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! THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897. JUIST BY FIVE BLASTS, HE LIVES . Remarkable Escape of a Tuolumne County Miner. Giant Powder Explodes Under Him, but His Life Is Spared. Tossed by a Successlon of Dis- charges at the Bottom of a Small Shaft, mark, bat fell on a bed in the room and exploded. The room was soor 1n a blaze, and Mrs, Lodge, tafing up her two little chiidren, escaped through a window. The intox- icated man was not so fortunate. Before he succeeded in making an exit Tom the room he was terribly burned about the hands and lower limbs, and be- fore assistance arrived the honse with all Its contents, vaited at $2000, were de- stroyed. Lodge was arrested. el il CRAZED BY A DAUGHTER'S SHAME. Failing to Control His Wayward i Chiid, a Fortland Man Ends His Life. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 17.—Albert Kahlin committed suicide at an early hour tuis worning by shooting himself in the mouth at his home 618 East Twen- ty-fourth street. Two weeks sgo Hedwig Kallin, the eldest of Kahlin’s six children, accom- panied by her two brothers, aged 13 and respectively, joined a crowd oi otber East Side children and set up a camp in the Olsen hop yard, on Mount { Angel. The cirl showed that the dances and moonlight strolis were to occupy her | 11 years, CO\<‘R~\ Cavr., Sept. 17.—Martin Bor- a miner 4‘ years of age, of this ty, is probably the only man who was €ver in the bottom of a smail shaft when five blasts ¢ nt powder were exploded under him and yet lives to tell the tale. A few days ago he, in company with a rer, was engaced in sinking a pros- shaft on Jacksss Hill, near Tuttle- Boriand attended to the workin shaft. while the other man handled e windlass, »)Wn 10 a considerable depth, and at ttle drift or level was run. Roc to the surface in a bucket, e hanging ever within resch of the 1er was another stationary i been knotted about every foot of its It had been Borlsnd’s practice to ex- ode several charges at once, and as soon as he saw all the fuses burning to seize the knotted rope and haul bimself up hand over band to the drift but a few feet avove him, where he would be safe from the n the day in question Borland had put in and louded five holes, spitted the fuses, applied the maich to them and jumped for the safety rope. To his horror be t was not there. Looking up (aw it binh out of his reach, 2 rock, where it had | ed man yelled to his partner to buckef, which was instantly Borland, Jumping in, gave the rcely got four feet on his up- when the first blast ex- nd he fell Then to the bottom of on top at once went dow a his partner blown to pieces, nd him conscious but cov- ed n conveyed to the surface. The surgeon who was summoned 14 that the unfortunate man had, be- fes a broken ankle, a badly lacerated »and a long and deep gash in his leg, equired a dozen stilches. His en- ody had been peppered with parti- of rock. are from instant death by Bor- | s remarkable. He will recover. CRIME IN IONE SCHOOL. #£mador Officials Frzquently Called 1., Upon to Arrest Incorrigible | \ Youths. IONE, Cav., Sept. 17.—The new manage- ment of the Preston School of Industry to be unable to reform the boys In the three months of Suparintendent reign, Amador County has been upon to prosecute five inmates wbo commirtted overt acts at the school. and Downing were arrested upon aint of Superiniendent O'Brien for ng to burn the administration build- od, uponitheir plead- five years, respec- Not afterward te named Trost was arrested there to be reformed. long another by Sher! to await sh 118 preliminary : He nas been in jail now o months, but his hearing t taken place. Tne inmate said to mplicated with him was re- committing e of Correction. > # room in the ad. ation building oceupied by C. dener, was entered and diamond shirt stud, a v.'hs in the Hon picion fell upon an inmate I, who acknowledged that articles. He and another amed “ arvey h d received them, ssell stubbornly refused their disposal g te dent O'Brien aud the were taken to Jackson and confined the County Jai Yesterday they were | ght to lone, and the examination de- veloped some peculiar facts. Russel pleaded guiity to the charge of grand lar- | ceny. Ita3eemstiat Harvey bad been told that he would not be prosecuted it he vould tell what he did with the stolen | 4 roperty. He made the sensational state- t that he leit the package containing ]E““l’\ and money at the office of G. L. Crabtree, a prominent business man of this place, but that no one was in the office at the time and that be met Crabtree uvon the street a few moments afterward 1 snil to bim: «I have ju-tlefta Dackune in your office ou to Yake caro off. srabtree replied, “All right.” Crabtree was placed under arrest, but he denes all knowlea-e of the package. It seems very probatle that Harvey secreted the )eTel'V and money in some small place known only to himself, 8o it will be ready for him at some future time. Crab- iree has imployed counsel and will fight the charge aganst him. 15-e!l was returned to the County Jail it_sentence. Harvey was returned toa to the Preston School of Industry and | Crabtree’s hearing_will take place next Mondav before Justice of Coomtsz. —-——— DRUNKENNESS COST HIM DEARLY. tonoma Farmer Throws a Lamp at Fkis Wife—It Exp odes and Kis Home Is Burned. HEALDSBURG, Cav., Sept. 17.—David Loage, a rich n\'mer. is confined in a tank 1n th- City Jail here suffering extreme pain and charged with assauit with a deadly weapon. To make his misery more complete it is just dawning on him that he has lost $2000 worth of property, and altogether he should arrive at the conclu- sion that his last “jag” was an expensive ne. Lodge came to Healdsburg from his firm yesterday and proceeded to fill up on fighting whisky. At 9 o'clock last night he evidently concluded he. had enough and went home, where ne pro- ceeded to do up the family, His wife, a highly respected woman, tried to pacify him snd in his drunken fury he seized a lighted lamp and threw it at her. The dangerous missile went wide ot its The shaft had been driven | rope that| the remaining four blasts | nmonicg assistance, | and taken to Jackson ! hearing upon a | magistrate as | gible, and received a sentence of | d a $20 gold piece were | was_again called upon | two | the Peace | | in preference to the picking. Her brother | Henry remonstrated, but without aval A number of young fellows from Van- couver were camped near by, and much of the girl’s time was spent at their camp. When Hedwig began to absent herseif at night, the brother set out to watch for | ber safety. He was discovered by the men of the “Clarke County Camp.” as it was named, and the cowardly ruffians— the youneest of them beingz over 20 years of ags—procured a rope and sirung the | Inttle fellow up by the neck to a tree limb, threatening him with a beating with whips unless he ceased his surveillance of sister. The frightened boy hurried bome and informed his father, with the | result that Hedwig was bro t back from the hop-fields and kept under the eye of her parents. Yesterday she managed to elude the | vigilance of her parents and escaped from home. From that time she has not been | seen. Kahlin was a very sensitive man, | gri ightest affront. He red the worst as 10 the girl, and the thought of having to answer questions | concerning her was more than he could | endure. Last night he became crazed by | griei, and about 4:30 o’clock this morning | he went into the bedroom the girl had oc- | cupied. Returnine from the room he | went to his own, and, procurine a rifle. | again ma bis way to Hedwig's apart- ment. Siretching himsell on th= bed she | had elent upon the unhappy father placed | the muzzie of the rifle against the roof of Lis mouth and fired. - MARKSMEN AT MONTEREY. | Fifth Tournament of the [Inanimate | ; Target Association to Begin i To-Lay. | MONTEREY, CaL., S2pt. 17.—The fifth annual tournament of the California In- | animate Target Association, whicn is to be beld here to-morrow and Sunday, promises to be the largest meet ever held in the State. Already over 100 contestants for the prizes have arrived, and almost every town of any sizein the State is repre- sented. To-day was devoted to practice shoot- ing. Theshooting 1s under the auspices of | the Monterey Gun_Club, and its grounds |at Del Monte Shooting Park have been fitted out with latest appliances for ‘Ihe accommodation of participants and | { spectators. There are four sets of electric | {traps and five traps to each set, so that | | twenty men can be shooting without any { delay. The first dav’s programme will consist | of seven events, among them the Allen cup, the gold-dust diamond medal and | | the Overiand Monthly trophy. | The programme for Sunday also in- cludes seven entries, among them the | Golcher mndiv.dual trophy, the California Inanimate Target Association champion- ship medal, the Ross three-men team trophy_and the association club cham pionship for Two hundred and fifty | marksmen are expecird to compete. meel ey COMNTRACTIOK KELSO'S TROUBLE, Sausalito Awthorities 1o Bring Action Against His Fondsmen. SAUSALITO, CaL., Sept. 17.—John Kel- so, the San Francisco contractor, has not only got into a peck of trouble in the me- | tropolis, but in Sausalito as well. The town authorities are taking steps to pre- | ceed against his bondsmen. At the meet- {ing of the Trustees last night Kelso’s | bonds were declared forfeited, clerk of the board was instructed to read- | vertise for bids for the work contracted to | ! be done by K=lso, amounting to $11,000. to get a higbway connecting with the | boulevard construcied by ihe Government | | toLime Point. B:dsfor the work were ad- | vertised for, and five large firms sent in | their estimates. Kelso’s was the lowest— in fact it was lower than the estimated cost made by Town Engineer McCollough, and so Kelso got the jocb. He gave bonds, but at the last meeting of the board re- quested that be be allowed to withdraw. This was denied him, and at the meeting last night the Trustees resolved to make him adhere to his agreement, and his | bonds were dec!ared forfeited. st o Mrs. 3 cLellan in ran Quentin. | SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cai., Sept. [ 17.—Mrs. May McLeilan, who was sen- i tenced to sefve a year in the San Quentin penitentiary for burglary committed in Oakland, was brought to the prison last nigh:t. She appeared cool and did not break down when she was compelled to don the suit of a convict. For one year she will remain behina the walls of the penitentiary in aimost close continement, as the women in this prison receive few liberties. She swells the ranks of the women convicts to the number of sixteen. Found Unconscious on the Koad, SANTA ROSA, CAL., Sept. 17.—George Ross, a prominent young farmer living near Forestville, met with a serious acci- dent near Sebastopol this afternoon. He | was found lying unconscious in a pool of { i j blood in the road. He had received severe bruises about the head, Itis beiieved his horses ran away, throwing him out of the wagon. At last accounts he was still un- conscious and considered in a critical condition. —_———— . Jumbo Breaks His Record. SANTA ROSA, CAL., Sept. 17.—Jumbo, the Indian who haslong been known as the ightning hop-picker” of Sonoma County, bas outdoue his former record. One day this week he ricked 400 pounds of hops on the Miller & Purrington ranch. | He averages 350 poundsa day and his | hops roll out of the sack like shot, entirely clean. There are plenty of men who will back him against all comers, e Death of the bark Wendur. PORT TOWNSEND, WasH.. Sept. 17.— While tbe British bark Weundur, grain laden, from Tacoma for the United King- dom, was towing out past Cape Fiattery yesterday morning, the second mate, whose name could not be ascertained, dropped dead of heart disease. The Wen- dur continued on her voyage, the captain signaling tha: the body would be buried at sea. —-——— Guilty of Unjustifiaste Homicide. BANNING, CAL., Sept. 17.—The Coroner heid an iquest to-day over the body of £. J. Darrah. who was shot and killed yesterday by Frank Milner during a ais- pute over water rights. The jury fonnd Milner guilty of “‘unjustifiable homicide.” His examination was set for next Monday. and the | Some tinie ago the Trustees resolved to | make extensive road improvements so as | BORNE AWAY 0N A FOREIGN BARK Four American Sailors Shanghaied Ahoard the Cavour at Seattle. The Vessel Nearly Wrecked Off Callao, and Two Men Were Drowned. | When the Cavour Arrived at Tahiti the T. 8. Consul Took Charge of the Oase. A strange tale of shanghaiing and disas- ter was brouzht from Takiti by the steamer Homer yesterday. The Italian bark Cavour was the vessel round which the stery centers, ana should Captain Martin ever return to the Pacific Coast he will have to answer for his crimes in one of the United States courts. In May last the Cavour was at Seattle loading lumber for Callao, Peru. She was | short of men and the captain applied to William Scott and Tom Newman, two boarding-house masters of Seattle, for the necessary crew. They pnt four men on board and the vessel sailed. How these four men were secured is best told in their | own words. “There were four of us shanghaied on boara the Cavour,” said John E. White yesterday. “Besides myself there were Ed ‘\man, Thomas Ryan and Jobn Ir- win. Scott and Newman approached us on tue water front in Seattle and asked us if we wanted a ship. When we said we did he told us that the Cavour was short of men, and that he would take us out to see what kind of a craft she wus and what terms we could get. “When we got on board they were hoist- ing the anchor, and Ecott told us that we might as well give the boysa hand. We took off our coats, and when we were cat- ting the anchor somebody cried ‘Here comes the towboat.” As we attempted to get on board the mate grabbed me by the collar, threw me on the deck and ordered me to go forward. 1 said I was going ashore and he laughed at me, saying that we were now members of the crew and would have to stay by the sbip. I again attempted to get on the tue, and both the mate and the captain pulled their zuus and began teating me over the head.” At this point White showed two larze scarson his left cheek, one under his left eye and two on his left temple, all of which he said—and the other men bore him out—were made by the butt ends of the pistols in the hands of the captain and mate. “By the time the scrimmage was over, continued White, *‘we were in the Straits of Juan de Fuca and there was no chance of returning to shore. All the way to the coast of Peru we were fed on a mixture of rice, macaroni and salt fish all boiled together. We complained to Captain Martin that we were not being fed prop- erlv, and told him in plain words that we had been shanghaied on board a ship and would compla n about him to the United States Consu! at the first port we made. He only laughed at us again and said, ‘Why, I bought you; you are mine. I paid $40 in gold for each one of you, and ——you, I'lt do what I like with you.’ There being no reiress all we could do was to grin and bear it. “When within a week’s sail of Callao a big storm came up. The vessei was not properly found and we had a very bad ime of it. Early one Sunday morning wuen a mountain of sea Was runniug a beavy sauall struck the ship, and the foremast snapped off close to the deck and went oyer the starboard side. On the jibboom trying to furl the sails were Mate | Cahrr and Fred Hancon, John Ereckson, Harry Buitner, John Ryan and myseli. “The fail of the foremast carried away | the jibboom and Mate Cahrr and H inson | were drowned. The rest of us were caught in the chains and tobstays and had every stitch of clothes torn off us, besides being kept half in and half out of | the water for over an hour before xe were | rescued. A< we were being taken on | board the main royal came down with a | crash, and at one time it looked as if the | mainmast would foliow the foremast. | The gale abated, however, and we man- aged to get the lYeCk"ge clearel atvay. A small amount of jury rizging was put up | and the Marquesas being the neares: point we ran for Jaluit. “When we arrived there Captain Mar-" tin found that there was no means of re- pairing his ship, so he once more put to sea and headed :or Tahiti, arriving at Pa- peete in du= time, When the shipcame to anchor the capiain refused to allow asto | zo ashore. Errickson, however, borrowed | 20 cents in Chilean money, and with it we bribed a native orange-seller to take a let- ter ashore to the United States Consul. Mr. Douty at once seni a boat out and brought us ashore, at the same time or- dering_Captain Martin to appear belore him. We told our story, and as the can- tain could not deny it he paid us each $20 ] in Chilean money and our fare back to 8an Francisco on the Homer. We are on our way to Seattle, and intend to see whethef or not we cannot obtain some re- dress against Scott and Newman.” The Cavour was the old British ship Avonmore, built in 1831, and she left Se- attle for Callao on \la) 31 last with 1,112,370 feet of lumber on toard. It is doubtful whether she can be repaired in Tahiti, ana the chances were when the Homer left that both vessel and cargo would be sold. REPLY TO LABOR COUNOIL. The Manufacturers’ Association Resents the Refusal to Co-Operate. The board of directors of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association met yesterday and transacted the routine business of the month. Referring to the refusai of the Labor Council to co-operate with the association in the fight against prison-made shoes the presiient, James W. Kerr, reviewed the correspondence in regard to the matter and read the letter he had sent to the council in reply toone from them refusing to co-overate. In the letter he stated that he did not desire to belittle the value of union labels, but that he thought the evil in question could only be remedied by legis ative en- actments. He said in conelusion: I would also state that sice this essociation was organized there has always Leen a labor represeniative on our board of directors, the first being M. McG.you, who served unul compelled to leave the city on accountof his health, when this vacancy was filled bv Mr. McKee of the Ironmoluers’ Union. Consider- ing the facts I have related, I do not feel justi- fied in asking 1his assccia jon to give any further guarantee of its gocd faith than its record presents. Ihad hoped that in view of the danger which threatens this State from the evil in question the time had come for united action fir the common good, but in view of the distrust of the purposes of this as- sociation, as indicated in your ins um: upon a guarantee ot good faith, I feel that I hnve made & misiake and thet 110 good would result from concerted action when suea alstrust prevaiis, aud 1 would thereupon ask you to consider our communication withdrawn, This «ction by Mr. Kerr was approved by the board. RAILROAD WORK NEAR STOCKTON Corps of Valley Road En-, gineers Surveying in Tule Lands. Seeking a Course That May Save Twenty Miles to the Bay. Route Determined From Pacheco Landing to Point Richmond. Other Progress. The Valley Railway Company has put its engineers to work in the tule lands west of 3tockton to survey a proposed course for the extension of the road this way toward the bay. A corrs of fifteen men is already on the ground running Jines, sounding channels and making borings at different places to ascertain the depth to a soiid foundation. To determine the course westward of Siockton to Pacheco Landing in Contra Costa County is prectically the final step preparatory to aciual construction of the road frcm Stockton to Richmond Pointon ihe bay shore. There are about twenty miles of tule lands to be traversed. If tie engineers’ investigations warrant 1t the company will build its road directly through the tales at an additional expense, but ata saving of from fifteen to twenty miles over the cheaper course, which is round by the way follcwed by the Southern Pacific. It will require almest three months for the surveying corps to complete its in- vestigations of all possible and practicable courses. Then: rights of wav will be hastily obtained and actual work prob- ably began. From Pacheco Landing to Point Rich- mond, which is the proposed bay te mimu, ihe course has already been defi- nitely determined upon. It has all been staked off. The road will be irom Pacheco Landing up grade to the mouth of Frank- lin Canyon, where it crosses Alhambra Valley; it will follow up Franklin Canyon to the mouth of a proposed tunnel, a mile long, through to Rodeo Valley, will follow Roaeo Val this way it will run paraliel to the South- ern Pacific line as far as San Pablo, where it will turn off to Point Richmond. Work on this long connecting link be- tween the bay and the present terminus at Stockton may be begun within the next four montbs. In the meantime road-building and (rnc8~!u)'im; will continue down the val- ley from the temporarv terminus at Angiola, beyond Merced, to Bakersfield, a distance of sixty miles, the first twenty of which are already graded. At the same time the track recently completed | to"Visalia will be extended a distance of twenty miies to the proposed junction about nine miles north of Angiola. The work of construction is now steadily going on. The Valley road has occasioned a con- siderable cut in freight and passenger rales wherever it h2s come in direct com- petition with toe Sonthern Pacifi For instance, before the Valley road was re- cently completed to Visalia a little pri- vate line was maintained from Goshen Junction to Visalia, and everything trans- terred to it from the Southern Pacific was charged an additicnal rate, from twenty- five cents a package to $5 a carload. The Scutnern Pacitic has hud to buy this line | and reduce i:s throuzh rates to Visalia to meet the rates adopted bvthe Valley road. Former!y the Soythern Pacific could charge aimost what it pleased for freight to Visnlia, as long as it was not so high as | to be opposed by wagon train competi- tion. The former passenger rate from here to Visalia was $7 40 by the Southern Pacitic, it is now $5. The following list shows the Southern Pacific’s former freight rates to Goshen | Junction—not counting the extra charge by the branch line—and it also shows ihe new rates throuzh to Visalia'and caused by Valiley road competition: 1ags—Then 79 centsa hundrad pounds, T hen 74, now 61. ass—Then 69, now 57. Fourth class— ;i 12 40 & ton. now $8 70. Ciass A—Then ¥12 40, now | $8 05. Class B—Then %7, now 45. Class | C—Then $6 20. now $4 80. Cluss D—Then £ :lo now ¥4 15. Class E—Then $4 70, now %3 45. ARE SAILORS ABUSED? They Object to Their Treat- ment at the Marine Hospital, San Francisco Labor Council Takes the Matter in Hand and Will Investigate. The regular meeting of San r'rancisco Labor Council was held in Union Hall last evening with President Hall in the chair and a good representation present from the trades unions. A communication was received from the Stereotypers’ Union stating that they would send delegates to the Labor Coun- cil. Mr. Furuseth of the Sailors’ Union re- ported that members of the Sailers’ Union and sailors who were not union members had been complaining against the treat- ment received by them from a new doctor in the Marine Hospita., One of eir members, Albert Wool<haw, had met with an accident which necessitated the ampu- tation of one of his fingers. He was taken to the hospital, where the member was removed ard bandaged, as he says, in a very crude manner. Before the wound was healed he was ordered to do some work, which he was unable to do on account of the pain in his hand, and he was accordingly turned out. Mr, Furuseth further s:ates that this was not the on'y case of this kind, as similar com- plaints were coniinually coming in. The matter was referred to the executive com- mittee with instractions to interview the proper authorities on the subject. During the meeting the fact leaked out that many union cigar-makers are send- ing out goods without the union label, and it is almost impossible for a union man to tell whether be is buying union. made goods or not. A resolution wasaccordingly introduced by C. E. Hawkes, instructing delegates to request members of affiliated unions to ac- cept the word of no merchantas to the character of :he goods he sells and only accept the union label as a guaraniee of fair labor. Messrs. Ba'ling an1 Webster were then introduced and eave short addresses on the subject of Hawaiian annexation. The fac-simile signature of 7 is o every wrapper _of CASTORIA. v donn te Pinole, hnd thence | "EQUISINE” OR “ASSININE" Dr. dEvelyn Scored for Mak- ing a Scientific Dis- covery. A Correspondent in a Medical Journal Hauls Him Over the Coals, | His Objection Is That the Discovery ! Was First Announced in the Public Press. | | The announcement made a few weeks | ago that Dr. Fred W. d’Evelyn bad dis- | covered a s:rum for the inocuiation of | drunkards or those who are cursed with | a hereditary taint of alcoholism in their blood attracted widespread attention, par- ticularly in the columas of the local press. Medical men, however, were not so quick to accept the merits of the “equisine,” the serum was termed. An anonymous writer in a late issus of the Pacific Melical Journal roundly scores Dr. d'Eveiyn in aw article bheaded “An Erhicul Hound on =a Hunt for Heresy.” The writer seems shocked that Dr. ¢’Evelyn should have the audacity to Qma.ke such a discovery and, thai baving | made it, he should give it out to the pub- lic through the columns of the press in- | stead of “‘revealing it to scient:ic men through scientific media.” The writer who signs himse!f *Medicus” is appurently too busy o zttempt to prove that the equisine is worthless, as he has been very busy looking up Dr. d’Evelyn’s past career, and bas ‘made the startling discovery that when he commenced his sciontific researches he was not a surgeon in her Majesty’s army, as siated in the press, but was only a “high private in her Majesty's voiunteers, and did not receive | his medical devree or degrees, until seven years later."” | Atter having made this wonderful dis- covery, that some years ago Dr. d’Evelyn had al-o been guilty of having some *‘half adoezen of our vers highly resyected mem- bers of the County Medical Society ‘hauled over the coals’ jor permitting their names to te usel in the interests of a private ho-pital which an ener- getic young physician was attempting to establish,” *“Medicus’ zoes on to regret that “so noble an animal as the horse | should have been sacrificed for these ex- | periments.”” He condescend - also to offer | advice to one who has been guilty of mak- ing scientific researches before he had at- ‘ tained the degree of Doctor gf Medicine, and suvgests that “the same results could have been accomplished by using an ass, and then the equisine could have been termed ‘assinive.’ " “Medicus” scems to have forgotten an important thing, however, as he has not e'fl:lumrd either to the public or “‘scien- tific men” whether the equisineis a valu- able scientific Giscovery or no, and if it is, why does the fact 1hatit was first made known to the public through the press subject its d:scoverer to rebuke in the coi- umns of “‘scientific media”? And if this fact is also an excuse for having a man’s { private life brought before the public in its worst po-sible light, JUDGE LOW RELENTED. Iocked Up a Young Barkeeper for Per- Jury, but Released Him. Robert Turner yesterday came near | becoming the needed example !0 the pro- | cession of peopie that tske the witness- chairs in the police courts and mix per- | jury with the mess of troubles venulated !in those halis of justice. The old assault and battery case in which E. Racouliet is the defendant and E. E. Waterman the complaining witness | was up for a second trial before Juige Low and a jury in the afternoon. The trouble hanpeued in a saloon on Twenty-second avenus some time ago and an old quarrel | resuited in Racouliet knocking Water- man down with a chair and nearly brain- ing dim. Robert Turner was the bar- keeper at the timé, and when he was on the stand yesterday he swore positively that he did not see the assault, though he | was just behind the bar at the iime. | " This seemed so palpably absurd to | Judge Low that he ordered the witness | | into custody tor perjury, and Turner was taken telow on that charge and locked up. An hour later, when court adjourned and | appeals had been made tor ‘Turner, the | Judge coucludel to give him the benefit [ of the doubt and relented. Going below | he ordered Turner re'eased, and the | frightened boy felt better, The jury in | the case disagreed and the case wascon- | tinuned. ] NEW TO-DAY. As a Tonic for the sick will produce health, and as a beverage for the well will retain and sustain health. Highest grade Malt Extract on the market. A Non-Intox- icant. All Druggists. VAL BLATZ BREWIYG C0., MILWAUKEE, WIS., U. S. A. 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Cash Marke: Valueof n 1Siocksa d $265,753 49 1,147,666 29 NEW TO-DATY. EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT ——O0F THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS =———O0F THE—— HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNEC- ticut, on the '31st day of December, A. D. 1896, and for the year ending on that dav, as made | to the Iusurance Commissioner of the’State ot | California, pursuant to 1he provisions of sections | 610 and 611 of 1he Potical Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in ASSETS. 1 Estate owned by Company 50,575 00 R e o forager, 1,375,500 00 | Casn Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. 6,049,267 00 Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Stocks and other marketable 10800 00 20597 59 985,516 85 reminms in due Cours 3 Rents dueand accrued 845 53 Total Assets.. LIABILITIES. | Josses Adusted and Unpaid 4112183 40 Lz\wi in proce: djusti 239.887 03 s Toseos Rosisted 72,198 13 Gross Premiums on Fire Rliki ruml(!\l one yeir less, #4.50 02; insurane Grows P more than one year, § insurance pro rata. comm ssions and Broker: Lecome du Total pilities -#5.490,305 40 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums. . 45,841,971 83 Receive mr ‘Interest on Bonds and Mortga, 2,679 14 Recm\cd for interes Bond h) soure 257,734 38 Received 296 73 Total Income... EXPENDITURES. | Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding §542,531 55, losses of previous 43,062 232 89 Dividends § Stogkhol der 350,010 00 Yaid or allowed for Commission or 2 . 955450 55 churges for officers, clerks, ete. 431,052 60 Pind for State, National and Local Taxes 1"5.156 All other payments and expenditures.. Total Expenditures.. Net amoun: of Risks | wiitten” during the e tuasireeaeen | $585408,081 ¥ 404,787,028 | 6,185,199 94 788.511.325 | 9.628,629 73 ired during the year. Net amount in force Ds cember 31, 1896. | NET SURPLUS..........$3.264 392.1 | | i | | { Bouds owned 1y « Om any... .. 796,224 66 | Amonnt of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stoc<s and other mar- ketable se ‘urities as collateral. 48,700 00 Cash 1n Company’s Office. . 11'1.0 70 Cash in Banks....... ... 104,923 65 Interest due and accrued on all 10 ks and Iouns. 263 38 | Intere ¢ due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages. .. 26,943 34 Premiums 1o due Course o!\,o.l!cllon 100,804 01 | Rents due a~d acc ue 1,390 69 Ground rents weil secured. 21,970 75 Total Assets.... LIABILITIE . Le sses adjusted and unpaid... $18,285 17 Losses In process of Adjustment oF in SUSPEnse .................. .. 8519474 Losses resisted, including expenses. 18,523 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks run Dning one vear oriess, £960,063 8) reinsurance 50 per cent . 480,051 90 Gross jpren.iums on Fire Tink 'more_than one year, §884, 198 75: reinsurance pro rata. 875,81805 Amoun: r-c aimabie by the insored on perpetzal Fire Insurance Policie:. 564,564 87 Commissions ard Brokerage dus and to tecome due.. 17,438 78 Total Liabilities. . $1,560,006 66 Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums.. .$1,220,300 74 Recelved for interest on Bm-da lnd Mortenges.. 59,513 39 Recived for interest and dividfndl on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and from a1 other sourcis . 39,970 87 Rec>ived for Rents. 7,112038 Received for net 1.216 3 cies Cnriceled . 1,704 05 Received for Transter: 33» 60 Total Income... £1,330.155 38 EXPE DITURES, Net amount puid for Fire Losses (in- cluding #£170,284 1:, losses of previous years) $735.389 65 Dividends to Stockholders. 30,600 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Broker: ge. . 228,545 24 Paid for ~alaries, Fees and other charges for ufficers, clerks, etc..... 105,250 00 Paid 10r State, Nutioual und L Yaxes 27,916 49 All mher paymen:s and eandl— Losses Incurred durin: the year (fire)..$661,8 7 54 RISKS AND PREMIUMS | FIRK RISKS.| PREMIUNS. Net amount of Risks| | writien during the| year |8128,123,289 21,511,766 97 Net ums explred during tbe’ =< 122,021,43° | 1.555,011 88 H.I -maum mn mr December 3!, 1896 I 146,396,065/ 1,794,262 45 T1.08, H. MONTGOMERY, President. RICHARD MARIS. Secratary. Subscribed and swom to before me this £9th day of January, 1297 H. K. KEARDEN, Notary Public EDW. BROWN & SON, General Agents Pacific Coast, 407 and 409 Montgomery St., S. F., Cal. bnrplu‘; to Policy-holders . $4,514,392.15 G RGE L CHASE, President. 5 CE, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn m bemm me this 14th day ary, 1897. b e . B. SCOTT, Notary Public PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. H. K. BELDEN, Manager. WHITNEY PALACHE, Assistant Manager. STATEMENT ——OF THE—— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——OF THE—— SVEA FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY F GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, ON THE 31st day of December, A. 1. 1896, and for t & yesr endingon tha. day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Califoriia, pur-usut to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL, Amount of Capital Stock, pald up in Cash.. e % ... $533,333 33 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Company.... $662.533 33 Loans 0a Bonds snd Mortgag 2,125,129 26 Cash Market Value ot all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company. 2,006,077 64 Amount of Loans secured by piedza of Bonds, ~tocks ano otr.er market- able securities as collaieral..... 860,003 49 Cash in Company’s Office and Banks. 97,286 97 Tuterest Stocks and 60.396 81 { Premiums in due Course of Coliec- tion. 86,564 12 Ben(sdue and accrved. 3 ue from Company’s Agents. . 14584070 Due from other Companie; 146.199 19 Total Assets.. 6.138.181 51 LIABILITIES, Losses in process of Adjustment or in ~uspense... 93,333 33 | Gross premium Tunning one vear or les o surauce 50 per cent. | Gross premiums on Fire kuu} 429,663 05 | running uiore than one year, re- | insurance pio rata. . Liability under L.fe department..... 4,171.00170 Cash dividends remaining unpatd 6,045 33 Ail other demands agalns¢ the Com- pany. Total Liabilities. 131.378 56 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums.. .. Received for interest and dividends . $1,187,767 08 on Bonds, Stocks, Loans aud from all other sources. . 431,826 20 Received for Life Inaunnc: pre- MBS, ..cc.eseaen e 620,183 74 Total Incoma.... EXPENDITURES, Net amount paid for Fire Losses... $55.567 77 Dividends Lo Stoc< holders. .. 32,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. . 317,118 60 Pad for ~alaries, iees, and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.. 158,072 33 Paldior State, National and I cal taxes. 16,991 16 Al mher pavments and expendi- tures. . 1,127,654 74 Total Expenditures. ,2)0,404 60 Losses Incurred during the year (fire).8553,567 77 RISK: AND PREMIUMS. |FIRE zlsxu“ PREXIONS. Netamount of Risks written during the | ear... $341,927.819 1,506,788 27 Net amount of Risks expirea during the year........ ....| 198,005,284 526,570 34 Net amount in force December 31, 1896.| 154,797,348 718771 54 T. FUR~TENBURG, Vice-Pres. . OLBER, Secr-tarv. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2d day olAprll 1&31 DM. A. 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