The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 22, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1896 CADETS RALLY AT ST, PETER' Give a Splendid Programme Before a Large Au- dience. FOUR ESSAYS ARE READ. Creditable Literary Efforts De- livered in Masterly Style. WON BY SERGEANT CURTISS. The Judges, However, Find Difficulty in Determining the Excess of Merits, The large hall of St. Peter’s Church re- sounded yesterday afternoon with the clanki; swords and the rbythmic tread s Company I, marched in. of the £ s parish. Curtiss presided over the rally, i and inuoduced Thomas Fallon of the ex- ecutive committee, who explained briefly the system of the essay contest to take He stated that contests had been in all the parishes and districts. wo comg] ntest to be held on the second Sunday in August, when rold medal will be awarded by Arch- Lop Riordan to the best essayist. I'he subject chosen for yesterday was: What Drunkenness Cost Those who ead Smith, place. i with 3 d Cattig; c le manner. He stated that two shstinence by all the people in | ry would save enough money to land should they ndations. Conclud- s one of the man; it inflames his tomach and deranges d it is written,’ the kingdom of shall not inh heaven.”” After an instrumental 1, Sergeant A. Curtiss took to form. He spoke of the eff cobol has on the spiritual, moral and He said: “Go es and the in- see at drink has He quoted statistics profusely il destructive in- on the world, roration. Our De- Campbell. then read his pro- ich he spoke of the terrible n serance with the growth finally ending in the nation’s ruin. emperance brings men to the lowest level,” he said, “‘and costs man the of love and virtue.”’ 1his was followed by a vocal solo by John J. May, after which the last essay of ie contest was read by Private George Welch. ‘‘Everywhere,” said he, *in- dividuals with the brizhtest {prospects are distroyed by liguor, the moderate drinkers of this year are the drunkards of next. Rev. Father Lyons then briefly ad- dressed the boys, saying: “It is well for a boy to remember that in vouth all the habits that last through life are formed. It is necessary that there be some safe- guards around him during this formation period, and the greatest safeguard is tem- perance. A vocal solo was then given by Robert Drady, followed by singing of the Glee Club of St. Peter’s parish, at the conclu- sion of which Professor Tait on behalf of the judges informed the audience that aiter much difficulty they had decided rgeant Curtiss, to- ery, had won the con- test. This decision was hailed with a great deal of applause. Rev. Father O'Ryan, the spiritual leader of the League of St. Peter's, then made a few closing remarks, in which he took occasion to compliment the contestants on the fine manner with which they acquitted themselves and said that St. Peter’s parish woula send a con- testant to the Mechanics’ Pavilion next August: SPEEDY AOID RIOERS Races of the Reliance, California and Imperial Cyclers Yesterday. solo by d increase of of a nati ction in w lic Lehner, Norton and Maack the Win. ners, and Alexander Made the Fastest Time. There were three good cycle road-races over the 8an Leandro way vesterday; good because the races were speedy, contested by large numbers of riders aiid devoid of accidents. The roads across the bay where the cycters usually hold their road events are not a¢ good now as formerly. The electric line has taken considerable space, teaming has cut them up and the road- masters have capped the climax by spread: ing loose gravel here and there to fill in. For these reasons the three clubs which beld their events yesterday each took sep- arate courses, and the one on the lower | +ide of the triangle, from San Leandro via San Lorenzo to Haywards, proved to be by far the best. The California Club’s riders went this way and their men made by far the best time. The first race run off was that of the Re- liance Club Wheelmen of Oakland, the stari being at 10:15 A. ». from High street, Fruitvale, to San Leandro, and the result will be seen by the following table: g | | = g | Net CONTESTAST. {Handi-| piging [ car.| Himmer | | | G. Lehrper.. 0 H. Thompson.. o S 0 0 | &R W. Yeoman.. Lenner and Thompson, who finis first and second respectively, rode abreast for about a quarter of a mile from the finish, each striving to gain a lead. They collided not twenty yards from the iape and both fell, but pluckily jumped up and dra ged their wheels to the line, thor- oughly exhausted but game to the end. Lehner got there first by a few inches. It was his first race. J. S. Brereton made lete the list, the final | in the Mechanics’ Pa- | great- | Miss | the best time of the race, covering the five miles in 13:47, The Californias started their event at 11:05, from San Leandro, having twenty- nine entrants. The fastest riding was done by P. G. Alexander and C. Birdsall, the scratch men, the former making 12:34 for the five miles and Birdsall one-fifth of a second slower. The race was won by F. L. Norton with a2 minute and a quarter handicap, who jogged along over the course within nine seconds of the scratch men himself. The following table tells the tale: 1 CONTESTANT. " B. Robbins B. Thorp.. . Sternberg L. Boyle . The Imperials were the first to start, leaving San Leandro about 11:15, with handicap intervals from a few seconds to two minutes. There were forty-five en- trants in this race, the most ever entered in a club race on the coast. Of these forty- one faced the starter and thirty-six fi ished, a very good sbowing. Of the mise- ing ones, the usual tales of punctures and tumbles were told, but no one was hurt. The men took the direct road from San Leanaro to Haywards, and it was in very poor shape for racing, so that their times | were not fast. W. Maack, with fifteen { seconds’ handicap, won the race and made the fastest time, 13:14, as well, an unex- pected and unusnal occurrence. J.J. Bore ree, with the same handicap, was only a second behind. The finishes in the Im- { perial race were close and exciting, as the riders came in in bunches of five to ten. The following is the table: CONTESTANT. Smith.. . F. Hamann . Tisell B. May Iy 1e Sew0 o 1:8 scratch 0:45 fe Fiynn.. . Egan U, A. Wiison. Geistlich A. Bozi 0:45 0: st i i 1010 ok o e 8 b o ot b o | While the road races ested many and attr: men, there were several runs of the other big clubs that were well attended. The Olympics and Acmes baa a joint run to Trocadero, near Ingleside, and the Bay Citys went to San Mateo; the Alameda Cyeclers touring to Mili Valley. Altogether it was a lively day for the wheelmen and next Sunday bids fair to be equally as act- ive as far as this particular sport is con- | cerned. ALONG THE WATER FRONT. Hawaiian Islands Sugar Fleet Overdue Owing to Head Winds. inter- acted lots of wheel- Setting Up New Pumps for Raising the Biairmore—Crowds Visit the Sunken Vessel. Head winds are evidently sweeping over tuis part of the Pacific, as a fleet of sugar vessels are now overdue from the Hawaiian Islands. The non-arrival of these vessels while not causing any anxiety on the part of their consignees or agents is causing a shortening down of suzar cargoes for the refinery, and a further delay of the island | inbound craft might slack up operations { at the mills. The trin should consume from fifteen to eighteen days under ordinary conditions, but some of the vessels are already far over that period. The bark Annie Johnson is still out twenty-one days from Hilo, while the fast-sailing schooner Muriel is twenty- five days from Honoipu. From Honolulu is due the bark Mohi- can, twenty-six days out; the bark Alden Besse, twenty-five days; the schooner Aloha, twenty-five days; the barkentine Archer, twenty-one days. From Mahu- koua is the brig Consuelo, out twenty-one days. When it is yemembered that these ves- sels are good sailers and in the habit of making their trips within a certain limit, it may be that unfavorable winds or stormy weather are keeping them away from vort. . A large number of rowing and sailing boats and launches went out to the sunken Blairmore yesterday, but the visitors saw only seyeral feet of water rolling over the | wreek. Captain Whitelaw found that an- other steam pump must be mounted over the luckless ship, and to fit its air and water pipes the hull had to be opened, and this let the wreck sink back into the bay. All day yesterday the three captains, Whitelaw, Burns and Caw, with their gang of machinists and wreckers, worked over and in the submerged craft like beavers. The men in their brass helmets and rubber clothes were below running new pipes into the huli, while the others fitted the new machinery into place. It will be readily understood how difficultis this work wnen it is explained that the men worked in | severul feet of water, and often the divers in all their submarine togs were required to assist in setting the great pumps into position. When all the three machines are in op- eration they will discharge thirty-six tons of water a minute, and if the airpumps work successfully it is expected that a few hours’ work next Tuesday will bring the Blairmore to the surface. No effort has yet been made to fill the counterbalance tanks built over the bull, as it is not intended to right the vessel un- til she is in shallow water. Then over a hundred tons of water will be pumped into the tanks, and this weight sinking downward will roll the hull toward an even keel. Captain Burns is very san- guine that the work of recovering the Blairmore will be completed next Wednes- day. —————— Miss Redmond Will Stay Away. Miss Mary E. Redmond, who has begun the suit for $50,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage against Thomas Carter, the wealthy carbuilder and general contractor, will not re- turn to the City soon. She is now variously reported to be in Los Angeles and San She will remain away from San Franci the case comes up for trial. TLis is the advice of her attorneys. Mrs. Wells, the proprietress of the lodging-house on Mason sireet where the pretty milliner has rooms, says Miss Re mond will return only the day beiore the tri I YOUNG POLITICAL BUSINESS MEN. Organized for the Success of the Republican Party. FOR HOME PROTECTION. They Are Not Aspirants for Elective or Appointive Offices. “M'KINLEY AND HOBART) The Already Familiar Cry Will Be Their Motto in the Coming Campaign. The young business men of the City who heretofore have refrained from joining any of the many Republican clubs have organ- 1zed what they term the “Young Men’s in the open air, the outward form of beauty is sought and worshiped. 1n the North, where the Teutonic peoples are sur- rounded with mountains and ice; where there is a continual strife and struggle for existence; where for days the cottagers must remain snow and ice-bound within their four walls, they soon realized the necessity of looking within themselves for beauty. In nistory, accordingly, we find the northern eoples were possessed of strong personality, the necessary result of such self-examination. *“The Catholic religion satisfied the Southern natures. lts beautilul pictures gratified their love of external beauty. Its Latin hymns were in a mother tongue to them. The institution of the confessional satistied them as words of forgiveness to a child will satisfy him and cause him to forget his wrong. ‘‘With the Northern people it was differ- |ent. The beautiful pictures did not satisfy | their longing for beauty within. They did | not understand the Latin hymns that fell so musically upon the Southern ear. They demanded something that appealed to the individual to the conscience, and rather than rest satisfied with forgiveness of previous transgres:ions, the Northern people, on account of the strength of their character, wanted more than to hear beautiful stories of the Child of Bethlehem—they wanted the open Bible, that they mizht meet that Savior and know the man.” e THE VICTORIOUS CALLS. An Accldent Mars the Sport in Which the Examiners Won. Yesterday morning Tar Caris baseball team defeated the “‘Stars’’ at, the Presidio grounds by a score 0of 9 to 3. In the after- noon they played the Examiners at the Sixteenth-street grounds, during which THE CALLS were in the lead and had their oppenents at their mercy with a splendid chance of carrying home all the honors Republican League.” This organization aavocates “prouc" when a line ball in the fourth inning hit Pitcher Whaley of TrE CaALis’ thumb, splitting it open, thereby preventing him OFFICERS OF THE YOUNG MEN’S REPUBLICAN LEAGUE. tion” as one of its fundamental principles, i and will vote for no man who favors free trade. Its members are decidedly opposed to the dumping of manufactured goods on American shores, by which the American workmen would be reduced to a condition of pauperism. The present stagnation in every line of business produced by the suicidal policy of Grover Cleveland and his Democratic advisors have impressed these young San Franciscans with the necessity of banding themselves together the better to cast their political influence for the candidate on the Presidential ticket that will resur- rect the industries of the Nation to that happy condition that they were in before the Democratic party obtained National power. With this object in view the Young Men's Republican League was organiz - d on September 15, 1895, with the following officers: X Spencer; first vice- President, Frank president, George E. Moynihan; second vice-president, L. A. Bell; secretary, A. E. | Day; treasurer, Jobn L. Lounibas; chair- man of executive committee, E. C. McCol- lough, and sergeant-at-arms, E. Kemp. The organizers of this league with those who will join it from the ranks of the young business men of the City are not candidates for any political office, elective or appointive, but have united for the good and welfare of the Republican party and with the avowed purpose of maintain- | ing as far as they can the spirit of clean | politics, and electing none but honorable men to office. The membership of the league is not confined to any one Assembly district or Congressional division, but is open 1o any and all young business men irrespective of sectional lines. With this broad area and the number of available material in the commercial walks of life, it is fair to presume that the Young Men’s Republican League of 1596 will be a welcome adjunct to the party about to assume control of this Govern- ment. SCANDINAVIAN CHARACTER Its Bearing Upon the Origin of the Lutheran Reforma- tion. Mrs. Beck-Neyer Contrasts the Char. acters of Southern and Baltic Peoples. The pulpit of the First English Lutheran Church on Geary street near Octavia was occupied last night by Mrs. Beck-Meyer, a Scandinavian lady who represented three Scandinavian countries at the Interna- tional Woman’s Congress at the World’s Fair. Mrs. Beck-Meyer, who is at present a special lecturer at Stanford University, 1s thoroughly conversant with all the details of Scandinavian history as well as with European history in the time of the Reformation. A native of Denmark she speaks fluently the Danish tongue, yet her English is faultless and spoken with but an occasional acceat. Her subject last evening was the “Scan- dinavian Retormation and Its Relation to Our Times and Country.” She treated the subject of the Reformation rather from the stanapoint of National character and customs than from a purely historical standpoirt. She demonsirated that the Reformation, far from being as some have claimed, the result of the efforts of a few individuals who aimed at political ends. was the natural and necessary result of certain deeply-fixed traits in the Scandi- navian character. “The diiference between the Catholic and Lutheran religions,”” said Mrs. Beck- Meyer, “is based upon the difference be- tween the countries in which the two re- ligions prevail. Just as the same treat- ment of all the children of a family can- not be to the interests of all, so the same ecclesiastical rule of two nations so widely differing as the Southern and Baltic peo- ples is an impossibility. “In the sunny South, where life is spent from continuing the play. This, as a mat- ter of course, gave the advantage to the | Examiners and they were declared the | winners by a score of 15 to 7. OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY Rev. Mr. Callis, a New Coored Pastor, Sees a Lack of It Here. In Many Other Respects, He Says, San Francisco Excels Eastern Cties. Rev. H. J. Callis, the new pastor of the | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, | comes from Ithica, N. Y. Like a great many Eastern people who do not know anything of California and San Francisco, | | | Rev. H. J. Callis. Rev. Callis came here expecting to meet men wearing wide-brimmed hats above a belt full of pistols, and about half fearing to be “‘held up.” ‘‘Instead of that,”” said the colored bearer of the cross yesterday with a hearty laugh, “I find a condition of society and a state of material progress in some respects superior to the East. You have greater physical development than many Eastern cities, **But I observe that human life is not so sacred here as it is in the East. The num- ber of murders and suicides tell the story. T can hardly pick up a newspaper without finding an ‘account of a new murder or another suicide. Compared with Eastern cities also the observance of Sunday is not so general here. I think this lack of Sunday observ- ance tends to increase crime. Business goes on here Sunday the same as on week days, except among the leading mer- chanis, the big retail stores and the whole- sale houses. I think I sball preach a se- ries of sermons on Sunday observance be- fore long. ‘‘Golden Gate Park,” he said, “has ad- vantages not possessed by Central Park in New York,and I donotknow of an- %tll_:éx;'such attraction in the country as the iff. Rev. Mr. Callis was born in Matthews County, Va., of slave parents about the year 1858. At the close of the war he was taken to New York by Captain Cutt of Massachusetts, an officer in the Northern army. Subsequently he found a home among the farmers of Suffolk County, Long Island, N. Y. He became a student at Hampton, Va., in 1875, irom which he was graduated in 1879. After teaching in his native State for some time he returned to New York. For nearly eight years prior to his en- tering the ministry he was in the employ o‘; zhg F%?st Side Savings Bank of Roches- T, N. Y. —_——— ‘Three-quarters of a second is_the time occupied by the fall of the knife in the guillotine.” The knife is weighted by 120 pounus of leaq, falls nine feet and cuts through flesh and bones as easily as through a bar of soap. REALTY MARKET REVIEW. Uncertainty Regarding Tax Levy Injurious to Business. AUCTION OF COUNTRY LANDS. A Portion of the Famous Murphy Ranch to Be Sold Next Saturday. Extreme dullness characterizes the real- estate market at present, and until the uncertainty regarding the next tax levy is removed there will be no improvement. Brokers are beginning to feel hopeful that the emphatic protest that has been made against the proposed big levy will carry sufficient weight with the Supervisors to induce them to try and reduce the rate rather than increase it. If this can be accomplished it will no doubt create more confidence in real estate inyestments, and with the prevailing low prices a much- desired impetus should be given the market. But even should this year be safely passed over and the tax rate made satis- factory the fear of a big levy in succeed- ing years will yet continue to be a menace to investments in San Francisco realty from year to year, until some other means are adopted for raising money for perma- nent improvements. v {]A large portion of the amounts called for in ihe estimates made of money required for municipal expenses the coming year are ior what may be classed as permanent improve- ments. These include the repairing of ac- cepted streets, the new municipal building, Golden Gate park improvements, ete. If the City conld be bonded for a sufficient sum to make all these improvements at once and have it over with, it would effect a very material reduction in the tax rate for vears to come. It is only by passing the new charter that all this can be accomplished with satisfaction and profit to the tax-payers ot San Francisco. No city has a finer future than this City has, and for this reason judicious invesiments in realty here mean an assurance amounting to a certeinty of a handsome profit through enhancement of values. A high tax rate is he one chier discouragement to the se of real estate. With this evil re- a marked revival in the market would immediately take place. The unnccessarily high tax rate of last year places San Francisco at a disadyantege when comparisons of the tax rate of this and Eastern cities of approximate size are made. It looks worse when such comparisons are made than it really is, for it is almost the invariable rule that wheré a low tax rate prevails there is a considerable bunded indebtedness. San Fran- cisco has no indebtedness to sveak of, but, in- stead, pursues the unwise plan ot raising by taxation irom year to year sums needed for permanent improvements, instead of raising the money on bonds. If the latter plan were pursued it would remove the burden of pay- ment for permanent improvements to & future generation, which is but just and right, since they would be equally benefited by such im- provements, while, in the nature of things, values are certain to increase with the growth of population, thus making the property bet- ter able in the future to pay for these improve- ments than it is at present. Real estate owners and dealers generally are in 1avor of bonding the City, but realize that 1t ought ot to be done under the present form of municipal government. For this and other equally good reasons they are advocating enrnestly the adoption of the mnew charter. The many evils that its adoption will remedy will have & most substantial ana beneficial ef- fect upon real estate yalues in San Francisco. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. r-six mortgages aggregating $184,023 were recorded last week. The prineipal ones and the security given were: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, for one year at 615 per cent, $10,000 on prop- erty st cocner of Fillmore street a 1den Gate evenue, south 137:6 by west by Allen L. Hayward, for three years at 6ig per cent, $12,250 on property on the wesL line of Mason street, 161 feet north of Sutter, north 24:1115 by 87:6, and by A. C. Freese, administrator estate of Frank M. Bee, for six mouths at7 per cent, $10,000 on property at the southeast corner of Sutter and Ociavia sireets, east 25 by south 110. The relenses filed last week numbered thirty- eight, aggregating $202,674. The larger ones were: By the French Bank to Colombe M. Berger, $11,500 on property at the southwest corner of Fell and Franklin streets, south 120, west 80, north 30, east 25, north 90 and easi 53; by the German Savings and Loan Society to Pheebe A. and W. R. Hearst, $100,000 on property on southwest line of Ninth street, 60 northwest of Sheridan, northwest 100 by southwest 100; southeast line of Irwin northeast of Sey- enth street, northea: by southeast 240; 6, 1183 to 1185, 1187, 1190, 1191, 1. 5 i vided two-fifths of blo &t the south e: P 2 View Tract; lot 12 in block 537, Bay View Homestead Asso- ciation; lot 38 in block 559, lots 25 and 26 in block 560, lot 34 in block , lots 4 107 im0 block 561, lots 8 to 11 in block 561, lots 12 to 15 in bioe 51, lo's 17 and 18 in block 561, lots 19 and 20 1 bloc 1, lots 24, 25 and 26 in block 561, lots 28 to 31 in block 561, lots 1 to 18 and 1 in block 551, lots 22 to 2 03 A 9 s 6 to 3 to 16, 27, 28, 42, 7 in block 553, lo1s 9, 12, 13, 16 to 5. 38 to 42 in block 558, lots 3 to 12 in block 559, Bay Park Homestead Associa- tion; ail nterests in lots 21 and 22 in block 11, Flint Tract Association. Ninety-seven transfers were recorded last week. There were eleven building contracts filed Iastweek, calling for a total expenditure of £34,041. The particulars of these contracts were as usual published in THE CALL the days they were filed. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, There will be an opportunity this week to demonstrate whether there is any more of a demend for choice country lands than there is City property. It will be on Saturday next, the 27th insi., the occasion being the auction sale by Euston, Eldridge & Co.of some 400 acres of the {amous Murphy ranch in the Santa Clara Valley. This ranch, as is well known, comprises the very cream of that garden spot of California. It is but eight miles distant 1rom San Jose, and there is a railroad station on the property. It has been divided into tracts of ten acres and npward, and will be offered in these parcels. The soil is rich and prolific, and the property is in every respect the choicest that could be obtained for the lo- cation of an idenl country nome. Easton, El- dridge & Co. will run a special excursion train on the day of the sale, and the rate for the round-trip will be but one dollar. The train will leave the Third and Tow nsend-street depot at 10 A. M., and returning will leave Murphys at 3:30 P. M. Fitehburg, the popular and prosperous sub- urb on the other side of the bay, is in a very flourishing condition, and at the present rate of growth bids fair to become one of the most desirable residence sections 1n Alameda Couniy. Its location is such that its future greatness seems well assured. It is but forty- five minutes distant from San Francisco. It has water transportation facilities, is on the line of the Southern Pacific and also on the line of the Oakland, San Leandro and Hay- wards electric road. It is regularly iaid out into blocks and lots bourded by wide streets, graded and graveled and ornamented with | shade trees, cypress hedges and evergreen Toves. Among the improvements already uilt and under way are a hotel, a school, & | church, stores and many residences. The lots | are 25 aud 50 feet front by 100 to 200 feet decp. They are selling at from $125 per lot upwards, the terms being 10 per cen: cash and the balance on easy instaliments. Detailed information can be obtained from W. F. Mc- Clure, 19 Montgomery street, or Thad . Fitch, at Fitchburg. 1. Selig is about to make improvements on his property on the northwest corner of Fulton streetand Van Ness avenue, the cost of which will be from $25.000 to $30,000. The plans of the new structure are by M. J. Lyon, the archi- tect. A portion of the old improvements now on the lot, consisting of hali a dozen old houses, will be torn down. Those of the houses that remain are to e moved to the rear, where they will occupy & depth of forty feet, the size of the entire lot being 109:9 by 120. The new im}l.ruvem(:nu are to consist of a three-story buil dil’ag of ornamental exterior substant:ally finished. The ground floor will be divided into five stores and the two upper floors will contain five flats each—ten in all. Work will be gox’nmurl‘ge.};m ‘:brew days. Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. have had placed in their hands for sale the Droperty of ihe Rosenbaum and Brandenstein estates, located on the north line of Broadway, between Steiner and Pierce streets. It has been subdivided and its location is such thata beautiful marine view can be had from any point on the premi- ses. Easton, Eldridge & Co. have sold for H. C. Camybell, attorney for the San Francisco su(v:- ings Union, to Supreme Court Commissioner With- Total drawal Series| dues |Book value, |Total book| value, paid. | pershare. | value. 6 per cent. Ardimlls E. W. Britt the lot, 40x127:8!%, at the north- vest corner of Broderick street and Pacific venue, the consideration being $8500. It is Mr. Britt’s intention to erect a handsome resi- dence on the property in the near future. A deed of trust was recorded last Thursday, the 18th inst., whereby Edward L.and Kate D. T. Goodsell transterred to the People’s Trust Company of Brooklyn, New York, property in outside lands blocks 936, 958, 960, 961, 962 and 784, in Potrero Nuevo block 82 and in Mission block 176. There are fifty bonds of $1000 each, which are torun for ten years at 6 per cent interest. Ellen L. Hayward has sold to Andrew Jack- son for $17,255 property, on the west line of Mason street, 162 fee t north of Sutter, 25x87 :6. A six-story and basement brick and iron building is being erccted on the south side of Market street, just west of Steuart, by Harriet McCarty. It will cost about $30,000. The contractors who have the contract for grading the old Bay District racetrack are {lacing their machinery atthe corner of Point obos and First avenues, and the big sand hili | there will be cut_down and the sand plsced upon the Bay District track grounds. TI latterare cousiderably below grade and wi require a g.od deal of fi.ling, and _the 0ppor- tunity is an excellent one to et rid of the un- sightiy hill that has for so many years marred the appearance of that portion of Richmond District. At the sixth annual meeting of Capital Building aud Loan Association, held June 10, the following gentiemen were elected direc- tors: L.R. Eiiert, Harrison A. Jones, J. D. Maxwell, Herman Shainwald, 8. C. Buckbee Leon Greenberg, Joseph Figel, L. D: and Hugo D. Keil. Thecompany’s Statement shows the present value of shares as follows: | %103 29 |§36,151 50 9750 | 5,362 50 EIHTY DOCTORS COMING Eclectics From Their Annual Convention to Arrive To-Day. Professor John Uri Lloyd, Author of the Weird Romance “Eti- dorpha,” Already Here. About efghty physicians, accompanied by a number of their friends, will arrive here at 9 o’clock this morning from Castle Craigs, where they made a short visit on their wav from Portland, Or., the scene of | the recent twenty-sixth annual convention of the National Eclectic Medical Associ- ation of America. They came out from the Eastas a special party, and are taking in all the places of | 1nterest along a roundabout route, selected because oi scenic attractions. The party | will make the Palace Hotel its headquar- | ::grs during a stay of nearly twodays in this | ity. Several of the party have alreaay ar- | rived, having come direct from Portland. | Among the number is Professor John Uri Lloyd of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is | taking advantage of the opportunity and the company to see the country. He is professor of pharmacy in the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and_ professor of chemistry in the Eclectic Medical Insti- tute at Cincinnati. At one time he was resident of the American Pharmaceutical nstitute. The author of a number of works on chemistry, pharmacy, and drues, he has recently attracted a good deal of attention in the East by a strange and fearfully romantic realistic literary conception en- titled “Etidorpha,” a book that first ap- peared four months ago in a subscription edition, but which bas already exhausted 1ts sixth edition of 6000 copies. The title of the book is the goddess of love spelt backward. Its subject-matter is said to be a peculiarly subtle product of the realm of the laboratory, and withal a purely scien- tific dissertation. B S — Bitten by a Dog. Henry Brannan, s nine-year-old boy, who resides with his parents as 961 Folsom street, had s portion of his left ear bitten off by a vicious dog which was running at large in the | vieinity of his home. The injured boy was treated at the Receiving Hospital. —————— The white rhinoceros has become nearly extinct. There are two stuffed specimens in England and one in the Cape Town museum. genus. It 1s the largest species of the f\smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside ; his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, | Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has | such a motto as that. FIFTY-DOLLAR ELECTRIC BELTS OR $25: $40 BELTS % I for $20.'and $30 Belts o ;o; $15; alsogood belts for | improvements. lLatest patent and all or write for new pamphlet - Call No. 2. . Address DR. SON, 704 Sacramento st., cor. Kearny, third and fourth floors, San krancisco. RADWAY’ PILLS Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Secure Com- Plete digestion and absorption of the food, cau: a hmzh&wunn of the Liver and renderthe Bowels Datural in their operat on without griping PIERCE & second, NEW TO-DAY. B ovondxs 0 STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN Fire Tnsurancs Company ADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF O, I uia on thie 81st day of December, A. D. 1885, and for the year ending on that day, as pade to the Insurauce Commissioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sec- tions 810 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capi upin Cash. . tal Stock, pai flShETS. Real Estate owned by Company ... $255.014 31 TLoans on Bond and Mortgage. ...... 1,101,254 18 Cash Market Value of all Stock 2o Bonds owned by COmpany. ... 789,916 65 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks, #nd 0t - » ketable securities as collateral 88,200 00 Cash in Company’s Office. 13503 84 Cash in Banks.......... 1383 7 Interest due and accrued on all L Stocks and LOAnS. ... oo 2 c n Interest due and accrued o St e and Mortgages. Premiums in due ¢ tion Ren:s due and accrued Ground Kents well secured. “ourse of Coliec- Total assets....... LIABILITIE Losses Adjusted and unpaid $19,556 07 Losses in process of Adj : in Suspense Y .. 122,549 85 Losses resisted, ding_ex penses. 2,128 19 Gross premiums on Fire Risks, r ning one year or less, 0 219 08, reinsurance 50 per cent. 478,609 54 Gross preaiiums on Fire Kisks run- ning more than one yeur, $860,- 217 11, reinsurauce pro ruia 374,248 41 Amount reciaimable bvthie insur:d on Perpeiual Fire Insurance % policies.... 563,632 17 Commissions and Brokerage due and AR o become aue. % 13,742 41 cevennn- 81,600,481 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums. .. Total lisbilities. . $1,184,164 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortgages 5 59,485 Received tor interest ani dividends an on Bonds, ~tocks, Loans, from all oth: r sources. ... Received for net Perpetual mium Keceived from all other sourc3s.... TOal INCOME. ... vvenrvavaesennned EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including $206,392 31 losses of previous years). Divilends to Stocxho ders Prid or al'owed for Commission or Brokerage. ST ... 213,185 64 Paid_for Salaries. fees and ociher charges for offic-rs, clerks. etc. 108,750 00 Paid for staie, National and local 32,098 97 pendi- ture: Total expenditures. . $1,304,195 Fire Losses incurred R during the year.....$790,514 50 BISKS AND PRE- | MIUMS, Net amount of Risks written dur-| ing the year.......| $114,799,046/81,460,028 76 et amount of| Risks expired dur- ing the yerr....... | Net amount in force December TegE Fire Risks. | Premiums. 126,392,100 1,687,226 67 146,568,897 OMERY, President. Secratary. before me this 22d day 'y, 1898, H. F. REARDEN EDWARD BROWN & SONS, GENERAL AGENTS, 407-9 MONTGOMERY STREET, Notary Public. SAN FRANCISCO. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE SVEA Fire and Life Insurance Company E GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, ON THE 31ST day of December, A. D. 1895, and for the year ending on that d:y, as made to the Insurance Com- missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Po- litital Code, condensed as per blank furnished by | the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up incash....... $533,333 33 ASSETS. Real estate owned by company. Loans on bond and mortgage. Cash market value of all stox d vonds owned by company. ... 1,607,348 35 Amount of louns secured by piedge of bonds, stocks and o' her market- $742,533 33 - 1,999,944 77 able securities as collateral. . 752,553 45 Cash in company’s office. » _.3,682 32 Cash in bunks. .. . 230,666 67 Interest due and accrued on ail stocks and loins. .. Catina 59,466 78 Premiums in due course of collec- L e e e DA 89,204 64 Bills recefvable, no: matured, taken for fire and marine risks. . 148,692 83 Due from other companies. . Total assets.. LIABILITIES, Losses in process of adfustment o in suspense. . §93,333 38 Gross premis S ning one vear or less, reinsur- ance 50 per cent GFoss premiums o ) ning more than one year, rein- surance pro rata 2 Liability under life department.. . 8,818,829 04 Cash dividends remainiag unpa: 6,652 80 All other demands against the com- pany...... Total liabilities.... INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire premiums. $1,169,325 19 Received for interest and dividends on bonds, stoeks, loans and from 228,285 41 .....$4,568,451 16 all other sources. 414,389 65 Received for life miums, 559.947 39 Total income. . EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for fire losses $2,145,663 28 $583,602 59 g(vl;apnds 10 stock holders.. .. 82,000 00 aid or allowed for commission oF DrOKOTAge: .o rvrorrsoer o sio. 315,049 64 Paid for salaries, fees and other charges for officirs, clerks, etc. ... 157,556 59 All other payments and expendi- tures.. 1, Total expenditures.. .. RISKS & PREMIUMS. Fire Risk Net amount of Hsks | " th Senr o T8 (€ 063.521,590 (81,669,334 51 Net amo; risks | g th of rin; expired du . | 171,674,583| 747,924 61 N el R .| 161,354,999 421.1{{9 58 December 81, 1895, T, ED LEVISSON, Vice-President. M. OLBERS, Secretary. Subsa:ibed and swora to before me, this 8th dsy , 1596. of Aprll, 1o9%t. AKERMARK, Notaty Public. EDWARD BROWN & SONS, GENERAL AGENTS, 407—400 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN F {ANCISCO. COSMOXrOLITAN. Opposite U. 8. Mint, 100 and 102 Fifth s, San Francisco, Cal.—The most select family botel ia the city. Board and mun&‘L $1 25 and 31 50 psc day, 10 room. eals 25 03 beari me Of the Uog \WAE SFALEY. Froprisian