The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1898. KILED BT | THE FALL OF A FLOOR Many Persons Meet Death in a Great Disaster. | Thirty Bodies Are Taken From the Ruins in a City Hall. Others More or Less Seriously Injured by Falling Timbers and Debris. REJOICING AND SORROW., ‘While Celebrating the Close of an Election Citizens Are Suddenly Stricken. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Ontario, Jan. 3.—Thirty persons are known to have been killed and many injured by the collapse of a floor in the City Hall to-night. T night closed the municipal campaign, and the hall was crowded to hear the addresses of the successful candidat: At midnight the bodies of the follow ing had been taken out of the wrecked building and identified: F. HEAMAN, C. BECKET, E. LUXTO N. CAROTHERS, R. LEIGH, — HARRIS, T.W. BURKE, JOHN SMITH, — TALBOT, A. PHILLIPS, | JOHN TURNER, BEN NASH, J. W. BORLAND, — HILBURN, FRANK ROBINSON. JAMES McLEAN, JOHN BARRIDGE, OSWALD BRUCE, B. JACQUES, W. H. DELL, STEPHEN WILLIAMS, JOHN FELLOWS, ALLEN TOWE. DOO0O taken from the building. ured, so far as can be learned, include the following: Dr. Wilson, the Mayor elect, leg broken; Alderman Carothers, slightly injured; Edward Mopkin; — Burgess; 'William Gray, leg broken; — Fleming, both arms broken; W. Jones, Water Commissioner elect, badly bruised; Joshua Darchud; John h; Alderman Neil Cooper; — Van George Wyales, city editor W News; Harry Passmore, reporter on the Advertiser staff. Those who were seriously injured were taken to neighboring drug stores, whence they were taken to the hos- pital or to their homes, after their in- Jjuries had been attended to. The dead were taken to the committee rooms of Alderman Parnell, the defeated candi- date for Mayor, directly across the street. At the close of the polls a crowd had gathered in the City Hall, where had been the custom in years past for the successful candidates to address the electors. The building was crowded to the very doors, probably 2000 people being jammed in its narrow space. There was a lull in the proceedings when the audience called for several of the newly elected Aldermen at once and there was some delay in securing a speaker to address them. Alderman Carothers joined the Mayor in an ef- fort to secure quiet. In response to numerous calls, R. M. Toothe was pushed forward to the platform on which the speakers stood. As he reached it there was an ominous crack- ling and the raised platform on which the Mayor and newly elected Alder- men were seated seemed to pitch for- ward to the floor. There was a sagging of timbers, and the next moment 150 people were huried twenty feet to the floor below. A beam running twenty feet along the center of the hall had given away and the crowded mass standing above that sec- tion of the floor was thrown in a heap to the bottom. A large safe stood in one corner of the hall and, with a huge s m coil, weighing half a ton, came crashing down on the heads of the vic- ns. Following the crash there was a wild rush for the doors. At the south door, Where the majority of the crowd had entered, there was a terrific - panic. Those in front were thrown down by the on-coming rush, shrieking and fighting for the door and safety. Only one-half of the rear door, a space of probably three feet, was open and in the mad rush no one thought to open the door in its entirety, and 500 p=o- ple struggled through the narrow space, the strong bearing down the weaker. il Cooper was amon the first to be drag, s of broken beams. He was quickly car- ried to an adjace nt room and in a mo- ment half a dozen more were keeping him company. I men lowered ropes and en- deavored to haul the wounded out of the pit. From under the massed weight of the broken beams came many cries for help. The windows on the ground floor were broken in and living and the dead were tenderly passed to the wait- ing ambulance. An investigation of the wreck after the catastrophe disclosed the fact that a whole section of the floor had dropped, the joists having been = as neatly cut off as though the work had been done with a saw. The building was an old one, having been erected in the early fifties, and of late years additional stories had been placed on the old walis. In the Grand Opera House, which Joins the wrecked building, the first act of “The Girl From Paris” had been completed when word was whispered through the theater of the disaster. A it | ged out of the mass | | ple quietly left the building. | der and system in the rescue | but the excitement was so great that | speak | way the Mayor-clect and many Alder- | | morrow morning. | WIS TER RODRIGUEZ panic was imminent, but was averted by the actors and ushers, and the peo- Many of those carried down by the falling floor were boys 14 to 16 years of age. Some of them managed to squirm from under heavy beams, where men could not move. Despite this, however, a number of them were killed, their lives being crushed out of them by the beams which gradually settled upon them, borne down by the heavy iron safe and the steam coil which had fallen on top of the wreck- age. Aldermen Carothers and Taylor, al- | though injured and covered with| blood, tried to secure some sort of or- | work, they could make but little impression | on the crowd. Although the platform on which the | of the evening were stand- | apparently the first to give men escaped the death that overtook MUST United S0 many others who followed them in- | to the lower portion of the building. | An inquest has been ordered for to- | | NOT LIKELY TO RETURN. The Meddling Central American Diplomat | May Be Declared Persona Non Grata in This Country. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Information has been received here to the effect that | | Senor Jose de Rodriguez, minister of the Greater Republic of Central Amer- ica to the United States, who is now in Nicaragua on leave of absence, is not likely to return to this country as the diplomatic representative of the Diet of Central America. Senator Morgan has indicated that he will ask the President to declare Senor Rodriguez persona non grata should he return to this country, with the view of insuring his recall. The objection to Semor Rodriguez is based upon his alleged action in urging the Diet not to permit Nicaragua and the diplomatic representative of the ted States oa the ground that he should be accredited to the Diet. Sana- tor Morgan's objection is that Senor todriguez interfered with legislation by writing a letter to Secretary of State | Olney in which he criticized the Nica- | raguan canal bill pending in the'Sen- | ate. | | CONSOLIDATION OF THREE REPUBLICS Plans of Nicaragua, Salvador and HMonduras Pro- ceed. Advices State That There Has Been an Adjustment of the Trouble ‘With Costa Rica. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 3. The complete consolidation of Nicar- | agua, Salvador and Honduras into a sovereign republic - is progressing steadily, according to advices received by Senor Correa, Charge d'Affaires of the Greater Republic of Central Amer- ica. Mr. Correa is advised that the Diet has completed a constitution for the Greater Republic, with full legis- | lative powers. The next step will be | to convene a constitutional assembly, with twenty delegates from each of the three countries, to pass upon the constitution. The assembly is ex- | pected to be held during the coming spring. Senor Correa has advices from Nic- aragua as late as December 16, stat- ing that an amicable adjustment has been reached between Nicaragua and Costa Rica over the imprisonment of the Costa Rica Consul-General. It was feared at one time that this arrest would lead to war, but Senor Correa feels sure that the incident is satisfac- torily closed. The Charge has recelved no official information on the reported uprising | in Salvador, and for this reason is in- clined to discredit the stories of serious trouble. DEATH ENDS HIS LONG DEBAUCH Cyrus A. Gelatte Succumbs to Heart Failure at San 5 Jose. Excessive Use of Alcoholic Stimu- lants Responsible for His Demise. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Jan. 3.—Cyrus A. Ge- latte, who has been employed as a bookkeeper in San Francisco, died suddenly this morning at the resi- dence of his wife at 124 East San Sal- vador street. An autopsy and inquest this afternoon showed that death re- sulted from heart failure, caused by excessive use of alcoholic spirits. Ge- latte was a native of Wisconsin, and 49 years of age. . Gelatte and his wife have not lived together for a number of years owing to his drunkenness. Three months ago he came to this city, got drunk and tried to shoot his wife. He was ar- rested, but allowed to go on condition that he would leave town. Last night Gelatte came home again. His eyes were black, his face skinned, and he plainly showed the result of a de- bauch. His wife was awakened by his heavy breathing, and she found him in a dying condition. Physicians were summoned, but he died before they ar- rived. At first it was thought these wounds had caused his death. About a week ago Gelatte was re- moved as assignee of the T. J. Gilles- pie Planing Company. His dilatory action in accounting for property and i his transferring 60,000 feet of lumber, valued at $1500, to the Unicn Lumber Company of San Francisco were the causes that led to his dismissal. The creditors claimed that the lumber be- longed to the insolvent estate. Ge- latte had also failed to account for $290 cash he had collected as assignee. He was ordered to render an account- ing to F. B. Brown, who succeeded him as assignee, but since then he has been on a debauch. W. D. Loudon, president of the Union Lumber Com- pany, is on his bond, and will have to make good the loss. At one time Ge- latte was employed by the Journal of Commerce in San Francisco. g Antonio Sequeira Dead. VALLEJO, Jan. 3.—Dr. P. Vallejo received to-day a dispatch from the City of Mexico announcing the death wn the 30th of December of Antonio Sequeira, the husband of the eldest daughter of General John B. Frisbie of the City of Mexico. The deceased for- merly resided known on the coast, alvador to recelve William L. Merry | in Vallejo and is well l conviction for murder in the C: fornia was to-day affirmed by t Justice Fuller. ¥ ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—‘Salter D. Worden, so far as - the Supreme Court is concerned, must hang, pursuant of his his application for release on a writ of habeas corpus by the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Cali- SALTER D. WORDEN NOW PAY THE PENALTY OF DEATH Denial of His Applicétiofi for Release on a Writ of Habeas Corpus Affirmed by the Supreme Court of the States. alifornia courts. The denial of he Supreme Court through Chief E-E-E-P-8-E-8-E-E-E-S-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-m-m-N SHIPS OF WAR -~ FOR ESQUIMALT | British Vessels Phaeton | and Sparrowhawk Ar- ‘ rive at San Diego. | !The One a Torpedo-Destroyer and the Other a Second- | Class Cruiser. Heavy Gales Encountered Since They Started for the Pacific Coast Stronghold. Special Dispatch to The Call. | SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3.—Her Britannic | Majesty’s ships Phaeton and Sparrow- | hawk arrived in the harbor this after- noon, en route to Esquimalt. Sparrowhawk, a thirty-knot torpedo- destroyer, of the same class and size as the Virago, came into the bay at | a high rate of speed and stopped with- in almost her own length. The Phae- ton, a second-class cruiser of 4300 tons displacement, arrived two hours later. | Both vessels will remain until Thurs- | day and will then proceed, via San | Francisco, to the northern stronghold | of Great Britain. | The two ships left Vigo, Spain, a | fortnight later than the Leander and Virago left Plymouth, and have al- | most caught up with them. Yet the | 14,000 miles traversed was by easy | stages, the vessels casting anchor fre- | quently. Severe storms were encoun- tered at several points. The first— north of St. Vincents, Cape Verde | Islands—was very hard upon the little | Sparrowhawk. A pampero was en- countered off Montevideo, and later in | that roadstead one of the Phaeton's | boats was lost. In the straits the | Sparrowhawk fared quite badly, mon- | strous seas sweeping her low decks | and flooding the captain’s quarters | twice. The Phaeton, of course, went through the gales and high seas with comparatively little discomfort. At Valparaiso a boat’s crew from the Phaeton defeated a crew from the Chil- ean cruiser Almirante Cochran. The | excitement was great, and the Chilean bluejackets lost all their spare money. Nothing of importance was noted by the officers on their way up the west coast, the weather being fair and no | war vessels spoken. The two ships left Acapulco on Monday, December 27. | The officers of the Phaeton and Spar- | rowhawk were entirely ignorant of th events that have transpired lately in China and were eager for news. The last paper they had seen was an En- glish daily, dated November 19. They | discussed the Eastern situation with great animation, and evinced a lively desire to go over to China themselves, but their general conclusions were that l no war was in sight. the Virago, and, like her, is expected should war occur. is a_sister of the Leander, carrying ten 6-inch rifles in her main battery. ‘With these vessels at Esquimalt, that station will be more formidabiy equipped than ever before. The of- ficers were asked why Great Britain was strengthening her force in the North Pacific, and they denied that such was the case. “We are simply replacing old, prac- tically obsolete vessels with others of greater steaming radius,” they said. They admitted, however, that the torpedo destroyers were an addition to the naval force in the Pacific, and per- haps the most destructive of any ves- sels yet sent from England. Ac ron-u TCLIFFE A BRUTAL BIGAMIST? From London Comes a Story That He Was Married to Caroline Ravenhill in 1883. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The Sun’s Lon- don cable says: The Daily Mail asserts that E. J. Ratcliffe, the actor who was recently sentenced In New York to six months’ imprisonment for beating his wife, is a bigamist. The paper prints an interview with his English wife, who is living in London. Her name prior to her marriage was Caroline Ravenhill. Her marriage certificate shows that she was wedded to Ratcliffe on August 19, 1883, After she had been married nineteen months, during which time a son was born, Ratcliffe treated her with such cruelty that she was compelled to leave him. Shortly after Ratcliffe left for America. Mrs. Rat- cliffe has never since received direct communication from her husband, but received through his mother, in 1886, two photographs which had been taken in San Francisco. Both were indorsed with messages to her. After the receipt of these photographs Mrs. Ratcliffe never heard from her husband again. Ratcliffe was seen in the Tombs early this morning and asked if the report that he was married in England was true. The actor replied: ‘“The whole story is utterly absurd. Such a mar- riage never occurred. They must have gotten hold of some other case.” it tad Suit to Oust Monterey's Auditor. SALINAS, Jan. 3.—Papers in a suit to oust County Auditor George S. Mil- ler were filed in the County Clerk's of- fice this afternoon by District Attor- ney P. E. Zabala. Miller is accused of willful neglect in office, and he is cited to appear before the Superior Court on Monday, January 17, answer the charge. it d The | The Sparrcwhawk is a sister ship of | to make history in the Pacific Ocean | The Phaeton, also, | SUBSIDIES FOR OCEAN LINERS Conditions Under Which New Zealand Obtains Mail Service. Insures Fortnightly Steamers From America to the Antipodes. Trip From San Francisco to Auckland to Be Made Within Nine- teen Days. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, Jan. 3.—Particulars of the conditions under which New Zea- land has agreed to subsidize a mail service to Vancouver as well as that to San Francisco have just been re- ceived here, and mark the conclusion of negotiations which have been going on for more than two years. Until lately the steamers of the Canadian line have touched at New Zealand, but this connection was made a few months ago in advance of the subsidy which then had become an assured fact through the Ministry personally as- senting to the arrangement. The point of most interest to the gen- eral public in connection with the new arrangement is that it assures a fort- nightly service between America and Australasia, the steamers of the two lines subsidized sailing alternately every two weeks, while heretofore their sail- | ing dates were often close together, the one line making trips every four weeks, or thirteen in a year, and the others setting out on a fixed date in each cal- endar month. A determined effort was made on t part of Wellington to have that C!’l‘; made the port of call for San Fran- cisco service in place of Auckland, as at present, but it failed, and the Legis- | lature has agreed to continue the sub- sidy to the San Francisco line for a year from March 31, 1898, on the follow- ing somewhat modified conditions: Second—That the basis of payment for the conveyance of mails from New Zealand to San Francisco shall be at the rate of 10 shillings 5 pence per pound for letters, 1 shilling per pound for books, packets, etc., and 8 pence per pound for newspapers, with a guar anteed minimum payment of £7500, Third—That the port of call in the colony shall be Auckland. Fourth—That the time between San Francisco and Auckland shall not ex- ce;(]lt r;‘ln(:;}e‘en days. th—That no bonus shall for early arrival; a penalty at tb:e 22’!2 of £4 an hour to be enforced when late | delivery exceeds forty-eight hours. Sixth—That at least one New Zealand owned steamer shall be employed in the service. Seventh—That 2all payments or con- | tributions from Great Britain or other | countries shall be receivable by the | contractors. Eighth—That the passage rates and | rates for freight shall be fixed and em- | bodied in the contract. | The terms proposed for the extension of the San Francisco contract are de- | scribed in the advices received as not ’nf a very liberal character. The colony ;hug been paying 11 shillings per pound | for letters, the total amount being about £7600 per year. It is now pro- posed to pay 10 shillings 5 pence per pound, with a guaranteed minimum of £7500. The time between San Fran- cisco and Auckland, formerly twenty | days, is now to be nineteen. The subsidy now for the first time granted to the Canadian service sup- plements liberal payments already made by the three Governments of Great Britain, Canada and New South Wales. Tt is for weekly serv- ice between New Zealand and the ports of Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, by way of Fiji and Honolulu from December, 1897, to March 31, 1899, upon the following conditions: 2. Payment for mails to be 10s 5d per pound for letters, 1s for books, packets, etc., and 6d for newspapers with guaranteed minimum payment of £7500 per annum. 3 The port of call In New Zealand shall be Wellington. 4. The steamers are to be of not less than 3300 gross registered tonnage and the time between Weilington and Vancouver not to exceed twenty-one days. 5. No bonus to be paid for early ar- rival; a penalty of £4 per hour to be enforced when late delivery - exceeds farty-eight hours. 7. Passenger accommodation to be of the best description and suitable for the voyage through tropical lati- tudes. 9. The contractors provide suitable accommodatious for the purpose of sorting mails on board; first-class accommodations to be provided for maijl agents and assistant, without charge. ‘10... The rates for passengers and car; be mutually agreed upon and eml in the contract. e sk - Held for Attempted Murder. SAN JOSE, Jan 3.—Dan Scatena, who attempted to kill his brother, Louis Scatena, at Santa Clara a few weeks ago, was returned from San Francisco to-day to answer to a charge of attempt to murder, The brothers quarreled over the treatment accorded to ‘Antonio Scatena, a third brother, who was shot while out hunt- ing. Dan Scatena attempted to shoot Louis Scatena, and snapped his re- volver three times at him, but the car- tridges failed to explode. He then grabbed a knife and slashed him across the side of the face, causing a serious but not dangerous wound. The prisoner was arrested in San Fran- cisco a few davs axa. l 'Hanna Men Lose the BEATEN IN THE FIRST - SKIRMISH Opening Fight in the Legislature. Organization Captured by the Combine of the Opposition. But the Battle for the Senator- ship Remains to Be Fought Out. SCHEME OF DEMOCRATS. ‘While Pretending to Prepare for Jack- son Day They Were Plotting to ' Defeat Hanna. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3.—The Sen- atorial contest in the Ohio Legislature has become desperate. The combine of ten anti-Hanna Republicans with the Democratic members won at the caucuses last Saturday night and again to-day in organizing both branches of the Legislature in the in- terest of the “combine” opposition to the re-election of Senator Marcus A. Hanna. There are two more dates for tests of strength—the joint Senatorial cau- cuses next Wednesday night and the joint balloting for Senator a week | from next Wednesday, January 12. The complications of the Ilegislative organization and its patronage dis- posed of, the Hanna men to-night be- gan a most desperate fight on the Sen- atorship. The Hanna men deny that they will | form a coalition with Brice for a gold | Democrat for Senator rather than be | beaten by a free-silver Republican, or | that they will do anything else but fight it out if it takes all winter. While they are not able to give a list long enough to elect, they claim that Hanna is stronger thar Boxwell and | the other regular Repablican candi- | the holiday recess. He heard com- plaints about his own absence and about underestimating the organiza- tion of the opposition in a very good- natured manner, and insisted that he would yet win out. The superior organization of the op- position was shown in the combine securing to-day nearly all of the doubtful votes. The opposition has had an army of workers here for a week, with detachments kept close to each one of the doubtful Republicans. The opposition marched to the State house in lines like troops and worked for weeks like soldiers under orders. They had been doing picket duty, skirmishing and walking guard lines, and they had their triumphal march in the most unusual manner because of the confidence in their organiza- tion. The wives and daughters of the managers of the combine secured choice seats in advance in the legis- lative halls, awaiting the arrival of the anti-Hanna hosts, and the most elabo- rate floral designs were on hand for the occasion. The feeling of the Republican mem- bers who voted for their caucus nomi- nees is openly expressed against Gov- ernor Bushnell more than against Kurtz or other Republicans who com- bined with the Democrats. The State Journal, the Republican organ of Cen- tral Ohio, prints a large picture of the Governor with heavy black borders. Some Republican clubs have canceled their engagement of quarters here for the inauguration exercises next Mon- day, and many protests are being re- ceived at the State house. Colonel T. ‘W. Moore of Marietta, another ap- pointee of Governor Bushnell, to-day resigned as trustee of the State In- sane Asylum at Athens. The feeling of revenge was shown even in the routine legislative proceed- ings. Representative Bramley of Cleveland introduced a bill to repeal the fifty-year franchise law for street railways, in which Senator Hanna is largely interested. Bramley is a con- tractor who had large contracts under the municipal administration of Mayor McKisson, and other members from Cleveland who are supporting Hanna are said to have measures ready for charges and investigations at Cleve- land that would affect Bramley. The Legislature convened at 10 a. m. Owing to the Senator- ship being at stake there was an un- usually large attendance about the State House very early to-day. It re- quired an hour to examine the creden- tials and to swear in the 109 members of the House, but the thirty-six Sen- ators soon qualified. The Democratic organization of the Senate was made complete in a very quiet way, while a detachment of policemen was needed to hold back the crowd that filled the hall of the House and pressed about its entrance. In the hall of the House the wildest scenes were witnessed during the first /S CHARLES KURTZ, Who Is Leading the Fight Against Hanna. dates in the organization of the Legis- lature, and that the opposition has not enough votes to elect a Senator. The Hanna men eoncede that they have lost the power of the organiza- tion of both branches, ean name no chairman, place no members in desira- ble positions on any of the committees or dispose of any other State patron- age, but they have carried the war into the home counties of “the bolt- ing” Republican members and expect the necessary changes before mnext ‘Wednesday night. The developments of last Saturday night and to-day have caused , the Hanna men to admit that they were outdone in the preliminary organiza- tion for this contest, and that they underestimated the opposition and es- pecially the extent of it sinee the No- vember election. - While ex-Chairman Kurtz was thought to have been or- ganizing against Senator Hanna ever since the Republican State conven- tion at Toledo in June, yet the par- ticipation of Governor Bushnell and others had not been fully anticipated. The Democratic State' headquarters have been kept in operation by John R. McLean and others ever since the November election, ostensibly to pre- pare for a grand free silver carnival here on Jackson day, Jafuary 8. It now develops that the Demo- cratic State headq ers were kept open to get all the Democratic mem- bers in line for what took place to-day and for the defeat of Hanna. - Mean- time Mr. Kurtz was aling every possible Republican in line. against Hanna and communicating with the committee on arrangements for Jack- son day. When this fact was mno longer concealed to-night by the oppo- sition there were many Republicans openly complaihing against Senator Hanna's managers. Semator Hanna did not arrive here until last: Friday evening, and was in Washinton hour of the session. All of the 109 members were in their seats. After the name of Boxwell had been presented as the regular Republican candidate for Speaker, the name of Representative Mason (R.) was presented by Repre- sentative Jones (R.) and seconded by two other Republicans. [The Demo- crats did not participate in the speak- ing. As the ballot proceeded there were loud cheers as the doubtful mem- bers responded to their names, and when the roll-call approached the close, and Mason secured the necessary ma- jority, there was a loud demonstration that delayed the official announcement of the vote. The first ballot resulted as follows: Mason, 56; Boxwell, 53—these being the figures claimed since Saturday night by the combined opposition to Senator Hanna. The combine then completed the organization of the House. ‘When the House reassembled at 4 p. m., and just previous to the read- ing of Governor Bushnell's message, several bills and resolutions were of- fered, two of them being aimed at Senator Hanna, and both of these measures being introduced by Repub- licans. . Both bodies adjourned until to-mor- row. In the Senate the combine controlled everything on-: all votes, but no test votes were taken in the House after the organization was completed. The feeling that had been engendered dur- ing the preliminary .conferences was shown in all roll calls, and it is evi- dent that Senator Burke ‘will not be received with much cordiality on his side of the House if he appears in his seat to-morrow. NEW TO-DAY. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION AND VALUE OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES THE HIBERNIA Savings and Loan Society, A CORPORATION, And where said Assefs are Sitnated, dated December 31, 1897, ASSETS. 1—Promissory Notes and the debts thereby secured, the actual value of which is 26,619,457 49 The condition Promissory Notes debts is as follows: They are all existing Con- tracts, owned by said Cor- ® poration, and are payable to it at its Office, which is situated at the Corner of Market, McAllister and Jones streets, in the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State of California, and the payment thereof is secured by First Mort- gages on Real Estate within this State. Said Promissory Notes are kept and held by said Corpora- tion at its said Office, which is its principal place of business,and said Notes and debts are there situ- ated. 2—Promissory Notes and the debts thereby secured, the actual value of which The condition of said Promissory Notes and debts is as follows: They are all existing Con- tracts, owned by said Cor- poration, and are payable to it at its Office, which is situated as aforesaid, and the payment thereof is se- cured by “Spring Valley Water Works First Mort- gage 6 per cent bonds,” “Park and CIliff House Railway Company 6 per cent bonds,” and “Market Street Railway Company First Consolidated Mort- gage 5 per cent Gold Bonds,” the market value of all said Bonds being $68,130 00. Said Notes are kept and held by said Cor- poration at its said Office, and said Notes and Bonds are there situated. 3—Bonds of the United States ($9,750,000) and of the District of Columbia ($468,000) the actual value of which i8...........coue The condition of said Bonds is as follows: They belong to said Corporation, and are kept and held by it in its own Vaults, and are there situated. They are ‘“Registered 4 per cent TUnited States Bonds” and “District of Columbia 3% per cent Bonds” — guaranteed by the United States Govern- ment — and are payable only to the order of said Corporation. 4—Miscellaneous Bonds, the actual value of which is... The condition of said Bonds is as follows: They belong to said Corporation, and are kept and held by it in its own Vaults, and are there situated. They are ‘““Market Street Cable Railway Company 6 per cent Bonds” (3884,000), “Spring Valley Water ‘Works 4 per cent Bonds™ ($162,000), ‘‘Sutter Street Railway Company 5 per cent Bonds" ($150,000), and “City of San Luis Obispo 5 per cent Bonds" ($31,- 500 42). 5—Interest on Miscellan- eous Bonds accrued to January 1, 1898........c.... 6—(a) Real Estate situated in theCityand County of San Francisco ($383,189 14) and mthe County of Alameda (835,299 57) and in the Countyof Santa Clara (87,432 68), in said State, the actual val- ue of which is.. . (b) The land and build- ing in which said Cor- poration keeps itssaid Office, the actual val- ue of which is - 563,383 25 The condition of said Real Estate is that it be- longs to said Corporation. and part of it is producte and 40,400 00 10,835,065 49 1,356,587 68 133,221 27 425,921 39 e. 7—Proportion of Taxes for for the Fiscal Year 1897-98, chargeable to next half- year 8§—Cash in United States Gold and Silver Coin, be- bnging to said Corpora- tion, and in its possession and situated at its said Office. Actual Value...... 1452303 63 Total Assets . .$41,467,642 66 41,302 53 LIABILITIES. 1—Said Corporation owes Deposits amounting to and the actual valize of which is ..... The condition of said Deposits is that they are payable only out of said Assets, and “are fully se- L2 cured thereby. 2—Reserve Fund, Actual Value ....eeee oon 2,816,253 57 Total Lablities ...... ..34} 467, MB__GE Loan 38,651,389 08 The Hibernia Savings an Society, By JAMES R. KELLY, President. The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, By ROBERT J. TOBIN, Secretary. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 1 Cityand County of San Francisco. | JAMES R. KELLY and ROBERT J. TOBIN, being each separately duly sworn, each for himself, says: That said JAMES R. KELLY is President, and that said ROBERT J. TOBIN is Secretary, of The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, the Corporation above mentioned, and that the fore- going statement is true. JAMES R. KELLY, President. ROBERT J. TOBIN, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of January, 1898. GEO. T. KNOX, Notary Public. In and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. —_—eo The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA.