The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1895. PERSONAL TAX ROLL Collections Are Made on Thirty Millions of the Valuation. OPERATION OF NEW LAW. Assessor Seibe’s Commissions Up to Date Exceed $26,000. ACTIVE WORK OF DEPUTIES. Promises to Reduce Valuation—How the Law Was Changed at Sacramento. at the last session horizing Assessors erty un- Under the law passed islature, a pers: secured by real estate, ebe hgs collected on 32,000 assess Hf is ready to turn inthe 7,562 43, which represents a tax on valuation of $30,000,000. The law was approved March tors did mnot begin ering in money until May ) retain for unt of personal property ected. Itappears, therefore, that Siebe’s commissions wiil amount 2 on the sum already collected in relation to the change of the : The county government e did not purport to apply y and County of San Francisco in ecent decision of the Supreme was expressly held not to apply to Formerly the collection of taxes in th y was under the provisions of the consolidation act and acts amenda- ¢ thereof. An act was passed provid- at collections of taxes in San Fran- » should be under the provisions of the ical Code, section 3829, which provides for services rendered in collection of es the Assessor shall receive compensa- as the act governing such ers may provide. This prov e Code went into effect March 28, 1895. rder the amendment of section 216 of the government act of 1893 the As- sessor is entitled to retain for his own use 6 per cent of all personal property taxes cted. The law permits cojlections of this kind til t Monday of July, which this 2 July 15, but the State pervisors as a Board of Equali- aturday, and will not collect me. the operations of the new erzer said yesterday: well so far as collections otal estimation of per- ,000,000, and we have e £30,000,000. What proportion of yney was peid in the office? The propor- n was small. In fact, a very large percentage the who ken in was collected by Regar Chief g Deputy on § O kind made were due, 2 43 would have been 50,000 assessments on the personal 11, and our collections cover 32,000. mate that 15,000 of the assessments are & d by real estate, and this accounts for 47,000 of the 50,000 assessments, leaving 3000 unaccounted for. Last year 19,000 as- unpeid. cial effort o get in as much money s possible? Yes; we endeavored to iy with thelaw, and ‘sent deputies five or six times to the same person. I do not believe that persons other then authorized deputies collected mon e reason that the re- ceipts and st such form and so closely guarded that forgeries in this respect would be almost impossible. “In order to get in all the money you could collect, were deputies authorized to reduce arbitrary assessments?’’ “We contend,” said Mr. Herzer, ‘“that the bt to fix the valuation rests with the A his charge. sor, so long as the books are in When the roll is turned over to the Board of Equalization the authority to modify or change an_assessment rests solely with that body. Even then we can sor has fixed the r at §$1200, and the §18 66—is a deputy authorized to re- he valuation to $1000 and collect the y $14 90, on that valuation.” this question Mr. Herzer replied: he deputy might give the person whose personal property was assessed at $1200 an opportunity to come to this office and filea sworn statement that the property was not worth more than $1000. K"e do not accept sworn statements in every case, especially when we have knowledge that the prop- crty is of greater value than the statement represents it to be.” it eame to the knowledge of Tnr Carn yesterday that the following notice was sent to G. W. Palmer, 621 Bush street: LAST NOTICE. AsSESSOR’S OFFICE, NEW CITY HA SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 1 s Vol. 12—Page 31. Amount of tax due, $18 66. You are hereby notified that if the above smount is not paid to the deputy presenting this notice, or &t the Assessor’s office within three days of date hereof, you will be proceeded against according to law. The costs for seizure end sale will amount to $20 additional. (See sections 3790 and 3822, revenue law.) Jonx D. SIEBB, Assessor, By J. HuxT, Deputy. Bring this notice with you. N. B.—Office hours from 8 o'clock A. M. to 5 o’clock P. M. Mrs. Shendan, the lady who conducts the house, a sister of Mr. Palmer, in whose name the property is assessed, did not pay as the notice demanded. A deputy called two or three times, and Monday last strenously urged the payment. She said 1o him: ““Why not collect of the Sterling Furniture Company, the owner of the furniture?’’ The deputy replied: “The Sterling Furniture Company has no mortgage on the property.”” “But they own it, and I only lease it,” ;emim the lady. “Besides, it is not worth 1200.” The deputy then agreed to reduce the assessment to $1000 and accept $14 90 if the money was paid that day. The money was not paid. Deputy Herzer was asked what course the ofiice pursued wheén the present property was mortgaged. He explained that two receipts were given, each receipt for half the amount, but that the person having the proverty in possession was compelled to pay the whole amouns of the t1x. The receipt was given to enable the erson paying to get proper credit on the oan, Mr. Herzer remarked that no property had been seized or sold in collections so far made. A case involving the constitu- lity of the act was still pending in e Supreme Courf, hence no attempt was is year to seize and sell under the act. Next vear, if the law holds zood, an effort will be made to collect on every as- sessment. “I do not,” said Mr. Herzer, “commend the law which places both the assessment of property and the collection of the taxes in the hands of the Assessor. It is my opinion that the Assessor should only assess and the Collector collect, but the law as it stands makes it the duty of the Assessor to collect on personal property unsecured by real estate, and 1 must say that so far as collections are concerned the new law is much better than the old.” Assessor Siebe will turn over the real estate as well as the personal property roll to the Board of Supervisors next Saturday. The assessed valuation of the property will be larger than it was last year, but how much larger the Assessor wifi not say at present. Last year the real estate assess- ment was $261,808,995, and the personal vrgpe,rly was $63,299,903. Total, $325,108,- 898. _It is a fundamental principle of all taxa- tion that taxes must be equal, uniform, and in proportion to the value of the property. The law provides that all prop- erty must be assessed at its full cash value, and the mode of ascertaining this value is fixed by provisions of the constitutionand Political Code. It is the duty of each citi- zen to furnish to the Assessor a statement under oath setting forth specifically the real and personal property owned by him. Ifany person neglects or refuses to make this statement the Assessor must make an estimate of the value of the property of such person, and under the provisions of section 3633 of the Political Code the value so fixed must not be reduced. Section 3640 provides that the Assessor or his deputies, before the first Monday of June of each f'enr, shall prepare his field assessment roll, and that personal prop- erty unsecured by real estate must be as- sessed and the taxes thereon collected at the time of the enrollment. The Assessor must then prepare an as- sessment-book, showipg among other changes the name of each person to whom property is assessed, a statement of the personal property owned by him and its value. By section 3652 he must on or before the first Monday in July complete his assess- ment-book, and he and his deputies must make oath to having taken the statutory steps, and that no one has been allowed to escape a just and equal assessment through favor, or reward, or otherwise. The Board of Supervisors at a time pro- vided by the law sits as a Board of Equal- ization to hear complaints as to the amounts of assessments. Section 3674 vrovides that no reduction must be made in the valuation of property unless the party affected thereby files with the board a written application under oath therefor. Before the board makes the reduction the subsequent sections provide that it shall hear all of the parties inter- ested under oath, after notice given of the time and place of hearing. The procedure has been set forth with such particularity that it is even necessary for the clerk of the board to take oath as to the correctness of all transact of the board and of him- self in transcribing the minutes regarding reductions of assessments. Section 3820 and those immediately fol- lowing contain provisions especially gov- erning the Assessor in his collection of personal property taxes. Section 3821 provides that this collection may be mtde at the time of making the ssment or at any time prior to the first y of Ju and that the Assessor may collect by seizure and sale of personal property. Section 3890 provides that the Assessor and the Board of Supervisors must per- form the duties required of them and must not perform the duties of any other office. The Assessor may fill out a statement at the time he presents it or he may deliver it to the person and require him within an appointed time to return the same to him properly fillea out. Under the iaw the Assessor may, there- fore, under certain circumstances, fix the value of the personal property. That must be done prior to June 1, and the valuation once fixed, whether upon the oath of the owner or arbitrarily by the Assessor, it can only be changed by the Board of Super- visors. THE Yl]SEngliE‘VALLEY. How Money for the Mainte- nance of the Park Has | Been Wasted. The Rallroad and Stage Companies Have Had Too Much Attention. | From hints thrown out recently by | Governor Budd it is inferred that he will | give particular attention to Yosemite | Valley affairs assoon as he finishes work on the National Guard and State Board of Horticulture. i It will be recollected that the Legislature | last winter made a raid on the commis- | sion, reduced its allowance for traveling expenses one-half and materially cut down | the Controller’s estimates for maintaining | the park in the valley and the Mariposa | Big Tree Grove. The’ fight on the man- | agement of the reservation was led by Assemblyman Phelps of San Mateo and towell of Fresno, and was not only per- sistent but skillful. Phelps was constantly demanding information as to what the Commissioners had done with the large sums received for hotel and other privi- le{es in the valley. No Incid explanation was given to his inquiries by the Commissioners at that time, but it comes to light now that John P. Irish, when secretary of the board, was given authority to expend $2000. On this authorization, it is said, an indebtedness of $11,000 was created. Instead of making straightforward comfession regarding in- side management, the Commissioners and the Board of Examiners concealed the facts from the Legislature and the public. It was thought that the Irish bills would be p: in due time, and with a new and liberal appropriation the reservation could be properly cared for. George Sperry of Stockton, a particular friend of Governor Budd, was so indignant when the Legisiature cut down the appro- priation that he sent in his resignation as Commissioner, but the Governor would not accept it. Then it was asserted that the Board of Examiners would allow the Commissioners to create a deficiency if an emergency should arise demanding the expenditure of money to keep the park in presentable condition. At the last meet- ing of the board Dr. McLean made an urgent appeal for the construction of a bridge across Cascade Creek, a stream flowing into the Merced River. The road on which the bridge is desired is outside of the grant, but was purchased and is owned by the State. It is reported that the exec- utive committee will authorize the con- struction of the bridge. A well-known citizen of California, who has long been conversant with Yosemite Valley management, said yesterday: ‘It is time that the valley was managed in the interest of the people of the country. The State should either care for thepark or surrender the trust to _the Government, 8o that it can be managed in the manner that the Yellowstone Park is governed. The Yosemite should be regarded as a public irust and not as a private perquisite. The stage companies and the Southern Pacific have had the management long enough. The CO_mm}sSll)ners ought to maintain an office in San Francisco, accessible at all times to tourists and others in quest of information. There should be some one in the office at all times to impart _facts as to accommodation, routes, guides, hotel charges and transportation facilities in the valley.' Asit is now the commission prac- tically gives mothing in this respect. Every one isreferred to the railroad office and the agent of the stage company.” g Iti id that th. is sail at there is some talk in the ‘War Department of abandoning the sys- tem of collecting information abroad through the medium of the military at- taches at the United States legations. = Al- though much of the information thus gathered must necessarily remain in the secret archives of the department, it has, nevertheless, been of gre®t value. The enemies of tfz'e system claim that the cost of traveling incurred by the attaches is more than the information is worth. It seems probable, however, that Secretary Lamont will not recall these officers, inas- much_as some of them have furnished material which is_constantly drawn upon by officers in their military work here at ‘home. ART SALONS OF PARIS, Miss Rowena Watson‘ Says Plainly That They Are a Fiasco. JULIAN NAMES THE FAVORITES. Recognlition by Elther Salon Is Not Accepted in Paris as a Guar~ antee of Merit. Miss Rowena Watson has returned from the Delecluse Academy in Paris, where she has been studying in the life class. The young-lady has opened her studio on “the hill,” in the old Polk residence, over- looking the bay and the City stretching away into the haze on all sides. Miss Watson went to Paris in 1892 and studied under De Lance, M. Callot and latterly M. I’Hermitte, the famous painter of peasantry and life tigures. For a time she studied in the private studio of M. Mairrett, H. C. It was here that her first distinctive work appeared, which afterward resulted in her entering the on the line. Such glaring conduct on the part of the judges caused a laugh to go up, and it is now a common thing to have it said that recognition by the Salon means absolutely nothing and is no guarantee of merit. 1t is merely a question of what is vulgarly known as a ‘puil’ “There is a case of a Mr. Hall, an Ameri- can, whose picturz was refused bv the judges. He went to the Champs Elyseee and raised a row, in which he abused the judges. Rather than be firm in their de- cision and fearing various complications which mignt arise_through what Mr. Hall knew, they hung it in a conspicuous place and gave him all the space he wanted. Is that the way to conduct a salon supposed to be above threats and cliques? “You will probably wonder why I am talking at such great ]en%:h about the Salon when I have never had a picture hung there. As a matter of fact Julian offered to take me as a pupil and promised almost that I would be rewarded atthe Salon. I made inquiries and found that it was worthless to my reputation and that it was a farce and laughing stock. I lived there too long not to know the truth of those statements and if Americans really knew what the Salon approval amounted tothey would not be so ready to applaud when an American succeeds in entering it. “The Champs de Mars, the new salon which was created to undo the horrible work of the Champs Elysees, is degenerat- ing into the same sort of an institution as the old one and art is being sacrificed to chicanery and influence of a suspicious order. “I suppose what I have said to you will cause considerable comment, but it ought to be exposed, and indeed I can agsure you I have not said to you half that I know to MILLET’S MODEL OF “THE ANGELUS” IN HER OLD AGE., [Drawn from a photograph taken by Miss Watson.] Delecluse Academy. For a short time she ‘was with Herr Kopps, the famous Dresden painter, whose pictures are celebrated throughout Germany and whose shetches sell for almost as much as his originals. “I am glad to be back,” said Miss Wat- son yesterday, ‘‘and I assure you France has no sky, no scenes, no envirenments half so dear to me as those of California. To be sure I went there to study, not to indulge in day dreams, and I suppose I re- ceived all I was in search of except fame. “However,” she continued, snapping her fingers apart and brightening up, “we are not dead yet.” “‘Oh, by the way, I must show you some- thing. T am very proud of it myself, and consider it a great treasure.” Miss Wat- son jumped up and fluffed away, to return in a few minutes with a small photograph which she handled very daintily. *This,” she went on, “is a picture taken by myself and a friend at Barbizon, a few miles out of Paris, and is the original model used by Francois Millet in his celebrated painting of ‘The Angelus.’” Sheis over 80 years of age now, and is fully conscious of the im- ortant part she played in one of the most amous and costly pictures in the world. She is a victim of gout, and as she sits you can see her foot resting on the pillow. The man in Millet’s picture, together with Miss Rowena Watson at Work in Delecluse’s Life Class in Paris. [From a photograph.] = the great master himself, has passed away, and she is the sole survivor of the cele- brated trio. Poor woman, I feel sorry for her.” “] suppose your associates in Paris are struggling to gain a corner in the Salon?”’ “Oh, I am so sorry you have drifted mnto a discussion of the Salon. I wished to avoid it, but its arrival in the conversation compels me to tell the truth aboutit. In a few words the Salon, particularly the old Salon, is a ridiculous fiasco, ard the ac- ceptance of a picture by the judges means nothing. Itisan em%l.ey honor, and those of us who have really been in Paris know it better than any one else. Let me tell you how shallow it all is. Julian will put any one in the Salon who will smdg with him. Itisthe talk of Paris how he con- trols the old Salon, and the judges there are generally critics in hisacademy. When a student comes to Paris and wants recog- nition at the hands of the Salon he goes to Julian and at once prepares a picture for the Salon. Among Frenchmen you never hear any of them say ‘I am painting a pic- ture for the Salon,” because it ‘simply means that they have prepared for its re- ception through the proper source. Cer- tainly you may quote me with all I have said.” It is public property. “I knew an Enfilil girl who studied with Delecluse who was unable to geta picture in the Salon and who really felt that it was necessary for her to do so be- fore returning to England. She flmlhl’y went to Julian, and he influenced M. Merson, who has three votes, and M. Bon- net, an old member of the Salon, to do all they could for her. In a short time she received a dispatch stating that they were ready to assist her, and she forthwith pro- duced a picture which she had sent to the Salon be&m. and it was accepted and put be true and whxt is easy to prove. Parisis a good place t0 study, but the salons are without advantage andy in France their ac- ceptance or refusal of a picture means nothing. Thus many true and worthy artists are passed over and forgotten when proper and deserved recognition might be insirumental in giving a talented painter arenewed impetus and a new hope—hope that would 'be the creative power of genius.” —_— JAPANESE FIGHTING VICE, Organized to Rescue the Little Yellow Women From the Slums. Officers of the Soclety Say the Police Discourage Thelr Efforts. The Japanese of the City have now a well organized society for the suppression of vice among the Japanese men and women. The headquarters of this organization is at 121 Haight street, back of the Japanese Presbyterian Church. Here they publish a daily paper, the New World. The main object of this society is to re- claim Japanese girls from a life of im- morality. The officers of this society and the ed- itors of their paper claim that the police officials of the City are very unfriendly to the organization. “We made a house to house canvass in the section where the Japanese girls are leading immoral lives, some time ago,” said the sub-editor of the New World. “*Our efforts were not as successful as we expected. It was decided to ask for the assistance of the Police Department and procure their aid in our efforts to stop the life of vice among our countrywomen, but the police refused to consider our requests. One of the police officials told us that they would not favor the breaking up of the Japanese quarters. ‘It would,’ they saia, ‘be a source of danger to the girls on the streets of San Francisco if such a thing was done.” 5 ‘‘Not only did they refuse their aid,” continued the editor, “‘but they also went to the various houses after our visitation and counteracted the influence of our visits. Of this we have proofs.” The society has been able to receive about twenty of these girls, Some of them have been sent home. Situations have been secured for the others. The uaciat’y estimates that there are 116 Japanese girls in the slums of this City. It is the intention of the oflicers of the society to continue the work. An apgenl is to be made to the Parlia- mentof Japan, and petition that a law be assed prohibiting young women leaving apan for this country, unless they can give satisfactory assurance that they are fip'mg to enter into respectable homes. hey have everg hope that such a measure will be passed by their home Government. The officials say they think Gefferney, the immlPradon interpreter, has been too loose ;n allowing young Japanese girls to land ere. Their work unong. the men consists of inducing them to live at their quarters, where they may be taught in all English branches and kept clear of bad influences. The society was organized by 0. Kuno. }‘h- present J’:fimdm:t;s S‘ Dhoi, Jn young apanese and the T of the Japan M.pE. Church. .pa i The Japanese daily is owned by H. Soc- jimo, Its circulation is 500 in this City and 200 in Japan. Two Small Failures. John B. Knudson, & baker on Dorland street, has iailed, with liabilities of $2807 28 and practically no assets. F. E. Dietz, a saloon-keeper on Scott street, has filed & petition in insolvency, His liabili- ties are about ,and the assets are nom- CRIPPLING THE POLICE, How the Patrol Horses Are Farmed Out to Unsuit- able Stabies. TOO FAR AWAY FOR ANY USE. Astute Liverymen Bring Patronage to Themselves Regardless of Expediency. In the recent shakeup among the smaller sources of patronage, the police patrol, as usual, came in for a share of the disturbance. Formed originally to expedite the arrest of criminals and the relief of suifering, it appearsto have been shamefully crippled by the political in- fluence of some stable-keepers and the willingness of the Bupervisors to assist in filling their stalls. It has come to bea settled thing with new administrations to farm out the horses of the police patrol to whatever stable has the most mflue_nce, and not to the one nearest and handiest: it has become an understood thing to make the police patrol system, by the ap- pointment of the drivers and the pl?c}ng of the horses, as much a means of gaining political friends, as an adjunct to the Police Department. This anomalous condition of affairs 1s presented—a patrol system whose horses, drivers and wagons are under the control of the Supervisors and under the orders of the police. So far as the drivers are concerned, the police have long since ceased to object, for the drivers are appointec and removed by the Supervisors and the police had their objections for their pains, but the farming out of the patrol horses, first to a stable near at hand and then to one blocks away causes daily complaint. Just now the North End station on Jack- son street, near Polk, is the heaviest suf- ferer. Up to the beginning of this month the wagon was kept at the Van Ness sta- bles on Pacific street, near Polk, and with- inablock and a half of the station. On July 1 Dr. Westphal, veterinary surgeon of the Police Department, came to the stable with an order from Supervisor Benjamin, chairman of the Health and Police Com- mittee of the board, directing the proprie- tor to deliver up the four horses of the North End patrol wagon. He took the team down to Michelson’s stable on Ellis street, near Larkin, twelve blocks away from the station. Since then the wagon has stood outside the station during all weather. It has been the cus- tom when the nights were raw and cold to send the team to the stable around the cor- ner, but with the stable down on Ellis street this would render the wagon practically useless, for so much, time would be con- sumed in getting it up from the stable that it would be more profitable to hire an ex- press wagon at once should any emergency case come in. This would be going back to first principles in spite of all the money that has been spent on the patrol. To pre- vent such an emergency the wagon must be kept in the street outside the station dur- ing all weather and all hours, and the effcot on the horses can be readily seen. It would soon killa man_to stand motionless during the foggy nights which are found here and the horses can fare no better. Down at the Southern station Mr. Ben- jamin’s order has also placed the stable for the patrol horses out of all reasonable reach of the station. There, however, there is a shed which shelters the horses during inclement weather, but whenever there is a necessity for changing horses the wagon must §o to Brannan street, between Second and Third, a distance of five long blocks. There are plenty of stables within a block or a block and a half of the sta- tion, but the proprietors are not politicians enough to secure the patrol horses. The horses at the station at the City Hall are now stabled at Dr. Westphal’s place on Park avenue, near Larkin street. They were taken from Michelson’s stables just before Michelson was given the hcrses from the North End. Dr. Westphal keeps a stable for sick horses, and he has in it two ambulance horses, four patrol horses and two extra horses, all sound and welt and ready for work. They each pay him $25 a month. The station on Seventeenth and Howard | streets has a stable of its own, and so far the horses of the patrol wagon for that station have been allowed to stay in it. The horses doing duty at the California- street station are quartered at the St, George stables on Bush street, two blocks above. They might with advantage be stalled at a stable just around the corner; but they are not. To each patrol wagon there are four horses—two to each watch. For caring for these the stablemen get §25 a horse. The places where they are kept are supposed to be known to the police headquarters, but, s0 quiet has been the change, the upper officials still have on their books an item for the North End horses at the Van Ness stables and the City Hall horses at the Michelson stables. It was not thought THE OWL DRUC CO., CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS ! 1128 Marizet Street, SAN FRANCISCO, 320 S. Spring Streect, L0S ANGELES. OPEN ALL NIGHT. PRICES COT IN HALF. FOUNTAIN SYRINGES. 2-Quart.. 3-Quart 4-Quart.. QUININE PILLS. 1-Grain, per dozen, 5c; per 100. 2Grain; per dozen, be: per 100 -Graln, per dozen, C; per 5-Grain, per dozen, 10c; per 100 60c POWERS & WEIGHTMAN'S QUININ 50c Per Ounce. ‘Walker's Canadian Club Whisky Hoft’ Extract, 25¢ & bottl Paine’s Celery Compound... Hood's, Ayers’ and 's S Lydia Pinkham’s Compound........ ‘Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Cuticura Salve. POCKET-BOOKS AT COST. A necessary to notify them of the changes wl:?ln Supervisor Benjamin ordered them made. - RULES FOR THE SCHOOLS. Some Important Recommendstions to Be Made to the Board of Edu- cation. The Committee on Rules of the Board of Education met last night in the City Hall and considered some of the important amendments to the rules which will be submitted to the board at its next session. One recommendation will be that prin- cipals of schools be authorized to granta half-holiday monthly to the ten pupils in each class who are best entitled to that privilege by reason of excellence, deport- ment and diligence in studies. The committee will also suggest that whenever a pupil applies for admittance to a school and is denied through lack of room his or her name, age and address shall be sent to the Superintendent of Scnools, whose duty it then shall be to ar- range for the pupil’s admission to the nearest school. Morning recess in grammar grades may become optional with teachers, as the com- mittee_conclude to recommend a rule to that effect. E % Another conclusion, which will have much interest for all teachers in the School Department, was reached. It affects the standard of teachers, and is intended as a means of weeding out the incompetent in- structors in a most effective manner. When a principal reports adversely on a teacher, the Committee on Qualifications will arrange to })Xaw the teacher in another school. en if a second report be made on the same teacher a trial shall be held to determine the fitness of the instructor for teaching school. 2 A radical reform was considered, and the committee decided to recommend it to the board. By _this, (Fromotion from division te division and from grade to grade may be made at theend of each term of six monihs, and pupils may likewise ad- vance twice a year instead of once as at present. A The committee agreed to suggest that principals and teachers must not give in- structions for pay or any other compensa- tion to pupils of their classes. PRODUCE EXCHANGE. Bulls and Bears Fraternize Once in the Year and Elect Their Officers. From noon till 2 o’clock yesterday after- noon the bulls and bears of the Produce Exchange fraternized in the most beauti- ful manner. The annual election of offi- cers was proceeding, and every member piled his bailot in for his favorite. There were three tickets in the field, the regular, the members’ and the compro- mise, the name of W. A. Holcomb heading each. Considering the number of tickets there was very little electioneering, and the regular ticket, with twc exceptions, went through flying. These exceptions were H. C. Ellis and S. Anspacher, who were elected on the board of directors. The new officers_are: W. A. Holcomb, resident; John P. Sperry, treasurer; eorge P. Morrow, W. H. Wright, H. C. Ellis, 8. Anspacher. H. E. Trubenbach, T. G. Walkington, H. Eppinger, R. D. Girvin, H. C. Ellis, Paul Keyser, H. Erlanger and H. Sinsheimer, directors. ACCOMMODATION! That which supplies & want, or affords ease, refreshment or convenience. ‘WEBSTER. SULLIVAN p MONSTER ACGONNODATIO SALE SUPPIJIESA LONG-FELT WANT, for it means a saving of just ONE-HALF in the price of every pair of shoes in our entire big stock. AFFORDS FASE, AND REFRESH. MENT to both the feet and the pocket, for it places every new pretty style in faultless fitting shoes at exactly half the price you have been paying for them, and it's a dacided CONVENIENCE 1%5%8 o AND US, for in reducing our big stock of Summer Shoes to make room for our fall stock we gain the object we de- sire, and in purchasing bargains you gain yours. COME TO-DAY, But just bring along half the price you have been in the habit of paying, and you will_ experience no trouble in being pleased. Just a Few Bargains From the Many : INFANTS' MEN'S ALLSOLID TAN LACE SHOES, FINEST- KID BUTTON, 1:00 cioth or kid tops, with stylish toe-caps P L — LADIES' BEST TAN KID BUTTON, LADIES TAN XID BUTTON. in sither .90 FORD TIES, in all style toes. . % LADIES FINE KID OXFORDS, inall - 5()C 1y 2 styles and in all shapes. 3 90 in all-style toes .. $ button or lace.. c with stylish patent-leather toe-caps. .. 50 CHILD'S BEST KID BUTTON, in either LADIES' FINE KID BUTTON, in s ] 48 square or pointed toes. =2 e either cloth or kid tops, in narrow, @940 square or razor toes, with tips tomatch Q4— square or pointed toes. LADIES EXTRA FINE TAN KID OX- $1,35 LADIES' TAN KID- OXFORDS, in ¢i].45 pointed toes, in either cloth or kid tops D L — style toes, sizes 2 to 4 only.. MEN'S GENUINE CALF SHOES, ‘inall $1:2° MEN'S SOLID DOUBLE-SOLE CALF (10).85 POLICE SHOES, in all styles. : s BOYS' ALL SOLID CALF SHOES, in ALL SOLID TAN LACE SHOES $l.co BOYS ‘We are the agents for JAMES MEANS’ celebrated $3 an Shoes for men. Country orders profiptly filled. s Send for our new catalogue. SULLIVAN’S, 18, 20, 22 Fourth Street, Just Below Market., “CUPIDENE” 00D RESTORED;25se: mw physician, will disch: BEFORE ano AFTER fijthebors CUPIDENE strengthens and restos fferers are not cured Proatailiin COPIDEN & 18 thoonly known tee given and money returned l{nx boxes does not. 0 2o aix for 4500, by mall. Bend for yRER clroular and testmonials, )y quhklywz‘?w all per- ervous Debili, rains, Varicocele and austing da; t. P s quick. It notchedked Jougs th Spermatorrhesn and W) f tency. CUPIDENE cleanses theliver, the Egz"f‘afi'é,a&’“m.nw 5 res s Grgans, by Doctors is becase ninel remed; ty per t aro tronbled t ciire without h operation. ionont ration. 5000 test] a permanent cure, ~. Address DAVOL MEDICINE CO., P. 0. Box 2076, San Francisco, Cal. For Sate by BROOKS’' PHARMACY, 119 Powell strest NEW TO-DAY. plalstery Degt SECOND FLOOR. WILL OFFER THIS WEEK —AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES! 75 pair IRISH POINT CURTAL $2.45 value $3 50, at. A 4 esscanens. coere Pair 60 pair TRISH POINT CERTAINS.%%-?E value $5, at. O — Pair 220 pair NOTTINGHAM LACE CUR- C 5 e 95 oe. eane. air 125 pair NOTTINGHAM LACE CUR- r ! $1 AL 8, value $2, Pair 40 'F'" each of IRISH AINS at POINT CUR-@ (). 50 2553, 87 and DI Erees Pale 80 pair DERBY PORTIERES, fldlned$3.85 with tassel fringe, value $6 50, at. < Paix 68 pair BAGDAD PORTIERES, Turk- 485 ish patterns, fringed, af — Pair 400 yards 50-INCH TAPESTRY DRA- PERY, satin finish, for Portieres and Furniture covering, value 60c, at...... 459 Yard 820 _yards 50-INCH DERBY AND TA- PESTRY DRAPERIES for Curtains, Couch Covers, Mantel Drapes and Ta- ble Covers, value $1,8......... Mail Orders receive our prompt and careful attention. Illustrated Catalogue of Bathing Suits and Bicycle Suits mailed free to any ad= dress upon application. NEWMAN & LEVINSON, 125, 127, 129 and 131 Kearny Streef, and 209 Sutter Street. STATEMENT ——O0F THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ON' the 3lst day of December, A. D. 1894, and for the year endivg on that day,as made fo the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Californi pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 61 of the Political e, conden: as per blank fur- nished by the Commissioner. . $400,000 00 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company .. $134,500 00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage. . 686,320 00 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and ‘Bonds owned by Company.......... 2,612,938 00 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks aud other market- able securities as collateral, ass,ggg go Cash in Company’s Office. 2 2 Cash in Banks... 148,401 40 Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and Loan: 1,030 04 Interest due and and Mortgages. 16,130 23 Premiums in di 214,922 00 750 00 Total Assets -$4,008,774 19 LIABILITIES. Lasses Adjusted and unpaid. ......... $34,710 24 Losses in process of Adjustment or in aspense 109,161 4 Losses resisted, inclu 16,239 Gross Premiums on Fire Risks ru ning one year or less, #1,429,436 93, reinsurance 50 per Cent............ 714,718 47 Gross Premiums on Fire Risks ru ping more than one year, $1,085, 71653, reinsurance proTata. . 580,859 27 Amount reclaimable by the ins on Perpetusl Fire Insurance Poli- e G 749,883 48 All other demands st the Com- e 4,000 00 .$2,209,621 88 Net Cash actuall; pRremiums 1,501,479 75 celved 1o 34,304 86 Received for i on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources. 187,476 62 Received for Rent 3,661 07 Total Income. .$1.766,912 30 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Los Dividends to Stockholaers. .. Paid or allowed for Commission or 78,337 87 80500 8 Brokerage. . veenaeenaeee. 429,42201 Paid for Salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, ete.. 51,700 00 Paid for State, National and taxes.. Allother: Total Expenditures. ........... FIRE. Losses incurred during the year...... 29,545 68 o 3 89 599,269 45 $926,957 60 T Risks lndmmlnml.! Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of nm;ui written during the| year. & l#179,085,933) 91,988,345 29 Net .lm:;l:l‘ ?'1' Ri skhs uring the Vear. ® 7] 164,547,862| 1,831,314 49 Net amq roe December 31, 1894.| 239,565,200| 2,515,158 46 R. DALE BENSON, President. ‘W. GARDNER CROWELL, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th day of January, 1895. GED. W. HUNT, Commissioner of Deeds. BROWN, CRAIG & CO., 407, 409 Montgomery St., S. F. STHEVERY BESTONETO EXAMINEYOUR ‘3- and fit them to les it St Soen oamia. My success ¢ Dobn due 7 he mertes of my worke OUico Howsrs—-liWanie E s ¥