The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1898, Page 9

THE SAY FRANCISCO CALL FRIDAY, MARCH 95, 1898. OULD BE L BLOW OUR RIGHTS The Primary Election L.aw ' Has Been Knocked Out. ipreme Justices Say It Is Not Constitu- tional. Provisions That Set at Naught | Most Sacred Laws of the Land. DEFECTIVE IN ITS TITLE. Able- Opinion Written Concurred in by His Fellow Jurors. The primary ele t Legislatu titution preme Cou tion law, passed by the 2, has been declared un- 1 by the Justices of the Su- According to the decision of the law by allowing the words and for other purposes” to be inserted 1 the title of the act, when, according to a long ablished law, an act must cont but one subject in its title. The in question lare County, from affects comes but y the citizen of The County isors a resolution r ex- a sum of money { erec- of election booth “ chase of ballot boxes, s prosided for under the new el Charles ver of that ition board law diture s made unction titu- unneces- ing the h was ourt of the court he succe: lower court 1 is as follows: that was wi g Xy iency of by t rom i aled of of ap) judgm and the of par- and there will of and rem- is not for or al of therein ailure success ra- e legisla- with the peo. s it is our dut of th ns of the bu “‘An act providing for s within the State of o the purity thereof f, and to sup- thereat, ctices in 1nish- A pro- provides subject, but, if hich such act 0f as (Par. 24, one aced In an act n its title, th ct in the cruci- oing provision of the constituti, slature, in framing this title, were | things candid. Upon it: face th aking power challen e sound policy of this provision of the constitu- tion, and, avo it, declared that the purpose e creation of a primary nd *‘other pur- o T t “other purposes’ all civable kind of legislation ¢ 1 the body of the act, tional ision be set ate, these words, are found in the title of ADVERTISEMENTS. DON'T of you. GET the BEST of WHISKY, which is the GENUINE DISTILLERY BOTTLING OF ] PEPPER Bottied and Distilied only by | JAS. E. PEPPER & 00, Lexington, Ky. Under the same FOR- MULA formore than 100 YEARS; is_gusrantsed ABSOLUTELY the PUREST and BEST in the world. SAMPLE CASE $15 Sent on trial, which, it not_satisfactory, can be returned and money will be refunded. CARROLL & CARROLL, 306 Market Street, Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. WILL CASH PEPPER COUPONS. by Garoutte | grave mistake was made by the fram- 1 Let WHISKY get fhe BEST an act of the State Legislature, they accom- plish nothing, and in reading the title our eyes are closed to them. We then have before us | lested by Its title an act dealing solely with | general primary elections and providing penal- les for Violating the law relating thereto. Any | matters of legislation contained in the body of the act not bearing upon primary elections must &0 out; the constitutional provision quoted $9 Jeclares. Weighing and measuring the legis- ation found in the act by this test very many provisions have no place there. It would scem that the Legislature in using the words ‘‘for gther purposes” in the title, used these words gdvisedly, and in good faith lived up to them fully. For the legisltaion found in section af- | ter section of the act can find no justification | {n lts title, save under those words of bound- e . ““for other purposes ction 1 defines what State, district and | local conventions of political parties. Section 2 declares tha conventions shall have power at their option to divi district conventic Congress or othe: that af be s s the | party or ore | place upon tr | 2t the suc for a conv the time w | ana or its nominees t publish a call des in detall for ivention may be called, Le given in certain 12 declares that no person shall be allowed to hold more than one | Proxy at any convention. Section 13 provide: | that’ no nomdmation by any political conven- | tion (with certain exceptions) shall be put upon officlal ballot unless such convention is ccordance with this act. Sec- who may Sign a p acing of names of ballot without n 24 declares ce any ced upon the affidavit set 2 ho expenditure neys in securing his nomination. Section 34 provides that candidates shall make an itemized state sxpended in securing nomi- penalties glecting to Section ntitled to have the official ballot. | n from the body of the | ative prising leg- e s to clear These 1 wit fall on of thel leave it United States, have acquired the rights ion, and vote or may he in furthe aration secti hese. s he primary act is vided uthori. g provi: be so. r has been ferred to i ervisors, 111 under th Legislature w that money sk ma ¥ quoted from voti fed ¢ apted As we have seen, the constitutfon author! laws in. support of the privi This_certainly does not ‘me ation of taws looking teward the cur- g and deprivation of free suffrage. The islature has the power to pass laws look- ing to the proper reasonable regulation of exercise of the right of free suffrage, and section 11, article s the Legislatur ri has been done its power has been examination of the act | Jassing to he purpose o participate 1 cc r matter stion now under con- things fou it is provide tion Dborn citi tion has b | has come ¢ become na election, shall primary eléctic application to cinct Teglst in which been a 1 to any prim: dent for thi tion.”” It will I native born citizens w | eral elec Wwho hav for thirt titled to pon the d be en- titied to vote. S tallment of the frage, but an en! is, the Legislat of citizens right of t outside of those cl in_the con- If the ach powe extend the rij ns, to smen. It has no The 1 lature can no more right of suf- frage to persons not ir constit nal provi than it ere includ the maxin pressio unius est exclusio 5 with full force upon this pro fon of the constitution declaring who are com- Jetent to vote at elections authorized by the laws of this State. The legislation just quoted from the act bearing upon native born citi- ns arriving at the age of twenty-one 5 ter the last general and citiz naturalized since th 2l election, vold, as being avention of t constitution of the | of the constitution con. residence in the county alone for thirty | prior to the election {s the only condition quired by the act, whereas teri | quires a legal residence in the sar, and in the county ninety days, the precinct thirty days. This legisiation {s | also In contravention of the constitution in r the | his days that the naturalized citizen un itution is not entitled*to vote u ninet; this, cons naturalization occurred at least prior to the day of election. Section 22 of the act provides: 0 person shall be allowed to vote whose name does not | ypear upon the great or precinct register of | | the county, or the city and county, used | such precinct, or unless his name appea: upon the suppiements to such great or precinct bald declaration the last general election held before such | | primary_election, in the precinct in which he | | desires to vote as @ person entitled to vote in | registers.”” Here is a direct, that only those elector: upon the great or precinct register: supplements thereto used at the last general election, are entitled to vote. In we find that portion | certain naturalized zens who bave a means by which they may ha placed upon the register; but this provision of the law we have already held void as violativ | of the constitutional provision bearing upon | the qualification of voters. The same section also provide that an elector moving from one county to another since the last general election may secure a transfer of his registra tion; but there are.no means provided by which he may have his name placed upon the | register used at the primary tion. Hence his transfer of registration avails him noth- | name | ing. For no man may vote unless his appears upon the register or supplement thereto. Keeping in view the law's demand that no person shall be allowed to vote whose name does mnot appear upon the register or supple- ment mentioned, we will enumerate the various | classes of electors qualified under the constitu- tion to participate in elections, that are de- barred from participating in elections held under this act: 1. All native born citizens who have arrived at age since the last general election. 2. "All forelgn born citizens naturalized since the last general election, ninety days prior to the primary election, 3. "All elactors who have changed their resi- dence from one county to another since the last general election. 4. All electors who have secured a residence in the State since the last general election. 5. All electors of the State at the last gen- eral election who falled to have their names | Placed upon the great or precinct registers or fupplements thereto prior to that election. 6. All foreign born citizens who were natur- allzed within ninety days next preceding the last general election. Tt will thus appear that the Legislature has declared only those electors whose names ap- peared upon the great or precinct register of the county or the supplement thereto at the Jast general election, entitled to participate in elections held under this act. If the Leglsla- ture bad enacted similar legislation &s to & | out of Mr. Chr | been State or national election, it would have been £0 palpably void as to fall at the mere sug- gestion of its appearance before a judicial tribunal, Yet it would be a judicial absurdity to say that citizens of a State having the right under the constitution to participate in State and national elections may be deprived by the Legislature of the right to participate in the elections authorized and fostered ungder this act. As before suggested, these elections are made mandatory by the law. Revenue is raised by the ordinary means of taxation upon all the property of the State to pay the expense of conducting them. Their exclusive conduct and management is taken from political parties, as- ciations and individuals, and placed in’ the ands of the State. Their validity can only upheld upon the theory that they are mat- of vital import to the general welfare of State, and therefore matters in which ¢ citizen and every taxpayer is beneficlally terested. In other words, the Legislature, believing a sound public policy demanded such a course, has made these elections a State in- the whole tenor of the act they a plane of State elections, and in the consideration of the law bearing upon them, must be so recognized. If the Lei ture ‘has the power to deprive one class of constitutional electors of the rights to partici- pate therein, it has the power to deprive six classes, and, if it be conceded that it has the power to so legislate, of necessity an election thus held would be a stranger to the con- stitution, and a pure creature of the statute. Such conditions cannot exist, for the constitu- tion declares that the men here debarred from voting shall be entitled to vote at all elections which may hereafter ‘“‘be authorized by law.’ The word ‘“‘elections’ as here used, refers to elections affecting the political life of the State. n election. It is essent election “‘authorzied by law,” and an election within this provision of This is such political Section 17 that by the act of voting the voter de st of his right to so vote a bona fide, ntention of sup- porting the nomines by the dele- gates there el , and before voUing an oath to that t may be required. The power slature to affix such a test to the > will be alluded to hereafter; but, the ence of the power, then all electors entitled to vote under the consti- tution, who are ready and willing to comply with this requirement of the law, have a com- it to participate in such’ election, and discrimination in favor of or against any s cr individual is special legislation and pibited by the constitution. For this rea- ed that the elections ¢ the nct are mot elections rec- by the constitutional provisions which had under consideration, still the act n of the special legisiation here drawn attention. he Legislature to establish a at any electon presents a mat- ling the most serious consideration. State or national election, where e officers or Presidential electors were chosen, T ave the temerity to say that a’ le could be Invoked. And mon: ze the existence of er in to create tests in you recognize the to create any test iy may seem proper. While n this act may be sald to sle one, yet the right to with it the Tight to make tests ver rests in the n the power is re to make the fef in the free and the of the L right to vo conceding we have primary election a of silver at the ratio of r is > to make If such a power may sustained un- - constitution then the life and dea eld in the hollo e elac- act come without the the constitutfon bearing upon A that they are therefore mere egislation with which the Legisla- ntrammeled power to deal. law is the first of its kind Tts mandatory features 2 of the greafest and most important upon past legislation In this coun- rimary elections. Under the t all political parties and nder its wing all bow down before r existence. Thesd things glant strides in State legis- State Legislature to political par- resting questions, e put forth in o matte ture We un in the pres of 1 s full and only done by and the power of the act with referen fon may appreciate t! rk when viewed in th istitutional difficulties to b ie. For the reasons previously 1 the law invalid, we cussing these fmportant content ourselves with merely dismissed.—G.A ¥ be J.; Henshaw, J.; Temple, J. THE KILLING OF DAVID PERGRIM, Coroner’s Jury Charge Charles W. Dunn With the Crime of Murder. John Appears and Tells About His B. Chrystal, a New Witness, Blackened Eye. Coroner’s jury yesterday inquiring cath of David W. Pergrim from received in a brawl in the Trans- ter saloon, on the corner of Jones O'Farrell streets, returned a verdict to the effect that Pergrim died on March 13 at the City Receiving Hospital and that “he came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by a gun in the hands of Charles W. Dunn, and we further find that said shooting was unjustifiable.” Dunn, the prisoner, who had attempted to escape and who was intercepted by Sheriff Cunningham at Stockton, took the stand and repeated the story which he told the police and which was pub- lished in The Call at the time. The new witness in the case made his appearance ut the Inquest. He is a large man, wearing a beard, and gave his name as J. B. Chrystal, stock and grain broker. Chrystal went into the saloon just before the killing and was standing by the bar holding a cigarette in his right hand and his left hand in his pocket. Pergrim approached him, and in an ag- gressive and insulting manner remarked that he had a mind to knock the insides stal. Upon Chrystal re- nt way that he would : the integrity of his in- best way he knew how, the injurie plying in a ple; in the British and Scandi- . Chrystal patriotically re- rked that his country could have him whenever it wished, and could have him without money and without price, for he would volunteer. This outburst of patriotism displeased the decease who declared that Americans were of canine descent, in- ding Chrystal. ‘hen he biffed me in the eye,” sald Chrystal. Hé was preparing to make a counter attack upon Pergrim, but was dissuaded by Dunn, who took him behind the bar, and with the assistance of Mrs. Dunn put hot applications to his eye. He then went away and did not witness the shoot- ing. His eye remained black for several day and he therefore did not down town, being restrained by a feeling of shame. e NEWSPAPER THIEVES, A reward of $10 is offered for the arrest and conviction of any person caught stealing copies of this paper from the doors of subscribers. — e = In the Divorce Court. Mary A. Bloomfield has been granted a divorce from Willlam C. Bloomfield on the grounds of neglect and cruelty. Judge Belcher yesterday granted Cata- rina Firenze a divorce from Giovanni Firenze on_the ground of desertion. Nicolaus Muller has commenced suit for divorce against Louise Mul:r on the ground of desertion; Beatrice Scheggia from Emil Scheggia, failure to provide; and Catherine Starquist from Antone Starquist, crueity. nav Two New Incorporations. Articles of incorporation of tl Mutual Investment and Trading Compfany nave filed by .. Gustave Schroeder, Charles L. Milnes, K. H. Lundstrom, L. C. Bogarth and Frank Craig. The Russell Cream Company has been incorporated by John Russell, E. D. Baker, Frederick Russell, George W. Young and Alfred A. Liebe. \ Free—One month's treatment *Our New Method Cure.” Female Ills cured to stay cured. Dr. Gordin, 614 Pine street, San Francisco. 1y a i or be | and | all | come | PASSING OF LENNON AND [EMANSKY Revenue Deputies Dis- missed From the Service. Charges of Misconduct Sustained by Wash- ington Officials. Recommendation of Collector Lynch Approved by the Department. REINSTATE MISS DAVIDSON Influence With the Powers That Be Saved for Her the Position She Will Resign. That the powers that be in the Inter- nal Revenue Department at Washing- ton are like the mills of the gods that “grind slow, but grind exceedingly small” is proved by the fact that they have only re- cently handed down their decision in the case pending against the Deputy CoNectors who were suspended last December. Collector Lynch received the report from headquarters some | two weeks ago, and although he at- | tempted to keep its contents to him- | seif rumor has it that J. H. Zemansky land E. F. Lennon have been sum- | marily dismi d from the service, while Miss Alice Davidson is to be re- { instated. | Rarly last December Revenue Agent L. A. Thrasher filed with Collector Lynch a lengthy document charging the three late deputies under ex-Col- lector O. M. Welburn with official mis- conduct. The charges came directly out of the trial of Welburn for embez- zlement and Thrasher accused Lennon | and Zemansky of perjury when wit- nesses in that case. W. H. Dillard, the colored messenger of Welburn's office, | testified that both Zemansky and Len- non had seen him sign the name of Welburn to official papers. This the two deputies denied on the stand when | called to testify for the defense. The second charge against Lennon and Ze- mansky and the only one against Miss | Davidson was that they had repeated- | Iy signed false jurats, swearing per- sons to papers when the one signing the documents was not present. Collector Lynch, according to the | civil service law, suspended the three deputies pending an investigation, and | supplied ~them with copies of the | charges which had been preferred | against them. Gavin McNab, the at- | torney for Welburn during his trial, was consulted.by the suspended depu- | ties, and under his instruction they made a spirited reply to the charges, | denying that they were guilty as | charged. This was answered by the | revenue agent, who produced affidavits | from Louis Loupe and B. M. Thomas | to prove that the case was as he had | asserted in his first statement to the | Collector. and Loupe sworé that they had not only personally seen Zemansky and Lennon watch Dillard sign Welburn's | deputies frequently request the me: senger to sign the Collector’'s name to documents. Further evidence was pre- | sented in proof of the charge of sign- ing false jurats. Collector Lynch took the matter un- der advisement, and, after a long in- vestigation pro and con, decided that the charges against the deputies were | | warranted by their actions while in office, and made his report to Wash- ington advising the dismissal of all three from the service. This action leaked out and the sus pended clerks have been exerting every influence they could to secure an un- favorable reception of the Collector's recommendation by the Washington | officials. It is stated on good authority | that the matter was taken up by | friends of Lennon, Zamansky and Miss Davidson, who were close to Senators Perkins and White, and that an at- men to secure the reinstatement of the deposed parties. The fact that all three of the deputies are Democrats and that the Republican Senators made such an effort to have them reinstated is an odd feature of the case. Despite the pressure brought to bear in favor of Zamansky and Lennon, the case against them as reported by Col- lector Lynch evidently appeared so clear that the recommendation of | Lynch was looked upon with favor and | the charges against the deputies sus- tained, so they will feed at the public crib no longer. The case of Miss Davidson is differ- | ent, however. The lady had a “pull” not possessed by the other deputies. Just what it is cannot be learned, but comes, it is belleved, through Gavin McNab, who is a relative. Besides the fact that she had friends at court, the charges against Miss Davidson were not so serious nor so clearly proved as | those against Zamansky and Lennon. | In reply to the charge of signing false jurats, Miss Davidson brought evidence her desk, but her place had been filled by her sister, Martha Davis, who acted as substitute and signed Miss Alice Davidson’s name to the documents: ‘While Miss Davidson is to be reinstat- ed to her old desk in the revenue of- | fices, she will in all probability not re- tain it long, as it is reported that she will resign her position. — e—— THE PRESIDENT. Alaska Passengers Accuse the Cap- tain of Breach of Contract and Ask Damages for Same. The case of Benjamin F. Gray, Herbert Kendall, Anderson W. Meadows, Augus- tys C. Cabel, Henry Peters, Ernest Nuess- ler, Mrs. Inga Nuessler and Anthony Paul against the steamer President, came up for trial yesterday in the United States District Court before Judge de Haven. The plaintiffs sue for damages in the sum of $2000 each for breach of contract. They allege that they paid the captain of the steamer $15 each and helped him dis- | charge his cargo at St. Michael in con- | siderationof his taking them to Unalaklik, where they intended to engage in mining. The complaint alleges that the captain refused to land them at Unalaklik, but proceeded to San Francisco, alleging as a reason for his breach of contract t! ihe ‘was afraid his vessel would be fro;lg'xs n. Several witnesses testified that the cap- tain, C. Nelson, was drunk most of the time and damned the passengers most heartily, besides g-lv(nf them miserable accommodations and food that was far from inviting. The taking of testimony will be resumed this morning. In these affidavits Thomas | | name but that they had heard the two tempt was made by these two gentle- | to show that in the specifie instances | cited in the charges she had not been at | BARK ALMY MENACES | NAVIGATIO Still Tugging at Her Anchors Off the Cliff House. i No Reason Yet to Hope That There Are Any Survivors. Within a Few Days the Wreck ‘Will Be Shattered With Dynamite. CAPTAIN FEARED DEATH. Told His Wife That He Had an ldea He Would Never Return Alive. The wreck of the Helen W. Almy is still tugging at its anchors off the CIliff House. It is right in the way of ves- sels coming from the south, and should be removed at once, but there is so much red tape in connection with the matter that it will be several days be- fore the hulk can be blown up or de- stroyed in some other way. One thing is certain, it cannot be towed out of the way. The revenue cutter Rush made fast to the wreck several times, but every time any strain was put on the rope the —iece of wreck to which it was attached came away. The life- saving crew will put lights on the wreck until the lighthouse tender Ma- drono can take a boat out and anchor it near the remains of the Almy. It is said that the captain and crew of the Almy were drunk the day the vessel sailed. It is known that Captain Hogan had been drinking heavily for several days before the ill-fated voy- age began, but on Sunday he was con- sidered full capable of taking the bark to sea. The vessel was well stocked with wines and liquors, and how much was drunk after the tug cast the bark off will never be known. “The Almy was evidently being run back to port,” said an old salt yester- day, “and if she was leaking and in distress the men aboard of her must have been drunk or crazy to have been carrying all the sail that was found on her.” Captain Roberts of the revenue cut- | ter Rush reported to Collector Jackson | vesterday morning that he had found | the wreck of the Helen W. Almy se- curely anchered and was unable to | move her. He had communicated with | the lighthouse authorities, and they had expressed their intention of mark- ing the scene of the wreck with a buoy by day and a light by night. Collector Jackson later in the day requested Ma- jor Charles E. L. B. Davis, United States engineer, to blow up the wreck with dynamite and thus remove a dan- gerous menace to navigation, but she is still floating with her masts down. The cutter Rush was to have been sent to blow her to pieces yesterday, but | she did not leave this port, and in con- | sequence lights will again be placed | on the wreck. | Wonder is expressed on all sides that the vessel should have been allowed to | leave port under any consideration, and | the thought presents itself that the | Almy may not be the last northbound | Vessel to go down with all on board, | as there are other worthless crafts which have gone and will go te the land of promise and hardships. Mrs. Hayes, who resides at 13 Cha- pultepec street and from whom Fred Tranks had hired lodgings for the past year and a half, stated that Franks | had been very positive that he would make his fortune in the far north, but that prior to leaving he had borrowed $200 from her and placed in her hands |2 letter addressed to a brother in Ger- | many, stating that if anything should happen him his brother was to take | the responsibility of the debt and re- | turn the amount to Mrs. Hayes imme- diately after the receipt of the letter. | Franks left in company with Gustave Joumier, who left his family at 15 | Chepultepec street at the time of his | departure. It was the intention of the | two men to work together in search | of a fortune, and as yet the tamily of | the missing men cannot bring them- | selves to believe that they were | drowned at the time the Almy capsized | within sight of land. On starting out the two men had been very confident of ultimate riches and left their homes and an impres- sion with friends and families that ere Jong money would be a secondary con- It was the old tale of R ination and a loss of hope and determinatio; n SS o Both men life in the fight for riches. were well known as industrious and upright in all dealings by those in the ighborhood. neCiptain Hogan of the ill-fated ves- sel was also well liked for his kindness to his family and his work as an officer. Mrs. Hogan was almost prostrated when she learned that after two days no hope can be given that either her husband or any of the crew or passen- gers have been save from the wreck. | In accordance with the story told of | the last voyage taken by her husband Captain Hogan had been exceedingly anxicus to take his wife and children with him, but after a few days’ con- sideration of the matter it had been decided that another trip would be waited for. Captain Hogan had told his wife the morning he sailed that he had a presentiment that he wouldnever see his family again and during the a fretful way. When it came time for him to bid his wife and little ones a good-by he clungyto them and again repeated his tale of the night before that. he was satisfied he would never return home again. The actions of the captain weighed heavily on Mrs. Ho- gan’s mind, and after almost sleepless nights she awoke to but hear the words l.of her husband repeated by one who had received the news of the sad end- ing to a hopeful beginning and the fate of all on board the almost rotten vessel which is soon to be blown to atoms. Four contemporaries of the Almy are fitting out to carry passengers to the north. They are the bark Mermaid, built in 1855 at Westport, Mass.; the - CASTORIA | For Infants and Children, f , ‘ ‘ \ | . 2 #lgaature, mq. of A WIAPPR night previous to the trip had been in | bark Bounding Billow, built in 1854 at Chelsea, Mass.,; the barkentine Leslie D; ex the bark Emma F. Herriman, built in 1861 at Searsport, Maine, and the barkentine Jane A. Falkinburg, built in 1854 at New Bedford, Mass. The Mermaid is on the berth for Kotzebue Sound, and Captain R. D. Wicks says she is still a thoroughly stanch vessel in spite of her age. He made a whaling cruise in her four years ago and says that the trip was as comfortable a one as he ever made. “If anybody thinks there is a rotten timber in the Mer- maid,” said Captain Witks yesterday, “let him come around and point it out to me and I will consider he has done me a favor. Everything has now been cleared out of the vessel and there is a good chance to make a thorough exam- ination. The underwriters are going to make an examination of her in a few days in order to fix the rate of imsur- ¢ ance, and I am sure that they also will only be too glad to hear of any defects in the hull. The Mermaid is owned by the Narragansett and Alaska Mining and Trading Company, which is incor- porated under the laws of Rhode Island, and many of the passengers who will go to the gold fields in her have come out here from Rhode Island to join her.” The Bounding Billow was built for | the fruit trade, and after her days of usefulness in that line had ended she was turned into a whaler. Just before the firm of Wright, Bowne & Co. failed over $5000 was spent in putting the old bark in a state of thorough repair. In- stead of going to the Arctic, however, she went into retirement in Oakland Creek and remained there till the rush to the gold fields began. Her hull is said to be perfectly sound, but her top FOR MEDICINAL USE NO FUSEL OIL It is the best known remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia and a!l similar troubles. It will restore you to health. Do not let your druggist or grocer persuade you to take other than Duffy’s. Send for pamphlet to DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO. Rochester, N. Y. sides will have to be recalked before STATEMENT she can go to sea. The old bark Emma F. Herriman, e now the barkentine Leslie D, was built for the Brazilian sugar trade. The CONDITB,:F:}P:}? ALrains raw sugar played havoc with her tim- bers and she was turned into a whaler as a last resort. She made her last whaling cruise about three years ago, and then under the name of the Leslie D she went codfishing. Later she was put into the lumber trade, but was very nearly wrecked while on her way to Puget Sound from San Francisco. She was water-logged and was towed to Port Townsend in a very bat- tered condition. She was afterward repaired and came to San Francisco where, soon after her arrival, she was put on the berth for Kotzebue Sound. The barkentine Jane A. Falkinburg, in spite of her age. is_a well preserved vessel. She has been built up several times and has been well taken care of. STANDARD MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY F LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ON THE 81ST day of December, A. D. 1897, and for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insur- ance Commissioner of the State of Californ: pursuant to the provisions of sections 610 an: 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the Commissioner. CAPITAL. Amount_of ecapital stock, paid up in cash.... $ 500,000 0€ ASSETS. Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. ... 1,276,279 00 Amount of loans secured by piedge She is now at Mission-street wharf ‘Qix'e’”’éé‘éufi‘z‘l’.fié"a‘;"?ux“n‘a“zi?n'{f““‘°" 8,000 00 having a deckhouse built on her and ?“h in‘ banks...... 2 e e i way z nterest due and accrued on a :g f}:’eleéold }lae‘gsetting ready for a trip puro.:x‘ffm:m;in ‘3"‘“"" e 13,212 00 - re ue course of - Another old timer came out of retire- | tion - e e - LN ment yesterday in the shape of the brig | Blls receivable, not matured, Tanner. She was buflt at Smithtown, [ pIff A7 and marine risks i N. Y., in 1855 and has been almost con- & —_— stantly in commission ever since. Of Total assets. .31,608,034 00 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid, in process of adjustment or in sus- resisted, late she has been laid up in Oakland Creek, but has been hauled off the mud in order to be put into the Klondike trade. losses pense, losses including, expenses -§ 154,575 00 Gross premfums on marine and land navigation risks, gross prem- For Ship Captains. | fums on marine time Tisks..... 54,395 Gollectons Jatkson: yestarday - Teceived | At e o e STt the s e O the following telegram from the Treas- | pany 93,479 00 ury Department: | 5 — ““American vessels clearing from Amer- | Total liabilitles.. 102,449 00 jcan ports for Dyea need not call at| * INCOME. Marys Island to take on an inspector. | Net cash actually received for ma- “0. L. SPAULDING, | | rine Premumee oot uni dividendss o p ecéived fo st tividends _—M‘ on bonds, stocks, loans and from Bll Other SOUFCES...rvesseriversersaens 34,463 00 ADVERTISEMENTS. ial o e EXPENDITUR | et amount paid for marine losses..§ 453,138 00 Dividends to stockholders............. 50,000 00 | Paia for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 38,309 24 Pald for State, Natlonal and local | " taxes ... | AIl other payments and expenditures § 554,543 0 Total expenditures. Marine losses Incurred during the year Prem- fums. Marine Risks. Risks and Premiums. | Net amount of risks writ. ten during the year Net amount of risk: $102,269,140/$331,231 00 pired during the ves 101,608,555 511,608 00 Net_amount in_force ( cember 31, 1897 9,436,465 154,395 00 J. WILLIAMSON, President. JOHN GICK, Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of February, 1898 W. J. SULIS, United States Vice-Consul at Liverpool. J. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. CO., General Agents. J. B. 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