The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1895, Page 9

© suits THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRfDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895. THEY MOURN HIS DEATH, Many Prominent Citizens At- tend the Obsequies of Ira P. Rankin. GOOD WORK IN THIS CITY. An Eloquent Eulogy by the Pastor of the First Congregational Church. The funeral of Ira P. Rankin took place yesterday morning from the Kirst Congre- gational Church, Post and Mason streets. The auditorium filled with friends of the deceased, and the officers of the church were present. The casket was borne into the church, the following pall-bearers preceding the mourners: Messrs. H. L. Dodge, John Taylor, C. S. Eaton, H. E. Matthews, J. J. Vasconcellos, I. H. Morse, J. J. Valentine and J. O. Earl. he choir chanted “Thy Will Be Done,” after which Dr. C. O. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church, read extracts from the Scriptures. “Lead, Kindly Light,”” was beautifully sung by the quartet choir. ley, who was associated with the deceased of the church was well | | co-operative business for the benefit of la- | was the first venture of the society, and the 2Y | found necess: Rev. Dr. Wil- | lishment. note, and that Rauer sues for $460, over a third more than tne original loan. Mr. Heringhi says he borrowed the $340 on August 25, 1894, The money was a_(:l- vanced, but Rauer insisted on Heringhi’s giving a note in the sum of $400. The note Was not to bear interest. When the three months had expired Hgringhi asked for an extension of three months longer, and his request was granted. He had to give a note for $460, however, for the accommoda- tion. Another extension of three months was granted, for which he paid Rauer $60 in cash. The third extension of three months was granted, so says the answer, and under the same $60 condition. A Now Rauer wants $460 for $340, the orig- inal loan of twelve months ago, with $120 already paid, bringing interest tLereon up to between 60 and 70 per cent. > C0-OPERATION A SUCCESS. A Society That Has Passed Through the Experiment Stages and Is Prosperous. G. W. Wilderman, president of the World’s Christian Co-operative Society, is the happiest man in town to-day. He is looking with complaisance upon the | achievement of years of labor. Mr. Wilderman’s long-cherished plan of | borers is realized. He considers that al- ready he has demonstrated the practica- bility of the plan by successfui experiment. In his opinion it only remains to extend it to a larger scale. : The hand laundry at 129 Valencia street place was so well patronized that it was 1y to provide a larger estab- A restaurant and bakery have been AFTER A NEW FRANCHISE, The Market-Street Railway Company Petitions the Supervisors. STREET-SWEEPING CONTRACT. Considerable Work Cleaned Up at the Sesslon of the Street Committee. The Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors handled a great mass of peti- tions, protests and complaints yesterday. Very important business was transacted. Recommendations were made that the street-sweeping contract be awarded to the City Improvement Company and that the contract for making the next official map of the City be given the City and County Surveyor for $10,000. The session lasted all day, Chairman Spreckels presiding, with Messrs Hughes, Morgenstern, Dunker and Benjamin at his elbows. One of the most important petitions was | the following from the Southern Pacific Company : The undersigned, your petitioner, represents that it is and for many years past has been the ‘““THIS CHURCH WAS HIS HOME, THE APPLE OF HIS EYE,” SAID DR, C. 0. BROWN. [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] from the beginning of his life on the Pa- | fitted up at 917 Mission streetand are being | cific Coast, said that he was present to say | Tun on & paying basis. a few words regarding the life of the de- ceased in this City and State. The speaker reviewed the life of Mr. Rankin at length. He laid particular stress upon the hospitable character of the man. and said that he knew of no man occupied in business as Mr. Rankin al- | 0% them at retall rates at an, office to be ways was who devoted so large a portion of "his time to benevolent and charitable affairs. In conclusion, Dr. Willey said: “We try to realize that Ira P. Rankin has gone from us, but we will miss him in the munf‘,‘ spheres of service that he hae filled so well and so long. Nobly, indeed, has he ful- filled the duties of Christian service in this City. His life richly deserves the respect and gratitude of those who have at heart the best interests of society at large. His name will be cherished in this church as one of its foremost builders and faithful supporters, and his long service will be commemorated by gtnerations yet come.” A musical number by the choir, “Let Me Hide Myself in Thee,” was given, after which Dr. Mooar of the Theological Semtnary delivered a few words eulogistic | of the life and work of the deceased. was followed by Dr. C. after sketching the boyhood and early da He of Ira P. Rankin, continued by enumerat- | ing the various public trusts which had been bestowed upon him, in_all of which he had farthfully done his duty. *Ira P. Rankin was a deep and earnest student. to | 0. Brown, who, | He believed in God and also in his felfow | man,” said Mr. Brown. “He believed in the Redeemer of mankind, and was there- fore, in the best sense of the word, an optimist. *‘Such was our friend and brother, Deacon Rankin. His piety was of the in. tellectual rather than of the emotional type. This church was his home—the apple of his eye. There was something in his look as he came down that ajsle which said, ‘1 was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.’ “I cannot forbear adding a personal word. He has been as a father to me. Wise in his counsel, gentle in his admoni- tion, I welcomed his footstep as 1 would that of my own father.’ The choir sang “Good Night,” after while. Ithas been decided that the re- mains shall be sent to Boston. Among other prominent citizens noticed in the church were the following: George K. Fitch, A. J. Ralston, Dr. W. H. Harkness, Wales L. Palmer, Collis’P. Hunting- |ing to post a letter. Negotiations are pending for the pur- | chase or rental of a slaughter-house in | South San Francisco, and it is_expected that it will be in operation within two | weeks. The society secures goods from a store | at wholesale prices, and will receive orders | for them at retail rates at an office to be sume charge of the business at the store. | The society’s department will be distinct | from the firm, the relations being those of purchaser and supply department. | The headauarters of the society have been changed to a more desirable location than formerly, being situated at 1041 Mission street ‘THETROLLEY JUGGERRAUT Vernon Clark, a Schoolboy, Snatched From the Jaws of Death. of Mind of Policeman P. H. Murphy. | His Life Saved by the Rare Presence [ | | | Veraon Clarke, a boy 11 years of age, living at 514 Sutter street, narrowly es- caped being mangled under the wheels of | electric-car 1104, on Kearny street, yester- ‘ day afternoon. His life was saved by the | | rare presence of mind and pluck of Police- ‘ man P. H. Murphy. [ Vernon is a pupil of the Lincoln Gram- | mar School. He left the school at 2:30 o’clock, half an hour earlier than usual, | yesterday afternoon, at the request of his | mother, and went to the Chronicle build- | He then walked | along the east side of Kearny street, till near Sutter, when he started to cross the | street behind a northbound car that was for the moment standing on the track. | | The boy did not observe a car that was which all present passed round to view the body, the organist playing a voluntary the | ton; Rev. Dr.John Thompson, colporteur for the’ Ameri Bible Society on the Pacific Coast; L. P. Fisher, E. P. Flint, Samuel E, Dut- ton, H. P. Shedd, M. Straus; Professor Martin Kellogg, president university of California, | Berkeley; ex-Governor H. G. Blasdell, Edward Coleman, L. H. Clement, Stephen Smith, John Coleman, Rev. Joseph Rowell, J. C. Calhoun, H. W. Philbrook, Willara B. Farwell, J. How- | ard Barnard; Rev. Walter Frear, agent Ameri- can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions; T. H. Hatch, John Center, Winslow Hall, Judge Thornton, Charles F. Runyon, Rev. Willlam™ C. Pond. D.D., Captain John Bermizgham, H. L. Chamberlain, Captain William H. Taylor, Henry E. Highton, Horace Davis, Francis French and Joseph Linforth. A numberof beautiful fioral pieces were arranged about the casket. Two of them represented large open books, one bearing the inscription “Finis”’ and the other the words “‘Holy Bible.” Upon the casket it- self was a great mass of wreaths and other floral emblems and a sheaf of ripe wheat. = SIXTY PER OENT INTEREST. That Is What S. Heringhi Says J. J. Rauer Charged Him. J. J. Rauer, the money-lender, has been made the subject of another scathing criticism 1n an answer filed to one of his so recover money loaned with interest. The suit was brought against Samuel Heringhi and the Kreling Furniture Company. Heringhi borrowed $340, and the Kreling Company indorsed the mote. In the answer 1t is denied that the Krelings indorsed the note, and Heringhi sets forth that he has paid $120 on the | | | | com%luined of going south until it was upon him, and | before he could get off the track he was | kprocked down. The fender, which is supposed to shove any obstruction aside, ran‘oyer him, and he would have been crushed under the | wheels in another instant had it not been for Policeman Murphy. He was on the | dummy of the car, and when the boy was | knocked down he grasped hold of the rail | with his left hand and, bending down, seized hold of one of the boy’s feet, yelling at the same time to the motorman to stop. By Murphy’s keeping a firm hold on the boy’s foot the boy was dragged along the ground till the car stopped. Another moment and Murphy would have been forced to let go his hold, as the strain had forced him to his knees on the ground just as the car was pulled up. ‘When the boy was dragged out he was covered with dust from head' to foot. He ains in his head and leg, and Iurphi' took him to the Receiving Hospital. It was found that his only in- jury was a contusion of the scalp and leg. Policeman Murphy said that if the car had not been going slow as it was passing the other car the boy would have been in- stantly killed, as nothing could have saved him from being crushed under the wheels. ————— Fire Department. The Fire Commissioners met yesterday after- noon and decided to petition the Board of Sup- ervisors to organize three new engine compan- ies, No. 31 to be stationed at Pacific and Jones streets, No. 32 at Ocean View and No. 33 zat Seventeenth and Harrison streets. L. Dumn, hoseman of engine 13, was fined five days’ pay for neglect of duty,and the resignation of Ed Keating, truckman truck 6, was accepted. ————— The returns of the Protestant denomina- tion in the United States show the very remarkable increase since 1880 of 3,898,128 members, or 42.05 per cent, though mean- time the increase of population was only 24.86 per cent. owner of & certain steam railroad commencing at or near the southwest rner of Third an Townsend streets in the and County of San Francisco and running thence in a gen- eral westerly and southerly direction through the said City and County to the southerly boundary thereof, and thence running to the city of 3an Jose. That the line of said railroad crosses Six- teenth street in said City and County at a point where the sanie interferes to some extent with improvements which are proposed to be made by the property-holders thereon, and your petitioner has been requested by safd property- olders to make such modification in the loca- tion of its said railroad line as will obviate the present objection. That after careful examination your pe- titioner finds that the only practical relief which can be afforded will be by changing its line from a point on Harrison street south of Sixteenth, 5o &s to run over, along and upon Harrison and Division streets to York street. That such change of line will not injuriously affect the use of the public generally of said streets and will be of great and permanent value to the adjacent property-holders on Six- teenth street and to the publicin the use of said last-named streets. Whereiore your petitioner prays that your honorable board will grant it a franchise to lay down, maintain and operate a single or double track railroad with all necessary switches and turnouts across, along and upon the following-named streets 'in the City and County of San Francisco, to wit: From a point on the main line of the South- ern Pacific Railroad at the intersection of York and Division streets, thence along said Divi- sion streel to Sixteenth, thence along Sixteenth | and along Harrison to an interscction with the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at a point between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets. John Center, claiming to represent the property-owners interested, asked that the petition be granted. The petition was recommended to the board for action, The street-sweeping contract caused a lively overhauling of facts and figures. Superintendent of Streets Ashworth sub- mitted a long communication signed by J. F. Carpenter, clerk of the street-sweep- ing department, the gist of which was that the streets were being cleaned just as well under Ashworth as they were under the Merchants’ Association. He said: There is no disputing the fact that the low- est bid received under the last call of the Board of Su; isors will make the cost less to the City, but it can only be accomplished by even more machine work than now done by you, or through a very low rate of wages. 1 would take this occasion 10 Suggest—with- out prejudice to labor, but rather with a view to extend assistance to a greater number—that if a living compensation could be fixed (say 20 cents per hour) as good results could be ac- | complished as contracting the work, and con- sidering the present condition of the labor market 1 think no sensible laboring man would object or seek to take advantage of any technicality of law to deprive others of the advantage of employment enjoyed by himself. This change, together with the sdvantage that you have of cleaning only a portion of a street, as necessity requires, would, in my opinion, give results satisfactory to all. This cannot done when specifications say, “The entire surface of the roadway must be cleaned.” Buperintendent Ashworth reported that he had cleaned 24,644,900 square yards of streets from August 6 to September 30 at a cost of §16,955. The average cost per 1000 square yards was 69 cents. At present there are 112 men emvloyed in the depart- ment. Nmeg-two carioads of sweepings were sent to Golden Gate Park. He claimed that tne aifference per day between the number of square yards cleaned by the Merchants’ Association for the first forty days of their contract when a full force was employed for twenty-four hours and the first forty days under him- self with like conditions was about 45,000 square yards in favor of the association. Ashworth said he could clean the streets for 65 cents a thousand square yards. The City Improvement Company offered to do the same work for 495 cents a thousand square yards. On motion of Supervisor Spreckels it was recommended that the work be let to the lowest bidder. 4 The contract runs to June 21 next and is for street-sweeping alone. The successful bidder must give bonds for $25,000. The work has to be done to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Streets. . The street-sprinkling contract was re- jected, and it was recommended that par- ties who wanted their streets sprinkled must pay for work themselves. Notice was given requesting the Market- street Railway Company to inform the board of what action the company pro- poses to take in the matter of the franchise on Page street, west of Fillmore; also as to other streets upon which they have franchises which are not utilized or oper- ated, so that this board may act intelli- gently and without unjust interference with ‘the rights granted to said company on petitions of property-owners for the improvement of streets and for the opera- tion of the roads for which franchises have been granted. Also to inform this board what streetsor portions of streets the said company de- sires to abandon, and to report to the board on or before October 15 on the matters herein provided for. Attorney 8. M. Shortridge, on behalf of the Olympic Salt Water Company, gave notice that the company was going to lower its pipes on certain sections of Point Lobos avenue in order to conform to the official grades. When the pipes were laid the official grades along tge avenue had not been fixed. The Merchants’ Aésociation sent in a communication stating that an official map of the city couldgbe made for $5000, and 1t asked that the appropriation should not exceed that sum. The committee re- ported that the matter of the official map seemed to be misunderstood. The making of the official map is a small portion of the expense. Surveys of theoutside districts are required, mounments furnished with a general survey of the varioustractsof land, streets and avenues, and the correct lines determined, and when so determined to be declared by order of the board to correct the errors that now exist. These surveys, under the law, must be performed by the City and County Surveyor. Any action taken except by that officer would be re- quired to be gone over and adopted by him to make it official. Any other course than that proposed would result in greater ex- pense and less accuracy. City and County Surveyor Tilton pre- sented memoranda showing the multitudi- nous details that would have to be attended to in making an official map. On the showing it was recommended to let him do the work for $10,000. The City and County Surveyor was in- structed to establish the line and official width of the roadway from Sunnyside to Ocean View. Superintendent Clarkson of the House of Correction complained that the Italian gardens had encroached on the roadway so much that there was hardly room for one team. The Spring Valley Water Company sent a communication aeclining to build a reservoir on Holly Park unless they could get a lease sufficiently long to warrant them in expending $10,000 on the work. It was hinted that under any circumstances they would decline to furnish the park water free. The matter went over. George W. Elder, the special expert of Superintendent Spreckels, and George T. Gaden, the Mayor's right-hand man, re- ported to the committee that Contractor A. B. Clute was making a horrible botch of the work of paving ’lgwelfth street, from Folsom to Harrison. The committee vis- ited the place at once and found it as poor as reported. Elder was able to_easily kick a hole in the *'solid”’ concrete laid for the bed. One of Superintendent Ashworth’s inspectors stood by letting the fraudulent work go on without making any com- plaint.” Unless it 1s remedied before being offered for acceptance Contractor Clute will meet with a warm reception when he goes to collect his bill. The petition for the filling in of Army street, between Pennsylvania avenue and Kentucky street, elicited a strong protest from a number of property-owners, headed by,James L. Taylor. Taylor claimed that the proposed improvement benefited the public far more than it did the property- owners assessed and he urged that the City should pay at least one-half of the cost. According to Taylor's story the assessment exceeded the value of the property. On his showing the matter was put over two weeks to give the wholesale butchers and those most _ interested in driving over the street a chance to come forward and make a showing. The old suggestion of Chairman Spreck- els to abate the “night-hawks with ham- burger steaks” will be taken up at an early date. So many complaints have been made against them that the chances are they will be declared nuisances. The committee is hard at work on the ‘‘projecting sign and electric light adver- tisement” evil. The original ordinance against them is all rignt. The special privileges regarding them, however, have been shamefully abused. The Street Committee contemplate lim- iting the size of the signs granted under “‘special privileges.”” In this way the monsters that now disfigure the streets will be cut down to fair dimensions. THE ANGEL STILL THERE Mr. Wells’ Debts Could Not Accomplish the Removal of the Plaster. The City Hall Dome Plece Belongs to P. Degan and Is at Present Engaged. The City Hall angel is in a state of un- certainty as to her standing on earth. The cruel fact was yesterday disclosed that she is not the child of her creator. When this sad tiding reached her she bore it heroically. No sign of grief could be discovered on hér handsome face. There was not a tremorin her pose, nor was there a flicker of the torch Wwhich she carries for the future purpose of blazing the trail of rectitude for the weary feet of the Solid Eight. But so far as her future is concerned the City Hall amgel lets not a wave of trouble roll across her peaceful breast. Her proud position on the dome of the City Hall is assured regardless of the humiliation to which she has been subjected, for the work of transformation has begun and cannot be retarded. Not even the relentless col- lector nor the persistent deputy sherff can undo nor hinder her evolution to a higher sphere. The good angel was yesterday morning relieved of the presence of the officer who was holding her in custody for the benefit of the Patriotic Assurance Com%nn{‘, who had agreed with her creator, F. Marion ‘Wells, to protect her during the transition. The angel is still with Kriemer Bros., 40 Jessie street, undergoing transformation. But the deputy is gone and he will not re- turn, since he has learned that the object of his tender watching had been some t!ma since transferred from the possession of her creator to the ownership of P. Degan. The long, weary chase on_the trail of |- Sculptor Wells “availed his creditors naught. To be sure, they seized the angel and held her where she was. But what of that? They couldn’t take her away and put her on the auction block like a help- ées;, shackled slave—noi for her creator’s ebts, ‘‘This angel is all right,” said the elder of the Kriemer brothers yesterday as he gnned a Trilbyish foot with gflde. “‘she s an engagement here and she will stay with us until we have fitted her to wear the robes of peace. She doesn’t belong to F. Marion Wells, and the; 't collect this plaster of paris beauty for his debts. ““If she is insured the premium ought to be paid, If it were her present owner’s debt and the Sheriff should come for her with that proposition, then she would have to pass. Otherwise the transforma- tion continues.” And the worker in zinc turned to his task on the foot, remarking, “‘there is only one other like it in all San Francisco and there it is”—touching reverently its mate. Then he fell to humming, “Don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?'’ —————— Fingers Amputated. George Botchider, an employe in Joseph Budde’s factory. 575 Mission street, had two fingers of his right hand severely cut by a ma- chine yasurdlg morning, and had them at- tended to et the Receiving Hospital. James Burke, an employe in the box-[u:w{yhszo Mar- o 'y one of the ma ines Al €] had % beamputated, 5 FIGHTING FOR THE TRUST, Administrator Goodfellow’s New Move in the Fair Will Contest. LEGALITY OF THE NEW ACT. A Clalm That the Law of 1895 Was Not Properly Passed by the Leglislature. The legality of the legislative act upon which Charles L. Fair based his suit to quiet title to the Lick House property has been questioned by Garret W. McEnerney, attorney for Special Administrator Good- fellow, and this new comnplication removes still further the settlement of the main questions involved in the litigation over the big estate. When the Lick House matter was brought up in Judge Slack’s court yester- day, Charles L. Fair’s attornevs demand- ing a judgment on the pleadings, this point was presented by Mr. McEnerney, and a continuation to next Thursday for argument was granted. Mr. Fair was represented by Attorney Charles Wheeler, and the latter and other attorneys were ready to proceed with the arguments on a motion for judgment, but Mr. McEnerney asked for a continuance. He stated that only a few days’ notice had been given him that the motion would be made and so he was not prepared for the argument. Then he announced that he intended to serve notice of a motion to postpone con- sideration of the matter now at issue until the dispute over the Fair wills had been determined. “Until a will has been probated,” he said, “the court is without jurisdiction over the issues that arise in the suit to uiet title. No court of equity, under a ecision of the Supreme Court, can de- termine questions arising out of a will until the will has been probated. ““That is the law, unless the right to in- stitute this proceeding is conferred by the statute of 1895.” Mr. McEnerney then stated that he was ready to show by the records of the Legis- lature that the statute to which he re- ferred had not become a law, as it had not received more than twenty votes in the Senate. He would produce a certified copy of the journal of the Legislature in sup- port of this allegation and show that the act upon which Charles L. Fair based his test suit was never properly passed. Administrator Goodfellow is alone in this move, Attorney Pierson, rep- resenting the other administrators, stating that he did not agree with Mr. McEnerney; that he thought the case ought to be ar- gued and disposed of. Mr. McEnerney insisted that as Admin- istrator Goodfellow had denied in his an- swer that the plaintiff possessed any title to the Lick House property his position was different from that of the other admin- istrators. Jadge Slack decided to grant the con- tinuance asked by Mr. McEnerney and the argument will be begun next Thursday. A MARINER'S WILL, Second Officer Beckman of the Belgic Bequeathed His Entire Estate to His Wife. Second Officer George Otto Beckman of the steamer Belgic, which steamer was stranded on the coast of Japan last Sep- tember, left an estate consisting of $7389 55 in bank and Alameda real estate valued at $500. A will, conveying all the property to the wife, was filed yesterday. It is as follows: 8. 8. BeLe1c, July 25, 1891, BAN FRANCISCO. This is my last will and testament of me, George Otto Beckman, mariner. I herebylrevoke all wills and testamentary documents heretofore by me made. I give and bequeath to my wife, Emilie Beck- man, all my moneys which I have in the savings banks, viz.:" San Francisco Savings Union and German Savings Bank, and all my other })ropeny, without any condition whai- ever. I appoint W. M. Fonda as my executor. GEORGE OTTO BECKMAN. Officer Beckman was killed atthestrand- ing of the steamer on September 8. —_————— Fined for Shipping Salmon. The California Fish Commissioners are greatly pleased over the conviction of Stephen Gordon, who was fined $100 recently in Stock- ton for shipping salmon from Bouldin Island during the closed season. The deputy Com- missioners have gréat dimcuniy in convicting those who make a business of violating the ame laws, owing to the way in which the riends of the accused stretch the truth in tes- tifying. (UR SALESMEN SAY That they rarely, if ever, fail to make a sale in our Lace Curtain Department. The reason’s plain. Such exquisite patterns at such prices we have never shown; you have never seen before. enavssance Curlains uwl up mlk P 'goklimgbx res NoHaoks. "\, . No charge for hanging Curtains bought of us; we hang them artistically, too. SEND FOR CATALOGUE—MAILED FREE Carpets . Rugs . Mattings CALIFORNIA FURNITURE COTMPANY (N. P. Cole & Co.) n7-123 Geary Street NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS, GREAT PECIAL SALE OF" 50,000 YARDS OX" CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK AND SWISS MBROI DERIES! 16,000 yards, regular price 10c. 12,000 yards, regular price 15¢. 5,000 yards, regular price 18c. 5,000 yards, regular price 20c.... 4,000 yards, regular price 25¢ 4,000 yardg, regular price 30c. 4,000 yards, regular price 35c.... .. Will be offered at 5c a yard .. Will be offered at 7ca yard .. Will be offered at 8c a yard ‘Will be offered at 10c a yard . Will be offered at 11c a yard Will be offered at 13¢ a yard Will be offered at 15¢ a yard NOTE.—The above goods are slightly imperfect. FOUR SPECIALS IN LADIES’ WAISTS! At 25 Cents. 80 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in white and colored bosoms, regular price 75¢c, will be closed out at 25¢ each. At 50O Cents. 70 dozen LADIES’ LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in fancy stripes and checks of blue, pink and plaids, reg ular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. At 75 Cents. 65 dozen LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in lawn and percale, extra full sleeves, regular price §1 25, will be closed out at 75¢ each. At SO Cents. 110 dozen LADIES' LAUNDERED SHIRT WAISTS, in cheviots, percale and lined lawn, extra full sleeves, regular price $1 25 and $1 50, will be closed out at 90c each. FOUR SPECIALS IN HOUSEFURNISHINGS! At $4.00 a Pair. 50 pairs FINE CALIFORNIA LAMBS’ WOOL BLANKETS, double-bed width (66x30 inches), value for $6. At 25 Cents a Yard. 2 cases BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, 58 inches wide, value for 40c. At 5 Cents a Yard. Another lot of GOOD GRADE TENNIS FLANNELS, well assorted fine weaves, value 84c. At $1.00 Hach. 2 cases HEAVY, FULL-SIZE WHITE BEDSPREADS, would be cheap at $1 35. FOUR SPECIALS IN GLOVES! At 80 Cents. 50 dozen LADIES’ 6-BUTTON LENGTE MOUSQUETAIRE CHAMOIS SKIN GLOVES, in natural color and white, regular value $1, will be offered at 60c a pair. At 85 Cents. 150 dozen LADIES’ BIARRITZ KID GLOVES, in dark and medium shades, value $1, will be offered at 65¢ a pair. regular At DO Cents. 300 dozen LADIES’ 5 AND 7 HOOK KID GLOVES, (improvea Foster hook’ brown, tan and slate shades, also black, regular value $1 ZE at 90c a pair. and $1 50, will be of At 81.25. 50 dozen LADIES' PIQUE DERBY KID GLOVES, with black embroidered ‘back and 2 clasps at wrist, in English reds shades, regular value $1 75, will be offered at $1 25 a pair. WANTED! A FIRST-CLASS HOSIERY MAN, competent to take full management of the Hosiery and Underwear Department of our Los Angeles store. Ap= ply immediately to Markel Streat, MURPHY BUILDING, SANN FFRANOISCOO. COraeP o Jomes, PACIFIC DEPARTMENT. German American Ins. Co. OF NEW YORK. 7 STATEMENT ——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— CERMAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 31st day of December, A. D., 1894, and for the Jear ending on that day, as tads to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornis, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL, Amount of capital steck, d up in cash w....'.‘.nu.ooo,ooooo ASSETS. ) Real estate owned by the co .. 425, Cash market v-luoo% all sf ooks o q 00 5,438,050 00 885 82 437,566 00 0. 3 00 Premiums In due conrse of Wit (e 382,607 01 Total assets................ 6,240,008 83 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid 105,374 42 including expenses. Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning one year or less. 82,436, 180 68; reinsurance 50 per cen Gross premiumg on fire risks running 385,762 03 85,171 03 1,217,580 29 more than one year. $8,074, 52 60; reinsurance pro rata. Al other demands against the pany.. 1,679,915 38 79,910 53 383,733 54 lly received for fire cooment 3,164, Recelved for Inierest and dlvldends‘ ot on bonds, stocks, 10y from all other sources. 241,224 69 Total Income.. #3,396,188 05 EXPENDITURES, Net amount rfllfl for fire losses (In- cluding $463,617 97, losses of revions years). ... 903,207 08 Dividends to stockholders. 300,000 00 Paid or allowed for commission or brokerage ... 459,189 70 Plldhfl)r l:LlflE fees 5 and other charges for officers, clerks, et . 37, Pald for State, National and ¢ oy i e 73,627 All other payments ‘and expendi- il tufres. 218,879 94 Total expenditures. e 1142,2 ) expenditores oo SO1aB255 81 it e #.855,84508 RISKS AND PREMIUMS. ’ Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the ySarE ..| $399 830,611 34,200,552 95 Net amount of risks expired duringthe AR 871,637,689 3,099,939 53 Netamount in force December 1894.. 567,085,207| 5,509,733 18 | JAS. A. SILVEY, Vice-President, | WM. B/ NEWELL, Secretary. | Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day | ot January, 1885. i JOHN E. CAMPBELL, Notary Public, GEORGE H. TYSON, General Agent. 4858 CALIFORNIA ST = == San Francisco. ————— o0 ' TO ILET. HE HILL-CREST COTTAGE — SIX FUR- nished rooms and bath; modern improvements: Dbarn with rooms for help; situated in most beau- tiful s Bel: 'O further particulars see lontgom: of Belvedere. BOVE: TOY & CO., 18 M ery. Weak Men andWomen SHEOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE great Mexican Remedy; Health Biength to the Sexual mu -