The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1897, Page 3

_THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1897 3 LOATING Y ! . LARGO OF DISASTER Scow Laden With Gianti; Powder Becomes a | Derelict. TUG TONQUIN LOSES HER TOW. Drops It to Go to the Rescue | of the Disabled Steamer Bismarck. ‘ | ‘ | FAILS TO RECOVER THE| CRAFT. 1 1 | Menace to Ocean Shipping Afloat Off the Coast of Oregon. PORTLAND, Or., Bept. 19.—Informa- | tion reached here iast night from Yaquina ‘Bay that the steamer Tonquin returned from the Rogue River ¢n Thursday, at which place she left tue old steamer Bis- marck safely beached to keep her from sinking, Captain Loll reports that after leaving Yaquina Bay the Bismarck, which trav- eled faster than the Tonquin and her tow, | & scow, pushed on ahead and by the after- noon was out of sigbt. Next morning, however, he found her again anchored of | Cape Arago, disabled, and towed her into | Coos Bay jor repairs, which were com- pleted on the 4th, and on the following | morning the trip down tne coast was re- sumed. The Bismarck, having no skipper | aboard as the resuliof a difficulty between Captain Thues and her owners before sail- ing, the latter, with the assistance of three | otter-hunters, who met her here whiie in port, took charge of the vessel th-mselves, and on leaving Coos Bay passed over the south sand spit, where the choppy sea came near proving their destruction They managed to get along all right, how ever, until ten miles below Cape Blance, | when the wind was blowing a gale from the northwest and the old river craft, already leaking dangerously, became to- tally unmanageable and the tug had to | cast off her tow and conie to the steamer’s | assistance. | Even then the Bismarck would have | fared badly had it not been for the valu- | able aid of the hunters, who launched | their boat in spite of an ugly sea, cast the hawser off the barge and carried a lize m' the Bismarck. Captain Lol! says it was no easy job | lowing ghe steamer in the wind and the ( jeavy ses, and it was oaly after cohsider- | bbie difficuity was experiencea that they | cceeded in reaching their destination. When they entered the Rorue River the | Bismarck was half full of water, and tLe combined pumps of the two vessels failing | | | | dangerous | down | of Monterey’'s water iront. to rain any after several hours’ work it was found necessary, if the old cralt was to be kept from going down, to beath her at once. This was done. An examina- tion at low water showed her hull in very bad condition, nearly every seam being sprung and the oakum washed out, and it was then quite apparent that had the distance been any greater the old Bis- marck would have found a resting place at the bottom of the ocean. After leaving the Bismarck on the beach the Tonquin went to sea again in search of the barge, but no track of it could be found. The most authentic information obtain- able to-night is to the effect that the carzo of the scow, among other merchandise. consisted of several thousand pounds of giant powaer. The impression among seafaring men is that the derelict is drift- g southward. This derelict is the most dangerous ob- | stacle that could be encountered, and is now driiting around right in the track of vessels carrying valuable lives and big cargoes. It is awful to contemplate the effect of a collision with this fioating en- gine of destruction, and it would seem a case where a Government vessel should be dispatched to look up the wanderer, and either tow her into port or dispose of the cargo aboard of her. A dispatch was received by the Merchants' Exchange last evening from Marshfield, Or., stating that the scow which had been cast adrift by the tug Tonquin was loaded, among other things, with timbers and scrap iron, but no men- tion was made of the giant powder. The derelict was sighted by the steamsnip Walla Walla in latitude 41:39 north and iongitude 1%4:41 west. The ungainly craft even with the cargo would prove a impediment to navigation drifting as it is right in the course of both steam and sailing vessels bound up and the coasi. Ii, however, added to e scrap iron several thousand pounds of giant powder are on board the results of a collision are too horrible to ccn- template. Many wiil recall the terrible ‘oxp!():i n which occurred off the Ciiff | House in January, 1887, when tne schooner Parallel loaded with dynamite drifted upon the beach. In that case, bowever, the loss of life and destruction of property were inconsiderable compared with what would result if a passenger steamer should crash into the derelictin | & dark night with a heavy sea running. MONTERES WATER-FEONT WAR. Citizens Oppose a tienewal of a Steam- ship Company’s Leave. MONTEREY, CAL., Sept. 19.—There is considerable excitement here over the proposed renewal of the lease bv the Pa- citic Coast Steamship Company of a part The lease had just expired, when, at the meeting on September 7 of the Board of Trustees of the city, a petition from the steamsnip company was presented asking a renewal. The matter was taken under advisement, but before action could be taken another petition, signed by seventy-four promi- | nent business men of Monterey, was pre- sented, praying that the board allow the present lease to expire by timitation and al'terward cause the water front and wharf to revert to the citv of Monterey, and that exclusive privileges should not be granted to any party or corporation The petitioners also wished the wharf to be maintained by the city on the dockage receipts, the rate of which should be de- termined by the trust Many influential citizens strenuously oppose the granting of this petition, and there 1s much arguing for and against its passage. e Robbed by Stockton Thwuy BTOCKTON, CaL., Sept. 19.—C. O. Boyle was held up and robbed of $182 and a watch on Amer:can street this morning. hereafter. | TWO VIGTORIEY Team Shoots at Del Monte Won by San Franciscans. Varien of Monterey Captures the Golcher Individual Trophy. Chick and Nauman Make Clean Scores In the Fifth Event Prellminarles. DEL MONTE, CaL., Sept. 19.—And still the merry clubmen and sportsmen gener- ally break the bluerock pigeons out at the De! Monte shooting park. From early morning until almost dark the continuous crack of shotzuns could be heard. So in- terested are those sportsmen in the events of the day that they are seen practicing at every spare moment and trying every trap to see if the light is not better at one than at another. The championship singles were the feature of the day and from preliminary to final seemed most intensely exciting to all contestants. A much larger crowd at- tended the shoot to-day than yesierday, and the grand stand was taxed to its utmost capacity. The shooting was high | class, but the percentage on a whole was not as high as that of yesterday. The dense fog in the morning caused the marksmen some uneasiness, making the light bad for breaking bluerock Many more clubs were entered in to-day’s events than on the first day, notably those from Salinas, Hollister and other interior towns. In the first event for ten singles six men qualified for the finals. In the second event out of a possible 15 bluerocks Charles Carr of Monterey and McCutcheon of Ban Jose broke 15 straight. The third event was for ten singles, and Merrill, Robertson, Fishback, McCutcheon and Varien qualified for the finals. The fourth event for the Golcher indi- vidual trophy was won by William Varien of the Monterey Wing and Gun Club of Monterey, who broke 19 out of a possible 20 pigeous. The fifth event was the most interesting of the day. There were fifty-six contest- | ants for this class, but M. Chick ana C. {A n Nauman both broke 20 birds straight. the second round Chick seemed unable take good aim and lost this match, break ing only 16 biuerocks out of a possible 20. in the sixth event there were eigh ieams entered. The Olympic Club of San Francisco had an essy victory. They broke 109 biuerocks, Los Angeles making a total of 105. The seventh event was three-men teams and was won by the Olympic No. 1 of San Francisco with a total of 70 cut of a possi- bie 75 pigeons. 1st 2nd 84 4th 5th 0. Feundner. 12 10 17 18 1z 1s C.'A. Haight 13 W. J. Golcher. - FOR OLYNPLS L Durham, 5 8 6 14 14 6 11 8 14 12 57 8.8 5 8 6 9 259509 0% 8 14 & 12 9 1z 8 W. L. Stewart. 712 8 C. F. Grant... 8 68 6 W. £. Andrews. T7:B3n0 70857 6 8 8 9 1z 10 8 11 10 2. 9. 10 14 8 10 1x''8 8 13 8 615 8 715 10 813 8 7ia8: 8 J. D Trafton. 9788 J. Car:o! 10 9 M. B. Hobson . 7857 Georze .\nderson 510 8 K. Coykendall, e H. Leon . 810 7 Duke i eid-1borg. .. 713 9 C. R. Arquez. 588 W. R Ju 8 10 7 9 12 10 9 12 9 w11 8 $ 18 9 718 8 515 9 8 189 8 1 9 9 14 1 712 6 8 14 17 & 13 8 918 9 714 8 8-1X="9 8 14 6 712 8 Tl & 78 s 6 6 8 9 12 10 TrEgnET 011 8 10 12 8 ° 7 1o 10 513 '8 0 10 9 10 10 9 011 o . K. Fe 7585 6 William Verier 810 10 Ttomas Work. 811 9 krank Holmes <421 6 The shoot-off for the fifth event was won by Nauman. Sixch event, for the essociation trophy, six teams 10 shoot, nt _twenty-five birds—Won by Olvmpic No. 1 with 109 birds. Los Angeies 105, Garden City 95, Andoch 72. Monterey team withdrawn. Scventh event, three-men teams—Won by Olympic No. 1 of San Francisco, with a total of 70 out of 75 Lirds. EERIOR o SIX RECCROS BROKEN. Remarkable Track Work of the Mult- nomah Amateur Athletic Club. PORTLAND, Og., Sept. 19.—At Multno- mah Field yesterday the Multnomah Ama- teur Athletic Club team broke the Pacific Northwest record for the quarter-mile run, the P. N. A. record for the pole vault, the Pacific Coast record for throwing the 16- pound hammer, the Pacific Coast record for throwing the 56-pound weight, the Pa- cific Coast record for throwing the discus and the Pacific Coast record for putting the 16-pound shot. The Pacific North- west championship games were set for to- day, but the clubs from abroad failed to enter teams. The Multnomah team, therefore, contested against records. The following records were broken: Quarter mile run—G. Biumenthal, 53 sec- conds. Theold P. N. A, record was 53 3-5 seconds. Pole vault—B, Kerrigan, 10 feet 73{ inches The former P. N. A. record was 10 feet 31 inches, Throwing the 16-pound hammer—E. Flan- nigan, 135 feet 8 inches. The former coast record was 131 feet 10 inches. Throwing the 56-pound weight—E. Flanni- gan, 32 feet 10 inches. Former Pacific Coast Tecord, 30 feet 1 inch, Throwing the 56-pound weight with one hand—E. Flannigan, 26 ieet4 inches. Throwing the discus—R. Wilbur, 101 feet 5 inches, This event is new to the Pacitic Coast ana 1s conscquentiy a record. Putting the 1 3 inches. e CN EASTERW DIAMCNDS. The Season Is Drawing to a Close and Baltimore Maintains a NEENENPNEEEE X eaD 0D xSemantoruaaacanns 18 11 9 10 13 1> 14 12 14 13 13 13 14 3. Ross SCOTLAND Are Threatened. P73 ——r—— _////‘///YPdmme Destreets MAP OF IRELAND, Showing the Counties So Far Reporting the . Total Failure of Food Crops and Fuel Supply, Where a Repetition of the Dire Scenes of “Black '47” The awful prospect before the people of Ireland but grows worse as the days go on. piteous tales of crop failures and consequent destitution and famine. Not since the *Black '47" has the outlook been so terribie. Reports from the parish priests and other reliable persons from all the counties in the southwest, west and northwest tell the same dread story. Many weeks of contiuuous and heavy rains leave no hope of even a scant supply oi either food or fuel. The potatoes have fafled to Britesh Motes From nearly every quarter of the land come Slight Lead CruBs— Baltimore . Pe.| CLUBsS— | w. I 717! Brooklyn.... 56 67 . 13 219 CINCINNATI, OHIO, Sept. 19.—The last game of the season was played here to-day between the Reds and Browns and resulted in the de- feat of the iatter in a close and interesting contest. Attendance 2000. Score: R. H. E. Clocinnati. 5 8 3 st Lou 4 L] 5 Washington. Batte Murphy. CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 19.—The Chicago sea- son came to & closs to-day with & well-played game by the Colts but most fearfully bungled up by the Colonels. Both Griffith and Clark pitehed masterly ball, the Chicago boy receiy- ing nearly perfect support, while *‘‘Daa’ Clingman’s third- Attendance 5100, wyer and Vaugn Tmpire—cDonald. Clark’s was very erratic. base play was & feature, Score: R. H E 87575318 Lonisvil 2 Bazterles—Gr Clark and Dexter. Umpire—0’ ot Kyan Fictorious in Five Hounds. EUREKA, CAL., Sept. 19.—A prizs fight for a $200 purse and gate receipts was fought at Rio Dell last night by James Ryan of Eureka and Bert McCutchien of Scotia. It was witnessed by a large crowd, this city being well represented. J. N. Shannon of the Olympic Club of San Fran- cisco acted as referee. In the pools Ryan sold favorite at $10 to $8. Although Mc- Cutchen weighed ten pounds more than his opponent, Ryan had the better of the contest from the start. In the fifth round the referee gave the fight to him on.a foul, McCutchen continually throwing him down. MONSTEL OF 1HE DEEP, Peculiar Denizen of ihe Ocean Killed Near. Port Townsend. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasm., Sept. 19.— A peculiar looking resident of the deep was found this morning by H. P. Score, keeper of the United States Government light at Point Wilson, and in the absence of a more fitting name the object is called a sea serpent. Tbe monster was found stranded on the beach near the lighthouse, whither it had been tossed by a heavy wave. It is nine feet in length, the thickest part of itsbody being twenty-seven inches in circumfer- ence. The head is large and is shaped like an alligator’s. Two horns thirty inches trude from the head. The animal—if animal it may be called—has massive jaws with large teeth, but has no legs or fins and is of a pale green color. Lightkeeper Score killed the curiosity by shooting it with a pistol. He towed the body to the light station, where it is now an_object of curiosity to many per- sons. Notving similar to it has ever been seen in the waters of the Pacific North- west., in length pro- AT S New Ledge in tne Kawhide, SONORA, CarL., Sept. 19.—Within the past week a great strike has been made in the south darift of the 300 level of the fa- mous Rawhide mine. The face of the drift has exposed an 18-i00t ledge, which when milled will yield enormous re- turns. Fine bodies of ore have been en- rountered on the 600 and 1000 levels also. Sinking is still in progress, and this mine is amply demonstrating the fact that on the mother lode it is depth that tells. e mature and have blighted in the ground, while the oat and nay crops have been battered down flat or soaked and rotted after being cut. In many places it takes & man a whole day to hunt out from the usually generous ground enough potatoes to makesa scant meal for his family. While the counties from Donegal Bay southeast to Wexford are not reported as suffering so much as vet, the weather conditions there bave been preity much the same as in other parts of the island, and they will doubtless have an equally sad tale to tell when full reports come in. San Jose Grange Delegates. BAN JOSE, CaL, Sept. 19.—San Jose Grange has eiected Mr. and Mrs. Worthen delegates to the State Grange, which meets at Santa Rosa on October 5 and 6. Mr. and Mre. C. W. Childs were chosen alternates. ound shot—R. Wilbur, 44 | feet 6 inches Previous coast record, 42 feet | SEEKS ANOTHER TRADE QUTLET Los Angeles Urging the Salt Lake Railway Project. Indications That the Line fo Utah’s Capital Will Soon . Be Built. San Pedro’s Deep-Harbor Victory Gives an Impetus to the Venture. LOS ANGELES, Car, Sept. 19. Thought is already being given by the cit- izens of this cily to the advantazes that may be derived from the construction of the deep-sea harbor at San Pedro. Among the most notable projects that have been discussed for years past is the construc- tion of a direct railroad line between the metropolis of Southern California and | Balt Lake City. This would give three in- dependent lines from Los Angeles to the East, and would afford the shortest route by hundreds of miles. Surveys have been made in the past and also investigations of the territory through which the road would pass. These gave entirely satisfac- | tory results, but the project was carried no further, because there was doubt as to whether there would be sufficient business to make the enterprise profitable. With the certainty of the early con- struction of the deep-sea harbor, interest in the proposed railroad bas revived, and is greater than ever before. It isappre- ciated that with a harbor such as is in contemplation, the commerce of Los An- goles will be increased to an extent that will easily afford business not only for the lines now entering this cily, but for a third, particularly where many advan- tages are likely to lie with the new- comer. One of the most enthusiastic supporters of the Los Angeles-Salt Lake Railroad scheme is T. E. Gibbon, vice-president of the Terminal Raillway Company. He is strongly of the opinion that by the time the deep-sea harbor is thrown open to commerce, the proposed railroad will be completed and in operation between Los Angeles and Salt Lake. “There are several large railroad inter- ests having their Western terminus at Balt Lake or near there,” saia Mr. Gib- bon, “which desire a Pacific Coast outlet. | The route to Los Angeles is not only the i cheapest but in many ways the most de- sirable. The Union Pacific, the Oregon Short Line, the Denver and Rio Grande, the Rio Grande Western and other lines further east, which are connections of the Middle Western lines, amounting alto- gether to about 10,000 miles of railroad, | are anxious to find a direct cutlet to the Pacific Coast. This wouid be secured by a ! line fiom Salt Lake to Los Angeles. In | addition to that the Morions have organ- ized a company called the Salt Lake and Los Angeles Railway Company. | “They have the best terminal facilities | in Salt Lake City by reason of having ac- quired a public square of ten acres near the center of the city for terminal pur- poses on condition of building a certain | amount of mileage per year in the direc- tion of Los Angeles. This Sait Lake com- rany is now investi a considerable Can that term be fairly ap- plied to you? Ifitcanyou bave reason to be happy aud congratulate yourself. Look at thennmber of men that you see daily walking the town with bowed heads and shaking knees and a sense of “‘all gloom.” Piti- ful sight? Yes! —ALIVE! Alive to the sense of it all you know and you are told that it is all their fault. But don’t be too harsh, my friend. It may be that mental worry has caused much of that weak-kneed appearance. Early abuse of privileges causes the prem- ature loss of them, no mat- ter whether it be brain or physical power. Man is the most perfect creature on this earth, and to see him all weakened and unfit to do work orto fulfill the great functions of man in every way is piti- able, And there is no re son in his decay ! ALIVE! Alive to the fact that the Hudson Medical Institute has discovered a grand specific whic)» makes man- liness — HUDYAN is its name. Youshould tell your wesk brother to write for free circulars and testi- monials, which will tell him all about it, and the remedy will cure him, too. FAUDYAN has cured 10,000 people on this Continent. it is rezarded as the greatest specific for debilitation that there is in the world, It can be hidonly from its originators. Itnever iails. if youare weak, why not ask for informa- tfon about it? Relief is certain; it is gWift; it is permanent, and the glory of being a whole man cannot be described. HUDSON MEDICAL ISTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL- Rad Rel Py lef for Sprains, Bruf Sinsclen. " Crampe, B P Cramps, Sunburns, Back Headache, Toothache, Lombage, Toe amount of money in the builaing and tha operation of its line and improving its terminal facilities. “As I said, all of these interests are seeking an outlet to the Pacific Coast, and will certainly be much encouraged by the facttuat we will shortly have a harbor that will accommodste any commerce that may come from the Orient and from Mexico. I consider it, therefore, a ques- tion of a short time hen the line be- {ween Salt Lake and Los Angeles will be uilt, “The country throuzh which such a line would go is very favorable to railroad construction, and it can be built through one of the finest mineral regions in the world. Iron and coa! are said to be there in abundance and undoubtedly there are also large deposits of the precious metals, which have never heen exploited because of the lack of transportation facilities. ‘Los Angeles has never shown itself bac};wnrd in promcting any enterprise which has an apparent tendency to bene- fitthe city. No enterprise can be inau- gurated that would be of such great bene- fiv a8 this railroad—not even the harbor at San Pedro. It will offer a line 300 miles nearer to all Eastern points than any we have. It will open s great territory for our productions in the middle West by direct connection. It will supply us with what we now lack and is necessary to stimulate many lines of manufacture that we are now without, because of the ab- sence of raw material and cheap transpor- tation facilities. “If honestly and conservativelv con- structed, at the present cost of railroad building, it will do for us what the Valley road is doing for the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco. It will give us lower freight rates on account of not having to pay interest on bonds issued to pay ex- travagant construction. In addition the agricaltural and mineral territory which the larger part of the line will run through will produce more way freight than is produced by the other lines, which run east through a large extent of desert ter- ritory. ‘There will be less unproductive trackage to be maintained and the ex- pense of operation will consequently fall less heavily on Los Angeles than is now the case on the cther lines, which must necessarily maintain a great length of un- productive track. It is possible to com- plete the road in eizhteen months.” WILL Bt COUKT-MAKTIALED, Degraded Private sndr-ws Prefers Charges Against a Comrada. MODESTO, CaL., Sept. 19.—Another court-martial has been ordered by Colonel Wright from hie headquarters at Fresno. It grows out of the trial by court-martial of Private M. T. Andrews of Company D, N. G. C., who assauited his captain, D.W. Morris, at the military encampment at Santa Cruz. For throwing a plate of soup at the captain Andrews was dishonorably discharged and disfranchised. But the plate of soup missed Captain Morris and spilled over a new suit of clothes of Regimental Butcher A. L. Fogarty, also of Company D. Fogarty, angered at the spoiling oi the clothes, sprang torward and siruck Andrews a blow on the ear as the guards were grap~ pling with the latter to place him under arrest. For this biow Andrews instituted charges sgainst the butcher. The time for the trial has not vet been set. iIVES WORDS DF‘ ADVICE. “ Self-Mastery "’ the Theme of an Address to Methodists by Bishop Newman. PACIFIC GROVE, CaL., Sept. 19.—Con- ference Sunday is the day of days of con- ference week, and the big auditorium of the Methodist Episcopal church was crowdea during the services. The 9 o’clock “love feast” practically began the services. It was followed at 11 o’clock by the conference sermon delivered by Right Rev. Bishop John P. Newman, D.D., LL.D., whose theme, *‘Seli-Mastery,” was takeu from the words of Solomon: *“He that ruleth his spir:t is better than he that taketh a city.” Ia self-mastery the Bishop said three things were necessary—self-knowledge, self-denial and self-control. Self-mastery was not self-distinction, but seli-subor- dination. Each man must accomphsh this seli-subordination in his own way, for one man’s temptation was not an- other's, and his final triumph was like that of St. Paul, who finished his course, kept the faith and” found the *‘crown of rejoicing.”’ The ceremony of consecration of deacon- esses and ordination of deaconsand elders was performed this afternoon by Bishop wman, assisted by his cabinet of pre- ding elders. Toe deaconesses conse- crated were Miss Holbrook, Miss Gates and Miss Phillips. Charles E. Irons, John Wiiliams, W m G. Tuedzeon, Morizo Yoshida and Eisaker Tokimasa took deacons’ orders and Francis W. Lloyd, Oliver M. Hester, Edward J. Wilson and Everett M. Hill were ordained elders. The memorial service for the confer- ence’s honored dead and the Epworth League exercises, addressed by C. H. Beechgood, D.D., Rey. John Stevens and Rev. W. C. Grav, occupied the remainder of the afternoon, and the bishop’s talk to young men at 8:30 o’clock closed the day’s exercises. NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. We Open Cur Coors to the Publi WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22nd. S. N. WOOD & CO. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 718-722 Market Street. EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT ——0F THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ——0F THE— HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY s "State of ursuant to the provisions of sections of the Poittical Code, condensed us per California, 610 and 61 blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in [ Yk e PR Ne,250,00000 ASSETS, Real Estate owned by Company. Loans on Bonds and Mortgages Cash Market Value of a:l Stoc! Bonds owned by Company. Amount of Loans secured by pledge. of ‘Bonds, Stocks and othy 1 securities as collateral Cash m Company’s Offic 459,575 00 1,375,500 00 6,049,267 00 10,800 00 26,397 59 965,516 85 Cash in Banks.. - Interest que and acerued on Bonds and Mortgages = 25181 93 Premiums in due Cours 1091613 63 Rents dueand accrued. 245 53 Total Assets... 55 LIABILITIES, Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.. 112183 40 Losses in process of Adjustment Suspens 839667 03 Tosses He: d, including expenses Gross Premiums on Fire Risks runni ‘one veur or less, #4.501.104 02 insurance 50 per cent Gross Premiums on Firs Ttisks more than one year, 5.0 insurance pro futa. Comm ssions and Br become due.. Total Liabilities. INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire miums. 5,341,971 83 72,679 14 sources. é 257,724 38 Received for Rents. 5,206 73 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $542,531 53, losses of previous T ey charges for officers, clerks, et icers, * Paid for State, Nationaland Local 5 All other payients and expenditures.. Total Expenditures.. Losses incurred during the year (fire).. RISKS AND PREMIUNS.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amounr of Risks during written the $585,193,051 |$7,173,438 97 494,787,028 | 6,185,199 94 788.511.825 | 9,628,620 73 Net amount in fo cember 31, 1896.... STATEMENT ——OF THEL— 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 o year ending on tha. day, as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Califoraia, pursuant to the provisions of sectioas 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank iurnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock, paid up In Cash... .. $533,333 33 ASSETS. Real Estate owned by Com pany. $662.553 37 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages. 2,125,129 26 Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company.. 2,006,077 64 Amount of Loans secured by piedga of Bonds, Stocks and other market- able securities as collateral........ 860,003 49 Cash in Company’s Oflice and in 97,286 97 60.396 81 36,664 12 Company’s Agents.. 145940 70 Due from other Companil 146.199 19 Total Assets..., ..$6.188,131 51 LIABILITIES. Losses n process of Adjustment or 03,338 33 Surauce 50 per cen... Gross premiums on Fire Risks[ 42968305 Tunning wore than one year, re- | insurance pro rata. ] Liabllity under Life dépariment..... 4,171,001 70 Cash dividends remaining uopaid 6,045 53 All other demands agalnst the Com- pavy... B 131,376 56 Total Liabilities. . INCOME. Net Cash actually recetved for Fire premivms. . .. .... $1,187,767 05 Received for interest and divicends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans aud from ail other sources. 431,826 20 Received for Li ‘mium .. 620,183 74 Total Incoms 259,777 08 EXPENDITURES, Net amount paid for Fire Losses. £55.667 77 > 82,000 VO 817,118 60 charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 155,072 33 Paidfor State, National and lccal 16,991 16 taxes. it All other payments and expend; tures....... o Total Expenditures. Losses Incurred during the year (fire). 353,567 77 RISKS AND PREMIUMS, FIRE RISKS | PREMIUNS. NET SURPLUS..........$3,264,392.15 Surplus to Policy-holders . $4,514,392.15 ' EORGE L. SROR e, R Ty esident. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day 1 Ji , 1897, Sttt M. B. SCOTT, Notary Public. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. H. K. BELDEN, Manager. ‘WHITNEY PALACHE, Assistant Manager. Netamount of Risks written during the Net amount of Ri expirea during the| $341,927.819 $1,598,788 27 o 198,005,283 526,570 34 n 81,1896.1 154,797,348| 718771 54 T. FUR* TENBU RG, Vice- Pres. M. OLBERS, ecr-tary. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 24 day of April, 1897., GUDM. A. KERMARK, Notary Public. EDW. BROWN & SON, General Agents Paciffc Coast, 407 and 409 Montgomery St., S. ¥., Cal. Net am Decem ber