The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1895, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WE ESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. 16 ; CARADIAKS IAVADING AMERICAN TERRITORY, 9 | Possession of “Forty-Mile Assumed by Mounted | Police. captain, a leutenant, a doctor and twenty-two men, including Sergeant Brown. They are the regular mounted police like those in the Canadian Northwest territories, but they have no horses yet. Their post is lo- cated between Forty-milé and Fort Cudany. Of course there is & great deal of dissatisfac- tion over this assumption of the Cenadian Gov- ernment, as all the maps and charts of the United States Government show that Forty- mile is in_territory belonging to the United have | States, and we do not know yet the results of FORCED TO PAY DUTIES. | the work There is an unpleasant uncertainty as to the | right of the Canadian Governinent to collect Customs Collected in Utter Dis-| regard of American Claims, | | | THE DOMINION'S BOLD MOVE. | ) | Rudolph Neumann Brings From Alaska | the Story of a High-Handed | Piece of Work. ' A most hizh-handed proceeding on the part of the Canadian Government in con- nection with the Alaska boundary line | duties at Forty-mile. The location of their st between Fort (‘udr;hy is sigmficant. was asked about the matter last night and substantiated all Mr. Neumann said. He remarked : “Yes, the Canadian Government seems to have settled the dispute—to its own satisfaction, at least. Wealways supposea Forty-mile was in American territory. It is just at the mouth of the Forty-mile Creek, on the south side of Yukon and just west of the 141st meridian.” “Were you ever asked to pay duties there to the Canadian Government before the fall of 1894?” “No.” “How much do you suppose, roughly estimating, you have paid to the Canadlan Government since in duties there?”" ““Between $6000 and $8000."" Two parties of Government surveyors for Forty - mile and t one of them spending the winters on the MAP SEOWING THE POSITION UF “ FOR1Y-MILE.” controversy has just come to light. The | Yukon River, in the vicinity of Forty. authorit is Rudolph Neu- ’ the representative in Alaska of the a Commercial Company. The startling information is given by Mr. Neumann that the Canadian authorities | are collecting customs duties from Amer- | 1can merchants in American territory. The lace over which the Dominion Gov- | has thus asserted jurisdiction is | wn as “Forty-mile.” This isea little | z town at the mouth of Forty-mile ek, a smell tributary of the Yukon and it has generally been regarded as being in American territory. On the | published charts of the United States Gov- | ernmeat the 141st meridian, which is the | boundary line between Alaska and the | British possessions, runs just enough to | to bring the site of “Forty- | All the section around ~mile, and with ist at the mouth of the Forty-mile it has been conceded to be in Amer- ory. This is a rich mining re- and the town, or port, of “Forty- is its distributing center for sup- | huts ju o t until the past year has the Alaska | ommercial Company been compelled to duties on American goods to the nadian Government at its depot in y-mile,” but now tariff isc llected | every time ashipment of goods arrives | there, and a squad of twenty-two Canadian mounted police, under Captain Constan- tine, sees that the tribute is paid. Louss Sloss said last night that within the past year this company has paid m | duties at “Forty-mile” to the Canadian | Governmeng between $6000 and $8000. | T | e Alaska boundary-line dispute prac- | Valuable gold mines were discovered | can prospectors, and Canadians | npted to tense that the; m possession on the pre were in the territory of the | Dominion. Eventually the center of inter- est in the controversy moved southward, and the old question arose as to whether the “ten-marine-league’’ phrase was to be | interpreted as ‘‘from the coast of the main- | land” or ‘‘from the westerly shores of the outermost islands along the coast.” Were the latter construction to be sup- ported it would leave the American Gov- ernment a_very insignificant strip along the seaward side of the islands from Port- land canal. This contention obscured the original ground of contention, which was whether the 141st meridian, from Mount 8t. Elias to the “Frozen Ocean,” had been run in its exact longitudinal position. Surveyors Megrath and Turner have performed a great deal of triangulation and astronomical observation along this meridian, and the resuits of their work are now in the hands of Superintendent Duffield of the United States Coastand Geodetie Survey at Washington. The re- ports of the various surveying parties were | sent only recently and have not much more | than reached Mr. Duffield. | The Canadlan Government did not wait | for any results of official surveying, how- ever. Last autumn it had its” squad of mounted police on the ground at ‘‘Forty- mile,” and since then it has forced Ameri- | cans to pay duties to it on territory which has generally been accepted as American, and to which the Dominion Government has only a claim as a disputant. The in- timation is given out that the results of the triangulation and observations of Messrs. Megrath and Turner will not give the British Empire the slightest shadow of jurisdiction over the scene of its invasion. Mr. Neumann is the veneral agent of | the Alaska Commercial Company. Alto- gether he has been in Alaska for twenty- two vears. He has just returned to San isco, and this is the story he tells: er 1 went up the Yukon as far as Fort Selkirk, 2000 miles from St. Michaels Island, snd then returned to Forty-mile, visiting Sixty-mile on the trip down. Forty-mile win- ters probably 500 miners, though 1000 or more gather there in the summer. Last fall the Canadian Government sent Cap- tain Constantine and Sergeant Brown over the divide, and claimed that both Forty-mile and Fort Cudahy were British territory, and that duties wonld have to be paid on American goods there at the different stores. As it was then impossible to estimate what the duties on the goods then of hand would amount to Cap- tain Constentine demanded and received a lump sum—I can’trecall just the exact amount, which is immaterial anyway—and then he slaced Sergeant Brown in charge at Fort Judany to collect duties in accordance with the Canadian tariff. Fort Cudahy is on the Canadian side of the line, s we suppose, and not far distant. This works a great deal of hardship, because all tho miners are American, and being in American territory their supplies, upon which the Canadian Government levies tribute, are all consumed in American territory. I mean by this that, even supposing Forty-mile to be on the Canadian side of the boundary, the goods go back into territory which is clearly American beyond any dispute whatever, and are there consumed by Americans, How big is the force of police? Well, they ally originated in the Forty-mile dis- | . mile Creek. FREE EXHIBITION OF AR, The Sketch Club Opens Its Fall Display of Paintings to the Public. Work by Local Artists Which Shows a Marked Improvement in Many Ways. A very marked advance on previous work is shown at the sixth semi-annual | exhibition of the Sketch Club, which was thrown open to t'.e public yesterday. The exhibit takes place in the preity rooms of the club, 508 Montgomery street, Mograth_and Turner. | by the mounted police | Louis Sloss | he United States were at work on the | 141st meridian durin - the past two years, | from crudeness in the coloring that are thoroughly commendable. ss Hous- ton’s painting of a strip of marsh and winding road is also good. This is the first time that the young lady has ex- hibited since her return from Paris, and her salon picture, which portrays a girl in peasant dress, attracts general attention. *‘The Marsh’ is an_attractive landscape in a subdued color key, by Mrs. L. Mac- donald Sleetler. The same lady’s portrait of an old man’s head has some powerful characteristics. Mrs. Genevieve Bixford Sarjeant shows, among other work, two effective heads. Among the water-colors and pastels, Miss A. F. Briggs’landscapes show considerable out-of-door feeling. Miss Lilian Vesaria has also some clever landscapes and Miss | Pauline Dworzeck’s studies are good. Miss Loo Wall shows some strong studies from life. There 1s only one bit of modeling, “The Butterfly,”” by Miss Lucia Wores, ! which is a clever piece of work. Taken | aitogether, the Sketch Club’s exhibition rises considerably above the realm of dil- ettantism. e DIRECTORS MUST PAY. Some Suits Against the Pacific Bank Decided by Judge Troutt. The suit of F. A: Williams and five other | depositors against the directors of the | Pacific Bank for the balance due on cer- tain deposits was decided in favor of the | plaintiffs by Judge Troutt yesterday. The contention of defendants was that part had already been paid and they could not sue for the balance, but this was lost in the | ruling of the court and the directors will have to pay as follows: R.H. McDonald, $11,517 67; Frank V. McDonald, $187505; James M. McDonald, $3441 24; Simon Meyer, $102168; H. G. Meyer, $68705; Paul R. Mabury, $64548; Uriah Wood, $419 76, WILL GE A HALF MANSHRD. Plans Finally Adopted for the Roof of the New City Hall. City and County Attorney Creswell, Aided by the Mayor. Carries His Point. Mayor Sutro and City and County At- torney Creswell combined against Auditor Broderick at yesterday’s meeting of the Board of City Hall Commissioners, and in cousequence the hall will be finished with | & half-mansard roof as acompromise be- | tween the Mayor’s idea of & new story and | the Auditor’s plan of merely putting a flat | roof on totake the place of the present | temporary affair. When the matter came | up for a vote Mr. Broderick stated his ob- jections to the plansof the other Commis- sioners. He said that he had been pledged to finish the hall at the earliest possible | opportunity and at as small an expense as | could be arranged, and he proposed to do | s0if it lay in his power. He submitted an | estimate of the numvber of square feet of {room in the hall now unoccupied or that | could be made vacant without hardship to | the occupants. It showed that there were 6080 feet available in feet in the first floor, 4975 feet in the sec- | ond floor and 3000 feet in the third floor— | a total of 15,755 square feet. He was also of the opinion that the space now occupied by the Free Public Library should be utilized for rooms for municipal offices if more room were neces- | sary. He believed that the library, being | entirely apart from the municipal govern- 1-Study in Gray, by Pauline Dworzeck. 2—Head Study, by G. R. Sargent. 8—Study, by Helen Hyde. 4—Sketch, by Miss 1orrison. where visitors are made weicome during the day without payment of any fee. 1t is the object of the artists composing the organization to encourage as widespread an interest in pictures as possible, and on that account they have thrown their ex- hibition open to all comers, In previous exhibitions of the Bketch Club a large proportion of the work has been black and white. The present ex- hibit contains very few etchings, but there is a much larger amount of good color work. Mrs. Albertine Randall Wheelan shows some quaint dainty little figures which are etched in a style that has be- come identified with her pen. Miss Helen Hyde exhibits some of the most noticeable canvases in the color de- partment. ‘‘Happy Thoughts” shows a mother sewing beside a cradle and “The Letter” is a picture of a pretty girl bend- ing over a table with a lamplight glow on her face and dark shadow effects in the background. Both works display good technique. There is also a 1ee§)ing of life about the figures and the sentiment of the pictures is good. Miss Nellie Treat, who is responsible for the quaint poster that adorns the entrance to the rooms, has several oils_and pastels in the collection. ‘“When It Rains’’ study of a flat bit of landscape in sodden greens and grays. The effect of rain is excellent. “Ah, That Day in the Hay- field,”” is an_interesting pastel by Miss Treat. Miss Isabel Morrison exhibits sev- eral good canvases. Her “Field of Cab- bages,” though not a pro%itious subject, is handled nicely, and her sketch of eucalyptus trees and red-brown bills is instinct with the atmosphere of California. Some dainty landscape work is done by Miss Jane Houston. Her “June” has a lightness about the foliage and a freedom Highest of all in Leavening Pow Royal $EZES Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE is a | ment and supported by a special tax levy, should be in a_separate building. With the difference in the cost between the roof he advocated and that favored by the others he declared that he could build a handsome building in a respectable neigh- borhood that would be a credit to the City, and the making of the ball an architectural monstrosity by crowning it with something that was never intended when the plans were drawn would be avoided. He also said that when the time came a number of rooms could be arranged, as the Larkin-street wing had been when the free library was put in there, and 9000 feet additional wouldpba gained. The vote was taken on his plan first, and both the Mayor and City and County Attorney voted in the negative. ‘The question between the roof proposed by the latter and the Mayor's idea was argued for some time, but as Mr. Creswell declined to change his views, the Mayor said that he would vote for the half-man- sard rather than the flat roof, so that that style was finally adopted, Mr. Broderick voting no. The architect’s estimates showed that the flat roof would cost $203,000, the half- mansard $226,000 and the one proposed by the Mayor $292,000. As the tax levy has been declared legal there will be $337,000 available for new Jity Hall construction purposes, of which 000 can be relied on,1f necessary, to build the roof. e —.—— ALL doctors don’t prescribe the same medi- cine; all good doctors recommend Jaros hygi- enic'underwear, Morgan Bros., 229 Montgry. —————— Stole Two Racehorses. T.F. Lynch. a racehorse man living at 2826 Golden Gate avenue, swore out a warrant in Judge Joachimsen’s court gemrdly for the arrest of Walter Willows on the charge of grand larceny. Lynch hasbeen sick for some mouths, and yesterday was the first day he was able to be out of the house. He alleges tl on Au- gust 3 Willows went to his stable and stole two racehorses of the value of $800. ————— THE whole family kept well with Jaros Hy- genic underwear. Morgan Bros., 229 Montgy. B They Had No Fight on Hand. The San Francisco Railway Passenger Agents’ Association met yesterday in the Mills build- ing, but had little to do, as there was nct s eingle instance of rate-cutting to report. V. W. Smith was re-elected secretary. - ““BANK SToCK " paper saves the eyes, The Mysell-RollinsCo.,22 Clay,print and bindit. the basement, 1700 | 10 ASK THE GRAND JURY T0 INVESTIEATE, e Ex-Superintendent Flemirg| Is Tired of Commit- tees. O0SBORN REFUSES TO TALK Will Neither Affirm Nor Deny the Serious Charges Against Him. SAYS THE HOME IS IMMORAL. A Well-Enown Lady Member of the Society Scores Poundmaster Osborn. J. B. Fleming, ex-superintendent of the Animals’ Home, proposes to have the Grand Jury investizate the charges made by ‘him acainst Poundmaster F. A. Os- born. He claims thiat it is impossible, to get justice from any investigating com- mittee that might be appointed by the present board of directors. In the meantime, Poundmaster Osborn is inclined to make light of Fleming and his charges; that is, he states he may have something to say later, but for the present silence is his most potent weapon. “I have nothing to say for publication now,” said Mr. Osborn yesterday. ‘‘Pos- sibly later on I may consent to give to the public my end of the story.” *Do you deny or admit the truth of Fleming’s charges?” was asked. *I must positively refuse to do either at present,’’ said Mr. Osborn, and that is all he would say. It appears, according to_the documents now on file in Secretary Holbrook’s office, thata committee, composed of J. S. Hutch- ison, Ira P. Rankin and H. E. Holmes, made a partial examination of the ex- superintendent’s charges, filing their re- port September 19 last. This report 1s in part as follows: All the bills of 1893 and 1894 bear the stamp of your auditing committee, audited and paid loug ago, and we J- them as being officially in order. The bills submitted to us not audited but paid_are all in favor of R. F. Osborn & Co., running from January to May of the present year. Possibly some charges for goods have been high Your committee feel that some burden of censure may justly fall upon our board for neglecting so long to establish a system for economical purchase of supplies. We suggest that a buyer familiar wifh market prices would in the amount of purchases of & year save for the society much more than the small come on he would demand. e board has recently ordered that all bills for supplies to the Animals’ Home be presented to0 the board and passed upon before payment, and that checks given in payment be signed by the poundmaster and countersigned by Secré- tary Holbrook of this board. Having taken this action to guard against any abuse your committee think it unwise to pursue the matter of complaint further. Mr. Fleming takes exceptions at this report in more ways than one, particu- larly in the matter of purchases made from Janunary to May of the present year. This amount the committee gives as $325 88. Fleming claims that during this time Osborn & Co. had bills to the amount of $408 78, besides private bills of F. A. Oshorn amounting to $199 85. The fact that the bills of 1393 and 1894 have been audited and paid does not make them correct, according to the ex- superintendent’s view. He has asked and will now demand that bills amounting to $943 11 be looked into as far as exorbitant charyes are concerned. As illustrative of the fact that the so- ciety has been called upon and has paid “outrageous prices,” according to Mr. Fleming, for nearly every article in use at the home, he submits a schedule of Os- born & Co.’s prices on given articles, and with the deadly pamlleF column gives the cost of the same articles elsewhere. For instance a foot-scraper sold by Os- born & Co. is put down at $250, whereas the same bit of furniture could have been bought in_any other store for 15 cents. Secretary Holbrook, speaking for Mr. Os- born, says the latter sent to the home a scraper that sells in any other store at the figure named, but as it would not fit the spot intended it was taken back and a 15- cent article sent in its place. Fleming de- nies this in toto, as does also his wife. In the following statement will be found a few of the articles enumerated by the ex- superintendent in his complaint: Bean’s police clubs (Osborn & Co.), $30 per dozen; other places $21; large ash barrel SOF— born & Co.), §5 50; other glnces $175; police nippers (Osborn & Co.), $30 per dozen; other laces $12; rat trap, 17-inch (Osborn & Co.), B3 Cther pinces $150. In addition to this array of evidence there is on file with Mr. Holbrook any number of letters from Osborn to Fleming, requesting the latter to release certain animals free of cost, also letters requesting the superintendent to give Mr. So-and-So “his pick of the dogs” tree of cost. There is a letter in evidence, addressed to Mr. Osborn and signed by a well-known Potrero politician, in which the statement is made that the bearer is a friend of the writer, and asks the recipient to release his dog. This note was in turn sent to Fleming, re- questing him to deliver ghe dog to the owner. “T think it’s a shame and disgrace,” said Mr. Fleming yesterday, ‘‘that all these things have been overlooked by the so- called investigating committee. My honest wish has been to see the society prosper, and for that reason alone I have hesitate to make public anything not compliment- ary to the institution or those at its head. Now, however, I propose to act differently, for it is plainly evi- dent, to me at least, that the are unwilling to do anything that will bring disrepute on the poundmaster. The report of the last investigating committee shows this. They acknowledge in a frank- hearted way that some things were too high-priced, yet they close their report with the recommendation that the com- plaint be dropped. “Now, I don’t propose that it shall be dropped. I propose that the Grand Jury shall investigate the matter and see who is right or wrong. In addition to my sworn charges, there are many other things which can be brought against the management, and what is more, proven. In my com- plaint, which, it appears, is not shown to to have a thorough and tion that some light may thrown upon the true inwardness of the present man- agement of the so-cailed ‘Animals’ Home’ and some satisfactory explanation elicited in regard to the multiplicity of grave charges made against F. A. Osborn and his df.;?uties by the retiring superintendent, viz.: Cruelty, immorality, overcharging for supplies, hiring deputies on commission, which is illegal, ete. ‘“That Mr. Osborn has been .working at the home a totally blind horse—which he purchased from hLis fatherat a cost of $100, is but one of the many acts of cruelty not to be refuted. It is alleged that the poor brute is habitually falling down in the street owing to its inability to see. Is not this a most pitiful case of cruelty? I leave it to the ttuly humane to judge. One hundred dollars taken from the Humane Society in_order to perpetrate this act of cruelty! What irony! But it is only on a par with the keeping for use a thoroughbred mare, wh(cg the sym- pathetic owner deemed worthy to have put out of misery. “Evidently the time is ripe for thorough ventilation of these affairs, and if they can be satisfactorily adjusted, let it be done at once, and let it be demonstrated whether or mnot the public pound or Animals’ Home (?) is what it was under tne old regime—the efficient management of Mr. Partridge, whose resignation was greatly to be deplored. Itisneedless to say that if the Humane Society is not aroused to a proper sense of its duty, and if it will not conform to the essential principles and the purposes for which it was organized—the prevention of cruelty to animals—there is reason to fear that ere long, not one but many ‘clouds’ will hang over the home until it become a decidedly shady institu- tion. Better should its management re- vert: to the City than that the money donated and invested for its support shonld go to maintain a hotbed of vice and infamy. Then let it be demonstrated whether Mr. Osborn’s boasted political ‘pull’ shall avail, even against ~justice, humanity and righteousness.” SUICIDE OF E. FLAVEN. He Drove a Laundry Wagon and Had Some Interesting Land Patents on His Person. J. E. Flaven, a laundry-wagon driver, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor at his home, 2032 Lombard street, vesterday morning. In Flaven’s possession there were two interesting documents. One was a patent to forty acres of land in Nebraska, signed by President James Buchanan, and the other a patent to 120 acres in the same State signed by President Andrew John- son, Both were in lavor of James Flaven, and one was an assigned claim of “John Spain, private, Captain Dnncey'l com- pany, Virginia mil war 1812." HE FEARED DISGRACE. Antone Christianson Was Caught Steal- ing and Committed Suicide. Fearing that he would be prosecuted for theft, and despondent through losing his position, were the causes which prompted Antone Christianson, until last Saturday employed as a deckhand on the firetug Governor Markham, to end his life on the evening of the 18th inst. with nitric acid at his home, 422 Fremont street. At first it was presumed that the only cause for Christianson’s rash act was owing to his discharge from the State’s service, but it has since been ascertained that last Sunday Superintendent Haste discovered that Christianson had stolen a new six-inch bawser and upon further in- vestigation a number of minor thefts were also traced to his door. Haste gave him twenty-four hours in which to return all he had stolen from the State, and the result was that fearing dis- grace he took poison. Christianson was a member of Martin Kelly’s political faction, which held sway during the primaries of the 1838 campaign. He was seriously injured in the fatal affray between Kelly and Billy Harrington in the County Committee headquarters on Kearny street. — LOUIS ARNOLD MISSING. He Fails to Appear in Court to Answer Charges of Embezzlement. Lonis Arnold, late manager of the West Coast Lumber Company, was not on hand to answer to two charges of embezzlement before Judge Wallace yesterday, sn a bench warrant was issued for him. If he does not appear to-day his bonds of $1000 in each case will be declared forfeited, and Mrs. Annie F. Teague and J. F. Lowell, his sursties, wiil have to pay. Arnold is accused of getting away with about $35,000 of the firm’s money by dis- counting bills of lading and collecting on notes secured by them, and then,when the goods were about due to arrive, he left town. His brother, CharlesS8. Arnold, was wanted as a witness against the deten&nnt, and he seemed so unwilling that Judge ‘Wallace has put him under $2500 bonds for his appearance. ublic investiga- e Jaros hygienic underwear ismade for intelligen people; others prefer cheap stuff and constant colds. Sense savesdollars. Morgan’s, 229 Montg. e Hillsdale College, Michigan. Our correspondent from the Baptist conven- tion last week in Pasadena was misinformed in regard to Hillsdale College, Michigan. It seems that the institution is & Free Baptist college, owned and managed by Open-com- | munion Baptists. Georse F. Moshe: LL.D., United States Consul at Nice during President Hayes' administration, is and has bren for some years its able president. It is represented by meny of its graduates on the Pacific Coast. ‘WEAR ordinary underwear,keep your cold ;wear Jaros hygienic underwear and lose it; bealth and money saver. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg’y. = ————————— Felonious Assault. 'W. J. Quinn, & professor of music in the St. Ann’s building, corner of Eddy and Powell streets, was booked at the City Prison yester- day on the charge of attempt 1o commit & felonious assault. The arrest was made b Policeman Ingham, who was specially detaile by Chief Crowley on the case.. The attempt was made on the seven-year-old son of E. 8, Hawley, a deputy in the County Clerk’s office. e e —— FIGHTING DEATH. An Occupation That Everybody BLACA DR 59 FABRIG STYLISH DRE T LOW P 55 PATTERNS RICES! 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Losses Adjusted and Unpald... $42,471 20 Losses in process of Adjustment in Suspense 27,952 40 Gross Premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one year or less, $454,- 971 31; Reinsurance 50 per cent. Z 227,485 65 Gross pre 8 ISks 11 ning more than one year, $74 94374; Relnsurance pro rata. 48,945 11 Cash dividends remaining unpaid 204 00 Total Lisbillties.................. _$347.068 36 INCOME. Net Cuhx actually recelved for Fire premium: 533,915 05 Received for interest and dividends . on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and : from il other sources. 29,11617 Received for Rents 11,270 73 Should Be Engaged In All the Time. Few people realize how much we can do In warding off that grim monster, death. Our days are not ‘‘numbered’’—we cannot determine the number ourselves, but we can add or subtract from it. We are continually though wuncon- visitors, I charged certain assistant depu- ties with immorality in bringing to the home female characters of known disre- ute. This has been entirelggnomd, and presume will continue to until they are forced to it by an outraged public. In conclusion, I want to say that I propose to sift this matter to the bottom, if it takes me a year,’” Mrs. Collins, a prominent member of the society and who was present at the meet- ing of November 7, which refused to take any action against Mr. Osborn or his man- agement, is thoroughly in sympathy with 1. Fleming and is anxious that the whole thing be slfted to the bottom. She said yesterday: “Through the medium of THE CALL of the 10th inst. Poundmaster Osborn ex- pressed a desire to be exonerated from the accusation made against him by Henry Stacy for having fiepr. for use a horse sent to the pound to be killed. Mr. Osborn says he is fearful lest some cloud rest upon the ‘home,’ and it is to be hoped that an early opportunity va{v be afforded that he may endeavor to vindi- cate himself. ‘At the same;time it might be expedient | giste seiously doing things that shorten our life by hours—days—years. ‘We work too long, too hard; we eat food ansuited to us, too much or not enough; we overstrain certain muscles, limbs, senses or facuities, while others remain unused or undeveloped; we expose our- selves to excessive heat or cold, to impure air; we squander our viulhg. True, with mest people these things are the necessary consequences of the struggie for existence. It is to the millions who cannot continually think of their health that this It is to them that Peruvian Bitters is recommended. With them Peruvian Bitters is to the body what oil is to machinery; it kee the entire system so toned that it wer;: with the least pessible friction and waste of vitality, with greatest power of resist- ance to the germs of disease. Peruvian Bitters is an infallible tenic, which, when vitality has been reduced by peor di tion, everwork, sickness, tmub?e, puts the varieus functions in such normal cendi- tien that nature, uni red, soon re- pe! S, Total Income. . . 574,501 95 EXPENDITURES. "‘%J::.:‘k‘:‘.%é‘ffi‘;fifl‘;:?;‘ s L Pald for State, National and’ local = 9,016 98 % 47,878 97 Total Expenditures............... $538.563 52 ] Rbns. | PREMIONS. Net_amount of Risks| written during the, year...... ... .......$180,408,01 ,532 55 Net amount of Risks| e i expired duri) the Nyul'. 88,974,677 78,181 90 et ame el December 31, 1894..| 800,029,740| 533,915 05 R. IRELIN; President. " A TROXLER, Manager. ubscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day ot April, 1895. GEORGE GIFFORD, United States Consul. SYZ & CO, GENERAL AGENTS, 410 California Street. INSURANCE. STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— HELVETIA SWISS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F SAINT GALL, SWITZERLAND, ON THE 31st day of December, 1894, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California, pursuans 1o the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. $2,000,000 00 QR i Amount of Capital Stock, pald up in X 400,000 00 Cash..uiiraneernns asae ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company..... $42,000 00 Loans on Bond and Mortgage . 619,495 21 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. . 757,517 43 Cash in Company's O a Banks. 259,544 79 Interest_d: and Mortgage: . 21,788 74 Premiums in due Course of Colle tion.. ceeenee ... 171,679 33 Total ASSets..........vienseeen.. $1,872,028 50 LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpaid........ TLosses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense.... ® Losses resisted inciuding expenses Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ningone year or less, $618,397 88, } emamer reinsurance 50 per cent 300,108 94 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning more ihan one year, $151,- 73 31, reinsurance prorata...... 121,41888 Due and accrued for Salaries, Rent, etc... s .. 12,600 00 All other demands against the Com- pany... . e 189,341 54 Total Liabilities. $705,235 80 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire DIEmIBIMS. .. .. vvsoeseseos ~. $706,790 08 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortgages. ... 5 26,181 34 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from all other source 28,018 14 Total Income T $760,989 54 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses..... $382,035 09 Dividends wpszngc?hoxgen 88,000 00 Paid or allow for Cor ‘Brokerage . T 10482811 Paid_for Sal. nd other charges for officers, cle'k.li lltc.“ 48,162 62 id for State, National anc e, s ; . 17,6708 All other payments and expendi- tures Total Expenditures. isks AND Fing PREMIUMS. 1 RISKS. I PREMIUMS. Net amount off Risks written dur- ing the year. !‘158,15‘.852 181,443,783 54 Net flmo:lr:d&d Ofl Risks ex; lur- Tni the yoar... .| 527,940,840 799,89833 Net amount lln ¥ 409,157,900 770,171 19 F. HALTMAYER, President. M. J. GROSSMANN, Secretarv, Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of April, 1895, T. H. ZOLL{KOFER, United States Vice-Consul-General, SYZ & CO. GENERAL AGENTS, 410 California Street. (nsom! Bimples, N ness of discharg BEFORE ano AFTER §i} e orrors o1 1 eason soffe are nol Prostmitiie COPDENE I8 the MAMODD RESTORE Painsin the Back, Se, tion. It stops all lr,ml “which i notch kidgoysand the nrinary organ res sm: CUPIDENE strengthens and restores imall v T e o - "flo .‘b:fl!.'d“x nnw','w'y ‘mail. 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