The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1897, Page 2

T F HE RANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY EPTEMBER 1897 equently abandoned 1o its fate when the railroad shops were removed to Bakersfield. Visalia held a certain amount of trade because sce lay in the he: fertile seciion of land, abundantiy No ions could deprive this, . Nevertheless, ions were not Tuiare, which it sut er of founda the Wide enough in tnemselves to allow of much expansion. 1he coustry tributary to Visalia took up fruit-growing when that industry began to ascume the lead in California, but planting was resiricted in proportion to the difficuliy of reaching a e. Hay and grain market with the pro and livestock # ng were held back to the same extent. Thus Visalia lived, or verhaps only ex , pluc , tenaciously, sanguinely —somewhat like a town in an oid com- ity of the East, somewhat as miny “of the great West had done beore our to SiX years ago a new effort izens to re- to pave the way nsion. A num- ber. was made by some of v ve things, and poss: toward an ultimate ex; ber of coeoper it com- panies were form which were sold almc y within the community. Through their instrumen- ty bundreds of acres of fruit, princi- peaches and prunes, were set out. 1895 the proposed construction J V. quin Railroad was . Visalia ha four poor business and many of her people had becon The possibility like a of 2 new am 0 ied, held meetings t ready to a Less than ally bult thro sharp b work the pendent wor.d was rattling earth- reifi xorbi- sted for schedules sity of the f tirely obviat fafew m 1 nonths a Valley ro: o woula de 1 seemed would reach ban their ihe road time to Paci e little ! Wsalia and ist the same com- through train pany a from San —exactly de twen- | v. exactiv the thing 1w d ever do | the ruins ot the snch it was—came t ia were con- own road— 5 the means by w ped their time- worn enemy a ished their own liveration. July 4 had passed ar August 24 had but the 9th of & mber was still o, and on that dav the way w the world cou'd come to Vis lia’s own invita ali £ own 19 of September will arrive to- e anniversary of the ad- ornia to the Union; 2 alia to Cal After its vearsof r this section of the country to grow and | push forwa rds of W ammond cling Ma ust comin trees which we p wre now maturing and we | enough fruit to bring the Hitherto our farmers had to and therefore got dis- buyers here, no one to seil couraged and quit planting. One com- pany alone will put out $30 000 worth of | frust this year and pav ,000 ix | wazes to | istributing its re- | local people, besides d ~scurces to iocal stockholders. Our grain- | growers are profiting by the high prices | and their money is coming into cur local banks, so that the banks have plenty of money to loan and credits again are good. *“We have canneries which emplov from 300 to 400 of our own men, women and | children. We have an jce factorv which | has reduced the price of ice from 1} to 3 | cent per pound and which has increased | the consum tion of y three times iis | original quantity. We have a flourmil which is independent of the Sperry com- bive and which is running night and day to suppiy the local demeud. We havea planing-mill, two packing-house grow plenty of hoszs and ca horses, the Perkins stabie for e are making records in the “A Los Angeles company i power plant up in the hiils from city by the first of the | 1neries, our water- -mills and our lighting | ne al chich we | | v year for o <, our planing alley road reaches us just when | we are ready for it, just when we nced it, ed to get us ready to need With good freight rates we can now | it. reach the outer world with our abundant produce. We are become a chick out of the shell and ready to lay.” It would be impossible to state the situ- ation more succinctly than Mr. Ham- mond has done. The new freight rates enforced by the Valley road guarantees | the city a competing liberty with the rest of the State. Since the road first assumed tangible form the rate on flour from Fresno hasdropped fromn 17} 10 8 cents; on sugar from San Francisco the rate has fallen from 7,1043}; on canned goods, from 79 to + and nails, 63 to 54; on har buggies, ns, eic., from $1 50 to 99; on farming ments, irom $1 1o furaiture and bedding, trom $1 & goods and clothi fron NO ABMOK-FLATE FACTORY. The Kavy Department Opposes the Proposition of a Government Plant. CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 8.—The Post’s Washington special says: From a -high authority in the Navy Department it is learned that the influence of that branch of the Government will be thrown against the proposition to establish a Government plant for the manuf cture of armor-plate for war vessels. Tae special board ap- pointed by the Secretary of the Navy to inspect the Betnlehem, Carnegie steel companies and the Illinois Steel Company establishments and inquire into the cost of armor and to collect facts bearin upon the desirability of having Government armor-plate works wiil not, 1t is under- stood, make a definite recommendation, but it will present such daia tha: Secre- tary Lonz may le; iy frame con- clusious adversa t stion. The naval experts will t, in their | opinion, $400 a ton for armor-plate wiil yield the manulacturers a handsome profit, but that the Government wouln save money by paying that price in prei- erence to underteking the work on its owd account. e Commitsioners Jestrained SIOUX FALLS, 8. Dak., Sept. 8.— Judge Carland of the Federal court this afternoon issned = temporary injunction restraining the Soutt: Dakota Railway Commission from putting into effect the new schedule of rates recently adopted. ————————— ADVANCES made on furniture and p 0%, with ® after the hag | Nashville officials and State authorities or without removal. Noonan, 1017-1075 Mission. TELLOW FEVER SCARE ABATING Little Alarm Now Felt by New Orleans Residents. No Fresh Cases Are Reported From Biloxi or Ocean Springs. The Disease Is Beliqved by Many to Be a Contaglous Low Malaria. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 8—When the Board of Health met to-night Dr. Oiiphant had no additional cases to re- port as having occurred in New Orleans and able to say that the iocal situa- tion had vastly improved and t. at there were no present prospects of evil results | following the death of the Gelpi chiid.] The public pulse here is vastly strong-r, and New Orleans is almost ready to de- clare that she has had a scare for nothing. Dr. Oliphant and his staff have slept but little in the past scventy-two hours and fairly honeycombed the city for sus- picious cases of fever, without resu Deep interest has naturally been felt e in the outcome of the examination Guiteras, who arrived at Ocean this morning. Under insirac- from the superintendent of the Louisville and Nashviile Dr. Guiteras wa< put off in the woods a couple of miles from Ocean Springs. 1 was not long thereafter before the or ran up against the quarantine trocha and the distinzuished visitor had fully to establish his identity before he was permitted to run the iine. On his arrival at Qcean Springs, Dr. Guiteras went immediately to work and in person investigated a number of cases of the prevailing sickness. He found only two cases, it is said, that deserve the term ‘“doubtful” or *‘su-pi- cious,”” and said he hoped to be able to wire the result of his examination to Washington this evening. In the meantime a correspondent wired to the city that he bad source that could not be doubted that Dr. eras was satisfied after his examina- tion that no yellow ifever had existed or did exist in Ocean Springs. The local physicians are not prepared to say what an opinion of Dr. Guiteras, counter to that expressed by the four ex- perts who declared the four cases they in- ed was yellow fever, would have. zh “canvass of the wards of s, completed late thieven- ing, shows that there have been 748 ca<es he prevaiii July 8. There now thirty-seven still sick. The total 1 d fever wascomplicated with orher diseases. There are believed to nave been only two deaths due to yellow jack At the suggestion of Dr. Gant, every house where ther» has been s'ckness, or is now, is being fumigated. Dr. Gant says that woether the prevailing disease is ellow fever or low malaria it is certainly contagious. Final arrangements to handle the Bil- oxi and Ocean Springs mai! were com- pleted to-day. The railroad managers sent over a mail-carrier to-dav and vouches wiil be taken by train both ways have been fumigated. After I Suiteras has completed his nvcstigation a quarantine deiention sta- tion will be estabiished. Those who are will be detained at the station until they are considered Wworiiy to be given ciean bills of heaith, and will then bs per mitted to go to tneir homes. There are sixty-five residents of New | Orleans who are 1iea up in Ocean Springs, anxious to get away, and some fifteen from other points. Biloxi peop!e are not absolutely con- vinced that the fever there is yellow jack. Dr. Harroison has so pronounced the cases, but when he bas completed his investigation at Ocean Springs, Dr. Guiteras will be asked to visit| Biloxi and determine positively whether Dr. Harrolson has correctly diagnosed the disease. Some 750 people were brought to New Orieans by the morning trains from the coast. ‘There were very few passengers on the evening trains, and both Passe Christfan aud Bay St. Loui« have been depopulated <0 far as summer visitors are concerned. All coast trains on the Louisville and Nashville were discontinued to-day, and through trains will do whatever local business is necessary, while a special car i« always at the disposal of the officials who are enlisted in m.vement 10 stamp out the feverat Biloxi d Ocean Springs. The Louisville and will soon wipe out the plague. Baton Rouge, the State capital, is the latest town to declare quarantine. TRADE> UNIOY CUNGRESS. Laws of Great Britain Relating to Labor 7hat Are Declared to Be in Need of Reforming. BIRMINGHAM, Exc.,, Sept. 8 —The Trades Union Congress, at its session adopted a resolution setling forth that the conspiracy laws, as applied to workers, were indefinite, ambiguous and generally unsatistactory,”” and urged the Parlia- mentary Committee to promote a bill for reform of the jury system, so as to make it poss:ble for all workers having no legal disabilities to act as jury in all civii and criminal cases. It was also unanimously resolved to in- struct the Parliamentary Committee to promote a’ bill providing for the rating as other properties. The congress also unanimously adopted a resolu:lon in favor of paying members of Perliament for their services ana in- structed the Parliamentary Committee to do its utmost to get the question again introduced in Parliament, convled with the payment of returning officers charged from the local rates. Tue Miners’ Federation of Great Britain vehemently urged the following resolu- | tion: “That this congress instruct the Par- liamentary Commitiee to assist the min- | e at tbe opening of Pariiament next arin getting as many members as pos- sible to valiot for ‘the miners’ eight-hour biil.” and that when the bill shall be down jor second reading the Commitiee assist miners in whipp. ng up members to attend the House of Com- mons in suvport of the bill.” Tne delegation from the Northumber- land miners opposei the resoiution, but it was eventually carried. During the afternoon the delegates ac- corded a formal and most friendlv recep- ilon to Messrs. Fox and McNeil, the dele- gates of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Fox made a speech, in which he said he brought the congress the greetings of the laborers of America. — . Condition of the Treavury. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8,—To- day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash brlance, $216,507,520; gold reserve, $144,836,195. learned from a | deaths have been nine, and in several in- | ! stances physicians’ certificates show the the | the | Pariamentary | THO SURPRISES FOR LOETGERT Bits of Steel From the Vat Produced in Court. ldentified by Corset-Makers as Products of Their Factory. WIdovu; Feldt Gives Up an Ugly- Looking Knlfe Belonging to the Prisoner. CHICAGO, IrL, S:pt. 8 —~The defense in the trial of Adolph L. Luetgert for wife murder was somewhut surprised by a move of the State to-day. What iscon- sidered to be one of the strongest pieces of evidence in the trial was produced. Mrs. Christine Ieldt, Luetgert’s one- time sweetheart, was ealled to the stand by the State for the third time. Assistant State’s Attorney McEwen handed her an ugly-appearing pocket-knife, the blades of which were stained and rusted, and asked ber if she had ever seen it before. She testitied that the big sausage man- ufacturer had ziven her this knife for safe kesping on the day of his arrest. The prosecution asserts that it was with this knife that Luetgert murdered i is wite before placing her body in the boiling pot- ash. where it was dissolved. The ucly looking object was passed aroand for inspection of the atiorneys and was handed to Luetgert, who ovened and closed the blades, gazing curiously at the weapon and scraping the blade with his finger, as if to feel the stains which cov- | ered the blade. Luetgert evidenced no emotion, though | he knew every person in the conrtroom, including court, jury and spectators, were | closely watching and taking note of his | every actien. In talking with his sttor- neys he admitted that the knife was his i | propertv. | The court opened with the usual crowd | | | clamoring for admission at the door. Within the courtroom the members of sex predominated among the the the fair spectato; and little room was | crowded to iis utmost capacity. | |~ When Luetgert enterea, shortly bafore | | court was opened, he repeated his manner | | of Tuesday and smilingly nodded at the jury. He attempied to catch the eve of | Judge Tuthili, but that official refused to | i notica the prisoner. Bernard Pruess identified two bits of | steel as pieces he found in the ashes where the supposed residue of bones and other material which was scooped from the vat as dumpec. Theh came the sensation of the day. J. H. Odebrett and W. G. Cady, corsetmak- | ers, were plac-d on ithe stand in succes- | sion and positively identified the two | alieged corset steeis as having been the product of their factory. | Certain marks on the two bits of metal were shown to correspond with similar | marks on new steels which were produced in court. Tuis was considered by the State to be a great blow to the defense, and was un- | expected by the latter, who hoped to prove that the two pieces of steel were scale bands. | The afternoon was ziven up to dry ex-| rert t mony. Prefessor Charles Gib- son, to whom the newspgper men gave | the flnid they got from the vai, was ex- amined and testified to the findinz of organic matter in the pinkist brown fluid, which he subjeeted toachemical ar : His answers were delivered slow nd | by one of the Empress liners from Victoria, | sued aliarke number of charts and maps, | found too siow for the service on that deliberateiy, and were couched in tech- | nical terms. It required much time to question the witness so tnat his testimony | could be made ciear to the jury. The witness asserted it »s his opinion | | that the dissolution of the fle<hy portions | | of the body could be accomplished in the | | time and manner alleged by the State, but | | denied that the coudition of the bones | | would be materialiy affected. ‘ | The aefense considered that a point was | scored in their favor when the witness as- ‘ | | | serted that the hair would be the first por- | tion of the body to dissolve in the caustic mixture. Attorney Vincent will request the jury | to reconcile this bit of iestimony with the | atleged finding of hair in the vat. The last witness sworn was the son of | | Watchman Bialk, who testitied to having | { enticed Luetgert to his father’'s rcom un- der pretense cf the lztter’s 1ilness. A detective was concealed under the bed | at the time and the testimony Was in. tended to be merely corroborative of por- | tions of the testimony of the officer who | listened to the conversation between | Luetgert ana his old employe. | The attorneys for the detense assert that | | the day has done ibeir cause good. They | | expect to controvert the material points | in the testimony and ignore many points | which they couasider to be irrelevant to | the 1ssue. Luetgert’s unconcerned demeanor con- tinues and the most damaging evidence seems to affect him but litt, LONGSTRzET MARRIED. The Soldierly Groom Is 80 Years 0ld Whiie His Bride Is 25. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept, 8. — General | income-tax law passed by the last session NAY DRAW PROTEST FRON THE HAWAILANS Natives Opposed to the Treaty of Annex- ation. A Political Commotion on the Isiand That May Upset Everything. Germany Qule'ly Scheming for a Foothold In the Commerce of the Pacific. HONOLULU, Hawarr, Aug 30 (via Vic- toria, B. C., Sept. 8).—The annexationists are very much worried over the alleged discovery of an attempt on the part of the anti-annexationists io influence Senators Morgan and Quay, who are expected to arrive here soon on a tour of investigation. The annexationists say that Senator 8. M. White of California and Senator Joun M. Thurston of Nebraska, who, it is said, will lead the fight against annexation i Con- gress this winter, will also viat Hawaii and will be present at the mass-meetiag of the natives, which, it is alleged by the an- nexationists, will be hela in Honolulu for the purpose of convincing the United States Senators that the native of Hawaii bitterly oppose annexstion. It is stated that Senators White and Thurston will superintend the drafting of a monster petition to Congress, in which the Hawaiians will assert that the govern- ment was torn from them through the action of American Minister Stevens. The annexationists allege that the mass- meeting will be conducted entirely by Hawaiians and will be made as dramatic as possible. The idea is to work upon the svmpathies of Senator Mergan and to per- suade him if possible that the natives have been robbed of lands and power by a nandfu: of rich and powerful whites, backed by a treacherous American Min- ister. It is believed that the ex-Queen may arrive on the same steamer as the Sen- ators and that she wiil address the people at the mass-meetings, The second card of the anti-annexa- nists will be played upon the arrival here late in September of Senator Petti- rew of South Dakota, Lee Mantel of Montana and Frank Cannon of Utah. They are now in Japan and China study- ing the <ilver question. Before they sailed B. C., they secured passages hy the Pxcific Mail steamer Doric, due Lere from Yoke- bhama on September 24 and announced their intention of remaining over a week in this city to study the annexation ques- tion. The ambition of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company people to ex- tend their liners iu all waters will sooner or later make them bidders for Honolulu business. Already the company has is- which have been distributed freely about the citv, containing the proposed routes from Yokohama to San Francisco via Honolniv; Australia to San_ Francisco, and irom Yokohama to Victoria, B. C. 1 Some of the company's big sieamers now traversing the Ailantic have been | ocean. Boats are now being buiit which will make twenty-three knots an hour. The Norih German Lloyd Company in- tends equipping the Atlantic service en- tirely with these fast boats. The slower boats, capable of going from fifteen tosev- | enteen knots an hour, it is said, will be brought to the Pacific O~ean to e-taolish the Australia-Victoria-Honolulu and 8an Francisco routes. Tue Suvreme Court has decided that the of the Hawaiian Legislature is unconsti- tutional. Aivin R. Hawkins, a young American from Gatesvile, Tex., died in thiscity yes- terday morning from blood poisoning. The deceased was & nephew of the Gov- ernor of Tennessee. The United States steamer Marion left for Mare Island on' the 27th. President Dole has issued a proc'ama- tion cailing the Senate to meet in special session on September 8, instead of the 14th, as previousiy annonunced in au Asso- ciated Press dispatch. After the annexa- tion treaty is ratified the Senate will ad- journ until the regular session. The attempt to Lring negro laborers to this country has failed. The mutter was referred to some Southern Senators for an oninion. A telegram brought here on the 26 h by steamer knocks the scheme on the nead. The Soutiernars, including Senator | Morgan, object to any aitempt to take | their laber from them, LOTS FOR THE FOOD Continued from First Page. James Longstreet, major-general in the | Confederate army, United States Minister to Turkey, and prospective Commissior er of Railroads to succeed General Wade Hanipton, was married at the executive mansion this afternoon to Miss Ella Dortscn, assistant librarian of the State of | Georgia. Governor and Mrs. Atkinson had issued a limited number of invita- ticns to State officials and intimate friends of the bride and groom. These formed a | distinguished party which filied the blue room of the mansion. The Rev. Father Shadwe!l of the Church of the immacu- late Concepuion ofiiciatei. Judge J. B. Gaston, Mayor o1 Nashville, General Longstreet’s home, was best mar, and the | bride entered on the arm o: Governor| Atkinson, who -ave her away in the| absence of her brother, who is in Texas. General and M:s. Lunastreet wiil spend | two weeks at Porter Springs, Ga., after| which they will return to Atlanta, where | | Mrs. Lonzstreet will resume her duties at | | tne State Library. Itis understood that | she will not retire from the race for the librarianship, which she entered several menths ago. . A striking coincidence was supplied in the fact that to-day is the anniversary | the battle of Molino ael Rey, in the | Mex:can War, where General Loungstree: won his titie as majo P Bt Discriminaing Duty. i CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 8.—A Journal | | special from Washingion says: it 1s| | semi-officially reported that Atiorney- General McKenna will not annvunce his decision in the 10 per cent discrimination gmy until afier tue return of the Presi- ent, Itis understood that McKenna has de- | cided that the duty must be imposed, tut he has not compieted the preparation of | his decision to be given 1o the public. And, sothe report runs, unless he chan :es his mind, be will submit the decision now preparing, to the President, for dis- cussion by the Cabinet, before promul- gaung it. o i 1 As the Eugene had entered and left British Columbia for St. Michael without going through the form required by tne customs authorities, an effort was made to seize her while she was in British water, and she was chased forty miles by the tug Hope, which was sent out from Victoria with customs officers aboard, but Captain Lowis says he would have burned all the bacon aboard before the Kugene should have been overhauled by Her Majesty’s officers. There is a chance that the craft will be seized by customs offi- cers iiere, as she was not cleared when ! leaving bare for the North ten days ago. | Her case will be acted on to-morrow morning. Inthe meantime the Eugene s tied up to the dock with her pumps busily working to keep her from filling, while her officers congratulate themselves that they and their frail craft are not at the bottom of the deep blue sea. ———— TO PURCHASE A STEAMER. Plan of a Boston Syndicate to Send an Expedition Around the Horn to the Klondike. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 8 —Negotiations arein progress for the purchase by a Bos- ton syndicate of the Clyde line steamer Delaware, now plying between Jackson- ville, Charleston and this pori. While the sale has not been completed, t. e parties interested stand ready totake the steamer if, on inspection, she proves to be in good condition. The intention is to have the Delaware jeave New York on November 1 for the passage around Cap« Horn to San Francisco, which will occupy about sixty | place where the two men stcod and fired days. Arriving at the latter'port she will be titted out and take on boara several small boats and larger ones in sections to be used in transyportation on the Yukon River. 1f the scheme is carried to a successful termination the Delaware will leave San Francisco on March 5 and Seattle on the 15th for St. Michael. According to the schedule now being arranged, the Dela- ware will make one trip a month between Seattle and St Michael. Aiready two- thirds of the passenger service on the steamer has been sold for the first trip t0 8t. Michael in anticipation of the purchase of the vessei. Tne Boston agent of the enterprise is Frank A. Gross, while the others interested are principally Eastern capitalists. The Delaware is a wooden vessel of 1279 tons net. She was built at Philadeiphis in 1880 for the Clyde ine and for some months past has been running in the Boston service. The steamer is about the size desired for the Yukon trade and s particularly adapted for the business, as her wooden hull can with- stand the ice which she will probab'y meet early in the spring. Most of the steamers thus far engaged in the Alaska trade are constructed of iron. The price demanded for the Delaware. including fittings and gear, is <aid to be in the neighborhood of $60,000. which the pro- moters of the new line stand ready to pay. An entirely new crowd will be shipped for the steamer, and there is a possibility that she will be commanded by Captain George Nutter, a well-known Boston steamboat man. TRAIN H0. 17 FIRED UPON BY ROBBERS Continued from First Page. was brought to a stop when within a few feet of a pile of fourteen ties. The engineer saw the danger just in time to stop. A moment later a blaze started in the ties and thev were con- sumed, after which the train pas ed on. Tnere was much excitement ameng the passengers, and everybody expected a hold-up. Deputy Sheriff Peck of Fr sno was aooard, and he led in a fruitiess search around the place for lurking ‘train- robbers. e CUNNINGH .M W45 PEEPARED, Informed Early at Night of the Intcnded Hold-Up. STOCKTON, Car., Sept. & —Sheriff Cunningham was notified late this aiter- noon that there would be a hola-upon| the southbound train near Ripon. Last Saturday night ap attempt was made to wreck the train by piling piles across the track, but an accident was averted by theengineer’s alertness. Short- ly before 6 o’clock this evening it was learned here that another attempt was to | be made to-night. Sheriff Cunningham, with deputies Black and Wall, left by the train from Sacramento, bound for Lathrop. Shortly before 10 o'clock word was received from Sheriff Cunningham that there had been an attempt at a hold-up, and that the men who ned participated in it bad m:d= their escape. Nothing has been learned” here of the pursuit, as there is no present communi- cation between Ripon and Stockton. The tramp who was wounded by the outlaws the train at Port Costa. He was taken on to Mcdesto, where his wound wiil be attended to. CONDUCTOR / iDGES STORY. the IKobbers Were Acired a’ rght of the Tramps. | FRESNO, Car, Sept. 9.—To-night’s at- tempt to wreck and rob the Los Angeles express was made at the same spot and in the same manner as that of last Saturday night, an exclusive account of which was published in Sunday’s CALL. Ties were placed across the track and set o fire, the blase causing the engineer 10 stop the train. It was thought that the firstattempt was the act of malicious tramps, and the Southern Pacific Company detectives who made an investigation came to that con- clusion. | John J. White, who is in the employ of the company’s force, informed THE Car cosrespondent that the decision was | reached that the attempt was a hoax. To-night's affair proves that this con- clusion was wrong, and as the circum-! stances were identically similar it is to bs | presumed that the two robbers who would have held up the train to-night were the ones whose hLearts also failed them last Saturday night. J. R. Bridges, the conductor of the train, was interviewed by THE CALL cor-| respondent when Fresno was reached at| 1:30 o'clock this morning. He savs that, as the train came toa standstill, the tiring began. He looized out of the car window and saw the flashes. Five shots were fired in rapid succession, and then the shcoling ceased. When the trainmen ventured outsite they could see two men scurrying across the grain field. “I cannot understand why the robbers took to their heels so quickly,” said Con- ductor Brid.es. “There was no sign of resistance from the train. I think that they must hav: feared that the tramps who were riding on topot the forward coaches and on the platiorms were ex- Dpress messengers. *The tramp, who was shot in the leg, clambered down from the top of the car and told us ihat he was wounded. We took him to Modesto, where he was pro- vided with surgical assistance. *“*We looked over the ground and, at the Belicves at us, [ found four grain bags. They had evidently come in the expectation of mak- ing a big haul. here was nothing small about those | fellows, for they were zoing to carry off | four sackfuls of ptunder. We could not tell what firearms the robbers used, but jndging from the reports I should say that they fired at us with rifles. We did not examine any of the cars for bullet- holes. “Ten ties had been piled on the track and they were blazing briskly when the train stopped. 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Cash_Market Vaiue of all Stocks nd Bonds owoed by the Com- $2,593,127 62 158 54 5.519,564 87 an chnia 1,8.6,198 68 Interest due and accrued on ail St ckn-ndLumu,...Ah.“ e 753 30 Interést due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages. . 2,549 60 tpremiuws in due Course of Collec- s 1.266,192 85 148,075 33 S 0as 70 Matured, “receivabie, 5 Risks, not taken for Fireand Marine tion Buls Rents and Iuterest due........ ‘Total Assets of Life u-pm-mmm,‘i Sundry Uffices for Guaruntees Reinsursuce on losses already paid... 366,004 14 Stamps iu haad, 8,471 25 Total Assets.. #21,924.705 18 LIABILITIES. 0sses adjusted ant unpaid losses in process of Adjust or In Suspsuse. Losses resisted, $476,950 00 running one year or less, re- | insurance 57 per cent. Gross Fremiums on Fire Risks run ing more than one year, T insurance pro rata.. = Gross Preminms on Marine and Irland Novi-ation Risl insurance 160 per cent. b Premiums on Marine 'ime Risks, reinsurance 50 per cent...... g Liability under Lif- Department. . Cash dividends remaining unpaid. Interest paid in advance All other demands against the Company...... 1,810,310 00 955,000 00 9,765.015 40 2,080 62 2,924 16 2,277,172 07 Total Liabilities. INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums... e eenide Net Cash sc ually received for Mari: e Premiums. S Recelved for interest and divi- dends on Bonds, Stocks. Loans, ‘and from all other sonrces. ... To'al {ncome of Life Department. ‘Uroster fees...... 1,059,083 78 346,766 91 1,819.689 8 1 Total fncome. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses Netamount paid for Marine Lo: Dividends to Storkholders Paid or allowed for Comm| Brokerage. Paid fur_ Salarles. Fees and other charges for oflicers, Clerks, etc. Puid_for Stale, National and local taxes.. 3 . All other payments and ex- penditures.... Total kxpenditus 760,695 64 i 1,284,810 85 res of Life Depari- 578.536 75 138,111 01 $6.913 860 30 ment...... All other expenditures. Total Expenditures... Fire, u Losses incurred during e the yea: eeeen. 83,061,975 00 $666,488 00 RISKS AND Pu:»‘ MIUMS, Premiums, Fire Risks Net amount cf risks written during the $11952,020,385 $7,812,337 05 unt of risks. expired during the FPAELcokiiss s v 1,559,19: | Neta toxce] BAm} aeh danow December 51,1696 1,313,887.707, 4,699 696 k) ’ Marine RISKS AND PREMIUMS | Risks | Premiums Ne: amount s : written during b $411,007. et nn;:lnr ot ieks ex. | 097.786181.841,815 ired during the ye.r .| 402, o amount In forde Le:| Lo 00%330| 1,634,320 cember 51 1896....... | 104,451.125| 71120 JAMES F. GARRICK, ¢ H. MANN, Becrotary. i rmen- o SR T ey B R Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST BRANCH 301 California St., San Francisco. C. F. MULLINS, Manager. NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLI 638 )Mnxn'r ;:'rn OPP. PALACE nonPn'l. oroes L elephons Church” 15 * bl and for the | 5694 9,765,015 40 | $5,613,568 22 | | STATEMENT ——OF THE— ——OF THE—— ALLIANCE " RSSURANCE COMPANY | ()F LOXDON, ENGLAND. ON THE 31ST DAY { of December, A. D. 1896, and for the year enditg on that day.as mads to the Iasurancs Commissioner of the State of California. pursuant 10 the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per biank furnished by the Commissioner. g CONDITION AND AFFAIRS | | CAPITAL. Amount of Captial Stock, paid up $2,7560,000 00 ASE Real Estate cwned by Company | Loans «n Bonds and Mortgazes . Cash Mar<e: Vatue of nl Sticks $1.410,183 10 7,808,:93 47 and Bonds owpea by Compi 10,10 .614 97 | Cash in Company’s « flice 6991 83 Cash in Banks 506,046 14 Interest due and accrued on | ~'Stocks and Loans............ 186,302 71 | Interest and accrued on } onds | _and Mortgages.... ............... 8,125 09 | Premiums in due Course of Collec- F SO ool aaiaios camasanses . 682,464 46 | Bills receivable. not matured, | _taken for Fire and Marine Kisgs 19 628 60 Rents and interest due 14,767 71 Loans on the Comal e ~ Policie: B5R4,4%5 48 Total assets. $21.330 963 47 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid....... Losses in process ot adjustment | or in suspense..... RN | Losses resisted, fnciuding ex- | penses. G ) Gross premiums on Fire Risks | running one year or less; rein- | surance 50 per cen Gross premiums on £ic - running m re than one year: | §252,796 b4 jiskat 840,040 58 | Liabiiliy under Life Departm nt.. 13.869,118 28 | Liability under Leaschold and In- | _vestmenu Departmen:........_.. 250,940 €0 Cash dividends remaintng uipaid. 2,978 00 All other demands against ihe Company.... 3 29,979 94 Total labilities, INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums..... ... L. $2,488,47 Received forinterest and dividends on Bonds, Siocks, Loans and from all other sources. ... 755,371 91 | Income of Life Department. . 1,654,774 68 Income of Leasehold and Invest- ment Department... 88 815 58 Total incoms. EXPENDITURES. | Net amount paid for Fire Losses.. §1,073.691 €6 Dividends to Stockholdery.... ... 497,022 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. T 358,582 85 Paid for salaries, Feos and oiher) charges for officers, clerks, etc | Paid for Siate, National and | oAl ety et U £y All other payments and expen- ditures . | Total expen ment . s Total expenditure of I easehoid and Investment Department. .. { | diture of Life Depart- ‘Total expenditures. Fire Losses incurred during the year.. 1,326,488 00 RIsKs | | AND PREMIUMS. | Firs Risks. Net amount. off Risks writt n| | during the year. $1,704,874,000 $3,277,491 04 Ne: amount of| { Rists expired| | | _durinz the year.| 1437,877,260, 2,809,278 04 | Net smount in| force December 31, 1896. J 1‘62\35],815, 1,927,525 57 ROTHSCHILD, C| R. LEWTIS, Secretary. Subscribed and_sworn (o before me, this 24th day of Macch, 1897. . WILMER M. HARRIS, Notary Public. Premiums. ‘man. PACIFIC COAST BRANCH, 3801 Californla St., San Francisgos _C. F. MULLINS, Manager. 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