The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 24, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1896. THE EMPORIUM'S HOUSEWARMING, A Big Battalion of Policz Kept the Crowd on the Move. BABIES WERE CHECKED JUST FOR FUN. A Newsy Struck a Windfall by Being the First to Enter the Store. PRESENTED WITH AN ENTIRE NEW OUTFIT. To-Morrow the Business Career Begins and San Francisco Possesses the First Store in the Land. For an hour before they were opened ye: ¢ afternoon the crowd gathered and increased about the doors of the Em- porium, until it became a crush not a little alarm And wien they were thrown t indiviaual to enter wasa He swaggered down the ide aisle in the van of the crowd with the air of a man escorting his guests over his own possessions. Manager Harper was standing at atten tion in the rotunda when the boy came forward, leading the charge. He recog- nized the arab as an omen—symbol of good luck that was being thrust upon him. 1t was an inspiration, and he grabbed the ragged little urchin as something that must not be allowed to get away. The boy rebelled as an American citizen who bas rights that no manager of an Em- porium may curtail—for he thought he was being arrested. But on the contrary, as the first of the invited public to enter the big store Man- ager Harper saw in the lad his especial zuest of honor. He escorted him over the uilding, showed him the wonders till he was sated with them, then he passed him along from one head of a department to another with instructions to aliow him to want for nothing. Two hours after that a free delivery car- riage, wearing the coat of arms of the 202 Fifth street, and three ladies, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Gareo, stepped out. With them was an elegantly dressed young man of 10 years, whom the ladies introduced to Mrs. Jonovan as her son—late a street arab of the most pronounced type. Mrs. Donovan held up her two hands in amazement and then turued him round aud round, almost refusing to believe. The boy had been rigged out up and down and through and through—new under- clothes, new shirt, new socks and collars Secretary to the Board of T, d “tur,npoo © X © & W Josuyn- W. D. Harper, General Manager, and W, E. Joslyn, Advertising Manager and Directors of the Emporium. L] =N | Eugene Donovan, the Struck a Windfall by Being the | First to Enter the Big Store. The Man for Whom the Emergency Hos- pital Was Provided and Who Lisappointed the Doctors. the pneumatic-tubes had been firing its empty boxes to and from all parts of the building for the mere entertainment of the people, women had been checking their babies in the nursery for the novelty of the thing, and thedoctor and hisassistants had been waiting in the emergency hos- pital f’or the maimed and tims of the great crush that, happily, did not put in an appearance. Secretary Joslyn and the board of directors were everywhere,receiving congratuiations from everybody. It was an epoch day in San Francisco. At 5 o'clock the stream of people was checked at the doors and began to flow of guests. For it was arranzed that it should be closed, and the clerks and man- agers and all hands should have & rest and apoear timely to make ready for the evening reception. At 7 o'clock somebody touched a button ablaze, bringing into the broad light every | remote corner. The band began to play | again and the throng to fill up the aisles, Ivis estimated that 50,000 people passed through the building last night. No time | could” be allowed to stop and examine. The only way the streets were kept free was Lo keep the crowd moving. Sergeants Shay, Conboy and Helms, with 110 men, were detailed 1othe duty. During the evening & number of flash- light photographs were taken of the crowds in the rotunda and the different departments. It was not the intention of the manage- ment that any business should be done yesterday, but it was decided later that the’ reireshment department about the bandstand should be opened for the re- freshment of the visitors, and a big run was made upon them. One of the grandest features of the open- and cuffs and cap and shoes and pants and roundabout. The big barber-shop on tbe mezzanine floor, the razors and scissors of which were not to know employment un- til to-morrow, had been opened for the rehabilitation of the mascot and he was now presented to his mother enjoying with all these other things the changed conditions of a new haircut and shampoo. How could it be expected that his motner would know him? He came with money in his purse, too, for he had protested that he was losing time with it all and must be away to sell his papers. So a man had given him a big round dol- lar. His picture had been taken also be- fore and after the wonder had been wrought and the two will hang side by side in the archives of the great store. All this took some hours longer than it takes to relate it, and in the meantime the populace, released, had been trooping through the streets ana avenues of the great building; the Emporium orchesira, responding to the wave of John Mar- quardt’s baton, had been filling the place witn music; department clerks had been answering 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 ques- tions; Chief McCarthy, with a company of twenty policemen, had been directing the multitude how to find its way witnout confusion from department todepartinent, | The Tired Mother Leaves Her Baby and Takes Away a Claim ( heck. €hief McCarthy Stood in the Breach and Restrained the Throng. ing display are the great show-windows, | containing to-day between $40,000 and | $50,000 worth of choice merchandise. | The feature which attracts the 1aost at- tention is the reproduction, with appro- priate scenery and carefully modeled wax figures, of the famous painting, * The Duel of the Amazons.” This striking scene has been ingeniously turned to advantage to advertise the famous “‘R. and G.” corsets, with which the fair swordswomen are clothed. Noth- ing like it in window display hasever been shown before in this City. he com- panion picture, entitled “The Reconcilia- tion,”” will shortly follow. The window:] lttrnlc‘ltled all day yesterday. e display is made by J. W. Howell, who won first honors at the Columbian Exposition in his line. He has been especially engaged and will be retained by the Emporium Company, To-morrow the big store opens for busi- ness, The original plans of the company fixed tne date of ovening as the 4th of February, and siocks were purchased fit- ting that time of the year, among them $125,000 worth of cloaks and winter suits and an immense stock of Paris dresses that should have been sold before Easter. “To these,” says Secretary Jos- great attention Newsboy Who | battered vic- | backward until the big place was empty | and 10,000 lamps set the big building | lyn, “we won’t do a thing.’ In other words, it is with such that that dream of the woman shopper, the bargain counter, is to be inaugurated in the big store on the very first day. To-morrow, then, will be put in actual operation all the resources of the finest store on earth. To-morrow women may go here, leaving their babies meanwhile ir the care of expelienced nurses in the nursery, taking a check that will enable them to be singled out in a crowd upon an instant’s notice, no matter how much they may resemble the other babies. To-mor- row wives may begin to form the habit of meeting their husbands at the Em- porium for lunch—a very elegant lunch— or for consulting upon any of the purchases for the household. To-morrow men and women may goto The Emporium if they have a letter to write and find ele- gant stationery free of cost and equally elegant accommodations for writing. To- morrow the public mav find at The Em- porium for the first time a free telephone at its service. In a word San Francisco will find itself in possession to-morrow of a department store that is in advance of anything in the world in that line. Under this roof every want may be supplied. There are sixty- one great stores in one, all arranged with the greatest convenience, equipped with every conceivabie appliance for the speedy conduct of business without confusion. Forty miles of pneumatic tubes concen- trate the money changing of the vast es- tablishment in a central well, where nine young women receive and flash back the little cylinders without noise or loss of time. Two hundred and ten miles of eleciric wires carry cars, light and power to every part of the building. In a word, the Emiporium is up to date—a twentieth century institution. The Emporium orchestra will give three concerts a week—Tuesday, Thursday and | Saturday evenings—the year round. It will be assisted by Mrs. Alexandra Breit- schuck-Marquardt, harp soloist. The affairs of the Emporium are under the direction of a board of managers com- osed of Messrs. Cole, M. S. Feder, M. sreenebaum, A. Gruninger, with W. E. Joslyn, an energetic young newspaper man, its secretary. Mr. Joslyn is also the advertising manager. The president of the company is A. Feist and the general manager is W. D. Harper. In his speech at the private reception of the press Mr. A. Feist, the president of the Emporium Company, said: _ “If, as one of the promoters of this en- terprise 1 am entitlea to any credit, 1 am amply rewarded by the satisfactiorn | which the people assembled here to-night seem to have upon its completion, but I would not be fair were I to assume an attitude of trying to usurp a credit which is but partially due me, for it must be borne in mind that the principal consideration, in fact almost all credit is | due to the people who furnished the sinews of war. I of course refer to Mrs. Abbie M. Parrott and her very able ad- viser, C. de Guigne. To them, gentlemen, should be given the entire credit. Mrs. Parrott has invested a vast fortune with her for the udvancement of the interests of our City and State, and in a time which must be consigered the very darkest com- mercial epoch which we have ever had on this coast.” THE EMPORIUM BUILDING. THE ELECTRIC AND MACHINERY PLANT THE LARGEST WEST oF CHICAGO. One of the most interesting features about the building is the machinery plant. The magnitude of the building makes it necessary for a vast amount of machinery to be used, and in consequence an im- mense space is devoted to this particular feature. The steam machinery was manu- factured and installed by the Union Iron Works of this City, the well-known builders of warships, and the climax of whose success in this line was reached in the record recently made by the Oregon, the fastest ship of its class in the world. Tire machinery for the building was all built from special designs made by the Union 1ron Works to suit the unusual re- quirements of this vast structure. There are four engines employed, viz.: three ver- tical triple-expansion cond:nsing engines of 300 horsepower each and one vertical compound 100 horsepower engine. Each which a kind providence has endowed | This style of boiler is recognized by ex- rts as the most economical yet designed. I}‘ize economy is further increased by the use of the Hoxden system of forced com- bustion whereby superheated air is used instead of the cold air as is customary. The eleetric plant was installed in ac- cordance with designs made by A. E. Brooke Ridley, who holdsthe Pacific Coast agency of the Siemens-Halske Electric Company of Chicago. This plant consists of six direct connected unitsof 100 kilowats capacity and two of 35-kilowats capacity. These are arranged to run in seriesin pairs to supply the elevators at 220 volts or in multiple at 110 volts for lightning service. The switch-board is constructed of mar- ble and is of the panel type. It is forty feet in length and is a magnificent piece of workmanship. The instruments that are installed are of the highest guality and finish and its artistic symmetry is note- worthy. The switch-board is” supplied with every modern controlling and regis- tering device and the switching arrange- ments are such that the elevators can be run from the same dynamos as the lights or independently on different dynamos, at will. The light installation consists of 7000 incandescent and 400 arc lights. The latter are the Manhattan 100-hour lamps and are the very iatest and best in use. There are fifteen electric elevators in use in the building, 2ll operated by the electric plant, also about 100 motors, large and smail, that are used for various pur- poses about the building. The plant is the largest one ever installed in any single building west of Chicago, and but one plant in a building in _the latter city, that of the Auditorium, is larger than the one in the Emporium building. THE STEAM HEATING. The entire building is heated by steam by the ‘“‘overhead system.” which is the most approved method. The steam is carried from the basement directly to the top story, and thence flows down through the several radiators_in the various rooms to the boiler. thus noiselessly and certainly heating the whole building. The George H. Tay Company were se- lected to execute this important work, be- cause of their hich rcguumon and great experience in heating the large buildings of the State, such as the French Hospital, the State Normal School, etc. THE GLASS WORK. Between ten and twelve acres of glass of all kinds is in use in The Emporinm building. This quantity 1s nearly or quite three times much as is in use in any other building in San Francisco. F. N. Woods & Co. of 51 and 53 First street had the contract for this portion of the work as it could not have been handled by a house of smaller magnitude than theirs. are heavy importers. The plates in the front windows are among the largest in the City. The firm suppliea glass for the windows, the show cases, mirrors, etc., and the glass in the dome. THE CONCRETE WORK. The foundation for the building is of necessity massive and substantial. In ad- dition to the retaining walls, which are | constructed of concrete, there are a large | number of concrete piers which sustain the weight of tue body of the building. Some of these piers are twenty-four feet square. First-class work was imperative Goodman of 307 Montgomery street, who had the contract for all the concrete work about the building, executed a splendid | job in every respect. He also put in the concrete floor in the basement and laid the cement walks on the streets, both in the | front and in the rear of the building. THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS, Magnificent Illuminating System Installed by E. H. Forst. Installation Was in Accordance With the Specifications and Plans of Pissis & Moore. The new Emporium building is equipped with as fine an electrical plant as exists in any building in the worid. It was put in by E. H. Forst of the California Electric Supply and Construction Company. Not only 1s the system a big one, but it works to perfection, and the lighting isa delightnot only to those having store room in the great structure but to the throng of visitors who enter it. The first_contract closed by Mr, Forest with the Parrott estate called for an ex- penditure of $33,000. There are nearly eighty miles of wire all accessible and run through brass and iron armored conduits. There are eighty- nine marble switchboards, controlling 370 Bergman incandescent arc lamps and 6000 incandescent lights, 2000 of the latter be- ing used in the dome. The entire equip- ment is of the latest and most approved pattern. z Through the enterprise and 1iverality of Mrs. Parrott in putting in such an exten- sive lighting system many workmen were given employment during a period when they badly needed'it. Mr. Forst pnt in the lighting system in the Sutro baths and the Cliff House, the German Savines and Loan So- ciety’s Bank, the Daniel Meyer building, H. Liebes- & Co.’s stores, the Fresno Courthouse and many of the finest resi- dences in this City and the surrounding country. The Cliff House system is of the accegsible variety, the wires being in- stalled in a circular loom conduit. -t Stand Against Free Silver. COLUMBUS, Onro, May 23.—In the pri- mary election held this afternoon fora can- didate for Congress, the Democrats of this city and county took a decided stana against free silver. Henry J. Booth is the successful candidate. e WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.—The President has approved acts establishing customs ports of delivery at Pueblo, Du- rango and Leadyille, Colo. Two Views of the Cherub in the Base- ment That Turned On the Lights. engine drives two Siemens-Halske dyna- mos, whici latter supply the electric en- ergy for the lights as well as all other ma- chinery used throughout the entire build- ing. The system of condensation em- ployed in the engines is the first of the kind installed oa this coast. It effectsa great saving in the :iunntil_v of water used, as but 10 per cent of the amount hitherto considered necessary is required in their operation. Its place is taken by atmos- pheric air, which is drawn from ‘be en- gine-room, thus preventing the overheat- ing that is usually found. ‘E’ho boiler plant consists of four 300-, horsepower boilers, each internslly fired; They | ELOPERS CAUGHT AT LOS ANGELES, Rev. Henry M. Covert of Brooklyn Surprised by His Wife. RECLAIMS HER HUSBAND Compels Him to Leave the Rich Woman With Whom He Had Fled. PURSUIT ACROSS A CONTINENT She Finds the Couple About to Begin Life Anew in a Costly Mansion. LOS ANGELES, Car., May 23.—A sur- prising sequel to the elopement of Rey. Henry M. Covert and Mrs. Emma Springer, a wealthy woman of Brooklyn, N. Y., which occurred in March, came to lignt here to-day. Covert and his wife are now living together again in this city. Their son Lester is with them. This re- union is the result of a sensational de- nouement, following the discovery of the erring husband and Mrs. Springer by the wronged wife, who had pursued them across the continent. Covert and Mrs. Springer had come di- rectly to Los Angeles from Brooklyn, he passing here as the woman’s brother. Mre. Springer had formerly lived in Los | Angeles and had friends here, but for | good reasons did not hurt them up. She had cousiderable money, and after con- | suting with “brother,” who was greatly | interested in all her financial affairs, con- | cluded to build a residence. Thetwo were seen together very frequently and became well known, by sight at least, among real estate men and builders. They finally se- lected a lot on Lovelace avenue, in the western part of the city, and there a hand- some $7000 residence is approaching com- pletion. | Mrs. Springer, had hoped to begin life anew in company with the man she hoped 10 marry as soon as certain legal obstacles | were swept away. She sent for a lot of | aristocratic home in Brooklyn. That fur- niture has arrived and isin a warehouse awaiting the completion of the residence. | Last Monday a cloud spread over the horizon and in the twinkling of an eye | Mrs. Springer's hopes had vanished. She |and Mr. Covert drove out in a carriage to | the Lovelace-avenue mansion. They sat | in the carriage for a few minutes, looking at the building and discussing plans, and | then went to the house and stepped onto the porch. Mrs. Springer's back was turned to Mr. Covert, when she was at- tracted by a smothered exclamation. She looked around and saw the gentleman in the grasp of an excited female, whom she recognized as Mrs. Covert. Then ensued a scene that caused the workmen on the building to stand agape. The strange woman grabbed Covert by the lappels of his coat and shook him. “You miserable wretch !”’ she exclaimed. “You huzzy!” she cried out as she glared at Mrs. Springer. *“L'his is a fine mansion, isn’t it? But you shall not be happy in it. You will steal my husband, will you? You will desert wife and children, wiil you? You know I love you,” continued Mrs. Covert, “and your conduct has been shameful, but as for you—" and the in- jured wife glared at Mrs. Springer, who started toward her carriage. “There, now, Josephine,”” said Mr. Covert, “‘do not become so excited; we will arrange all this. I will drive Mrs. Springer home and then I wiil come wherever you say.” “You will do no such thing,” re- plied Mrs. Covert. *“You go with that woman—’" “But, Josephine, the horse is nervous and I am afraid to let her go alone."’ “I wish the horse would run away with her and crush every bone in her body.” “I will drive Mrs. Springer home,” de- clared the pastor. *You will not,” insisted Mrs. Covert. Covert’s reply was to get into the buggy, when Mrs. Covert sprang to the horse's head, seized it by the bit and said they would go only over her dead body, and she was re-enforced by a young man of 20, who had been there all along, but so far had been somewhat of alay figure. This was Lester Covert, their son. He stood by his mother, and Covert gave up the strug- gle. Mrs. Springer was assisted into the buggy and drove away, while the husband, wife and son disappeared, and the la- borers turned to their work on the build- ing. Since that day Mrs. Springer has not seen Covert. He has been kept in sight every minute by his wife, and they have been endeavoring to arrange their affairs at the Clarendon on Hill street, where Mrs. Covert took apartments when she reached the city. The only communica- tion Mrs. Springer has had from Covert has been a little note, accompanying a $250 diamond ring and chatelaine chain, which he sent back to Mrs. Springer. In the note he told her that he was exceedingly sorry the trouble had occurred, but did not know what to do. SIiER s LEFT BOARD BILLS UNPAID. A San Francisco Youth Arrested at Redondo Beach. LOS ANGELES, CaL, May -23.—E. J. McNamara was arrested at Redondo Beach to-day on a warrant charging fiim with having attempted to defraud the Hotel Lille, on South Hill street, of a board bill. A short time ago McNamara stopped at the hotel under the aame of E. J. Haltin. He gradually found his funds running low, so one evening he an- ticipated the landlora by packing his effects and leaving the city. The latter went to the District Attorney and swore to the complaint. After a short search, Deputy Constable Mugnemi learned that M:%-mlra ‘was l!opg:lng at Reaondo as E. Russ and arrested him Ato-dxz. McNamara wired to his father in San Francisco, who, he said, was a shoe-dealer on Market street. The father telegraphed in reply that his son could get out of the trouble as be had gotten into it. Several similar charges are said to be held against the prisoner. LT, FALLS INTO BOILING LARD. Four . Year - Old Howard Lamberton * Scalded to Death. LOS ANGELES, Can, May 3.—While playing in the rear of the City Bakery, four-year-old Howard Lamberton, the son | elegant furniture, which had adorned her | 1n this portion of the structure, and George | ©.C5 = Jof the manager. fell nto a tub of boiling lard and was fatally burned. The tub was sunk to a level with the ground and was usea for cooking doughnuts. The child ventured too near, stumbled and fell into the boiling grease. Mr. Lamberton heard the little fellow’s cries and hurried to the place. He reached into the boiling lard and rescued the boy, his hands being badly scalded. The chi{d's injuries were fatal and he died several hours afterward. e oo —— MAY ANCHOR AT SANTA CRUZ. Warships Likely to Be Present During the Venetian Fete. - SANTA CRUZ, CAw., May 23.—Director- General Bowman presided over a mass- meeting of citizens who went to the car- nival pavilion to-night to hear of the prog- ress of the arrangements for the Vene- tian Water Carnival, to open in this city on June 17, with a celebration of the anni- versary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The several chairmen of committees addressed the audience, telling of the satisfactory work that had been done since the former mass-meeting, four months ago, when $1500 was promptly subscribed to start the enterprise. The audience was informed that, besides the attractions prepared by the commit- tees, there was good prospect of the cruiser Philadelphia and the battle-ship Oregon paying these waters a visit during the car- nival. A letter from Rear-Admiral Beards- lee was to-day received, stating that, while he could not say positively, he believed that one and perhaps more vessels under his command would be here. The news was enthusiastically received and tne audi- ence was well pleased with the meeting. — Ives Gets Second Money. CHICAGO, IrL., May 23.—The billiara tournament came to an end to-night, Ives winning second money by defeating Schae- fer in the final game. The standing of the players was as follows: Garnier won three and lost one; Ives won two and lost two; Schaefer won one and lost three. The attendance was smaller than on pre- vious occasions when Ives and Schaefer have crossed cues. The spectators noisily applauded the wizard in different work and hissed while Ives was playing a sure finish. The billiards were below the aver- age for the week. Score: Schaefer 267, high run 51, average 8 27.30. Ives 500 high run 62, average 16 2-: - Naval Court of Inguiry. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.—The Secretary of the Navy to-day appointed a court of inquiry, to meet at Mare Island Nayy-yard, Cal., May 29, to inquire intoan allegation that Assistant Paymaster Ed- win D. Webster had not made restitution of $2500 alleged to have been obtained by him as security for his clerk, William J. Tobin. AR ol Statehood to Oklahoma. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.—Repre- sentative Scranton, chairman of the Com- mittee on Territories, to-day favorably re- ported to the House the bill granting state- ood to Oklahoma. i U On the Ketired List. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23.—Colonel Dangerfield Parker, commanding the Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry, U. S. A., was placed on the retired list on account of age to-day. THE COLUMBIA AGROUND. Owing to Shallow Water at the City Wharf a Day Is Lost. OAKLAND, CaL., May 23.—The Ameri- can ship Columbia, Captain Nelson, coal laden, was aground at the Franklin-street wharf all day to-day, and it was close onto midnight when she was nauled off the bar and safeiy docked. The vessel is 205.9 feet over all, 40 feet breadth, and draws 24 feet of water when loaded with a full cargo of 2450 tons. She has a gross tonnage of 1425 tons. tops in San Francisco and was towed over this morning. She was drawing sixteen feet forward and all went well until turn- ing into_the wharf, when she went fast on a mud bar. Two tugs and the donkey- engine could not move her, and as it was ebb tide every moment only made it worse. Captain Nelson and the tugboat men were very emphatic in their opinions of a city which did not keep its wharfs open to com- merce. e Off for Yosemit: BERKELEY, CaL., Mav 25.—Five par- ties of university students left Berkeley and Oakland to-day for Yosemite. Some of them will go by way of Stockton, while others propose going by railto Sonora and Milion ana then tramp into the valley. Several other parties of college men will leave in a few days. ————————————————————————— = 3, UDGE for yourself whether it is best to have your face filled with pimples and blood blotches or whether you would prefer a clean face and a good 1f you decide for the latter use blood. TESTIMONIAL, The Edvin W.Joy Company—GENTLEMEN: I have just completed the second bottle of your Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I have had catarrh for years, which affected my eyes, hearing and stomach. Frequently would have dull headache for days at a time. Since taking your remedy I have felt no disagreeable symptom. Trusting you will publish this, as I want any one suffering from any of the above symptoms to be benefited. Kindly send me two more bottles by return express. (Signed) Mz. FREDERICK DE R1cmMox, Seattle, Wash. BANKRUPTCY A.D.AYRE’S STOCK. Liberty Bicycles. WHEELER & WILSON MFG. C0. 933 Market, Opp. Mason. OPEN EVENINGS. The ship unloaded all but about 1000 | NEW TO-DAY. At Auction! At Quclinn! G.H.UMBSEN&CO, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. House Brokers, Rent Collectors and Auctioneers, OFFICE AND SALESROOM: 14 Montgomery St., Near Market IMPORTANT REALESTATE AUCTION o Miscellaneons Propertiss AS PER CATALOGUE, AT SALESROOM, MONDAY, June 8, 1896, AT 12 O'CLOCK 3. MONDAY, - - - - Natoma-St. Houses. Nos. 922, 92214 and 924 Natoma street, between Tenth and Eleventh—Three 2-story frame houses, 6 rooms and bath each. in good condition: rentis $60 per month; lot 50x75: concrete stone side- walk and coping; iron fencing; street bituminized ; title insured California Title Insurance and Trust Company. Dolores-St. Lot. Vacant lot 25x125, east side of Dolores street; 160 feet north of Twenty-fifth: ready for building: haif block froom electric-cars; fine view. Noe=5t. Residence. No. 59 Noe street, between Fourteenth and Rid- ley—Two-story residence, 8 rooms and bath; by windows: brick foundation; lovely sunny home; size 30x162. Eighteenth=St. Building Lots. Two level lots, south line of Eighteenth street, 125 feet west of Clover alley, on® block west of Douglass street; ready to build on; street work done; 25x121 feet each: electric-cars pass. Cottage on Clinton Park. No. 265 Clinton Park, near Market and Dolores streeta—Substantial bay window cottage of B rooms and bath; brick foundation, etc.: ot 26x78 eet. The five following pieces by order of Referoe. Estate of Daniel Mullin, de- ceased. Golden Gate Ave.--Down Town. Nos. 315-317 Golden Gate avenue, between Hyde and Larkin stree:s—Two houses of 9 rooms, etc., each: rents 870; 10t 34:435x187:6 feet. NW. Cor. Fulton and Webster Sts. Two-story and basement house of % rooms, ete.: basement could be easily converted into a store at little expense; rents $45; both streets accepted; 10t 27:6x80 feet. Investment on Stevenson St. 457-459 Stevenson st., between Fifth and Sixth— Double hiouse of § rooms each, etc.; rents $34; lot 26:6x70. Oak-St. Lot. South line of Oak st., 278:634 fet west of De- visadero; 25x137:6. Ocean View Lot. West line of Bright st., 150 feet south of Ran- dolph; 25x100; near elscuric cars. Administrator’s Sale. 1. 410-41034 Page st. and Lily ave.—Two flats of 7 and 6 rooms and bath each, etc.; lot 54:2x120, as per diagram. 2. Cottage, 415 Lily ave.: 20x60: will not be oifered at the auction sale, but can be bought at a reasonable price at private sale. Corner Lot. Southeast corner of Tark and Lyon sts.; 50x 187:6; Turk st. is 100 feet wige. FRENCHHOSPITAL PROPERTY By order of Board of Dirzctors, S. E. Bryant St., Bet. 5th and 6:h. As an Entiroty. Improvements consist of 3-story brick bailding and several smailer buildings: lot 275x275 feet; 100-vara lot: will cut up into 25 large bullding lots, with 50-1oot streets; 4 corners in the heart of manufacturing district. For farther particulars inquire at office G. H. UMBSEN & CO., Auctioneers, 1l MONTGOMERY ST STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS oF THE FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANTY F NEW YORK THE STATE OF NEW York, on the 31 of December, A. D. 1895, and for the year ending on that day. as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Cali- fornis, pursuaut to the provisions of Sections 810 and 611 of the Political Code, condensea as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of capital stock paid up incashafotos eest S ..e. $250,000 00 ASSETS. Real esta’e owned by the company.. $879,460 49 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by cowpa: - 1,354,870 00 Cash {n company’s office. . 2881265 Cash in banks. 41,780 51 Interest due and accrued on all stocks and 10ans................ £ Premiums in due course of collection Reserve reinsurance deposit (cash in company’s possession) 2,655 18 296,198 50 7,808 41 ,341,085 73 Total assets............. LIABILITIES, Losses in process of adjustment or in suspense.. % Losses resisted including Total unearned premiums Due to other companies fo } $409,547 56 . 1,342,629 07 ur- ance 5,742 10 All othe pany 14,171 78 Total liabilities..... cereeenenennns. 81,772,090 46 INCOMB, oo —ma et Net cash actually recelved for premiums. .. ....$2,600,858 35 Received for Interest and dividends on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other source: 102,310 31 Received for pro 801d. . ..ue 41021 Total income... 5 + -v...$2,603,678 87 EXPENDITURES, Net amount paid for losse $910.653 10 Dividends to stockholders . . 40,000 00 Paid or allowed f or brokerage . - 66524955 Pald for salarl v charges for oflicers, clerks, etc... 434,007 44 Paid for State, National and local taxes . ... 45,620 94 All other payments and expend] tures. ........ etreeieennne 519,784 00 Total expenditures........ $2,415,316 08 GEORGE F. SEWARD, President. ROBERT J. HILLAS, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of January, 1896. E. A. RABENER, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, 8. C. PARDEE, Resident Manager, Mutual Life Building, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, — NEW WESTERN HOTEL. KEARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—RE- Bapmodele and penovaed, KING, Srakp B 15,98 par Tenl, B0 B30 pr monia e i e, 85 : every room; elevaior runs allnight, - 5ig