The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1897, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 1897 LEGISLATION FOR THE NATION 1t [a Senate Passes the Bill ! to Prohibit Pelagic Sealing. s he seal question. By the passage of the bill, ended as he suggested, the fur seal indus in London would be aroused and bring ar influeuces upon Great Britain whicu at effect a proper settlement of the qu o b rite of California thought the passage of uch a law as proposed would be unjust 1o our vn people, unless assurances are given that imilar legisiation is 10 be enacted by other countries, Canada in particular. In the course of t 5 PLAN OF SLAUGHTER NOT FAVCRED. | SR | Pettigrew’s Amendment the Extermination of the Herd Defeated. for | ¢ « | 11 | |t | grew was de MEASURE TO SEND FOOD |, TO KLONDIKERS. | for the Census | ! c | r Provision Next Causes a Spirited Debate on Civil Service. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL OFFIC . 15.y Sanate to-day eresting debate The proceed were enlivened t at this point displaced brief remarks White said it was evident hat the Forelgn Relations Committee was not 0 bellicose as it was & year ago, but he noped at it would not force the country into such cgisiation ws would vield any righis or profits enjoyed by American cilizeas to the jeo- pie of other countr By uanimous consent the temporarily at the re- aska, who asked for con- ing theright 1o the Jmatia Northern Ratlway Co wny to con- uct & railway ncross the Omaba and Win- iebago Reservatioa in Nebraska, The bill was pussed. juest of Allen o: N, ideration of a bill 1 of consideration of dment offered by Petti- the resum he seal vill, t was ihea passed by s vote of 37 0 14 tne bill to provide for the ibsequent censnses was takeu e 1 of Massachusetis to sub- remarks upon it e e that u ashionabie to sa ivil service ather b tih and Lodge said support of t AL it was © -red ack tne administration aid that h s been riend of the ci 3 10us 1ston pout 40,000 under {1s pro- on, 50 late in the the present nd- a great strain, b said Lodge, that P vy and courageously question at the beginning of waiting until lent d. n the bill presented by the Foreign | iis conc.usio raciice of his pre- J0. roviding e | decessor. oms Con Uiy 8 D 1.7e read extracts from a letter from the proh sealing by Ameri- Carroll D. Wrigit, chief of the Labor Bu- cans. The y ions of the m re ch the expe of conducting the of who neg vendi representatives of the Gov ates, Great 1 = explained Davis, chairman Foreizn Ri that it was among th ments of the United Russia and Japan. ti Liscussed at length. of the irred 1n the com- > Census serv- Lodze was recently made by 00 000,01 Pettigrew of South Ds y an- t Ehixnkyiiic tagoniz-d the mea 1g that this have smounted vl» nearer $3,500,000. country had already 1 more than A ae “-r‘m“"{;'“\‘*‘fln . lt enough humiliation on account of the | the int 56 o1l Saevion seal business and that he favore! the | giv s sioner W ow1 ® :] ° 7 Juestion by killing g 000 e tter in the settlement of t uestion by killing a i e of the se veared at the roc and binding. He holds that t 1 1 il by t1 t i similarity in the work of the ries of the Puibilof Islanis if by the 1st i 4 its 10 make this comparis of June next Great Brit Lad not Sl agreed 1o the prohibition of pelagic seal- as follows: ing. He offeret an amendment to tha e census work, exclusive of Tne bill was effect, but it was aefeated passed by a vc 1 McBride of Oregon en the the S the region, a purpose. tha. the supplies means of re finaliy that ther mitted to the Mii with the un promp:ly reporied The session closed with a spirited civil- service debate upon the bill presented by the Cen s Commi providing for the appointment of a d ctor of the censu« of red to secure directi relief i 0,000 for that amended so orted by nted u co rs Committee, at it would be pply and thirty-two employes, who shall form the skeleton of an oflice force for the twelft Hamp reve nts and also the ¢ Service Comm )wn Ass: with th g 10 the T the appoin Allen of a « he commission ade by su sen o if nc nment, t0 ven 16 the the Te- poudence jection the resolution adc a Tec Cong 18,1897, to Wea . on Appropr 1 his resolution 5 War to purchase 10 transport such sup- lief of the de of Oregon called directing t food und s plies as m tion proy upplies by u 1 would con- on. It was wiey a of the resol bill prohibitin ers of the N ons Committee rediate Davis ex- thering e was no and ul admission entatives of the h othor 1sion of such c ta entered a sharp Lill bec se 1t o vileges recorced 10 | ) He thou twas the to definitely dis- pose of the question by kliling all of the seals as they iand Islands. He thought tha ad suffered enough humil count of theseal | bu-inessand he believed tuat the proposed biilought to be emended so that if Great | Britain did not ¢ by the 1st of June next ag 10 & suspension of would Kill the s thus sett qu onee for ail. Pettigr an amendment to the | biil in iine with nis remarks. Davis protesied against the adoption of Pettigrew’s amendment. He thought that | because Greal Britain aid not comply to our terms, it was not a sufficient reasou for this country 10 enter upon an unexampied | butchery of a beautiful and useful animal. He expressed the opinion that the carrying nto effect of Pettigrew’s proposition would bring odium upon this couutry that would stain us forever. Perkins of California thought the adoption | of the amendment would be en evidence of impotence. He would, he said, bs ashamed to 8ee such & provision upon our’ siatuic=books. He belivved it the duly of Congress o pass the billas presenied by tie commitce, and he | his friendsin Poland. and therefore par- | was satlfied the negotiations pending would | iggion is granted him to make a visit not e lemens of the sen anoivic ald saLStCLOTY | oytending beyond one month. ' While | Replving, Petiizrew expressed the opiaion | this concession may be acceptable to Mr. that tbe adoption of the smendment would | Kutner, Senator Perkins will urge some result in the He thoughtif E eservalion of the seal herd land would not enter into a mutual agreeme st for the preservation of the herd justice demauded thal this country should kill the seals, thus finally disposing of them. He thoughtit would be no more in- human and le:s troublesome to ki 175,000 than to kill the 30,000 n Spooner of Wisconsin s believed that Great Britain ing natiou, would euter inio any sment if this Government should meet it with sucii a threat as tbat impiled in his (Petigrew’s) amendment. Repiying, Pettigrew saia the United States had been trying for four years 1o secure an | sgreement with England for 1he protection of | the semis and had failed, land reiusing | even to enter upon the negotistions, | “For one,” hecontinued, “I am tired of wait- ing upon Engiand in this'ss in other matters, Tt 1s humiliating that we should be compelled 1040 50; not ONiY 10 the fur seal, but in Cuby and financial questions, hesitating to declare our independeuce because of Eugland’s pos. sible opposition. The only in t England | has in protecting the Spanish interest in Cuba | is that impiied in the fuct that Lombard sireet hold; the Spamsh bonds. This being tue ense, we can do nothing for suffering Cuba unl Great Britain is willing. So it is in financia matters, and thus it happens that we musi send a commission to fawn_at the feet of the money-lenders of London to ascertain whether they are willing thatwe should d. thus andso ia the matter of our own finan 2es, Nutional pride and nonor, he said, are op- wosed to further diplomatic negotiations upon the entire after the holiday recess us pos: journed. G | b | standing in California and the interest ng, had it been carried on have been 2 saving ot Cansus Bureau, say: r cannot be the expert d 1\ poiit n, he says that during h 1mber of emp!o; jucumuen on the rolis was total r than one time, show: orce, & condition t xisted under civil the the rks, Carter s Commit- ns of the e conciuston of Lodge's rem 13, cha of the Cens siood, was pure ade no prov: ler, “to apply clerical for 1 thiuk that the sy ystem has antabiy extended and made to the debate by announcing that press the measure 1o & vote s soon n, on motion of Quay of Penn- nt into execuiive session, and a iutes sfterward, ut 4:35 . M., ad- T ADOLPH KUTNER CAN NOW VISIT PULAND The Russian Government at| Last Permits the Trip of the Californian. | Senator Perkins Will Urge Legls'a- | tion to Meat All Cases of a Similar Nature. Special Dispatch to THE CaArr. Cavi OFrIcE, R W ASHINGTON, Benator Perkins has been notifiea by Department of State that the Russian rnment, tbronzh its Minister here, Lallow Adolph Kutner of Caiifornia to t his relations in Russian Poland. The ase of Mr. Kutner has become quite cele- rated, owing ‘o his weaith and social taken in his behalf by the members of the atifornia delegation in Congress. It wilt be remembered that Mr. Kutner | last Mav applied to the State Department | for the necessary pavers to enable him to visit his relativesin Russian Poland. The | Charge d’Affa res of the Russian legation refused to vise his passport on the ground that he was a J and therefore unaer Russtan law was excluded from tie privi- lege of visitinz the country. Senator Perkins and Representative Castle agi- tated the subject in the Senate and House of Representatives during the extraor- dinary session by biil and resolution. After considerable correspondence be- tween the Etate Department thej R sian Government on the subject the Ru-- sian authorities have finally conciuded to make an excention in favor of Mr. Kutner without modifying it< law excluding Jews from the country. The Russian Mmister Mr. Kutner will not become a charge upon tne Russian Government should he visit gielation to meet cases of a similar na- tare. e THREE SALES REQUIRED, First Will Be Held February 19 to Satisfy the Kansas Pacific Con- solidated Mortgage. TOPEKA, Kax., Dec. 15.—Judge W. D. Cornish of St. Paul, special master ot the Kansas Pacific, is in this city arranging details for the postponed sale in accord- | ance witn Judge Sinborn’s decree last Monday. There are three separate mort- gages, and three sales will be necessary. The first sale wili take place in this city, February 19, and is to satisiy the mort- gage known as the Kansas Pacific con- The Government second mortgace cov- ers the eastern and western aivision, and thers is a first mortgage on the Denver division, Tue date of these latter sales will be de- termined by Judge Cornish to-morrow morning, fur seal bill was | atesthat the authorities are satistied that | hdated. This mortgage covers lands | | along the line and the line itself from | Page City to Denver. Cutting Down Expenses Seems to Be the Order. |APPROPRIATION BILL [ CONSIDERED. |An Amendment Reduces the Number of Clerks in the Pension Office. THIS SAVES UNCLE SAM $115,000 A YEAR. t time it was not | Vanderlip’s Plan to Place Employes on the Retired List Opposed in the House. Special Dispatch to THE CALL Carx Orrice, Rices House,) WasniNGTON, Dec. 15. § The House spent the day in the consid- | eration of the lepislative, executive and | judicial appropriation bill, and eighty- | nine of the 122 pages of the Lill were cov- ered, and only one amendment of impor- tance was adopted. It reduced the cleri- cal force at the Pension Office ninety-five, involving a reduciion in salaries of $115,- 000. The civil service question, as on yes- | terday, was the chief topic of discussion (o-day, and the proposition of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Vanderlip to retire clerks for age was made the text of the denunciation by Moody of Massachu- setts and Jobnson of Indiana, both of whom are defenders of the civil service law. At the opening of the House to-day & resolu- tlon jor the holiday recess from Saturday, De- 5, 1o Wednesday, January 9, offered y Dingley, from the Committee on Ways and Means, was adopted. The House then went into committee of the whole and resnmad the | consideration of the legis.ative, executive and udicial bill. ngston (D.) of Georgia submitted some gene remarks In opposition to the ecivil service law, which he denounced as a humbug. De Armond (D.) of Missourt, under the latl- tude allowed in debete on appropriation bills, followed with an impessioned speech re- proaching thae majority for not voiing upon tne Cuban belligere resolution passed by | the Senateat the lust session. His remarks | were g.ven additional importence in view of tie aciion of the Democraticcaucus last night decluring for an aggressive support of the 1ecognition of Cuban beliigerency. He de- clared thathe is not mistaxen in his belief | that the American people, without distinction | of party. sympitmized with the Cuban cause. | wwiph of tyra in Cubs, he said, | rove & menece 10 liberts tne world ,in conclusion, amid a round of ap- 5l be appeaied to the majority toive | the House an opportunity of voting on that questio The debate then drified back to the eivil | ice question, and Moodv (R.) of Massachu- | | | ts called attention 1o wha ‘extraordinary proposition sistant Secre an interview he termed the epariment what in eftect would nsion list. As one | those w ed in the mer stem he thought Ca £ Ought to meet this proposi- tion at the 1h:esaold “It thissystem which we support is to lead to the estublis said he, impressf to wipe it out of e 10f ci Asa frie service re not t like General hor of this prop who si e side o1 President McK ) nuse. (R.) of Indiana declared that the | Jonns last census couducied under the spolls system | was notoriously ineflicient, and expressed his if this important work was to b | done. He aiso said he snared | udiguation over the propositi i Mir. Vanderiip and said it was particulariy un- ortunate this inoppor time. He jught Mr. Vanderlip's superior, S=cretary | admonish him. His proposition spirit and letter of the law. was besiesed with questions from those clustered about him, vut he held his own, declaring that the Government was not | conducted for the purpose of providing for men in their o!d age. They should d. vioiate Johus suid, as otuers did, provide for a rainy da ¥ Quigg (R) of New York, North Caroline and oihe in the debate. Finally, Bingl the bill, appeal=d to th to let this sub- ject, whicn had been postponed until afier the rest'of the Dill was completed, go ovcr, and | e debate subsided. The bill was then read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Wheeler (D.) of Alabama offered an amend- ment providing that so loug as the goid stand- ard is maintained in ihis country the salaries of all officials shall be scaled 25 per cent. The amendment was ruled out on & point of oroer, When the paragraph relating to the Pension Office was reached Bingham offered the amendment of which he gave notice at the | opening of the debate, to reduce the cierical force by ninety-five, involving a reduction of salaries ageregating $115,000. Handy (D) of Delaware’ suggested that the samendment might resuit in the re- moval of ninetv-five Democrats, which the Commissioner of Pensions thinks could now be spared, and later on in the appointment of ninety-five Republicans wien it becams ey dent that the force was too meager. ngham said the clerks were all under the service. Cannon gave a brief history of the increase of the Penslon Office force, made necessury during the administration of Commissioner Burley, on account of arrearage of work in the bureru. The Work after the passing of the act ot 1890 was four years behind. The in. crease Lad al last brought the work up to date. Dockery said the reduction in the pension force should be 500 instead of ninely-five. In his opinion if the Geadwood were cléared out of the office the work of the bureau wou!d ac- tually be expedited. Todd (D.) of Michigan moved an ameniment to the amendment p:oviding that reduciions should bs made for the several politicil par- ties in provortion to their represontation on the Pension Office force. The amendm:nt to the amendment was ruled out on a point of | order and the original amendment was adopted. The committee then rose, and at5:03 p. u, the House adjourned. arson (R ame involved | m, in charge of | |LOS ANGELES' SCHO.L SCANDAL. | Miss Kawks, a Teacher, Tells the In- vestigators About the Price of Promotion. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15—The school board investigation this evening was con- fined to one witness, Miss Frank Hawks teacher in the department. She testified | that she wanted a principalship and that she approached Director Adams about i1, He informed her that she could secure the desired pramotion and that it would cost her §100. He told ber that half of it was for Director Webb and others on the school board, and advised her to see Di. rectors Mathers and Bartlett. As far a« his haif of the §100 was concerned Di. rector Adams assured Miss Hawks that he would wait for it, as he liked ber and wished to see her promoted. Other witnesses desired by the prosecu- tion were not at hand, so an adjournment was taken until to-nizht, Director Webb weas arraigned in the Su- perior Court to-day on an indictment cbarging bim with ‘malfeasance in office. He entere! a plea of not guilty, and the case was passed to be set for irial. | iners | Directors, | seen in San Kafael yes.erday. HALES GRAB IS GHECGRED San Quentin’s Warden Would Collect Up to the Limit. Wants the Full Five Hundred Dollars for His Eastern Junket. But the Board of Examiners Will Demand an Item zed Bill of Expenses. Spacial Dispatch to THE CALL. ACRAMENTO. Dec. 15.—Some months ago the Board of Prison Directors adopted resolutions authorizing Wardens Aunll and Hale to attend a convention of Wardens in the East, and fixed the limit of their expenaitures at $1000—$500 for each. Yesterdny Warden Hale presented hic claim for the $500 to the Board of Exam- iners, who immediately referred it to the Attorney-General for his opinion upon it, us there is a law governing general appro- priations and a ruie of the board on the same lines which make it necessary to itemize all claims azainst the State. This claim, however, being against the prison fund, the question naturally arose whether or not the general provision ap- | plied to it. Shouid the Attorney-General €0 decide it wili be nccessary for Warden Hale to show just how much of the penses, inciuding railroat and streetcar tare. The claim of Captain Aull has not been presenied. The Board oi Examiners was inclined | to the belief that while tie amount to be expended may have been specified in the resolutions of the prison board, it was in- tended simply as a limitation and did not necessarily imply that the entire allow- ance shouid be appropriated without re- gard to the amount actually expenaed. It is asserted that Warden fale did not set foot in the United States Su- preme Court’s apartments in Washing- ton, whither he went from San Quentin 'o attend the Durrant case when it came up before the highest tribunal in the country. The trip that the Warden took was 80 paipably a junketing excursion that the fact that the Board of Exam- have asked for further enlichten- ment upon the subject before passing the bi!l may not cause surprise. The tacts in regard to the Warden's pleasure trin wouid appear to show that the State’s money has been used for the purpuse of aliowing offi- cials a trip at the expense of the taxpayers of the State. It seems that just vefore the Durrant and other capital cases came up before the United Siates | Supreme Court Attorney-General Fitz- gerald wrote a letter to the Board of Prison in which he sawd that it was ab:o utely necessary that the Wardens o! the Siate prisons Washingzton at the time when the cases we: ral adv.ser of the Board of Pr.son Directors as well as of the Wardens and tnis letter was so urgent in its declarations that the presence ot the officials was necessary that only one course was op<n for the Direc- tors to pursue and that was to accede to the request. Pricon Director James H. Wilkins was He was re- iuctant to discuss the action of the State Board of Examiners, but admitted that they had sent the Warden’s claim back. “The Prison Direciors,” said he, *have been unduly blamed in this affair,” While ws did not believe that it was necessary for the Wardens to be in Washington we were compelled to heed the letter of At- terney-General Fitzgerald, who stated | that their presence was of vital impor- tance. Under the circumsiances we had only to follow his advice, and this we did, allowing each Warden $500 to cover the expenses of the trip.” The Prison Directors assert that they could follow no other course than thev did, and last Saturday al their regular monthly meeting in San Quentin, they received some punishment for their ac- tion, for Warden Hale had prepared a re- port of pages of typewriting and contained over 3500 words, and this report he read aloud to the Directors, who listened in respectiul silence to the narrative of the Warden’s pieasure excursion at the expense of the Btate of California. e SACRAMENIO'S NEW KACETRACK. Bay Possibly Ke Constructed in Zime for the Next Atate Fair. SACRAMENTO, Dec. 15.—Three years azo the Legisiature passed a bill authoriz- ing the State Agricultural Society to sell its racetrack property, almost in the heart of the city, and with the proceeds to purchase more ground farther out and construct a new track, better buiidings, ete. Governor Budd killed the measure., The last Legislature re-enacted it snd it became a law. The settling of title to the old track properly has been siow ana nothinc has yvet been accomplished, but there is a bare possivility of a new sita being obtained in time to have the track laid out for the next fair. None has been elected, bec: should be present in | iled. The Atiorney-General is the le- | his trip which occupied twelve | | | | $500 | he applied to his traveling and other ex - | | last April and engaged in the clothing of | chattel mortgage filed two weeks ago. torrents, the fog was thick, the tide was uncommonly high and the wind served to take the schooner straight on the line of rocks. What makes the case still more piteous is the fact that they were =0 near the harbor. It was only a Tzeslian of going a few rods more and all would have been well. The captein apprehended danger, and all hands were called. He had passed the lights, and had nothing to guide him. I'he tide was 100 strong to be overcome, and the schooner went head on to the rocks. Tne schooner did not stay above water a minute. She was literally broken in two. How tbe man who reached the shore passed through that line of bregkers isa perfect mystery. The rocks are high and sharp, and there is hardly a foot of beach there. No wilder place is there along the Maine coast than where the steamer struck and went down. The men who jumped went siraigh: to death. The sparwas the only tiing that could possi- biy have saved the one who did escape. The others were flung ngainst the rocks. The lostare: L. Helgersen (captain), of New York; F. McLean (mate), of Mas- sachusetts; John C. Nickets, Philadelphia; A. Lagarde of France; Phillip Mead, Fail FRAUD GHARGED BY CREDITORS Tacoma Clothier’s Chat- tel Mortgage to His Relatives. San Francisco and Portland Houses Seek to Have It Invalidated. They Make a Vigorous Fight for a Recelver, With Prospscts of Success. DON'T STOP TOBACCO suddenly and rack ths nerves. Take BACO-GURO, the omly care while using tobacco. Write for proofs of cures. 50c. or $1.00 boxes; 3 boxes (guaranteed cure) $2.50. A Drugsists, or of us. RUREKA CHEMICAL ANI . La Crosse Wis River; George Anderson of Philadelphia. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL. TACOMA, Dec. 15.—A vigorous fight is in progress before Judge Williamson for the appointment of a receiver 1in the case of B. H. Freyd, who located in Tacoma business under the name of the Chicago Clothing Company. The Bradley & Met- calf Company of San Francisco and New York, together with creditors in Portland, want a permanent receiver named, while Jacob Furth, M. Gotistein and H. Silver Seattle claim the property under a Silver and Gottstein are relatives of Freyd, which seems to lend color to the | claim of fraud put forward by the San Francisco creditors. Attorney Maurray, representing the latter, cailed on Freyd on the 1st of December and told him if he did not pay the accounts of the Bradley | & Metcalf Company he would be obliged to commence suit. Murray alleges that | Freyd begged for more time, saying he could *‘pay the account that day and that be owed not a single account that was past due except the one to the Bradley & Metcalf Company.” Nevertheless late that afternoon the chattel mortgage given by Freyd was filed for record, and since then, it is claimed, Freyd has secreted himself so that the ordinary process of law cannot be serve: upon him; that the chattel mortgage was made with intent todefraud the creditors, and that Gotistein and Silver had knowl- edve of such intent; tbat the property covered in the mortgage is not sufficient to pay the $3000 named therein and the claims of otner creditors. In his aflidavit Murray claims that the indebtedness 10 Furth, Silver _and Gott- stein is fictitious. He says Silver is a brother-in-law of Freyd, and that Gott- stein is related to him bv marriage. It is alleged that in May last Frevd gaveto R, | G. Dun & Co. n statement showing his li | bilities 10 be §1280, and his assets $5000 in excess of liabiliies, This statement did not include the alleged indebtedness covered by the re- nt mortgage, and the statement is leged to bave been made toenable Freyd to get more merchandise from the Bradley & Metcalf Company on cieidir. Another peculiar circumstance s that on November 29 Freyd paid to his relative, Goustein, a surs alleged to be over $400. | | “Good cigars, you mean. Heidsieck you'd your teeth. their praise of The claims of the San Frsncicco and Portland creditors amount to several thousand dollars. They can be paid if the chattel mortgage is set aside. Judee Willlamson late to-day ordered the temporary receiver, Weinberg, to stop selling the stock until a trial can be nad to determine the validity of the chattel mortzage. This oraer is one step In favor of the San Francisco creditors. DRIVEN ASHORE but since the recent increase nearly half as large again as “It’s no use; I've tried dozens of to get good tobacco for five cents.” If you'd invest your nickel in Piper get the best piece of#obacco you ever put between PIPER REIDSIECK (CHAMPAGNE FLAVOR) places and it's simply impossible Judges of good tobacco everywhere are unanimous in PLUG TOBACCO It is not only the best chewing tobacco on the market, in size (making the new plug the old) it is positively the biggest piece of good tobacco ever sold for five cents. BY A FIBRCE GALE Loss of a Schooner and All] Aboard Except One Sailor. STATEMENT ——OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— BALOISE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F BASLE, SWITZERLAND, ON THE 81ST day of Decemer, While Very Near a Harbor Unfor- tunate Seamen Are Hurled on Jagged Rocks. Epecial Dispatch to THE CALL BOSTON, Dec. 15.—The schooner Susan en mission r of thy e of California pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Politi- P. Thurlow, Captain Helgersen, went | cal Ccde. condensed as per blank furnished by the | ashore this morning on Cushings Island | Com@issioner. onthe coast of Maine and all aboard, with the exception of one sailor, were lost. | Capital. - $2,000,000 00 That one got ashore on a spar. How even Cash. 400,000 00 | one man escaped ali is a mystery. Asie Charles Reimann, the sole SUrvivor, tolls | pea Fstate owaed by Commrny.... § 316,275 44 a striking story of the wreck. He man- L‘mns‘n\;n limm\‘ .Inn M;"lg;qel L 344,300 00 Cash Market Value of al aged to catch ata spar and hold on. How | “U5 SORUEE TICA, O B SHooks o o oo 50 he got through the line of breakers he | Cash in Company’s Cffice and in does not know. He was at last flung high | , Banks..... coeesecss 201,663 90 E Interest aue and sccrued on all | upon the shore more dead than alive, pltocka ;ILonxni, st Teiie 611940 | | 5 Premi due G of Collec- Fora time he lay there unable to move | Premiums fa due Cou Sl and then he made his way around the island in the hope of finding shelter. He at last reached the house of Captain Bo- gan, who took care of him. ft was the worst. night experienced on Total Assets..... . $1,187,382 62 Liabilities. ed and unpald... Losses adjust a Adjustment or | Losses in Process of e the old track is not yet in Suspense..... - - % 96,337 60 in condition to be sold. these coasts for years. The rain fell in | Losses Resisted, Including “‘] g enses. . \i;flns Premiums on Fire I 8 run- sing one year orless. $367,166 5 L L Telusuraice 50 per Cent.......... JCO OO COo00I000 0000 O0OCIO00) @@0@@@@0@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@9 (;,f,l“ )'remiulr;}: S Pice Risks ,7,,9,1_ m g \ing_more than one year, $79, e That is just what the ® | 108 s7; rolnsurancoprorata. . 49,04e83 ® doctors of the Hudsonian Cesh Dividends remaiuing unpaid.. 150 00 Institute are. They were %. 0 Total Liabiltties, . s 10 00 . Iucome. °61Aed'f\'d “for ?Il‘]:t relx;son leeCeactnin teivann e L 2 remiums ... .. R principally. By ave Received for Interest and Dividends : shown that the selection o Bonds, iocks, Loans and fom v all other sources. 449 86 was good. No case of fail- Received for Rents 906 94 ing or depleted manhood comes to them that they do Expenditures not help. And in all curable cases they CURE. It is not Dt s L b s s S 11330748 a matter of one case. It is not a matter of ten. No less D R E Tmen G e than 18,000 square men say that they have been cured at L ehrgs foc0mee oy e 51,469 84 the Hudsonian Institute. 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Send for free book QELB FOR @ YOU STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— HELVETIA SWISS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F ST. GALL SWITZERLAND. ON THE 31st day of December, A. L. 1896, and for 'he r ending on that day, as made to the Insurance mmissioner of the State of California. pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of ihe Poiitical (ode, condensed as per blunk furnished by the Commissioner. Capital. Capital.. 2,000,000 00 Amount of Capital Cash 400,000 00 Assets. Real Estate owned by Company $ 40,000 00 Loans on Bonds and Mortgase: 547,115 21 Cash Market Valus of ail Stocks and Bonds owned by Company... 1,117,058 52 Cash in Company’s Office and 1o Banks. ey SRS ~ 849,544 99 Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages. . el aWaea 08 Premiums in due course of Col- Jection, ... = 185,198 57 Total Assets.... Liabilities. «eer $2,261,408 32 Losses adjusted and unpald. Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense... .. +% 121,03288 Losses resisted, ex- penses. s Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- ning one year or less, $639,023 inciuding reinsurance 5 per cent 819,961 90 Gross premiums on Fire ning more thau one year, $159,- 092 96: reinsurance pro rata 127,274 87 Due and accruea for salaries, rent, e s G 13,400 00 All other demands against the Com- paoy.. 2 Ll 419,732 94 $1,001,391 79 Total Liabilities Income. Net Cash actually received for fire T A $681,232 61 Received for interest on Bonds and Mortaages. ..... 23,224 56 Received for inter and divi- dends on Bonds, Siocks, Loans and irom all Other sOUICes.. ........... 35,728 55 Total Income. $740,185 72 Expenditures. Net amount paid for Fire Losses... $347,053 94 Dividends to Stockholders .. 88,000 00 Paid or allowed for Commission or Frokerage 105,187 57 Paidfor , fees an charges for officers, clerk: 48,846 81 Puid for Siate, national an 17,951 01 51,267 24 $659,246 57 Risks and Premiums. Fire Rigks. | ums. | erem | Net amount ofRisks wriiten during the Fear....... Net amount 0fRisks expired during the| year. Netamount Decembers £813,632,377 $1,604,585 1§ 554,775,091| 828,008 00 445,370,073| 799,018 78 F. BALTMAYER, President. M. J. GROSSMANN, Secretary, Subscribed and sworn to before me, thls 6th day of April, 1897. IRVING B. RICHMAN, United States Consui-General. SYZ & CO, GENERAL AGENTS, 410 CALIFORNIA STREET.