The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 10

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1896. BROKE WITH THE PACIFIC MAIL, Bad Faith Charged to the Imperial Japanese Steam- ship Company. SUIT MAY BE BROUGHT. Interesting International Com-| plications Likely to Aris: in the Case. FACTS ABOUT THE NEW LINE. Its Shares Said to Be Held in Part by thg Members of the Mika- do’s Family. Back of the failure of the Nippon Yusen | Kaisha (Imperial Japanese Steamship | Company) to make Ssn Francisco its| American terminus lies an interesting | bit of history, involving what appears to | be a violation of a contract by the Japanese | company. This contract was with the | Pacific Mail Steamship Company. | The chief reason assigned for the Yusen Kaisha’s giving San Francisco the cold | shoulder was that the Southern . Pacific | Company had refused to enter into any | arrangements © whereby . the proposed | steamship line would receive equal con-} sideration in the mattex of through busi- | ness with the Pacific Mail. This state- ment was made by Mr. Kovo, the| Japanese Consul at this port, and the | aileged opposition of the railroad people | to the coming of the proposed steamship line was attributed to the desire to protect the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. in view of the cordial reception and | hearty encouragement recently given by | ibe Southern Pacific representative to President Asano of the Toyo Kisen | Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Company), | and the contrast thus shown to the treat- ment accorded the Nippon Yusen Kaisha | people, it is conjectured that the action of the railroad people toward the Imperial Japenese Steamship Company was largely | inspired by the fact that the Imperial Company had broken faith with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. . in the decade beginning with 1880, d General Manager Schwerin of | the Pacific Mail Steamship Company yes- terday, “‘the Pacific Mail Steamsbip Com- | pany owned the coasiwise lines of steam- | ers in Japan. These were sold to the | Mitsu Bishi Steamship Company, which | afterward became merged in the Nippon Yu-en Kaisha. | “Part of this transaction was the trans- | fer of the good will of the steamship busi- | ness in Japanese waters on the part of the | Pacitic Mail Steamship Company’s lines, | and the transfer of the good will of the | Japanese line so far us the trans-Pacific | t ess is concerr.ed. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha was not toput on a line to any Pacific port in the United States without givinz two vears’ notice in writing to us. The Pacific Mail received notice only two weeks ago of the proposed line to Seattle to be operated by the Nippon Yusen Ka- | isha.” | | Schwerin dechined to state what | edings would be taken against the | anese steamship company, but left it 10 be inferred that the matter would prob- | ably be taken ap in _its legal aspect. An interesting international suit may there- fore be one of the outgrowths of the pres- ent situation. As the tically a Goy tion that resuits phases. pon Yusen Kaisha is prac- | t conc-rn any litiga- | present unique legal | A large part of the shares of the company . are supposed to belong to the | § Kmperor and members of the imperial | family. A Prince was at one time presi- | dent of the company. It has a monopoly of the coasting trade. Itis exempt from all harbor dues and has other valuable privileges in addition to its subsidy. It is expected t'.at the first vessel of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha to run in connection with the Great Northern Railroad will sail jrom Seattle Augus: 20,and regularly there- | after at intervals of three or four weeks. | Mr. Whitney, the general passenger agent of the Great Northern, is now arranging the schedules and getting his printed mat- ter ready for advertising the enterorise, and the traffic departrient is making up the freight rates. Mr. Ivanaga, the gen- eral manager of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, and Mr. McMillan, the Scotch gen- eral superintendent, are now making a trip through the East, but will be back at Seattle in time to meet the first steamer when she arrives at that port. She left Yokohama several days ago, and is ex- pected to make the voyage in fifteen or sixteen days. The steamers'that have been selected for this route were purchased by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the useof the Govern- ment during the recent war with China, and were in service as_transports in mov. ing troops to Korea, Liao-tong and For- mosa. The most of them were built on the Clyde. They are between 4000 and 5000 tons burden, and are fitted up with all the comforts and conveniences de- manded by modern travel. The captains are usually Englishmen or Scotchmen, al- though there are a few Americans and Germansin the service. The other offi- cers and ail the crews are Japanese. It is the policy of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha to dispense with the services of foreigners as fast as possibie and place natives in com- mand of their ships, but they have found that a foreign captain makes a vessel more popular with foreign travelers and yield that concession for business reasons. It is understood that the new steamship company will beable to control rates, as it receives an 8 per cent guaranty from the Government of Japan. There 15 said to be no intention, Lowever, to disturb the present schedules which are maintained by tbe Pacific Mail. the Canadian Pacific, the Occidental and Oriental and all except the tramp steamers. The Great Northern Cémpany will simply seek its share of the traffic at existing rates. The chief reason for establishing the new service, in addition to national pride, is to import iron and cotton into furnn direct from the United States instead of via England. Of the $10,000,000 worth of raw cotton imported by the mills of Japan nearly 90 per cent comes from the United States, but not a pound of it ap- pears in the siatistics of commerce be- tween the two countries. - It is shipped from Savannah, Charleston, Brunswick, Mobile and New Orleans to Liverpool, consigned to_ British middlemen, who tranship it to Kobe and Osaka and charge & big margin, For some inexplicable reason there has never been a direct trade. But now, with the new steamers, the Japan mills will be supplied direct, and they have already contracted with the Nippon Yusen Kaisha to supply them with 50 many bales a vear for a term of years at a price so much above the regu- | Jar market quotations as to cover trans- portation, insurance, handling and other charges. _ Therefore, the principal cargo westward will be cotton. For that reason the Nippon Yusen Kaisha were for a time negotiating with the Santa Fe road for a connection at San Diego, Cal. Itis a long and expen- sive haul for cotton from thegulf States to Puget Bound, but Mr. Hill has made sat- isfactory traffic arrangement with the Itlinois™ Central Railway and a line of i Mississ’ppi River boats to deliver a certain naniicy annually at his warehouses at t. Paul. As most of the present business of the Great Northern is eastbound, he | can haul it westward over his own line as cheaply as empty cars., The east-bound freight will be principally tea, raw silk and rice. WILL FLANK THE SEWER, Tracks to Be Laid on Either Side of the City’s Great Outlet. The main line trains of the Southern Pacific Company on the Southern Di- vision, both passenger and freight, con- tinue to run above the Channel-street sewer, the main drainage outlet for fully | one-half of the residence section of San | Francisco. It will be recalled that George W. Elder, expert for the Street Committee of the Board of Superviscrs, some time ago made the discovery that this exnensive | drainway has been broken, there being many cracks between Fourteenth and Six- teenth streets. Since then the Southern Pacific trains, which had been running on the new track above the sewer only about two months prior to Mr. Elder’s discovery, have crept cautiously over a long distance, hardly moving. The speed between Fourteenth and Six- teenth streets is especially slow, boards containing instructions to the engineers | to slow down having been placed on the track at the points marking the intersec- tion of these two thoroughfares with the | line of the sewer. About two weeks ago it was given out publicly that the Southern Pacific Com- pany would move its main line track and might go back to the old route which leads | through the railroad property, upon which | there are shops and a roundhouse. A force of men went to work with a| gravel train to bring material and began o construct a new roadbed to the cast end | of the line of the sewer between Four- teenth and Sixteenth streets and the ap- parent intention was to make room for the | main track east of the present siding which abuts upon but does not run over the sewer. Within the past few days the gravel train has been at work dropping material on the other side of the sewer and quite an embankment -has been formed there, but this is not completed by any means. The roadbed on the east side is nearly ready to receive the rails to be placed upon it. Weile the main track ran through the railroad property several men were killed by switch engines and that route is considered dangerous for that reason. The indications are that tracks will be placed on both sides of the Channel-street sewer, one being the main line. e SIXTY THOUSAND A DAY. Competition in the Manufacture of Tin Cans About to Begin. The machine for making tin cans in- vented by Axel Johnson, a California in- ventor, and purchased by Charles Jos- JEALOUS RAGE A SHOT, AND DEATH, The Green-Eyed Monster and Liquor Cause a Tragedy. : SHE WAS TIRED OF HIM. Mrs. Frankie Sopher Would Rather Die Than Return to Her Husband. HE TOOK HER AT HER WORD. Culmination of a Series of Domestic Quarrels Lasting Over Seven- teen Years. Suicide followed a most cruel attempt at murder yesterday morning in the Bruns- wick House on Sixth street. John Sopher, u man nearly 40 years of age, whose jealousy and whose love for drink were his predominating traits, en- tered his wife’s room, where she and her roommates, Mrs. Libbie Barker and May Sopher, the 12-year-old daughter of the couple, were chatting yesterday morning. Sopher did not appear to have been drinking. Quite the contrary; he assumed a pleasant air and accepted a light break- fast which his wife offered him. There was nothing to, indicate that the man in- tended murder, snd he quit the room shortly without making any offensive demonstration. Subsequently, Sopher returned. He was still sober, and, approaching his wife, he asked her whether she would return and live with him. Her answer in the negative, with the addition that she would die first, brought about the climax. He drew a small 38-caliber revolver from his pocket and fired at the woman, T - g : T T m T The Scene of and the Participants in the Double Tragedy at the Brunswick House. selyn, a California capitalist, has been per- fected thronghout. The necessary ma- chines have been constructed for beginning the active work to make tin cans, and so operations will commence Angust 15. It is calculated that 60,000 caus a day will be made by the Great Western Can and Machine Company. The competition in the field of industry will be welcomed by the iruit-growers of California. ————— Pawned Flanagan’s Coat. Patrick Flanagan, a 'longshoreman, living at 316 Davis street, swore to a complairt in Judge Conlen’s court yesterday charging James Maher, another ’longshoreman, with misdemeanor embezzlement. He said that on July 28 he loaned Maher a dress coat 10 go toa funeral, and Maher afterward pawned 1t, The coat originally cost $25, but he now valued it 2t $10. ————— SANBORN, VAIL & Co. have just made some new moldings of Spanish cedar and curly redwood, high polish and natural color, that are beauties. They also have some new pat- terns in chestnut and quarter-sawed oak in the raw wood that ars genuine novelties. Every one thinking of buying picture frames should see these new patterns, which, taken with the Old Duteh, Japanese Gray, Green, Old English and Antique Oaks and the new mat filu, form the finest collection of frame mold- gs ever shown in this City, . the pistol almost touching her. She staggered back and almost fainting fell out into the hallway where she swooned. Believing he had killed his wife Sopher turned the weapon on himself. He fired and the bullet penetrated his right temple and brain and he fell upon his face with the pistol beneath his body, dead. Tne Sophers have not agreed for many vears of their married life. She wasa hard working woman, earning a livelihood by working out as a servant in this City and in the country. Three times in sev- enteen years they disagreed sufficiently to separate, Sopher squandering in arink the little money she earned. At times he abused her and frequently threatened her life. One week ago Mrs. Sopher and her friend, Mrs. Libbie Barker, arrived here from Dixon, where both had been at work as domestics, and neither dreamed of the visit they were to receive from Sopher, He also came in from the country, tanned and uncouth, and without stop- ping anywhere else he hied himself to the room where he shot his wife and killed himself. Mrs. Sopher was taken to the Receiving Hospital in the unhuh.noo and Drs. Weil l and Fitzgibbon dia all they could to alle- viate her sufferings. They found that the bullet bad struck her on the leit side of the jaw, fracturing it and laceraticg her tongue, and then passed downward, lodg- ing in her neck alongside the trachea. In her weak state it was not considered ad- visable to attempt to extract the bullet. The wound is not necessarily fatal. In the afternoon she was allowed by the doctors to make a statement, but she could only talk in a whisper and with dif- ficulty. “We were married,” she said, “‘seven- teen years ago in Ferndale, Humboldt County. Three children have been born | tous—Ivy 15 years of age, John 13 and May 12. He was 39 years of age and I am 33. “For the past ten years he has been abusing me end making my life miserable through his jealousy and his drinking habits. I bore it all for the sake of the children, but three or four months ago, when we were living at Twelfth and How- ard streets, I leit him, taking May with me, and went to Dixon, Solano County, where Igot work on Woli’'s ranch asa cook. The boy was sent to the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society and Ivy got a situation with Mrs. Johnston at Spring Valley. She got wayward and two months ago was sent to the Magdalen Asylum. *I returned to the City about a week ago with my daughter and engaged & room in the Brunswick House. He came to see me and quarreled with me about Will Graham, a barber in Berkeley, whoisa iriend of ours. He wasjealous of Graham, in fact he was jealous about every man who spoke to me. Graham called upon me on Tuesday, having been invited by my husband. “My husband came into my room this morning. He was smiling and he asked me if I would go back and live again with him. Isaid I would not, butif he stopped drinking and promised not to abuse me I might. He said he wanted me todo it now, and I told him no. He wentout I % Ilillllll:lll!'l‘/fi 2 T AL and bought a revolver, returning in about five or ten minutes. 1 was sitting on the top of a burean when he entered. He came right up to me with one of his sneer- ing laughs and fired the shot at me. Then I saw him place the revolver against his temple, fire again and drop on the floor. ‘“‘His father, brothers and sisters live in Fortuna, Humboldt County, and my parents live there also.” The Deputy Coroners removed the dead body from the Brunswick House to the Morgue. There wae 15 cents in the pock- ets of a seedy piaid suit and two letters or notes. Stripped of some of their errors they read as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, August 3, 1896. Frankie Sopher: You promised me the 1st of January that you would live with me, By my good conduct I swear that I will do every thing in my power to do right. But you must not deceive me, nor fool me in any way, and I won’t fool you, nor decelve you. < J. L. SOPHER. And you promised me that you would not go with any man. I havea brother and mother and relations in Humboldt. Iwould like, if possible, for Ida Sofer to take my dear little girl to take care of. Butif she can’t, for God’s sake please treat her kind aund good, for she is & good child; and my poor little boy, who ever does take him, please treat him as one of yours. Please, for Giod’s sake, treat them good. J. L. SoFsR. Tom Harper and you, Graham, you see what you have done? You have caused the lives of two, me and my Dear Frankie. The way that you done the other might caused my blood to curdle. I can see whatyou intended to do. Iain’t blind, Tom. You should not attend to other people’s business and then there will be no trouble. 1 know it all, you told me. The more I think of it the more it makes me wild. Iwon’t be fooled by any one. The deceased was evidently an unedu- cated man, who hardly knew how to write his own name twice the sanie way. William Graham, who is mentioned in one of the notes left behind by Sopher, is a barber working in Berkeley, and who has u room in this City, on Fourth street. He was an early visitor at Mrs. Sopher's bedside yesterday in the City Receiving Hospital. . “Lam well aware,” he said to a Carn reporter, “that Sopher was jealous of me, just as he was jealous of Arthur Harrigan, & sawmill man of Colusa. There was no reason, however, for this. “Imet him for the first time about two years ago, when he was a horse-breaker, and I subsequently became acquainted with his wife and children, “Sunday nighs Sopher met me on Fourth street. Fle was ugly in disposition and uncomfortably aggressive. He came up to me suddenly and said: “ “Look here, young fellow, I don’t want to see you meet that woman again.’ “I answered him, ‘What's the matter with you?' “‘Never mind,’ he said. “I told him I had not seen the woman since I had been in town. 3 “‘“That's all right,’ he replied. ‘I'm jealous of her and something is bound to happen.’ ~*While Sopher was talking he pullb.d out a penknife and was sawing the air with it. *‘We parted without any further trouble and met again an hourand a half later, when he apologized to me for his actions. “In the course of our conversation I told Sopher how foolishly he was acting in making threats to kill me. I told him also that he was placing himself in a posi- tion where I would be justified to kill him on sight. “He answered to that by saying, ‘Oh, i(;m Pot looking for you, but another fel- W, “Idonot know anything about the re- lations of the Bophers, excepting my occa- sional visits to tgoir home two years ago, and I do not understand why the poor fel- }:i'r mixed me up in this unfortunate af- Mary Mulligan’s Contest. Mary Mulligan has filed a contest to the al- lowance of the final account of the adminis- trators of the estate of Richard Mulligan. She claims that Peter Lynch and Thomas J. Cruse, the executors, have failed to account for much of the property that came into their possession and that they have filed exorbitant charges ior services rendered. OLYMPIC CLUB POLITICS F. W. Eaton Will Not Be a Candidate on the Opposi- tion Ticket. He Has Grown Weary of Ingratitude. Cycling Club Runs to San Rafael. President Eaton of the Olympic Club has stated most emphatically that he will not allow his name to figure on an opposi- tion ticket as a competitor to Mr. Newhall. In fact Mr. Eaton is desirous that the members should know that he will be in the field to support the election of the regular ticket. He fecls aggrieved because certain members of the club who professed to be warm friends proved themselves renegades at the last moment by casting their votes against him when he was in the field for a renomination. “Iam not grieved because of my de- feat,” said Mr. Eaton, *‘but I do feel sore when I think of those ungrateful fellows who accepted, time and again, of my hos- pitality, and then when the*opportunity came to send the knife into my back they accomplished the trick in trne professional style. Iam glad that I will have no fur- ther business to transact with such un- grateful beings, but I love men of charac- ter in whom I can rely and confide.”” It is rumored in club circles that other | than the two gentlemen who have been named to head the regular ticket, Mathew Weed, Len Owens and J. O’B. Gunn have been spoken of favorably as three of the members whose names will figure on the card for directors. Leonard Gill, in all probability, will be selected for the office of outdoor captain, Clem Schuster for leader and of course H. B. Russ for treas- urer. There was a rumor that W. J. Kennedy, the superintendent, was in danger of los- ing -his position and salary of $175 per month, but it was stated yesterday by one of the gentleman who, in all probability, will be in a position to vote on that ques- tion when the new officers will take their seats, that Mr. Kennedy will not be re- moved, as his services as superintendent have been invaluable to the club. It has been freely reported, however, that “there are others” who will feel the keen blade of the gruning iron. Captain W. J. Black, Lientenant Hawelcke, James McIntyre, Robert Black and Al Weber, who represent the racing contingent of the Golden Gate Cycling Club, are going to San Rafael Sunday to take part in races there. Al Lewis and George Hale start for Napa County Saturday to visit Mr. Lewis’ fruit farm, taking in all points of interest on the way. J. W. Miller Jr., B. Mellor and Emil Ruhland are on a three weeks’ trip through Mendocino and Lake counties. Lieutenant W. Madden will lead the rest of the club on a sunrise run through the park to the cliff. The Golden Gate Cycling Club will give a smoker in the near future. The Liberty Cycling Club will journey next Sunday under Captain White to S8an Rafael to witness the roadrace of the San Rafael Cyclers. The members enjoyed a ood time at the club’s high jinks last gnturd:y evening. The committee in charge were: William Bouton, William Beattie, Frank Irelan, Joseph Holle and Captain White. At the club’s last meet- ing Joseph Holle was elected press repre- sentative. The club will givea five-mile hanaicap roadrace on August 30. The course will be decided later on. The Libertys are ravidly gaining in member- ship, having elected the following new members at ~ their last meeting: A. Kraeger, 412 Fell street; C. Lieb, 2654 Twenty-first street; W. 8. Bradbury, 540 Shotwell street; C. Barnes, 3357 Twenty- third street; H. T. Griffith, 2039 Sixteenth street; and M. Kielberg, 1113 Nebraska street. COMING FORTH T0 SWEAR ALLEGIANCE Twenty-Four Hundred Nat- uralizations in Thirty Days. ALL RECORDS BROKEN. Totals for Several Fiscal Years Beaten During One Month. MUCH INTEREST INDICATED, A Very Large Proportion of the New Citizens Are Germans and Scandinavians. Between July 1 and August 4, 1896, there have been admitted to citizenship through the different departments of the Superior Court in the City and County of San Francisco 2486 foreign-born persons. The great amount of work which bas necessarily been involved in this has fallen upon the courts presided over by Judges Hebbard, Daingerfield, Hunt, Sanderson, | Troutt, Slack and Bahrs, and a compara- tively few have been admitted in the de- partments presided over respectively by Judges Coffey and Belcher. There have been none in the other courts. The courts have held many night sessions in order to get through with the business in hand as rapidly as possible, and as many as 150 citizens have bdeen made in one night. The clerical work, which has falien to the County Clerk’s office in this matter, has been considerable. Deputy Mulcahy has corrugated his forehead and has been sur- prised at the number of new citizens, bearing in mind the comparative numbers of citizens made during preceding periods. This bein« a Presidential year the inter- est naturally has risen higher than it would during an off year, but elections in which the issues have been less clearly defined have not begun to enlist the in- terest of the foreign born as has the one in the immediate future. No citizens can vote at the coming election who were not admitted to ciuizenship on or prior to last Tuesday. Some statistical comparisons can be made which will be of interest be- cause they throw so much light upon the present condition of the public mind. The total number of naturalizations during the twelve months ending upon and including June 30, 1888, was 2409. The total number of persons naturalized during the twelve montbs ending upon and including June 30, 1892, was 1260. These two were Presidential years. Of course these figures do_not include the month of July in either instance, and it is difficult to segregate the month of July from the succeeding fiscal year, for the reports of the County Clerk as they are printed in the Municipal Annual Re- ports give only the totals for the different years. The memory of Deputy Mulcahy is to the effect, however, that the rush for naturalization during the month of July, 1896, has been unprecedented. As a mat- |- ter of fact more persons were naturalized last month than have been made citizens during any entire fiscal year from 1888 to | 1895, inclusive, with three exceptions, as | the following totals from the Municipal Reports will show the facs to be Fiscal year ending June 30, 1888 Fiseal yearending June 30, 1889. Fiscal year ending June 30, 1890 Fiscal year ending June 30, 1891 Fiscal year ending June 50, 1892, Fisca: year ending June 30, 1893. Fiscal year ending June 30, 1894 Fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. Fiscal year ending June 30, 1896. * July'1 to August 4, 1896 & Approximately for fiscal The fisqal years ending June 30, 1889, and June 30, 1893, included the months of July, 1888, and July, 1892, being the period of practically final naturalization by the Superior courts just preceding the Presi- dential elections “of 1888 and 1892. July, 1896, and the first four days of August, 1896, lead the naturalization for the years endings June 30, 1888, 1850, 1892, 1894, 1805 and 1896. ; ‘While it is impossible to classify the new citizens by nationalities at this time, the clerical work in the County Clerk’s office not being complete, the impression is generally entertained, and a casusl in- spection of the books containing the records in each individual application seems to | confirm that impression, that a very large percentage of the new citizens are Ger- | mans, Scandinavians and English. One | man who toox out his first papers thirty- | six years ago, an Englishman by birth, was made & citizen in oneof the depart- ments of the Sugeriox Court last week. The outlook is that the total naturaliza- tion for the present fiscal year, of which nearly eleven months remain, will exceed 4000. ~ Only one year siuce 1838 has reached that total, viz.: 1893, when the record made was 4048. Under False Pretenses. James H. Cummings is on trial before Judge Wallace on & charge of obtaining money under fal etenses. Cummings is said to have l:v::dgrd a Santa Rosa !lrnfier out of $7500. NEW TO-DAY. ANNOUNCEMENT! We have purchased the entire stock recovered from the wrecked S. S, “COLOMBIA,” consisting of DRY GOODS, Clothing and Furnishing Goods, SLIGHTLY DANAGED BY WATER! SALE BEGINS SATURDAY, AUG. 8, 830 A M. BE ON HAND FOR THE GREATEST BARGAINS EVER HEARD OF. ROSENCRANTZ BROS., 733 Market Street, OPPOSITE GRANT AVENUE, | perfect and always satisfactory. 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ASSETS, Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company - 81,757,485 00 Cash in Company’s Office. X 48118 Cash in Banks........ ... b 61,255 24 Cash in hands of United States ‘Crustees. . 611,556 30 Premiums i lection. . 217,92078 Due from other Companies for re- insurance on losses already paid. .. 7,208 33 Total Assets............... 655,015 83 LIABILITIE! Losses Adjusted and unpaid........ $34,332 00 Lossesin process of Adjustment or in Suspense . 182,95500 Losses resisted incioding expen . 21,891 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ru ning one year or less, 31,867 078 24 reinsurance 50 ver cent.. ¥ 933,539 12 Gross premiums on Fire Risks rune ning more than one year, $1,116,- 282 67, reinsurance pro rata. 577,838 03 All other cemands against the pany... 149,840 92 Total Liabilities . #1,800,196 07 INCOME, Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums. . 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