated that the scheme is feasible.. Then electric | power will be substituted. Eimer Rutherford | | 1s the principal mover in the enterprise... ... | The Angels Record reports: that "l!" strike in the Lancelle gravel mine :at Mokelumne Hill is very rich. The mine is two miles from the town. Aceording | to. the Record, in a hydraulic rin of | about eighty hours 361% ounces of gold | were cleaned up, the value of which was more than $6000. The channel was un- discovered by the earlier miners. The property is operated by Percy L. Shu- | man. | { In the mountains along the mother lode | water for mining purposes is . becoming | scarce. Some of the water companiés | have sent out notices that all care must | be taken to make sure there is no waste | of water. The greater part of the smaH | streams are dry or the water Is very low. | Compannies having reservoirs in abund- ance will be able to supply water and power without interruption. HUGE CYANIDE P h “The Los Angeles Times say Construction work on the large cyanide ‘plant of the California Gold King Mining Company, at Picacho, twenty-eight miles abové Yuma, on | the California side of the Colorado River, is | progressing {avorably. Frank Ensign) who' re- | turned yesterday from a visit to the property, | reports that the plant is one of the-wondets of mining in the Southwest. When completed it will cover several acres, and Wil be the largest of the kind in the world. It will be fitted with the latest appliances, and will be capable of handling 1000 tons of ore a day. The Califor- nia Gold King Mining Company. was crganized over a year ago by Senator Dorsey,. and tie property was later sold to Senator Pettigrew and others. Since then arrangéments have héen made to carry on development on a gigantic scale. One of the improvements will be a nar- Tow-gauge railroad from the.mill to_the river, five miles. It is one of the really big things in the Southwest. s The -Grass Valley Unlon and Herald says that the new compressor at the Em- pire mine has been started and that. it will operate forty air drills. It has a capacity of 2000 cubic feet of air per min- ute. The plant was put up for the put- pose of extending the work of develop- ment. The management will sink to the 3500-foot Yevel. The mine has a present depth of 2800 feet. The work of develop- ment will begin at once. A very large area will be opened up. The Nevada City Transcript reports that the Sierra Queen mine will run a drift northerly 500 feet and sinking of the shaft, which is down 300 feet, will be con- tinued. QUICKSILVER INDUSTRY. Concerning the southern quicksilver mines, the Los Angeles Herald makes a long report. It says in part: The Karl is a recent acquisition of the New- comb syndicate and when worked in the 70'a was known as the Sunderland mine. Abandoned after 1878, operations were resumed about three years ago, and though equipped only with o small retort, the production attracted such attention that the property was sold at a.figure reported to be in the neighborhood of $50,000. On the site of the old Sunderland furnaces pow stands a modern and completely equipped plant, employing about eighty men. . The Libertad mine, situated on the main lead about four miles-south of the Karl, begins to look-like & “bonanza.”” Development has uncovered a body of ore of high grade. Since the mine has been taken over by the Libertad Quicksilver Mining Company the retorts have been shut down and preparations are under way for the erection of furnaces. The output of this mine, when equipped with the plant contemplated by. tha company, will bring San Luis Obispo County into rank with Napa, Santa Clara and San Re- nito counties, These two mines mentioned by the geological survey are not, however, the only properties in (his district which entitle San Pils Obispo County to prominence as a pro- ducer of quicksilver. The forty-eight toh fur- nace recently constructed at the Oceanic mine is now tempered, and is turning out a numbeér of flasks per month. South of the Libertad.the Madrone iz _astonishing its owners by the. per- formance of a ten-pipe retort, which. was put up pending the erection of a Suitable furance. After two years spent in blocking out ore the American Exploration Compauy at Pine Moun- tain is asking bids for a half-million brick, with which to build two furnaces, so that from: this mine, near the Monterey County lire, to the last outcrop of the strike at Madroné, southwest of Paso Robles, the lode Is a scéne of active development, both of the proved de- posits and 'a_number of prospects recently Opened. Of these last the Quien Sabe'is prob- ably the most promising. Development. of the property has been energetically prosecuted. The mine is being negotiated for by both Los Ange- les and San Francisco capitgl. 3 The old North Star claim in Amador County, between Sutter Creek: and Ama- dor City. has been bonded for $15.000. A quartz claim on.the Mocking Bird ranch ADVERTISEMENTS. PRINCESS VIROQUA, M.D. Practising Physician and Lecturer, Sister of Oronyatekhar, Head of the Order of Forresters of the World, Endorses Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound After Following Its Record For Years. Fro;:: time to time we have been publishing in the pers counfry our statements dnd claims of the superiority of L ?l.l E. ham’s Vegetable Compound as a of this ¥ Pink- remedy for all the ills peculiar to wo- men, but it seldom happens that the proprietor of a valuable medicine is able to produce such unquestionable expert testimony as we are permitted to publish in this article. It is unnecessary for us to devote much space by way of introduction of Dr. Viroqua, as both she and her family are of intermational fame. Her brother Oronya‘ckhar, was second in rank of the Good Templars of the world when John B. Finch was chief. Now at the head of the Independent Order of Forresters of the world, having headquarters at Toronto, Can. Princess Vir- oqta, the subject of our portrait, has been a in the United States for the past twenty- ractising physician and lecturer sve yurg ; her standing in her profession and cloquence as a speaker is well known, especially throughout the West. She writes a letter to Mrs. ‘. \ =) 3 Vo A { A — R 1 PRINCESS VIROQUA, M. D. of interest to all “DeAr Mrs. Prvgmay: — Health is the greatest boon bestowed on humanity and. therefore anything that can restore lost health is a bles- sing. I consider Lydia ‘E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a blessing to*State and Nation. It cures her mothers and daughters and makes them well and strong. “ For fifteen years I have noted the effect of your Vegetable Com- pound in ‘curing special diseases of women. “Iknow of nothing superior for ovarian trouble, barrenness, and it has ?revented\hlindreds of dangerous opfimtions ‘where physicians claimed i1 was the only chance to get ‘well. Jlceration and inflammation of the womb has been cured: in‘two or three weeks through its use, and as I find it purely. an herbal remedy, I unhesitatingly endorsement. —Fraternally yours, Dr. P. ViroQua, After a _thorough consideration of ive it mihhighesn ing. Mich.” such”a testimonial as this we are per- fectly sure'that'the women of America will consider that we are amply justi- fied in mak’ng our stronz claims for the su riority of Lydia E. am’s Vegetable Compound: Every one, of course, knows that Dr. Viroqua would not allow such a statement to be made over her signature unless it was absolutely true, and that her faith in the remedy must be great or she wculd not allow her portrait to be published in connection with her recommendation. If you are ill do not hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound at once, and write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, M 35000 mission. for special advice; it is entirely free. REWARD. — We havedeposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, $5000, ‘which will be paid to any person whd ¢an find ti ges B tho b Erdia E. Pinikham Mediohe is not geruine, or was publishéd before o above testimonial letter writer’s special per- Co., Lynn, Mass. is reported to have been sold for $5000. The-Jackson-Herald-reports-that the-Bay State mine is expected to start up about September. 1.© The Rhetta Mining Com-~ pany has paid $7800 on the purchase price. OPERATING IN SLATE. According to the Mining and Scientific Press, large operations are on foot in the slate industry in El Dorado County. The Press says: . In the Eureka slate quarry, near Kelsey, three miles north of -Placerville, the slate is in a vein about 100 feet wide, standing almost ver- tically. mel; pit, forty-oné, feet. deep at the base of the cllff slate is taken up to the split- ting sheds. The slate.is quarsied In benches of eight feet and the rough blocks are sent to the blockmakér, who grades and reduces them to sizes. The splitter reduces them by means of long, thin chisels to sheets about an eighth of an inch thick: They are then trimmed to a rectangular form, the cbject being to get the biggest slate possible out of each irregular plece. Great_waste s caused by blasting, which is necessary until the quarry can be en- larged sufficiently. tq _enable a_channeline ma- chine to be used, which will cut out blocks without shattering . them. To provide for this enlargement two tunneis are now being driven on the north’ end of the quarry. The quarry produces 500 -squares per month, divided into sixteen differept sizes, ranging from 12x24s to Oxl2s. The slate is rated at about $7 per square at Pladerville and sells readily. A trench has just been dug to contain 6500 feet of pipe, from 18 inches down to 11 inches in diameter, for water from the Delmatia reservoir, where a new air compressor is to be built. The pres- sure will be 560 feet, One hundred horsepower will be develoved. The annual convention of the Califor- nia Miners' Association will not be held this year until after the State election. Horses Race Into.Creek. PETALUMA, Aug. 15—Chris Ravu, manager of the Burdell ranch at fan An- tonlo, was the victim in a lively runaway accident yesterday afternoon, and that ke is alive to tell. of the affalr is little less than miraculous. Ravu was driving to Pelaluma with a four-horse load of hogs. In the team were two mustangs that were in harness for the second time. When passing along a heavy grade the Lerses took fright. In trying to check them one of the reins broke and the team started from the road over the grade. The course the horses took was almost a sheer drop-off to the creek, fifty yards beiow. Down the incline the horses raced and Ravu had nothing to do but hold on for his life. At the bottom the horses piled up and Ravu was thrown high into the air, falling on his right shoulder in a ‘sand bank in the creek bot- tom. He was badly shaken and bruised and suffered a strained shoulder. Luckily no bones were broken. The horses were badly bruised. | AVALANCHES ALTERING RAINIER'S APPEARANCE Crevasses Prevent Climbers Reach- ing the Top of the Famous Mountain. TACOMA, Aug. 15.—Tremendous aval- anches and great crevasses have so changed the appearance of the summit of Mount Rainier that that mountain has not been ascended-in two years. Only hardy climbers who are willing to take their lives in .their hands will venture up the steep slopés to an altitude exceeding three miles. Henry .Carter, the guide, reached here to-day. = He says that e party made an unsuccessful attempt to climb the mountain last year. After passing arouhd the face of Gibraltar Rock, at an elevation of 10,000 feet, they were stopped by an immense crévasse, which angles across the glaciers from Gibraltar Roex toward the chasm at the head of the Nis- qually Glacler: Their experience was so severe that none have attempted to reacn the top this year. Carter is uncertain whether the moun- tain is in a mild sl:ge t;; steam t?lr.“tml:on' as has been suj . He says ur- ricane winds 31‘1):' avalanches are largely responsible for laying bare great areas on the north and west sides of the triple peaks. The sides of this mountain are covered by thirteen distinet glaclers, mak- ing it extrtmely interesting to mountain climbers. DESD WSS Inquest Into Yeager’s Death. AVALON, Aug. 15.—The Coroner's jury in the case of W. H. Yeager, whose home was in Princeton, Ind., and who was shot and ‘killed early . Wednesday morning, found that Yeager met death from gun- shot wounds delivered by some person un- known. It was recommended that A. B. Boyd and H: Johnson Jr., who wera playing cards with Yeager at the time of the shooting, be held, the latter to give bond as witness of the shooting and the foimer to the criminal court for further examination. Both men were taken to Angeles t Makes Demand Upon Prune Growers. SAN JOSE, Aug. 15.—The Cured Fruit Association is sending out demands to all of its members who sold their last year's runes to out: rs for 2 per cent on the uit thus sold, the basis of value being fixed at $30 a ton for greer and $70 a ton for the dried fruit.. About 3400 growers aresub- ject to this demand under their contracts and the amount expected to be realized from this soufce. is from $30,000 to $40,000. md money will be distributed by divi- lend. ) - Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY That’s All! JAKE JOSEPH, Representative, 30 Battery Street, San Francisen