The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1897, Page 11

i 3 1 7 i e ——— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1897. 11 S NERVE NOT U ONE BIT SHAKEN The Tramp Who Cached Stolen Jewels Held to Answer. ? His Late - Partner Tells His Romantic Story to Judge Pimentel. The Prisoner Did Not Want to Increase His Misery by Having | an Attorney. | OAELAND OrrFIcE SAN FrANcISCO CALL.) 908 Broadway, Jan. 22. A large crowd was present in Judge ntel's courtroom 1 morning to who terrorized Herman Jarmen n empty revolver, and who secreted nuch stolen jewelry in a deserted hut near Sunol within four days of being re- sed from a long term at San Quentin. Jennings was the most man.in the courtroom. He is evidently erfectly at home in the presence of the and seemed 1o think, as Jarmen told s story with a strong German accent, t the whole affair was very funny. The vrisoner disdained the assistance of was in a bad enough hole as it was, and not want to have his condition ie any worse, Constable Lyster told of the finding of elry and its ness the examination of John Jen- | unconcerned | attorney, making the remark that he | identification, and | dead girl, was also placed on the stand and said she was opposed to the engage- ment of Huldah to Howard because he had once been married, and she had sworn to the complaint against him in this case because she believed him to be the one to blame. The prosecution concluded its case to-dav. Davie Finds Many Supporters. OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 22.—Mayor Davie circulatea his petition yesterday to be placed on tne ticket as an independent candidate for Mayor. In the First Ward 500 signatures were obtained, mostly of small property-owners who approve of the x levy which the Mayor enforced All fealty to party has been discharged in the present cam- paign, and candidates are appearing in all directions and claim all manner of Not untll the ticket is made up support. | will it be safe to predict the probable re- | sult. | To Lecture at the Manse., | OAKLAND, CAL., Jan. 22.—The lecture |on *“When, What and How to Eat,” which was given bv Miss Kate K. Whitu- ker before the Century Club of S8an Fran- cisco and so enthusiastically received, will be repeated at the Manse Social Settlement, corner of Eighth and Wood streets, next Thursday evemnq, This will be the second in the course of free lectures given under the auspices of the manse. All those interested are most cordially in- vited to be present. Last of a Nuisance. OAEKLAND, CaL., Jan, 22.—The Watson divorce case is over, and the decision of the Judge as recorded to-day shows that | Mr. Watson listened to all kinds of phan- JOHN JENNINGS, the Robber-Tramp, and the Hut in Whigh He Cached His Plunder. ] the stand and narrated which was told in TRE s looked at him Iy as the District Attorney drew him the details of histramp with nes, during which the latter advised of crime as being far then Jarmen to is romauti CaLL to-d Y. 1 occasions Jen- oot him with it, the bly and seemed to nier than Jarmen's to kill the vening meal after 1 stolen a fat hen from a ranch. Jarmen told as so tender-hearted that n a frog, and that it te le for him to kil a poor little 5 Jenn ok up a stone and told | Jarmen o smash the ciicken’s head, and when he refused he d that his own | did not com- that he was s of Jennings’ | he admitted of the consequenc d the rock he n his hand | nted to wring the chicken’s | > the court a graphic de- | s position at the time and | 80 fearfu " rder the chicken had | be known that the gun was not loaded. | The jewelry found in the barn and in Jennings' pockets admitted of no defense, | and Judge Pimentel held the prisoner to auswer in the Superior Cou HELD UP BY A WOMAN, Threatened to Shoot Two Detectives Who Invaded Her House With a Subpena. OAKLAND, CAL., Jan. 22.—There was an excitine incident this afternoon in con- ngction with the Jobnson case. Detec- s Shorey and Williams went to the b nce of Mrs. R. B. Davis, on Kirkham stréet, to compel the attendance of Mrs. Davis’ daughter as a witness. ‘When the detectives reached the door they founa it locked, but soon discovered that Mrs. Davis was at home. They suc- ceeded in entering the rear door, but found the next door locked. By the use of pass keys they opened this and also an- other floor and were about to oven a fourth when Mrs. Davis The woman was held up a six-shooter. other step or I will shoot,” she said. “We are officers of the law,” said Detec- tive Shofey, snd as he spoke he and Williams sprang at the womun and after & hard siruggle disarmed her, was then placed in custody and charged with resisting officers and exhibiting a deadly weapon. On examination it was found that the pistol was fully loaded. After disarming Mrs. Davis the detec- tives found her daughter locked in the | closet. Both were taken to the City Hall, | and their cases will come up in the Police | Court to- morrow. Mrs. Davis is the neighbor of Mrs. Troy, and the two families have made more history during the past two years than any dozen estab- lishments in West Oakiand. As a result of their feud a high fence taller than either house now separates the property. Dr. Sharp was admitted to bail to-day in the sum of $8000. W. M. Kent, E. Bishop, Charles Ratto and F. 8. Tait are on his bond. (The examination of John Howard, who idicharged with Sharpe with the death of s Johnson, commenced to-day and ight out some interesting testimony. rs, Lizzie Keith and Mrs. Mary Van ‘Zandt testified to certain conversations held between Howard and the dead girl's sister while they were both confined in the City Prison.” They said that Howard begged the girl to stick by him, to which | she replied that she had a good mind to | tell the whole truth,as both she and | Howard knew that he was guilty. On cross-examination the women stuck to \hei Mrs. Davis | | meets every Broadway. | ecutive tom testimony regarding his wife, and had allowed jeslousy to become his mas- ter. The names of Alameda Christian people who had been brought into it with- | out a shadow of cause has made the case more repulsive than the average divorce case, and, although there were faults on both sides, Judge Ogden awarded the di- vorce to the wife on the ground of extreme ruelty. At the same time he gave a very peculiar description of his idea of Mr Watson, as developed by the latter's own testimony. | FIREMAN CORNSH DIES. Jumped From the Sunset Limited Just Before the Col- lision. The Coroner’s Jury Did Not Hold Any One to Blam: for the Accident. OAKLAND OFFICE 8AN FRANCISCO CALL,} 908 Broadway, Jan. 22 Walter J. Cornish, the fireman of the Bunset limited who jumped from his cab last Tuesday night when he saw that a | collision was inevitable, died at Fabiola | Hospital this morning. | An autopsy was held this afternoon and it was found that death was due to a rup- tured intestine. When he landed on the rocks he received the full force of his fall on his stomach. Cornish gradually got worse after being taken to the hospital and died to-day. The Coroner’s jury in the case of Kire- | man Cornish found that he came to his | death through a rupture of the bowels, caused by striking the rocks when he jumped from the cab of the engine, an | autopsy having revealed this to have been | the cause of his death. The jury did not | ceasure any one as being to blame for causing the accident. The Federal Labor Union. OAKLAND. Cav, Jan, 22.—The annual election of officers of Federal Labor Union No. 5761 was held to-night and the fol- | lowing were elected: President, H. B. | Wayne; vice-president, F. J. Cavanagh; secretary, J. W. Latimer; treasurer, J. Llewelling; sergeant-at-arms, W. 8. Lewis; | trustees—C. M. Hitchcock, E. F. Cahill George F. Kenson. . The committee of ten were instructed to investigate the Socialists, Populists and “Campbell Dm;gg:j’ endeavors, The union riday evening at 1003} H. B. Wayns, J°W. Latisor and J. Liewelling were elected on the ex- committee. The organization of a labor lyceum was mude a special order of business for next meeting. Gained Two Dollars by Appeal. OAKLAND, Oan, Jan. 22.—James D. Smalley profited less by an appeal to the Superior Court than he expected, He brought suit against Joseph Ignacio, and was awarded by the Justice of Rden Towns] $141 damages. He appealed the case, nuxludga Ellsworth has just ren- dered a decision holding that he is en- titled to $143. No Quorum for Four Nights, OAKLAND, CaL, Jan. 22.—Politics have completely disorganized the City Council and for four consecutive evenings ithas been impossible to procure a quorum, There is much important matter to be disposed of, and uniess taken up atonce legal technicalities may cause trouble. Veterans Open the Campaign, OAKLAND, Car., Jan. 22—The Army and Navy Republican League have already entered the campaign. They held a their story. ’ Mrs, Uharles Johuson, mother of tnelvig llrueli astended meeting last night in their headquarters and decided to fight A 1 1A I, “a) MR AL &\ i il P i i /f i 1] T ) Tending Their Pets on Exhibition at the Tabernacle. one of their members, Thomas, is the Republican nominee for Mayor the old soldiers can be relied upon to stand by their guns. e EXOESSIVE POLLTAX. or Oalton Makes Publioca Little of His Experience. OAKJLAND, CAL., Jan. 22.—County As- sessor Dalton sincerely approves of the bill now before the Legislature to abolish polltax. He gave the following interest- ing little interview: There should be a radical ¢hange in the poll- tax law as it now stands or the Senate com- mittee bill should pass, for now it makes fish of one and meat of another. We probebly collect in_Alameda County $40,000 in polltaxes. One-flith of those liable 10 the tax cannot be reached, The money so raised is placed in the State school furd, and if the tax were done away with it would make it necessary to add about 8 percent to the genera! tax. 1 believe that $2 is too much. When the law Was passed times were betier than they are now and $2 then was not as much as $11s at the present time. The Tax Collector has an opportunity to ob- serve some of the hardships infiicted. A man who a_wile and family to support and earns only 8 a day for work when he can get itcan ill afford to part with his $2. The law is mandatory, we must collect or seize, and we have succeeded in reaching some this year for the first time. Taken as a whole I belleve that the taxis t00 heayy as it stands and by raising the money by property tax we would relteve many from a hardship and be more just in our laws. OPENIG OF THE SHOW, Interest in the 'Poultry Exhi- bition Seems to Be Rapidiy Increasing. School Children Will Havs a Day on Which to Visit Their Pets. OAKLAND OFricE SAN FrANcrsco CALL, 908 Broadway, Jan. 22. To-morrow night everything tame that wears feathers will be on exhibition at the Tabernacle. The annual show of the Pacific Poultry and Pigeon Association will open, and as there are more entries than ever before the event has created a gr-at deal of interest all over the county. The main object of the association is to encourage the breeding and care of fowl, ducks, pigeons and rabbits, and this view of the matter is of much importance at this time, as a movement has already been started to utilize many of the idle tracts of l1and in Alameda County for the purpose of raising eggs and chickens. Some weeks ago Mrs. W. W. Cunning- bam, an active worker in the Livermore League of Progress, astonished residents of Alameda County by showing that it would be possible to raise all the eggs and chickens that are annually imported into this State. This can only be done by a thorough understanding of the most economical method of raising poultry, and the addresses that will be made each evening will all have a tendency toward this great object. In addition to hundreds of coops of all kinds of fowl there are excellent exhibits of turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, rabbits and incubators. The display of carrier pigeons is larger than ever and showsa marked increase of interest in their breed- ing. Trustee Leydecker of Alameda has several of his tinest homersin the coop, and one of them has the mark of a shot on the little ring around itsleg. This was one of a large number recently released from some distant point, only four of which returned home, the remainder hay- ing been shot. There are over 2000 exhibits, and the poultry fanciers from San Diego to British Columbia are interested in the show. To- morrow evening Professor Hilgard of the university and Hugh Craig will deliver short addresses and the Acme Club will give an athletic exhibition. It is the desire of the management to let the school children have the full bene- fit of the lesson to be derived from sesing the well-kept birds, and arrangements have been made by which all the pupils of the different schools will be admitted free at certain times, There are more fancy birds than at any previous show, and their owners are con- stantly in attendance upon them. The officers of the association ar President, Ed Elils of Santa Rosa; vice- president, T. W. Leydecker of Alameda secretary, Frank Seed of Alameda; treasurer, H. E. Curzons of Alameda. Directors — William H. Arps of Oakland, George H. Croley of San Francisco, G. W. Cum-~ bers of Alameds, H. E. Curzons of Alameda, Charles F. Earle of Sonoms, Ed Ellis of Santa Rosa, George F. Emery of Oakland, T. W. Ley- decker of Alameds, Irank Seed of Alameda, 8. A. Wells of San Francisco, W. R. Wright of Berkeley. The following official exhibits Judge of poultry, I K. Felen of Natick, stass s Juage of plgeons, J. W. Bayers of Ale: medn; ‘assistant secretary, T, Erskine of So- noma; manager, Craigie Sharp; superinterd- ent of livestock, Charles W. Cumbers of Ala- meda; assistant superintendent of livestook, Frank Powell of Sania Rosa. Gone to Help His Uncle. OAKLAND, CaL, Jan. 22.—Maceo’s nephew, Antonio Maria Maceo, who has been working at the racetrack for several months, is on his way to New York, from where he intends to go down to Cuba to his uncle. Some time ago he served eaman on board the United Btates cruiser Bennington. ‘Was Not Suicide, OAKLAND, CaL., Jan. 22.—The Cor- oner's jury found that Thomas Curran died of fatty degeneration cf the heart, and thus exploded the theory that he had committed suicide by taking laudanum. ———————— Journalistic Rottenn Pungently paragraphed in to-day’s News orously for the Republican ticken. As| Letter. Captain W. R. are judging the [ SIXTY BERKELEY ATHLETES TO TRAIN Work on Both Track and Diamond to Begin at Once. Seven Members of the 'g6 Var- sity Nine to Play Again. Charles Irwin of th: Cincinnati Team May Be Selected to Coach the Baseball Mon. BERKELEY, CAL., Jan. 22.—8ixty ath- letes at the State University will begin regular training next Monday for honors on the track and diamond. Forty of these will don the spikes and the remaining twenty will twirl the ball. The introductory work for the track ath- letes on Monday will be a cross-country run of an hour’s length, and then the reg- ular gymnasium training and field work will begin in earnest, preparatory to the spring intercollegiate meet in April. An enthusiastic meeting of the athletes was held this afternoon, at which the general plan for the season’s training was out- lined by Track Captain Brown and Colonel George C. Edwards. The entire gymnasium work will be under the direction of Professor Magee, who will be assisted by Al Lean, the pro- fessional trainer, who has been employed. Until March 1 most of the work will be in the gymnasium at the chest-weights and rings. After that date the team will be divided into squads, which will be drilled in their specialties Independently. At the end of a few weeks' practice a general tryont will be held, and all those whbo come up to a certain standard will be per- mitted to nse the training-house at the track. The others will be accorded the use of the gymnasium. Professor Magee has excused a number of the most promising men on the team from the regular pre- scribed gymnasium work under the con- dition that they train regularly on the track. These men are as follows: Barnes, Broughton, Carver, Cheek, Dawson, Drum, Grifin, Hooper, Custer, Lloyd, McNab, S8imonds, Squires, Westerfeld. At the meeting the iollowing_ forty sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, distance men and weight-throwers entered their names on the list of events, as follows: 100-yard dash—Dickie, Barnes, Broughton, Drum, Miller, 220,yard dash—Barnes, Dickle, Herschoft, Drum, Broughton. 440-yard run—Humphreys, McNabb, Dren- nan, Dickie, Broughton. Distance funs, half a mile and mile—Carroll, Starr, Magee, Wise, Olney, Rasmussen, Hicks, Anderson, Luckinger, ~Haswell, Hodgkin, Jackson. o walk—Griffln, Westerfeld, ~Aitken, aife, Hurdles—Cheek, Dawson, Hoffman, Custer, Miller, Baxewell, Ellis, Burrell, Toland. Wheel—Squires, Crof(s, Custer. Broad jump—Dozier, Simonds, Cheek, Ellis, Ggodnll, Miller, Lloyd, McNabb, Dresser, Hum- reys. P High Jump—Humphreys, McNabb, Smonds, Goodall, Hoffman, Dozier, Miller, Lioyd. Hammer throw—Edgren, Carver, Hooper, Ludiow. Shot put—Lloyd, Edgren, Cheek, McNabb, Ludlow, Newman, Hughes, Goodall. Pole vault—Lioyd, Cheek, Hofman, Wumma, Elston. Baseball promises to furnish a more fruitful source of interest this year than any season heretofore. The experi- ence of meeting defeat after defeat at the hands of the Palo Alto men has had the effect of spurring the Berkeley men to more strenuous efforts each year. Their record last year was an lmvroveg:om on the year before, and the work of 1894 was superior to that of 1893. Of the 1896 Var- sity players who will return there are Krug, Eiston, Hoag, Proctor, McLaren, Hennesey and Wheele: The loss by graduation of Morden as pitcher and a fielder leaves these two places vacant. Kaarsburg will try for the place at the box and *‘Dud” Dean is out for the vacant place in the fieid. Mein 1900 promises to give Wheeler a hard fight for catcher on the Varsity team this year, and Belding 1900, a clever little player, is out for second base. ‘As to the merits of the other candidates, the season is almost too early to give a wise forecast. The dental college men say they have a surprise to spring in the way of a crack battery. L. r{{ Farrish '98, the newly elected manager of the nine, is in search of a pro- fessional coach. Correspondence with several champions has been carried on, but with no definite results, There is talk of securing Charles Irwin, third baseman on last year's Cincinnati team, who is at present in San Francisco. Roark Was Seen., BERKELEY, UAL, Jan. 22.—Thomas P. Roark, the missing carpenter, whose wife thinks he was murdered, has been seen in Los Angeles. Reports Indicate that he has sumply deserted his wife and family, Recelving Many Congratulations. BERKELEY, CAL., Jan. 22.—Dr, Joseph and Mis. Le Conte, who returned yester- day from their Eastern and European trip, were in receipt of many complimen- ary messages to-day. Scores of old friends called at the Le Conte residence, on Ban- croft way, to extend their congratulations to the happy pair, who have just cele- brated their golden wedding. They were both well and hearty save a slight cold, which Dr. ‘‘Joe’”” contracted on the home- ward trip. He will begin his regular work at the university next Monday. Active preparations are being made for the gr:mr reception to be paid them at ark Hopkins Institute of Art on Feb- ruary 3. Brief News Notes. M. L. Hanscom, Town Clerk, and L W. Wells, Assessor, have announced themselves candi- dates for re-election. A social reception to students who have re- turned from vacation trips was held in Trinity Church this evening. The North Berkeley Fire Company has de- clared in favor of A. L. Ott for Fire Chief. The Ancient Order of Hibernians has in- stalled the following officers: J. M. Doyle, president; M. J. Powell, vice-president; B nard Riveney, rocording secretar . B. Meally, financiai secretary; E.J. Toomley, treasurer. TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP, First Regiment Will Have to Shoot Agalnst the Fifth to Hold It. ALAMEDA, Car., Jan. 22.—A squad of fifteen men from Company G will shoot against a like squad from Company F of Osakland on Sunday, February 7, on the High-street grounds. The purpose of this trial is the selection of 100 men of the Fifth Regiment to challenge a like num- ber from the First Regiment, who now bold championship against the Hawaiian National Guard. Company G will pro! bly present the following men for the shoot: Major J. F. Hayes, Captain M. W. Simpson, Lieutenant C. E. Pickett; Ser- geants J. H. Whittich, C. M. Day; Pri- ates William Hi, b{, F. E. Browning, A. uff, C. Shafer, B. . Lamborn, B. Hen- derson, H. Rustel, 0. Riebl, C. V. La Due. Substitutes—Musician C. W assel, Privates J. E. Hadley, H. Morton, E. Harvey. e May Be Disbanded. ALAMEDA, CAL., Jan. 22.—The com- plaint filed with the Board of Trustees last Monday evening by Chief Krauth of the Fire Department, charging the volunteers with failing to respond to fire alarms, may result in the disbandment of some of the local companies. In speaking of the mat- ter to-day Trustee Leydecker, chairman of the Committee on the Fire Department, said: “‘We Py these companies $20 per month out of the city treasury, and what do they do with it? I say this: If the volunteers can’t show up at fires, why not disband them?” A meeting of the fore- men of the various companies, in conjunc- tion with the Commitiee on FKire, Police, etc., will be held, when the whole matter will be gone into thoroughly. The —————— Mrs. Borland Has Resigned. OAKLAND, Cair., Jan. 22.—Mrs. 8. 0. Borland has sent the following declination tothe Populist City Central Committee: Gentlemen: 1 most respectiully decline the nomination for School Director at large given me by your convention Tuesday evening. The nomination was without my knowledge or con- sent, and while 1 appreciate the honor you | have conferred upon me, both at this time and in the past, it will be impossible for me to ac- cept the nomination. Sult to Recover Taxes. OAKLAND,CAL, Jan. 22.—The Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank has brought suij against the county to recover $637 of taxes paid under protest upon soivent credits irom which it is alleged that the proper daductions were not made on account of debt owed by the bank to its depositors. This is the same contention that arose some months ago, and now the matter has been taken into court for adjudication. THE PENSION OFFIOE. In Addition to Its Regular Functions Is an Information Bureau. “The Pension Office, besides examining into pension claims and passingon them,” observed an official of the Pension Office, “*does an enormous amount of other busi- nessin the way of uniting and reuniting INSURRNCE WAR AND ITS LOSSES Premiums for the Coast Shrink Nearly Two Million Dollars. General! Falling Off in Volume of Business and Profits Demoralized. Losses Pa'd Remain Nearly as Large as Ever and the Loss Ratio Increases. The local fire insurance men have been brought to a realization of the demoraliz- ing effects of cutting rates indiscrimi- nately. They have gone through a year that gave but small profit, and now that the year’s business is published in statis- tical form there are many surprises all along the line, These long rows of figures show that in California alone the fire in- surance business aropped off last year more than $1,000,000, or about one-fourth. The general managers of the different fire insurance companies engaged in busi- ness in California make annual state- ments for purposes of taxation and other reasons. These figures are collected into statistical form, showing the business for the year ending December 31, but they do not appear until near the end of the fol- lowing month. On this occasion considerable curiosity was manifested in the results, as for some months past agents quite ireely stated their opinions that the showing woula be of such a nature as to predict the with- drawal of several small companies from the Pacific Coast, owing to the losses con- sequent upon the bitter warfare among agencies. And now that the tabular state- ment is out there are rumors (which more than one insurance man asserts to be well founded) to the effect that some smaller offices are on the verge of closing, and thereby leaving the field to their more wealthy and powerful rivals. One feature of the year’'s business and changes is strongly presented in the sta- tistics, so forcibly indeed as to cause sur- prise. It Is the effect of companies closing their general agencies here and making the Pacific Coast tributary to Chicago, or a part of that territory. The business sub- jected to this test is seen to have suffered neavily. The coast tield was not remuner- ative enough for them to continue fine offices in San Francisco with general man- agers, so expenses were curtailed and affairs managed from Chicago. But this plan caused trouble; delays were fre- quent; doing business with a manager so far away irom the scene did not prove pleasant or successful. The two home companies, although doing a conservative business, fell behind. The Fireman’s Fund dropped from $275- 000, its 1895 total of premiums received, to $209,000, and the Home Mutual went from $122,000 to $108,074. In each case the los ratio to prem:ums was higher than in 1895. But, then, all the companies sui- fered, The following table will show the dimi- nution of fire insurance business in 1896 through cutting rates: El 3 & ol oty o g2 &2 g2 xg CoMPANTES. ] EH H 2 g i iE | i B = g g ¢ E i B £ S B Caillfornia. $397.000| $317,850| $197.000| $192,400| 54 60.6 Other States.. 1,740,504 1.857.168( 1,062,000| 1,000,648] 71 737 Total Americal $2.138,000|§1,674,618)$1.277,000|$1,198,048| 60 71.2 Forelgn.. 2.567,00C( 2,142,797| 1.074,000| 1,452,547| 66 67.7 Grand total. $4,704,584 | 33,817,817 | $2.850.6 /% |$2,8145,597| 6C.6 69.2 families; we find husbands for wives, wives for husbands, parents for chilaren and children for parents. Only recently a case came under my observation which illustrates my meaning, and itis a sample of a number of others. An application was received from a lady who applied for 2 widow’s pension. She gave the name of her husband, his service, company and regiment. In looking into the claim it was found that the husband was alive and drawing a pension through the pension agency 8t Chicago. The woman, who re- sides in Massachusetts, was so informed. ~Immediately came a reply from bher asking the address of the man, which was furnished. A correspondence ensued be- tween them, and when they satisfied themselves that they were on the right track they arranged a meatins. The man thought that his wife had died, and at the close of the war entered the regular army and went West. The woman, not hearing irom the man, became conyinced that he had been killed or had died. She was un- officially informed that he had died in a hospital, and supposed it was a fact. In the meantime she had married again. Her second husband died, and had been dead over ten years when she applied for a pension. “Another case I call to mind is that of a soldier who orieinally lived at Niagara Falls, He went in the army and served under Sherman. At the close of the war he settled in New Orleans. He had posi- tive information that his wife had died, but he never was able to get any informa- tion as to what had become of his three The figures for 1895 are given in round numbers, but the difference in either was not over a few hundred dollars at most. Looking back over the totals of former years, it is seen that the amount of pre- miums received in 1892 was $7,007,460, and the losses paid only $2,727,908, being a ratio of 88.9. Then fire insurance busi- ness was nearly the same in risks written as in 1866, but owing to reduction of rates the premiums received were nearly double those of 1896, while the loss ratio was littie more than half. In 1894 the totals of pre- miums received was $6,337,060, losses paid $2,815,670; loss ratio 44.4. But the next year the insurance compact went to pieces, and with it rates were demoralized. The premiums received in 1895 were nearly one-third less, being only $4,704,584, the losses paid were, however, greater, being $2,850,672, and the ratio in consequence went up to 60.6 per centum. This ratio has been steadily advancing sinc: 1891 till it has reached pretty near the limit where profit ends. While the decrease was quite general, there are a few offices which show a de- cided improvement, and they were leaders in the fight. Rolla V. Watts, Brown & Sons, Robert Dickson, H. K. Belden and T. Edward Pope, all came outof the year with large increases in business, though of course the profits were not so large as they might have been. The chart of the Pacific Coast business for 1896 appeared yesterday as compiled by the Coast Review. It shows a decrease in the amount of premiums received of just $2,000,000 in the fire insurance busi- on the coast. The figures are as follows: ~ " e o - w8 | o5 g | B g | 8| & COMPANTES. @g -+ k14 S e @ @ H 1= P 7 B3 $741,000 $626,741 $348,000 356,247 46.8 58.4 e 3,196,000| 2,766,930 1,739,000 )‘;ib&,!fl'} 04.5 512 Total American .. . [$8,987.000|88,893,671 |$2 086,000 ($1,812,114 Forelgn. 4,673,000| 4,259,507 2,556,000 2,436,615 @rand total.... .|$8.609,500/ 37,653,175 84,621,588 |54,248,729| 63.4 | 56.5 Auction Sales GROCERY AUCTION. THIS DAY (SATURDAY) AT 11 A, M., COR. PAGE AND WE£BSTER STS. FRANK W. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer. 602 Market Street. fornia if the money invested was the personal money of the wite she would be entitied to the principal and profits; if1t_was money ac- quired by husband and wife aiter marriage, or Dby the husband after marriage, not by giit, inheritance, or was money that was his pers sonal property before marriage, the principal and profits would be community property. NATIVITY OF SOLDIERS—E. Sutter Creek, Amador County, Cal. Your question as to the number of American-born men there are in the army of the United States was submitted to the War Department at Washington, D, C., and the following is the answer recetved: Wedo not have statistics showing the reent- age of pative-born citizens in the United Stetes army. The commissioned officers are all citizens of the United States—a very small perceniage by naturalization. In 1884 abou per cent of the colisted men were citizens by birth or naturaliza- tion, Douvtless the percentage of clu i greater now In consequence 1894. as 1o eplistments. Of the number of citi- zens in the United States army probably not over 15 per cent are of foreign birth. The act referred to in the communication has the following: Section 2. That hereafterall onlistments In the army shall be for the term of three years. and no soldier shall be agaln eulisted in the army whose service during his last preceding term of en ment has not been honest aua falthful; en time of peace no person (except an Indian) who is not a cliizen of the United States, or who has 1ot made legal declaration of his intention to become a citizez of the United States. or who cannot speak, reed and write In the Euglish langu who 18 over 30 years of age shall be enlists the first enlistment 1n the army. THE POPULAR VOTE—L. M. T., City. The fol- lowing shows the popular vote for Presidents of the United States since 1824, the time when electors were chosen by popular vote insteas of by Legislatures. e, or tor 32—Jackson 687,502, Clay 530,189, Floyd and Wirt combined 33,108. 1836—Van Buren 671,549; combined vote of Harrison, White, Webster, Maguin 736,656. 1840—Harrison 1,275,017, Van Buren 1,128, 702, Birney 7059 1844—Polk 1,337,243,Clay 1,299,068, Birney 62,300, 1848—Taylor 1,860,101, Cass 1,220,544, Van Buren 291,263. 1852 — Plerce 1,601,474, Scott 1,386,578, Hale 156,140. 1856—Buchanan 1,838,169, Fremont 1,341, 642, Fillmore 876,584, 1860—Lincoln 1,866,352, Douglass 1,375,- 157, Breckinridge 845,763, Bell 589,581 1864—Lincoln 2,216,067, McClellan 1,808, 725. (Eleven States not yoting.) 1868—Grant 8,015,071, Seymour 2,709,613, (Three States not votin a3 ) 1872—Grant 3,597,090, Greeley 2,834,079, 0’ Gonor 29,408, B.eck 5608, 1876— Hayes ‘4,033,950, Tilden 4,284,835, Cooper 81,740, Smitn 9523, scattering 2636. 1880—Garfield 4.449,068, Hancock 4,442, 035, Weaver 307,306, scatiering 12,576. 1884—6leveland 4,913,248, Biaine 4,848, 150, St. John 151,062, Butler 133,728, 1888—Harrison 5,430,607, Cleveland 5,538,« 045, Fisk 257,243, 1o labor issue 114,623. 1892—Cleveiand 5.553,143, Harrison 5 931, Weaver 1,030,128, Bidwell 268,211 1896—McKinley 7,105,959, Bryan 6,454, Palmer 182,870, Lévering 131,748, Beutley 13,873, Matchett 36,260, — LATES1 SHIPPING INTELLIGENUK, Movements of Trans- Atlantio Steamary NEW YORK—Arrived Jan 22-Stm: Virginis, from Stettin, etc. UEENSTOWN—Arrived out Jan 23-Stmr NOA—Salled Jan 322—Stmr Fulds, for New York. GLASGOW—Salled Jan 21—Stmr Circassia, for New Yorx. LIZARD—Pasved Jan 22—Stmr Pheenicis, from New York for Hamburg. DUNNET HEAD— Passed Jan 23—S:m r Island, from ork for Copenhazen. Dr. Gibbon’s Dispensary, 625 KEABNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treatment of Private Diseases, Lost Manhood. Debility or disease wearing ou bodysnd mindand Skin Diseases. 'T'he doctor cureswhen othersfall. Try him. Charges low. Cures guaran Callorwrite. Br.J. F. GIBBON. Box 185’ Francisco. PACIFIC COAST _STEANSHIP (0. TEAMERS LEAVE BROADWAY whart, San Francisco, as follows: For Mary Tsland, Loring, Wrangei, Juneau, Kil- 11800 and Sitka (Alaska), ai 9 4. M., Jan. 9, 24 For Victoria and Vancouver (B. C.), Port Town- send, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Anacortes and New Wratcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash.), 9 A. i 4,9, 14, 19, 24,29, and every fifth day there- , connecting' at Vancouver with the C. P, R R., at Tacoma with N. P. R. R., at Seattle with G. N.Ry., at Port Townsend with Alaska steamers. For Tiureka, Arcata and Fields Landing (Hum. boldt Bay), sir. Pomona 2 ». ., Jan. 4 8, 12, 16, 20. 24, 28, and every fourth day therea For Srnta Cruz. Monterey, San Simeo: ucos, Port Harford (San Lufs Oblspo), Gavi Barbara, Ventura, Hueneme, San Pedro, Pedro (Los Angeles) and Newport, at 9 . i, Jan. 2, 6,10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 80, and every fourth day théreaier. ‘or San Diego, stopping only at Port Harrord Slspo), anta Barbars, Port Tos o 11 (San Luis O Los reles. Redondo (Los Angeles) and Newport, A Jan. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 34, 28, and every fourth day thereatter. 5% Enseoada, San Jose del qumh;lfi a Paz and Guaymas (Mexico), 4.2 25th of each mouth. ‘The Company reserves right to ciiange steamers or sailing dates. Ticket office—Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery strest 00D. PERKINS & CO., Gen'l Agents, 10 Market si., San Francisco. THE O.R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO PORTILAND From Spear-street Whart, at 10 o . FARE({S1AF rst;class ) Including £ 86 Second-class /berth & meals SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS: Columbia. .Jan.28, Feb. 2,13, 22 State of California.....Jan. 38, Feb. 7, 17, 27 ‘Through tiokets and through baggage to all Esstern polnts. Rales and foiders upon applica- bsve: F. F. CONNOR, General Agent, . F. . Gener: 30 Market stroet. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Superintendeats COMPAGNIR GERERAL TRANSATLANTIQUE French Line to Havre. OMPANY'’S PIER(NEW) 42 NORTH O Rlver, el of Mortonst. Nzaveiers by this 1ine avoid both transtt by English rallway and the discomfort of crossing the channel in & small Dboat. New YOrk to Alexandria, Egypt, via Parls, first class $160, second class $116. LA CHAMPAGNE. A& For further particulars ap) A. FO! No. 8, Bowling Green, New York. 3. F. FUGAZI & CO., Agents, 5 Montgomsry avenue, San Francisco. iy to G Agent, children, except that they had been sent to an orphan asylum. Hedid not know in what State the orphap asylum was lo- cated; neither did the children know whether their father was dead or alive, though from what they bad been able to pick up in the way of information from time to time they had concluded he had passed to the other side.® It happened that the daughter of the soldier not only grew up to be a beautiful woman, but had married a wealthy man. She wrote the War Department to learn of the whereabouts of her father’s grave, but there was no record of it. She then wrote to the Pension Office for the address of a man she had heard served with her father and who atone time lived at Niagara Falls. The ending of it all was that the children found the father and the father found his children. There are hundreds of such cases, though, of course, the num- ber of them is beceuuni smaller as time passes. There was a time in the history of the Pension Office when such cases were of frequent occurrence.” — Washington ——p e — The Prosecuting Attorney of Allegan, Mich., is advocating a bill ordering that the names of all purchasers of liquor at drugstores shall be published. el SR T The wealth of Great Britain has i creased 500 per cent within the last hun- dred years. For the sake of comparison the figures for 1895, as shown in round numbers, will afford a correct view of the decline. As in the California business there has been asteady downward tendency on the Pa- cific Coast in fire insurance since 1892, as a consequence of the rate waramong agents. — ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS. VorNe—G. H., City. This department does not know of any law that will prevent a person nol?lnlled lor an office from voting for him- sel THE TROCHA—H. G. C., City. In the issue of THE CALL of January 6, current year, you will find in “Answers to Correspondents” s full ex- planation of the “Trocha’ asused in relati 1o Cuban affairs. s CUTTING CARDS—Reader, City. In playing cards at any game the general rule is thatifa player is offered the cards and he declines to cut them the dealer mustdeal them justas if :‘h:y‘:ld been cut. The deaier has no right te ut them. MorLre FULLER—M., City. The omission of the word “not” in an answer published last Sunday }l's the reverse of what was intended, “Mollie Fuller is not a sister of La Loie Fuller” 1s the way it should have appeared. MONEY INVESTED—A. B, City. This corre- spondent asks: “In case a wife puts money into business and the investment proves suc- cessful, which is entitled to the profits, the wife or the husband?” In the State of Cali- Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. | % W sania Clara sin Sugyl S 5, AUSTRALIA tor HONOLULU only, Taesday, Januar; 26, at2p o Special party rates. The 4. 8, MONOWAIL ealls via HONOLULU and AUCKLAND for SYDN Y, Thursday, Febroary 4, &t 2 P M Line to COOLG ARDIE, Aust.,and CAPETOWN, South Africa. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery strest Frelght Office, 327 Market st San Francisco. STOCKTON_STEAMERS Leave Pler No. 3, Washington St., A6 . M. Daily! Iroight recelved up Accommodations Reserved by Telephons. ‘The only line seiling through tickets and 'vlnl through freight rates to points on Valley va; e D pota ' 0. ‘alker, « D. Peters, Wavy Carratt, City of Stookt Telephone Main 805. Cai Nav. and Lmpt. FOR VALLEJO AND U. 8. NAVY-YARD. STEAMER “MONTICELLO,” n-street Dock, Pler 3. Telophone Black 261. *Trip gives 6 hours vy-Yard, FOR SANJOSE, LOS GATOS & SANTA CRUZ TEAMER ALVISO LEAVES PIER N- S'iny. Wednesday, Friday: at 10 - o Atone ‘T uesday. Thursday, Saturday, at 3 ». &~ Frelghe and Passenger. Fare between San Francisco sad Alviso, 50c; o San Jose, 75¢. Clay Sty Plef b ose, op b