The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895. RICHMOND HAPPENINGS, The Handsome Dwelling of T. G. Parker Is Nearly Gompleted. IMPROVEMENT CLUBS MEET. More Than Fifty Houses Now Belng Erocted in the Richmond District. The original Point Lobos Improvement Club held an enthusiastic meeting at Far- rell’'s Hall on Monday In the absence of President P et George R. Fletcher presided. He complimented the members of the club for their untiring en- ergy and zeal ina 1 permanent improvement of the Richmond The following committee was appointed to confer with the Board of Regents of the e to the college site: nd promoting or the benefit Adolph Sutro, wart Menzies, Thomas G. Parker, George R. Fleicher and Mr. | Newberry. The executive committee was instructed to ask the Board of Supervisors went on to say that after various English experts had been deluded by the strategies of the alleged conspirators M. W. Murry, who in 1887 held the title to the mines, arranged with an English agency to organize a corporation under the laws of Oregon. The ccr{)orntion was organized as the Alaska Gold Company and the capi- tal stock was placed at $2,500,000. Murry ! flfifi‘.led the property to the company. The voers received the $2,500,000 in stock and 181,500,000 of first mortgage bonds. The English agency was to sell the stock and bonds and receive 685000 shares in com- | pensation. Murry and his friends man- aged to receive $750,000 from the specula- | tion, and in fact Murry appears to have been the prime mover in the whole affair. B .prng the deluded purchasers of stock { in Europe was A. G. Renshaw. He waited | three years for the fabulous protits which ' his enterprise was expected to develop. { Then he made an investigation and he ; claims to have secured a confession that | the mines were salted at the direction | and for the benefit of the defendants. The | confession described the most remarkable | ;‘ou:l:racy ever developed out of & mining | fraud. It charged that the “salting’’ operations { had been done under the immediate super- n and direction of John Treadwell, | . Fuller and M. W. Murry. Rich | quartz from the near-by Treadwell mine | had been deposited in the pits of the Bears’ | Nest group; the core from the diamond | drill had been treated with chloride of | gold, and various other “salting” schemes | were alleged to have been perpetrated to | give the mines lictitious values. The identity of the persons who con- | tributed to this confession was not given, | except that Renshaw claimed that they | had “knowledge of the fraud and of the NEW RESIDENCE OF T. G. PARKER. [From plans drawn by Architect H. J. Kraetzer.] to rescind the order requiring property- owners to use blue rock in macadamizing roadbeds in the district. " The r ents of the Richmond District feel the need of greater police protection and have asked the commissioners:th in- crease the force. Nearly every day sees some new build- ing started, there being fifty or more houses at present in course of construction. John Drummond has recently purchased a lot on the corner of Clement street and hirty-second avenue, and is having plans drawn for a modern two-story dwell- -house which he proposes to erect on his new purchase. What promises to be one of the hand- somest buildings in the district is now be- g erected by %‘ G. Parker, the real estate nt. Mr. Parker’s new home is on Sec- ond avenue, between California and Lake streets. Itis built of native woods with | interior finishings of curled pine. It will be an eight-room two-story building with commodious servant rooms in the base- ment. The exterior finishings will be of a highly artistic order, quaint carvings ia v forming the chief ornaments. The ing when completed will cost about \UISEA MINE_ SHINDLE New Developments Expected in the Bear’s Nest Sen- sation. He Has Gone to the North to Secure Some Very Important Evidence. Who made the confession tpon which A. G. Renshaw, the deluded English capi- talist, founded his sensational complaint in the great Bear’s Nest mine case? Who are the witnesses, thus far silent, who will tell for Renshaw with what mar- velous cunning and ingenuity the worth- less mines were salted with chloride of gold and filled with rich quartz to deceive the examining experts? Charles Wheeler of the firm of Garber, Boalt, Bishop & Wheeler guietly left for British Columbia and Alaska a few days ago, and when he returns he will bring with him the depositions of fifty persons, which will answer fully, it is expected, the querzes stated above. The departure of Mr. Wheeler and his purpose involves a story as interesting as the remarkable complaint filed by Ren- shaw one year ago this week in the Circuit Court, in which he charged that the Bear’s Nest mines in Alaska had been freely “salted” to delude him into investing in them. 5 Attorney Wheeler planned his Lrl{) to Alaska hurriedly, and a few days ago left, in company with his private secretary, Archibald Treat, for the purpose, as stated, of securing the depositions of numerous witnesses which are essential to the estab- lishment of the sensational allegations in Renshaw's complaint. It s nearly a_year since anything has been said or written of this remarkable lit- igation now about to be publicly exploited in the conrts. Within that time various matters have occurred and complications arisen which' throw new light upon the case and affect materially severai persons included among the defendants. To make these recent developments clear it will be necessary to say somethingabout the origin of the great suit and about the mysterious confession of fraud which Ren- shaw claims to have in his possession. On July 9 last year A.C. Renshaw of London, England, brought suit in the Circuit_Court against John T. Treadwell, James Treadwell, Captain James Carroll, M. W. Murry, N. A. Fuller of Michigan and George J. Smith to recover $145,000 from the defendants. Healleged that they had negotiated the sale of the Bear's Nest group of mines on Donglas Island, in Alaska, through gigantic frauds; that they bad conspired to make the sale by placin, gold-bearing rock from the rich Treadwel mine in the worthless Bear’s Nest group, and by treating the core from a diamond drill with chloride of gold to suggest the wresence of valuable ore. The compiaint | facts constituting the same,” and through | }lm‘r; he “for the first time learned of the | frand.” | The sensation caused by the publication | of the complaint is still fresh in the public mind. ~All the defendants were well known. James Treadwell and John Tread- well were owners of the great Treadwell mine; Captain James Carroll for years commanded the Pacific Coast steamer Queen; N. A. Fuller was long employed as superintendent of the Treadwell mine. Murry and Fuiler, however, are the two defendants whose history subsequent to the filing of the complaint and the sweep- !ing answer forms a new chapter in the great litigation about to be brought to issue. Years ago Murry was a well-known spec- ulator and, it is said, a successful gambler in the Weaverville country. He afterward moved to Oakland, and at the commence- ment of the suit his wealth was estimatea to be considerable. It was expected, in case Renshaw secured a judgment, Murry could be easily compe]lea to pay his share of the damages awarded. Murry lived in a handsome mansion across the bay, originally built by James H. Latham. In December iast Murry, who had _been ill for months from brain trouble, died. His death caused a bi stir in the camp of the plaintiff, who ha charged Murry with being the arch- conspirator in the big deal. Great has been the surprise of the plain- tiff’s attorneys when they recently discov- ered that Murry’s estate was appraised at the insignificant amount of $300. 1f, as charged, he received the lion's share of the $750,000, what has become of it? Stories of wild investments, fantastic purchases and reckless extravagances of various kinds have reached the cars of Renshaw’s attornoys, which would ac- count for the sundden sinkage of Murry’s fabulous assets, but it is said that when Attorney Wheeler returns from Alask: with his armful of depositions a new light may be thrown upon Murry’s position in the alleged swindle and upon the way in which Murry’s money went. The death of Murry caused the first change in the personnel of the defendants, and Richard C. Harrison, as administrator of Murry’s modest estate, has been added to the list @ defendants in place of the deceased. More recently another development arose which threatened to seriously affect the trial of tne case. N. A. Fuller, one of the triumvirate of defendants accused of act- ually ‘‘salting” the mines, is now a resi- dent of Michigan. Lioyd & Wood, attorneys for the aefend- ants, made the point that in civil actions of the kind instituted by Renshaw process upon a resident of a State outside the immediate jurisdiction of the Circuit Court couk! not be had, and this point threatened to affect the validity of the plaintiff’s action. To get away from this difficulty Renshaw’s attorneys, Garber, Boalt, Bishop & Wheeler, reluctantly agreed to drop Fuiler’s name as a defendant without prejudice. He was made a defendant again, however, on June 17 last. Thus a peculiar sequel to the institution of the suit was that of the three prime defendants and alleged conspirators, one, Murry, practically evaded penalties by his death and by dying leaving only nominal assets in the hands of his administrator, and another, N. A. Fuller, the heavy villain of the conspiracy according to Ren- shaw’s confession, evaded liability by a technicality of the Federal law. Of the leading defendants then only the Treadwells remain to stand the brunt and the results of trial. As to the details of Attorney Wheeler’s Alaskan mission little can be learned. Mr. Wheeler cleared the office of every paper bearing on the case when he left, and none of the firm at Garber, Boalt, Bishop & ‘Wheeler pretend to know much what Mr. Wheeler intends to do. 1t was learned, however, that Mr. Wheel- er’s traveling itinera:(v will include stops in Portland, Or., in Washington and Brit- ish Columbia. Renshaw, the plaintiff, is now in Lon- don, but will undoubtedly come to San Francisco before the trial commences, which will be as soon after the Circuit Court reopens as possible. ' A Visiting Rabbi. The Rev. Max Levin has just arrived in the City from Winnipeg, Canada, and will officiate at the Conneqb-:mn Seth Menachim Streisand, Minna street, between Fourth and Fifth, this Friday evening and Saturday morning. URGING HOME PATRONAGE Mass-Meeting of the Manufac- turers’ Association To-Night. T0 BE A GREAT GATHERING. Several Well- Known Gentlemen Will Speak at the Metropoli=- tan Temple. The first of a series of mass-meetings, to be beld under the auspices of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association, in this and other cities of the State, to advo- cate home patronage, will be held to-night at the Metropolitan Temple. The speakers will be Hugh Craig, Horace Davis, Dr. Julius Koebig, Con- gressman James G. Maguire and Charles M. Shoriridge. Irving M. Scott; presi- dent of the Union Iron Works, will pre- side. Besides the regular speeches there are to be a number of short talks by mem- bers of the association. The list of vice- presidents is: W. W. Montague, John P. Merrill, A. 8. Hal- lidie, Tsaac H. Morse, Conrad Herrmann, Arpad Haraszthy, C. A. Murdock, James Spiers, Henr; L. Davis, F. W. Dohrmann, J. J. O’Brien, P. C. Hale, Raphael Weil, Charies G. Clinch, J. P. Taylor, Hon. George C. Perkins, Lippmean Sachs, P. A, Buell, E. C. Williams, A. McLaugh- lin, John Hammond, G. W. Snyders, W. F. Bowers, J. P, Currier, Julian Sonntag, M. Me- R. 8. Moore, Louis Saroni, James Sbarboro, M. J. Keller, John Sroufe, E. M. Herrick, H. E. Holmes, L. Blankenhorn, L. P. Degen, Joseph Ghirardelli, J. O. Miner, Simon Barueh, W. F. Robinson, E. G. Dennis- ton, Profe eorge Davidson, A. J. Moulder, C. Meese, K. Vanderslice, H. Euler, J. Mc- Mulien, E. J. Leary, William M. Bunker, Joseph Greenberg. 5 Quite a number of firms report their business as greatly improved since the Manufacturers’ Association began its agita- tion. Among them are Dutton & Part- ridge, stationery, and Lewis & Co., cigars. Secretary Meade of the association hopes that both business men and workingmen will show their appreciation of the princi- ple of home patronage by filling the hall to the last seat in the gallery. There will be a fund of information in the speeches, particularly those of Con- ressman Maguire and Dr. Koebig. The former has devoted his life to a study of sociological and economic questions and is a veritable budget of practical knowledge, and Dr. Koebig is one of the best author- ities on beet sugar production in the country. ‘What the Manufacturers’ Association proposes to do is to make the movement general throughout the entire State. For this purpose there are to be a number of mass-meetings in other cities, beginning at San Jose and extending to San Diego. In this connection the following, taken from the Journal of Commerce, isapropos: A gentleman who has more than a passing interest in the industrial field thinks that it is time to take energetic steps to establish com- mittees in a1d of the movement in &1l towns of any size in the State. He says there is no Place, however small, that does not possess the nucleus of an industrial establishment of some description. The humblesmithy is the founda- tion of the business that culminates in the building of a line of battleships. The shoe- maker or the Tepairer is the pioneer of the vast industrial establishments in his line, and so on in other trades. All who are interested to any extent n pro- duction can be organized in favor ot the move- ment. They can help to forward the interests of their local industries, and where there are no local establishments of these in the nearest large towns or in the metropolis, they can bring such an influence to bear on the local authorities that all supplies for home institu- tions would be purchased at home. There should bewctive committees in-every town, all in constant communication with the board of directors in this City, reporting to them and in return receiving hints and aid where need be. The same paper makes the following timely comments on the ship-building pos- sibilities of San Francisco: San Francisco has ?nin(‘d an enviable repu- tation as a builder of eruisers and battleships. At the opening of the canal to connect the Bal- tic with the North Sea San Francisco’s skill was so evident in the superiority of a representa- tive of our American nayy that partof the in- demnity that Japar will receive from China will be spent in building warships in San Francisco. “Good wine needs no bush,” and San Francisco's superiority in the great art of ship-bui'ding will bring her customers from unexpected quarters. Our success in ship building shoula be.an object lesson tor those toiling in other fields. Merit will make its way. The committee on arrangements for to- night's meeting has spared no pains in having it well advertised, and it is ex- pected that it will prove to be one of the notable gatherings of the year. THE LICK TRUST EXDED Final Orders Made in the Case Yesterday by Judge San-~ derson. Belcher and Otis, Attorneys for the Trustees, Allowed a Fee of $5000. A galaxy of attorneys ‘gathered around the bar of Judge Sanderson’s court yester- day afternoon to assist in the settling up of the Lick Trust. There were W. C. Bur- nett, who represented the Academy of Sciences; Sheldon G. Kellogg, represent- ing the California School of Mechanical Arts; Frank Otis and W. C. Belcher, attor- neys for the trustees; E. B. Mastick and W. A. Matthews, two of the trustees; A. C. Cotton, representing the Pioneers, and Joseph Hutchinson, representing Happers- berger, the sculptor, who had a little bill for @ balance due on his statuary. Mr. Happersberger’s bill was first con- sidered. He asked for $2394, a balance he claimed was due on the $100,000, for which he contracted to erect the statue of Cali- fornia, which stands in City Hall avenue, in front of the dome. Testimony was heard from the scuiptor and from the ol.’r_lulstees,and it was decided to allow the ill. Attorney Belcher broached the subject of fees for himself and Mr. Otis for work done during the past six months and for making up the accounts and preparing the complaint upon which the settlement pro- ceedings were being prosecuted. After some discussion with the court, during which Mr. Belcher was vainly requested to name a figure he thought suitab(} , he was finally persnaded to make an estimate. gt% asked for $5000 for himself and Mr. is. Immediatelly a Frent chattering followed among the legal heads which bent to- gether over the lawyers’ table, but out of 1t all there was evolved no positive objec- tion to the amount, and so the fee was awarded. The order of the court was that, upon suitable receipts being shown by the trustees, the trust estate of James Lick should ‘be settled up and the funds now in the hands of the trustees be paid over to the legatees. There remained some- thing over $1,210,000, and this will be equally divided between the Society of California Pioneers and Academy of Sci- ences. STENHOUSE IS FREE. His Wife Refused to Prosecute Him and the Case Was Dismissed. The case of Lorenzo Stenhouse, charged with grand larceny on the complaint of his son Garner, was dismissed by Judge Low yesterday for lack of prosecution. The son charged the father with selling the household effects belonging to the famiiy, which had been placed in a ware- house. With the money he eloped with Virginia Escobar of Monterey last January, and lived with her until he was arrested in Santa Cruz on Monday, # When the case was called yesterday it was continued till to-morrow, but later Prosecuting Attorney Morgan received word from Mrs. Stenhouse that she was sick in bed, owing to the worry and annoy- ance caused by the exposure of her hus- band’s conduct, and_she did not wish to prosecute him. The Prosecuting Attorney accordingly asked that the casebe dis- missed, and_Garper, who was in court, having raised no objection, it was so or- dered. BIG SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Charles C. Phillips Wants Damages F¥rom the Market-Street Railway. Charles C. Pnillips will bring suit for $50,000 damages against the Market-street Railway Company some day this wcelf. The papers are now bemg drawn by his attorney, Thomas K. Kase. Phillips was formerly a waiter in the employ of the Palm Restaurant on Market street. On Sunday afternoon, June 30, at 2:30 o’clock, he was a passenger on & Hayes-street car, The complaint will set forth that “he had paid his fare and was seated on the outside of the car, inmiharl{ known as the dummy, next the small cross seat in front. When the junction of Hayes, Market and Larkin streets was reached the gripman failed to release the cable, as required by the rules of the com- pany, and the car came to a sudden and violent stop. The other passengers on the same seat with the plaintiff were thrown with con- siderable force against him. He was pushed onto the back of the front seat with such force as to render him unconscious, receiving also serious internal injuries. The shock to the car _was caused by its striking the bumper. Phillips was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where he re- mained until the next day, when he was removed to his lodgings. Attorney Kase says the Market-street Railway Company was notified bf' the {h_vsicizns of the Receiving Hospital, and hat the following day the injured man was visited by Dr. Welsh and two other physicians in the company’s employ. He was placed under the influence o{ anes- thetics and a thorough examination made of his injuries. Since the first visit another examination has been made. The attend- ing phfsxcian is Dr. Sidney Worth, who was called in by the plaintiff. Phillips has been confined to his bed ever since the accident, and during that time negotiations for a_settlement have been opened by Byron Waters, the claim agent of the company. The offers made were not satisfactory to the injured man, and suit for $50,000 will be brought as soon as the necessary legal formalities have been discharged. SLAVES IH PROCESSON A Woman’s Gorgeous Funeral in Chinese Highbinder Circles. A Soclety of Highbinders Sends Carrlages In Token of { Respect. Chinatown was stirred up to a state of intense excitement between noon and 1 o'clock yesterday by one of the most gor- geous funerals that has paraded its streets for many a long day. The people chattered and gesticulated in every window, blocked the entrances to the stores and jostled one another on the sidewalk in their eagerness to see the pageant, but not one of them professed the least knowledge of where the funeral came from or whose were the remains. Uncom- municative as they usually are in their dealings with white people, their ignor- ance yesterday surpassed all previous effort in that direction, and their *no sabes” were more stolid and meaningless. At the consulate the officials regretted in quite a touching manner that other business had prevented them from seeing the beautiful funeral. They said, how- ever, that the obsequies were in favor of a certain Ah Chow, who had lived for many years on Jackson street, and in the course of a long and industrious life had amassed much wealth and many wives. They be- lieved that the whole neighborhood had deeply respected the deceased gentleman and mourned his loss. All this information was childlike and bland, although it existed only in the fer- vid imagination of the smiling official of the consulate. The gorgeous funeral was that of a woman, Wong Ah Mo. Aresg]endentpic— ture of herself, framed in white flowers, was carried in the procession, and on the reverse of the banner the deceased hag's age was announced to be 48 years. Wong Ah Mo was the wife of a distin- guished bighbinder who had a reputation in Chinatown for executing all orders com- mitted to him with neatness and dispatch. The husband’s name is Wong Ah Mo also, but so proud was the wife of her husband’s distinction in_his profession that she elected to sink her name entirely in his, although it is not the custom for Chinese é\-omeu of her independent character to o so. For years past Mrs. Wong Ah Mo drove a highly profitable trade in Chinese slave girls on Baker alley, between Cum Cook alley and Dupont street. Wealth poured | in upon her, in fact, one reason for this, no doubt, being the great favor in which she always stood with the highbinders. When she felt her last moments approach- ing she gave orders for such a splendid funeral as is seldom bestowed upon a Chinese woman, and yesterday her in- structions were carried out to the letter. All Wong Ah Mo's slave girls, both past and present, who resided in Chinatown walked in the grrocession draped in white as mourners. There were about forty of them, heavily veiled, with downcast heads, stumbling along over the cobblestones of Dupont street. Among the girls were three who had their heads wrapped in gunny sacks in token of extra-deep mourning. These were supposed to be the deceased woman’s children, though it is stated by people who know something of her affairs that they were only adopted slaves. In addition to a large number of hired mourners in sky-blue robes there were six full Chinese orchestras dotted at different places in the long line of carriages. The highbinders had shown their respect and admiration for the deceased by turn- ing out in large numbers. The club of which Wong Ah Mo, the mourning wid- ower, is such a distinguished member, had hired several carriages, which were filled with aorrowiilf highbinders, who consid- ered that in Mrs. Wong Ah Mo they had lost one of their best friends. FISHER SENT TO NAPA. The Man Who Jumped From the Oakland Boat Adjudged Insane. Frank X. Fisher, who jumped from the Oakland boat into the bay Wednesday morning while under the hallucination that a woman was pursuing him, was yesterday committed to the Napa Insane Asylum. The unfortunate man had been de- mented for some time and had a horror of being pursued by women. He is a ma- chinist of considerable means and has a prosperous shop in Oakland. His partner, a gentleman named Matthews, testified that he had been suffering from the woman delusion for some time, and that he had often returned from this side of the bay with} graphic descriptions of how he bested a crowd with a cowtail. Fisher was examined by Drs. Lilienthal and Windell in the presence of Judge Slack and was pronounced hopelessly in- sane. He is 44 years of age and a native of Austria. 3 A DEAD PAUPER CREMATED An Exhibition of Incineration at the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery. VIEWED BY SUPERVISORS. Both Boards of Health Were Present at the Cremation—Sanitary Conditions. An exhibition of incineration was given in the new crematorium in Odd Fellows’ Cemetery yesterday morning in the pres- ence of about 200 guests. Of this number at least half were physicians from various parts of the State, who exhibited consider- able interest in the incencrating process. The members of the old and new Boards of Health were present, as were nine mem- bers of the Board of Supervisors. Superintendent Fletcher of the ceme- tery had charge of the arrangements, and shortly before 10 o’clock he announced everything in readiness. The guests were first” assembled in the spectators’ room. Here it was explained that the casket was of labor is in a greater need of permanent re- forms than ever in the history of this country. We have just Ensed through oneof the great- est financial upheavals that ever occurred; the cry of “‘hard times” has been heard all over the known world, and persons most affected are the great masses composing the laboringjele- ment of society. There are momentous ques- tions arising at all times, which menace the polmeal safety of our country and which great- iy perplex the most noted economists. Each year presents new problems to be solved, any and all of which particularly atfect the labor- ing classes. I will be qlbflsed to transmit any information obtainable desired by you, and to receive any practical suggestions and recom- mendations elther in person or by letter. Iso- leit your personal consultation at any time, perticularly when important questions &rise which require lhonght and action. The office of the bureau is at 215 Sansome street; office hours 9 A. M. to5 P. M. Respectfully yours, E. L. FITZGERALD, Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics. AN OTHEE POTRERO IN;)USTBY. A Coal-Tar Plant Is Being Started Near the Gas Works. One more industry has been added to the list of manufactories already at the Potrero. It is known as the Pacific Refin- ing ana Roofing Compeny, the principal business of which will be the refining of coal tar and asphalt. It was only recently that this enterprise assumed definite shape, and a site has been secured on the northeast corner of Humboldt and Illinois streets, near the as works. Samuel J. Hendy is the presi- gent, W. J. Watson general manager and superintendent, and ex-Attorney-General W. H. H. Hart is one of the directors. The site is 200 by 233 feet. W. E. Pol- lock, the foreman of construction, has a CREMATORIUM AT THE GDD FELLOWS’ CEMETERY. laid, and after the services for the dead had been read an elevator lowered the remains to the incinerating chamber. This part of the programme was dispensed with yester- day and the assembled physicians and lay- men went below to_where the cremation was to take place. The body of a pauper named William Foster, who died at the Almshouse on Monday last, was used for the exhibition. The body weighed 180 pounds, it was stated. The remains were removed from the casket and placed on a stretcher which lay on a track leading into the cremnwrs' fur- nace. An immense door was opened, the word was given, and the body, covered with only a white sheet soaked in alum, was pushed alonilhe track into the glow- | ing furnace, which registered 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. “One breath of that heat,” explained Su- perir.tendent Fletcher, “would be sufficient to extinguish life. It will take about an hour and a half for the body to be entirely reduced to ashes. Meantime you cannot see any smoke or dust coming out of the chimney.”” The Supervisors went outside to see if there was any dust in sight, while the others took turns looking through a peep- hole in the door of the furnace. In about forty minutes all that was visible of the body was a whitened bone or two and in an hour and 2 half not a vestige of any- thing but ashes was to be seen. At the conclusion of the exhibition Su- perintendent Fletcher invited the guests to his house, near the entrance to the cemetery, where a light collation was served. The superintendent called the at- tention of the Board of Health and visit- ing physicians to the sanitary arrange- ment of the crematory, which he pro- nounced(fmrlect. Most of the Supervisors expressed themselves as well pleased with the exhibition. THE FREE LABOR BUREA. Preparing for the Opening of the Employment De-~ partment. A Clrcular Letter Sent to the Mem~ bers of All Organized Labor Unions. The officials in the Bureau of Labor Statistics are hard at work getting their books and papers into readiness for the opening of the free employment office on the 15th inst. The State Printer has for- warded large quantities of blank applica- tions for help and for employment. Inthe first the employer states the kind of work he has to offer, the number of men, women, boys or girls desired, wages to be paid, nationality preferred, etc. The laborer’s application gives name, address, occupation, age, wages wanted, number in family and references. A series of ten rules and regulations gov- erning the employment bureau have been prepared, the substance of which has-been published in THE CALL. In order to be in touch with the labor unions, from which Mr. Fitzgerald will have to gather much data for his statistics and reports upon labor matters, he has sent the following circular letter 1o the officers and members of all the labor unions: Gentlemen: For the assistance of organized labor and for the purpose of mutual and joint benefit, it is mg’ desire to establish harmonious inter-communication between this bureau and the various labor organizations of the State; consequently, 1 desire to establish the fact that the Labor Bureau was organized for the amelioration and protection of the laboring classes, and, as Commissioner, I wish it under- stood that it shall be my aim to extend a help- ing hand and make the affairs of labor organi- zations my affairs, and it shall be my pleasure to see the interests of the said organizations rotected. B T shall ask your co-operation in thé matter of the collection of information which it is my duty to gather for the purpose of presenting to the ‘people of the State a comprehensive report as to the actual conditions of labor. This is the only authentic data which can be used by legislators in framing laws of which you are the beneficiaries, hence you will agree with me that my success in this work is to a great extent dependent upon (onr assistance, which trouble upon your part is indirectly rewarded through the enactment of laws in your behalf. In order to facilitate research and the collec- tion of data, blank forme have been prepared, which will be sent to_you from time to time, with instructions. Upon the publication of biennial reports or intermediate bulletins the | same will be sent to you for your information. 1 desire to establish between this bureau and labor organizations & feeling of trust and confi- dence, in order thet you may be free to ask my advice in times when the arbitration of a small dispute vetween employer and employe and the proper adjustment of & minor di&- culty might avert hardships and lossof time and money should the slight infantile trouble *row to the prod[giou! proportions of a strike. ‘here are innovations constantly occurring of & mote or less serious character, and the cawse force of men at work building a high board fence around it. The buildings are to con- sist of the refinery proper and a large warehouse and shed. ere is to be also a _témk 8 feet deep, 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. Mr. Poliock said yesterday : “So far the company starts out with every encouragement. It has contracted to supply about all thedprincipal as com- panies on the coast and the Southern Pa- cific Railway Com{mny with coal tar, and, besides that, it will do an extensive busi- ness in the manufacture of building paper, | asphalt roofing and plaster slate, the last mentioned being a fire-l}roof coating pat- ented by Mr. Watson. There will be quite a number of men employed when the works begin operating. This is the only one institution of its kind on the coast.” M street, between Eleventh and Twelfth Railroad avenue and M street, are being graded and macadamized at South San Francisco. T For the Cremation of Garbage. W. Jones Culbertson, an architect-engineer, has sent a communication to the Board of Su- pervisors urging upon them a project which was advance City garbage. He suggested that the City erect itsown crematories and the_power obtained from it be utilized in operating the City’s plants. Yale’s La Freckla Is Mme. Yale’s infallible cure for Freckles, Tan and Sunburn. It is the only remedy completely and surely. The fairer and more delicate the skin, the more likely it is to freckie and the worse it will look after it is freckled. Thousands of women, otherwise beauti- ful, are disfigured by these unsightly, brown blotches. Nothing will hide them. They are a source of misery, but they can be cured. La Freckla isthe death-warrant to freckles. The preparation of La Freckla is one of Mme. Yale's greatest achievements. There are many imitations, some of them very dangerous and hurtful to the skin; none of them really effective. For safety and cefainty, insist nlwa%s on getting the gen- wg and original La Freckla. Price $1 at drugstores, or by mail. . M. YALES. Health and Beauty Epecialist, 1. State st., Chicago. Heauty Guids mutted e ACROSSTHECONTINENT Call and see the LOVELL DIAMOND BICYCLE (25 lbs) Ridden by Merten Duxbury from Providence, R. I., across the Continent, and as sound as when it started. SMITH’S CASH STORE, 414-418 Front St., S. F. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA THE_GRADUATION EXERCISES WILL take place at the Baldwin Theater, Saturday Afternoon, July 13, 1895, at 2 o’clock. The Public Is Cordially Invited. MUSIC BY SCHEEL’S ORCHESTRA. R. A. MCLEAN, M.D., Dean of the Facuity. DUFFY'S PURE = WHISK =\ FOR MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL Kills themyriad germs that float in the summer air nd lurk in impure water. ‘Will rally the forces of the body after exhaustion from work under the pitiless sun. A tried and true defender of the family. DON'T WAIT TO BE SICK AND OLD SOL CAN'T HURT YOU. The i11s of hot weather will not afflict anybody who checks the first wenkness with this pure medicinal stimulant, Your neighbors will tell you so. Book with picturessent by DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. avenues, and Thirteenth avenue, between | some time ago for eremating the | ever com})ounded that will remove freckles | y “SOLID SILVER” FURNITURE==-= YOU PREFER SOLID SILVER TO PLATED WARE. DON'T YOU? NOW, GooD, SOLID, SUBSTAN~ TIAL AND ENDURING FURNI- TURE COSTS REALLY BUT LITTLE MORE, AT THE OUTSET, THAN THE OTHER KIND. IN THE LONG RUN THE DIFFER- ENCE IN FAVOR OF THE "‘SOLID SILVER" CLASS OF FURNITURE IS VERY GREAT, NOT ONLY IN POINT OF ECONOMY BUT IN THE SENSE OF ADDED BEAUTY AND DECORATIVE CHARM AS WELL, (S %Y%) Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COr1PANY (N. P. Cole & Co,) n7-123 Geary Street STATEMENT ...... OF THE...... CONDITION AND AFFAIRS SVEA FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY F GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, ON THE 31ST day of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Po- litical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. $533 333 33 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Compan: Loans on Bond and Mortgage. Cash Market Value of aill Stoc] Bonds owned by Company. Amount of Loars secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and other market- $752,133 33 1,896,228 47 1,497,047 15 nd able securities as collate: 669.479 44 Cash in Compauy’s Office. 2,253 29 Cash in Banks 112,000 00 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks And Loans. ................. 51,071 07 Premiums in due Course of Collec- i 84,545 92 16%,469 39 Rents due and accrued.... 10,666 67 Due from other Companies for rein- | surance on losses already paid... 800,936 92 Total Assets.............. LIABILITIES. Losses in process of Adjustment orin Suspense. ¥ Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one year or less, reinsurance 50 per cent, and Gross premiums on Fire Risks running more than one year, reinsurance pro rata. Liability under Life Department. Cash Dividends remaining nnpai All other demands against the Ce $106,666 66 417,248 73 3,694,410 97 13,160 54 | peng oo 188,898 43 Total Liabilities. $4,320,380 83 INCOME. Net (‘ash actually received for Fire 3 31,140,141 43 nds o on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from Al Other SOUFCeS. . ............ 388,134 64 Received from Life Department. 565,126 76 Total Income. . ...$2,093,402 83 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses. 575,950 73 | Dividends to Stockholders....... 32,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage... 300,852 69 Paid for Saiarie i charges for officers, clerks, etc. 148,486 18 All other payments and exp tures, including Life Department... 1,035,987 60 Total Expenditures. .. .§2,093,277 20 rinE. Losses incurred during the year...... $575,950 73 Risksand anlumu.’ Fire Risks. [ Premiums. Net amount of Risks written during the year ..|$379,149,499| $1,609,873 83 Net amount of Risks expired during th year... Net amol December, 216,390,454 722.887 70 81,1394.[ 154,875,183 417,243 78 T. ED LEVISSON, Vice-President. . OLBERS, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of April, 1885. GUDM AKERMARK, Notary Public. 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