The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1897, Page 5

A THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1897. 5 DOLITICS SOUTH OF TERACHAP Lively Scramble for the Control of the Repub- lican Machine. Colonel Otis and G. L. Arnold Said to Be Working in *Harmony. Southern Candidates for High Of- flces Have Already Reared Nu- merous Lightning-Rods. ANGELES, CaL., Sapt. 25.—In no ous year nas interest in matters po- al been so great in this tion of the tate so far ahead of the opening of the aign as it is now. Desyite the fact tis nearly a vear before the lines be sharply drawn, political circles the ex- of 1achapi with reference to the Re- 1can party. ne ez and unnsual interest is due the general prosperity of is one of them; theother is the rtainty as to who will succeed in g the ntle of party authority by Hervey Lindley when he left 2on, where he 1s now interested in ley lefta well-organized machine, and the outlook 1s for a fierce struggle to obtain control of The most gener- lly credited rumor is that Colonel Harri- son Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times and G. Arnold, who was recognized as the vower behind the throneduring the Lind- regime, are now working together. wing to the fact that Otis has the lead- a 0 ing Republican paper in Southern Cali- touch with a, and that Arnold is in E workers in the Sixth and sional districets, their co- would undoubtedly result in z them the leader: hip. ‘s clever manipula- dley obtained the ascen- e last State conventi , United States Di I California, spoken of sor of Lindley, but he d in not having e workers to the t Attorney, who is third term, an aspirant for oned P est in the matter. of the fact that ndidate for the leader- n party politics ad county would ridable candidate. accept ca e prob- successor to ates Senate. Republ NS the successor sitis confidently expected 1 e from Southern 1t con ear elects six enators. There tes already in s it is expected be easily vic- rthcoming camnaign. of two gentlemen are to n conne n with the honor of Caiifornia in the United These are State Senator mber of the Code Com- T. Gage, who b he councils of the Re last twenty-five that Colonel itted to anybody, rather is'more than a iring on pledged. he gubernatorial fizht but one name is jar gained any prominence, that T Fitzgerald. is known as ths Tim candidate. nds hope to carry a solid delega tion from Los Angeles County to the State convention in Lis interest, but from activity being displayed by the other lidates this appears lo be an impos- aughn,who was a recognizad lieu- rvey Lindley, is said to be 1 . H. Brown, Secretary of Bt His experience with the Lindley 5 ine renders it more than hikely that he will be able to make a breach in the 1d strength. He still has the old machine workers at his command. nc D. Colgan e in his interest, and im that n is a candidate before the Repu ntion for Governor they will geles pie. Republic: who have eping a close watch of the situa- ned to believe that in view of Dali a was held in the fall by the vote of meda County that county is en- Yitled to and will receive more than ordi- ary consideration in the next conven- tena d ledg e tion are 1nc ications that the Iriends of favor of Oakland, are eavor to secure enovgh pledges to warrant them in forming a combination with Los Angeles. 2ding sentiment in this section with a ow to determining which of the two orial candidates, Buila or Gage, to prove the stronger. Their par. nose is evidently to form a combination I ihe interest of Davis with the friends of the more promising candidate. Aside from these no candidates are being espe- lly consiaered. It is generally ex- tuat if the nomination for Gov- )r goes to the north the south w ve ;«..?;(m;fxom name the United States Sen- alc 1 Congressional The W. R. Davis, e active in the e e erest is also alive in the fight for honors in this district. ed candidates are in the field. annot W. E. Duann, City Attorney, is being forced into prominence by his friends d because of his familiarity ‘with the mach of Los Angeles is likely to prove formidable candiaate. Pasadena, which bas controllea the nomination for the last four years in tne person of James Mec- Lachlsn was defeated at the last elects by Charles A. Barlow, the fusion candidate, wili this year have two candi- dates, Senator Simpson and McZLacklan. The friends of the latter are urging him for renomination, in order to reward him jor his services to the fruit-growers in helping to draft the frait clau‘e in the Dingey bill. also o1 Pasadena, and ex- are being mentioned. “O.‘u,eq';,lo of Los Angeles the name most prom nentiy mentioned is that of ex-Sen- ator Orestes Orr of Ventura. s His candidacy would prove formidable in the event of the outside candidates combining against Los Angeles, such a pos-ibility being by no means remote, in view of Los Angeles having controlied the Lomination for eight years. The middle-ol-the:road Populisis are Judge McKinley strict Attor- | but he denies | con- | interests par- | has | Otis, | has given any | Tuey are | xth Los Angeles is recognized as | the major quantity in the district. Four | Bank Commissioner Magee, | pronounced in their objection to fusion at the present juncture, as Congressman Bar- low, a Populist, desires renomination. As be nad the railroad back of him in the last campaign, the presumption is thathe and his friends, in direct opposition to his party, will endeavor to bring ahout fusion as a means of success. PRESCOT1’S BI16 MINING SUIT. Warner Miller In Counsel for the Seven Stars Company. PH@ENIX, Ariz, Sept. 24.— Warner Miller of Herkimer, N. Y., arrived here last evening from Prescott and spent | the day in driving about the Salt River Valley. He was the guest of Frank M. Murphy, president of the Santa Fe, Pres- cott and Phmaix Ratlway, who brought | the Senatorand his party down on a spec al | train. Other members of the party were: | Gsorge W. Kretzinger of Cnicazo, F. M. Wigmore of Los Angeles, the Misses Daisy | and Blanche Wiser of Chicago and Miss .\nl.uez and Herbert Meany of Los An- geles. ¥ Sinator Miller comes tottie Territory as counsel for the plamntiffsin the famous | mining suit brought by the Seven Stars Miaing Company against Messrs. Lawler |anda Wells of Prescoti. This is one of | the largest mining es ever heard in the | Southwest. It grew outof the attempted | sale of the Hills.de mine in Yavapai | County to Kidney-cure Warner s few vears ago. Warner agreed Lo pay $400,000 for the mine and made s payment on it of $227,000. Then a glowing prospectus was issued, offering for sale an amount of stock aggregating about seven times the purchase price agreed upon. Warner tailed 10 complete the purciase and the | buyers of the stock were Jeft in the lurch. . JUNCTION CI1Y CONFLAGEATION. The Little Town Is Nearly Wiped Cut of Eristence. WEAVERVILLE, Car., Sept. 24.—Junc- [ tion City, nine miles from here, was al- | most wiped out by fire yesterday morning. | The blaze broke out at 2 A. n the sup- i ply store, burning it to the ground. The | inhabitants of the littie village turned out | and fought the flames, but with their | meager apparatus could do but little to | stay the progress of the conflagration. The flames spread to Braabury & Hagel- man’s hotel propeity, consisting of the hotel buildine, several cottages and a har, { and they were entirely destroyed. The | residences of A. A. Floyd and €. W. Day, | near by, w:nt ne Then Hopkins, Hutchins & Murphy’s saloon, blacksmith- shop and bar and Blake, Reed & Co.’s | stable and wagon-shop were destroyed. A large vacant lot prevented the further spread of the fire and it died out. The | total loss is estimated at $17,000, with only $8000 insuranc | ! | | - TAREN IN 1KONS TO YUMA. Convicted Murderer’s Desperate Struggle for Freedom. PRESCOTT, Awriz, Sept. 24.— Sheriff | Ruffner and Will Mulvenon left for | Yuma yesterday, having in ch.rge Wil | liam Schultze, convicted of the murder of i(i, W. K. McNary and sentenced to be hanged. Schultze escaped the death pen- | alty through a recent legislative mistake | and was sentenced to ten years for man- | slaught He has been confined in the Yavapai County Jail for nearly three { years. Naturally a powerful man he has | fat ed and grown strongzer during the confinement. From the first he has said he would not go to Yuma, and when the | officers entered the jail yesterday to convey £1m to the trsin he made a desperate re- | sistance and howled murder at the top of his voice. Afiera fierce struggle with four | men he was thrown ar.d ironed, not, how- ever, before he had given Under Sheriff Dilion a severe kick on the cheek. 2 ‘J EUKEKA BLACK SAND MINING. | Organization of a Company for Work H Upon a Big Scale. EUREKA, CaL, Sept. 24.—P. Ed Oimstead, N. D. Hulse, H. G. W. Brace compose a new minng com- pany and fiied articies of incorporation to-day. These gentlemen are Eurekans, | and will engage in black sand mining on the beach, at the month of Little River. The capital stock is §10,000. Nearly $4000 worth of improved machinery for black sand mining has already been purchased | and a p'ant will be immediately erected. | The company has a lease of eighty-cight acres. Fifteen men have been employed, who left here this morning to begin work. | | It is estimated that the plant will work | i 800 tons of sand each twenty-lour hours at an average of 50 to 80 cents a ton. | There is enough gold-producing sand in the ciaim to keep them busy for ten years. - | FRESNO WOMAaN | Chargea Witk Sending Obscene Matter ‘ dhrough the Mail. FRESNO, CaL, S°pt. 24.—Mrs. R. A. ‘(‘ariyle was arrested yesterday on com- plaint of J. B. Rutledge, charging her | with sending obscene matter through the | mail. Ratledge is a prominent merchant \ and has incurred the enmity of Mrs. Car- yle. His twife has been in receipt of let- ters which reflect rather seriously on Mr. | Rutledge and come within the meaning of the statute against mailing obscene mat- | ter. The case was placed in the hands o: | the postal authorities and the letters traced to Mrs. Carlyle. She was arrested and held on $500 bonds. All the parties | are prominently connected. ! - | Survews for the Army. | BANTA CRUZ, CaL., Sept. 24.—Lieu- | tenant McNear, U. S. A., started to-day | with six men to survey the country as | far as Monterey, and will then continue | down the coast 10 select the best roads for the moving of troops. The route trom San Francisco 1o Santa Cruz has already been surveyed, and other surveys are being made in various parts of the country by army officers. When completed & map of the United States will be made, showing all available roads and the easiest routes for reaching any given point. IN TROUBLE. | | — - | Bullet Through His Body. BRADLEY, CaL., Sept, 24.—While get- ting out of his cart to-day a young man ramed E, G. Curet let fall a 33-caliber | revoiver, which was discharged. The | bullet entered his body two inches above the navel and came out three inches to the right of the spinal column, Heisa nephew of Hon. T. E. Treacy, the San Francisco contractor, and was stopping at the latter’s bitumen mine near here. i T SR o ! No More Torturing of Witches. | WINGATE. N. M., Sept. 24.—A courier | has arrived from Lieutenant Bell’s camp | at Zuni with the following information | “Almost immediately aiter tue departure | of the troops on Sunday the headmen of the tribe met in council, and decided not to toriure any more witcheg,as they wished | to avoid further trouble, and did not wish mebuoopu to take away any more of the tribe.” g Accidentally Shot His Niece. STOCKTON, CAL, Sept. 24.—While care- lessly handling a revolver last evening | George Cook, who testified in the Wil- | liams train-wrecking case that he had | | been approached by Williams, accident- | ally shot his niece, Miss Mande Lamb, in | the left side of the face. Itdid not cut | any arteries, and the young lady will re- cover. R The Blockeburg Fratricide Ferdict. BLOCKSBURG, Car., Sept. 24 —The | Coroner’s verdict in the Hoaglin killing | is “that Charles Hoaelin was a native of California, aged about 25 vears, and came to his death from a blow or the head from a board picket in the hands of his brother, Hank Hoaglin.” SPLITTING - BILLS FOR CHOOL, JOBS Clever Scheme to Evade the Legal Demand for Contracts. REPAIRS DONE BY SECTIO] One Account for Removing a Shed and Another for Start= ing a New One, N0 BILL IS FOR TWO HUNDRED. No Wholesale Discharging of the Men Who Have Jobs in ¢ Repair Department. “It’s worse than any of the oid Buckley boards,”” say many people who have been intimately connected with school affairs for many years, Perhaps the most damning assertion made by these experienced experts is that the work of the present board is “raw.” while that of some of the cld “Buckley” boards was “smooth” in comparison, though no more [ragrant. The dishing out of cash to favorite con- tractors, as well as the distribution of patronage to favorites, is being charged to the solid nire of the Board of Education. It is said that an investigation of the ac- counts of the board wou'd show that one very plamn provision of the law nas been evaded in a whole-ale way. This provi- sion is that when expenaitures amount- ing to more than $209 are to be made bids shall be advertised ior and contracts awarded therefor. It is an old game to getaround this and similar requirements affecting other departments of the city vernment by giving out a series of jobs without bids, each biil to be less than §200, it is charged, for instance, that when $500 was to be expended in putting a cer- tain school building in proper condition during vacation, the chairman of the buildings and grounds committee, Who was in a position 10 dictate the expendi- ture of thousands in uccordance with the | best interests of the school department, would on one day order repairs for three rooms of a certain school building at a cost of, say $175. Three days later he would order the same firm to make simi- lar repairs to three or four mors rooms. Later the same contractor, whose employ- ment depended on the pleasure of the committee chairman, would receive a third order for exactly similar repairs to the rest of the classrooms and the hall- ways. There was thus, supposedly, no techni- cal violation of the law, though the favored contractor did $500 worth o1 work on one school building. The bills would be an- dited as they were put in, seriatim, and no bill would exceed . Nobody has charged that any member of the board re- ceived a commission. Itis undoubtedly a fact that no member of the present board would touch a dishonest dollar if it were Iving in the City Hall corridor and no one was near, but it is charged that the method of bookkeeping, etc., is open to criticism. No expert has yet gone through the stupendous mass of bills passed by the Committees on Supplies and Buildings and Grounds 1n the past few months, but a very hasty glance at some of the bills on e will afford any one some excuse for ng the way some people do. For instance, one can easily run across some of the bilis filed by I. R. Perry for work performed during vacation at the Horace Mann One for ““Inside finish steps and stairs” is for $195—$5 within the limit. There quickly succeeds a bilt for “‘tak- ing down old shed,”” filling ventilators, cleaning yard ana so on, for $88. That “‘old shed’’ seems troublesome, for a similar bill a few days later includes ““taking down old shed and putting up new frame for shed,” repairs to office and new classroems, etc., $37 80, Two or three days later, according to date, outside stevs, fixing front fence, cartage, eic., cost $62 20. There are a whole lot of other good- sized bills which relate to undoubtedly bad!y needed repairs and improvements at the Horace Mann Szhool, but one may search in vain for a bill that retsup as high as §200. Of course it Is quite likely that D. R. Per.y did all this work for less money than the city would have had to ray had the job for the whole work in one line been let to 1he lowest bidder, but then it gives people achanceto talk. But why should the job of finishing steps and stairs be made so awfully separate from the job of the “‘old shed” and the rest of the carpenter work at the same school building? Amoung the other August bills to which atteniion has been called are two whicu ow that the department is indebted to Frank Lee in the sum of $370 for work on tbe Fairmount School. One is for $180, and iucludes “inside finist, outside cloak- rooms, new double window, new yard planking, all in connection with two new classrooms at Fairmount School.”” Another bil, dated within twelve days, for $195 is for “two new rooms, Fairmount School.” These are but samples of things in this line wanich Diiector Head and others have noted, and which are likely to be the sub- ject of investigation. A good explanation of why two uew classrooms at the Fair- mount School and carpenter-work i n con- nection therewith should be given out piecemeal at §5 below the contract limit will be sought FOR ST, JOSEPH'S FAIR, “11 Trovatore’ Will Be Produced for the Beoefit of That Insti- tution. On next Thursday evening the Ziliani| Musical Society will produce the opera “1i Trovatore” at the California Theater for the benetit of St. Joseph’s Home. A ta; full chorus of fifty voices has been pa- tiently drilled for some time by Fraustini Ziliani, under whose direction the opera is to be vroducec. slage manager. Harry Gates will be The cast is as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Moury Miss Ida Spancer Rottanzi-Steffani Ssul Blum -Alfred A. Borlini . Pio Lafranchi William Ogilvie 8t.- Joseph's Home, to which the pro- ceeds of the opera will be given, is in charge of the Sisters of St. Francis, and about 100 old persons are kept there, Manrico The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. They’re Engaged. An interesting engagement to announce is that of Miss Blanche Evelyn Bald win, daughter of Orville D. Baldwin, to John McGaw of London. Mr. McGaw for sev- eral years has been connected with the Bank of British North America in New York City and is at present with thesame corporation in this city, THE LATE EIGAT STILL HOPEFL Heelers of Bounced Super- visors Believe the Court Will Sustain Them, Mayor Phelan Announces the Committees Who Will Guide the City Affairs, Broderick Writes to the City and County Attorney—Old Board Still in Session. The Damocratic beelers of Rainey and Lanigan are standing about the corners and declaring that the Supreme Court is certain to reinstate the late, but not la- mented, eight disgraced Superyisors. Converse with them and they will say that the Supreme Court will decide in fa- vor of the old board; but ask them why and they are as f{ree from argument or prool as frogs are from feathers. Their talk is tiresome, and it is evident to those who are endowed with more than half wits that the hope o: the push is father to | its thought. Monday the Supreme Court will decide upon the merits of ex-Supervisor Morton’s | writ of mandamus, and those who con- sider themselves *in the know’’ believe this decision will end the Supervisorial wrangle. The new board is not fearing the result of the discussion in the Supreme Court in the least. It believes that only one ques- tion is to be decided. Did the appeal filed by the ousted eight from Judge Wal.ace’'s decision act as a stay? To the minds of the members of the new board this is the only real ques- tion to be decided. As stated before, the result of the dis- cussion is not feared by the new board, and it is said that the most important thine Mayor Pnelan has done since the tax levy was adopted was his appointment yester. of committees. It is given out that the following com- mittees were appointed by him: Judiciary — Dresback, tanzi and Dohrmann. Finance and Aunditing—Clin- ton, Fortmann and Denman. Stireets—Dohrmann, Denman, Bigzy, Fortmann and Ashton. Public Buildings — DPenman, Dresbach and Ashton. Water—Fortmann, Clinton, Rot- Dodge, Rottanzi and Dohr. manmn. Health and Police—Rottanzi, Dodge, Barry, Ashton and Britton. Fire Department — Biggy, Barry, Britton, Denman and | Lackmann. Eackmann and Dresbach. Hospitals — Dodge, Clinton and Bottanzi. Printing and Salaries—Bar- ry, Bigzy and Britton. | Street Lights—Lackmann, | Dohrmann, Dodge, Dresbach | and Barr) | Outside Lands—Ashton, Dres- | back Rottanzi, Biggy and | Fortmann. 3 | Assessments and Taxation— | Clinton, WDodge and Lack- | City and County Attorney Creswell | wrote a letter to Auditor Broderick, re- | questing him to render any assi i | his power to Attorneys W. T. B georau ‘W. Scuell, attorneys tor George K. fitck. Auditor Broderick has appealed for assistance 1n the coming mandamus pro- ceedings to City and County Attorney | Creswell, Attorneys Baggeit and George W. Schell in the following letter: FRANCISCO, September 24, 1897. | Harry T. Creswell Esq., Attorny and Coun- selor City and County of San Francisco—DEAR SIR: Having received from the Board of Su- pervisors the mambers of which were ap- pointed jointly by his Honor Mayor Phelan and Governor Budd a tax levy of $1.1854, and | from the Board of Supervisors the niembers of which were elected at the general election | held in November, 1896, a levy of $1.154, it | devolves upon me under the provisions of section 3731 of the Polilical Code fo imweai- ately compute and enter the proper tax in the assessment roll. After due and careful inves- tigation and consideration I am unable to de- cide whicn is the proper levy,and as a conse- quence a writ of mandate has been issued by the Supreme Court against me, to be an- swered next Monday. As this Is a public matter of grave impor- tance, affecting the revenue for the mainte- | nance of tne government of the city and county, I respectiully ask that you, as Cily and County Atiorney and Counselor, come_to my ald and assistance in the answer. Itisa matter altogether public, and I therefore feel that the defense or answer may be made through your department. In order that a fuilaud complete auswer may be presented to the Supreme Court I desire you to invite to your assistance Messrs, Scnell and Baggett, who represented the plainuff in the suitof Fitch_vs. the Board of Supervisors, tried be- fore his Honor Judge Wailace. The comput- ing and insertiug in the tax roll a levy that might through any circumstance or later pro- ceeding in court prove to be erroneous would simply deny the collection of revenue neces- sary for the'support of the government, and I therefore_hope you will respond favorably to my appeal. Yours respectfully, WILLTAM BRODERICK, Auditor City and County of San Francisco. Seven out of the eight citizens who still claim to be Supervisors, though they meet in a bedroom in the Fulton House, again went through the farce of holding a meeting, and all but Devany, who was ill, answered rolicall. Of course ‘busi- ness’” had to be aone, so the would-be tion denouncing the present board, Mayor Phelan and the police for having ejscied the ex-members from the rooms in the City Hall. Another meeting will be held to-day. NEW TO-DAY. N = Are given into Dr. Sanden’s It is a nerve tonic—an invigoran manhood complete. ““I feel three times as strong, was tired and broken down. | ha work hard all day and feel as fresl started. September 19, 1897. Men.” office. Call or address Angeles; 253 Washington str LAV AR ALAMALANALANALATATANATANALANS gm My friends tell me I'm looking fine, and | tell them I'm feeling fine,”” writes J. A. 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Before 1 wore your Belt | ve only worn it two weeks, and I can h when | go home at night as when | It is free by mail or at the 232 Wes: Second strest, Loy P71 Licenses and Orders—Britton, board amused itself by passing a resolu- | SRR R BRSO LRI I T IR 1 N & WORTHY CAISE A Fair Inaugurated to Pay Off the Indebtedness of St. Joseph's Church, From the First Two Nights the Under- taking Promises to Be Quite Sucoessful. The second night of the bazaar given by the ladies’ aid of St.Joseph’s Church brought out as large a crowd as the open- ing night, and the beautiful booths in charge of the prettily costumed ladies of the parish were liberaily patronized. The purpose of the fair is to raise funds to pay off some old debts contracted three years ago on the church classrooms and meeting-halls. 1n ull the indebtedness | amounts to about $10,000, and, judging from the succe:s of the firsi two evenings, the proceeds from the fair will go a long way toward meeting this debrt. All of the booths are beautifully dec- orated with different colored bunting tastefully tarmonizad. Perhaps the pret- tiest one is the flower pagoda in the center of the hall, adorned with white and heliotrope, and at which tliowers are sold. A rival of this for popu arity is the icecream booth, patriotically decorated with red, white and blue. The tab es are waited on by young ladies of the class ot 97 of the school. The entertainmenc last evening was singing by fiity youny misses ahout 6 years old. They are punils of ine first i"de under Sister Mary Dominica. Miss aura Gheric presided at the piano for the little girls, and the illustrated song, “Making Mud Pies,”amused the audience. The feature of this evening’s programme will be some specialties by W. J. Hynes. KEW TO-DAY. I CURE FITS When Isay cure Ido not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them re- turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. 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Ask Your Newsdealers For It, STATEMENT OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE INSURANGE COMPANY F NEW YORK. IN THE STATE OF NEW York. on the 31st day of December. A. D. or the year ending on that day. as 1896, and made to the Insuratce Commissioner of thy State of California. pursuant Lo the provisions of sec- tions 610 avd 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per biank furnished by the Commissiouer, CAPITAL. Amount of Capltal Stock, paid up n Cas s Cash Market Value of a'l Stocks and Bouds owned by Compan Cash in Company’s Utlice. Cash in Bauks......... $ Interest due and accrued on all Stocks ana Loans. .. Interest accrued on Bank Balances. Pr miums in due Course of Collec tion $237,723 50 6 69 2,845 33 1,261 09 39 61 Total Assets .... LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpald. ........ 8116 90 Losses in process of Adjusiment o: o in Suspense............ Ere 2,800 00 Gross premiums on Fire Kisks run. uing one year or less, 43,900 31; reinsurance 50 per cent....... 21,950 16 Gross premiums on Eire Risks ning more than one year, $411 17 reinsurance pro rata . 22919 Allo.her demands agai pany.. S 2,863 13 Total Liabilitles .. 27,959 58 INCOME, Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums........... - ... $43,998 57 Received for interest acd dividenis on Bouds, Stocks, Loans, and from ail other sources...... ,280 00 Received for inteiest on Bank Bal- ancy e 152 60 Total Income. EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including $12 65, losses of pre- vious years). £5,970 03 Dividends to i 6,000 00 Paia or adow Brokerage 7,201 88 Paid for sal: charges for officers, Cierks, etc..... 1,106 65 Paid for State, national and local toxes & 1,443 52 All other paym £ tures. 511 6) Total Expenditures . Losses Incurred during the year (tire). . . E $8.87427 KISKs AND PRE| MIUMS, | Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of risks| written during the $7,232,265 $74,02278 expired during the year.. | 2 3,484,921 30,777 92 Net amount in force December 31.1896| 4,606,685 44.311 48 CHARLES SEWALL President. A. H. WRAY, Secrelary. subscribed and sworn 10 before e this 13th day of January, 1897, JOHN A. HILLERY, Commissioner for California in New York. C. F. MULLINS, GENERAL AGENT, 301 CALIFORNIA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL STATEMENT ——0F THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS ~——0F THE— Hartford Steam Boifer Inspection and INSURANCE COMPANY (OF HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CONNEC. icut, on the 3ist of December, A. D. 3 g on that dav, As made foner of the'State of provisions of sections 1 Code, condensed us p&: missioner. 610 and 611 of the F al blank furnished by the Com: CAPITAL. AS TS, Real Estate owned by Company. ds and Mortg: of all Stocks and “ash in Banks Interest .due and as and Loans. Interest due and ac Mortgages . Premiums in rued on Bonds due Course of Coliectio Total Assets. LIABILITIES, of Adjustment or in Sspense T 1088507 Gross Premium: unning one voar or loss Teimsurance gAJ per cent. - 47,273 35 Gross Premiums on niore than one year, # insurance pro rat Total Liabilities running 73 16 INCOME, Net_Cash actually received for Pre- miums.. ey 848,980 11 for interest on Bonds and Mortgage 17,573 27 Received for interest and dividends on Bonds, Stocks, Loans and trom all OLEY ROUTCES. .. ... Ree Received tor specia ices Total Income... EXPENDITURES. . Net amount paid for Losses Dividends to Stockholders..... L T60,000 00 aid or allowed for Commnission or phirokerage.. = 103,223 93 aid for Salaries i e 16,417 16 and Local Taxes nt d expenditures. Veling expenses of Total Expenditures. J. M. ALLE; L L. resident. J. B, PIERCE, Secretary. Subseribed and sworn to before me this 25th day ary, 1897, of Januaty, [PURY E. TAINTOR, Notary Public. MANN & WILSON, GENERAL AGENTS, NE, Cor. California and Sansome Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.