The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1897. GREAT BEDS . F COPPER | MOOVERED Almost Pure Ore on Prince William Sound. | BLACK HILLS MINER| IN LUCK. | Stakes ut a Claim Which Will Yield to Him a Fortune. OIL AND COAL DEPOSITS FOUND., Intet Country Rich In Prod- o7 Than Golden Nuggets. i ucts her 0 THE CALL KA 5. (by steamship City of Nov. 12.)—One hundred twe ectors, rvey ecs arrived here on the steam »m Cooks Inlet and Prince nd. While every Vrospec es buck w as b: ngs news of though there dinary reports tied up at the hentic informa- ywever, of the bed oil and ce William Sound, Cooks I on the of said face- few more led port. the result of | | ers who caie 423 Kearny E 'illiam Bede of S of Seattle, Fred tle, Phil MacBeth, Jotin | 4 E4 Pitcher of Port Tow Walker of Fresno, Ca four weeks ago was upper creexs and was cold, the upper creek essful than the | as they came down with | of the total est ),000 in the Cooks In the season. The in brief, it the Cooks Inlet country so far as at ospected is that while consider- {irt has been s we re s varty ) 000 ou let coun fa, , if there is one, v brought f the party is the report of frich copper ore on Prince element of mystery ° v the fact that 1 ard who exhibited a most pure copper, but name or where he to San Francisco. this man is Mike of the Black s on the beach on nd, near Taiteklah. neariy pure copper. ch below nig = when of sight, but nthusiasm of ce his contidence as 2 good thing. n of sizht, but owo ynyer < been are said lid cop- on said e been made. enough, and s o The-e rej o f absolutely t Alaska 1n in aska Commercial ( acuve is in he had was mpa Tile Cre: em on @ He said he hea ny s offered it he did not wk the Pol worth so much money. other companies of larze cavita buying and bonding large tracts of d for hydraulic mining on an exten- sive scale there is no doubt. e larzest coal and oil fields so far dis. covered are west of Cape Yakatago, near ams which flow into Con- ttle, which has had pros- = P looking for oil arnd coa!int region for the besipart of two season 1. J. Hamilton, vice-president and ge r of the company, who nas season there, and who was s on tne Dora, says that one o is has a frontage of five miles and the oiher of nine miies, He said that the er ly lubricating and that the 1s bituminous and the finest on the ¢ C in this city that the Alaska pment Company is another name Standard Ol Company. Vice- 1t Ham lton cenies this. When f he o ed to being gobbled by v he said he did not it his be swallowed aiitsown arer the Oriental market, pects to compete with the mpany for the trade of aand Japan, President Hamilton talked rail- road just before he sailed for the south on the City of Topeka like a man who has unlimited capital or is backed by some com which hss. He said ihe com- vany intended to start a preliminary sur- vey next seison for the railroa from Con- trolers Biy to Circie City, Forty Mile, and Dawson. Copper R.ver S ew miles to the westware of Controllers Bay. The railroad route would be to cross Conper River above the can- von, about 100 miles above the Delts, girdle on the northeast on a high plateau id timatad | founa and worked | tide is at its | $150,000 on i ve been discovered | il ities. i | | on | is revo | | building. Home of the Late Eleazer Frost of San Jose, From Whose Yard $6000 in Gold Has Already and Sushitna rivers, of the Ta Kiver and then east 1o the Y a distance of about 550 miles. Indians take that route sometimes 10 come out from the Yukon. The_scheme is to supply coal and oil for the Yukon towns, particularly when the working of quariz is begun, and to 4o a between Copper cro-s the headwat | zeneral transportation business. Other oil strikes made this are ason near an Indian villuge called Soldovia, on the Kenai peninsula, and in the lliamni | couniry, on the Alaska peninsuls. Here, it is said, was i ke o | ck | the Indizns have for years reported that bears wallowed fo prevent tnemselves being annoyed by insects and for the sike of the peritme of tne oil. No m=an n the Dora 1ld be found who had heard orts from the per I Indians. who n up the river, Bars in the Sushitna River have this season been found to pan o h as $1 50 in fine gold per pan, which is con- sidered very good pay dirt. Atno place where the sround was panned did it fail to show col i at some places coarse A Mr. Girdwood of Sitka d there last gold was fou and three others win season at the foot e first great falls, 200 miles up, but were driven out thi summer owing to a lack of provisions They will return next sprin Coarse go'd was and which were removed for th e purpose of using them b i lace in their cabin. The eold of the latest strike In the Kiondike, o n Pup Creek, was fourd under stones and bowiders, g the season just ciosing it is estim atatout 50) men have been prospe that_vast siction of i south of Norton Sou HaL HoFFMAN. S COOKS INLET OIL Dur- in Copper River a WELL., With Hon er Johnson's Gusher Spouting Strony Pressure. VICTORIA, Nov. 12.—The amer City of Topeka, which arrived from Alaska after midnight, reports having sustained considerable damage in a gale off the Queen Charlotte Islands on Monday last, A large wave washed over the vessel, smashing the doors and flooding the caoins, while several of the crew were more or less injured. She brings several vassengers from ks inlet, who confirm the report that the mines there have this vear yielded a quarter of a ion in gold. The Topek riy which has been examining the petroleum discovery | made at Kyak, back o! Cooks Inlet, by Homer Johnson His gusher is now spouting through witk a very strong pressure. The Stand: ard Oil Comnpany’s experis, who have been examining the great find, are aiso pas- sengers. Robert Duncan, superintendent of the Treadwell mine, is on way to San Francisco on ness. red Nowell, also of Alaska, is returning from Dyea, where he has been in connection with the aerial tramway his company is building cver the pass. Two other companies, also, are Cook, who boarded the steamer at Juneau, savs news of Dawson C up to October 10 had been brought there, with no noteworthy incidents, —— LAWS FOK ST. MICHAEL. inch pipe, Kegulations Gorerning Uss of Londs in the Beservaiio WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. — Secretary Alger has 1ssued regulations governing the use and occupation of lands within the limits of the military reservation of St. Michael, Alaska. They are substan- tialiy as follows: Applications for permission to conduct leginmate business enterprises must be accompanied by testimonials of good char- acter and standing, reciting the nature of the business to Le conduc ed; the loca- tion, as nearly as possible, on unoccupied land within the reservation; the area of land necessary; number aud character of buildings, etc., to be erected, and prob- able date when occupancy 1s to be com- menced and terminated. Those located on this reservation at the time the re- servation was made wil in like manner present their applications for permits. The permit will authoriz2 the grantees to | maintain the specified business, and none The permit | otber, at the places named will not be negotiable, and will be of no vaiue or effect until presented to and re- corded byithe commanaing ofticer of Fory St. M-chael, and the location siaked ouc by bim. It will not be transferable with- the aprroval of the Secretary of War, except where both parties to the transfer are on the ground and one desires 1o ¢ : of bisinteres:, in whica ding officer for St. Michael may horize the transfer. It will give no right or title to ownership of lands, and abie at the will of the Secretary of War. O 2 subjectat ali times to such police regu- ations as may be imposed from time to ime by the "¢ mmanding officer of Fort Si. Michael or higler anthority. Ln case of naturally restricted landin:s, sites for buildings and shipyaras, no monopoly will be given to any person or corporation, and no permit wil b2 con- strued to do this, and all disagreements between holders of permiis will, after a careful hearing hy Lim, be settied by the commanding otiicer of Fort St. Michael. No retailing of distilled spirits in the r:servadon will be aliowed, but this probibition shall not include light wines or beer. It is to be understood that these permits are issued subject to any subsequent legis- | larion Congress. Provision is made for reserving suffi- cient lands fo- the post at St. Michael and for the modification of terminal of ver- mits, : en Cho en. PASADENA, v. 12,—The annual co vention of the Independent Order of Good Templars closed to-day. A new consti- tution was euted and voted upon, but was referred. The new officers had veen installed, and it was decided to hold the next convention at San Francisco on the second Tuesday in October, 1838, ler bowlders | event the | 1s uder these permits will | INTHE BEEF BROTH Proof Conclusive That the Belews Were Murdered. OISO | Arsenic Found in the Food Sent to a Chemist for | Analysis. Traces of ths Deadly Powder Apparent In the Tea-Kattle Also. Special Dispatch to THE CALL DIXON han . Nov. 12 —Tue town is quieter it has been at any time since the tragedy of Monday, but tbere is still a subdued excitement manifest ana officers and citizens alike are possessed of a grim determination that the murderer shall be discovered. There is no longer the slight- est dount murder was done. The failure of the chemist to find traces of poison in the well water dismayed the ad- vocates of the poison theory for a time, as 1t was their firm belief that the water was impregnated with a poison of some na- ture. Professor Grinstead of the local High School discovered unmistakable ev dences of arsenic in the beef broth, which has been referred to heretofore as having been prepared by Mrs. Ehmann and Mrs. Ferguson, attendants of Miss Belew, dur- ing her last illness. The tea-kettle,which had been overlooked in the search for evi- dence of poison, was secured yesterday. This piece of kitchen furniture was over half full of water. Professor Grinstead | applied the arsenic test to its contents [ [0 12 KRB CE L O A RS e and found that the water was strongly imoregnated with the poison. A white powder was noticed clinging to the top of the kettle. When tested it proved to be pure arsenic. A telegram was rece ved late this after- noon bv Deputy Sheriff B. F. Newby from W. T. Wenzell, the San Francisco chemist who is making the analys sent to him, stating that arsenic bad been found in the broth and that he wouid im- mediately take up the stomach. Bruno Klein, the surviving victim of the fiendish crime, was up and around to-day, but was in a dazed condition and very weak from the effects of the poison. While 1n the physician’s office this after~ noon te fell in a spasm, and those in the room thought the end was near. He rallled somewhat, and is now thought to have a chance for recovery. homas Belew has off:red a reward of and there is considerabls feeling ugainst the Sheriff of the county for not adding to the reward. ing up close'y every clew that is offered, and the community is awaiting anxiously for further developmen:s. st FOUND MUCH ARSENIC, the Analiniv fensor Wenzsil. Proessor Wilham T. Wenz2il has com- vleted his analysis of the stew sent him from Dixon, which was part o the fatal breaktast eaten by Louis and Susie Belew. The analysis showea large quantities of arsenic, though tne quantitative analysis cannot be completed for several days. analysis of the stomach showed no traces of arsenic or other poision. Speaking of the case last night ihe professor said: | *Ii I were making a guess on the quan- | tity of poison contained in the stew sent me I should say it contained enough to kill two adults, though I cannot ¢)m plete Result of as that requires tim A thorough analy<is of the well water | and of water taken from a vessel in which the vatve of the pump of the weil haa been boiled faiied to reveal any arsenic or | other poison, and this shows that tne poison which killed the Belews probably came from the teakeit'e Irom which water for the slew was taken. The completion of the analysis of the | stomach failed to reveal any poison. The stomach showed signs of violent inflam- mation. It 1s not unu ual to finu no traces of Doison in the stomachs of per- sous who have been killed by arsenic ana strychnine, owing to the rap'd absorption of those drugs by the system. | *“Ishall next analyzs the girl’s liver,” said the professor, ‘'and that will require several davs, for 1 have to destrov it com- pletely before I can complete the work. If there was death from arsenic 1 should beable to find traces ot the poison,’” ABNETT ESCAPES THE NOOSE. | Life Imprisonment for the Murderer | of His Girl-Wifs at ** Angels. ANGELS CAMP, Nov. 12._Harry E | Arnett, who killed his wife on May 16, was | to-day convicted of murder in the first | degree, the jury fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life. For some hours the jury stood seven for death and five for life imprisonment. Arnett's wife was but 16 years old. Made by Pro- | the quantitative analysis for a day or two, | Been Dug Up. It Is Believed That $40,000 Still Lies Buried There. | | | | | | | | | Saran-Sar Mountains with litt HET DEATH T0 SAVE WOUNDED British Soldiers Fought In Vain to Rescue Others. Lieutenant Mclintyre and His Command Slain by Supe- rior Numbers. The Viceroy of Indla Ordered an Investigation of a Dlsastrous Reconnolissance. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. SIMLA, Ixpry, Nov. 12.—The Viceroy of Indis, the Earl of Eigin, has ordered a court of inquiry to investizate the disa trous reconnoissance oi the British force under neral Westmacott, which on Wednesiay last reached the summit of resistance and alterward retreated, ciosely pursued by the enemy, with the loss of about filt killed and wounded, the British rea guard only being saved by the excellent disposal made of the troops by tbe com- manaing officer. Dispatches received from the British camp in the Maidan Valley say that a man who has just come in there brought some details of the kiliing of Lieutenant | McIntyre and the twelve men belonging to the Northamptonshire regiment who met death while endeavoring to save the wounded of the regiment during the retreat from the Saran - | Mountains. The survivor says that when the lieutenant found himself iso- death-dealing | lated he dispatched him for aid as the and wouid not desert them. The rest of the sad tale will never be known. But, as shown by the dispateh of vesterday, Lieutenant McIntyre and his handful of men sacrificed their lives for their wounded comrades, the positions in } which the bodies were found showing they diel bravely, fizhting to the last. The enemy was afraid’to rush upon the s of the foods |little band, the dispatches al-o :ay, but shot at them from points of vantage until every man of the British detachment was | killed. A full representaiion of the Orakzai | tribes met Genera) Sir Wiiliam Lockbart, ) for the apprenension of the murderer, | The local officers are i0llow- | | | | | | An | the British commander, to-day at the Maidan Valley camp and heard the terms iich he insisted upon for their submis- ion, nameiy: The restitution of all the rifles captured c2 the outbrea disarmament by another 500 r fl payment of a fine of 20,000 rupees formal submission of the tribes durban to General Lockhart w night. in full hin a fort- A portion of the Orakzal enyeys seemed to demur at these ierms, Shot by a Deputy Sheriff in the Mountains Near Middletown. Escapas Limping In:o the EBru:h and Eludes Posses of Searchers. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. LAKEPORT, Nov. 12.—Genrge Coburn, the ouulaw, who has been making his rendezvous 1n the mountain wilderness near Middletown since his escape from jail, was seen this week at the home of his reother. Ore of the Sheriff's deputies fired at him with a shotgun at a distance of about 100 feet and hit him and Coburn ran limping into the brash. Coburn is such a desperate character that no chances are taken with him and the deputy was afraid to follow him where the outiaw had all the advantage. The alarm was given anil soon a posss was searching the brush, but the country is of such a nature that the chances are only about one in a thousand that he can Le tuken alive and then only by strategy. Since Coburn’s father was killed by the Sheriff’s posse last summer Mrs. Coburn and daughter have conducted the moun- tain ranch a'one. Recently they have de- cided to sell and move to Marin County an i the officers, suspecting that young Cobu-n wou'd visit them, kept the house under constant surveiilance, with the re- suit that he was seen and wounded by the deputy. Mis. Coburn and daughter were arrested on a chargeof aidingand abetting a crim- inal and taken to M:ddletown for trial. District Attorney Savre went down from here 1o represent the people. Thev were found guiity and placed under $600 bail eucl. STRIEE N COURT' FOR A FORTUNE Sensations Numerousin the Frost Case at San Jose. CHARGES OF THEF1 AND PERJURY. Sons of the Late Capitalist Accuse the Widow and Daughter. STORY OF BURIED GOLD AND MYSTERY. Plaintiffs WIill Agaln Attempt to Prove That Thelr Father Was Murdered. Special Dispatch to THE CALL. SAN JOSE, Nov. 12.—In anticipation of sensational developments in the Frost estate case, the courtroom of Judze M. H. Hyland was well filled this afternoon, the major portion of the audience being com- posed of ladies. The expected was not long in coming. As soon as the case was called, Aitorney E. E. Cothran, repre- senting Erwin and Miner E. Fr who are opposing the executrices—the widow and daughter of the late Elezer Frost— asked leave to file a petition protesting agamst the acceptance of the final and supplemental zccountings of the execu- irices. Ia the petition it was charged that the executrices had failed to return a true inventory of the estate of the deceased; that they bad fraudulently failed to ac- count for $6300 in coin, and that they had conspired with Jane E. Haynes, also a daughter of the deceased, to defraud the petitioners and devisees, Erwin and Miner E. Frost, of a large sum of money belong- to the estate. It was further claimed that this alieged fraudulent action had workel a forfeitnre | of the commission due the executrices, | and that the bond of tae executrices was invalid, as it was @ jo'nt bond for $50,000 instead of a several bond for that amount for each; also because the bond was secared by a deposit of the bank books and other securities of the estate, a pro- c:eding in vioation of the law. The peti- tion praved that all the accounts of the estate be reopened and tlhat a former ap- plication for the removal of the execu- trices be granted. After considerable argument between Senator H. V. Morehouse, counsel for the executrices, and Cothran, as to the ad- missibility of the petition, in the course of which charges of perjury were excitedly exchanged, the court cecided that the petition was out of order. It was claimed by Cothran that the exe- catrices, in not accounting for the moneys that had been dug up in the back yard of the residence of Elezer Frost, had com- mitied embezz'ement. On the part of his clients Morehouse claimed that these moneys were gifts intervivos and, there- fore, not part of the estate. The court decided that this was a quas- tion of law to be decided by a court of equity 1n & separate proceeding and or- dered tue case to proceed to ascertain if there was any part of the estate of the de- | ceased t had not been accounted for by the executrices. Jane E. Haynes was called as a witness for the Frost brothers. She proved to be { & “chip of the old block” in the matri- raonial lme. She modestly confessed to be now enjoying conjugal felicity with her third spouse and tuat her two former { husbands were yet in the land of the living. Her father had been the head of three good-size | families. Sheadmitted having | rece:vea $1500 in $20 gold pieces from either Mrs. Dora Frostor Mrs. Wissman— Oa furtner eximination she stated she had been told vy Mrs. Wissman, her sis- ter and one of tiie executrices, that she would find the money in a cartain place in Mrs. Wissman's nouse. Previous to this she had been intormed by a note left by her fatler, and which had been given ner by one of the executrices, that by dig- ging in a certain spot she would find a sum of money. She did not dig for the money herself, claimed not to know who unearthed it, and said she had never ex- bibited any curiosity as to how much money had been found in the place in- dicated. She uad informed her attorney of the matter and he had advised her to keep the money, as it was her separate property, being & gift from her father. Since then she had spent every dollar of it. Further questioning brought out the fact that she hud teen informed that Mr. Wissman dug up the money. She denied that she knew of George Herrington, a son-in-law of Mrs, Wiss- man, baving been on the premises armed with a shoteun. She had not told her sec- NEW TO-DAY. OTHERS FAIL CON OR S 1f you are suffering from the resuits of indis- cretions of youth, or irom excesses of any kind in maturer years; or if you have Shrunken Organs, Lame Back. Varicocele, Rupture, ex- haustive drains, etc, you should waste no time, but consult this Great Specislist; he speedily and pérmanently cures all diseases of Men and Women. Call on or write him to- day. Hecan cure you. Valuable Book sent Free. Address F. L. SWEANY, M.D., | 737 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA. | she could not remember which. | ond husband, Skeily by name, of having received the $1500 in such a peculiar way, | but said he had hinted to her that he bad knowledge of it. About this time Skelly had been arrested for brutaliy beating her. The charge was not pressed, and on_his release stie admitted that she had given him « ticket to Seattle and $3 75 in cash, “Did you not urge him 1o leave the Siate, because he had been drinking and ralking about the buried money?” asked Cothran. ©l deay that,” snapped out the wit- nese.” *Did vou not send him out of the State, so ihat he would not be able to talk about | the matter?”’ persisted the attorney. *No, sir; I wanted him to leave, so that he could not murder me, as he was cap- able ot downg. I knew if I once got him away he would be unable to getenough mozuey to come baci.’ Frank Skelly, she said, had once dug for money in the vackyard of the Frost home on North River street. the and William Vinter, who married the widow two weeks after Elezer I'rost’s death, were present, but neither Erniz nor Miner Frost were there, Wiiliam Vinter was recalled for cross- examination by Cothran. Hetestified that he became the agent for the execuirices of the estate of Elezer Frost a few aays after the latter’s deatn. The day after Frost's demise Mrs. Dora Krost, who is now Mrs, Vinter, placed in his custody a tin box, which bore on the outside a card which read, “Deliver to Dora Frost.” This box contained the will of the de- ceased, some deeds, notes and other papers. No instrument in regard to money was found in the box. He learned of the buried money, but said nothing aboat it, as he did not consider it part of theestate. He had not been irformed by either of the executrices as to who haa dug up the money, nor had any one given him this information. ‘Tnis closed the hearing for the day, and the case was continued until next Friday. At the examination last week it was developed that Mrs. Dora trost-Vinter, Mrs. Wissman and Mrs. Haynes had each obtained sums of buried money, which, they claimed, had been found by means of sealed notes addressed to them and found in the effects of the father. Thisinforma- tion had been conveyed to the brothers by Frank Skelly, it is said, in revenge for having been refused money by his former wife. Had the executrices not asked some time ago for leave to correct tneir final accounting on the ground that they bad by mistake placed $200) to the crecit of tne estate, the present developments would have been rendered impossible. When the litigation was in its early staves, a charge of murder in connection with the death of Elezer Frost was made by the brothers, but the case was dis- missed, owing to lack ot evidence to sup- port the charge. Erwin Frost now de- clares it to be his intention to reopen the murder proceedings. In an interview to- day with Tue CALL correspondent he said: “We will prove that poison was bought in a certain drugstore and administered to my father in ice-cream only three min- utes before he fell into spasms of pain. Four days later he died from its effects,” KING 10 WED. Otto W. Kapp Will 1ake a Bride Back to Dowson City. ND, Nov. 12—0:to W. Rapp City arrived in Woodland to- KLONDIKE WOODLA of Dawson ! day and procured a license to wed Miss Ivy of Sacramento. The groom has snent the past three years at Dawson NEW TO-DAY. DRUNKENNESS! The only institution on the Coast tha: has proper facilities for treating Liquor, Morphine and Opium Habits. Painless treatment. cured; lowest prices; write to-day for full particulars. Cut this out. tGold Cure, Sacramento, 26 Page St., S. F. Cures Guaranteed. sixth year; 1000 | City, where he made a snug fortune. He owns several paying claims and is inter- ested in various business enterprises in Dawson. After the marriage, which will occur next Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Rapp will spend several months visiting in Cali- fornia and will then depart for the gold felds of the Yukon. Mr. Rapp has eighteen dogs and an Indian quartered in Alaska to carry himself and wife over thé Chilcoot Pass. NEW TO-DAY. More Chair News. Here’s a rocking chair high enough to rest your head when you lean back: Such rockers are scarce. § They’re generally clipped off half a foot below the com- fort line. The pattern in the picture comes in two different woods and a dozen colors of upholstery. Christmas It's too early to talk is Christmas yet. Coming! But it isn’t too early to invite you to sec the vretty chairs we've gathered here for your Christmas giviag. They're in antique oak, golden oak, Flemish oak, English oak, green oak, mabhogany, ‘‘looks-like”” mahogany, Vernis Martin—chairs with high backs and low backs and no backs at all—with wood s2ats and rush seats and l:atuer seats and uphols ered seats—wide chairs for stout folks, na squatty arm rockers for grandm . Welcome! row chairs for slim foiks and Two new booklets: tells all about enameled beds. is about office des&s. “Sieep’’ (16 pages) | The other on3 | Both are free for the askin ;. California Furniture Company (N. P. COLE & CO.) gt;psel‘s 117-123 Geary St. Mattings STATEMENT ..OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 0 SLPHIA, IN THE STATE OF Pennsyiv. on the 3istday of December, . D.. 1896, and for the year ending on ihat as made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of California. pursuant 1o the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, con- densed ss per blank furaished by the Commis- siover. CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock paid up in cash.. . - .. $400.000 00 $184.500 00 878,070 00 2,998,465 00 teal Estate owned by Company Loaus on Bonds ana Mortg Cash Market Value of all Ste Bonds owped by Company...... Amount of Loans secured by piedge of Bonas, Stocks, and other mar- ketable securities »s coliatesal.. Cash in Company’s Oflice 0 00 191,9; 1 Cash in Banks............ JUD 226089 83 Tuterest due and accrucd on all Stocks and Loans Sl 2,078 14 Interest due and accraed on Bonds and Mortgages... 13,806 66 Premiums in due course of collec- tos 261,685 68 Total assets.. LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid. ......... Losses in process of Adjastment or in Stspense SR Losses resisted, lucluding expenses. Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning_one ve:r or iess, $1,49 84 113 refnsurance b0 per cent.. Gross pr minms on Fire Kisks run. niug more than ove year, #1- 301,621 76: § relusurance pro rata.. SRt Amount reclaimabie by the insured on Perpetual Fire Iusurance 675,511 26 Policies.............. U #05,307 85 All other demands against the Com- pan & 4.000 00 32,592,375 16 Total liabilities.. INCOME, Net Cash actually received for Fire 81,715,193 42 42,111 98 for interest on Bonds and Stocks, - Loans, &nd souess t8 on_Bonds. from alt othe ved tor R 15 37 39 01 92 oo $1.916.144 71 Total income..... EXPENDITURES, | Netamount pa'd for Fire Losses.... $889,140 28 Dividends to > to-Kuoiders 50,000 00 Paid or alowed for Commission or Broserare.. ars ... 429701 684 Paia_for Salaries, Fees, and other | churges for officers, clerks, etc.. 102,160 00 | Pad tor State, National and local uxes . 36,812 48 All otuer payments tures.l.i 101,440 08 Total expenditures Losses incurred during ihe year....Fire....$87 Premiums. Fire Risks Mevawmount of risks| i | written during ihe| | sear. .. $212,902,563| 52,190,661 95 Net amount of 1iiks| | expired during the | vear. S| 182,729.491] 1,069,219 29 291,765.633| 2.792.205 87 Net am December 31 1896 N=ON, President. CRO w 1.LL. Secretary. R DAL B W. GARDS | Subscribed and sworn to vefoce m* this Z1st day of January, 1897, GEU. W. HUNT, Commissioner for Califoraia at Phliadelphia. PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, Office 436 California Street, T. EDW. POPE, Manager. i STATEMENT OF THE COND:TION AND AFFAIRS OF THE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY | ()F PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF { O rennsvivania, on e 31st day of December, . D. 1896, and for the year ending on that day, as | made to tué Insurance Commissioner of the State | of California, pursuant to the provisions of Hec- | tions 610 and v11 of the Political Coue, condensed | 22 pes biank turoiahed by tne Commissioner. i CAPITAL, Amount of Capital Stock, paid up in | ash... coieees weee....8200,000 00 ASSETS Real Estate owned by Company.......$160,000 00 | Loans on Bonds and Mortgages Cash Market Vaiue of all Stocks and Bouds owned by COmpany.... ... Amount of Loans secur-d by piedga of Bonds, Stocks, and other marketab e securities as collateral. ... 19,300 00 Cash in Compsny’s Ottice .. 9 9,500 00 368,385 50 Cash in Banks. s 3 Interest due and accrued on sli Stocs and Loans. S R 240184 Interes: due and accrued on Bonds | and Mortgaves... ............ ...... 97 50 | Premiums in due Coursa of Collectiou. 59,012 21 Bills receivable, not Matured, taken | “for Fire ana arine Risks. 1,000 00 Rents due and acciued. . 38 54 Due from perpetual Insurance on Building. ... 742 50 Total Assets. o eenees 8642127 90 LIABILITIES, Losses adjusted and unpaid. ... $10,365 58 Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense........... ESPE 80 97998745 1 osses resisted, inciuding expenses 400 00 Gross premiuws on Fire Risks runnin one year or less, $.44,175 81; re- insurance 50 percent...... 122,087 90 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ra morethan one vear, $i71, insuratca pro rats 5 92,915 10 Amount reclaimable by the ns: perpeiual Fire | nsurauce Poiic 34.8:0 87 Cesh D.vidends remuining u paid.... 1,659 44 All other demands ugainst the Com- [Supanyiste it - 79 ! Total Liabilities INCOME. t Cash sctualy received for re preminms . . $313,715 91 | Received for interest on Honds and | _ mortgages. 495 00 | Recuived for Bonds, Stocks, Loans and irom all o:her sources ‘e = 18,824 €7 Received for Rent 697 88 Total Income 335 EXPENDITUR Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in cluding $3..23. 43, lostes of pre VIOUS YEATS) ... ooronaznnnn s $169.278 76 Dividenas to Stockho'ders. ... 11,740 83 Taid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. . i s 60,202 90 Paid for Saluries. Fies, ‘and other | charges for ofticers, cierks, eic 37,195 20 | Pala for State, National, and Tocal taxes. i e 10178 8% All other payments and eXpenditures 31,834 7 Total Expenditures $520,441 0L Losses Incurred during the year, fire. 3 $157.074 57 RISKS A M1u b PRE- us Premiums. Net amount ot Risks| wiitten duiing the ‘. year... $51,083,274 8370,208 78 | Net amoun: of Risks | cxpired daurin; | the| year e 82,375,285 375,615 21 A"t amoun December 3 7,186,853, 415,404 36 SHEAT President. » rv. Subscribed and_sworn o b-tore bis 20th duy of Febiuary, 1897. RICH'D H. REILLY, Notary Public. PACIFIC DEPARTM =NT, Office 436 Culifornla Street. T. EDW. POPE, Manager.