The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 24, 1897, Page 4

4 . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1897. ARE WILLING T0 SACRIFICE EVEN TONOR Cabinet Members of Hawaii Plot for Annexation. Regard Themselves as Political Trustees of Their Party. Large Business Concerns of the and Are Preparing for Emergencies. SILVER CUTS SOME FIGURE. President McKinley’s Message Is Sharply Criticised by the Anti- Annexation Journals nce of The Call. HONOLULU, Dec. 17.— Whatever may be the personal predilections of the Hawaiian Cabinet, they regard themselves as trustees of their politi- cal party—placed in office purely and simply to obtain annexation conte qui conte—and they are compelled by the allegiance of their scanty following to sacrifice everything, even honor, in their efforts to attain their end. It is Mr. Cooper’s impression that the Leg- islature will meet as usual in Febru- ary. Of course everything depends upon the character of the President’s annexation proclamation—if annexa- tion succeeds. This applies also to the future government of the country. For the present the routine matters of gov- ernment will go on as usual, except that the American Minister will keep himself and the Cabinet well posted even if he does not practically act as a fifth wheel to the Hawaiian Govern- ment. There is at present no further move in the Japanese-Hawaiian arbitration matte: It is Japan’s next move, and her Minister is not yet in a position to make it As annexation is apparently nearing S, incumbent shadows, ardently anxious almost trembling now for baneful results. In anticipation of its advent large business concerns are taking the in- itial steps to combine into trusts in de- fense against the newcomers they fear i mpetition ) e alone are that they can and underbid the white man, and the more purchasers profits there will be. s question is a newly raised scare they are only t beginning to understa for hith > it _has been kept dark by those interested; but now it is leaking out that the banks and other lende invariably insert the word “Hawaiian” in silver deposit ac- count; The patriotic Hav last week under t Hawaiian ladies an luau given auspices of the and Princess Kaifu- lani will net the handsome sum of nearly $2 The Hawailan Mormons, of whom there are some 6000, have, as church members, formally protested against annexation, and their protest goes for- ward to-day to those Senators and Representatives who represent the in- terests of the Mormon community in Congress. The new British Commissioner, Mr. Kenny, is growing rapidly in favor with his countrymen and others. There are indications that the claims for re- dress made by the foreign residents for their unjustly prolonged incarceration during the events of 1895 will be promptly attended to. There has been a disposition shown not to embarrass the Hawailian Government during its hours of trial and trouble, but now that it is in comparatively smooth water and has a little leisure before the Legislature meets they will probably be asked to look around and do the correct thing. The steamship China, having Vice- president Schwerin of the Pacific Mail Company on board, has beaten all previous records by twenty-five hours and forty minutes, and it is understood will endeavor to make the run to San Francisco in as close to five days as possible—probably in five days and six hours. The ladies of Honolulu, foreign as well as Hawalian, are extremely angry with Representative Tawney’s remarks in regard to them, and the annexation- ists aremuch disgruntied over thisclass of advocacy from one of their adher- ents, upon whom they showered such lavish attentions to procure his active sympathy. There will be no stable rest here until the people have been heard from by the ballot-box. With annexation must come a strong armed government, even worse than the existing one, which holds its own simp and entirely by force and not by suffrage or af- fection. The Anti-Annexation Journal refers to the President’s message: President McKinl in his mes- sage in reference to annexation: *“No less is due to a people who, after nearly five vears of demonstrated capacity to fulfill the obligations of self-governing statehood, come of their own will to merge their destinies in our body politic.” He apparently claims to believe that an- nexation is desired by the people resident in Hawaii. Can any integrity of purpose be accredited to a President of the Unit- ed States who so willfully blinds himself to facts? He must, or ought to, know annexation is opposed by nine- tenths of the inhabit exclusive of the Asiatic population, and that annexa- tion is only desired by a clique of seif- seeking politicians and wealthy men. For the President to utter a barefaced falge- hood in a message to Congress savors more of a political trick than national or personal honesty. President McKinley had a distorted conception of what constitutes national dignity and honor when he wrote into his message to Congres “If the treaty (annexation) i8 confirmed, as every con- sideration of dignity and honor requires’ ¢ * * Mr. McKinley must have for- gotten the part that Minlster Stevens, Captain Wiltse and the U. 8. 8. Boston played in the infamous action in January, 1893. Dignity and honor, Mr. McKinley, demand that you should seek rather to undo the wrong done at that time than to perpetuate it. thus & Killed by a Blast at Jamestown. JAMESTOWN (Cal.), Dec. 23.—At 10 o'clock this morning J. L. Sims, a na- tive of Wier City, Kans,, and a late arrival from Caliente, was killed by a blast in the Alabama mine. The ac- cident was caused from a missed-fire hole. At 7 o’clock the night shift go- ing off fired eight holes, one hanging fire until it exploded three hours after. Sims was in the bottom of the shaft, loading waste into a bucket, and his | partner, William Reine, had gone up | to the pump station, twelve feet above, to start the pump. He was wounded | in the right leg by flying rock, but not | seriously. Sims lived two hours and was conscious till the last. He was hor- ribly mangled in the abdomen. GUNBOAT MARIETTA PROVES HER SEAWORTHINESS. | Gallantly Rides the Waves During Two Cyclones Encountered on the Way to San Francisco. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Comman- | der F. M. Symonds, commanding the gunboat Marietta, has sent a very | complimentary report to the Navy | Department upon the behavior of that | vessel during two cyclones which she encountered while en route to San Francisco from Sitka, Alaska. In the first cyclone the gunboat was obliged to lie to sixteen hours. After lying to eighteen hours in the second cy- clone the Marietta's engines were stopped and a sea anchor and oil on | the waves were used for twenty-one | hours. | “Under these conditions the com- | mander says, “‘we received the main seas bread on the port bow, and only ¢ _occasionally reached the deck. | ip proved to be a most admir- able boat in every respect. Al- though a few of the extreme rolls to leeward were as much as 45 or 46 degrees, they were so easy as not to strain the vessel, which was exempli- fied by-the fact that not a single com- | partment leaked. The only damage | or losses were the breaking of the| brass canopy top of the fore hatch, | the bending of several brass awnings | and rail stanchions on the bow, the | | | | loss of one boat cover and the strain- ing of several smokestack guys. The engines have worked satisfactorily at | all times.” — PENSION ROLLS SHOULD BE PUBLIC In View of Frauds Disclosed Congress Is Expected to Take Action. Commissioner Evans Favors Pub- lieity, but the Secretary of the ! Interior Objects. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—A Washington special to the Herald says: In view of | the disclosures of pension frauds as | practiced in New York, it is not im- | probable that Congress will look into | the action of the administration in re- | fusing to make public the names on | the pension roll, and legislation may be enacted directing the Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of Pen- sions to make the pension roli acces- | sible to the public. Senators and Representatives with } whom 1 have talked take the ground | that the taxpayers of the country are entitled to know who are on the rolls, and that if the is a roll of honor r should object to such, the sooner the | lishonest pensioners are exposed the | better for the taxpayers and honest men on the rolls. It is interesting to know that Commissioner of Pensions | Evans does not approve the policy of { secrecy which he is obliged to pursue | in managing his office. In his annu report he recommended that the nam of pensioners be made public, but th recommendation did not meet the ap- | proval of the Secretary of the Interior, and the roll will not be published un- | less Congress shall enact a law direct- | ing that it be done. | Many Senators and Representatives | | realize that this system is entirely | wrong, and among those who have not gone to their homes for the holidays I did not find one to-night who did not believe rolls should be accessible to the publ e OF INTEREST TO THE PACIFIC COAST. Arrangements Made by the Postoffice Depart- ment for Dispatching Mails Between Seattle and Fort Wrangel. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—By order of the Postoffice Department the post- masters at Seattle, Wash., and Doug- las and Fort Wrangel, Alaska, respec- | tively, have been directed to make dispatches reciprocally of inner regis- tered sacks by each departing steamer of the Seattle and Sitka Railway Post- office, not exceeding, however, seven dispatches a month, in lieu of the present twice monthly = exchange be- tween the offices mentioned. This or- der is to take effect on receipt of letter | § of instructions. | Pens.ons have been granted as fol- lows: California: Original (special De- cember 14)—Isaac A. Little, Oak Bar, $10; Harvey W. Heagy, Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $6. Original wi ows, etc.—Fannie Barr, San Francisco, $8. Oregon: Original—Irvin L.Smith, Sa- lem, $6; Samuel Bricker, Williams, $8. ‘Washington: Additional — Horatio Mills, Bline, $6 to $8. ot | COO0K ANDERSON GUILTY OF | MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. | Convicted of Killing the Captain and Mate i of a Schooner and Sentenced to Pay the Death Penalty. NORFOLK (Va.), Dec. 23.—John An- derson was to-day convicted of the murder of William Wallace Saunders, mate of the schooner Olive Pecker, on | the high seas, on the 6th of August last, and under the sentence of the court will be hanged on the 18th day of March next, unless the Supreme Court of the United States in the meantime interposes. At the conclusion of the argument of counsel last evening the jury was ex- cused from deliberation until to-day, and shortly after 12 o’clock the verdict of guilty as indicted was brought in. Anderson received the verdict un- moved. A motion for a new trial was made and argued this afternoon. The Court overruled the motion after a brief argument in reply by the District Attorney, and Judge Goff sentenced the prisoner. Anderson hardly moved a muscle while the sentence was being pro- nounced, but cried a little while talk- ing to his attorney afterwards. — Major Cummings Dies at Sanger. FRESNO, Dec. 23.—Major A. H. Cummings, Justice of the Peace at Sanger and an old-time resident and politician of this county, died of heart failure at Sanger last night. This morning when his wife awoke she found him dead by her side. Pioneer Dorsey Dies at Elko. ELKO, Nev., Dec. 23.—A. S. Dorsey, a pioneer of California and Nevada and veteran of the Civil War, died here to-day. He was the father of Wehster Dorsey, the San Francisco attorney, and well known all over the coast, | were in trouble, and the national bank | the former committee left off will suc- | dve to banks, $686,000; circulation, $43,- | SUCCEEDS IN FORMING COLLAPSE OF A LARGE BANK Chestnut-Street National of Philadelphia Forced to the Wall. Failure Carries With It the Closing of aTrustand Sav- ings Fund Company. Publisher Singerly, the President, Has Sustained Heavy Losses in His Paper Mill. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.—A sen- sation was created in this city to-day by the announcement of the suspen- sion of the Chestnut street National Bank, regarded as one of the strongest financial institutions in the city. The suspension carried with it the closing of the Chestnut street Trust and Sav- ings Fund Company, doing business under the State banking laws. Wil- liam M. Singerly, publisher of the Philadelphia Record, is president of both companies, and the same men, with one exception, act as officers and directors. The first information the public re- ceived that the banks were in trouble was in the form of a notice posted this morning on the door of the building occupied jointly by the two concerns, signed by National Bank Examiner ‘William M. Hart, to the effect that the Chestnut street bank had closed its doors pending an investigation of its affairs. No statement of assets and lia- bilities is available, but it is stated that the deposits of the Chestnut street bank amounted to $1,700,000, and of the trust company to $1,300,00. President Singerly cave out a brief statement to-night, in which he said: “We are working to secure the indebt- edness of the two banks so that they can go into voluntary liquidation and | thus avoid a receivership.” | In this connection Deputy Comp- | troller of the Treasury George M. Cof- fin, who was sent here from Washing- ton by Comptroller Eckels, said to- ds “The matter of putting Chestnut street National Bank into voluntary liquidation has been taken up by Philadelphia men of great finan- cial ability. Their first step will be to ascertain the value of the assets of the bank. They must first be satisiied that they have a value sufficient to warrant them in assuming the indebt- edness. It was known for some time in bank- ing circles that Mr. Singerly’s banks | | the “ | | | | examiner, it was said, was aware of | the condition of affairs. Last night a | number of the leading bank officials of | the city held a conference, lasting un- til nearly 2 o'clock this morning, con- | sidering the matter of raising sufficient | money to relieve Mr. Singerly’s banks of their distress. It is understood that a proposition to float $2,000,000 pre- ferred stock of the Philadelphia Ree- ord had been practically agreed to when the discovery was made that be- cause of the involved condition of the trust company’s finances this sum would not be within several hundred thousand dollars of the amount re- quired. Negotiations were, therefore, | declared off, and the banks were forced to the wall. Now it is hoped that the committee which began to-night where ceed in successfully adjusting the finances and thus permit the banks to pay depositors dollar for dollar. The net earnings of the Record last year are said to have been $249,000— more than sufficient to pay dividends on a sum sufficient to pay all of Mr. Singerly’'s indebtedness to the banks. The statements of the cause of the | failure current here agree with that mage by Comptroller Eckels at Wash- ington to-dayy that it was primarily due to the loss of much money by Mr. Singerly in his unproductive paper mill at Elkton, Md., one of the largest in the country. One statement placed the sum thus involved at nearly a million dollars. Mr. Singerly also has much money in- vested in other enterprises in this and other cities. Rumors were current to the effect that the ownership of the Record would pass from Mr. Singerly but this he denied, stating positively that he is in absolute control of the paper and will continue at its head. On Monday of this week the Chest- nut street National Bank made the following reports to the Philadelphia Clearing House: Loans and discounts, 61,000; legal reserve, $396,000; depos- s, $1,789,000; due from banks, $355,000; The reserve has been below the le- gal requirements for several weeks. The deposits on October 5, when the bank reported to the Comptroller of the Treasury, amounted to $2,035,856. The shrinkage in this item, therefore, has been more than $300,000 in a little over two months. It is said that there Lave teen quiet but steady runs on both banks for several days past. A NEW CABINET FOR CHILE. Senor Antonio Valdes Cuevas Selects Men to Take the Helm of the Goy- ernment. Copyright, 1897, by James Gordon Bennett. VALPARAISO, Dec. 23.—I am in- formed on good authority that Senor Antonio Valdes Cuevas has succeeded in forming a new Cabinet, he taking the portfolio of Minister of the Inte- rior. The other members of the Cabi- net, T am told, will be Senor Raimun- do Silva Cruz, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs; Senor Domingo Amunategui Ri- vera, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction; Senor Alberto Gonzales Errajuriz, Minister of Finance; Senor Patricio Larrain Alcalde, Minister of War and the Navy, and Senor Julio Benados Espinosa, Minister of Indus- try and Public Works. mditloim DEATH OF A PROMINENT - PRINCETON TRUSTEE. Charles E. Greene, a Noted Educator of New Jersey, Succumbs to Heart Failure. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 23— Charles E. Greene, one of the most prominent of the trustees of Prince- ton, died suddenly here to-day from heart faliure. He had come from Fortress Monroe to attend a meeting of the board of trustees and partici- pated in the regular business meeting, plained of illness, and was taken to making the closing speech of the day about noon. After that time he com- the residence of Professor William Libbey. At 5 o'clock in the evening heart failure developed and he died instantly. 3 Mr. Greene has been very prominent in the affairs of the board of trustees. Mr. Greene was a trustee of Prince- ton Theological Seminary, and presi- dent of the board of trustees of the Lawrenceville Preparatory _School, which was also founded by John C. Greene. By profession Mr. Greene was a lawyer, practicing in Trenton, the place of his residence. He was grad- uated from Princeton in the class of 1860, and was about 60 years of age. His father was Chancellor Henry Greene of New Jersey. i UBER LYNCHING CASE TO BE THOROUGHLY SIFTED. District Judge Mack of Nevada Will Leave Nothing Undone to Vindicate Law and Order. CARSON (Nev.), Dec. 23.—Yesterday a Carson detective applied for a war- rant in the Uber lynching case, to be issued on information and belief. Dis- trict Attorney Nagel refused to issue it until he had consulted the Attorney- General. He was in Carson to-day with the Governor and Attorney-Gen- eral, and after consultation said he would issue the warrant to-morrow. Judge Mack was in this city to-day and said that he would probe the case to’the bottom and leave nothing un- done to vindicate law and order. He will question every one of the Jjurors and relieve from jury duty all who may be disqualified by bias either way. Four of the Grand Jurors signed the boycott petition against the Cou- | rier. A number of Gardnerville people called on the Governor to-day, and it is thought that they gave information against the lynchers, but the Governor will not discuss the object of their visit. R RIOTOUS SCENES IN A LECISLATURE Illinois Statesmen Pass the Senatorial Apportionment Bill. Democrats Try in Vain to Prevent the Correction of Their Gerry- manding Methods. Special Dispatch to The Call. SPRINGFIELD, I, Dec. 23.—Amid scénes of riotous disorder and intense excitement, the House to-day passed the Republican Senatorial apportion- ment bill bya:vote of 79 yeas to 54 nays. There were but two votes to spare. It was a hairbreadth escape from defeat for the Republican managers. Repre- | sentative Patrick Meaney, of Chicago, saved the bill for the Republican organ- ization. He furnished the seventy- seventh vote necessary to pass the measure, and«when he ended a speech with the words: “I vote yea,” State Treasurer Henry Hoitz, a Republican leader, who stood at his side trembling with anxiety, flung his arms about Meaney’s neck and hugged him as though he were a long lost son return- ed from the Klondike. Representatives Funk and Scrogin then voted for the | biil, making seventy-nine in all. It was a dramatic end of the appor- tionment fight in the House. The Dem- ocrats shouted and jeered and did their best to make so much noise that busi- ness could not be transacted. A score of their loudest tongued men mounted their desks and started a hullabaloo that was maintained until two calls of the roll were finished. So great was the tumult that everybody in the State House was drawn to the scene and the floor of Representative Hall was crowded with excited men, whom neither the speaker’s gavel nor the ser- geant-at-arms could control. To-day’'s events secures the success of the apportionment as the Senate is certain to pass the bill the first week in January. The bill provides for a Republican re- apportionment of the legislative dis- tricts of the State. According to the Democrats the reapportionment is a gerrymander. The Republicans assert that the changes simply correct the outrages alleged to have been perpe- trated in the so-called Democratic ger- rymander of the State. So clever was the Democratic map making that under existing conditions it is necessary, Governor Tanner (R.) declares, for the Republicans to carry Illinois by at least 80,000 majority if the Republican party is to control the State L a- parts e Legisla. _—— O Dr. Jordan’s Lecturing Tour. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 22. —Dr. Jordan left to-day on a lecture trip through Nebraska, Iowa and Kan- sas. The Teachers’ Assoclation of these three States combined to induce Dr, Jordan to address thelr institutes, The flvrst talk will be delivered in Fremont, Neb., on Dec. 2. President Jordan'g main object in taking the trip is to be. come acquainted with the teachers throughout this section. He will return to the university in about two weeks, ————— Good Things for Christmas. Leather goods, fine stationery, gold pens, inkstands, perfumery, toflet sets, lap bums, _clocks, novelties, - calendars, Christmas " paras edalllon pictures, va: : e vers Dioeh ses and statuary, moderate-priced _goods that can be obtained. S: Vi Co., Tl Market streef, o rori: Vail & FOLLOWS FIRE ‘While Watching a Big Blaze inChicago Many People Are Injured. ‘Wild Scramble of Men in a Bil- liard Parlor to Reach the Street. Cold Weather Rapidly Freezes the Water and the Burning Building Soon Resembles an Iceberg. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—Fire broke out shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon in the basement of a five story build- ing at 104 Madison street, the first floor and basements of which were oc- cupled by the Tosetti Cafe and Res- taurant Companv. and the second floor by the billiard parlors of Frank Mus- sey. A crowd of people gathered on the sidewalk in front of the building to watch the work of the firemen. About a dozen policemen were busily engaged in pushing back the throng when a terrific explosion of natural gas took place. The building was badly wrecked, the windows, window gratings, sidewalk lights and man- hole eovers were hurled into the air and fell among the crowd. Dozens of people were thrown from their feet and twenty-three were injured. Of these Police Captain Thomas O’Connor was the only one seriously hurt. He was burned about the head, face and body and may die. The others who were injured sustained burns about the head and face and more or less painful bruises. The explosion caused a wild panic in the street, and in the frantic rush for safety many people were thrown down and trampled upon. That many were | not killed and many more injured was little short of a miracle. Mussey’s billiard pariors were filled with players when tne explosion came, and the men who had paid little or no attention to the small blaze in the basement appreciated the situation at its proper value when the windows ‘went sailing into the street and plaster began to come down on their heads. The rush in the street was duplicated by the excited billiard players as they plunged down the stairs for safety and the outer air. Many of them escaped by the stairway, some took to the fire escape and those who were late or who deliberated as to the best way of egress were taken out by the firemen. fire spread through the building with | great rapidity after the explosion, and within ten minutes fiercely. Call after call for additional engines were sent by Chief Sweenie, but the fire could only be reached in the front and rear and was difficult of access. The severe weather caused much of the water to freeze, and with- in an hour the building resembled an iceberg with a furnace in its interior. The building is within fifty feet of the intersection of Dearborn and Madi- son streets, where the loops of ‘West Side and North Side cable lines intersect, and from the time the fire broke out until after midnight traffic was entirely suspended on both lines. The loss is estimated at $125,000, of which $90,000 will fall on the Tossetti Company, $20,000 on Mussey and $15,000 on Morris Rosenfeld, the owner of the building. GETS A RICH PLUN Vanderbilt’s Friend to Be Ap-‘ pointed Marshal of the Dis- trict of Columbia. It Is an Office of Some Sdcial Distine- tion and Carries a Salary of $B8000 a Year. Specia! Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Colonel Aulick Palmer, a close friend of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, is to be appointed marshal of the District of Columbia, an office of some. social distinction, with a salary of $5000. The vacancy to which he is to be ap- pointed will occur in a few days, when Marshal Wilson, Mr. Cleveland’s warm personal friend, will complete his four years of service. The office is one of the few remaining choice plums at the disposal of the President and has been much sought after by politicians. Be- sides receiving a good salary, the in- cumbent, according to precedent, is en- titled to free entry to the White House, and is an important factor in all official social functions. Mr. Vanderbilt, T understand, re- quested Colonel Palmer’s appointment as a personal favor. Having, it is un- derstood, given material aid during the last campaign at a time when it was most needed, Mr. Vanderbilt’s request was such that it could not be ignored, especially as it was accompanied with the statement that it would be the only favor asked of the administration. ease, yow life. © 000000 AT THE TOP. Have yow ever been at the top of a great mountain? If yow have youw know what joy it is. Have yow ever been at the top of the great mountain of manhood? And have yow not pitied the poor, puny mortals who could not reach the summit? is like the help of a gdwide. takes yow to the top of the grand mountain of manliness It is not a matter of work for yow. all. It gives you joy where yow were worrying. It gives you health where yow are weak. It gives you strendth. It ives The Hudsonian Institute owns “Hudyan’ ex- clusively. Is it worth your while to inquire as toits merits? You must confess that yow will go and ask yowr next-door neighbor as to how his tailor treats him—you know that youw will. Will yow ask how 18,000 people have been served by the Hudsondan Institute? Nomoney is necsssary to et the pure proof. Will yow call or ask for it? “Hudyan” It with “Hudyan’* does it HUDSON § | | HUDYAN CIRCULARS FREH. MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Eilis Sts., San Francisco. The | it was blazing | the | | | a e A e A NEW TO-DAY. DOLL SHOW. n exhibit worth visiting. Whether you are a buyer or not, it will pay you to call this day and see our Doll Show. Dainty beauties. 1000 DOLLS. So many kinds, all the expensive and inexpensive im- ported creations of other countries, as well as our own, we cannot atimpt a description. ANGELS, FAIRIES. ESQUIMOS, JAFo, CHINAMEDN BLACK BABIES And Indians, Horsemen and Midgets are to be found in the Show, with the finest This of Dressed and Undressed French Dolls. AND ALL SO CHEAP year—not a last year’s purchase among them. We clear all out and re« plenish with new stock and new styles. YOU GET IT FOR ABOUT ONE-HALF AT SMITH'S Is what we hear visitors say all over the Toy Room and other parts of the store. A READERS. Good things for the Christmas dinner on the first floor. DAZZLING ARRAY OF GAMES. MANY GOOD BOOKS FOR ALL Boys' toys, to make a noise, all kinds. See our windows and ask if a woman planned them. Our next cooking lesson will be December iTth at 3 P. M. You are cordially invited to be present. Free. ' CASH STORE, 25-27 Market St., San Francisco. TELEPHONE, MAIN 1340. The only Grocers who made an exhidition of Pure Foods at the Mechanics’ Fair and received s DIPLOMA and CERTIFICATE OF PURITY IN EVERY ARTICLE, chitis, Debility, Wasting Diseases, Physicians preseribe it. All drugglsts sell it. Ask for WILBOR’S and iake 10 other. STATEMENT Wise Men Say —OF THE— “Health Is bet » . u::: w:‘“hff_" | CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— WILBOR'S ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THB 3lst day of December, A. D. 189, and for the year ending on that day, as made to Insurance Commissioner of the State of fornia, pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. tal stock paid up in - -+.-$1,878,510 00 0il £ Phosphates CURES Colds, Bron~ Asthma, Influenza, Scrofulous Humers, etc., ete. Cal A D. Amount of Capital S| Cash and Amour ay, as mad of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions of sections 61 ical Code, by the STATEMENT —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY F SAN FRANCISCO, IN THE STATE OF of bond able rities as collateral Cash in company’s office. Cash in banks.. 1, Interest due and accrued on all stocks and loaps... Interest due and accrued and mortsages. Premtums in due course of co Total assets... LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpald.........| Losses in process of adjustment or| in suspense .. Losses resisted, | $635,160 00 ifornia, on the 3ist day of December, 1896, and for the year ending on that to the Insurance Commissioner reinsurance 50 per cent Gross premiums on fire i more than one year, $ reinsurance pro rata.... . Total deposited by the insured on 0 and 611 of the Polit- condensed as per blank furnished Commissioner. CAPITAL. All other demands against the pany ASSETS. Real Estate owned by the Company.§ 411700 00 | Loans on Bonds and Mortgages.... 456,173 5 Total liabilitles. .. Cash Market Value of all Stocks Bonds owned by Company.... 1,714,470 00 1t of Loans secured by pledg: INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire of Bonds, Stocks and other mar- ketable securities as collateral nemy e ] o, DRSS ety i e Cash in Company’s Office 16 | Received for nd dividends Cash in Banks 256104 05 | ©On bonds, stocks, loans and from Interest due and accrued all other sources........ Received for transfer fe Stocks and Loans ... oo 5803 Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages e 11,795 3 Zytal incouie s : Premjums in due cours EXPENDITURES. Jection ... 359,750 84 | Net amount paid for fire losses Bills receivable, not matured, taken Dividends to stockholders for Fire and Marine Risks ..... . 4209 14 | Paid or allowed for comm! Due from other Companies for Re- insurance on losses already paid fees and other| and in cpen account . 6.949 05 |~ charges for officers clerks, etc....| 3,376,565 43 Fire Premium Notes 11257 41 | Paid for State, national and local Warrants ...... 343305 | taxes ... ————— | All other payments anq tures Total Assets ...... ...... 133,527,653 80 Total expenditures. -$10,501,815 63 LIABILITIES. . RISKS AND PREMIUMS, Losses adjusted and unpaid..........$ 13,1015 | et amount of risks Fire. Premfuma. Losses in process of ~Adjustment 601210 | Nritten during the OF . i SUSPENSE ...ceo ecevennerenns k R e T $2,59,414,5 264,32 Losses resisted, Including cxpenses. 7,05 10 | it amouns” of Hsker 11439 $10,264,320 0g Groes premiums on Fire Risks run- e nind s i e ning one year or less, 994,469 07; s 2,564,204539 10, reinsurance 30 per cent.... T 28855 | Not amow B manad Gross premiums on Fire Risks run- S e 2,003,003,348 14,638,045 04 ning ‘more than one year, $1,247,- b A 300 2 reinsvrance pro rata....... 644,451 & CHARLES ALCOCK, Manager. Gross pre{_nlum:l%r;‘ Mall;l::smds;qn W. McLAREN, Ass't Manager. land Navigatl isks, 9, < s " 215 5; relnsurance 10 per’ cent.. 2,215 5 aay oeoabed Sad sworn to betore me this St remiums on Marine Time : S (e e = HENRY GLYN PIERCE, Notary Public. per cent. e . 45085147 s Voluntary reserve to offset cut rate . e g e Mo e e 75,000 0 PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, Commisstons and Brokerage due and become Marine bills payable . Agents’ Total Ltabilities .. to Net Cash actually received for fire premiums . Net Cash actually received for ma- rine Received for inte Mot ue Royai Insurance Building, PINE AND SANSOME STS., SAN FRANCISCO. ROLLA V. WATT, Manager. credit balanc: INCOME. -$1,398,081 01 premiums 229,682 59 r intere R;f:‘é:nd!? Stocks, Loans and from . all other sources . 108,536 61 —ra TEEET Recelved from Rents 19,491 69 Total Income ... LT 2 It Publishes the Cream of the Net amount paid for Fire Losses..$ Net amount paid for Marine Losses Divide: Paid_or allowed for Commission or brokerage Paid for salaries. charges for officers, Paid for State EXPENDITURES. News of the Week and MANY ATTRACTIVE AND ORIGINAL FEATURES. IT IS THE BEST WEEKLY 785,274 43 144,728 56 120,000 00 237,911 07 189,724 19 nds to Stockholders .. fees and other clerks, etc.. national and local taxes. . 36,659 58 PAPER ON THE All othe; es 161642 72 PACIFIC COAST Total Expenditures .......... ....{16%.910 & 5 LOSSES, Tt NE Ay - VRS M {::ele:::;hic the year . 374,181 32 $156,479 49 kY RIS}'FS A_'D PR?MIUMS. m:: / Jrve Risin.|Premtuma. Net amount of Risks| T o Ak b o i e ob it i ¢ N Lt ke Not a Line of it Sensational year Net amount -.| 157,489,611) 1,508,456 12 or Faky, and Not a Line of in £ & 7 i December 31, 1896.... .| 190,217,653 2,241,760 20 it Dry or Uninteresting, | Marine | _ Risks. |Premiums, Net amount Net amount of Risks Bright, Clean, A Ch i e Thoughtfui. e ey ruth. | | expired during the year| 42,100,225 417,438 71 e Net amount in force| December 31, 159%.. 4.415.176] 119,39 49 A CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER D. J. STAPLES, President. ALL THE TIME. EBERNARD FAYMONVIELLE. Secretary. “s'uh‘-&nm and syorn to betore me, this 15th iT ADVOCATES SENT BY ' 7" M. M. RHORER, E MALL, $1.58 = Deputy Insurance Commissionar. INDUSTRIES A YEAR. .